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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - setting up in Taiwan Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in setting up in Taiwan Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Taiwan View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message sigmoidJoined: 21 Jan 2003Posts: 1274 Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2003 1:57 pm Post subject: setting up in Taiwan setting up costs I'm planning to move to Taiwan from Thailand in a couple of months. Let me see if I've got this straight: Fly to Taipei, pick up a landing visa [is it really $US100?], get a medical exam, find a job, leave again [to HK or BKK or somewhere else?] to get a new visa, then finally return to start work? With the three flights, visa expenses, etc. plus not having an income for one or two months, setting up in Taiwan seems fairly costly. Would you agree with that? Or is there something I'm missing? Is there a better way to go about this? Back to top horizontalcrackJoined: 21 Feb 2003Posts: 1Location: Taiwan Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2003 5:55 am Post subject: Not all of your info is correct. The landing visa is free; at least my friend from the States who came out here to visit last month didn't need to pay one (and he didn't have any other sort of tourist visa). Next, don't get a medical test until you've found a job. At the Taiwan consulate in Bangkok, you can apply for a 30-60 day visa. If you've never been here before, you should qualify for a 60-day visa, and that will give you plenty of time to find a job without having to leave the country. The process is a lot easier than people make it sound, if you do it right. Back to top OkamiJoined: 25 Jan 2003Posts: 121Location: Sunny Sanxia Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2003 12:09 pm Post subject: It's a lot easier thasn you think Go to the Bangkok TECO office and ask nicely for a 60 day visa, have you're paperwork checked twice by information and dress nicely. If it is your first time they should give you a 60 day single entry visa. With this visa your options are a lot greater. You can have it extended by signing up for language courses(attendance non-compulsory) and then you have a total of 180 days to find a legal or illegal job in Taiwan. You will need to do the following things and plan well. 1. Set up interviews before you arrive. Just call them and ask for a interview a day or 2 after you have gotten into Taipei. 2. Stay at a hostel at first and network your butt off. Also check the Universities for possible jobs. WenHua University at the corner of hoping and jianguo has a job notice board on the 4th floor for foreign English teachers. You will almost always find your best jobs by networking. 3. Decide what city you are going to stay in. This sounds simple but a lot of people screw it up. One guy I know of didn't listen when a vet told him to do #1 and then went to Hualien for a week to look for work. I wouldn't want to hire a guy like that, there are a lot of foreigners and most bosses can be choosy. 4. Have a plan and an emergency fund. What will you do if your first boss burns you? It isn't likely to happen, but if it does be prepared. Moving into an actual apartment is the expensive part. You generally have to pay 2 months rent as deposit and the rent for that month. Then you have to buy a bare minimum of furniture and utensils. Most apartments come without a fridge or a washing machine. You can rent a scooter off of an English guy in Taipei, but you have to find him yourself. He's at the shop of the only guy described as honest in the lonely planet taiwan(which is a useless book, IMHO) Good luck, Okami Back to top taiwan boyJoined: 11 Feb 2003Posts: 99Location: China Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2003 12:38 pm Post subject: horizontalcrack wrote: Next, don't get a medical test until you've found a job. I disagree. Get it done as soon as possible after you arrive. It takes one week to get the results and if you leave it too late it can mean you won't have enough time to get your work permit processed before your visa expires. The medical certificate is valid for three months. 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Community Tenure and REDD+ (application/pdf, 638 KB)June 01, 2012
The emergence of reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, and conserving, sustainably managing and enhancing forest carbon stocks (collectively referred to as REDD+) has generated great interest as a possible means of increasing support for the forest stewardship activities of indigenous peoples and local communities. If done well, REDD+ initiatives could contribute to strengthening community land and resource rights, empowering community-based management and diversifying livelihoods through participation in REDD+ activities.more info
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So much of my artwork deals with memory that I've become intrigued with what sticks and what doesn't. Time perception seems loosely anchored, especially when you no longer need to live by a calendar. Each day I respond to my mother's request as to how many days before I come in. "Eight " I responded today, "One less than yesterday."
"Here I have fifteen ", she said, finding a scrap of paper from an earlier discussion. "Well it was fifteen last week", I reply.
She writes eight down and I imagine all these ephemeral scraps of paper, each with a day, a point in time now past. I report to her that I will arrive on Halloween, knock on her door and say, "trick or treat". "Ooh, treat !", she exclaims in delight.
There are some memories that stay. She vividly remembers when I jumped from a train in Spain as it was leaving the station with me on it and her on the platform, getting smaller. Apparently that was a memorable moment. Recently she was reminiscing about when she worked for a dentist in Brooklyn seventy years ago. I remembered that she had told me he called every young girl who worked for him Miss B, regardless of her actual name. "I think his name was Dr Dendy" she said suddenly, a new piece of information. "Dendy the dentist", I thought, she must just be associating the sounds. I did a search online and came up with someone reminiscing about going to Dr Dendy in Brooklyn. Where did that seventy year old memory bubble up from?
The other thing she remembers are regrets. Fortunately not many of them, but she wishes she could have done more for her mother who lived with us for several years as her memory deteriorated. And she wishes she had squeezed in one more person one Thanksgiving. My mother is a kind person and her regrets are about wishing she had reached even deeper. I think it was around a discussion of regrets that the forgotten trip to Israel came up. Apparently she hadn't forgotten it. "Ok, let's do it", I said, and that failing memory closed on the idea like a bear trap. There was no going back, and so we go forward.
I remind myself that my role on this trip is as my mother's companion. She is in good health, but she is, dare I say, older, and she tires more easily. She still thinks she has the traveling capacity of twenty years ago and I remind her that we are both twenty years older. I am trying not to focus on what I want to do so I don't respond with disappointment if she needs to take a break. I remind myself that just as our other trips; this is a gift for her, but also for me. I get to create memories with my mother yet one more time. She has a refrain. "This is my last big trip" she says. "Then I'll go visit Dad."
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SATA in the Enterprise - A 500 GB Drive Roundup
The enterprise storage market continues to evolve towards a new paradigm. In the past, high-performance applications were served by arrays of 15,000 RPM drives while 10,000 RPM units continued to serve as workhorse units for less intensive real-time applications.
As always, cost is a key factor that drives change. In addition to the price of drives themselves, expenditures relating to housing, powering, and cooling arrays must also be considered. As a result, the industry is moving to a more segregated approach where high-performance 15,000 RPM units service data where speed of retrieval is of utmost importance while slower yet larger and more cost-effective 7200 RPM drives store the bulk of data where a somewhat more leisurely retrieval does not significantly affect productivity.
Thanks to interoperability afforded by the newer SAS standard, SATA drives have stepped into the spotlight. With the ability to easily integrate into serial SCSI infrastructure, enterprise-class SATA drives have enjoyed increased attention from the big three American drive manufacturers.
Seagate, Maxtor, and Western Digital have all entered the fray with SATA units specifically tuned for the enterprise sector. While leveraged from consumer-class SATA designs, these differentiated models undergo tests under different workloads, often enjoy longer factory burn-in cycles, are rated for longer mean times between failures, and are backed by a more business-oriented 5-year warranty.
Let us take a closer look at three 500-gigabyte units that squarely aim to seize the burgeoning nearline enterprise sector where cost and capacity rather than sheer IOps drive the market.
As always, tests on these three contenders were conducted using StorageReview's Testbed4 suite of measurements. NCQ remained enabled for all tests, though figures comparing performance with NCQ on and off may be found towards the end of the review. Lets turn to the figures!
Access Time and Transfer Rate
For diagnostic purposes only, StorageReview measures the following low-level parameters:
Average Read Access Time- An average of 25,000 random read accesses of a single sector each conducted through IPEAK SPT's AnalyzeDisk suite. The high sample size permits a much more accurate reading than most typical benchmarks deliver and provides an excellent figure with which one may contrast the claimed access time (claimed seek time + the drive spindle speed's average rotational latency) provided by manufacturers.
Average Write Access Time- An average of 25,000 random write accesses of a single sector each conducted through IPEAK SPT's AnalyzeDisk suite. The high sample size permits a much more accurate reading than most typical benchmarks deliver. Due to differences in read and write head technology, seeks involving writes generally take more time than read accesses.
WB99 Disk/Read Transfer Rate - Begin- The sequential transfer rate attained by the outermost zones in the hard disk. The figure typically represents the highest sustained transfer rate a drive delivers.
WB99 Disk/Read Transfer Rate - End- The sequential transfer rate attained by the innermost zones in the hard disk. The figure typically represents the lowest sustained transfer rate a drive delivers.
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In an interesting finish, all three 500-gigabyte contenders weigh in with identical 13.8 millisecond random read access times. Accounting for the 4.2 ms rotational latency of a 7200 RPM spindle leaves the units with a measured seek time of 9.6 ms. WD specs an 8.9 ms seek for the RE2 and thus misses its mark by 0.7 ms. Maxtor and Seagate maintain progressively more ambitious claims of 8.5 ms and 8.0 ms respectively and thus miss by a wider margin. It should be noted, however, that all three newer units lag previous-generation drives in random read scores. The MaXLine Pro manages to pull ahead a bit when it comes to write scores. The NL35.2, not unlike the older MaXLine III, appears to undergo additional read verification after every write and as a result yields a rather sluggish score.
The 500 GB RE2 leads the pack when it comes to sequential transfer rates. Its outer-zone figure of 73.8 MB/sec improves upon the score turned in by its predecessor by a healthy 14%, as one would expect when moving from 100 GB to 125 GB platters. Maxtor's lineup also shows progress with the newer drive edging into 70 MB/sec territory. The Seagate NL35.2, however, trails the group at just 63.6 MB/sec. While a drop in transfer rates between the NL35.2 and its predecessor is not surprising given the newer drive's lower (125 GB vs 133 GB) platter densities, it remains nonetheless disappointing that Seagate's offering fails to keep up with the 125 GB/platter competition.
Some Perspective
It is important to remember that seek time and transfer rate measurements are mostly diagnostic in nature and not really measurements of "performance" per se. Assessing these two specs is quite similar to running a processor "benchmark" that confirms "yes, this processor really runs at 2.4 GHz and really does feature a 400 MHz FSB." Many additional factors combine to yield aggregate high-level hard disk performance above and beyond these two easily measured yet largely irrelevant metrics. In the end, drives, like all other PC components, should be evaluated via application-level performance. Over the next few pages, this is exactly what we will do. Read on!
Single-User Performance
StorageReview uses the following tests to assess non-server use:
StorageReview.com Office DriveMark 2006- A capture of VeriTest's Business Winstone 2004 suite. Applications include Microsoft's Office XP (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, and Project), Internet Explorer 6.0, Symantec Antivirus 2002 and Winzip 9.0 executed in a lightly-multitasked manner.
StorageReview.com High-End DriveMark 2006- A capture of VeriTest's Multimedia Content Creation Winstone 2004 suite. Applications include Adobe Photoshop v7.01, Adobe Premiere v6.5, Macromedia Director MX v9.0, Macromedia Dreamweaver MX v6.1, Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 9.0, Newtek Lightwave 3D 7.5b, and Steinberg Wavelab 4.0f run in a lightly-multitasked manner.
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The RE2 series regresses slightly when executing tasks found in the SR Office DriveMark 2006, trailing the older 400 GB drive by a 3% margin with a score of 763 I/Os per second. It is enough, however, to best the MaXLine Pro by 5%. Maxtor's newer drive performs identically to the older unit in the Office DriveMark. Bringing up the rear is the NL35 family. While the second-generation unit's Office DriveMark of 508 IOps improves upon the original drive's score by 6%, it nonetheless lags the MaXLine Pro by a whopping 43% margin.
All three 500-gigabyte units finish quite similarly in the SR High-End DriveMark 2006. Here it is Maxtor's drive that leads the trio at 543 I/Os per second. In a marked turnaround from its dismal performance under the Office DriveMark, the NL35.2 squeezes by WD's drive to place second in the 500 GB pack. All three units, however, lag behind WD's older 400 GB RE2 by margins of at least 8%.
Gaming Performance
Three decidedly different entertainment titles cover gaming performance in StorageReview's test suite.
FarCry, a first-person shooter, remains infamous for its lengthy map loads when switching levels.
The Sims 2, though often referred to as a "people simulator," is in its heart a strategy game and spends considerable time accessing the disk when loading houses and lots.
Finally, World of Warcraft represents the testbed's role-playing entry; it issues disk accesses when switching continents/dungeons as well as when loading new textures into RAM on the fly.
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Ironically, it is when running games, applications these enterprise-class drives are hardly marketed towards, that the newer 500-gigabyte units start to muscle their way ahead of their predecessors.
The 500 GB RE2 tops WD's older 400-gig unit by a 6% margin when replaying SR's Farcry drive access script with a score of 704 IOps. The MaXLine Pro and NL35.2 similarly improve upon their forerunners.
A 6% improvement over the mark delivered by the MaXLine III propels the MaXLine Pro to the top of the charts in our Sims 2 disk trace. WD's newer drive, on the other hand, stumbles again when contrasted with the RE2 400. Seagate ekes out a slight improvement towards the bottom of the chart.
When it comes to the ever-popular World of Warcraft, WD's newest once again tops the charts at 592 I/Os per second. The NL35.2 claws its way back into the middle of the chart with a respective 535 IOps while the MaXLine Pro finds itself at the bottom with 503 IOps.
Multi-User Performance
Unlike single-user machines (whether a desktop or workstation), servers undergo highly random, non-localized access. StorageReview simulates these multi-user loads using IOMeter. The IOMeter File Server pattern balances a majority of reads and minority of writes spanning requests of varying sizes.
IOMeter also facilitates user-configurable load levels by maintaining queue levels (outstanding I/Os) of a specified depth. Our tests start with the File Server pattern with a depth of 1 and double continuously until depth reaches 128 outstanding I/Os.
Drives with any sort of command queuing abilities will always be tested with such features enabled. Unlike single-user patterns, multi-user loads always benefit when requests are reordered for more efficient retrieval.
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Though they feature a SATA interface, multi-user/server workloads nonetheless remain the raison-d'etre of these enterprise-class drives. Under any kind of concurrency, WD's 500 GB RE2 enjoys a consistent lead over the competition. The newer unit builds nicely upon the older 400 GB drive's scores, marks that already led the pack when it came to 7200 RPM drives.
The MaXLine Pro delivers slightly better performance than its predecessor under lower (read practical) queue depths but slides a bit when concurrency hits 16 or greater. Seagate's newer drive delivers more or less the same performance as the original NL35 but also slips a bit under heavy loads.
Noise and Power Measurements
Idle Noise- The sound pressure emitted from a drive measured at a distance of 3 millimeters. The close-field measurement allows for increased resolution between drive sound pressures and eliminates interactions from outside environmental noise. Note that while the measurement is an A-weighted decibel score that weighs frequencies in proportion to human ear sensitivity, a low score does not necessarily predict whether or not a drive will exhibit a high-pitch whine that some may find intrusive. Conversely, a high score does not necessarily indicate that the drive exhibits an intrusive noise profile.
Operating Power Dissipation- The power consumed by a drive, measured both while idle and when performing fully random seeks. In the relatively closed environment of a computer case, power dissipation correlates highly with drive temperature. The greater a drive's power draw, the more significant its effect on the chassis' internal temperature.
Startup (Peak) Power Dissipation- The maximum power dissipated by a drive upon initial spin-up. This figure is relevant when a system features a large number of drives. Though most controllers feature logic that can stagger the spin-up of individual drives, peak power dissipation may nonetheless be of concern in very large arrays or in cases where a staggered start is not feasible. Generally speaking, drives hit peak power draw at different times on the 5V and 12V rails. The 12V peak usually occurs in the midst of initial spin-up. The 5V rail, however, usually hits maximum upon actuator initialization.
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WD's 500 GB RE2 trims the noise exhibited by its predecessor by a considerable margin. At just 39.5 A-weighted decibels when idle, the drive comes in among the quietest we have ever objectively measured. Seagate's NL35.2 also improves upon the firm's older unit. Only Maxtor regresses slightly, with the newer MaXLine Pro reaching a relatively high 44.1 d/BA.
Subjectively speaking, seeks for the NL35.2 and 500 GB RE2 share a similar dull, muted character. The MaXLine Pro's seeks are just slightly more substantive than the other two drives. All are, of course, several notches quieter than the typical 10,000 RPM SCSI disc.
Of the 500-gigabyte units, WD's drive delivers the lowest operating power dissipation at 8.6 watts when idle. Such a score weighs in slightly higher than the drive's predecessor (8.4 watts) as well as Seagate's original NL35.1. The MaXLine Pro and Nl35.2 weigh in at 9.0 watts and 9.4 watts respective.
When undergoing 100% seek activity, however, margins widen. Here the 500 GB RE2 shines with a power draw of just 10.6 watts, the thriftiest draw of any 400- or 500-gig unit. The NL35.2 comes in at 13.4 watts, drawing significantly more power than its predecessor. The MaXLine Pro bottoms out the chart through dissipating 14.5 watts.
All newer 500 GB units draw significantly more power when spinning up from a powered-down state. Once again, of the larger discs, WD's 500 GB drive rests at the top. The RE2 500 can not, however, quite match the score turned in by its predecessor nor that delivered by the older, three-platter MaXLine III. Maxtor's newer MaXLine Pro, however, draws a full 10 watts more than the III while the NL35.2 brings up the rear with a hefty spin-up current draw.
How does NCQ affect performance?
StorageReview has found that, generally speaking, past NCQ implementations have exacted a slight across-the-board performance penalty for single-user applications. A notable exception was Maxtor's MaXLine III. One of the first drives to feature NCQ, the MaXLine III tended to perform slightly better with NCQ enabled.
These trends carry through into the current crop of 500-gigabyte units. While the Seagate NL35.2 and WD RE2 500 suffer small losses in single-user assessments with NCQ enabled, the Maxtor MaXLine Pro enjoys minor increases.
As always, it is in the multi-user arena that command reordering truly shines. With NCQ disabled, all three drives fail to exhibit any increase in IOps whatsoever as concurrency increases.
Featuring top performance, the friendliest environmental measurements, and lowest price, WD's RE2 WD5000YS makes a compelling case as the drive of choice when it comes to capacious 500 GB SATA drives intended to serve enterprise needs that do not require the utmost random access speeds.
The WD5000YS builds upon the leading performance delivered by its predecessor while managing to significantly trim both acoustic output and power draw when undergoing activity. The manufacturer argues that the latter point is especially important; a drive that draws less electricity saves on the power bill, requires less cooling, and undergoes less stress, presumably increasing drive longevity.
While it offers adequate multi-user performance, the Seagate NL35.2 commands a hefty price tag and as a result can not compete against WD's offering when it comes to IOps per dollar. The drive does, however, enjoy Seagate's name as well as a great track record if recent SATA Barracuda drives are any indication.
Maxtor's MaXLine Pro finally builds upon the aging 300 GB design of the original MaXLine III. From a performance perspective, however, the Pro offers about the same performance as the III while introducing more noise and drawing more power.


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Take part in God's work with ministry partners
The CPL program explores Christian Public Leadership by attending to leadership in the midst of particular communities and their distinct contextual realities. In this course, students will expand their leadership capacity by leading and being in dialogue with a particular ministry context. With this ministry context as their primary conversation partner, students will critically reflect on themselves as leaders, discover the communal nature of leadership, explore different spiritual practices, and develop their own leadership practices. Particular attention will be given to praxis, contextualization, and integrative approaches to ministry which will all be connected to student's degree program or concentration of study. Students will examine assumptions about God, communities, and neighbor in their particular contexts.
There are four consecutive semesters of CPL. In partnership with the faculty, precept group leaders, and contextual site mentors, each of the four sections will focus on a particular topic:
- Who am I as a Christian Public Leader? (SG0501)
- Being Public Leaders in a Public Church (SG0502)
- Systems and Leading Change (FE0523)
- Lifelong Learners and Leaders (FE0524).
Who participates in CPL?
All M.A. and M.Div. candidates must complete SG0501 and SG0502 as Signature courses consecutively in the first and second semester of their degree program. In order to accommodate varying student schedules, SG0501 is therefore offered both Fall and Spring term and SG0502 is offered both Spring and Summer term.
M.A. and M.Div. candidates in certain Leadership concentrations will go on to complete FE0523 and FE0524 as core components of their degree. All other M.A. and M.Div. candidates may complete FE0523 and FE0524 as electives. FE0523 and FE0524 are therefore offered in Fall and Spring terms respectively.
Pre-Fall 2016: All four courses of Christian Public Leader are required for four consecutive semesters for M.A. candidates with Leadership concentrations (Children Youth and Family and Congregational and Community Care) and M.Div. candidates in Children Youth and Family. All other M.A. and M.Div. students may take FE 0523 and FE 0524 as an elective course. Students should consult with their judicatory body (i.e., their candidacy committee) to determine contextual requirements.
Note: The CPL program assumes that, supported by the faculty and precept group leaders, a seminarian will participate in a contextual site at an average of five hours/week or twenty hours/month on a volunteer basis. If the seminarian participates at a greater number of hours per week or month, Christian Public Leader sites offer compensation. Contextual Learning recommended guidelines are $11.00 – $12.00 per hour.
How do I learn more about CPL?
- Mentors: Visit the For Mentors page for details; please check with Contextual Learning for information about this semester's placement process (email@example.com).
- Students: Visit the For Students page for details; please check with Contextual Learning and/or review your SG 0501, SG 0502, FE 0523, and/or FE 0524 coursepages for this semester's placement process.


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Cervius,1 when he is offended, threatens one with the laws and the [judiciary] urn; Canidia, Albutius' poison to those with whom she is at enmity; Turius [threatens] great damages, if you contest any thing while he is judge. How every animal2 terrifies those whom he suspects, with that in which he is most powerful, and how strong natural instinct commands this, thus infer with me.—The wolf attacks with his teeth, the bull with his horns. From what principle is this, if not a suggestion from within? Intrust that debauchee Scaeva with the custody of his ancient mother; his pious hand will commit no outrage. A wonder indeed! just as the wolf does not attack any one with his hoof, nor the bull with his teeth; but the deadly hemlock in the poisoned honey will take off the old dame. That I may not be tedious, whether a placid old age awaits me, or whether death now hovers about me with his sable wings; rich or poor, at Rome or (if fortune should so order it) an exile abroad; whatever be the complexion of my life, I will write. O my child, I fear you can not be long-lived; and that some creature of the great ones will strike you with the cold of death.3 What? when Lucilius had the courage to be the first in composing verses after this manner, and to pull off that mask,4 by means of which each man strutted in public view with a fair outside, though foul within; was Laelius, and he who derived a well-deserved title from the destruction of Carthage, offended at his wit, or were they hurt at Metellus being lashed, or Lupus covered over with his lampoons? But he took to task the heads of the people, and the people themselves, class by class;5 in short, he spared none but virtue and her friends. Yet, when the valorous Scipio, and the mild philosophical Laelius, had withdrawn themselves from the crowd and the public scene, they used to divert themselves with him, and joke in a free manner, while a few vegetables were boiled [for supper]. Of whatever rank I am, though below the estate and wit of Lucilius, yet envy must be obliged to own that I have lived well with great men; and, wanting to fasten her tooth upon some weak part, will strike it against the solid:6 unless you, learned Trebatius, disapprove of any thing [I have said]. For my part, I can not make any objection to this. But however, that forewarned you may be upon your guard, lest an ignorance of our sacred laws should bring you into trouble, [be sure of this:] if any person7 shall make scandalous verses against a particular man, an action lies, and a sentence. Granted, if they are scandalous: but if a man composes good ones, and is praised by such a judge as Caesar If a man barks only at him who deserves his invectives, while he himself is unblamable? The process will be canceled8 with laughter: and you, being dismissed, may depart in peace.
1 A criminal was acquitted or condemned by the number of votes, which the judges threw into a judiciary urn. Virgil tells us this custom was observed among the dead, "quaesitor Minos urnam movet." (Aen. 6.432")
2 Horace's weapon is satire. This he will use against his enemies, just as every one, "quo valet, suspectos terret" , and according to the dictates of nature, which prompt her creatures to make use of the arms which she has given them, i. e. "ne longum faciam", he will write."Mirum", etc. Ironically said, for it is not "mirum ut neque calce lupus quemquam neque dente petat bos" , for "dente lupus, cornu taurus petit" . Horace means that Scaeva's not polluting his right hand with the blood of his mother is no more wonderful than that a wolf does not attack a person calce, or an ox, dente. Bentley's conjecture mirum si is specious. Similarly we have Terent. Andr. iv. 4, 16; "Mirum vero, impudentur mulier si facit meretrix."
3 i. e. "lest some one of your powerful friends conceive a coldness toward you, and deprive you of his friendship." So
" Sed quid opus teneras mordaci radere vero
Auriculas? Vide sis ne maiorum tibi forte
Limina et rigescunt.
4 "Detrahere pellem." A figurative expression taken from the stage. The ancient masks were of skins.
5 The great men, and people of whatever tribe. It is plain from what remains to us of Lucilius, that he did not spare the great. Besides Metellus and Lupus already mentioned, he attacked also Mutius Scaevola, Titus Albutius, Torquatus, Marcus Carbo, Lucius Tubulus, Publius Gallonins, Caius Cassius, Lucius Cotta, Clodius Asellus, Quintus Opimius, Nomentanus, Caius Cecilius Index, Trebellius, Publius Pavus Tuditanus. And not satisfied with this, he run through all the thirty-five tribes. one after another.
6 In allusion to the fable of the serpent and the file.
7 "Si mala condiderit." Trebatius with much solemnity cites the laws of the twelve tables as his last argument. A lawyer could produce nothing more strong, and Horace being unable to defend himself by a direct answer, finds a way of getting out of the difficulty by playing on the words malum carmen, and giving them a different sense from what they had in the text of the law..
8 Tabulae are the process and information laid before the judge, which, says the poet, shall be torn in pieces. Dacier observes, that this line is an imitation of Aristophanes, where a father dissuades his son from an excess of wine, by representing to him a thousand disorders which it occasions; quarreling, breaking houses open. No, says the son, this never happens when we converse with men of honor; for either they will satisfy the people whom they have offended, or turn the affair into ridicule, and by some happy jest make the judges, and even the prosecutors, laugh. The process is dismissed, and you escape without being punished.(Wasps 1251ff)
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US military trainers trickle back into PakistanThursday, May 31st, 2012 4:00:14 by News Pakistan Admin
WASHINGTON: The United States has sent a handful of military trainers back into Pakistan in a sign the two nations may be able to achieve some low-level cooperation against militants despite a string of confrontations that have left Washington's relations with Islamabad in crisis.
Fewer than 10 US special operations soldiers have been sent to a training site near the border city of Peshawar, where they will instruct trainers from Pakistan's Frontier Corps in counter-insurgency warfare, a US official said.
The number of American military instructors in Pakistan dropped to zero after US aircraft killed 24 Pakistani soldiers in late November. Nato labeled the border incident an accident but it enraged Pakistanis and sent already tense ties with the United States into a tailspin.
"I wouldn't call this a watershed moment (but) it's not insignificant that this is happening," the US official said on condition of anonymity.
The picture is less encouraging on cooperation between US and Pakistani intelligence, which several American officials said remained dire as Pakistani officials resist easing restrictions on issuing visas to US intelligence personnel.
In retaliation for the border deaths, Pakistan also shut down ground supply routes crucial for keeping US and Nato soldiers equipped in neighboring Afghanistan, and clamped down on US military personnel operating in Pakistan.
"At a strategic level, the relationship is still at a very rough place," the official said.
"There's a lot more we want to do to improve it, but (the trainers' return) is an important sign that at least in some areas we're getting a healthy sense of normalcy."
Normalcy is relative when it comes to relations between the United States and Pakistan, which are nominally allied against Islamist militants but have been frequently pitted against each other in a string of mutual recriminations.
Those include Pakistan's jailing of a Pakistani doctor who helped the United States hunt down Osama bin Laden last year, as well as the US raid that killed bin Laden, which Islamabad was not informed of beforehand.
At a Nato summit in Chicago this month, President Barack Obama snubbed his Pakistani counterpart, Asif Ali Zardari, by refusing to hold a meeting with him because Pakistan had not reopened the supply routes.
US and Pakistani talks aimed at reopening those routes – which becomes more important as Nato nations prepare to withdraw from Afghanistan – appear to be deadlocked over how much supply trucks must pay on their way through Pakistan.
Intelligence cooperation has been strained since the arrest last year of CIA contractor Raymond Davis, whose killing of two Pakistanis in Lahore fueled Pakistanis' suspicions about American spies roaming their cities.
Military cooperation may be easier to repair, as some of Pakistan's military leaders were trained in the United States and have more friendly ties with the Pentagon.
In the past, there had been some 200 to 300 US military personnel stationed in Pakistan, many of them training Pakistan special forces to confront militants.
But Islamabad sharply reduced the size of the mission after the bin Laden raid.Pakistan, back, into, military, Trainers, trickle
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Madam Speaker, like last Friday, I see that I am coming just before question period. I would not want this to become a habit, but question period is obviously very, very important. I will be back after question period to finish my speech on Bill C-51, which the Bloc Québécois supports. It is An Act to Implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on January 27, 2009 and to implement other measures.
I would like to preface my remarks by explaining a bit about what Bill C-51 entails. As I said, this bill implements the renovation tax credit. We in the Bloc Québécois had come up with similar proposals in our two recovery plans. When Parliament resumed, the House talked about the economic recovery plan, which contained provisions about implementing a renovation tax credit. Our actions are always consistent with our demands.
When the government introduced this bill, we supported it. Often, our adversaries say that the Bloc Québécois is all about blocking legislation and is opposed to all measures. We hear that regularly, especially during election campaigns, but it is totally false. When a measure is good for Quebec, as this bill is, of course the Bloc Québécois will support it.
However, when Parliament resumed in the fall, there was this election psychosis. The leader of the Liberal Party decided that Canadians and Quebeckers suddenly wanted an election, even though he himself had said not long before that Canadians needed an election like they needed a hole in the head.
Journalists, who always get a bit excited at such times, asked the Bloc what it was going to do in response to the economic measures that had been put forward. The Bloc did what it has always done: it voted in favour of the measure, because it was good for Quebec. A bit later, when the Liberal Party introduced a motion saying that the House had lost confidence in this government, we supported it, at the risk of triggering an election, because we could not say that we had confidence in this government.
We are guided by consistency, and we acted accordingly. Now, there is less election panic, because the Liberal leader realized that people did not want an election. I believe that the public felt the same way a month earlier. In any case, let us look at Bill C-51, which implements a tax credit.
I will come back to this later, Madam Speaker.


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Aloe striata
for those who feel burnt out energeticly helps us to restore our life energy.
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Rosa centifolia Connects heart and mind, thereby helping us resolve (apparent) conflicts between our thoughts and our emotions. Helps those who only consider
Rosa alba Relieves emotional distress and tension when we feel hurt. Helps us to pull the "thorns" from our heart and alleviates past wounds.©Andreas
Rosa chinensis viridiflora Alleviates the negative effects of too much pressure and stress. Restores inner calm and detachment. Releases tensions and
Rosa moyesii Enables us to accept and love ourselves as we are. This reinforces our selfconfidence, inner joy and zest for life.©Andreas Korte
Real love requires a unity of mind, body, and soul. This rose helps establish that link, connecting the different energy levels. Heart and mind merge


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Punch Television Network Upfront
Punch TV
Sunday, April 14, 2013 at 6:00 PM (PDT)
Event Details
Punch Television Network (Punch TV) has hit yet another historic milestone in what some may consider record time and is proud to announce they are now in all the major Urban markets, reaching 60 million homes.
You are cordially invited to Punch TV's Upfront presentation "Hollywood style" in an exclusive style bash, Sunday April 14, 2013, at Universal City Walk's new "Jon Lovitz Club," located at 1000 Universal Studios Blvd., #222, Universal City, CA. 91608, at 6:00pm.
Punch TV will be rolling out the red carpet for ad agencies, media buyers and every major media outlet from around the world to view our programming plans for the 2013-14 season. Also invited are television executives, show producers, and some of hollywood's hottest faces to mark this historic event!
There is a no entry fee; however, food and beverages will be available for purchase.
Parking will be $3.00 after 7:00pm.
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Comedian/Entertainer Black Kasper will be the host of PunchTV Networks
upfront at The Jon Lovitz Comedy Club Universal Studios Citywalk.
Kasper has a monthly Sunday night comedy show at the Jon Lovitz club
called Ten Times Funnier this show features the who's who in the
comedy world every month. Kasper will also debut his new animated
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well the first thing I absolutely had to do after my camping trip
was move the furniture around in the living room!
life had just felt so much simpler living in a tent in a field.
with a break from the technology too....
I had just been waiting for my moment to do it,
so a huge tidy and de-clutter is in progress.
things being moved from one room to the next
until finally into the garage or off to the charity shop.
the boot of my car is now full,
it really is a process all this moving and clearing,
and yes I think it's going to extend to the whole house.
Clear space feels so good!
Here is my lunch time reading,
modern vintage style,
lots of great ideas and some lovely vintage crochet.
I have been counting my blessings in the garden too,
and believe me vegetable wise, there aren't many of them!!
It was either the weather or a complete lack of any attention from me.....
I will try harder next year,
and I might still try and grow some more salads and kale for the winter.
It's nice to have something green to eat straight out the garden.
I have been wearing my yellow sunshine ring,
I love it,
sometimes I get some funny looks......
but it really does ask to be worn when the sun is out.
I have finally brought new beach inspired towels, the pebbles are in my garden!!
I am really enjoying this sea foam colour.
It seems to be popping up all over the place......
I enjoyed watching the olympic opening ceremony
it was hypnotic. when I looked at the time that evening it was 1.40am.
I thought the clocks had broken!!
it was a global event,
but a very british ceremony, not sure that everybody got it,
Mr.Bean was hysterical.......!
enjoying this lovely pink geranium sitting in my blue jug,
lovely combination of colours,
and finally enjoying my new mug of coffee and flowers on the go!!
I love painted enamel flowers,
I have wanted one every since I saw this on tales from cuckoo land,
fortunately this appeared half price in the sale at the local camping shop.
I seem to rush around with one of these a lot......
what are you finally managing to get to now the holidays are here?


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Camille Paglia
Vanishing of jobs will plague the rest of this decade and more. Meaningful employment is no longer guaranteed to dutiful, studious members of the middle class in the Western world. College education, which was hugely expanded after World War II and sold as a basic right, is doing a poor job of preparing young people for life outside of a narrow band of the professional class.
Yes, an elite education at stratospheric prices will smooth the way into law or medical school and supply a network of useful future contacts. But what if a student wants a different, less remunerative or status-oriented but more personally fulfilling career? There is little flexibility in American higher education to allow for alternative career tracks.
Jobs, and the preparation of students for them, should be front and center in the thinking of educators. The idea that college is a contemplative realm of humanistic inquiry, removed from vulgar material needs, is nonsense. The humanities have been gutted by four decades of pretentious postmodernist theory and insular identity politics. They bear little relationship to the liberal arts of broad perspective and profound erudition that I was lucky enough to experience in college in the 1960s.
Having taught in art schools for most of my four decades in the classroom, I am used to having students who work with their hands—ceramicists, weavers, woodworkers, metal smiths, jazz drummers. There is a calm, centered, Zen-like engagement with the physical world in their lives. In contrast, I see glib, cynical, neurotic elite-school graduates roiling everywhere in journalism and the media. They have been ill-served by their trendy, word-centered educations.
Jobs, jobs, jobs: We need a sweeping revalorization of the trades. The pressuring of middle-class young people into officebound, paper-pushing jobs is cruelly shortsighted. Concrete manual skills, once gained through the master-apprentice alliance in guilds, build a secure identity. Our present educational system defers credentialing and maturity for too long. When middle-class graduates in their mid-20s are just stepping on the bottom rung of the professional career ladder, many of their working-class peers are already self-supporting and married with young children.
The elite schools, predicated on molding students into mirror images of their professors, seem divorced from any rational consideration of human happiness. In a period of global economic turmoil, with manufacturing jobs migrating overseas and service-sector jobs diminishing in availability and prestige, educators whose salaries are paid by hopeful parents have an obligation to think in practical terms about the destinies of their charges. That may mean a radical stripping down of course offerings, with all teachers responsible for a core curriculum. But every four-year college or university should forge a reciprocal relationship with regional trade schools.
Camille Paglia is a professor of humanities and media studies at the University of the Arts, in Philadelphia.


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There has been a great deal of talk lately about the Republican Party's inability to make an appealing case for their policies. Worries abound that the Republican Party is on the precipice of extinction.
The solution that the Democrats would have the Republicans apply to remedy this problem is for the Republicans to change their views to match those of the Democrats; that way, the Democrats will no longer have any opposition and they could enjoy tyrannical one-party rule.
That is obviously the wrong solution.
What could work, however, is a name-change. The average liberal's mind does not usually think beyond the superficial. To wit:
One liberal wrote to me to tell me to look up the definition of liberalism. "It is for liberty and equality," he said, "so in being against liberals, wouldn't you be against liberty and equality?"
What he embarrassingly failed to realize, as I told him, was that while the word "liberalism" stems from "liberty," it is the opposite of what today's liberalism is about. He did not look any further than the name. Likewise, I replied to him, "Just because they give themselves the name 'Progressive' does not mean they are progressive in any true sense. They are regressive. I can say I'm part of the Holy Party, but that does not make me holy."
I think if it were not for the obsession with all things homosexual that today's young people have, the only other reason they would vote for Democrats is because Democrats call themselves liberal and progressive, and these sound like "liberty" and "progress." And how can you be against liberty? How can you be against progress by voting against progressives?
If Republicans do go the way of the Whigs, they would have to come up with a new name to appeal to today's voters. My suggestion?
The Civil Rights Party.
Besides the word "racist," there is not so amorphous and malleable a term as "civil rights." Young people love the idea of civil rights, applying that term to mean anything they want it to mean. If they want men to marry men, it is a civil right. If they want condoms, it is their civil right to force others to buy them for them.
But the Civil Rights Party as a rebranding of the Republican Party would not be a misnomer. After all, who freed the slaves? Republicans. Without what party would the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act not have passed? Republicans. What party is the party of equality among races, opposing affirmative-action laws, which favor some races over others? Republicans. What party is the party of equality under the tax laws, favoring everybody in America contributing to the country an equal percentage, a true fair share? Republicans. If these Republican policies are not civil rights, what is?
The Republicans have a nearly impossible task ahead of them in battling a corrupt media that, deadset on disbanding and destroying them, have attached a searing stigma to the mere label "Republican." So let's save ourselves any further battle wounds, cut to the chase, rename ourselves the Civil Rights Party, and let's see just how eager will be the liberals and their friends in the media to denounce us then.


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Jenna Needs a Stylist
This is Jenna Fischer at the premiere of Walk Hard last night – yet another Judd Apatow project with high hopes. Jenna plays the female lead opposite John C Reilly, her June to his Johnny. For Jenna, it could be a career defining moment.
And this is what she wore. THIS is what she wore.
Where to begin?
First…the hair. It's not her hair. It's her mom's hair. It's matron hair. And it goes with her matron dress. And the matron makeup. And the matron shoes. And while Jenna doesn't necessarily need to be a fashionista, she most certainly doesn't need to be a frump, does she?
The problem with what happened here is that she tried. She wanted it badly. If not, why not a simple black dress? No, no… an outing like this implies effort. But if the inclination is there, if she wants to make a carpet splash, then we're going to need a stylist.
Jenna needs a stylist.
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During the adorable "wind delay" today at the British Open, a time-filling Scott Van Pelt was forced to remark-without-actually-remarking on a man just mindin' his own business, tryin' to drain the main vein.
So who is the Mystery Pisser? I-Team, assemble!
Big ups to Ryan for finding video.
UPDATE: Reader Jennifer sends along this somewhat definitive answer:
I watched all day and can confidently say that the mystery pisser is 100% Hunter Mahan! He did what he had to do...I mean he could have gotten Uromysitisis poisoning and died! Hope this helps!
She immediately retracted:
Yeah...about that 100%...upon closer inspection, definitely Siem. But the Uromysitisis bit still applies. That is all, carry on!
Make up your mind, Jennifer! Everyone else: Find the pisser.


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One of the great challenges of the age is to reduce the disparity between wealthy and poor countries.
New York, NY (Vocus) May 14, 2010
Mount Sinai School of Medicine at its 41st commencement ceremony today honored a former president, legendary scientists in the field of genetics and human genome research, and renowned humanists whose work has advanced biomedical research and provided much needed access to health care both locally and internationally. President Bill Clinton was among the honorees, and also addressed an audience of nearly 200 Mount Sinai graduates as commencement speaker.
Held at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center, the event reflected Mount Sinai School of Medicine's commitment to being a world leader in genetics research, and in providing patient care reaching across international borders. The graduating class embodies Mount Sinai's dedication to translational science, medical advocacy, and the mentoring spirit that has transformed medical education. A total of 198 degrees were granted, including 116 MDs, 33 PhDs, 18 MPHs, and 31 MS degrees.
In his address, President Clinton cited the mapping of the human genome as crucial moment in medical history, and challenged the Class of 2010 remain committed to public health.
"One of the great challenges of the age is to reduce the disparity between wealthy and poor countries. Bridging that gap will help determine the future of the world we all live in. Never before have we been in a position to do such good. See yourselves in whatever health field you choose as agents of positive change," President Clinton said.
President Clinton was honored for his contributions to the developing world and the underserved communities in the United States, including those served by Mount Sinai. Through the William J. Clinton Foundation, President Clinton focuses on health issues that demand urgent action, solutions, and measurable results, ranging from HIV/AIDS in the developing world to childhood obesity in the United States. After the earthquake in Haiti, President Clinton established the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund (CBHF) with President George W. Bush to respond to unmet needs in that country.
Dennis S. Charney, MD, Dean of Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs of The Mount Sinai Medical Center, described how because of rapid advances in the field of human genetics the graduates were likely to participate in the most profound biomedical revolution in history.
"The opportunity for innovation in biomedicine has never been greater," he said. "There is strong evidence that investments in biomedical research can improve the health of the nation, can bend the health care cost curve, and revitalize the economy.
"Physicians will diagnose disease and provide personalized treatment based upon genetic data. By knowing the genes that cause human disease, prevention of illness will become a reality. The classification of human disease based upon genetic profile will accelerate the discovery of safer, more effective therapies," said Dr. Charney.
Dr. Charney credited President Clinton with laying the foundation for this future by investing, as president, in the research that would ultimately map the human genome.
Peter W. May, Chairman of the Mount Sinai Boards of Trustees, encouraged the graduates to always remember to put the patient first. "During your time here, you were trained and mentored by internationally-acclaimed physicians and scientists who taught you how to put the patient first. As you now go out into the world, you have the chance to take what you have learned and make a tremendous impact," he said.
Kenneth L. Davis, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Mount Sinai Medical Center, challenged graduates to always strive for answers as problems in health care continue to grow across the country. "In the next few years, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, and in the near future each of you, will be faced with challenges that will test your values, and the oath you will take today. Leave here with the same values that attracted you to Mount Sinai, which Mount Sinai practices every day, and that will hopefully guide you in the turbulent times that lie ahead," he said.
Doctor of Humane Letter degrees were given to four pillars in the local and international communities for providing access to quality care:
- William J. Clinton was the 42nd President of the United States from 1993-2001. His current activities include support for a range of humanitarian causes through the William J. Clinton Foundation, its Global Initiative, and its Climate Change Initiative. President Clinton was named the United Nations Special Envoy to Haiti in 2009, and teamed with President George W. Bush to create the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund in the aftermath of this year's earthquake. President Clinton will be this year's Commencement speaker.
- Jim Yong Kim, MD, PhD, is the 17th President of Dartmouth College. He has been a Professor of Medicine and Social Medicine and Chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He was a co-founder, and later Executive Director, of Partners in Health along with Dr. Paul Farmer. Dr. Kim served as director of the Department of HIV/AIDS at the World Health Organization (WHO). In this role, he led the "3x5 Initiative," which sought to treat three million new HIV/AIDS patients in developing countries with antiretroviral drugs by 2005. Launched in September 2003, the ambitious program ultimately reached its goal in 2007. Dr. Kim is the first Asian-American to assume the post of president at an Ivy League institution.
- Merryl H. Tisch, EdD, was elected Chancellor of the New York State Board of Regents by her colleagues in the spring of 2009. She was first appointed to the Board in 1996. Dr. Tisch was a first grade teacher in New York in the late 1970's and early 1980's and continues to devote much of her time advancing education. She serves on the boards of numerous non-profit agencies, including the United Jewish Appeal and the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, where she is the Chair.
- James S. Tisch is President and CEO of Loews Corp., a holding company that is one of the largest diversified financial corporations in the United States. The company was co-founded by his father, Laurence (Larry), and his uncle, Preston (Bob). Mr. Tisch is currently Chair of The Campaign for Mount Sinai. He serves on the Boards of United Jewish Appeal, the Partnership for New York City and the Educational Broadcasting Corporation. In the fall of 2008, the Tisch Cancer Institute was established at Mount Sinai with a gift of $40 million from Merryl and James Tisch. Their philanthropy has also benefited a wide array of organizations including Harvard and Brown Universities, Public Television, United Jewish Appeal and the Robin Hood Foundation, and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Doctor of Science honorary degrees were given to two pioneers in the biomedical sciences:
- J. Craig Venter, PhD, is responsible for mapping the first human genome in 2000 and is regarded as one of the leading scientists of the 21st century for his numerous contributions to genomic research. His group has sequenced the human genome and the genomes of more species than any other. More recently, he has directed his innovative genome-based efforts to public health and environmental challenges, including developing novel strategies for genomic medicine, CO2 depletion, and biologic energy production.
- Shinya Yamanaka, MD, PhD, a practicing surgeon, has had an outstanding research career in the field of pluripotent stem cells, with numerous seminal contributions. Dr. Yamanaka was the co-discoverer of the Nanog gene that encodes a key regulator of pluripotent stem cells. Several years ago he showed that adult cells could be reprogrammed to pluripotent stem cells called induced pluripotent stem cells. In 2008, he successfully established human induced pluripotent stem cells, representing a sea change discovery in the field. Dr. Yamanaka was awarded the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research for his work in 2009.
About The Mount Sinai Medical Center
The Mount Sinai Medical Center encompasses both The Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Established in 1968, Mount Sinai School of Medicine is one of few medical schools embedded in a hospital in the United States. It has more than 3,400 faculty in 32 departments and 15 institutes, and ranks among the top 20 medical schools both in National Institute of Health funding and by U.S. News & World Report. The school received the 2009 Spencer Foreman Award for Outstanding Community Service from the Association of American Medical Colleges.
The Mount Sinai Hospital, founded in 1852, is a 1,171-bed tertiary- and quaternary-care teaching facility and one of the nation's oldest, largest and most-respected voluntary hospitals. In 2009, U.S. News & World Report ranked The Mount Sinai Hospital among the nation's top 20 hospitals based on reputation, patient safety, and other patient-care factors. Nearly 60,000 people were treated at Mount Sinai as inpatients last year, and approximately 530,000 outpatient visits took place.
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Hawaii-based photographer Sarah Lee loves the "physical and creative 'challenges'" of shooting in the ocean, where the weather conditions play a crucial role in her photography.
"High tide vs. low tide, high surf vs. flat, sunny vs. cloudy," Lee explained over e-mail to Weather.com of the conditions she faces in any given day of shooting. "My favorite conditions are just after a rain storm – deep dark skies and stormy clouds still lingering on the horizon with sunrise or sunset light blasting into the water, no wind and maybe a rainbow or two. Those kinds of days are very special."
Lee, who grew up on a coffee farm in Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii, explained that her passion for underwater and surf photography was born during her early years of competitive swimming and surfing as a teen.
"Having a competitive swimming background and spending hours on end in pools and in the ocean, I couldn't help but want to capture what I was seeing underwater as humans interacted with the sea," she said.
While shooting her subjects in the open water Lee is often times put in the hands of the ocean, but it is that aspect of shooting that excites her.
"I'm attracted to underwater photography in the ocean because of the lack of control I have in such a massive body of water and its constant state of change in the lighting, water clarity, currents, etc.," she explained. "It's somewhere where you have to be completely switched on and able to adapt to anything it throws at you."
The ocean has thrown many obstacles at Lee, including swimming in a lineup with a shark, getting held under a double set of 20-foot waves, free diving with an endangered monk seal and many more. But, she remains unfazed - something she credits to her upbringing.
"My Hawai'i roots give me a light-hearted and carefree approach to photography – keeping things simple while magnifying the best in what surrounds me," she said.
The collection above showcases Lee's underwater photos from some of her favorite spots in Hawaii and Fiji. To view more of her work, please visit her website and her Facebook page.
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Ingress of warm moist air during cold-store door opening is a major issue in refrigeration plants, as it increases energy consumption and can also cause an undesirable rise in product temperature. Moisture infiltration itself can produce food safety problems in chill stores and can jeopardize personnel safety in frozen stores as the moisture turns to ice.
The British Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has commissioned the University of Bristol (FRPERC) to look at this problem in partnership with Anglo Dutch Meats (UK) Ltd; ACS&T Wolverhampton Ltd., Thermoscreens Ltd., Northern Foods Plc and Ballymoney Foods Ltd. The aim of the project, which is part of the LINK programme, is to reduce infiltration through doorways and thereby reduce the effects on temperature control, safety and energy consumption.
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Both the 1939 and 1964 World's Fair were held in Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
"On May 18, we will have the kickoff to World's Fair events throughout the borough," Katz said. "It's going to be a great day here in the park to commemorate the World's Fair and lead into the summer."
The World's Fair represents the ideals of optimism and wonder for many who attended in 1964. World's Fair Anniversary Committee members, such as New York Hall of Science vice president of External Affairs Dan Wempa, are hopeful that the upcoming anniversary celebration will capture some of that same wonder.
"Most anniversaries celebrate the past. This one is about celebrating the future," Wempa said. "The World's Fair was all about innovation and progress. In 1964, our's was the first poured-in-place concrete structure in New York City. Then, we were looking to space. Now were looking back at earth."
With this in mind, Parks First Deputy Commissioner Liam Kavanagh hoped the event could bring focus to the quality of life afforded New Yorkers as a result of the comprehensive park system dotting the five boroughs.
"While many people remember the inventions first exhibited at the World's Fairs, we all should know that Flushing Meadows Corona Park is also one of the fairs' enduring creations," Kavanagh said. "With these anniversary events we will take a look back at the Fairs, and a look forward to the future of Flushing Meadows – the World's Park and Queens' backyard."
Tom Finkelpearl, executive director of the Queens Museum, which was built for the 1939 World's Fair, was excited to announce that as part of the celebration the museum will open "America's Most Wanted Men," an exhibit submitted by Andy Warhol that was deemed too risqué for the 1964 World's Fair audience.
The Queens Theater and Queens Botanical Gardens, which originated from exhibits at the 1939 World's Fair, both announced a series of anniversary events scheduled throughout the summer.
Exactly 50 years after the grand opening of the World's Fair Pavilion to the public in 1964, Katz announced that it would be open once again for just three hours on April 22 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
"For the first time in decades, we'll be opening the pavilion for a tour," Katz said. "So you can come here, get a hard hat, sign a release, and be able to get the tour on April 22."
Jenn Ramirez, a Queens native who has lived a short walk from the park for the past three years, has been an admirer of the pavilion since childhood. She can't wait for the chance to see it from the inside for the first time on April 22.
"As a kid I would be in my parents' car on the highway, and I would see this structure loom out and wonder, 'What is that?'" Ramirez said. "Now, that's my dream to go inside."
Following the pavilion tour, events will be hosted all over the borough from May 18 through October.
Anniversary Committee Member Fred Dixon of NYC & Company, who has been working closely with the celebration marketing campaign, was optimistic about attendance prospects for the upcoming festivities.
"This year's World Fair celebration is just another reason why Queens is a great destination," Dixon said. "We expect to make 40 million impressions by the time it's done."