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It has been 4 months in the planning, but 'Cycling the Line' – my attempt to raise 10 grand for our soldiers by cycling the WW1 western front trench system – is fast approaching. This time next month, myself and Steve Habbishaw will be on the Euro Star hurtling towards Basel for the start of our little bike ride in the country…
The plan is to start riding on 31st October (my birthday by the way – who arranged all this?) from Pfetterhouse on the Franco/Swiss border, the westerly point of the WW1 Western Front trench system and cycle our way north east up towards Verdun, through places such as St. Quentin, Albert, Thiepval, Vimy, Ploegsteert, Ypres, and finishing at the Belgian coast on Armistice Day, 11th November. That's the thick end of 580 miles for any of you that are interested!
Steve and I have been mates for years and we are both keenly interested in military history and such like, this is our little way of saying 'thank you' to all the soldiers, sailors and airmen (veterans and those currently serving) who have given up so much to protect our country… With the passing away of the last veterans of the Great War earlier this year, it has made our journey all the more poignant.
I will put the full route on here soon so you can all have a laugh as you discover just how far we have to go and how many places we have to travel through. The first day will be quite easy, approximately 40 miles north to a town called Thann which is at the foot of the Vosges mountains. My brother in law laughed when I told him (in very broken Czech) that I was cycling over the Vosges. 'Ha!' he said…'they are not proper mountains'. Hmmm. OK he may live in Switzerland these days spending his weekends on the Swiss Alps, but to me, living in very flat Hampshire, they are mountains, and even a month out, are frightening me to death…that second day is going to be 70 miles of uphillness. Not fun. But, as I keep saying to myself, the soldiers who were there 95 years ago went through a lot worse. At least no one will shooting at me.
So far we have raised just over 1100 quid which is fantastic! More is needed though so if you are reading this and havent sponsored us yet, please do so. You can donate at our secure justgiving page.
Last month I wrote to HRH Queen Elizabeth II, as she is the patron of the Royal British Legion, and told her of our plan. In response I received a letter from Buckingham Palace wishing us good luck for the trip, which was excellent! Corporate sponsorships have been difficult to get however, I have tried companies such as Halfords, Evans, Tesco, Sainsbury, Maximuscle, Fuel Sports etc. but none of them were willing to help us in any way. It is disappointing, but these kind of companies must get thousands of requests each week from people similar to us asking for support.
Saying that, we have been sponsored by Outstanding Branding a great corporate clothing/merchandise company – they have helped us produce some Cycling the Line t-shirts which we will be wearing along the trip and giving away as a competition nearer the event…watch this space! Anyone reading this who wants to help us (cycling equipment, energy supplements, clothing etc all warmly welcomed!) then get in contact!
I will post more details about the ride on here over the coming weeks. Throughout the journey I hope to update you all on how we are going on here as well as on Twitter (my twitter name is @military_search)
Talking of Twitter, I have to say a huge thank you to everyone on Twitter who is helping me so much to spread the word about this ride…Even Jonathan Ross has been promoting our cause! The support has been fantastic – you guys are the best!


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MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury and Vermont Hard Cider Co. officials gathered on Friday, May 10, for a groundbreaking ceremony at the Exchange Street site of the company's new, state-of-the-art cidery, slated for completion by next spring.
The $30 million, 100,000-square-foot project is being built less than a mile from the current Middlebury facility on Pond Lane, which will continue to produce the company's very popular Woodchuck Hard Cider. A post-and-beam barn will also welcome visitors to Woodchuck, with a gift shop, tastings and tours.


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Vehicles set on fire in Stokesdale; woman wanted
A woman is wanted on suspicion of setting two vehicles on fire in Stokesdale.
The first arson involving a Kenworth tractor-trailer was reported around 1:20 a.m. Jan. 9 at 8905 Ellisboro Road, Guilford County deputies said.
A Ford van was set on fire around 1 a.m. Jan. 11 in the parking lot of the Countryside Village Retirement Community on U.S. 158, deputies said.
The suspect in both fires is described as a white woman in her 30s to mid 40's with a medium height and build and shoulder-length, wavy brown hair with blonde highlights. She was seen driving a dark colored four-door sedan, deputies said.
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NaturalLogic needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 69 designs submitted by 26 freelance designers.
We develop websites, online business systems and database analysis services to the global market. We are cutting edge, with a service oriented business model. We take a personal approach to the interchange of ideas and work closely with clients to develop their solution.
Mamet and Associates (Digital Solutions Architects)
I like the lightbulb above a person's head as an indicator of lateral thinking. Happy to have an alternative but that'll give you an idea of the gimicky logo we would like. Basically we need a logo that will fit our business attitude and that will work on all forms of branding.
These words are to be part of the submission:
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- Tall glitzy buildings,
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Gaelco Darts is a developer and manufacturer of electronic dartboards with online and video recording capabilities. With the most advanced technology in the field we offer what is today considered the most advanced dart board in the world, Radikal Darts.
Gaelco Darts was born as a spinoff of Gaelco, an outstanding developer of arcade videogames since 1985. Gaelco launched games that soon were a tremendous success and became part of the history in the videogames sector.
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Bontrager's Elite Stem is all about solid performance and seamless integration. Thanks to its one-piece, cold-forged 6061-T6 aluminum construction, it's strong, light and stiff. The 4-bolt faceplate is ultra tough and evenly distributes clamping forces, so it's safe, secure and compatible with both carbon steerers and bars. The real beauty of this stem is the Blendr integration. It works with Bontrager's Trip computers, Ion lights and their iPhone 5 case without the need for extra mounts on your bars.
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Snow has been melting almost twice as fast on land bordering the Arctic Ocean as ice has been melting in the ocean. Scientists think it may have contributed the prolonged US drought, but don't have enough data yet. If so, we're in for lots more drought.
The rate of loss of June snow cover extent since 1979 (-21.5% decade-1) is greater than the loss of September sea ice extent (-10.8% decade-1) over the same period.
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Variation from the post-1967 historical norm in June snow cover, June 2012. Dark orange corresponds to between 75 and 100 percent below average. Image: Rutgers University Climate Lab
In June, Arctic snow cover also reached historic minimums.
... scientists are just starting to understand the interactions between climate patterns in the Arctic and lower North America. "This is cutting-edge science,"...
"It's another way to make the Arctic warm faster than the rest of the hemisphere."
In another Geophysical Research Letters papernow in press, Francis and Overland describe how atmospheric pressure patterns generated by extreme spring snowmelts in the last several years seem to have channeled warm air across the central Arctic Ocean.
The winds accelerate the sea ice's melt and push it into the Atlantic Ocean. They also seem to have hastened Greenland's ice sheet melt, which reached unprecedented rates this July. "The winds used to be light," said Overland. "Now we have more steady winds that blow from the Bering Strait across the north pole and out into Atlantic."
Northern hemisphere snow coverage, in millions of square kilometers, as compared to the post-1967 average. Image: Rutgers University Climate Lab
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It's always nice to hear a familiar voice on the other end of the phone line. Hearing that voice when you least expect it is an added bonus.
When I was a child one could call the local utility company office and speak with someone they knew about a problem.
That isn't the case anymore.
It is a rather impersonal world we live in. Often you call the utility company or some other company or firm or agency and are subjected to a phone maze before talking with a live person. That person is typically some anonymous individual. Some companies have call centers overseas and it isn't always easy to understand the language they are speaking.
It's not like the "good ole days."
So imagine my surprise this past Sunday when my husband called our cable provider following the blackout in Grandview.
Our electricity had been restored, but the phone, cable and internet were still out. Sometimes when this happens the cable provider must reset everything.
My husband called to see if this might be the case. After getting through the proverbial phone maze, the individual "agent" who answered the phone asked him a couple of personal questions. He didn't believe the agent should have knowledge of that information via our account.
Perplexed at the line of questioning, he asked her why she would inquire about that type of information.
She told him her name and he still didn't catch on. She turned out to be one of my closest friends.
Of course I got on the line and got to speak with my bestie.
It was just a completely unexpected turn of events since she lives in Vancouver.
It was reassuring to hear a familiar voice and to know that the call center for our cable services is only a few hours away.
The experience left me missing the days when we could regularly speak with a representative of our utility service, knowing with whom we were speaking. It's also encouraging, knowing we are contributing to our state's economy…not some foreign country.
Like those "good ole days," we were even provided that quality customer service with a personal touch. There's nothing like it.
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The eukaryotic glyoxalase system consists of two enzymatic components, glyoxalase I (lactoylglutathionelyase) and glyoxalase II (hydroxyacylglutathione hydrolase). These enzymes are dedicated to the removal of toxic alpha-oxoaldehydes like methylglyoxal (MG). MG is formed as a by-product of glycolysis and MG toxicity results from its damaging capability leading to modifications of proteins, lipids and nucleic acids. An efficient removal of MG appears to be essential to ensure cellular functionality and viability. Here we study the effects of the genetic modulation of genes encoding the components of the glyoxalase system in the filamentous ascomycete and aging model Podospora anserina. Overexpression of PaGlo1 leads to a lifespan reduction on glucose rich medium, probably due to depletion of reduced glutathione. Deletion of PaGlo1 leads to hypersensitivity against MG added to the growth medium. A beneficial effect on lifespan is observed when both PaGlo1 and PaGlo2 are overexpressed and the corresponding strains are grown on media containing increased glucose concentrations. Notably, the double mutant has a 'healthy' phenotype without physiological impairments. Moreover, PaGlo1/PaGlo2_OEx strains are not long-lived on media containing standard glucose concentrations suggesting a tight correlation between the efficiency and capacity to remove MG within the cell, the level of available glucose and lifespan. Overall, our results identify the up-regulation of both components of the glyoxalase system as an effective intervention to increase lifespan in P. anserina. Key words: Podospora anserina, aging, lifespan, glycation, glucose, methylglyoxal, advanced glycation end product
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Heart Therapy -
Purification of the Soul
By Sheikh Abu Abdissalam
14th - 15th April 2012
(8.30am - 7pm)
Venue: Bradford, UK.
The heart is the most crucial part of the body and is directly connected to one's soul. Explore the diseases of the heart and equip yourself with knowledge on how to cure them in this detailed course.
Why should you attend this course?
"To know that it is the pure heart that gains adsmission to Paradise is enough to show the importance of this subject."
In this course you will gain understanding of the fundamental aspects of the Soul: how it relates to your faith, what causes it to corrupt and what are the cures. You will learn about the 6 traps of Shaytan and how they corrupt your heart.
In particular you will learn about the following diseases affecting the heart:
- Anger
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- Riya' (Ostentation)
- Love of this world
- Miserliness
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Some investors believe a company's impact on the environment is an important investment consideration. The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), a group that represents 385 institutional investors with assets of $57 trillion, surveys the world's largest companies to gather information on carbon emissions, identify goals for carbon reduction and gauge their environment-related risks and opportunities of individual firms.
The US CDP surveyed all companies in the S&P 500 in 2008. A voluntary project, 321 (64%) responded, but only 243 (49%) responses were made public. Although it is not a complete list of S&P 500 carbon emissions, it is the most comprehensive compilation of carbon disclosures publicly available. The report was put together by PriceWaterhouseCoopers for the CDP; Merrill Lynch is a founding member and global sponsor.
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CRESTVIEW � Florida Department of Transportation officials will start developing a master plan for Interstate 10 that could include one, if not two, Crestview interchanges.
CRESTVIEW � Florida Department of Transportation officials will start developing a master plan for Interstate 10 that could include one, if not two, Crestview interchanges.
But for now, they seek the public's input, DOT public information officer Tanya Branton said.
The plan, expected to be completed before July, is in the data analysis and evaluation stages, which featured a Thursday meeting to introduce the stretch of highway included in the study. Attendees received an overview of the FDOT I-10 Master Plan Middle Section, which encompasses Okaloosa, Walton, Holmes, Washington and Jackson counties.
"We certainly hope the study will result in a new interchange at Antioch Road," Mayor David Cadle said. "We sure need it."
County Commissioner Nathan Boyles recently called for the interchange in a letter to the DOT.
"I'm just glad we're talking about it," Boyles said. "We've acknowledged we have a problem and now we can move to figure out ways to fix the problem."
Crestview residents Earl Halmon and Sharon Brown-Halmon, whose property backs up to I-10, said sound-proofing barriers would also be welcome.
"Sometimes semis pull off I-10 and idle near our house," Earl Halmon said.
Sharon Brown-Halmon said they get used to the highway noise, but in pleasant weather, when they'd like to open their windows, it can be annoying.
She'd by OK with moving, she said.
"If they want to buy all our property, that would be all right, too," she said.
Residents wishing to suggest improvements or comment on the Interstate 10 study area between Okaloosa and Jackson counties may contact consultant project manager Sarah Walker, 850-878-977 or email@example.com; or Florida Department of Transportation District 3 project manager Virgie Bowen, 888-638-0250, ext. 1530 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Resume: Marx's body of theory can be divided into four interconnected elements. One is the economic theory of capitalism, as presented in Das Kapital, a theory whose relevance keeps being re-affirmed, especially in times of crisis. This relevance is due, inter alia, to the theory's account of recurrent crises and large scale unemployment, the constant drive to concentration and centralization of capital, the compulsory drive towards labour- and cost-cutting technological innovation, and the tendency towards growing inequality. The second element has become known as historical materialism, Marx's outline of a program for research and theory-building on human society's development and change. This program has been developed and adapted in various ways and has suffered a rather mixed fortune of marginalization and occasional fashionableness in academia, along with intense internal theoretical debates, but it remains productive within the social sciences and history. The third element is the idea that capitalism is a progressive mode of production that eventually will build the basis for a new and better society, which will be socialist and eventually communist in the sense of a society where 'the free development of each is the condition for the free development of all'. And the fourth element is the idea that the transition to this new and better society will take place through a revolution led by the industrial working class. These elements combine outstanding and path-breaking social science scholarship with a strong political commitment and a vision for a dramatically better, more free and just and more humane society. Undoubtedly this combination is an important reason why Marx's ideas have kept and keep renewing their power of attraction. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9546
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A Market-Based Alternative to Government?Hodge, Graeme; Greve, Carsten (Frederiksberg, 2011)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: One of the paradoxes of the past few decades has been the continuity and even growth of infrastructure Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) despite the loud voices of critics and harsh judgments of some academics. Indeed, there is little doubt about the success of PPPs judging on the basis of increasing global interest, the frequency of use in countries such as the United Kingdom or Australia, or by the spectacular delivery of timely new infrastructure. There has been considerable work undertaken to date on the multiple meanings of PPP more generally, on the multiple disciplinary languages spoken by commentators and on the evaluation challenges faced by those interested in assessing PPPs as projects or activities. There has been less work undertaken, however, on the meanings given to how PPP has been judged as 'successful' by implementing governments. Indeed, the criteria on which governments might judge PPP as a success story seems to be inherently ambiguous and as politically oriented as it is oriented towards more traditional utilitarian policy goals concerned with project delivery or efficiency. In view of the continuity of PPPs post-GFC, the very nature of 'PPP success' needs serious rethinking. This paper explores the notion of 'success' for PPP and argues that short of embarrassing and large scale corruption or widespread incompetence, PPP and PPP projects are inevitably judged as 'successful' in government. This is not only because the PPP concept itself is so wonderfully amorphous and ambiguous, but because each strand of PPP has multiple goals. Infrastructure PPPs for example, have fifteen or so different goals. The criteria for success are therefore multi-faceted and themselves incorporate the very goals of government itself. It is inevitable that PPPs are seen by government to help create public value as well as private value. The paper uses theories of policy success and evaluation studies to assess how 'success' is interpreted. The paper concludes that many of the claims for PPP success and failure are therefore, to an extent, self defining exercises. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8573
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Resume: The current international crisis has important similarities with the crisis of the 1970s that eventually gave rise to a new hegemonic project and associated growth model, later to be labelled neoliberalism. With a view to assessing the possibilities for a transition to a new model in the current situation the paper examines the first transition along three selected dimensions: the underlying structural changes that prevented a return to the old model; the relatively autonomous role of international organisations in diagnosing the problems and suggesting remedies, and the role of power relations and political leadership in effecting the transitions. All three factors are argued to be critical. The same questions are then asked of the current situation. Deep global eco-nomic integration along with environmental problems, lacking inclusion of people, rising inequalities and the empowerment of the emerging economies all present economic and political problems that cannot be ad-dressed effectively by neoliberal policy prescriptions. This is diagnosed by international organisations and in the G20, but there still are tensions between the new agenda and the legacy of neoliberalism and a new convincing hegemonic project has not yet emerged. The crisis is both one of hegemony within the transnational power bloc and between the power bloc and popular forces, right and left. This makes the question of political leader-ship critical, but Brexit and the election of Donald Trump has only served to aggravate the crisis. There is a possibility for a progressive turn, but also for a rather malevolent development. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9545
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Resume: Policy processes in transnational settings are shaped by actors whose approval and consent are required for reform to take place. These 'transnational veto players' frame and delimit policy options. The concept of 'transnational veto players' is developed through an empirical analysis of global reforms in the regulatory treatment of large financial institutions deemed 'too big to fail'. Actors debating and developing policy on 'too big to fail' may have formal defined constituencies, as regulators, academics or lobbying organisations, but in their transnational interactions they are also informed by a diffuse constituency of peers through their multiple associations within policy communities. These interactions determine which policy ideas are permissible and how they are adopted. The 'too big to fail' case shows how reform activity to curtail the risks posed by large financial institutions may also inadvertently strengthen their position as transnational veto players. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8809
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Some Lessons from Scandinavia and AustraliaGreve, Carsten; Hodge, Graeme (Frederiksberg, 2011)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: This paper examines the transparency of public-private partnerships (PPPs). The key question is "How has transparency and accountability been implemented in PPPs?".PPPs in infrastructure have been presented as enabling synergy and as a major alternative to previous contracting out techniques. These partnerships have most usually involved the preferential use of private finance, highly complex 'bundled' infrastructure delivery contract arrangements and new governance and accountability assumptions. Risk management is also particularly important to PPPs. Contracts between the governments and partnering private firms, however, have also been more complex and have not necessarily lead to simple synergy, but to more negotiations and governance structures. One ongoing concern from critics has been the accusation of illegitimacy due to the use by governments of these contracts to hold project information secret, rather than providing details of the deals to citizens. This paper first presents the transparency concept as it relates to modern day infrastructure PPPs. Second, the paper discusses how transparency and PPPs are related, and suggests a typology of transparency based on degree on openness and phases of the PPP process. Third, the paper examines empirical evidence on transparency elements in PPP contracts and governance structures based on two cases from Scandinavia and Australia. Fourth, the paper concludes by observing how different transparency dimensions relate to the different phases in a PPP project, including the important point about the contract institution that defines a PPP. The paper also concludes by suggesting some ways forward to improve transparency in future PPPs to enhance legitimacy. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8572
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Government Policies on Corporate Social Responsibility in Denmark and the UKBrown, Danna; Steen Knudsen, Jette (, 2012)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: Do government policies on CSR in the UK and Denmark reflect distinct domestic political-economic institutional differences as predicted by the Varieties of Capitalism approach, or do they display new forms of governance that primarily address the needs of global businesses? We move beyond the management literature and the literature on public management of particular environmental and sustainability programs to explore a broader government agenda for CSR through a political science lens. We develop a set of expectations that follow from the literature on domestic institutions as well as from the literature that takes into account the role of governments in interaction with transnational actors. We find evidence for a substitution objective in the initial CSR programs of the Danish and British governments (and a mirror objective in Denmark). However, we also find that globalization has motivated governments to use their regulatory authorities pertaining to CSR policies for purposes beyond enhancement of welfare state functions. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8433
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Resume: This paper aims to take stock of the concept of New Public Management (NPM) to see what has happened with the concept, and to consider recent concepts and ideas that challenge NPM. The reason is that there is still much talk about NPM, although many now seem to think that we have gone "beyond" NPM or are in a "post-NPM" public management situation. The second part of the paper will deal with self-styled conceptual alternatives to NPM. These began to appear in the last decade. With "self-styled" I mean that they explicitly present themselves as alternatives to NPM and address the shortcomings in NPM to promote other conceptualizations. Combined, these alternatives approach a coherent research agenda. To be able to discuss these matters, the argument is presented through a theoretical approach that views public management reform as institutional change. This approach is now common in public management reform studies (Pollitt & Bouckaert 2004; Christensen & Lægreid, 2001, 2007, 2011), Knill (1999) and Barzelay (2001) and colleagues (Barzelay & Gallego 2010). The analytical framework comes from theories of public policymaking and theories of historical institutionalism in political science. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8548
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Resume: According to conventional knowledge, the realist tradition in International Relations has maintained the world of International Politics in a perpetual state of 'warcraft' between sovereign territorial states. Since the early 1990s arguments associated with Historical Sociology have sought to counter such a timeless image of states and politics. Yet, while this has done much to historicise state institutions and the international system, one of the fundamental features of the modern state remains poorly understood: that of territory. This is because, I argue, that the concept of space remains absent from the historical analyses. Historical Sociology proper usually treat territory as an unproblematic transhistorical concept and Constructivist approaches tend to focus on how perceptions of space interrelate with historical developments of institutions. Both tend to leave space as unhistorically accepted, conceptually assumed and philosophically unexamined. The solution I propose in this paper is to expand what we do historical sociology about; that is a historical sociology of space formation which investigates how space historically has been established as real, and hereby, had a conditioning and transformative effect on the political role of territory. This is key to understand to spatial nature of the modern state and thus, also, the transformative possibilities within international relations URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8290
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Executive Committee
North Dakota Judicial Conference
November 24, 2009
Radisson Hotel, Bismarck, ND
Judge Richard Geiger, Chair
Justice Carol Ronning Kapsner, Chair-Elect
Justice Daniel J. Crothers
Judge Steven McCullough
Judge Douglas Herman
Judge Robert Wefald
Sally Holewa
The Executive Committee of the Judicial Conference met on November 24, 2009. Chair Geiger called the meeting to order at 8:15 a.m.
Judge McCullough made a motion to approve the minutes of the last meeting. Justice Crothers seconded the motion. The motion carried and the minutes of the April 7, 2009 meeting were approved.
Justice Kapsner made a motion that the June Judicial Conference be held in conjunction with the State Bar Association Annual Meeting on June 17, 2010, at the Ramkota Hotel, in Bismarck. Judge McCullough seconded the motion. The motion carried. The time and the details of the educational program will be decided at a later date.
Staff notified the Executive Committee that Judge Wefald's term as the chair of the Standing Committee on Legislation will expire on June, 30, 2010, and advised the committee that the position is an appointment by the North Dakota Judges Association. Judge Geiger offered to contact Judge Kleven, the President of the North Dakota Judges Association, to advise her of the need to find a replacement. No committee action is required on this item.
It was decided that the next meeting of the Executive Committee will be near the beginning of April. It will be over the noon hour, with a preference that it not be scheduled for a Monday or Thursday.
Justice Kapsner made a motion to adjourn the meeting. The motion carried and the meeting was adjourned at 8:18 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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I think this might be a fun one if some people want to join in. We could read one of Lucian's works each week for some four or five weeks and discuss it. The books are easy to read, short. and very witty. The old Loeb translations are all available for free on the internet. So, anyone up for it?
Nice that you're participating. Icaromenippus is good to begin with.
Participants thus far: (feel free to join)-Severian-TheMathematician-CyrillicWeek 1 (18 till 25 June): IcaromenippusJust read the pages on the right unless you like a challange
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So do we have one week or until June 25th? I don't understand.
We should be done by June 25th. It isn't much text, so it isn't too difficult.
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Marsh harrier raises family on screen for fourth season
A female marsh harrier has returned for the seventh year running to the reed bed at the Hawk and Owl Trust's Sculthorpe Moor Community Nature Reserve. Thanks to a mini camera next to the nest visitors can watch 'Mrs. H', as the marsh harrier is affectionately known by staff and volunteers, and her new chicks on television screens in the visitor centre and in one of the hides.
From this hide visitors can also watch the male marsh harrier and 'Mrs H', when she leaves the nest, hunting over the reed bed.
The reserve is also host to two additional marsh harrier nests, each with a female, but, as is common with the species, sharing one male. One of the nests is known to have had two eggs earlier in the season, but further inspection was suspended to avoid jeopardising breeding success.
2011 is the fourth year that 'Mrs H' has starred on the television screens at the reserve, in 2008 she successfully raised three chicks, then five chicks in 2009. Last year six chicks successfully fledged from the nest and there are six chicks again this year. If her six fledge this year she will have raised 20 fledgelings in just four years.
If all goes well the chicks will be leaving the nest at the end of June or the beginning of July. Until then visitors to the reserve can watch 'Mrs H' and other magnificent marsh harriers flying above the reed bed on the reserve as well as being able to watch the growing chicks on the screens.
It is thought Mrs H is nine years old and if all goes well could be breeding for another five or so years. As she arrives at Sculthorpe Moor regularly at the same time of year annually it appears that Mrs H migrates south each winter to warmer climes and does not spend her winters in the UK.
Visitors can see what is going on at Sculthorpe Moor Community Nature Reserve every day of the week except Monday. Live footage from the nest cameras can be viewed on the big screen in the visitor and education centre between 9am and 5pm Tuesday to Sunday.


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For Texas women, access to family planning and basic health care isn't a women's issue or political issue, it's a family issue. If the Legislature truly wants to invest in the future of our state and make life better for all families, lawmakers must adequately fund basic women's health care and contraceptive services, and they must make sure Texas has enough providers to deliver those services.
Preventive care and contraception for all Texas women is essential for their entire families' well-being, from preparing women for healthy pregnancies to detecting health problems early, just a Pap smear at Planned Parenthood that found precancerous cells did for 32-year-old Austinite Amy Kamp. Giving women the ability to plan the timing and size of their families is critical to ensuring Texas families can remain economically stable, escape poverty and join the middle class, just as access to birth control at a South Texas health clinic did for Anavi Cantu, a working mom of three who's also a student. Cancer and wellness screenings such as Pap smears and breast exams keep women healthy so that they can work, go to school and continue providing for their children.
After the Legislature cut to the family planning program in 2011, there are more than 140,000 low-income Texas women—working moms, single women, and female college students—with nowhere to turn for the care they need.
The loss of $73 million in funding for the state's family planning program forced at least 53 clinics across the state to close their doors, while others laid off workers and drastically reduced hours or are now charging for once-free services. Four clinics in Austin lost the majority, if not all, state funding through the family planning program. People's Community Clinic has been forced to increase the cost of birth control for women after the state cut all its funding through the program. Rural communities across Texas have been hit hard as well—some have lost the only family planning provider they had, and now low-income women are paying out of pocket for services or have to travel for hours to get the care they need.
The 2011 cuts to family planning services have only created a greater need in Texas. According to a recent Texas Women's Healthcare Coalition brief, more than 1 million Texas women between the ages of 20 and 44 needed publicly-supported health care and contraception, but even before the cuts only approximately 341,000 were served. Since 2011, the unmet need has only increased and will continue to grow if the Legislature doesn't restore funding. As a state, we should be talking about giving women all the opportunities possible for contraception and health care.
Funding, though, is just one piece of the puzzle; provider capacity is also in jeopardy. Because of recent state rule changes, the number of providers participating in the Women's Health Program—which is different from the one that took the budget hit in 2011—has been drastically reduced. Planned Parenthood health centers (which were the single largest WHP provider) can no longer serve WHP patients under the new rule, and serious questions remain as to whether or not the clinics still participating can handle more patients.
No matter which way you slice it, though, fewer providers makes it harder for women to access health care. Instead of talking about ways to decrease the number of providers treating women, we as state should be talking about how to recruit more providers to treat more women.
Without funding or enough providers, more Texas women will lose out on contraceptive services, and that means more will have unintended pregnancies. And women and their families aren't the only ones who carry the cost burden. Unplanned pregnancies cost the state of Texas $1.3 billion in Medicaid costs each year. The budget cuts are projected to increase Medicaid costs by at least $136 million by 2015. Contraception, in contrast, is much cheaper for both the state and Texas women.
The Texas Legislature must act now to ensure the health and well-being of all Texas women and their families, and that means adequately funding family planning services and ensuring there are enough providers to deliver those services.
Ultimately, the conversation around preventive care and contraceptive services should be about getting Texas women the essential care they need that allows them to create the healthiest, most productive lives for themselves and their children.
Alexa Garcia-Ditta is a communications associate at the Center for Public Policy Priorities in Austin, Texas.
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I just returned home from a 10-day Mexico mission trip with my church. I am unbelievably behind on e-mail and other messages, much less the headlines of the past week and a half. I have perused just a few GetReligion posts, including Mollie's roundup this morning on Pope Benedict XVI's trip to Mexico and Cuba.
As I try to catch up, I wanted to highlight an excellent story that I read in today's Wall Street Journal. Ahead of the pope's visit, the story highlighted the differing approaches of two Roman Catholic clergymen in Cuba:
SANTIAGO, Cuba—As young men, Jaime Ortega and José Conrado Rodríguez were teacher and student at a Cuban Catholic seminary. Decades later, the teacher, now a cardinal, and the student, a country priest, are dueling over the soul of the island—and the part the church should play in saving it.
Their debate is over the church's role in pushing for reform as the 53-year hold on power of Fidel Castro and his brother Raúl starts to wane. Cardinal Ortega, the senior Catholic clergyman in Cuba, offers a cautious critique of the government, while Father Rodríguez, from his parish pulpit in Santiago, preaches more open opposition.
This meaty, 2,300-word story (on the front page of the Journal that landed in my driveway this morning) appealed to me for a variety of reasons:
— It put real human faces on distinctly different approaches to Cuba's Communist regime. Readers are left to decide for themselves which approach is better.
The cardinal, 75 years old, meets regularly with Raúl Castro, and has obtained concessions such as the release of political prisoners and a new tolerance for government officials attending Mass openly.
He was even permitted to help start a new business school—a first in Communist Cuba—to train entrepreneurs amid legal changes allowing Cubans to start small businesses. He has rarely criticized the Communist regime in public, a posture that has made him a target of criticism.
Father Rodríguez, 60, has a different approach. He believes the church has a moral duty to speak out against Communism—a calling, he says, that led it to oppose Communism in Eastern Europe in the 1980s. In a small church on the other side of the island from the cardinal's Havana cathedral, Father Rodríguez lambastes the Cuban government as backward, self-serving and tyrannical.
— In the midst of significant reporting on politics, government and the church hierarchy, the article did not fail to explore a key theological issue. (It got religion, in other words.)
The debate over the proper relationship between the church and secular authority traces back to the Gospels, which describe Jesus saying: "Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's." At a gathering last year, the cardinal quoted the passage, reminding listeners that the early Christian martyrs, facing an adverse Roman government, "proclaimed their faith" rather than "attacked the structure of power."
Father Rodríguez sees that passage differently. "It means everyone—including the state—must answer to divine law," he recently told a gathering of Cuban exiles in Miami. "The church must liberate the people."
— In such a serious story, the writer allowed occasional touches of relevant humor.
Archbishop Wenski says the two clerics aren't as far apart as they seem. "They say God laughs when we're referred to as an organized religion, and maybe we're seeing that here," he says. "These two men might be putting emphasis on different notes but they're singing the same song."
— Finally, the reporter attempted to answer basic questions, even when sources' answers varied widely.
There are no reliable figures on the number of Catholics in Cuba. The Vatican says about 60% of Cuba's residents are Catholic. Some clergymen involved with the island estimate that about a half-million of Cuba's 11 million people attend church on a typical Sunday.
What am I missing? Is this report better or worse than other coverage you've seen of the Cuba trip? Please weigh in with your journalism-focused comments.
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Amadeus-Coat, Re-fashion
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by ajtak7171
Vienna, Austria
I had a really successful visit at the flea market a long time ago, when I bought this wool suit for an amazing 5 Euros. I just loved the fabric, a herringbone pattern in turquoise and purple! It was hand-sewn by someone unknown to me, but she or he really was a pro! So I was hesitant about cutting into it, but then again, I would have never worn it as a suit. And well, out came a coat that I have been wearing every day since finishing it. The style lines "happened" by the skirt not being quite wide enough to reach all the way to the front, and by the fact that I had no additional buttons to add (and I sure wouldn't have succeeded in making such perfect bound button holes to match the existing ones…).
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Material Notes
Wool fabric
- Season
- Winter
- For
- Women
- Garment Type
- Coat/Capes
- Material
- Wool
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Feb 19, 2013, 11.05 PMby puffinlove
What a fab refashion! And what fun to have taken over where somebody else left off, as it were, what with it being hand sewn originally by the mystery person who chose that fabric!
Feb 19, 2013, 11.04 PMby puffinlove
What a fab refashion! And what fun to have taken over where somebody else left off, as it were, what with it being hand sewn originally by the mystery person who chose that fabric!
Feb 3, 2013, 10.50 PMby MyRomanApartment
Mind blown.
I've been wanting a morning jacket, and this is a GREAT way of sewing one without having to fit the shoulders etc…
I love the fake belt loops on the back to make the original skirt waistband into a design detail. That is so clever!
Feb 3, 2013, 10.18 PMby krentu
I love it! So clever and cute! Perfect styling!
Jan 25, 2013, 06.27 PMby Emily Hopkins
Awesome job. Love the color and the style.
Jan 20, 2013, 02.11 PMby blueartisan
Great job of refashioning! I love it when a 'bad' thing ends up taking you down the perfect road!
Jan 19, 2013, 12.19 PMby fashionfreek
Ajtak7171. Looks really great. I can understand why you are wearing it everyday since finishing it. It looks good on you too:-D
Jan 17, 2013, 07.58 AMby libra-s
What a great transformation!!! The outcome looks modern and fun!
Jan 16, 2013, 07.10 PMby oinochoe
Marvellous idea, and it fits you perfectly!
Jan 16, 2013, 03.20 PMby b. boop
great idea beautiful job! ;)
Jan 16, 2013, 07.04 AMby vasea
I just love it. It is a great idea.
Jan 16, 2013, 07.03 AMby olac
What a totally awesome idea. Boring to funky with minimal effort. Love it!
Jan 16, 2013, 03.55 AMby shatinabrn1
That coat is so HOT! Great job.
Jan 15, 2013, 10.17 PMby claudinka
Wow what a beautiful coat! Great that you dared to cut through that suit!!!
Jan 15, 2013, 10.01 PMby tessi
Fabulous re-fashion!
Jan 15, 2013, 09.56 PMby barmaglot
Amazing project! love it!
Jan 15, 2013, 09.38 PMby bjr99
Beautiful coat. You did a super job!
Jan 15, 2013, 09.22 PMby stars
This is beautiful, such a great re-fashion and I am so envious of the turquoise/purple herringbone!
Jan 15, 2013, 08.16 PMby khatsu
Awesome refashioning! I have a boucle suit that's collecting dust and you have given me some ideas!
Jan 15, 2013, 06.59 PMby chillwear
fantastic and so creative!
Jan 15, 2013, 05.49 PMby gemmafloyd
This is truly wonderful! A great idea!
Jan 15, 2013, 05.16 PMby Mary Athey
You.ve done.an amazing job on this. Its fabulous x
Jan 15, 2013, 01.39 PMby mixtlii
Jan 15, 2013, 10.43 AMby martinK
realy great idea!!! and on one else have, that's important :-)
Jan 15, 2013, 10.36 AMby dottty
yes very well done, i have a wool suit i might pull out and do somrthing with, you have inspired me jj:)x
Jan 15, 2013, 09.28 AMby rosariotpalacios
It's beautiful, what a great idea and well done <3
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SANFORD, Fla. -- A battle is quietly brewing here over the possibility of a new, permanent memorial to Trayvon Martin.
Last week, city officials took down curbside memorial items that had been sitting for months outside the Retreat at Twin Lakes subdivision, where 17-year-old Martin was shot by George Zimmerman the night of Feb. 26.
The removal of the memorial angered some advocates for Martin's family, and apparently sparked discussion about remedies, including a permanent memorial.
While it's unclear where things stand – city officials say discussions about a permanent memorial are only beginning – opponents are already girding for a fight.
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City Manager Norton Bonaparte Jr. met last week with the citizens group responsible for the original memorial, the Concerned Citizens of Sanford.
Officials say nothing regarding a new memorial was decided.
Reached by telephone, a member of the group, Francis Oliver, said a permanent memorial was one of several ideas discussed during the meeting. Another idea, she said, was a less elaborate cross outside the subdivision.
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Oliver's group, Concerned Citizens of Sanford, said neither its members nor Martin's family approved the city's decision to remove the original memorial last Monday.
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I've been saying for two years now how badly the Dolphins need to upgrade at wide receiver. But knowing the folks that make the decisions about personnel in Miami, I've also been telling you the position that more likely will take priority this offseason in being addressed first is not wide receiver.
It likely will be the linebacker spot instead.
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Channing Crowder left Sunday's game -- as in bounced and was nowhere to be found afterward. He went home and is out for the season finale against Pittsburgh because of a foot injury, according to a source. The club is concerned he has a midfoot sprain or fracture that could mean a lisfranc, which is serious business. More will be known today.
[Update: Crowder is on crutches and wearning a boot today.]
That means Miami's linebacker corps against Pittsburgh will be Akin Ayodele and Reggie Torbor at inside linebacker and Joey Porter and Jason Taylor at OLB with Charlie Anderson and Quentin Moses as backup OLBs. Rookie J.D. Folsom, on the practice squad, may be added to the regular roster.
Ayodele has not had what I would call a good season. He is third on the team in tackles, but he's an ILB for goodness sake. He and Crowder should be leading the team in tackles. But alas, Crowder is often injured and both he and Ayodele over-run plays, or miss tackles or shoot the wrong gaps to the ballcarriers.
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The explosive first step Porter used to have is gone, be it because of his knee injuries or age.
Jason Taylor? He plays hard, but he's out of position. He is, at age 35, a part-time pass-rusher. He could be a latter day Trace Armstrong with 14 sacks as a specialist. But Miami's lack of talent at OLB pressed him into a starting role.
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Army of 'pavement boys' a challenge
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Say what you please about the dictators, you cannot accuse them of neglecting the problem of idle youth.
Their solution for the problem may look weird and unholy, from any civilized point of view; but at least they realize that the problem exists, and they try to do something about it – which, very often, is more than you can say for our enlightened democracy.
Herbert Hoover touched on this point in an address before sponsors of the Boys' Club of Milwaukee the other day.
"The boy problem of America is the 'pavement boy,' the boy of the congested area, with no adequate occupation between school hours and bed time," he remarked.
"There are 3 million boys in this class who are completely lacking in opportunity for constructive joy. They are chiefly in need of occupational direction, an intelligent effort to find their bent and help direct them into the line of work for which they are fitted."
And then he remarked on the contrast between the way our democracy lets this problem slide and the way the dictatorships tackle it.
"The authoritarian governments of Europe start with the children of 7 to 9 years, to make fascists or communists of them," he said. "If we are going to make them able citizens of a democracy, we must start as early, building their individual characters and their sense of responsibility."
Probably one of the greatest distinguishing features of a free society is the fact that it does let certain problems slide. A democracy tends to feel that the cure can often be worse than the disease, so it doesn't do a lot of things which the dictatorships do, and in many cases this is all to the good. But the youth problem is something else again.
All the things that have been printed in recent years about gangsters, kidnappers and commercialized crime ought to show us that we can pay a fearful price for letting these "pavement boys" Mr. Hoover speaks of grow up without any guidance.
The underworld gets its recruits from these boys; if society doesn't let those lads feel that there is a place for them, the underworld will.
But that isn't all. Those European strong-arm squads which took the dictators to power were recruited in precisely the same way.
The mere presence in any country of a floating mass of discontented, placeless young men is a standing invitation to the unscrupulous demagogue to collect a following and make trouble.
Indeed, it is more than that: It is a challenge to democracy itself.
The Telegraph's
program for a
greater Dixon
n Increase Dixon's population 1,000 each year.
n Connect Dixon with the Inland Waterway System.
n Pass a zoning law.
n Enlarge Dixon's city limits.
n Abolish the smoke nuisance.
n Repave and widen streets in business district.
n Build a municipal bathing pool.
n Advertise the beautiful Rock River Valley.