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by: Zera McMahon
After battling with an eating disorder for several years I've learned how giving more attention to one's own inner beauty is healthy for the human heart in several ways. Here are three main ways you'll benefit from giving more attention to your inner beauty instead of focusing on the way you look.
1) Inner beauty is not only nurturing for your own heart, but for the hearts of others as well.
I have always felt that the two {inner beauty & the heart} are largely connected; perhaps a direct reflection of the other. One of the greatest ways to delight an empty heart or soul is with acts of gentleness
and love. Help yourself by helping other people, and be instantly rewarded with an immense sense of gratification and love. Your inner beauty will flourish with selfless acts of kindness, as this is one of the best ways to pass the love around and welcome it back with an open heart.
Within the last year, I've made it a habit of reaching out to complete strangers by involving them in conversation. For example…a couple of weeks ago I was in HomeDepot trying to get a swatch of paint matched for our living room. It was late in the evening, and the lady who was helping me behind the counter was exhausted and just being a total grouch. As much as I wanted to walk away from her negative attitude, Idecided to talk to her anyway and ignore the menacing glances she was giving me. So, I set a mental challenge for myself and made it my goal to lighten her mood. I began asking her questions pertaining to work and showed compassion for all of the un-paid overtime she was putting in. Before I knew it, we were sharing stories about our families, the holiday season, and even exchanging tips on our favorite nail polishes, etc.
My plan had worked! Just from acknowledging this individual whom I had never met before and by striking up a conversation, I was able to help give her laughter and enjoyment, and improve her overall state of mind.
Not only did this lady walk away with a smile on her face, but so did I. Lets face it, the last thing I wanted to be doing at 10pm was hanging out in Home Depot's paint department. This challenge I set for myself gave me almost instant happiness and fulfillment. It feels incredible to have such a positive impact on another individual!
Too often we obsess about our own physical beauty, and critically measure our "beauty"against other women. The mainstream media is constantly trying to sell us illusions of the "perfect body" and lifestyle that we can achieve only if purchasing their products.
They really think we can be fooled, but I know that as women we are stronger and capable of more. We don't need to strive for a perfect body or prettier face. When we do this, we are not truly in touch with our inner beauty. What we genuinely need is each other. Coming together peacefully with open hearts, appreciating others (and ourselves) for more than physical appearances; that is when we create and promote inner beauty that is infectious.
The media is failing to communicate the importance of nourishing the authentic self. Instead of measuring our self worth on physical traits, genuine self worth is measured from the inside out. When you cherish and manifest your inner beauty, your physical appearance is sure to be positively influenced when your heart radiates from within.
2) You'll discover your inspiration & creativity…
When we realize and cherish our inner beauty, we are consciously granting ourselves the permission to be open and accepting to the beauty and talents around us.
Speaking from experience, I understand that the search for that "magical something" to ignite our inspiration is not always so simple. When I find myself in a mental slump, it can be really tough to pull myself out of it. One thing I have learned though, is that the inspiration I crave will always emerge when I least expect it. This sometimes take days to happen, but when it does I am shaken out of my slump and my spirit is instantly lifted and renewed with a sense of hope.
Sometimes, deviating from my typical routine can help ʻcure' me of the blues. It's so easy to get ourselves caught in routine, stuck in the same motions day after day. I have to almost force myself out of it at times. What I like to do when this happens is to go somewhere ʻspur-of-the-moment'; somewhere I don't typically make the time to visit. I like to call these, ʻmini adventure days'. This can be anything from checking out a museum downtown, taking a walk around a nature preserve to feed the ducks, treating myself to a movie (by myself), or indulging in an Oreo blizzard from Dairy Queen. These things may seem a little ridiculous, but it's what helps me to get outside of myself and the destructive thinking patterns.
Inspiration stimulates our heart and soul. It can be that mini miracle we need to get us back on track to creating opportunities and realizing our dreams.
3) It builds a beautiful and healthy life…
Its been said that positive attracts positive, and negative attracts negative. The same goes for people holding onto positive and negative thoughts. I am a total believer in this theory, and I have applied it as a general rule to my life, involving the people I surround myself with.
Have you ever felt completely empowered and delighted by something, only to then have that excitement be ripped away from you by someone with a negative mindset? I have definitely experienced this, and at times would find myself powerless and unable to shed myself of those negative feelings.
This is not only counteractive to strengthen your confidence and inner beauty ʻpowerhouse', but is also very toxicant. After feeling depleted time and again from seeking outside approval, I decided that this
was not how I wanted to live my life and I was done with it.
This realization became my fundamental building blocks for a powerful inner beauty. Through this change in my thought process, I was able to create a mental barrier against negative energies that had previously blocked my inspiration and happiness. I made the conscious decision to choose my happiness and health, and to live my life through an authentic, and beautiful inner soul.
I don't believe we were intended to live our lives carelessly at the expense of others. Rather, I believe we have been gifted a heart and soul to nurture and love so that we can fulfill a truly gratifying existence.
Tip to block out the negative vibes:
Creating a mental bubble around myself is the easiest way for me to create an impervious blockade against negative vibes that are bound and determined to lower my positive energy. By establishing this kind of forcefield, you are preparing yourself to confront negativity without allowing your inner peace to be sacrificed in the process.
There is a beautiful quote by Audrie Hepburn that I'd like to share. It's incredibly inspiring and respectful, and I feel that it reflects the pursuit of inner beauty quite perfectly….
'For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people. For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry. For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day. People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed and redeemed. Never throw out anybody. The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole. True beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she shows, and the beauty of a woman with passing years only grows.' – Audrie Hepburn


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We are a commune of inquiring, skeptical, politically centrist, capitalist, anglophile, traditionalist New England Yankee humans, humanoids, and animals with many interests beyond and above politics. Each of us has had a high-school education (or GED), but all had ADD so didn't pay attention very well, especially the dogs. Each one of us does "try my best to be just like I am," and none of us enjoys working for others, including for Maggie, from whom we receive neither a nickel nor a dime. Freedom from nags, cranks, government, do-gooders, control-freaks and idiots is all that we ask for.
"One is never wounded by the love one gives, only by the love one expects."
Marty Rubin

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Service Learning
Requirements and Opportunities for Completing your hours
8th grade Service Learning Project at Longfellow Middle School
Longfellow Service Learning Plan 2018-2019
- Teachers will Introduce Service Learning and brainstorm authentic problems. Students will access Global Goals (https://www.globalgoals.org/ ) This website highlights worldwide problems that will give students the opportunity to think about what issues are important to them.
- Students will be introduced to X2Vol for recording service work
- This assignment will be introduced on or before September 11th.
- Your reflection project must highlight:
- What you did
- Who you helped
- How you helped
- What you learned
- Reflection project will be due and graded during the 4th quarter where the point value will be equivalent to a test grade.
- Your reflection project must highlight:
NJHS (National Junior Honor Society)
Fifteen (15) hours necessary for the year - Due in May, 2018. Five (5) hours could have been completed in the summer. If there are any further questions, please contact Bindhu Zachariah


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Applicants shall submit a Notification of Intent to Begin Marketing to the HUD Area Office having jurisdiction over the area in which the housing is located no later than 90 days prior to engaging in sales or rental marketing activities. Upon receipt of the Notification of Intent to Begin Marketing from the applicant, the FH&EO Division of plan and may schedule a pre-occupancy conference. Such pre-occupancy conference shall be held prior to initiation of sales or rental marketing activities. At this conference, the previously approved AFHM plan shall be reviewed with the applicant to determine if the plan, and/or its proposed implementation, requires modification previous to initiation of marketing in order to achieve the objectives of the AFHM regulation and the plan. (Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 2535-0027)
[44 FR 47013, Aug. 9, 1979, as amended at 48 FR 20903, May 10, 1983]


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New York's spectacular landscapes and scenic beauty, from the Hudson River to Niagara Falls, have always inspired visitors and residents alike. New York also has a proud, longstanding history of preserving nature, making it accessible to people and integrating it into their everyday lives. In fact, the state is seen by many as the birthplace of the modern environmental movement. Visitors can explore attractions showcasing nature's important role in New York's history, as well as the natural wonders themselves.
At the Adirondack Experience in Blue Mountain Lake, visitors can explore how people have lived, worked, traveled and played in the Adirondacks from the 19th century up to today. Its 65,000 square... more
The Adirondack History Center displays and interprets more than 6,000 artifacts, documents and art representing two centuries of Essex County life. In addition to the permanent exhibitions, special... more
Founded in 1791, the Albany Institute of History & Art is New York's oldest museum. Its collections document the Hudson Valley as a crossroads of culture, influencing the art and history or the... more
The Albany Pine Bush represents of the best remaining examples of an inland pine barrens ecosystem in the world. This gently rolling sand plain is home to a unique diversity of rare animals and... more
Built by the Civilian Conservation Corps, Allegany is the largest in the NYS Parks system. One of the greatest 4-season recreational assets in Western New York, it features paved bikeways, and trails... more
The Wilder Homestead is the boyhood home of Almanzo Wilder and site of the book, Farmer Boy, written by his wife, Laura Ingalls Wilder. The site consists of the refurbished farmhouse, reconstructed... more
The American Museum of Natural History is historic itself as a scientific and cultural institution. Created in 1869 with the support of notables like Theodore Roosevelt, J. Pierpont Morgan and then... more
We were established in 1937. We consist of four large rooms including the parlor from an 1822 house. We have an eclectic collection of local historical artifacts.... more
Ausable Chasm is the oldest natural attraction in the US, seen by more than 10 million visitors since it opened to the public in 1870. It is not hard to understand its historic popularity, with... more
This garden is part of a permanent trail of Peace Gardens established along an historic route where events of the War of 1812 determined the future of the United States and the fate of many First... more
Long Island`s elite took full advantage of the island`s natural beauty in creating their opulent Gold Coast mansions. The development of the picturesque landscapes of Bayard Cutting Arboretum State... more
Bear Mountain State Park offers many outdoor activities which include hiking in the rugged Hudson Highlands (including part of the 2,144-mile Appalachian Trail, whose first section opened at Bear... more


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Straightening Brush Recall
Do you own one of these straightening brushes?
Some of you ask why I post recalls on my website rather than my Facebook page, there are a few reasons…
- If someone hears about a recall, you automatically head to google and search for information on that particular recall. If I only posted about it on my Facebook page then that person on Google may not see the information.
- Facebook only delivers our posts to a very small percentage of our followers so not everyone will see the post. This is why we will post the recall post a few times at different times of the day to ensure no one misses out.
- The recall information is easier to find on my website if you wish to come back to it for more information at a later date rather than having to scroll through all my Facebook posts
- The shorter the Facebook posts are, the more likely they will reach people – it's a crazy Facebook algorithm, which means we wouldn't be able to provide full information.
I am often sent in some great straightening brush bargains by you guys and I often post the best ones – seems most of you love a straightening brush, however, one brand has been recalled.
Fast Hair Straightener HQT – 906 has been recalled.
There is a risk of electric shock due to easily accessible live parts with this model.
Experts have recommended that if you have an affected product stop using it immediately and remove from the mains as the brush is very dangerous.
This straightening brush comes from China and the manufacturers have not provided a way to exchange your product or claim a refund.
If you purchased the item from a UK seller and need further advice, Citizens Advice can help. If you bought your product from a company based inside the EU, European law will protect you. Contact the UK European Consumer Centre for more details. If you bought your product from a company outside the EU it is unlikely that UK or EU law can assist you.


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Summit Healthcare Leadership Team
Sarah Basinger, RN, BSN, MHI / Director of Woman and Infant Services
Sarah Basinger has been a member of Summit Healthcare's Leadership Team since 2008. As Director of Woman and Infant Services, Sarah is responsible for oversight of labor and delivery, the obstetric operating room, postpartum, and gynecological services. Sarah is a Registered Nurse with her Master's Degree in Healthcare Innovation.
Cindy Creed / Surgical Services Director
Cindy Creed recently relocated to Summit from Tucson. She started her nursing career in 1983 working in ICU at St. John's Hospital in Springfield, Illinois for an exciting year of training and experience before moving to Arizona and working in ICU at Tucson Medical Center.
Cindy transferred into Perioperative services in 1988 in Post Anesthesia Care/Pre-op holding, then moved into the operating room as a circulator in 1991. She was encouraged to step into leadership in 2006 in charge of a Women's surgery department including PreOp, Operating Room, PACU, and ancillary services; then spent 2 years leading central processing department for an OR averaging 80-100 cases/day, completing 33 years at TMC.
Cindy graduated from University of Arizona in 2015 with a Master's degree in Clinical Systems Leadership and spent a bit over a year as Senior Manager in a University-based 18-bed level one trauma center operating room. She worked for 11 years teaching skiing on weekends at Sunrise Ski Resort and always wanted to relocate to the White Mountains.
Jeromy Cronin / Director of Wound Care and Hyperbaric Center
Jeromy is an Arizona native who grew up in San Manuel, AZ. He enlisted in the Navy in 1993 and served as a Deep Sea Diving Independent Duty Corpsman and Command Master Chief. After 23 years in the Navy, he retired from the Navy and returned home. Jeromy holds a degree in Healthcare Management and has worked in healthcare for more than 20 years with experience in Hyperbaric Therapy, Dialysis, Veterans Affairs, and Outpatient Medicine. Jeromy has four children; he and his wife Breanna enjoy spending their free time outdoors hiking, camping, and traveling.
DeAnn Davies, MS, CLC / Director of Early Childhood Outreach and Pediatric Clinical Psychology
DeAnn graduated with a Bachelor's in Liberal Arts from Arizona State University and a Master's in Child and Adolescent Development from Capella University. For 18 years DeAnn has dedicated her passion for young children to leading early childhood programs. She currently serves as the Arizona Healthy Steps Director and the Summit Healthcare Director of Healthy Steps. DeAnn has been an active member of boards representing the needs of children with special needs, infant-toddler mental health, and she served as Chair for a First Things First Regional Partnership Council. DeAnn is married to her husband Ben, is the mother to two adult children, and grandmother to two granddaughters.
Laurie Dose / Director of Environmental Services
Laurie Dose moved to Arizona from SE Minnesota in 2010 and recently relocated to Summit Healthcare. Laurie is a Certified Environmental Services Professional (CHESP) with 25 years of Healthcare Environmental Services experience. As the Director of Environmental Services, Laurie will place an emphasis on disinfection for Infection Prevention. Professional affiliations include the Association for the Health Care Environment (AHE) and Cleaning Management Institute.
Laurie is excited to join Summit Healthcare and live in the beautiful White Mountains, as they are much like her home in Minnesota.
Julie Forney, AART(R) (T) / Director of Oncology Services
As the Director of Oncology Services she is responsible for Radiation Oncology, Medical Oncology, Chemotherapy, and a dedicated oncology pharmacy. Julie began the radiation oncology program at Summit Healthcare in April of 2003. As the program grew, it was necessary to develop a comprehensive oncology center and as a result, in 2005 the medical oncology program was developed. Oncology Services now has two medical oncologists, one radiation oncologist, seven RN's, and support staff. Julie is Board Certified in Radiology as well as Radiation Therapy. She is married with three grown children and four grandchildren.
Jarrett Maxwell / Director of Cardiopulmonary Services
Jarrett Maxwell grew up locally in Arizona's White Mountains. To further his education, Jarrett went to Gateway community college earning his Associates degree in Respiratory Therapy and NAU for his Bachelor's degree in Science and Respiratory Care. Then shortly after graduating; Jarrett moved back to the White Mountains and started working for Summit Healthcare as a night shift Respiratory Therapist in Cardiopulmonary. Jarrett has been a member of the Summit Healthcare team since 2010, and is working closely with his team as director. As Director of Cardiopulmonary, Jarrett is responsible for the oversight of Respiratory Therapy, EKG, EEG and Sleep Study services. In his off time Jarrett enjoys basketball, mountain biking, and racquet ball with his friends and family.
Jarom Lewis / Director of Security
Jarom Lewis retired from law enforcement after a successful career with the Arizona Department of Public Safety. He served as a highway patrolman, gang enforcement detective, narcotics detective, and also served on the state's high risk response team. Jarom finished his law enforcement career while serving as a deputized FBI task force member specializing in violent crime and narcotics. He graduated from Northern Arizona University with a bachelor's degree in psychology and a minor in criminal justice studies. Jarom was born and grew up in the White Mountains. He and his wife are the parents of 5 children. He has been with Summit Healthcare since 2014.
Wade McDowell / Director of Therapy Services
Wade McDowell has worked in therapy services for over 21 years. He began his career in the early 90's as a staff occupational therapist, working in both Nebraska and Colorado. By 1997 he was the Director of Rehabilitation Services, in 2008 he moved into an Assistant Nursing Home Administrator role and two years later he became the Administrator. In 2013 he moved to New Mexico to become the Director of Rehabilitation Services and Occupational Therapy at a large, for-profit hospital. He joined the Summit Healthcare Therapy Services team as Director in the fall of 2014.
Mitzi Melero, RN / Director of ICU, IV Therapy and Cardio/Pulmonary Rehabilitation Services
Mitzi Melero came to Summit in 2004. She graduated from Purdue University in 1981 with a degree in Nursing and obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Health Administration with an emphasis on Health Information Systems in 2012. Mitzi has worked in Intensive Care Units since 1983 and has spent more than a decade in management. Mitzi is a major NASCAR fan!
Laura Nicks, RN / Director of Compliance
As a Midwest transplant, Laura started her nursing career at Summit Healthcare in 1983. She returned to Summit in 1992 and shortly thereafter became the Care Resource Director. Care Resource encompasses several supportive functions that serve all hospital departments which include Social Services, Case Management, Administrative Shift Coordinators, RN Floats, Utilization Management and Staffing Coordinator. Laura graduated from Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota with a Bachelor of Arts in Nursing, emphasis on Community Health. Professional affiliations include Case Management Society of America and the 'Diehard Minnesota Vikings Club'. in 2013 Laura took on the challenging position of Compliance Director.
Jayne Simms, RN, MSN / Director of Medical Surgical Services
Jayne Simms has been in her role as Director of Medical/Surgical Services since 2002 and has been a member of the Summit Healthcare Leadership Team since 1996. Jayne's nursing career started when she became a commissioned officer in the United States Air Force. In addition to her military service, Jayne has over 17 years of nursing management experience in the inpatient and outpatient arenas, staff development, and quality management. Jayne and her team of dedicated staff have worked hard to build a Med/Surg environment that is team-oriented and fun while focused on providing high-quality care to their patients. This atmosphere has come to be known as the "Med/Surg Magic!"
Jill Stansberry / Director of Volunteer Services
Jill has been at Summit Healthcare since 2012, and has been the Director of Volunteer Services since 2015. As Director of Volunteer Services she on-boards and places volunteers in areas throughout the hospital and oversees Around the Corner Sweet Shop & Café and Summit Marketplace Gift and Floral Shop. She enjoys working with the Volunteers at Summit and the variety of personalities and backgrounds they bring. Their passion and energy are contagious! She and her husband Jim moved to the White Mountains in 1987, and have 2 adult children. She enjoys spending time outdoors with family and friends.
Bill Thomack / Certified Occupational Health Nurse Specialist
Bill grew up in Winslow, AZ where he worked for the Santa Fe Railroad for four years before returning to school and receiving a Degree in Respiratory Therapy. He went to nursing school in Farmington, NM and received a Bachelor's of Science in Nursing at the University of Phoenix. Bill is a Certified Occupational Health Nurse Specialist and has worked in Occupational Health since 1989. He spent 22 years working in Occupational Health for Arizona Public Service Company, most of which was at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station. While at APS, he was also part of the APS Volunteer Clown Unit. In 2013, he went to work for Payson Regional Medical Center as the Director of Employee Health/Infection Prevention and Environmental Services.
Along with Occupational Health, Bill has also served as the Emergency Manager for Banner Payson Medical Center and has received training in Anniston Alabama through FEMA. Bill has 3 children and 12 grandchildren. Bill and his wife like to spend their free time camping, hiking and spending time in their RV in Tonto Basin, AZ. Bill makes jewelry which he sells at different craft shows in Arizona. He is a huge Disney fan, with the inside and outside of his house decorated with Disney items.
Angie Valentine / Director of Home Health
Angie Valentine, Director of Home Health, was raised in a small community in Illinois and attended St. Louis University where she earned her Bachelor's in Exercise Science, Masters and Doctorate in Physical Therapy. Her passion for Home Health began in 2001 in St. Louis where she had the opportunity to work with patients from all walks of life – from the inner city to rural farm towns. Dr. Valentine appreciates the interdisciplinary approach offered by the Home Health Department. Home Health Nurses, Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Home Health Aides and Medical Social Workers help patients recuperate from illness or surgery and educate them in how to manage their chronic disease(s). In 2012, Angie was excited to join Summit Healthcare and live in the beautiful White Mountains. In her free time, Angie enjoys being outdoors, experimenting with new recipes in the kitchen, and reading.
Richard Spray / Director of Patient Financial Services
Richard was born in Birmingham, England, but grew up primarily in Oklahoma and Virginia. He has worked in Revenue Cycle for 16 years; 9 of those years in Revenue Cycle leadership/management. He attended ASU for his Bachelors and Master's degrees in design and received his MBA from Grand Canyon University. Prior to joining Summit Healthcare he worked for HonorHealth for 15 years. He is married with 5 children and loves doing family activities, watching college football, playing tennis, and soccer. He is very excited to be a part of and serve the White Mountain Community.
Josh Adams, MBA, CPA, CGMA / Controller, Director of Accounting
Josh grew up in the beautiful White Mountains and has lived in Arizona most of his life. He relocated back to the White Mountains in 2009 to come work for Summit Healthcare. Josh has a Master's degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Accounting and is a Certified Public Accountant and a Chartered Global Management Accountant. He is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Healthcare Financial Management Association. Josh and his wife are the parents of 3 children. In his spare time he enjoys coaching youth sports, being in the outdoors, and watching almost any sport.


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This is the medal that is given to the Nobel prize winners. Check it out. (Teachers, you could get into Roman numerals right here.) LittleRomanNumeralLesson.pdf
What do you know about the Nobel Prize? Who do you know who has received a Nobel Prize?
The Nobel Prizes have just been awarded. Alfred Nobel was a chemist, engineer, inventor, and businessman. He left most of his fortune to endow 5 prizes for "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind" in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and peace.
Take a look at the monetary amount that Alfred Nobel bequeathed and evaluate the present day worth of that gift from Krona to U.S. dollars and the value of his gift today.
For members we have an editable Word docx and solutions.
NobelPrize-amounts.docx NobelPrize-amounts-solution.pdf
LittleRomanNumeralLesson.docx LittleRomanNumeralLesson-solution.pdf


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Monday, January 18, 2010
PKR: 17 tahun tunggu masalah jalan selesai
Agropoliton land for Indian squatters
UMNO evicts 43 Indian squatters from the KTMB land along Ipoh – Padang Besar. UMNO announces peanuts of RM 98,200.00 each. (The Star 15/1/2010 at page N.6). We are not…
UMNO evicts 43 Indian squatters from the KTMB land along Ipoh – Padang Besar. UMNO announces peanuts of RM 98,200.00 each. (The Star 15/1/2010 at page N.6). We are not sure if even these peanut was fully given.
But what ever happens when they finish using up if ever this RM 8,200.00, most probably to pay up their debts? Then they will be out in the streets again or squat with their relatives and live in tensed and cramped conditions all their lives, and end up quarrelling and arguing and may be even violence against each other. Thus may be the increasing crime rate among the Indians in Malaysia. Or to another squatter settlement all over again.
Unlike a Malay, orang asli Kadazan or Iban, these Indians have no villages to go back to. Even the poor Chinese squatter will fit in to one of the hundreds of Chinese villages in Malaysia.
But for these poor Indians, it is back to the streets and mysery all their lives until their dying days.
P. Uthayakumar
UMNO denies Indian man Socso benefits
Only RM 139.00 monthly is given to M. Mohan and that to after an eight year struggle (The Star 14/1/10 at page N55).
This is the kind of hell the…
Only RM 139.00 monthly is given to M. Mohan and that to after an eight year struggle (The Star 14/1/10 at page N55).
This is the kind of hell the One Million plus racist and religious extremist trained by UMNO Biro Tata Negara government staff does to Mohan whose hands and part of his body were made disabled.
Mohan's case is only the tip of the ice berg and these are estimated to be thousands of others in his shoes but goes not being reported.
P. Uthayakumar.
Policeman forgot to report death
There is no legal history of Malaysian Court ordering charge of murder or manslaughter.
But in this latest case of death at the Sentul police station of R. Gunasegaran. It…
There is no legal history of Malaysian Court ordering charge of murder or manslaughter.
But in this latest case of death at the Sentul police station of R. Gunasegaran. It is ridiculous that the policeman forgot to report the death of this detainee in the police lock up.
As usual UMNO puts an Indian policeman mandore One Sjn Mejar Rajinder Singh to tone down the racist and religious extremist Malay-sian police force. Remember they did the same thing in the case of the murder in police custody of A. Kugan when another only are Indian mandore policeman was prosecuted and that too not for murder but only a token criminal offence.
HRP Information Cheif
PKR cheats 74 poor Indian families, low cost houses denied
These 74 poor families from Kampong Bunga Raya, Shah Alam were cheated into moving into temporary longhouses. (The Star 13/1/10 at page N48). But then this longhouses can be demolished…
These 74 poor families from Kampong Bunga Raya, Shah Alam were cheated into moving into temporary longhouses. (The Star 13/1/10 at page N48). But then this longhouses can be demolished at any time as is the case forced now imminently on some 100 poor Indians in Kampong Medan in Petaling Jaya.
The Indians form about 25% of the Selangor population and voted in PKR, DAP and PAS in Selangor in the last elections. But having come to power PKR, DAP and PAS are playing almost the very same political games played by the previous UMNO led state government.
P. Uthayakumar
Orphaned dead body of Maniam (41) – poverty related
(Malaysia Nanban 14/1/10 at page 17).
This kind of news reports are only reported about poor Indians from time to time and that too only in the Tamil press.
(Malaysia Nanban 14/1/10 at page 17).
This kind of news reports are only reported about poor Indians from time to time and that too only in the Tamil press.
We never read of reports of this nature involving a Malay, Chinese, Orang Asli, Iban, Kadazan etc in Malaysia. This happens only to the Indians because it is poverty related and no care is extended to them.
P. Uthayakumar
Is a Malaysian Indian subject to subtle genocide?
As a Muslim and more so as a Malaysian, one would find plenty of historical facts and the contribution of the Malaysian Indians are being slowly eradicated and redressed to depict them as the new underclass society that is not worth their existence in Malaysia.
Look up on genocide at http://www.hrweb.org/legal/genocide.html and you would realise in the modern era, a conceptual argument towards history cases and contemporary issues is a definition that we as individuals make out for ourselves when we argue on the predicament of the Malaysian Indians without admitting the reality that they face.
Rather than looking at the intention and the perpetrators, most would look for a structured conflict based on historic cases and individual conception although the reality does bite the bullet for the majority Malaysian Indians in Malaysia.
Whichever way you look at it, when violations or crimes against humanity is undertaken by the state in any form to deprive humanity to survive, genocide and cleansing do occur only that we tend to measure it by our own conception.
Now looking at the http://www.humanrightspartymalaysia.com/2010/01/09/the-malaysian-indian-minority-human-rights-violations-annual-report-2009/. I feel there is a concerted effort by the government in exercising genocide against the Malaysian Indians. Most of the details entailed in this report are factual as they are procured through major government controlled newspapers such as Star, NST, Malay Mail, Utusan Malaysia, Berita Harian, Bernama news that clearly indicates on the deprivation of a Malaysian Indian in participating in the socio development of Malaysia through oppressive government policies.
For example how does it make sense in Malaysia, that UiTM that only allows Malay Muslim to enroll in its university but nevertheless allocates 10% of foreign students of the Muslim belief into their university when deserving Malaysian students from other beliefs are deprived even if they qualify? Is Onemalaysia religious based?
Even if the Malaysian Indians were to pursue their education elsewhere, for instance in the field of medicine in various other countries through their own efforts, the government steps in to derecognize these universities because the students are of Malaysian Indian origin. If this is not indirect cleansing, then what is this?
There are many instances similar. Look at the agricultural field, FELDA is a giant, yet the Malaysian Indians were there initial contributors, yet there is a systematic exclusion of these Malaysians in participation or in the plans of the government.
Biro Tata Negara (BTN) and latest brazen torching of the churches only further indicates the state of affairs that is being conducted by the government. Whether it is an indirect genocide or cleansing is a subjective approach that each Malaysian should take heed and protect each other from the modern day government that we have created.
Saying all these, nothing is going to change a status quo as a preferred Malay Muslim but that is not what those would desire as for for them being a Malaysian is a confluence of the ethnicity, culture, belief without infringing another what they rightly deserve that has molded them to be a part for a better Malaysia.
The government has been the forerunner in various blatant provocation based on its own volition, but it is up to us as individual to recognize the flaws to create and make the change for the society. At present, the Malaysian Indians do face a dilemma in an indirect form of genocide and cleansing, and we as Malaysian need to hold the fort and forge together in entertain their needs to participate in the socio development of Malaysia.
Check this out and you will know what I mean http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUcXI2BIUOQ
Thank you.
Mydin Baharuddin


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Romsey Golf Club
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Romsey Golf Club is situated on the road from Romsey to Southampton at Nursling, just a short distance from junction 3 of the M27. The course measures 5,856 yards from the white tees with a standard scratch of 69, is extremely well wooded, with narrow fairways and relatively small greens. To refer to it as a parkland layout would be something of an understatement.
The terrain is varying with slopes and rolling fairways, well bunkered, with some subtle changes of elevation to add spice to your round. Just to play at Romsey is pleasure enough for some, but if you want to score well make sure you bring a straight and accurate game. The round starts with a gentle par 4 but the golfer does not have to wait long for the test to begin with the 2nd a tough climbing tree lined par 4. Romsey has its equivalent of "Amen corner" with the 5th 6th and 7th holes.
Two very demanding par 3's surround the signature hole, a 455 yard journey down a winding valley to a small elevated green. A spectacular hole with a truly magnificent view and fully deserving its status as stroke index 1. The back 9 commences with a short but tricky par 3 followed by a run of excellent par 4's, with a number of dog legs, culminating with the 18th, the only par 5, all uphill back to the clubhouse.
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|Prof. Peter D. Feaver
Do you agree with the dim view Prof. Feaver takes of military resignations in protest? Certainly we lack a tradition of such resignations, but can you think of situations in which resignation was called for? For example, should the Judge Advocates General have resigned, rather that merely pushing back, when they learned that U.S. officials were torturing people? Tom Ricks has written that
they became the first line of defense against the use of torture and other [George W.] Bush Administration transgressions because they were "double professionals," heedful of their dual duties both as officers and as lawyers. This made them more likely to refuse to break the law or tell others to do so.True enough. But why not resign and drive the point home? As the editor's favorite author wrote in "Where is the Courage to Walk Away?" in Navy Times in 2005, "memos that do not see the light of day until years later, and then only when pried out of the government by determined senators, are no substitute."


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"This book is HILARIOUS. If you have a pregnant woman in your life, get this for her. If you know anyone with small children, get this book for them. If you've ever wondered why your child refuses to eat the delicious dinner you lovingly prepared for them and instead chooses to eat their own boogers, this book is for you." Read Full Review
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"Toddler tantrums are as inevitable as death, taxes, and vomit down your back."
At first I was going to say this book is a pure humor source – it IS funny – but then I thought, well, it also possesses more honest, common sense advice than some of the horrible pregnancy and parenting books on the market. Seriously, some of those are so unrealistic they may as well be used as toilet paper instead. This book indulges in humor, anecdotes, cutesy drawings, dividing the illogicality of childhood behavior with mathematics and physics, but also gives good advice because it's what people can actually expect. It's certainly not all roses and compromise.
I think my favorite part was the section which detailed the types of moms out there, with each category breaking it down further. Fun stuff and some of it I can identify with. Such as: "Hands-On Mom is more active during the day, while Perfection Mom is nocturnal, preferring to stalk Pinterest boards late into the night." Read Full Review
Momma's House of Books
"This hilarious book combines (slightly altered) well known scientific facts with extremely accurate anecdotes that all parents can relate to. I recommend this book, with its quirky stories and cute graphics to all parents, grandparents and caregivers; I guarantee it'll make you chuckle." Read Full Review
Games Fiends
Science of Parenthood is a book that lets you laugh at the oh-so-many challenges in parenting today. Whether you're a soon-to-be parent looking ahead, an exhausted trooper with three kids under five, or sending the kids off to middle school in the morning, each humorous page is a fun reminder that you are not alone – and that when things get rough, it's far better to just laugh at it all. Read Full Review
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This is a book for times when you're feeling a little (or more than a little) cynical about parenthood, and you're looking to get a couple laughs out of it, because deriving any other benefits seems out of reach. Read Full Review


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The import code for the Ogex looks easy to implement OpenGex-Import.zip into OSG interpreter.Chris wrote:AFAIK, all we'd need is an OSG loader for OpenGEX files. Anything OSG can load, OpenMW should be able to use.
What will be more difficult is things like animation, since the engine relies on custom data being supplied in certain nodes of the model. With NIF, these are done with specific Node types and extra data containers stored in the nodes. I don't know enough about how OSG (or OpenGEX) is designed to know how easy it is work with that. I know there was some talk before about needing to have custom node types to support particles and animation in .osg files, which would obviously cause a problem with modeling software that doesn't know about those node types (which thusly can't create particles or animations, kinda defeating the purpose of supporting them in the format).
Anyway, i think the basic feature of the .nif - node system with unique flags and tags are disadvantage, if we are look into the universal and wide supportable future of the engine. Where all important features are stick to the long abandoned plugins in a third-party software with need to edit in another third-party software before the Game Engine. If we will look into the Unity3d for example, it have a importing menu for the raw data. This Import menu used to set up the unique flags and tags, names for the animation sequences and materials, same as we did in .nif. In this case we have a great advantage - we can use any kind of RAW data - mesh data or animation data and than we can set the needed settings and the tags inside the Engine, where Any software can be used to create the assets and then exported it in the unified raw data, such a OpenGEX and than natively load via engine.
In same way will be easy to implement other formats if it will be needed. For example .OSG with animation (in future) can be loaded in same way with the Import Settings in the middle and will have same features as .nif can have.


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Open the bottom of the carton, then flatten it out. Seal one of the open sides with tape. Lay the picture of mirror face down on several sheets of packing paper, then fold over the edges of the paper and seal them with tape. Slide the picture or mirror into the unsealed side of your carton and seal the carton's end with tape.
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Today Khronos released the SYCL 1.2 provisional standard, you can read the specification and the press release. This is a provisional standard, so you can provide feedback about it on the forums.
You can also watch my YouTube video that gives a pitch for the standard, and how it fits in with things. This video is light on code details, because I want you to understand the basic ideas and then go read the specification for yourself.
Note that this video is unofficial and is not endorsed by Khronos or affiliated with it, the views in here are my own, and my slight mistake and audio stumble at the end is entirely my fault.


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You know when you played Theme Hospital (assuming you did, because, you know; why wouldn't you?), did you ever think to yourself: "I could be doing so much more here, why don't I leave the life of being a Hospital CEO and go into Pharmaceutical Production?" Well chances are that you thought no such thing as for one; Theme Hospital was a game, not real life or an RPG, and for two; you were really quite content with the game you were playing at the time. If it were the case though that one day while playing Theme Hospital and you actually thought the above statement, well now you can – not in Theme Hospital, but in a game that focuses on the production of Medicine based products.
Big Pharma (produced by Twice Circled) is a game where you the player are managing director of a pharmaceutical company. You start your company off with a small brightly coloured interior warehouse and a few inventions and ingredients at your disposal to which you can use to create cures for illnesses. All you need to do is put these assets into production and sell sell sell.
Game play is very simple; in your empty warehouse you need to use one of the holes in the wall to import an ingredient, and then use machines at your disposal to meet certain requirements before either finishing off the ingredient mixture or upgrading it to be a cure for something else. Once that is done, you need to turn the current ingredient into a manufactured cure by putting it through a pill maker, and then transport it to another hole in the wall to name it and sell it. Later options at your disposal include creaming the drugs instead of selling them as pills, and even packing them. The game though is not as easy as it sounds as machines, conveyor belts and equipment take up space (turning it into a mini puzzle game in the process) and you have a limited area, plus in some cases are required to create a catalyst in order for some cures to be upgraded. The game though is not all about Medication Manufacturing, as it's also a part business and research sim. You will be required to hire explorers and researchers to discover new ingredients and new machinery, while at the same time use their down time to provide you with upgrade points. At the same time however, you need to be concerning yourself with making money too, as production costs can be quite astronomical, and your company is in competition with others.
Big Pharma is a nicely animated little game. The game graphics are nicely detailed, but not too detailed so can work on most machines without a fuss. The Animation though is superb. It can be quite mesmerizing watching the ingredients progress along the conveyor belts, changing form and colour as machines work on them, and watching the machines work is a nice little added extra, and comes with a form of animation very similar I find to that of Theme Hospital. Watching the water boil in the Dissolver, or seeing ingredients pulped in the Agglomerator, working their way down the production line and being made into either pills or as a cream. It's really fun to watch and nice little bits like that really help this game to provide a detailed experience.
The game; all be it relatively fun and still pretty unique, does have its short comings. For one, I like the idea of creating a production line, but the production line does seem to be rather slow, I did not know that Conveyor belts started and stopped every second, I thought they just kept going? It can take a while for the process to complete and when you need money fast, but the conveyors only move at one speed (which is sort of move and stop, move and stop), or the other cases where you are trying to reach a deadline in the game's objectives mode, it can be very annoying. You can of course speed things up with the mystical speed change options in the bottom left of the screen, but you may as well just keep it up at full speed in that case just to speed up the game and make the conveyors more realistic. The objectives are not bad and it is pretty fun going through each one, just to give you something to do in the game, but with your mind on reaching a certain objective, you may as well ignore everything else in the game, and concentrate on what you need to do rather than what else you could be doing. Then once you have done enough and or have reached your goal, you do have the option of getting a better score than the basic score which is a nice added add-on, but by this point you may as well just speed up the game in places or end the level just to be done with it and do something else.
Most of the cures you make can be upgraded relatively quickly on, but they require the use of machines you have not unlocked yet, in which case I found myself spending time and money in researching the things I needed each time before sending anything in production, just to be able to give the game the best I could. The other thing though is the Catalysts. The game comes with a very comprehensive tutorial mode which is very descriptive and also very fun, but each time I tried to do a catalyst in the real game, I would not achieve it. Making catalysts is supposed to be hard, but when you are doing everything right, the catalyst still does not make itself, and it can be very annoying, especially as sometimes you need that upgraded cure to move on.
Big Pharma is one of these Production line games that have begun to make a real appearance in the industry along with other games like Factorio. Making a production line is a good fun idea and when combined with making product to sell turns the game not just into a factory based game but also a resources and economic game, where you need to concentrate on not just making a good product but also turning a profit. I like that idea, and when combined with the games look, idea and animation, it makes a good fit that is at least to begin with a fun game to play. But as the game progresses and its short comings come to light, it becomes a game that I was once excited to play but now don't really see a future for. Maybe I like my games with a little more realism in its depictions of production, but for its slow speed, but also relatively pointless extras during its objective based gameplay, I feel that this game was once fun, but then just ended.


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Silloth Airfield Celebration 24th April 2015
On Friday 24th April 2015, Silloth Tourism Action Group (STAG) held a celebration evening to mark the end of their year long 'Silloth Airfield' project, which was funded by Heritage Lottery.
During the evening, which was introduced by the group's Chairman John Cook and the Town's Mayor, Tony Markley, STAG showcased what they have achieved over the past year. Outcomes include:
- A website tracing the history of the airfield and highlighting memories of the men and women who were based there during WW2 – at https://sillothairfield.wordpress.com/ (designed and administered by Anna Malina, Project Co-ordinator)
- A documentary film about the airfield and its memories (script Anna Malina, voiceover Tim Barker, recorded by Geoff Betsworth and edited by professional film-maker John Hamlett of Lunar.co.uk)
- A diorama of the airfield, complete with buildings, hangars, runways and planes replicating the aerodrome as it was during WW2 (Designed and built by Brian Irwin)
- A Simulator for landing a WW2 Beaufighter on Runway 21 Silloth Airfield (by Open Source Programmer Stuart Buchanan)
- A Simulator loaned by the team from the Solway Aviation Museum
- An Exhibition of information and WW2 artefacts (Pop-up displays designed by Mike Hughes and printed by John Cook Signs; artefacts relating to the airfield loaned by a number of local people, the Solway Aviation Museum and Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum)
- A vintage stall set up by Kirsten Johnson
- A WW2 table display made by the pupils at Silloth Primary School
- A stall with artefacts set up by the Solway Aviation Museum
The evening was a roaring success with youngsters from the Solway Community Technology College involved in a performance drama. Coached by Jonny Sunter with script by Veronica Perrins, the youngsters put on a brilliant performance, illustrating their in-depth knowledge and understanding of their local airfield's proud role during WW2.
A documentary-style film about the airfield was shown after the drama. The story covered many aspects of the airfield's history. Much thanks is due to Rex Morris, a former aero engineer at the airfield, for first hand stories about his time there. Gratitude also to Pamela Coates for photos and memoirs of her parents, George and Elsie Doughty (nee Pattinson). George was an aero engineer on the airfield at 22MU and a lifelong friend of Rex's, while Elsie was an armourer, responsible for loading the guns and ammunition on the fighter planes at Silloth Aerodrome. Local man, Lawrence Marshall recalled his earliest memories of the airfield, and a few of George and Rex's stories were also told. These accounts in particular touched members of the audience, many of whom were in tears by the end, especially after Tim Barker's reading of the lyrics he'd written for a song about 'Hudson Bay' many years ago. The song, with Tim's lyrics, has also been recorded for the project. Tim's words are sung by Cumbrian folk singer, Craig Duggon, accompanied by local guitar teacher Geoff Bettsworth, who plays several instruments in the piece. The song will be available in due course on the Airfield website. Geoff Betsworth also did a great job of recording the voice-over for the film in his home studio.
During WW2, air crews at RAF Silloth's Operational Training Unit were trained using the 'Silloth Trainer,' a type of familiarisation 'simulator' for learning drills and the handling of malfunctions. Developed by Wing Commander Isles at RAF Silloth, and built from the fuselage of a Halifax Bomber, the trainer taught basic flying behaviour.
In addition, all the engine, electric and hydraulic systems were emulated. It was said that many of the parts inside the trainer were made from piano parts. There must have been many pianos with bits missing in Silloth, since fourteen Silloth Trainers were built for use by other Operational Training Units in the UK. Emulating the Silloth Trainer, 'open source' programmer Stuart Buchanan wrote a programme for special computer simulator or SIM, allowing people at the event to land a WW2 plane on Runway 21, Silloth Airfield. Young and old 'trainee pilots' at the celebration enjoyed sitting in a real Spitfire cockpit, loaned by Niall Paterson, to land the plane (or not).
A leaflet about the airfield, designed by mikehughescreative.com and a souvenir programme by Yvonne Parkes was given to each member of the audience. Jennifer Rowlands, Judith Schafer, James and the other helpful staff at Solway Community Technology College deserve special mention. The school did an impressive job of hosting and providing the buffet, not to mention their skills in crowd control. Thanks also to Sheona Nichols from the RAFA Club in Silloth, who did an equally impressive job providing a welcome selection of refreshments.
Jazz Band, The Cumberland Hot Shots (npenninemusic.co.uk), led the audience down memory lane with their reminiscent rendition of WW2 music and songs. Band member Chris Perrins saved the day when he wired up the band's sound system for the film show after the school system hit a problem.
Members of STAG's Airfield sub-committee include John Cook, Chris Graham, Owen Martin, Fausto Previtali, Angus Emmerson and Richard Emmerson. STAG were ably assisted by Gordon Akitt (knowledge, photos and advice), Jim Smith (aerial photography) and Kevin Irwin (photos and advice). Anna Malina, Silloth Green's Community Engagement Officer, worked with the STAG Team, and co-ordinated the project on their behalf. Thanks to Silloth Town Council, who lent their support too. A great team effort for a fantastic project that has re-energised pride in the local airfield and the men and women – civilians and aircrew – who were based there.
While the funding period for the current project has now ended, STAG will be working in partnership with Silloth Town Council to continue their endeavours to preserve the heritage of the airfield and the memories of the men and women who were based there.
"We offer our sincere thanks to the many airmen and civilian personnel who came from all over the UK and other allied countries to serve at Silloth Aerodrome during WW2. We are very proud and forever grateful for the service you gave, and we will support ongoing efforts to preserve your memories and stories of the airfield into the future."
Silloth Tourism Action Group 2015
Thanks to Brian Clarke, Gordon Akitt and John Hamlett for photos.


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In my mind late 80's and early 90's MTBs make ideal commuting bikes for loads of various reasons .
A lot of them were available with good quality tubesets ie various grades of Tange and Reynolds spring to mind straight away never mind early 4130 cro mo that came along a bit later . All of these should provide a decent quality ride .
Most of them won't have heavy suspension either which I always feel to be totally pointless unless you are hurtling down a bumpy dirt track instead of just trundling along a paved cycle path on your way to the office .
The majority will have at least 18 speeds and there is a good bet that the small " Granny Ring " won't have seen any or had very little useage in its life time and if you are lucky they will be paddle controlled rather than twist gripped . A lot of them came with tried and tested shimano running gear as well .
The first modification to make is to throw the big fat knobbly tyres away and fit some more road friendly tyres that won't howl once you reach a certain speed like the big open treaded knobbly ones will do . The other advantage of road friendly tyres is that they are a lot easier to keep rolling along than a set of knobbly's. The vast if not all will be running on 26" wheels so loads of choice should new rims be required .
Another strong point is the Cantilever braking systems are normally fairly strong in standard format never mind with the adoption of some newer style brake pads like Kool stop. Okay they won't give you the stopping power of a set of modern disc brakes but they will do the job well enough with some general servicing and up keep .
Most of the other items like seat posts, stems and bars will be alloy items not steel so again a lot lighter than their steel cousins . Some makers also did some of these components with nice colours rather than the plain old alloy or black finish . People like Girvin offered a quill stem with some suspension built in as well , these are quite sort after today .
So all in all there is no need to go and buy a brand new bike just for commuting just keep an eye out for local sales of decent quality 80 & 90's Mtb's and save yourself some money as well.


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Can Gerbils Eat Celery?
Celery is very closely related to the parley family and grows in stocks. This vegetable is relatively popular in the culinary world as it can be used for a variety of dishes and can be cooked and put raw in salads. Usually the leaves of the celery are cut off and thrown away as they … Read moreCan Gerbils Eat Celery?


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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Amid a political push for government-funded preschool for 4-year-olds, a growing number of experts fear that such programs actually start too late for the children most at risk. That is why Deisy Ixcuna-González, the 16-month-old daughter of Guatemalan immigrants, is wearing a tiny recorder that captures every word she hears and utters inside her family's cramped apartment one day a week.
Recent research shows that brain development is buoyed by continuous interaction with parents and caregivers from birth, and that even before age 2, the children of the wealthy know more words than do those of the poor. So the recorder acts as a tool for instructing Deisy's parents on how to turn even a visit to the kitchen into a language lesson. It is part of an ambitious campaign, known as Providence Talks, that is aimed at the city's poorest residents and intended to reduce the knowledge gap long before school starts. It is among a number of such efforts being undertaken throughout the country.
"When she grabs your hand and brings you to the refrigerator and points to the cabinet, that is an opportunity for you to say, 'Deisy, are you hungry? You want cereal? Let's go look for the cereal,' " Stephanie Taveras, a Providence Talks home visitor who also works with Early Head Start, told Deisy's mother in Spanish. "You do the responding for her now until she has the vocabulary, and she will be hearing you."
Educators say that many parents, especially among the poor and immigrants, do not know that talking, as well as reading, singing and playing with their young children, is important. "I've had young moms say, 'I didn't know I was supposed to talk to my baby until they could say words and talk to me,' " said Susan Landry, director of the Children's Learning Institute at the University of Texas in Houston, which has developed a home visiting program similar to the one here in Providence.
Close to a quarter of all American children now live in poverty. More than half of all children age 2 and under are cared for during the day by a parent or relative, according to a McCormick Foundation analysis of census data.
To reach those children, educators say they need to focus their efforts on the home.
"In the same way that we say you should feed your child, brush their teeth, you should be stimulating their brain by talking, singing and reading to them," said Ann O'Leary, the director of Too Small to Fail, an initiative aimed at closing the word gap across the country. "We want to move the needle from this being an optional activity to a must-do activity."
Too Small to Fail, a joint effort of the nonprofit Next Generation and the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, chose Latino children as its initial focus because more of them live in poverty than do children of any other racial or ethnic group. They are also more likely to be cared for at home by a relative during the day than are either white or African-American children. Hillary Rodham Clinton is the co-founder of Too Small to Fail, which has raised $10 million so far.
Last month, Too Small To Fail started an advertising campaign in conjunction with Univision, the Spanish-language television network, featuring Bárbara Bermudo, the host of a popular afternoon program. In one ad, Ms. Bermudo appears with her young daughters in a pink-infused playroom, baking in the kitchen and then reading them a book.
"Taking fifteen minutes a day to communicate with them while you're preparing dinner or reading to them at bedtime are the most valuable minutes for developing their vocabulary skills and creating a strong foundation for their academic success," Ms. Bermudo tells viewers.
Ms. O'Leary said Too Small to Fail would experiment with a variety of media messages in different cities. Starting later this spring, slogans like "Words bring your child's mind to life," "Talking is teaching" and "Feed me words" will appear on billboards, grocery carts and buses in low-income neighborhoods in Tulsa, Okla. The goal, Ms. O'Leary said, is to emulate the success of other public information campaigns such as those intended to reduce crib deaths by persuading parents to put their babies to sleep on their backs.
As in Providence, several groups around the country — some of longstanding tenure — are building home visiting programs and workshops to help parents learn not only that they should talk, but how to do so.
"Every parent can talk," said Dr. Dana Suskind, a pediatric surgeon at the University of Chicago who founded the Thirty Million Words Initiative, which oversees home visiting programs and public information campaigns.
"It's the most empowering thing," said Dr. Suskind, who is securing funding for a randomized trial of a home-based curriculum intended to teach parents how they should talk with their children and why.
Advocates for the poor say that improving the long-term academic prospects of disadvantaged children, much less their chance of escaping poverty, is a much more complicated proposition than some of these programs might suggest.
"When Hillary Clinton runs around trying to close the word gap, it's like fine, vocabulary is good," said Bruce Fuller, a professor of education and public policy at the University of California, Berkeley. "But there is a deeper commitment to literacy and conversation around the dinner table and talking to kids about ideas and political controversies that is the more colorful fabric of literacy and conversation."
Here in Providence, where more than 85 percent of public school students are eligible for federally subsidized lunches and two-thirds of public school kindergartners are behind in recognizing basic language sounds or identifying letters in print, officials see Providence Talks as just one part of a larger educational strategy. It is being funded by a $5 million grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies, and officials hope that they can eventually secure some public funding.
"The more effective we can show that it is, the higher the possibility that you can get government funding for it," said Angel Taveras, Providence's first Latino mayor and a graduate of Head Start.
On a chilly afternoon this month, Ms. Taveras (who is not related to the mayor) sat down with Deisy's parents. María González, who has a third-grade education and spoke her native K'iche' when she emigrated from Guatemala seven years ago, reviewed a bar chart that showed how many words she and her husband, Rafael Ixcuna, who packs fruit at a factory in the city, had spoken to Deisy on a day the previous week.
To help give parents feedback and provide data for researchers, the home visitors give each family — all of whom volunteered to participate — a tiny recording device, known as a Lena, that can be inserted into a vest worn by the child. The recorders distinguish between words overheard from television or other electronics and live human conversations. Computer software then analyzes the numbers of words spoken.
Privacy advocates and the Rhode Island chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union raised concerns about the recordings. In response, Providence officials disabled playback functions on the devices and promised that home visitors and others would never be able to listen to the actual conversations. The recordings are immediately erased once they are uploaded for word-count analysis.
Researchers say such recordings will help them track results. In the short term, scholars will evaluate whether the home visits prompt parents to talk more. In the longer term, they will be looking for improvements in future academic performance.
Child advocates say programs need to convey the subtlety of communication as well as simply trying to bolster word counts. "It's not just saying, 'You need to say this amount of words to your kids every day and then they're going to be smart and successful,' " said Claire Lerner, director of parenting resources at Zero to Three, a nonprofit group that promotes healthy development in the early years.
"We don't want parents talking at babies," Ms. Lerner said. "We want parents talking with babies."
In addition to tracking word counts, the Lena device can detect when parents and caregivers wait for — and respond to — the verbal utterances of their children.
On the visit last week, Ms. Taveras showed Ms. González how much she and Mr. Ixcuna had increased such "conversational turns" with Deisy.
Ms. González nodded, determined. "The next one will be even higher," she said.


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BeIng an Aurora has brought me many challenges physically and mentally. It has taken me to Singapore, Korea, Macau, China (twice), Canada, USA, Hungary and in 2016, Adelaide hosted the Asian Championships. I've paddled in 40 degree heat, at high altitude, stifling humidity, in fast flowing rivers, on purpose built courses and lakes, each presenting their own challenges. One of the perks is meeting paddlers from many countries and watching different styles and techniques.
Being an Aurora is a year long journey. It is not for everyone as many factors affect your decision such as personal finances, leave availability and your family. It begins with a desire to do something a bit different and outside your comfort zone, setting long term goals and simply committing to the process. The fitness test can be challenging but is very achievable with perseverance.
The training camps are where we vie for selection, meet paddlers from all over Australia and start the bonding process necessary to form a team. Factors that help are a competitive spirit, paddling flexibility as you may not paddle in your usual spot, mental toughness, physical fitness and a sense of humour. A strong camaraderie forms within the group and friendships form that can last for years. I am still in contact with teammates from my first campaign in Florida in 2011.
After this, the journey continues. If the competition is in October, as it was in 2017, you will train with your own clubs and later in state based Aurora boats for 10 months. You will make sacrifices to everything to fit in 3-4 gym sessions and 3-4 boat sessions a week as you hone your skills physically and mentally. The Aurora's gym and boat training program is tough and demanding. It can change you or bring out a different part within you which has been dormant. We are all amateur athletes, for myself the process is about pushing my limits and being the best I can through 100% commitment and perseverance.
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The Consumer Federation of America (CFA) released a Dodd-Frank progress report on Wednesday warning that while regulators have made "great strides" in implementing the law's sweeping reforms, further progress is threatened by congressional efforts to delay implementing needed reforms and defunding regulators, particularly the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
Travis Plunkett, CFA's legislative director, says that the fate of Dodd-Frank "hangs in the balance." He notes that while key investor and consumer protections are "generally on schedule and on track, large financial interests and their allies in Congress have taken steps that endanger the long-term success of these reforms."
Barbara Roper (left), director of investor protection at CFA, stated in the release announcing the progress report that regulators are "working furiously" to put investor protections in Dodd-Frank in place, so "it is up to Congress and the President to ensure that they get the oversight, backing, and resources they need to make the promises of Dodd-Frank a reality."
The CFA report gauged the progress of key consumer and investor protection provisions of Dodd-Frank and identified threats that could undermine effective implementation.
CFA addressed Dodd-Frank authorizing the SEC to create a fiduciary standard for brokers. While SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro has said the agency will proceed with rulemaking after the one-year anniversary of Dodd-Frank, the fact that "some members of Congress continue to question the need for a heightened standard … could impeded progress," CFA said in its report.
Another important investor protection issue is the creation of the Office of Investor Advocate at the SEC, which was mandated under Dodd-Frank but has been put on hold due to lack of funding. "The SEC must get approval from House and Senate appropriators for its funding reprogramming plan before it can move forward with establishing this office and hiring a director," CFA's report says. The SEC has submitted a plan and is awaiting that approval.
The question remains as to whether the SEC will see a further budget boost. As it stands now, the agency was given a "modest" budget increase to $1.18 billion for this year, which was "very welcome in light of House efforts to cut the SEC budget (but) still below the $1.3 billion authorized in Dodd-Frank," CFA notes.
The full House, CFA says, is expected to take up shortly — possibly before Congress' August recess — its 2012 financial services funding bill, which would keep SEC funding flat at the $1.18 billion in the coming year despite the fact that the SEC will be taking on "vastly expanded responsibilities" for oversight of securities-based swaps, hedge funds and credit rating agencies.
CFA maintains that the "biggest threat" to effective implementation of the derivatives reforms under Dodd-Frank is lack of funding for the SEC and CFTC. While the House has proposed keeping SEC funding flat in 2012, it has proposed to significantly cut the CFTC's budget to $171.9 million, leaving the agency "with a staffing level roughly equivalent to what it had when the agency was first created in the 1970s to oversee a relatively sleepy commodity and futures market," CFA says.
The administration, CFA says, "continues to seek a funding increase to $308 million, and leading Senate Democrats have pledged their support."
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) also faces a number of threats to its ability to effectively protect consumers, CFA argues in its report. First, despite the fact that President Barack Obama recently nominated former Ohio attorney general Richard Corday as director of the CFPB, Senate Republicans like Richard Shelby, R-Ala., ranking member on the Senate Banking Committee, are still adamant about blocking any director nominations until "weakening changes" are made to the CFPB's structure, funding and independence.
The CFPB's funding is also under attack, as appropriations legislation on the House floor would require taxpayer funding of the CFPB and reduce the CFPB's fiscal year 2012 budget to $200 million, a reduction of almost 50%, CFA says.
The CFA report also notes that the full House is scheduled to hold a vote on Thursday on H.R. 1315, the Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act of 2011, which would increase the power of other financial regulators to block CFPB's consumer protection measures, "ensuring that bank-friendly regulators have an easy excuse when they want to stop the CFPB from curbing abusive but lucrative financial practices."
This legislation would also alter the CFPB's leadership structure from a single director to a five-member commission, which, CFA says, "could drive the CFPB decision-making process toward gridlock and inaction."


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Authorities make the best with what they have in the cleanup of Borobudur from corrosive volcanic ash and the race to have everything open for the tourist season.
Indonesia's Borobudur Rising From the Ashes
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The major eruption of Mount Merapi on Nov. 5, which blanketed surrounding areas in volcanic ash, poses a serious and ongoing threat to ancient temple complexes such as Borobudur.
Officials are concerned the acidic soot will hasten the wearing of the temples, Borobudur in particular, which is covered in up to 3 centimeters of ash.
The site was closed to the public after the eruptions began on Oct. 26, while the government has sent workers in to clean up the temple complex.
"Since Nov. 11, we've taken emergency action to keep Borobudur clear of ash by cleaning up 72 stupas and the main stupa, and wrapping them in plastic,†Junus Satrio Atmojo, the Culture and Tourism Ministry's head of historical and archeological sites, said Saturday.


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Launch of "LivingLab BWe mobil" electromobility showcase initiative
The Baden-Württemberg electromobility showcase initiative "LivingLab BWe mobil" kicked off in mid-March this year. With the goal of finding solutions for mobility in the future, Fraunhofer IAO is working on some ten projects in collaboration with its partner IAT at the University of Stuttgart and the Fraunhofer application center KEIM.
Pioneers are needed to achieve the successful implementation of sustainable mobility in Germany. Baden-Württemberg has risen to this challenge by launching the showcase initiative "LivingLab BWe mobil", which has been running in Baden-Württemberg since mid-March. The initiative involves more than 100 partners from industry, the scientific community and the public sector who are collaborating on some 40 different projects to study electromobility in practice.
With over 30 researchers in its in-house Mobility Innovation Lab engaged in finding ways of taking electromobility to the next level, Fraunhofer IAO is contributing its expertise and infrastructure to various showcase projects in the field of electromobility:
- Charging infrastructure for Stuttgart and the surrounding region
Solutions for e-car sharing in urban areas, development of business models for public charging infrastructure | Partners: EnBW, Daimler AG, city of Stuttgart, car2go
Integrated energy management of electric vehicle fleets using a micro smart grid demonstrator including solar power, wind power, battery buffer systems, fuel cells with electrolyzers and 30 charge spots (AC and DC) | Partner: Daimler AG
Integrated fleet charging
Integrated fleet planning and charge management system for the vehicle fleet of the Land of Baden-Württemberg | Partners: EnBW, Swarco, Gigatronik, EnSoC, PBW
- Urban logistics for commercial traffic
Logistics concepts for the city | Partners: DHL, DPD and UPS; the cities of Karlsruhe, Ludwigsburg and Stuttgart; Daimler AG
- Stuttgart Services
Development of a mobility card for Stuttgart which entitles customers to use the full range of mobility services and other municipal facilities. Modeled on the Octopus Card in Hong Kong. Partners: SSB, VVS and many more.
Key tasks include the development of business models for charging infrastructure, the establishment of a micro smart grid, the integration of fleet and charge management solutions, city logistics and intermodal mobility solutions. In addition to the projects featured in the LivingLab BWe mobil showcase initiative, Fraunhofer IAO also carries out research as one of 80 partners integrated in the South-West Electromobility Cluster of Excellence, which is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).
Short videos presenting the showcase projects are available on the Internet at http://vimeo.com/channels/livinglabbwemobil/videos The PDF document http://www.e-mobilbw.de/Resources/LivingLab_Projektuebersicht_130312.pdf contains an overview of the projects including brief summaries and information on the participating partners.
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Showcase for electromobility: LivingLab BWe mobil
In April 2012, the German government selected four regions in Germany as "showcases for electromobility" and announced funding for the research and development of alternative drive technologies in these regions on the basis of a resolution passed by the German parliament. The federal government has set aside a total of 180 million euros to finance the complete showcase program. The program includes large-scale regional demonstration and pilot projects designed to put electromobility to the test at the interface between energy systems, vehicles and transport systems.
In Baden-Württemberg's "LivingLab BWe mobil" showcase initiative, more than 100 partners from industry, the scientific community and the public sector have joined forces to conduct research into electromobility in practice, supported by a significant injection of additional funding from the Land of Baden-Württemberg and the region of Stuttgart. The initiative includes some 40 projects focused on the Stuttgart region and the city of Karlsruhe, though the project activities are increasingly attracting international attention as well as local interest. The LivingLab BWe mobil initiative is taking a systemic approach with a series of interconnected projects designed to make electromobility accessible to everyone, ranging from e-bikes and electric cars to electric transportation vehicles and plug-in transit buses. The projects address key issues including intermodality, fleets and commercial transport, infrastructure and energy, living and electromobility, urban and transport planning, vehicle technology, communication and participation, and education and training. LivingLab BWe mobil is coordinated by the Baden-Württemberg state agency for electromobility and fuel cell technology (e-mobil BW GmbH) and Stuttgart Economic Development GmbH (WRS).
You can find out more by visiting www.schaufenster-elektromobilitaet.org. Further information on LivingLab BWe mobil is available at www.livinglab-bwe.de.


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One thing about Grand Canyon views: They seldom disappoint. Even gray spring weather is a reliable precursor to something beautiful. So, after a long day of drizzly rain that eventually turned to snow, I went to bed on April 25th knowing that the morning sky would be putting on a show.
And indeed it did. From Hopi Point, an isolated blanket of clouds could be seen lingering at eye level above the North Rim drainages. As the clouds broke up, they cast beautiful shadows across the landscape.
The cloud cover was more extensive earlier in the morning. Grand Canyon interpretive ranger Erin Whittaker posted this photo to the park's Facebook page, showing a low ceiling of clouds hovering just above Mather Point.
If the rain had fallen a few months earlier, and if it had been followed by a clear day with low wind, it would have been a perfect recipe for an atmospheric inversion. During these rare events, Grand Canyon may be filled from rim to rim with what looks like a river of clouds. Today, the air was too unstable and the inner canyon too warm to result in an inversion. But it nevertheless inspired me to write about the subject.
Over the past two winters, Grand Canyon has seen several of these beautiful inversions. These photogenic events reliably make national news. But what are they? The word "inversion" isn't specific to Grand Canyon — it actually describes a general meteorological phenomenon.
Typically, if you were to ascend through the atmosphere on a balloon, you would feel the temperature continually drop as you soared ever higher. Not so during an inversion. Ascending through an inversion, you would feel it get colder and colder, until suddenly the temperature increased. Then, after you passed by that inversion point, the air would again continue to cool.
Inversions take place all over the world. They're the things that trap smog over big cities. And not far from the Grand Canyon, they happen on a near-nightly basis in many Rocky Mountain valleys. Indeed, the entire Colorado Plateau, which is ringed with mountains, is sometimes home to what meteorologists call "synoptic-scale" (really big) inversions. Because inversions are defined by atmospheric temperature and not puffy clouds, they aren't necessarily visible to the naked eye.
But even invisible (cloudless, temperature-only) inversions are rare at Grand Canyon. In fact, their infrequency is remarkable in and of itself, and has been the subject of scientific study. If the canyon is shaped sort of like a giant valley, and if mountain valleys regularly experience atmospheric inversions, it seems to follow that inversions should also be common at the canyon.
Various hypotheses have been proposed to explain why this is not so. One plausible story is that cold air descending from the Kaibab Plateau — more than 9,000 feet above sea level at its highest point — usually results in sufficient atmospheric mixing to make an inversion layer impossible.
Every once in a while, though, a total cloud inversion does happen. They happen in the winter, when long nights provide extra time for the inner canyon to really cool down. Then, when a warm air mass passes over the cold inner-canyon, Grand Canyon gets a temperature inversion.
But there's one more ingredient that's necessary to fill the canyon with clouds: Water vapor. When a temperature inversion follows a precipitation event, water vapor gets trapped by the inversion, forming clouds. So, during the wet weather leading up to the inversion, Grand Canyon is actually acting as a giant "capacitor" for cloud formation.
Stand on the rim during an inversion and you'll hear murmured appreciation punctuated by the occasional grouchy visitor. "We drove ten hours for this? I can't even see the bottom." Of course, Captain Sourgrapes is oblivious to what the inversion shows off. In the photo above, you can see how the clouds act like a giant carpenter's level, revealing the slight angle of the Kaibab Plateau.
That slight angle means that the North Rim is about one thousand feet higher than the South Rim. This seemingly minor detail has had a profound effect on Grand Canyon's geography and ecology. Because of its elevation, the North Rim enjoys more precipitation, cooler weather, and a climate more typically encountered at higher latitudes. In fact, some of the tree species found in North Rim forests are commonplace in Canada.
More precipitation on the North Rim means more water to carve the canyon. And the incline of the plateau means that precipitation on the North Rim drains directly into the canyon. The South Rim is drier, and precipitation on the plateau drains away from the canyon. Hence there's more erosion on the north side of the river than the south. The North Rim is about twice as far away from the river by trail as is the South Rim.
If our hypothetical grouchy tourist were the lucky recipient of an attitude adjustment, he might choose to enjoy this sublime view for more than a couple minutes. In so doing, he would notice something else that the inversion makes visible: The currents of air flowing through Grand Canyon like a river.
If you were somehow able to view the inversion from outer space, you would see that it makes something else visible: The shape of Grand Canyon. That river of clouds, seen from above, clearly delineates the boundary between plateau and canyon.
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The above photo is a satellite image of this year's January 28th inversion. Beneath a translucent layer of high-altitude clouds, you can see the solid-white inversion layer stretching across the canyon from Great Thumb Mesa to the Clear Creek drainage. Marble Canyon and the Little Colorado River Gorge are visible on the right. In the top of the picture, you can see a dusting of snow on the North Kaibab Plateau.
But it gets even better. This NASA animation from 2013 shows how the inversion appears to "breathe" over successive days, with cloud cover expanding overnight and contracting during the day.
Back on solid ground, another form of ebb and flow is visible on a shorter timescale. This time-lapse video shows how inversion clouds wash against the canyon rim like a rising and falling tide.
All in all, it's a beautiful spectacle.