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You sit staring into the infinite number of games at your disposal. You feel the sting of sweat in your eyes and feel dread creeping into the pit of your stomach. You realize that none of the games before you look appealing. Several times you've taken your favorite game off the shelf only to put it back realizing you've beaten it fifteen times already. Thinking back to when your last paycheck was you come to the conclusion that you don't have enough money to purchase a new game. You are stuck, trapped in a zone that may exist between time and space. You feel like you've entered your own version of the Twilight Zone.
But unlike the famous TV series there is hope for you. While your favorite games may seem dissatisfying there may be some games deep within the piles of games you own that you thought were great. It's time to dig deep into that pile and relearn the buttons of those great games! Of course they aren't your favorite, or didn't have the most compelling story line but it is a game to defeat the horrible gamer's curse that you've acquired. Start the game over and overdo it. Put it on the hardest setting that you can bare and beat the heck out of that game. Search every nook and cranny, try different routes, weapons, character settings, cars, or whatever the game offers. Try to get off your normal well worn path and take a leap of faith.
For those of you that have the money to go out and buy a game try something that you haven't heard of. Do the proper research of course to make sure you aren't wasting your money but really try to step out of your comfort zone. Who knows, it may become one of your new favorites and defeat the boredom that has been encroaching on your gaming days. Many people probably have done this and think that this is the simplest and the stupidest advice you've ever seen but truly, how many times have you been stuck trying to figure out what to play? It happens so much more than us gamers believe.
To this day this curse still haunts the greatest gamers. You may not believe it, but just ask the thousands of casual gamers that experience it every day. Know that if you experience the symptoms discussed in the beginning, it is time for you to run to your gaming shelf to save yourself before it's too late. Only you have the power to defeat the horrible doldrums that plague the world of gamers. If you have already used this knowledge before this article then you are a strong soul but if not here is your manual on how to beat the curse.
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Spotlight Canada: Northern dogs get a leg up in 2012
We've just said goodbye to January, the month of new beginnings, headstarts and shiny optimism for the year ahead. And I'm carrying a bucket load of optimism, mostly because of some of the great things that happened on the Northern Dogs Project in 2011.
Partnerships, volunteers and people's energy are what propel this work and make it possible to help more animals. Partners like Animal Rescue Foundation help us with things we can't do and we do the same for them. They re-homed close to 40 dogs and even some cats from the Project in 2011, and we worked together on a wellness clinic in Sagamok (and are planning our next one). Paws United and Ann and Pete's Foster Home for Dogs also took in dogs from us, finding super homes for another 20 dogs who would otherwise have met unknown fates.
Our new friends at the Ontario Veterinary Group and the staff and clients from their six clinics across Ontario, joined together and gave us a head start for this year. For every new 'follower' or 'like' that they got on Twitter and Facebook, OVG donated one vaccine to the Northern Dogs Project. Thanks to this generous effort, all of the vaccines for this year's clinics are now covered! We cannot thank them enough and encourage everyone to 'like' them…we like them a lot.
We have a dedicated crew of vets and technicians as well as the volunteers who bring skill and passion that inspired me so much last year. Our vets MJ and Martine have been doing 30 surgeries a day for 5-7 days, two times a year, for eight years, and each time we work together I thank my lucky stars. The vet techs who assist MJ and Martine in surgery and on intake, and the enthusiastic volunteers who use their vacations to come with us…thank you.
Our contacts in the community are deepening their engagement in this work, and my phone continues to ring with more people interested in how to help, get involved and make a difference for dogs in remote communities.
Adieu to 2011 and all you brought…thanks a million. Here's to shiny optimism for 2012, and all the headstarts that we've been given. More dogs, more help, more progress.
Check out Jan on Canada's CP24 TV's "Animal House Calls" – December 13th – Part 1 - talking about the International Fund for Animal Welfare Northern Dogs effort and partnership with the Ontario Veterinary Group.

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Prepare Tropical Salsa.
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Combine sugar and next 9 ingredients in a small bowl. Sprinkle spice mixture evenly over both sides of fish. Cover and marinate 30 minutes.
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Prepare grill.
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Place fish on grill rack coated with cooking spray; grill 9 minutes on each side or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork. Remove fish from grill; break into bite-sized pieces.
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Heat tortillas according to package directions. Divide fish evenly among tortillas. Spoon about 3 tablespoons Tropical Salsa over fish on each tortilla.
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"By signing that contract, I signed away the control of the family farm, and it's the biggest regret I have ever experienced and will ever experience."
-Gary Steinich, Cambria, Wisconsin. June 2011
Sometime in late 2001 or early 2002, a wind developer working for Florida Power and Light showed up near the Wisconsin Town of Cambria looking to get in touch with someone at the Steinich family farm.
He wanted to talk to the landowner about leasing a bit of land for the installation of a met tower. He needed to measure the winds in the area for a possible windfarm and Walter Steinich's land looked like a good place to do it.
The wind developer seemed like a good guy to Mr. Steinich who was in his early 70's at the time. The money seemed good. A met tower didn't seem like a big deal. It was just a tall pole with some guy wires, and it was temporary. Mr. Steinich signed the contract.
That was nearly ten years ago. Mr. Steinich has since passed away and now his son, Gary, runs the farm. He's written an open letter to Wisconsin farmers about his experience with the wind company since then.
Photos below are of access roads and turbine foundations in various farm fields in the Glacier Hils project now under construction in Columbia County, Wisconsin
From One Wisconsin Farmer to Another:
This is an open letter to Wisconsin farmers who are considering signing a wind lease to host turbines on your land. Before you sign, I'd like to tell you about what happened to our family farm after we signed a contract with a wind developer.
In 2002, a wind developer approached my father about signing a lease agreement to place a MET tower on our land. My father was in his 70's at the time. The developer did a good job of befriending him and gaining his trust.
He assured my father that the project wasn't a done deal and was a long way off. They first had to put up the MET tower to measure the wind for awhile.
He told my father that if the project went forward there would be plenty of time to decide if we wanted to host turbines on our farm. There would be lots of details to work out and paperwork to sign well before the turbines would be built. The developer said my father could decide later on if he wanted to stay in the contract.
In 2003 the developer contacted us again. This time he wanted us to sign a contract to host turbines on our land. We were unsure about it, so we visited the closest wind project we knew of at the time. It was in Montfort, WI.
The Monfort project consists of 20 turbines that are about 300 feet tall and arranged in a straight line, taking up very little farmland with the turbine bases and access roads. The landowners seemed very satisfied with the turbines. But we were still unsure about making the commitment.
We were soon contacted again by the developer, and we told him we were undecided. Then he really started to put pressure on us to sign.
This was in March of 2004, a time of $1.60 corn and $1200 an acre land. It seemed worth it have to work around a couple of turbines for the extra cash. We were told the turbines would be in a straight line and only take up a little bit of land like the ones in Monfort.
And we were also told that we were the ones holding up the project. That all of our neighbors had signed, and we were the last hold-outs. It persuaded us.
What we didn't know then was the developer was not being truthful. We were not the 'last hold-out' at all. In later discussions with our neighbors we found out that in fact we were the very first farmers to sign up. I have since found out this kind of falsehood is a common tactic of wind developers.
My father read through the contract. He said he thought it was ok. I briefly skimmed through it, found the language confusing, but trusted my father's judgment. We didn't hire a lawyer to read it through with us. We didn't feel the need to. The developer had explained what was in it.
The wind contract and easement on our farm was for 20 years. By then my dad was 75. He figured time was against him for dealing with this contract in the future so we agreed I should sign it. A few months later, my father died suddenly on Father's Day, June 20th, 2004
After that, we didn't hear a whole lot about the wind farm for a couple years. There was talk that the project was dead. And then in 2007 we were told the developer sold the rights to the project. A Wisconsin utility bought it.
After that everything changed. The contract I signed had an option that allowed it to be extended for an additional 10 years. The utility used it.
The turbines planned for the project wouldn't be like the ones in Monfort. They were going to be much larger, 400 feet tall. And there were going to be 90 of them.
They weren't going to be in a straight row. They'd be sited in the spots the developer felt were best for his needs, including in middle of fields, with access roads sometimes cutting diagonally across good farm land. Landowners could have an opinion about turbine placement but they would not have final say as to where the turbines and access roads would be placed. It was all in the contract.
Nothing was the way we thought it was going to be. We didn't know how much land would be taken out of production by the access roads alone. And we didn't understand how much the wind company could do to our land because of what was in the contract..
In 2008 I had the first of many disputes with the utility, and soon realized that according to the contract I had little to no say about anything. This became painfully clear to me once the actual construction phase began in 2010 and the trucks and equipment came to our farm and started tearing up the field.
In October of 2010 a representative of the utility contacted me to ask if a pile of soil could be removed from my farm. It was near the base of one of the turbines they were putting on my land. I said no, that no soil is to be removed from my farm.
The rep said that the pile was actually my neighbor's soil, that the company was storing it on my land with plans to move it to another property.
Shortly afterwards I noticed the pile of subsoil was gone.
In November of 2011 I saw several trucks loading up a second pile of soil on my land and watched them exiting down the road. I followed them and then called the Columbia County Sheriff. Reps from the company were called out. I wanted my soil back.
A few days later the rep admitted they couldn't give it back to me because my soil was gone. It had been taken and already dispersed on someone else's land. I was offered 32 truck loads of soil from a stockpile they had. I was not guaranteed that the soil would be of the same quality and composition as the truck loads of soil they took from my farm.
I was informed by the lawyer for the utility that I had until April 30, 2011 to decide to take the soil. There would be no other offer. Take it or leave it.
I contacted the Public Service Commission for help. The PSC approved the terms of project and I believed the utility was violating those terms. The PSC responded by telling me they could do nothing because the issue involved a private contract between myself and the utility.
They told me my only option was to sue the utility.
My father and I both worked those fields. Watching the way they've been ripped apart would sicken any farmer. But what farmer has the time and money it would take to sue a Wisconsin utility?
By signing that contract I signed away the control of the family farm, and it's the biggest regret I have ever experienced and will ever experience. I have only myself to blame for not paying close enough attention to what I was signing.
We had a peaceful community here before the developer showed up, but no more. Now it's neighbor against neighbor, family members not speaking to one another and there is no ease in conversation like in the old days. Everyone is afraid to talk for fear the subject of the wind turbines will come up. The kind of life we enjoyed in our community is gone forever.
I spend a lot of sleepless nights wishing I could turn back the clock and apply what I've learned from this experience. Now corn and bean prices are up. The money from the turbines doesn't balance out our crop loss from land taken out of production. The kind of life we enjoyed on our family farm is gone forever too.
I would not sign that contract today. As I write this, the utility is putting up the towers all around us. In a few months the turbines will be turned on and we'll have noise and shadow flicker to deal with. If I have trouble with these things, too bad. I've signed away my right to complain. These are some of the many problems I knew nothing about when I signed onto the project.
If you are considering signing a wind lease, take the contract to a lawyer. Go over every detail. Find out exactly what can happen to your fields, find out all the developer will be allowed to do to your land. Go through that contract completely, and think hard before make your decision.
I can tell you from first hand experience, once you sign that contract, you will not have a chance to turn back.
Gary Steinich
Steinich Farms, Inc.
Cambria, WI
June, 2011
It can be found on the PSC Docket for the Glacier HIlls project. [ #6634 CE 302]
A Fond Du Lac Farmer has regrets about agreeing to host a wind turbine--
Why can't he speak openly about it?
When you sign a 20 to 30 year contract to host a wind turbine on your property you may be signing away many rights you're unaware of. A confidentiality agreement in the contract may mean legal action can be taken against you if you complain publicly about the project. A Fond Du Lac farmer signed away his rights. He was interviewed by Don Bangart who wrote the following on behalf of the farmer, whose contract with the wind company prevents him from speaking openly about any problems.
This was printed as a full page ad in the Chilton, Wisc., Times-Journal, October 25, 2007.
Now each morning when I awake, I pray and then ask myself, "What have I done?"
I am involved with the BlueSky/Greenfield wind turbine project in N.E. Fond du Lac County. I am also a successful farmer who cherishes his land. My father taught me how to farm, to be a steward of my fields, and by doing so, produce far better crop production. As I view this year's crops, my eyes feast on a most bountiful supply of corn and soybeans. And then my eyes focus again on the trenches and road scars leading to the turbine foundations. What have I done?
In 2003, the wind energy company made their first contacts with us. A $2,000 "incentive" started the process of winning us over, a few of us at a time. The city salesmen would throw out their nets, like fishermen trawling for fish. Their incentive "gift" first lured some of us in. Then the salesmen would leave and let us talk with other farmers. When the corporate salesmen returned, there would be more of us ready to sign up; farmers had heard about the money to be made. Perhaps because we were successful farmers, we were the leaders and their best salesmen.
Sometime in 2004 or 2005, we signed $4,000 turbine contracts allowing them to "lease" our land for their needs. Our leases favored the company, but what did we know back then? Nobody knew what we were doing. Nobody realized all the changes that would occur, over which we would have no control. How often my friends and I have made that statement: What have I done?!
I watched stakes being driven in the fields and men using GPS monitors to place markers here and there. When the cats and graders started tearing 22-foot-wide roads into my fields, the physical changes started to impact not only me and my family, but, unfortunately, also my dear friends and neighbors. Later, a 4-foot-deep by 2-foot-wide trench was started diagonally across my field. A field already divided by their road was now being divided again by the cables running to a substation. It was now making one large field into 4 smaller irregularly shaped plots. Other turbine hosts also complained about their fields being subdivided or multiple cable trenches requiring more of their land. Roads were cut in using anywhere from 1,000 feet to over half a mile of land to connect the locations. We soon realized that the company places roads and trenches where they will benefit the company most, not the landowner. One neighbor's access road is right next to some of his outbuildings. Another's is right next to his fence line.
At a wind company dinner presented for the farmers hosting the turbines, we were repeatedly told — nicely and indirectly — to stay away from the company work sites once they start. I watched as my friends faces showed the same concern I had, but none of us spoke out. Months later, when I approached a crew putting in lines where they promised me they definitely would not go, a representative told me I could not be there. He insisted that I leave. The line went in. The company had the right. I had signed the lease.
Grumbling started almost immediately after we agreed to 2% yearly increases on our 30-year lease contracts. Some felt we should have held out for 10%. What farmer would lock in the price of corn over the next 5 years, yet alone lock one in at 2% yearly for 30 years? Then rumors emerged that other farmers had received higher yearly rates, so now contracts varied. The fast-talking city sales folk had successfully delivered their plan. Without regard for our land, we were allowing them to come in and spoil it. All of the rocks we labored so hard to pick in our youth were replaced in a few hours by miles of roads packed hard with 10 inches of large breaker rock. Costly tiling that we installed to improve drainage had now been cut into pieces by company trenching machines.
Each night, a security team rides down our roads checking the foundation sites. They are checking for vandals and thieves. Once, when I had ventured with guests to show them foundation work, security stopped us and asked me, standing on my own property, what I was doing there. What have I done?
Now, at social functions, we can clearly see the huge division this has created among community members. Suddenly, there are strong-sided discussions and heated words between friends and, yes, between relatives about wind turbines. Perhaps this is a greater consequence than the harm caused to my land — life is short, and friendships are precious.
I tried, as did some of the other farmers, to get out of our contracts, but we had signed a binding contract. If you are considering placing wind turbines on your property, I strongly recommend that you please reconsider. Study the issues. Think of all the harm to your land, and, in the future, to your children's land, versus the benefits from allowing companies to lease your land for turbines.
The Ontario Federation of Agriculture offers these 30 suggestions for wind farm leases for farmers. Some of these are specific to Canada but they will give you an idea of the unexpected complications and the kinds of rights you may be signing away (click here to read it at its source)
From the ONTARIO FEDERATION of AGRICULTURE APRIL 2007
30 Suggestions on Wind Power Leases for Farmers
Ontario needs power and farmers need income. OFA favours wind power where generators do not harm
other things important to the community. If you sign a lease make sure it fits your plan for your farm.
1. Meet with your neighbours – Meet and work with your neighbours and OFA Services Rep.
2. Cost of a Lawyer - Ask the wind power company to pay to have the agreement reviewed by a
lawyer who will work for everyone in the area. This saves you $ 500 to $ 1,000.
3. Transferability - Add a clause that stipulates that the agreement cannot be transferred by the
wind company to any person or company without your approval.
4. Appearance – No leases address appearance, but you could have to look at it for 50 years.
Add a clause that prohibits advertising on the tower.
Add a clause that stipulates the paint colour be agreed and repainted if it becomes rusty.
Add a clause that covers effective reclamation of the site when all is done.
5. Building Restrictions – Attach a map of the property to the agreement that outlines areas
where new buildings over 20 metres can and cannot be built.
6. Fill Material - Under no circumstances should a developer use fill taken from your land.
7. Gear oil - You can use the lease to prohibit the use of toxic gear oil.
8. Option Termination - Add a clause that stipulates that the option ends at 5:00 p.m. on a
specific date if construction has not started by that date. You need a clear ending to the option.
9. Net Meter Tower - Ask the company to lend you its crane to install your own net metered
wind generator. You must be ready when they are, but it could save you $ 10,000.
10. Option - The minimum should be $ 5,000/ 100 acres for three to five years. No renewal; they
put up a wind tower or they are gone. No payment is enough to make a bad lease worthwhile.
11. Rent – Rent should be at 3% for the first eight years then go to 8% once bank loans etc. are
covered. Rent should apply to all income from the project including green house gas credits.
12. Insurance - Add a clause stipulating that the wind company must produce a valid certificate of
insurance covering liability to the farm and others each year and that it assumes full liability for
damage caused by the wind tower or the contractors or consultants etc..
13. Protect Capital Value - Add a clause requiring the wind power company to make whole any
losses in re-sale value that might occur as a result of the lease or a wind tower being in place. If
the wind tower effects your land value, losses might not be covered by rent.
14. 0ther Development – If the property may be valuable for other development in the next 30
years do not sign, you will be giving the wind company your future profits or capital gains.
15. Your Other Rights - Some leases have clauses that appropriate your development rights for
aggregates, ground water, top soil, sale outside of the family and even your right to speak in
public on wind power questions. Any such clause should be stricken from the agreement.
16. Tenants Rights - Stipulate that the only rights the tenant will have are the rights to do needed
studies, the rights to construct, operate and maintain no more than two wind towers per 100
acres as well as required roads and wires, and to remove the electricity from the site to the grid.
17. A Cooling Off Period – have a clause that states that either party may cancel the agreement
within 30 days without reason or penalty.
18. Power Sales - Stipulate that power must be sold to government or you get to approve any
other contract. Without this power can be sold to a subsidiary of the wind power company and
the 3% rent you were hoping for will 3% of very little.
19. Hours, Times of Access – Access for emergencies at any time. Other access between 8:00
a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday to Friday and requires notice so there is no interference with
seeding, harvests, calving, or other farm or family activities that are time restricted
20. Area of Lease - Limit the area covered by lease to a suitably small area – 1 to 5 acres
21. Applies to One Lot Only - Limit the agreement so it only applies to the actual lot leased and
that there is no reference to any other land owned by the farmer
22. Conversion to Easement – Do not allow a conversion to an easement as it will be more
difficult, perhaps impossible to discharge at the end.
23. Quitclaim – ensure the lease provides for a clean end so the wind company cannot be
released from the lease or recover funds from the escrow account without your approval and
certification that they have met all their obligations including clean up.
24. Wind Rights Only - Do not allow any clause that gives the wind power company a right of first
refusal or an option for any purpose other than the use of the wind. Such clauses encumber
sales, wills, development of other businesses etc.
25. Term of Lease – suggest 3 year option, 20 years for first term and 5 year renewals to follow.
This provides enough time to do tests and make profits and brings the replacement date for the
generator and the lease renewal dates closer together, which improves your negotiating position.
26. Assessment and Property Taxes – the land owner is ultimately responsible for taxes – a
clause to require the wind power company to pay taxes associated with the wind tower is
essential and it requires an enforcement clause – you cannot afford their taxes, unless you have
their income. In the case of default, you should get the licences to produce and sell power.
27. Escrow Fund – Require the tenant to have an escrow fund held with your lawyer or a trust
company. This fund will be established with the start of construction and used to pay any
arrears in taxes, any maintenance that the company refuses to do and will fund reclamation.
28 Registration of Surveys – surveys should only be registered with your approval and the
agreement should specify that the tenant does not acquire a legal right of way or any privilege
that could lead to shared or sole title. The tenant only acquires limited rights to use for a period,
but no easements or rights of way.
29. Wait 'Til You Know Your Choices – The government has a Standard Offer. You can have
your own wind project or you can find other firms or partners. You may do better than you
might as a landlord. Don't sign a lease until you have considered the choices and
determined what is best for your farm operation for the next 20 plus years.
30. If you wish to increase your bargaining power apply to Hydro One or your local
distribution company for the right to connect a generator yourself. The connection
agreement is valuable, acquire it for yourself.
(To read more about what you should know before you sign a contract, click here)
Why a Farmer in Johnsburg Wisconsin Regrets signing on for Turbines
Why A Wisconsin Farmer is Having Regrets
(Click Here to read this at its original source, the Appleton Post-Crescent, November 30, 2007, )
As told in a recent ad, a Johnsburg farmer who will host wind turbines now has many regrets.
He regrets having been the "lure" to draw in other unsuspecting landowners. He regrets that he has allowed fields to be subdivided, road base to be spread on land once picked bare of rocks, costly tiling to be cut up. He regrets that he's no longer the person who controls his own land and is now told where to go by security guards. He regrets the divide he has created between friends, between neighbors and between family members.
He regrets not having looked into all the ramifications first. That farmer is now locked in to a binding contract. But there are many landowners who have not yet suffered this fate.
Calumet County Citizens for Responsible Energy asks that landowners considering a contract first step back and study the issues. As with any financial transaction, don't put a lot of trust in those who stand to gain financially.
Look for Web sites and information from those experiencing the effects of this worldwide "gold" rush for wind power. People across world are rebelling. They're finding that they've lost control of their land and their lives. And they're in danger of financial hardship if these companies dissolve.
Our irresponsible government representatives are forcing this "windfall" for wind investors on us. Their knee-jerk reaction to the global climate change alarms will cause billions of dollars to be wasted, lives to be ruined, and environments degraded for what is, in actuality, a very inefficient energy source.
With a declining tax base and state and U.S. legislators driving us further into massive debt, taxpayer subsidies for wind will be impossible to maintain.
And with the subsidies gone, what will you be left hosting?
Don Bangert,
Chilton, Wisconsin


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... and it's raining and miserable outside.
So, I figured I would update the blog with some pictures I took of George warming Ren up last weekend before our ride. Her sidebones still make her feel stiff and short right out of the field, but through warming her up, she loosens up and starts to feel better. I really, really, really HATE Blogger's new picture interface. It's so hard to try to align pictures and add captions now!! ARGH! Most of the pictures look a lot better if you click to view them full sized.
Ren likes to act all flashy.
Here she is showing us how she can stomp on any enemy we meet out on our trail rides.
Her winter coat is just starting to come in. I'm going to miss her dapples over the winter.
The leaves are starting to turn here in Maryland. Ren's really changed how she's using her body these days. She's starting to bring in some natural collection to her movement as you can see below as she trots towards George.This is a great picture to click on and view full sized.
Here's just a close up of her trotting towards George. I love how she's more toned!! Yay! Click to view.
"Where's my treat?"
She's also working really hard on staying connected with her person during her warm ups. She's willing to consider that it's really easier to just hang out. Again, click to view full sized.
Of course, everyone likes to kick up their heels once in a while...
The leaves are just starting to turn! I love the change of seasons, but HATE the cold!
For some reason, Shae's pictures didn't turn out quite as nicely as Ren's. She's working on finding/developing that stretch down at the trot and even a little at the canter. Unfortunately, the farm is putting out round bales to feed now that the grass is starting to die off, so Shae has a VERY BIG hay belly in this picture (grumble). We've ordered her a brand new muzzle - I'm sure she's going to be thrilled.
And in case you wanted to see that first picture full sized, here's a version of it that you can click to enlarge (did I mention that I really don't get Blogger's new interface? Not nearly as user friendly as it used to be).


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下列笔记摘自The Linux programming interface:
The actual locales that are defined on a system can vary. SUSv3 doesn't make any requirements about this, except that a standard locale called POSIX (and synonymously, C, a name that exists for historical reasons) must be defined. This locale mirrors the historical behavior of UNIX systems. Thus, it is based on an ASCII character set, and uses English for names of days and months, and for yes/no responses. The monetary and numeric components of this locale are undefined.
The locale command displays information about the current locale environment (within the shell). The command locale –a lists the full set of locales defined on the system.
There are two different methods of setting the locale using setlocale(). The locale argument may be a string specifying one of the locales defined on the system (i.e., the name of one of the subdirectories under /usr/lib/locale), such as de_DE or en_US. Alternatively, locale may be specified as an empty string, meaning that locale settings should be taken from environment variables:
setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
We must make this call in order for a program to be cognizant of the locale environment variables. If the call is omitted, these environment variables will have no effect on the program.
A C program inherits its locale environment variables when it starts up. This happens automatically. However, these variables do not automatically control the locale used by the library functions, because ISO C says that all programs start by default in the standard 'C' locale.


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My final course of my college career at art school was fulfilled by a three week trip to County Clare, Ireland. During those weeks I shot photos with fellow classmates in the rolling green and rocky coast of Southwest Ireland. At that time my dream was to travel internationally and I finally was living it. We photographed the landscapes, paused for still moments in each other's camera frames, and soaked in the history and spirits of the local pub. Whenever I visit any pub of the world it is instantly compared to my romantic memories of my favorite in Clare. Ten years later and those three weeks still mark a turning point in my life; the longing to see the world, to wander in a foreign land, and take on new adventures.
What will your Clare story be?


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For some years, the Romanians discovered Austria. In fact, they found out a country where you can ski right and on ideal slopes from November to May. If Zell am See has become a true Romanian colony, organizing there every year, Romanian festivals and competitions, Romanians slowly moved west, to the new "territories," taking advantage of numerous air links with Austria or with the southern Munich airport. An example is the Arlberg region, located in western Austria at the border between Tyrol and Vorarlberg lands, and 100 km far from Innsbruck. With five cosmopolite and dynamic sites, Arlberg region is considered the best ski area in the world.
Between 1,300 and 2,811 meters altitude, the Romanians discovered the Arlberg alpine skiing cradle. The history of skiing in the region began around 1901, when the St. Christoph Arlberg ski club opened, and in 1925 opened the first Lech ski school. The slopes are excellently prepared for all skiers: a real El Dorado for alpine skiing and sports!
St. Anton am Arlberg
In addition to top offers, the Tyrolean hospitality is at home here, but the international variety also is not missing. Special programs and a complete gastronomy offer a unique and exclusive holiday.
St. Christoph am Arlberg
St. Christoph resort is located at 1,800 meters altitude and is surrounded by mountain peaks. The village lies just below the highest point of the pass Arlberg, a real snow trap. Equipped on both sides with large amounts of snow on the slopes, the snow reaches up sometimes to the housetops. The tradition is present also here: in 1920 it has been established the first ski school in Austria.
Stuben am Arlberg
Romance and pampering. The long tradition of alpine sports, and special care for families are two of the strengths that define Stuben resort. Pure Romance: this offers the wonderful city, located to the west of the Arlberg region .
Zürs am Arlberg
Today Zürs is an exclusive resort, where many of Europe's royal families spend their holidays. Luxury shops, exceptional restaurants and top hotels offers an incomparable holiday experience. The resort is the preferred option of international guests who seek a refuge where they can enjoy the pure pleasures. In addition to fine restaurants, the stylish bars of the resort guarantee a rich nightlife. This internationally acclaimed resort has a long tradition here coming into operation, in 1937, the first cable works in T shape. The skiers can enjoy skiing tours right outside their hotel. The last hotspot for unlimited adrenaline is the heliskiing, that can be practiced here.
Lech am Arlberg
Lech am Arlberg is a luxurious and exclusive resort, also famous for its exceptional cuisine. Luxury shops, romantic streets and award-winning restaurants are next to an accommodation first class offer, seamlessly combining into a 5-star holiday. Leisure acquires another dimension here.
Hospitality extended in a natural setting is charming everyone. Whether you choose to enjoy a meal or a glass of champagne in Oberlech, you will be enchanted by the idyllic and romantic atmosphere.
The ski area is a bidding one, on one side of the valley is the Rüfikopf area, on the other appears the majestic Kriegerhorn. Slopes for families, great powder snow, and numerous deals.
With its five localities, Lech, Zürs, Stuben, St Christoph and St. Anton, Arlberg is positioned in the front line and is synonymous with one of the best ski regions in the world! You meet her every year winter sports fans and the fresh snow fans, but also hikers from everywhere. In the 2013-2014 winter season are available to skiers more free tracks! In all, skiers have available 340 km of marked slopes, 200 off-slope markings, 94 cable installations, an average of 7 meters of snow from November to May and certainly, the unquestionable guarantee of snow.
Events in Arlberg
January 18, 2014 - Der Weise Ring, Ski Championship, Lech Zürs am Arlberg;
March 30-April 13, 2014 - Tanzcafé Arlberg;
April 5, 2014 - Longboard Classics in Stuben am Arlberg;
April 10 to 13, 2014 - New Orleans meets Snow in St. Anton am Arlberg;
April 19, 2014 - Der Weiße Rausch, ski event in St. Anton am Arlberg;
April 27, 2014 - Closing of the ski season in all Arlberg areas.
Free-riders skiers Eldorado
The huge free-ride areas in Lech Zürs am Arlberg fulfill the dream of every advanced skier. Heavy snow, blue sky and the feeling of freedom when you get first on the slope with fresh snow and you want to stay always here to Lech Zürs am Arlberg.
In the top of the best free-ride ski areas Lech Zürs am Arlberg is on the first place, a real Mecca for lovers of off-slope skiing: 200 km of off-slope routes, snow guarantee until the end of April. Another area attraction is the heliskiing. Zürs resort, located at 1,720 meters altitude, is a Mecca of the alpine free-ride. With the help of the guides, short descents and the longer ones are an unforgettable experience.
Offers and mixtures
300 hotels, pensions and cabins offer a memorable stay in Lech Zürs am Arlberg. Whether you choose a family pension or an exclusive 5-star hotel, anywhere you encounter friendly hosts.
January 7 to 31, 2014, cuts at hotels and guesthouses and excellent skiing conditions!
March 15 - April 27, 2014, skiing in the sunshine of spring is a special attraction for advanced skiers. Spring favorable rates!
Lech Zürs Winter 2013/2014 Offers
Lech Zürs Snow Weeks
An unforgettable holiday in Garni exclusive 4-star hotel and on the slopes of Arlberg! The package includes 7 nights accommodation, Swedish buffet breakfast + Arlberg ski pass valid for 6 days. From 948 Euros per person, valid January 11 to 25, 2014.
Looking for the alpine ski pioneers
Enjoy skiing on slopes discovered by Alpine skiing pioneers, today with modern infrastructure. Yes, such a thing is possible in Lech Zürs am Arlberg! A stay in a particular hotel and half-board, enjoy the slopes of the Arlberg! The package includes 7 nights hotel accommodation, Swedish breakfast buffet and half board + Arlberg ski pass valid for 6 days. From 989 Euros per person, valid March 15 - April 13, 2014.
Special! Soul, jazz and blues music concerts in Tanzcafé Arlberg, free entry, for two weeks starting with March 30, 2014.
Skiing in Zürs Lech am ArlbergSpring is the most suitable season for advanced skiers. Enjoy the pleasure of skiing on untouched snow and with spring temperatures at favorable rates! Package includes 3 nights B & B accommodation in pension or apartment + Arlberg ski pass valid for 2 days. From 260 Euros per person, valid April 22 to 27, 2014.


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|AB910 seen in July 2015
|AR213 at Duxford in July 2013
|AR501 G-AWII at Old Warden
|AR614 at Everett Flying Heritage
|BL614 by Allan Barley
|BL655 in 2009 © Tom McGhee
|BM597 at Duxford in July 2013
|BR108 in Malta in 2012
|EE602 seen at Biggin Hill
|EN145 at Hatzerim in April 2013
|EN199 on display in Malta
|EN474 at NASM, Washington DC.
|EP120 at Duxford in July 2013
|JF294 at Saxonwold Museum
|K9942 in the museum at Cosford
|LA198 at Kelvingrove in Aug 2008
|LA226 in 2009 © Tom McGhee
|LA255 when at Cottesmore
|LZ844 seen at Kemble
|MA298 at Stauning in June 2014
|MH350 at Bodo in November 2013
|MH434 at Duxford in July 2013
|MH592 in Belgrade Museum.
|MJ271 when at Lelystad Museum
|MJ627 in action
|MJ730 © Martin Condon
|MJ783 at the Brussels Museum
|MJ874 at Deelen in Mar 2013
|MK732 is still airworthy
|MK805 © Philip Stephens
|MK912 by Allan Barley
|MK923 at Seattle in June 2012
|ML255 in Oct 2011 © Phil Adkin
|ML407 at Duxford in July 2013
|ML417 seen at Middle Wallop
|ML427 in Birmingham (M Lawson)
|MT719 courtesy of John Bennett
|MV154 'MT928' seen at Duxford
|MV239 at Temora in March 2014
|MV246 at Brussels Museum
|MV293 at Duxford in July 2013
|MV370 at Laatzen, Hannover
|N3200 at Duxford in Apr 2014
|NH188 at NAM, Ottawa
|NH238 courtesy of Steve Gardner
|NH341 when at Juno beach, M Ray
|NH749 seen here at B'Ham 1983
|NH799 at Omaka in Nov 2015
|P7350 seen in July 2015
|P9374 seen at Duxford
|P9444 in the Science Museum
|Remains of P9451 at Hooton Park
|PK481 at Bull Creek in April 2014
|PK624 at Duxford, May 2008
|PK664 in 2009 when at Stafford
|PK683 at Solent Sky Museum
|PK724 is at RAF Museum Hendon
|PL344 courtesy of Adrian Harnett
|PL965 at Coltishall 2005
|PM627 at Linkoping Museum, Jun 2012
|PM631 at Coningsby
|PM651 in 2009 © Tom McGhee
|PP972 seen at Biggin Hill
|PS853 seen in May 2014
|PS890 seen in May 2013
|PS915 at Coningsby in June 2010
|PT462 at Duxford
|PV202 as H98 seen at Leuchars
|PV270 seen in March 2016
|RM689 courtesy of Steve Gardner
|RM921 in the Florennes Museum
|RN201 seen at Halfpenny Green
|RR232 seen at Biggin Hill
|RW382 seen at Biggin Hill
|RW386 in June 2010, © Phil Adkin
|RW388 at Hanley in Apr 2013
|RW393 in 2009 © Tom McGhee
|SL574 at San Diego
|SL633 seen in Sept 2015
|SL674 in 2009 © Tom McGhee
|SM411 at Krakow in Aug 2013
|SM520 seen at Duxford
|SM832 at Planes of Fame, Chino, USA
|SM845 seen in July 2015
|SM969 at Duxford, May 2008
|SM986 in Aug 2010
|SX137 at FAAM Yeovilton Nov 2013
|SX336 seen at Duxford
|TA805 seen at Duxford
|TB752 in Feb 2011 � Fred Taylor
|TB863 at Temora in March 2014
|TD248 at Duxford in July 2013
|TD314 seen at Duxford in Aug 2015
|TE184 seen in May 2014
|TE214 at Hamilton, Ontario
|TE288 at Wigram in Feb 2014
|TE311 at Coningsby in 2013
|TE356 Jun 2012 © Terry Fletcher
|TE392 at Galveston in April 2008
|TE456 in Auckland in November 2015
|TE462 at East Fortune in Apr 2016
|TE566 by Allan Barley
|TE578 at Hatzerim in April 2013
|TP280 © Terry Fletcher
|VN485 at Duxford in July 2013
|VP441 at Crystal Lakes, Montana
|X4590 courtesy of Tony Wood
|X4650 seen at Duxford


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Friday, March 4, 2011
My PhD study companion
You might have heard about the health benefits of having a pet, but maybe you think taking care of a pet doesn't fit in your busy graduate school schedule.
I've always had cats, but since "I was a student" and "did not have time for a pet" my cats always stayed with my parents where I would spend my weekends. Until I moved to a small apartment in Brussels and was spending my days at home to work on my degree thesis. So I did a little experiment and took Pasha (the cat in the pictures) with me to Brussels.
With my little companion, spending days and days at home to work on my thesis suddenly became much more pleasant. I was making calculations with Pasha on my lap, or very close to me in the sofa, I took some breaks to let him run behind a ball or a stuffed mouse. He'd be doing funny things which made me smile and I was feeling less stressed about my thesis.
When I moved to Delft, Pasha moved with me. It wasn't easy to find housing where pets are allowed, but I'm very glad I found a place where he is allowed.
I remember that 3 months into my PhD I came home very stressed. I was ready to shout at the very first person in front of me. Just from my body language, Pasha got scared off and went hiding. This made me realize I had to relax, enjoy my evening, and figure out my PhD problems the next day, behind my office computer.
Right before I fall asleep, I find it hard to stop thinking about Everything I Have To Do. However, when I just listen to Pasha's peaceful purring, I fall asleep easily.
During the weekend, he's constantly by my side while I'm reading for my literature review.
If you are considering having a pet, don't think that you can't have one until you "grow up" and get out of graduate school.
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- AnonymousMarch 10, 2011 at 12:29 PM
Hey, Pasha is too cute. Currently I'm doing my PhD and I'll be getting a cat (huge Maine Coon) too this summer. So exciting!ReplyDelete
Pasha is actually half Maine Coon, half unknown random stranger :) I hope you'll have a great time with your cat too!ReplyDelete
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Hi loves. Inspired by a charming Hudson River valley town of upstate NY with a view from our yard of the blissful river, these original crochet and knit designs are influenced most by the steady flow of the river along with the rolling green hills and lush green trees that surround us. A walk in nature among the many trails all about this hillside town provide endless calm.
As a lifelong nature and animal lover, fibers used are 100% vegan with a preference for plant-based over synthetic including acrylic (minimally), bamboo, corn, cotton, flax, hemp, linen, lyocell, metallic, microfiber, modal, nylon, polyester, rayon, satin, soy, and tencel.
Feel free to message me with any questions.
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http://lists.tmttlt.com/listinfo.cgi/transdisciplinarystudies-tmttlt.com This is the list for the book series 'transdisciplinary studies' which is seeking scholars interested in discussing transdisciplinary research and book proposals for transdisciplinary research
Category Archives: cultural informatics
Call: closed systems / open worlds
Closed Systems / Open Worlds
Edited by: Jeremy Hunsinger (Wilfrid Laurier University), Jason Nolan (Ryerson University) & Melanie McBride (York University)
This book will consist of explorations at the boundaries of virtual worlds as enclosed but encouraging spaces for exploration, learning, and enculturation. Game/worlds like Second Life, OpenSim, Minecraft, and Cloud Party are providing spaces for the construction of alternatives and reimaginings, though frequently they end up more as reproductions. We seek to challenge those spaces and their creativities and imaginings.
These worlds exist as both code and conduct. Code is a modulating multiple signifier, in that the interpreters of the code vary from human to machine and that our understanding of the signifier changes the worldliness in itself. The conduct of both participants and administrators of these spaces influences how they flourish and then fade. As such the worlds and their anima/animus are socially constructed fictions where authors/creators/users, both above and below the actions are sometimes in concert, yet often in conflict with the space and intentions of the originators.
This book seeks critically engaged scholars who want to risk the possibility of change in the face of closed systems. We are looking for critical or speculative essays that must be theoretically, empirically and/or contextually grounded chapters of 5000-6500 words plus apparatus. Doctoral students and non-tenure faculty members will be afforded blind peer review upon request.
We are aiming for 12 -14 chapters that define the boundaries and thus likely futures of research on virtual worlds.
Aug 1, 2014 – 250 word précis with 5-10 key references
Aug. 30, 2014 – accept/reject proposals
Feb 1, 2015 – final draft due
July 1, 2015 – feedback from reviewers
September 1, 2015 – final version
December 1, 2015 – in press
Queries and submissions: firstname.lastname@example.com
Topics may include:
10 things that i think i know about learning ecologies
10 things that i think i know about learning ecologies
1. human beings learn; we don't stop learning, we learn while we are awake, we learn while we are asleep, we learn when under stress, and we learn when comfortable and happy.
2. human beings do not always learn what others know, or think is the truth, the right, the good, or anything else that is socially or culturally endorsed. in fact, we frequently learn what isn't endorsed, and what is around the endorsed, what structures the endorsed and what endorses the endorsed, etc. etc. instead of learning the endorsed. the learning around the endorsed learning may be the most important learning in the end.
3. learning is a process. it is not thing, nor a product. it must be performed, but awareness of its performance does not always improve it. human beings are not the only things that learn.
4. speed and change occur in ecologies and thus affect learning and learning ecologies.
5. learning constructs relationships. relationships are frequently labeled objects, essences, qualities, etc. but what we are doing is learning to relate one thing or set of things(subject, object, or quasi-object) to another thing or set of things. frequently when learning these relationships, we make them too 'unchanging', thus requiring future unlearning and relearning.
6. learning is social. there are always other human beings. other humans exist as learners implicit in everything, from our language, to our actions, to our texts, and to our world. even if there are no 'physical subjects' other than yourself present when you learn, there are tens of thousands of subjects, a virtual society or hidden college, around you. we learn from and with those human beings.
7. human beings build and inhabit 'assemblages' which are systems of relationships which persist through time such as institutions, environments, ideologies, etc. etc. we build structures for learning too. we also build 'mechanisms' which structure relationships with an intention of producing or re-producing in whole or in part assemblages. the structuring and/or mechanizing of learning can prevent or hinder the learning, as much as it can help and encourage it.
8. assemblages and mechanisms are internal to our learning ecology, but we do not always learn about them, sometimes they are purposefully hidden from us, sometimes justifiably, sometimes not. sometimes these assemblages and mechanisms augment human being's capacity to learn.
9. when we structure and/or mechanize learning, we change its ecology, which necessitates the creation of relationships or the changing of relationships, thus we need to learn the relationships in the ecologies anew.
10. human beings have always been tool users. tools are technologies, and we have always learned about and through technologies. technologies, as such, are part of our learning ecology and play parts in structuring and mechanizing learning. technologies have always mediated relationships, and all media are technologies. there is a 'craft' to all technologies that must be learned, and in learning that craft, we create new relationships that we share with others.
Augmented Reality in Education
Learning Infrastructures in the Social Sciences
The final issue of the journal learning inquiry has been published.
The topic was Learning Infrastructures in the Social Sciences.
The contributions are:
Introducing learning infrastructures: invisibility, context, and governance
Jeremy Hunsinger
Virtual office hours as cyberinfrastructure: the case study of instant messaging
Jeren Balayeva and Anabel Quan-Haase
Transforming learning infrastructures in the social sciences through flexible and interactive technology-enhanced learning
Philipp Budka and Claudia Schallert
The Brisbane Media Map: participatory design and authentic learning to link students and industry
Christy Collis, Marcus Foth and Ronald Schroeter
Learning to succeed in a flat world: information and communication technologies for a new generation of business students
Alex Ramirez, Michael J. Hine, Shaobo Ji, Frank Ulbrich and Rob Riordan
And one article not in the special issue, but included in the final issue:
The educational (im)possibility for dietetics: a poststructural discourse analysis
Jacqui Gingras
Jason Nolan and I wish to thank you for your interest and submissions over the last few years.
corporate control of archives News: Digital Archives That Disappear – Inside Higher Ed
Digital Archives That Disappear
April 22, 2009
As digital archives have become more important and more popular, there are varying schools of thought among scholars about how best to guarantee that they will be around for good. Some think that the best possibility is for the creators of the archives — people generally with some passion for the topic — to keep control. Others favor acquisition, thinking that larger entities provide more security and resources for the long run.
[From News: Digital Archives That Disappear – Inside Higher Ed ]
I remember when people were horrified that google bought dejanews and when dejanews started archiving and keeping usenet, which was before fairly ephemeral. Those were horrific days for many people because something would be preserved and controlled by someone else that was never intended to be that way.
We've been facing problems with digital archives for ages and private digital archives are a huge problem for researchers, costs aside… The question of copyright, etc. is key and often misplaced, in the new form of the digital material. In any case, the discussion above points to some of the new problems of digital archives.
The April 16 Archive: Front Pages Collection
The Center for Digital Discourse and Culture is pleased to announce our Front Pages Collection, an archive of newspaper coverage of the April 16 tragedy. The hundreds of front pages posted on this site were given to the Center by a thoughtful individual in the aftermath of the shootings. Together, they capture a wide variety of responses to, and representations of, the events and aftermath of April 16 from around the world. The collection is organized by geographic location. It can be accessed at: http://april16archive.org/frontpages/
"Down the Rabbit Hole" day
Cory Doctorow points out that today is Down the Rabbit Hole day, so here is something i drafted recently that normally i would never post.
Culture in virtual worlds? Critiquing the complexities and our assumptions
Jeremy Hunsinger
Granted this model of culture makes things more complex and clouded than many current ideological strands of the cultural sciences and humanities might prefer, but in virtual worlds, where the environment is constructed either through fixed programmed interfaces or the through the results of genetic algorithms, the construction of subjects and objects as different in any knowable sense is speculative at best. The assumption that many cultural scientists, and humanities scholars make that if it seems to talk and act like a subject or like them' then it is a subject very much depends on the environment. People have been simulating conversation in virtual worlds for years, and simulating actions just as long, beyond that people have been designing these virtual world for cultural effects that frequently do not come to fruition.
Consider the possibility of a virtual world developed to support natural and cultural sciences. In this world, the humans interface with the world is intended to simulate nature, such as pseudorandom distribution of wind or water flows over abradable media such as sandstone, or the bifurcations of tree roots as they interact with the soil. The purpose of such a world would be to see to what extent artifacts found in nature are likely man-made or man-influenced or not. In this game, individual actions add up to a part of the simulation, thus an 'avatar' would be the combination of forces over time as mixed with the forces and the fun would be had by influencing and changing the additive and multiplicative efforts of many people over time. The actions 'avatar', as a natural forces, is a combination of many possible people's influences over time where time is one of the variables that consensus can effect and the interface can model, so that some people may slow down to a bacteriological time, or speed up to human time onward to the geological times of redwoods, and onto that of mountains. One possible sub-game may be to produce objects that might be confused with archeological artifacts, such as the Sphinx. Another sub-game that would surely arise is the design and or defacement of areas of the world for artistic or other purposes. We can see from such a game, that the 'avatar', or that which acts on cultural objects in the world may in fact be plural, and may produce things that are not considered artifacts as much as terrain. This possibility, the dissociation of the avatar from the individual and the dissociation of the products of the avatar from the culture is an extreme example of the reality of what people already do in virtual worlds today.
This dissociation of cultural subject and cultural production problematizes much of the scholarship being done in virtual worlds which depends on the assumptions that subject/s create or exist in relation to objects, but in the messiness of programmable systems, the mixing of subjects/objects into quasi-subjects, quasi-objects, and the pluralization of the relationship between a persons interface and their 'avatar', causes one to be immediately skeptical of the reported experiences of people acting through their interfaces in the virtual world. Even their reports should be colored by the researcher's inability to discern the authenticity of the persons reporting given that the world they experienced through their screens, speakers, and haptic devices could be entirely different from that world experienced by a person using different devices, having different proficiencies, or living in different cultures. This is not to say that we cannot make assumptions about world, subjects, and objects, but it is to say that the assumptions that we rely on in the f2f world that ground our research may not be, and frequently are not valid assumptions. In short, when exploring culture in virtual worlds, we need to take care in our methodological choices and their assumptions for even the most basic assumptions such as, "my student in my virtual classroom had the same experience as my other students" is likely to be false in ways that are profoundly different than the ways it may be false in a f2f classroom. Similarly, our assumptions about the causes of behavior, social, economic, and cultural, must account for the new forms of re/mediation in their models, else they will likely end up describing less a model of subjects in a virtual world, then describing the base assumptions of their observations or experiments yet again.
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A Salaga District Magistrate Court in the East Gonja District of the Northern Region presided over by David Sebeyem has fined second year Health Assistant Clinical (HAC) student of the Kpembi Nurses and Midwifery School , Latifa Saani GH¢1,500.00 for defrauding her colleagues.
Additionally, she has been bonded to be of good of good behaviour for a period of two years.
Hajia Shirley Issah Principal of the school disclosed that management will also meet to determine her fate considering the severity of the crime she committed.
Latifa Saani was arrested by the Salaga police for allegedly defrauding about 40 of her colleague students to the tune of GH ¢82,347.
According to some of the victims who spoke to ultimate1069.com, last Semester they were required to pay an amount GH¢ 1,675 each.
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The suspect offered to help pay their fees into the schools account at Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB) Salaga Branch after which pay-in counterfoils were supposed to be submitted to the school's account department for certification.
Police disclosed to ultimate1069.com, that Latifa Saani has a motorbike and claims she could facilitate the fast payment of fees at the bank for students at no fee resulting in several students using her as a channel of paying their fees since it was quite easier.
She was however unmasked when the school authorities asked students to submit their receipts of payment at the bank before they could be allowed into the examination hall last Friday to write their last paper.
When most of them brought their pay in slips to justify they did not owe, the school authorities realized the receipts presented were more than the amount paid to the bank and had to immediately contact the bank.
After thorough scrutiny, it was established that about 40 of the bank's students deposit counterfoils were fake and the owners demanded to explain how they came by them.
All indicated that they made payments through the suspect but when summoned she admitted squandering monies and issuing fake pay in slips to make up for the amount she was given by the victims as though it had been validated at the bank.
A search in her belongings revealed a commercial bank stamp pad, deposit forms and inkpad.
She has since been granted bail pending further investigation.


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But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, And your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear.
If I regard wickedness in my heart, The Lord will not hear;
Thus says the LORD to this people, "Even so they have loved to wander; they have not kept their feet in check Therefore the LORD does not accept them; now He will remember their iniquity and call their sins to account." So the LORD said to me, "Do not pray for the welfare of this people. "When they fast, I am not going to listen to their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I am not going to accept them Rather I am going to make an end of them by the sword, famine and pestilence."
We have transgressed and rebelled, You have not pardoned. You have covered Yourself with anger And pursued us; You have slain and have not spared. You have covered Yourself with a cloud So that no prayer can pass through.
Then they will cry out to the LORD, But He will not answer them Instead, He will hide His face from them at that time Because they have practiced evil deeds.
"And just as He called and they would not listen, so they called and I would not listen," says the LORD of hosts;
"So I spoke to you, but you would not listen. Instead you rebelled against the command of the LORD, and acted presumptuously and went up into the hill country. "The Amorites who lived in that hill country came out against you and chased you as bees do, and crushed you from Seir to Hormah. "Then you returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD did not listen to your voice nor give ear to you.
"Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently but they will not find me, Because they hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of the LORD. "They would not accept my counsel, They spurned all my reproof.read more.
"So they shall eat of the fruit of their own way And be satiated with their own devices.
You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.
"So when you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; Yes, even though you multiply prayers, I will not listen Your hands are covered with blood. "Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; Remove the evil of your deeds from My sight Cease to do evil, Learn to do good; Seek justice, Reprove the ruthless, Defend the orphan, Plead for the widow.
He who shuts his ear to the cry of the poor Will also cry himself and not be answered.
"Cry loudly, do not hold back; Raise your voice like a trumpet, And declare to My people their transgression And to the house of Jacob their sins. "Yet they seek Me day by day and delight to know My ways, As a nation that has done righteousness And has not forsaken the ordinance of their God They ask Me for just decisions, They delight in the nearness of God. 'Why have we fasted and You do not see? Why have we humbled ourselves and You do not notice?' Behold, on the day of your fast you find your desire, And drive hard all your workers.read more.
"Behold, you fast for contention and strife and to strike with a wicked fist You do not fast like you do today to make your voice heard on high. "Is it a fast like this which I choose, a day for a man to humble himself? Is it for bowing one's head like a reed And for spreading out sackcloth and ashes as a bed? Will you call this a fast, even an acceptable day to the LORD? "Is this not the fast which I choose, To loosen the bonds of wickedness, To undo the bands of the yoke, And to let the oppressed go free And break every yoke? "Is it not to divide your bread with the hungry And bring the homeless poor into the house; When you see the naked, to cover him; And not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord,
And He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and viewed others with contempt: "Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. "The Pharisee stood and was praying this to himself: 'God, I thank You that I am not like other people: swindlers, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.read more.
'I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.' "But the tax collector, standing some distance away, was even unwilling to lift up his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, the sinner!' "I tell you, this man went to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted."
Then David the king went in and sat before the LORD, and he said, "Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?
and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
For You do not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it; You are not pleased with burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
For thus says the high and exalted One Who lives forever, whose name is Holy, "I dwell on a high and holy place, And also with the contrite and lowly of spirit In order to revive the spirit of the lowly And to revive the heart of the contrite.
But the centurion said, "Lord, I am not worthy for You to come under my roof, but just say the word, and my servant will be healed. And when Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, imploring Him, and saying, "Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, fearfully tormented."read more.
Jesus said to him, "I will come and heal him." "For I also am a man under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to this one, 'Go!' and he goes, and to another, 'Come!' and he comes, and to my slave, 'Do this!' and he does it." Now when Jesus heard this, He marveled and said to those who were following, "Truly I say to you, I have not found such great faith with anyone in Israel. "I say to you that many will come from east and west, and recline at the table with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven; but the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." And Jesus said to the centurion, "Go; it shall be done for you as you have believed." And the servant was healed that very moment.
Now Jesus started on His way with them; and when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends, saying to Him, "Lord, do not trouble Yourself further, for I am not worthy for You to come under my roof; When He had completed all His discourse in the hearing of the people, He went to Capernaum. And a centurion's slave, who was highly regarded by him, was sick and about to die.read more.
When he heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders asking Him to come and save the life of his slave. When they came to Jesus, they earnestly implored Him, saying, "He is worthy for You to grant this to him; for he loves our nation and it was he who built us our synagogue." for this reason I did not even consider myself worthy to come to You, but just say the word, and my servant will be healed. "For I also am a man placed under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to this one, 'Go!' and he goes, and to another, 'Come!' and he comes, and to my slave, 'Do this!' and he does it." Now when Jesus heard this, He marveled at him, and turned and said to the crowd that was following Him, "I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith." When those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the slave in good health.
Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; and whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight.
Samuel said, "Has the LORD as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices As in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams.
"For I did not speak to your fathers, or command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings and sacrifices. "But this is what I commanded them, saying, 'Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you will be My people; and you will walk in all the way which I command you, that it may be well with you.'
The LORD is far from the wicked, But He hears the prayer of the righteous.
God said to him, "Because you have asked this thing and have not asked for yourself long life, nor have asked riches for yourself, nor have you asked for the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself discernment to understand justice, behold, I have done according to your words Behold, I have given you a wise and discerning heart, so that there has been no one like you before you, nor shall one like you arise after you.
The eyes of the LORD are toward the righteous And His ears are open to their cry.
'You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
"But from there you will seek the LORD your God, and you will find Him if you search for Him with all your heart and all your soul.
"As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a whole heart and a willing mind; for the LORD searches all hearts, and understands every intent of the thoughts If you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
And Jesus answered and said to them, "Truly I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' it will happen. "And all things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive."
And Jesus answered saying to them, "Have faith in God. "Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is going to happen, it will be granted him. "Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be granted you.
"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. "For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. "Or what man is there among you who, when his son asks for a loaf, will give him a stone?read more.
"Or if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake, will he? "If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him!
"So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. "For everyone who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, it will be opened. "Now suppose one of you fathers is asked by his son for a fish; he will not give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?read more.
"Or if he is asked for an egg, he will not give him a scorpion, will he? "If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?"
Jesus went away from there, and withdrew into the district of Tyre and Sidon. And a Canaanite woman from that region came out and began to cry out, saying, "Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is cruelly demon-possessed." But He did not answer her a word. And His disciples came and implored Him, saying, "Send her away, because she keeps shouting at us."read more.
But He answered and said, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." But she came and began to bow down before Him, saying, "Lord, help me!" And He answered and said, "It is not good to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs." But she said, "Yes, Lord; but even the dogs feed on the crumbs which fall from their masters' table." Then Jesus said to her, "O woman, your faith is great; it shall be done for you as you wish." And her daughter was healed at once.
Jesus got up and went away from there to the region of Tyre. And when He had entered a house, He wanted no one to know of it; yet He could not escape notice. But after hearing of Him, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately came and fell at His feet. Now the woman was a Gentile, of the Syrophoenician race. And she kept asking Him to cast the demon out of her daughter.read more.
And He was saying to her, "Let the children be satisfied first, for it is not good to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs." But she answered and said to Him, "Yes, Lord, but even the dogs under the table feed on the children's crumbs." And He said to her, "Because of this answer go; the demon has gone out of your daughter." And going back to her home, she found the child lying on the bed, the demon having left.
"Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I go to the Father. "Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. "If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it.
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Benenden, the York-based mutual health and wellbeing provider is continuing its association with York Pride by agreeing a fourth year of sponsorship..
Announcing the arrangement for 2016, Claire Hetherington, Community Relations Co-ordinator at Benenden said:
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Last week Prospect street received curb and gutter and this week the street got NEW SIDEWALKS! Slowly the street and neighborhood and starting to look like normal. We've still got gravel and aggregate in the roadbed, but once the concrete dries, we'll be able to stroll down our (almost) newly reconstructed section of street.
Prospect street is about ten blocks long. The entire reconstruction process is broken into thirds with crews moving from the south end of prospect to the north end. Currently the heavy machinery is busy in the middle section of the project and the few blocks north of that can only wait in anticipation for the day when the big loader starts to strip the blacktop off their part of the street. As for us on the south end, we're waiting for the concrete to cure so that the asphalt guys can come in and lay some nice smooth blacktop.