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The Hon. Gareth Evans AC QC
Chancellor of Australian National University
The Hon Gareth Evans AC QC took up his appointment as Chancellor of the Australian National University on 1 January 2010, and was appointed Honorary Professorial Fellow in 2012.
Born in September 1944, he went to Melbourne High School, and holds first class honours degrees in Law from the University of Melbourne and in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from the University of Oxford. Before entering the Australian Parliament in 1978, he was an academic lawyer specialising in constitutional and civil liberties law and a barrister specialising in industrial law. He became a Queen's Counsel (QC) in 1983.
A member of the Australian Parliament for 21 years, he was Senator for Victoria from 1978 to 1996, serving as Deputy Leader (1987-1993) and then Leader (1993-1996) of the Government, and was a member of the House of Representatives from 1996 until September 1999, serving as Deputy Leader of the Opposition (1996-1998). He was a Cabinet Minister in the Hawke and Keating Labor Governments for 13 years, in the posts of Attorney General (1983-84), Minister for Resources and Energy (1984-87), Minister for Transport and Communications (1987-88) and Foreign Minister (1988-1996).
Gareth Evans was one of Australia's longest serving Foreign Ministers, best known internationally for his roles in developing the UN peace plan for Cambodia, bringing to a conclusion the international Chemical Weapons Convention, founding the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum and ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), and initiating the Canberra Commission on the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.
From 2000 to 2009 he was President and CEO of the Brussels-based International Crisis Group, the independent global conflict prevention and resolution organisation.
He has written or edited 12 books – including Nuclear Weapons: The State of Play 2015 (co-author), Inside the Hawke-Keating Government: A Cabinet Diary (2014), and The Responsibility to Protect: Ending Mass Atrocity Crimes Once and for All (2008); has published many newspaper articles and over 100 journal articles and chapters on foreign relations, human rights and legal and constitutional reform; has honorary doctorates from Melbourne, Sydney, Carleton and Queen's Universities; and has lectured at many universities around the world, including Oxford, Cambridge, Princeton, Yale, Stanford and the Central European University.
He has co-chaired two major International Commissions, on Intervention and State Sovereignty (2000-01), and Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (2008-10), and has been a member of a number of others. He currently Co-Chairs the International Advisory Board of the New-York based Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, and is Patron and Emeritus Convenor of the Asia Pacific Leadership Network for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament.
In 2010 he was awarded the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute Four Freedoms Award for Freedom from Fear, for his pioneering work on the Responsibility to Protect concept and his contributions to conflict prevention and resolution, arms control and disarmament. He was made a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in 2012 for his "eminent service to international relations, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region, as an adviser to governments on global policy matters, to conflict prevention and resolution, and to arms control and disarmament", and in the same year was elected an honorary Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences of Australia (FASSA). In December 2015 he was made a Companion of the Order of O.R. Tambo by South African for his contributions to the anti-apartheid movement.
University Profile
The Australian National University (ANU) was established by an Act of Federal Parliament in 1946 for the purpose of giving Australia a unique research institution that would advance the cause of research and learning, and take its place amongst the great universities of the world. In 1960 ANU began offering undergraduate degrees and accepted responsibility for research-led education at the same high standards. As the nation's university, ANU has a special relationship with government, providing expert scholarship and advice to politicians and policy makers that contributes to advancing the Australian nation.
By international standards ANU is a relatively small university; it has, however, developed an enviable reputation. ANU is a global university that consistently ranks amongst the world's finest institutions. The University recently ranked 19th in the QS World University Rankings, and is the first Australian university to be ranked in the world's top twenty. ANU leads the nation in 10 discipline areas and ranks in the top 30 globally in 18 fields. The University has produced half of Australia's Nobel Prize winners as well as a winner of the prestigious Japan Prize. ANU is also a member of the Group of Eight, a coalition of Australia's eight leading research universities.
Australian National University is Australia's most research intensive university. Since its establishment, ANU researchers have fundamentally changed the world for the better including advancing human understanding of the nervous system, led the successful effort to eradicate smallpox, and shed new light on the expansion of the Universe.
ANU is recognised for educational excellence that is characterised by a high quality curriculum and leadership in developing distinctive approaches to education. This distinctiveness is expressed in three areas: double degrees; research-led education; and online education. ANU is transforming the understanding of these areas by exploring and challenging the boundaries between the curricula and extra-curricular, between research and education, and between the global the national and the local.
ANU is located in Canberra, the national capital, in the Australian Capital Territory. The primary campus is spread over 145 hectares in the heart of Canberra. Its outstanding facilities include a wide range of laboratories and Australia's most powerful supercomputer. Researchers are also based at observatories at Mount Stromlo in the ACT, Sidings Springs in NSW and the Northern Australian Research Unit in Darwin.
Students are drawn to ANU from across Australia and around the world. With a student population of around 23,000 (16,500 EFTSL), ANU also offers a unique residential experience to 5,000 students who live on the University's campus. Close to 55 per cent of the ANU student population is enrolled at postgraduate level. ANU student satisfaction is the highest among the Group of Eight universities based on the overall satisfaction percentages from the 2013 Course Experience Questionnaire.
Australian National University alumni make up many of Australia's business, industry and government leaders. Our alumni include a former prime minister, a number of Federal and State ministers and parliamentarians, Justices of the Courts, diplomats, leaders in the humanities and arts and world renowned scientists.
To find out more, visit the Australian National University website www.anu.edu.au/
Australian National University Council
The Council of the Australian National University is established by the Australian National University Act 1991 (Cth), with 15 members who are appointed by the Council, the Federal Minister for Education and Training or elected by staff and students of the University.
The Council is the governing authority of the University. It has general oversight of the University, and is responsible for its general direction. The Council's primary functions are to set the mission, values and strategic direction of the University; and to ensure the overall effective governance and management of the University, particularly its responsible financial and risk management.
Membership of the Australian National University's Council is as follows:
Ex-Officio Members
Professor the Hon. Gareth Evans AC QC – Chancellor (to 31 December 2019)
Professor Brian P. Schmidt FC FAA FRS – Vice-Chancellor (to 31 December 2020)
Appointed Members – Ministerial
Ms Naomi Flutter – Pro-Chancellor (to 30 June 2022)
Mr Graeme Samuel AC (to 31 July 2019)
Dr Doug McTaggart (to 30 June 2020)
Professor Suzanne Cory AC (to 30 June 2022)
Ms Anne-Marie Schwirtlich AM (to 30 June 2021)
Mr Peter Yu (to 30 June 2020)
Ms Natasha Stott Despoja AM (to 30 June 2020)
Elected Members
Professor Catherine Waldby – Dean/Head of a Research School member (to 29 September 2018)
Vacancy – Academic Staff (to 29 September 2018)
Professor Tim Senden – Academic Staff (to 29 September 2018)
Mrs Claire Shrewsbury – Professional Staff (to 25 May 2020)
Ms Alyssa Shaw – Postgraduate Student (to 18 August 2018)
Ms Eleanor Kay – Undergraduate Student (to 30 November 2018)
Other Governing Bodies
Other Governing bodies within the University include:
Audit and Risk Management Committee
Chair – Mr Geoff Knuckey
Campus Planning Committee
Chair – Professor the Hon. Gareth Evans AC QC, Chancellor
Finance Committee
Chair – Mr Graeme Samuel AC
Honorary Degrees Committee
Chair – Professor the Hon. Gareth Evans AC QC, Chancellor
Nominations Committee
Chair – Professor the Hon. Gareth Evans AC QC, Chancellor
Remuneration Committee
Chair – Professor the Hon. Gareth Evans AC QC, Chancellor


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Because May is for mothers and gardens, a story in two parts about those things and other things too. This is part two. Find part one here.
Rooted by Sarah Anne Childers
Two years into my time gardening at Laura's she retired and moved to a small town in the Cascades. She rented out her city home, and I continued to garden in the backyard. The summer Laura retired, her daughter moved back to Seattle, perhaps to stay Laura told me, hopeful. Laura asked if I minded if her daughter visited the garden to pick raspberries. I did not mind. In fact, I hoped to meet her.
Ever since finding Little's stone I had imagined Laura's daughter as a girl in the garden puttering beside Laura as my daughter did now with me, as I had with my mother in her sprawling garden in the foothills of the Olympic Mountains. Laura liked that there was a little girl playing in her garden again. She even lent us the tools her daughter had once used - sturdy pint-sized rake, shovel and hoe, the last my daughter's favorite because it was so excellent for whacking the soil, and the poor lilac hedge too when she thought I wasn't looking.
I didn't see Laura's daughter in the garden that summer. At the time I wondered if she came when I wasn't there to nibble raspberries and perhaps search for Little's stone, which I made sure not to disturb. I wonder now if she knew already what I have come to know in my bones and hands that seek dirt, and that is this: a mother's garden is more than a garden. I wonder now if that knowledge drew Laura's daughter back or kept her away or perhaps both simultaneously, a push-pull I can appreciate.
My first spring in Laura's garden, I hauled in bags of musky compost to dig into the beds. And then, after whispering a little prayer to whatever deity looked after seed packets, I planted. I had a tentative plan, a fuzzy vision of the possibilities plus a mandate from my daughter that "we grow strawberries and juice and granola bars, mama!" But mostly I made it up as I went, guided by the fantastical whims of a novice and a child (this explains the root beer mint and dragon's tongue beans).
I did begin with the demanded strawberries of course, taking my mother's advice to seek out bare root crowns. My mother visited me at Laura's garden. I told her about a space in the back bed that I didn't know how to fill, and she came with a carpet of black-eyed susans from her garden wrapped in damp newspaper. A year later she took back to her garden shovels full of soil with calendula starts that had self-sown from seeds I scattered at Laura's the previous summer, and I felt part of a web that is big and old. Along with flowers and tools and essential props, my mother brought wisdom and faith too. She knew how to grow things - plants and people. She had faith that I could grow a garden, raise a daughter.
I gardened at Laura's for several years. Sometimes it was exhilarating and sometimes it was tedium, but always the garden was a place to create in ways that were blessedly simple and tangible. Always the garden was a place to feel rooted, solid in the spin. The delicious yield of those five raised beds seemed the point of gardening at the start but in the end they were the bonus round. (But what astonishing bonuses! Sugar pie pumpkins in the fall and snap peas in the spring. Swaths of bitter persian cress that bolted dainty yellow buds. And sprouting from every once bare nook clusters of borage with its star-shaped periwinkle flowers that delighted the bees and fuzzy leaves that tasted like cucumber.)
Life sped up and filled out, and I relinquished Laura's garden. It was someone else's turn. I went for a time without my hands in the dirt. This spring I feel the longing again. It is an itch in my hands, fingernails too clean. I long to root. I look west from the balcony of my box in the sky, past the rooftops of my city neighborhood to the Olympic Mountains. I look to my mother's garden that is more than a garden.
Sarah Anne Childers is the online editor at luciajournal.com where she happily toggles between curating creatives as an editor and creatively curating ideas and the words they live in as a writer.

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I had been passive for the past few days. I've been busy in my summer sem classes. I have volleyball from 7AM to 9Am; Health Education from 10AM to 12NN and Health Assessment from 1PM to 5PM. A 3-subject semester everyday. I am so tired. But whenever I think about the things I want to do after I finished studying, I get hyped. It's so tiring travelling everyday; leaving home 5 o'clock in the morning and arriving 7 o'clock in the evening. Feels like I'm carrying the whole world behind my back. I am so deprived of sleep too. My headaches, I fall asleep on classes, my hand hurts because of volleyball hitting my arms. My only sanctuary right now is listening to the songs of my favorite band, Franco. This is composed of Franco Reyes, Ocho Toleran, Gabby Alipe, Janjan Mendoza and Buwi Meneses. They have a heavy metal guitars but the voice of Mr. Franco Reyes neutralizes it. Their lyrics are so deep– they do not JUST compose songs for the sake of making one. They devote all their time, effort and knowledge to create their so called art or I may say, the result of their passion for music. They are one of a kind. Well I just remembered hearing their songs playing on someone's earphone on LRT early in the morning. GOOD VIBES! Everyday. :)))))
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Hello there! Thanks for stopping by!
They say that art is love expressed and I love people! I love capturing THAT moment for them. The photo they look back on for years and smile at!
My goal is to tell a story; a story of emotion, excitement, and new memories! I enjoy exploring the world and creating new friendships, capturing the beauty in the mundane, and the passion in the exotic.
I would love to connect with you and be part of your world as we capture the beauty that is you and the memories you savor.
"Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment, until it becomes a memory" -Dr. Seuss
p.s. If you wanna follow me as I journey through this crazy life, hit me up on Instagram. That's where the party's at.


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Period 41 ran for 12 days, from 2/8 - 2/19 (JST)!
The World League TOP 500 Rankings are in!
◇◆ Period 41 Final Rankings ◆◇
The Top Decks will be shown on the Rankings Page!
You can also see the results for past Periods on the Rankings Page, including the League distribution for each Period. Come see where you stand compared to the other Leaguers, even if you missed out on the World League this time around!
Next up is Period 42! Don't pull any punches on your way to the top!
*To see the Period 41 mid-term rankings (2/12), go here.


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I know you have seen this pretty pink banner at the top of my website pages the last three weeks. This is an amazing sale Crimson Romance is hosting for the month of February on AMAZON. There are over 400 wonderful ebooks for only $1.99 in every genre:historical, contemporary, paranormal and suspense. This is a great time to fill up your E-reader with authors you love [and I hope I'm on that list] as well as get to know authors that are new to you.
I'm so very proud of my In the Shadow series and thrill that they are all part of this sale. If you have not had a chance to read any of my stories yet, here is what is being said about my wonderful McNeil brothers and the women that changed their understanding of the world.
|In the Shadow of Greed: Review by Book Lovin Mamas
|"I was literally sucked into the book and wanting to find out who was behind everything. Nancy C. Weeks did an amazing job on her debut book and I look forward to what she has in store next.
Be warned from the first page to the last page you will have a hard time putting down this book. It's full of action, suspense, romance, and a lot of tension between the characters (Jason & Sarah...because they both are not able to open up until later). I give this book 5 full moons and highly recommend it to romantic suspense fans out there. You will enjoy every minute of this cyber crime thriller by Nancy C. Weeks."
|In the Shadow of Evil: Review by author Elizabeth Ford Meyette
|"Heart-pounding, danger-at-every-turn action kept me riveted to this book. I recommend In the Shadow of Evil to readers who enjoy a mix of romance and suspense. I have In the Shadow of Greed loaded and ready to read on my Kindle!"
|In the Shadow of Malice: Review by author Stephanie Cage
|"Nancy C Weeks' 'In the Shadow Of' series are ridiculously addictive reads: romantic suspense with a hint of paranormal, rather in the vein of Rebecca York or Nora Roberts."
|In the Shadow of Pride: Review by InD'Tale Magazine
|"Readers will appreciate [the] huge jaw-dropping twist near the very beginning of the story ... The twists and turns mixed with the romance will keep readers engaged and begging for more!" -- 5 stars, InD'Tale Magazine
|In the Shadow of Vengeance: Review by author Rowena May O'Sullivan
|I really love Detective Noah McNeil. He's the kind of guy you want in your corner when faced with insurmountable odds. This book is another face paced, rollercoaster ride of suspense and romance. Loved it.
Here is an easy link to my books. I hope you enjoy the read.
Have a great week and be nice to one another.
Hugs to all,
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How Israelis are beating the high cost of living
While Secretary Kerry globetrots the world in the pursuit of peace in the Middle East, Israelis are focused on the high cost of living. Our dairy companies milk the public even more than the cows. Food costs 25%-50% more in Israel than in the US and Europe. The prices of L'Oreal, Neutrogena and Old Spice products are 3 times what they should cost. Why does Listerine cost 5 times more in Israel than at Wal-Mart? Steimatsky sells CDs for 70 shekels ($20) apiece. It's no wonder Israelis are addicted to the MP3.
How are Israelis dealing with the high cost of living? The startup nation is no less innovative when it comes to dealing with high prices.
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Smartphone chargers and basic mobile/electronics items are ridiculously priced in the Holy Land. Every Israeli under 50 that I've met knows about Deal Extreme, AKA "DX." Deal Extreme has cheap, generic Asian brands. You won't find Samsung or Armani, but you will find mobile accessories for $1-$20 that costs 5 times that here.
Another hugely popular site is Alibaba, the Amazon of China. Not everything ships to Israel for free, but the deals there are incredible. Israelis are buying kitchenware, home and office supplies from Asia instead of handing over money to local tycoons and cartels.
Book Depository is replacing our two local bookstore chains. This site ships to Israel for free. I have friends who buy children's books from Book Depository for a fraction of the cost that Steimatsky or Tzomet Sfarim charge. The David Baldacci books that I enjoy reading cost a third to half of what they cost here. Israeli stores are known for "1+1" discounts, while the popular online stores offer discounts from the first item purchased.
Overseas Shopping List
Israelis flying to the US put Santa's shopping list to shame! We can't exactly take road trips to Lebanon or Syria, so we fly a lot. From the moment we buy flight tickets, we open the notes app on our smartphones and start to work on a shopping list.
It begins with what we can get at Wal-Mart and Costco (find a family member or friend with a membership card) and moves on to Best Buy and other electronics and mobile device stores. We all have guilty pleasures (buying every possible release of The Who's Tommy is mine) and things we need (M&M's and Keebler cookies). Even M&M's cost a few times what they should cost and you'll never find the super-size packaging here.
What about clothes? Is there any reason that jeans and polo shirts cost 3-4 times what they cost in the US? On the high end, Factory 54 sells Armani Jeans for 1,200 shekels ($340). The same jeans cost $95 in Florida, $50 at the end of the season (September – perfectly matching the rush of Israelis flying overseas for Rosh Hashana).
Changes on the Horizon?
The older generation in Israel should be called "the passive generation." They pretty much accepted things the way they were. When Israelis protested, it was about peace and war. This generation is different. They know what things cost overseas and have higher expectations for their country.
One day we will wake up and Tnuva (the dairy cartel) will be split into 3 companies. As they currently control over 50% of the market, those new companies won't exactly be small.
I wonder how much of our potential GDP is lost because of the high cost of living? How many billions of dollars of products are shipped and flown to Israel every year?
Until then, you can expect Israel's young generation to keep finding innovative ways to beat the cartels!
Read Start-Up Israel to keep your finger on the pulse of Israeli high-tech and innovation!


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PUG Panel ~ Las Vegas Wedding Planners
Recently I was asked to participate in a PUG Panel. PUG is the adorable acronym given to the Pictage User Group, where local photographers can meet, network, gain inspiration and advance their education. Being asked to participate in the panel was an honor, as it is your photographer who holds the key to capturing and preserving the moments and memories of your day.
Organized by Chelsea Nicole and hosted by the lovely ladies at Scheme Events, the focus of the April 25, 2012 meeting was "Learning from a Wedding Coordinator's Perspective". Each Las Vegas Wedding Planner and Consultant was asked to participate in an anonymous survey. The answers were then combined with the national perspective and provided to photographers in an effort to highlight what planners seek in vendors.
While some of the answers were standard and expected (be on time, dress professionally, etc.) there were a few stand out moments and ideas which I would like to share:
1. It is imperative the share your wish list of photos with your photographer, and to have those shots built into the timeline of your wedding. There is nothing worse than missing your wedding in an effort to "create" a moment. Be sure to give your photographer and planner detailed ideas, but be flexible! And be in the moment!
2. Details! Details! Details! You know those place cards you agonized over for weeks? And the ceremony aisle way you spent months designing and dreaming of? It would be a shame to miss these details in their perfect, pristine condition! Especially since you will not see them before they have been touched by your guests! Give your photographer time to shoot privately in the space.
3. Viewing your images. Be certain that you communicate how you wish to see your images, as that will affect the initial time frame of the turn around. Some wedding planners (and brides) want to see the full, untouched images ASAP, while others are willing to wait 4 - 6 weeks in order to see them beautifully adjusted and corrected by the professional hand of your photography team. Be upfront, be honest, and be sure that everyone is aware of the expectation.
And lastly....
I know that it is supposed to be anonymous, but one of my personal, favorite things is when a photographer captures a private moment between me and my couple. No, I am not as important as the parents, the bridal party, or that darling little toddler prancing around the dance floor. But by the time I send my couple down the aisle and towards a life together I feel that they are a part of me and my journey as much as I am a part of theirs. And so while the bride may not treasure the lone photo of us whispering in the hallway, and the groom may bypass the moment I pinned his boutonniere, these are the moments I treasure! And that's what this panel was about...


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Pentti Lund, the National Hockey League's first prominent Finnish-born player and its 1949 rookie of the year, playing at wing for the Rangers, died on Tuesday in Thunder Bay, Ontario. He was 87.
The cause was a stroke, said his daughter Joanne Miller.
More than 160 Finns have played in the N.H.L., but long before the league began attracting many of the world's best players, Lund won the Calder Trophy as the N.H.L.'s top rookie and turned in a brilliant performance in the Stanley Cup playoffs in his second season.
Lund, who grew up in a Finnish immigrant family in Port Arthur, now a part of Thunder Bay, arriving there at age 6, was the second native of Finland to play in the N.H.L. The first, Al Pudas, played four games for Toronto in the 1926-27 season.
Lund was the first Finnish native to score an N.H.L. goal, on the way to netting 14 goals along with 16 assists as a rookie. He was the star of the Rangers' upset triumph over the Montreal Canadiens in the 1950 Stanley Cup semifinal series, when he scored five goals, including a three-goal hat trick, and kept the Canadiens star Maurice Richard bottled up with one goal.
"We had a game plan — Pentti was picked to shadow Richard," his teammate Edgar Laprade, the future Hall of Fame center and a fellow resident of Thunder Bay, said in an interview on Thursday. "He was a big cog in our whole team."
The Rangers won the series, 4 games to 1, and "a lot of it was due to Pentti," Laprade said.
The Rangers lost to the Detroit Red Wings in a seven-game Stanley Cup finals, but Lund emerged from the playoffs with six goals and five assists, leading the Rangers in total points.
He was traded to the Boston Bruins before the 1951-52 season, but he lost the sight in his right eye when he was struck by the stick of a Chicago Blackhawks defenseman in November. He returned briefly that season and played only one more season in the N.H.L., getting 44 goals with 55 assists in his five-year career.
Pentti Alexander Lund was born on Dec. 6, 1925, in Karijoki, Finland, a town about 180 miles northwest of Helsinki. His father, Otto, was a construction worker.
Lund made his N.H.L. debut with the Boston Bruins, appearing in one playoff game in 1946 and two more in 1947 before being sent to the Rangers.
While playing in New York, he wrote hockey articles, translated from English, for a Finnish publication. In 1962, the publisher of The Daily Times Journal of Fort William, Ontario, asked Lund to join his sports department as a reporter and photographer.
"I only went to one year of high school, and I couldn't even change the ribbon on a typewriter," Lund told The Finnish American Reporter in 2008. But, as he put it, the publisher "dangled a carrot in front of me, and I took it." He became the sports editor.
In addition to his daughter Joanne Miller, Lund, who was divorced, is survived by another daughter, Judy Thomas.
In his 2008 interview, Lund noted how far Finnish hockey players had come since his youth.
"There were 33 Finns that saw ice time in the N.H.L. last year," he said. "They've made quite an impact. There was a time when Finnish national teams came here to play, and our local boys thumped them."


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Western Michigan University
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Kalamazoo MI 49008-5338 USA
- Ph.D., French Literature, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1985
- M.A., French Literature, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1976
- B.A., French, Art, and Education, Luther College, 1975
- French culture, especially 19th through 21st centuries
- French language
- French literature, especially 19th through 21st centuries
- Gender studies
- French theater
- Gender studies
- Modern and contemporary French literature and culture
Dr. Cynthia Running-Johnson is a faculty advisory council member of the global and international studies program and is an associate professor and advisor of French in the Department of World Languages and Literatures, with a joint appointment as associate professor of Gender and Women's Studies at Western Michigan University.
Running-Johnson knew the joys of languages and art from an early age, accompanying her artist parents when they led study abroad trips in Europe. In college she learned to appreciate literature through her French classes. In graduate school, she worked in theatre production while studying French literature and culture. During her graduate studies she taught as an assistant to English teachers at a high school in Lyon, France, and earned a certificate in art at the Ecole du Louvre in Paris.
Running-Johnson has taught French and Francophone language, literature and culture at Western Michigan University since 1986. From 1984 to 1986, she taught French language and literature and humanities courses at St. John's University in Collegeville, Minn. She has regularly led WMU study abroad programs to France since 1989, founding the summer program in Lyon and serving on the committee that established WMU's semester-long program in Besançon. From 2003 to 2012, she was chair of the department.


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The Social Security Administration has announced the most popular baby names for 2013.
Noah unseated Jacob's 14-year reign to become the top name for boys.
Liam landed at number two, followed by Jacob in third, then Mason and William.
As for baby girls, Sophia topped the list of girls' names for the third straight year.
The moniker was followed by Emma, Olivia, Isabella and Ava.


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Easy DIY Holiday Tablescape
Last month for Thanksgiving, Phillip and I tested our relationship with the biggest challenge yet - hosting Thanksgiving dinner for both of our families in our home. Okay so maybe I am being a bit dramatic, but I think it is a big accomplishment and milestone that we made it through all of the planning and hosting of such a big event with 30 people!
Phillip is a planner - big time. So he literally had all of the plates, utensils, non-perishable goods, and anything else he could think we might need by mid-September. Together we planned the meals leading up to Thanksgiving since his family would be staying with us and prepped for those too.
My tasks were to figure out the logistics of where everyone would be sitting, what decor I wanted to make, and have the pies and rental chairs ordered and decided upon. I thought I had everything all planned out until I kept getting magazine after magazine with these gorgeous tablescape setups.
A nice centerpiece would be the cherry on top of the day, but I did NOT want to spend hundreds of dollars on floral arrangements that would be used just for one day. I knew that tiny pumpkins would be incorporated somehow as well as twinkle lights, calligraphy place cards, and my grandmas candlesticks. What I didn't know until the weekend before was how I would tie it all together.
Phillip surprised me with a trip to our local nursery one Saturday afternoon and I found my answer! Fresh Fraser Fir garland. The best part about this solution, it was super cheap. See below for the cost breakdown. The settings were a total hit and my aunt said it looked like something out of a Southern Living magazine which honestly is the best compliment ever!
Total I spent $25 including taxes for everything. That's for 12 decorated feet of table space! This can easily be transitioned from a Thanksgiving look to a Christmas look by changing out the pumpkins for ball ornaments and candy canes. Or you can replace the pumpkins with dreidels and gelt coins and add a Menorah for a Hanukkah party!
It's the garland that does all the work in my opinion! It is going to be my new staple for holiday entertaining decor. Live garland, if obtained fresh from a nursery, can last you about a month too. I know this because I moved this same garland over my mantle and in my breakfast nook and they are still alive today (a bit dry, but still green)!
With Christmas just around the corner, you can probably get some great deals on closeout decor and garland that has been out for a while. Check your local nursery and see! And get inspired by a few more photos of these tablescapes and some delicious food for fun!
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Walter Lippmann, in "The Public Philosophy" defined "We the People" as follows: "… the stream of individuals, the connected generations of changing persons, that Burke was talking about when he invoked the partnership 'not only between those who are living' but also with 'those who are dead, and those who are to be born.' The People are a corporation, an entity, that is to say, which lives on while individuals come into it and go out of it. … That is why young men die in battle for their country's sake and why old men plant trees they will never sit under."
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My interests include building the field of parenting education in NC and the country, creating support systems for parenting educators, and pediatric parenting education and integrated care.
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Rav in New York City
d. 27 Elul, 1942
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Beth David Cemetery
300 Elmont Road
Elmont, NY 11003
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Burstein
April 17th, 2009 · 23 Comments
Rav in New York City
Tags: Beth David Cemetery - Long Island · New York · Queens / L.I., NY · Unknown
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There was a Rav Mordechai Menachem Mendel Burstein in Kansas City during the 1920s and 30s could this be the sane Rav Burstein?
In Washington DC there was a Rabbi Yehoshua Burstien who was the son of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Burstien, in 1950 he was still living as we find in Toldot Anshi Shiem (page 9)
Reb Morechai Mencahm Burstien of Kansas City was still living in 1950, so it is definetely not him, but he may be related (see Hapardes July 1950)
In Tel-Aviv there was a Rabbi Dov Buestien who wrothe the Sefer "Gufoi Shel Get" avilible at Hebrewbooks.org
Another Burstien, was Rabbi Yosef Burstien in Brooklyn NY.
A few months ago I was in KC, I ask around among the old timers about Rabbi Burstien but no one knew where he was buried. Does anyone know where he was buried?
Rav Burstein, the Kansas City Rav passed away in 1962 (he was in the low 80's) and was buried on Har HaMenuchos in EY His Rebbetzin who passed away in the 50's is buried at the Mount Carmel Cemetery in Missouri.
I don't know if any of the KC rabbis are buried in KC, form what I understand all the rabbis were buried elsewhere
Rabbi "Max" Burstein was my great uncle in Kansas City. I am trying to track down information. I f anyone knows anything that might help, I would appreciate the insight. Thanks
Rabbi Burstein's name was changed to Burnstein at Ellis Island. He was originally from the Wyszkow area in Poland and was a Rav and shochet there. He and his family faced terrible persecution during WWI and in the years afterward. In 1921 he came to the U.S. and worked a s ashochet in Virginia, until he could bring the rest of his family over. He later had a shul in the Bronx, where he was a highly respected Talmid Chacham and Posek. He paskened difficult shaalos about gittin and agunos, and taught his son and son in laws hilchos shechitah.
His father Rav Moshe Hersh was a chasid of the Kotzker Rebbe and Rav Menachem Mendel was named after the Kotzker. Rav Moshe Hersh's father was named Avraham Abba Morgenstern.
His mother Perel Goldreich was a descendant of Rav yaakov Emden, the Pnei Yehoshua, the Meginei Shlom, and ultimately could trace her yichus back to ReMA. In addition her grandmother had been the wife of the Chozeh MiLublin (1745-1815).
His first wife Henya Mriam died in Poland. His second wife Chava died in 1937 and is buried nearby in Beth David. After her death he moved to Newark to the home of his daughter Rose, where he died in 1942.
His daughter Rose Burnstein had one son Rabbi Hersh Yitzchok Burnstein of Elizabeth. His daughter Mollie had two sons Rabbi Moshe Goldstone of Brooklyn and Rabbi Yitzchok Goldstone of Elizabeth. His daughter Lea Leiter was the mother of Mrs. Pearl Herman of Jerusalem. His daughter Bella Epstein had three sons: Rabbi Moshe Yaakov Epstein of Bridgeport, CT, Rabbi Mendel Epstein of Brookly and Rabbi Binyamin Epstein of Brooklyn. His son Rabbi Yehoshua Burnstein was a Rav in Washington, D.C. and later Silver Spring Maryland. Rabbi Yehoshua Burnstein was the father of Mrs. Chava Goldstone of Elizabeth, Mrs. Anita Preis of Baltimore, Mrs. Sandy Steinberg of Teaneck, Mrs. Rachel Schmuckler of Lakewood, and Rabbi Naftoli Burnstein of Cleveland. Rabbi Burnstein's youngest daughter Rickel was the wife of Rabbi Shimshon Brodsky of Brooklyn. They had six children: Mrs. Gitel Levovitz of Jerusalem, Mrs. Chava Serebrowski of Brooklyn, Rabbi Chaim Brodsky of Toronto, Rabbi Moshe Brodsky of Lakewood, Mrs. Shayna Goldman of Passaic, and Mrs. Slava Zuckerman of Detroit. Today there are over 100 great grandchildren and over 200 great-great grandchildren.
How do you know that? Do you know where I can learn more about Rabbi Burstein?
thank you Ariel for the info I was doing research on the Great People buried in Beth David and i couldn't find anything on Rabbi Burstein, It's very interesting to find out that he was from such big Yichus.
A few years ago I spent an uplifting shabbos in KC. Always interested in history I asked around about the different rabbanim who served in the community over the years. I was introduced to the local Jewish historian, her name is Anita Lobe. Anita has been recording Jewish burials in KC for the longest time, and published a book titled Gone But Not Forgotten. I asked her if she knew where Rav Burstein was buried at first she did not. After searching around for some time she found the Rebbetzin's kever and in her notes she had written that the Rav was buried in EY on Har HaMenuchos. As for bio info not much I only know that he was in KS for many, many years.
Thank you. I know that Rav Burstein was in KC at least from the early 1920s.
Rabbi Burnstein's second wife, Chava had two sons from her first marriage and they took the name Burnstein when they moved to the U.S. The older one was my grandfather, Harry (Reuven Zvi) Burnstein
I am Frida Cielak (nee Grapa-Markuschamer) from Mexico City, where a WYSZKOW Poland PROJECT is being carried out under the direction of the well known Mexican Historian, essayist and publisher DR ENRIQUE KRAUZE.
I am his assistant researcher centered at this moment, in the investigation about the Jewish life and history in, and about Wyszkow, pre,- during- and past- World War II and the Holocaust.
This exhaustive research includes looking for facts, documents, letters, family & shtetl stories, testimonies and any information sources available for this theme.
I happened to find today this website and read with great interest your comments about Rabbi Burstein from Wyszkow!!!!!!!
Would you think that his sons or grandsons know something about Wyszkow or have Wyszkow memorabilia? Is there any way i can contact them by internet?
We will be looking for your kind reply to our request and, we THANK YOU in ADVANCE for your help!
We kindly ask you, too, to PLEASE acknowledge reception of this e-mail.
Zayt gezunt, kol tuv, Yours,
Frida Cielak from Mexico City
Much of the Wyszkow data was indexed thanks to the efforts of Stanley Diamond of Montreal. He sent me some indexed data.
My great grandmother was Rabbi Burnstein's second wife so my grandfather was his step son, but he took the name Burnstein for immigration purposes.
My grandfather was born in Dlugosiodlow, in the Wyszkow area.
I have kind of become the family mishpachologist so I have about as much information as any of my cousins. Contact me at email@example.com
Dear all,
my wife Deborah, born in Haifa/IL 1960, is the daughter of Moshe Burstein z"l from Wyszkow (born 1919) who's brother was Hersch Burstein, living in a Kibbutz near Herzelyia. They were the only two of a great family who escaped in time and were not murdered by the Germans in Sep. 1939.
Given the names, this family may be related to the family of rabbis you are searching for. Deborah knows from her father that their ancestors were Rabbis at Wyszkow.
We are planning to visit Wyszkov after Succos.
You can write here on email@example.com
Shana tova, Johannes Heil from Heidelberg, Germany
Thank you for all your help, but I think that I am looking for a different Rabbi Max Burstein. The 1930 Missouri census and SS death index lead me to believe that he was born in Russia, 1886-1888. He lived on Olive Street in KC, Missouri and he died in March, 1969. His wife's name was Jennie. I'd like to see an obit or a picture of a tombstone or any other information that anyone may have. Thanks
Hello, I am the great-great-granddaughter of Rabbi Yosef Burshtein of Brooklyn. I am looking for some information about him. My great-grandfather (one of his sons) was Yehoshua Burstin , I think the last name was changed at immigration when they arrived to Argentina. My grandfather's name is Samuel Burstin. It would be wonderful if someone has any information about him, please contact me. Thank you.
I found a note in Haprdes in year 1940 where your GG_Grandfather Rabbi Yosef Burshtien notifies that his Brother Rabbi Yitzchok Burshtien who was at the time the Rabbi in the Polish city Ostrelenka had sent him some copies of his newly released seforim Matami Yitzchok and he is willing to sell them, his given contact information:
Rabbi J. Burstien
298 Schnectady Ave.
Brooklyn NY
He mentions that before coming to the US he was a Rabbi in Warsaw, Poland
In a previuos editions of Hapardes in year 1931 and 1934 he is announcing that he sells Tefillin and Mezuzahs that was sent to him by his son Yechiel Burshtien of Warsaw.
So after looking for the Sefer of his brother:
I found that thier father was named Reb Shlomo Burshtien of Lomza.
Another point, the two brothers were Mechutanim, Avrohom the son of Reb Yosef was the SIL of his uncle Reb Yitzchok married to his daughter Rivka and lived in Warsaw.
what is his relation to rabbi dov burstein of botasani?
Dear YD Miller,
I just saw your message! Over 4 years later!!
thank you so much for all this valuable information!!
I'm so curious to know where you found the information about Avrohom and Rivka being married. Avrohom is my grandfather's uncle. We would love to see any documents or old records that exist!
I hope you see this message, I will make sure to check back for your answer in this thread, in case it doesn't forward it to my personal email.
Thank you so much!! and Hanukah Sameach!
Hi Mariel,
Here is where I found the information about Avrohom and Rivka being married:
Rivka's father acknowledges their financial support in printing his works.
R' Yitzchok also mentions his wife Yenta in that same note.
His son Rav Yehoshua Berstein Rav in Washington D.C (son in law of Rav Moshe Menachem Spiegel of Ostrov-Kalushin) is buried in the Ostrov-Kalushiner Chelka in Woodbridge, NJ.
A photo of Rav Menachem Mendel & his Rebetzin


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How do I get a CPR number?
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Executive Order on the Civil Registration System Act
In order to get a CPR number you must meet these criteria:
- You are staying in Denmark for more than 3 months.
- You have an EU residence document, if you are an EU citizen (Nordic citizens excepted). See How do I get an EU residence document?
- You hold a residence permit, if you are a non-EU citizen. See How do I apply for a residence permit?
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Seeger: We have a lot of security infra already. Ihave a separate group that's focused on data security for the whole company, so a lot of the requirements we were already in compliance with. But we needed to be able to do was demonstrate that. So the priority wad having a way to certify our compliance in a formal way for the banks that were looking for that. So we needed a trusted third party that was certified by the payment card companies to help us do that.
Was there anything you found in the process that surprised you?
Seeger: We're using Qualys as our scanning tool and it's discovering things in some of the servers on our Internet facing segments that were classified as vulnerabilities. They weren't serious, but there was a potential there. In a business such as ours that has ot be up and running 24 hours a day, there are business imperatives that keep things running and delay things like patch management to another time. So there were servers that were somewhat behind in their deployment of patches. Having that information allowed us to increase the priorities for some of those, especially if they contained credit card information. The PCI standards are fairly stringent, so it does require additional work, but nothing that we wouldn't have wanted to do anyway. We were already being fairly vigilant about these things and trying to persuade people to better manage their computing assets. I would actually credit the PCI DSS to helping us persuade local IT managers to get their stuff in shape.
Have you gotten to the point yet that you're comfortable pushing out patches without testing?
Seeger: No, we tend to put pressure on the vendors to validate that their compatible with new Microsoft patches, and most of them are good about doing that. We have that as part of our written agreements with a lot of vendors.
Is it hard to look at some of these regulations and say, where is the return on investment for us?
Seeger: We can't afford to have any doubt that we're doing everything possible to comply with those regulations like PCI and Sarbanes Oxley (SOX). We have our external auditors that are focusing regularly on all of our business units. And we have internal auditors mirroring what they're doing. We're not at a point, and I doubt we ever will be, where we say profit is more important than compliance. Things we're compliant with have reasonably valid rationales behind them.
Have you found a good way to measure the return on investment you get from these security measures?
Seeger: No, I think it's more a matter of cost avoidance. It's basically considering what could happen if we don't maintain security within our IT infrastructure. We have a very small but capable group of people who do this. We're all working pretty hard, but it's easier to justify.


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I have traveled to the South Pacific a dozen times. It is a wonderful part of the world. Every island is different.. Thursday's show on SDLiving will focus on a few recipes and travel talk! Here are the recipes. If you can not tune in or San Diego is not in your viewing area you can watch online or after the show I will put my segment up.
Drink: Coconut Pineapple Breeze
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First Year of University; A Brief Overview16:42
|Technical Manufacture- Close Fitting Dress
|Technical Manufacture- Princess Line Dress
|Technical Manufacture- Collared Shift Dress
|Technical Manufacture- Adapted Shift Dress
|Studio- Fashion Synthesis
|Studio- Patchwork City
|Studio- Domestic Collection
|Studio- Styling Shoot
|Studio- Styling Shoot
|Computer Aided Design- Trend 1 Line up
|Computer Aided Design- Trend 1 Line up
|Computer Aided Design- Trend 2 Line up
|Computer Aided Design- Trend 2 Line up
(This is the statement I had to hand in at the end of my first year)
Over this academic year I feel that in general I have progressed, in some areas more than others.
At the beginning of the year, I struggled to get into the flow of our studio sessions as I felt that some of the techniques that we were using were rather childish, for example the collages and designing from the silhouette "monsters", I understand that it is just a method of inspiration, however I feel that it is not really my forte. I did enjoy the Patchwork City project, it felt much more satisfying as it actually led to a finished piece, which I was very proud of, I felt like I embodied the essence of the brief and produced a good dress, I only wish it would have turned out a little more fitted. In terms of the investigate project I enjoyed it as a whole, but found the group aspect a little stressful, as it was difficult for us all to meet up as a group and work together, also there was a slight "misunderstanding" between a couple of members, which caused a fair bit of tension. At the end of the project I was pleased with my final collection although it wasn't how I envisioned it to begin with.
I got into the swing of pattern cutting very easily, however my problem was with the sewing side, it's not that I didn't understand the techniques or the garments went together, it was more the execution, I prone to making small mistakes, which would result in frustration and feeling discouraged.
I think I have mostly progressed within the Computer Aided Design section of the course, having never used Photoshop or illustrator before I was extremely pleased with the quality of my final booklet. At first I has trouble remembering all the different tools and techniques, but as I used to it I got used to the techniques needed for our project. I still feel that my ability to use illustrator is a little limited, and that I have nowhere near begun to learn everything that software can do, but at this point I feel that I'm reasonably adept at using it for creating technical flats. I very much enjoyed the patterns for trend project to begin with, however I found it more irritating as time went on having to use different versions of Photoshop that weren't always compatible to create my patterns, even more so when I had problems with remote access but when it came to handing in the project I was very pleased with what I had achieved.
It has been no easy feat having to commute to university, it makes my days longer, and gives me less time to do my work, which at times led to feelings of dread, worried that I wouldn't be able to do my work to the best of my ability. Despite the other responsibilities in my life and having to commute I feel that my time management has been rather good, all my projects were ready to hand in on time and on occasion before the due date.
Overall I have enjoyed my first year, although there are still areas I need to improve in. I look forward to next years projects, challenges and opportunities and hope that I progress further.
At the end of the year I achieved an overall 2:1
I had 4 1st, in; First technical project, my CAD project, my technical flats booklet, my review essay and my final portfolio.
Everything else was a 2:1!
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The Town operates two recharge facilities. One is located within the bed of the Agua Fria River below (southeast) of the Advanced Treatment Facility (ATF), while the other uses settling basins and is located about 1 mile north of the ATF.
Larry Tarkowski (Town Manager) receives award for Water Deal of the Year from Mohammad Yunis in Whitehall Palace, London.
Putting the effluent to use is important for the Town. The only legal growth in Prescott Valley occurs on lots that were granted rights to use groundwater prior to 1999. Groundwater-based subdivisions are no longer approved by ADWR. Until the Big Chino Project can be completed (see web page), the Town has very limited options for water to supply future economic development.


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Reed's Pumpkin Streusel Muffins
This is my favorite recipe because I can take it to my family Thanksgiving and look like I know how to bake (spoiler alert: I paid Maria to make them).
1) Prepare your favorite pumpkin muffin batter (here's my favorite from Wellness Mama)
2) Spoon muffin batter into muffin liners and drop bits of Unwrapp'd on top (Pumpkin Spice or Vanilla Almond Pecan are great)
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With just over 2 weeks to Christmas (how did that happen!?) it's time to start stocking up on the festive favourites we look forward to each year. These supermarket finds are both time savers and syn savers, which will hopefully leave you with more time to relax with your loved ones and less chance of overdoing the syns over the Christmas period :)
Skinny Brands lager - 4.5 syns a bottle
Christmas day can be a boozy affair, and beer is typically quite high syns. This Skinny Brands Lager is delicious though, and at jus 4.5 syns a bottle it's worth getting a couple of bottles in! This is available in Asda and some other supermarkets, or you can order a batch through this link on Amazon.
Auntie Bessie's Mini Yorkies - 1/2 syn each
These little puffs of yorkshire pudding can act as a base for your own canapés, or as a side to a roast perfect for soaking up gravy.
Lidl Deluxe Mini Mince Pies - 4 syns each
These traditional mince pies are very reasonably sized, and have a delicious filling of spiced brandy mincemeat. The perfect festive dessert and just 4 syns a pop.
Tesco Finest Chorizo, red pepper and manchego cups - 1/2 syn each
These are an interesting find, could be served as a pre-dinner snack or nibbled on between the many meals of Christmas! Really low syn too, so no guilt here :)
Tesco mini roast potatoes with light seasoning, 2 syns per half pack.
These are certainly a convenience buy, to save you having to peel chop and season your roasties why not get a couple of trays of these mini roasties and put your feet up for a short while.
You may also like these articles:
Oxo Roasties
Ham and Egg Cups
Low Syn Mince Pies
Low Syn Boozing
Have you come across any other new and interesting festive low syn treats? Let me know in the comments! And a Happy Christmas to all of you <3


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The goal of the parts explosion diagram module is to assign one or more service codes to each product. Then, instead of manually assigning vehicles to SKUs, you assign vehicles to service codes, which will cause the system to add the applicable vehicles for you. Then when the customer searches on a vehicle, products with similiar service codes are grouped, accompanied by a diagram showing the relationship between parts. Customers can choose multiple products from this diagram and add to cart in one operation.
First you must assign each product (sku) to a service code. The service code & illustartion ID are any arbitrary combination of letters & numbers. You can also optionally specify up to 4 categories.
Navigate to Elite/Vafdiagram/cron/. Place the above data (comma delimited CSV) into a file called product-service-codes.csv. Run the below command to import it:linux:
nohup php ProductServiceCodeImporter.php > log &windows:
php ProductServiceCodeImporter.php > log
Only once a product has a 'service code' can we add vehicle fitments with service codes.
Create a file just like a regular fitments import, but add 'service_code', & 'sku'. Sku must be left blank. Service code corresponds of course to the service codes you added to the products in the previous step. They will be cross referenced to generate your fitments. Navigate to Elite/Vafdiagram/cron/. Place the above data (comma delimited CSV) into a file called fitments-import.csv. Run the below command to import it:linux:
nohup php FitmentsImport.php > log &windows:
php FitmentsImport.php > log
After executing a search the user arrives at a category listing. This corresponds to the "category1, category2, etc.". After clicking the first level category the second level categories are listed, and so on.. until the user has no category choices left to make.
For the category images use the category name & create a file in your web-root:/category-images/ELECTRICAL.jpg