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The Pew Research Center has good news on the anniversary of Osama Bin Laden's death:
A year after the death of its leader, al Qaeda is widely unpopular among Muslim publics. A new poll by the Pew Research Center's Global Attitudes Project, conducted March 19 to April 13, 2012, finds majorities – and mostly large majorities – expressing negative views of the terrorist group in Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan, Turkey and Lebanon.
The media coverage mostly reflected this take advanced by Pew.
Here's the Los Angeles Times, for instance:
Muslims in Middle East, Asia think poorly of Al Qaeda, poll finds
A new poll covering thousands of Muslims in Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan, Turkey and Lebanon found that most thought poorly of Al Qaeda nearly a year after Osama bin Laden's death.
The results came just after U.S. intelligence officials announced that the terrorist group has been greatly diminished since the death of Bin Laden, suggesting that Al Qaeda has been losing Muslim hearts and minds along with organizational muscle.
And here's CNN:
Poll: Many Muslims in Mideast, Pakistan have poor view of al Qaeda
Most Muslims in several key Middle Eastern and Asian countries hold negative views of the terrorist network al Qaeda a year after U.S. forces killed its leader, Osama bin Laden, according to a recent survey.
The poll by the Pew Research Center's Global Attitudes Project, released Monday, found that a high proportion -- between 71% and 98% -- of Muslims questioned in Egypt, Jordan, Turkey and Lebanon viewed al Qaeda in an unfavorable way.
In Pakistan, where U.S. Navy SEALs killed the al Qaeda leader during a raid on a compound a year ago, 55% of the Muslims surveyed had a negative opinion of the terrorist group, according to the poll. Only 13% had a favorable view.
After bin Laden's Death, al Qaeda's Popularity Wanes
Osama bin Laden's death didn't fuel support for al Qaeda. In fact, the group remains as unpopular as ever in much of the Middle East.
A Pew Research Center Survey conducted in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Pakistan and Turkey shows a majority of Muslim citizens hold unfavorable views of al Qaeda one year after Osama bin Laden's death.
We have looked at this poll previously, and the coverage that comes with it, and while few would disagree that it's great news that the percentage of Muslims in five countries who don't like al Qaeda is as low as it is, it still is alarmingly high to me.
So on the one hand, you can highlight that "only" 21% of Egypt, 15% of Jordan, 13% of Pakistan, 6% of Turkey and 2% of Lebanon express even favorable views toward the terrorist group. But you could also say that these polls reflect support of al Qaeda that would work out to 47,284,049 Muslims in only five of the 50 countries in which a majority of the population is Muslim.
If roughly similar percentages of Muslims support al Qaeda in the remaining countries -- which include Indonesia, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia -- we're talking a lot of support.
I'm trying to think if the media would report that "only," say, 12% of Floridians support the methods of Terry Jones, the Koran-burning pastor. Or the KKK or some group like that.
What would be nice for media coverage to look into is what this "support" means in any case. Is al Qaeda losing favor in the Arab World for their terrorism or because they haven't been terribly proficient lately? What about the support of other Islamist groups?
In other words, what do these numbers mean? Do they reflect a growing dislike of terrorist movements? Of terrorist methods? Do they even reflect anything about terrorist movements in general or just al Qaeda in particular? Answering those questions might change these headlines some.
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After three years motorists can now ride across the longest bridge in north Florida. The new St. George Island Bridge opened Monday.
It's beautiful, it's smooth and it's the buzz in Franklin County. After years anxiously waiting, the new state-of-the-art bridge is making many folks happy along the forgotten coast.
It's out with the old, in with the new. Motorists can now enjoy a smoother safer ride to and from one of Florida's hottest destinations, St. George Island.
"It's more convenient, a lot of people are scared of old bridge," says Wayne Aiken.
Locals say the old bridge was built back in 1965. Since then it's seen its share of wear and tear.
"A couple times when we left the island during hurricane it would wash out approach and we'd be stuck on the mainland," says St. George Island resident Veronica Armistead.
Veronica Armistead has weathered many storms near these waters. She and her family run the local motel and have been for years. Since then, Veronica has seen the construction of two bridges; the newest one opened Monday with 12-foot lanes, safety shoulders, and a 72-foot rise. Architects hope this bridge will live another 75 years.
A formal dedication for the new bridge is set for February 27 at 11 a.m. Franklin County. Representatives will be present and they will perform a ribbon cutting ceremony.
Monday's opening of the bridge is actually five days off-schedule due to rainy weather last Thursday.
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"If the wires are under-sized for the dryers, and they appear to be, they're in violation of 220.18, which requires the installer to calculate the load based on 5,000W or the nameplate rating on the dryer, whichever is larger. In addition, the size of the junction box is woefully undersized for the conductors, which should contain 12 10 AWG wires, according to 314.16(A). The other problem that's evident from the picture is that the dryers are equipped with a 3-wire cord. If they've been installed recently and aren't located in a mobile home or a recreational vehicle, then they're in violation of 250.140, which requires the use of a 4-wire connection to the outlet.
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
over the rainbow bento
Happy St. Patrick's Day eve! :)
Today my 8-year-old son is getting a rainbow of a bento box.
Strawberries for red, cheddar cheddar cheese shamrocks for orange, Wheat Thin crackers in a yellow silicone cup, pickles for green, and the blue dish holds purple grapes. And of course everyone hopes to find a little gold at the end of the rainbow, so there are a couple gold-wrapped chocolate coins tucked in the bottom! :)
My shamrocks are a little wonky, I admit. I only had a club shaped mini cutter, so I improvised with that by cutting off the wide stem into a more shamrock-like stem. :)
Everything is packed in one of those superific Sassy boxes using Sassy inner dishes (other than the yellow silicone cup!).
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- Alie said... [Reply to comment]
Love it!
- March 16, 2010 at 3:11 PM
- frosty said... [Reply to comment]
You have got to come over to my blog and check out my son's lunch for tomorrow. I was inspired by your post for a rainbow.:) firstname.lastname@example.com
- March 16, 2010 at 7:07 PM
- Melissa said... [Reply to comment]
frosty, your Laptop Lunch is great!
I hope your son is as thrilled with his rainbow as mine was! :)
I tried posting a comment on your blog, but the comment form kept getting cut off half-way through the word verification thing and I couldn't get it to go through!
Happy St. Patrick's Day! :)
- March 16, 2010 at 9:01 PM
- Mariah said... [Reply to comment]
aw man!!! I should have checked your blog last night!!! I went with typical green but the rainbow is SOOO much better!!! I like the green one too, but the rainbow is phenomenal!!! There's always next year I suppose! Super cute & do-able as always! xo
- March 17, 2010 at 9:59 AM
This is SO cute! But I have to ask - pickles! I LOVE pickles and always have but every time my mom packed them in my lunch (when I was a kid, lol) the juice went everywhere! I saw that you put them in a separate compartment from the crackers, but what about the grapes? Do you ever have complaints of pickle juice traveling?
- August 26, 2011 at 2:01 PM
- Melissa said... [Reply to comment]
You know, lissieanne, my kids have never complained about picke juice on other things... they are so pickle crazy they probably would enjoy a little cross-contamination. LOL Of course, I try to keep them separate as best I can and wouldn't put them close to something that could get soggy easily.
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Beavers gnaw, trees fall at Rogers Park
DANBURY -- When beavers got busy at Rogers Park, they made short work of the native poplar trees, girdling some and felling others completely.
Nearly a dozen trees are dead or dying.
Frequent visitors to the pond reported seeing eight to 14 beavers swimming in the pond and popping up from their lodge on the pond's west bank.
"I didn't realize beavers could do this much damage," said Danbury mom Mary Sanperi, who was visiting the park with her husband, Nicholas, and son, Nicholas Jr. "I'm very sorry to see this happening. It kind of ruins the beauty of the park."
Beaver damming has been common in Danbury waters for generations, but it wasn't always a problem, Mayor Mark Boughton said. Danbury became the hat capital of the country because of its abundant supply of beaver pelts.
Since beavers are an important part of the town's history, the mayor said eradication is out of the question.
"We have engineers looking into the problem and Public Works will dismantle the dams," Boughton said. "We deal with this somewhere in the city every couple of years."
Boughton said the downed, gnawed trees will be cleaned up and new trees possibly planted to replace them. Tree Warden Mark Miller will visit the pond to determine whether and what to replant, he added.
Danbury resident Louis Montanaro III, sitting on a park bench enjoying the views at the pond Saturday, was nonplussed by the beaver's handiwork.
"We should live and let live," Montanaro said. "The beavers are part of the natural ecology of this area. The city should invest a little bit of money to relocate the trees. If we lose the beavers, what are we telling our children about our natural environment?"
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I just played on my cousin's 3DS and I came upon Tanuki Mario. I've known the Tanuki Leaf a long time ago but I've forgotten it for so long that it's as if it never existed until the game Super Mario 3D Land swooped into my cousin's hands. Now, some people may spell 'Tanuki' with two 'O's like this: Tanooki, but in Japanese, it's spelt with a 'U'. I Japanese, Tanuki means Raccoon Dog. If you watch the anime by Studio Ghibli, there's a movie about tanukis called 'Pom Poko'. In the Mario Series, there is a Power-Up called a Tanuki Leaf which allows the player to turn into Tanuki Mario. He wears a tanuki suit with ears and a tail. Statue Leaf is similar to Tanuki Leaf except it's made of stone and gives the user the ability to turn into statues so enemies wouldn't recognise them. By the way, I wasn't really paying attention to the official picture of the Tanuki Leaf so the stem is a bit too long! Sorry about that.
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More than 200 Iranian clergymen have come out in support of reforms by President Mohammad Khatami, which are under increasing attack by hard-line clerics, Iran News Agency (IRNA) reported Wednesday.
"Denying the necessity of reforms will have no result other than the end of the (1979 Islamic) revolution and the Islamic system," said IRNA quoting a statement by the clerics and seminary students in the city of Qom.
Khatami's election injected fresh blood into the veins of the Islamic revolution and attempts to reject or oppose it are either motivated by ignorance or the danger of losing personal or group interests," one of the clerics was quoted by the agency as saying.
The statement appeared to be a show of force by Khatami's backers within the clergy following recent setbacks for the reformist camp, which included the banning of 16 pro-reform publications by the conservative-dominated judiciary in April, reported Reuters Thursday.
Many clerics in Qom supported Khatami's reforms, implicitly rejecting frequent statements by hardliners that senior clergymen in the holy city saw changes under the president as a threat to Islamic principles, added Reuters.
Qom, south of Tehran, has been a hotbed of hard-line activity against Khatami's reforms, which aim to grant greater social and political liberties within Iran's Islamic system and open up the Islamic republic to the West - (Agencies)
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Swifty doesn't deny it
I was gloating yesterday re: Taylor Swift's new song Dear John being about John Mayer after he, obviously, f-cked her up during their secret relationship. Click here for a refresher on those lyrics. This girl does not mess. Prefer it so much more than when she's aw-shucks-ing onstage after winning an award that she so clearly was going to win.
As for John Mayer – well, that bitch is probably hiding now. Because the media blitz for Speak Now, Swifty's upcoming album, is exploding in his face. This is the cover of the new issue of People Magazine, just to make sure, you know, that everyone knows that he, in his 30s, decided to emotionally and perhaps sexually manipulate a 19 year old girl.
When asked point blank by the magazine whether or not Dear John is about John, Swifty "widened her eyes and avoided answering the question". She did explain however that:
"A lot of times when people's relationships end, they write an e-mail to that person and say everything that they wish they would have said. A lot of times they don't push send. (Dear John) was a tough one to write and I guess putting it on the album was pushing send."
Oh but it's not only John Mayer. She's also bringing her girl sh-t into this business. Remember when Swifty got dumped by Joe Jonas over the phone and five minutes later he was dealing with that Camilla Belle? There's a song on Speak Now called Better Than Revenge, about an "actress" in "vintage dresses" who walks around with an "ever-present frown".
To her Swifty says: You might have him but I always get the last word.
People Magazine is suggesting that this might be Belle. Which means it totally is.
But they're so amazingly entertaining when they're 20 years old. They really, really are.
Here's Taylor in London last night out for dinner. Speak Now drops next Tuesday.
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We cannot wait for our new exhibit, Blacktip Reef, to open in summer of 2013! This coral-filled exhibit, replicating an Indo-Pacific ocean habitat, will feature 15 exciting species including blacktip reef sharks, reticulated whiptail rays, and ornate wobbegong sharks. It will also be the new home for some of our most beloved animals, including our 400-pound green sea turtle Calypso, and zebra sharks Zeke and Zoe. Guests will be able to experience this lively reef from many vantage points, including a new floor-to-ceiling pop-out viewing window that allows you to virtually step inside the exhibit.
It's a long journey to opening day. Between animal transports, exhibit demolition, new construction, and habitat fabrication, as well as the acquisition of new animals, we'll have a lot to update you on leading up to next summer. As we continue to build the future home of Blacktip Reef, stay tuned to learn about new changes here on our WATERblog!
The past few weeks have been extremely busy for teams all over the Aquarium! Our Animal Care staff worked diligently to move and relocate all the animals that had lived in the Wings in the Water exhibit. Some of these animals moved to new homes within the Aquarium, and some joined new families at Georgia Aquarium and Ripley's Aquarium.
Three of our guest favorites, Calypso, Zeke, and Zoe, made one of the last moves from the exhibit this week.
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Like many of the wrestlers in the WWE's new Spirit Squad, Mike Mondo (born Mike Brenley) received most of his early in-ring experience competing for Ohio Valley Wrestling.
Trained for his June 2002 debut at the Critical Mass Wrestling School, Mondo began wrestling for Ohio Valley Wrestling in September 2003, wrestling in dark tag matches on OVW TV tapings that also involved Tank Toland, Joey Matthews and Carly Colon (Carlito Cool).
Mondo was finally signed to a developmental deal by WWE in February 2005 and assigned to Ohio Valley. He quickly became part of Bolin Services, led by Kenny "the King" Bolin. His first few matches with Bolin Services weren't a success, as he was defeated by Steve Lewington and Romeo Roselli.
Mondo was also wrestling for the New York Wrestling Connection, and his early dates there were much more successful, boasting a nine-month undefeated streak. Then, on March 26, 2005, he defeated Joey Matthews for the NYWC Heavyweight Championship and retained it against Mikey Whipwreck. However, a little over a month after his title victory, Mondo lost the belt to Matt Striker on April 30th.
In Ohio Valley, Mondo wasn't having as much luck, losing in the first round of the OVW TV title tournament to Alexis Laree (later WWE's Mickey James). Mondo even lost to Victoria when he issued an open challenge to any woman in the back.
In late summer 2005, Mondo feuded with Brent Albright after attacking Albright during a match with Da Beast and injured his eye. Albright got his revenge with a submission victory at the September 7th TV taping.
Mondo continued to team with various members of Bolin Services (including Johnny Jeter and Da Beast over the course of the fall and early winter of 2005.
In December 2005, Mike Mondo introduced a new gimmick. Pretending to be a luchadore, Mondo dubbed himself "El Mondo". Although he got several victories in dark matches (including one over Roadkill, he lost to CM Punk during a televised match.
As 2006 began, Mondo went on the road with WWE Raw, as he and Ken Doane introduced their Spirit Squad gimmick in dark matches and live events. Mondo fell to Chavo Guerrero, Jr during one such dark match on January 2, 2006. After a short return to OVW, the Spirit Squad (which also included Johnny Jeter, Nick Mitchell and Nick Nemeth) headed to WWE Raw. Their appearance on the January 23rd Raw cost Jerry Lawler a Royal Rumble qualifying match against the Coach. They have since made several appearances on Raw, as well as at the Royal Rumble itself.


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Other than differing in size and power, skid steers have few variations apart from their wheelbase. The vast majority of skid steer loaders are operated outside. When making their signature pirouette turns, the locked side of the vehicle can cause intense friction that can damage asphalt or other types of soft terrain. For this reason, most skid steers are operated on gravel or dirt. If the terrain is unstable or inconsistent a different type if skid steer, called a multi-terrain loader, may be used. Multi-terrain loaders are fitted with tracks instead of tires. These elongated, tank-like rotating tracks provide the ultimate stability for skid steers on rough surfaces by having constant contact with the ground. The even distribution of weight throughout the track causes traction that provides a balance as the machine carries material up hills or on unsteady terrain. Just like its tire-based counterparts, the multi-terrain loader has the ability to lock one side of its tracks that allows the machine to swivel to accomplish sharp turns.
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Camp Delta in the Guantanamo Bay detention center in 2010.
U.S. military officials confirmed Thursday that a guard at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay last January fired a "non-lethal round" to disperse detainees after one of them sought to climb a fence and others threw rocks at the guard tower.
No one was injured during the incident, which appears to be the first shooting involving rubber bullets in the 11-year history of the Guantanamo facility. Nonetheless, it has fueled claims by defense lawyers – denied by camp officials – that the detainees have been engaged for weeks in widespread protests, including hunger strikes and refusing to sleep in their cells.
The conflicting claims about conditions come as the detention facility in Cuba – which began under President George Bush in 2002 – is once again in the spotlight. Congressional Republicans, led by South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, on Thursday sharply criticized the Obama administration for flying the recently captured Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, Osama bin Laden's son in law, to New York to stand trial in federal court rather than sending him to Guantanamo.
Al-Qaida spokesman and bin Laden son-in-law captured
"When it comes to people like this ... we want them to go to Gitmo to be held in military custody for interrogation purposes," Graham said in a news conference.
But Obama administration officials say they have ruled out sending any more terror suspects to Guantanamo because it would undercut their intention to shut down the facility. On his first full day in office in January 2009, President Barack Obama vowed to close Guantanamo, but he has been blocked from doing so by Congress, leaving most of the 166 detainees remaining there in perpetual limbo – even though at least 55 of them have been publicly cleared for release by an administration task force consisting of U.S. intelligence agencies.
The shooting incident, first reported by the Miami Herald, occurred on the grounds of a new $744,000 soccer and recreation field that was opened last year and touted by base officials as an example of new and more permissive conditions at the facility. The new soccer field was featured in an NBC News report on Guantanamo last June.
Read more at The Isikoff Files
Navy Capt. Robert Durand, chief public affairs spokesman at Guantanamo, told NBC News in an email that on the afternoon of Jan. 2, the incident occurred "after a detainee attempted to climb the fence" in the new recreation field and a "small crowd of detainees began throwing rocks at the guard tower."
"After repeated warnings were ignored, the guard force was forced to employ appropriate crowd-dispersal measures, in accordance with standard operating procedures," Durand wrote.
In response to follow-up questions, Durand said that the measures involved the shooting of a "non-lethal round" consisting of "several small rubber balls with limited ability to penetrate skin and little ability to cause injury." One of these balls "hit a detainee," he added. (During a May 2006 disturbance at Guantanamo, guards fired pepper spray at detainees, Durand said.)
Information only began to emerge in recent weeks when some of the detainees began informing their lawyers – whose communications with their clients are tightly regulated. One detainee, Bashir al-Marwalah, wrote his New York lawyers in a letter received Feb. 22: "We are in danger. One of the soldiers fired on one of the brothers a month ago. Before that, they send the emergency forces with M-16 weapons into one of the brothers' cell blocks."
The letter, a copy and translation of which was obtained by NBC News, further alleged that a copy of the Quran had been "desecrated" during a search the day before and that guards were going from "cell block to cell block" and taking away detainee possessions.
"Now they want to return us to the darkest days under Bush. They said this to us. Please do something." the letter stated. It then concluded: "We asked that this be announced to the media so that people know what the Obama administration is doing to prisoners now. All the brothers are now on a hunger strike in protest of mistreatment and the desecration of the Quran."
The claims in the letter have been echoed in the last few days by lawyers for other detainees , who have said their clients have told them about large-scale hunger strikes – with some detainees "losing consciousness" and "coughing up blood." The claims of widespread hunger strikes have been vigorously denied by Guantanamo officials, who say there are now seven who are doing so – about the same number as have for the past year.
Pardiss Kebriaei, a lawyer for the Center for Constitutional Rights, said she spoke to one of her clients, Ghaleb Al-Bihani, also a Yemeni, by phone this week and he said he has refused food for a month. "He's dropped 23 pounds, he's a diabetic, and medical staff have told him his life is in danger," Kebriaei said.
Kebriaei said her client told her that there is now a "mass hunger strike" in Camp 6 – the largest and most permissive of the camps at Guantanamo – and that all but two detainees are participating. In addition, she said, the detainees are protesting in other ways – by refusing to sleep in their cells, instead taking their mats outside and sleeping there. The trigger for the protests appears to be new restrictions and more comprehensive searches of cell blocks imposed by the new camp commander, Rear Adm. John Smith.
Durand, the Guantanamo spokesman, disputed the lawyers' claims across the board.
"In broad terms, what we are seeing is a coordinated effort by detainees and their attorneys to take routine camp events and create a false picture of conditions," he wrote in an email. "Every day, to some degree, there are a few hunger strikers, a few detainees who assault or threaten guards. To describe the current conditions in the camp as 'deteriorating' is patently false."
He added: "Detainees, their attorneys, family members and sympathetic organizations routinely attempt to gain sympathy for detainees in the media by initiating and spreading falsehoods regarding conditions of detention, allegations of abuse by guards, denial of medical treatment, abuse of the Quran and reports of mass unrest or hunger striking. These tactics have been employed off and on since Joint Task Force Guantanamo opened in 2002."
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I just picked this up the last watch added to the collection this year. This looks like the earlier dial version with out the star made in the 1950's. It's shows it's age and will need a service the sweep hand will need to be cleaned up and repainted and I noticed the minute repeater hand was a replacement probably a Hanhart hand so on the hunt for a hand but it still looks OK. I think these are the best bang for the buck got it under 2000 US a Heuer or Hanhart Bund double that these days. It even has a original bund leather strap not a remake that also shows it age the back pad will need a repair. I was once looking for a 1958 birth year issued watch and told Junghans Bund could be one but the info on the net all over the place same in books 1950's - 1960's these were issued any way to date these with movement serial numbers ?
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'A Cry for Help': Hunger and Drought Crisis in West Africa
(NEW YORK) -- According to the United Nations, the Sahel region of West Africa, which stretches across eight countries including Chad, Mauritania and Gambia, is being affected by a hunger crisis.
The U.N. estimates that 15 million people in the region are suffering from food shortages caused by drought and conflict, and UNICEF says that nearly 1.5 million children are near starvation.
The following organizations are working to stop the famine by supporting livestock, growing crops and giving people cash so they can afford the food on sale in their markets.
Below is more information on those organizations and how you can help:
Save the Children: Save the Children plans to reach 185,000 of the most vulnerable families -- 1.3 million people -- to help prevent them from falling into hunger.
The group's Lane Hartill said, however, that the organization also wanted to help these families to build up their resistance in the long term so they are better prepared for the next drought.
Save the Children also supports families through cash-transfer programs so they have money to buy what they consider appropriate. Cattle and goats -- essentially "savings accounts" in villages -- have been hard hit by the drought, Hartill said, and with animals dying, there is no fodder.
According to the organization, $39 could help support 10 mothers whose children are in a stabilization clinic and $2.35 could pay for sachets of oral rehydration salts to help treat 100 children suffering from diarrhea.
To donate to Save the Children, click here.
Oxfam: Oxfam is starting to distribute unconditional cash to the most vulnerable so they can access food on the markets -- 30 percent to 40 percent higher than in the last five-year average -- and cope until the next harvest.
The organization says that animal feed is "super important" to protect the livelihoods of pastoralists. If they lose their animals on the onset of the rainy season -- which occurred in 2010 when 24 percent of the livestock was lost -- they will be locked in the cycle of hunger.
"One way to put this: Save an animal, save an entire community and help lift them out of poverty," said Gaelle Bausson, an Oxfam spokesperson.
Oxfam said that seeds are also among "the most acute and immediate" need.
Bausson told ABC News that $40 will vaccinate 15 goats so vulnerable families can have food and an income; $80 will give three people the money to buy food and other essentials for the next three months; and $140 will provide clean, safe drinking water for three families by building or repairing water sources.
To donate to Oxfam, click here.
UNICEF: UNICEF is focused on the nutritional needs of children. According to the organization, children who are acutely malnourished cannot consume regular food and require ready-to-use therapeutic food for their bodies to recover.
UNICEF said the donations made for the Sahel crisis would support life-saving relief efforts for children, including: therapeutic food and milk, medicine, immunizations and supplies to provide access to clean water.
Susannah Masur, a UNICEF spokeswoman, said that $100 could save a child from severe acute malnutrition; $50 could buy 1,200 high-energy biscuits to give suffering children protein, vitamins and sugar; and less than $1 could immunize two children against the measles.
To donate to UNICEF, click here.
World Food Programme: According to the World Food Programme, the main help it needs is money. WFP is funded entirely by voluntary donations from governments, companies and private individuals.
The organization is geared to provide for 9.6 million people across the eight countries of West Africa hit by the Sahel drought. The WFP expects the total cost of providing and delivering that food to be $789 million.
Despite donations from countries like the U.S., the WFP needs $361 million to feed everyone who needs help.
Jane Howard, spokeswoman for WFP, said that the organization spent most of its money on buying food to stop people from going hungry or dying from malnutrition. Howard said a No. 1 product needed in this fight against hunger was a "sachet of Plumpy'sup." It costs about 30 cents for a day's ration.
She said that two months of treatment could transform the life of a malnourished child.
WFP also has started to provide more cash or vouchers so that people can have flexibility when buying their own food.
To donate to World Food Programme, click here.
You can also text AID to 27722 to donate $10.
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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontieres: In addition to preventing and treating malnutrition throughout West Africa and the Sahel region, Doctors Without Borders is responding to multiple emergencies related to and exacerbating the hunger crisis, including assisting refugees from Mali and vaccinating against meningitis in Chad.
The organization said that $35 could purchase either enough vaccine to innoculate 85 children against measles during a deadly outbreak or a scale used to weigh children too young or weak to stand.
To donate to Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontieres, click here.
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Organised cycling tour around Collserola, Barcelona
If you can ride a bike, you can do this tour. It is suitable for all ages and is not the least bit strenuous. You will ride at a nice, relaxed pace, on flat dirt route, and witness the most beautiful views Barcelona has to offer.
The Collserola Natural Park is an oasis in the Barcelona metropolitan area providing the population with a green wooded area away from the crowds and pollution associated with most big cities around the world. It contains around 10 million trees, 1,000 species of plants and almost 190 species of animals, reptiles and birds.


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"…….Hillary Clinton has not been subjected to consequences for her criminal behaviors. Donald Trump can hold her accountable. He has the means, the status, the resources and the legal standing to contest and challenge a crooked and fraudulent election process. It is imperative that Hillary Clinton be disqualified for cheating. She cheated by being given moderator questions prior to a couple of Presidential Campaign debates. Election night will be the final stage of her cheating machinations when American votes will be digitally altered to reflect a false reality Hillary Clinton 'victory.'……..
…….Will Trump be like milquetoast Romney and wimp out, Election night? Or, will Trump man-up to 'Make America Great Again' and contest, challenge and audit a rigged fraudulent Election?…….."


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The SF-902S engine dyno houses a new absorber designed for high RPM and maximum durability. It's rated for 15,000 RPM, 1,500 HP and 1,200 lb.-ft of torque. PTFE teflon water seals and high speed ABEC 7 bearings allow the new absorber to run at high RPM for extended testing periods without issue. The new stainless steel trunnion and backing plate provide a 75% increase in resistance to cavitations compared to previous aluminum bronze components. In addition to the new water seals, high speed bearings and stainless steel components the new absorber in the SF-902S dynamometer includes a hall effect speed sensor for greatly improved low speed RPM measurement.
The included roll-around engine docking cart offers great versatility to adapt to various types of engines and its stainless steel runners mean easy adjustment of the engine supports without any rust. It's also compatible with the SF-Powermark to allow maximum versatility. The space saving dynamometer frame provides a convenient tool tray and two bump starters to make lashing valves easy. Adaptation to the engine is simple with the optional multi-fit bell housing or the adapter of your choice. To keep the test cell neat, the integrated boom assembly houses both the sensor box and cooling tower, plus it has cable stays to route transducer wires cleanly between the sensor box and the engine. The included non-pressurized cooling tower mounts to the boom assembly behind the dyno, out of the way. The new sensor box also mounts to the boom where it is kept safely away from engine vibrations and heat. WinDyn's® pre-defined test sequences allow for standard tests at the push of a button so you're up and running immediately and the live trace feature lets you see live data as a trace over a saved reference plot.
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SuperFlow's WinDyn® 4.0 Software is the most feature-rich system available for dynamometers today. We've included all the tools you need to make a SuperFlow® dynamometer a successful piece of your business. WinDyn® is preconfigured with industry standard tests to get you up and running quickly. But, we didn't stop there… We've also developed powerful configuration and test editors that offer you complete, customized control of the dynamometer, the test cell and the tests you're running.
The SuperFlow sensor box is the brain of the 139 channel WinDyn data acquisition system. Its advanced electronics measures high-resolution data at up to 2,500 Hz depending on the channel and sends the data to the operator station via a simple Ethernet connection for live monitoring.
SuperFlow engine dynos come standard with a purpose built operator station that include a control console to control tests, control engines and control the entire test cell from one console. A throttle cable, computer with two 22 in. LCD monitors and an operator table that seamlessly integrates each part of the system round out the setup.
Extra docking cart to save time between engine tests. Pre-stage one engine while another is being tested.
Air Fuel Meter Kits available in any channel count configuration. Bosch LSU 4.2 and OEM grade NTK type sensors available.
8 channel analog panel to integrate exhaust gas analyzers lambda sensors, O2 sensors, etc. Select 0-1V, 0-5V, 0-10V, 0-20V or 0-30V in any combination.
Measures the volumetric flow of crankcase blow-by. Two sizes available: 0.4 to 16 ACFM and .25 to 10 ACFM. Select either analog or frequency output.
CT-700 Pressurized Cooling tower integrates seamlessly with boom assembly. Standard temperature range from 160 F to 230 F. Rated for continuous duty testing up to 700 HP (522 kW)
Multi-fit adapter packages for the SF-902S, SF-Powermark and SF-BlackWidow. Multi-fit Bell Housing pictured for SF-902S. Universal Engine Mounting Kit available for SF-Powermark and SF-BlackWidow.
Designed to measure fuel consumption of fuel injected engines. Mid flow unit available in 20-270 lb./hr. High flow unit available in 30-1070 lb./hr. Available for gas and alcohol.
High performance fuel pump and two fuel regulators. Rated at 0-800 lb/hr.
The modular sensor box allows for additional 10-channel pressure panels and additional 16-channel temperature panels. Extra transducers are sold separately.
Relay enclosure for up to 32 programmable user-defined relays. Commonly used to control lights, pumps, water systems, emergency stop and fire safety systems.
Starter option for the SF-902S includes 8" spacer box and 2 hight torque starters.
Rotary electric throttle control provides automated testing from computer. Morse cable options also available.
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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Beach, Richard. A Teacher's Introduction to Reader-Response Theories. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English, 1993.
This book provides useful explanations of reader-response theories and strategies.
Pace, Barbara G. "Resistance and Response: Deconstructing Community Standards in a Literature Class." Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 46:5 (February 2003): 408-412.
This article describes the reflections of students who practice reader response.
Probst, Robert E. "Reader-Response Theory and the English Curriculum." English Journal(March 1994): 37-44.
This article describes ways to integrate reader-response strategies into a language arts curriculum.
Rosenblatt, Louise, Literature as Exploration (3rd ed). New York: Noble & Noble, 1968.
This book offers useful strategies and reflections on the benefits of reader response.
Rosenblatt, Louise, The Reader, the Text, the Poem: The Transactional Theory of Literary Work. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1978.
This book provides a theoretical backdrop to reader-response methodology.
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IUCN Members will elect a new Council for 2013-16 at the IUCN World Conservation Congress, taking place in Jeju, Republic of Korea from 6-15 September 2012. IUCN is pleased to announce the list of candidates for the positions of President, Treasurer, Chairs of Commissions and Regional Councillors.
More detailed information on the candidates will be available soon on the official IUCN Congress website.
Candidates for President, Treasurer and Commission Chairs nominated by Council to Congress:
On 12 August 2011, IUCN voting Members were invited to suggest names for consideration by Council for the positions of President, Treasurer and Chairs of IUCN's Commissions. Members of IUCN's Commissions were also invited to submit their suggestions for the Chair of their Commission. IUCN Members and Commission members actively participated, providing a wide range of excellent names. Council, at its 78th Meeting, 12-15 February 2012, decided to put forward the following candidates for the positions of IUCN President, Treasurer and Chairs of IUCN's Commissions:
- Anders Wijkman, Sweden
- Zhang Xinsheng, China
(*In alphabetical order)
|Role of the President
|The President's prime duty is to be the Chair of Council, the Congress, and the Bureau of Council, and works with all Council members and the Director General to make Council and the Congress as effective as possible. The President contributes prestige and influence to enhance the high regard in which the Union is held in the international arena and to facilitate its access to governments and international organizations at the highest level, representing the Union at important meetings. Click here for a more detailed profile.
- Patrick de Heney, Switzerland/United Kingdom
|Role of the Treasurer
|The Treasurer advises the Director General, as appropriate, on financial matters relating to the implementation of the IUCN Programme and on fundraising in general. The Treasurer, also, maintains an overview of the financial situation of the Union in between sessions of the World Conservation Congress and approves, for submission to Council, any adjustments to the approved intersessional financial plan. Click here for a more detailed profile.
Chairs of IUCN's Commissions*:
Commission on Ecosystem Management:
- Piet Wit, Netherlands
Commission on Education and Communication:
- Nancy Colleton, USA
- Juliane Zeidler, Germany
Commission on Environmental Law:
- Antonio Herman Benjamin, Brazil
Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy:
- Aroha Te Pareake Mead, New Zealand
Species Survival Commission:
- Simon Stuart, United Kingdom
World Commission on Protected Areas:
- Ernesto Enkerlin Hoeflich, Mexico
- Kathy MacKinnon, United Kingdom
- Jeffrey McNeely, USA
(*In alphabetical order)
|Role of Commission Chair
|The Commission Chair, inter alia, provides creative, dynamic and visionary leadership for the activities of each respective Commission, to enable it to fulfill its Mission as defined in the mandate adopted by the World Conservation Congress and to contribute to the implementation of the IUCN Programme. The Commission Chair maintains and motivates a network of Commission members, and also ensures that the Commission works closely with the rest of the Union, including the other IUCN Commissions, IUCN's membership and its National and Regional Committees. Click here for a more detailed profile.
Candidates for Regional Councillor nominated by IUCN Members**:
In the same message of 12 August 2011, voting Members of IUCN were invited to submit nominations for Regional Councillors to the Election Officer, Professor Michael Bothe. The Election Officer has validated the following nominations that met with the established criteria:
- Eriyo Jessica Osuna, Uganda
- Mafa Chipeta, Malawi
- Mamadou Diallo, Senegal
- Brahim Haddane, Morocco
Meso and South America:
- Ramón Pérez Gil Salcido, Mexico
- Jenny Gruenberger, Bolivia
- Miguel Pellerano, Argentina
North America and the Caribbean:
- Spencer Thomas, Grenada
- George Greene, Canada
- Scott Hajost, USA
- John Robinson, USA
- Caroline Seagle, USA
South and East Asia:
- Mahfuz Ullah, Bangladesh
- Antonio Claparols, Philippines
- Meena Gupta, India
- Shinichi Kitajima, Japan
- Ma Keping, China
- Arzu Rana Deuba, Nepal
- Dongwon Shin, Republic of Korea
- Youngbae Suh, Republic of Korea
West Asia:
- Mohammad Shahbaz, Jordan
- Samira Omar Asem, Kuwait
- Malik Amin Aslam Khan, Pakistan
- Anna Elizabeth Tiraa, Cook Islands
- Andrew Bignell, New Zealand
- Brendan Mackey, Australia
East Europe, North and Central Asia:
- Miklós Persányi, Hungary
- Amirkhan Amirkhanov, Russia
- Michael Hošek, Czech Republic
- Tamás Marghescu, Hungary
- Tamar Pataridze, Georgia
West Europe:
- Despina Symons Pirovolidou, Greece
- Marina von Weissenberg, Finland
- Roger Crofts, United Kingdom
- Hans de Iongh, Netherlands
- Jonathan Hughes, United Kingdom
- Nilufer Oral, Turkey
(**Candidates for Regional Councillors are listed in alphabetical order of surnames within their Regions starting at the letter "U" chosen at random, in accordance with paragraph 40 of the Regulations.)
|Role of Regional Councillors
|As members of Council, Regional Councillors serve first and foremost the global interests and well-being of IUCN, fulfilling the functions of the IUCN Council as outlined in the IUCN Statutes, Article 46 and providing guidance on the overall development and implementation of the Union's world-wide policies and programmes in the period between sessions of the World Conservation Congress. Within the above parameters, Regional Councillors provide input to the Council on the interests, priorities and needs of the IUCN Members in the Regions; they act as IUCN's ambassadors, working with the President and Director General to advance the interests and Mission of the Union and to promote its services within the Region; Regional Councillors serve as key contact points in the Region, working actively with IUCN Regional and National Committees, IUCN Regional Offices and Members. Click here for a more detailed profile.


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Taylor Swift kicks off The Red Tour in Omaha
Wednesday at the CenturyLink Center
Taylor Swift launches The RED Tour in Omaha on Wednesday. Her album RED was released in October to the world. Her critical acclaim album and has already topped the iTunes chart in 40 countries.
On The RED Tour, she is slated to headline 58 shows in 45 cities in 29 states and 3 provinces in 2013. It kicks off March 13 in Omaha, Nebraska and continues through September. Acclaimed singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran, whose duet with Taylor from her RED album, "Everything Has Changed," has already reached the number one position atop iTunes all-genre Top Songs chart. He will be a special guest on all of the shows on the tour.
Swift spent her time Saturday visiting a young cancer patient in Nebraska.
The singer was at Children's Hospital & Medical Center in Omaha to see 10-year-old Lauren Hacker. The fifth-grader at St. Margaret Mary School has cancer.
According to The Omaha World-Herald, the meeting was lobbied for on social media. It was later arranged by Lauren's family and the singer's representatives.


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Peter Mole needed a new print or packaging design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 36 designs submitted by 10 freelance designers.
RFID Asset Management Services
RFID Asset Management Services (RFIDAMS) is a company developing RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology in the area of equipment and asset maintenance. Our key words are Performance, Compliance and Integrity (which need to be incorporated in the design of all our material).
We have recently developed a new service titled "Chip it don't tip it".
The service provides a solution to building owners who are currently replacing fire doors for the simple reason of a compliance tag going missing.
Through the development of RFID technology we have designed and fire tested a RFID Tag which can be installed in fire doors and can negate the need for building owners to replace fire doors if the only issue is a simple compliance tag going missing.
Building consultants (fire industry), developers, owners and managers.
The target audience is generally male dominated from 30 to 50 years of age with a high degree of education (at least a university degree).
Looking to target major commercial areas (capital cities and major regional areas) as these areas have the highest concentration of fire doors in the closest proximity.
This target industry is very conservative in its spending (focus on ROI) and adoption of new technology so there needs to be a major focus on the long term cost saving potential of the system if implemented and a major focus on the innovation of the service, the benefits of the technology and its design.
In summary our requirements are as follows;
Brochure for print
Size A4
Number of pages 1 page, both sides (tri fold)
Goal Introduce "chip it don't tip it" service and drive sales
Outline of what we are looking for in your design. Clean and professional brochure which details the service we are providing and entices the reader to contact us for estimations/sales queries
I would be looking for the designer to source and provide stock images they feel appropriate for their design. The cost of stock images would be considered by us, additional to the final prize amount.
Outline of Brochure
A4 tri fold (i.e. 6 individual pages 1/3 of an A4 size per page)
The following outline provided as a guide only with variations to suit design anticipated. Suitable graphics based on textural content up to the designer. If you require graphics from our web site let me know and I will forward them to you.
Title Text: "Chip it don't tip it"
Sub Text: "Are you replacing fire doors just because the compliance tag has gone missing?"
Page 1:
Title Text: "Introduction"
Sub Text: "Protect your fire doors from replacement, just because the compliance tag has gone missing all is not lost. Innovative new Australian designed Fire Door Tag with embedded RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) microchip.
If you get a report stating that tags are missing and new fire doors are required, just give us a call and we will attend site, confirm the identity of the fire doors (providing they have been previously identified and tagged with a RFIDAMS Door Tag) and arrange for new compliance tags. It's as easy as that.
By providing a secondary means of positive identification we can eliminate the need to replace fire doors due to missing compliance tags.
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Title Text: "What does it involve?"
Sub Text: "The service requires the audit of your existing fire doors, installation of a RFIDAMS Door Tag, the collection of compliance tag data and registering the fire doors on our central database.
If after this process you have fire doors which have lost their compliance tags simply let us know, we will confirm the details of the door and provide a replacement compliance tag."
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Title Text: "What does it cost?"
Sub Text: "To provide this protection for your fire doors our fee structure is detailed below;
Site Establishment Fee: One off cost per property
RFIDAMS Door Tag Supply: Cost per tag
Installation and Acquisition of Data: One off cost per tag
Entry of data to central database: One off cost per tag
Annual data storage cost: Annual cost per tag
To obtain a written quotation for your project or building send your details to firstname.lastname@example.com and we will be happy to get back to you with a firm quotation based on your specific quantities."
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Title Text: "How do the costs stack up?"
Sub Text: "If we look at the cost for replacing a fire door being $800.00 plus, this service equates to less than 12% of the replacement cost of a fire door over an expected life of 20 years.
If you had a building with 50 fire doors installed, you would only have to save replacing 6 doors over the 20 years to have a 100% return on investment.
Chip it don't tip it. Save on replacement costs, save on waste costs and get the maximum life out of your fire doors."
Back Page:
Title Text: "Contact Details"
Sub Text: "RFIDAMS is a division of FSH
[FSH Logo]
Sydney Head Office
9/30 Perry Street, Matraville, NSW 2036
E: firstname.lastname@example.com
SE Asia Marketing Office
BLK 122 Jurong East 13, #02-39 Ivory Heights Singapore 600 122
[RFIDAMS Logo]
Additional Information
To gain a better understanding of this new service follow the following links:
Chip it don't tip it - Introduction:
Compliance Tags – Why they are so important:
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Recently, I received a text from a friend.
"What's the name of your hairdresser? I need a change," he wrote. "But I just feel like I'm cheating because I've been going to this other woman for years."
Why cheating? It sounds simple enough, right? You don't like your hairstylist, so you switch salons. It's only hair, people! But readers tell me there is a loyalty built up over time that makes switching hairdressers more difficult than one might think.
"I had a barber that I'd been going to since high school," says Patrick Snyder. "When he started getting older, the haircuts got worse, but I felt this need to keep supporting him. Once he literally snipped the top of my ear, and the back of my head looked completely lopsided. But I still tipped him after that and kept going back. I just really liked the guy. He was like family in a weird way."
"My hairdresser became one of my close friends," says Melody Cohen. "She did my hair for my wedding, and I knew her for years. But she dyed my hair orange a couple of times trying to make me blond. It was so hideous. I would come home and my husband would say, 'Why do you keep going to her? You hate how she does your hair!' But I just couldn't break it off."
How did Cohen resolve the issue?
"I told her we were moving, and we actually weren't," she admits. "Now I go somewhere that's in the suburbs just because I'm afraid I'm going to run into her somewhere!"
We have news for you—your hairdresser is probably on to your tricks.
"I've had clients who disappear for a while, and when they do come back, they say things like, 'Oh you were out of town,' or, 'I just couldn't get in because you were too booked,' " says Melissa Conley, owner of Abeille Beauty in Lincoln Park. "I'd rather they just say, 'I went somewhere else and I realized I like you better.' "
So what's the deal with all this fear behind letting down our hairdresser?
"I think there is a bond that happens between a client and their hairdresser that is unique and very intimate," says Conley. "Small talk leads to more in-depth conversations as your relationship progresses throughout the years. It's only natural for the client to feel like a friendship has formed, and one where there isn't the judgment—sort of like a therapist."
And the closeness that forms over time can make it even more difficult for some people to jump ship.
"They take it so personally, as if we are rejecting them, and we feel it," says Brandi Helligso, who admitted she has had to tread lightly so as to not hurt her hairdresser's feelings. "It's a competitive world, and they make no bones about it."
Conley says most professionals won't take it personally, though, if you do try someone else.
"It can be difficult if they've been your client for so long and you've seen them in singlehood, did their wedding, seen them though the birth of their children and then they decide to leave," she says. "Sometimes I get sad just because I won't be able to catch up on their current lives, but I'm never angry if they leave, and I always welcome them back with open arms."
If you are one of those people who can't handle the thought of dumping your hairdresser, even if you're no longer satisfied with their work, here are Conley's tips for working it out.
Talk about it
"It's possible that you can be with a client so long that you outgrow each other," says Conley. "If you feel like you aren't getting what you want and you need a change, express it. I've had clients that have been with me for 15 years and sometimes you want a fresh perspective."
Try another stylist in the same salon
"I'm known for doing long hair, so if I get a client in my chair who wants it all cut off in a pixie I would rather have them go to another person, someone within my team," says Conley. "My goal is to make them happy, and that may be with someone else in my salon."
Don't lie
"Stylists know their work," insists Conley. "I can tell if they've gone somewhere else. The lines don't lie. And people trim their bangs all the time, and that's even harder to clean up sometimes."
Bring in a picture
"If you have a specific look and the stylist hasn't been getting it right, bring in a photo and say, 'This is what I've been trying for and I just don't think I have it yet,' " says Conley. "That way, either your current stylist can try something new now that they have a photo, or they can direct you to someone who can do a better job with that particular look."
Don't worry about hurt feelings
"I may have taken it personally when I was first starting out, but now I just want the client to have a good experience," says Conley. "Salons are like restaurants—a new one opens, people hear the hype and then the hype dies down and you decide you either like the haircut or you don't. You can't make everybody happy and rather than have them leave and bad mouth the salon, I try to work with them as best as I can."
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The hugely influential artist, architect, sculptor, painter and social engineer revolutionised the way we think about the built environment and then drowned in the Mediterranean
Translated by Danvers Couchmere from the original haughty French
January 10, 1954. The streets of Paris are still gay with Christmas lights. Everywhere people are seized by a new spirit, a unity of intention.
It is as if a great epoch has begun. The city, exulting in its extended holiday, has sprung into life. A 'joyousness' is abroad. Citizens have found a singularity of purpose in their celebrations. They bear witness to an abstract spiritual communion of 'goodwill'. Children's faces are happy and excited.
The scene is one of utter chaos, and nauseating.
I fear I will be physically sick if I witness any more of this madness. I shall remain in my studio at Maison L'Obscurier, where work continues on my latest project, the Hum-Bug.
All problems in the World Of To-Day - mathematical, social, psychological - have a geometrical solution. How much saner society would be if irregular pedestrian 'wanderings' were violently displaced by engineering.
Imagine an aerial view of the city, showing the absurd, illogical routes taken by January shoppers.
Their itinerary is confused, improvised, primitive. People mill around like sheep, their paths randomly crossing or merging … it is unacceptable! If they were engineers and not shoppers, they would be forced to behave in accordance with the strict needs of determined conditions.
An experiment: a junior member of Atelier L'Obscurier is despatched on six consecutive evenings to the Place de la Concorde with instructions to bring back a bag of chestnuts. At one-minute intervals a kite-mounted Gamma-Ray camera captures the image of his hat, which has been rendered Radio-Active; perambulation within the public square thus appears as a series of luminous dots.
The result: a sickening absence of a single straight line! With grim hauteur I compose my Rules For Walking.
- A crooked path is a donkey track; a straight path, a road for men.
- A Community Spirit is a Formless Spirit; an Organised Spirit, one full of form.
- A perambulation is inefficient; grid-based walking is the Way of the Future.
I imagine this future in a series of forcefully captioned sketches. I predict that by the early 21st Century all pedestrians will be required to wear Radio-Active hats fitted with the Electro-Magnetic Hum-Bug. They wait at grid intersections until an automatic signal (I have proposed a humming noise, but any acoustic prompt will do) sends them this way or that according to the relative density of the surrounding crowd.
Ugh. I retire early with a beastly migraine headache.
POST SCRIPTUM. A glorious winter day, the sky untrammelled by atmospheric frippery. I resolve to spend it sailing in my yacht, The Paradox. After a great deal of bad-tempered muttering from the crew, and much complicated calculation with my new portable Electric Sextant, I manage to guide us to a spot exactly one kilometre from the beach. Here I will disembark and swim to shore.
A test of endurance, certainly. But I am the great L'Obscurier, and the waves of the Mediterranean contemptibly disorganised and inadequate foes!
Ian Martin is away
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JKF necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 170 diseños de 40 diseñadores freelance.
Procurement Partners
Procurement Partners will provide complete procurement automation for the purchasing departments of businesses (procurement in businesses is the acquisition of goods and/or services at the best possible total cost of ownership, in the right quality and quantity, at the right time, in the right place and from the right source for the direct benefit or use of corporations).
Procurement Partners automates purchases, orders, invoices, reporting, etc. for procurement decisions which saves businesses time and money. Initially, Procurement Partners will do this for the healthcare and possibly education market places.
In short: Procurement Partners takes the pain out of purchasing, processing and delivery for businesses.
Attributes of the Procurement Partners business and services:
• Easy to use and customizable
• Accurate information
• Insightful real-time reporting
• Great customer support
• Fast, easy, accessible
• Dependable
• Integration with many applications, devices and suppliers
• Transparent and reliable
The audience is the Purchasing Department of a business - see description in the above 'Brief Overview' section.
Purchasing departments employ men and women equally and ages could range from 20's to 60's. The majority of this audience being business professionals in their 30's and 40's…
Looking for a logo to represent our company's partnership with other businesses to carry out automation of purchases, orders, invoicing, etc. for Procurement/Purchasing teams. It should incorporate an icon that represents that partnership.
Would be great if the icon somehow incorporated the two "P's" of "Procurement Partners".
Please keep these other things in mind:
* No cartoons or cheap imagery
* Make it professional but not boring, want exciting and professional feel to the logo. The typeface should be clear and simple
* Keep the logo modern – similar to the attached examples
* We feel that blues and grays may best represent the company, but feel free to work other other colors – a blue we've been using: R:60 G: 120 B:180. We might also like other corresponding colors
* Fonts we like are: Myriad, Calibri and Gotham light and medium. Don't necessarily have to use one of these fonts, but we like a similar simple look. We would like to have the font be available to us, we have the named fonts above, but if you use another, it would be great to know we could get access to the fonts
* Incorporate partnership and automation of procurement with the two "P's" of "Procurement Partners" in the icon if possible
Want .ai, jpeg, layerd psd files
Would love full-color and 1-color versions
Please no stock images or clip art in the logo. Thanks!
Attached files are logos we like
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