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For some September means the end of the summer and back to school, but for millions of Apple fans it means time to put an end to months of speculation, and finally reveal their much awaited product releases. With the amount of people Apple employs, it is quite impressive how they still keep their announcements under-wraps, right until the last second (Minus their last minute miscues with Twitter and Amazon). Sure people can speculate, but even those most in the know weren't sure what Apple would pull out of it's bag of tricks at today's event. Remember last year's Apple Pencil? Not that it was a groundbreaking announcement, but no one really saw it coming.
The big question up until yesterday for Apple was what would the iPhone 7 bring, but now that all of it features have been revealed, the conversation moves to if Apple has done enough to convince people to purchase it amidst rumors of the iPhone 8. Next year is the 10th anniversary of the iPhone, causing many to expect the iPhone 8 to offer significant innovations. It will be interesting to see the effect this has on iPhone users, which already makes up 43.5% of all smartphone users in the US (Android makes up 53%).
With that being said, we followed yesterday's announcements in San Francisco and have rounded up all the information that you need to know. Here are the top announcements from the event to keep you in the know.
1) Death of the Headphone Jack with the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus (Released Sept 16th)
As has been reported for months, the iPhone 7 family of phones has removed the standard audio headphone jack in favour of a lightning port that accepts headphones as well. The removal should not come as a shock since Apple has a track record of cutting out features it deems obsolete– as it did with the CD-drive. Apple pointed to the superiority of the lightning port for audio, and the ability to remove a single-function input that was taking up valuable space, as reasons to say sayonara to the beloved headphone jack. To make the transition easier, Apple has included lightning headphones, as well as a lightning to headphone jack adapter in the box at launch.
2) Air Pods: Apple's First Foray Into Wireless Headphones
By eliminating the headphone jack, it was inevitable that Apple would be hoping that people would start to become more comfortable with wireless headphones. Not wanting to be outdone by their partners at Beats (who also have their own line of new wireless headphones), Apple has released the Air Pod wireless headphones. Looking identical to their current earbuds– minus the wire– the Air Pod's promise 5 hours of battery life, and a charging case that can hold up to 24 hours of its own.
3) The iPhone 7 is all About the Camera
Remember when we used to refer to our cell phones as "Camera Phones?" Well it seems Apple did with its newest iteration, as it spent most of its time discussing the improvements in its camera's capabilities. More specifically, its improvements for the 7 Plus, which for the first time features two lenses on the rear of the camera. The dual lense gives the camera better optical zoom (56mm vs. 28mm), better depth management, improved color gamut and better stabilization.
4) Apple Watch Series 2 Unleashes your Inner Athlete (Released late October)
The trend of the Apple Watch launch was athletes. From athletes in all their promo videos, to partnerships with Nike and ViewRanger (an app for hikers), Apple looked to be now positioning the Apple watch as the premier fitness watch in the market. In the 16 months since the launch of the original Apple Watch, Apple has already become the second best selling watch manufacturer behind Rolex. The new watches, dubbed Apple Watch Series 2, showed off their improved GPS, swim- and dust-proof cases, brighter screens, and faster dual core processors at the event. New strap and casing options were also displayed, with a new ceramic body edition coming in at a whopping $1,700USD.
5) Apple Leans on Nintendo
Pokemon Go has been everywhere in the news, but the last place we expected it to pop up was at the latest Apple event. But there it was taking center stage, with the CEO of Niantic telling everyone how useful the Apple Watch could be on your next pokehunt. This all took place after legendary game designer, Shigeru Miyamoto, came on stage to introduce a new Mario based iPhone game Super Mario Run. This new Super Mario game is reminiscent of the old Super Mario Bros. games, and hopes to cash in on generations of Nintendo fans, who have traded in their consoles for iPhones. With the pair of announcements surrounding Nintendo properties, their stock price was the real winner, seeing a 24% increase following the event.


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1st. That the petition of the framework-knitters is entitled to the mature deliberation of the manufacturers.
2d. That it is highly necessary that an advance should take place in the price of labour.
3d. That this meeting be adjourned until Tuesday the 19th instant, when a full attendance of the manufacturers both in town and county, is particularly requested, at the Exchange, at 3 o'clock precisely.
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There are good and bad property managers. The bad ones bleed their clients at every turn and by that I mean they will add on any number of fees just for making a call to have a plumber show up. Others will forget entirely about check ing your property when the tenant moved out without saying anything and boom, you go on for a month or two with no rents and he or she, (the property manager) is in shock. Hiring a PM is very much like taking on a partner. You have to stay in touch and followup with them. Otherwise you can get screwed
This actually happened where a New Orleans property management firm forgot that they were managing a property for an entire year then the owner called me to see if I could go and see what I think of the property. By that time it was too late as the local wild animals had stripped the property of everything.
If you live out of state you cannot manage a house without help near by. I do the best I can to be of service but I'm only human despite what others have claimed.
But more than anything you are paying for that person's ability and knowledge on both construction plus civil law regarding evictions. One property manager in New Orleans I know once had a tenant that had given him a 30 day notice that he was moving at the end of the month. While the tenant was out of town, the manager evicted him without any judgement of possession by the court and without the constable present. Hence he committed an illegal eviction.
What saved the owner from a high lawsuit was my lease which contained a binding arbitration clause. The owner had to retrieve the former tenants belongings and help him with a hotel room . That result was a lot cheaper than court.


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Schertler's STAT-PRE preamp perfectly complements the STAT series of sensors for orchestral stringed instruments, as well as providing a convenient solution for use with other compatible active pickups.
Compact and easy to use, STAT-PRE ensures a faithful reproduction of the instrument's sound while delivering nearly 500 hours of playing time from one 9V battery.
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A painting exhibition by the artist couple Hojjat and Mina Shakiba will open at Shokouh Gallery in northern Tehran on Friday, February 17, featuring depictions of Qajari women and landscapes.
The exhibit will include 12 modern paintings on the women in the Qajar dynasty (which ruled Iran from 1785-1925) by Hojjat, and 25 landscapes painted by Mina, Honaronline reported.
Hojat Shakiba, 68, is an Iranian hyperrealist painter who is mostly interested in the history of Iran and portrays it in his works. Hyperrealism is a genre of painting resembling a high-resolution photograph.
A graduate of the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran, he is known for his paintings which he created in collaboration with the late filmmaker Ali Hatami.
In the movie 'Kamalolmolk' directed by Hatami in 1984, on the life and works of famous Iranian painter Kamalolmolk (1848-1940), Hojjat recreated all of the classical artist's paintings including the 'Mirror Hall' (considered as Kamalolmolk's best work which took him over five years to complete).
In another movie by Hatami titled 'Love-Stricken' (1992), Hojjat painted a portrait of the blind Turk princess (performed by Leila Hatami) which was later sold at a Christie's auction in London.
Since his first exhibition at Seyhoun Gallery in Tehran in 1977, Hojjat has presented his paintings in several exhibits in Iran, Switzerland, England, Bangladesh, Canada, the UAE and the US.
He has published six painting books and as a photographer, has brought out a book about the role of photos in Iranian art.
Mina, Hojjat's wife, learned painting from her husband. She has been professionally active in the field for about 25 years. Her works have been part of exhibitions in Iran and Canada.
For the upcoming event, she will showcase her landscape works which she created in Canada. Mina has a poetic view to nature and has produced artworks using oil paint (with high concentration) on canvas.
Enthusiasts can visit the artworks until February 22 at the gallery located at No 19, Amir Nouri Alley, N. Salimi St., Andarzgoo Blvd., Farmaniye neighborhood.


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I first learned to pray the Liturgy of the Hours in college, using the familiar–and confusing–one-volume Christian Prayer book. But using an app to pray the Hours takes a lot of the guesswork and distraction out of the process.
Divine Office was one of the first apps I installed on my iPad when I got it nearly 3 years ago, and I use this app twice a day. So when I heard that the app was being redesigned with new features, I couldn't wait to try out the improved format.
The second edition of the Divine Office app looks and performs better than the first. You can download up to 21 days of prayer at a time (including the optional audio). Instead of scrolling through the prayers, you use the familiar page-turn-tap gesture, as you would in any ebook app. If you rotate your tablet midway through, you won't lose your place in the new version.
As in the first edition, Divine Office 2 looks like a prayer book, with a daily Table of Contents and formatting that resembles book pages. It's easy to change the font size
The feast-day art is a new feature I've really been enjoying, as is a liturgical calendar that lets you check the feast days, liturgical color and other information for any day of the year.
Yes, Divine Office 2 is expensive, with its $14.99 price tag. But for that $14.99, you get a beautifully-designed app that makes it easy to pray the Hours. It's evident that a lot of work went into the redesign of this app, and considering that I use it twice a day, it was well worth the investment. In addition, the developers were quickly and courteously responsive to a few glitches that app users experienced in the early days of the new release.
Apple users who don't want to go all in with this app can try The Night Prayer (Compline) app for 99 cents, or Morning or Evening Prayer apps for $5 each.
Divine Office 2 is available for iOS, Android, Nokia and Kindle Fire. I highly recommend it.
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One of the best surfer's skateboards, Streetboardz has just come up with one of the most revolutionary designs since the invention of the skatie 80 years ago. It's time to throw your support behind an Aussie innovation and help make the prototype of the world first board-braking system a reality.
The crew at Streetboardz have come up with the Boarder Kontrol system which converts a standard cruiser skateboard into to a board with a brake. There's ...Continue Reading →


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Two-time Academy Award-nominee Naomi Watts and "Ray Donovan" Emmy-nominee Liev Schreiber are breaking up after 11 years and two children.
"Over the past few months we've come to the conclusion that the best way forward for us as a family is to separate as a couple," Schreiber, 48, and Watts, who turns 48 on Wednesday, said in a statement to "Entertainment Tonight."
"It is with great love, respect, and friendship in our hearts that we look forward to raising our children together and exploring this new phase of our relationship. While we appreciate your curiosity and support, we ask the press to be mindful of our children and respect their right to privacy."
The never-married couple have two sons, Alexander, called Sasha, 9, and Samuel, 7.


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By Irina Savu - Apr 11, 2011
Romania's inflation rate rose to the highest in 2 1/2 years in March, more than economists had forecast, on rising food and fuel costs, bolstering forecasts that policy makers will probably keep rates steady this year.
The rate advanced to 8 percent, the highest since August 2008, from 7.6 percent in February, the Bucharest-based National Statistics Institute said today in an e-mailed statement. The annual rate exceeded the median estimate of 7.8 percent in a Bloomberg survey of eight economists. Prices increased a monthly 0.6 percent.
Central banks around the world are struggling to fight inflation threats and keep higher food and fuel prices from spreading to wages amid turmoil in the Middle East. Romanian policymakers are trying to lower domestic prices boosted by a government increase in a value-added tax rate last year and global prices, while also shoring up the recession-hit economy.
The rate was "a bit of a negative piece of news but it doesn't change our expectation of interest rates remaining unchanged this year, and if anything it strengthens our view that there aren't conditions for a rate cut," said Raffaella Tenconi, a Bank of America Merrill Lynch economist inLondon.
'Too Late'
The Banca Nationala a Romaniei left its key rate unchanged at a record-low 6.25 percent on March 31 for a seventh meeting in a row and cut foreign-exchange reserve requirements by 5 percentage points to 20 percent, leaving commercial banks more money to lend to spur the economy, which contracted for two years in a row. It kept the reserve ratio on leu deposits at 15 percent. The next rate-setting meeting is on May 3.
A reduction in reserve requirements on leu liabilities "is well possible in coming months" as "it's too late for interest rate cuts," Tenconi said.
Romania's leu, the third-best performer in eastern Europe after the Hungarian forint and the Serbian dinar this year, gained 2 percent in March because of an improved economic outlook and central bank signals that it may allow further gains in an attempt to damp inflation. The leu rose 0.3 percent to 4.1048 per euro as of 11:02 p.m. in Bucharest.
'Elevated' Pressures
"It seems to us that as long as inflation pressures remain elevated, the central bank not only has no room to cut rates, but also has to accept leu gains - unlikely to be as fast as recent ones perhaps - in order to tame inflation," Pasquale Diana, a London-based economist at Morgan Stanley, said in a note to clients today. "In our view, the central bank's inflation targets of 3 percent for end-2011 and end-2012 are too ambitious and out of reach."
Food-price inflation quickened to an annual 9.9 percent in March, compared with 8.8 percent in February, boosted by rising bread, potato and sugar prices, the institute said. Non-food prices advanced 7.4 percent, compared with 7.3 percent in the previous month, driven by higher fuel prices. Price growth for services fell to an annual 5.7 percent, compared with 6 percent in February, helped by a stronger currency.
The Bucharest-based central bank will probably increase its inflation outlook because of surging commodity prices, Governor Mugur Isarescu told the news service Mediafax in an interview on April 7. The bank raised its inflation forecast on Feb. 7 for this year to 3.6 percent from a November expectation of 3.4 percent because of rising global fuel and food prices. The rate will probably drop to 3.2 percent in 2012, according to the February forecast.
Romania's trade deficit narrowed in February to 391.5 million euros ($566 million) from 651 million euros a year earlier as rising demand from western Europe boosted exports, the statistics institute said in a separate statement today. The deficit was a revised 191 million euros in January.
To contact the reporter on this story: Irina Savu in Bucharest at email@example.com.
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Over the years the death of Romeo and Juliet has caused me some anguish. At each viewing of this play I hope that maybe this time Romeo will get Juliet's message about faking her own death, or Juliet will wake up in time to stop Romeo drinking the poison. They never do. And this upsets me [...]
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Rate limit is designed to limit the bandwidth for both upstream and downstream rates. Default is set to "No Limit" which will provide 100Mbps down and 50Mbps up. If switched to 50/20, the max downstream will be 50Mbps and 20Mbps up. Both CO and CPE must mirror this setting.


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On the set of the new NBC romantic comedy "Bent," efforts were made to reduce plastic water bottle usage. "We all had our own water bottles," reports star Amanda Peet, who does her best to be green at home. "I wouldn't say that I'm the most vigilant, but we recycle everything and we try to teach the girls about recycling, turning off the water, turning off the lights," says the mother of two young daughters.
Peet, whose last regular series role was in "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip," plays a type-A lawyer and divorced mom who hires a surfer-dude contractor (David Walton) to remodel her kitchen in "Bent," which premieres the first two of its six episodes March 21. "We wanted to create something that was a little bit sexy and a little bit unpredictable. We've all seen a million romantic comedies and we know where they're going to end up, and this didn't feel that way," says Peet, who wasn't looking for a show when the script came her way. In fact, "I was desperately hoping not to find a show that I liked so that I could be home with my baby," she confides. But the assurance that her family life would be accommodated persuaded her to change her mind, and she's glad she did.
"There are very few writers who write interesting roles for women my age, roles that don't feel stock," she says, praising show creator Tad Quill. "Alex is a la very attracted to someone who's painfully inappropriate for her life and for her daughter. It's funny and light, but Tad also has a very good idea of how to make the conflicts feel real and interesting."
Peet is married to writer David Benioff, whose HBO series "Game of Thrones" returns for its second season April 1, but she won't divulge any plot points. "He'll kill me!" she exclaims, but promises, "What's coming is crazy." To her dismay, her daughters are taking more after her, showing early signs of being thespians in the making, but won't be child actors. "I wasn't allowed to and neither will they be allowed to," she vows, noting that she's probably the stricter parent. "I'm learning on the job," she says of motherhood. "My daughters are beautiful and thriving. I'm besotted with them."
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Employment & Training for Young People
Group meeting on 19 November 07 at EHDC Offices.
Present. Hilary Ayer (Chairman), Phil Hoar (Connexions), Graham Smith, Liza Smith (EHDC).
The principal purpose of the meeting was to decide on and design a 'next steps' survey supplementary to the telephone sample survey of local businesses recently carried out by Petersfield Tomorrow, relating specifically to training and apprenticeships. There was a possibility that this could be 'rolled out' to the rest of the c.400 businesses in the Petersfield area.
It was noted that Petersfield Tomorrow funds were available for this but with a very narrow window of opportunity. EHDC could carry out administrative support work and re-charge.
It was also noted that EHDC Economic Development Office were planning to hold a Spring Seminar. No details yet available. It may be possible to take advantage of this seminar.
The first draft of the analysis of the results was tabled. Two questions were specifically relevant to the Group's interests:
- Question 9 - Do you have problems recruiting staff?
- Question 10 - Would you consider employing a young person (16-21) as an apprentice?
Q.9 responses showed 28% have problems, with 69% not having problems and 3% 'don't knows'. This related to the present position though, not to expectations for say the next 5 years.
Q.10 responses showed 38% would consider employing a young person as an apprentice, 48% wouldn't consider it, with 14% 'don't knows'.
It was agreed that the intention of the follow up survey would be both to take the Q.10 responses further and to widen the scope to more general skills & training issues. In particular to identify:
- specific opportunities for recruitment of trainees (including but not confined to apprentices)
- the type of work and/or training involved
- the 'candidate profile' of potentially suitable applicants for different levels of opening
- whether firms foresee a skills shortage affecting their own business and
- if so, why is this a problem and how it may be resolved
- if not, why this won't be a problem
- whether 'on the Job' or 'off the job' training is appropriate to their needs
- the age and skill structure of their present staff
- the problems and impediments they see in training their own staff.
The intention is to identify:
- firms who should be encouraged to work with Connexions or other (wider age group) training providers
- specific areas of skills shortages existing or likely in the medium term
- specific problems firms foresee in taking on trainees
- areas of opportunity for school leavers.
It is hoped to identify particular opportunities for school leavers to enter employment as trainees rather than continue in full-time education and to identify trainee opportunities for graduates. GS offered to provide a first draft of appropriate letters and questionnaires, letters to be geared to each batch of respondents.
It was noted that the Government has recently announced various initiatives to extend the age limit for required education/training for young people and to assist with training for older groups, including financial incentives. Unfortunately details are not yet available and implementation is not likely in the short-term.
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On the flip side of all this is marketers who are wrestling with the day-in and day-out challenges of managing the multiple agencies and competencies needed to pull off marketing that uses conversation rather than one-way messaging as advocacy trumps awareness.
Questions remain as to how to organize a budget when decisions are made with the consumer at the center. Perhaps summing things up best was Rebecca Saeger, executive VP and CMO for The Charles Schwab Corp., who is putting more than 20% of her marketing dollars online and for some targets it's 50% of budget.
As all the giants scramble to build the best platform to support the new digital ad world, Saeger asks for simplicity that's on strategy: "I hope there become really good ways to execute what we need to execute."
Saeger also wants a better solution for managing the myriad capabilities needed to pull together marketing as media becomes increasingly fragmented requiring more and more specialists -- both internal and external.
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Is Trauma Victim Becoming the New N-Word?by Robert A. Yourell, MA | April 9, 2011
A prevalant stereotype of trauma victims is the person transformed into a serial killer or other threat to society. The Oakland Tribune has gone over the top in reinforcing this stereotype with some truly awful journalism. They dramatically misinterpreted a highly-regarded researcher, Bessel van der Kolk, MD, in their article Scientists Seek to Treat Chronically Traumatized Brains.
The article makes rash statements that could help make "trauma victim" into the new N-word, and attributes them to the good doctor. It's too bad, because Dr. van der Kolk has maintained important roles in trauma research as well as awareness of EMDR, the trauma treatment. I helped bring him to Denver for a conference (a long time ago).
Perhaps the most bizarre fear-mongering tactic in the article was posting a list of local murder victims in the middle of the article, strongly implying that they were all killed by people who were, like a new version of the zombie flick, transformed into murders by trauma.
You've seen that the press has been conditioned to point out that mentally ill people are not normally killers. They point this out when a mentally ill person kills. Why couldn't the paper afford trauma victims the same courtesy?
The article makes it sound as though Dr. van der Kolk is talking about trauma victims. Actually, he is referring to children with serious symptoms that are difficult to save from lives of crime and violence. The newspaper author quotes him as saying, "I think the 50 kids we have are no longer the future rapists and killers of America," (as a result of treatment).
Excuse me!… are NO LONGER? They WERE? It's destiny? Although my main beef is with the Oakland Tribune, I have to take issue with Dr. van der Kolk in his phrasing either the pathological behavior or the cure as faits accomplis. I really hope that Dr. van der Kolk is correct about his ability to save these children (and, by extention, their victims), but it will be a long time before there is enough verification of his treatment approach to produce a scientific consensus.
We know that trauma is not destiny, and we know that not all people who experience potentially traumatizing events actually evince trauma symptoms. We need to distinguish between trauma as injury and "traumatic event" as something that, in some percentage of people, causes trauma. These events have been referred to as traumatogenic, to get across the idea that the events do not induce trauma in everyone, much less destin them to rape and kill.
Now tell me, what percentage of elevation of rape and murder is actually caused by PTSD? And if you think you have a percentage, how controversial and defensible would it really be in a scientific debate?
And add to this the matter of acculturation. The kids he is referring to are in areas where there is a strong gang influence; where there are powerful economic and cultural incentives to join a gang. How much of the elevation in crime in that population is the result of acculturation and under-privilege, and how much is trauma? Are the middle and upper class kids that are insulated from such influences also destined to become rapists and murderers when traumatized?
Of course not. Neither group is destined. But the question brings up the matter of race. The areas (Compton and Richmond, California) have high minority populations. You already know how the media and society in the USA and elsewhere paint with a broad brush. This kind of superficial talk reinforces racial and victim stereotypes.
Don't hire an African-American, they were probably traumatized and will rape and kill.
Don't hire that person that posted to their Facebook page that they experienced a trauma, they will rape and kill.
Here's more from the article:
Trauma also muddies the connections between the left and right sides of the brain, affecting speech and cognitive abilities. 'These things change the brain to become chronically fearful, or to not fear at all, or think the best thing to do before someone hurts you is to hurt them,' van der Kolk said. 'It's bad news.'
'Trauma is the residue of what those experiences leave in your body,' van der Kolk said. 'People's brains change because of trauma.' The effects of this are well-known: anti-social behavior, emotional numbness, aggression, violence and physical and mental dissociation — the hallmarks, in other words, of the emotional states of many traumatized youth in cities like Oakland and Richmond.
(At least the author bothered to throw in the word "many." But to the average reader, what does "many" mean?)
And how dare the author say that it is "well-known" that trauma equates to "anti-social behavior" and so forth. It doesn't. And it's well-known that it doesn't. It may, but in what percentage? Not a high percentage.
And there are bits about smaller brains, lower IQs, and not knowing where you are in physical space.
"Scientists and therapists now believe the long-term effects of childhood trauma are more far-reaching and worrisome than previously thought." We weren't worried enough a few years ago? It's worse than we thought? Really? I haven't seen any shortage of such concern among clinicians.
I think the new brain science will yield important clinical tools in coming years, but at this point, much of it is telling us what we already know. (As in, "You know that phenomenon we've been observing and commenting on and treating for so many years? Now we can point to a place in the brain where there's less oxygen consumption!") By over-hyping the science and making poorly-considered statements, we could easily do more harm than good.
I wrote Dr. van der Kolk about my concerns. He said he didn't have time to post a response, but said I could quote him. Here is the bulk of his response:
I am talking (about) the 500,000 children and adolescents in residential treatment and juvenile detention settings in the US, who are there because of their violence and extreme impulsive behavior. Furthermore I am talking about the urgent need to help these kids to achieve a state of mindful self-possession and executive functioning so that they can grow up to become relatively healthy contributing members of society. Right now most of these kids are medicated to such a degree that it severely impairs their capacity to learn and to develop into well-functioning adults. This issue goes well-beyond 'trauma processing' — it requires our finding out how we can help their brains develop in a way that they can play, understand other people's intentions, anticipate the future, and experience the joy of work and love.
These children now are at extreme risk to grow up to have both miserable lives and to also inflict enormous damage on those around them. I am warning people that, unless effective treatments are developed and implemented, these children will not only pay with very unhappy lives, but society will pay with staggering costs of incarceration, medial illnesses and other socially expensive consequences.
Feel free to argue about the political correctness of these statements, but I would prefer it if the energy went into the development and implementation of effective treatments.
I think he is underestimating the power of the media to exact harm through stereotyping. I think the social class and racial implications of some of his comments deserve more consideration. But the way the Oakland Tribune ran with the idea that trauma equals destiny was really over the top, and not his responsibility.
But this is just an extreme example of a trend of depicting traumatized individuals as becoming killers because of PTSD without providing the message that such conversion is rare and generally involves other aspects of mental illness and social dynamics. I hope that trauma victims can receive the same consideration that persons with other mental illnesses do when it comes to media representations of violent behavior, fictional or actual.
For an example of the complexity of PTSD and how numerous other factors determine the outcomes, have a look at a very touching and sad documentary on the fates of Iraq veterans by Frontline, called A Company of Soldiers. Here is a related program and ample additional materials called The Soldier's Heart.
We know trauma is a matter of degree, and that Iraq veterans have experienced higher rates of PTSD becuase of matters such as multiple deployments and being coerced to commit (or to witness) war crimes. I point this out to remind readers that there is no poster child for PTSD; there are many manifestations and combinations.
Johnson, S. (2011). Scientists seek to treat chronically traumatized brains. Oakland Tribune, 3/30/2011..
Resources for Persons with PTSD
There are numerous resources that could be found at PTSD Forum.
Resources for Professionals
The PsychIN Directory has numerous professional PTSD resources. There is also an anxiety disorders section.
A Company of Soldiers, Frontline.
The Soldier's Heart, Frontline.
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Music can do everything.
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The YAMawards nominees 2016 have been chosen amongst 60 productions from 20 different countries. The choice was extremely difficult but the international jury has nominated these 12 top productions:
Twirl (The Netherlands)
Groovetrotters (Austria)
Secret Folkmusic Visit (Denmark)
Berberio (Belgium)
A Violinist – Space – and the Audience (Norway)
Korall Koral – A Baby Opera (Norway)
Creatures (Netherlands)
Tusen och en natt - Arabian nights (Sweden)
The Monster in the Maze (France)
Min far og vrede mand (Denmark)
Nothing (United Kingdom)
Roodhapje Little Red Riding Food (Netherlands)
From these 12 nominees the jury will select the Best Small Ensemble, Best Large Ensemble and Best Opera (powered by RESEO, the European Network for Opera and Dance Education) for young audiences. The YAMawards will also crown the prestigious "Production of the Year and the "Public Choice Award" which comes from the online vote where you can participate! Go to YAMawards and vote for your favourite production until October 24th!
The winners will be announced at the YAMawards Ceremony that will take place in Larvik, Norway on the 25th of October 2016 during YAMsession event.
YAMsession is an annual international conference for creative professionals working in the field of young audiences development. Organised in a different country every year, YAMsession includes showcases of the best young audiences productions from Europe and the world, a dynamic Producers Forum and a wide range of thought provoking presentations and discussions from international speakers.
To attend the YAMsession, please register online at www.yamsession.org or directly via this link.


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With only a few more days of waiting before Motorola and Google take the covers off their new Moto X phone, we're getting one more leak this afternoon. The device will officially be unveiled on August 1st, but below we have a leaked photo showing the size of the device in comparison to some other flagship devices, as well as the old original DROID RAZR.
We know basically all there is to know about this smartphone by now, and this leak comes to us from Taylor Wimberly, who's been leaking info almost daily about this phone. He surely has his sources, and has been accurate all month long, so this looks pretty legit. Even if the on-screen buttons don't look right, and have the old Motorola navigation buttons and all.
So, back to the leaked image. We're getting a size comparison with the 4-inch iPhone 5, the 4.3-inch Motorola DROID RAZR, and the 4.99-inch Galaxy S4. All stacking up quite nicely next to the Moto X. If you weren't sure before, this 4.7-inch smartphone comes in a pretty sleek and small package, and is looking better by the day.
One of the key selling points come Thursday will be the fact that the edge-to-edge display allows for a big, bright, and beautiful HD display without making the phone huge. It's smaller than the 4.3-inch RAZR, and barely bigger than the iPhone 5. Even with a much bigger display. Add in Android 4.3 (hopefully) Jelly Bean, a blazing fast and efficient Snapdragon processor with 2GB of RAM, and their brand new 10 megapixel "clear pixel" camera.
We're not sure exactly where this image came from. Whether that be Moto themselves, or someone who made the nice graphic, but we appreciate getting another look as we all sit around waiting for Thursday to arrive. As a reminder, the event is late Thursday night, and we'll be there live!
SOURCE: +Taylor Wimberly


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- What are the email addresses of General Hospital employees?
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Menu Plan:
If you would like to participate in this challenge all you have to do is comment that you will be joining us.
The goal is to use what you have and clean out your refrigerator and pantry completely. Then we will restock and organize together. In the process we will save money and get a handle on our menus!
I am finding it hard to stick to a $50.00 a week budget. OUCH! I did not make it last week, but came close. I am determined to spend no more than $50.00. I am spending much less than I normally do, so that is a sunny outcome.
This week I have a couple of recipes that look good, but I have never personally prepared them myself. So if you make any of these this week, we will be adventurous together!
(astricked * items from freezer or pantry)
Ground Turkey Stroganoff
Wide Egg Noodles * ( I'm using thin noodles- I have them in my pantry)
Green Beans Sauteed with Panchetta *
Recipe: Ground Turkey Stroganoff
2 TBS vegetable oil
1 1/2 lbs ground turkey*
1 small onion, chopped*
1 clove garlic, minced or pressed*
1 can cream of mushroom soup*
1/4 cup milk*
3 TBS white wine*
1 cup sour cream*
salt and pepper*
In a large skillet or dutch oven heat 2 TBS oil over medium heat. Add onion and cook until translucent and soft for about 4 minutes. Add garlic and cook for 30 seconds-1minute. Add ground turkey and cook until browned and no longer pink. Drain fat.
Add wine and cook 2 minutes. Add mushroom soup, milk, a dash of salt and pepper and simmer for 20 minutes. Add sour cream and heat through. Serve over noodles.
Corn Pudding
Pan Fried Ham Slices* (Spiral Ham left over from Christmas)
Arugula Salad with clementines, pecans and citrus vinagrette*
Recipe:Corn Pudding
From AllRecipes: Submitted by Lisa Cohen
5 eggs*
1/3 cup butter, melted*
1/4 cup white sugar*
1/2 cup milk*
4 tablespoons cornstarch*
1 (15.25 ounce) can whole
kernel corn
2 (14.75 ounce) cans cream-
style corn*
1. Preheat oven to 400 Degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a 2 quart casserole dish.
2. In a large bowl, lightly beat eggs. Add melted butter, sugar, and milk. Whisk in cornstarch. Stir in corn and creamed corn. Blend well. Pour mixture into prepared casserole dish.
3. Bake for 1 hour.
Slow Cooker Chicken in Creamy Sun-Dried Tomato Sauce
Oven Roasted Asparagus with Shaved Cheddar Cheese
Recipe: Chicken in Creamy Sun-Dried Tomato Sauce
I have all of the ingredients but rice and basil*
Recipe: Oven Roasted Asparagus with Shaved Cheddar Cheese
Monday's Menu: http://stonegable.blogspot.com/2009/11/sg-menu-for-nov-1-nov-7-2009.html
Spaghetti and Meat Balls
Ceaser Salad
Recipe: Spaghetti and Meat Balls and Ceaser Salad
Monday: http://stonegable.blogspot.com/2009/11/sg-menu-for-nov-1-nov-7-2009.html
I have Spaghetti noodles, ground beef, onions, breadcrumbs*
I have ceaser salad dressing in the freezer*
Haddock with Bacon and Onions
Baked Sweet Potato
Green Beans ( I have 4 more bags in the freezer- eathing lots of green beans)*
Recipe: Haddock with Bacon and Onions
I have haddock, onions and bacon*
Eye of Beef Roast*
Garlic Mashed Potatoes*
Carrots in Brown Sugar Glaze
Chopped Salad
I have sunflower seeds, italian dressing, parmesan cheese* for salad
Sunday: Soup Day
Chicken Noodle Soup
Crusty Garlic Bread
I have a chicken and celery for the stock*
Have a wonderful week!


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Christian Reviewers Praise Box-Office Winner 'Thor: The Dark World' for 'Strong Female Role Model'
In a move that might defy certain stereotypes, Christian reviewers argue that the main female characters in the recent high-performing box-office film "Thor: The Dark World" present good, active female role models, in contrast to the mere "damsel in distress" common to many Disney films.
"Jane Foster was a nurse with a soap opera function as a female longing for Thor's alter ego, Dr. Don Blake, in the original comic, so making her an astrophysicist is a big move," Alex Wainer, associate professor of Communication and Media Studies at Palm Beach Atlantic University in South Florida, told The Christian Post on Tuesday.
This change from the comics to the film, Wainer argued, "allows her to have more agency in the plot as well as to be rescued by the hunky Thor." He also pointed to the warrior Lady Sif and Thor's queenly mother Frigga as strong female characters in the film.
"They bend over backwards to let you know that Jane Foster is a very smart, capable woman in her own right – she's fundamental to the solution" to the major foe, Thomas Parham, co-chair and professor of Theater, Film, and Television at Azusa Pacific University (APU), told CP. Parham argued that "it's important to give young women strong role models."
Parham recalled a fantasy class he is currently teaching, which recently analyzed the film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves." In the film, the main female character "is sitting around, waiting for Prince Charming to come," and she even "cleans and cooks for the dwarves," the traditional tasks of women.
In contrast to this limiting view, the APU professor praised the female characters in Thor as a breath of fresh air. "Disney, for decades, reinforced these negative stereotypes," Parham argued, but in the new film, "Jane missed Thor, but her life went on without him."
Paul Asay, senior associate editor at Focus on the Family's review site, Plugged In, agreed. He argued that Jane "is a damsel in distress, and yet she is able to play a major part."
Asay mentioned a scene near the end where Jane actually leaps in front of a falling spaceship to save Thor from the blast. "That's very ineffective and yet the symbolism of that – the effort to try and protect Thor – was touching and beautiful," the reviewer explained. "Even though Thor is a thousand times stronger than Jane Foster, she still has that impulse to protect."
The Plugged In reviewer also claimed that Jane's importance acts as "an encouragement to us all." Her ability to impact the plot, despite the fact that she's "fighting alongside these much larger than life characters," demonstrates the value of all people, even when they seem small and insignificant.
However, not all Christian reviewers saw Jane as such a strong, independent woman. A female reviewer, who wished to remain anonymous, recalled a scene at the beginning where Jane's longing for Thor kept her from enjoying a first date with another man.
"I didn't think she wasn't strong," the female reviewer conceded, "but she was very much a damsel in distress that needed her knight (or god) in shining armor to save her." The unnamed Christian commentator also insisted on the fact that, even though Jane leaps to protect Thor from the falling spaceship, she still had "no chance" of saving him.
The female reviewer also called the idea of Jane being a strong woman "kind of funny considering she looks like she's worshipping Thor in some of the movie posters." On a second look, she admitted that Jane may not quite be worshipping her savior in the pictures, "but she's definitely looking to him for protection."


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Spidersong flutes are made in many of the America's tribal traditions of native styled flutes.
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The woods are both reclaimed and re purposed and were something else in their former life. Each flute is handcrafted by me.
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Katie Feenstra and the Detroit Shock dropped a hard-fought five-game WNBA Finals series to the Phoenix Mercury, 3-2.
Liberty alumnus Katie Feenstra scored 11 points and hauled in seven rebounds during Monday night's decisive third game of the Eastern Conference Finals, helping the Detroit Shock defeat the Indiana Fever, 81-65. The Shock will now meet the Phoenix Mercury in the best-of-five WNBA Finals, beginning Wednesday night at 7:30 on ESPN2. Feenstra, a 6-8 center who starred on the Lady Flames' 2005 "Sweet 16" qualifier, made five of six field goals in 16 productive minutes of action on Monday. Her efforts enabled Detroit to erase a 20-14 deficit after one quarter and win its second-straight contest after dropping game one in Indiana. For the series, the Grand Rapids, Mich., native averaged 6.0 ppg and 6.0 rpg. Feenstra, making her first career playoff appearance in her third WNBA campaign, has started all six postseason contests for the Shock, who will be making their third WNBA Finals appearance in five years. Detroit, coached by Bill Laimbeer, won WNBA titles in 2003 and 2006. The Shock, who posted the best record in the WNBA at 24-10, will host the first two games of the Finals at the Palace at Auburn Hills. After Wednesday's series opener, the series will resume Saturday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. on ESPN. Games three and four (if necessary) will shift to Phoenix's US Airways Center. The third game is slated for Sept. 11 at 9 p.m. and the fourth is set for Sept. 13 at 8:30 p.m., both of which will be televised by ESPN2. If necessary, the fifth and final game of the series will return to Detroit on Sept. 16 at 4:30 p.m. Coach Paul Westhead's Phoenix Mercury enter the Finals having won 15 of their last 16 games, including playoff sweeps of the Seattle Storm and former Liberty associate head coach Olaf Lange's San Antonio Silver Stars. The Mercury, averaging 99 ppg in their four playoff victories, are making their first WNBA Finals appearance since 1998. High-powered Phoenix, headlined by Diana Taurasi, Cappie Pondexter and Penny Taylor, is the only WNBA team to win a road playoff game during the 2007 playoffs. Detroit won both regular-season match-ups with Phoenix, with both victories coming prior to the All-Star break. The Shock defeated the Mercury at their own run-and-gun style on each occasion. Detroit pulled out an 87-84 decision at Phoenix on June 22 and recorded a 111-82 home victory on July 8. Feenstra contributed eight points and five rebounds to Detroit's season-high scoring output in the contest. 2007 WNBA Finals Summary Game 1 - Wednesday, Sept. 5 - Detroit 108, Phoenix 100 Feenstra's Line: 10 points, seven rebounds, two blocks and a steal in 17 minutes Game 2 - Saturday, Sept. 8 - Phoenix 98, Detroit 70 Feenstra's Line: Nine points, four rebounds, one block and an assist in 16 minutes Game 3 - Tuesday, Sept. 11 - Detroit 88, Phoenix 83 Feenstra's Line: Six points, four rebounds in 10 minutes Game 4 - Thursday, Sept. 13 - Phoenix 77, Detroit 76 Feenstra's Line: Zero points, zero rebounds in two minutes Game 5 - Sunday, Sept. 16 - Phoenix 108, Detroit 92; Phoenix wins 2007 WNBA title, 3-2 Feenstra's Line: 10 points, three rebounds in 15 minutes
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By Chris Rogers, Mar 27 2017 7:45AM
For one more week, five of the six paintings that made up the final submission to the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition by the great Victorian artist Frederic, Lord Leighton – including the iconic Flaming June – can be seen together again in the place that they were made. Reunited in Leighton's exquisite home and studio, now a museum, for the first time since they were readied for that show 122 years ago, this represents a unique opportunity to see a remarkable body of work by one of the towering figures in British art.
Leighton's position as perhaps the most passionate, productive and important representative of his time and culture is virtually unarguable. Educated in Germany and Italy, creatively, financially and critically successful, tireless in his promotion and support of young artists and President of the Royal Academy for almost twenty years until his untimely death in January 1896, Leighton was the first and to date the only artist ever to be raised to the peerage.
Each year he spent several months abroad, sketching and researching, before returning home to paint in the lavishly decorated home that he commissioned from architect George Aitchison and in which he lived for decades until his death, extending and altering it as needed.
Though he never married, had no confirmed offspring and never had overnight guests (there is only a single bedroom in the house – his own), Leighton was immensely sociable and frequently welcomed visitors for soirees, to see his work and to talk. On 'Show Sunday', he previewed the works he was about to send to the Academy; on 7 April 1895, noted photographer Bedford Lemere recorded the six pieces that comprised his 1895 submissions. It is this that forms the starting point for Leighton House Museum's superb show.
On the left, two small paintings. The uppermost, A Study, is the only one of the six that could not be included – remarkably, its whereabouts have been unknown almost since it was painted. Safely present, though, is Candida below it, a generic bust (not a portrait) of a woman dressed in a diaphanous gown against a deep red velvet-like background. An essay in colour and form and carefully non-specific in terms of its setting (chronological as well and geographical), it falls under the Aesthetic Movement. Practically, it is typical of the kind of small, relatively easy work that Leighton produced for prompt sale. This picture was in fact withdrawn at the last minute for that reason.
One of Leighton's tall, narrow panel pieces is next. Named after the Latin for tears, Lachrymae captures a woman of antiquity in grief; the urn – captured, as was done by other similar artists, from actual archaeological evidence – contains the ashes of the departed. The dark palette reflects the subject matter, both offset and emphasised by the sparkling glitter of sunlight flickering through the trees in the background.
With The Maid with the Golden Hair, Leighton turned to a lighter but not frivolous matter, namely a woman at her pastime. Here the colours harmonise with the theme once more but for a very different effect.
The tone changes again with 'Twixt Hope and Fear, a striking composition whose modern, even erotic pose startles as much today as it would have done in 1895. Once more the background is muted and plain, drawing attention to the figure. Its sharpness or focus (the terms are deliberate; Leighton and his contemporaries were well aware of the new science of photography and exploited it in several ways) is seen in the fingers of the woman's right hand, outlined against the chair's backrest and the looming paleness of her left arm. The texture of her fur is also notable.
Finally, of course, there is Leighton's Flaming June, the 'Mona Lisa of the Southern Hemisphere' given its home for the last 50 years in the Museo de Arte de Ponce in Puerto Rico. This luminous image of a woman sleeping on a Mediterranean terrace has become one of the most famous of the Victorian era. Arranged around the house for this exhibition is a range of Leighton's superb preparatory drawings, showing the origin and evolution of the work. The pose itself derives from sketches made for two other works, and appears – almost as a teaser – tucked away as a marble bas relief in the finished version of one. Also for the show, the painting is accompanied by a tiny, loose but richly-made colour oil sketch by Leighton, plus a rare full-colour souvenir print of the final picture, made available to the public for 10 shillings a year after its 1895 debut. Though not universally regarded at the time, this early example of marketing an artist's image perhaps prefigures its near-universal popularity today.
In front of the picture itself, the three hues of red stand out – a wine colour for the drape, a tawny orange for another and the bright citrus of the woman's dress. The scintillating water in the background, though reduced to a thin strip, frames her beautifully, and the glowing, thickly-textured clump of flowers to the right adds a colour accent. For me her face is less resolved than it could be, especially compared to the recently-discovered sketch, but overall the work's power cannot be denied.
To bring all of these together again after so long – from public galleries in Central and North America and three private owners – is a real feat, their presentation, in the same arrangement as the Lemere image and alongside a keyed version of same – a coup de theatre. The latest in a long line of carefully-curated displays that continue to illuminate the skill and working methods of this formidably talented artist, and another excuse to visit his red brick home with its jewel box interiors, a last chance to see this show should not be missed.
Flaming June: The Making of an Icon is on at Leighton House Museum until Sunday 2 April
Chris is one of more than a dozen specialists whose essays fill this fresh examination of the charms of Paris, which is edited by John Flower. Looking at the French capital's history, culture and districts, each item can be read in just half a minute and is beautifully illustrated with its own collage-style spread.
The Ivy Press, 2018
Hardback, 160 pages | ISBN 9781782405443
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Operationalizing the Africa Standby Force and Streamlining Regional Security: A New Purpose for NATO›By Cameron Fels // Monday, July 8, 2019
Burundi peacekeepers prepare for their next rotation to Somalia. Photo courtesy of US Army Africa via Flickr Commons.
On April 3, 2019, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg visited Washington, D.C. to plead his case. Mr. Stoltenberg insisted on the continued importance of his organization to the collective security of European and North American states. Under pressure from forces on both sides of the Atlantic that claim the alliance to be obsolete, Mr. Stoltenberg stood before Congress and declared that "it is good [for America] to have friends" like those in NATO. To bolster his case, he also cited increased defense spending by member states to the tune of $41 billion—a clear gesture of goodwill and reassurance to U.S. President Donald Trump, who has lambasted NATO allies that do not meet the defense spending target of 2 percent of GDP and has openly questioned the value of the alliance. Since Mr. Trump's election in 2016, NATO has come under increased scrutiny from many in the United States, threatening the near-universal support enjoyed by the alliance since its creation in 1949.MORE
Take It to the People: A Civil-Military Roadmap for the G5 Sahel›By Daniella Montemarano // Friday, March 22, 2019
Participants from the G5 Sahel Investment Conference in September 2018, a joint conference by the International Republican Institute, the G5 Sahel Permanent Secretariat, and regional youth leaders which aimed to publicize economic investment opportunities for young people in the Sahel. Photo courtesy of the International Republican Institute.
In December 2018, leaders of the G5 Sahel Joint Force Member States—Mali, Mauritania, Chad, Burkina Faso, and Niger—and international donors gathered for a coordination conference in Nouakchott, Mauritania to orchestrate funding for the Joint Force's Priority Investment Program (PIP) aimed at addressing the Sahel region's chronic violence and fragility. The G5's PIP reflects the strategic intention to operationalize the Joint Force as an instrument both of security and development—a strategy that would adequately address the complex socio-economic, political, and climate change challenges driving instability across the region.MORE
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Can Preventing the Spread of Child Pornography Benefit Business? The Case of Telia›By Chandre Gould // Monday, April 23, 2018
Telia company logo courtesy of Håkan Dahlström via Flickr Commons.
How to marshal the knowledge, resources, and power of the private sector to achieve good social outcomes? This has been a holy grail of many working in the social justice and non-profit sector. It may seem self-evident that achieving good social outcomes—more development, a healthier population and less violence—is in the interests of business. But, that is simply not the case. Alcohol companies that market their products aggressively in poor neighborhoods feed high levels of inter-personal violence and increase risky sexual behavior, both at great cost to the health system and society. And companies producing fast foods and sodas have contributed to high levels of obesity and diabetes globally. These are just two examples of how business interests do not always align with social interests.MORE
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Herdsmen and Farmers Conflict in Nigeria: A Threat to Peacebuilding and Human Security in West Africa›By Olusola Isola // Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Fulani herders and cattle in Nigeria. Photo courtesy of Dr. Mary Gillham Archive Project via Flickr Commons.
The sporadic and ongoing violent conflicts between herdsmen and farmers in rural communities in Nigeria is a serious threat to human security and development in the country. The conflicts also have a strong potential to spread to other neighboring countries in West Africa, but the international community has remained silent on the possibility of the conflict spreading. On New Year's Day, Fulani herdsmen killed about 73 people in a farming community in Benue state. The victims included women, children, and young and old residents of the community. An arrest or prosecution has yet to happen, and similar violence has occurred across the country since then. A slow response from the government has led to suspicions in the media that the government is in support of the Fulani militiamen involved in the violence. Furthermore, it is alleged that some of the Fulani militiamen migrated from other countries in West Africa to carry out the attack, due to a shared ethnicity that is present in several other countries across the sub-region.MORE
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Why are Developed Countries Lagging Behind in the Commitment to End Violence Against Children?›By Chandre Gould // Monday, February 26, 2018
United States Flag at half-mast in Washington, D.C. Photo courtesy of Ted Eytan via Flickr Commons.
"Living with violence is not living." These were the unequivocal words of 17-year-old Raphael Harriohay at the Global Summit to End Violence against Children in Stockholm, Sweden in February 2018. He was speaking on behalf of the children represented at the Summit. His words were uttered around the same time as the Parkland, Florida mass shooting took place, as children from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School were hiding under their desks, fleeing their school building, and watching as their teachers and friends were mowed down by gunfire. Over the coming weeks and months, the children of Parkland, Florida will come to know the tragic truth of these words first hand.MORE
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Uncontrolled and Illegal (Galamsey) Mining Activities in Africa: An Increasing Threat to Water and Food Security›By Paul Mensah // Thursday, February 1, 2018
Mining at the Tarkwa Mine in Ghana. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Africa is endowed with numerous natural resources including gold, ore, copper, bauxite, manganese, and timber among others. Formal extractive companies do not offer much employment to local people, pushing them to find employment through illegal mining practices. The influx of small-scale and illegal miners, mostly Chinese to Africa, has worsened the illegal mining activities on the continent with migrant miners abusing mining laws and mining practices. Mining communities in Africa are experiencing numerous detrimental impacts environmentally, socially, and economically from mining. According to a report by Oxfam Australia, mining can negatively affect people by forcing them from their homes and farms and preventing them from accessing clean land and water.[2]MORE
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Towards a Sustainable Solution to the Anglophone Problem in Cameroon›By Ludovic Lado // Wednesday, January 3, 2018
High school students in Mankon, Bamenda, Cameroon, an Anglophone speaking region that has protested against the Francophone majority. Photo courtesy of Alberto Vaccaro via Flickr Commons.
The immediate future of Cameroon is fraught with uncertainties. On October 1, 2017, during rallies marked by calls for a secession from French-speaking Cameroon, dozens of people were killed by security forces in the two Anglophone regions of Northwest and Southwest Cameroon. Besides Boko Haram in the North, the resurgence of the Anglophone Problem in the Western regions is the single biggest threat to the unity and stability of Cameroon today. This is especially concerning as the country braces for a challenging electoral year in 2018 amidst calls for President Paul Biya to step down after 35 years in power. The ongoing resurgence of the Anglophone crisis in Cameroon requires immediate international attention. The stability of Cameroon is of crucial importance not only for the sub-region of Central Africa, but also for the fight against terrorism in the entire region. The ruling regime's poor management (repressive approach) of the ongoing crisis is largely responsible for the escalations in recent months. The way forward to a sustainable solution lies in an inclusive, mediated dialogue geared toward institutional reforms and the promotion of local governance, not only in Anglophone regions but also in the whole country.MORE
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Child Abduction at the Ethiopia-South Sudan Border: A Human Rights Challenge›By Tasew Gashaw // Friday, December 22, 2017
Abducted children returned to Ethiopia. Photo courtesy of UNICEF Ethiopia via Flickr Commons.
The Horn of Africa, and specifically, the borderland regions are areas of increasing criminality. Included in this crime are instances of inter-group child abduction which have become increasingly common along the international border. Most laws focus on parental child abduction, while fewer address abduction of children for criminal purposes. However, insurgents from the Murle people cross the international border and abduct children from the borderland communities of Ethiopia.MORE
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The Missing Link: Exclusion of Bottom-up Approaches in Peacebuilding Strategies in South Sudan›By Emmaculate Liaga // Thursday, December 21, 2017
A young girl helps her friend cool off by pouring water over her head in Juba, South Sudan. Photo courtesy of the United Nations via Flickr Commons.
Since its independence from the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium, Sudan and South Sudan have been engrossed in different civil wars for over half a century. During this time, the country has been a target for peace efforts by both domestic and international state and non-state actors. The signing of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) ended decades of civil conflict in the north and south regions of Sudan, and aided in South Sudan's secession. The possibility of peace in the region did not appear far-fetched. However, the outbreak of the civil war in 2013 ended the euphoria surrounding independence, and brought the peace strategies used under question.MORE
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Rethinking the Relationship among Youth Unemployment, Structural Violence and Migration in the Horn of Africa›By Getachew Zeru Gebrekidan // Wednesday, December 13, 2017
Somali refugees at Kharaz Refugee Camp in Yemen. Photo courtesy of European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations department via Flickr Commons.
The rise of youth (15-to-24-year-olds) unemployment is one of the critical socio-economic and political problems facing Africa in general, and the Horn of Africa (HoA)[1] in particular. According to the International Labor Organization (ILO) report, youth unemployment is still a serious concern in this part of Africa despite the World Bank (WB) report that most countries in the HoA achieved remarkable economic growth in 2016. The table below provides a snapshot of the extent of youth unemployment in the region vis-à-vis economic growth.MORE
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Antonio and I wanted to do something truly special for our 10th non-wedding Anniversary. We've seen people get married, get divorced, have children, get married again, then go through their second divorce. We work and live together and I think 10 years is a pretty good accomplishment. When our friends Barbara and Vincent messaged us asking if we'd like to join them for dinner the Friday before the wine auction, Antonio made an impulse purchase and bought us tickets to France. Needless to say, I'm kind of excited. I get to celebrate ten years with the man I love in France, AND I get to experience one of the wine world's most exciting event; the Wine Auction.
Hospices de Beaune
I won't actually get to enjoy the auction since I'm not purchasing a barrel of wine. That would be 300 bottles of wine, and while I can certainly polish that off in little over a year, I'd have to sell my soul to the devil to afford it. I will get to experience Beaune, its people, and its wines during this exciting time. I'll give you a little info on the auction so you can see why I am so excited about my trip, and once there, I'll update you on the details and happenings in the city.
What is the Hospices de Beaune Wine Auction?
It's the most famous charity wine auction in the world. The auction takes place in the city of Beaune which is located in Burgundy, a region of France long-known for producing top-quality French wine including, of course, its namesake: Burgundy wine. Beaune is located in the eastern part of the country and is the wine capital of Burgundy – not to mention the most ideal setting for a wine auction of this distinction.
The Hospices de Beaune Wine Auction Experience
For 153 years, this auction has gathered together wine enthusiasts to take part in the 'en primeur' on the third Sunday of each November. Organized by Christie's, the sale provides buyers with the very special opportunity to obtain the current year's vintage. Typically, bidders select a wine from 46 choices. There are many ways to bid; one can bid by telephone, internet, at the cellar or make out a written bid. Bidders can opt to purchase this French wine by bottles or barrels, depending on their preference. This fine wine has reached the end of its vinification within the hospices winery. Many buyers then entrust the aging process to a professional for the next year to two years to ensure the wine reaches optimal condition prior to bottling.
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A Full-Service Auction
Prices include the hammer fee, auctioneer, barrel and more. In fact, the Hospices de Beaune Wine Auction is a full-service purchasing experience. Bidders are treated to the traditional auction atmosphere, one that has been perfected over more than a century and conducted by professionals in the field.
A Heart for Humanitarian Causes
Later in the day, the pièce de charité, or charity barrel, also known as the Pièce des Présidents (presidents' barrel) is auctioned off. In keeping with tradition, this particular portion of the Hospices de Beaune Wine Auction takes place by candlelight, just as it did back in 1945 when the charity portion began. What makes the traditional event even more meaningful is the fact that all proceeds support one or more humanitarian charities. In 2010, the pièce de charité raised $400,000 for worthy causes.
Other funds raised support the Hospices de Beaune itself. While the majority of proceeds are directed to the hospital in order to maintain infrastructure and further medical treatments, other funds go towards the vineyards and preserving heritage. The benefits for buyers are twofold: leaving their mark on a long-standing charitable tradition and the delicious pleasure found in Burgundy wine.
Hospices De Beaune History
A former almshouse, the Hospices de Beaune (then the The Hôtel-Dieu) was founded in 1443 by Nicolas Rolin, the Chancellor of the Duke of Burgundy, and his wife Guigone de Salin. This was the time after the Hundred Year's War which had just ended in 1435 with the Treaty of Arras. The people of Beaune were poor and starving. The hospital was set up by Rolin and his wife to bring much needed medical care to the people of Beaune. As time passed, gifts were made to the Hospices, and the estate grew. Jean Pamplays and his wife made the first gift of the Hospices de Beaune. It was the vineyards. The first auction took place in 1859.
The Museum
The original Hôtel-Dieu building is now a museum, and the Hospices de Beaune's medical care has been moved to much larger, modern facilities. It is a true Medieval masterpiece, famous for the splendor of its courtyard, its mulitcolored roof, and glazed tiles. When you visit Beaune, you simply must go to the Hôtel-Dieu museum.
It's most well known treasure is the altarpiece of the Last Judgment by Rogier van der Weyden. It's impressive. The polyptic (a painting made of various panels) is 7×18 feet (HUGE). It was commissioned by Nicolas Rolin for the Hôtel-Dieu. At the time, most people who went to the hospital probably died, so you can just imagine how these dying people felt when they looked at the altarpiece. The altarpiece depicts Christ, accompanied by the heavenly court, including the archangel Michael who weighs the souls to decide who will get into the kingdom of heaven. You also get to experience the suffering of the sinners, their expressions are simply ghastly. I'm not sure it would be something I'd want to see on my deathbed, but it is a splendid piece to see now.
It costs only €7 to get in, so don't miss out.
Friday November 15 – Two Days Before Auction
Beaune is starting to get busier, but it is not quite busy yet. Restaurants in the city are bustling with people having coffee and smoking cigarettes. Tour buses are starting to arrive, this scares me a bit and reminds me of what happened in Dubrovnik when tourists took over the town. I guess time will tell. The square by Les Halles and the Hospices De Beaune is full of activity. The area is being secured, tents are being raised, but Beaune remains calm somehow. The park with the carousel is being set up with miniature tents for what I assume will be places to eat and shop…and maybe to drink wine. I'll update some more as the day passes.
We made a stop at the Dalineum – which is awesome – and we got to meet Jean Amiot, the owner of the museum who curated the collection throughout his life. The museum is fantastic and Jean is super nice. He even let us play with the sculptures (which I normally would be against, but we were gloved). Do not miss the museum when you're in Beaune.
We had lunch with Jean at Loiseau Des Vignes.
At night we met friends out at Le Bistro des Cocottes Bar at Place Madelein. This is your townie bar, with rock music, beer, booze….but since it's Beaune it up whalso comes with a great wine list (they were not lacking in Premier Crus). For dinner, we hit up what I'd consider Beaune's version of the Jersey Diner, Restaurant Le Belena. For €22 we got so much food. We got an appetizer, an entree, and a dessert. Before dinner, they brought out pate en croute for everyone. I ordered the most delicious oeufs en meurette, these were seriously good. Antonio got himself the persillade (a little too salty, but still tasty). For my main course, I got the entrecote with gratin potatoes and a stewed tomato. This was a nice dish. I've had better, but for €22, I could not complain. The gratin potatoes and the tomato were off the hook. Antonio got a boeuf bourguignon, it was gone at the end of the night, so I think he liked it. For dessert I got a nice simple coffee ice cream and Antonio got an assortment of delicious cheeses. There were 8 of us and our bill came out to €350. Not bad, especially since we drank quite a bit of wine. Definitely hit up this place for uncomplicated French comfort food.
After dinner, we returned to Bistro des Cocottes. All over the street there were New Orleans style jazz bands, and bars were PACKED! This was a party. I gave in at around 1am, but our friends did not get back until 4am. The French party like rock stars.
Friday's Activities:
- 2:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Burgundy Village: Gastronomic and craft stalls. Come discover the know-how of artisans.
- 4 p.m. to 10 p.m Saint Flocel's Chapel: Non-stop creperie 20 Paradise Street.
- 4:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Chapel St Etienne : Tasting of white and red wins from the Côte de Beaune, gougères, foie gras.
- 6:00 p.m. Place de La Halle : Night jogging starting at the central square "Place de la Halle" Discovery of the ramparts and the illuminations
- 6:30 p.m. : Announcement of three glorious City Centre by the Fanfare Gratkipoils
- 7 p.m. Porte Marie de Bourgogne de Beaune : Launching of the three glorious at 6 Perpreuil Bld /19 Postern Street.
Saturday November 16 – One Day Before Auction
As you know I'm big into Farmer's markets, the official Beaune Farmer's Market was moved from its usual location to the Lorraine Parking lot. It still had everything you could need and we picked up eggs, veggies, a black footed Poulet de Bresse, and a jamboneau (delish). As we walked back to town, we were thrilled. There were tons of places to eat. Stands had oysters, mussels, sandwiches. You will not go hungry in Beaune during auction. You may have a hard time reserving at a Michelin star restaurant, but staying full (and buzzed) will not be an issue. People are happily drinking on the street, and everything remains orderly. If you get cold, just pick up some mulled wine to warm yourself back up.
The city itself was gorgeous at night. Beaune sets up projectors that shine different scenes onto its most famous buildings such as Notre Dame de Beaune, and of course the Hospices de Beaune. There is music and wine, food and fun. And luckily, while the city is busy, it is calm, navigable, and not overcrowded.
Saturday's Activities:
- 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Burgundy Village: Gastronomic and craft stalls. Come discover the know-how of artisans.
- 10:00 a.m. to 8 p.m. Chapel St. Etienne: Tasting of white and red wins from the Côte de Beaune, gougères, foie gras.
- 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Chapel St. Flocel : Non-stop creperie.
- 10 a.m. Beaune Sports Forum: Power Walking in the vineyard and on Beaune's mountain.
- 1:40 p.m. : Starting of the Foulees Beaunoises at Avenue Republique.
- 2:00 pm: Start of the half marathon at Avenue Republique
- 2.15 p.m. : Official Opening of the Burgundy Village
- 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. : Musical and Folk Animation on the city center's squares and streets
- 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. : Demonstrations at the city center
- 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Fleury Square: Uncorking competition
- 4:30 p.m. : Awards of half marathon at the Sports' room of the FORUM
- 5:30 p.m. : Torchlight of the CFDB from the city's hall's Square to the Carnot Square.
- 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. : All bands play together
Sunday November 17 – Auction Day
Beaune was buzzing with activity. In the morning, restaurants were filled with people having coffee and smoking cigarettes. Then everyone made their way to Les Halles. While the auction was once done in candlelight, it is now done in daylight. Since Les Halles has glass walls, one could watch the auction from outside. If you want to, you can get on line to try to get inside the auction. Loudspeakers gave those of us outside access to the goings on inside. While I was there, bidding started at €7,000. Bids were made live, via internet, and by phone. Pretty cool stuff.
The main park with the carousel was filled with stands selling food, wine, and really cool tchotchkes. It was way too easy to spend money as people sold truffles, foie, wine. A tip, skip the shops here and head over to Chapelle Saint Etienne. Inside you will find much cheaper food & wine. For example, escargot at Place Carnot was being sold for €20, but over at Saint Etienne it sold for a mere €9. They also had 1/2 dozen oysters at €9, a cheese plate with 5 cheeses for €5, and lots of wines to taste starting at €3. This is definitely where the bargains were at.
We closed up the night at Le Pickwick, a really cool British style pub with some really good wines. The place had comfy seating and each time you order a round, the owner Jerome gives you pate en croute, vinegar chips and peanuts. This place is a winner.
Something tells me I'll be back next year for the auction.
Sunday's Activitites:
- 9:30 a.m. Mass at Notre Dame De Beaune: Homage of the Population to the winegrowers.
- 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Burgundy Village. Gastronomic and craft stalls. Come discover the know-how of artisans.
- 10:45 a.m. Carnot Square: Parade for the Basilica de Notre Dame de Beaune
- 11:15 a.m. Carnot Square : Enthronement by the CFDB's BELNUS' brotherhood of the president of the wine auction.
- 10:00 a.m. to 8 p.m. Chapel St. Etienne : Tasting of white and red wins from the Côte de Beaune, gougères, foie gras.
- 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. St. Flocel Chapel : Non-stop creperie.
- 2.30 p.m. Les Halles de Beaune:153rd wines' sale of Beaune's Hospices. The 153rd wine auction of the hospice de Beaune.
- 3 p.m. : Great music and folk parade through the streets of the city center.
- 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. : Animations of squares and streets of the city centre


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History was made in the Middle East on June 28 when the world's hottest night on record was set in Quriyat, Oman with the overnight "low" dropping to 42.6 degrees Celsius.
Oman's hot night is just one of many temperature records to be smashed in the past few weeks.
Individual location records have been broken in the US, Russia, Canada, Scotland, Armenia and Georgia.
Africa could have reached its highest ever reliably recorded temperature of 51.3C in Ourargla, Algeria on July 5.
The World Meteorological Organisation recognises 55C as the highest temperature for Africa, recorded at Kebili, Tunisia on July 7, 1931.
But there is widespread scepticism about the record's accuracy because the temperatures recorded before the 1950s are mysteriously higher than anything to have come after them.
When it comes to heatwaves, the night-time temperature is important. If it stays above the mid-20s, overnight sleep can become difficult because the body needs to actively work to cool itself down.
University of New South Wales PhD student James Goldie, who is researching how temperature relates to health, said comfortable overnight temperatures were important in making sure people got a restful sleep.
"[It] is when our muscles recover from exercise. It's when our brains consolidate memories," he said.
"When night-time temperatures continue to be hot, when that heat just runs all the way through the night and onto the next day, we don't get that recovery, and that's when heat stress really starts to build up."
Mr Goldie said heatwaves could be a real danger.
"They're like rips at the beach; if you respect them, they're tough but they're manageable. If you don't respect them, they can kill people," he said.
Over the past few weeks Canada has been experiencing summer heatwaves, with local news outlets now reporting up to 70 heat-related deaths.
Nights are getting warmer
Research published in the International Journal of Climatology last year found night-time temperatures were increasing more rapidly than daytime temperatures.
According to the findings, minimum temperatures have been increasing at a rate of about 0.07 degrees per decade, compared with about 0.05 degrees per decade for maximum temperatures globally, for the period from 1960 to 2009.
Researchers proposed this was because night-time temperatures were more easily affected by an increase in greenhouse gasses.
Australia is not immune from warmer nights — our night-time temperatures have been increasing over the past 50 years and they are expected to continue to rise.
As part of the CSIRO's Climate Change in Australia project, a threshold calculator has been created for the public to explore future climate scenarios.
The tool suggests an increase in over-25C degree nights into the next century, to different extents based on the different models and emissions scenarios.
Mr Goldie said some of the impacts of heatwaves from climate change could not be avoided.
"They're happening. But we can control how bad they get, and the actions we take to reduce CO2 now will save people's lives later down the road," he said.
The World Health Organisation has said high greenhouse emission scenarios are projected to increase heat-related deaths in Oman, where it was so hot a few weeks ago.
What can we do about it?
Aside from reducing greenhouse gas emissions, there are things we can do to mitigate the impact ofheatwaves.
Monash University climate scientist Stephanie Jacobs said the best strategy to help reduce night-time temperatures was to plant trees and vegetation and keep them watered.
"When there are no trees, the sunlight heats up the ground," she said.
"When there are trees, the energy from the sun is diverted to helping the water in plants evapotranspirate instead of heating the surface, so it becomes cooler.
"As a result, the ground holds less energy during the day and then emits less heat at night."
Ms Jacobs said tree planting could be hard in desert environments, but it could be effective in cities.
"Plant more parks, gardens [and] lots of trees … it's been found that a mix of vegetation is the best because different plants have different benefits," she said.
Making buildings more reflective was another action Ms Jacobs suggested could assist in cooling temperatures.
"What I've looked at in my research is if all of the rooftops in Melbourne were white, and we basically turn Melbourne into a giant Santorini [where white-painted houses reflect dazzling light]," Ms Jacobs said.
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Press Release: Have you got what it takes to be an entrepreneur?
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Beaver Lake Haven, formerly Blue Water Lodge
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More than 240 million turkeys were raised in the U.S. last year. The size of the consumer market has led to significant changes in how turkeys are created and raised, with the majority of fowl being genetically modified to produce more mass, more quickly. This infographic takes a look at the anatomy of a genetically modified bird. Read the details for yourself — and consider an organic option this year, or better yet, skip the turkey altogether.
Correction: This post was previously titled The Anatomy of a GMO Turkey. However, the content describes factory farmed turkeys, which are common in North America, and not GMO birds, which are not available for consumption in the United States.
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