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An institution classified by the Carnegie Foundation as "RU/VH" (research university, very high research activity) rarely considers the preparation of high school teachers to be a central part of its mission. Its faculty members tend to concentrate instead on producing new knowledge and preparing the future professoriate. My own institution's mission statement highlights undergraduate and doctoral education and discovering knowledge, but only at the very end (almost as an afterthought) are we charged to "address, as appropriate, regional, national and international needs." At such institutions the reward system is clear: professors with high-profile research programs resulting in significant and highly-cited publications, abundant grant funds, and doctoral students who become outstanding faculty members are rewarded with endowed chairs, salary increases, and great respect both inside and outside the institution. Outstanding classroom teachers are rewarded with the high regard of their students and perhaps a university teaching award. But producing high school teachers is not something for which a reward mechanism typically exists for faculty at a RU/VH institution.
However, especially at a state institution, this often-overlooked part of the mission statement may be among the most visible and valued parts of what external constituencies expect the institution to do in exchange for the public financial support it receives. Even relatively modest efforts toward solving a serious and widely-recognized problem can have significant benefits in public good will, a fact not lost on Provosts, Chancellors, and Presidents of universities. A department that is willing to establish a teacher-training program "because it is the right thing to do" may well be able to obtain the resources necessary to do so without significantly compromising its pursuit of excellence in research. That has certainly been the case at my institution.
The School of Education (SOE) at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) sees its role within this research institution as providing strong research and graduate education (not just teacher preparation) in which new knowledge is generated and teachers and administrators are educated to become leaders. It has not had a bachelor's-level program for high school teacher preparation for at least a decade, though it does have a small Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program. Until recently, the Physics & Astronomy department had essentially no involvement in teacher preparation beyond teaching a few SOE students in our introductory classes.
In spring 2006, the Chairs of the science departments in the College of Arts & Sciences (CAS) responded to an overture from the Dean of the SOE to form a partnership to produce high school science teachers. All of us were concerned about the quality of the teaching of our subjects in North Carolina high schools and the resulting preparation of the students who matriculate at UNC-CH, as well as the level of science literacy of our state's high school graduates and its implications for an informed citizenry. Geology was well aware that a new North Carolina requirement that all high school students take a course in "Earth/Environmental Science," together with the small number of teachers with geology backgrounds, meant that large numbers of students were being taught geology by people who know very little about it. Physics and geology were both eager to increase the number of majors in our departments, and biology and chemistry wanted to offer alternative career paths to the many "post-pre-med" students who come to realize that medical school is not in their future. We were all aware that there could be political advantages if our institution were to be seen by external constituencies as helping to alleviate the shortage of highly-qualified science teachers.
The program we conceived, called UNC-BEST (UNC Baccalaureate Education in Science and Teaching), was built on the existing alternative licensure ("lateral entry") program that the SOE operates for professionals in other fields who wish to become licensed as teachers. In it, physics, biology, chemistry or geology majors can meet all (or almost all) of the requirements for licensure by the time they complete the BS or BA degree in their science field. They take a focused and intensive set of three Education courses, plus one course in the pedagogy of their science that is taught within their major department and counts toward the requirements for their major. By very careful construction of the syllabi of the four required courses we were able to meet all of the standards for licensure (including required fieldwork) set by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) within this extremely compact program. Further, the courses in the program fulfill general education requirements (in social science and experiential education) in the CAS. The students need to use only one free elective to meet the licensure requirements—a critical factor in attracting students pursuing our rigorous BS curricula.
The final requirement for licensure is 10 weeks of full-time student teaching, which our students manage in one of two ways. If through a combination of AP/IB credit and summer school attendance they are able to fulfill all their degree requirements by the end of the fall semester of their senior year, they can do their student teaching in the spring semester and graduate after four years with a science degree and eligibility for licensure as teachers. Otherwise they can complete their science degrees and the teacher preparation course requirements in four years and then be hired as a full-time teacher with a provisional license the following school year under the alternative licensure program. They receive coaching and supervision from members of the SOE faculty (registering as licensure-only students for this purpose), and upon successful completion of a year of teaching are eligible for full licensure.
The next step was to implement the program we designed, which required appropriate personnel. In order to develop and teach the new pedagogy courses within the science departments, we needed instructors who were well-versed in the relevant science, the theoretical and practical aspects of effective pedagogy, and the North Carolina Standard Course of Study that public school teachers must teach. Further, NCDPI requires that the instructors for the pedagogy courses be licensed as teachers. No such faculty existed on our campus, so we needed to hire new people in order to launch the program. We decided to pilot the program in biology, the discipline with by far the largest number of majors (~1700, more than twice as many as the other three disciplines combined), and add the other disciplines later. We pitched the program to our Provost, who is certainly well aware of the severe shortage of qualified science teachers in the state and the small number produced by the UNC system schools each year. If she had not known about it before, the fact that the President of the 16-campus system mentioned it in his inaugural speech would have brought it to her attention. Recognizing the large benefit that could be obtained at modest cost, she provided funding for a Lecturer in the Biology Department to implement the program. We were able to hire a very talented person with BS and MS degrees in biology and BS and PhD degrees in science education (the PhD awarded by our own SOE) as well as an NC teaching license. Shortly thereafter, the Physics & Astronomy Department was selected as a PhysTEC site, and on the strength of that grant we were able to persuade the Provost to provide an additional Lecturer position to establish the program in physics. We hired another very talented person with a PhD in physics education research. She lacks a teaching license, but because the PhysTEC grant provides funding for a Teacher-in-Residence, we are able to fulfill the NCDPI requirement and bring real-world experience to bear by having the two of them co-teach the physics pedagogy course.
Our program is still in its infancy, but we have accomplished much in a short time. We now have approval for all aspects of the program from the CAS, the SOE and the NCDPI; we have taught the biology and physics pedagogy courses for the first time; and have admitted the first cohort of students into the program. We expect to graduate our first teachers in May 2009. We are currently working to implement the program in geology, and that department has made a request to the Dean of CAS for a faculty line to support the program. This last is particularly significant, because this request was made instead of a request for a tenure-track faculty line that would also contribute to the research activities of the department.
We have all learned much in this process. The CAS faculty members, having no experience with professional accreditation of their programs by government agencies, were entirely unaware of the degree of detail and specificity required. For example, the syllabus for our new physics pedagogy course is 10 pages long rather than the usual 1-2 pages and shows in detail how a long list of state standards are met. Many of our science colleagues were also unaware of the substantial scholarship of teaching and learning well known to our SOE colleagues. We were also quite ignorant of the many things besides knowing science content that go into becoming an effective high school science teacher, including things that happen outside the classroom. Our SOE colleagues, on the other hand, had not realized that CAS faculty members could display such strong interest in preparing teachers, and that we would be willing to form a full partnership based on mutual respect without assuming that we had all the answers. They also gained from our discussions a much clearer picture of how scientists think about science and what it means to understand science (what educators refer to as an "epistemological stance"), and what kinds of knowledge we consider important for students.
A few lessons arising from our experience may be of use to physics faculty in other RU/VH institutions. First, your School of Education is more likely to be your friend than otherwise. A well-regarded, high-quality program to address a critical need will bring them as much political capital (internal and external) as it brings you. In many institutions, the School of Education is looked down upon by other academic units, so SOE faculty members and administrators are likely to be very eager to engage with you if you treat them with respect as the knowledgeable and dedicated professionals they are. If you approach them to form a partnership to find new and creative ways to train students who would not otherwise have become teachers, they are likely to be receptive. Wise leaders in Education schools are acutely aware of the national problem in science teaching and are interested in thinking about new approaches to science pedagogy. They recognize that the formation of partnerships can lead to new ideas and methods for solving the problem.
Second, two (or more) disciplines are better than one. By including other departments in our program, we were able to divide the labor of dealing with the bureaucracy in CAS as well as have more sources of creative ideas for the program. By partnering with biology we had access to a large pool of potential students that made it much easier to argue for resources to support the program than if we had relied on the few physics students we are likely to enroll each year. By partnering with geology we gained an ally even more eager to increase its numbers of majors and qualified teachers than physics.
A third lesson has to do with departmental support. The shortage of good high school science teachers is a problem all science faculty members (especially those with children in school) are well aware of, and everyone thinks it would be great if someone were to solve the problem. They don't necessarily want to do it themselves (and are usually not really equipped to do so), and they certainly don't want the solution to come at the expense of their research and upper-division teaching, but they are happy to reap the benefits. It is possible to convince them that students learning how to teach physics actually learn a lot of physics as they do so, and so a rigorous and carefully-constructed pedagogy course is an appropriate physics major elective. Faculty members at a research university also believe that engaging in original research fosters a deeper understanding of physics, and so tend to be in favor of the idea that future teachers should have such an experience. This makes a research university a logical place for teacher preparation if we want teachers to know physics well. And once your faculty members realize that having an education specialist in the department can be very useful when it comes to creating programs that fulfill the NSF "broader impact" criterion [ed. note: see the accompanying article by Monica Plisch], they will warm to the idea even further. It also raises the profile of pedagogy in the department and fosters conversations about it among faculty and graduate teaching assistants that would not otherwise take place, and thereby helps to enhance the quality of the teaching that takes place in the department (especially if the specialist assists with the TA training program). Finally, our specialists also teach some introductory physics or biology courses, for which we have a perpetual need for additional sections to meet enrollment demand.
Another operational lesson is the importance of close cooperation with the public schools. Our PhysTEC grant and the Teacher-in-Residence it supports has enabled us to develop a network of local physics teachers who advise us on how to improve our program, supervise our students in their field experiences, help recruit students to the program, and give us a needed reality check when we get too far out of our area of expertise. They are endlessly enthusiastic about teaching, excellent role models and mentors, and feel truly honored to be asked to be part of a university science program.
Finally, it is important not to underestimate the public relations value of doing the right thing. Our program has yet to graduate a teacher, and yet it has already brought praise for the physics (and biology) department from the Dean, the Provost, and the Chancellor. It has been cited as an excellent example of "public engagement" in a major report on that subject prepared by our campus in response to a directive from the President of the UNC system. There is much to be said for having something other than publications on the theory of big-bang cosmology to cite when asked for examples of the contributions being made by my department to the state of North Carolina. But the real benefits will be in the longer term, when more students who come to our campus have been taught physics by teachers who truly know and love their subject. I'm looking forward to that.
Laurie McNeil (email@example.com) is chair of the Physics & Astronomy Department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and P.I. on its PhysTEC grant.


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Digits From Asia: A Robot With a Smartphone Brain
This week's Digits From Asia features an interview with BlackBerry's executive Frank Boulben on the company's Z10 phone, a robot that has a smartphone for a brain and a review of the latest SimCity.
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Service has been restored to more than 21,000 customers in Riverside who lost power Saturday morning as a result of lightning strikes from the storm moving across Southern California, Riverside Public Utilites said.
Kaiser Permanente Riverside Medical Center was among the buildings affected.
"During major storms it is inevitable that we will lose some power to our customers," said General Manager Girish Balachandran in the statement. "But when one of those customers is a hospital, it is particularly important that we restore power quickly and safely."
At about 2:30 a.m., the utility experienced the loss of three sub-transmission lines, while at the same time the Riverside Fire Department was battling a fire at the Harvey-Lynn substation in La Sierra.
Energy was restored to the hospital by 4:35 a.m., and all customers had power by 8 a.m.


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Engineering the macro-nano interface: Designing the directed self-assembly and interfacial interactions of gold nanoparticle monolayers
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Gold nanoparticles in the 1-2 mn core diameter size regime have generated a great deal of interest due to their size-dependent electronic, optical, and catalytic properties. A number of proof-of-concept experiments have demonstrated that small metal nanoparticles can be integrated into single electron transistors and optical waveguides. Still, reliable incorporation of gold nanoparticles into devices requires practical methods for their assembly on surfaces. Additionally, surface modification methods must be developed in order to control interparticle interactions and nanoparticle-environment interactions for use in sensing and catalysis. In this research, nanoparticle-substrate interactions were utilized to assemble surface-bound gold nanoparticle monolayers with interesting electronic and catalytic properties. Gold nanoparticles (1.5 nm diameter) with a thiol ligand shell containing phosphonic acid terminal functionality were synthesized and assembled selectively onto hafnium-modified silicon dioxide substrates through bonding of the terminal phosphonate to Hf(IV) surface groups. By increasing the surface coverage of Hf, it was possible to assemble monolayers of gold nanoparticles dense enough to exhibit nonlinear current-voltage properties across a 5-μm electrode gap at room temperature. Moreover, by taking advantage of the selectivity of this ligand shell for ZnO over SiO 2 , small gold nanoparticles were utilized as catalysts for selective growth of patterned, vertical ZnO nanowire arrays. In addition to engineering nanoparticle-substrate interactions, new surface modification methods were introduced to manipulate the interaction of the as-deposited gold nanoparticle monolayers with the environment. For example, thiol-thiol ligand exchange reactions were carried out on the surface-bound nanoparticle monolayers by immersion in dilute thiol solutions. Contact angle and XPS measurements indicate that the upper, surface-exposed phosphonic acid ligands are replaced by incoming thiol ligands. TEM measurements indicate that nanoparticle monolayers remain surface-bound and are stable to this exchange process, as the average particle size and surface coverage are preserved. As another example, the ligand shell can be partially removed by UV/ozone treatment to expose bare gold cores to the surrounding environment. On metal oxide substrates, this approach activates the particles for room temperature oxidation of carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide. This dissertation includes both my previously published and my co-authored materials.


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The Faceless One - Ancient Lord of Zalesia
Protector of the legendary Ram Stone. Located in the Temple of the Ramstone, Zalesia. Father of Evil-Lyn. As the ruler of Zalesia, Nikolas Powers was entrusted by King Grayskull to guard the city's great magical objects - the Havoc Staff and the mystical Ram Stone. Powers was a core member of Grayskull's Council of Elders, great mages from across Eternia who had the wisdom to tap into the planet's hidden magical secrets. But by marrying and having a daughter, he broke the Elder's treaty with King Hssss to not produce any heirs. Powers was stripped of his humanity, condemned to never leave Zalesia and forced to watch his beloved city destroyed by Serpos. Now called "The Faceless One", he asked the wizard-warrior He-Ro, to use the power of Central Tower to send his daughter, Evelyn into the future. There, with his immortality, he hoped to raise heraway from the terror of the Great Wars.
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Cisco Unified MeetingPlace, Release 7.0 -- About Database Backups, Archives, and Restoration
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Caution!! We recommend that you do not run reports or backups during peak hours of use, such as on the hour. Doing so may cause the system to fail.
Database Backups
We highly recommend that you back up and archive the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Application Server for deployments with both a single Application Server and a deployment with Application Servers deployed for failover. You must set up the backup process on each Application Server individually.
The database backups include IP addresses and hostnames; therefore, you can only restore the backup onto the same Application Server where the backup occurred.
There are three types of database backups:
- L0 (Level 0) backup. This is the most common database backup. This is a complete physical and logical backup of the database from which data can be restored.
- L1 (Level 1) backup. The L1 backup is an incremental backup. It contains a backup of all the data that has been changed since the last L0 backup. It takes much less disk space than an L0 backup; however, it cannot be used for full restoration. If the system fails, you must use both the L0 and L1 backup files to restore data.
- L2 (Level 2) backup. The L2 backup is incremental to the L1 backup, so it needs both the L0 and the L1 backups to restore data.
Cisco Unified MeetingPlace uses a combination of L0, L1, and L2 backups and uses an Informix command called ontape for the backup mechanism.
The database backup file is physically located on the system disk of the Application Server. The system disk can contain up to three automatically-created L0 backups: the current L0, plus the previous one or two L0 backups. The L1 and L2 backups are also kept there. All of the older backups are removed from the system disk during the cleanup process.
Caution! Use caution if you manually modify the backup files on the local disk or in the archive location. For successful data restoration, the three levels of backup files must be present in the correct order. For example, if the correct L0 and L2 backup files are present while the appropriate L1 backup file is missing, then the data cannot be restored.
You can enable or disable an automatic backup. If the automatic backup is enabled, an L0 backup happens twice a week, every Monday and Thursday at 11:00PM, local server time. The L1 backup is run each day at 1:00AM, local server time, while the L2 backups are done daily at 4:00AM, 8:00AM, 12:00PM, 4:00PM, and 8:00PM, local server time. The schedule is stored in the crontab file.
Note: Advanced system administrators can change the frequency of the automatic backups by editing the crontab file. Be careful when modifying the cron schedule, which determines the order of the backups.
The automatic backup process also incorporates archiving (if enabled) and cleanup. This ensures that if there is a database corruption or disk failure, in the worst case, less than five hours of data is lost.
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Cleanup Process for Database Backups
The cleanup process occurs before every scheduled backup in the crontab file. During the cleanup process, the following files are deleted:
- Backup files older than seven days.
- Unusable files, such as L1 and L2 backup files that are older than the oldest remaining L0 backup file.
Note: If you disable automatic backups, the cleanup process continues to run as scheduled in the crontab file. Therefore, if you want to keep backup files that are older than seven days, you must archive them.
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About Archiving the Database Backup Files and Other Files
Archiving makes a remote copy of all the backup files and external files, such as licenses, meeting attachments, and voice recordings that have not yet been deleted by the automatic system cleanup processes. Backup files and archives do not include some configuration settings, SNMP configuration settings, or SMTP configuration settings. If a newly archived file has the same name as an existing archived file, the new file overwrites the old file. Maintaining the archive and the remote system used for storing the archive is the responsibility of the system administrator.
Note: The Cisco Unified MeetingPlace archiving process does not delete files from the remote archiving location. This is to prevent data loss and to permit the restoration of files from any point in time in which a backup exists. Since files are never deleted, it is possible for you to be unable to write to the remote file location due to insufficient disk space or because it has reached the maximum number of files in a single folder. We strongly recommend that you periodically delete content from the remote archive location to ensure that there is enough space for your needs.
Automatic archiving can be enabled or disabled. When enabled, it is initiated by and happens after the automatic database backup. There are two options:
SSH/rsync Archiving Method (Recommended)
The remote server to which you archive files must support rsync and SSH connections:
- To archive to a UNIX or Linux server, SSH service and rsync must be enabled on that server. Both SSH service and rsync are included in most UNIX and Linux software distributions.
- To archive to a Windows-based server, both an SSH server and an rsync utility must be installed on that server. There are many commercial third party SSH and rsynch utility software programs available. You must provide and install one on your Windows-based server prior to setting up Cisco Unified MeetingPlace archives.
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FTP Archiving Method
The following restrictions apply to the FTP archiving method:
- The FTP archiving method does not use a secure connection to transfer files to the remote server.
- The FTP archiving method enables the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Application Server to transfer backup files and other critical files to the remote Application Server; FTP clients cannot transfer files to the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Application Server.
- Make sure that the remote host login credentials provide the permissions required to create new directories within in the directory specified in the Pathname location of archive field. For example, if you enter "pub" in the Pathname location of archive field, the following directories are automatically created when the archiving script runs:
- pub/compressed_backup
- pub/licenses
- pub/custom
The destination archive directory on the remote server may contain files or directories that are not present in the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace directory that is being archived. Those extra files and directories in the remote server will be left undisturbed.
Therefore, when archiving information to an FTP server, you may see messages such as the following:
- Old directory `test' is not removed
- Old directory `mpx-record/conf/001005' is not removed
- Old directory `mpx-record/conf/001192' is not removed
- Old file `tape_2009-06-19-16-00-02-Level-2.gz' is not removed
- Old file `tape_2009-06-19-20-00-02-Level-2.gz' is not removed
These messages are for information only and refer to the FTP server file system. They do not refer to the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Application Server. It is the responsibility of the network administrator of the remote server to manage the archive directory on that server.


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Fulbright Recognition
October 30, 2013
Three Bradley University students won Fulbright awards for 2013-14, ranking Bradley sixth nationally among universities of its type for producing Fulbright students.
The U.S. Department of State recently announced the complete list of colleges and universities producing the most 2013-14 Fulbright students in the United States. The Fulbright Program is the U.S. government's flagship international educational exchange program. The success of the top-producing institutions is highlighted in this week's edition of The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Bradley President Joanne Glasser said experiential learning is a major attribute of the Bradley experience. "The Fulbright program provides an excellent opportunity for Bradley students and is consistent with our emphasis on experiential learning. The student-scholars chosen for these competitive awards must demonstrate high academic achievement and leadership potential. We are proud of the recognition we have received by the Fulbright program."
Professor Tim Conley, chair of Bradley's Fulbright Committee, says Bradley's Fulbright award winners are exemplary representatives of the University. "These are excellent students and very conscientious writers with a clear vision of the importance of international experience." Looking to the future Conley said, "We must, as an academic community, focus on the significance of international experience, and encourage our best students to include the Fulbright program in their educational plans during their Bradley years."
The Fulbright Committee is comprised of members from various departments and colleges across campus. The Bradley Fulbright Program campus adviser is Professor Christine Blouch, Director of International Programs.
In addition to the students earning Fulbright Scholarships, 11 current Bradley faculty members have been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship during their careers. Since its inception in 1946, the Fulbright Program has provided more than 325,000 participants with the opportunity to study, teach and conduct research, exchange ideas and contribute to finding solutions to shared international concerns.
The Fulbright Program is sponsored by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The primary source of funding is an annual appropriation made by the United States Congress to the Department of State.


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Welcome to the BBQ Brethren. Our Mission: We are an Online BBQ community dedicated to the teaching, promoting and growth of the Art of BBQ. We are here for both the backyard enthusiast and seasoned veteran. We have membership ranging from the Backyard to the American Royal. Our goal: To help anyone who comes in to make the best BBQ they ever produced, whether it be for your family, your friends or the KCBS judge,a nd at the same time, build lasting friendships and a commaraderie that makes us stand out from other internet forums.
Our forum is more than just a BBQ group. If you decide to stay, you will see that we are a true Brotherhood, where the Spirit of the Brethren is evident in the friendships you will build in our forum. It is this culture that we nurture. We have no tolerance for flame wars, name calling, or bad karma. Reality sometimes sucks, and this can be a place to escape the stress. We want the BBQ Brethren Forums to be a place to escape and hang out with friends, not a place to be thrown into drama or become stressed out. We have several organized "brethren bashes" a year where members from all across the country gather to shake hands, have a beer and share in the smoke. The last thing we want or will allow is animosity among our ranks, so don't do anything that will breed it to among your fellow que'ers. What we do want is, if the day comes, and you say here you need some help, for whatever reason, some of us, from somewhere, will be at your doorstep. We are The Brethren, Your Brothers in Smoke.
Please keep in mind, we are a 'Family' site. This means that our content should remain for the most part family friendly(or work friendly). Although we do not expect to be attracting all the wives and children, we want to keep it so no one is put in an uncomfortable situation explaining off color or suggestive/erotic photos while sitting with their wife and kids in the living room. Also, content is to remain where it can not be picked up by corporate scanners or misconstrued as anything but a family website. There is plenty of off color sites on the internet. We do not want that stuff here.
Our moderators go out of there way to protect many demographics. Please understand that something that may be humorous to you, may be offensive or off color to someone else. We have a large group of moderators in order to represent the many regions and beliefs of our membership. if a moderator finds something that he may think is hurtful, racist, slurring or offensive, the chances are he may be a representative of a small group of your friends on this board that u have not meet in person. This is a BBQ board, there is no harm in removing a post deemed off color, vulgar or offensive. We are not removing a major organ or a limb, it is a post. Life will go on without it, and it may have saved someone becoming pissed or stressed out over it. It is all abut keeping the peace and reducing the drama.
WE have been around for many years. Over these years, members have become familiar with one another, some personally, some virtually. To a new member just arriving, you may see some inside jokes, members throwing friendly jabs at each other and/or some things that seem cliquish. We assure you, we don't have, or tolerate cliques here. All are welcome and when or if your confused about something, just ask, and you will be either pointed to the place of origin or somewhere will explain our vocabulary, culture, etc.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Doctors say the Boston transit police officer wounded in a shootout with the marathon bombing suspects had lost nearly all his blood and his heart had stopped from a single gunshot wound that severed three major blood vessels in his right thigh.
Surgeons at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge say 33-year-old Richard Donohue is in stable but critical condition. He is sedated and on a breathing machine but opened his eyes, moved his hands and feet and squeezed his wife's hand Sunday.
Emergency workers started CPR on the scene to restart his heart. Doctors say he is expected to make a full recovery and that nerves and muscles in his leg are intact.
Transit officials say Donohue had gotten out of his cruiser and was shooting at the suspects when he was hit late Thursday night in a gunbattle in Cambridge.
"He went in there and engaged people who were shooting at his fellow officers," Donohue's brother, Edward, said at a news conference Sunday at the hospital. "I cannot describe the pride I have," said the younger Donohue, who is a patrolman for the Winchester Police Department.
The fellow officers included a friend, MIT police officer Sean Collier, who died in the shootout.
Richard Donohue has been a transit officer for three years, said Paul MacMillan, chief of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
The bullet wound did not injure bone but severed the femoral vein and both branches of the femoral artery in Richard Donohue's right thigh, doctors said.
"The officer's blood volume was almost entirely lost to the point of the heart stopping," said Dr. Russell Nauta, chairman of surgery at Mount Auburn. It was a 45-minute effort to get it beating again, he said.
Doctors say Donohue's prognosis is good, and family members expect his sense of humor to return.
"His wife said: 'We'll never live this down. He'll never have to make himself another sandwich,'" the brother said.
Richard Donohue's wife, Kim; 6-month-old son, Reggie; father; sister; grandmother; and others were with him at the hospital.
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Cochamó Valley
South (Chile) : Cochamó Valley
Valle Cochamó is in X Region of Chile.
A u-shaped valley lined with 1000-meter granite walls and peaks. Rivers and streams form waterfalls and pools throughout the valley.
Flora and fauna
The huge and rare alerce trees should be on your list to check out.
This area receives a huge amount of rain every year. The best time and dryest, however, is January through mid March. The weather can be good from December to the end of March.
There are no entree fees or permits needed.
Getting There
If you are heading to Valle Cochamó from Santiago (Chile) or Bariloche (Argentina), you must get to Puerto Montt. Once you arrive to Puerto Montt, there are three buses daily to the town of Cochamó or Cochamó-River bridge. You can also utilise the town of Puerto Varas as a starting point. It has several travel agencies and the local bus service passes through here also.
The trailhead is located 8 kilometers up river following a gravel road. It's possible to hire a car in town to drop you off at road's end where the trail begins.
At the end of the road or trailhead, cross a small bridge and pass through a gate. From that point, hiking into the valley takes four to five hours. The trail is well marked and never crosses the Cochamó River. The hiking is relatively easy except for crossing through some trenches, pools and streams, which can become harder to cross when it rains. Water proof hiking boots are highly recommended. Gaitors help significantly on rainy days. Continue to La Junta River, the center of activities and accommodation in the valley.
Huge granite walls, waterfalls, rivers, granite arches, Alerce forests, caves, pools - basically some of Patagonia´s most amazing mountain valley.
Eat & Drink
You can get breakfast, pizzas and, most importantly, home-made beer. Try Tabano Pale Ale.
Delicious international and traditional fare, wine, beer available at the two lodges run by Campo Aventura, at the start of the trail and in the La Junta Valley.
In La Junta area, you can stay in bunks or get a private room at the Refugio Cochamó.
You can camp in the campground in La Junta.. For those seekign seclusion and peace, there are additional camping facilities at the mouth of the Rio Cochamo and also in the La Junta valley (with hot showers, indoor plumbing, & firewood)
There are plenty of hikes in the valley. Recommended is the Cerro Arco Iris peak hike.


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Authorities have now confirmed seven deaths in Arkansas after a severe storm
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787's Grounded
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials say they are temporarily grounding Boeing's 787 Dreamliners until the risk of possible battery fires is addressed. The Federal Aviation Administration said yesterday it will issue an emergency safety order requiring U.S. airlines to temporarily cease operating the 787, Boeing's newest and most technologically advanced plane. The agency said it will work with Boeing and U.S. air carriers to develop a plan allowing 787s to "resume operations as quickly and safely as possible."


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August 11, 2010 at 12:18 pm
This is the last Diet Dr. Pepper I had. The photo is date-stamped for August 5th, which means I've been off of sodas for…hmmm…let's see…FAR TOO LONG!
I've had an on-again, off-again relationship with soda dating all the way back to our first break-up in 2004. If diet soda were a person, all my friends would be telling me to ditch that guy for real this time because he's no good for me or my teeth. Then I'd reply, "But he can be so sweet and bubbly! You don't know him like I do!" I know in my head that he's no good for me, but my heart (or my tongue) just can't say no.
This time around the dissolution of our partnership was ordered by my new headache doctor. New state, new neurologist. He's making me avoid artificial sweeteners and preservatives because they can inflame your nervous system and___________ (fill in the blank with the bazillion reasons I know fake foods aren't good for you, but that I don't want to hear).
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Peacefully grant the State of Texas to withdraw from the United States of America and create its own NEW government.notice that registration is required.
The US continues to suffer economic difficulties stemming from the federal government's neglect to reform domestic and foreign spending. The citizens of the US suffer from blatant abuses of their rights such as the NDAA, the TSA, etc. Given that the state of Texas maintains a balanced budget and is the 15th largest economy in the world, it is practically feasible for Texas to withdraw from the union, and to do so would protect it's citizens' standard of living and re-secure their rights and liberties in accordance with the original ideas and beliefs of our founding fathers which are no longer being reflected by the federal government.
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What's important in writing? With the short answer to this question being "everything," it can become difficult for learning writers to focus. In The Business Writer's Handbook (2008), Gerald Alred, Charles Brusaw, and Walter Oliu write that it is important to keep writing to the point. "Conciseness, coherence and clarity characterize good writing. Make sure readers can follow your writing, and say only what is necessary to communicate your message" (xvii). Focusing on avoiding confusion and excess information makes sense, especially in professional settings.
However, the message students receive in college classes is usually contradictory to this one. Writing assignments are often analytical and must often be a certain number of pages in order for students to receive full credit. Professors expect details and complex thoughts. I have found myself with a good piece of writing that answers the prompt thoroughly, but is a page short of the length requirement on numerous occasions. Sometimes I have felt as if I am only adding "fluff."
Despite my negative feelings, there is something to be said for length requirements on school assignments. They help to ensure that students make an effort to write good papers and help to pull out ideas. I am sure that without these page minimums, more subpar essays would get submitted every day.
On the other hand, students are in school in order to eventually get jobs. In the real world, the only requirement for a document is fulfilling its purpose. Professionals do not care if a memo is three pages long or three lines short of three pages. As long as it includes the correct information, is understandable to the reader and is organized neatly, it is a good document.
Since I began taking classes for the Minor in Professional Writing at The Ohio State University, these aspects of my writing have become the focus. I have learned techniques for writing clearly and formatting effectively instead of having to worry about length requirements. It has been refreshing to feel like I am learning how to right for my future job. In this way and others, classes that are a part of the Minor in Professional Writing prepare students for real world professional writing.


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Counting Elephants in Tsavo – Worth Every Drop of Sweat
It's been a hectic three days already of counting elephants and other large mammals in the Tsavo-Mkomazi ecosystem. So far, 26 blocks have been covered – some 26,200 km2 of the total 43 blocks which cover 46,437 km2. Progress, so far, is great. That is in terms of the survey area coverage. However, it's not been an easy ride for those making the coverage.
It's been a hectic three days already of counting elephants and other large mammals in the Tsavo-Mkomazi ecosystem. So far, 26 blocks have been covered – some 26,200 km2 of the total 43 blocks which cover 46,437 km2.
Progress, so far, is great. That is in terms of the survey area coverage. However, it's not been an easy ride for those making the coverage. The dry Tsavo heat is unforgiving, not only to the wildlife but also to those who are counting. Imagine being stuck in a big oven for 5 straight hours – which has a cool slow start before the real baking begins from 10.00 a.m. onwards – and being expected to concentrate on counting, navigation and data recording. Luckily, there are also reserve observers who are working in shifts during a refuelling session. On the eve of the census, insightful briefs were given, by the various team leaders.
For example, the methodology of the count, the animal species codes and what to record. Since the census is not limited to live elephant but carcasses as well. So a briefing was given on how to age an elephant carcass from the air and what action to take given the state of the carcass whether fresh, recent, old and very old.
One census crew on landing at the airbase showed photos of tusks of an elephant carcass that were retrieved in one of the blocks covered yesterday. It is estimated that the elephant died of old age - a ripe 70-75 years. Other briefs were peppered with humour, but had all the gravity a total elephant count deserves.
For example, the pilot's team leader who literally ordered observers not to overindulge in beer the night before or boiled eggs for breakfast. It's a necessary advisory as some get unsettled tummies in the hot and turbulent environment despite taking air sickness pills. Should an observer need to be discontinued due to sickness, then a landing is made and a switch with those in the reserve list for the day as the ill participant is taken care of. I overheard that some pilots in past censuses are known to advise the Rear Seat Observers (RSO) to restrict the contents of their sickness on the Front Seat Observer, and not the pilot.
With such an advisory, there are only three options - follow the orders to the letter or use the bag provided before take-off or not get sick at all. For those of us, like me, who are both lucky and unlucky to be grounded and not airborne, we are either downloading and analysing data or giving logistical support for various interested census stakeholders. Being grounded comes with its advantages.
Yesterday, a large bull elephant ambled close to the airstrip during take-off – about 6.30 a.m. He was not counted despite being so close to the operation base of the census and raising his trunk to our attention. The blocks are being covered systematically and they have yet to survey the census base. Six hours hours later, we came across 12 large bulls - both sub-adults and old - while on our way back from the Taita Sanctuary to the operational base.
They were in a wooded area, enjoying the shade and a meal. All were very relaxed and it was my first time to come across so many bulls at one place and just by the road side. I watched one scratch his eye with the trunk ever so gently, a first sighting for me, but as excited as I was, I couldn't point out to my colleagues who each were concentrating on other individuals.
Such moments, in the tranquillity of nature and wildlife, are worth every drop of sweat and penny that the Tsavo-Mkomazi ecosystem census of elephants has cost, and the larger vision of protecting these social beings for posterity. --EW


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Species: Blue-sided tree frog (Agalychnis annae)
Status: Endangered (EN)
Interesting Fact: The blue-sided tree frog has some ability to change colour, becoming darker green and bluish-purple at night.
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The blue-sided tree frog is a highly colourful amphibian, with pink, lavender, orange and blue on its limbs and sides, and green on its upper surface. The large eyes of the blue-sided tree frog are yellow-orange, and give the frog its other common name: the golden-eyed leaf frog. Juveniles lack the blue colouration of the adults.
The blue-sided tree frog is nocturnal and arboreal. Male blue-sided tree frogs call to attract a mate, giving a repeated 'wor-or-orp'. The female deposits the eggs on top of leaves above still water. After hatching, the tadpole of the blue-sided tree frog falls, either intentionally or accidentally, into the pond below where it matures into an adult frog.
The blue-sided tree frog is endemic to Costa Rica, and can be found on the slopes of the cordilleras of northern and central Costa Rica. Today, the species remains almost exclusively in disturbed and polluted habitat in areas around Costa Rica's capital city of San José.
The blue-sided tree frog has suffered an estimated 50 percent loss in population since the 1990s. This can be attributed to fungal disease, larvae predation by an introduced fish species, and the international pet trade. In 2007, the United States alone was reported to have imported 221,960 Agalychnis frogs over the previous decade.
Given the threats to the survival of the blue-sided tree frog and other species in the genus Agalychnis, all Agalychnis species have been granted protection under Appendix II of CITES. The creation of a captive breeding programme for the long-term survival of the blue-sided tree frog has been recommended by the IUCN.
Find out more about the blue-sided tree frog at AmphibiaWeb and the IUCN Red List
See images of the blue-sided tree frog on ARKive.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (May 3, 2010) - ETSU head men's basketball coach Murry Bartow announced Monday that the Buccaneers have received a signed national letter of intent from junior college transfer Curtis Wilkinson (Bude, Miss.).
Wilkinson, a 6-foot-8, 220-pound forward from San Bernardino Valley College, gives the Bucs yet another player to help build the squad's inside post depth.
"We are really excited to have Curtis join our program" said Bartow, whose team is coming off a 20-win season and second straight trip to the NCAA Tournament. "When he visited campus we were all really impressed with him as a person. He is a great young man with a lot of potential and upside because he did not play a lot in high school.
"He's also coming from a very good program with a strong coaching staff. San Bernardino Valley had a team last year with seven or eight Division I players, so their coaches had to use a lot of different rotations to get guys minutes. Curtis took advantage of those minutes and put up strong numbers."
A first-team All-Foothills Conference pick, Wilkinson averaged 11 points, 7.3 rebounds and 1.4 blocks a game while playing 22 minutes as a sophomore. In addition, he shot 59 percent from the field and 68 percent from the free throw line. As a freshman, Wilkinson averaged 14 points, 8.3 rebounds and 2.5 blocks a game.
Wilkinson had a great deal of interest from other schools, but said ETSU ultimately won out for many reasons.
"The biggest thing for me was how friendly both the coaching staff and the players were," Wilkinson said. "That was really big for me. A lot of places aren't like that, but this place reminded me of my home back in Mississippi. It was a nice environment and quiet. It just seemed like the right fit."
Bartow and his staff have now completed their 2010-11 recruiting class, as Wilkinson joins previous signees Anthony Johnson (Los Angeles, Calif.) and Ryan Woumn (Lynn, Mass.) on the ETSU roster.
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Spoke with James Helton yesterday to confirm my res, and he said they still had a couple of "condos" avail. Giave him a call.
Zig and Bentparts...If I had stayed on schedule for my Indiana trip, here is where I would be right now http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080607/ap_on_re_us/severe_weather_57 Boy am I glad my " little bird " ( sixth sense ) warned me not to go. I thought it was just the money thing... High and dry in California....Gary
Back in the 70's when I was stationed in Germany, gas there cost $3.oo a gallon. We bought it by the litre and the price seemed ridulous. I think the price per gallon here was still under a buck. Americans have always been spoiled ( myself included) by cheap and available fuel, without realizing the real cost. One of the few things Bush got right was his statement " America is addicted to oil." As a country we use it like there's no end to the supply. Just look at what people drive; Big ass pick up's with nothing ever in the bed, suburbans and excursions to haul the dog to the groomer, 4wd suv's ( stupid uneccessary vehiciles) that never leave the pavement. When we waste any resource, it's likley to become more expensive , especially when were addicted to it. Even a junkie knows that. OK, I'm done preachin. Sorry for the rant.


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Tamil version of Madras Cafe pulled from Canadian theatres
Less than a week after its release, the Tamil version of controversial political thriller, Madras Cafe, was pulled from two theatres here due to protests and poor ratings.regional movies Updated: Aug 29, 2013 17:05 IST
Less than a week after its release, the Tamil version of controversial political thriller, Madras Cafe, was pulled from two theatres here due to protests and poor ratings.
The movie, which was released across the world Friday, is based on the Sri Lankan civil war and also shows the 1991 assassination of former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.
Actor John Abraham, who has co-produced the film, also features as an Indian Army intelligence agent sent to Sri Lanka.
The film sparked protests across the world even before it got released as Tamil groups claimed that the film portrays the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in poor light.
In Canada, the movie was released in six theatres in Surrey, Montreal and Toronto.
Though the company representing the film claimed that it was being pulled from theatres in Canada due to protests, spokeswoman for Cineplex Entertainment, Pat Marshall, said that it was being pulled from only two Toronto theatres screening the Tamil version, the Vancouver Desi reported.
"It's the way that our business works, it's our guests who decide what movies stay on the screen and what movies come off by buying the ticket," she was quoted as saying.
According to Marshall, the film was received well in four of the six theatres screening the Hindi version, while the two Toronto theatres screening the Tamil version could not work.
"The Hindi version opened well. The two locations in the GTA (Greater Toronto Area), in the Tamil version, did not open well," Marshall said.
"Of those six locations, given the performance, the two Tamil version movies will come off but the other four will continue on because they've done well," she added.
A group of around 50 people protested outside Toronto's Eglinton Town Centre theatre.
The movie, directed by Shoojit Sircar, also features Nargis Fakhri, Ajay Rathnam and Leena Maria Paul.
Though India's Central Board of Film Certification had passed the film, it has been pulled from some theatres in Britain and in Chennai in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
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What you see here is the actual MEMORY. I don't want to get to technical so I'm just going to say that inside of these little boards resides the information that we are going to work with.
How? we don't care for now.
Remember last time we were talking about boxes, and variables. So to recap from last week, a variable is representation of a container, such as a box. It holds information: numbers, names, dates, images, sounds, music, etc. In our case with MINIFONO (or Candy Toy phone) we have a screen where we have all the buttons that represents the numeric pad of a phone. Each of these button's has different attributes: size, image, location and is tied to a specific functionality, more on that later. For example the number one is a button that has an image attached to it. It also has a position on the screen. A size. So we can say that there are several variables assigned to button number one.
And because there are several of these variables or boxes it's a good idea to go to the hardware store and buy a bigger box to hold all these variables together. But first let's define what we know now. And here comes the part were we actually code. In LUA we do it this way.
local buttonOne <—here we name it, we create the box but we don't assign any value yet
And since we came back from the hardware store with a bigger box we are going to use it for buttonOne. In it we are going to store the image that was created previously. Like this:
buttonOne = display.newImage("buttonOne.png") <—that's the way you do it in Corona SDK, more later.
buttonOne now has become the bigger box that will from now on contain the other attributes we discussed just now. In the next episode we will assign the size, the location on screen, etc.


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DROP where you are, onto your hands and knees. This position protects you from being knocked down and also allows you to stay low and crawl to shelter if nearby.
COVER your head and neck with one arm and hand * If a sturdy table or desk is nearby, crawl underneath it for shelter * If no shelter is nearby, crawl next to an interior wall (away from windows) * Stay on your knees; bend over to protect vital organs
HOLD ON until shaking stops * Under shelter: hold on to it with one hand; be ready to move with your shelter if it shifts * No shelter: hold on to your head and neck with both arms and hands
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ASA Configuration Troubleshooting
From DocWiki
IOS Version for ASA Device
The minimum supported IOS version of the ASA device is 8.x and later.
ASA Related Logs on CE Server
The ASA server related logs on CE server can be found @ /var/log/CNSCE/asa/asa.log. The ASA device supports IOS version 8.2 onwards.
Configuring the ASA Device
The following commands should be configured on ASA device to communicate with CE server to work using the call home protocol.
auto-update device-id [hostname] | [hardware-serial] | [ipaddress] | [mac-address]| string <device-name>
auto-update poll-period <period_in_minutes>
auto-update server https://<username>:<password>@<ce-server>:<port>/cns/ASAConfig
- device-name : Name of the ASA device.
- period_in_minutes : Poll period in minutes. On elapse of poll period, the ASA device will contact the CE server to pull its configuration and Image related information.
- username : CE Server's admin username.
- password : Password configured to the ASA device while creating the device on CE server.
- port : HTTPS server port. By default the port specifies to 443. If this port changed during setup, then the same should be used here.
Invalid Remote Host
Make sure to add the appropriate name <ce-server-ip-address> <ce-server-hostname> command. As a work around you can use the IP address of the CE server in the auto-update server command instead of hostname.
Enable Auto-update Server Logging on ASA Device
To enable auto-update server logging on ASA device, execute the following commands:
ASA-Device(config)# logging enable
ASA-Device(config)# logging console 6
ASA-Device# debug auto-update server
ASA-Device# debug auto-update client
Device Authentication Failed
When you get this error message, check the following:
1. Check whether the ASA device is created on CE server.
2. If the device is created on CE side, then check the auto-update server CLI on ASA to verify that the CLI is having correct username and password.
3. If you feel that the password is incorrect on either side, then re-sync the password on both the side by reconfiguring the auto-update server CLI on ASA device and by editing the device on CE side.
Configuration Not Pulled
This is because the device already downloaded associated template from CE server and the ASA device is running with updated configuration. Do the following to verify this:
1. Enable console/terminal logging on ASA device.
2. On elapse of poll-period, ASA device will try to contact the CE server to retrieve the new template. During this time, the following log (not identical but similar) can be seen on the ASA device console.
%ASA-6-302013: Built outbound TCP connection 23 for inside:cede1/443 (cede1/443) to identity:10.104.58.246/33894 (10.104.58.246/33894)
%ASA-6-725001: Starting SSL handshake with server inside:10.104.58.246/33894 for TLSv1 session.
%ASA-6-725002: Device completed SSL handshake with server inside:10.104.58.246/33894
Auto-update client: Sent DeviceDetails to /cns/ASAConfig of server cede1
Auto-update client: Processing UpdateInfo from server cede1
Component: config, [URL: https://cnsce-asauser:naveen@cede1:443/cns/ASAConfigProvider?deviceID=ASA-5520-246], checksum:xd2423c0873e3338bec5042a3e143b5e8
%ASA-6-725007: SSL session with server inside:10.104.58.246/33894 terminated.
%ASA-6-302014: Teardown TCP connection 23 for inside:cede1/443 to identity:10.104.58.246/33894 duration 0:00:00 bytes 1336 TCP Reset-I
Auto-update client: no need to update cfg
3. If the logging says that no need to update cfg, then the configuration associated to the ASA device on CE server and running configuration on ASA device will be the same and current.
Prerequisite for ASA/ASDM Image Upgrade
Along with auto-update server configuration, following CLI should exist on the ASA device for the ASA/ASDM image upgrade to happen.
boot system disk0:/<a-valid-asa-image-name>
asdm image disk0:/<a-valid-asdm-image-name>
Without these two Commands, neither the ASA image or ASDM image upgrade will happen.
ASA/ASDM Image Upgrade Fails
This failure could cause because of having not enough space on the flash card on the ASA device. Make sure that the flash have enough space on the device before performing the image upgrade operation.
ASA/ASDM Image Upgrade Know Issues
Following are the known issues at this point which might impact the ASA/ASDM image upgrade on ASA devices.
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- 1 8 oz. carton lemon yogurt
- 1 Tbls. lemon juice
- 1 Tbls. honey
- Salad:
- 1 kiwifruit peeled, sliced
- 2 cup cubed cantaloupe
- 1 cup sliced strawberries
- 1 banana sliced
- In small bowl, combine all dressing ingredients; blend well.
- Cover; refrigerate to blend flavors.
- In large bowl, combine kiwifruit, cantaloupe and strawberries; toss gently.
- Cover; refrigerate until serving time.
- Just before serving, add sliced banana.
- Top each 2/3 cup serving of fruit mixture with 2 tablespoons dressing.
- Sprinkle with some walnuts or toasted chopped pecans if desired.
Terri's Notes
- No pretty dishes? Hit the thrift stores, use juice glasses, or purchase some plastic ones at the party store.
- Trade out the lemon yogurt for coconut, with or without the lemon juice.
- I really must add a few blueberries or raspberries, how about you?
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Editor's note: Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of "Jimmy Carter" (Times Books) and author of the forthcoming book "Governing America" (Princeton University Press).
Princeton, New Jersey (CNN) -- Occupy Wall Street finds itself at a crossroads.
After New York City officials cleared out Zuccotti Park, where protesters had set up a makeshift city, and prohibited protesters from coming back with basic necessities such as tents, activists have been trying to figure out what to do next. A movement that has thrived on the outrage about the power of Wall Street in American life is now spending more time thinking about itself.
Thus far, most of the discussion has been about how to reignite and reorganize the grassroots. But the movement must start to think much more about politics of a different sort.
This step is always difficult from a movement, like Occupy Wall Street, that revolves around a blistering critique of how politics works. There is always the fear that by engaging the political system, a movement will sell out its principles and replicate the experience of their opponents.
But some of the most effective grassroots movements have had a lasting effect because they made the decision to take "formal" politics seriously.
This was certainly the case with the New Left in the 1960s. During the "Age of Aquarius," left-wing activists who participated in the civil rights movement and the anti-war movement were very committed to the principles of participatory democracy. Like Occupy Wall Street and the tea party movement, they too believed that the political system was broken and beyond repair.
In their minds, the Democrats were as bad as the Republicans and were a party that had compromised so much with the status quo that their rhetoric about social justice and the middle class was bankrupt.
According to the founding document of the Students for a Democratic Society, "The American political system is not the democratic model of which its glorifiers speak. In actuality it frustrates democracy by confusing the individual citizen, paralyzing policy discussion, and consolidating the irresponsible power of military and business interests."
The New Left believed that Democrats had embarked on an unnecessary and devastating war in Vietnam, while they only put Band-Aids on problems such as race and poverty.
But by the early 1970s, the New Left weakened as a movement. Government crackdowns on protesters had their toll. The end of the draft in 1973 diminished some of the concerns that had driven middle-class youth to protest, as did the end of America's involvement in Vietnam.
But the New Left did not fade away. Many turned to the world of electoral politics. In the 1972 presidential campaign, people such as future president Bill Clinton devoted themselves to the campaigns of South Dakota Sen. George McGovern, who unsuccessfully challenged President Richard Nixon, and to other candidates who were more successful. Many of the activists would run for Congress or local office.
There was also a massive proliferation of Washington-based interest groups that focused on issues such as civil rights and the environment. These organizations lobbied Congress, raised campaign funds and created ongoing pressure on elected officials. They also pushed for government reforms, such as sunshine laws, to open up the system.
The result was that even as America entered the Age of Reagan, the influence of 1960s liberalism remained alive and well. A new generation of politicians elected to Congress and to local office in the aftermath of the 1960s was profoundly influenced by the arguments about race, welfare and military intervention.
Within a much shorter time span, the tea party has followed a similar path. Although the movement started with the same fiery critique about how politics worked and a commitment to avoid becoming part of the status quo, tea party Republicans have managed to entrench themselves in Washington.
The movement allied itself with sophisticated Washington-based organizations such as Freedom Works. These groups had the organizational savvy and financial muscle to help the movement gain attention from the media and politicians, as well as to organize events. With figures such as former House Majority Leader Dick Armey working with them, the tea party formed a connection to the world of Washington that would have otherwise been difficult.
By the 2010 midterm campaigns, the tea party also focused its energy on electoral politics, playing a significant role in promoting candidates and defining issues that shaped the debate.
Although some of the candidates failed to win election and cost Republicans seats, many succeeded and have put immense pressure on the Republican leadership. The tea party also honed in on the issue of the deficit, in relentless fashion, and pushed the GOP to make certain that it didn't compromise. It is likely that the tea party, even after the activists lose interest, will live on as a result.
The shift from grassroots politics to electoral and interest groups politics is essential for long-term success. At some point, the grassroots energy will fade or government officials will stifle it. As Occupy Wall Street has discovered, protests can also turn ugly and produce a political backlash.
As the weather gets cold, the movement needs to start thinking of what will come next. The first step will be finding candidates who can run for Congress and local office. Van Jones, environmental activist and former member of the Obama administration, has recently talked of plans for 2,000 candidates to seek public office to represent the 99%.
"You haven't seen anything yet," he told CNN. This will be an essential step to translating the outrage into electoral power. Of course, it will require activists to engage in the sometimes unglamorous work of canvassing, recruiting, organizing, knocking on doors and fundraising.
Beyond that, the movement must establish some kind of organizational presence in Washington.
Despite all the talk of the goals of Occupy Wall Street being vague, in the end it has raised a very concrete pair of issues: rising inequality in America and the excessive power of private money in American politics. Both are issues with particular policy solutions, such as ending President George W. Bush's tax cuts that disproportionately benefit the well-off and pushing for campaign finance reform that includes public funds for candidates.
Unless Occupy Wall Street miraculously achieves the kinds of radical transformations some talk about, the occupiers will likely close shop and go home. The alternative is to hold their noses and dive into the kinds of political battles that offer them the best hope to reshape the Democratic Party -- and American policy.
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30 Years is Enough: End the Global Gag Rule
The Global Gag Rule holds women in developing countries hostage in the never ending ping pong game of U.S. partisan politics. First imposed by President Ronald Reagan in 1984, the policy withheld family planning funding from any foreign organization that offered abortion services — even just information or referrals — with their own, non-U.S. funds.
Con Las Manos Vacias
Too often, Latin American women go to a clinic for contraception, but they leave con las manos vacias — empty handed. When they return to the clinic, it will likely be for prenatal services. More than half of pregnancies in Latin America and the Caribbean are unplanned, due in large part to the lack of family planning methods available to women.
Dollars and Sense
Right now, 222 million women want modern contraception, but can't access it. If we gave these women what they wanted, we could have saved more than 1 million lives last year. Dollars and Sense makes the economic case for contraception: we can save lives and money by investing in family planning
In One Place
In One Place shows why integrating family planning/reproductive health and HIV/AIDS is a priority for women and young people in sub-Saharan Africa. Through the voices of women in Zambia living with HIV, the film documents how separate health services can result in a range of missed opportunities, poor health outcomes and lost productivity.
Weathering Change
Weathering Change takes us to Ethiopia, Nepal and Peru to hear the stories of four women as they struggle to care for their families, while enduring crop failures and water scarcity. As the world's population hits 7 billion in 2011, the film shows how women and families are already adapting to environmental challenges that threaten their health and their livelihoods.
Empty Handed: Responding to the Demand for Contraceptives
Empty Handed tells the story of women's lack of access to reproductive health supplies in sub-Saharan Africa, and its impact on their lives. The film documents the challenges at each level of the supply chain and identifies key areas for improvement. Empty Handed aims to provoke discussion and mobilize support for reproductive health supplies.
The Silent Partner: HIV in Marriage
Empty Handed tells the story of women's lack of access to reproductive health supplies in sub-Saharan Africa, and its impact on their lives. The film documents the challenges at each level of the supply chain and identifies key areas for improvement. Empty Handed aims to provoke discussion and mobilize support for reproductive health supplies.
Abstaining from Reality
Filmed in Kenya and Uganda, this short documentary provides a snapshot of the Bush administration's abstinence-only approach to HIV prevention as part of its global HIV/AIDS assistance. Abstaining from Reality examines how these ideologically-driven programs are actually endangering the lives of the people they're supposed to be protecting.
Finding Balance – Forests and Family Planning in Madagascar
Poverty and rapid population growth have driven the destruction of almost 90 percent of Madagascar's rainforest, home to thousands of plant and animal species found nowhere else on earth. This award-winning documentary journeys to the edge of a rapidly disappearing world, where population growth continues to fuel the cycle of poverty and deforestation.
Access Denied: U.S. Family Planning Restrictions in Zambia
This seven-minute video was produced by Population Action International to document the effects of the Global Gag Rule on reproductive health programs in Zambia, one of Africa's poorest countries.