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A Brief History of The Army Corps and the L.A. RiverPost date:
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Mayor and U.S. Army Corps Announce Milestone For L.A. RiverPost date:
A $1.3 billion plan to restore a portion of the Los Angeles River continues to clear hurdles as it makes it way to Congress for final approval.
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Rising Seas And The Delta Part 2: Disaster LoomsPost date:
As sea levels rise, the scale of the resulting changes coming to the Delta are truly staggering.
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Do you or someone you know have stories or photos about your experiences along the river, especially during the time before its channelization?
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A project to widen Highway 1 has prompted a lawsuit from conservationists, who say the project would harm local endangered species.
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How did engineers transform a notorious surf spot known as "Killer Dana" into a place fit for kayaks, paddleboards, and Bermuda sloops?
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Communities in the northeast have their eyes trained on a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project that aims to restore the Arroyo Seco.
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Remaking the Los Angeles landscape balances risks and benefits.
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Say it like you mean it
When a lector shares the Word of God passionately, even if not perfectly, it can inspire Catholics in the pews to explore scripture as well.
My introduction to being a lector came through the invitation of another parish minister—not the pastor or another lector but the choir director. She encouraged me to minister at the lectern rather than in the choir loft. People familiar with my singing suggested that her discernment spared the whole parish.
The role of lector seemed to suit me, and I was encouraged by comments of fellow parishioners. Several years passed without incident. But my turn as lector one Sunday a half dozen years ago stands out because that morning I messed up the reading. Somehow I momentarily lost my place after glancing at the assembly, and I skipped a whole paragraph of the text. When I realized my mistake, I apologized to the assembly, returned to the correct place, and completed the reading uneventfully.
To my surprise, my lapse convinced one listener to volunteer as a lector. As he explained to our parish administrator, he had appreciated hearing me read other times but was sure he could never do that himself. My faux pas, however, gave him courage. He saw that it wasn't a disaster and realized he could probably handle that himself. It was a modest taste of what St. Paul discovered: God's power works just fine when we are at our weakest. We can't take ourselves too seriously or measure success by how we feel.
The role of lector, however, does deserve to be taken seriously. It stands to reason that if the church "has always venerated the scriptures as it has venerated the Body of the Lord," as the Second Vatican Council's Dei Verbum (Constitution on Divine Revelation) puts it, then anyone reading scripture to the worshiping assembly must do so with deep reverence. Since they are "engaged in the ministry of the word," lectors should participate in the injunction to priests, deacons, and catechists to "immerse themselves in the scriptures by constant spiritual reading and diligent study." Obviously a lector needs to personally and prayerfully assimilate the message of reading before trying to proclaim it to the rest of the parish.
In the retirement community where we now reside, my wife and I are both lectors again. And we never presume to read at Mass without preparing in advance, usually the previous day. That time alone in the chapel suggests new meaning for the expression "practicing Catholic."
What's involved is more than the obvious necessity of getting familiar with the text and resolving any pronunciation issues. It's also the chance to discover the flow of the passage, catch its tone, and identify the climax.
Scripture scholar Father Gerard Sloyan encourages lectors to be "so at home in the sacred stories, commands, and exhortations that they never miss the rhetorical intent of the writings or the Anglicized pronunciation of Hebrew and Greek proper nouns." A challenging standard!
My prayer always is that I will not get in the way or distract people from the message I proclaim. I want the hearers to receive the living Word of God, to be instructed, challenged, inspired, and healed in whatever way God wants. I feel responsible for lifting printed symbols from the page and breathing life and energy into them so the Spirit may more easily transform listening hearts with the reading's message. It's like a musician converting dots on a staff into audible music. The message, the music, is what matters.
I see the lector as the good steward in the gospel parable, offering the parish family the prescribed portion of the Lord's word for their nourishment. I'm doling out part of the first course at the liturgical meal where we always feed on the word before we feed on the Eucharist. If I do my part well and truly release the word of the Lord in the community, the "Thanks be to God" will be fervent and heartfelt.
My hope is that listeners in the pews might be so touched by the scripture that they can hardly wait to get home to their own Bible, to rediscover and savor the rest of the story—the way young children are sometimes stirred by a parent's reading to take up a book on their own. Qualified lectors, Sloyan suggests, should be so steeped in the Bible that their "enthusiasm for it is infectious."
The late Bishop Kenneth Untener of Saginaw, Michigan once spoke wistfully of a future time when the readings at Mass might be consistently proclaimed as forcefully as they deserve. He imagined a Catholic inviting a Protestant friend to join him at Eucharist and elbowing him excitedly before the readings and saying something like, "Here it comes now. Wait till you hear this!" This is a bishop's dream that a lector can also share.
This article appeared on the June 2008 issue of U.S. Catholic (Vol. 73, No. 6, pages 37-38).


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Researchers from the University of Queensland (Brisbane, Australia) found that for every hour a person watches television life expectancy drops 22 minutes. After the age of 25 this reduced life equates to an ultimate average loss of five years of life. One hour of television time was equated with the smoking of two cigarettes in terms of its impact on health and mortality. While there is no safe way of smoking there is an alternative to the ill health effects of sedentary activities: stay in motion with a TrekDesk Treadmill Desk.
The University of Queensland study involved more than 11,000 adults in Australia comparing their lifestyles and activity levels with general population studies. The scientists behind the study were emphatic in their findings stating "TV viewing time may be associated with a loss of life that is comparable to other major chronic disease risk factors such as physical inactivity and obesity."
Obviously this study is not meant to say that there is something more inherently unhealthy about a television as there is with smoking.The health danger is as acute however but it is due to individuals remaining sedentary for prolonged periods of time whether in front of a television or at an office desk. The good news is that this can be counteracted by moving while engaging in normally sedentary activities. The TrekDesk treadmill desk was designed specifically for this purpose.
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Religious/Moral Pluralism and The Outsider Test
Here are some randomly chosen moral and religious beliefs that the odds are very strong we would have adopted them if we were those people: Had we lived in the ancient past in Babylonia, and the Greco-Roman worlds, we would have been very superstitious and polytheistic. In the ancient world we would have sought God's guidance through divination, and appeased his wrath with barbaric blood sacrifices. Like Plato and throughout the Middle Ages, we would have been opposed to democracy and preferred instead the divine rights of kings. If we were a first century Christian we would believe God sent illnesses and disasters to discipline and punish people for their sins, while for the first 900 years we would have believed in the Ransom theory of atonement. We would see virtually nothing wrong with killing witches, persecuting people of different faiths, torturing heretics, and conquering Jerusalem from the infidels in the Crusades.
Along with Andrew Jackson we would have believed in Manifest Destiny and the land grabbing of westward expansion into Native American territories, because it was our God given mandate. Up until the beginning of the 18th century we would have believed that women were intellectually inferior to men, and consequently, we would not allow them to become educated like men. Like Thomas Jefferson and most Americans we would have thought this about black people as well, that they were intellectually inferior to whites, while if we were born in the South we would have justified slavery from the Bible.
If we were born black in today's world we would still to this day believe that O.J. Simpson is not guilty. If we were born in modern Palestine we would hate the Jews, and probably want to kill them all. If we were born in France we would have opposed the Iraq war. If we were born into a Democratic family in the 80's we would hate Bush and have a strong tendency to believe anything negative about him.
Such beliefs based upon cultural conditions can be duplicated into a long lengthy list of moral and religious beliefs we would have had if we were born in a different time and place.
One objection to both the DV and DT theses is that even if moral and religious beliefs were 100% correlated with the "accidents of birth" (when and where we were born), this would not have anything to do with whether a person's particular religious belief is true, therefore making it possible that Christianity is true anyway. To this I answer, yes, this is possible. After all, someone can be right if for no other reason than that she just got lucky. But how do you rationally justify such luck?
I'm sure that the whole reason Christians object to what I'm saying is because they must do so in order to believe their faith is correct. They simply will not acknowledge the implications of what the sum total of geographical, demographical, historical and cultural indications tell us about what we believe based upon the "accidents of history." With all of this evidence they don't merely want to maintain that their beliefs could be true, despite the "accidents of history," they want to claim that their particular belief is true.
Then those who make this objection will merely challenge me to show why their faith is false, as if to show that they have reasons that transcend the cultural conditions that gave rise to their faith in the first place. Well, I can do this, and I am doing so here, one piece at a time. But I can imagine a Muslim, a Jew, a liberal Catholic or a Hindu issuing that same challenge. Then what?
Some may object that they wouldn't have adopted certain of these beliefs, like the inferior intellectual nature of women and blacks, and so forth. Really now? That reveals such an arrogant ignorance, and has been dubbed as chronological snobbery, that it's hard for me to know how to properly respond. The main reason someone might maintain they wouldn't have been swayed by the false and hurtful cultural ideas of the past is that they want to maintain that what they believe today is not swayed by cultural factors much at all. But what they believe today is equally swayed by cultural factors, such as OJ Simpson's guilt or innocence based to a great extent on whether or not they are a Black persons in America. It's pretty obvious that cultural conditions still heavily sway us in what we believe.
Another objection has been stated like this: "Did Loftus' cultural conditions 'determine' his beliefs? If so, he has no reason to think they are true. If not, then he thinks he can transcend culture, but he doesn't think a Christian can transcend culture."
A person could still accept what I'm arguing for here and not be a moral or religious relativist. In fact, a person can deny relativism and still claim that she doesn't know much of anything else is true except that relativism is false. That is, someone could deny relativism and claim this is the only thing she knows to be objectively true. Another person could simply say that religious and moral relativism is false in the end, but she could also believe that to rise above the circumstances of our times is extremely difficult to do, and that only a very few people in every generation have done it. This may actually be the case, if we grant that there is objective truth. But if so, then what becomes of the Christian claim to truth in a world overwhelmingly dominated by religious beliefs, which are almost entirely, but not completely dependent on the "accidents of history"?
Of course, if it is the case that "the accidents of history" completely determines our beliefs in those areas where there is no empirical test to decide between them, then what exactly wrong in admitting this? Let's say this is the case, i.e., that our moral and religious beliefs are completely determined by when and where we are born, including atheism. What would be the basis of this belief?: "The accidents of history." If I believed this, then it still doesn't follow that what I believe is false. I may be lucky and just happened to get it right. If so, I'd be just like the Christian who, if right, is right because of luck. And if it's luck that causes us to get it right, then we both agree that what we believe we do so based upon when and where we're born. But one major difference between us is that I don't believe I'll go to hell if I am unlucky and get it wrong because of when and where I was born.
And let's say that "the accidents of history" made me the atheist that I am today. So what? If true, this does not undercut what I'm saying at all--it supports it in several ways. I'm saying that cultural conditions have an extremely strong influence on us to believe certain moral and religious beliefs that cannot be empirically tested. If I am an atheist because of these cultural conditions, then I'm right that cultural conditions lead us to believe these things after all. And while I might be wrong about what I don't believe, such an admission doesn't undercut the main reason for The Outsider Test in the first place.
The best that could result from this admission is agnosticism. But this doesn't grant the believer any ground. For to be agnostic about my agnosticism would again be admitting the basis for testing any moral or religious belief system, and that is to be agnostic, or skeptical, all over again, which once again, is what I mean by The Outsider Test, and once again something I'm asking of those who claim to know and to believe certain things that cannot be tested empirically. So you see, I don't object to my own skepticism. I'm willing to be skeptical of my skepticism. But it's sort of redundant, from my perspective, and so it merely reinforces itself. Besides, I would be quite content to be an agnostic; since my atheism isn't something I am that confident about. I'm merely asking, given the proliferation of religions and the fact that these kinds of beliefs are largely, if not totally dependent on the accidents of birth, why Christians aren't willing to test their beliefs with a healthy measure of skepticism?
Try this thought experiment on for size: There is no God, this universe happened by chance, and what we believe about morality and religion is all based upon the "accidents of history." Let's assume this is all true, that is, this is what actually happened and correctly describes the state of affairs we live in as social and cultural animals. If this happened as described, then it did, whether we can claim to know this truth outside cultural factors that determine our beliefs or not. But if it did happen, then there is nothing inconsistent with claiming both that what we believe is based entirely upon our individual cultural experiences, and also that this is the actual state of affairs.
As a matter of fact, if our religious beliefs are tied to our cultural upbringings, then what we find around the globe and throughout history is exactly what we should expect to find if this universe happened by chance.
Another objection is that there are exceptions to this belief forming explanation of mine. There are people in every generation who rejected the dominant moral and religious views of their cultures. So I am asked to explain why there are exceptions, if there are any. But Christians are being asked to explain why there is the rule in the first place, that is, why do religious and moral beliefs dominate in specific geographical areas and during specific time periods? Why is that?
Based on these things I'm merely saying we should initially treat all religious and moral beliefs with a healthy measure of skepticism...but wait...skepticism leads to agnosticism and atheism. Isn't that odd? But I have some very good initial reasons to be skeptical, that's all I'm saying.
The bottom line. An atheist denies every god that is denied by any one particular religion, plus that one. It's like an atheist walking into a room filled with hundreds of people arguing and fighting with each other and threatening each other with divine disasters and afterlife punishments and imposing their morality upon societies, if the others don't agree. He listens and watches for a while and then turns and walks away, rejecting them all. After all, they deny each of the other faiths in the room, so he can just deny one more than the rest of them do.
How can the atheist be skeptical of his non-belief? To do that would be to basically choose one of the faiths represented by one of the people in that room. But when he listens to all of the rest of the other people debunking any particular faith he might choose, he just cannot bring himself to believe that faith either, so he remains outside of them all, choosing instead to reject them all rather than to believe in any of them.
But is this circular, that I have merely chosen a different religious faith? Maybe it is in some sense, although about this it would have to be shown, but it definitely is not viciously circular. For I have very good initial grounds for starting out with skepticism in the first place, given the DV and the DT. In the end, atheism is a denial of all religious beliefs, customs, rituals, traditions, claims of miracles, Scriptures, priesthoods, and doctrines.


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Over at Purple Liquid: A Wine And Food Diary, our 2005 Lytton West Syrah recently came in first place in a blind tasting of international Syrahs. This is a great blog in general, and this particular post is a wondrous read if you're a Syrah fan, so I highly recommend checking it out. You can find the post here. This wine was also the subject of a recent post on our blog about co-fermenting Syrah and Viognier, which you can find here if you're interested, and didn't catch the story the first time around.
Officially, this wine is no longer available, but we have a few bottles squirreled away in the Monte Bello cellars, so if you're up for a visit to Monte Bello, mention this post, and I'll see what I can procure!
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Taking a look at the 'Countdown' to save the planet
There are too many people on the road.
There are too many people on the road.
That's what you thought on your commute today. Too many cars, too much traffic and, while you're on that rant, crowds seem to grow bigger each year, too. Nobody stays home any more; or at least that's how it seems.
Seven billion people in the world and they all have to go where you are. And in the new book "Countdown" by Alan Weisman, you'll see it's going to get worse…
In the year 1900, our planet held 1.6 billion people. Spread over seven continents, there were resources and room for everybody, including various species of animals, birds and plant life that created a good biodiversity.
Now, just over a hundred years later, the world's population has doubled — twice. It took an unbelievable "12 years…to go from 6 to 7 billion" people. For scientists, that's a sobering cause for concern — especially since humans add another 80 million people to the Earth each year.
But how many people can the Earth hold? If we're reaching that threshold, how do we convince the world's population to reduce those numbers? How do we adjust for the changes, economically and socially, that such a reduction would create?
And if we don't adjust, "What can't we absolutely live without?"
In finding the answer, Weisman looks at the world in general. He visits Palestine, where some 12 million people live on a relatively tiny sliver of land. He looks at Pakistan, and a population that's tripled since 1970. He studied China, its one-child policy, and a gender imbalance that will affect its citizens as they age. He visited Niger, where children die and women clamor for birth control.
Weisman looks at Israel, where entire species of birds have been decimated. He seeks answers in rural China, where a poison was banned and the return of storks brought better rice to the hungry. And he visits Japan, where the whole country is now forced to attempt "prosperity without growth…"
In the end, the solution is borderline palatable, and quite touchy. What Weisman found — and what scientists believe would offer hope — is a solution that won't be easy, but may be very necessary.
Without it, the planet may "crash."
So you say you love a good, scary novel? You'll throw those things away when you read the real scares in "Countdown."
Filled with sobering facts and statistics and loaded with controversy, this book is going to make you think — which is what I loved about author Alan Weisman's last book and what I love about this one.
In examining the evidence and the works of experts, he presents information and finds an answer that is awesome in scope and fearsome in reality — and what's amazing is that many (including several U.S. presidents) have long supported what Weisman discusses.
Without a doubt, this book is going to stir up a bees-nest of much-needed debate. The alternative simply boggles the mind, so sit down and read "Countdown"… because three's company, but seven billion's a crowd.
"Countdown" by Alan Weisman, c.2013, Little, Brown $28.00 / $31.00 Canada, 528 pages


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Speedo Story
So here it is! My infamous Miami Speedo story. It started out me shooting the guys with various issues of VMAN and ended up being more like a "JD spends the day with a bunch of models on South Beach." Set aside from playing stylist, hair and make-up, photographer and babysitter, it did have it's moments.
It was a lot of "Okay guys get out of the tree!" and "Don't sit in the mud in the white Speedo!" The highlight, for me, was discovering the cutest Brazilian boy ever, Pedro Bissi. You can see the collage we put together in the Spring issue of VMAN or here are a few outtakes from the day.
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League of Legends updates blocked by UK's anti-porn filter – report
League of Legends fans have reported difficulties downloading updates for the game thanks to the UK's new and apparently over-eager anti-porn filter.
Madness headlines
Langdell claims nearly 100 errors in Edge vs Future High Court ruling
The undaunted Tim Langdell has claimed a High Court ruling dismissing his trademark claims against Future was riddled with errors.
Exclusive: Jaffe rejects BF3 hate and context-warping
Following a bizarre internet kerfuffle in which the Eat, Sleep, Play boss was accused of hating on Battlefield 3, David Jaffe has told VG247 he loves DICE and expects the game to be brilliant.
Oprah hands out Kinect units, audience goes beserk
Land of the free.
Sony E3 2003/4 vids show how insane it really was
Superannuation's posted a couple of videos of Sony's E3 efforts in 2003 and 2004, and if you ever wanted to see a clear indication of just what "console war" meant at E3's peak, look no further. Get them after the break. For the record, 2003 was the year Sony announced PSP. The scale of what's […]
Over 20% of Japanese population owns a DS
According to figures released by Nintendo today, one of every five Japanese people owns a DS. The company has sold 26.1 million units in the nation, to a population of 127 million. Bonkers. Thanks, Kotaku.
Second Naka Prope game is Let's Catch
According to this IGN article, Let's Tap isn't the only Proper game we can expect from Yuji Naka and his new casual Wii "thing". Let's Catch is on the way as well. It's a six-mode WiiWare game which, according to that piece, offer "the simplicity of catch ball for between one and four players." Without […]
Mentalist screams about FFXIII 360 decision
After the break. It's a fake, apparently, but it made us literally cry laughing. Watch it. Thanks, Kotaku.
Samba De Amigo Wii to use maraca shells
We're sure you'll all be delighted to know that according to Wii.kombo Samba De Amigo Wii will support the maracas peripheral. We really don't know what to add. More maraca madness through the link. By Mike Bowden
Parent Group ready to fight ESA's lobbying
America's Parent Television Council has made a stand against ESA's recent announcement that it intends to lobby on Capitol Hill, saying that any official seen by the organisation as taking favours from the games industry will be denounced as being opposed to family values. Measured. "Let me be clear of our intentions: Any public servant […]
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As in howdy not as in how may I accomplish everything.
I really enjoy this game and was looking forward to buying it for a long time. As I get brutalized over and over again playing I am still discovering new layers to the game maps. I can't help but thinking that there is another level to the game I am completely missing.
Really look forward to sharing the journey and hopefully I'll get me Discord authentication situation ironed out so I can jump on and chat it up.


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – It was a great day for lovers of cliffhangers.
Two times Saturday the Lipscomb Lady Bisons beat Florida Gulf Coast in Atlantic Sun Conference action. In both victories the Lady Bisons did not clinch until the final inning at Smith Stadium at Draper Diamond.
In game one there were two outs when pinch-hitter Haley Elliott hit a two-run homer, the first to bounce off of the new scoreboard in right center field, with two outs in the seventh to seal a 6-4 decision.
Game two went to extra innings. After Mimi Cartwright opened with a double in the eighth to right center she moved to third on a sac bunt by Rena' Cothron. Elliott, again pinch-hitting, was intentionally walked. With one out Brianne Welch stepped to the plate and connected for a single through the left side to score Jordan Abell, pinch-running for Mimi, for the 5-4 win.
"We talk about every A-Sun game being a dogfight," Lipscomb coach Kristin Ryman said. "It couldn't have been truer today with a good Gulf Coast team coming in here.
"We knew we were going to be challenged. We knew that they hit well. They are a well-coached team and we knew they were going to make adjustments throughout the game. For us to keep battling all the way through the way that we did and get some key clutch hits late in the game when we needed them was just huge."
The Lady Bisons, winners of their last six games, are 19-3, 4-1 in the A-Sun. FGCU drops to 12-10-1, 0-2 in conference play. The two teams close out the series Sunday at 1 p.m.
No break time
In game one FGCU opened with a 1-0 lead in the first. The Lady Bisons scored two in the fifth, but FGCU answered with two more in the sixth to tie the game at 3-3. The Lady Bisons took the lead again with one in the sixth, but FGCU answered with another run in the seventh setting the stage for Elliott's walk-off blast.
Game two was much the same. This time around the Lady Bisons scored first with one run in the third. FGCU came back with two in the fourth. The Lady Bisons tied the game with one run in the bottom of the fourth. But FGCU responded with a pair of runs in the fifth. The Lady Bisons tied the game with two runs in the seventh.
"There aren't any A-Sun games where you can take a break," Ryman said. "You can't mentally or physically take a break. You have to be ready on every play.
"You have to be focused and ready in the field and expect every ball is going to come to you. At the plate you have to make the most of your at bats."
Power surge
The Lady Bisons showed some power in both games with nine hits in game one and 12 in the nightcap. In addition to Elliott, Kelsey Cartwright added a home run. Mimi Cartwright added a double. Paige Neely, Kristen Sturdivant and Mimi Cartwright all had doubles in game two.
Brittany Elmore and Mimi Cartwright each had two hits in game one. Neely tied for the game-high in hits in the second game with three. Elmore and Gracey Aguirre each had two.
One thing Ryman has enjoyed this season is no one can predict who is going to be the big hitter in a game.
"We have had it all year from different people," Ryman said. "In game one we get a home run from Kelsey who has been a little up and down so far this year by her standards. Then Haley comes in off of the bench and gets the big hit.
"Every time you turn around somebody different is doing it. Kristen Sturdivant gets the big hit (a two-RBI double up the middle in the seventh) to tie it and then Brianne gets the big hit to win it. We can't say enough about what we are doing top to bottom in our lineup."
While Ryman likes to see the hits distributed throughout the lineup, she has also stressed to certain hitters known for their ability to hit with power to make sure they get their money's worth each time they are at the plate.
"We are not swinging just to dink a single through," Ryman said. "We will take that. In situations like tonight when we needed base runners so we could chip away that is great.
"But especially with our key hitters in the middle of the order, our power kids, that is not what we are looking for. If they get a single great, but we want them to try to get more."
Pitching to the limit
Left-hander Ashley Anderson, 8-0, remained unbeaten after scattering five hits, walking two and striking out five in game one. Friday night she also became engaged for a double-win weekend.
"Ashley didn't have quite as sharp of a start," Ryman said. "As soon as that first inning ended she made a decision she needed to throw more so she went back out to the bullpen. After that I thought she looked a lot sharper.
"We have to credit Gulf Coast for making some adjustments. Ashley has done a good job all year. I thought they made some key adjustments against her and gave themselves a shot to win. That is nothing against Ashley. She got better as the game went on."
Heather Parker, 4-2, went the distance in game two. She allowed 10 hits, walked three and struck out seven.
"Heather just fought and fought and gave us a chance," Ryman said. "It was big for us to get that full seven innings out of Heather. She has had some moments this year when she hasn't made it through a full seven innings.
"It was a key for her that she kept fighting through it tonight. There were a couple of innings when things weren't quite going her way and then she would come back the next inning and get a couple of strikeouts. I loved the resilience we saw out of her."


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Within days of Haiti's devastating earthquake, more than 8,000 US military personnel were on the ground. The US Agency for International Development was designated as the lead American agency for Haiti relief.
Much less visible in the high-profile US intervention was another key group: the Civilian Response Corps – an innovative force that is starting to move in after disasters and conflicts around the world.
The CRC is made up of civilian specialists drawn from an array of US government agencies. Besides its focus on postdisaster and postconflict work, it is envisioned as an important tool in the emerging global emphasis on conflict prevention.
Just hours after the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti, the CRC was working with US government personnel already stationed in the country for development projects.
"Within a few days of the earthquake, a dozen members of the CRC were prepared for deployment to what has turned out to be one of our most sustained interventions so far," says Jean Pierre-Louis, a Haitian-American who is a "standby" member of the corps.
Mr. Pierre-Louis, who was on loan from the Department of Health and Human Services, deployed to Haiti for about a month. He helped needs-assessment teams as they looked at public-health issues and the concerns of small-business owners.
The need for a force of civilian experts to address various global problems became clearer after the huge challenges encountered by the US military in post-invasion Iraq. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, in fact, has been a strong advocate for a civilian corps that would shift development and reconstruction duties away from the military. Already, for example, the CRC is involved in Afghanistan.
It is, in essence, a response to a destabilized, post-9/11 world order.
"The Civilian Response Corps is about conflict prevention, so that problems in some of these failed and failing states do not become major crises," says John Herbst, the State Department's coordinator for reconstruction and stabilization, who heads development of US civilian intervention capacity. "That really is smart power."
The notion of nation-building has been around – and largely pooh-poohed – for decades. But just as nation-building started to get more serious attention, America's capacity for civilian diplomatic and assistance was being gutted. By 2007, the total number of US foreign-service officers – about 6,600 – was smaller than the number of personnel of one aircraft carrier and its strike group, as Secretary Gates is fond of pointing out.
It took the "failures" of the US effort in postinvasion Iraq, Ambassador Herbst says, to shift the discussion in favor of a standing civilian corps. Congress originally gave a lukewarm response to funding requests from the State Department for increasing civilian capacities, but Gates has pushed the idea in speeches and on the Hill.
"We must focus our energies beyond the guns and steel of the military," he said in an oft-quoted speech in November 2007.
Creation of such a civilian corps received government approval in 2004, but it took until 2008 for the CRC to get a budget that allows it to begin building up its affiliations from different departments. This year, the corps has a $140 million budget, which provides funding for 264 permanent specialists and a standby force of 1,000 from eight agencies and departments.
More long term, the plan is to build a three-tier corps of 4,250 civilian experts, which would include a "reserve" corps, much like the military reserves.
But the CRC is not waiting for full implementation before participating in US interventions ranging from Afghanistan to Haiti. "As we are building it, we are starting to use it," Herbst says.
The Haiti effort, Herbst says, exemplifies what the CRC can do postdisaster. But, he says, it also serves as a pertinent reminder of the corps's conflict-prevention role. "How many times has the US intervened in Haiti?" he asks. "If we'd had this capability in the mid-'90s … the people with the right skills and the funding to enhance the skills of the government in Port-au-Prince, we might have had a stronger government better able to deal with the recent earthquake."
Another recent intervention by the CRC has been in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A dozen corps members are on the ground there, at the forefront of US efforts to help heal what is perhaps the world's deadliest conflict of the past decade. The team is tailored to address the country's most urgent flash points, which include gender violence and food security.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton identified those crucial needs during a trip to Congo in August 2009 and was subsequently able to call on the corps's expertise – something her predecessors could only dream of doing.
Afghanistan, meanwhile, looms large as a test case for the CRC: Will civilian specialists, working in tandem with the military, have a better chance of success at postconflict reconstruction than the military has had alone?
Afghanistan, in fact, represents the CRC's largest ongoing deployment – about 20 people. Last year, corps members set up a team to help with the organization of Afghanistan's national elections.
They also established a team to focus on strategic civilian-military planning – given that the US effort in Afghanistan will continue to be largely a military operation.
"The CRC folks like myself are the connective tissue" between the civilian and military efforts that include everything from countering Taliban propaganda to fostering the rule of law, says Jason Lewis-Berry, a State Department CRC member serving in Kandahar. "I've become a force multiplier for the wide community of people who come out here."


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NBC's war with Conan O'Brien went to a new level as longtime network exec Dick Ebersol called the "Tonight Show" host "chicken-hearted" and pronounced his show an "astounding failure" in an interview with The New York Times.
O'Brien has blasted the network over plans to move him out of his timeslot and possibly off the air completely after the show's ratings plummeted in his seven months as host. Ebersol said O'Brien's pointed digs at Jay Leno, who will reclaim the 11:35 p.m. slot, showed a lack of courage. For the last four months, Leno's show has aired at 10 p.m., but its ratings have lagged.
It was "chicken-hearted and gutless to blame a guy you couldn't beat in the ratings," griped Ebersol, chairman of NBC Universal Sports and a close associate of the network's boss, Jeff Zucker. "What this is really all about is an astounding failure by Conan."
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O'Brien whose "Tonight Show" ratings fell dramatically from levels he inherited from Leno, sniped on his show Wednesday that hosting the show was a lifelong dream, and achieving it showed that in America one can do anything "unless Jay Leno wants to do it, too."
The network has announced that Leno will move back to 11:35 p.m., but it is not clear what will happen with O'Brien. NBC reportedly wanted him to move his show to 12:05 a.m., but O'Brien flatly refused.
Entertainment Weekly reported that NBC and O'Brien could resolve the matter in the next day or two, with Leno returning as host of "The Tonight Show." A source told EW that O'Brien's leverage in refusing to move his show is nil because his contract provided no guarantees of a particular timeslot.
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EW speculated that O'Brien would receive a contract settlement and leave NBC.


text: Basic political beliefs guide our way of being in the world. For a long time, liberalism was one of the most powerful of these orienting ideas. But liberalism has been attacked from both the left and the right as inadequate to our time. In Bleak Liberalism, a deft blend of intellectual history and literary analysis, Brown University's Amanda Anderson ranges from Charles Dickens to Doris Lessing to take a new look at the robustness and subtlety of liberal thinking and the fate of those ideas in the past century.


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We grieve for those who lost their lives Sunday morning in a bigoted, hate-fueled attack in Orlando, Florida. People - mainly Latinx and Black people - were targeted and killed simply because they were members of the LGBTQ+ community celebrating at a gay club in Orlando. It is a terrible tragedy to lose them, and we send our deepest condolences to their families, including chosen families, and the community of Orlando. Our profound grief, however, must not be fuel for more war.
We refuse to let the answer to homophobia be Islamophobia, hate, and further erosion of our civil liberties. To truly honor those lost, we must remember that our country's recent mechanisms for securing "safety" in times of attack have meant an escalation of state violence and unjust treatment of LGBTQ+ communities and communities of color. To echo the eloquent words of a fellow veteran, Chelsea Manning, "We are not safe and secure when the government uses us as pawns to perpetrate violence against others. Our safety and security will come when we organize, love and resist together."
As the members of the Lakbay Lumad delegation near the end of their time in the U.S., we stand in solidarity with the indigenous leaders from the Philippines here to expose U.S.-sponsored violence against their communities and to call on those in the U.S. to join them in speaking out against it.
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Books by Booker T. Washington
Booker T. Washington wrote fourteen books and countless newspaper and magazine articles, and delivered thousands of speeches during a 20 year period (1895-1915) that historians call "the Booker T. Washington Era."
Following are about half of Dr. Washington's books, along with several of his articles, letters and speeches. We hope to place all of Dr. Washington's publications on-line, easily accessible and readable for all.
(Our ability to continue this important work depends entirely on you, for the Society does not solicit nor accept government funding. Please help by donating today.)
1896 Daily Resolves
A tiny pamphlet helping students to stay focused on helping others.
1899 The Future of the American Negro Project Gutenberg
"…educated Negroes should give more attention to the history of their race; should devote more time to finding out the true history of the race."
1900 Sowing & Reaping Google Books, Free
"…I am not now, and never have been, opposed to any man or woman getting all the education he or she can. the more the better." (Chapter 7)
1900 Story of My Life (1) Google Books, Preview • (2) Google Books, Preview
The first installments of his early life published in newspapers of the day.
1901 Up From Slavery • Project Gutenberg
His Autobiography. A classic, translated into 16 languages, inspired millions. Still popular today.
1901 Character Building • Project Gutenberg
Booker T. met regularly with students on Sunday evenings to talk about the important things in life outside of books. Timeless wisdom and common sense.
1910 The Negro Problem Project Gutenberg
Essays by notable Blacks of the day. Leading off: B.T. Washington, Timothy Fortune, W.E.B. DuBois, and several others.
1911 My Larger Education (1) University of North Carolina, Documenting the American South • (2) Google Books, Free
"...I have gotten a large part of my education from actual contact with things, rather than through the medium of books."
1913 The Story of Slavery Project Gutenberg
"...At first the slave traders purchased slaves only from the native chiefs. These slaves were generally prisoners who had been taken in the tribal wars."
Books by or about Booker T. Washington at archive.org
Audio books by Booker T. Washington at LibriVox


text: It was reunion week at the Toronto International Film Festival for a group of Bostonians who worked on the low budget, locally shot indie "Fat." Writer and director Mark Phinney of Medford was so determined that members of the cast and crew attend the festival that he and his Los Angeles-based director of photography, P.H. O'Brien, drove 10 of them to Toronto in a van. The night after the film's sold-out premiere, cast and crew were feted at a private party at Rock Paper Photo art gallery in downtown Toronto. Guests included the film's stars, Mel Rodriguez and Joanne Verbos of LA, Jason Dugre, who grew up in Walpole, and Ashley Lauren of Somerville. Also on hand were producer Michael Gill of Brighton; assistant director Andy Rakich of Wayland; and Hull native Jay Cohen, who's working on the film's distribution. He hopes to get a deal this fall that will bring "Fat" to theaters in early 2014. The movie is about a man's relationship with food and obesity.


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Canada Free Press
April 21, 2010
It looks like somebody is going to have to update the Waco Siege page on Wikipedia. Apparently the whitewashed history that former President Bill Clinton would like us to believe regarding the 1993 federal assault on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, is missing important details regarding his own personal involvement.
In response to Bill Clinton's highly publicized linking of the Tea Party movement to the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing in an op-ed piece for the New York Times, former Clinton adviser Dick Morris disclosed on Monday that it was Clinton himself, and not Attorney General Janet Reno, as Americans have been led to believe for the past 17 years, who called the shots during the 1993 botched invasion that led to the death of seventy-six people.
Speaking on the Hannity program on the Fox News Network, Morris criticized Clinton for his Oklahoma City comments: "Let's understand what was Timothy McVeigh's motivation …he himself had said that it was the reaction to the Waco takeover. Bill Clinton orchestrated that takeover."
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NASA's Cassini explores Saturn for 13 years, looping through its icy rings and flying by its moons. The probe captures stunning ring-moon interactions, but when it finds the ingredients for life on the moon Enceladus, a bittersweet decision is made.
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Vandervelde's third hat trick of the year helped put the Crimson past No. 16/14 Penn (Gil Talbot).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Murphy Vandervelde completed his hat trick 1:18 into overtime to propel the Harvard men's lacrosse team to an 8-7 victory over No. 16/14 Penn Saturday afternoon at Harvard Stadium.
Harvard, playing its third ranked opponent in three weeks, saw a three-goal lead slip away in the fourth quarter before a score by Ian Ardrey put the team back on top, 7-6. Penn was quick to respond, however, scoring the equalizer with just 55 seconds remaining to set up Vandervelde's heroics. The sophomore sent a straight shot over the right shoulder of Quaker goaltender Brian Feeney for the win, Harvard's first over a ranked opponent since defeating then 14th-ranked Penn 12-8 in the Ivy League semifinals in 2011.
The victory improves the Crimson to 6-6 overall and 2-2 in the Ivy League, and moves the squad into a tie with Princeton for third place in the conference standings. Cornell remains atop the standings with a 4-0 mark while Yale is in sole possession of second place at 3-2. Harvard will close out the regular season playing at Princeton next Friday, April 19 live on ESPNU and at home against Yale Saturday, April 27.
Despite Penn (6-4, 2-3 Ivy League) holding a 13-18 advantage at the X and outshooting the Crimson 43-26, Harvard made the most of every opportunity to take the win. The Crimson went 2-of-3 on the man advantage while holding the Quakers, who entered the game with the best man-up offense in the country, to just 1-of-5 thanks in large part to Harry Krieger who came away with 12 saves and six ground balls.
Krieger was aided in the defensive third by Robert Duvnjak who was credited with three caused turnovers and Joe Petrucci who cause two more and collected three ground balls. Brian Fischer, Rick Molé and John Rose each recorded two ground balls.
Vandervelde's third career hat trick highlighted the day on the offensive end as her converted 3-of-5 shots. Carl Zimmerman scored two goals and added one assist for three points while Devin Dwyer tallied three assists. Alex White also turned in three points with one goal and two assists.
Zimmerman opened the scoring off a feed from White, but three strikes by Penn put the Quakers in the lead, 3-1. The Crimson duo hooked up again, this time with White scoring the goal, to put the score at 3-2 after the first.
Vandervelde evened the score at 3-3 with a rocket of a shot from the top of the box just 46 seconds into the second quarter. Zimmerman posted his second tally to regain the lead for Harvard, 4-3, and Vandervelde found the back of the net from nearly the same position as his earlier strike for a 5-3 margin. Both defenses tightened up over the final 8:32, sending the Crimson into the locker room with the two-goal advantage.
The teams remained scoreless 14:46 into the third until Jack Walker made it a three-goal game, 6-3, in Harvard's favor. Penn came back with a pair of goals in the fourth to pull within one, 6-5, and Isaac Bock evened things back up at 6-6 with 4:43 remaining.


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2012 first round draft pick Albert Almora has been promoted to Boise and will join the team tomorrow. The center fielder has been really hot of late going 10 for his last 14 with five RBIs over his last three games. In 75 at bats with the AZL Cubs he is hitting .347/.363/.480 with one home run and 13 RBIs. There are about three weeks left in the Hawks season and they currently in first place in the second half. We will see how the 18-year-old handles the promtion and see if he can help Boise to a playoff birth. Here is the first stepping stone of many for Almora and we look forward to seeing him progress in the future.
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1 1/2 pounds leeks, sliced (about 3 generous cups)
2 Tbsp unsalted butter
1 Tbsp olive oil, plus extra for brushing toasts
Coarse salt
Freshly ground black pepper
6 medium-sized or 12 baguette-sized 1/2 inch slices of bread
2 ounces blue cheese, crumbled
Lemon juice (optional)
Fill a large bowl with cold water. Add leeks and use your hands to pump them up and down in the water a bit, separating the rings and letting the dirt and grit fall to the bottom. Transfer to a dish or plate for a minute; no need to dry them.
Meanwhile, heat a large, heavy skillet over medium. Once hot, add butter and olive oil and once they're fully melted and a bit sizzly, add the leek slices, still wet. Sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt and a few grinds of black pepper. Reduce heat to low, cover with a lid and cook leeks for 25 minutes, stirring them occasionally. Adjust seasoning to taste.
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On this edition for Saturday, Sept. 1, a memorial service is held in honor of Sen. John McCain with eulogies from former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush. Later, updates to our "Chasing the Dream" series about poverty and opportunity in America, as Maine and Kentucky grapple with work requirements for Medicaid. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.
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Henry Craik, who became permanent secretary of the Scottish Education Department in 1885, was determined to improve the standard of education in Scotland. To obtain an overview of Scottish education, he appointed a committee of inquiry in 1886 to examine the state of education in Scotland. Its report showed a serious lack of uniformity between schools in various parts of the country. In 1886 he announced in a circular his Department's decision to conduct an inspection of all higher class schools. This circular made the first official reference to a Leaving Certificate, saying [1]:-
In connection with the inspection of schools, the suggestion was made that their Lordships should issue a certificate, based on the results of the highest classes in these schools, which would serve as a measure of the attainment fairly to be expected in the case of pupils completing a course of secondary education.Before such a certificate was instituted, it was decided to consult with those who had experience in examining higher class schools, with a view to determining whether a national examination of the type was possible. One man with such experience was Chrystal.
Craik in his 1886-87 report remarks [2]:-
... we have given special consideration to the means by which this inspection might give satisfactory evidence as top the state of the schools, and might as the same time, without unduly limiting the independence of local management, raise the standards of secondary education throughout the country. With this end we have carefully considered the extent to which a leaving examination might be established in connection with the inspection, and how it might best be arranged. We have invited the opinions on this subject of those who have taken part in the inspection, as well as others.Chrystal, after being asked by the Scottish Education Department, conducted an experiment to test the possibility of setting up a General Leaving Examination for secondary schools in Scotland. He examined pupils in the higher classes of twelve secondary schools. The experiment was a difficult one, involving the setting and marking of a mathematics paper, to a common standard. In all Chrystal, with the help of his assistant, marked 1650 examination papers.
In order to make clear the reasons for the course which Chrystal ultimately followed, it is necessary to understand his ideas about the advantages of a leaving certificate examination. The most important result of a leaving examination, according to Chrystal, is to set a minimum standard for the work of the secondary schools, and to mark, to some extent, the boundary between their level and that of the universities. This standard must be so high enough to encourage progress in the best equipped schools, and yet not so high as to damage education in the many schools in Scotland that were inadequately equipped to meet the requirements.
To determine this standard, Chrystal took into account the general agreement in Scotland that pupils from the final class of a good secondary school should be academically equipped to enter university. This immediately determined that the minimum standard of proficiency should be equivalent to that of the university entrance examination for the three years' Arts course. From his assessment of the written papers, however, Chrystal concluded that only a small percentage were capable of attaining that standard, though a high percentage of the 'failures' had, in fact, reached a standard of proficiency equivalent to that demanded by the General Medical Council and other professional bodies in their entrance examinations. Thus he recommended that if a national leaving examination were instituted, two grades of certificate should be issued, a higher grade equivalent to the University Entrance Examination, and a lower grade equivalent to the entrance examination of the Medical Council and other professional bodies. Chrystal wrote in his report:-
... so far as mathematics is concerned, the institution of a leaving examination will be attended with no great difficulty, and probably with much advantage to our secondary schools.As was to be expected, the Leaving Certificate Examination underwent many changes in details over the next few years. Strong representations were made in favour of the issue of leaving certificates, not in single subjects, but in groups of subjects. Despite some apparent practical difficulties in instituting the group certificate, the demand for it increased, and eventually the Department indicated that as a preliminary experiment it intended to issue group certificates in addition to those issued in single subjects. These would be issued to those candidates who had received higher level instruction for not less than four years in a recognised school, and who had obtained, during that period, subject certificates at higher grade in at least four subjects, of which one had to be English, one an ancient or modern foreign language, and one mathematics or, in the case of girls, higher arithmetic. Two subject certificates of lower grade were accepted in place of the fourth certificate at higher grade, and a leaving certificate in science could replace the certificate at higher grade in the ancient or modern foreign language.
The chief advantage of a leaving examination would be that:-
... it would lighten considerably an unnecessary burden which at present oppresses the secondary schools ...which was the burdon of preparing different groups of students in a single class for various professional entrance examinations, each of which has a standard of its own.
Encouraged by the report, the Scottish Education Department decided to investigate the feasibility of such a national examination in subjects other than mathematics. Inspectors, in addition to their normal duties, were requested to submit a report on the proposed examination. The report indicated that there was no real obstacle preventing the institution of a common examination in the other main academic subjects, English and Languages. Further impetus to the creation of a Leaving Certificate came from the committee of inquiry, set up by the Department in 1886 under the chairmanship of C S Parker, which issued three reports during the period 1887-88. In the third report, concerned with a comprehensive study of secondary education, reference was made to the creation of a national certificate examination as a means of improving the standard of secondary education in Scotland.
Chrystal's feasibility report of instituting a general leaving examination in mathematics, the report of higher class schools' examiner's as to its extension to other subjects, and the evidence laid before Parker's inquiry committee, all convinced Craik that the institution of a Leaving Certificate Examination was both desirable and practicable. Consequently the Scottish Education Department announced its decision to introduce such a Leaving Certificate Examination in 1888.
It was a bold decision on part of Henry Craik but it proved to be a most successful one. The main reason of its success was that Craik never tried to impose the decisions of the Department, rather he sought the opinions of the schools at each step. For example the Department asked for the opinion of school authorities on the following matters:
- 1>The subjects which should be included in such an examination.
- 1>The standard which should be aimed at in each subject.
- 1>The classes in the school to which such an examination should be open and the probable number of candidates.
- 1>The most convenient time for the examination.
- 1>Attendance requirement to be fulfilled by the candidates.
The circular ended with these sentences:-
Other points may occur on which those whom you represent may desire to offer remarks, and to any such remarks my Lords will give most careful consideration. The views which are laid before them will be carefully compared and weighed.The replies from schools indicated a demand for certificates covering more than the purely classical courses, and there was enthusiasm for a science certificate with special emphasis on mathematics. There was, however, a difference of opinion as to the type of certificate - some school authorities suggested that the certificates be issued for passes in individual subjects, while others wanted a group certificate, covering the three university subjects, Latin, Greek and Mathematics. There was general agreement that, if the examination was to incorporate all the higher class schools in Scotland, two grades of certificates were necessary - one for pupils going forward to universities, another for pupils going forward to a career in banking, insurance and commerce. This confirmed the opinion expressed by Chrystal two years before in his own report, and Craik was convinced by the argument.
Although the schools welcomed the new examination, it was clear that its acceptance was conditional on its being recognised as equivalent to the university entrance examination and those of other professional bodies. The four Scottish universities and other professional bodies were contacted by the Education Department and asked that they recognise the Leaving Certificate Examination. Professional bodies indicated a ready acceptance of the examination as an equivalent to their own entrance examinations. The acceptance of the universities, however, was not so easily won.
As a first move in this direction, Craik invited the universities to send representatives to a conference, held on 25th February 1888 in Edinburgh, at which representatives of the Scottish Education Department were to discuss with the rectors of the secondary schools the differences of opinion which had been revealed by the replies to the circular. This was felt to be necessary before the arrangements for the first examination were finalised. The universities, however, decided that the best way not be be committed to the decisions of this conference was not to send their official representatives. Chrystal attended the conference, but as a private individual and not a representative of Edinburgh University.
There is no official record of the conference, but Craik kept brief minutes which show that the main question discussed was whether the certificate be issued should be on a group or subject basis. Chrystal advised that a subject based certificate would best suit the needs of Scottish education at that time. It was generally agreed in principle, however, that Leaving Certificates should be issued for groups of subjects, but that, as a matter of practical expediency, it would be necessary to begin with certificates in single subjects and let the group certificate develop over time. The final preparations for the examination went smoothly and the first Leaving Certificate Examination was sat on Monday 18 June 1888. The struggle to gain university recognition of the examination continued, and at last in 1889 Craik was successful in achieving this.
The evolution of the Leaving Certificate Examination itself was discussed by Chrystal in his promoter's address of 1908 in these words:-
A small sum available for the purposes of secondary school inspection in Scotland had been wrung from the Treasury, and it occurred to me that it might be utilised to institute a leaving certificate examination. I was examining twelve schools for the Department in the year 1886, and it was proposed that I should demonstrate how such an examination, at least in a single subject, could be carried out. When I came to write my report the idea of a general leaving certificate examination had developed in my mind, and I sketched a complete scheme, in most of its essentials the same as now exists. To my great surprise, and no small gratification, the proposal was immediately taken up by the Scottish Education Department. The labour of carrying out the scheme in detail was taken up by Sir Henry Craik, then beginning his successful administration of the new Department. In an account of the subject that recently appeared in Scotsman, it has been very justly said that the introduction of the leaving certificate examination was perhaps the most important event of Sir Henry Craik's tenure of office, and he certainly deserves the highest credit for the tact and energy with which he carried out what proved under his guidance to be a great educational reform.
Implemented in 1900, the experiment proved to be only moderately successful. The Department, deciding that a group certificate would be advantageous to the development of secondary education, proposed that from 1902 the Leaving Certificate would be issued on a group basis only. This new decision established two classes of certificate. One, the Leaving Certificate proper, was intended to mark the completion of a full course of secondary education. The other, an Intermediate Certificate, intended to meet the needs of those schools which were unable, for one cause or another, to retain their pupils long enough to complete a full course of secondary education. The minimum age for the former certificate was seventeen, and that for the latter fifteen. Both were to be awarded for proficiency over a group of subjects. There was considerable freedom of choice, every candidate being required to have specific training in either a language or science. The holder of a Leaving Certificate was prepared for university study, whereas the Intermediate Certificate implied fitness to start literary, commercial or technical study.
In 1906 the Scottish Education Department announced that the Intermediate Certificate was to be a necessary prerequisite for entry to a course leading to the full Leaving Certificate. Then, in 1908, the Department introduced the Curricular Intermediate Certificate which played an important role in the evolution of the leaving certificate examination, for it helped to destroy the concept that subjects were independent of each other, an idea which had pervaded secondary education throughout the nineteenth century. It put into practice the view that a Leaving Certificate should reflect proficiency over a wide curriculum designed to promote educational growth.
In retrospect, the Leaving Certificate Examination played a vital role in the development of secondary education in Scotland during the period 1888 to 1908. It also did much to raise the standard of education in secondary schools - in fact by 1908 Scottish secondary schools were covering work which a quarter of a century previously had been studied in the Arts classes of the universities. The Leaving Certificate instituted in 1888 was the supreme award in Scottish secondary education until its replacement by the Scottish Certificate of Education in 1962.
Article by: J J O'Connor and E F Robertson based on part of Chapter 3 of a University of St Andrews doctoral dissertation by Mohammad Yousuf submitted January 1990.
- H Craik, Education (Scotland) Report 1885-86.
- H Craik, Education (Scotland) Report 1886-87.
- G Chrystal, Promoter's Address to Arts Graduates of Edinburgh University (1908).


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The first ever global collaboration on climate change between major organisations and their suppliers demonstrates the need for increased supplier awareness of the regulatory, physical and general risks that climate change poses to their business.
New York, USA - 5 March 2009. * First global supply chain report on carbon emissions and climate change risks * 634 suppliers to global corporations including Acer, Heinz and PepsiCo respond* 71% of respondents disclose emissions and climate change planning for the first time
The first ever global collaboration on climate change between major organisations and their suppliers demonstrates the need for increased supplier awareness of the regulatory, physical and general risks that climate change poses to their business. Of 634 suppliers surveyed globally by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), only 58% considered that climate change posed a risk to their operations, while one third said it posed no risk, showing there is still a lack of understanding from suppliers of the business threats from climate change.
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Between 40-60% of organisations' total greenhouse gas emissions** are recognised as residing outside their direct control and are found within the supply chain through activities such as processing, packaging and transportation. It is therefore critical that senior management understand climate change risks within their supply chain and how suppliers are managing those risks.
This CDP process is the first to bring together the huge purchasing power of global corporations to provide a standard reporting model for suppliers to advance carbon disclosure in the supply chain. Suppliers were invited to complete an information request examining their carbon risks and opportunities, emissions, reduction targets and plans, governance and product lifecycles. 634 suppliers responded globally, with the proportion of response rates from invited suppliers highest from North America.
Suppliers to the 34 member companies span multiple sectors and countries. The report indicated that Asian suppliers are using governance and employee incentives to drive positive action in carbon and climate change activity. Of the 77 responding suppliers based in Asia, 66% cite board level responsibility for climate change issues, above the 54% average. In addition 39% of responding Asian companies reported the use of employee incentives, which can be a key lever for change. Internal board level ownership and understanding of climate change risks and opportunities is vital to make real progress. However supplier engagement on climate change in Asia differs significantly by country, with Taiwan and Japan dominating the sample and India, China and Thailand demonstrating much lower response rates. J.T. Wang, Chairman at Acer, a global IT corporation headquartered in Taiwan commented: "Acer has used CDP Supply Chain to identify suppliers' understanding of energy and climate change, to verify the potential climate risks in the coming carbon-constrained age and see opportunities for innovative carbon management within the supply chain. It was notable that there was a high level of engagement and interest from our Asian based suppliers who were willing to work with Acer towards becoming climate-friendly suppliers."
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The report findings confirm that corporations do not see dealing with climate change as a one way street. The aim of member companies through this year's CDP Supply Chain Report was to raise supplier awareness around the importance of tackling the business impact of climate change. Discussion on waste or emissions reduction, product improvement, and risk management means cost and product improvement benefits can be shared by both parties.
David Walker, Director of Environmental Sustainability at PepsiCo commented: "The main accomplishments achieved by participating in CDP were raising supplier awareness and driving the supplier initiatives of establishing long-term goals and strategy setting; suppliers now realise that climate change performance is important to us."
Few large businesses have yet developed an effective way of truly addressing climate change impact within their supply chains, but it is vital that they lay the groundwork now so they are prepared for future reporting and emissions reduction targets. The report provides guidance for companies on managing carbon and climate change in their supply chains, including:· Recognise that many suppliers are looking at climate change risk for the first time; start by engaging with suppliers to raise their awareness of the issue· Identify the areas where the greatest difference can be made in carbon reduction, to maximise efficiency· Clearly communicate what information is required and how it will be used· Obtain supplier support at board level· Align carbon, climate change and procurement objectives · Embed carbon and climate change into overall supply chain management processes, rather than treating it as a bolt-on to traditional procurement processes.
Note to editors**The McKinsey Quarterly 2008The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) is an independent not-for-profit organisation holding the largest database of corporate climate change information in the world. CDP gathers data through its annual Information Requests on behalf of 475 institutional investors with a combined asset base of $55 trillion, purchasing organisations and government bodies. Since its formation in 2000, CDP has become the gold standard for carbon disclosure methodology and process, providing primary climate change data to the global market place.
CDP Supply Chain was formed in 2007 and is a collaboration of global corporations who have extended their climate change strategies beyond their direct corporate boundaries and are engaging with their suppliers via CDP's annual Information Request.
More than 2,000 major corporations around the globe report their greenhouse gas emissions and the risks and opportunities posed by climate change through CDP.
The Carbon Disclosure Project is a Registered Charity (no. 1122330). In the United States, CDP's sponsor liaison is Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, which provides CDP with 501(c)3 charitable status.
Member Companies
Acer; Boeing; BT Group; Cadbury; Carrefour; CELESC; Colgate-Palmolive; Dell; Exelon; FIJI Water; Heinz; HP; IBM; Imperial Tobacco; Johnson & Johnson; Johnson Controls; Juniper Networks; Kellogg Company; L'Oréal; Merrill Lynch & Co; National Grid; Newmont Mining; PepsiCo; Procter & Gamble; Prudential; Reckitt Benckiser; Royal Mail; SSL International; Tesco; Unilever; Vale; Vodafone.


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