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CHICAGO – Federal District Judge John W. Darrah has signed a consent decree under which Direct Wines, Inc., formerly known as Beverage Solutions, Inc., a Lake Forest, Ill., beverage distribution company, will pay $50,000 to end a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
Direct Wines operates home delivery membership clubs such as Beer Across America and International Wine Club.
The EEOC charged in the suit that the company violated the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) by failing to accommodate Pamela Stokes and a class of disabled employees by terminating their employment because they needed medical leave. The ADA prohibits employment discrimination against people with disabilities and requires that employers provide reasonable accommodations to employees, including leaves of absence, unless it would cause an undue hardship to the employer.
According to EEOC Chicago District Director John Rowe, who supervised the federal agency's administrative investigation of the matter, Beverage Solutions had a policy that provided that employees could only take leave between February 15 and May 15 or between July 15 and October 15, when Beverage Solutions claimed that business was slower. When Stokes requested six to eight weeks of medical leave beginning on September 20, 2006 so that she could have heart surgery, Rowe said, Beverage Solutions denied her leave request and told her that by taking leave she would be effectively resigning. Stokes underwent surgery and was released to return to work on November 20, 2006. She then contacted Beverage Solutions about coming back, but was refused.
The EEOC filed the lawsuit, captioned EEOC v. Beverage Solutions, Inc., Case No. 09 C 3829, on June 25, 2009, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. The case was assigned to Judge Darrah. The judge signed the consent decree February 26, 2010, and it was received today by the EEOC.
Under the terms of the consent decree entered today, Direct Wines will pay $50,000 to Stokes and one other employee who was terminated for needing medical leave. The decree also requires that Direct Wines adopt and distribute a policy against disability discrimination and revise its leave policies to provide reasonable accommodations to employees with disabilities. In addition, the two-year decree enjoins Direct Wines from engaging in further disability discrimination or retaliation, requires that it provide annual training to its employees regarding disability discrimination and mandates that it submit periodic reports to the EEOC regarding any such complaints.
John Hendrickson, the EEOC's regional attorney in Chicago, said, "We're pleased that Direct Wines agreed to resolve this lawsuit without protracted litigation. Early resolutions like this one have real down-to-earth benefits."
"In particular," Hendrickson added, "employers aren't spending money that could be used to grow business on suiting up lawyers to do battle. Victims of discrimination are more quickly made whole and can move on with careers. Current and future workers are – immediately and for the long term – assured their rights under federal law will be protected and respected. From our perspective at the EEOC, these are all entries on the positive side of the ledger – not only for all the parties, but for the taxpayers as well."
Ann Henry, EEOC trial attorney, and Supervisory Trial Attorney Diane Smason were responsible for the conduct of the litigation.
Henry said, "This case should remind employers that inflexible leave policies may spell trouble under the ADA. Even if a disabled employee may not be eligible for leave under the Family Medical Leave Act, the ADA still may compel an exception to a leave policy as a reasonable accommodation. So, as with any other reasonable accommodation issue, this is not an area for knee-jerk decision making."
The EEOC Chicago District Office is responsible for processing charges of discrimination, administrative enforcement, and the conduct of agency litigation in Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and North and South Dakota, with Area Offices in Milwaukee and Minneapolis.
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the EEOC is available on the agency's web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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A Big Day for Small Cells
Yesterday was a whirlwind of activity for Cisco at Mobile World Congress 2012, and a big day for our smallest networking devices.
On the heels of the past week's 4G/LTE announcements with Magyar Telekom, LG U+ , Vodafone Hungary, Telefonica Spain, and Bell Canada, yesterday we stood with business partners Orange, and Shaw to announce a new era in the evolution of the mobile Internet: the era of the small cell.
Cisco CEO John Chambers declared "We are now entering the post-macrocell era, where small cells also will play a critical role in delivering the next-generation mobile Internet."
Demonstrating our commitment to that vision, we were proud to announce the industry's first carrier-grade, end-to-end, Wi-Fi infrastructure to incorporate the Wireless Broadband Alliance's Next Generation Hotspot (NGH) technology. Featuring a new small cell gateway based on the industry-leading Cisco ASR 5000 mobile multimedia core router, our small cell solution provides mobile users with "simple, seamless, secure" access across multiple heterogeneous access networks.
And putting the walk in the talk, we simultaneously announced that Hong Kong's PCCW had recently completed the first commercial trial of NGH technology with Cisco's SP Wi-Fi technology, while True in Thailand and Smart in the Philippines completed succesful lab trials, thereby proving the viability and availability of Cisco's NGH technology.
Mr. Chambers concluded this customer-focused day by hosting a blue-chip panel of CTOs from Orange and Shaw, to discuss how they've partnered with us to develop and deploy small cell solutions that enable them to address spectrum limitations; scale coverage effectively; deliver seamless experiences across varying networks; save on capital and operational costs, and manage the explosion in mobile traffic, devices and new services.
And in the video you see below, executives from BT and Cisco discuss not just the technical, but also the social and economic benefits of the nationwide Wi-Fi network BT has built using Cisco's Wi-Fi technology.
You can hear and see more about the many mobile Internet solutions enabled by Cisco at Mobile World Congress. Stop by our booth in Hall 8, stand A111 and we'll be glad to show you around.
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Denver has always opened it arms to a flamboyant showman — P.T. Barnum, Buffalo Bill Cody, Duane "Dog" Chapman, to name a few. But no star could shine brighter over the Mile High City than Harry Houdini. A century later, his is still the brand name for escape, showmanship and skepticism; Denver was a crossroads for all three.
Houdini often played Denver's Orpheum Theater, part of the Orpheum vaudeville circuit he joined when he was 25 years old in 1899, after impressing owner Martin Beck in a beer hall in St. Paul, Minn.
It was two days before the new year in 1915 that The Denver Post played host to Houdini's largest city stage at 16th and Champa streets, as a crowd estimated at 7,000 gathered to watch him escape a seemingly impossible bind as he dangled from a chain above the newspaper's front door.
Safe to say this was a publicity stunt Houdini cooked up with the newspaper's co-owner and self-described yellow journalist Harry Tammen (who once said, "The public not only likes to be fooled — it insists upon it") and the city's new police chief. Houdini claimed the DPD had issued him a challenge from which he could not back down. As he speaks to a Post reporter the 41-year-old Wisconsinite allegedly "smooths his curly hair and smiles," according to the Dec. 28, 1915, edition
"And since it is to be a contest, it might as well be in public," Houdini declared. "I have escaped before and I will escape again, unless you have a set of wizards on the police department."


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In Maria's absence, can Azarenka snatch US Open from Serena's grasp?
Serena Williams may be the overwhelming favorite but the World No 1 is anything but a sure bet to win a U.S. Open overflowing with intriguing possibilities.
As the greatest player of her generation, Williams is the obvious choice to win the women's singles tournament, starting on Monday, but faces challenges on several fronts including the calendar.
If she wins, the 31-year-old American will be the oldest woman champion since tennis turned professional in 1968 but time has not caught up with Williams just yet.
"I'm definitely prepared. I'm definitely ready for New York. I'm looking forward to it," she said.
"I feel like I definitely had more matches than I could want, but I'm definitely prepared for the U.S. Open."
The American is already the second oldest Grand Slam winner after she won last year's U.S. Open and has captured eight titles this season, including the French Open. But not everything has gone her way.
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'I'm a big Victoria fan'
A quarter-final loss to Sloane Stephens at the Australian Open and a fourth-round defeat to Sabine Lisicki at Wimbledon were followed by her gut-wrenching loss to Victoria Azarenka at the Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati earlier this month.
Williams seemed to have the match under control when she cruised through the opening set only to lose in a third-set tie breaker, boosting Azarenka's confidence heading into the year's final Grand Slam.
The pair are seeded one and two and are drawn to meet in the final, just as they did last year. Williams beat Azarenka 7-5 in the final set 12 months ago but remains aware of the danger posed by the Belarusian.
"I'm a big Victoria fan," Williams said.
"I think she's just the ultimate competitor on the court and just really nice.
"I really get along with her. She's just a great person."
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'Every time we play, I face a big challenge, my biggest opponent'
The 24-year-old Azarenka won her second consecutive Australian Open this year and is perfectly suited to the unforgiving hardcourts at Flushing Meadows.
One of the few players who is unafraid of slugging it out with Williams in the cauldron-like atmosphere of Flushing Meadows, Azarenka looms as the obvious danger in what has all the makings of a great rivalry.
"Every time we play, I face a big challenge, my biggest opponent," Azarenka said.
"Playing in the final of any tournament against the best player, that's what you really strive for, and to overcome and beat.
"I've had tough losses before against her but I feel like I learned from those losses, and it helps me improve."
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Stosur, Radwanska, Li also in running for title
The chances of the pair meeting in the final have increased since the withdrawal of Maria Sharapova, because of injury, and the shock retirement of Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli but there are plenty of other dangers lurking in the draw.
Australia's Sam Stosur won the U.S. Open two years ago, upsetting Williams in the final, and won in California earlier this month.
Although she is yet to win a major, Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska has been a model of consistency. A finalist at Wimbledon last year, she made the quarter-finals at the Australian Open and the French Open this season and the semi-final at Wimbledon.
China's Li Na has also been in great form this season, reaching the final in Australia and the last eight at Wimbledon.
The Czech Republic's Petra Kvitova, who won Wimbledon in 2011 but has failed to make a Grand Slam final since, remains an unknown quantity while the rapidly improving Stephens lurks as the danger card.
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I'm sorry, but I do not understand what you are asking/saying.
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I came up with as follows
1.t.v.+ (adjective) +admiration :
have, express, feel admiration,for,/of...win wide-spread admiration, express great-admiration, excite,awsken universal admiration
cherish a profoud admiration,have a deep /great admiration
Please explain the phenomenon. By the way can we say like this: have an admiration for ,have deep admiration for...,If they are possible,give some examples , please in detail!Thank you very much!
I'm sorry, but I do not understand what you are asking/saying.
I think the question is "when do we use "a/an" with the word "admiration?"
Did I understand you correctly Notletrest?
Okay, that's easy.
It is called (darn it, I can't think of it at the moment but French uses it all the time) ELISION (the it is). Since "admiration" starts with a vowel, the "n" of an "an" is sounded and written. In French the consonant before such a word is written but not sounded (or maybe sounded but not written -- I can't remember at the moment.) Basically, in French if there is any way to make sounds run together smoothly, it is done. Consonant to vowel is smooth. Vowel to vowel is not smooth.
I should go on to say that this has nothing to do with meaning but rather with sound. In English we say "an apple" but we say "a pear".
Notletrest seems to have lost his interest in this thread, but I'll continue to ask.
You've misunderstood me. (It's only my fault though... ) I didn't mean the difference between "a" and "an". I rather meant the difference between "a/an" and no article. And that's what I believe the original poster was talking about. He/she says that it's sometimes "an admiration" and sometimes simply "admiration". Of course I may have misunderstood that myself, but I would still like to know how to deal with it.
Well, I'm puzzled. Maybe we should just let the thread die. I could tell you, though, that "an admiration" versus "admiration" is the difference between an individual versus a collective noun. "A breath" versus "air". The first you can itemize i.e. count. The second you cannot.
I came up with as follows in dictionaries:
1.t.ranstive verbs .+ (adjective) +admiration :
have,/express/ feel admiration,for,/of...win wide-spread admiration, express great-admiration, excite,/awaken universal admiration
That is to say before admiration without an indefinite article,even if there is an adjective before it.The examples are as above.
2.,travstive verb.+a+adjective+admiration:
cherish a profoud admiration, have a deep /great admiration
That is to say before admiration there must be with an indefinite article, if there is an adjective before it.The examples are as above.In fact some examples in 1. are in contradiction to those in 2. i.e. express great admiration, have a great admiration...,have admiration for,
Please explain the phenomenon,why should it be so.What is the rule for it and for orther nouns? By the way can we say like this: have an admiration for ,have deep admiration for...,If they are possible,give some examples , please in detail! Now may I put it clearly? Thank you very much!
Yes you can say those last two.
I am still confused, however, by the definitions that you are offering.
"Admire" is a transitive verb. "Admirable" is an adjective "Admiring" can also function as an adjective or a noun. "Admirably" is an adverb. "Admiration" is a noun (which can be individual or mass). Without looking up the etymology, I can safely assume that the word comes from the Latin prefix "ad"--to or toward-- and the Latin verb "mirare" -- to look.
If I understand you, these are possible structures, so a/an + adj + admiration does not mean that if there's an adjective, we must use the indefinite article. It's not a rule, just a possibility- we can have more than one pattern.


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International shipping presents new challenges every day. With these challenges, ship operators are constantly finding better ways to simplify every aspect of daily operations, improve efficiency, and maximize profit. Good thing, these benefits, which seemed impossible to achieve 20 years ago, are now widely available with the development of integrated shipping software.
Many ship operators and carriers find themselves dealing with high bunker costs, high charter costs, high labor costs, expensive communication between vessels and poor tracking systems. If these issues are not addressed at the right time, shipping operations become prone to encounter high losses. When any of these happens, beside the financial impact the company risks damaging its reputation and eventually loses customers.
Shipping solutions software> enables ship operators and carriers to minimize expenses and gain significant cost benefits by reducing the amount of work involved in moving cargo across international borders. This is done by automating a number of tasks that are labor-intensive and time consuming processes such as redundant data entry, inventory, documentation, invoicing, etc…
Because there is no one-size-fits-all solution when it comes to shipping operations, shipping software companies have developed different kinds of marine software solutions with their specific intended functions. Advanced software applications for shipping such as container management software allow merchants to easily control and manage container activities across multiple vessels. This enables operators to track the status and location of containers to minimize damage or loss.
Two other important kinds of marine solutions software are Voyage estimation software which calculates the length of time it will take for each shipment to reach its destination, and voyage accounting software which can be used run calculations of transaction costs. Using these solutions, operators can rate shop between carriers, compare routes, and identify commercial options with best revenue potential. Vessel operators use these software applications to compute bunker costs, chartering costs, port costs, canal fees, and load/discharge expenses, helping them to avoid expensive routes, evade risky procedures, and ensure that deliveries are always on time.
In addition, modern carriers are also using container tracking software which is used to show the exact locations of container. Container tracking software also records transaction details such as exact times certain shipments leave the port, transshipments, and load/discharge activities. Using this software helps ensure visibility and minimize loss of consignments.
To recapitulate, shipping solutions software is the key to success in modern-day shipping. It streamlines complex processes and removes bottlenecks throughout the shipment order cycle. Most shipping software can be integrated into existing platforms and customized to best serve specific purposes.
Nowadays, shipping software can be purchased off-the-shelf at rates so reasonable considering the benefits they offer. One challenge however is finding the right shipping software company or vendors which provide reliable products and support services not judging on price alone. With right choice, vessel operators can easily and quickly make back the difference in cost and enjoy the competitive advantage they get from investing wisely.


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Manage Azure media services with Ruby
This sample demonstrates how to manage Azure media services using the Ruby SDK.
Manage Azure resources and resource groups with Ruby
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- Run this sample
- What is example.rb doing?
Run this sample
If you don't already have it, install Ruby and the Ruby DevKit.
If you don't have bundler, install it.
gem install bundler
Clone the repository.
git clone https://github.com/Azure-Samples/media-services-ruby-manage-services.git
Install the dependencies using bundle.
cd media-services-ruby-manage-services bundle install
Create an Azure service principal either through Azure CLI, PowerShell or the portal.
Set the following environment variables using the information from the service principle that you created.
export AZURE_TENANT_ID={your tenant id} export AZURE_CLIENT_ID={your client id} export AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET={your client secret} export AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID={your subscription id}
[AZURE.NOTE] On Windows, use
setinstead of
Run the sample.
bundle exec ruby example.rb
What is example.rb doing?
The sample walks you through several media service management operations.
It starts by setting up
StorageManagementClient, and
MediaServiceManagementClient objects
using your subscription and credentials.
# Create the Resource Manager Client with an Application (service principal) token provider
subscription_id = ENV['AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID'] || '11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111' # your Azure Subscription Id
provider = MsRestAzure::ApplicationTokenProvider.new(
credentials = MsRest::TokenCredentials.new(provider)
# resource client
resource_client = Azure::ARM::Resources::ResourceManagementClient.new(credentials)
resource_client.subscription_id = subscription_id
# storage client
storage_client = Azure::ARM::Storage::StorageManagementClient.new(credentials)
storage_client.subscription_id = subscription_id
# media services client
media_services_client = Azure::ARM::MediaServices::MediaServicesManagementClient.new(credentials)
media_services_client.subscription_id = subscription_id
It registers the subscription for the "Microsoft.Media" namespace and creates a resource group and a storage account where the media services will be managed.
# Register subscription for 'Microsoft.Media' namespace
provider = resource_client.providers.register('Microsoft.Media')
# Create a resource group
resource_group_params = Azure::ARM::Resources::Models::ResourceGroup.new.tap do |rg|
rg.location = REGION
resource_group = resource_client.resource_groups.create_or_update(RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME, resource_group_params)
# Create a storage account
param = Azure::ARM::Storage::Models::StorageAccountCreateParameters.new.tap do |acc|
acc.sku = Azure::ARM::Storage::Models::Sku.new.tap do |sku|
sku.name = Azure::ARM::Storage::Models::SkuName::StandardLRS
sku.tier = Azure::ARM::Storage::Models::SkuTier::Standard
acc.kind = Azure::ARM::Storage::Models::Kind::Storage
acc.location = REGION
storage_account = storage_client.storage_accounts.create(RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME, STORAGE_ACC_NAME, param)
There are a couple of supporting functions (
print_item and
print_properties) that print a resource group and it's properties.
With that set up, the sample lists all resource groups for your subscription, it performs these operations.
param = Azure::ARM::MediaServices::Models::MediaService.new
param.location = REGION
param.tags = {
:tag1 => 'tag1'
storage_acc = Azure::ARM::MediaServices::Models::StorageAccount.new.tap do |acc|
acc.id = storage_account.id
acc.is_primary = true
param.storage_accounts = [storage_acc]
media_service = media_services_client.media_service_operations.create(RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME, MEDIA_SERVICE_NAME, param)
media_service_collection = media_services_client.media_service_operations.list_by_resource_group(RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME)
media_services_client.media_service_operations.delete(RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME, MEDIA_SERVICE_NAME)


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Admission and Academic Requirements
Department Chairperson: Richard V. Anderson
Graduate Committee Chairperson: Timothy Spier
Coordinator - Quad Cities: Jeanette Thomas
Department Office: Waggoner Hall 372
Department Telephone: 309/298-1546
Department E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: www.wiu.edu/biology
Location of Program Offering: Macomb, Quad Cities, Shedd Aquarium
Program Description
The post-baccalaureate certificate program in Zoo and Aquarium Studies provides detailed knowledge about the biology of special groups of animals often kept in captivity like dolphins, seals, primates, big cats, canids, large birds, or large reptiles; background in the basic concepts and techniques of animal training; practical management skills required for working with people, budgets, and time at zoos or aquaria; information on policies and regulations that affect the operations of zoos and aquaria; practical, hands-on experience working with animals and with the personnel at a zoo or aquarium; network of people employed at local zoos and aquaria; access to available jobs at zoos or aquaria.
Requirements for Enrollment
Applicants to the Zoo and Aquarium Studies certificate program must have
undergraduate GPA of 2.75 (on a 4.0 scale) and have a bachelor's degree in one of the
following majors: biology, zoology, ecology, environmental studies, animal science,
psychology, or RPTA. Students must be able to meet the prerequisites of the courses
required in the certificate program.
Certificate Requirements
Course Descriptions
Agricultural Technology Management
458G Agricultural Construction and Confined Animal Environments. (4) Addresses principles, design, and construction of wood, metal, and concrete structures in agriculture. Study of livestock manure and water systems, and environmental control of confined livestock facilities. Prerequisite: AGTM 250 or permission of the instructor.
Animal Science
422G Applied Ruminant and Non-Ruminant Nutrition. (3) Basic chemical and physiological principles as they apply to the nutrition of ruminants and non-ruminants. Consideration of common nutrition problems, feed additives, and growth stimulants. Two hours lecture, two hours lab. Prerequisite: ANSC 222.
424G Physiology of Reproduction and Lactation. (3) Principles of physiology and functioning of the endocrine system in relationship to reproduction, infertility, and lactation in farm animals. Three hours lecture. Prerequisite: ANSC 112, BIOL 102 or BIOL 103.
410G Anthrozoology. (3) Anthrozoology examines human-animal relationships from the perspective of anthropology with an emphasis on culture and its influence on attitudes toward animals. Prerequisites: ANTH 110 or permission of the instructor; graduate standing in biology.
440G Advanced Genetics. (3) Topics vary and may include molecular genetics, regulation of protein synthesis, mutagenesis, gametogenesis, and genetic control of differentiation and morphogenesis. Prerequisites: BIOL 102, 103, 330, 340, and one year of chemistry; graduate standing in biology.
583 Organizational Management in Zoos and
Aquaria. (3) This course challenges future professionals
in zoos and aquaria to contemplate the multiple
disciplines and factors at work in this setting. Students
will receive practical information and insight from
seasoned professionals using real world examples and best practices from the zoo and aquarium industry. Topics range from personal development, staff and resource management, and the future of zoos and aquaria. Prerequisites: Graduate standing and acceptance in the post-baccalaureate certificate program in Zoo and Aquarium Studies.
BOT 423G Phycology. (3) Morphology, taxonomy, physiology, genetics, and ecology of the algae, particularly freshwater forms. Prerequisites: BIOL 102 and 103; graduate standing in biology.
405G Soil and Water Conservation. (4) The study of the maintenance of a quality environment through the conservation of soil and water resources. Four hours lecture.
Instructional Design and Technology
516 Internet Resources for Education and Training.
(3) Focuses on developing skills in utilizing electronic
mail and World Wide Web browsers to locate,
download, and integrate Internet resources.
Opportunities for students to develop Web pages and
discuss issues and challenges surrounding the use of the Internet. Prerequisite: Working knowledge of computers.
500 The Management of People and Organizations. (3) This course focuses on the theories and applications of managing people and organizations including the functions of management, organization behavior, organization theory, and human resource management. Topics include decision making/problem solving, planning and organizing, motivation, leadership, organizational change, communication, conflict, teamwork, human resource planning, performance appraisal, training and development, negotiations, and reward systems.
Recreation, Park and Tourism Administration
489G Park Maintenance and Operations
Management. (3) Explores procedures and problems of
recreation area operation with emphasis on planning
and management for maintenance efficiency. Topics
include planning, scheduling, standards, cost control,
vandalism, etc. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
526 Fiscal Management in Leisure Services. (3) This course examines the fiscal process in leisure service organizations, analyzes revenue production and expenditure alternatives, and identifies internal and external control mechanisms.
580 Skills in Community Development. (3) This course emphasizes the practical skills required to be an effective community developer, including conflict resolution, leadership, communication, and community capacity-building. The focus is on skill-building, as students are provided opportunities to practice new techniques. Topics will be modified as new technologies and other external factors impact the practice of community development. Graded S/U. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Science Education
490G Environmental Science Education for Elementary Teachers. (3) Provides teachers with background information related to various environmental concepts and issues through numerous activities, including field trips. Topics include map and compass reading, forests, woodlands, ponds, wetlands, rivers, predator/prey relationships, rocks, tree identification, minerals, water quality testing, and weather.
491G Biological Science for Elementary Teachers.
(3) Designed to strengthen teachers' biological science
background. Emphasis is on life science concepts from
contemporary elementary curricula, stressing direct experience in laboratory activities. Topics include plant growth, development, physiology, propagation, classification, microscope work, animal activity, microscopic work, animal activity, microscopic
organisms, human biology, and outdoor biology.
507 Science in the Early Childhood Classroom. (3) This course is designed around a constructivist approach to early childhood science education (preschool–grade 3). The focus of this course is on children—how they experience the world, interact with each other, pose questions and problems, and construct knowledge. Topics will include integrated and thematic curriculum representing the life, earth, physical, and environmental sciences. Current research related to the brain and children's thinking, and curriculum models dealing with modeling, role playing, cooperative play, and the culture of the early childhood classroom will be emphasized. Alternative assessment models for the early childhood science classroom will also be examined. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
562 Science Curriculum in the Elementary School. (3) An analysis of the latest curriculum innovations in elementary science education, and the application of recent discoveries in learning theory to the teaching of elementary science. Emphasis will be placed on the development of a contemporary philosophy of elementary science and its contribution to the total science program.
410G Ornithology. (3) Identification, biology, ecology, and life histories of birds. Prerequisites: BIOL 102 and 103; graduate standing in biology.
411G Entomology. (3) Principles of entomology, including classification, general biology, and morphology. Prerequisites: BIOL 102 and 103; graduate standing in biology.
412G Mammalogy. (3) Identification, classification, distribution, and life histories of mammals. Prerequisites: BIOL 102 and 103; graduate standing in biology.
413G Herpetology. (3) Identification, classification, distribution, and biology of reptiles and amphibians. Prerequisites: BIOL 102 and 103; graduate standing in biology.
414G Ichthyology. (3) Identification, classification, distribution, and life histories of fishes. Field Trip estimate: $10. Prerequisites: BIOL 102 and 103; graduate standing in biology.
416G Marine Mammalogy. (3) Survey of marine mammals with emphasis on taxonomy, anatomy, physiology, behavior, ecology, and conservation. Laboratory includes observational study of marine mammals at the Shedd Aquarium. Prerequisites: BIOL 102 and 103; graduate standing in biology or related field.
430G Animal Physiology. (3) Primarily mammalian physiology, concerning the functions of nervous muscular, respiratory, digestive, excretory, reproductive, and endocrine systems. Prerequisites: BIOL 102, 103, and one year of chemistry; graduate standing in biology.
451G Animal Ecology. (3) Relationships of animals in their environment. Prerequisites: BIOL 102 and 103; graduate standing in biology.
452G Freshwater Biology. (3) Common freshwater organisms and some of their relationships to one another, to their environment, and to humans. Prerequisites: BIOL 102 and 103; graduate standing in biology.
460G Parasitology. (3) The study of animal parasites. Prerequisites: BIOL 102 and 103; graduate standing in biology.
553 Animal Behavior. (3) The activities and responses of animals which facilitate survival under natural conditions. Prerequisites: ZOOL 451 or permission of the instructor; graduate standing in biology.
554 Limnology. (3) The study of inland waters and their biological, physical and chemical parameters. Outside field trips required. Trip estimate: $10. Prerequisite: At least 18 hours of biology, introductory chemistry and physics; graduate standing in biology.
561 Fisheries Management. (3) Techniques of study, maintenance, and improvement of fisheries resources. Prerequisites: ZOOL 414 or permission of the instructor; graduate standing in biology.
578 Zoo/Aquarium Practicum. (3) Gain practical experience at organizations that hold captive animals, such as zoos, aquaria, oceanaria, or animal rehabilitation facilities. Experience includes legal issues, ethical issues, husbandry standards and methods, research methods, organizational structure and policy, and facilities management. Graded S/U. Prerequisites: Graduate standing; acceptance in the post-baccalaureate certificate program in Zoo and Aquarium Studies.
583 Bioacoustics. (3) Survey of animal adaptations
for producing and receiving sound. The effects of humangenerated
noise on wildlife is described. Techniques for
recording sounds, and measuring amplitude and
frequency, and time characteristics of sounds are
demonstrated. Students will make recordings of animals
in the field. Analysis of animal sounds using computer
programs is required. Prerequisite: Graduate standing,
one year of college physics, or permission of the instructor.
584 Biological Studies in Zoo and Oceanaria. (3) This
course discusses the types of studies suited to animals in a captive
environment, current research
trends, and new techniques being applied to animals in
a zoo or oceanarium setting. Long-term monitoring of
animals with known life histories provides unique
research opportunities. Course covers topics on a variety
of vertebrates and emphasizes research conducted at
local zoos or oceanaria. Student research project required. Prerequisites: Graduate standing, with at least one year of college-level biology, senior biology major, or
permission of the instructor.
585 Animal Training. (3) This course discusses concepts of training in a variety of animals. Techniques for observing behavior, operant conditioning, research, and husbandry/medical training are described. Laboratories include training demonstrations on animals at the Shedd Aquarium. Prerequisites: Graduate standing, with at least one year of college-level biology or psychology, senior biology major, or permission of the instructor.


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CHICAGO -- American Airlines has announced it is adding flights from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport to Dusseldorf, Germany, and Columbia, Mo.
In a statement Wednesday, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Chicago and Dusseldorf are travel hubs that spur growth. The mayor called the new service "a win-win" for both cities.
The flights to Dusseldorf begin April 11. Daily flights will depart O'Hare at 5 p.m. and arrive in Dusseldorf International at 8:15 a.m. the following day. The return flight departs Dusseldorf at 12:10 p.m. and arrives at O'Hare are 2:20 p.m.
American is adding new domestic service between Chicago and Columbia, Mo., on Feb. 14.


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Another woman has died at the hands of notorious late-term abortionist LeRoy Carhart (shown). Maryland Coalition for Life (MDCFL), a state pro-life activist group, reported that the 29-year-old woman, later identified as Jennifer McKenna-Morbelli of New Rochelle, New York, died February 7, four days after arriving at Carhart's Germantown, Maryland, abortion clinic for a third trimester abortion. It was later determined that Morbelli was in her 33rd — or eighth month — of pregnancy.
According to MDCFL, the young woman arrived on a Sunday at the Reproductive Health Center in Germantown, and as she returned over the next three days, appeared "pale and weak," said witnesses. She had reportedly been told that her pre-born baby daughter suffered from fetal anomalies, and had decided to end the baby's life. She had traveled from New York with members of her family and was staying each night in a local motel, traveling daily to the abortion clinic for Carhart's grisly procedure.
Operation Rescue reported that early on the morning of February 7, four days into the procedure, "the woman began suffering chest pain and other discomforts." After desperate attempts to reach Carhart were unsuccessful, the woman's family rushed her to a nearby emergency room. "The patient suffered massive internal bleeding into her abdominal cavity," reported Operation Rescue and "slipped into a Code Blue condition approximately six times before finally succumbing to her injuries at around 9:30 a.m." Continued attempts by the hospital to reach Carhart were unsuccessful, and the case has now been referred to the county medical examiner.
Operation Rescue noted that Morbelli, a kindergarten teacher in White Plains, New York, and her husband had already named their pre-born daughter Madison Leigh, and said mother and child would be buried together following a joint funeral service February 13.
"Jennifer was a beautiful woman, loved and cherished by many, whose future appeared bright," said Operation Rescue president Troy Newman. "Her passing is an unspeakable tragedy. We are dedicated to working through the legal system to ensure that no more women will suffer Jennifer's fate."
Newman recalled that in 2005 another Carhart patient, 19-year-old Christin Gilbert, died from a late-term abortion procedure similar to the one Carhart inflicted on Morbelli. He noted that Operation Rescue has documented nearly a dozen instances of serious complications that have arisen from late-term abortions over the past three years. Morbelli's tragic death "dramatically illustrates the dangers of third trimester abortions that are done outside of the safety of obstetrical standards," Newman said. "It is time for medical boards to put an end to these horrifically dangerous and barbaric third trimester abortions. If they do not, we can only expect Carhart and his associates to send more women to the morgue."
The fact that Carhart remained inaccessible throughout the emergency is particularly troubling, said Newman. "This is a case of not only shoddy practices, but patient abandonment that we believe rises to the level of criminal conduct," he charged. "We will press for criminal charges in this case, in addition to Board discipline."
MDCFL executive director Michael Martelli noted that on the day Morbelli died, Maryland's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene posted on its website that it had issued a license to Carhart's abortion clinic, even though it had not performed a single inspection of the facility. "It is so tragic that this family had to lose not only their nearly full-term child, but also their wife, daughter, and sister," said Martelli. "What is most appalling is that the state of Maryland ... has allowed this man to continue to butcher women and children. He already killed Christin Gilbert in Kansas in 2005, and now another senseless tragedy has come as a result of Carhart's so-called women's healthcare and the apathy of the pro-abortion Maryland state government."
Ironically, just last month a film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival that portrays Carhart and a handful of other doctors as courageous for their determination to continue late-term abortions in light of the assassination several years ago of late-term abortionist George Tiller, an associate of Carhart. The Los Angeles Times coos over the movie, entitled After Tiller, calling it "an intimate and heartfelt look" at the four abortionists. Ignoring that the babies murdered by the killing team are, almost without exception, completely viable humans, Times reporter Mark Olsen writes that the movie offers "emotional clarity to an issue in which every nuanced turn of phrase has been made politically complicated."
As for Carhart himself, Olsen quotes him as saying that, with regard to any scruples about murdering babies, "I never even give it a second thought." As noted above, Carhart remained unavailable for comments concerning second thoughts he may have over the late-term abortion death of Jennifer McKenna-Morbelli.
Shockingly, almost no major media organs in the Maryland vicinity, not to mention nationwide, have picked up on the abortion-related death of the 29-year-old woman. "Neither the Washington Post nor the Baltimore Sun has yet reported on this woman's death," noted the American Spectator, despite a widely publicized February 7 press conference on the story by the MDCFL in front of Carhart's notorious clinic. "The story is also being ignored by the Associated Press, USA Today, the New York Times, and television news networks" — as well as the Los Angeles Times, which had, up to Morbelli's death, seemed intently interested in bringing "emotional clarity" to the work of Carhart.
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There are quite a few things that you can do to improve your financial and personal state without spending even a single dime. One of the biggest is simply improving your attitude – the way you interpret the things around you and the way you relate to others.
Think about it for a moment. I want you to imagine the single most caustic person you've ever had to interact with for a long period of time (I certainly know who my person is). Did that person provide any sort of encouragement (outside of fear) to do any sort of constructive work? Did that person make you feel good and properly motivated to do exceptional work?
On the flip side of that coin, imagine the best person you've ever had to interact with in a professional way. Did you often go the extra mile when this person asked? Did you try harder in order to please this person? Did you simply enjoy your time in the workplace (or in everyday life) more because of this person?
What a world of difference the people around you make.
Of course, the same is true for you. To other people, you're somewhere on that spectrum of positivity and negativity between the two people above. The more negative you are, the more others are going to react to you like you did to the negative person. The more positive you are, the more others are going to react to you like you did to the positive person.
To put it simply, the more positive you are, the greater the positive impact you have on your professional and personal life. Here are five areas where it comes through loud and clear.
Career success Positive people get promoted and get raises not just because of their own work, but because they bring out the best in others.
Stress reduction Negativity leads to stress because it convinces you that the events around you are bad. Meanwhile, looking for the positives in a situation convinces you that the events around you are better, which reduces stress. Lower stress has a strong effect on personal health and health care costs.
Teamwork improvement The more positive you are, the better your interactions will be with the people around you. Think simply of how you react in comparison to the people around you – the same general themes are true with regards to how people interact with you.
Customer relations improvement The same idea is true with your customers: the more positive you are with your customers, the better your relationship with them will be and the more business you'll develop with them.
Motivational improvement This is perhaps the most unorthodox one, but it's also true. If you look at your work with a positive attitude, it's much easier to actually do the work than if you apply a negative attitude towards it, no matter what you're doing.
That's great, of course, but how exactly can you do that? Here are five specific tactics you can use in your day-to-day life to improve your attitude towards the people and things around you.
1. Come up with a positive response to every situation you meet. Yes, sometimes our first response is negative. I'm never happy when my daughter uses too much toilet paper and proceeds to flood the bathroom, for example. Simply stepping back for a moment and looking for a positive response to the situation, though, can make all the difference. The spilled water can be a close experience with my daughter, as I gather up some towels to mop up the water and allow her to help me as we sing songs while doing it, then I plunk her in the tub as I Lysol the floor, and then we have a fun bath time.
2. Look for the good in other people. Rather than seeking to identify the negative traits in the people around you that you interact with, look for the positive ones. Person A might not be the most skilled person, but he does put forth a lot of effort and ask a lot of good questions. Person B might have a caustic personality, but she does show tremendous efficiency in handling some incredibly complicated projects.
3. Act happy, even if it's a painted dayglow smile. You don't have to be happy – often, that's an impossibly tall order. Instead, just act happy. The more you do it, the more natural it becomes. Even more interesting, the more you do it, the more it becomes a part of you – you actually do feel happier.
4. Drop the sarcasm. Sarcasm can be a lot of fun, but in the end, it's just negativity wrapped up and packaged as a joke. Drop the sarcasm – you don't need to ridicule things you don't like. Just expend your energy elsewhere; don't even think of the ridicule-worthy things at all.
5. Get plenty of rest and eat a good diet. This (along with exercise) is one sure way to naturally elevate your mood. It'll increase your energy and focus, decrease your stress, and make it easier to interact with the world.
You have nothing to lose and everything to gain by adding a little more positivity to your life.
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MAC Wonder Woman Look: Valiant
MAC Wonder Woman Look: Valiant
This is the look I wore when I was doing lip and blush swatches for Wonder Woman last week 🙂 I will post a look using the Lady Justice palette later this week!
You will need the following…
- Eyes: NARS Smudgeproof Eyeshadow Base (neutral eyeshadow base), MAC Manila Paper Eyeshadow (golden white beige), MAC Valiant Eyeshadow (pale yellow green), MAC Diana Undercover Eyeshadow (dark forest green), MAC Spinning Transformation Eyeshadow (olive brown), Burberry Trench Eyeshadow, Urban Decay Perversion 24/7 Liner (black), MAC Army of Amazons Opulash Mascara (green)
- Face: Kiehl's Tinted Moisturizer (Medium), Burberry Pressed Powder (03)
- Cheeks: MAC Pink Power Mineralize Skinfinish (blush/bronzer)
- Lips: MAC Emancipation Lipglass (nude)
- Brushes: 249 (flat, firm brush), 239 (fluffy shadow brush), 222 (fluffy crease brush), 263 (angled eyeliner brush), 116 (dense blush brush)
- Substitutes: Manila Paper = Nylon; Valiant = Juxt; Diana Undercover = Bottle Green; Spinning Transformation = Sumptuous Olive; Pink Power = Sunbasque; Emancipation = Bare Necessities
For eyes, start by applying Smudgeproof as your eyeshadow base all over the eye area with the 249. Using the 239, apply Valiant eyeshadow on the inner half of the lower lid. Lightly blend Diana Undercover eyeshadow onto the outer third of the lid and crease with the 222. Apply Spinning Transformation eyeshadow on the outer crease with the 222. Use Manila Paper eyeshadow on the inner tear duct with the 239 to highlight. Blend Trench eyeshadow with the crease shade and highlight the brow bone. Bring everything together by applying Perversion on the lower lash line and blending Valiant eyeshadow underneath. Finish by sweeping lashes with Army of Amazons Opulash mascara.
For cheeks, apply Pink Power mineralize skinfinish on the apples of the cheeks and sweep upwards towards the temple with the 116.
For lips, apply Emancipation lipglass for a complementing lip.


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|For the most part back injuries are caused by mechanical issues, and the tendency to get such injuries is not inherited.
However there are family-related behavioral tendencies, and these behaviors - while not "inherited" as such - may easily be passed down from parents to children. When we grow up, these ingrained habits of daily living may lead to back injuries.
Poor posture, lack of interest in exercise, and a tendency to be overweight are all patterns of behavior we learn from our parents. As adults, its valuable for us to make conscious efforts to revise these unhealthful patterns, being proactive in developing new behaviors that support our goals of health and well-being.
And, various health issues that actually may be inherited can increase a person's susceptibility to back pain and back injury. Your chiropractor will be of assistance in identifying such additional risk factors.


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At the county level, Republicans had a very successful night Tuesday in their pursuit of elected office.
The state's attorney and coroner posts, along with a majority of Grundy County Board positions, went to Republicans, who celebrated their wins at the Fraternal Order of Eagles Hall in downtown Morris on election night.
"I can't wait to be on the job and I can't wait to work with local law enforcement," said Jason Helland, newly-elected Grundy County State's Attorney, to the crowd at the Eagles hall.
Helland, R-Mazon, won the race against current State's Attorney John Bates, D-Morris, by 2,088 votes, according to the unofficial results from the Grundy County Clerk's office.
Bates, who could not be reached for comment before press time, was appointed in 2011 to the position when former State's Attorney Sheldon Sobol became Grundy County's new judge. Bates won the Democratic nomination by defeating Dave Neal, former state's attorney, in the March primary.
Helland said he was excited for the win and couldn't wait to be sworn in. This has been his career goal, he said. He felt his win was not a surprise because he has been working hard to meet the residents of Grundy County.
"I went to 10,000 homes in the community in the last year," he said.
Helland said in a previous Morris Daily Herald article that his priorities include getting a Veterans Court System started and active in Grundy County, and restoring confidence and integrity in the office.
Helland currently is a prosecutor for the Kankakee County State's Attorney's Office.
Coroner John Callahan, R-Marseilles, retained his position against opponent Phyliss Dralle, D-Morris, by 5,215 votes, according to the unofficial results.
"I love my job . . . it was tough this last week when an opponent chooses to say negative things," said Callahan to the candidates and supporters at the Eagles hall.
"There is not a thing in my office that I am ashamed of," he continued, adding that he runs his office openly and honestly.
Dralle accused Callahan in previous reports of working as coroner with a conflict of interest because he also works for U.C. Davis & Sons Funeral Home.
Callahan has held the coroner position for 14 years and has worked in the Grundy office for 17 years. Dralle has worked in both Will and Grundy counties as a deputy coroner.
In the wake of Tuesday's election, the Grundy County Board will remain in Republican control, with 13 of the 18 members elected Tuesday belonging to the GOP. Despite the Republican's ultimate success, the only incumbent to lose his seat during the election was Robert "Tom" Poole.
Poole was a Democratic incumbent in District 3. He lost by 32 votes, according to the unofficial results.
"I think the Republican party is just getting started," said Board Chairman Ron Severson to the crowd at the Eagles hall.
In District 1, incumbent Ken Iverson was the only Democrat to be elected. Incumbent Republicans John Roth, David Welter, Millie Dyer and John Almer also retained their seats. The newest member from the district is Vicki Geiger.
Unsuccessful in their bids for election in the district were newcomers Erik C. Olson, Marcia Wolter, Thomas Haas Jr., and Curt Mercadante.
District 2 went all Republican, with incumbents Chris Balkema, Ron Severson, John Galloway and Eric Rasmusson keeping their seats, and Debra Warning and Teryl Lundeen winning the remaining two seats.
Failing to win election were Democrats Michael Clemmons, Yolanda Wilhelm, Rudy Martin Jr., Michael Hazel and Warren Kronberger.
District 3 has two new faces, Democrat James Ryan and Republican Harold Vota. Incumbent Democrats Richard Joyce, Ann Gill and Frank Halpin, along with incumbent Republican Dave Boggs, kept their seats.
In addition to Poole, those falling short Tuesday were Timothy J. Bradley, a Democrat, and Clark D. Barkley, a Republican.
Every seat of the Grundy County Board was up for election due to the 2010 Census, so the succesful candidates will draw for either two- or four-year terms when they are seated in December.
"I just thought this night was great, unbelievable," said Severson.
Helland ousts Bates
Callahan, board Republicans also find success at polls
At the county level, Republicans had a very successful night Tuesday in their pursuit of elected office.


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ELIZABETH CITY � Police have made eight arrests in connection with the backlog of cases found at Elizabeth City State University, a situation that led to the resignation of the school's chancellor and police chief.
Elizabeth City police called in to help the campus police also reported Friday that 37 cases were closed as unsolved with another 14 closed after victims refused to cooperate. One case was closed because the allegations were unfounded.
Local police were called in after it was discovered that 126 reported campus crimes since 2006 hadn't been investigated.
Also, UNC system President Tom Ross announced Friday that former Court of Appeals judge Charles L. Becton will become ECSU's interim chancellor on July 1. Becton replaces Willie Gilchrist, who resigned in the light of the probe into the uninvestigated crimes.
"I can think of no one who is better qualified to lead ECSU during this time of transition, and I am grateful that he has accepted this new assignment," Ross said in a statement.
Gilchrist resigned on May 17, and he plans to retire on June 30. A few days before the announcement of the uninvestigated crimes, ECSU officials announced that longtime Police Chief Sam Beamon, who had been on administrative leave, had resigned.
Beamon's resignation on May 10 followed a decision by the State Bureau of Investigation to look into allegations of obstruction of justice and witness intimidation on campus.
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posts on 3/20/2014 4:48:00 AM
(I did this for a school project and felt it would be aproprite) Dear Livia Bitton Jackson, Your book, I have Lived a Thousand Years, gave me wings. I was given the wings of insight. I saw threw your book the horrers, terrors and, heart breaking moments of the holocaust. I now know that we as people must do whatever we can from stopping such things to happen again. Livia Biiton Jackson, your book gave me wings, Thea Moen 6th grader
posts on 10/14/2013 7:30:23 PM
Livia Bitton Jackson was born February 28 in the year of 1931. She and her mother were taken to concentration camps when Elli was 13. she and her mother suffered much pain and were treated like scum for many months, but after the germans surrendered to the Americans Elli and her mother were freed and they emigrated to America in the year of 1951. (they were freed in the year 1945, but went to America in 1951)Elli's first husbands first name was bitton and the second husbands name was Jackson. that's only some of the life of Elli friedman/Livia Bitton-Jackson! Hoped this helped with something!! thanx for reading!!! :)
Dr. Jerry M. Fay
posts on 3/8/2013 5:40:42 PM
After all these years, this 62 year old with a post graduate degree, read your two books about the holocaust printed by Scholastic Inc. Most of us have no idea of the events the Chosen people suffered simply for being Jewish. Thank you for your courage and willingness to share your story! Would it be an imposition to request a small autographed photo?
posts on 5/20/2012 11:27:55 PM
I read I Have Lived a Thousand Years a few months ago, around December, January time. It was absolutely PHENOMINAL. I enjoyed it a lot. I never put it down. It was definitely a book I will never regret reading... I don't like reading too much... I get bored easily with it, but this book was one I never wanted to put down. It was interesting all the way through. I would LOVE to meet her sometime... I wish all of us could.
posts on 12/28/2011 2:29:22 PM
Is Professor Bitton-Jackson still writing her column in the Jewish Post?
posts on 6/4/2011 1:11:15 AM
I have also read Professor Bitton-Jackson's four books and enjoyed them all. Does anyone know if she is going to be writing another book or giving any lectures in the US soon?
rebecca wright
posts on 6/1/2011 11:01:28 PM
in response to jeff's 5/31 post: i've read all 4 of ms jackson's books, and heard a couple of her lectures, and her poems are never mentioned. i, too, and i suppose every one of her readers have wondered about them and the identity and fate of the soldier who took them for her. . .
posts on 5/31/2011 5:59:09 PM
I read several of the questions and could not determine whether or not Livia's poems were ever returned or what happened to that soldier. My son and I are reading "I have lived a thousand years" and he keeps asking me to find out about her poems. Thank you for sharing your life with those of us who need to remember it.
posts on 2/26/2011 9:53:04 AM
reply to erik: Ms. bitton-jackson lives in netanya, israel. she did come to the usa in 2009 to speak to students who invited and brought her here. her address to them and their community is available in the archive of lectures on the durham museum website. she is a very warm and open person. her other books are excellent as well. see my post a couple of spots down for the titles of those books.
Erik Hansen
posts on 2/24/2011 5:19:00 PM
I am an 8th grade reading teacher in Wisconsin. I read "I Have Lived A Thousand Years" with my students each year. All my students love the book and we are wondering if anyone knows of any speaking engagements that Ms. Bitton-Jackson gives. We are hoping to save enough money to travel to meet her or hire her for a speaking engagement if she visits schools. Does anyone have any info on this?
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AUSTIN — Endangered whooping cranes have begun their annual 2,400-mile fall migration from Canada to Texas. As the rare birds approach Texas, a new citizen science initiative is inviting Texas residents and visitors to help collect sightings of whoopers.
Texas Whooper Watch (http://tpwd.texas.gov/whoopingcranes/) is a new volunteer monitoring program that is a part of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's Texas Nature Trackers program. According to Lee Ann Linam, biologist in the Wildlife Diversity Program, Texas Whooper Watch is being developed to keep track of an ever-expanding population of whooping cranes.
Since beginning their slow recovery from a low of 16 birds in the 1940s, whoopers have, with few exceptions, always wintered on the Texas coast on and near Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. However, in the winter of 2011-12, several groups of whooping cranes expanded their wintering areas to include more coastal areas and even some inland sites in Central Texas—patterns that surprised crane biologists. "Texas Whooper Watch is a program that asks the public to help us discover more about where whooping cranes stop in migration and to be ready to learn more about these potential new wintering areas," according to Linam.
This year biologists expect about 300 whooping cranes to start arriving in Texas in late October or early November. According to surveys on the nesting grounds in Wood Buffalo Park in northwestern Canada, the flock may contain as many as 34 chicks. Linam notes that Texas Whooper Watch will also help improve the accuracy of surveys on the wintering grounds, as the growth of the flock has made traditional census methods more difficult.
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Energy management: ABB wins $60 million order in Canada to strengthen power grid. FACTS technology to reinforce stability and reliability of Quebec grid.
Transmission and distribution: ABB has won an order worth around $60 million from Hydro-Québec, Canada's leading power utility to replace vital components of its ultra-high voltage transmission system that helps transport clean hydroelectric power from North to South Quebec. The order was booked in the fourth quarter of 2013.
As part of the order, ABB will upgrade two Static Var Compensators (SVC) located at the Albanel substation, about 500 kilometers north of Montreal, that provide fast-acting reactive power compensation for the 735 kilovolt electricity network. The upgrades are scheduled to be completed by 2016.
"This upgrade will significantly extend the life of the SVCs and substantially reduce electrical losses" said Claudio Facchin, head of ABB's Power Systems division. "ABB is a global leader when it comes to FACTS solutions with an extensive global installed base and we are delighted to work with Hydro Quebec on this project."
SVCs are part of ABB¹s family of FACTS (flexible alternating current transmission systems) technologies, which help enhance the capacity and flexibility of power transmission systems and contribute to the evolution of smarter grids. They compensate for fluctuations in the voltage and current of an electric grid, thereby allowing more power to flow through the network while maintaining network safety and stability.
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While Eric Margolis' entire comment in the Toronto Sun is a must-read, the following two quotes really hit the nail on the head:
More empires have fallen because of reckless finances than invasion…
If Obama really were serious about restoring America's economic health, he would demand military spending be slashed, quickly end the Iraq and Afghan wars and break up the nation's giant Frankenbanks.
Margolis is right.
As I have repeatedly shown, war is bad for the economy. According to a Nobel prize-winning economist, the head of JP Morgan and others, the Iraq war and the war on terror in general were huge factors in destroying our economy.
America is a dying empire, destroying the last of its resources to fight unnecessary wars. Instead of rebuilding our economy so that we can once again be a strong nation, we are wasting trillions fighting those unnecessary wars, thus guaranteeing that we do not have the economic resources to defend ourselves in the future from real threats.
Don't believe me?
Well, our military and intelligence leaders say that the economic crisis is now the biggest threat to America's national security.
And as leading economic historian Niall Ferguson recently wrote in Newsweek:
Call the United States what you like—superpower, hegemon, or empire—but its ability to manage its finances is closely tied to its ability to remain the predominant global military power…
This is how empires decline. It begins with a debt explosion. It ends with an inexorable reduction in the resources available for the Army, Navy, and Air Force…
If the United States doesn't come up soon with a credible plan to restore the federal budget to balance over the next five to 10 years, the danger is very real that a debt crisis could lead to a major weakening of American power.
The precedents are certainly there. Habsburg Spain defaulted on all or part of its debt 14 times between 1557 and 1696 and also succumbed to inflation due to a surfeit of New World silver. Prerevolutionary France was spending 62 percent of royal revenue on debt service by 1788. The Ottoman Empire went the same way: interest payments and amortization rose from 15 percent of the budget in 1860 to 50 percent in 1875. And don't forget the last great English-speaking empire. By the interwar years, interest payments were consuming 44 percent of the British budget, making it intensely difficult to rearm in the face of a new German threat.
Call it the fatal arithmetic of imperial decline. Without radical fiscal reform, it could apply to America next.
And William R. Hawkins (formerly an economics professor at Appalachian State University, the University of North Carolina-Asheville, and Radford University) fills in some details on the fall of the Hapsburg empire:
Spain was the first global Superpower … With Spain as its political base, and gold and silver flowing in from its American colonies, the Hapsburg dynasty became the dominant power in Europe. It controlled rich parts of Italy through Naples and Milan, and Central Europe from the Netherlands through the Holy Roman Empire to Austria. In the 16th century it added the far distant Philippine islands to its empire. The Hapsburgs held off the Ottoman Turks, whose resurgent wave of Islamic conquest in the 16th century swept across the Balkans and nearly captured Vienna.
The Hapsburgs went into decline in the 17th century, and while any such momentous event has many causes, for our purposes the focus will be on the economic collapse of Spain, which not only sapped the empire of strength but served to build up the power of its rivals.
The demands of empire required a strong and growing economy, but Spain did not keep up with the economic expansion that was taking place in other parts of Europe. Madrid's financial base fell out from under its empire. Spain could continue to consume in the short term because of the flow of precious metals from American mines, but it could not produce the goods it needed at home, which in the long-run proved fatal to its standing as a Great Power and as an advanced society.
Spanish imports were double exports and the precious metals became scarce within weeks of the arrival of the American treasure fleets as the money flowed to Spain's many creditors. What industry there was, along with banking and shipping, was in the hands of foreign owners. As a modern historian, Jaime Vicens Vives, has concluded, "This was one of the fundamental causes of the Spanish economy's profound decline in the seventeenth century, maritime trade had fallen into the hands of foreigners." This, plus the "opening of the internal market to foreign goods," produced a "fatal result." Spain's exports were at the same time under heavy pressure by competitors in third country markets. A nation that cannot control its domestic market will seldom be able to sustain itself in foreign markets, which are inherently less accessible and more unstable.
Yet, Spanish leaders were deluded by a sense of false prosperity. This is testified by the statement of a prominent official, Alfonso Nunez de Castro in 1675: "Let London manufacture those fine fabrics of hers to her heart's content; let Holland her chambrays; Florence her cloth; the Indies their beaver and vicuna; Milan her brocade, Italy and Flanders their linens…so long as our capital can enjoy them; the only thing it proves is that all nations train their journeymen for Madrid, and that Madrid is the queen of Parliaments, for all the world serves her and she serves nobody." A few years later, the Madrid government was bankrupt. The Spanish nobleman had foolishly elevated consumption, a use for wealth, above production, the creation of wealth.
Historians have traced the flow of Spanish gold and silver across the markets of Europe. Those who "served" Spain by establishing industries to manufacture goods for the Spanish market gained the money. Spain's rivals, France, Holland (which started a successful revolt in 1568) and England, prospered by their trade surpluses, and reinvested the money to expand their own capabilities. Another modern expert on Hapsburg history, Henry Kamen, has cited contemporary sources who referred to 17th century Spain as "the Indies for the foreigner." The military empire of the Hapsburgs became the economic colony of other powers, or, to use a current phrase, Spain was the "engine of growth" for the rest of the continent.
Where there were jobs and prosperity, there was also rapid population growth, and rising tax revenue. Rival powers were able to field and finance military forces that could defeat the once superior Spanish forces both on land and at sea. The irony of this is that Spain was ruled by a warrior aristocracy tempered by centuries of constant warfare against Islamic hordes and Christian heretics. These nobles looked down on merchants and manufacturers and disparaged their mundane professions only to find that without a strong domestic business class they could not afford the fleets and armies that guarded the empire they had built.
Today, the American "empire" is also trying to consume more than it produces. The U.S. trade deficit is nearing Spain's nadir of imports being double exports. Both government spending and private consumption are financed heavily by debt. Washington is printing money, the modern equivalent of digging gold out of the ground, rather than earning the means to pay its bills. And the political and military elites are apparently indifferent to the fate of domestic business and industry. Americans must learn … from the Spanish experience … and take corrective action while they still can.
As for the need to break up the "Frankenbanks", see this.