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Vatican City, Mar 12, 2012 / 11:42 am ().- Catholic theology can be judged by its fidelity to Biblical revelation, the Vatican's International Theological Commission affirmed March 8 in a new document on the role of theologians.
"Theology in its entirety should conform to the scriptures, and the scriptures should sustain and accompany all theological work," the commission said in its document "Theology Today: Perspectives, Principles and Criteria."
Fidelity to scripture is essential, the commission stated, "because theology is concerned with the truth of the Gospel, and it can know that truth only if it investigates the normative witness to it in the canon of sacred Scripture." Such investigation "relates the human words of the Bible to the living Word of God," Jesus Christ himself.
The International Theological Commission assists the Vatican's highest doctrinal office, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, in its examination of questions about Church teaching. The commission's current president, Cardinal William J. Levada, is also the prefect of the congregation.
Cardinal Levada authorized the release of the new document, which has been in the works since 2004. Attributed to the commission as a whole, the text was drafted in accordance with further studies led by Monsignor Paul McPartlan, a theology professor at the Catholic University of America.
The document begins by acknowledging the growth in new areas of theology following the Second Vatican Council. During the same period, however, there has been "a certain fragmentation of theology," making it difficult for the discipline to maintain "its own true identity."
While there is room for a legitimate diversity of theological insights, the Church also needs "a common discourse … to communicate the one message of Christ to the world."
According to the commission members, true Catholic theology "arises from an attentive listening to the Word of God," "situates itself consciously and faithfully in the communion of the Church," and is "orientated to the service of God in the world" through the communication of revealed truth.
Remedies for the "fragmentation" of theology, they suggested, can be found in the Second Vatican Council's official teachings – particularly in "Dei Verbum," its text on the topic of divine revelation.
"The 'study of the sacred page' should be the 'very soul of sacred theology,'" the commission recalled, quoting Vatican II's "core affirmation with regard to theology." Thus, "biblical themes should have first place" for modern theologians, as they did for the early Church Fathers.
Catholic theology can also be judged by its faithfulness to the Church's constant tradition – which includes its forms of prayer and worship, its formulation of creeds, and the moral rule of life which it sets out for its members.
While pursuing deeper insight into revealed truth, Catholic theology "recognizes the teaching authority of ecumenical councils, the ordinary and universal magisterium of the bishops, and the papal magisterium," the theological commission recalled.
Theology, according to the commission, is essentially "a work of reason illuminated by faith," involving both the acceptance of divine revelation and the active engagement of the mind.
The harmony of faith and reason, a key theme of both Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI, is strongly affirmed in the new document's final chapter – which stresses the value of reason, in contrast with postmodern philosophies that devalue it.
"By the use of reason, the believer grasps the profound connections between the different stages in the history of salvation and also between the various mysteries of faith which illuminate one another," the commission observed. "On the other hand, faith stimulates reason itself and stretches its limits."
"Reason is stirred to explore paths which of itself it would not even have suspected it could take. This encounter with the Word of God leaves reason enriched, because it discovers new and unsuspected horizons."
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A developing feature which has been talked about since 2014 may be coming out in the next
Google Glass release. This feature tracks the movements of the user's eyes, letting the user
interact with the screen like using a mouse. What does this mean for the gambling world? For the
first time, gamblers will be able to play any sort of gambling game anytime, anywhere, without
lifting a finger.
As vision scientist Michael Dorr explains, the eye-tracking device can tell what the user is
looking at, and even gets a hint as to how the viewer responds to it. For example, the device can
tell whether the user is trying to select something, or if they're just reading what's on the screen.
The possibilities are virtually limitless. Every gambling game that has ever been put on a
computer can be controlled with this device.
Here's how it works. The game is opened on the Google Glass screen just like any other
computer game. Let's say it's Video Poker. The gambler selects all of the cards they wish to
keep by looking at them and selecting them. The device notices through changes to the gambler's
retina that the card has been selected, and the card is highlighted on the screen. When the
gambler is done, they select the button to receive a new set of cards, and either is awarded or
loses their chips from the bet. The game goes on until the gambler selects a new game or closes
the program.
Meanwhile, the gambler could be doing laundry, sitting on the bus, or doing just about anything.
This new form of gambling allows players access to their favorite games at any time of day, no
matter where they are or what they are up to. For many, this development could be life-changing.
The problem lies within the price tag. So far, only a handful of interested people have purchased
Google Glass because the price is sitting at $1,500 a pair and so far it doesn't do much at all. The
face computer in its full glory can make phone calls, play music, and take notes. Google Glass
users have a greater stigma than Bluetooth users at the turn of the century, and most people could
not afford one even if they wanted to.
When eye tracking comes out, gamblers will finally be able to play any sort of gambling game in
the privacy of their own bus stop. Sound enticing? Time to start saving up. Perhaps a jackpot
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Delicate Plants in a Harsh Environment
It happened at a conference centre in Geneva in the Spring of this year: A Tunisian delegate – a university professor and an activist in an independent NGO – noticed a young man who was constantly taking photos and making tape recordings.
Judging by the man's clothes, the professor took him for an anti-globalisation protestor; but when he asked him what he was up to, the man hissed, "Leave me in peace! I'm just doing my job!" The professor is convinced this was an "oreille du pouvoir" – an agent paid by the state, mingling with the audience.
Systematic infiltration
Anyone keen to find out just how free NGOs are to go about their work in Tunisia will hear many such anecdotes, not all of them as innocuous as the one above. The most serious accusation is that the Tunisian state has created a host of "fake" non-governmental organisations whose sole purpose to combat the real NGOs – and, not least, to deny their legitimacy at international conferences.
Essia Bel Hassen, spokesperson for the Association Tunisienne des Femmes Démocrates, explains: "Officially, there are more than 9,400 NGOs in existence in Tunisia; but, of these, just seven are truly independent." All the others were set up by the authorities, she says, and none of them has any authentic basis.
For this reason, the independent associations and organisations are faced with enormous difficulties in their work; many of them aren't even able to hold their annual general meetings.
Infiltration strategies and systematic interference
What's more, says Bel Hassen, the real NGOs are all confronted with an infiltration strategy implemented by the former "Unity Party", the RCD (which is still practically all-powerful). She tells us that large numbers of agents in the pay of the government attempt to join the genuine NGOs, in order to acquire a majority in their boards of management. Subsequently, they go about the task of "correcting" the course of that NGO in accordance with the wishes of their paymasters.
The Tunisian human-rights organisation LTDH is the oldest in North Africa – and it, too, has been the target of repeated "takeover bids". This strategy, though, is frequently unsuccessful, because the NGOs are aware of the danger and have developed ways of dealing with it.
Yet the Tunisian state also has other means at its disposal when it comes to hindering their work. For one thing, it regularly blocks financial assistance sent to the Tunisian NGOs by international organisations that sympathise with their aims. At the same time, the government also makes it impossible for the NGOs to finance themselves independently by holding gala events or collecting contributions.
When all else fails, the authorities try to cripple any organisation they don't like, by instituting endless legal proceedings against them. Omar Mestiri is a board member of the Conseil National pour les Libertés en Tunisie. He says that the Tunisian state does everything it can to "soak up the resources of the independent NGOs, tie them up in interminable court cases, and hush up the work that they actually manage to do."
The NGOs' creed: In spite of everything
Faced with this grim diagnosis – which is essentially confirmed by everyone we spoke to – it's astonishing that the few truly independent NGOs are still active. The motto appears to be: "We won't let them grind us down!"
LTDH President Trifi says the daily oppression only serves to strengthen people's will to maintain some kind of opposition against this totalitarian system. Others are less optimistic: "Tunisian civil society is in a coma" was the verdict of one person involved in the arts (who, like many others, wished to remain nameless)s.
In Algeria, things are a little better. Certainly, organisations and associations are confronted with many limits on their activities, and they have to accept a whole range of compromises just in order to get their work done. The impression remains, however, that they are not as crudely harassed as in the neighbouring country of Tunisia.
Civil society in an embyonic state
But even in Algeria, the situation is anything but rosy. With few exceptions, says the Algerian journalist Hafida Ameyar, civil society is still in "an embryonic state". To be precise, there are three categories of organisation in Algeria.
Firstly, the so-called "mass organisations" that already existed in the days of single-party rule; for example, the "Union of Algerian Women". These organisations are not truly independent, but instruments deployed by the powers-that-be. In the second category, Ameyar includes associations of cancer sufferers, and groups with similar aims. These function pretty well, often receiving government subsidies, and they can generally depend on being smiled upon by the state.
Not so the third category of organisation: those that insist on maintaining their independence from the apparatus of state power. Ameyar says that these are merely tolerated rather being officially recognised, that they have to struggle against numerous difficulties, and that the state provides them with no financial support.
But in recent years, she tells us, some of these independent organisations have been approached by members of circles close to the government – and "corrupted" by gifts of money, trips abroad, or job offers. As a consequence, they have lost their independence and become "pseudo-NGOs". Hafida Ameyar says they should therefore be included amongst the clientele of the current rulers.
In Morocco, more room for manoeuvre
All observers agree that Morocco is the country in which independent organisations currently enjoy the greatest freedom to go about their work. The Tunisian human-rights activist Sihem Bensedrine and her husband Omar Mestiri have written a new book: "Despoten vor Europas Haustür" (published in German by Verlag Antje Kunstmann, Munich 2005).
They write: "Of all the autocracies in the region, Morocco is the country that permits most room for civil society." Nonetheless, the outer limits of this free space are unambiguously marked by "red lines", which no-one is permitted to cross.
For all that, a range of NGOs now carry considerable weight in Morocco – first and foremost, the women's and Berber organisations. The cultural life of the country is now unthinkable without them, and their voices are increasingly being heard; without the stubborn work of numerous women's organisations, the new laws on women's and family rights could hardly have been passed in late 2003.
One female observer sees this as a sign of a new recognition on the part of the king: that Morocco needs the help of civil society and its organisations if it is ever to deal effectively with its massive problems and its backwardness in many areas. In this way, civil society is forced to shoulder part of the burden, yet strengthened at the same time.
The concept of "citoyen" introduced to Maghreb
The term "citoyen" denotes a citizen who demands his or her rights but is also actively involved in finding solutions to society's problems. For the countries of the Maghreb, this is certainly a new concept, and it will take time before it supplants the picture of the man-in-the-street as a client or a serf. Civil society in North Africa still has a long way to go.
That it should be flourishing best in monarchist Morocco is not without irony; but for many Tunisian NGO activists, the irony is bitter. "We used to be the leaders in North Africa in this area", says LDTH President Trifi. "In the 90s, we helped the Moroccans to form their own human-rights organisations." Today, he says, Tunisia has regressed, and it will take years to recover the lost ground.
In mid-November, the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) takes place in Tunisia. The representatives of Tunisian civil society expect little from it. Now that all attempts to wring some concessions from the regime have failed, the NGOs will have to content themselves with having a platform that's normally denied to them – even if that platform will be available only for a very short time.
Beat Stauffer
© Neue Zürcher Zeitung/Qantara.de 2005
This article was previously published by the Swiss daily Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
Translated from the German by Patrick Lanagan
Defamation of Tunisian Journalist
Smear Campaigns Waged at the Lowest Level
The Tunisian journalist Sihem Bensedrine is fighting against the indescribable methods of the regime of Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, who stops at nothing when it comes to dragging oppositionists through the mud. The Arab and Muslim world is all but indifferent to the situation. By Hamid Skif
Analysis Presidential Elections in Tunisia
Hopes Dashed for Democracy and a Civil Society
The recent presidential elections in Tunisia shed light on the deplorable state of democracy in that country and the regime's all-powerful control apparatus. A post-election report and analysis by Sihem Bensedrine
The Press in the Maghrib
Between a Rock (Censorship) and a Hard Place (Prison)
From Mauritania to Egypt, which borders with the Maghrib, not a day goes by without journalists being harassed because of their work. To mark the International Day of the Freedom of the Press, the Algerian journalist and author Hamid Skif sums up the situation


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Yeah, I feel you Erin. On Sunday I was tapped from kiting at Dillon Beach on Saturday. A lot of adrenaline kiting what felt like the gates of hell. Sunday I managed to roll around on my skateboard powered by 3M but had no interest in pumping up a full size kite.yeah i decided to call in sick from kiting today. Gotta give my body a rest from all the adrenalie.
Its weird now hanging out on a windy day without kiting.


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Looking for an exciting free activity in New Orleans? Well you don't have to look far! A stroll through the beautiful Besthoff Sculpture Garden in City Park is a must during your stay in New Orleans. This free sculpture garden is located just behind the New Orleans Museum of Art in City Park at 1 Collin Diboll Circle, 18 minutes from our New Orleans Bed and Breakfast.
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Dr. Griffith began working at Lipscomb in the fall of 1980. During his time at Lipscomb, Dr. Griffith has served as department chair of the former Health and Physical Education Department, men[apos]s tennis coach, assistant baseball coach (served under Hall of Famer Ken Dugan), cross country coach, and an assistant athletic director. Currently, he splits his time between athletics and academics, serving as Director of Tennis and teaching. Dr. Griffith received the bachelor[apos]s degree from Lipscomb in 1976. He received the Master[apos]s of Science and Doctor of Arts degree from Middle Tennessee State University. Dr. Griffith has coached tennis for 18 of the 24 years he has been at Lipscomb. His current match record stands at 332 - 233. Dr. Griffith has overseen the tennis program during the transition from NAIA membership to NCAA D-1 membership. He was named the NCAA D-1 Independent Men[apos]s Coach of the Year in 2002. Also as tennis coach, two of his teams have participated in the NAIA National Tournament. His teams won three Tennessee Collegiate Athletic Conference championships. He was named TCAC Coach of the Year in 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, and 1990. He stepped down from coaching tennis in 1992 for six years so he could watch his two sons play athletics. Dr. Griffith served as Lipscomb[apos]s cross country coach from 1994 - 1999. Every year that Dr. Griffith was cross country coach, Lipscomb had runners participate in the NAIA National Cross Country meet. In 1997, he was named the TranSouth Conference Cross-Country Coach of the year. Dr. Griffith is a professor in the Kinesiology Department. He teaches courses in Motor Learning, Kinesiology, Mechanics of Movement, and coaching education. He currently maintains memberships in the Intercollegiate Tennis Coaches Association and the United States Professional Tennis Registry. In the past, he has written a regular fitness column for The Sandlotter (publication dealing with local baseball). He is married to the former Dianne Goolsby. They have two sons, Matthew and Cole. The Griffith[apos]s attend the Hillsboro congregation, where he serves as a deacon. The Griffith[apos]s are quite involved in international mission work, particularly in Haiti. Dr. Griffith enjoys strength training, tennis, and racquetball. Besides being a fan of all Lipscomb athletics, Dr. Griffith is an avid fan of the Atlanta Braves, Tennessee Titans, and Nashville Predators.


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I forget when HTS went live. If there was a press statement laying out any specifics on it?
Maybe, just maybe Hasbro will learn a little something about Case Assortments/ratios from the store before it goes under... (one can hope, right? )
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Killswitch Engage Vocalist Jesse Leach Plays 'Would You Rather?'
Killswitch Engage frontman Jesse Leach sat in the hot seat for a game of 'Would You Rather?' before the band took the stage in New York City in promotion of their latest album 'Disarm the Descent.' We had a chance to pick his brain as he answered a bunch of random questions, telling us why he would marry Lemmy Kilmister instead of Ozzy Osbourne, his insight on mosh pits and much more along the way. Check out our game of 'Would You Rather?' with Jesse Leach of Killswitch Engage below:
Would you rather be really late for the show or mess up onstage?
Really late for a show because you can always make it up or play longer. Messing up sucks, man.
Would you rather be in the studio or on tour?
I think on tour because I'm more of a spur of the moment person. Writing in the studio is painful for me sometimes because I really enjoy spontaneity.
Personally, would you rather have unlimited music or unlimited concert tickets?
I think unlimited music because it's the soundtrack to everything. Going to a concert is something I love doing but I find myself enjoying music a lot more [while] doing something I want to do -- riding my bike, going for a drive, going for a walk, that's when I really listen to music. There are times when I'm on tour and I'm not listening to music where I do want quiet but unlimited music for sure.
Would you rather tour with a band you didn't respect or tour with a band that didn't respect you?
[Laughs] I've done both. Shoot I don't know, I guess a band I didn't respect because I think I could handle that pretty well. I'm a pretty nice guy, easy going, I can also be like a ghost. If I want to avoid somebody or something, I'm good at disappearing. [Laughs] That's probably more my strength, get up early in the morning before anyone's up and just disappear.
Would you rather marry Ozzy or Lemmy? Pick your poison.
Easy, Lemmy. He would be so much easier to deal with because he's so laid back. You see him in interviews and I've even seen him on tours; he's got this "doesn't care" attitude. I just feel like Ozzy would be talking and analyzing everything. It would drive me absolutely insane.
Would you rather have lunch with a music icon who has passed or a future music icon no one knows about yet?
An icon who has passed away and that would be [Clash singer-guitarist] Joe Strummer. I've always wanted to meet that man, he's one of my heroes.
Would you rather be an '80s rock band in present day or would you rather be a present day metal band in the '80s? Killswitch Engage in the '80s perhaps?
That wouldn't go over in the '80s would it? I would be an '80s rocker now if I was a successful '80s rocker. [Laughs] Let's say Iron Maiden? They're still amazing.
Would you rather live in a world where people break into song or people break into mosh pits?
Song, I've got a love-hate thing with moshing. I just think that there's an etiquette to it, there's a way to do it. I grew up in the punk and hardcore scene and you take care of each other, there's a whole ethos that goes along with it. I can't stand when I see that violence erupt into fights, it's just the stupidest thing.
You're all there for the same reason, you're all a part of the same community. To me that stuff is a celebration it shouldn't be something that turns to fighting. Moshing at punk shows is so much fun! Go to one, check it out, the energy is much more different. For me I still dance and mosh and when I do it's about release, getting rid of that pent-up aggression, not taking it out on somebody else.
Our thanks to Jesse Leach for playing 'Would You Rather?' with us. Pick up Killswitch Engage's latest album, 'Disarm the Descent,' at iTunes.


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U.S. Equal Employment
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California-Based Firm Refused to Refer Women For Jobs in Tennessee, Federal Agency Charges
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A California-based private employment and recruiting agency, Industrial Labor Management Group, Inc. (ILM), violated federal law by refusing to refer or place qualified female applicants for employment because of their gender, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
According to the EEOC's suit, ILM provided temporary workers for laborer and warehouse positions to a Shelbyville, Tenn., client, Manuli Stretch, a film manufacturer. In response to an advertisement seeking employees to work at Manuli Stretch, Sherry Brewer and other female applicants submitted online resumes and interviewed with an ILM representative. When Brewer later called the ILM office to follow up on her resume and interview, ILM informed her that the position with Manuli Stretch was only for men. Despite having qualified female applicants, ILM never referred any female applicants for employment at Manuli Stretch. Instead, the EEOC said, it only referred male applicants, some of whom did not meet the stated job qualifications.
Gender-based discrimination violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC filed suit, Civil Action No., 3:13-cv-01060, in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville Division, after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process. The suit seeks monetary relief in the form of back pay, compensatory and punitive damages, hiring relief and an injunction against future discrimination.
"Employers simply cannot refuse to hire or refer applicants based upon their gender," said Katharine Kores, district director of the EEOC's Memphis District Office. "Applicants should be evaluated based solely upon their job-related qualifications."
According to its website, www.theilmgroup.com, ILM Group caters to organizations in diverse industries providing candidates for administrative, manufacturing, logistics/warehouse and transportation positions.
Eliminating barriers in recruitment and hiring, especially class-based recruitment and hiring practices that discriminate against racial, ethnic and religious groups, older workers, women and people with disabilities, is one of six national priorities identified by the EEOC's Strategic Enforcement Plan.
The EEOC's Memphis District Office is responsible for processing discrimination charges, administrative enforcement and conducts agency litigation in Arkansas, Tennessee and portions of Mississippi.
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the EEOC is available on its website at www.eeoc.gov.


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- Genealogy books (see my list below).
- Membership in the National Genealogical Society which includes subscriptions to the National Genealogical Society Quarterly and the NGS Magazine.
- Membership in your local or state genealogy society.
- Registration for a national or local genealogy conference.
- Registration for an online genealogy course.
- Genealogy lectures on CD(available from JAMB, Inc.)
- Subscription to a genealogical journal or magazine.
These genealogy books would be on my wish list if they were not already on my shelf:
The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy
Edited by Loretto Dennis Szucs & Sandra Hargreaves Luebking. Provo, Utah: Ancestry, 2006.
The Researcher's Guide to American Genealogy
Val D. Greenwood. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000.
Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace
Elizabeth Shown Mills. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2007.
The Family Tree Problem Solver: Proven Methods for Scaling the Inevitable Brick Wall
Marsha Hoffman Rising. Cincinnati, Ohio: Family Tree Books, 2005.
Professional Genealogy: A Manual for Researchers, Writers, Editors, Lecturers and Librarians
Edited by Elizabeth Shown Mills. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2001.
The BCG Genealogical Standards Manual
The Board for Certification of Genealogists. Orem, Utah: Ancestry, 2000.
Guide to Genealogical Research in the National Archives of the United States
Edited by Anne Bruner Eales and Robert M. Kvasnicka. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2000.
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Use this Canon 10-22mm lens to capture sweeping, panoramic landscapes or big group shots indoors at your next family gathering. We share our impressions in this short video review.
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It's not just you. Green peppers are actually unripe, and--like any under-ripe fruit or veggie--they make many of us gassy. Try switching colors; red, yellow, and orange peppers are fully matured on the vine. Or since the fibrous skin makes all peppers more difficult to digest, just remove it. If you're eating the veggies raw, use a peeler. If cooked, try this method: Roast the peppers in the broiler until the skin blisters, then set on a countertop, cover with foil, and let steam for 5 minutes. The skin will strip off easily.


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The Breitenbush Retreat and Conference Center is a worker-owned cooperative on 154 acres of wildlife sanctuary in the Willamette National Forest of the Oregon Cascades. Even the description is full of beautiful words!
An event is held at this stunning location that we're proud to sponsor: the Breitenbush Herbal Conference, an annual gathering for herbalists, healers, and students. As the Herbal Conference website describes it: "People come from all corners to celebrate and learn from some of the most inspiring teachers in the herbal community. The healing waters and ancient forests of Breitenbush provide an incredible setting for this magical gathering. Workshops, demonstrations, herb walks, and merriment, appeal to all levels of students."
Our herbal expert Tim Blakley has been in attendance as a teacher at this event from the beginning, and happily returned this year to reunite with some of his fellow conference founders. He provided us with the delightful then and now photos below.
The event served as a fundraiser to benefit our friends at United Plant Savers as well. United Plant Savers is a group of plant enthusiasts committed to raising public awareness of the plight of our wild medicinal plants. They are dedicated to protecting these plants through organic cultivation, sustainable agricultural practices, and the replanting of native medicinal species back into their natural habitats. Their membership reflects the diversity of American herbalism and includes wildcrafters, seed collectors, manufacturers, growers, botanists, practitioners, medicine makers, educators and plant lovers from all walks of life.
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Conquer the Trail - How Do I Set Up My Bike Correctly?
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Regardless of whether you already have your own bike or if you've just bought a new one, there are many ways to improve its performance and riding features. Read further to find the best tips for adjusting your bike properly.
When new to the sport, you very quickly find yourself in front of a wall of specific terms, bike slang and technical details. It may not be easy to remember everything at first. However, there are some essentials to know. Additionally, it is a huge benefit if you are able to adjust your bike's basic settings by yourself.
A saddle at the wrong height wastes a lot of energy, a stem that's too long puts the load on the front of the body in sitting position and makes the bike more difficult to control. A handlebar that's too low will make the bike unnecessarily nervous. Unlike a car, bike components such as the fork and shock should be set according to the rider. While a mountain bike can seem so simple at first glance, it becomes a really complex sports engine when it comes to settings. Each one of you should take the opportunity to have a perfectly adjusted bike from the beginning and be present while these settings are being done. Don't forget that bikes need to be checked from time to time, even old ones!
The handlebar and the stem are the bike's control center (cockpit), just like the steering wheel and the column are a cars control center. Begin moving the gear and brake levers inwards so that you can use the brake lever ideally with just one finger or a maximum of two. Once these are properly placed, turn the bar on its axis to find a comfortable position in which your wrists are as straight as possible.
The handlebar should more or less correspond to the width of your shoulders. Bikers with narrow shoulders can possibly shorten their handlebar, while those with wider shoulders should choose one accordingly.
Sitting Position
Professional bikers immediately notice every millimeter that their saddle was moved higher or lower, because they have their specific sitting position almost printed in their DNA. This demonstrates the importance of an optimal combination of height, position and gradient of the saddle. First of all, your seat post should have a quick release. As a result, you can easily lower your saddle before a descent. In addition to this technical detail and before going any further, you will have to adjust your saddle to the correct height. To do this, sit on your bike with your heel (in cycling shoes!) on the pedal placed at its lowest point, but aligned with the seat post (so slightly inclined). Your leg should not be completely tensed. You can mark your optimal saddle height with a line of permanent marker in order to quickly find your correct height after a descent.
The next step is to adjust the horizontal position of the saddle on the seat post. To do this, a second person is needed. Attach a weight to a string and make it hang from your tibial plateau (the bone just below the kneecap) while sitting on your bike. As a general rule, it is assumed that when the foot pedal is clicked in the horizontal position, the string should fall just behind or in line with the axis of the pedal. If the string does not fall correctly, then you have to move your saddle accordingly until the right position is found! A saddle that sits too far forward causes pain in the knees while a saddle that sits too far back overloads the calf muscles.
The gradient of the saddle is the final touch and plays an important role in the comfort of the bike. This setting allows shoving of pressure points while sitting. You can check the angle of your seat with a bubble level. If your saddle points too far down, you will slide forward and there will be too much pressure exerted on the bottom of your palms. On the other hand, if your saddle points too far up, it can cause uncomfortable pressure in the crotch. Some bikers ride with a slightly downwardly inclined seat, but normally it is better to have it perfectly horizontal for best allocation of your body weight. Although in the end it is up to the individual to decide!
Fork Settings
Currently, the most used forks on the bike scene are produced by FOX and Rock Shox. Air and oil suspensions have replaced metal springs, which means that you can adjust the stiffness of the fork by adjusting the air pressure with a small pump and you can set the damping (compression and rebound) by rotating a knob.
On FOX forks, attach your shock pump to the valve placed on the left of the crown. Normally, you should pump the equivalent of your own weight in PSI (you will find this unit on all pumps). Sometimes, a little less is enough for a very comfortable setting. Rebound can be adjusted using the red knob under the right tube. When rotating it inwards, the rebound gets slower. From a fully open position, turn the knob 1 to 3 times. This should suit most trails.
On Rock Shox forks, you will find a weight/air pressure chart printed on the tube - a small detail that facilitates settings. These forks have a negative chamber in the lower part of the tube and a positive chamber in the upper part which must be adjusted accordingly. The chart defines a scale of settings for each of them but in general, we just choose the smaller value. Just as for FOX, the rebound knob is underneath the right tube. Once these settings are done, there is not much left to adjust. From this point we use a Lockout system to completely block the fork when pedaling uphill on asphalt.
Shock Settings
Most air shock models are produced by FOX and are set in the same way as forks. You adjust stiffness with a shock pump and rebound with a knob (usually red, as on the forks). However, we barely find any recommendations about air pressure on the bikes. So you just have to try and get the right feel. From here on, you have to add an important new technical word to your bike vocabulary: sag. According to your rear triangle system, you will need a sag of between 20 and 30 percent of the piston length. To check this, shove the rubber O-ring to the very end of the shock shaft. Then, sit on your saddle and see how far the shock travels supporting only your body weight. The distance from the shock shaft to the edge of the rubber O-ring is the sag. However, for an accurate setting, it is better to get advice from your local dealer or from an expert. Do not forget that only an optimally adjusted fully will make for the most fun!
Same as with the fork, the rebound is set according to individual preferences. From a fully open position, 2-3 knob turns are usually enough. Caution: you must proceed in a systematic way! This means, you have to screw the knobs one after the other and not all at the same time. Eventually, you can do the following check: sit on your bike and ride down a sidewalk, still sitting on your saddle. Your shock should normally bounce one and a half times. If this is the case, then the setting is correct.
Some models have a shock Lockout or Platform system, which you can activate with a small lever. When flapping it down, the rear triangle either becomes completely stiff (Lockout) or resistant without being completely blocked (Platform). This setting is intended to facilitate uphill pedaling and avoid annoying seesaws. Currently, some manufacturers (eg. Rock Shox or SCOTT) enable you to block the shock with a small lever placed on the handlebar. The big advantage of this system is that you no longer need to remove your hand from the bars while riding.
To use these functions correctly and optimally, you should definitely spend some time trying different settings, learn to read the terrain in which you ride and develop a certain feeling to determine which setting you need. Practice makes perfect!
If you go on a bike tour with a big backpack, it is better to set your fork and shock accordingly (i.e. stiffer) or determine the sag once you're all geared up.
Tire Pressure and Choice
There is no bike part that is less considered than tires. Yet, tires have the greatest influence on riding behavior, rolling resistance and safety. You can read the width of a tire– always measured in inches – on the tire's edge. The narrower the tire, the less comfortable and more likely they are to puncture. Lightweight women obviously do not need 2.4 inch monsters, but there is nothing to say against a fair 2.25 inch pair. Note: tires under 2 inches should no longer be considered as mountain bike tires. With regards to the tire pressure, you should not go beyond 2 bars. Only bikers over 80 kilos need that much pressure, or even more. Men usually inflate their tires with more air pressure than required as this setting depends on their own body weight. The lighter you are, the lower your tire pressure should be. The minimum pressure recommended by the manufacturer is always written on the edge of the tire. Concerning tire choice, you should not only take into account a low rolling resistance but you should also pay attention to the transfer of braking forces on the ground. Your local store will give you best advice if you tell them where you intend to ride.
For or Against Weight Tuning?
You probably think that tuning is a guy's thing, a world apart for real bike freaks. Well, let me tell you that for women, weight tuning makes the most sense. Light rider, light bike. The load that a lightweight rider transfers on her bike and its components is much lower than that exerted by a hefty man. What does this mean in practice? You can push many of your bike components to their weight limits: light tubes, rims with less spokes, fine carcass tires, an ultra-light cockpit and carbon parts everywhere.
Tip: Fear Not Carbon
Lately, carbon fiber has been popping up everywhere. More and more often being used as a building material for frames, you can also find it for handlebars, stems and seat posts. Carbon is light and stiff at the same time, and it has proven its stability in many large-scale tests - provided that the parts have been properly manufactured. In practice, carbon shows a small disadvantage during transport. One shouldn't transport a carbon bike on a classic bike-rack as the bike tubes do not really appreciate being tightened. Therefore, we recommend to transport your bike in the car rather than on the roof.
Now you just have to enjoy your new perfectly set bike!
Karen Eller
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Are his personal problems too overwhelming?
Dear Meredith,
My boyfriend of six months and I have a dilemma. Let's start with the basics. I am caring, understanding, and accepting. I look at him and see a man who absolutely adores me, and our relationship is honest, true, and full of acceptance. Here's the catch -- I found out that he has a slew of problems. On paper, he is a mess. He has had addictions to drugs and alcohol and suffers from depression and schizophrenia. He is 26.
I know ... it sounds horrible and you're probably questioning my sanity for staying in a relationship with him.
The thing is, I see him for the man he is. He has a gentle soul and can always make me smile and laugh. My friends say that we glow every time we are together. We are exceptionally close and he has treated me a million times better than my previous boyfriend who was highly intelligent, motivated, and had a great job -- and looked exceptional on paper.
My boyfriend's family doesn't approve of our relationship because they feel that he isn't healthy enough for a serious partnership. When I say serious, I mean in a relationship, period. We do not live together or have any plans to move in or talk about a future. Still, they've asked me to stop seeing him. I am at a crossroads because I know that he has serious issues, but I also know that we make each other happy.
Am I wrong to stay in a relationship with him? Should I end it because his family thinks he isn't healthy enough for a relationship? What about the good that I do for him? The acceptance, appreciation, understanding, and love that give him gives him something to smile about? But maybe I'm not being honest with myself.
– Love hurts...Am I wrong?, Massachusetts
I can't make guesses about boyfriend's metal health, LHAIW. But I bet your guy's doctors can give you some answers. If your boyfriend is treating his mental illness, he's seeing a professional. And that professional can chat with you and your boyfriend (with your boyfriend's permission, of course) about what all of this means and whether it's safe and appropriate to pursue a serious, romantic relationship.
This decision requires fact-finding and soul-searching and it might be exhausting. So ... are you up for it? At six months, with no promise of a future together, are you ready to take on the risks and responsibilities that come with this relationship? Because that's the real question. Is it worth your while, even in the best of circumstances? Only you can answer that one. I haven't seen the "glow."
Go find out what all of this really means and then be honest with yourself about what you need to be happy. Right now, you don't have enough information and I fear that you're not asking enough of the right questions. Go get educated.
Readers? Are there too many obstacles here? What about his family? At six months, is this relationship worth preserving? Discuss.
– Meredith


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It is only fitting that the first gold medal in Matrix history went to a Matrix Division II team. One of the key tenets of "The Matrix Way" is that we strongly support our Division II teams with excellent coaches and club support. In fact, both our 6th Grade Division II teams medaled and we were just 4 points away from an all-Matrix final!
Coach Buckley's team has an excellent history with the Matrix, going back to when they were in 4th Grade and the defeated five Division I teams that season. They won the bronze medal as 5th Graders in Districts last season.
The team will be attending Divison II Nationals in Kingsport, TN from July 3-8. Click here for a detailed write-up on the 2017 Green team undefeated run to gold in the DQT on the 2017 Green homepage. Go Matrix!!!!!
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spectrum: Continuous and Line Spectra
Dispersion, the separation of visible light into a spectrum, may be accomplished by means of a prism or a diffraction grating. Each different wavelength or frequency of visible light corresponds to a different color , so that the spectrum appears as a band of colors ranging from violet at the short-wavelength (high-frequency) end of the spectrum through indigo, blue, green, yellow, and orange, to red at the long-wavelength (low-frequency) end of the spectrum. In addition to visible light, other types of electromagnetic radiation may be spread into a spectrum according to frequency or wavelength.
The spectrum formed from white light contains all colors, or frequencies, and is known as a continuous spectrum. Continuous spectra are produced by all incandescent solids and liquids and by gases under high pressure. A gas under low pressure does not produce a continuous spectrum but instead produces a line spectrum, i.e., one composed of individual lines at specific frequencies characteristic of the gas, rather than a continuous band of all frequencies. If the gas is made incandescent by heat or an electric discharge, the resulting spectrum is a bright-line, or emission, spectrum, consisting of a series of bright lines against a dark background. A dark-line, or absorption, spectrum is the reverse of a bright-line spectrum; it is produced when white light containing all frequencies passes through a gas not hot enough to be incandescent. It consists of a series of dark lines superimposed on a continuous spectrum, each line corresponding to a frequency where a bright line would appear if the gas were incandescent. The Fraunhofer lines appearing in the spectrum of the sun are an example of a dark-line spectrum; they are caused by the absorption of certain frequencies of light by the cooler, outer layers of the solar atmosphere. Line spectra of either type are useful in chemical analysis, since they reveal the presence of particular elements. The instrument used for studying line spectra is the spectroscope .
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Ag Stamper Takes Control of Part Flatness
|GMP operates 70 stamping presses to produce a variety of Ag parts, from precise and close-tolerance transmission parts to large deep-drawn parts formed on this 1500-ton transfer press.
For 20 years, GMP has specialized in the stamping of transmission separator plates and brake and clutch plates for the Ag industry, and continues to invest in new metalforming technology and fine-tune its processes to improve quality, productivity, and—of course—reduce costs for its customers.
"We've gone through a crash course to become more organized, install 5S practices, upgrade our building and equipment, and institute Six Sigma training," says GMP engineering manager Bob Mallmann, "including executive-level training and blackbelt training for a few people. And, with the addition of new press controls on a few of our presses, a focus on quick-die-change practices and other improvements, we've been able to exceed customer expectations for quality and delivery, while meeting cost-reduction targets."
Straight Edges, Flat Surfaces
GMP processes some 700 part numbers just for its Ag business, many of the part numbers comprising transmission separator plates of varying different sizes and designs. Its use of EDI to communicate is critical to successful production planning, says Mallmann, to keep up with order changes.
"We receive changes every day," he says, "and a major download weekly. We use that information for order entry and feed the orders through our ERP system (TCM, from WorkWise, Inc., Milwaukee, WI) to initiate raw-material planning and production scheduling."
Transmission separator plates are of a modified Type 1035 steel (Rc 20-28 hardness), 0.068-in. thick and typically 10- to 20-in. dia., although the firm does stamp a much smaller plate—5-in. dia. —that it ships to an assembly plant in China.
"The customer can't purchase steel in China to the level of quality we can here," says Mallmann. "So, our customer assembling the transmissions in China purchases stamped parts from us here in St. Louis."
"In most cases, we use compound dies for this product line to gain optimum control over flatness," says Mallmann, "since the die cuts all of the surfaces in one stroke. But we still have to run the stampings through secondary processes. The tangs on the outside edge of the separator plates are specified with critical edge conditions, requiring a secondary shaving operation to straighten the edges. Then we feed the parts through a rotary deburring operation and into a series of levelers (straighteners from Bruderer) to attain the required flatness in two directions."
The compound die employs an upper punch that cuts the plate OD and also acts as the die to knock out the center hole of the blank. A punch below the stamping works the ID. GMP stocks 40 different dies for the plates in various styles and sizes, and changes dies an average of two times per shift; the press runs at 20 to 25 strokes/min.
QDC, Through Training
Within the last two years, the firm has focused on implementing quick-die-change processes, including standardizing on die sets, employing self-locating plates, and staging dies closer to the presses. Die changes that once averaged 4 hr. now occur in 30 min. or less.
"The key to making such a significant improvement was implementing the die-set training course produced by the Precision Metalforming Association (PMA)," shares Mallmann. "We trained all of our press operators using that course a couple of years ago, and it proved to be a real eye-opener. We are an old company that historically used a lot of old and accepted methods, and the PMA system did a great job of getting everyone to think of s to improve the processes, and to do it together, uniformly throughout the plant."
Also yielding a significant improvement in productivity has been the plant's recent addition of a new die-protection system (with a Link Systems' OmniLink II control) on its 500-ton Minster press. Installed early in 2008, the system features a vacuum sensor that detects a stamped part being gripped by the top tool.
"With a lot of the compound dies, the challenge is getting the part out, and we use suction to hold the part up until just the right moment when it can be dropped out of the die and onto a mechanical slide conveyor," says Mallman. "If we lose suction at the wrong time, the part can remain in the die set and cause a crash. Adding the vacuum sensor to the press so that it can connect to each die set, and tying it to the OmniLink II controller, allows us to protect every die that runs on that press with one sensor. When the die picks up the part, the sensor looks for a vacuum generated, and communicates to the controller to indicate whether or not the part is present.
Stamping Big Parts Better than Fabricating
Helping customers meet cost-down goals from year to year has GMP working more often than ever on collaborative engineering projects with its customers. Some of the results of these programs, described by Mallmann, include modifying stamping tools to reduce blank size, and combining operations in its dies to eliminate secondary operations. The firm also has invested recently in two laser-cutting machines to allow it to perform laser blanking for relatively low-volume parts—2000 to 5000 per year—rather than suffer the expense of building a blanking die.
Mallmann describes one significant collaborative project in which GMP converted a fabricated door assembly for a skid steer into a set of stamped components that now are robotically welded on the GMP production floor. "One robot in the assembly and welding cell acts as a material handler, holding and manipulating the parts—including the heavy, 173-lb. drawn shell, of 6-mm-thick cold-rolled steel—while a second robot performs the welding operation," he says.
Redesigning the assembly with stampings—a drawn shell for the door skin, produced on the firm's 1500-ton tandem presses, and several stamped brackets—rather than fabricating the parts provides dramatically improved dimensional repeatability. "The dimensional stability achieved by deep drawing the door skin allows us to employ robotic arc welding for assembly," says Mallmann. "We began working on this project with our customer fours years ago, and it's now been production since 2008. The appearance of the door is improved, and we deliver the door as one piece to the assembly line rather than two separate fabricated pieces, simplifying the assembly process for our customer." MF
See also: Nidec Press & Automation, Bruderer Machinery, Inc., Link Systems
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Due to His creation's perfection and superior nature, Allah sustains the life of all creatures, every one of which submits to His supreme intelligence, endless compassion, and mercy. He has given them everything they need to survive in their close proximity, as another indication of His mercy. The Lord is "All-Gentle, Most Merciful" (Surat al-Baqara, 143) towards His creatures:
Do you not see that Allah has made everything on Earth subservient to you, and the ships running upon the sea, by His command? He holds back the heaven, preventing it from falling to Earth – except by His permission. Allah is All-Compassionate to humanity, Most Merciful. (Surat al-Hajj, 65)
He sends down Clear Signs to His servant to bring you out of the darkness to the light. Allah is All-Gentle with you, Most Merciful. (Surat al-Hadid, 9)
The name All-Merciful and Most Merciful has a broad and deep meaning which subsumes numerous names of our Lord mentioned in the Qur'an. For example, He is protective and forgiving in His endless mercy toward human beings and grants them incomparable blessings throughout their lives. Through His abundant grace, He provides physical and spiritual blessings; forgives their errors, accepts their repentance, protects them, covers their sin, and guides them on the straight path.
From the moment of birth, each person can survive only with Allah's mercy, protection, and help. For example, disasters such as earthquakes, floods, tornatoes, and volcanic eruptions happen all over the world every single minute. In fact such events can happen anywhere at any chosen time. And anyone can fall sick or experience material hardship. And there is a very basic fact that should never be forgotten in the face of such events; no matter how hard people may try, they cannot avoid any of these calamities, and no one can help them for they are all sent by Allah, and only Allah can remove them, for He, as the All-Merciful, is a person's sole protector and helper. Allah, if He wishes so, rescues people from every kind of trouble and calamity and also if He wishes so makes them face all kinds of difficulties.
Say: "Who rescues you from the darkness of the land and sea? You call on Him humbly and secretly: 'If You rescue us from this, we will truly be among the thankful.' " Say: "Allah rescues you from it, and from every plight. Then you associate others with Him." (Surat al-An'am, 63-64)
He [Noah's son] said: "I will take refuge on a mountain; It will protect me from the flood." He [Noah] said: "There is no protection from Allah's command today, except for those upon whom He has mercy." (Surah Hud, 43)
As for those who show disdain and grow arrogant, He will punish them with a painful punishment. They will not find any protector or helper for themselves besides Allah. (Surat an-Nisa, 173)
We can see from these verses that only Allah, out of His endless compassion, removes people's anxieties and protects them from disaster. Knowing this, believers take refuge in His endless mercy when confronted with sickness, anxiety, and difficulty, for He provides material and spiritual abundance in this world to those who sincerely believe in and obey Him. He makes a way for them out of their difficulties and removes their anxiety:
Is there anyone who will make Allah a generous loan so that He can multiply it for him [or her] many times over? Allah both restricts and expands. And you will be returned to Him. (Surat al-Baqara, 245)
Your Lord expands and restricts the provision of anyone He wills. He is aware of and sees His servants. (Surat al-Isra, 30)
Being eternal goodness, Allah is good to human beings throughout their lives and gives them things of incomparable goodness and beauty: "Beforehand we certainly used to call on Him because He is the All-Good, the Most Merciful" (Surat at-Tur, 28). Everything that exists comes from Him; all beauty and every fine blessing manifest His intelligence. Like all other beings, each person comes into this world, through His will, as a piece of flesh in its mother's womb, grows and gradually develops a beautiful face, and reflects His wondrous artistry in every detail:
O man! What has deluded you in respect of your Noble Lord? He Who created you and formed you and proportioned you and assembled you in whatever way He willed. (Surat al-Infitar, 6-8)
Recite: In the Name of your Lord Who created, created humanity from clots of blood. Recite: And your Lord is the Most Generous, He Who taught by the pen, taught humanity what it did not know. No indeed! Truly humanity is unbridled, seeing itself as self-sufficient. Truly it is to your Lord that you will return. (Surat al-Alaq, 1-8)
In His endless grace, He has given countless blessings to humanity and, in return, expects them to serve Him. Those who turn to Him have sincere belief, serve Him with all their heart in submission, and worship Him with full sincerity. They will receive a great reward in the Afterlife in return for this virtuous behavior, for His kindness is everlasting:
He has given you everything for which you have asked Him. If you tried to number Allah's blessings, you could never count them. Humanity is indeed wrongdoing, ungrateful. (Surah Ibrahim, 34)2010-02-24 21:25:28


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The Strong encourages queries from individuals and organizations that have toys, games, dolls, or other play-related materials that merit a permanent home where they can help inform future generations. To inquire about donating play-related objects and other materials, please contact one of the following individuals:
Toys, Dolls, and Games Collections
Victoria Gray
Collections Manager, The Strong
Video and Other Electronic Games Collections
Jon-Paul C. Dyson
Director, International Center for the History of Electronic Games
Library and Archival Materials
Beth Merkle
Director of Libraries
Frequently Asked Questions About Donating Materials
The Strong welcomes donations that advance the museum's mission to collect, preserve, exhibit, and research objects, publications, personal papers, business records, advertising and other promotional materials, photographs, and other items that illustrate and document the role of play in learning and human development and the ways in which it illuminates cultural history, particularly but not exclusively, in America.
Is The Strong actively collecting additional toys, games, dolls, and other play-related materials?
Yes. The Strong is actively seeking and acquiring additional examples of play-related materials.
What types of objects are of interest to The Strong?
From individual items to comprehensive collections, The Strong seeks a broad range of materials. The museum's definition of play includes adult hobbies and leisure activities as well as the types of play most frequently associated with children. The museum's collections reflect play from past centuries to modern times. Materials of particular interest include toys, games, video games and their platforms, handheld game systems, toys that combine digital and traditional play, dolls, sports equipment, souvenirs, amateur crafts, and holiday decorations.
Artifacts accompanied by stories that show how donors used them are especially important. Personal photographs and videos of people at play are also desired for documenting play.
What types of library and archival materials are of interest to The Strong?
From individual items to comprehensive collections, The Strong is interested in a broad range of play-related materials for its library and archives. Of primary interest are the records of toy and board and electronic game designers, inventors, and companies; marketing, advertising, packaging, and other promotional and informational materials about toys and games; trade publications of the toy, game, and electronic game industries; personal and professional papers and publications of play scholars; primary and secondary publications that document the history of play; and published and unpublished works written by dedicated collectors of toys and games.
Must donated materials be in mint condition?
Items or collections offered to the museum should be complete (not missing significant parts) and in stable condition, but they do not have to be mint-in-box or look the way they did when new. It is not necessary to clean objects prior to offering them to The Strong. Curatorial and conservation staff members examine each artifact to assure that its condition will allow it to be preserved for future exhibition, research, and educational needs.
Should I organize my collection before offering it to The Strong?
It is not necessary to organize a collection prior to offering it to The Strong. Staff from the museum's Collections Team will organize the materials after they arrive.
What happens when the museum considers a donation?
The museum considers each potential acquisition carefully. Individual curators evaluate each item or collection to make sure it supports the museum's mission and does not duplicate objects already in the collections. When items or groups of items appear to fit those criteria, the curator responsible for the initial review presents a written justification for acquisition to The Strong's Acquisitions Team. If that group agrees with the curator, a Deed of Gift form is prepared for the donor.
What is a Deed of Gift?
A Deed of Gift is a formal document that transfers legal ownership of the donated item(s) to The Strong. Provisions within the document allow donors to choose how they want their donation acknowledged, to define or assign intellectual property rights, and to specify preferences for research access.
What are the financial implications of a donation?
The Internal Revenue Service has determined that The Strong qualifies as a 501(c)(3) organization. In keeping with professional standards and accreditation requirements of the American Alliance of Museums, The Strong does not appraise items offered for donation. Donors are encouraged to seek the advice of counsel before claiming deductions for the purpose of computing income and heritance taxes under state and federal laws.
How are donations displayed?
Only a small percentage of the museum's collections can be shown in its exhibits and displays at any one time. However, donations are shared with a worldwide audience by way of the museum's online collections database and the online catalog of The Strong's Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play. Both serve as a resource for curators and outside researchers.
Can I get to my materials again after I donate them?
Yes, you are welcome to make an appointment with the museum's staff to provide you access to items not on display.
Toys, Dolls, and Games Collections
Victoria Gray
Collections Manager, The Strong
Video and Other Electronic Games Collections
Jon-Paul C. Dyson
Director, International Center for the History of Electronic Games
Library and Archival Materials
Beth Merkle
Director of Libraries
Make a Monetary Gift
Individuals and corporations interested in making a financial contribution in support of artifact conservation and care should contact institutional advancement, at 585-410-6346 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Donations may also be made online or mailed to Institutional Advancement, The Strong, One Manhattan Square, Rochester, NY 14607.


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Given Apple's protective nature, the likelihood this Steve Jobs homage-of-an-action-figure will ever be released, but, is it worth $99 to roll the dice to own it?
It's a 12-inch, highly detailed action figure -- replete with two sets of eyeglasses and a backdrop that reads "ONE MORE THING." Looking at the product shots, it's a dedicated effort to show Steve Jobs in the most positive, energetic and creative light possible -- albeit, the uncanny valley factor is rather high, given the amount of detail.
By comparison, prior efforts to release a Jobs action figure were met with a cease-and-desist, and it was more of a bobblehead. This one is more of a realistic mini-Steve, so there may be a next-level legal order for such exactitude.
U.S. & World
What's in the box? Actually, what's the box, itself? It's an almost perfect replica of the Jobs biography that is no doubt on more shelves than we know, thanks to digital piracy.
Here are some features:
* One highly articulated body & three pair of hands
* One black turtleneck & one pair of blue jeans
* Two apples (one with a bite)
Drew Olanoff, of The Next Web, says he may well roll the dice and order one of these, mostly because In Icons (the manufacturer) pledges a refund if the doll sells out (read: is nixed).
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'New Age' or Relaxation Music, like all music intended as a background ambience, can elicit very mixed responses from different people. Whilst some find the neutrality of the synthesized sounds relaxing (rather like a blank canvas), others have commented that they find it repetitive and overly artificial. Well crafted music should allow the person meditating, performing yoga or experiencing a holistic therapy to mentally 'switch off' from internal thoughts and external stimuli. It also serves the purpose of masking intrusive noises, such as outside traffic and conversations which may be occurring nearby and the presence of music may help the client feel that they don't need to make conversation with the practitioner to alleviate the silence. Ideally slow, without too many changes of tempo, relaxation music should create a backdrop to aid calming and allow the client to focus on any treatment they are receiving.
Often though, this seemingly neutral music can cause consternation in the listener. The seemingly slow 'swirl' of the synthesized keyboard textures is not everyone's cup of tea. The use of birdsong, waterfalls, rainfall as well as the sound of dolphins, whales and other creatures can be distracting rather than relaxing. Sampled indigenous sounds (such as didgeridoos or chanting) may be greatly enjoyed by many but can occasionally alienate people who are not immersed in a New Age philosophy. So, as all our tastes are different, whilst New Age music is ultimately designed to have a relaxing influence, for some it can have the opposite effect or even provoke scorn. A friend who works as a massage practitioner commented that for the majority people who are simply coming along for a treatment on tense shoulders or a sports injury, she usually selects albums of quiet classical guitar or harp music as these are tasteful and calming without any unfamiliar or artificial noises.
This was something I reflected on whilst writing the album 'Music for Healing, Relaxation and Massage'. The music was always going to be written with real instruments replacing the more usual synthesizers, I wanted to make sure that it was an album that could be played and enjoyed by most people, without a practitioner or clients being distracted by anything unfamiliar. The instrumentation included violins, violas, cellos, flutes, oboes and cor anglais. As the music was composed with orchestral instruments in mind (and not on a keyboard transcribed electronically), each melodic line was written to have complete independence from all the others – this is a hallmark of classical music in general. If you were to highlight and listen to one instrument, its melody would make perfect sense on its own. The music also had to effectively hold the listener in a suspended state of relaxation without using minor chords, changes in tempo, original melody – as all of these usual compositional techniques could be too distracting for a client receiving healing. The important thing was to avoid writing anything that was too memorable – again, this is the opposite of what a composer or string arranger would usually do. I was advised that if a client came out of a therapy humming a catchy tune, they may not have been able to fully relax into the treatment. Writing in this new genre was a challenge, yet an opportunity to try and create a certain mood or atmosphere, where the music contributes to the effect of the healing session without dominating in any way.
Another challenge was to write twelve tracks (each of almost exactly five minutes in length), each of which had a slightly different mood, but which merged one into another seamlessly. So, it would be as if each track had a subtly different shade of colour, without this being too jarring on the senses. The beginning of the album was to represent the beginning of a treatment, with the patient gradually acclimatizing to a deeper state of relaxation, therefore the music had to reflect this by becoming more ethereal and thinly scored as the treatment progressed, being at its most sparse and minimal in the three central tracks. After this, the album gradually comes back down to earth and becomes more 'grounded' at the end of the healing session, with a final 'reprise' as a gentle signal that the hour is drawing to its close. The last track is a continuation and variation of the opening track, so this signals the end and prepares the listener for the return to the everyday world.
Although when I first started this project, I hadn't really considered writing like this, what I gained from the project was the ability to compose in a totally new style of music – one that enables the listener to be in the moment with a sense of stillness. I had to curb any natural temptation to write interesting harmonies, counter melodies, rhythmical changes and powerful orchestration as these can be too stirring on the emotions. Feedback from several sources (including our local chiropractor) was that the music was very different from anything else she played in her clinic and that lots of her clients had remarked on how using a real orchestra was a breath of fresh air. Some people have suggested that stringed instruments might have a healing effect in their own right, with natural vibrations emanating from the harmonies and the input of human beings actually performing music on real instruments makes it sound…well, real!


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Calls for interpreters with troops to be protected
The future of Afghans working with Australian troops under review.
Source: 7.30 Queensland | Duration: 7min 2sec
Topics: defence-and-national-security, afghanistan
JESSICA van VONDEREN: One of our reporters had the unique opportunity to be embedded with the Australian Defence Forces in Afghanistan earlier this year. While in the country Kathy McLeish was approached by an interpreter working for Australian troops. The man claimed his role with the coalition was endangering his life. Refugee advocates have long argued that interpreters in Afghanistan should be offered special visas as is the case with interpreters working for the USA and Canada. For a long time these calls were ignored. But this week the ADF confirmed the issue was under active consideration as part of transition planning by the Australian Government.
KATHY McLEISH: Coalition forces in Afghanistan recognise their work is not possible without interpreters like this man. He doesn't want to be identified, because some Afghanis equate service with the coalition as akin to helping the enemy.
AFGHAN INTERPRETER: I sent a message to please please take me out of this country because my life is in danger even my two brothers who have finished the English course and still they want to go again so I told them that don't go as interpreter because tomorrow your job life will be same like me. So yes I sent a request to the officers and foreign that please take me out from Afghanistan.
KATHY McLEISH: He was attacked in his own village.
AFGHAN INTERPRETER: Two cover me and one hit me with a knife in my eye so after that I lost my eye and about one and a half month I was completely gone so still I'm alive thanks to Allah that I'm alive.
KATHY McLEISH: And is in no doubt his work as an interpreter was behind it.
AFGHAN INTERPRETER: I really need the help still I'm hiding myself when I walk around in my village I'm just hiding myself because they say, oh this guy is working with them so he has learned everything from them so this I am just hiding myself still until I am helped.
KATHY McLEISH: The Coalition Forces including Australians on the ground say interpreters are a vital link.
COLONEL BEN JAMES, DEPUTY COMMANDER, COMBINED TASKFORCE Uruzgan: They are critical we just simply could not do our job here without the 200 or so interpreters we have here supporting us across the battle space. They do a great job everyday enabling our communications with our Afghan partners to get on with the job at hand and of course that means them sharing the same risks the same dangers that our soldiers are exposed to as well so they really are a very critical enabler.
KATHY McLEISH: Here an interpreter is on duty with Australians training Afghan National Army soldiers.
KATHY McLEISH: The United States and Canada have policies for providing asylum to interpreters who are at risk. In Australia refugee advocates fear the Australian Government is not doing enough to keep Afghan interpreters safe. Phil Glendenning is the Director of the Edmund Rice centre and recently returned from Afghanistan.
PHIL GLENDENNING, DIRECTOR, EDMUND RICE CENTRE: And these people are at grave grave risk. One of the things that attracts persecution in Afghanistan is those who are perceived to have been supportive or sympathetic or in collaboration with the western forces that have been involved in the war.
KATHY McLEISH: Last year the United Nations Refugee Agency warned that the Taliban had ordered its supporters to "capture and kill any Afghan who is supporting or working for Coalition forces". It also it feared for coalition supporters such as Afghan interpreters. Australia's Refugee Review Tribunal made a similar finding that persons or relatives of persons perceived to be supportive of the Government of Afghanistan and/or international military forces were targeted and killed.
KATHY McLEISH: Recently NATO released this video of a mission to track down suspects over the kidnap and murder of an Afghan interpreter.
"We got the report that an interpreter was kidnapped."
ANGUS FRANCIS, REFUGEE 7 IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICE: With the future withdrawal of troops I think that's only going to increase. So you're going to see increased targeting of people who have been working with our troops or agencies. And it won't just be interpreters it could be people who are working with Aid Agencies, who are working with other groups who are associated with Western forces in Afghanistan.
KATHY McLEISH: Angus Francis is the Principal Solicitor for the Refugee and Immigration Legal Service. He's represented interpreters who, having made their way to Australia were able to make a strong case for 'humanitarian' protection visas. But he says for others the situation is dire.
ANGUS FRANCIS: So with interpreters in Afghanistan at the moment, the question for them is how do they get protection in Australia if we owe them that obligation for their involvement with our troops. How do they should get access to that protection?
KATHY McLEISH: Only refugees can legally apply for asylum. That means those who feel their lives are at risk must leave the country before they can apply to Australian immigration.
ANGUS FRANCIS: My understanding at the moment is that the Department is saying to people in that situation, like interpreters in Afghanistan who have been working with our troops, go to Pakistan apply for an offshore humanitarian visa you'll then be put in the queue along with the other 800,000 Hazara refugees in Afghanistan. So is that how we want to treat people who have been you know working alongside and servicing our agencies and troops in Afghanistan?
KATHY McLEISH: In 2008 Australia issued more than 500 humanitarians visas to Iraqi interpreters and their families. Angus Francis says as a result of that decision, the legal framework exists to grant such visas in Afghanistan.
ANGUS FRANCIS: It only requires the Minister for Immigration to certify that a certain class of people fall within the policy. So if that is Afghani interpreters and other people involved with our troops who have been offering assistance to our troops and other Agencies in Afghanistan then that can be done tomorrow. There is nothing that needs to be done to the Migration Act or regulations, it's already there. It's just a matter of political will really.
(KATHY McLEISH SPEAKS WITH ANGUS FRANCIS)
KATHY McLEISH: A stroke of the policy pen?
ANGUS FRANCIS: That's right.


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