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I recently made the decision to expand this blog from simply talking about writing to talking about stories. Stories told in film, in images, and – most often – in words. Though many of you know that my academic field of study was art history, what you may not know is that I specifically study book history, which (for me) includes techniques of book creation, and the book as art. I love Early American books the best: hand-printed manuscripts on hand-made paper, pressed into a hand-built machine and gifted with words by hand-carved type bearing hand-made ink. How is that not an art?
While the evolution of book history means that the construction of most books has been industrialized (for large print runs, though there are still amazing artists making hand-crafted books, and I'll talk more about them later) and even removed as we move into digital reading, the two places that you can still find art in a book are in the font choices, and in the cover. Some books go farther and incorporated art and design into the layout, but even the most minimal of interiors uses a font, and probably has a cover.
Book cover design is its own kind of art. It can be, when done well, its own kind of beautiful. Here are a couple of resources to get you introduced to the possibilities:
The Book Cover Archive, "for the appreciation and categorization of excellence in book cover design". Not only do they post their favorite new book covers, but they also offer up a blog about book design news (it doesn't update often but I love the very visual aspect of their posts). The whole site is built around the visual so you won't get too much design discussion but they 1300+ pages of material to scroll through give you an immersion into cover design that can't be beat.
If you're looking for old covers, the Flickr pool for "Old Timey Paperback Book Covers" has 13,300+ images and is still growing.
Things Magazine has two cover galleries worth checking out: first is the smaller "Cover Project", and the bigger/better "Pelican Project", which shows off Pelican Publishing paperback covers from the 1930s through the 1980s, sorted by decade.
Tal Goretsky talks about his favorite designs at Tal Designz.
Book Covers Anonymous also shows off covers, a few at a time, and usually has a blurb to go with. Doesn't update often.
Jacket Mechanicalis a much better blog in that the author (Peter Mendelsund, an associate art director at Knopf, as well as an art director at Pantheon and Vertical Press) actually talks about the design of his work and other people's. His discussion of how to jacket works of fiction (start here for part 1) is quite brilliant and you should read it if you care about cover design at all.
The Casual Optimist is one of my favorite book design blogs, and the author makes many links happen. We love this. It's frustrating when someone mentions something awesome they loved but doesn't link to it so you can share the joy. I'll leave you with something I discovered only by reading TCO: a short (9 minute) film about a small paper company and the letterpress printer next door.
ink&paper from Ben Proudfoot on Vimeo.


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Tracy Unangst of Easton, Miss Pocono Mountain, won last night's talent portion of the Miss Pennsylvania contest with her rendition of a song from the Broadway show "Evita."
Mezzo soprano Michelle Kline of Easton, Miss Lehigh Valley, performed the opera selection "The Doll Song."
The three-day competition started last night in Jaffa Mosque Temple, Altoona, Blair County, which seats 6,000 people.
Tracy is a daughter of Barbara and Kenneth Unangst of Easton.

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Overview of Obesity
Obesity affects millions of individuals who often struggle with the effects of being severely overweight and finding effective and lasting weight loss options. More extreme than being overweight, obesity is a medical condition that occurs when excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may negatively impact the health of the individual. Obesity can be caused by a variety of factors and often leads to the development of many other serious health problems and a reduced life expectancy.
Using Body Mass Index to Diagnose Obesity
Obesity is usually determined by calculating a person's body mass index (BMI), a measurement based upon height and weight. It measures the amount of weight in relation to the height of the individual.
BMI Classifications
- BMI < 18.5: Underweight
- 18.5 - 24.9: Desireable Weight
- 25.0 - 29.9: Overweight
- 30.0 - 39.9: Obesity
- 40.0 - 49.9: Clinically Severe Obesity (Morbid Obesity)
- BMI > 50.0: Super Obesity
Although the BMI does not account for an individual's fat to muscle ration, it is still considered an adequate indicator of obesity. Typically, a person is diagnosed as having obesity when they weigh 20% or more than the maximum ideal weight for their height and build.
In order to determine an individual's Body Mass Index (BMI), a BMI calculator uses the following formula: an individual gets the final calculation when their weight in kilograms is divided by their height in meters, squared. When the calculation has been completed, the number is compared with the BMI classification chart to determine weight status.
If one's BMI is 25 to 29.9, that individual is considered overweight yet not obese. The obesity range occurs from a BMI of 30 onward. An individual's weight may warrant surgery for weight loss if their BMI is equal to or greater than 40, or if their BMI is at least 35 with serious co-morbid conditions, such as type 2 diabetes or high blood pressure.
Using Waist Size to Diagnose Obesity
Obesity is sometimes calculated by measuring an individual's waist size as well. Individuals who have an increased waist size are also at risk for conditions associated with obesity. For example, men with a waist size of 40 inches and above and women with a waist size of 35 inches and above both fit into this category.
Causes of Obesity
In order to really understand what obesity is, it is first important to learn what causes obesity in so many individuals. Although the disease of obesity is complex, there are some known factors contributing to obesity.
The top causes contributing to obesity are:
- Genetics
- Dietary Patterns
- Physical Activity
- Socioeconomic Status
- Environment
One cause of obesity is said to be the result of an individual's genes. A number of studies have shown in the past that obesity is something that can run in the family. In other words, it is genetically linked. If an individual's parents, either one or both, have obesity, that individual is more likely to have obesity problems as well. However, it is important to state that simply because an individual has parents with obesity it does not mean that they will always become obese. It is just one of the factors that has been linked with obesity.
The metabolic rate of an individual is another determining factor when it comes to obesity. For those individuals who have a slower metabolism, they might have more of a battle with obesity than individuals with a faster metabolism as the food is being put to good use more quickly this way.
Another cause of obesity is the regular intake of too many calories, especially in the form of high-fat, high-calorie foods. Foods with high fat content are ones which, if eaten in large quantities, can lead to an excessive amount of weight. A good way in which to try and keep obesity a non-issue is to limit the amount of fatty foods one eats on a daily basis.
Lifestyle issues are also factors when it comes to obesity. Those individuals who live a more sedentary lifestyle may be more likely to become obese than those who spend their days running from place to place. It has been shown through studies that individuals who exercise for approximately ½ hour per day are much less likely to become obese than individuals who do not follow this exercise schedule.
Lastly, psychological reasons are ones which may lead to obesity in certain individuals. People who are depressed are more likely to overeat than individuals who are not. In addition, those who are depressed may also be less likely to exercise each day and adhere to a strict exercise regimen, as the depression can sometimes be overwhelming.
Health Consequences of Obesity
There are a number of reasons why obesity is such a concern for individuals and their health care professionals. Obesity not only prevents individuals from engaging in certain activities but it can lead to a number of serious health consequences as well.
It has become known that certain diseases can result from the condition of obesity. Some of these conditions and diseases include Type 2 diabetes, high blood triglycerides, high cholesterol, coronary heart disease, stroke and high blood pressure. If that weren't enough, some more diseases and conditions which have been said to correlate with obesity are gallbladder disease, osteoarthritis, gout, and sleep apnea.
There are certain deadly diseases such as cancer that are more likely to occur in people with obesity. Studies have shown that women with obesity are more likely than average weight women to have a higher rate of various cancers including gallbladder, breast, ovarian, uterine and cervical cancers. As for men, those with obesity are more likely to be diagnosed with rectal, colon and prostate cancers than men of average weight.
Not only does obesity cause physical health issues in individuals but mental and emotional health issues as well. Individuals with obesity may experience depression, rejection and loneliness as a result of their excess weight. Not only may they experience these conditions due to how they view themselves but how they feel others view them as well.
Obesity is a serious health concern for more and more individuals these days. In order to truly rid oneself of obesity or prevent obesity from occurring in the first place, it is a good idea to review the causes contributing to the condition and remind oneself what they can do to help prevent it or help rid oneself of this debilitating condition.


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Estonia recently survived a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that came on the heels of the Estonian government's relocation of a statue commemorating Russia's 1940s wartime role. This action inflamed the feelings of the substantial Russian population in Estonia, as well as those of various elements in Russia itself.
Purple prose then boiled over worldwide, with apocalyptic announcements that a "cyberwar" had been unleashed on the Estonians. Were the attacks initiated by hot-headed nationalists or by a nation state? Accusations and denials have flown, but no nation state has claimed authorship.
It's not really difficult to decide if this was cyberwarfare or simple criminality. Current concepts of war require people in uniforms or a public declaration. There's no evidence that such was the case. In addition, there's no reason to believe that national resources were required to mount the attack. Michael Lesk's piece on the Estonia attacks in this issue (see the Digital Protection department on p. 76) include estimates that, at current botnet leasing prices, the entire attack could have been accomplished for US$100,000, a sum so small that any member of the upper middle class in Russia, or elsewhere, could have sponsored it.
Was there national agency? It's highly doubtful that Russian President Vladimir Putin or anyone connected to him authorized the attacks. If any Russian leader had anything to say about the Estonians, it was more likely an intemperate outburst like Henry II's exclamation about Thomas Becket, "Will no one rid me of this troublesome priest?"
We can learn from this, however: security matters, even for trivial computers. A few tens of thousands of even fairly negligible PCs, when attached by broadband connections to the Internet and commanded in concert, can overwhelm all modestly configured systems—and most substantial ones.
Engineering personal systems so that they can't be turned into zombies is a task that requires real attention. In the meantime, the lack of quality-of-service facilities in our network infrastructure will leave them vulnerable to future botnet attacks. Several avenues are available to address the weaknesses in our current systems, and we should be exploring all of them. Faced with epidemic disease, financial panic, and other mass threats to the common good, we're jointly and severally at risk and have a definite and legitimate interest in seeing to it that the lower limits of good behavior aren't violated.
From the Estonia attacks, we've also learned that some national military institutions are, at present, hard-pressed to defend their countries' critical infrastructures and services. Historically, military responses to attacks have involved applying kinetic energy to the attacking forces or to the attackers' infrastructure. But when the attacking force is tens or hundreds of thousands of civilian PCs hijacked by criminals, what is the appropriate response? Defense is left to the operators of the services and of the infrastructure, with the military relegated to an advisory role—something that both civilians and military must find uncomfortable. Of course, given the murky situations involved in cyberwar, we'll probably never fully learn what the defense establishments could or did do.
Pundits have dismissed this incident, arguing that this is a cry of "wolf!" that should be ignored (see www.nytimes.com/2007/06/24/weekinreview/24schwartz.html). Although it's true that we're unlikely to be blinded to an invasion by the rebooting of our PCs, it's naïve to suggest that our vulnerability to Internet disruptions has passed its peak. Cyberwar attacks, as demonstrated in 2003 by Slammer, have the potential to disable key infrastructures. To ignore that danger is criminally naïve. Nevertheless, all is not lost.
Events like this have been forecast for several years, and as of the latest reports, there were no surprises in this attack. The mobilization of global expertise to support Estonia's network defense was heartening and will probably be instructive to study. Planners of information defenses and drafters of future cyberdefense treaties should be contemplating these events very carefully. This wasn't the first such attack—and it won't be the last.


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Sports Carnival 2016By Fomso Sports Carnival Follow | Public
In the spirit of FOMSO's 10th year anniversary, we are organising a sports carnival and welcome participation from one and all. For more details refer event page.
a) Hockey - 10th September, Saturday
b) Badminton
c) Cricket
d) Football
e) Carroms
f) Bingo
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Lantronix and OKI to Co-Market xPrintServer
Friday, June 29, 2012
Press release from the issuing company
Lantronix, a leading global provider of smart M2M connectivity solutions, today announced its alliance with OKI Data Americas, a leading printing solutions provider, to co-market its award-winning xPrintServer family of iOS print server appliances. With this agreement, OKI becomes the first printer manufacturer entering into such an alliance with Lantronix.
The alliance comes at a time when iPad use is expected to nearly double this year and overall iOS adoption continues within the enterprise and education markets. OKI will refer the xPrintServer to its large network of customers, resellers and distributors that are seeking mobile printing solutions. Conversely, Lantronix will refer OKI's products to members of its network that are in need of customized printing solutions.
"The Lantronix xPrintServer offers a compelling value proposition for OKI in the mobile printing arena," said Keith Fenton, Product Planning Manager - MFP Software and Solutions at OKI Data Americas. "Every day, more and more customers are demanding iOS printing solutions - not just for new printers and multi-function devices, but for legacy equipment as well. From its slick design to its incredible ease-of-use, the Lantronix xPrintServer is an affordable and viable mobile printing solution."
As printing solutions specialists, OKI provides world-class printing technology and real-world solutions designed to help manage workflow and optimize performance. By referring xPrintServer solutions from Lantronix, OKI helps to ensure Apple compatibility with many OKI printers and MFPs. The xPrintServer also provides controls to help administrators manage access to networked and wireless-enabled printers. This is an especially vital tool for offices and schools that are looking to manage the document output of numerous mobile devices.
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text: Most read: CRM 2 continues to spark controversy The mainstream media has barely touched on the subject of CRM2. But that doesn't mean advisors are quiet on the subject. A post on wealthprofessional.ca yesterday drew a group of interesting comments from advisors annoyed with the onset of the so-called CRM2 regulations. Complaints range from the overwhelming amount of information to be dumped on clients to the lack of communication on the part of regulators and professional bodies. "When I bring it up, people are like, 'We've known and trusted you for 17 years, why all this now?'" wondered one advisor. Going on, the advisor had a sharp, wonderfully cynical take on why it is so many new regulations are being introduced now. The feeling among some advisors seems to be that the many good advisors are getting punished for the actions of a few bad apples. "I suspect there is a core of whiners who didn't listen to their advisers. They bought high, sold to buy mortgage-backed crap, got a DSC fee because they changed their strategy from long-term to short-term, then complained to the regulators and head office, saying they weren't told about the fees. Head office pays a complaint fee to keep 'em happy. The good advisors continue doing what they're told. The bad advisors go sell cell phone plans and hemp investments," says the advisor. Other advisors seem disappointed that more hasn't been done to communicate the ins-and-outs of CRM2. "I work at an IIROC member firm…There's so much being thrown at us all at once that it's virtually impossible to know what exactly is encompassed in CRM2. If they can't even effectively communicate it with industry participants, it's no wonder they haven't effectively communicate it with the public," said one. Another advisor makes the point that it is the job of the advisor to sort through the mounds of information generated in the financial industry so that the client doesn't have to. That is, the very point of an advisor is to sort through all the stuff about to be dumped on clients. "[They] don't have time to read, study and select funds from the thousands available. The clients' only hope is a good, trusted advisor to guide and protect them from mechanical marketing procures and to get answers when questions arise based on the timely decisions the advisor made in the past." Do the complaints ring true in your practice? Have your say at wealthprofessional.ca. SHARE


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Museum of Ojibwa Culture: A Photo Gallery
The Museum of Ojibwa Culture is located in St.Ignace which is in Michigan's Upper Peninsula along the shoreline of Lake Huron where it meets Lake Michigan. This area is called the Straits of Mackinac. If you have ever hear of Mackinac Island, you can see the island from here. In fact, it is one of two places where you can catch a ferry over to the island.
The museum is a small building that was once a Catholic Church. The land is now owned by the city of St.Ignace. Outdoors there are representations of Native American homes along with a statue and grave site of Father Jacques Marquette. Marquette was a Jesuit priest who was a French Missionary to this area. He founded Michigan's first settlement in Sault Ste. Marie and later traveled west to found the settlement in St. Ignace.
Inside the museum, the first part is a store that sells Native American cultural and historical items such as books, dream catchers, statues, moccasins and more. Once you pass the store, the children's activities and displays of art, tools, animals furs, and other items of daily life are delicately displayed along the walls and in glass cases. As you round the corner, there are maps of the people and their travels, life size displays to show the daily life of the Ojibwa people and videos to provide more information about the lives of these great people.
Who are the Ojibwa People?
The Ojibwa Tribes are also known as the Chippewa Indians. Their tribes are found in the northern United States in states such as Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota and into Canada and they are Algonquin speaking Natives. The museum shares the relationship that the Ojibwa had with the Huron tribes as well as the French speaking people that came to this area over 300 years ago. Although there was a delicate balance to the relationship between the French and Native People, they built an economic bond through the fur trade with the French people. They did not typically have a good relationship with the British who were also present in the area during this time so they joined forces with the French who were in direct competition with the British. This created a quick bond between each group.
Outdoor Displays
Before even entering the building there are many interesting displays of the culture and time period. Although the museum focuses on the Ojibwa culture, it also shares the culture of the French people along with the Huron and Odawa people.
Two types of Native American homes.Click thumbnail to view full-size
Children's Activites
One of the things that always impresses me about a place is it's availability of interactive things for children to participate in. I had visited this museum about seven years ago and I remembers that they had the tepee and longhouse on the grounds. Frankly this was the reason for our stop. I knew that having the chance to walk around in this homes would not only interest my children, but allow us to stretch our legs before continuing our long drive. What I didn't remember was the large number of activities available inside the museum for them to play with. The activities were so thorough and engaging that it allowed me to walk around and view the exhibits while my three and four year old had a great time in the children's section. The activities included matching games, coloring pages, books, felt story boards and more. They all related back to learning about the Ojibwa culture, creating fun and learning at the same time.
Photos of Various Children's Activities
Art is very much a part of the lives of Native Americans. They not only display their art but wear it and celebrate it at their ceremonies and festivals. Here are some examples of art by the Ojibwa Tribes.
Ojibwa ArtClick thumbnail to view full-size
Daily Life
The daily life of the Ojibwa was very traditional. The men hunted while the women and children spent their days planting, harvesting, sewing, and taking care of the home front. The men also cultivated the relationship with the French Fur Traders. It was a relationship that benefited both groups of people.
Daily Activites for the OjibwaClick thumbnail to view full-size
Museum of Ojibwa Culture
Hours and Admission
Preschool children: FREE
Memorial Day Weekend to Late June 9:00 am-5:00 pm
Elementary Children: $1.00
Late June to Labor Day 9:00 am-6:00 pm
Teens/Adults: $2.00
Labor Day-Mid October 10:00 am-3:00 pm
Family: $5.00
Author's Note
This summer I had the pleasure of traveling to one of my favorite places to visit, Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Since I have family in this area, I make it a point to visit at least once a year. I decided last year that I would start a new tradition with my children and make ourselves tourists in our home state. Not only has this been a great experience for all of us, but we have seen some very interesting sites along the way. In addition to our visit to the Museum of Ojibwa Culture, we traveled to many places in the Upper Peninsula. If you are interested in reading more about our adventures traveling through Michigan, you can check out some of these other hubs that I have written about our stops along the way.
Interesting Things to See and Do in Marquette County, Michigan
Coastlines of Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Exploring Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
On the Shoreline of Lake Superior: A Personal Narrative
Hi Cara-WOW! What an excellent hub photo gallery. I don't believe that there was the extent of 'children's activities' set up when you were younger than there are now. I think this has evolved.
You know how much I love anything about the Indian culture. I am amazed at all of the photos that you present here with the brief explanation. Very well done. Well worth the wait!
We were up to that area a few years ao but I did not know about the museum or I might have made a point of seeing it.Thanks for sharing this information.


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I did my bit of travelling but until a month ago I never been to New York. I imagined New York has a very dangerous city where you could get killed just walking on the street. Since I was little I watch movies and series which take place in the big apple and I guess my worry came from that.
Now am back from a week in New york and I have to say the city is safe, nothing like i imagined. The americans are so friendly, customers orientated. If they see someone in the street with a map they stop and ask you if you need help. They are just amazing.
I do understand why they find the europeans so selfish, and having such bad manners.
I just wanted to say a big Thank You. It has been a really long time since I felt so welcome in a country.
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Whether or not you feel it, your body will always need time to refresh itself by doing things that fascinate you. If you are one of those motorcyclists, this tour will fulfill your needs to be refreshed. It will give you a memorable riding experience as you have many kinds of roads in Sri Lanka. Let your body enjoy mists in the morning, hot air in the day, and cool breeze in the evening while you are riding through the unexplored land with Ceylontusker Tours. Book now and get the experience!
During this tour, you will spend your nights in a shared twin room at several guest houses provided by Ceylontusker Tours.
On your arrival day, you will be picked up at Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) in Colombo and it will take 20 minutes to arrive at your Negombo beach accommodation. On this day, you will meet the tour leader, group members, mechanics, and backup driver. After all the preparation, you will have time to enjoy the beach, explore the town, or take a rest at your accommodation.
You will start your tour by riding towards Dambulla. You will enjoy wide open roads with the scenic view. Today will be your countryside adventure with occasional stops for coconut water drinks. In the afternoon, you will arrive at the Dambulla cave temple.
Dambulla cave temple is one of the UNESCO sites in Sri Lanka. This site is estimated to be from the 1st century. This site also has 80 caves and more than 150 Buddha statues.
Your energy will be filled with the morning riding towards Lion's Rock, Sigiriya. You will park your bike and climb for 370 meters at Lion's paw to enjoy the view of a water garden and surrounded landscape. This 5th-century site provides ancient paintings and beautiful gardens with reservoirs. After that, you will continue riding towards Polonnaruwa which stands with religious and garden remains of the 800-year-old capital. You will arrive in the lunchtime and have time to explore the place and capture videos or images in the evening.
You will go from the flat land to the higher ground. Each and every turn will provide an exciting view of the land that you will remember for your life. You will enter the Knuckles Mountain Range with its bends after bends and it will make you feel like going into a cool land with green views. If you like, you may stop by the beautiful waterfalls to take photos.
Today, you will run through tea plantations and smaller roads via rainforest. You will stop at Dumbanagala to see views of the Dotulugala range and waterfalls. Surrounding thick forest will give you breathtaking views all over the touring route. You will also have a chance to ride an off-road for nearly 25-kilometer distance.
You will start the day with riding back to Kandy where you can visit mini world's end. You will visit the Dothalugala falls in the afternoon and go watching a traditional devil dance in the evening.
You will start the day little early and ride towards little England, Nuwara Eliya. You will pass the beautiful Ramboda waterfall which is said to be 109 heights and has 2 head falls. After that, you will travel through tea plantations with its narrow winding roads that are slowly climbing up. On the way, you will stop by a tea factory to taste a newly roasted black tea. You will also watch how the tea is produced from green leaves into a black tea. You will also reach Nuwara Eliya to feel the cool atmosphere.
It is time to visit the world's end located in the Horton Plain National Park. You will ride again the green land filled with valleys, waterfalls, and streams. Local people would love to take a photo with you and be happy that they had been captured by a visiting foreigner.
If the day is clear, you will have a chance to enjoy amazing views of green mountains and valleys filled with streams from faraway lands. After that, you will ride towards a plain terrain land where you will feel the hot temperature as you left the mountain region.
Today, you will have an optional activity to get into the 4x4 Jeep to watch wild elephants, leopards, sloths, bears, and deer. Water buffalos will always be there to welcome you but you have to wait for other wild animals. If the sky is a little dark, you will have a chance to view beautiful peacocks doing a mating dance with its long beautiful feathers.
After that, you will jump out of the Jeep and take your bike again to ride towards Mirissa Beach. This beach offers many water sports activities that you could try. From Mirissa, you will then ride for 65 kilometers to Galle. You can visit the Galle city which is popular for its Dutch fort and you will taste its tasty international cuisine and go shopping. After that, you will ride back to your hotel in Mirissa to take a rest.
You will go from the flat land to the higher ground. Each and every turn will provide an exciting view of the land that you will remember for your life. You will enter the Knuckles Mountain Range with its bends after bends and it will make you feel like going into a cool land with green views. If you like, you may stop by the beautiful waterfalls to take photos.
Today, you will ride through rubber plantations where there are tall trees on both sides of the roads. You will also watch how people make natural rubber by collecting latex through cut rubber trees. When you reach Kitulgala, you may go on a whitewater rafting in Kelani River which is called Kelani Ganga by the locals. It will be the best part of the tour. At the end of the day, you will take a rest in a cool place.
On the last day of your adventure, you will continue riding by the rice fields which could be green all over the land on its early stage or yellow with cut paddy husks all over the place. When you arrive in Negombo, you will have time to go shopping for souvenirs and spend the rest of the day on the Negombo beach side.
Today will be last day of your tour in Sri Lanka. It is time to say goodbye to your team leader and your team members. After saying goodbye, you will head to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) and catch your flight.
Your journey in Sri Lanka will cover the area of Negombo, Dambulla cave temple, Sigiriya, Polonnaruwa, Knuckles Mountain Range, Kandy, Dotulugala range and waterfalls, Nuwara Eliya, Ramboda waterfall, Horton Plain National Park, Tissamaharama, Galle, Mirissa, Bopath Falls, Kuruwita, Kitulgala, and Kelani River.
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Now that we've gone through each section of your Teampages profile (view that post here, we'll go through each section of your team's page so you have a better understanding of the navigation on our website.
We've already gone through the Roster and the Calendar, next up is the scoreboard.
The scoreboard allows you to track how your team does throughout the season. The scoreboard is affected by what is inputed in your calendar and the scoreboard then affects the stats of the players which we will cover later.
To put a game into the scoreboard is through creating an event in the Calendar. Only Games will show up (ex: Tournament will not show up but Tournament Game will).
To edit the scores, simply click the edit scores link on the right hand side. Once you've finished editing the scores, you'll then be able to edit stats for individual players on your team.
If you're not using the scoreboard and would like to turn off the application, go into your Teampage Settings, click on the Team Apps/Privacy and make the scoreboard visible to no one.
If there are suggestions of what you'd like to see with the scoreboard, we'd like to hear your suggestions! Leave us a comment below, email us at firstname.lastname@example.com or leave a comment in our forum.


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Picturing impact of the PEDIGREA program: a case study from Indramayu, Indonesia
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Wienarto, Nugroho; Kuswara, Engkus; Hakim, Arief. 2005. Picturing impact of the PEDIGREA program: a case study from Indramayu, Indonesia. Presented at Impact Assessment Workshop, CIMMYT, Texcoco, Mexico, 19-21 October 2005. Texcoco, Mexico: CIMMYT.
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Over the last twelve years, FIELD Indonesia staff has been using various participatory approaches towards measuring impact of its interventions, mainly in the framework of its involvement under FAO Community Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in Asia program. Since 2002, FIELD is one of the partners in the PEDIGREA program, focusing on participatory crop and farm animal improvement. PEDIGREA is a regional program on farmer's management of genetic resources, i.e. rice, local vegetables and poultry, which is implemented by three NGOs in Philippines, Cambodia and Indonesia, and supported by Wageningen UR, FAO, and IPGRI APO. The first attempt in 1991 (the development of three IPM Village Profiles) involved having farmers draw and discuss the benefits of participation in a Farmer Field School (FFS). Other approaches are relying on aerial planning and interactive participation techniques, iterative appraisal approaches, and socio-economic impacts. Comparing these approaches reveals that a wide scope of options for monitoring impact is available. Here we report on the results of an impact assessment method that appeared highly practical as a participatory tool: a participatory and interactive perception measuring technique for which farmers were asked to analyze the impact of the PEDIGREA program activities in their villages by making a photograph series of the project results and discussing the photographs in the community. The process distinguishes three steps: a) a three days workshop with farmer representatives from each group/village to discuss the concept of project results and impacts, to learn how to take useful photographs, and to make a work plan of objects and situations for each village to be photographed; b) a two week period of activities in each village to take photos, to select the interesting pictures, and to write the explanatory notes for each of the photos; c) a three days workshop to finalize the notes for each picture, to reflect on the program impacts and farmer's benefits, to evaluate the impact study process, and to develop follow-up plan for each group/village. Some of the major results as visualized in the impact monitoring approach include: other farmers in the villages started to learn the breeding process from the farmer participants in the FFS; other farmers started to ask for and plant the local vegetable seeds, e.g. luffa and bitter gourd, which resulted from breeding activities in the village; better prices in local market for luffa produce by the farmer participants were realized; and some village authorities provided resources to the groups to conduct local field studies.


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Political Science 463
International Political Economy
Catalog Entry
POSC 463. International Political Economy. (IR)
Three hours lecture (3).
Prerequisite: POSC 140 for non-POSC majors/minors or POSC 140 and OPSC 290 for OPSC majors/minors.
Analysis of the political impact of economic relationships among nation-states and between nation-states, subnational organizations and supranational organizations. Topics covered include international trade, international monetary relations, imperialism, dependency, multinational corporations and the politics of natural resources.
Detailed Description of Content of Course
Course content will be drawn from the following topics:
I. Historical Overview of the Modern World Economy
A. Mercantilism
B. The Rise of Capitalism
C. Imperialism
D. The Socialist Challenge
E. The New World Order
II. Contemporary Issues
A. International Trade
1. Free trade and protectionism
2. Trade issues among developed nations
3. Trade with and among developing nations
B. International Monetary Relations
1. The history of current monetary institutions
2. Important issues in monetary management
3. The international debt crisis
4. The rise of the Euro
C. North/South Issues
1. Dependency and development
2. The politics of natural resources
3. The New International Economic Order
4. The neo-liberal revival
D. The Role of Multinational Corporations
III. Dependence and Interdependence--The Impact on International Relations
A. The Decline of the Nation-State?
B. Economics and Political Power--A Reconsideration
C. Managing Interdependence
Detailed Description of Conduct of Course
This course focuses on discussion of selected texts and includes some background information provided in lectures. There is usually a textbook or reader used to address basic issues. This is supplemented by books which address specific areas in more detail.
Goals and Objectives of the Course
1. Teach students the basic vocabulary of the subfield.
2. Introduce students to the major areas of IPE and suggest discuss their impact on politics
3. Encourage the students to think about the relationship between the U.S. economy and those of the rest of the world.
4. Discuss the impact of the increasing emphasis on economics and economic interdependence on the traditional foci of international relations.
Assessment Measures
Students will have in-class and take-home essay examinations and papers analyzing arguments presented in the assigned texts. Occasionally students may be asked to keep a notebook of informal writings that focus on contemporary issues.
Other Course Information
Review and Approval
Feb.1999 Revised to reflect course content M. J. Franck, Dept. Chair


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Thursday, March 27, 2014
Maurer vs. Rybárová vs. Geijo in Playa del Carmen
After a thrilling start in Argentina, the world's fastest marathon swimmers are on the beach at the Ocean Maya Royale hotel in Playa del Carmen near Cancún, Mexico. The group of 11 women and 21 men from 15 countries will participate in the third stage of the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix on March 29th, a 15 km circuit salt water course in the Caribbean Sea.
On the women's side, Angela Maurer of Germany is one of the pre-race favorites as she visits the tropical paradise on the Yucatan peninsula, but she will be pushed by Silvie Rybárová (shown above) from the Czech Republic who won the first stage at the 57 km Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe - Coronda and Pilar Geijo from Argentina who won the second stage at the 88 km Maratón Hernandarias-Paraná.
The current FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix rankings after two stages are as follows:
1. Silvie Rybárová (CZE) 26 points
2. Pilar Geijo (ARG) 24 points
3. Vicenia Navarro (VEN) 16 points
4. Fabiana Lamberti (ITA) 11 points
4. Dina Levačič (CRO) 11 points
6. Rita Vanesa Garcia (ARG) 7 points
6. Esther Nuñez Morera (ESP) 7 points
8. Anna Markevich (RUS) 6 points
9. Noelia Petti (ARG) 5 points
10. Romina Imwinkelried (ARG) 4 points
11. Daniela Moretto (ARG) 3 points
On April 5th on the same course in Playa del Carmen will also welcome another group of the world's fastest female marathon swimmers for the second stop of the 2014 FINA 10 km Marathon Swimming World Cup.
The competitors will include 2012 Olympic bronze medalist and reigning 25 km world champion Martina Grimaldi of Italy facing off Maurer, 2013 world 10 km silver medalist Ana Marcela Cunha of Brazil, and 2013 world 25 km bronze medalist Eva Fabian who is taking a quick weekend trip as a break from her studies at Yale University.
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The Other Shore follows world record holder and legendary swimmer Diana Nyad as she comes out of a thirty-year retirement to re-attempt an elusive dream: swimming 103 miles non-stop from Cuba to Florida without the use of a shark cage. Her past and present collide in her obsession with a feat that nobody has ever accomplished. At the edge of The Devil's Triangle, tropical storms, sharks, venomous jellyfish, and one of the strongest ocean currents in the world, all prove to be life-threatening realities. Timothy Wheeler's documentary brings Diana Nyad's extraordinary adventure to life as Diana sets out to prove that will and determination are all you need to make the unimaginable possible.
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The Top 5 Subprime Mortgage Lendersby Aimee C. Juarez ; Updated September 26, 2017
Anyone could own a home. It was a promising feature of the subprime mortgage that made millions of Americans first-time homeowners during the early half of the 2000s. Lenders extended adjustable-rate mortgages to borrowers who had previously been denied the opportunity to own a home for several reasons, including bad credit histories. When these mortgages reset to higher interest rates, mortgage delinquencies soared and millions of Americans lost their new homes to foreclosure. In the end, the same promise that increased home ownership helped lead to the collapse of the U.S. housing market and a financial meltdown that rippled across international markets between 2007 and 2010. According to LoansSafe.org, the top five subprime lenders financed 46.1 percent of all homes in 2007. By 2010, that number had grown to 63 percent -- an increase of 36.6 percent. MarketWatch.com ranked the following financial institutions as the top five subprime mortgage lenders of 2007.
HSBC Finance
Based in Illinois and owned by the HSBC Group, HSBC Finance originated roughly $12.3 billion in subprime mortgages during the fourth quarter of 2006, according to MarketWatch.com. In 2009, the mortgage giant officially exited the subprime mortgage market, writing off an estimated $34 billion in U.S. subprime loan assets, according to The Boston Globe.
New Century Financial
The second-biggest subprime mortgage lender in the U.S., California-based New Century Financial reported $12.2 billion in subprime mortgage originations during the fourth quarter of 2006, according to the MarketWatch rankings. Financial woes, federal investigations and criminal allegations forced New Century to file for bankruptcy in April 2007.
Countrywide Financial
Based in California, Countrywide Financial financed an estimated $10.1 billion in subprime mortgage originations during the fourth quarter of 2006, making it the third largest subprime mortgage lender, according to MarketWatch. Bank of America bought the company in 2008 amid federal investigations into allegations of fraudulent lending practices and securities fraud.
WMC Mortgage
A subsidiary of General Electric, WMC Mortgage became the the fourth largest originator in 2007, issuing $9 billion in subprime mortgage loans, according to MarketWatch. WMC folded in 2007 as a result of the subprime mortgage crisis.
First Franklin Financial Corp.
MarketWatch ranked California-based First Franklin Financial as the fifth largest subprime mortgage lender in 2007 for issuing an estimated $7.8 billion in subprime mortgage loans. Owned by Merrill Lynch, First Franklin ducked out of the subprime mortgage market in 2008. It now operates as Home Loan Services Inc., and focuses on mortgage collection.
- MarketWatch.com: "Top 10 subprime originators lean to left coast"; Laura Mandaro; March 2007
- "Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review"; The Evolution of the Subprime Mortgage Market; Souphala Chomsisengphet, et al.; February 2006
- "The Boston Globe"; HSBC ends US subprime lending; Bloomberg News; March 2009
- "Los Angeles Times"; SEC sues 3 former officers of Irvine subprime lender New Century Financial; E. Scott Reckard; December 2009
- LoanSafe.Org: "Top 10 Mortgage Lenders"; Moe Bedard
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For Clinton, A Following Of 'Marshans'
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
-LAS VEGAS -- Blogger Michelle Marshall has a confession to make. She's one die-hard Clintonite who has already moved on. She's ready to vote for Sen. Barack Obama.
But don't tell that to the legions of Hillary Clinton fans who have made Marshall their de facto leader. They're the faithful, the ones who call themselves "Marshans," read her posts every day, send checks to her Web site and refuse to believe that anyone other than Clinton can beat Sen. John McCain.
In recent weeks, as Clinton's withdrawal from the race has become all but inevitable, Marshall has tried to tiptoe toward leading her followers to accept Obama as the nominee. But every time she suggests that it might be over for Clinton, she is bombarded by comments to the contrary.
"My readers are really hurt. They've got their heart and soul in it," Marshall said. "I don't have that. I'm not angry with anyone. I just want [Democrats] to win."
This would come as an unwelcome surprise to the Hillary lovers who have found an outlet for their angst on Marshall's Web site, TaylorMarsh.com. Her online persona bears the stage name Marshall adopted decades ago when she sang off-Broadway. Today, the name is synonymous with unrelenting devotion to Clinton, as Marshall's blog has pounded away at the Democratic National Committee, Obama and anything else that stood in the way of a Hillary Clinton presidency. Marshall's blog is ranked in the top 5,000 most-read blogs on Technorati, which indexes and ranks millions of blogs.
Throughout the primary campaign, Marshall and her readers have raised money for Clinton, organized calls to superdelegates and helped send volunteers to primary states. But mostly the Marsh fans have come together to hash and rehash every little development in a campaign that has swung wildly between enormous highs and crushing lows.
Sometimes, such as last weekend, the two seem to happen simultaneously. Clinton won big in Puerto Rico, but lost the decision on Michigan's delegates. The win was evidence of Clinton's strength, Marshall said, and the Michigan resolution was evidence of the obstacles the Democratic Party is putting in her path.
"The time has come for a third party," wrote someone posting under the name HyTimes in the comments section of her blog. "The Democratic (sic sic sic) Party has thrown the Clintons under their bus."
"If she suspends rather than ends [her campaign] it means she can still step in to save this sorry party when Obama implodes before August," offered another contributor.
In her early days of blogging about the Democratic primary, Marshall's readers were few and her writings mild. But as the contest heated up, her commentary became as fiery as her red hair. Obama supporters who post unfavorable comments about Clinton are called "Obama trolls," superdelegates are "spineless" and "lack the courage" to make Clinton the nominee. Marshall is now so reviled by some of Obama's supporters that they've tried to discredit her on their own blogs.
"Nobody's more in touch with Clinton supporters, except maybe the Clinton campaign," Marshall bragged one morning in the loft office of her stucco home in Las Vegas, after reading her e-mails and clicking through the thousands of comments left on her blog after a recent primary.
Marshall first attracted Clinton voters when she wrote an item about the terse reply Pentagon officials issued to the New York senator last summer when she asked whether they had a plan to get out of Iraq. Marshall posted an item that said: "[They] might as well have said, Lady, leave this to us. Your queries are aiding the enemy."


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Every day, volunteers make a difference in the lives of children and families at Baltimore Child Abuse Center (BCAC). This support is invaluable and increases our capacity to serve those in need. Volunteers spread our message as ambassadors, contribute to fundraising by serving on planning committees and at special events, and help behind the scenes with administrative tasks.
If you are interested in volunteering, please fill out this form and mail or email it to us.
If you have a question about volunteering, please contact Hilary or call 443-923-7024.
Hands-On Volunteer Opportunities
BCAC hosts monthly Administrative Volunteer Nights where volunteers help with mailings, data entry, filing, and other administrative tasks.
We also host community Events throughout the year. Volunteers are needed to assist with set-up and break-down, registration, and more.
BCAC is looking for Community Outreach Volunteers. Community Outreach Volunteers will represent BCAC at events including fundraisers, health fairs, and other outreach events. This volunteer will share the mission of BCAC with the community by engaging event participants in conversation, answering questions, handing out information about BCAC, and collecting contact information. For the complete volunteer position description, click here.
Interested candidates should e-mail Hilary or call 443-923-7024.
Volunteer with the DIVAS
DIVAS (Developing Inner Values to Acquire Success) is Baltimore Child Abuse Center's mentoring program for female youth ages 12-17. Our 15 week curriculum covers key topics such as self-esteem/empowerment, conflict resolution, communication, personal safety, career goals and community. An ideal volunteer is a caring, attentive, patient, trustworthy and responsible woman that serves as a positive role model and open ear to teenage girls who have experienced sexual abuse/trauma.
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CSS Is Unmaintainable
Everyone thinks that the major problems of CSS are mostly due to incompatible browser implementations but that's not quite the full story. People sometimes miss the subtlety of how cascading style sheets are not necessarily a good fit for the problems they are supposed to solve, perhaps in part because it's been such a long hard road for web developers to get to where we are now with web standards. But with more experience working on large and complex layouts, many designers do start to question whether CSS is right for the job.
The major source of problems is that CSS lacks structure - it is just a syntax for applying rules to arbitrary DOM elements. Everything exists in the global space, there is no inbuilt notion of modularity. CSS is supposed to be declarative, yet the order in which things are declared can have a significant effect. The solution is usually to break stylesheets into multiple files as a de-facto form of modularity. But visual logic is not something that can be easily captured by declarative rules. What really bites CSS coders is the tension between general and specific application - redundancy vs dependency. When you take a general approach to writing CSS code, a whole bunch of exceptional cases will pop up that usually require messy special cases and a lot of duplicated information to accomplish. When you take a specific approach, it is usually too specific, and you end up with massive long selector lists that are brittle and inflexible when new HTML elements need to share the styles. Either way, the vast majority of CSS code that I have seen (and believe me, I have seen a lot) is bloated, imprecise, and nearly impossible to understand without reference to the various possible combinations of HTML that it is expected to apply to. Reuse is not a concept that works in CSS.
There are ways of writing well structured and modular stylesheets but it's super difficult, and with many visual designs, the basic rules of the format lead directly to situations where it is simply not possible to develop code that follows a clean and maintainable pattern. In most programming languages, you could look at clumps of duplicated code and immediately see how they could be simplified: for instance, using indirection to wrap common operations in separately defined functions. With most uses of CSS, there is no way you can look at the code and see what it is doing as a whole.
The goal of CSS is to separate content from presentation which is of course one of the most important aspects of modern web development. But that seems to be all that CSS does. There are no abstractions to help coders deal with eliminating repetition, no affordance for the requirements of graphic designers (such as common grid systems or height based column patterns) and no readily available tools or utilities that allow coders to optimize redundancy and fold repeating information into atomic units. All of these problems can easily collide, turning what should be a straightforward and logical visual structure into a monolithic mangle of unstructured madness. Even stylesheets for relatively simple layouts can stretch into thousands of lines of code. And this is not just talking in the abstract. I've seen it happen in the real world. Over and over and over again.
I'm not saying that flexibility is a negative thing - CSS is extraordinarily malleable and powerful, and is a great asset to have at one's disposal. I'm simply saying that the structure of CSS is one of the major things that prevents us from being able to easily develop clean and maintainable websites. It's not a problem with browsers, it's a problem with the format itself.


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With bumble bees, honey bees and other important pollinators facing population decline, there is a growing need for data that will help scientists determine the density and diversity of pollinators across different environments. Insight makes it easy to participate in this essential research and learn about the different types of pollinators.
Contribute meaningful scientific data by observing pollinators & recording your findings in the app.
Learn about pollinator identification, the observation process & submit questions to pollinator experts.
Explore the observation data over space & time to make your own insights into the status pollinators around you.
Browse news & meetups to discover the latest information on pollinators & upcoming meetups near you.
About The Project
The Insight citizen science app was designed by Geoffrey Campbell for his Bachelor of Design thesis project at Emily Carr University of Art + Design. The project is a part of Border Free Bees, a three year long SSHRC funded art and design initiative focused on promoting the health of wild pollinators.
The project is rooted in the idea that "through designing tools that encourage and facilitate citizen science, we can increase and improve pollinator data while educating participants." So why the citizen science approach? Existing citizen science programs have been remarkably successful in advancing scientific knowledge and engaging the public in collecting large quantities of data across space and time (Bonney et al., 2009). In addition to this, citizen science programs allow participants to gain additional knowledge of the environmental issues at-hand and their feelings of responsibility towards the environment may be enhanced (Andrachuk, 2014).
The Insight app was designed between September 2015 and May 2016 and is currently being developed by Matthew Fritter of UBC Okanagan. You can get in touch with us or sign up for updates on the release of the app below.
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Before & After: A Vintage Kitchen Cart Gets a Pastel Update
Talk about a great find! Chaney of May Richer Fuller Be inherited this cart from the previous owners of her parents' new house. And while it's a little beat up, it's a great piece that can be versatile in any home. Check out how Chaney gave it new life.
While we didn't mind the red-orange color of the cart before, it definitely needed a lot of TLC, and a fresh coat of paint did was just the trick. Plus, the aqua hue is so bright and cheery that it will definitely add life to whatever room she decides to use it in.
Here's a look at some of the damage that Chaney was battling. A good cleaning and sanding took care of a lot of the problem areas, but the top couldn't be completely smoothed out. The solution?
Use a contrasting placemat as a liner to protect anything you're storing on top. Plus, it's another easy, inexpensive way to incorporate even more color into this project.
Read More → Vintage Kitchen Cart Makeover at May Richer Fuller Be
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It hits me out of no where. All of a sudden, this overwhelming sadness rushes over me.
And I get discouraged and I get upset and I feel hopeless and sad and hurt.
It lasts for hours and days. It makes me question everything I claimed to know and believe. It makes me question everything I thought I wanted.
And then again, just as suddenly, I feel numb again.
Things are not pretty here, my beloveds.