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The basic concept of Bitcoin roulette is that players must guess what number the dealer rolls on the wheel. If they have guessed correctly, the bettor will win according to the payout table. Payouts become higher the more difficult the bet is; for example, betting on 'red or black' will usually return a payout of 1:1, but a more complex prediction- such as guessing one specific number on the wheel- can result in payouts as large as 35:1.
Before getting started, it is essential that each player finds a game of roulette that fits their gameplay style and Bitcoin bankroll- whether it is a live or virtual variation of the game. After signing up for a round of roulette, they will be required to use their chips to place a bet before the wheel is spun.
In a live game of roulette broadcast from a real-life studio, this wheel has numbers and slots imprinted on it in alternating colors of red and black. In virtual versions, a detailed graphic rendering of this classic wheel appears on the screen and spins. The classic game of roulette has the numbers 1 to 36 imprinted on it, but American Roulette goes up to 37. There will be one ball on this roulette table which will roll around the roulette wheel as it spins. The color and number that this ball lands on is the outcome of the game.
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As touched upon earlier, the ratio that a player wins by is determined by the way they bet on the table. The larger the amount of the board that a bet covers, the lower the payout gets.
One of the things roulette players should keep an eye out for when deciding which casino to place their Bitcoin bets at is the house edge. This is the average edge that the house has over its members. Most Bitcoin casinos will have their house edge displayed for customers to see, as well as evidence of how that edge percentage has been calculated. Sites that do not show this information are generally considered to be unreliable and players are encouraged to look elsewhere.
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As the ball spins, a tiny radio frequency identification (RFID) chip tracks its movements and records precisely where it lands. This means that while players and the croupier can see the result through the camera on-screen, the computer reads the data via this RFID chip. This technology is utilized by the vast majority of Bitcoin live casinos.
Virtual roulette is an older and slightly less popular way of enjoying the game with Bitcoin. All of the rules in the virtual variation are identical but there is no real croupier on camera, instead an animated wheel spins on the screen.
There's no denying the rush of adrenaline that a big win on the roulette wheel can bring but the most successful strategy for being a serious roulette player on a long-term basis is to aim for regular, small incremental wins.
Small bets enable players to earn some solid wins on a consistent basis. This strategy is utilized by those who make a living from playing Bitcoin live roulette. One such technique is the 'double dozen'. Players who stick to the double dozen strategy cover 12 numbers on the wheel with a single chip for the small payout ratio of 2:1.
Another popular approach for Bitcoin roulette is the Martingale strategy, which involves doubling the bet after every loss. The concept behind this is that the player is able to recoup all of their net losses when a win eventually does come along. Sticking steadfastly to this scheme is a highly likely way to ensure that players see a return on their bets.
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Palestinian goverment: 26 million in development of ministries
Rudeineh: Washington us unable to achieve anything by itself
US: "No plan for unilateral annexation by Israel of the West Bank"
Cluster of incendiary balloons land in southern Israel
Palestinian FM condemns Germany's vote to define BDS as 'anti-Semitic'
Israeli forces forcibly evict Muslim worshipers from Al-Aqsa
Israeli forces detain 14-year-old Palestinian near Ramallah
Erekat: Deviation from peace terms of reference doomed to fail
Iceland's Hatari shocks Eurovision with Palestinian flags
UNRWA: 4 Palestinian children killed in attack on Syria refugee camp
After 325 days, Israel returns body of slain Palestinian Bahaa Elayyan to his family
Sept. 1, 2016 10:30 A.M. (Updated: Sept. 2, 2016 1:58 P.M.)
Muhammad Elayyan makes the victory sign after the body of his slain son Bahaa Elayyan is released by Israeli authorities after being withheld for ten months, on Sept. 1, 2016.
JERUSALEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli authorities returned the body of Palestinian Bahaa Elayyan on Thursday at dawn, allowing his family -- which has been leading the movement advocating for Israel to release slain Palestinians' bodies -- to bury him 325 days after his death.
Elayyan, a 22-year-old resident of the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabal al-Mukabbir, was killed alongside another Palestinian
after they attacked an Israeli bus on Oct. 13
, killing three Israelis with knives and a gun.
His body was buried at the al-Mujahidin cemetery near the Old City of Jerusalem, in accordance with stipulations from Israeli police, which has allowed the release of bodies of slain Palestinians from East Jerusalem accused of "terrorism" on the condition that they
no longer have funerals in their neighborhoods or villages
, but would instead be buried in cemeteries chosen by the police.
The stipulation comes amid a wider set of preconditions for the release, as only 25 people were allowed to attend Elayyan's funeral, and his family was made to pay a 20,000 shekel ($5,292) "insurance fee" to make sure they abided by the rules.
Israeli forces were heavily deployed in the area ahead of the funeral, as attendees were searched three times at checkpoints and saw their phones confiscated during the burial. Israeli forces also reportedly prevented people who were not on the submitted list from entering the cemetery.
Israeli police also reportedly photographed people inside the cemetery.
"One of the most difficult moments in life is for parents to bury their children," Muhammad Elayyan, Elayyan's father, told reporters. "Israel holds the bodies of martyrs as a policy to punish parents and pressure them."
A lawyer and activist, Muhammad Elayyan has spearheaded a movement by the families of slain Palestinians demanding that Israeli authorities return the bodies, said that his son's body was severely altered by the long period of time it had spent frozen in Israeli morgues.
"Since the body was held in freezers for ten months, substantial changes occurred to Bahaa's features and color," Muhammad Elayyan said. "his eyes sunk inside his skull as if he did not have any, muscles atrophied and his skin peeled off easily."
"It was difficult to identify him; except that I am his father and I know him well," he added.
Muhammad Elayyan said that there were three bullet marks on Bahaa's body, including one in the chest, near the heart.
The United Nations released a report in May stating that Israeli authorities have prohibited autopsies from being conducted on Palestinian corpses, and that
the bodies were kept in poor and inhumane conditions, "stacked on top of each other."
"The bodies returned to the families are often disfigured, sometimes beyond recognition, denying the families the right to accord, with dignity, final religious rites," the report read.
Nonetheless, Muhammad Elayyan said that he and Elayyan's mother were able to say their last goodbyes to their son before the burial.
"We had loving moments with Bahaa and words would ruin these moments," he said.
Mourners remembered Elayyan as a socially involved young man who was invested in cultural activities in East Jerusalem. He was described as a scout leader, the founder of an initiative called "Town's Youth," and
one of the organizers of a "reading chain"
around the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem in 2014.
Israeli authorities continue to hold the bodies of 12 slain Palestinians accused of committing attacks against Israelis, including including three women and two residents of occupied East Jerusalem, among them
Abd al-Muhsen Hassuneh
, 21, and
Muhammad Abu Khalaf
, 20.
The families of the slain Palestinians have appealed the Israeli Supreme Court for months, with the
court ruling in May
that all of the bodies of Palestinians held by Israel be released to their families before the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in June.
However, after releasing the body of Alaa Abu Jamal, Israel's Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan
ordered that Israeli police suspend the return of the bodies
just a few weeks after the ruling, claiming that the funeral encouraged "incitement" against the state of Israel.
The families have since had to return to court to negotiate the release of their slain family members.
In early August, Israeli internal intelligence service Shin Bet announced that Elayyan's body would be released imminently,
only to backtrack on its decision the very same day
In mid-August, Issa Qaraqe, the head of the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners' Affairs, made a statement saying that Israeli authorities had approved
the "gradual release" of slain Palestinian bodies
Elayyan's burial comes two days after Israeli authorities
released the body of fellow Jerusalemite Thaer Abu Ghazaleh
for burial after withholding it for ten months.
Israeli authorities have
dramatically escalated their policy of withholding slain Palestinian bodies
since a wave of unrest swept across the Palestinian territory and Israel in October, during which time 220 Palestinians have been killed by Israelis and 32 Israelis have been killed by Palestinians.
Human rights organizations have widely condemned the policy, with prisoners' rights group Addameer calling it a form of "collective punishment" against Palestinians who had not been accused of any wrongdoing, also noting that it "adds to the severe grief and trauma of families of the deceased."
Muhammad Elayyan has been an outspoken advocate speaking up against the series of punitive measures carried out against the families of slain Palestinians suspected of carrying out attacks against Israelis.
The Elayyan family home
was demolished in January
In June, Muhammad Elayyan was
detained by Israeli forces for several days for participating in protests
calling for the release of bodies.
Cluster of incendiary balloons lands in southern Israel
Palestinian FM condemns Germany's vote to define BDS as 'anti-Semitic'
Israeli forces forcibly evict Muslim worshipers from Al-Aqsa
Israeli forces detain 14-year-old Palestinian near Ramallah
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In our world, data powers business. We are passionate about using data to drive business success.
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We value pragmatic solutions because, in business, results are what matters.
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Our History
RIS was founded in 1994 by database developer Carl Lorentson. Carl had been a software developer in the financial and healthcare industries since 1979 and had been the chief architect and developer for National Cancer Institute's Physicians' Data Query system. He knew the power of rigorous relational database design and saw that businesses could be more successful if they could automate their existing paper systems and spreadsheets using well-designed database systems. Newly available desktop database tools made this power accessible to nearly all organizations.
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A local optician was using index cards to track orders and customer prescriptions. Their customer and order tracking system allows them to fill orders for prescription glasses more quickly and more accurately.
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In 2013 Alex Meyer, MBA, joined RIS as Vice President to guide businesses in improving their operational efficiency and decision making. The technology landscape has evolved and information system needs are more complex than ever. Cloud-based applications have become ever more capable, allowing companies to find multiple applications ready to accomplish their goals. However, businesses still require an integrated view of their entire operation to support effective operational efficiency and decision making. Today, we help businesses reach their next level of success through the alignment of process, software, and data!
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2015 Shanghai Symposium on Frontiers in Computational Chemistry
Computational chemistry is highly interdisciplinary in nature and its research area spans broadly physics, chemistry, biology, and material sciences. Along with the rapid advance in computer technology and theoretical algorithms, computational chemistry has already been widely applied and has provided important microscopic insights into complex systems. At present, computational chemistry has already been intimately intertwined with many experimental researches to provide both qualitative and even quantitative predictions of some important experimental results, and has tremendous potential for future development and application in many scientific branches.
The Symposium on Frontiers in Computational Chemistry aims to provide an advanced platform to help promote international exchange and collaboration. The topics of the symposium covers research areas in quantum chemistry methods and applications, biomolecular simulation, statistical mechanics, molecular dynamics, etc. The symposium will strive to cultivate and promote novel research ideas and new methodologies along with their innovative applications through mutual interaction and exchange among computational chemists whose work are in the forefront.
August 24 - 26, 2015
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- Home
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- Launcher
- Output
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NOAA Environmental Modeling System
Running NEMS
|This page is meant to guide you in checking out NEMS and running experiments for the different models within its framework. If you are interested in starting out with just regression tests, please refer to 'Getting Started'.
Libraries & Dependencies
Currently, NEMS requires the following external libraries to be installed on the system in order to run properly.
- ESMF version 6.3.0r is supported. Available from the ESMF web site.
- netcdf - available from the UNIDATA website.
- The following libraries are from NCEP and are available via /nwprod/lib:
- bacio
- w3
- sp
- nemsio
- The following will be used only when Post is set to be used:
- g2
- g2tmpl
- sigio, sfcio
- nceppost - /global/save/Shrinivas.Moorthi/nceppost_moorthi/sorc/ncep_post.fd
- png, jasper - jasper is the library to make jpeg2000 packing
Check Out and Build NEMS:
If you are interested in just running regression tests, please refer to 'Getting Started'. Otherwise, continue on below.
Process to checkout and build NEMS:
|Active Directory
|Check out NEMS.
|/**/save/Firstname.Lastname (WCOSS)
/scratch*/portfolios/NCEPDEV/**/save/Firstname.Lastname (Zeus)
** - global, meso, etc.
|svn checkout https://svnemc.ncep.noaa.gov/projects/nems/trunk
|Configure using the version of the ESMF library that will be used (if running RT.sh, this will be done automatically). Make note of machine specific options.
|ESMF 3.1.0rp2:
./configure 3_wcoss
./configure 3_zeus (for the ESMF 3.1.0r series library)
./configure 3_yellowstone
ESMF 6.3.0r:
./configure 6.3r_nmm_wcoss
./configure 6.3r_gsm_wcoss
./configure 6_nmm_zeus
./configure 6_gsm_zeus
./configure 6_yellowstone
ESMF with reference NUOPC layer (currently ESMF 7.0.0 beta snapshot):
./configure nuopc_zeus
./configure nuopc_gaea
|Source the appropriate module file. Note the machine and ESMF version needed.
|source conf/modules.nems.Gaea_ESMF_NUOPC
source conf/modules.nems.wcoss_ESMF_3
source conf/modules.nems.wcoss_ESMF_630rAPI_gsm
source conf/modules.nems.wcoss_ESMF_630rAPI_nmm
source conf/modules.nems.Zeus_ESMF_310rAPI
source conf/modules.nems.Zeus_ESMF_630rAPI_gsm
source conf/modules.nems.Zeus_ESMF_630rAPI_nmm
source conf/modules.nems.Zeus_ESMF_NUOPC
|Clean any previous compilations.
|gmake clean
|Compile and build the core(s) needed (/job/tests/rt.sh will build the default settings - NMM and GFS with GOCART).
|NMM & GSM: gmake nmm_gsm
GEN only: gmake gen
GSM & GEN w/ GOCART & post:gmake gsm_gen_post GOCART_MODE=full
NMM & GSM w/ GOCART: gmake nmm_gsm GOCART_MODE=full
NMM only: gmake nmm
NMM with post: gmake nmm_post
GSM only: gmake gsm
GSM with post: gmake gsm_post
GSM w/ GOCART:gmake gsm GOCART_MODE=full
|In order to build NEMS with ocean components, all of the above targets support the optional OCN variable. Supported values are: \"dummy\", \"hycom\", and \"mom5\". Specifying multiple values, e.g. "gmake nmm_gsm OCN=mom5,dummy", is supported.
In order to build NEMS with sea-ice components, all of the above targets support the optional ICE variable. Supported values are: \"dummy\", \"cice\".
Specifying multiple values, e.g. \"gmake nmm_gsm OCN=mom5,dummy,hycom ICE=dummy\", is supported.
The executable, NEMS.x, will appear in /exe.
How To Run NMM-B
NEMS NMM-B documentation, code, and how-to can be found on the DTC | NEMS-NMMB Users' Page.
Information regarding the NMM-B Launcher can be found under the 'Launcher' tab of this website. There is also an evolving draft of Launcher documentation here.
How to Run GFS
On WCOSS:
Currently, the scripts to run the GFS with NEMS are in flux. Follow the temporary instructions below to run, but bear in mind you must have a Subversion account to follow these directions.
GFS Parallel Scripts:
All script work is being done in the GFS branch, gfs4nems. Make sure to use "--ignore-externals" when checking out the branch, unless you want to check out all of the externals, as well. Also, if you have not been tasked to work on any of the branches mentioned in this section, please do not commit anything back to the branches.
Please note that work will continue to be committed back to this branch, so you will want to follow it with ticket #184.
Config files:
Para_config_T574 and para_config_T1534 in the gfs4nems branch now run semi-Lagrangian.
Note the new $NEMS variable near the top. When NEMS=YES, it sets DYNVARS and PHYVARS for NEMS.x and when NEMS=NO, it sets FCSTVARS for global_fcst.
To run either configuration, please do the following:
- For T1534 runs: be on phase 2. T1534 semi-lag only runs on phase 2, so CUE2RUN=dev2, use stmpp2, ptmpp2, etc.
- Check out your own copy of the gfs4nems GFS branch or point to a friend's copy.
- Run build.sh at the top of the branch to build the code within ('sh build.sh -c gfs'). You will not use global_fcst but you will want global_chgres.
- Grab either para_config_T1534 or para_config_T574 from the gfs4nems branch, as well as the rlist.
- Change BASEDIR in the config to point to your copy of the gfs4nems branch.
- Change BASE_NEMS int he config to point to a recent copy of the NEMS trunk. NOTE: You will want to change the gsm external link in the copy of NEMS to use Moorthi's gsm branch.
- Use global_chgres (code and script) in the gfs4nems branch to convert sigio initial conditions to nemsio.
- Submit your run just like past parallel runs (PSUB CONFIG CDATE CDUMP CSTEP) and make sure to use psub from the branch.
All model code work is being done in the GSM branch, gsm_slg. All questions about the code should be directed to Moorthi. How to build the current NEMS/GSM code:
- Check out the NEMS trunk and make sure NOT to ignore externals. You want to grab the GSM code trhough the external under /src/atmos.
- Update the GSM external under /src/atmos to point to Moorthi's branch if you want to run semi-Lagrangian. Leave the external alone if trying Eulerian first.
- Type "svn propedit svn:externals"
(Seek help if you are unsure about how to do this.)
- Type "svn update" after changing the external. That will change the contents of the GSM directory under /src/atmos to Moorthi's branch.
- Type "svn propedit svn:externals"
- To build, do the following under /src:
- Type "./configure ESMF_OPTION". (Typing just "./configure" will show options, but you will want 6.3r_gsm_wcoss for the ESMF_OPTION for now.)
- Type "source conf/modules.nems".
- Type "gmake gsm".
- You will get a NEMS.x in the /exe directory. Use that instead of global_fcst.
The global_chgres code and script within the gfs4nems GFS branch is new and working. You should build and use that copy to convert your sigio ICs to nemsio. There are a number of wrapper scripts floating around that can be used to run chgres offline. Feel free to use one you already have or try this one, /gpfs/td1/emc/global/noscrub/Kate.Howard/para_gfs/data_4_gfs4nems/run_chgres.sh.
- You can NOT currently convert nemsio back to sigio. Keep that in mind!
- Since we can't currently convert nemsio files to other resolutions, you will need to only run 1 segment forecasts for now. The para_config files have fseg=1 to reflect this.
- Make sure to go through the run_chgres.sh script to edit the settings to your preferences. For OUTTYP=1 (nemsio), you need GFSOUT instead of SIGOUT.
- For nemsio, the siganl file is named gfsanl. The scripts are set up to look for gfsanl if NEMSIO_IN=.true. and siganl if SIGIO_IN=.true.
- The sfcanl file does not change, but needs to be converted as well.
- Most likely, nemsio files will be used in binary format. You will notice GRDFMT='bin4' in the CHGRESVARS within the scripts.
- New variable, NEMS, near the top of the config file needs to be set to 'YES' to run NEMS/GSM. Setting it to 'YES' tells the config to use BASE_NEMS, NEMS.x, and DYNVARS/PHYVARS instead of global_fcst and FCSTVARS.
The nemsio_get utility is used for nemsio files, just as global_sighdr is used for sigio files. You can use the following copy on Tide, /nwprod/ngac.v1.0.0/exec/nemsio_get. All questions about nemsio_get should be directed to Jun Wang.
Status of Eulerian and semi-Lagrangian:
The current NEMS trunk has been successfully used to run Eulerian sigio to nemsio forecasts (SIGIO_IN=.true. and NEMSIO_OUT=.true.) for all supported resolutions under T878. Eulerian nemsio to nemsio (NEMSIO_IN=.true. and NEMSIO_OUT=.true.) has also been successful for T574. The gsm_slg branch has just started to be used to run semi-Lagrangian T1534, with a few glitches that will hopefully be remedied soon.
On Zeus:A suite of scripts and sample initial conditions are available to run the NEMS GFS on Zeus. The code is located in /scratch2/portfolios/NCEPDEV/global/save/glopara/TUTORIAL. It is recommended to start with the lower resolution tutorial, tutorlow. It is also highly recommended you reference the README file associated with the lower resolution (README_tutorlow) before starting for all information needed to run. Below are the basic steps contained in the README file:
- Setup your experiment directories, including EXPDIR, ROTDIR, scratch space, and ARCDIR.
- Populate ROTDIR with initial conditions (starting at both the gdas fcst1 and gdas efmn steps). Sample initial conditions are provided in /scratch2/portfolios/NCEPDEV/global/noscrub/glopara/TUTORIAL/ICs/low_res/.
- Change configuration file as needed. It is suggested that you leave most things set as is for your first run. Just double check on EXPDIR, ROTDIR, and ACCOUNT settings. Once your first run is complete feel free to change what you wish.
- Submit your run.
- Follow your run. Once you have submitted your first job a runlog will appear in your EXPDIR. Each time a step in the parallel system is submitted, begun, failed, or ended it will be noted in the runlog.
- Check out your output.
There is a dayfile for each step of the run (each CDATE, each CDUMP [gdas or gfs], each job/step, and each rerun of that step [some jobs]). The dayfile will contain information on what occurred during that step of the run and is a great tool for both learning and troubleshooting. Pick a dayfile and take some time to explore it. Whenever you have a failure in your run you should get used to looking at the bottom of the dayfile first, to see what may have gone wrong.


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Big Brother Speaks: Christian Kimball on Mitt Romney
My older brother Chris has been reading my blog. He sent me an email disagreeing with some of what I said in my post "Will Mitt's Mormonism Make Him a Supply-Side Liberal?" (and in these storified tweets) about Mitt Romney. I thought what he had to say was interesting, and asked him to give me a version that I could post, which he did.
Though Mitt is a hard person to really know, Chris certainly knows Mitt much better than I do. Chris was in the same Mormon congregation as Mitt for a while and interacted with Mitt in that context. (My own limited contact with Mitt occurred when I visited Chris and attended church with him.) In addition, Chris began serving as the ecclesiastical leader of a Mormon congregation in the Boston area not long after Mitt stepped down as head of all the Mormon congregations in the Boston area, and so had a good chance to hear about what Mitt's church leadership style had been like.
Local Mormon Church leaders serve while keeping their day jobs–day jobs such as Mitt's work at Bain Capital and Chris's work as a tax lawyer and tax law professor. Like ecclesiastical leaders in other denominations, Mormon church leaders spend a significant amount of their time in a "social worker" role, talking to and helping people in trouble. I found what wikipedia had to say about Mitt's service as head of the congregations in the Boston area illuminating, and consistent with what I have heard from friends in the area:
During his years in business, Romney held several specific positions in the local lay clergy, which generally consists of males over the age of 12.[13] Around 1977, he became a counselor to the president of the Boston Stake.[102] He served as bishop of the ward (ecclesiastical and administrative head of his congregation) at Belmont, Massachusetts, from 1981 to 1986.[103][104] As such, in addition to home teaching, he also formulated Sunday services and classes using LDS scriptures to guide the congregation.[105] He forged bonds with other religious institutions in the area when the Belmont meetinghouse was destroyed by a fire of suspicious origins in 1984; the congregation rotated its meetings to other houses of worship while it was rebuilt.[99][104]
From 1986 to 1994, he presided over the Boston Stake, which included more than a dozen wards in eastern Massachusetts with about 4,000 church members altogether.[68][105][106]He organized a team to handle financial and management issues, sought to counter anti-Mormon sentiments, and tried to solve social problems among poor Southeast Asian converts.[99][104] An unpaid position, his local church leadership often took 30 or more hours a week of his time,[105] and he became known for his tireless energy in the role.[68] He generally refrained from overnight business travel owing to his church responsibilities.[105]
He took a hands-on role in general matters, helping in maintenance efforts in- and outside homes, visiting the sick, and counseling troubled or burdened church members.[103][104][105] A number of local church members later credited him with turning their lives around or helping them through difficult times.[99][104][105] Some others were rankled by his leadership style and desired a more consensus-based approach.[104] Romney tried to balance the conservative dogma insisted upon by the church leadership in Utah with the desire of some Massachusetts members to have a more flexible application of doctrine.[68] He agreed with some modest requests from the liberal women's group Exponent II for changes in the way the church dealt with women, but clashed with women whom he felt were departing too much from doctrine.[68] In particular, he counseled women not to have abortions except in the rare cases allowed by LDS doctrine, and also in accordance with church policy encouraged single women facing unplanned pregnancies to give up the baby for adoption.[68] Romney later said that the years spent as an LDS minister gave him direct exposure to people struggling in economically difficult circumstances, and empathy for those going through problematic family situations.[107]
I think a reasonable way to intepret this is as more evidence that Mitt is not, at his core, ideological.
It would be very easy for me to be wrong about Mitt. I know that my reading of the Mormon scriptures cited in "Will Mitt's Mormonism Make Him a Supply-Side Liberal?" –prompted by brilliant church lessons from my other distant cousin, Tony Kimball, in the Boston area–made me more concerned about the poor than I would otherwise be. And my exposure to Mormon political culture predisposed me toward helping the poor in ways that make as little use of the heavy hand of government as possible. I am only guessing where Mitt is coming from.
I think Mitt's Mormon background provides two other clues to understanding Mitt. First, the Boston area has several of the most liberal congregations in the Mormon Church. (I was an active Mormon when I was attending Harvard as an undergraduate and graduate student.) The kinds of moderate views that Mitt expressed on social issues in his early campaigns would not be unusual views for a highly educated Mormon in the Boston area.
Second, Mormonism has a strong emphasis on honesty in its training of children. I think this early training in honesty has helped make Mitt a bad liar. When he lies, it is often quite obvious. To me, the most dangerous liar is one who is good at it. Mitt is not that. The problem with Mitt's untruths–in addition to what they say about his character–is that once they are ignored, we have relatively little to go on to figure out what kind of President of the United States he would be.
This was a longer introduction than I originally intended. Let me at long last give you what my big brother Chris has to say. Chris cautions that this is his personal opinion. Chris is not representing or speaking for any other person or organization. Chris:
I think you are wrong about Romney in certain respects. Even though I have no real knowledge of his personal beliefs, what I do know and surmise is somewhat different.
First, on the particular issue of care for the poor, I think the more likely view on his "heart of hearts" true belief is that he cares but believes strongly in a self-help and private help (family, church, private charity) approach with little or nothing from government. To the extent it matters, Mormon patterns and belief in the 20th century trended that way (as contrasted with a communitarian approach in the 19th century). I don't believe Mormon views (culturally – one can debate the Book of Mormon approach) have ever been consonant with a strong government involvement. The exception might be in a theocratic structure, such as the intermountain West in the State of Deseret period (pre-Utah statehood).
Second, thinking of policy more broadly, I suggest the following breakout is helpful, considering the areas where a U.S. President might have some influence:
1. Domestic Economic
In this arena the president has very little control. Most of what gets done is by and through Congress. Romney might get more done (than Obama) because Republicans in Congress would be less obstructionist, but only if he were moving in the direction that the Republicans want. (Not to say that "getting more done" is an unequivocal good–if it means getting the wrong things done it can be a bad.) In short, whether or not his apparent policy statements in the Domestic Economic arena are his true belief or are pandering, and whether or not they make sense (in my opinion tax and spending is nonsense, so far), he would probably have to live with his statements. The likelihood is that his statements become reality whether (in his "heart of hearts") he likes it or not.
2. Domestic Human Rights (immigration, gay rights, rights of corporations vs individuals, voting rights, reproductive and other issues affecting women in particular, etc.)
In this arena I think Romney means most of what he says. I suspect that the campaign has forced him to take a somewhat more extreme position than he really believes, but I read that as a matter of degree not direction. To the extent we're looking for Mormon influences, the modern (21st century) church is a mixed story but the 20th century Mormon views and discourse, that have the most influence on Romney, would be consonant with what he's saying. And personally, I disagree with just about everything he says and claims in this arena.
3. Foreign Policy and Defense
This is the arena where the president can really do something, and in many cases almost unilaterally. There is no reason to think that Romney's history, experience or education has prepared him for foreign policy and defense. In this area Romney seems to be ill informed, lacks any subtlety, and arguably doesn't even get the policy statements right for the neoconservative audience he is speaking too. Further, to the extent I can extract a policy view from his statements (sometimes substituting or updating country names) my guess is that he means what he says–perhaps a bit naive, but true belief. My own opinion is that those expressed views are not just wrong-headed but frightening in a person who is asking to be Commander in Chief.
I'm very negative on Romney, as you can see. I am positive about Obama, which is a different discussion. That is not anywhere close to a 100% endorsement–he has made a lot of mistakes, but he has also done a lot right. And I trust him particularly in the foreign policy and defense area, which is what I look to first in choosing a President. (In assessing the President's performance, particularly in the domestic economic arena, I do adjust my expectations by (a) an allowance for an "anything to hurt Obama" obstructionist Republican House, and (b) my belief that the recent recession involves a step-change in housing prices and values, and in employment, the causes and pressures for which have a longer history but which we have experienced as sudden changes from which I do not expect a recovery but rather a new normal.)


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It's not every day that my groom wins an Emmy (writer for The Daily Show) moments after saying "I Do" to his bride, but that's just what happened at Danielle and Elliott's Sonoma, wine country wedding. To say the least it was a very good day for the both of them! It had been nearly a year since I sat down with this NYC couple and it warmed my heart to reconnect with them after so many months. They were such a sweet couple and there were many moments that were funny, touching and sweet. Here are some of the highlights:
- I think every wedding, Jewish or not, should have a Chuppah because they're so beautiful!
- Elliott said "I love you" to Danielle with a sweet, matter of fact emphasis that made me smile every time.
- I photographed the text message announcing the Emmy win.
- Dancing, dancing and more dancing!
- The cake topper topped them all with Spiderman and Jane Austen.
- Family friends sang an original song with personalized lyrics and it had everyone smiling and laughing.
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The Coming Drone Wars: A Headache in the Making for American Foreign Policy
In June, the United States shot down two Iranian-made armed drones used by Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria. The fact that the shoot down (and the existence of the armed drones themselves) barely registered as a significant news event shows the extent to which drones are becoming a normal feature of international conflicts.
Drones are rapidly proliferating around the globe and are now in the hands of an increasing number of state and nonstate actors. The widespread availability of drones brings new challenges to international security. As more actors have access to drones, they are likely to use them in ways that challenge norms of sovereignty and change conflict dynamics. U.S. policymakers should begin thinking now about how to best prepare for these challenges and, to the extent possible, shape emerging patterns of behavior surrounding drone use.
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The idea behind the school was triggered by the following factors
a) Kalukuni Mixed Secondary School is located in Yatta District, Machakos County which is an Arid zone receiving very little or no rainfall at all annually and though agriculture is the communities prevalence they end up harvesting nothing from their farms ,hence hunger and poverty is a serious threat to livelihood of the locals. With this poverty level nothing will be left to educate their children past primary education though the kids are bright and willing to continue with their education. The primary school drop outs would end up either being criminals or engage in drugs. Girls will engage in early marriages with a high risk of contracting HIV-Aids.
b) Orphaned children from parents who died of HIV AIDS and have no one to take care of their education after primary section. Hence the need for "SOMEONE "to see them through secondary education. The school due to the surrounding environment poverty level has a lot of challenges and lacks basic essential facilities for a conducive learning environment. It is with a lot pleasure and honour that Adventure Travel Kenya invites any willing Donor to support this noble course as guided below
- Adopt a student
- Adopt an infrastructure (Dinning, Library, Computer room, Classroom)
- Adopt a Teacher
- Adopt students computer(s)
- Adopt text books
- Adopt stationery
- Adopt a feeding program for students
- Water borehole
For details contact the School principal on
Web: www.adventuretravelkenya.com Or you can contact Adventure Travel Kenya on firstname.lastname@example.com
Suswa Maasai community poverty alleviation project
Suswa is also a dry area found within the basin of Great Rift Valley. The inhabitants are the Maasai pastoral community. Water for both human consumption and livestock is very scarce. Since culturally the Maasai are Livestock Keepers and this is their main source of livelihood, Adventure Travel Safaris thought it was wise to talk to its Friends and see how we can avail water to the community. Currently a Director of Adventure Travel James Simiren is through his friends raising funds to sink a borehole for the Suswa community. This we believe will;
Reduce the suffering the he Maasai women trek everyday for almost whole day trying to find water for the family.
Provide water to the Livestock which are economic pillar of the community hence improving on the local population livelihoods Provide clean water and reduce the risk of contacting water borne diseases.
The problem of orphans in Kenya is on the increase as indicated by various government and non governmental organizations reports. This is largely due to the HIV/AIDS scourge. The National Aids and Sexually Transmitted Disease Control Programme (NASCOP) estimated that HIV/AIDS orphans would be approximately 965,000 in the year 2012. In the year 2002 an average of 700 people were dying everyday from HIV/AIDS related illness.
HIV/AIDS has a great negative impact on our country and as such it was declared a national disaster in the year 2000 by the then President of Kenya. It heavily burdens the citizens who are already suffering from the effects of poverty, tropical diseases and high levels of illiteracy.
The phenomenon of households headed by children is on the increase due to the deaths of the parents. The eldest children in families are forced by this circumstance to take up the role of the deceased parents. This is especially the case in the urban areas where they are away from their extended families. Such children often drop out of school so that they can earn a living and support their younger siblings. On the other hand in the rural areas you find that grandparents have the burden to bring up their grand children who have been orphaned.
Orphans are faced by many difficulties like lack of basic needs like food, clothing, shelter, medical care and even education. Studies show that they contribute to the largest number of street children as they opt to go to the streets where they beg for handouts and rummage in the garbage in search of food. Other orphans get involved in hazardous activities like prostitution as they struggle to eke for a living.
There is an urgent need to look in to the problems of these orphans by ensuring that their needs are met. There is a great need to empower them so that they can rise above their suffering and disadvantages.
- Education
- Health
- Hiv Aids related
- Technical training
- Environment conservation and rehabilitation
- Support for orphans
- Sanitation
- Rehabilitation of street children
- Agriculture
- Promotion of democracy, justice and human rights
- Nutrition
- Micro financing
- Water resources
- Irrigation and dam building
- Faith development
- Empowerment of marginalized groups
- Training and sponsorship
volunteer your profession too and any charity out there we can partner to make this part of the world a better , safer place to live in.
Payment Policy
A deposit of 50% is required at the time of booking. The balance is due on arrival before commencement of the tour program. If the reservation is made within 45 days of departure the whole amount must be paid at the time of confirmation. Deposits are payable through swift wire transfers from your bank to ours or credit card via mail order. Details for transfer are provided when you are ready to confirm your booking.
Cancellation Policy
All cancellations must be received in writing.
Reservations that are cancelled, reduced in length of stay or reduced in number of occupancy are subject to cancellation and no-show fees. Following is the scale for cancellation charges:
- 35% if cancelled between 45 and 35days prior to arrival
- 50% if cancelled between 34 and 15 days prior to arrival.
- 100% if cancelled 14 days and 24hours prior to arrival
Itinerary Changes
Although every effort is made to adhere to schedules, it should be noted that the hoteliers in Kenya and Tanzania may be obliged to occasionally change routes on safaris as dictated by changing conditions.
Such conditions may be brought about by seasonal rainfall on bush tracks, airfields and in game areas, by game migrations from one region to another, or airline or other booking problems, etc. Adventure Travel Kenya will communicate with you for such itinerary or accommodation changes
Alterations to tours
The right is reserved to change any route or arrangements should conditions necessitate to offer substitutes of equal value or to cancel the operation of any scheduled tour. The right is also reserved to decline to accept or retain any person as a member of any tour at any time, in which event an equitable amount will be refunded.
Rates include all expenses in connection with ground transport for the itinerary set out; all entry fees, hotel accommodation, full board where stated, table d'hotel meals, lunches and dhow trips as applicable. Not included are personal expenses such as beverages, laundry and tips.
Special Groups
Please contact us for Travel /Safari Agents Commissions Special Group/Student rates available on request and subject to our appraisal. Our decision regarding commisions is final and non-negotiable.
(A) Lodge Safaris
• Guaranteed window seat and access to photographic roof hatch in specially-equipped, custom built safari bus driven by accomplished driver-guides
• All game drives
• Full board accommodation in lodges/hotels exept for Nairobi hotels that charge for bed and breakfast only.
• All game park entrance fees
• Services of experienced driver guides
(B) Camping Safaris
Transport in a luxury 9 sitter mini-bus
Guaranteed window seat
Services of an experienced driver/Guide
All camping equipment except sleeping bags
All camping and game park entrance fees
3 meals a day prepared by our expert safari cook.
(C) Walking Safari
Transport in a luxury 9-sitter mini-bus
Services of an experienced naturalist /Guides.
Services of an English-speaking driver guide
Services of an experienced safari cook
All camping equipment
All tribal guides
(D) Mountain Climbing
Return Transport from Nairobi except for Kilimanjaro
All accommodation and food on the mountain
All entrance fees
Hotel accommodation where necessary on half board
Not Included
Tips, laundry, drinks, personal insurance, and items of personal nature
What you need on safari
Mountain trekking
Polythene bag,
Sleeping bag,
Extra warm clothes,
Hiking boots
A good sense of adventure
Tribal Walking Safaris/Camping safaris
Sleeping bags,
Personal spending money,
Films for whole duration safari
Flashlight and batteries.
Incentive Travel
Many people dream of visiting East Africa.
If you are looking for the perfect incentive travel option for your employees, affiliates or partners, why not let their dreams come true and offer them an African safari? Putting together the perfect safari package to suit any individual needs and interests couldn't be any easier. With our world of safari options, you'll be spoilt for choice.
Safari Styles
We offer the traveler an unparalleled range of options. The incredible diversity of landscapes, cultures, wildlife and activities mean endless opportunities.
With so many choices at hand, some people find the prospect of planning a trip quite daunting. It doesn't have to be that way. With us it is very easy to plan and prepare for a safari that is as individual as you are, and that satisfies your own personal needs and interests.
Visa and Passport
A valid passport is required for all foreigners entering Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Visa requirements vary according too country of origin. Most nationality however, require visa to enter Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. We advise that you check with the nearest Consulate of Kenya, Tanzania or Uganda, if traveling to the respective country. Visa can be processed at the airports upon arrival but this can be very slow. We therefore advise clients to purchase them from their countries of origin before traveling.
A yellow fever and Cholera vaccination certificate is required in Kenya if visitors are arriving from a country where these diseases are present. Yellow fever certificate is required in Tanzania regardless of country of origin. We advise that all clients seek advice from their doctors when planning to travel. Malaria prophylaxis is recommended
Kenyan currency is based on the decimal system. The unit of currency is the Shilling divided into 100 cents. Visitors are advised to check currency exchange rates regularly. Banks give slightly better rates of exchange than hotels. It is a serious offense to deface or knowingly damage Kenyan currency. Visitors are strongly advised to avoid street dealers and to transact all currency dealings through official dealers.
Nairobi, Mombasa and most other principal centers in Kenya have banks with Bureau de Change. Banking hours are from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday to Friday, though some open between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. on the first and last Saturday of each month. Banks at Jomo Kenyatta and Moi International Airports operate a 24-hour service.
A Service Charge is usually included in all tariffs, however the tipping of exceptional service is always appreciated. Customary tips for bar service and room porters are 10% whereas restaurant tariffs that exclude service charge will anticipate a 5% to 10% tip.
In keeping with many tourist centers worldwide, visitors are advised not to leave any valuables in their hotel room when they go out, but to make use of the safe deposit boxes which are available at most hotels and lodges. As in all major cities, it is advisable to avoid back streets at night (especially alone); in fact is it much safer to avoid night walking altogether and use taxis or self-drive hire cars instead. Kenya has an excellent police force and most hotels have experienced security personnel and caring doormen.
Hotel Check-Out-Time
The standard checkout time in Kenya is 10 a.m. regardless of the actual departure time from your hotel. Day room facilities maybe available for clients leaving in the evening or they may allow you keep your room until departure depending on the occupancy of the Hotel. A charge will be payable locally for this service.
Whenever possible we book rooms with private bathrooms on the basis of two persons sharing a double room. Single rooms are available at supplementary cost but neither single room nor rooms with private bath can be guaranteed especially within the national parks and game reserves. Hotels, where mentioned, are named as an indication of category and rooms may be reserved at similar hotels.


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Starting this fall, we've decided to post our favourite book of the past month and the book we're most excited to read next. Feel free to comment with your own favourites and recommendations!
What was the best book you read in October, and why?
What book are you excited about in November?
Appropriately for Halloween, the book I enjoyed the most this month was Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier. She has been the hot new writer of the past couple of years for tweens. Her two autobiographical graphic novels Smile and Sisters are always flying off the shelves at the library. Her newest book, Ghosts, is a completely fictional story about a girl who has just moved to a new town. Her sister is ill and the shadow of death hangs over them. I found that Raina's art style perfectly mixed the heaviness of the topic with the cultural story of Dia de los Muertos. I am a sucker for a coming-of-age story and Ghosts did not disappoint.
On the list for next month is Calvin by Martine Leavitt , which won the Governor General award for YA Lit.
As predicted, Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi was beautiful and wonderful and has stuck with me. Then last week I read Room by Emma Donoghue and it was gripping. I've spent a week pondering how the story was told from the perspective of a child in a terrible situation who was shielded by his mother so that the horror is both displaced and more intense. Both books describe complex and heartbreaking situations that are quite different, and both have given me a perspective I hold valuable .
I'm looking forward to reading Wenjack by Joseph Boyden. I've started prioritizing reading hard stories, and I want to read more Aboriginal stories. Wenjack has stellar reviews, and I'm hoping that my hold at the library comes through in time to review it for next month.
I've caught the Louise Penny bug and caught it hard. A few years ago I read the first couple books in her Inspector Gamache series to see what all the fuss was about. I enjoyed them, they are good cozy mysteries for sure. I didn't pick the series back up again until recently, but I just finished The Brutal Telling and now I finally get it. These are more than just good mystery novels. They are also stories about what makes us human. Sorry, couldn't figure out a way to say that so it didn't sound cheesy. But Louise Penny does somehow, bless her, and does it fantastically well. I'll just be over here ploughing through the rest of the series if you need me.
Next, after all the Penny, I'll be reading Kindred by Octavia Butler. This has been on my list for a while and I can't wait. It involves time travel, so I am sold.


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Esther: Queenly Living, 10 Characteristics of a Godly Woman
1. Knows that She is Never Abandoned by God He was bringing up Hadassah, that is Esther, the daughter of his uncle, for she had neither father nor mother. The young woman had a beautiful figure and was lovely to look at, and when her father and her mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter. (Esther 2:7)
• And every day Mordecai walked…to learn how Esther was &what was happening to her (Esther 2:11)
2. Consistently Practices Obedience Esther had not made known her kindred or her people, as Mordecai had commanded her, for Esther obeyed Mordecai just as when she was brought up by him.(Esther 2:20)
3. In an Unfamiliar Environment, Seeks Wisdom she asked for nothing except what Hegai the king's eunuch, who had charge of the women, advised. (Esther 2:15)
4. Faithfully Builds an Honorable Reputation Now Esther was winning favor in the eyes of all who saw her. (Esther 2:15)
5. Maintains a Compassionate and Loving Heart When Esther's young women and her eunuchs came and told her, the queen was deeply distressed. She sent garments to clothe Mordecai, so that he might take off his sackcloth, but he would not accept them. (Esther 4:4)
6. Values Others More than Herself Then Mordecai told them to reply to Esther, "Do not think to yourself that in the king's palace you will escape any more than all the other Jews. [14] For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?" (Esther 4:13-14)
7. Understands Her Need for Divine Intervention "Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my young women will also fast as you do. Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law, and if I perish, I perish." (Esther 4:16)
8. In the Face of Fear, Acts Against Evil On the third day Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the king's palace, in front of the king's quarters, while the king was sitting on his royal throne inside the throne room opposite the entrance to the palace. (Esther 5:1)
• Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther, "Who is he, and where is he, who has dared to do this?" [6] And Esther said, "A foe and enemy! This wicked Haman!" (Esther 7:5-6)
9. Finishes What She Started Then Esther spoke again to the king. She fell at his feet and wept and pleaded with him to avert the evil plan of Haman the Agagite and the plot that he had devised against the Jews. [4] When the king held out the golden scepter to Esther, [5] Esther rose and stood before the king. ... let an order be written to revoke the letters devised by Haman … which he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the provinces of the king." (Esther 8:4-5)
10. Leads and Acts for Righteousness "If it please the king, let the Jews who are in Susa be allowed tomorrow also to do according to this day's edict."(Esther 9:13)
• Then Queen Esther, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew gave full written authority, confirming this second letter about Purim. (Esther 9:29)


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Naty Barak, Chief of Sustainability at the pioneering company Netafim describes Israel's role in launching an irrigation technology that has revolutionized agriculture around the world.
A Startup in a Kibbutz
When I was young, I was very idealistic. I moved from my home in Haifa to Kibbutz Hatzerim in 1964, along with a group of other young people. We were all farmers, but we weren't having much success because of water shortage and the high salinity of the soil. The idea for Netafim came in 1965. We had been looking for an industry as a focal point, and we'd set up some guidelines for what we wanted. For one thing, we wanted it to be connected to agriculture. We needed something that would not require too much labor: the idea was to find work for fourteen kibbutz members.(Today we have nearly three thousand employees, all over the world.
Simcha Blass Has an Idea
It was Simcha Blass who moved the idea of drip irrigation forward. Once, Simcha saw a long row of trees that had obviously all been planted at the same time—and yet one of them was far bigger than the others. He was curious and went to see what the reason was. He discovered a water pipe that had a crack in it, and it was leaking near the tree, slowly, drop by drop. On the surface of the ground, there was just a limited circle that was a little bit wet, and the rest of the soil was dry. When he started digging, he saw that underground the wet area became wider, and that there were a lot of roots.
This gave him the idea. That was in the late 1930s. But he kept the idea in his head for years, until affordable plastic piping was introduced, and in the 1960s he started to do experiments in his backyard with the drip system. A few years later, a brilliant engineer developed the next generation of drippers for us. Today, the tiny plastic dripper has many functions built into it. It's pressure-compensated, which means that it will always deliver exactly the same amount of water, regardless of distance from the water source; it's self-cleaning; and it has all kinds of clog-prevention and non-leakage mechanisms.
To give you an idea of what it all means: I've worked a lot in the Arava Desert. The rainfall there can sometimes be as little as twenty millimeters per year. But today it's a rich agricultural area, largely because of drip irrigation.
Helping to Irrigate the World
Today, Netafim has thirteen manufacturing plants all over the world: in California, Mexico, Chile, Brazil, South Africa, Australia, two plants in India (and we are thinking about a third one), three plants in Israel, one in Turkey—and so on. Wherever you have agriculture, you have drip irrigation. It helps in growing tea in Tanzania, sugarcane in the Philippines, potatoes in China, etcetera.
We're involved—along with several other irrigation companies—in the Andhra Pradesh Micro Irrigation Project in India, helping farmers to enhance their crop yield and save water. We also donated drip-irrigation systems to a foundation in Oklahoma, and they in turn gave them to a military base in Afghanistan; now they are bringing Afghan farmers into the base to teach them how to use drip irrigation.
On a smaller scale, we have developed what we call the "Family Drip System" for small farmers in developing countries. It's gravity-based, so you don't need electricity. All you need is to put a tank on an elevated stage, fill it with water, mix it with the right nutrients, open the valve and shut the valve—and it will irrigate five hundred square meters, which is a small farm for a family. Training is very important, of course. But if the farmers do it right, the increased yield is amazing, and the return on investment is in less than one year. We've distributed these in Kenya and elsewhere.
In reaching out to farmers in other places, we try to work collaboratively. We don't say: "We came from Mount Sinai. We invented drip irrigation; do what we tell you and you'll be successful." That's the wrong attitude. We say: "Listen, you have been growing tomatoes in this region for generations—you and your father and your grandfather—so you must know a lot about growing tomatoes. We know something about drip irrigation; we are working in the Arava with tomato growers . . . so let's bring our skills together." And whether we are talking to a Chinese farmer who has one tiny parcel of land, or a cotton-farm manager in Arizona who wears $2,000 lizard-skin boots, we talk to both of them the same way. We give them the same respect. In Hebrew, we say that we're talking to farmers "at eye level": farmer to farmer.


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"On the twelfth day...my true love gave to me twelve drummers drumming..."
Did you know that nearly every culture in the world has some form of drumming tradition? Drumming is an ancient activity and can be traced back hundreds of years. Recently, the health benefits of drumming have been studied and the research has shown that drumming can relax, energize, and soothe you.
Drumming has been found to have many attractions and health promoting attributes. It is fun. It is meditative. It is a stress-reliever. It is therapeutic. It is interactive. It releases endorphins. When done in a group, it creates a sense of community.
One of the many beautiful aspects of drumming is that there is no skill required. Everyone can drum! You do not need to be able to read music to drum. All you need is a surface and drumming tool which could simply be your hand. Or, take a cue from a baby near you – grab a pot, flip it over, grab a wooden spoon, and get to drumming! Research shows that drumming can boost the immune system, produce endorphins and cause feelings of happiness. (Just think of how happy those drumming babies are.)
If you still need another reason to give drumming a try, it can be part of your cancer risk reduction arsenal. According to Barry Bittman, MD, President and CEO of the YAMAHA Music and Wellness Institute, studies have found that group drumming can increase cancer killing cells, which help the body fight cancer and other viruses.
With all the amazing benefits of drumming, it is no wonder that drumming has withstood the test of time. So, Thriver, are you ready to drum?


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Charity Hockey Game
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Glenview Ice Center staff and coaches play members of the Glenview police and fire departments at the benefit for the Max Plotnick Education Fund and the Pagano Family Memorial Fund. Wear a youth or high school jersey to get in for $3.


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Baritone soloist with soprano Ariadne Greif, clarinetist Moran Katz, and composer Richard Wilson at the piano at MODFEST.
Concert: ALICE IN OUR TIMES: Fantasy, Surrealism, and Nonsense.
Music by Vassar composers Jonathan Chenette, Susan Botti and Richard Wilson on texts by Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, James Norman Hall, Joe Orton (somewhat), and Edward Hirsch, who will read as part of the program.
Skinner Hall of Music
Note: emergency snow date is Sunday, February 8 at 3:00pm.
In the event of inclement weather, the concert will be rescheduled for Sunday, February 8 at 3:00pm. Please contact the Office of Campus Activities at (845) 437-5370 for the most current information regarding weather-related cancellations.
- See more at: http://info.vassar.edu/news/2014-2015/150128-modfest.html#sthash.9BE11otn.dpuf


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Come play in the streets for our June Fluent In Kindness Meetup! Fort Collins Open Streets will be June 4th from 10-3 on Constitution Ave., Dunbar Ave., Hull St., & Hanover Dr.
Two ways to participate:
- Volunteer to help at our booth and activity.
- Bring a friend, hop on your bikes, and visit us and the other great organization in the streets.


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July, 2014
The Indian Railways is among the biggest in the world. It plays a major role in looking after the transportation needs of the country, while also bringing together the diverse geographies and helping promote national integration. The railway network is ideal for long-distance travel and movement of bulk commodities, being an energy efficient and economic mode of transport.
With a total route network of about 64,600 km spread across 7,146 stations, with 19,000 trains operating the routes every day, India's railway network is recognised as one of the largest railway systems in the world under a single management.
Urbanisation is driving passenger growth in the country. Consequently, the Government of India has focused on investing on railway infrastructure by relaxing norms and making investor-friendly policies. It is moving swiftly to facilitate foreign direct investment (FDI) in railways to improve infrastructure for freight and high-speed trains. Presently, private sector companies are looking to invest in rail projects, a development which is helped largely by the government's approval of a policy in 2012, which enabled private ownership of some railway lines.
The total approximate earnings of the Indian Railways on originating basis during FY 14 were Rs 140,485.02 crore (US$ 23.38 billion) compared to Rs 121,831.65 crore (US$ 20.28 billion) during FY 13. Earnings stood at Rs 12,064.46 crore (US$ 2.01 billion) in April 2014 as against Rs 11,010.98 crore (US$ 1.83 billion)during the same period in 2013, an increase of 9.57 per cent.
The total goods earnings during FY 14 were Rs 94,925.02 crore (US$ 15.8 billion) as against Rs 82,852.54 crore (US$ 13.79 billion) in FY 13. Earnings stood at Rs 8,204 crore (US$ 1.36 billion) the month of April 2014 as against Rs 7,624 crore(US$ 1.26 billion) in April 2013.
The total approximate numbers of passengers booked during April 2014 were 685.85 million and the total passenger revenue earnings during the same period stood at Rs 3,406.76 crore (US$ 567.07 million).In the period FY 07-13, revenues from the passenger segment expanded at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.9 per cent.
The following are some of the major investments and developments in the Indian railways sector:
The Railway Board is actively considering the implementation of the recommendations of the High Level Safety Review Committee (Kakodkar Committee). The 106 recommendations made by the Committee pertain to general safety matters, empowerment at working level, organisational structure, vacancies in critical safety category, shortage of critical safety spares, human resource development with focus on education and training research,and safety architecture, among others.
The Union Cabinet has given the go-ahead for establishing a new rail coach manufacturing unit at Kolar, Karnataka. The unit will produce 500 coaches per annum at an anticipated cost of Rs 1,460.92 crore (US$ 243.14 million) excluding the cost of land, with active participation of the Karnataka government. The Ministry of Railways will provide 50 per cent of the finances with the Government of Karnataka providing land, free of cost, and the rest 50 per cent of the project completion cost with escalation.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Indian government signed loan agreements worth about US$ 605 million for three separate projects, earlier this year. The projects will aim to improve rail services, power and roads in the country. To enhance rail services along some of the most critical freight and passenger transport routes, a US$ 130 million loan has also been signed, which is part of the US$ 500million Railway Sector Investment Programme approved by ADB in 2011.
The already massive network of the Indian Railways is growing. To meet this demand, an outlay of US$ 95.6 billion has been approved for the sector by the Planning Commission for the 12th Five-Year Plan. Freight traffic also looks likely to increase with investments and active participation of private sector companies. Additionally, investments to the tune of US$ 42 billion are anticipated in metro rail networks in the country by 2020.
Exchange Rate: INR 1 = US$ 0.0166 as on July 25, 2014
References: Press Releases, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Press information Bureau, Media Reports