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Women in Science -
Quality and Equality for sustainable human Development
European Regional Conference
Final Report
The present European Regional Conference convened by the UNESCO National Commission of Slovenia constituted an innovative forum of discussion for an in-depth and creative approach to one of the decisive problems in our world today: the future commitment of science from a gender perspective.
Within the overall framework of achieving the UNESCO goal of equal partnership between men and women in all areas of human development and in the fields of science and technology, the Conference posed as its ultimate objective the achievement of equality for women and the integration of a gender perspective into the sciences. In the context of the European region, the participants addressed the issue of women in the sciences and examined the obstacles that still prevent equal involvement of women and men in scientific work and careers. Within a culture that envisions an egalitarian model of human development, participants explored and proposed actions and strategies targeted toward a gender understanding of scientific knowledge, the role of women in science and the transferral of scientific knowledge to women and men within the framework of a sustainable society. The examination of knowledge and its links to cultural values, sustainable development and the mobilisation of human creative potential were identified as key issues to be addressed in the discussion of quality and equality and its implications for the future. This ambitious agenda addressed the complexity and diversity of the problematic of women in science and a gender understanding of the sciences.
Gender mainstreaming was one of the underlying features of this Conference which provided a unique forum by supplying a platform for creative interaction and exchange among scientists who would not have had occasion to collaborate in other existing scientific forums. Scientists from the field of natural sciences, engineering, social sciences and the humanities with different background, training and methodologies and awareness of the issue of gender, met to address the agenda of the Conference. One of the singularities of the Conference has been the heterogeneity of scientific formation, conceptual framework and methodology, in itself an enriching experience of diversity within the field of the sciences, that has led to an overall awareness of different approaches, interests and interpretative patterns. The shared experience and reflection has been highly insightful to the complexities in the field. However, the acknowledgement of diversity and differences and the complexities of the issues involved, did not impede the capacity to generate common grounds to work and to elaborate collective strategies that provide for specificity while enhancing collective objectives and goals.
National delegations from 40 countries within the European region and representatives from UNESCO, the European Union (EU), the Latin American and Mediterranean Women´s Forums on Women and Science and the World Conference on Science for the Twenty-First Century: a New Commitment, all ensured maximum representation and the possibility to address the issues from different national and international contexts, shaped by recent and past histories, scientific development and the situation of women in society.
Gender mainstreaming was present not only in the formulation of the key issues and focus of the Conference but also, in an effective way, in the participation of male and female experts. Indeed, one of the initial outcomes of the Conference can be seen to have been the implementation of a small experiment in gender interaction in scientific exchange, transferral of knowledge and reflection. An enriching experience that has allowed for the engagement of male and females voices, in a very diverse collective voice, crossing gender lines and establishing common understandings among participants that surpassed on many occasions a gender divide in the understanding of the issues. The exchange of ideas, the acknowledgement of different stances and understandings, the challenge to hypothesis, the shared although often divergent approaches, have not provided answers but have contributed useful insights and addressed new questions that furnish the basis for proposing strategies and recommendations for the future.
Discussions at the Conference identified five key issues as crucial areas for future commitment to changing the situation of women and to gender issues in the sciences.
The numerous case studies on different countries presented by participants at Conference sessions accounted for a highly significant degrees of diversity in the situation of women in Europe and the ongoing processes of change that define and shape the situation of women in science.
A first outcome of the Conference is the acknowledgment of the need to recognise and engage with the issue of diversity in the situation of women in science in Europe and in the understanding of a gendered perspective of science.
One of the initial problems to emerge was the lack of available comprehensive, comparable data on the situation of women within the European region. Despite the requests from the organising committee, it was impossible to establish an overall view of statistical data on the situation of women scientists in Europe. Among the problems detected was the unavailablilty, disperse and often outdated nature of data. Furthermore, the lack of comprehensive statistics and comparable indicators made it impossible to establish a comparative survey of the situation of women in science in Europe, a necessary task in order to provide a solid basis for effective strategies to engage with the problems of women in science. In this context the establishment of a comprehensive database on Women and Gender in the Sciences in the European Region constitutes a necessary tool for the enhancement of the situation of women in science and for the integration of gender perspectives in its understanding.
2. Gender imbalance in the sciences in higher education and management
One of the most significant conclusions of the Conference has been the identification of gender imbalance in the sciences as a major obstacle to the attainment of equal partnership between men and women and the achievement of sustainable develpment in the field.
Despite some exceptions, the data presented in a majority of national case studies demonstrated the existence of gender imbalance in the situation of women in science and at different levels of higher education and research institutions.
The first major trend to emerge in most European countries, with the exception of a number of Central and Eastern European countries, was the pattern of gender imbalance and exclusion. Women are less represented in the sciences and in general at higher educational institutions throughout Europe. Although there is an ongoing trend toward a greater presence of female students at undergraduate level, now representing in many cases 50% or more of the student body, and a significant growth in female PhD students, women are still very underrepresented at most higher educational institutions. The data provided for Slovenia can exemplify the situation in many European countries. With almost a century of female presence in higher education, in 1997 the University of Llublijana had 62% female graduates with 51% female students in postgraduate studies, however, it had a signficant gender imbalance at the level of staff as female faculty members represented just 19%. In most European countries the presence of women scientists is consistently lower than males in all disciplines and, particularly, in certain fields such as technological and engineering faculties.
Gender inequity is also reinforced on another significant level as women are very underrepresented at the higher levels of full professorship. One of the overriding observations of the data presented is the exclusion or significant deficit of women at top-level management and professorship posts. The implications of the absence of women at these top level decision making positions in educational systems are very significant as it marginalises women from the decisive chain in the allocation of research funding, human resources and the capacity for decision in the integration of staff members and the design of research projects. The absence of women scientists in top managerial positions in educational and research institutions and also at ministerial level, excludes female voices in an equal partnership in decisive decisions on the current and future orientation of science and technology .
3. Rereading statistics: context, gender equity and the status of the sciences
A second pattern on the situation of women and science also emerged. Territorially defined in the context of a number of Central and Eastern European countries, it portrayed an image of inclusion and appeared to shed a different light on the presence and significance of women in the sciences. Data presented on Hungary, Poland and Russia and on a number of countries outside Europe such as China and Indonesia, initially provided an image of inclusion. In these countries women are present in a very significant way in higher educational and research institutions. They have a long ongoing tradition in the sciences and a certain degree of recognition as voices of scientific excellence in their field. The specific historical context of former communist countries and policies toward the integration of women in the labour market and higher education were among the explanatory features to explain the difference with respect to other European countries where women as yet have not achieved full integration in scientific and higher educational institutions. The contrast with other countries outside Europe like Indonesia leads undoubtedly to the need to revise gender imbalance within many European countries.
Discussion of the data presented in the cases of Hungary and Poland provided an illuminating understanding to the reading of the the trend toward gender balance and the feminisation of institutions of research and higher education in these countries. Reading and rereading data in the light of social and cultural contexts is the task of social scientists and historians. While acknowledging the importance of numerical data on the significant presence of women in the sciences, these papers provided a different analysis that sheds light on the need to review the issues of women in science within an interpretative framework that goes beyond a mere reading of numerical data to encompass its understanding in the framework of processes of social change. The contextual analysis of the situation of women in science showed that the numerical gender balance did not signify scientific or economic status. The increased presence of women in these areas was attributed to a number of negative factors such as significant decreases in salaries, status and resources and the shift of male scientists to the better remunerated and prestigious posts in the private sector in the country or abroad. Gender balance and increasing feminisation in science was a product of loss of resources, status and diminishing capacity to generate excellence in research.
This situation raises the general issue of the serious implications of the feminisation of scientific sectors and the development of status differences. In this sense, sustainable development of the position of women in the sciences is linked to the actual maintenance of resources in science.
A global development of the sciences and of gender equity implies the development of potential in this field and the allocation of resources to guarantee the continuity of excellence in the sciences in countries where scientific research is in danger. The situation of women in the sciences and the development of policies to implement further gender equity in these areas needs to take into account structural readjustments and processes of economic development that affect resources dedicated to education and the sciences. The challenge is to achieve and retain gender equity among scientists together with adequate resources that facilitate high standards in scientific excellence.
The understanding of the logic of exclusion\inclusion of women in the sciences is crucial for the development of effective strategies to achieve gender equity, equal parternship and the sustainable development of science.
Educational, cultural, and economic mechanisms provide a complex array of collective experience of exclusion or marginalisation of women in all areas of science. Ranging from the symbolic self representation as outsiders by Italian women scientists who do not identify with the content or male culture of science, to the professional experience of some women scientists as the only female expert in the field in a specific country, to the deficit of women scientists at top level positions in professorships and management, the mechanisms of inclusion\ exclusion can be understood as complex, non linear, multiple and opaque. In a century that has progressively led to the elimination of direct discriminatory practices, the challenge of the new millennium is to identify and eliminate practices of indirect discrimination and occult mechanisms of exclusion.
Many papers identified socio-cultural factors as crucial in the implementation of mechanisms of exclusion. In a historical survey, the prevalence of patriarchal culture, the historical influence of religions that allocated a subordinate position to women and the continuity of androcentric models of science were all identified as playing a key role in establishing gender codes and values that deter women´s integration into educational strands in the sciences and in pursuing careers in this field.
The lack of female role models as scientists and the prevalence of male culture associated with the sciences are among the detrimental factors that create a lack of identification of women with science and scientific projects. In this context, a forceful argument was made for the development of girl and women friendly training and educational programmes in the sciences as a tool to engage women´ s interest and to develop their self esteem in this area. As a pedagogical principle, meaningful apprenticeship is crucial in teaching processes. In this light the creation of projects more directly linked with women´s interests and an agenda toward a changing conception of science integrating gender approaches are key areas in addressing the issues of equality and quality in science.
The prevalence of hostile unsupportive working environments for women in research and higher educational institutions constitutes another occult mechanism of exclusion that prevents the full integration of female potential in the field. The Canadian experience of establishing a network for women in science as a support group could lead to a proposal in this direction for the European region, a strategy already in existence for many years by women in other disciplines such as history.
The widespread continuity of traditional cultural values regarding the lack of ability of girls in sciences and the attribution of differential gender roles and career expectations were stressed as significant deterrents in developing a sustained interest in the sciences by girls within the school system. While a paper on an elite research institution showed the excellence of scientific performance of female post doctoral students, traditional cultural definitions of gender roles and the absence of child care provision, were identified as crucial barriers in access to professional careers and to promotion within them. One of the key factors in differential gender experiences of women in science is the implication of life strategies, the establishment of priorities in the area of reproduction and the family and the unequal gender distribution of care provision in the family. The need to accommodate the specific situation of young women scientists with the option of motherhood and family and that of older female scientists in charge of the elderly speaks not only to the provision of child and elderly care services but to a cultural redefinition of the social worth of care services and their distribution in society.
Many arguments were presented to defend the integration of women into the sciences. The logic of inclusion presented was diverse and integrated different justifications and modes of thinking. The principle of individual democratic rights was one of the underlying justifications in the argument for the recognition of gender equity in the field of science. Human rights and social justice were framed as women´s right of access to all levels of education and their inclusion in scientific knowledge both as receivers of education and agents in the understanding of science.
Societal arguments were also forcefully presented in the logics of inclusion. Female literacy in science and technology is crucial for social and economic development. Education and access to technological and scientific know-how is a key factor to sustainable development globally and a significant tool for social change and progress in everyday life.
Market-oriented arguments in the context of competition, global market economy and the need for creativity also provide a compelling justification for women´s inclusion in the sciences. Within the logics of competitive society today, the exclusion of female talent, potential and creativity represents an inadmissible error and loss to science and constitutes an example of underutilisation of talent, creativity and human resources in society.
The specific contribution of female insights, working modes and concerns represents a strong legitimisation of inclusion. The focus here is on the specificity of women´s contribution to the sciences on the assumption that women will provide a gendered reading that will enhance research projects, processes of work and research methods and enrich in a more harmonious manner our understanding of the sciences.
In the context of the logic of exclusion and inclusion, strategies need to be devised to ensure the identification and understanding of the specific gender, cultural, social and economic mechanisms of exclusion that prevent the integration of women´s resources and potential in the sciences. A specific commitment is also needed to further the logic of inclusion and present its arguments to the media and to top decision policy makers and politicians as an effective mechanism for cultural changes that enhance women´ s role in the sciences.
Child care provision and care for the elderly;
A strong commitment to a new understanding of science and technology was identified as a further key issue of the Conference. A very strong argument was made for changing the conception of science to one linked with sustainable development, cultural vales and global interests of human society. Environmental global needs define the changing understandings of science and technology and their area of interests. In this framework, male and female scientists and elite research institutions play a crucial role while men and women and social collectives become involved as agents in the chain of development and meaning of science and technology in the global world today.
In this context, the new commitment of science targets the elimination of what have been described as the UNESCO intolerables: the problems of reproductive health, poverty, environmental degradation and violence. A further goal of this new understanding of science is the commitment to a gendered understanding of these problems.
The new understanding of science envisions a different approach to knowledge and learning processes that develop skills in critical understanding, effective applications, group learning and intelligence, creativity and inventiveness and the capacity to transfer knowledge. This also implies educational processes that foment self esteem and develop creativity and potential. A model of education that reflects the logic of inclusion and learning processes that provides a self image and response to the specific needs of students. Moreover, it calls for a vision of education as a continuous process no longer identified with youth but one that adapts to the needs of collectives in society throughout the life cycle, responding to innovation and changes in science and technology. Continuous training, adult education, retraining educators and the development of teaching methods that provide for diversity and cultural, historical and gender differences configure the agenda for the future. Despite the globalisation of society today, educational processes need to respond to diverse realities, cultural contexts and gender needs.
Developing science for the future also requires rethinking analytical categories or contrasting scientific analysis in a multidisciplinary approach in order to ensure the development of good science and scientific excellence within a culture of sustainable development. Male and female scientists must provide a bridge to society in order to ensure the transferral of specific scientific knowledge and to enhance a new cultural understanding of the role of science in society.
In the new understanding of science and values, the holistic approach to science engages with the need to incorporate a gender vision to its redefinition and commitment. Women cannot be excluded from the cognitive heritage of humankind either in the realm of scientific knowledge or more significantly as agents in the construction of science and its understanding. In the changing understanding of scientific and technological progress women in science contribute crucially to a different understanding of the social image, content and role of science and technology. The changing paradigms in scientific understanding require the incorporation of the diverse expression of women´ s voices, concerns and scientific expertise. One of the conclusions of the Conference is that an egalitarian model of human development and sustainable scientific research and knowledge requires gender equality and quality in its commitment.
Agenda implementation: Toward a gender dimension at the UNESCO/ICSU World Conference on Science for the Twenty-first Century:
The forthcoming UNESCO/ICSU World Conference on Science represents a highly significant forum for disseminating and integrating the agenda and recommendations emanating from the present Conference on Women in Science Quality and Equality. Conditions for Sustainable Development.
In this context, the agenda of the present Conference to promote equality and quality in the sciences at the Budapest Conference will be further enhanced by the recommendations and strategies proposed by the Latin American Forum on Women and Science and the outcome of the Mediterranean and African Forums on Women and Science .
Proposals for the UNESCO/ICSU World Conference on Science
The new millennium engages us with many challenges for sustainable development for humankind. The challenge of the present Conference in proposing a changing conception of science, gender equity and equal partnership of women and men in the sciences is the achievement of a more equitative distribution of scientific and technological knowledge as an instrument of sustainable development. This can no longer be a utopian vision for the new millennium. Men and women scientists have to implement strategies and alliances to effectively achieve this agenda in the European region and, in cooperation with other forums, in our global society.
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The 10 most famous erotic movies ever tend to deal with sex in very unusual and often disturbing situations – which caused these erotic movies to become famous to begin with. And in several cases, these erotic movies star famous actors performing the sexual acts – making the viewer almost feel like they are spying on people that they know having sex. If you aren't squeamish or easily embarrassed, try for a new movie-watching experience with the ten most famous erotic movies ever.
- "Showgirls". This provocative, NC-17 rated film, starred Elizabeth Berkley from the TV show "Saved By the Bell" as a stripper turned showgirl in Las Vegas. The steamy display of nudity, and it's success in spite of it's NC-17 rating makes this the most famous erotic movie.
- "Basic Instinct". When you have movie stars like Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone going at each other in sexual bliss, you have the makings of a very famous erotic movie. There is one particular bedroom scene that might melt your DVD player from all that heat.
- "Henry and June". This famous erotic movie will go down in history as the first movie to ever be rated NC-17. Uma Thurman stars as a married bisexual, totally attracted to a female character portrayed by Maria de Medeiros.
- "Wild Things". Matt Dillon plays a high school counselor being accused of raping students. Things get really crazy when the teenaged student that has accused him of rape is revealed to have quite the crush on him .
- "Last Tango In Paris". This controversial film, starring Marlon Brandon, caused an uproar back in 1972. The intense display of violent sex pushed the strict boundaries of decency past their limits.
- "Wild Orchid". Mickey Rourke has had a history of starring in many erotic films that have gone on to becoming famous for their cult followings, like "9 1/2 Weeks" and "Angel Heart." But "Wild Orchid" takes erotic movies to their extremes – Rourke even ended up marrying his co-star Carrie Otis years later.
- "Eyes Wide Shut". This ended up being the legendary director Stanley Kubrick's last film, and starred Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman as a married couple, during the time that they were a married couple in real life. Tom Cruise's character suspects that his wife has had an affair and enters a cult-ish world of masked orgies put on by seriously powerful people.
- "Sex, Lies and Videotape". This 1989 independent film got it's director Steven Soderbergh's career off to a magnificent start – later directing the "Ocean 11" series, "Erin Brockovich", and "Traffic." This highly erotic movie featured James Spader as a manipulative sex addict.
- "Lust, Caution". This famous Chinese erotic movie contained many scenes of graphic nudity and was rated NC-17 as well. It's director Ang Lee refused to re-edit the movie to attempt an R-rating.
- "Boogie Nights". This often graphic, sometimes disturbing, glance at the porn industry during the 1970's and 1980's leaves a lasting impression long after it is over. Mark Wahlberg brings an unforgettable character to the screen, with his emotionally vulnerable porn star character Dirk Diggler.
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|AA Medallion Given to Me by My Daughter on my Tenth AA Birthday
For those of you that didn't know I am a sober alcoholic. I got sober in the what we call the Fellowship. To the outside world it is known as Alcoholics Anonymous or AA. Today I celebrated my 19th year of sobriety. In AA we call that our AA birthday as opposed to our "bellybutton birthday". I am not a big one on celebrations and such but today I gave a call to one of my friends in the Fellowship who lives in Mukdahan and said I wanted to brag, that it was my 19th birthday today. After getting the normal "congratulations" 1 was asked the question "How did you do it?". Now normally when you are in a AA meeting and you celebrate a length of sobriety. Someone will always ask "Why did you do it?" and "How did you do it?". This is an invitation to share and tell your story. Specifically, how I stayed sober in Thailand for 8 years with very few meetings. Here it is.
When I moved to Thailand almost 8 years ago I had been sober for 11 years. I was your typical garden variety drunk. I love drinking and getting fucked up. Specially the second part. I had been drinking since my early teens and from the first time I got loaded I knew this was for me! It made me feel great. Drinking gave me that warm good feeling that I could not get in any other way. So I wanted to repeat that feeling again and again as often as possible. At the time most of my friends were experimenting with alcohol and found many ways to get it. We had people buy it for us, stole it sneaked it from our parents' stash. There was always a way. By the time I turned 16 or so we found underage places that would serve us and places that would sell us booze without an I.D. or with some laughable fake. It was great. We used to ride around drinking having a great time.
By the time I was 21 or 22 I got my first DUI but I subsequently moved to Los Angeles to get away from the consequences and also because I was wearing out my welcome in Atlanta. (Them damned consequences, don't you just hate 'em?) People were getting tired of my bullshit. I was also tiring of Atlanta to be honest. Those of us in the Program call this doing a geographic. Anyhow I continued on right where I left off there but even to a greater degree. Living on my own I had no one to answer to and could indulge to my hearts content. I was more or less a non violent drunk but I still had my moments of rage that were devastating to those around me. Somehow I got married and had three lovely daughters, who grew up with a drunk for a father. Nice. By the time I reached the age of 39 my first wife was long gone. Surprise, surprise. She was in the Program to (at my insistence) so I had been introduced to AA but thought most of the people there were a bunch of wankers. A few years after my first wife left me, my daughters remained in my care, I got my third DUI (Driving Under the Influence) on the night before Thanksgiving. That was when I had my last drink. Miraculously, I kept my job as a truck driver and was sentenced a drunk class and a series of AA meetings along with a hefty fine. The court gives you a card to have signed when you go to the meetings to prove that you attended, hence the term court card. So, I went to my first AA meetings with a "nudge from the judge", like many many others.
I attended meetings at the same place my wife did, the Temple City Alano Club, though she no longer went there anymore. However, I changed the name I was going my and cut my hair and shaved my beard, so I was kind of incognito I guess or so I thought. I was pissed off like a motherfucker. I could barely speak out of guilt and shame and anger. You know what am I doing here in a room with all these drunks? That wasn't on my "to do list" as I was growing up. My true intention was to attend my 10 meetings, tell them all what a bunch of assholes they were and give them the finger as I walked out of the place. I hoped I could control my drinking for the sake of my children but I didn't know if I could or not. Needless to say that is not how it turned out. At my first meeting I was asked if I wanted to share and I told them " I didn't know if I was an alcoholic" but I was willing to listen. But the stories I heard from the people there were right from me. The had done all the stuff I had done and then some. They were young old and of all walks of life. But they spoke straight to my heart. It was honest shit. They pulled me aside and befriended me for no other reason but that I was a drunk like them. The next time I spoke I could still barely speak but told them I might be an alcoholic but that I loved alcohol so much I didn't know if I could stop. I could see the heads nodding around me and people giving their approval of what I said because they had all been in that place. Well it turned out that these people came to be my good friends and I am convinced that it was the Fellowship that got me sober and saved my ass.
I am not a Big Book fanatic (The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous) some people are. That is up to them. Not everyone gets sober in the same way. I began to follow what was in that book as suggested for a plan of living sober. I didn't have somebody beat me over the head with it. I never had a "sponsor". But I had a hell of a lot of good friends who I could talk to and share my troubles and triumphs with. A lot of people get sober and then don't know what to do next. Its about learning to live a life that you never wanted to live. There are a lot of adjustments, because we alcoholics are not the same as other people (normies) and it is really and at some points for me essential to find someone that you can speak to honestly on issues that trouble you, as an alcoholic and as person. The Fellowship did that for me. So the short answer to How did I do it? Go to a lot of meetings and don't drink between meetings. But there is one part of the 12 Traditions of AA that tells me how I did it:
"Tradition # 2 —For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority—a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern."
The key part for me is "a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience".
This tells me that a meeting of Alcoholics can manifest God in their meeting, and I truly believe it is so. So everytime you have a meeting you are manifesting God among you. No matter how small the group.
Ok so fast forward to Thailand 19 years later still sober. I live in a small city in Thailand called Mukdahan, it is the capitol of one of the newest provinces and is a long way from Bangkok and other tourist areas that are frequented by foreigners. We are in the northeast right on the border with Laos. There is a lot of alcohol related problems here with the locals but they don't have any idea of AA or any 12 Step programs. This is not the case in Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Samui or other cities with a good sized foreign population. You can find many AA meetings in Bangkok or other cities. But here it is just not the case. Guys like me that are out there are termed "loners" by the AA community. We stay in contact with others. I met my fellow AA cohort when I called emailed the AA Thailand website, www.aathailand.org to get some literature for a friend that asked me to help him get sober. Some members of the Koh Samui group kindly sent me what I asked for and then one day gave me a call and said that they had a member that was going back and forth splitting time between Samui and Mukdahan and was having a hard time staying sober up here. Could they contact me later? Sure enough before long I had my original friend and our Samui - Muik friend and I got my name listed in the AA Thailand directory for meetings. My original friend went back to England about 4 years ago and is still sober. So is my Samui friend who I called today to "brag" about my birthday.,
How did I do it here in Thailand? I don't rightly know. A day at a time mostly. I got a good foundation from my home group in Temple City, Ca. USA. I help others even if it is not to get sober somebody is always needing some help. I also found a few good friends that I have been able to confide in here that are not alcoholics but are good enough friends to let me talk about shit I need to. I still get calls here and there out of the blue from people that are traveling through Mukdahan looking for a meeting. Often it is just a cup of coffee or a dinner together as we discuss our experience, strength and hope with each other as we let God express himself as we commune. It all seems rather miraculous that we can stay sober on our own out here. But as far as I am concerned me staying sober 19 years anywhere on this planet qualifies as one hell of a miracle no matter how you cut it.
Edit: I think I should also mention that I have an incredibly understanding wife (Dtom) who while she might not understand alcoholism, she understands that sometimes I need to do what I need to do to stay sober. She has also taught me a lot about how to control my temper and has helped me to grow to be a better person. Without her I know I could not have done as well as I have. - Khun Rut
P.S. If anyone is interested I would be willing to make a Blog dedicated to Sober Life in Thailand. AA Thailand is more about where and how to find meetings and good information. But if there is any interest I will start a temporary blog on Wordpress and if it takes of migrate it over to self hosted blog. Either email or write me some comments. All the best. R


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CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Governor Matt Mead complimented lawmakers for their hard work on the supplemental budget bill. That budget, for Fiscal Year 2014, starts on July 1st and will reduce ongoing spending by over 6%. It also eliminates over 130 positions across state government. Governor Mead recommended this cut to the Legislature in response to declining revenue from natural gas – Wyoming's largest source of revenue. Governor Mead did disagree with parts of the bill and vetoed those parts.
"This is generally a conservative budget, which reverses the trajectory of budget growth and provides a line to hold in future years. Specifically, the cuts respond to the decline in natural gas prices and coal production in 2012 and will reduce spending in the next budget," Governor Mead said. "I have some strong ideas about how to improve this budget and I hope that legislators will consider them carefully."
In the budget bill the Legislature directed state agencies to prepare 4, 6 and 8% reductions for the next biennium. Governor Mead favors more flexibility, "In my view, budget decisions should be based in part on revenue. The budget I will develop over the coming spring, summer and fall will take into account any changes in revenue and also the efficient delivery of services. For example, last year the Legislature asked for 4% reduction proposals from most agencies but when the revenue outlook deteriorated after the session ended, I asked for 8% reduction proposals. Ultimately, I requested a reduction in ongoing spending of about 6.5%. I will continue to be responsive in the coming years."
Governor Mead said requiring specific reduction figures before revenue projections are updated ignores the work of the Consensus Revenue Estimating Group (CREG) and does not help make government more effective. "Rather than increasing government efficiency, this makes for considerable work and eats into time and resources which could be put to other use. In addition, this ties me to specific reduction figures, when a greater reduction may be needed or it may be best to hold spending flat," Governor Mead said.
Another one of Governor Mead's line-item vetoes makes more money available this summer to fight wildfires. The state spent approximately $45 million fighting wildfires in 2012. This session the Legislature directly appropriated $31.2 million for fighting fires in 2013. About $8 million of that amount must go to paying off costs remaining from 2012. "I want to be prepared to vigorously protect lives and property when fire season begins. To budget with less money than was used last year could require me to take money from other agencies and from services that the Legislature has endorsed. Depending on the extent of money moved to fight fires, other agencies' budgets could be greatly affected," Governor Mead said. His veto allows contingent access to $30 million for fighting fires from the landfill account.
The Governor believes the budget should recognize there may be fires in the season ahead and provide sufficient funding if it is required. The budget should also be transparent in terms of where fire suppression money comes from. "Rather than planning to take from others where the Legislature has provided specific funding or services - not from money designated for fires, the Legislature instead should directly budget for fires. Emergencies or natural disasters are hard to predict but where we can anticipate, as we can for fires, we should budget accordingly and know the funding source," Governor Mead said.
Governor Mead also vetoed language in the bill changing the 2012 policy of sweeping excess monies from the General Fund and Budget Reserve Account into the Legislative Stabilization Reserve Account at the end of the biennium. The new language would have allowed for an annual sweep of the money. Governor Mead said the previous policy allowed a good revenue year to balance out a bad year. "If you capture what may turn out to be revenue from a good year at the end of this fiscal year, you may remove what could balance a bad one in 2014. The biennial total will not be known until the end of Fiscal Year 2014," Governor Mead said the approach taken by the Legislature last year is the right approach."
In his message to legislators Governor Mead thanked legislators for setting up a way to capture some excess revenue for strategic one-time investments and projects in the future. Governor Mead also expressed concern about other aspects of this budget, but did not line-item veto any of the language.
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1 Kings 12 International Standard Version (ISV)
Secession of the Northern Tribes
12 Rehoboam traveled to Shechem because all of Israel went there to install him as king. 2 Nebat's son Jeroboam heard about it while he was still in Egypt, where he had fled to get away from King Solomon. Jeroboam returned from Egypt 3 after being summoned. When Jeroboam and the entire assembly of Israel arrived, they spoke to Rehoboam, 4 "Your father made our burdens unbearable.[a] Therefore lighten your father's requirements and his heavy burdens that he placed on us, and we'll serve you."
5 "Come again in three days," Rehoboam[b] told them. So the people left 6 while King Rehoboam conferred with his advisors who had worked for his father Solomon during his administration. He asked them, "What is your advice as to how I should respond to these people?"
7 They advised him, "If today you are a servant, you will serve this people by answering them and speaking kindly to them. Then they will serve you forever."
8 But Rehoboam[c] ignored the counsel that his elder advisors had given him. Instead, he consulted the younger men who had grown up with him and who worked for[d] him. 9 As a result, he asked them, "What's your advice so that we can give an answer to these people who have asked me, 'Please lighten the burden that your father put on us.'?"
10 "This is what you should tell these people who asked you 'Your father made our burden heavy, but you must make it lighter for us!'" the young men who grew up with Rehoboam[e] replied. "Tell them, 'My little finger will be thicker than my father's whole body![f] 11 Not only that, but since my father loaded you down heavily, I'm going to add to that burden. My father disciplined you with whips, but I'm going to discipline you with scorpions!'"
12 So Jeroboam and all the people went back to Rehoboam on the third day, just as they had been directed when the king said, "Come back again in three days." 13 But the king gave the people a harsh response, because he was ignoring the counsel that his elders had given him. 14 Instead, Rehoboam[g] spoke to them along the lines of what the younger men suggested. He told them, "My father burdened you heavily, but I will add to that burden. If my father disciplined you with whips, I'm going to discipline you with scorpions!"
15 The king would not listen to the people, because the turn of events was from the Lord, to fulfill his prediction that the Lord spoke by means of Ahijah the Shilonite to Nebat's son Jeroboam. 16 When all of Israel saw that the king wasn't listening to them, the people responded to the king's message, "What's the point in following David? We have no inheritance in the descendants of Jesse. Let's go home,[h] Israel! David, take care of your own household!' So Israel left for home.[i] 17 And so Rehoboam ruled over the Israelis who lived in the cities of Judah.
18 King Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was in charge of conscripted labor, but all of Israel stoned him to death, and King Rehoboam had to jump in his chariot and flee back in a hurry to Jerusalem. 19 That's how Israel came to be in rebellion against David's dynasty to this day.
Jeroboam Reigns over Israel
20 Now when all of Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent for him and invited him to visit their assembly, where they installed him as king over all of Israel. Nobody (with the sole exception of the tribe of Judah) would align with David's dynasty. 21 As soon as Rehoboam returned to Jerusalem, he assembled 180,000 elite soldiers from the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, intending to attack the dynasty of Israel and restore the kingdom to Solomon's son Rehoboam. 22 But a message from God came to Shemaiah, a man of God: 23 "Tell Solomon's son Rehoboam, king of Judah, all the dynasty of Judah, Benjamin, and the rest of the people, 24 'This is what the Lord says: "You are not to fight or even approach your fellow Israelis in battle. Every soldier is to return to his own home, because this development comes from me."'" So they listened to what the Lord had to say and returned home,[j] just as the Lord had directed.
Jeroboam's Idolatry
25 Later on, Jeroboam fortified Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. He also expanded from there and built Penuel. 26 Jeroboam was thinking to himself, "The kingdom is about to return to David's control.[k] 27 If these people keep going up to Jerusalem to offer sacrifices to the Lord there, the hearts of these people will return to their lord, King Rehoboam of Judah. Then they'll kill me and return to Rehoboam, king of Judah!" 28 So the king sought some advice and then built two golden calves and announced, "It's too difficult for you to travel to Jerusalem. So here are your gods, Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt!" 29 He set one of them in Bethel and placed the other one in Dan. 30 Doing this was sinful, because the people traveled as far as Dan to appear before one of their idols.[l] 31 Jeroboam[m] built temples on the high places, and appointed his own priests from the fringe elements of the people who were not descendants of Levi.
32 Jeroboam invented a festival for the fifteenth day of the eighth month similar to the festival that takes place in Judah. He approached the altar that he had set up in Bethel and sacrificed to the calves that he had made, having stationed in Bethel the priests that he had appointed. 33 Then, on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, he went up to burn incense on the altar that he had set up in Bethel, thus beginning the festival that he had made up out of his own heart for the Israelis.
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#NYPD 5 Points Protest March Map
Did you ever get the feelings corrupt NYPD and Internal Affairs cops and PBA doing fixing and favors along with retired cops on wealthy folks payroll doing fixing and favors along with all corrupt NYPD cops committing crimes using their badges and guns like NYPD Rape cop Pina and NYPD gun thief trafficker Mina who stole from lockers out of the 9th Precinct -- one of the same lockers NYPD Heroin Rape Cop Moreno had heroin staffed in...
are happy we are under terrorist threat since that takes the heat and focus off of them...?
By the way to bad NYPD Chief Chuck Dowd as appointed head of NYPD Tech and 911 when he had no 911 experiences and he other senior cops where taking gifts from one of 3 contractors alleged named in John Liu's press release May 31, 2012 calling for a criminal investigation in to 911 Tech mess called ECTP.
#NYPD 5 Points Protest March Map
There are cameras every where on the walk so that means dirty cops have to behave themselves besides the fact activists have video capacity....it would be embarrassing if we VIDEOED AN NYPD CHIEF ESPOSITO CHOKE HOLD LIKE THE ONE HE DID TO A BEAUTIFUL OWS WOMAN. HOW COULD BILL DE BLASIO HIRE ESPOSITO???? HUGE SALARY PLUS A MEGA HUGE PENSION!!! Esposito protects dirty cops like Adrian Schoolcraft's kidnapper Chief Mike Marino in my opinion.....
Protest #NYPD Internal Affairs Corruption Brutality 5 Point March, Preet Bharara, FBI NYC, City Hall, 1 Police Plaza, Cy Vance's Office
Protest #NYPD Internal Affairs Corruption Brutality 5 Point March, Preet Bharara, FBI NYC, City Hall, 1 Police Plaza, Cy Vance's Office
I am taking with a friend and our goal is to organize a 5 point march for protestors -- if we don't get a crowd -- we will do the walk ourselves with a large banner....
I am taking with a friend and our goal is to organize a 5 point march for protestors -- if we don't get a crowd -- we will do the walk ourselves with a large banner....
Are these 5 government agencies betraying the community demands for police reform?
-violations of Constitional Rights
-stop and frisk
-Eric Garner dead
-fixing crimes
-LGBT discrimination
-Adrian Schoolcraft kidnapping
-NYPD gun runners, drug trafficking, rape, murder
-time for a new psychological evaluation and to do eval checks
-confront the lie NYPD is doing new training
-#NYPD Spying
#Prosecute Police Brutality and murder
#Stop Profiling
#Stop blocking FOIL
-time for a new psychological evaluation and to do eval checks
-Internal Affairs corrupt and cannot police the police - it is big mess 911
-NYPD KKK Ray Kelly took free rides Air Bloomberg and Chief Dowd and other took gifts from Verizon a 911 contactor allegedly over billing City.
-Fire Bratton.
Eric Holder tells us to contact our local FBI which we do and they don't step up to the plate. Cy Vance Manhattan DA is failing to do his job regarding police corruption.
For October --- Goal make this a regular protest march each month until we can get a large enough crowd and that's fine if it goes into 2015 2016 until there's change this is what we have to do
You all know my case...
Thanks and gratitude for making a difference.
please help this go viral so shame MD, my attacker, NYPD and IAB thank you.
Vid 4 second highlights Vine
June 19, 2014 learned even more about Internal Affairs Corruption do created new blog goal to sue Mr Bratton and Mr Reznick 2015.
The NYPD an internal affairs fix crime in my opinion based on my own experience.
Dr Andrew Fagelman Delita Hooks Violence Lies New bad Yelp Review Not ADay @ The Beach!
Pepper Spray cop misogynist NYC --- choke hold....
Bill de Blasio says hey I send my wife, kid and Al Sharpton's ex aide to NYPD meetings but you hire NYPD choke holder abusers like Espositoe -- PROP reports the NYPD are being as abusive under de Blasio as Bloomberg new newsletter today with their oppressive ticketing of minorities -- oh don't forget what the NYPD did to me a whistle blower and I am preparing for lawsuit number 2 filing a notice of claim next month.
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Economic cycle update
In a previous post I talked about the Grexit melodrama where I mentioned the crucial date of around 4 August when we reach exactitude with the first of three Jupiter Saturn squares. As we entered into this Jupiter/Saturn square period some 10 days ago or so, market troubles were brewing around the world. The Chinese… Read More Economic cycle update


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Hearts agree HMRC settlement
South Africa coach Gordon Igesund has failed to persuade Everton
midfielder Steven Pienaar to change his mind about retiring from
international football.
Pienaar made a shock decision in October to quit playing for
Bafana Bafana, just three months before the Africa Cup of Nations,
and the national team has been rocked by the loss of its captain
and playmaker.
The 30-year-old admitted he was struggling to cope with the
physical demands of combining his club career with international
fixtures and Igesund was unable to convince Pienaar to make a
Igesund, who met with Pienaar in England last month, said he is
"totally retired from international football" and will "get on with
his life at his club."
Pienaar, who is having his second spell at Goodison Park, has
been a key player for the Toffees this season as they have made a
strong start to the Premier League campaign.
South Africa will prepare for the tournament with friendlies
against Malawi, Norway and Algeria before their opening match
against debutant Cape Verde on 19 January.
The Robins dominated the early chances at Whaddon Road with
Steve Elliott and Kaid Mohamed going close before Shaun Harrad
flicked home a low Jermaine McGlashan cross for the 16th-minute
Jake Taylor glanced a header wide for Cheltenham but Hereford
levelled with their first attack of the game on 20 minutes. Josh
O'Keefe blasted home from 10 yards after his initial header had
been palmed away by Robins keeper Scott Brown.
Mohamed was twice denied by Bulls keeper James Bittner after the
break while Will Evans went close to snatching victory for the
"We didn't deserve to lose but didn't do enough to win the
game," Robins boss Yates admitted.
"I thought we started really well. We moved it quickly and we
moved it with a purpose but once they scored we didn't do it
enough. They sat deep and made it difficult for us.
"In the second half, we didn't really play with enough quality,
enough tempo or pace to our game to create enough chances. We
weren't as good as we wanted to be but we were the team doing all
the pressing.
"We were trying to make things happen. They worked really hard
and all credit to them for that.
"No-one in our dressing room thought it was going to be easy but
it's disappointing because we didn't apply ourselves. They played
well but we can play better and we need to do that in the
"We are a disappointed dressing room and they are doing a lap of
honour but we are still in it."
Carroll, who is currently on a season-long loan at West Ham from
Liverpool and facing an eight-week lay-off due to a knee injury,
was with team-mates in Dublin for a weekend Christmas party after
the Hammers beat Chelsea 3-1 on Saturday.
The 23-year-old denies any wrongdoing.
A spokesman for the Garda press office in Dublin said officers
received a report of an incident at 2.30am on Monday.
A press photographer claimed he had been assaulted in the
capital's main shopping district, Grafton Street.
Officers at the city's Pearse Street station are investigating
the incident.
It is understood members of the West Ham football team were
spoken to by gardai following reports of an assault.
No arrests were made, the Garda spokesman said.
Sunderland have claimed just two wins in 22 Premier League games
and Sunday's 2-1 loss at Norwich leaves them just one point above
the bottom three.
Gardner, who scored at Carrow Road, admits the team have spoken
in length about the reasons for Sunderland's slide towards a
relegation fight.
But the midfielder knows the Black Cats must put their words
into action before their plight worsens.
He said: "We can't afford to keep talking after games about what
we have to do.
"We have to start going out there and doing it. There's no
excuses for us anymore. We can't just keep saying things will be
fine – we have to make them fine.
"We know we can do it, our second-half performance against
Norwich showed that. We know if we play like that, then we'll start
Gardner hopes the side can start their revival with a win over
Chelsea at the Stadium of Light on Saturday.
"We are desperate for a win. We need to start pushing on," he
"Chelsea will be tough but if we can take that second-half
performance into Saturday's game, we can win.
"We're slowly starting to find our form. The problem is we need
to find it quickly."
The ?1.75million dispute was revealed in the share issue
brochure as Hearts launched a scheme to raise ?1.79m at the end of
Now Hearts have come to an agreement to pay ?1.5m over a
three-year period.
The deal is separate to the settlement of a ?450,000 bill on
Monday which staved off the threat of a winding-up order.


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There were plenty of items on the agenda for the Clayton Town Council meeting Monday night to be discussed including the reorganization of council and town committees, but the public forum brought forward concerns with public safety in town.
Issues with speeding in Providence Crossing, basketball hoops on streets, and safety concerns on West Street were discussed at length during the public forum aspect of the meeting.
Some residents voiced their frustrations regarding the rules of putting basketball hoops on streets in town. Previously concerns were raised by the homeowner associations from the local developments regarding the basketball hoops being in the streets and sidewalks; the town put out a notice reminding residents that hoops cannot be on the street.
A couple of the residents in the developments questioned the town's ordinance at the meeting. Chief Brian Hill informed the residents that the town ordinance doesn't allow the hoops on the streets so that rule will be enforced; however, Vice Mayor Alex Dias noted some deed restrictions in housing developments have more specific rules regarding the hoops.
Other concerns were raised with speeding in Providence Crossing. Council previously voted to put a four-way stop sign at the intersection of Coldwater Drive and Massey Branch Road to address the speeding concerns.
However, it was noted at the meeting that residents are still speeding in that area. Hill said officers are doing patrol in the area but can't be there at all times.
A third concern raised is problems on West Street. One resident said her mother's home was burglarized last month after her mother passed away but has had a lack of support from the police department in dealing with the issue.
Two other residents also voiced concern with safety issues on West Street. All three women pointed to a problem house they believe to be a nuisance on the street.
Paulette Arnold said she's never been afraid to live in Clayton until now.
"The situation we're dealing with, the three of us, something has to be done," Arnold said. "Something has to happen before something very bad happens."
Mayor Tom Horn said the town will hold a Police Committee meeting to address the concerns, including the issues on West Street.
"We will get to the bottom of this. I've lived here a long time too," Horn said.
Earlier in the meeting Vice Mayor Alex Dias said the number of complaints has gone up in reason months pointing and believes this factor, including an increasing population, points to the need of more police officers.
"We're not going to need to get rid of police officers, we're going to need more in the future," Dias said.
After the meeting, Hill said the police statistics aren't necessarily showing a significant increase in recent months but it's been more so increasing over the last couple of years. He said the town has a population of 4,000 people with eight police officers, including him, covering the whole town. Having one or two more police officers would go a long way in dealing with the issues in town.
"Overall I think the Town of Clayton is a very, very safe place to live in but after this meeting and hearing people are afraid to live here – I've always heard the opposite – that's a little disheartening. We will address it," Hill said.


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MIAMI -- Claudio Marchisio scored his second goal from the penalty spot in the 89th minute to give Juventus a 3-2 win over Paris Saint-Germain in the International Champions Cup on Wednesday.
Juventus twice took the lead through Gonzalo Higuain and Marchisio, only to see PSG equalise through Goncalo Guedes and Javier Pastore, before Moise Kean drew a late penalty that led to the winner.
Paulo Dybala had the first scoring opportunity in the fourth minute as he cut inside a defender and curled a shot just wide of the post.
Juventus appeared the more dangerous early on as Juan Cuadrado and Alex Sandro threatened down the wings, beating PSG's full-backs for pace.
PSG's first chance game in the 18th minute as Blaise Matuidi picked off a pass and laid it off to Angel Di Maria, who could have crossed to Edinson Cavani but instead took a shot that went wide.
Di Maria then had another shot from the top of the box eight minutes later, this time forcing Gianluigi Buffon to make a diving save.
Dybala then narrowly missed a pair of free kicks on the half-hour mark, originally forcing PSG keeper Alphonse Areola to tip over, then moments later aiming for the opposite post, only to see it could go wide.
PSG had a goal ruled out for offside following a Juventus giveaway, but Cavani was too far forward when Di Maria fed him the ball in the box.
But Juventus quickly regained the advantage, Cuadrado trying his luck from distance and making Areola dive to his right to keep it out of the bottom corner.
The breakthrough came in the last play of the first half as Higuain played a sublime one-two with Dybala to get in behind the PSG defence before chipping the onrushing keeper to put Juventus ahead.
After both teams made eight changes at the half, Areola managed to push Stefano Sturaro's shot onto the post, and PSG immediately broke out on the counter, though Buffon was able to save Giovani Lo Celso's shot.
PSG found the equaliser in the 53rd minute after Di Maria played a one-two with Christopher Nkunku on the wing, then ran deep into the box and got a pass across before colliding with Buffon, leading to an easy tap-in for Guedes.
Nkunka got free on the wing again two minutes later, and Buffon barely got a piece of the ball to prevent another tap-in.
Juve got back in front in the 62nd minute when Kean picked off a poor pass and ran toward the box before showing good vision to pass across to Marchisio, who delivered a perfect left-footed, first-timed shot into the top corner past Remy Descamps, who had just come on for Areola.
Buffon went off to a loud ovation, and his replacement Carlo Pinsoglio was immediately fortunate to see Dani Alves' 30-yard attempt swerve just wide.
The goalkeeper showed he was up to the task when he made an acrobatic save to deny Jese -- though the linesman had ruled the ball had gone out of play in the build-up -- and moments later again Pinsoglio again did well to deny Lo Celso from eight yards.
But he could do nothing as PSG grabbed a second equaliser in the 80th minute. Layvin Kurzawa did well to keep the ball in play when it appeared to be headed out, and Juventus defenders were caught flat-footed as Javier Pastore arrived to head the ball home.
But Juventus had the final say as Presnel Kimpembe tried to muscle Kean off the ball, but the referee ruled it a penalty and Marchisio converted from the spot to give the Italian champs the victory.
The game ended amid jeers from PSG fans as Pastore was denied a late penalty, as the French club completed their U.S. tour with two defeats and a win on penalties after a draw with Roma.
Juventus will finish their ICC play against Serie A rivals Roma on Sunday.


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Print work based on a niche market I have built a large base of installs for:
City of Stockton (San Joaquin Regional Transit District) re-design:
Create new website using existing content for San Joaquin RTD (Regional Transit District)
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Ancient Magic Art Tools (Website CMS Conversion and theme re-design)
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Black Plague PDR Ecommerce (Shopify Theme)
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Plenty Pops Custom Website Theme (also MOBILE theme included)
Twitter Bootstrap Custom Theme, simulated product launch (imaginary product)
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Full E commerce Site: (setup Google PPC campaign, tracking through analytics, setup backend shopping experience, custom pages, SSL, integration with Stamps.com online shipping and postage solution)
Newest builds and theme customizations:
SPECIAL Integration of form to live charting. Used plugin and custom coding to achieve a dynamic output of chart data that shows savings for potential clients looking to be part of a online savings group.
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Gateway PhD Program
The School of Information serves as a gateway for students who are enrolled in the PhD program at our partner institution, Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Australia. Gateway PhD students are enrolled at QUT and receive their PhD degree from QUT. Gateway PhD students are supervised by a team of three faculty advisors from both the San José State iSchool and QUT's Information Systems program.
Note: The Gateway program is currently closed to new applicants for the coming year. We are updating our application procedures for the following year and will post new information on the How to Apply page as soon as it is available.
Convenient Online Learning
With this convenient, primarily online program, information professionals and academics can earn their Doctor of Philosophy degree with a focus on Library and Information Science, without having to relocate or disrupt their current careers. The doctoral program can be completed on a part-time basis with up to eight years total duration.
Research Focus
Gateway PhD students focus on their research from the very beginning of the program. They conduct original research and receive one-on-one mentoring from faculty who are award-winning scholars, researchers, and educators, representing two continents and a truly international perspective.
Doctoral students also participate in monthly online seminars, keeping in touch with members of their cohort and their international supervisory committee. "One of the unexpected and valued benefits of the program was the input and support I received from faculty members who were not necessarily on my supervisory team but who took an interest in my work," said Dr. Mary Ann Harlan, Gateway PhD program alumna (2012).
Annual Residencies
Once a year, the Gateway PhD students and faculty meet in-person during a short residency held in San José, California. "The residencies, when I could meet in person with my supervisors, were energizing. The monthly online meetings were also useful in checking in and keeping in contact, so I never felt on my own," said Dr. Diana Wakimoto, the first individual to complete the Gateway PhD program.
Unique PhD Program
This unique part-time doctoral program launched in 2008, and three doctoral students including Harlan and Wakimoto completed the Gateway PhD program in 2012. As of April 2018, a total of eleven individuals have earned their Doctor of Philosophy in recognition of their erudition in a broad field of learning and for notable accomplishment in the field through an original and substantial contribution to knowledge. Graduates of the Gateway PhD program are working in a variety of positions, including senior administration librarian, tenure-track faculty, and consultant.
Learn More
For more information about the Gateway PhD program, we invite you to visit the following web pages:
- Read profiles of our current doctoral students and alumni.
- Review a bibliography of research published by current doctoral students.
- Read about our school's Center for Information Research and Innovation (CIRI) current research projects.
- Sign up to receive prospective student email announcements about the Gateway PhD program.
Recent Awards and Honors
- Doctoral candidate Karen Kaufmann was awarded a Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship given by Beta Phi Mu, the international honor society for library and information science and information technology.
- Alumnus Dr. Clarence Maybee received a QUT Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award for 2015. It is in recognition of excellence demonstrated in higher degree research practice, and for his contribution to the LIS discipline. The committee chooses the recipients for this prestigious award from all dissertations completed across the university during the year, and places him in the top 5% of successful doctoral candidates for 2015. Drs. Kristen Rebmann, Christine Bruce, and Mandy Lupton were members of Clarence's supervisory team. Well done, Clarence!
- Professor Emeritus Bill Fisher has recently been named Adjunct Professor at Queensland University of Technology. Adjunct appointments at QUT are honorary postings designed to involve "distinguished and talented professionals and academics in teaching and research activities." Professor Fisher has been involved with the Gateway PhD Program since its inception and currently supervises three students. His new appointment allows him to take on greater leadership responsibilities within the program. Gateway program faculty members are excited about Professor Fisher's continued dedication to and increased involvement with the program.
- Doctoral candidate Cherry-Ann Smart was selected as a 2016 Society for Scholarly Publishing International Fellow. One of a handful to be chosen from over 100 applicants, the honor includes membership to the Society, access to a mentor, and travel and attendance at the 38th Annual Meeting that took place in Vancouver, Canada from June 1-3, 2016. The Society for Scholarly Publishing is "a nonprofit organization formed to promote and advance communication among all sectors of the scholarly publication community through networking, information dissemination, and facilitation of new developments in the field." Cherry-Ann's research focuses on services to international and foreign student in academic libraries. Congratulations, Cherry-Ann!
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A long time ago, I asked people "Why Do You Trust Your Government?" It appears I now have an answer: they don't.
As Barack Obama begins his second term in office, trust in the federal government remains mired near a historic low, while frustration with government remains high. And for the first time, a majority of the public says that the federal government threatens their personal rights and freedoms.
The latest national survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, conducted Jan. 9-13 among 1,502 adults, finds that 53% think that the federal government threatens their own personal rights and freedoms while 43% disagree.
In March 2010, opinions were divided over whether the government represented a threat to personal freedom; 47% said it did while 50% disagreed. In surveys between 1995 and 2003, majorities rejected the idea that the government threatened people's rights and freedoms.
The growing view that the federal government threatens personal rights and freedoms has been led by conservative Republicans. Currently 76% of conservative Republicans say that the federal government threatens their personal rights and freedoms and 54% describe the government as a "major" threat. Three years ago, 62% of conservative Republicans said the government was a threat to their freedom; 47% said it was a major threat.
By comparison, there has been little change in opinions among Democrats; 38% say the government poses a threat to personal rights and freedoms and just 16% view it as a major threat.
I find this last paragraph to be the most interesting: it was the Democrats who shrieked throughout the Bush Administration about civil liberties, Guantanamo, the PATRIOT Act, losing habeus corpus, and always calling Bush 43 a fascist. Yet less than one-fifth of Democrats worry that the government is a major threat to our personal rights today—the same government that nearly passed SOPA, did pass the NDAA act with the indefinite detention provisions, and is now using drones to spy on Americans. Oh, and continues the inane drug war. It's remarkable.
It's scary.
What's also interesting is that nobody blames the system, they just blame the personalities involved:
When asked if the current problem with Congress is a broken political system, or the members themselves, most people continue to point to the lawmakers. A majority (56%) says that the political system can work fine, it is the members of Congress that are the problem. Only about a third (32%) says that lawmakers have good intentions and it is political system that is broken.
At a time when there are wide partisan differences in opinions about government, there is broad agreement that members of Congress are the problem. Virtually identical majorities of Republicans (58%), Democrats (57%) and independents (56%) say that lawmakers, rather than the political system, are the problem with Congress.
On the one hand, I agree. Just as you can't blame the gun for the murderer, you have to keep the responsibility for this mess with the people. But, as I have said before, our voting system is horribly outdated and is almost designed to elect people who are not representative of the public. If we want to improve the quality of people in Congress, we're going to have to make serious reforms: eliminating the first-past-the-post election system and hopefully replacing it with approval voting (or, if we have to, instant runoff voting); establishing term limits for all Congressional members; returning the election of Senators to the state legislatures, which was the whole point of having a Senate in the first place; and establishing new rules to force legislators to actually read what they're voting on, prohibit them from delegating their legislative duties to unelected bureaucracies, and work within a properly balanced budget. (No more baseline budgeting, either.) The rules of the game are very important. Right now, those rules lead to corrupt, self-serving, petty tyrants in most cases. Count me in as one of the 32% who thinks the system is broken (though I certainly don't think that lawmakers have "good intentions" in most cases.)
Meanwhile, if you keep reading, you'll find that roughly three-fifths of Americans are fed up with the government, and that even 59% of Democrats don't trust their government. (I suppose I will have to go back and amend this post from a long time ago.)
Okay, so you don't trust your government. Bravo. But I have to ask: why on Earth do you keep electing these people? If over half the country is afraid of the government being a threat to our personal rights, and we live in a democracy where we can elect our leaders, should we not elect new leaders? I realize many have been brainwashed by the absolutely idiotic "wasted vote myth," but if you really think that both of the major party guys on the ballot are turds, then it's extremely easy to vote for a third party candidate (should one be available.) We really are at the point where we're voting between a turd and a turd sandwich. That should be painfully obvious even to the people who live way beyond the beltway, in the heartland of America or the tips of the Rockies or in the cities on the coasts, the people who aren't paying all that much attention to politics.
I am still optimistic for the long-term future, but short-term, I have to scratch my head and wonder what is wrong with the American public today. Is it the media? Is it the education system? It is the Xbox? I don't get it.


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|Sounds of Silence
|Josh Berman,
Andrew Lipsitz
|Peter Markle
|Original Airdate
|April 29, 2001
|Previous Episode: Gentle, Gentle
|Next Episode: Justice is Served
Sounds of Silence is the twentieth episode in season one of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
Grissom, Warrick and Sara investigate the death of a deaf man who was run over by a car. However, more investigation shows that he died before the car even struck him. The team's encounters with the dean of the deaf man's school reveals a secret about Grissom. Meanwhile, Catherine and Nick investigate an apparent mob hit that leaves five dead in a coffee shop and discover that the victim they thought was the target may only have been collateral damage.
When a car runs over a body, the team discover it was not the car that killed him as he was already dead. The investigation reveals personal information about Grissom, which surprises Warrick and Sara. Catherine, meanwhile, investigate what appears to be a mob hit in a coffee store that leaves five dead. However, they discover that the shooting began in the back room; the store owner got one of the employees pregnant and shot her in an argument before killing everyone else as well.
After tracing the hit-and-run victim's mother, Grissom discovers that he was a student at a school for the deaf. The school's principal, Dr. Gilbert, becomes uncooperative when Warrick and Sara question her via an interpreter; she is able to read lips and takes offense. When Grissom interrogates her in sign language, she opens up and helps Grissom track down the killers, a pair of teenagers who asked the victim to buy beer for them and flew into a rage when he did not respond.
At the end of the episode, Grissom talks to Dr. Gilbert in American Sign Language. What he is saying is that his mother lost her hearing when she was eight years old. He once asked her, "What is it like to be deaf?" and she told Grissom, who loved to swim, that it was like being underwater. She also taught him that being deaf does not make one inferior and that deafness can be a blessing. The camera pulls back to reveal a fountain as the two continue signing, and the sound of the fountain becomes dominant as the scene fades to the closing credit slide.
Main Cast
- William Petersen as Gil Grissom
- Marg Helgenberger as Catherine Willows
- Gary Dourdan as Warrick Brown
- George Eads as Nick Stokes
- Jorja Fox as Sara Sidle
- Paul Guilfoyle as Jim Brass
Guest Cast
- Eric Szmanda as Greg Sanders
- Robert David Hall as Dr. Al Robbins
- Skip O'Brien as Detective Ray O'Riley
- David Berman as David Phillips
- Gerald McCullouch as Bobby Dawson
- Joseph Patrick Kelly as Officer Joe Metcalf
- Tom Gallop as Attorney Randy Painter
- Deanne Bray as Dr. Gilbert
- Mario Schugel as Brad Kendall
- Elaine Kagan as Mrs. Clemonds
- Jonah Rooney as Mark Rucker
- Austin Nichols as Adam Walkey
- Arlene Malinowski as Halley the Interpreter
- Greg Anderson as Brian Clemonds
- Scott Caudill as Paul Arrington
- Caroline Barba as Lisa
- Samantha Harris as Charlotte
- Joannah Portman as Erin McCarty
- Mark Ginther as Al Robson
- Kanin Howell as Roy Hinton
- Bonnie Morgan as Alice Neely
- Jeff Podgurski as Frankie Flynn
- Kelli McNeil as Deaf Girl (uncredited)
- William Wantland as Extra (uncredited)
- This is the first occasion we see Grissom use American Sign Language, although he refuses to discuss the reasons for his proficiency (a deaf mother) and it is only later in the series that the scene in which he wears earplugs takes on a deeper significance (his fears that he will lose his hearing).
See Also
- List of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episodes
- CSI:Crime Scene Investigation Season 1
- Category:Images from Sounds of Silence
|CSI:Las Vegas Season 1
|Pilot • Cool Change • Crate 'n Burial • Pledging Mr. Johnson • Friends & Lovers • Who Are You? • Blood Drops • Anonymous • Unfriendly Skies • Sex, Lies and Larvae • I-15 Murders • Fahrenheit 932 • Boom • To Halve and to Hold • Table Stakes • Too Tough to Die • Face Lift • $35K O.B.O. • Gentle, Gentle • Sounds of Silence • Justice is Served • Evaluation Day • Strip Strangler


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VeronaA series of reduction relief prints and monotypes investigating a design by the architect Carlo Scarpa for the Museo di Castelvecchio in Verona, Italy.
LandscapesA series of relief prints, monoprints, and paintings investigating the patchwork flatness and atmosphere found in the Italian landscapes surrounding the towns of Assisi and Orvieto.
Nine PatchA series of relief printed monoprints investigating the overlap between flat modernist abstraction and turn of the century quilts from Mennonite and Amish communities.
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Seminar Series presents
Between Earth and Heaven: the Politics of Gender in Timor-Leste
with Sara Niner
Thursday 26th May 12:30 - 2:00pm
Centre for Dialogue Seminar Room 301
Light lunch provided
Gender inequality in post-conflict Timor-Leste (
East Timor)
is well-documented and there is pressure for women to conform to
'traditional' cultural norms now the war is over, yet a strong women's
movement resists this pressure. However, any rise in status for the
majority of women must be made through an engagement with indigenous or
'traditional' society as that is culturally dominant in Timor.
The impact of recent conflict and violence has been profound for the
new nation and its people, with public and private or domestic violence
still pervasive. The male political and military elite dominant in
Timor-Leste today is seen as largely responsible for outbreaks of
violence on a national scale (2004-8) and these contemporary events
lead us to define Timorese post-conflict society as militaristic in
nature. A strong culture of male political domination in Timor-Leste
today holds back the women's movement, along with development, security
and a more expansive version of democracy. While 'gender' has featured
heavily on the development agenda of Timor- Leste over the last ten
years little intellectual analysis has been made of what these trends
mean for development, security and democracy there.
Dr Sara Niner is an Adjunct Research Fellow in the Arts Faculty at
She has recently completed a research program on gender relations in
the post-conflict period while on an Endeavour Fellowship in
partnership with the National Directorate of Culture in Timor-Leste.
This follows a two year postdoctoral fellowship at Monash researching
women, development and handcrafts in Timor-Leste. She is the editor of 'To Resist is to Win: the Autobiography of Xanana Gusmão with selected letters and speeches' (Aurora/ David Lovell Publishing 2000). Her new book 'XANANA: Leader of the Struggle for Independent Timor-Leste'
(2009) is published by Australian Scholarly Publishing and is currently
being translated into Portuguese. This book was based on her PhD
completed in the politics department at La Trobe University in 2005.
Please visit Monash University


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Who hasn't found themselves in front of the fridge, pantry or the pastry cabinet of their favorite coffee shop feeling overwhelmed and defeated by insanely strong sugar cravings? Here's three tips to help when sugar seems to be calling your name… #1: Check your Beverages! Sounds crazy, but sometimes sweet cravings are a sign of dehydration. […]Read More
Invest In Yourself With A Good Lunch!
Invest in Yourself with time for exercise & for healthy eating because you are worth it! Everything involves an investment. For lunch today I had a herb crusted halibut taco (mixed grain tortilla) topped with feta cheese and Mexican spiced cabbage slaw. It was an assembly lunch made from leftovers. It took about ten minutes to […]Read More
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I know, Banana Pudding is not pumpkin pie– but it is delicious and a staple on my Thanksgiving table! Magnolia Bakery has always been a treasured sweet in the west village but it was made famous with Carrie Bradshaw in Sex In The City. When the show was in its heyday, there was a Sex and The […]Read More
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Thanksgiving dinner gets all the fanfare but let's be real: it's the day after Turkey Sandwich that we remember most! In my house, left over day is king. First of all, I'm not cooking! No shopping necessary. Meal planning done! Breakfast is biscuits warmed on the griddle with jam, green bean casserole scrambled with eggs and […]Read More


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March for Meals 2017
The Honorable (Full Name of U.S. Representative)
U.S. House of Representatives
US Capitol
Washington DC 20515
The Honorable (Full Name of U.S. Senator)
United States Senate
338 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington DC 20510
Dear (Congressman/Congresswoman/Senator) (Last Name):
I am writing you on behalf of the 6,000 seniors served in Dallas County by VNA Texas Meals on Wheels. I want you to know there is a growing number of people facing senior hunger and isolation, both serious problems currently impacting your District and our nation at large.
VNA Texas provides both home-delivered and congregate meals as a public-private partnership and is a success story of the Older Americans Act by keeping our seniors healthy. Each meal costs about $6 to produce and deliver, compared to approximately $150 per day to live a nursing home on Medicaid or $2,000 per day to be hospitalized. Meals on Wheels is a fiscally smart investment!
If you would like to learn more or tour the VNA Texas kitchen (the largest single-site kitchen in the nation), please contact VNA President & CEO, Katherine Krause at firstname.lastname@example.com or (214) 689-0000. Thank you for your support of Meals on Wheels! Sincerely,
(Your Name)
(Your Home Address)


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Today MCL 2016 Sagittarius Strikers vs Gemini Arabians 10th Match Live Score Teams Prediction 5 Feb 2016 :- The stage is set for another emphatic contest of the inaugural edition of Masters Champions League which is gonna happen tonight as two teams packed with the great names of the game of cricket like Virender Sehwag, Adam Gilchrist, Mahela Jayawardane, Kumara Sangakkar and Saqlain Mushtaq will compete against each other in a superb t20 match which is surely be a treat to watch for the fans.
Todays 10th match of MCL 2016 will be played between SS vs GA at Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium which is located in Sharjah. This amazing clash will start at around 16:30 PM Indian Standard Time.
MCL 2016 Sagittarius Strikers vs Gemini Arabians Playing XI's
Gemini Arabians (From): Virender Sehwag(c), Richard Levi, Kumar Sangakkara(w), Brad Hodge, Jacques Rudolph, Justin Kemp, Naved-ul-Hasan, Kyle Mills, Saqlain Mushtaq, Muttiah Muralitharan, Graham Onions, Saqib Ali, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Paul Harris, Ashish Bagai
Sagittarius Strikers (From): Adam Gilchrist(w/c), Yasir Hameed, Mahela Jayawardene, Michael Carberry, Jonathan Trott, Imran Farhat, Daniel Vettori, Yasir Arafat, Shane Bond, Mushtaq Ahmed, Krishmar Santokie, Tino Best, Gavin Hamilton, Nathan Hauritz, Khurram Khan, Phil Mustard, Alviro Petersen
Prediction : Gemini Arabians will win today match of MCL 2016
Match Details
Match: SS vs GA, 10th Match, Masters Champions League, 2016
Date: Friday, February 05, 2016
Time: 11:00 AM GMT
Venue: Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah
Keep coming for more updates of Masters Champions League 2016


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