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GMO Labeling: Safe or Dark?
CONCORD, N.H. – It already passed the U.S. House, but there is no stopping the debate over whether the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act really does inform New England consumers about GMO food.
Kate Snyder, director of membership and programs with the New England Farmers Union, says it's hard enough to make sense of food labels. She says consumers need accurate information as to when GMOs, also known as genetically modified organisms, end up on the dinner table.
"Labeling is good for consumers and for farmers, because the relationship between a farmer and a consumer is based on trust," she says. "Transparency in labeling builds that trust."
Supporters of the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act say it will continue voluntary consultation with the FDA about foods derived from new plant varieties. Opponents call it the DARK Act, which stands for "Deny Americans the Right to Know" when GMOS are in the food chain.
Snyder says the matter is less about using GMOs and having "one tool in the tool box," than it is about being transparent with consumers.
"Farmers see the benefit of GMOs and we understand that," she says. "We are not anti-technology. We believe that farmers have the right to choose the farming practices that work for them."
Citing poll after poll, Snyder says consumers want transparency in food labeling, and she adds that the New England Farmers Union believes producers want to share that information with them. The Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act (HR 1599) passed the House by a wide margin in July, and is expected to be a top item for debate in the Senate this fall.


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ADMA Recruits Three New Board Members
The Association for Data-driven Marketing and Advertising (ADMA) is pleased to announce the appointment of three new board members as well as a full slate of Board of Directors as the year wraps up.
Joining ADMA's Board of Directors are Stuart Tucker of Commonwealth Bank (pictured above), Trisca Scott-Branagan of Deakin University and Mark Lollback of GroupM.
"As ADMA continues to sharpen its focus in the areas of data-driven marketing specifically in addressing the skills gap, privacy and digital transformation issues, we're delighted to have Trisca, Stuart and Mark join our Board of Directors," said Jodie Sangster, CEO ADMA (pictured).
"All three bring a wealth of experience and global expertise in the fields of marketing, media and advertising. They add strength to ADMA's already dynamic board and will drive ADMA's leadership in education, thought leadership and advocacy for our ever-growing membership base."
Trisca Scott-Branagan, ADMA's newest female board member is the Executive Director of Marketing at the prestigious Deakin University and was recently ranked No. 7 on the CMO Magazines list of most innovative CMOs in Australia. Prior to her transition into the education sector, Scott-Branagan spent two decades in marketing and business development roles in the financial and professional services industries, most notably Deloitte.
"It's a real honour to be asked to serve on the ADMA board. Today and tomorrow's marketers' have a really exciting journey ahead of them, but it is one that will be constantly changing and full of challenges that previous marketers may not have had to face.
"Ensuring marketing professionals have access to practical tools, and a supportive environment to become accomplished with new technologies and learning new ways of working, is critical to their success and the profession. My focus is to bring experience of the Education sector into the boardroom discussions, seeking alternative and engaging ways to transfer knowledge across the profession," said Scott-Branagan.
Stuart Tucker has an impressive 25 years of marketing experience under his belt and first joined the Commonwealth Bank back in 2013 as its general manager for brand, sponsorship and marketing services.
Tucker leads a dynamic team responsible for myriad functions including brand strategy, sponsorship, media buying, social media, operations and events. Under his leadership, Commonwealth Bank has readily adopted programmatic and paid search to leverage on its data assets.
"I am thrilled and honoured to be joining the ADMA Board. As a long-time admirer of ADMA and a recent Chair of Judges for the AC&E awards, it's exciting to be more involved with this high quality industry association.
"With the marketing industry experiencing such a rapid pace of change, ADMA can play a crucial role in building capability, inspiring great work and guiding regulation," said Tucker.
Mark Lollback, the CEO of GroupM Australia & New Zealand brings great experience to the ADMA Board. Lollback was named CEO of GroupM in April and comes armed with over twenty years of global blue-chip marketing experience, making him the natural choice to lead Australia's biggest media investment group.
Lollback brings with him a fresh new take towards media buying and planning, having spent most of his career on the client side as CMO for McDonald's Australia & New Zealand, as well as marketing roles in four continents namely in ANZ Banking Group, Pepsi Lipton International New York, Unilever China and Birds Eye Foods UK.
"I am thrilled to join the ADMA Board. Marketing and communications is all becoming data driven and will become more and more performance driven – and ADMA as a leadership body in the industry will play a critical role. I am passionate about education and I know that ADMA see this as a real priority for them – to help educate and train the next generation of data and digital driven marketers.
"It is a great time to be involved in the Marketing & Communications industry – change is the new norm and staying true to the craft while leveraging all of the new tools and insights that technology is enabling is super exciting."
Members who are exiting the board are Chantal Walker, Formerly Foxtel, Karen Ganschow, formerly Westpac, and Leigh Terry, Omnicom Media Group.
"They each provided an amazing contribution to ADMA and the Board" said Jodie Sangster. "I'd like to express my enormous thanks to them all."


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As an owner of a closely-held private business you likely hold voting shares in your corporation. These shares allow you to exercise some control over the corporation by giving you the right to vote for corporate directors and control other important corporate decisions, such as a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the corporation.
If you own your shares personally, your shares will form part of your estate and may also form part of matrimonial property if there is a breakdown of your marriage. The practical result of this may be that your former spouse attains some control over the corporation.
But what if the corporation's bylaws, articles, or a unanimous shareholder agreement ("USA") restricts the transfer of shares to third parties? Are your shares then shielded from an equitable division of matrimonial property to your former spouse?
What Happens to the Shares?
Pursuant to the Matrimonial Property Act (Alberta), if there is a breakdown of the marriage, property is distributed equitably between the spouses (subject to prescribed limited exceptions).
The Court has a great deal of discretion and authority in determining an equitable division of matrimonial property. For example, the Court can order you to sell your shares and distribute a portion of the net sale proceeds to your former spouse. The Court can also order you to transfer some of your shares to your former spouse.
However, where the Corporation's bylaws, articles, or a USA restricts a transfer of shares to a third party, the Courts have generally been reluctant to order a transfer of shares to a former spouse.
Therefore, a properly-drafted USA may prevent you from being ordered to relinquish some control over the corporation to your former spouse. However, if your shares form part of matrimonial property, the Court still has many other remedies at its disposal to equitably divide the shares. In past cases, the Court has:
For example, in D.B.C. v R.M.W., 2004 ABQB 954, a husband and wife purchased shares in a corporation understanding that the shares would appreciate significantly over time. The husband owned 39% of the voting shares in the corporation and his wife owned 1% of the voting shares. Upon a breakdown of the marriage, the parties agreed that the shares should be split equally between them. However, they disagreed over whether legal title to the relevant shares should be transferred. The Court found that transferring the shares to the wife would be contrary to the corporate articles and bylaws. Therefore, the Court ordered the husband to hold half of his shares in trust for his wife, on the following conditions:
There are a number of considerations to keep in mind when structuring a closely-held private corporation, just one of which is matrimonial property issues. Therefore, we recommend that you contact our Business Law Group if you wish to discuss the best way to structure your privately-held business corporation to reduce risk.


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Brother went get the tickets in Penang Times Square, mom got 4 genting outdoor theme parks tickets for free! What else? Book bus tickets and hotel then lari diri! :D
*Gahhh! why i so short?*
oh! thanks to Li Ean for borrowing me 55-250mm lens that i get to zoom so close to those singers :D.
to be honest, i don't even know which singers were coming even i was there :X
EMCEEs of the night!
they got silver for 至尊组合/乐团.
super close shot cause they were at the side stage! :D
they won 至尊金曲 with the song 相爱不到老.
they won 至尊合唱奖. :)
they both are performing 傻瓜-a super sweet and cute couple song :)
东于哲. they have lots of teenage girl fans :D. they both won 至尊专业表现大奖.
纪佳松. He won the best producer. 至尊制作人.
p/s: he looks quite cute :P
张诒博. He won 至尊新人(大马)
Yisa 郁可唯. Yay! She won both 至尊电视原创歌曲 and 至尊大跃进女歌手(海外).
She finally sang 指望. If you read my previous post, you'll know how much i like her :D
张智成. He won a 2 prizes like 至尊演绎男歌手(大马) and 至尊专辑.
"I'll always Love You" on that night and it's seriously a WOW! super powerful and nice! *double thumbs up!*
♥ the way she laugh :D
seriously a great night that get to see lots of pretty and handsome singers with their great voice! awesome experience! ^^


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There are SO many anti-ageing skincare products out there, each promising us more than the one before. But how do you know which ones will REALLY work? In this post I share with you the crucial ingredients that your skin needs to fight off ageing and that will get the job done.
I took great care not to make this article a long winded one, so below I share the most important facts for you to know. If you would like to know more just click on the links to the informative and helpful websites I found.
Firstly it is important to realize that keeping skin healthy and young requires a combination of ingredients and products that work together to give your skin exactly what it needs.
The best "cure" for ageing is PREVENTION! The ingredients below will help PREVENT ageing, but also aid in "CURING" the skin if it is too late for prevention.
I personally believe in having a basic skincare range, and then supplementing with active serums, exfoliators and masks (all "boosters" containing the below mentioned ingredients) that target the deeper skin layers. I will be sharing more on great skincare products in future posts.
Eating healthy and exercise is also key to preventing and "curing" ageing!
We have been seeing this ingredient around a lot lately, and for good reason.
Retinol is just another name for vitamin A. Retinol is an extremely effective cell-communicating ingredient, it communicates with skin cells literally telling them to behave like a young, healthy skin cell, preventing wrinkles and increasing collagen production. It is an antioxidant, a vital ingredient in fighting the free-radical damage process that causes skin to look older. Retinol is effective in managing Acne and Eczema, as well as improving Discolorations and Wrinkles from sun damage.
While it may take several weeks to see results, it is by far one of the most effective over-the-counter anti-ageing ingredients when it comes to smoothing wrinkles, unclogging pores, lightening superficial brown spots, and improving the texture of the skin.
EXFOLIATING– one of the key steps to fighting ageing!!!
Exfoliating encourages cell turnover, which typically slows with age. A healthy cell turnover (the rate at which we make new skin cells) is about 19 to 25 days. But as we get older this cell turnover rate slows down tremendously and can take as long as 90 days (that's 3 months for 1 cell turnover)!!!
Exfoliation is not only important for an ageing skin, but all skin conditions to improve over all skin health. It removes dead skin cells, used for treating acne scars, improves the appearance of photo-aged skin, and firms and smooths the skin. Getting rid of dead skin also lets moisturizers, serums, and skin treatments penetrate the skin and work more effectively.
Mechanical exfoliation
Mechanical Exfoliation is Exfoliation with the use of a tool or a granular exfoliating product (like a scrub), that will loosen and reduce the dead skincells on the skins surface with the use of some friction. You use either a tool (i.e. a brush or sponge) or substrate (i.e. Corn Cob Meal, Rice bran, Date Seed Powder, Oatmeal, etc.) Excessive abrasion can result in skin irritation though. For use on the face and neck I highly recommend to stay away from scrubs, or anything, with a rough/course texture. One exfoliant that I have tried that would be classed as a mechanical exfoliant, because it requires some rubbing/"scrubbing" is Rice Bran. Rice Bran is a wonderful exfoliant as the particles in it dissolve to a paste. It is a gentle, clarifying exfoliator that is not abrasive.
Chemical exfoliation
Chemical exfoliation utilizes chemicals such as hydroxy acids (i.e. Lactic Acid, Salicylic Acid and Glycolic Acid), Retinol (i.e. Vitamin A) and enzymes (i.e. Papain, Bromelain and protease enzymes from Bacillus microbes).
Alpha Hydroxy Acids (AHA)
AHA (i.e. Lactic Acid and Glycolic Acid) are exfoliators that gently dissolve the "glue" that holds surface skin cells together, letting the dead ones slough away to reveal youthful looking skin. It gently removes the dead skin cells, stimulates cell renewal and prevents breakouts. Lactic Acid in particular has very unique effects on the skin. Whilst it is a wonderful exfoliant, it also increases the skins natural moisturizers, ceramides (skin barrier oils) and improved water barrier properties.
Salicylic Acid-Beta Hydroxy Acid (BHA)
BHA is better for use on oily skin or for treating acne. BHA differs from AHA due to it's lipophilic nature. Lipo=fat/lipids, which means that a BHA penetrates the sebaceous (oily) substances in the hair folicle and exfoliates the pores. AHA on the other hand are water soluble and do not exfoliate that deep. This deep exfoliation is not a daily necessity and I would recommend seeing a trained skincare professional to analyze your skin's needs and prescribe what is best suited for you.
Retinol has been included in exfoliation formulas because the skin converts Retinol to Retinoic Acid which is a potent skin exfoliation and anti-ageing agent.
Biological Enzymes like Papain and Bromelain work in the same way as AHA/BHA by dissolving the "glue" that holds surface skin together, letting the dead ones slough away. Unlike AHAs though, which are PH dependent, these are activated by water and limited in the amount of exfoliation that can be achieved. Therefore enzymes are usually a lot gentler and better for everyday use, depending on your skincare needs.
**BE SURE to buy good quality products recommended by a professional as a too high concentration of AHA or exfoliants can be damaging if not administered correctly.
In the most simplified terms, peptides are short chains of proteins.
Most importantly Peptides signal your skin to make more Collagen. Once we age collagen is destroyed and not replaced. As a result young, smooth skin becomes thin and wrinkled after a while. Peptides also deliver copper to the skin. Copper is an effective agent in healing the skin. Neuropeptides have been proven to perform like Botox whereas some peptides might block transmission of signals from nerves to your facial muscles.
Free Radicals
Before we get to antioxidants, it is important to understand a bit about Free Radicals. Free Radicals are unstable, damaging molecules in your body caused by elements such as sunlight, smoke, and pollution. Free Radicals cause damage right at a cellular level.
A general term for a large group of natural and synthetic ingredients that work to reduce free-radical damage and environmental stress on skin. Antioxidants help prevent and repair damage to your body tissue by encouraging cell growth.
The MOST Important thing to remember, they neutralize free radicals (unstable, damaging molecules in your body caused by elements such as sunlight, smoke, and pollution)
These vital elements for skin can range from alpha lipoic acid, beta-glucan, Coenzyme Q10, grape seed extract, green tea, soybean sterols, superoxide dismutase, vitamin C (ascorbyl palmitate and magnesium ascorbyl palmitate), and vitamin E (alpha tocopherol, tocotrienols) to pomegranate, curcurmin, turmeric, and on and on and on. All red fruits and vegetables, and berries, are high in anti-oxidants.
Hyaluronic Acid (HA)
It is a humectant, meaning that it draws out water from the air to the dermis (the skin that lies below the surface).
Almost half of the body's HA is located in the collagen of skin and it is logical that HA plays a vital role here. Hyaluronic acid helps to retain over a 1000 times its weight in water within the cells of skin, making it an excellent moisturizer. In fact, no other biological substance can retain as much water as HA resulting in soft increased smoothness, softening of skin and decreased wrinkles. Equally important is its ability to remove waste matter from cells including those where there is little blood circulation. It may even spur new collagen production.
In Conclusion
I can not stress this enough, it is important to see a Trained Skincare Professional that will analyze your skin, and prescribe the best product range suited to your needs. I can highly recommend Dermalogica's face mapping skin analysis. Keep an eye out for my post next Wednesday on My Current Skincare Products and Routine, and for more on Dermalogica'a face mapping.
**Please note that I am not a Dermatologist. The above information was gathered by extensive research and advice given by various skincare experts.
An Excellent website for all your anti-ageing questions, products and answers to all your skincare concerns: PAULASCHOICE
I hope this was helpful and that you learned something!


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Sitecore engaged Erevena during a significant period of transformation (prior to the EQT investment) to work with them on multiple hires across the senior leadership team.
We've been working with Erevena on a number of key hires into our organization during the last couple of years. Apart providing some excellent candidates, we've also been very happy to work in partnership with Erevena. They not only understand our business and culture, they also take the time to understand how our business operates and this is crucial to a partnership. Erevena are extremely results driven, flexible and agile with their processes which ultimately helps us to succeed. It's a pleasure to work with Erevena; they are a dedicated bunch with a lot of knowledge and an extensive network and they make the whole process flow at a high speed from start to finish.
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Posts Tagged 'George Washington'
» posted on Saturday, December 7th, 2013 by Linda Lou Burton
The Soup Bowl
Linda Burton posting from Washington, DC – I call it "DC." When I lived in Seattle if you said "Washington" folks thought you were referring to the state; Washington DC is considered the "other Washington" there. But I'm on the east coast today, easing into "the District" from Maryland and headed for the US Capitol, an icing-on-the cake post-stop in the Journey Across America. The majestic dome loomed tall as I approached; I circled in confusion and landed a parking spot on the other side. The Washington Monument was a few blocks to my right, covered in scaffolding due to earthquake repair. I coaxed the cats to the window to look; then tied my red wool scarf tight around my head before stepping out into the wind. Not a day for sightseeing. But people were out; a Chinese chorus was performing across the street; cameras were in evidence in every hand. Washington, DC! What is so special about this place? Why do 19 million visitors come every year? It's exciting, and vibrant, that's why; a bubbling soup bowl brimming with a little bit of everything. The resident population is 601,723 (US Census 2010), but that jumps to a million throughout the workweek; commuters pour in from the suburbs of Maryland and Virginia. After all, the centers of all three branches of the federal government are here – the Congress, the President, and the Supreme Court. Flags from all over the world fly here; count 176 foreign embassies. The headquarters of international organizations, trade unions, non-profits, and lobbying groups are here. There are more museums here than you could visit in a year; 19 within the Smithsonian alone. The architecture, park spaces, and memorials are stunning. You'll find both inspiration and controversy here; it's all in the soup. » read more
» posted on Friday, December 6th, 2013 by Linda Lou Burton
Staying Alive And The Final Five
Linda Burton posting from Annapolis, Maryland – Psychologically we love countdowns. We count down the twelve days till Christmas. We countdown rocket launches, till we arrive at blastoff, or the mission is scrubbed. We countdown the Final Four in basketball every spring, when the world of college sports reaches fever pitch. I counted down the days in the month before my 16th birthday; I was on pins and needles to get my driver license; something everyone in my little town did back in the 50s when all the cars had fins and all the girls wore bobby socks. The year I went to Antarctica – that was 2005 – I counted off the weeks till my Seattle departure at Pagliacci Pizza. I happened to go for a Friday night pizza at the 17-week point and noticed they had 17 pizzas on their menu. "Aha," I thought, "if I begin with the Original, when I get to the Verde Primo it will be time to fly to South America." I called for grandson help on big-meat pizza nights; Matthew for Spicy Pepperoni; Andrew for Extra Pepperoni; both of them on Grand Salami Primo night. The AGOG was my favorite – mushrooms, roasted garlic, Kalamata olives, goat cheese, Fontina, Mozzarella and parsley over olive oil; fresh tomato slices added after the bake. The journey through the Pagliacci menu was an experience; I developed new tastes, and learned some things I didn't know before. I dealt with whatever came next; I adapted as needed. You know where I'm going with that thought. Annapolis finishes the countdown through the Final Five; the Journey Across America is 100% complete. This mission wasn't scrubbed; we made it all the way (adapting as needed) – the Scion, the cats, and me. We're travelworn and frazzled, but completely AGOG with success. » read more
» posted on Friday, November 29th, 2013 by Linda Lou Burton
By George
Linda Burton posting from Annapolis, Maryland – Before you read this post, look at the column to the right. On the dark blue background is a list of capital cities. Count them. You will find 50 capital cities listed now, because at 2:26 PM today, the cats and I arrived in Annapolis, capital city #50 on the Journey Across America. By George, we made it! I parked in front of the Robert Johnson building on the tight little circle street that surrounds the Maryland State House, and jumped out to record the moment with pictures. When I got back Jack was sitting on top of his carrier, watching people walk by on the sidewalks of Annapolis; Alex was perched like a king on his pillow, unimpressed. "Do you think you're King George?" I laughed. "You don't want to acknowledge the feisty colonists?" It felt as though King George could be lurking around the corner; if, that is, King George had ever left England, and, if there weren't so many 21st-century automobiles crowding the narrow brick-paved streets. We were in what is officially named the "Colonial Annapolis Historic District," where 18th-century buildings remain much as they were when built. To my left the Maryland State House occupies the city's highest hill; from that point all streets radiate outward; dropping down towards the waterfront; leading in the other direction towards the countryside. One thing is clear; when this city was laid out, it was intended that all roads lead to the focal point of government – the Maryland State House, the "oldest in the nation still in legislative use" as it so proudly claims. And here the presence of our most beloved "George" remains – George Washington, of course. "This is a living history book," I said to the cats. "It comes together here." » read more
» posted on Friday, March 15th, 2013 by Linda Lou Burton
Sophisticated Simplicity
Linda Burton posting from Richmond, Virginia – If you want to know what George Washington really looked like, go to the Virginia state capitol. Centered in the rotunda against the simplicity of a formal backdrop of black and white stands a life-size statue of Washington, considered by his contemporaries to be "a perfect likeness." It was June 1784 when the Virginia General Assembly commissioned the statue to be made; Thomas Jefferson, on a diplomatic mission in France, secured the services of French artist Jean-Antoine Houdon for the work. Houdon didn't guess at his task; in the fall of 1785 he traveled to Mount Vernon to study his subject. He made a plaster mask of Washington's head and took detailed measurements of his body; from this he modeled a terra cotta bust to take back to his workshop in France. The resulting statue, carved of Carrara marble, was shipped to America in 1796 and has graced the capitol's rotunda since. It is considered to be Virginia's greatest treasure and one of the world's finest portrait sculptures; it is the only full-length statue for which the first President posed. Although Washington's sword is by his side and he wears his Revolutionary uniform, he carries a civilian walking cane and stands over a plough; Houdon sought to show the balance between Washington's life as a soldier, statesman, and private citizen. In the niches of the rotunda are busts of other Virginia-born presidents who succeeded Washington – Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Harrison, Tyler, Taylor, and Wilson – and another work by Houdon; that of LaFayette, the French citizen who was a Major General in service to the United States during the Revolutionary War. But more about the rotunda itself, a magnificent two-story space capped by a dome; a dome that is invisible from the outside. » read more
» posted on Sunday, March 3rd, 2013 by Linda Lou Burton
Sunday in the Park with George
Linda Burton posting from Raleigh, North Carolina – Stephen Sondheim (b 1930) is an accomplished American composer best known for his contributions to musical theater. In 1984 he and James Lapine put together a Broadway production called Sunday in the Park with George. It opened to mixed reviews, but in the end, wound up winning a Pulitzer Prize for drama, two Tony Awards for design, the 1991 Olivier Award for Best Musical, and the 2007 Olivier Award for Outstanding Musical Production. The play was inspired by a painting called A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, done by George Seurat (1859-1891), a French Post-Impressionist painter. It took George two years to complete this 10-foot-wide piece that shows members of different social classes participating in various park activities on a Sunday afternoon; he devised an innovative technique for it called "pointillism," using tiny juxtaposed dots of color, rather than physically blending the colors on canvas. Very different in its day, and as you might guess, the painting "opened to mixed reviews;" today however it is recognized as a work that altered the direction of modern art. So what does this have to do with Raleigh, North Carolina? I'm about to tell you the story of Antonio Canova (1757-1822), an Italian sculptor, and the controversial statue he did of George Washington (1732-1799) that sits in the rotunda of the North Carolina capitol today. It wasn't meant to be controversial, of course, and what you see today isn't what Canova did in 1820; but, well, I'd better start from the beginning to explain. » read more
» posted on Sunday, July 29th, 2012 by Linda Lou Burton
Uncles and Aunts
Linda Burton posting from Edmonds, Washington while traveling between Juneau, Alaska and Helena, Montana – This post is a bit of a stretch, capital-city wise. But I am in Washington state and it is the only state named after a president (although we know for sure George Washington never slept here!). I was thinking about George's relatives today, because I spent the afternoon with some of mine. With all the stories I have heard about our first president, I never learned about his relatives. Did he have any kids? Or nieces and nephews? A little research tonight led me to the answer; turns out George has often been referred to as "First Uncle." George didn't have any children of his own, but he was step-father to Martha Dandridge Custis' two children, Jacky and Patsy, only four and two when George and Martha married. George had two half-brothers, three brothers, and a sister; he wound up with a number of nieces and nephews too. And since George outlived all his siblings, it follows that he wound up with responsibilities towards their children. » read more
» posted on Tuesday, July 10th, 2012 by Linda Lou Burton
Marcus Whitman, Missionary Doctor
Linda Burton posting from Olympia, Washington – We saw a lot of faces today. Faces of capitol visitors like ourselves, and faces of history, in bronze statues and busts both inside and out, in renderings of the face of George Washington in the shining state seal and on banners furled from balconies, in portraits of former governors hanging on the wall of the Governors Office, and even on the magnificent Tiffany chandelier hanging in the rotunda. But at the end of the day one face and one story in particular stood out. We aimed for an on-the-hour tour – son Rick, grandkids Andrew and Kayla, and me – and arrived just as a bus-load of Japanese students on a summer study program came in. We began clicking cameras at the same time; the Tour Volunteer manning the front desk stepped up to sort us out for Japanese or English-speaking guides. Above the fray I spotted a hale and hearty looking figure; a statue in bronze who appeared to be looking across the room and beyond. I walked over and read the name inscribed across the bottom: Marcus Whitman. His story is one of good intent, with a tragic ending. Listen. » read more


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It's hard to believe it was possible, but anti-vaccination fanaticism has taken a darker turn, as Chris Mooney reports for Mother Jones: Now, it's not just vaccines that parents are foolishly rejecting for their children, but also a simple injection of vitamin K that has been a standard part of newborn care since the 1960s.
Some parents now find themselves rushing to the emergency room with babies sick with vitamin K deficiency bleeding (VKDB). "This rare disorder occurs because human infants do not have enough vitamin K, a blood coagulant, in their systems," Mooney writes. "Infants who develop VKDB can bleed in various parts of their bodies, including bleeding into the brain."
The problem started to attract attention this spring, when Tom Wilemon, writing for The Tennessean, reported that seven babies had been admitted to a Vanderbilt hospital in a mere eight months with vitamin K deficiency bleeding, which doctors believe may be on the rise because of parents refusing the vitamin K shot at birth. That certainly seems to be the case with Mark and Melissa Knotowicz, who refused the vitamin K shot when Melissa gave birth to twins because they heard that the shot causes leukemia. As Wilemon writes: "An old study did draw a correlation between the preservative and leukemia, but followup studies disproved that theory."
When one of the Knotowicz twins got sick, doctors quickly learned about the vitamin K shot refusal. Both babies were then given the shot, but one had suffered multiple brain bleeds. Doctors do not know yet whether he will suffer problems with intellectual development.
Mooney profiled pediatrician Clay Jones, who is working to raise awareness of the dangers of refusing the vitamin K shot. Jones points out that the shot is even more necessary for women who want to breastfeed exclusively, which is darkly ironic, considering how breastfeeding has been elevated to a near-religious status in the same circles that tend to be hostile to vaccinations and now the vitamin K shot. The problem, Jones says, is that "levels of vitamin K in breast milk are low, much lower than in infant formula."
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, infants who do not receive a vitamin K injection have an 81 times greater chance of coming down with late stage VKDB. Even then the risk remains small: Between 4.4 and 7.2 infants out of every 100,000. But a vitamin K injection is "virtually 100 percent protective," Jones explains.
Mooney also chronicles the various crunchy websites trying to scare parents into opting out of the vitamin K shot, with the usual gobbledygook accusing the shots of having all sorts of scary ingredients — or else arguing that a little needle prick is some kind of great trauma for babies.


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Make up passport booklets (we used old wallpaper books that had been donated to the group) filled with blank paper.
The girls had to visit each country (each girl in the group) and exchange stamps.
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I was at camp one time in a local provincial park and the Pathfinders were foraging for wood to make gadgets. They dragged this long log partially rotten to the campsite and I cut out my trusty hatchet and chopped in into three pieces for a tripod. That night we left the campsite to join another group for Campfire.
When we returned to the site, as usual our daughters had our flashlights and we were walking down the road by the light of the moon. When we got back to our site the ground was glowing where I had chopped the wood. I picked some of the chips up and they made enough glow to almost see by. It was greenish blue in colour and I put some in a box and went to the tents to show the girls. One of the leaders kept saying what if it is radioactive....Well we brought it home and you guessed it the next night it did not glow, it was just a bunch of wood chips. Well I was very curious as to what it was so I wrote a letter to the Provincial Park describing what had happened and it was a couple of months before I received the reply. Actually the answer was sitting on my coffee table but I hadn't read my Canadian Geographic magazine for June/July 1990.
The reply from the Provincial Park said that they had read about this in that magazine and sent me a copy of the article called "How do fireflies do it? The stuff that I had found was called "Bioluminescent fungi" which is a mushroom which grows and "glows" on rotting stumps and logs throughout much of Canada. So I now carry my "Glowing Wood" in a film canister on my camphat with a label that says "Bioluminescent fungi". End of story.
I know, they contain a chemical from the film but if they are disinfected with Dettol (or similar product) beforehand they're supposed to be okay.
What you do is cut a slit in the middle of the lid, large enough to accommodate the toothbrush handle. Push the lid onto the handle, make sure it's fairly snug so the lid doesn't get lost. Punch a couple of holes on the bottom of canister with a nail. Have the girls decorate the canister so they can identify their container. Once they've brushed their teeth the canister fits overtop of the toothbrush and snaps onto the lid.


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Sun-Times breaks a story about the CTU that the CTU broke nine months ago.
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Old news about the "greedy" CTU doing a better job supporting public education and doing a better job than the school board. As CPS closed schools, investment in privatized charter schools flourished!
The CTU sold this building. Old news. Not a scoop.
The Sun-Times investigative reporters Dan Mihalopoulos and Lauren Fitzpatrick report a news scoop that reminds me of the one Mihalopoulos broke about CTU President Karen Lewis when she was considering a mayoral run.
Do you remember the one Mihapolousos did about Lewis' vast real estate holdings: A Hawaiian time share and a family home in Michigan?
A bogus story if there ever was one.
Today, the Watchdogs of the Sun-Times uncovered the fact that the CTU sold a building it owned, placed the money in a bank account and established a foundation that awards grants to groups that advance the cause of public education and social justice.
This story isn't bogus.
It's just old news.
Crain's carried the story of the building sale last April.
And the CTU reported it on their own web site nine months ago.
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I am referring to this John Hairston as (#30) as this is the 30th week of my 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge and this will help distinguish him from my great-great-grandfather who I will refer to as John L.
Three similarities found in the table below show why these two John Hairstons are so easily confused.
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It should now be obvious that the John Hairston (#30) of Macon and Lowndes Counties in Alabama and my great-great-grandfather, John L. Hairston, are not one in the same. However, until this year, I believed that this John Hairston (#30) also had a
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"Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FQ8G-P92 : accessed 02 Aug 2014), John Hearston and Syrene Thompson, 05 Oct 1835; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 1492030.
"Alabama, Probate Records, 1809-1985," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-25316-19407-71?cc=1925446&wc=M6DJ-MM3:220031401,220031402 : accessed 02 Aug 2014), Lowndes > Administration records 1870-1892 vol A > image 42 of 333.
"Alabama, Probate Records, 1809-1985," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-25313-10602-69?cc=1925446&wc=M6DV-TN5:220031401,220226501 : accessed 02 Aug 2014), Lowndes > Minutes 1870-1938 vol A-B > image 217 of 463.
"Alabama, Probate Records, 1809-1985," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-25313-8034-39?cc=1925446&wc=M6DK-D66:220031401,220386501 : accessed 02 Aug 2014), Lowndes > Wills 1830-1936 > image 394 of 428.
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Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006.
Compiled Military Service Record, Phillip R. Hairston, Pvt., Co. G, 21 Alabama Infantry; Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama; Record Group 109: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 – 1984; National Archives, Washington, D.C.; digital images, Phillip R. Hairston's file, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : accessed 28 July 2014)
Compiled Military Service Record, Richard L. Hairston, Pvt., Co. G, 12 Alabama Infantry; Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama; Record Group 109: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 – 1984; National Archives, Washington, D.C.; digital images, Richard L. Hairston's file, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : accessed 28 July 2014)
"Find A Grave: Myrtlewood Cemetery." Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials.. Web. 2 Aug. 2014. <http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&GSln=Black&GSiman=1&GScid=24840&CRid=24840&pt=Myrtlewood%20Cemetery&>.
"Find A Grave: Pilgrims Rest Cemetery." Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials. Web. 2 Aug. 2014. <http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&GSln=hairston&GSiman=1&GScid=25406&CRid=25406&pt=Pilgrims%20Rest%20Cemetery&>.
Hairston, Victor , and Edward Bregenzer. The Hairston History. 1998. Print.
McElheney, William., no. R. 6697; Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, microfilm publication M804 (Washington, D.C. National Archives and Records Service, 1974); digital images, Fold3 (http://www.Fold3.com : accessed 20 July 2014).
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Year: 1850; Census Place: Hinds, Mississippi; Roll: M432_372; Page: 165A; Image: 336.
Year: 1850; Census Place: District 21, Macon, Alabama; Roll: M432_9; Page: 241A; Image: 101.
Year: 1860; Census Place: Hinds, Mississippi; Roll: M653_582; Page: 674; Image: 206; Family History Library Film: 803582.
Year: 1860; Census Place: Southern Division, Macon, Alabama; Roll: M653_14; Page: 786; Image: 305; Family History Library Film: 803014.
Year: 1870; Census Place: Calhoun, Lowndes, Alabama; Roll: M593_25; Page: 437A; Image: 497; Family History Library Film: 545524.
Year: 1880; Census Place: Falls, Texas; Roll: 1302; Family History Film: 1255302; Page: 190B; Enumeration District: 038.
Year: 1880; Census Place: Fort Deposit, Lowndes, Alabama; Roll: 20; Family History Film: 1254020; Page: 117A; Enumeration District: 106; Image: 0536.
Year: 1880; Census Place: Parkers and Brenton, Escambia, Alabama; Roll: 12; Family History Film: 1254012; Page: 191B; Enumeration District: 076.
Year: 1900; Census Place: Fort Deposit, Lowndes, Alabama; Roll: 26; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0077; FHL microfilm: 1240026.
Year: 1900; Census Place: Sandy Ridge, Lowndes, Alabama; Roll: 27; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0080; FHL microfilm: 1240027.


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Not to beat the leftover topic to death, but I've just got to use more things up around here. I bought a carton of eggnog for my guests that never got opened. What to do, what to do . . . mmm . . .
After thinking awhile, I pictured a creamy breakfast smoothie with hints of holiday flavors as the holidays begin to drift away for another year. A sprinkling of nutmeg on top completed the picture and my delicious breakfast began.
Eggnog Smoothie
1/2 cup (light) eggnog
1/2 cup water
1 tablespoon ground flax seed
2 medium bananas, cut in chunks
Sweetener, to taste
6 ice cubes
Ground nutmeg for garnish, optional
Pour eggnog and water into blender container. Add flax seed, then bananas and sweetener, if using. Finally, add ice cubes and blend on high speed 30 seconds until smooth. Pour into two glasses and sprinkle with nutmeg, if desired. Each serving has 2 points plus for Weight Watchers or 170 calories.


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People looking for fine craftsmanship in the commercial market.
Something which is not too busy or overwhelming but still shows that the company is a woodworking company.
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Philip Knight, founder of Nike, has just set a record for largest single donation to a business school. He has pledged $105 million to Stanford, to aid in the construction of their new business school complex, appropriately named the Knight Management Center. Knight earned his master's degree in business administration from Stanford in 1962. He has already made several smaller donations to the business school, but cites this as a "once-in-a-lifetime chance to give back to the school."
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I can't make an official projection on the outcome of the Edgewater renovation vote tonight, but I can project that it will bring much folly no matter what the outcome.
Not only will the Badger Herald be hosting a live blogging of the Council's debate on the Edgewater tonight, but Dusty Weis has set up an Edgewater drinking game at Amy's Cafe. I definitely plan to stop by there, and I would encourage any loyal members of the Sconz nation to come out and join the fun. Get your studying done before hand. Whatever gimmick Dusty thinks up for Thuy's speeches alone will have the tequila flowing.
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Until now i have always used the 'two space' rule after a period. The only reason i can put my 'two space passion' down to was seeing my mother typing when i was a kid and asking her why she put two spaces after the period. It was, as Bill points out in this video, was because in a fixed width font system you needed more space after the period to make it readable. Funny thing is ... that i have just realised that as i am typing this i am still putting two spaces in :) It is a natural thing for me now... but something i will change after watching this video. Bill is funny to listen to.


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|Studies on the Biosynthesis of Protochlorophyllide Ester in Etiolated and Green Tissues of Higher Plants
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|Cucumber cotyledons incubated in darkness with (alpha),(alpha)'-dipyridyl and (delta)-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) accumulated a pigment which had the spectroscopic properties of Mg-protoporphyrin monomethyl ether (MPE) but physical properties similar to those of protochlorophyllide (Pchlide) ester. When this compound was subjected to demetallation and acid hydrolysis the resulting porphyrin had the chromatographic and spectral properties of protoporphyrin (Proto). This new pigment appears to be a fully esterified MPE. Analysis of the MPE-like pigment preparation by HPLC revealed four peaks which were all spectrally identical to MPE. These pigments probably differed in mobility due to different esterifying alcohols. Analysis of the alcohols bound to cucumber MPE ester indicate that phytol is not present. Similar results were obtained when Pchlide ester preparations were analyzed.
Contamination of chlorophyll (Chl) preparations by Pchlide ester may complicate the analysis of minor Chl components, therefore a new chromatographic system was developed which allows the partial separation of Pchlide ester from Chl. Using this system, it became possible to examine mature photosynthetic tissues for thepresence of Pchlide ester. A number of diverse plant species were examined and found to contain traces of Pchlide ester. Such a universal occurrence of this pigment in mature tissues suggests that it may play a fundamental role inthylakoid repair.
The biosynthetic origin of Pchlide ester was investigated by analyzing the efficacy of various ('14)C-labeled porphyrins. A ration was taken of the relative incorporation of label from a putative precursor into Pchlide ester as compared with incorporationg into Pchlide from that precursor. This ratio was called the R value. The R values from Proto, MPE, and Pchlide were determined and compared with the reference vaue from ALA (R(,ALA)). If Pchlide ester was derived solely from the esterification of Pchlide the R(,X) value from any intermediate "X" should equal the R(,ALA) value. It was determined that R(,Proto) was slightly higher than R(,ALA), while R(,MPE) and R(,Pclide) were significantly lower than R(,ALA). Thus, Pchlide ester is apparently synthesized from precursors other than Pchlide. Several models suggesting routes for the biosynthesis of Pchlide ester were advanced.
An aqueous extract of cucumber cotyledons was found to inhibit the biosynthesis of Pchl in cucumber. The inhibition was observed both in vivo and in vitro. The extract did not cause any significant oxidation of C-4 or C-5 labelled ('14)C-ALA to CO(,2). (NH(,4))(,2)SO(,4) precipitated most of the activity in the 30 to 60% fraction, the inhibitory activity migrated into a sucrose graduent, and the activity was heat labile. These results indicate that the active component may be a macromolecule, possibly a protein. It is conjectured that this protein is an enzyme whose product actively inhibits the synthesis of Pchl.
The assay developed to analyze the biosynthesis of Pchlide ester was modified to localize the site of inhibitory activity. The inhibitor did not significantly affect the esterification of ('14)C-Pchlide to ('14)C-Pchlide ester. When etiochloroplasts were incubated with the inhibitor in th presence of ('14)C-Proto or ('14)C-MPE, the conversion of these substrates to Pchlide was significantly blocked. The relative proportions of monovinly to divinyl MPE, Pchlide and Pchlide ester, as monitored by spectrofluorimetry at 77(DEGREES)K, were not affected by incubation with the inhibitor. The inhibitor did not seem to affect the reduction of vinyl groups on the macrocycle nor the esterificatin of the propionic acid groups at positions 6 and 7. It, therefore, appears that the inhibitor is blocking reaction(s) resulting in the closure of ring V of the macrocycle.
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Newton's method for solving a system of dual fuzzy nonlinear equationsMathematical Sciences (2007)
In this paper, we propose a numerical solution for a system of dual fuzzy nonlinear equations by Newton's method. The fuzzy quantities are presented in parametric form. Some numerical illustrations are given to show the efficiency of algorithm.
- Newton's method,
- Fuzzy parametric form,
- Dual fuzzy nonlinear equations.
Publication Date2007
Citation InformationSaeid Abbasbandy. "Newton's method for solving a system of dual fuzzy nonlinear equations" Mathematical Sciences Vol. 1 (2007)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/saeid_abbasbandy/16/


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Author Kirsten Lynn has created a moving emotional story about a younger woman and a man just home from the Western Front and The Great War. Will and Meg do have a history, but so far it has not satisfied Meg. Patiently, though, she waits and lives her own life. She gets another chance when Will returns home.
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Life In The Danger Zone
new internationalist
issue 316 - September 1999
photos by NIKKI VAN DER GAAG
Nikki van der Gaag reports on why the citizens
of Mosul can't get a decent night's sleep.
Her name means 'the East'; the East where the sun rises, but also the mysterious East, the Orient of myth and legend. She is old, her face, once clearly beautiful, now has that look of utter weariness that I have seen so often in Iraq. Exhaustion, however, does not mean defeat, and her words come fast and furious.
'Don't talk to me about the Americans! It is because of the Americans that I am hungry and thirsty and my grandchildren wake in the night afraid of the bombs. The US planes have been bombing here every day since December. May God damn the Americans and God bless President Saddam Hussein!' She stares at us so indignantly that even she cannot help smiling despite herself as the rest of the family burst out laughing.
Her son Haitam is more subdued as we sit on one of two beds, placed end-to-end in the tiny room. The only other contents are a broken cupboard containing an oil lamp and an old iron.
'Five of us sleep in this room in winter. When it rains the roof leaks and we all get wet', says Haitam. And he points to the stains on the ceiling of the impeccably tidy room. 'In the summer we sleep on the roof, like everyone else. It may be more dangerous because of the bombing, but at least it is cool.
'This room costs me 15,000 dinars a month. I used to work for a Bulgarian company and earn a good wage but there are no foreign companies now so I work as a daily labourer – on the days I work I earn 1,000 dinars a day. My son Omar, aged ten, now has to come and work with me. I would have liked to keep him in school but this was not possible.' Haitam's voice is edged with regret.
Omar is not the only child who has had to drop out of school. Schooling used to be free and compulsory – parents could be fined if their children did not attend. Now everyone turns a blind eye. Children walk the streets, shining shoes, selling tissues and sticks of incense. When I ask them how old they are, they give an age at least three or four years more than I imagine, and I realize they are now stunted from a childhood with not enough protein. Results of a nutritional survey conducted on 15,000 children under five in April 1997 showed that almost the whole child population was affected. One in every four infants is malnourished.1
Haitam at least has work so his family may go hungry but will not starve. 'I get about 20 days' work a month if I am lucky. With the Government rations we can manage for the first 20 days of each month.'
The rations that Haitam, and each Iraqi citizen, receives from the Government vary from month to month according to how much oil Iraq has managed to sell under the oil-for-food deal. These now include rice, wheat, sugar, cooking oil, tea, soap, milk powder for babies and very occasionally cheese or milk. An international multidisciplinary team reported in 1996 that 'the [ration] system is highly equitable and appears to be one of the most efficient distribution systems operating in the world' and that 'there appears to be a high level of political commitment on the part of the Government to ensure that people have access to the basic bundle of staple commodities'.
'Without this system,' added the report, 'the Iraqis would likely have experienced a widespread famine'.2
But even with the ration system, life is hard. Says Haitam: 'After the 20th of the month we have to live on tea and bread, with a little tomato and oil in the evening. We are helped by friends and relatives, otherwise I don't know how we would all manage. When we have something to spare we share it with them, and when they have extra they give it to us.'
This spirit of generosity also extends to foreigners. We never spoke to anyone without being invited back to their house, or offered small glasses of sweet tea – an Iraqi tradition.
And yet tea, sugar and even kerosene (in a country sitting on the world's second-largest oil reserves) are in short supply.
Biological warfare
Iraq accuses the US of complicity in a plague of foot and mouth disease and screw worm which is reaching epidemic proportions due to the collapse of the veterinary infrastructure. Iraq's major veterinary plant, one of the main producers of a vaccine for foot and mouth disease in the area, was closed by UNSCOM in 1995 (see page 17) and consignments of veterinary medicines are routinely vetoed by the Sanctions Committee.
Screw worm, indigenous to the US, Mexico and Central America, infects the wounds and orifices of warm-blooded livestock and can affect humans. The screw worm fly can travel up to 290 kilometres in several days and under warm, favourable conditions completes its life cycle in as few as three weeks. The larvae can consume an entire cow in five to seven days. At least 40 people have also died in Iraq.
Screw worm was unknown in Iraq until September 1996 when it suddenly appeared north of Baghdad and spread quickly to 12 of Iraq's 18 governorates. 'We have no idea how it got here, in the heart of the country,' said Professor Basil of Iraq's Ministry of Agriculture. 'But to date there have been over 70,000 reported cases.'
The US has had considerable success in eradicating screw worm by breeding sterile male screw worm flies and releasing them from the air into infected areas. An article in the Baghdad Observer in July 1997 noted that 'a fast-breeder factory capable of producing up to five million flies a week has unsterilized parent flies for every sterilized fly... That these Latin American parasites are now to be found in Iraq should provoke a few questions about the probability of biological warfare.'
The article went on: 'To answer the question of how the flies came to Iraq, one does not have to look far; the same way the sterilized insects are delivered, in boxes on a small plane.' The only flights in and out of Iraq are those of the UN or, more recently, the bombings by US and British planes.
There was an alternative treatment being produced at the El Shifa factory in Khartoum, Sudan – and being exported at a fraction of the world market price. But on 20 August 1998 US planes bombed the factory, claiming that it was producing chemical weapons – an allegation subsequently disproved.
Iraq is not the only country of which the US disapproves to have suffered such an infestation. The CIA have admitted a range of biological attacks in Cuba. A biological warfare expert at the German Bundestag noted that 'Iraq is the latest victim of what appears to be a deliberate introduction of screw worm... in Libya an outbreak occurred in 1989 at a time of exceptionally strained relations with the US. In a year it covered 5,000 kilometres and killed 12,000 livestock.'
In early July of this year, Ian Broughton, a New Zealand national, employed by the UN in demining work, was expelled from Iraq for allegedly planting boxes of locust larvae in the north of the country, an allegation the UN categorically denies.
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On top of everything else, water has become a problem. This year has seen the worst drought in living memory. The Tigris is very low, partly due to the drought and possibly also due to the 21 dams constructed further up the Tigris in the Kurdish part of Turkey.3
We speak to a group of farmers cutting their wheat at the side of the road some 30 kilometres from Mosul. The grandfather, his two sons, their wives and four of their children are bent double in the hot sun.
'This is the first year in 50 I have known so little rain,' says Karim Ghadar, the father, as he straightens up to welcome us. 'Look at our crop. It is half the height it would normally be.' The wheat is a faded yellow and reaches to our knees. 'If there was rain this would be up here'. And he raises his hand above his head. 'If it rains we live well. We can sell our crops and we have a cow and 100 sheep. The Government is giving us six kilos of food for our sheep each month. But if it doesn't rain soon I don't know what will happen.' He smiles a toothless smile and looks up at the sky, crossing himself. 'We can only hope that God will provide.' Like many of the people in the villages surrounding Mosul, Karim is a Christian.
He hurries down to a little cool hollow where he keeps a basin of home-made sheep's yoghurt and which he offers to us each in turn.
One of the strange effects of the sanctions is that farmers and those with land to grow things are now better off than professionals. In 1985, an average civil servant's monthly salary was the equivalent of $200. Today it is just $2. And yet in July 1995 average shop prices of essential commodities stood at 850 times their July 1990 level.4 In the space of less than a decade, a wealthy oil-rich society has been reduced to a pre-industrial state.
The middle classes are forced to look elsewhere for income. Every taxi-driver I met in Baghdad had once been an engineer or a doctor or a teacher. A UN survey of professionals shows that 63 per cent are now working in 'general service or menial labour areas'.
Rich and poor alike have sold all they can to buy food. Every day in certain parts of Baghdad you see people squatting on the pavement selling a few books, a couple of pairs of shoes, or even their children's toys. But few can afford to buy. Those who could do so have long since left the country, either to escape the regime or because the life here is so expensive. It is estimated that two million Iraqi professionals are working outside the country.
And few people come here any more, unless they are working for the UN. There are only six non-governmental organizations and no tourists. Iraq once had a thriving tourist trade, but the only guide book you can now buy is dated 1982. The centre of Baghdad has a cluster of once-smart hotels. In one, there is a shop is full of family heirlooms; silver, paintings, carpets, musical instruments; things which have clearly been loved and handed down from generation to generation. They now sit and gather dust, waiting for buyers who never come. No-one can afford such luxuries any more.
Yet many of the families who possessed such treasures still have substantial amounts of money sitting in foreign banks. All overseas Iraqi assets – including private bank accounts – have been frozen since the Gulf War. It is estimated that there are 30,000 such accounts in Britain alone.
Some people of course do profit from the embargo. And it has often been pointed out that the President and officials of the ruling Ba'ath party are not starving. But even they can't escape polluted air, dirty water and an almost completely destroyed sewage system. It is estimated that between four and eight per cent of the population are smuggling goods across the border, doing deals, and as a result managing very well. If you have foreign currency in Iraq – even quite a small amount – you can buy most things. But you have to have hard cash – ideally dollars – as there are no facilities to change traveller's cheques or deal with credit cards. When I changed my first $50 I felt like a bank robber; the pile of 250-dinar notes could have filled a small suitcase.
'You know,' said one diplomatic source,' people are always going on about Saddam's palaces, 'but quite frankly, anyone with foreign currency is rich. Labour costs peanuts, local materials are cheap. One of those palaces probably cost the same as a two-up two down in Neasden or a bungalow in East York.'5
Haitam's small room is very far from a palace, however, and as we continue to talk into the cool of the evening we are suddenly plunged into darkness. The electricity has gone and our visit is over. His wife lights the oil lamp with an ease borne of much practice. We shake hands and cross the yard by the light of the moon.
As we head back to our hotel, I imagine East and her family making up their beds on the flat roof above that little room. As Mosul settles down for the night I know that each and every person is listening for the faraway drone of an aeroplane engine, harbinger of the next delivery of Western bombs.
The cost of survival
Two toothbrushes
1 UNICEF, April 1998.
2 CESR Mission to Iraq.
3 Friends of the Earth reports that the Ilisu dam, 60 kilometres north of the Iraqi border, will flood 70 Kurdish villages (including the historic Hasan Keyf, one of the oldest human settlements in the world) and displace 20,000 people. The environmental impact is unknown, but the dam will allow Turkey to control the flow of the Tigris. This dam is being assisted through export credits by the British, Italian, Swiss, Swedish, Japanese and German governments. For more information email: [email protected] or phone +44 171 490 1555.
4 Certain items have risen even more than this; for example, a box of 30 eggs has gone up by 1,111 per cent, wheat flour has risen by 11,667 per cent, cooking oil by 4,500 per cent (FAO report, Rome, 1995).
5 Interview with Nikki van der Gaag and Felicity Arbuthnot, May 1999.
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Fairness is elusive, even in algorithms. "Color blindness" doesn't do the trick, since minority populations may differ in other ways from majority populations.
My attention was drawn to this news story about ongoing work by U. Penn computer scientists: Combatting 'Fairness Gerrymandering' with Socially Conscious Algorithms
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My attention was drawn to this news story about ongoing work by U. Penn computer scientists: Combatting 'Fairness Gerrymandering' with Socially Conscious Algorithms
Preventing Fairness Gerrymandering: Auditing and Learning for Subgroup Fairness
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The most prevalent notions of fairness in machine learning are statistical definitions: they fix a small collection of pre-defined groups, and then ask for parity of some statistic of the classifier across these groups. Constraints of this form are susceptible to intentional or inadvertent "fairness gerrymandering", in which a classifier appears to be fair on each individual group, but badly violates the fairness constraint on one or more structured subgroups defined over the protected attributes. We propose instead to demand statistical notions of fairness across exponentially (or infinitely) many subgroups, defined by a structured class of functions over the protected attributes. This interpolates between statistical definitions of fairness and recently proposed individual notions of fairness, but raises several computational challenges. It is no longer clear how to audit a fixed classifier to see if it satisfies such a strong definition of fairness. We prove that the computational problem of auditing subgroup fairness for both equality of false positive rates and statistical parity is equivalent to the problem of weak agnostic learning, which means it is computationally hard in the worst case, even for simple structured subclasses.
We then derive two algorithms that provably converge to the best fair classifier, given access to oracles which can solve the agnostic learning problem. The algorithms are based on a formulation of subgroup fairness as a two-player zero-sum game between a Learner and an Auditor. Our first algorithm provably converges in a polynomial number of steps. Our second algorithm enjoys only provably asymptotic convergence, but has the merit of simplicity and faster per-step computation. We implement the simpler algorithm using linear regression as a heuristic oracle, and show that we can effectively both audit and learn fair classifiers on real datasets.


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Summer's not over yet: the City of Kingston is extending the splash pad season! All of the City's splash pads will remain open during the warmer fall weather.
Splash pads will remain in operation from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. Updates will be posted on the City's website at www.CityofKingston.ca/SplashPads.
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- Bert Meunier Park, 739 Augusta Dr.
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Please note: McBurney Park Wading Pool remains closed for the season and Tomlinson Aqua Park will close as scheduled on Sept. 18.
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In this shaky economy, a few of my friends who are lucky enough to have jobs have recently started moonlighting, to hedge against possible layoffs or pay cuts.
In a trend toward white-collar moonlighting, documented in today's Work & Family column, some 9% of 4,500 mostly white-collar workers surveyed recently for CareerBuilder.com have taken a second job in the past year; no data is available from the past for comparison. Another 19% said they intend to take a second job sometime in 2010.
Rapid growth of job postings on freelance Web sites for highly skilled workers, including PeoplePerHour.com, 99designs.com and crowdSPRING.com, is fueling the trend. Others start businesses on the side.
Some white-collar moonlighters I interviewed say they need the added income to fill gaps created by pay cuts. Others see freelancing as a way to look for their next jobs, to guard against what they see as the inevitability of layoffs. Others said they saw no other way to cover the rising cost of child-rearing…


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NEW CANAAN, Conn. (CBSNewYork/AP) — A newly-released police report on Thursday said it was Paul Simon who made the 911 call that led to the arrest of both him and his wife on disorderly conduct charges.
After a confrontation at their home in New Canaan, Conn., police came to the home of Simon, 72, and his wife, Edie Brickell, 48, around 8:20 p.m. Saturday. Someone had called 911 and hung up, police said.
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Still, the couple indicated in court – and in a new song released Wednesday – that they want to reconcile.
The song, called "Like to Get to Know You," features the lyrics, "I see other couples all the time, holding hands and laughing," and, "I wouldn't trade places with anyone, none of them, 'cause I'd like to get to know you again."
Both Simon and Brickell told a judge they do not consider the other a threat, and no protective order was issued. They are due back in court on May 16.
Simon is a 12-time Grammy winner and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame, both as a solo artist and as a member of Simon and Garfunkel.
Brickell is the lead singer of the band Edie Brickell & New Bohemians.
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Yesterday saw the formal opening of TheGallery's exhibition Lucienne Day: Living Design, with a panel discussion followed by a private view.
The panel was chaired by Deputy Vice Chancellor, Professor Emma Hunt, and included Chancellor Sir Christopher Frayling, Dr. Jennifer Harris and Lucienne and Robin Day's daughter, Dr. Paula Day.
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Professor Emma Hunt said: "I have been very privileged to work alongside Paula Day and it has been an amazing opportunity to spend time with her, going through the archives and hearing about her parents, who were so dedicated to their design practice.
"Lucienne Day is an inspiration to our students, especially those who study on our textiles and design degree courses. We are delighted to be hosting the first exhibition of a year-long celebration and to have worked with Classic Textiles, who have provided us with 12 classic designs to use in the show.
"As a designer, Lucienne Day had a real sense of purpose and commitment to detail which enabled her to progress so successfully, and inspire future generations. I think one of the most important aspects of the exhibition is the support for student designers, not just of Textiles, but all design courses."
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