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US Justice Department drops criminal probe of MF Global
The New York Times published a front-page article on August 16 reporting that the US Justice Department is preparing to end a ten-month criminal investigation into the collapse of the Wall Street brokerage firm MF Global without charging the company or any of its employees.
This is despite what the Times called the "disappearance" of some $1 billion in customer money that emerged when the firm filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last October 31. MF Global raided clients' accounts in an attempt to meet margin calls in the days leading up to its collapse. The newspaper reports that $175 million of this stolen money went to JPMorgan Chase.
The failure of the firm, on the other hand, left "farmers and other customers out millions," according to the Times report.
Nevertheless, the company and its former chairman and CEO Jon Corzine are likely to be given a free pass by the government. The Times cited "people involved in the case who spoke on condition of anonymity," making clear that news of the government whitewash had been deliberately leaked, presumably in an effort to prepare public opinion and dampen popular outrage.
The Times is no doubt also motivated by concerns over the impact on the Obama reelection campaign of yet another official cover-up of Wall Street criminality, given that Corzine is a former Democratic senator and governor of New Jersey and a top fundraiser for the Obama campaign. He hosted Obama's first reelection fund-raising event at his Fifth Avenue apartment overlooking Central Park in Manhattan.
Failure to prosecute the multi-millionaire Goldman Sachs CEO (1994-1999)-turned Democratic office-holder will create difficulties for a campaign based—absurdly and cynically—on casting Obama as a quasi-populist alternative to his pro-Wall Street opponent.
Exactly one week before the appearance of the Times article on MF Global, the Justice Department announced it was ending a criminal investigation into securities fraud by Goldman Sachs and would not bring charges against the bank or any of its employees. In doing so, it spurned the recommendations of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, which released a voluminous report last year documenting in detail how Goldman fraudulently offloaded toxic mortgage holdings onto investors and failed to tell them it was betting that the investments it was marketing would fail.
That same day, August 9, Goldman reported that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had ended a separate probe of a sub-prime mortgage deal stemming from 2006 and had decided to take no action. (See: "A law unto themselves," http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/aug2012/pers-a15.shtml).
In the figure of Corzine, key aspects of the criminalization of the US ruling elite and the thoroughgoing corruption of its political system, including the incestuous ties between Wall Street and the Democratic Party, come together. Corzine embodies the financial parasites at the top 0.01 percent of the income scale whose swindling precipitated the global economic crisis and who have, with the assistance of the Obama administration, further enriched themselves from the social catastrophe they produced.
In his career, he personifies the revolving door between the boardroom and government office and the domination of the political system and both major parties by Wall Street. After being forced out of Goldman Sachs in 1999, Corzine used $62 million of the $400 million fortune he had accumulated to get himself elected US senator from New Jersey.
In 2005, he used another $38 million of his own money to win the state house in New Jersey. As governor, he imposed brutal cuts in health care, pensions, higher education and aid to the cities, as well as slashing 5,000 state jobs. As a result, he lost his reelection bid in 2009 to Republican Chris Christie.
In March of 2010 he became chairman and CEO of MF Global. He began making enormous bets with borrowed funds that the sovereign debt of countries such as Spain and Italy would not collapse, including a single bet of $6.3 billion—six times MF Global's capital. When the firm reported a second quarter 2011 loss of nearly $190 million due to the worsening of the European debt crisis, investor confidence in the company collapsed.
Nevertheless, in the 18 months he headed the firm before running it into the ground, Corzine took in $14.25 million in total compensation. The August 16 New York Times article reports that Corzine is now considering launching a hedge fund.
The refusal of the government to prosecute MF Global or Goldman Sachs and their respective executives is anything but an aberration. Nearly four years since the Wall Street crash of September 2008, not a single high-ranking banker has been criminally prosecuted, let alone jailed.
Federal regulators have refused even to hold civil trials for bankers up to their necks in corrupt and illegal practices. Instead, the government has arranged one settlement after another in which financial firms and executives paid token fines and in return were let off without admitting guilt.
The Obama administration has brokered the following major settlements:
* In July 2010, Goldman Sachs agreed to pay $550 million in a settlement with the SEC on charges of misleading buyers of mortgage-related investments.
* In October 2010, Countrywide Financial CEO Angelo Mozilo agreed to pay $67.5 million to settle an SEC investigation into fraud and insider trading practices in the sub-prime mortgage market.
* In March 2011, the Justice Department dropped a criminal probe of Mozilo without laying any charges.
* In June 2011, JPMorgan Chase paid $153.6 million to settle a civil fraud case with the SEC.
* In July 2011, Citigroup settled a civil fraud case with the SEC for $75 million.
* In February 2012, the Obama administration brokered a settlement with Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Wells Fargo and Ally Financial over rampant fraud and forgery in the processing of foreclosure documents. The banks were penalized a combined $25 billion—only $5 billion of it in cash—in return for the quashing of 49 state investigations with the potential for tens of billions in fines. The settlement enabled the banks to accelerate their foreclosing of homeowners.
The record speaks for itself. The American financial aristocracy is above the law. It lies, steals, cheats and destroys livelihoods with impunity, protected by its bribed political representatives. It has turned the economy into its personal gambling casino, secure in the knowledge that its losses will be covered by public funds.
Barry Grey is a frequent contributor to Global Research. Global Research Articles by Barry Grey
Global Financial Tyranny to be Exposed in US Court
If you ever wanted to connect the dots concerning Global Financial Tyranny and see behind the proverbial screen, a Federal Complaint case filed recently (November 23, 2011) in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, has all the makings to do just that. The veil that has been unknowingly draped over our eyes is about to be lifted!
Here is a document download link to the case filing pulled from Pacer.gov site-
Is This Too Good To Be True?
This case has all the factual components to finally prove there really is a conspiracy to control the world's financial system by a select few. It could also very well through exposure, bring about monumental and worldwide change in the structure of the global economy. The time has finally arrived…Surely we are now living in a time period that demands truth to be exposed. On all levels everywhere around us for those with "eyes to see" we can easily recognize a brighter day coming into view. The tormenting storms of our past are transforming into a new paradigm. For that, I'm grateful and sincerely glad to be alive here and now bearing witness to this time of transition.
Please don't expect the main-stream media outlets to pay attention to this case until they can no longer avoid it.To date there has been minimal press exposure about this case however Court House News did publish information surrounding the case here: http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/12/05/41930.htm
Paradigm Game-Changer
Through exposing here this potential world-changing event, I too contribute towards a brighter day for all. Please participate as well by discussing the relevant, and timely importance of this matter with those you know as well as link to this article, and/or forward it on.
I have long said the global economic/monetary system has been engineered, controlled and maintained by very few and not for the benefit of mankind as a whole. This case exposes the extent of deceit and could very well be the catalyst that cannot be stopped.
The basis surrounding this case fundamentally involves what many would describe as international intrigue starting before WWII. Moreover, it could easily be a blockbuster master-mind fictional thriller novel and movie! However, this is no fictional story or movie. It is very real. And the introductory evidence presented in the 111 page filing in Federal court bears out the astonishing facts.
The revelation this case provides so far threatens to expose the 300 year tyranny of systematic economic oppression of not only world's populace, but all nations of the world. All this is a total game-changer for those select few who have owned (for too long) the mechanisms of oppression and control. That is- the creation of money and its mechanics for world dominion. I also suspect those valiantly involved in bringing this case to court could face untimely death by the "unseen" hand of despots in desperation. Apparently and unfortunately, some already have.
However, for those involved in bringing this case forward, they have safeguarded in multiple locations their "ace-in-the hole" to protect their well-being.
For brief, general synopsis and background, start here-
Well Researched and Documented
I want to personally thank David Wilcock over at Divine Cosmos, for his exceptional research on the somewhat complex subject matter. He seamlessly weaves a compelling time-line through his detailed approach to fact-finding. Although there are quite a few characters and historically provable events tied to this story, and ultimately the case submitted to the court, he brilliantly connects the dots for even the uninitiated in matters such as this.
For a complete comprehensive investigation of the back-story start here:
If you want to skip the middle section covering the history of those groups behind the "screen pulling the levers", jump to the last section of the investigation here:
And the concluding section of the investigation article here:
May 17, 2011 by Ellen Brown
California is the eighth largest economy in the world, and it has a debt burden to match. It has outstanding general obligation bonds and revenue bonds of $158 billion, largely incurred for infrastructure. Of this tab, $70 billion is just for interest. Over $7 billion of California's annual budget goes to pay interest on the state's debt.
As large as California's liabilities are, they are exceeded by its assets, which are sufficient to capitalize a bank rivaling any in the world. That's the idea behind Assembly Bill 750, introduced by Assemblyman Ben Hueso of San Diego, which would establish a blue ribbon task force to consider the viability of creating the California Investment Trust, a state bank receiving deposits of state funds. Instead of relying on Wall Street banks for credit – or allowing a Wall Street bank to enjoy the benefits of lending its capital – California may decide to create its own, publicly-owned bank.
On May 2, AB 750 moved out of the Banking and Finance Committee with only one nay vote and is now on its way to the Appropriations Committee. Three unions submitted their support for the bill – the California Nurses Association, the California Firefighters, and the California Labor Council. The state bank idea also got a nod from former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich in his speech at the California Democratic Convention in Sacramento the previous day.
Why a State Bank?
California joins eleven other states that have introduced bills to form state-owned banks or to study their feasibility. Eight of these bills were introduced just since January, including in Oregon, Washington State, Massachusetts, Arizona, Maryland, New Mexico, Maine and California. Illinois, Virginia, Hawaii and Louisiana introduced similar bills in 2010. For links, dates and text, see here.
All of these bills were inspired by the Bank of North Dakota (BND), currently the nation's only state-owned bank. While other states are teetering on bankruptcy, the state of North Dakota continues to report surpluses. On April 20, the BND reported profits for 2010 of $62 million, setting a record for the seventh straight year. The BND's profits belong to the citizens and are produced without taxation.
The BND partners with local banks in providing much-needed credit for local businesses and homeowners. It also helps with state and local government funding. When North Dakota went over-budget a few years ago, according to the bank's president Eric Hardmeyer, the BND acted as a rainy day fund for the state. And when a North Dakota town suffered a massive flood, the BND provided emergency credit lines to the city. Having a cheap and readily available credit line with the state's own bank reduces the need for massive rainy-day funds (which are largely invested in out-of-state banks at very modest interest).
The Center for State Innovation, based in Madison, Wisconsin, was commissioned to do detailed analyses for the Washington and Oregon bills. Their conclusion was that a state-owned bank on the model of the Bank of North Dakota would have a substantial positive impact in those states, increasing employment, new lending, and government revenue.
What California Could Do with Its Own Bank
Banks create "bank credit" from capital and deposits, as explained here. Under existing capital requirements, $8 in capital can be leveraged into $100 in loans, drawing on the liquidity provided by the deposits to clear the outgoing checks. Assuming a 10% reserve requirement (the amount in deposits normally held in reserve), $8 in capital and $100 in deposits are sufficient to create $90 in loans ($100 less $10 held back for reserves).
In North Dakota (population 647,000), the Bank of North Dakota has $2.7 billion in deposits, or $4000 per capita. The majority of these deposits are drawn from the state's own revenues. The bank has nearly the same sum ($2.6 billion) in outstanding loans.
California has 37 million people. If the California Investment Trust (CIT) performed like the BND, it might amass $148 billion in deposits. With $12 billion in capital, this $148 billion could generate $133 billion in credit for the state (subtracting 10%, or 14.8 billion, to satisfy reserve requirements).
There are various ways the state could come up with the capital, but one possibility that would not require new taxes or debt would be to simply draw on the treasurer's existing pooled money investment account, which currently contains $65 billion in accumulated revenues dispersed to a variety of funds. This money is already invested; a portion could just be shifted to the CIT. Since it would be an investment in equity rather than an expenditure, it would not cost the state money. Rather, it would make money for the state. In recent years, the Bank of North Dakota has had a return on equity of 25-26%. Compare the 25-30% lost in the two years following the 2008 banking crisis by CalPERS, the California Public Employees' Retirement System, which invested its money on Wall Street.
There are many inviting possibilities for applying the CIT's $133 billion in credit power, but here is one easy alternative that illustrates the cost-effectiveness of the approach. Assume the bank invested $133 billion in municipal bonds at 5% interest. This would give the state close to $7 billion annually in interest income – nearly enough to pay the interest tab on the state's debt.
Choosing Prosperity
What California can do with its own bank, other states can do as well, on a scale proportionate to their populations and economies. North Dakota has a population that is less than 1/10th the size of Los Angeles; the BND produced $62 million in revenue last year and $2.2 billion in loans. Larger states could generate much more.
We have been trapped in an austere neo-liberal economic model in which the only alternatives are to slash services, raise taxes, and sell off public assets, all in a futile attempt to "balance the budget" in a shrinking economy. We need to start thinking outside the box. We can choose prosperity, and public banks are a key tool for achieving that end.
Original post here-
Ellen Brown wrote this article for YES! Magazine. Ellen is an attorney and president of the Public Banking Institute, http://PublicBankingInstitute.org. In Web of Debt, her latest of eleven books, she shows how people can reclaim the power to create money. Her websites are http://webofdebt.com and http://ellenbrown.com.
2012 A Doorway Into Another Age?
2012 A Doorway Into Another Age?
With the massive wave of 2012 hype and hypothesis bombarding us from every side, I though it would be fun to take a look at selected opinions from our global family with their sometimes unique perspective of what these days may hold for humanity. To add in some flavor, included are a few statements from the esoteric thinkers and visionaries of our current age.
No matter what your opinion may be concerning these fantastic days we find ourselves in, or the whole "2012" subject, one cannot easily dismiss the entire notion that absolutely nothing profound or out of the ordinary is increasingly effecting people and the planet we call home.
- Aztec- Call this the Time of the Sixth Sun. A time of transformation. Creation of new race.
- Cherokee- Their ancient calendar ends exactly at 2012 as does the Mayan calendar.
- Dogon- Say that the spaceship of the visitors, the Nommo, will return in the form of a blue star.
- Egypt- According to the Great Pyramid (stone calendar), present time cycle ends in year 2012 AD.
- Hindu- Kali Yuga (end time of man). The Coming of Kalki & critical mass of Enlightened Ones.
- Hopi- Predict a 25yr period of purification followed by End of Fourth World and beginning of the Fifth.
- Incas- Call it the 'Age of Meeting Ourselves Again'.
- Mayans- Call it the 'end days' or the end of time as we know it.
- Maoris Say that as the veils dissolve there will be a merging of the physical & spiritual worlds.
- Pueblo- Acknowledge it'll be the emergence into the Fifth World.
- Zulu- Believe that the whole world will be turned upside down.
"A telepathic interplay which will eventually annihilate time"
(Alice Bailey)
"Translation or dematerialisation to another sphere of the Universe"
(Teilhard de Chardin)
"A matter-antimatter implosion leaving a mutation of matter to photoniform. Our minds will unite like the fragments of a hologram."
(Terence McKenna)
"As the Schumann resonance increases to 13Hz, Gaia goes from Alpha to Beta frequency & wakes up. Increasing tryptamine & beta-carboline neuro-chemistry allows us a telepathic communion, as we become used to our light bodies in preparation for the magnetic pole reversal when there will be a mass out-of-body-experience."
(Geoff Stray)
"Evolutionary quantum leap. Human / ET interface & the arrival of a new species or kingdom on Earth."
(Jon King)
"In 2012, Earth's axis will tilt, along with a polar reversal, causing terrestrial and celestial grids to re-align, the pineal eye will perceive beyond ultraviolet,& we'll ascend to the next dimension beyond time."
(Moira Timms)
"The human race will unify as a single circuit. Solar & galactic sound transmissions will inundate the planetary field. A current charging both poles will race across the skies, connecting the polar auroras in a single brilliant flash."
(Jose Arguelles)
"A moment of quantum awakening. A nanosecond will be stretched into infinity and become non-time, during which we will all experience full consciousness of who we are and why we have incarnated. If we choose to return to human form, we will do so in an awakened state, as 'reflective cells' of the starmaker."
(Ken Carey)
35 Facts That Show Just How Much The Average American Has Been Destroyed By This Economy
35 Facts Showing How Much The Average American Has Been Destroyed By This Economy
Sobering statistics to say the least. Each of the 35 facts has an accompanying image that really does speak a thousand words. As I have repeatedly wrote about- Our global debt-based monetary system has for all intents and purposes run it's logical and mathematical course. This is the result. A new day awaits as this fractured "Humpty Dumpty" system of money creation via debt issuance can no longer deliver the economic prosperity necessary for sustained growth.
Not to mention the sums of money needed to be extracted from the real economy to service these staggering interest payments on equally un-payable debt levels. We see this on every level- Consumers, businesses & corporations, States and Sovereign nations. Fear-Not! There is another more sound way to reduce or eliminate these cycles of despair created by this method of money-creation. Stay tuned…but for now, I'll leave that good news for another article. (Click the image below for article)


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I'm not a one girl's guy... [real talk for ya, peep game]
And they know it, when it comes to love I don't lie [we don't lie man]
And the girls respect me for it [you gotta respect that]
Ain't gonna say my nose can't be open [I may never say never]
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I love girls, girls, girls
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Yo put your number on this paper cuz
I would love to date ya
Holla at ya when I come off tour
[Verse 1: Jay-Z]
Whoo! Who you lovin, who you wanna be huggin, heh
Who you wit, who you wanna be fuckin
Got this smarty art chick to whom I pose this question
I read a couple books to add to her soul's progression
To put this in layman's terms, I gave her some knowledge
She gave me, brains in return, she had to drop out of college
Knowin she does this homework, I give her in house tutoring
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She, call me professor, say daddy come and test her
So she could fail on purpose and repeat the semester
I'm like, at this rate ma you never graduate
She said, I ain't no fool I make it up in summer school
Now let the people sing
I'm tryin girls out, [just tryin girls out] just tryin girls out
Yo put your number on this paper cuz I would love to date ya
Holla at ya when I come off tour
[Verse 2: Kanye West]
Now even though I went to college and dropped out of school quick
I always had a P.H.D.--A pretty huge dick
Ladies tired of getting ripped off by guys like this
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2 way or phone me if you tryna bone me
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I'm not a one girl's guy, and they know it
When it comes to love, I don't lie, and the girls respect me for it
Ain't gonna say my nose? can't be over
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I'm tryin girls out, waiting patiently
Just tryin girls out, until I find the one for me
A 2002 remix of Girls, Girls, Girls Pt.2 where Kanye hops on for a verse. Kanye's verse is also used on his Freshman Adjustment Vol. 2 tape for his remix of Girls, Girls, Girls


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World's Easiest Roasted Tilapia
(Use one piece of Tilapia per person, recipe created by Kalyn with inspiration from the cooking instructions on Highliner Tilapia Loins.)
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Pan Seared Tilapia in Avgolemono Sauce from Closet Cooking
Thai Green Curry with Tilapia from 80 Breakfasts
Tilapia: Pan Seared from Christine Cooks
Mom's Chinese Tilapia from Delish
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Clint Van Winkle fought in Iraq and lived to tell about it.
Now the former Marine sergeant is making a movie about surviving the hardest part of war: coming home.
That may sound counterintuitive, especially with "The Hurt Locker" taking top honors at this year's Academy Awards for its gripping depiction of the intensity of life on the modern battlefield. But for many veterans, the most difficult challenge of war is not its horror, monotony, and loneliness, but readjusting to life at home. Mr. Van Winkle deployed to Iraq in 2003, and when he returned home he faced post-traumatic stress disorder and other maladies. Ultimately he sought and received the treatment he needed. Now he is trying to help other veterans by directing a short documentary about the return of two of his buddies and how they conquered their own demons.
"Not a lot of people have asked them to tell their story," says Van Winkle.
He is one of five war veterans chosen by a foundation in Los Angeles to tell their stories on film. One will explore how veterans cope with the surrealism of leaving the battlefield one day and coming home the next. Another will look at substance abuse among vets. Van Winkle will focus on readjustment, highlighting the phenomenon known as "survivor's guilt," after his buddies lost a close friend in Iraq in 2005.
The veterans-turned-moviemakers were chosen from a group of about 100 applicants by the Brave New Foundation in Culver City, Calif. Each of the five attended a three-day moviemaking "boot camp" there, where they learned storytelling and film direction. Then they were handed a $7,500 stipend, a professional cameraman, and $10,000 for expenses – and then turned loose. The edited documentaries, which are not allowed to make political statements, will be completed this summer and distributed online or perhaps get broader distribution by a cable network.
"I was inspired to develop this project when I realized that there are veterans who have basic storytelling skills … and how it would be amazing to hear their unfiltered stories," says Richard Ray Perez, creator of this film project, which is called "In Their Boots."
In March, Van Winkle joined friends Shawn Kipper and David Paxson in Philadelphia for an emotional reunion. The three grabbed dinner at Tony Luke's, a popular cheese steak restaurant, and then went to a hotel, where Van Winkle conducted two intense interviews that forced his friends to recall some of their roughest combat experiences.
If it helps other vets, 'we've succeeded'
"It got pretty in-depth," Mr. Kipper said later. Kipper, who once repaired tracked vehicles in the Marine Corps, is now a field service technician for a rental company. "I felt like I was putting myself out there for everybody to see, but the whole thing for me is, if it helps another struggling veteran feel as if he's not alone, then we've succeeded in this."
When Kipper's deployment to Iraq and time with the Marine Corps ended, the transition from worrying about killer roadside bombs to picking up his role as husband didn't go well at first.
Little things bothered him, and he turned to alcohol to soothe the anxiety he says he felt all the time. Kipper recalls going with his wife to reactivate his cellphone after his return and practically jumping one of the store's employees when he was peppered with questions.
"Rock bottom, for me, was watching my marriage go to shambles, just everything around me, wanting to drink all the time, feeling as if I couldn't accomplish anything," Kipper recalls.
But in those dark days, his daughter, then still a baby, gave him hope and inspired him to put his life back together.
For the documentary, Van Winkle, Kipper, and Mr. Paxson visited a tattoo parlor on the outskirts of Philadelphia, where Paxson had a "battlefield cross" added to his forearm. The artwork memorializes Brad Harper, a friend killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq in 2005.
The battlefield cross is commonly used at memorial services in the field, in which a rifle with bayonet attached is pushed into the ground, with the boots of the dead soldier placed in front and the soldier's helmet placed on top. Paxson had the tattoo artist add Harper's name to a black-and-white drawing, and then sat for nearly three hours, camera rolling, while it was etched into his arm.
Picking up their lives or starting anew
The three men have quietly reassembled their lives. Kipper got divorced but now has a close relationship with a woman and enjoys raising his 6-year-old daughter, Callie, in Chesapeake, Va. Paxson works in helicopter assembly and repair outside Philadelphia, where he lives with his wife and two boys.
Van Winkle has taken a different road since leaving the Marine Corps in 2004. After submitting a piece to a literary magazine about his experiences in war, he was contacted by an agent. The result was "Soft Spots: A Marine's Memoir of Combat and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder," published by St. Martin's Press last year. He has since earned a master's degree in creative writing and now teaches creative writing at a community college outside Phoenix.
He hopes the movie has an impact on veterans who have gone through the same adjustment as he and his friends.
A lot of what happens in war is unpredictable, says Van Winkle. "You're just in the wrong place at the wrong time and you get shot. We've seen stuff happen to people, and there isn't any reason that it wasn't us."


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The width of the FlexoStretch can easily be adjusted to between 70 cm (28 in) and 95 cm (38 in) by pulling its lift arms out or in. This makes FlexoStretch an excellent choice for both normal-weight and bariatric patients. Max. load is 300 kg (660 lbs), but, thanks to the aluminium design, FlexoStretch weighs no more than 14.5 kg (32 lbs).
To easily control the patient's horizontal position, FlexoStretch is equipped with a Stretch Leveller as standard.
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Blog posts seldom turn up right under my nose, literally, until last week.
Because last week , I became an allergy sufferer. I assumed it was a cold because the symptoms were slightly familiar (stuffy nose, sneezing) but realized the itchy, watery eyes belonged to a whole new gift that some develop in adulthood — some like me, apparently.
The only immediate change in my purchasing habits included pills and tissues, but I'm thinking that when I close on my house in May, I'll be outfitting my house as an allergy-sufferer.
This means humidifiers, air filters and other boring stuff. But it also means some of my favorite things: appliances.
As sad as I was to start sneezing, I realized that I had a really good excuse to invest in a Miele vacuum and a set of steam laundry.
Miele vacuums
Lots of vacuums have HEPA filters, but only Miele vacuums have a true Hepa filter (see What HEPA is and why you should care about it).
Miele's filter conforms to the European standard for filtration, which are much more stringent than U.S. standards.
Miele's vacuums trap 99.99% of all particles as tiny as 0.3 of a micron.
Plus, I'd rather buy one vacuum to last me 20 years rather than something built to konk out every few years.
Steam laundry
Right now, I use the Electrolux steam laundry pair. It's phenomenal.
And it's not too shabby looking, either.
I mostly use the steam dryer to release wrinkles in my clothes.
But steam's real genius comes from its sanitizing power.
In fact, LG's steam laundry pair was certified asthma & allergy friendly by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America — the first to gain the certification.
LG's Allergiene cycle removes 95 percent of common allergens such as dust mites and pet dander, even from delicate fabrics. Steam allows the washer to quickly reach temperatures high enough to kill off these allergens without adding extra hot water to the cycle, which could damage fabrics.
Imagine the difference of washing your sheets every week in one of those?
And the TrueSteam dryer has a SteamSanitary™ cycle NSF certified to kill 99.3% of the common infectious bacteria, for everything you own that can't wash. I'd love to stick my head in there right about now, in fact 🙂


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Auburn, Worcester, Spencer, Rutland, Fitchburg, Northbridge, Sturbridge, Webster and Milford have changed the dates of their Fourth of July celebrations because of Tropical Storm Arthur, which is bearing down on the East Coast.
Officials in Worcester have postponed the annual fireworks display to Saturday, but even that is subject to the wind being calm enough to allow the show to go on: If wind gusts are higher than 20 miles per hour, the fireworks will have to be postponed again.
Meantime, Shrewsbury officials have canceled the town's annual Family Day, scheduled for Friday. There is no makeup date.
As of noon today, there was no change of plans in Millbury, where fireworks are scheduled for Friday and Saturday nights. The Lions Club, on its Facebook page, said the events will be held as scheduled.
Auburn's annual Independence Day Celebration has been postponed from today to Sunday because of the weather. Festivities include games, contests, food and music, as well as fireworks.
In Rutland, the fireworks have been rescheduled from Thursday to Sunday, at 9:20 p.m. at Memorial Field. The other Rutland activities scheduled for Thursday — chicken barbecue, strawberry festival and evening band concert — also have been postponed to Sunday. The town also has events planned for Friday and Saturday and will post updates on its Fourth of July website and Facebook page.
Old Sturbridge Village has postponed its Independence Day fireworks until dusk Saturday. Gates to the village's celebration open at 6:30 p.m. and tickets are $16.
Webster's fireworks and related activities at Memorial Beach have been moved from Thursday to Sunday. Webster will have food and entertainment starting at noon, followed by fireworks at 9 p.m.
Northbridge has moved its fireworks from Thursday to Sunday.
Milford has moved its fireworks from Thursday to Saturday at 10 p.m. at Fino Field.
Spencer has moved its Family Fun Day celebration to Sunday.
Fitchburg's Downtown Block Party and fireworks display have been moved from Thursday to Saturday.
Fitchburg festivities, part of Civic Days, are scheduled for 5 to 9 p.m. and will feature food, magicians, jugglers, a classic car show and street performers throughout the evening, as well as bands and DJ's providing music up and down Main Street. The Thayer Symphony Orchestra will perform on Main Street before and during the fireworks, which go off about 10 p.m.
The Fitchburg July Fourth parade remains scheduled for Friday.
Return to telegram.com for updates on other Fourth of July events.


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Can you believe that I have never attended a SQLSaturday (http://www.sqlsaturday.com)? Well, that is changing very soon. You will see me at SQLSaturday #50 in East Iowa September 18th, #53 in Kansas City October 2nd, and #49 in Orlando October 16th! Wow!
Why would you want to attend SQLSaturday? Well, the price is right, usually free or just a charge for lunch. You will see SQL Server MVPs, authors, and experts provide top notch educational sessions. You will also get to meet and network with the speakers and other SQL Server professionals. It is a glimpse of what the PASS Summit is like.
So, be sure to check out the list of SQLSaturday events, and I hope to see you in East Iowa, KC, or Orlando.


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"I find no comfort in the shade
"Do you not see what I see?
"The mournful cry of Giallr-horn
"Raise up your banner
"No knowledge can save you,
— Doom of Odin,
Norse Mythology is a strange world. It's differed from other mythology, in that their characters and world, even in Asgard, are grave and solemn. This may all be due to the fact, even though the gods are immortal, they will be destroyed in the final battle between good and evil.
The pages devoted to Norse and Teutonic mythology, has been divided into three section:
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Viking helmet (c. AD 750)
Other useful information includes:
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Protect your DNA from CT Scans and X-rays
Research Supports Nutrient Shields Against Ionizing RadiationAugust 2010
By Robert Klein
In hospitals and doctors' offices around the country, millions of innocent patients are unknowingly exposed to excessive radiation. The main culprit is the computed tomography (CT) scan which exposes patients to the equivalent amount of radiation received by atomic bomb survivors in the low-dose range.1
Published scientific studies document that these excessive amounts of radiation will result in catastrophic numbers of new cancers due to DNA mutation.1-3 Epidemiologists estimate that as many as 29,000 new cancers could be related to CT scans performed in the US in 2007 alone.2 There are now approximately 70 million CT scans performed every year, up from a mere 3 million in 1980.4,5
As if this were not bad enough, shocking revelations in the New York Times and scientific publications last year exposed frightening inattention to the risks of X-ray equipment, specifically computed tomography (CT) scanners.6-8 In one case, more than 200 older adults received up to 8 times the normal radiation dose during brain scans.6 In another, a 2-year-old boy was left with visible skin changes and a significant probability of cataracts within a few years, following lengthy over-exposure.6
While CT scans provide important diagnostic information that can save lives, their growing frequency is putting an enormous population at risk for a range of lethal cancers. Most likely everyone reading this article will have one or more CT scans in the coming years. Fortunately, new research shows that a number of readily available antioxidant nutrients and herbs can offer levels of protection against the dangers of ionizing radiation found in X-rays and CT scans.
What follows is an analysis of recent studies showing how certain remarkable nutrients can ward off many dangers associated with medical-based diagnostic radiation exposure.
What you need to know
X-rays and CT Scans are lifesaving technologies; however, they are often overutilized. Consequently, many are exposed to unnecessary ionizing radiation. Numerous studies have shown that this leads to an increased rate of cancer and other diseases. Alternative methods are available to assist in preventing the damage caused by ionizing radiation.
Antioxidant Protect Against Radiation
Ionizing radiation (principally X-rays and gamma rays), when it interacts with living tissue, releases massive amounts of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species.9
The pathological result is free radical damage to vulnerable DNA strands.10 When DNA genes that regulate cellular proliferation are damaged, the result can be cancer formation.
By interrupting oxidant processes, one can reduce the risk of radiation-induced cancers.11,12 Overlooked by most physicians and radiologists is the role of nutritional supplements in providing impressive protection from ionizing radiation.11,13
If your physician orders a CT scan, X-ray, or other diagnostic procedure involving radiation, optimize your dosing of antioxidant supplements as soon as you are scheduled. There are several classes of nutrients that have been studied for their radioprotective capabilities. In this article we will examine vitamins, trace minerals, polyphenols, and various plant extracts as a way to shield yourself from the dangers of medical radiation diagnostics.
Polyphenols are versatile molecules found in plant products. Research has shown that they provide a multitude of key protective benefits, including modifying gene expression that protects tissues from ionizing radiation. Collectively, polyphenols offer important protection from some of radiation's impact on the body.14,15
Resveratrol, quercetin, and green tea polyphenols rank among the best-studied and most potent radioprotectants in this class. Resveratrol is both radioprotective in healthy tissue and also has antitumor activity.16-18 Resveratrol protects mouse chromosomes from radiation-induced damage.19 Its antioxidant properties prevent radiation toxicity to the liver and small intestines, two tissues most immediately sensitive to radiation's ill effects.20
Quercetin and its related compounds protect lipids and proteins from otherwise-lethal doses of gamma radiation, again largely through their antioxidant properties.21 Quercetin and other polyphenols not only provide chromosomal radioprotection, but also shield mitochondrial DNA from radiation-induced oxidant damage.22 Quercetin also ameliorates biochemical changes in human white blood cells following radiation exposure.23
The polyphenol epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) derived from green tea also protects animals from whole-body radiation, blocking lipid oxidation and prolonging life span.24 Green tea extracts can protect rapidly-reproducing cells in the intestine and hair follicles from the damaging effects of radiation therapy, a form of radiation exposure far more intense than typical CT doses.25,26
Soy Components
Soybeans contain a wealth of health-promoting substances, several of which have remarkable radioprotective effects. Genistein, an isoflavone, can protect mice from ionizing radiation injury after a single dose.27 One mechanism is its protection against radiation-induced lipid peroxidation which disrupts cell membranes and structures.28 Genistein also stimulates production of red and white blood cells following whole-body radiation, again after as little as a single dose.29,30 That's vital, because rapidly-reproducing blood stem cells in bone marrow are among the most vulnerable to radiation's killing effects. Because of its powerful induction of cytokines that stimulate new blood cell formation, genistein is under intensive study as a way to protect military and civilian personnel against a potential nuclear threat.31
Soybeans also contain a radioprotective enzyme inhibitor known as the Bowman-Birk Inhibitor (BBI).32 BBI activates genes involved in DNA repair, making it among the most valuable compounds for late (or even post-exposure) treatment of radiation toxicity.33,34 In typical multitargeted fashion, BBI also stabilizes enzymes that would otherwise produce radiation-induced arrest of skin cell growth.35 Remarkably, BBI enhances survival of healthy cells, but not diseased cells, following radiation exposure.36,37 BBI survives processing in commercial soybean products (e.g., soymilk, soybean concentrate, and soy protein isolates), making it a highly accessible radioprotectant.38,39
Herb, Spice, and Other Plant Extracts
Compelling scientific evidence suggests that plant extracts have valuable gene expression-modifying effects that are relevant in protecting our bodies from radiation exposure.
Curcumin, from turmeric and other south Asian spices, has powerful radioprotective effects as a result of its antioxidant-modifying and gene expression-modifying characteristics.40 Curcumin supplements reduce DNA damage and tumor formation in rats; they reduce both DNA damage and lipid peroxidation in cultured human white blood cells.41,42 Curcumin has "dual action." Its antioxidant effects protect normal tissue from radiation. But it also upregulates genes responsible for cell death in cancers, enhancing tumor destruction by radiation.43 The result is increased survival in animals exposed to high-dose radiation.44
Together, garlic and ginger offer surprising radioprotection. Garlic's high sulfur content supports natural antioxidant systems like glutathione.45 Garlic extracts protect red blood cells from radiation damage by a glutathione-related mechanism.46 In mice, garlic extracts prevented radiation damage to chromosomes in vulnerable bone marrow cells.47 By a different mechanism (think multitargeting), garlic extracts downregulate X-ray-mediated increases in the inflammatory NF-kappaB system.48 Ginger extracts boost glutathione activity and reduce lipid peroxidation by a separate and complementary mechanism.49 The extracts directly scavenge a host of free oxygen and nitrogen radicals immediately following their formation by radiation.50-52
Ginkgo biloba reduces "clastogenic" factors—DNA damage artifacts in the blood of people and animals exposed to radiation.53,54 Astonishingly, this effect is so powerful that it proved useful in treating workers at the Chernobyl nuclear plant long after their exposure.55 More recently, ginkgo extracts proved to protect animals' organs from direct radiation-induced damage, and humans from cell damage following radioactive iodine treatment.56,57
Ginseng is another plant important in traditional medicine that has remarkable radioprotective effects.58,59 A variety of ginseng extracts protect against radiation-induced DNA damage.60-62 It protects hair follicles and other rapidly-reproducing (but healthy) tissues from damage by radiation.63,64 Its antioxidant effects have resulted in protection of a variety of radiation-sensitive tissues, including cells in the bone marrow, spleen, and testicles.58,65 Ginseng's immunomodulatory effects make it especially useful in defending the body against the ravages of radiation injury.66 A North American ginseng extract was recently found to protect human white blood cells from DNA damage even up to 90 minutes following radiation exposure.67 That makes it of great interest to defense and national security researchers.
Silymarin, a milk thistle extract, is well known to protect liver cells from chemical toxins. Not surprisingly, then, silymarin has been found to protect liver tissue from radiation damage as well.68,69 It reduces DNA damage and extends survival in animals exposed to dangerous levels of radiation.70 Silymarin's free radical scavenging and direct antioxidant effects are credited with producing these results.71
N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC)
N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) is a sulfur-containing compound that powerfully supports natural intracellular antioxidant systems, particularly glutathione. That makes it an effective radioprotective agent.72 NAC attenuates liver damage from radiation in mice, reducing oxidant damage and resultant DNA damage—both before and even after radiation exposure.73,74 By a separate mechanism (multitargeting again), NAC stimulates release of cytokines known to protect bone marrow against radiation injury.75 And NAC protects bone marrow cells from radiation as well, largely by preventing DNA damage.76,77 A multi-supplement mixture including vitamins C and E plus NAC significantly increased 30-day survival of mice exposed to a potentially lethal dose of X-rays.78 Remarkably, the effect was the same whether the supplement was given before or after the exposure.


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The 4th Edition is in print and available.
Any comments anybody?
(Jim, I thought you were going to give us a heads up on this)
Amy Lyons wrote:In answer to your questions, all of our current downloadable testers have label options which do not include Next Test Date, although we are working to offer a firmware update including more label options that comply.
Terry wrote:I have been to a seminar and the risk assessment indicated in the 4Th edition may be a good tool to justify test frequency but it does not give any methodology.
The Five step risk assessment described on the HSE site is a common format for highlighting risks and risk mitigation (and ticking boxes) but does not give any ranking or reason for test frequency for PAT testing items.
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Actress Shenae Grimes has confirmed her engagement to British model Josh Beech.
The "90210″ star has been dating the 24-year-old hunk since earlier this year, and they sparked rumours of an upcoming wedding back in September when she was spotted wearing a ring on her left hand.
Grimes has now reached out to fans to confirm she is set to walk down the aisle.
In a post on her Twitter page, she writes, "I'm engaged."
After receiving an outpouring of well wishes from fans, she added, "Thanks for all the congratulations everyone, I'm a very happy lady indeed and all the warm wishes are well appreciated!
"We plan to keep our special day very private and we hope everyone can respect that. Thanks for the love, right back atcha! (sic)"


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Prairie is a small township to the east of Hughenden in Queensland's Flinders Shire in the great North West. The township has a history as an old Cobb and Co depot and is serviced by a cafe/post office and an authentic Aussie hotel providing food and accommodation. The Prairie Hotel is a must-see for its collection of stockmen's hats and other memorabilia.
The name Prairie would seem to be derived from the 'prairie-like' setting. The explorer William Landsborough passed through this area in 1862. He camped by Jardine Creek (named after the explorer Alexander Jardine), viewed Jardine Valley and named Tower Hill. The earliest occupants were the Dalleburra tribe and then came the settlers. Many sheep and cattle properties were developed around the area and helped the town to progress.
57 kilometres south of Prairie is Kooroorinya Falls Nature Reserve for those wishing to enjoy a natural waterhole. Kooroorinya offers swimming, bush walking, fishing, bush camping and bird watching. The Reserve comes alive for three days every year when the Oakley Amateur Picnic Race Committee holds their Annual Race Meeting.
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General Information on Teaching Development Fellowships, 2011-2012
The deadline for accepting 2011-2012 NEH Teaching Development Fellowship awards is April 29, 2011.
To accept the award, please complete, sign, and return the acceptance form to the NEH Teaching Development Fellowships Program by either scanning and e-mailing it to @email or faxing it to (202) 606-8204 by this deadline. If you have questions, contact the program via the information in the letterhead.
Part One of this document describes the terms and conditions governing NEH Teaching Development Fellowships.
Part Two provides specific information on tenure, and stipend amount, as well as payment procedures and instructions for completing the acceptance form.
- Full-time Study: You are encouraged to devote full time during your fellowship term to the proposed project. You may, however, teach half time during the fellowship if necessary. Additional courses or other administrative work, however, are not permitted. If you are considering other activity during your fellowship tenure, you must first consult with the Teaching Development Fellowships Program staff to determine whether the proposed activity is permissible.
- Project Changes: You may make minor changes in your proposed project without consulting the Endowment. However, any significant change must be approved in advance. You should describe and justify the changes to the Endowment in writing so that the Endowment can determine whether the new plans fall within the intent of the award.
- Work Leading toward Degrees: You may audit courses and seminars pertinent to your fellowship project, but you may not enroll in a degree program or engage in work you intend to apply toward a degree either now or later.
Resignation or Termination: Your fellowship may be terminated by the Endowment if, for any reason, you resign or discontinue the proposed program before the end of the fellowship term or fail to observe the award's terms and conditions. If you resign before the end of your term, you must return any funds received over and above those to which you are entitled.
If during the course of your fellowship you are unable to meet the terms of the award, then you are obliged to inform the Endowment immediately so that appropriate action may be taken. Because stipend payments are made in advance, it may be determined that a portion of the stipend must be returned to the Endowment; if this is the case, the Endowment will inform you of the amount that must be repaid, the basis for the calculation, and the date by which repayment must be made.
Final Report: You must submit a final report on activities accomplished with your NEH award. This report should be submitted electronically via "eGMS," the NEH's online grant management system. The final report is due within 90 days after the conclusion of your term.
Recipients will be expected to submit a revised course syllabus, a bibliography, and other relevant materials upon the completion of the fellowship. These materials may be posted on the NEH Web site.
Prohibition on the Use of Funds for Lobbying Activities: The Byrd Anti-Lobbying Amendment, 31 U.S.C. 1352, prohibits recipients of federal contracts, awards, cooperative agreements, and loans from using appropriated funds to influence the Executive or Legislative Branches of the federal government in connection with a specific contract, award, cooperative agreement, loan, or any other award covered by §1352. 18 U.S.C. 1913 makes it a crime to use funds appropriated by Congress to influence members of Congress regarding congressional legislation or appropriations. Finally, the following are unallowable charges to award funds or cost sharing: certain electioneering activities, financial support for political parties, attempts to influence federal or state legislation either directly or through grass-roots lobbying, and some legislative liaison activities.
The NEH is required by the provisions of its appropriations act to include the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913 in all of its award, cooperative agreement, and contract documents.
Text of 18 U.S.C. 1913:
No part of the money appropriated by any enactment of Congress shall, in the absence of express authorization by Congress, be used directly or indirectly to pay for any personal service, advertisement, telegram, telephone, letter, printed or written matter, or other device, intended or designed to influence in any manner a Member of Congress, a jurisdiction, or an official of any government, to favor, adopt, or oppose, by vote or otherwise, any legislation, law, ratification, policy, or appropriation, whether before or after the introduction of any bill, measure, or resolution proposing such legislation, law, ratification, policy, or appropriation; but this shall not prevent officers or employees of the United States or of its departments or agencies from communicating to any such Member or official, at his request, or to Congress or such official, through the proper official channels, requests for any legislation, law, ratification, policy, or appropriations which they deem necessary for the efficient conduct of the public business, or from making any communication whose prohibition by this section might, in the opinion of the Attorney General, violate the Constitution or interfere with the conduct of foreign policy, counter-intelligence, intelligence, or national security activities. Violations of this section shall constitute violations of section 1352(a) of Title 31.
- Research Misconduct: NEH will take appropriate action against individuals or organizations upon a determination that misconduct has occurred in proposing, performing, or reviewing research or reporting results from research activities funded by NEH in accordance with the NEH Research Misconduct Policy.
Publishing as a Result of Your NEH Teaching Development Fellowship: You may copyright any material produced as a result of fellowship activities, and you may make the results of your work available to the public without restriction.
All materials publicizing or resulting from activities accomplished under an award must contain an acknowledgment of NEH support. The acknowledgment must also include the following statement: "Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this (publication) (program) (website) do not necessarily reflect those of the National Endowment for the Humanities." One copy of all award products should be forwarded to the Endowment as soon as they are available, no matter how long after tenure the work may appear.
- Medical Insurance and Other Fringe Benefits: The Endowment provides neither medical insurance nor any other fringe benefits for fellows. It is therefore recommended that you continue the benefit programs in which you are participating. Unemployment compensation and Social Security insurance are not covered because fellows are not employees of the U.S. Government.
- Income Tax: The tax laws governing fellowship awards were amended by the Tax Reform Act of 1986, and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the courts decide the extent to which a particular award is taxable. The Endowment does not withhold taxes from stipends. Neither does the Endowment send to Fellows an IRS form W-2 or IRS form 1099. You should familiarize yourself with the tax laws to determine the tax liability of your fellowship stipend and whether you are entitled to deduct any expenses in connection with your fellowship. The IRS has not advised the Endowment concerning tax treatment of fellowship awards, and NEH cannot provide tax advice or answers to tax questions.
Activities Outside the United States: Prior to undertaking activities outside the United States, recipients shall secure the necessary passports, visas or other required documents for entry into foreign countries. Recipients shall also obtain the appropriate licenses, permits, or approvals. The recipient must notify the NEH if a permit is denied or revoked after an award has been issued, or if an unforeseen circumstance, such as a natural disaster or political turmoil, threatens or prevents the recipient from carrying out project activities.
The NEH does not assume responsibility for recipient compliance with the laws and regulations of the country in which work is to be conducted.
Recipients should consult the updated travel advisories and warnings issued by the State Department through the American Citizens Services at 202-647-5225 or fax service 202-647-3000 or at the State Department's website.
The acceptance form is used to accept an NEH Teaching Development Fellowship award, and to indicate the exact dates of your fellowship tenure. You should retain a copy of the completed form for your records and notify NEH whenever you make modifications to the arrangements agreed to by the Endowment. The acceptance form must include the following information:
- Application Number: Your application number can be found on the offer letter. It begins with "FW-".
- Name
- Social Security Number
- Mailing Address, Home and Office Phone Numbers, and E-Mail Address
Teaching Development Fellowship Term Dates: The fellowship must cover an uninterrupted period of from three to five full months. Please note that your term must begin on the first day of your chosen first month and end on the last day of your chosen final month. Indicate the month and year in which you will begin your fellowship term and the month and year in which you will end your term. The earliest that you may begin your grant term is June 1, 2011. The latest that you may begin the grant term is March 1, 2012.
The final amount of the stipend is based on the number of months you requested in your application. For each full month of tenure, the NEH pays $4,200. Thus, a fellowship for 5 months would carry a stipend of $21,000 ($4,200 X 5 months). NEH does not allow its fellows to increase the length of their awards from that designated in their applications; fellows may, however, decrease the length of their awards from that mentioned in their applications.
You should be certain of the term dates entered on the acceptance form so that no changes will be required at a later date. The dates of term given on the acceptance form may be different from the dates requested in the application.
While you may hold other fellowships (e.g., sabbaticals and supplemental grants) or grants during fellowship tenure, you may not hold other awards from the NEH Division of Research Programs during the fiscal or calendar year or years in which you hold an NEH Teaching Development Fellowship.
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Repairs have begun at Auckland's Chancery shopping precinct, which has been suffering leak problems.
Contractors have erected scaffolding on the exterior of level one on the Courthouse Lane side of the complex, opposite the Metropolis apartment block.
In 2009, a report by building consultant Alexander and Co showed extensive repair work was needed but the work has only just begun three years later.
Chancery managers Colliers International said the precinct's body corporate appointed Arrow Remediate to manage the job, which will include improvements to the open-air courtyard, repainting the buildings and work to the facade of one of the precinct's three buildings.
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Water intrusion had not affected the buildings' viability and they were still structurally sound, he said.
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Gareth Fraser of Colliers said the centre would be refurbished to restore it to a prominent CBD retail and commercial precinct.
"Chancery is now approaching 12 years old so the time is right to give the precinct a new lease on life. The body corporate is therefore implementing a programme of refurbishment works which should be completed in time for this coming summer," he said.
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Theories of gravitation
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Some existing things are natural, while others are due to other causes. Those that are natural are ... the simple bodies such as earth, fire, air and water; for we say that these things and things of this sort are natural. All these things evidently differ from those that are not naturally constituted, since each of them has within itself a principle of motion and stability in place ... A nature is a type of principle and cause of motion and stability within these things to which it primarily belongs ... A nature, then, is what we have said; and the things that have a nature are those that have this sort of principle. All things are substances, for a substance is a sort of subject, and a nature is invariably in a subject. The things that are in accordance with nature include both these and whatever belongs to them in their own right, as travelling upward belongs to fire ...So Aristotle argues that the stone falls because it has a "nature within it" which causes its motion to its natural place which is the centre of the Earth. Natural motion of the heavenly bodies, according to Aristotle, is circular. Other ideas which he put forward were that an object moving at constant speed requires a continuous force acting on it to maintain that speed. He also argued that force can only be applied to an object through contact.
As well as natural motion there is unnatural motion, as for example when a stone is thrown upwards. However such unnatural motions are short lived (since continual application of force is required to maintain motion) and the "natural desire" of the stone to return to the Earth takes over and then natural motion returns the stone to Earth. This theory survived through the 16th century and the following illustration from a book published in 1547 shows how Aristotle's theory was applied to cannonballs. In this illustration the cannonball first travels in a straight line due to its initial unnatural motion, then when this force is spent the cannonball follows the arc of a circle until it begins its natural motion vertically downwards to the Earth.
Aristotle also believed that heavier objects fell more rapidly than lighter ones. This of course is a reasonable assumption, for if you hold a feather in one hand and a brick in the other and let go each at the same time then the brick will certainly hit your toe first. This, of course, is because of resistance of air, but to Aristotle it was simply clear that the heavier object fell more rapidly.
Although these ideas of Aristotle are completely wrong, they are important since they were accepted for nearly two thousand years. Perhaps most significantly for the development of science in Europe, Aristotle's ideas of physics were taken on board by the Christian Church. This had the effect of making it much more difficult for scientists to demonstrate that Aristotle's physics was false.
Although Galileo and Kepler did not put forward theories of gravitation as such, nevertheless they each made significant contributions which set the scene for later developments in gravitational theory. Their contributions which we now discuss were not thought at the time to be in any way connected, for Kepler's contribution concerned the orbits of the planets round the Sun while that of Galileo concerned motion and the acceleration of falling objects. We now know that both contributed to an understanding of gravity, but at the period when they worked no connection between falling objects and planetary motion was suspected.
Kepler's first two laws of planetary motion are: (1) a planet moves round the Sun in an ellipse with the Sun at one focus, and (2) a line joining the planet to the Sun sweeps out equal areas in equal times as the planet describes its orbit. As well as giving a simple mathematical model for planetary motion, these laws were highly significant since they stated for the first time that the motions of the heavenly bodies are not composed of circular motion.
Galileo showed that Aristotle was wrong to claim that for a body to continue to move at a constant speed, a force must be applied. On the contrary, he showed that a body which is not acted on by any force will continue in constant motion. Galileo experimented by letting objects fall toward the Earth, and he discovered that they underwent constant acceleration. Carrying out experiments, Galileo showed that the distance a body travels as it falls is proportional to the square of the time. However, stating the results in this way does little to show how brilliant they were, for they overturned the ideas of gravity as put forward by Aristotle which had been accepted as fact for nearly 2000 years.
It was not just experimental evidence that Galileo used to show that Aristotle's theory of falling objects was incorrect, he showed by logical argument that Aristotle's ideas do not make sense. In Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief Systems of the World (1632) Galileo argues as follows. Suppose we have two stones, the first being lighter than the second. Release the two stones from a height to fall to Earth. Stone 2, being heavier than stone 1, falls more rapidly. If they are joined together, argues Galileo, then the combined object should fall at a speed somewhere between that of the light stone and that of the heavy stone since the light stone by falling more slowly will retard the speed of the heavier. But if we think of the two stones tied together as a single object, then Aristotle says it falls more rapidly than the heavy stone. How do the stones know if they are one object or two? Aristotle's theory is inconsistent. Galileo had produced a stunningly clever "thought experiment" which is always more significant in experimental evidence which could easily have been incorrectly collected.
There are other stunningly innovative ways of thinking by Galileo. Up until this time people had watched a pendulum swinging and seen the bob of the pendulum going back and forward. Galileo, however, saw that the bob went up and down. He essentially saw the movement as composed of vertical and horizontal components with gravity being the force in the vertical direction. Although the time taken for the bob to rise and fall depended on the length of the pendulum, it did not depend on the weight of the bob. Again his argument showed that, ignoring the resistance of the air, the time taken for an object to fall from a given height did not depend on its weight. Rolling balls down inclined planes also allowed Galileo to examine the downwards component of the speed of fall.
We should realise that there are two aspects to questions about gravity. There is the physics of the situation which involves finding the equations which govern bodies acted on by gravity, and for this a proper understanding of the laws of mechanics is required. Then there is the more philosophical question of why the laws hold, what is the mechanism which leads to the observed gravitational effects. Aristotle's theory covered both aspects with a description of how bodies reacted under gravity and also a reason for the effects, namely the "natural tendency" of a stone to produce motion to bring it to its natural place on the Earth. Both aspects are, of course, quite incorrect. Galileo made a staggering advance in understanding mechanics and the way bodies move under gravity, but he did not tackle the reasons for objects to behave as they do. Descartes, on the other hand, produced an explanation of gravity based on his philosophical principles.
Descartes believed in rationalism. Thus he believed that knowledge must be acquired by reasoning rather than by using the senses which can, he argued, be easily deceived. Galileo's thought experiment is a good example of the use of logical reasoning. He did not entirely reject the idea of using observations and conducting experiments but rather used these to guide his intuition which provided him with first principles from which mathematical and logical deduction would then lead to knowledge. He wrote in 1644 in Principles of Philosophy:-
... my consideration of matter in corporeal things involves absolutely nothing apart from divisions, shapes and motions.In many ways these ideas by Descartes were of fundamental importance in the development of science since he claimed that everything could be analysed mathematically. All one needed to do was to construct a mathematical theory of mechanics and all would be understood. He proposed two forces, one associated with the rest state of a body dependent only on its mass, and one associated with maintaining the motion of a body associated with motus, the product of its speed and mass. (Motus is not momentum since mass times speed has no direction.) To Descartes the only properties that a body possessed were a mass and a speed and his mechanics was based on a conservation of motus. From this he deduced seven rules of motion which described how movements between bodies could be communicated.
Where did this take Descartes in thinking about gravity? Most obviously if a stone is released and falls to earth, then some matter must act on it to force it to do so. However, since we are not aware of such matter, it must be of a new form of matter, call it the ether. Another deduction which followed from Descartes' way of thinking was that a vacuum could not exist. This was in no way deduced from any experiment, just simply a logical deduction that the concept of a vacuum was meaningless since if something existed it could not be nothing. All of these ideas were put forward by Descartes in 1644.
Now once everything was filled with ethereal matter one had to consider what happened when a solid body, such as a planet, moved through the ether. Clearly the ether must be forced away from the front of the object and it will then flow round it in a circular motion. As bodies were in motion, the universe must consist of eddies, vortices and whirlpools. If, Descartes argued, the ether was perpetually in vortex motions caused by bodies passing through it, then the ether in turn would cause motion in bodies situated in it. These vortices were the cause of gravity; they held the planets in their orbits round the Sun. The Earth was surrounded by ethereal material which circulated rapidly round the Earth. This light, rapidly moving material would flow away from the Earth, and heavy, slow moving bodies like a stone would fall towards the centre of the Earth to replace it.
This theory of gravitation was certainly a pleasing one. Gone were the "natural tendency" and "desire" of a stone to move to the Earth as Aristotle had suggested. It had been replaced by a purely mechanical system which explained gravity in terms of purely mechanical terms concerning interactions between matter. It was quickly accepted as a good metaphysical system, but when the details were closely examined they did not quite match with observations. Huygens pointed out in 1669 that if the ether flowed in a circular motion round the Earth's axis then gravitational attraction should be towards the axis rather than towards the centre of the Earth. He tried to give a modification of the vortex motion which was equal in all directions. He failed to explain, however, how the ether could move in all directions without interfering with itself.
In 1675 Malebranche published Recherche de la vérité
One year after Leibniz published his article in Acta erditorum Ⓣ, Newton published the Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica Ⓣ or Principia as it is always called. In it Newton proposed universal gravitation and the inverse square law of attraction between any two bodies even separated in a vacuum. The attraction was the product of the two masses divided by the square of their distance apart. A stone falling to Earth was subject to precisely the same force which kept the Moon in its orbit about the Earth and the planets in their orbits around the Sun. Newton deduced Kepler's three laws of planetary motion from the inverse square law of attraction. Comets, he showed, were subject to the same gravitational forces and these forces gave a simple explanation of tides. See the article Orbits and gravitation for more information on how Newton discovered his theory of gravitation.
The Principia also gives arguments against Descartes' theory of gravitation. Newton showed that Kepler's first and second law could not both hold under Descartes' theory. He also asked how comets were able to cross vortices strong enough to keep the planets in their orbits without any effect on their own orbits. It was a devastating attack on Descartes' vortex theory of gravitation and put forward a brilliantly simple theory from which so much could be explained. It had one major problem, however. How could two objects attract each other across a vacuum? This was a theory like that of Aristotle's, but now a stone did not have just a "natural tendency" to fall to Earth, far more incredibly it had a "natural tendency" to be attracted to every other object in the universe. Descartes had a rational explanation for why stones fell to Earth and why planets orbited the Sun. Newton's theory, however, was based on some magic power of matter to be attracted to all other matter and this was anything but rational.
How did Newton answer the critics who asked: how is action at a distance possible? He did not try to. Rather he said that he was explaining how things worked but not attempting to explain why they worked that way. For some this was good enough, for others this was such an unsatisfactory state of affairs that they had to reject Newton's theory. Newton himself wrote in a letter to Dr Bentley dated 25 February 1693 (see for example [1], page 302):-
It is inconceivable that inanimate brute matter should, without the mediation of something else, which is not material, operate upon, and effect other matter without mutual contact, as it must be if gravitation in the sense of Epicurus be essential and inherent in it. And this is one reason why I desired you would not ascribe innate gravity to me. That gravity should be innate, inherent and essential to matter, so that one body may act upon another at a distance through a vacuum, without the mediation of anything else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another, is to me a great absurdity, and I believe that no man who has in philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it. Gravity must be caused by an agent acting constantly according to certain laws; but whether this agent be material or immaterial I have left to the consideration of my reader.There was no simple solution to the problems that the different theories posed. Many, such as Huygens, accepted the inverse square law but rejected the idea of attraction. Such people looked for other mechanisms which would lead to the inverse square law but produced by a modification of the vortex ideas of Descartes. Malebranche, for example, proposed little vortices within bigger vortices which made the Earth look as if it were producing a "boiling" effect on the ether which produced a radial flow of ether to explain the stone moving towards the centre of the Earth when released. Despite many attempts to modify Descartes' vortex theory, it could never satisfactorily account for the observed world and eventually Newton's theory became universally accepted.
For later developments in the theory of gravitation, the reader should now go to our article General relativity.
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Don't know if this story made it across the pond yet.
Long story short, travellers finally lose ten year battle to stay on land, started to get forcefully evicted today, shit was messy.
I'm really undecided on this. A school I worked at had a lot of travellers in it and I know a bit about the whole "culture", so I can kind of see both sides of the fence. Sure, they shouldn't be there and need to move on, but the fact that it's come to this is just plain disturbing.
As the majority of real life discussion I have had about this amounts to "Gypos need to gtfo" and "lol pikies" thought I'd put it up here instead.


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PBS to feature NEH-funded documentary as prime time special in Fall Sweeps Week
The Rape of Europa—a film funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)—will premiere on PBS on Nov. 24 as part of a national prime-time broadcast for Fall Sweeps Week. The NEH-funded film received a nomination for Best Documentary Screenplay from the Writers Guild of America (WGA) in February 2008. The Rape of Europa received a total of $630,000 from the Endowment in planning and production grants providing for 50 percent of the film's total $1.25 million budget.
The Rape of Europa, based upon the award-winning book by scholar Lynn Nicholas, tells an incredible yet lesser-known story of villainy and heroism in World War II. The film documents the 12-year Nazi campaign to loot and destroy thousands of priceless artworks from Europe and Russia and details the heroic efforts made by ordinary citizens and scholar-soldiers—later known as the Monuments Men—from the United States and its Allies to save and repatriate these stolen treasures during and after the war.
"The Rape of Europa rescues from oblivion the work of unsung heroes, men and women in the armed services who took great risks to save a priceless part of our cultural patrimony," said NEH Chairman Bruce Cole. "I'm thrilled that PBS is premiering The Rape of Europa and will share this remarkable story with the American public. The Endowment is proud to be the primary funder of this film."
"We couldn't have made this film without the support of the NEH," said filmmaker Richard Berge. "Its support not only made the production of this film possible, but it also provided us the opportunity to meet with scholars and enhance the historical narrative of the film."
The two-hour documentary film was written, directed, and produced by Bonni Cohen, Richard Berge, and Nicole Newnham of Actual Films in association with Oregon Public Broadcasting and Agon Arts & Entertainment, which provided significant additional financing. Its managing member, Robert M. Edsel, is the founder of the Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art and co-producer of the film. For more information about Bonni Cohen, Richard Berge, Nicole Newnham, and the film, please visit pressroom.pbs.org/programs/the_rape_of_europa.
A schedule of programs is available on the PBS web site at www.pbs.org/. Please check your local listing for exact times.
The NEH has a long-standing history of supporting engaging and substantive documentary films that bring the humanities to a far-reaching audience. These films promote lifelong learning in American and world history, literature, religion, philosophy, and other fields of the humanities.


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