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PUBLISHED: 12:00 14 March 2019 | UPDATED: 15:07 15 March 2019
AFC Sudbury boss Mark Morsley has admitted he was delighted with his side's reaction last weekend as the Yellows travel to Grays this weekend in Bostik North.
Sudbury beat Canvey Island 3-0 last Saturday, after a heavy defeat to Maldon & Tiptree four days earlier.
The King's Marsh Stadium side sit in sixth place and just one place outside the play-offs, but a full 12 points behind fifth-placed Coggeshall.
"We have had quite a week at Sudbury but I cannot say how pleased I was by the reaction of my team after being well beaten by an excellent Maldon side," Morsley said.
"We knew that playing Canvey at home would mean that we were faced by a side who could physically boss the game so it was key that we looked to dominate possession and move the ball quickly.
"It was also another chance for the seven Academy Scholars selected to further enhance their first team experience and force themselves into the squad on a permanent basis.
"I cannot remember a time when I have been more satisfied as we won the game comfortably 3-0 playing some excellent stuff."
Grays sit mid-table and have already taken three points off Sudbury, battling back to win 3-2 earlier in the season in west Suffolk.
Morsley know it will not be an easy game for his side.
"Yes, we have another challenge as face Grays," he said.
"They have a new manager I know very well as they have appointed the ex-Met Police Manager Jim Cooper who will turn them into a real force I am sure.
"For us we need to continue to develop a marriage between competence in possession and steel without possession.
"This is what we believe in and we continue to install this as the AFC way for not only the 1st team but throughout the club."
AFC Sudbury will be without captain Joe Whight and Midfield maestro Billy Holland, both out injured. Better news is that Jordan Blackwell played the last part of Saturday's match and is looking to play a bigger part this weekend.
Meanwhile, Sudbury scholar and high flying Winger Ollie Gravett has recently signed a commitment to join the 'Billikens' Soccer Program of St Louis University.
He will be starting his new career path in August on completion of his two year full-time course at the AFC Sudbury Academy.
The player who at the end of his first year won the U17 Outstanding Achievement Award will be joining the prestigious NCAA Div 1 University to study International Business as a Major.
Academy Director Danny Laws said: "To put this in perspective the team Ollie will be joining had a senior graduate player drafted by MLS giant Portland Timbers in the recent MLS superdraft.
"The university has over 7,000 students and is nationally ranked for its Academics.
"They play in the highly competitive NCAA D1 Atlantic 10 Conference."
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Notre Dame guard Quenton Nelson is considered the best prospect at that position in a decade, but is he worth the No. 5 pick? In a quarterbacks' league, not every position is created equal, and more than a few Broncos fans want an explosive game-changer instead — are they right?
'Broncos Blitz' podcast hosts Ronnie K and Shawn Drotar take different sides on that very question; Ronnie argues that guards are essentially smaller tackles and less-agile centers, which makes them less valuable — something that more than a few NFL scouts agree with. Shawn thinks that people are underrating not only pass protection, but the value of a top-tier pulling guard in the running game.
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I remember that first cry of yours – an angry squeal, as if to ask, "Why are you taking me away from my mother?" How tiny you were then! You seemed so fragile! You were so beautiful! I remember how proud your father and I were of you, our own little twin daughters! You were a miracle of life! We could hardly believe that two such perfect babies belonged to us!
Slowly you grew. Days turned to weeks, weeks to months. From helpless babes you grew to an awareness of things and people around you. I remember the endless nights when the two of you took turns to sleep and I would wonder if you would ever sleep at the same time.
I enjoyed holding your soft warm bodies, cuddling you close to my heart. How I loved those first delighted smiles and coos, crawls and stumbles!
Slowly you grew, learnt to crawl and walk and with each new month, you learnt new skills; and with each new thing you learnt, you grew a little independent of me. You no longer needed me to hold your hand as you ran around the house. You no longer needed me to play beside you. You could now eat by yourselves and make yourselves understood, yet I did not feel sad, because I was still the centre of your world. When ever anything frightened you or seemed threatening, you immediately rushed to seek shelter in my arms. You still willingly believed everything I told you. "Mummy can never be wrong," was your firm belief.
You made me feel so needed! You showed me the meaning of life! You showed me all the silver linings behind the clouds and all the pots of gold at the end of the rainbow!
Today you are going to school for the first time! How sweetly serious you look in your smart uniforms, with your school bags and shoes! As I look at you, my heart contracts with mixed feelings – of pride and sadness. Pride because you are going to learn to take part in social life and sadness because from now on I will no longer be the centre of your world. That little world of ours must, of necessity, be destroyed in order that you learn to live in the bigger, wider world beyond. Now no longer will my word be law. Now I will hear statements like, "But Mummy, teacher says…." Some unknown person is going to take over the task of molding your little minds.
And you so sweetly say, "Don't worry, Mummy. We won't cry for you. We will go to school by ourselves." Oh, how those words hurt! I feel like sitting down and crying my heart out. But no, I must smile and be cheerful as I explain to you what a great adventure going to school is.
Your grandmother looks on and smiles a little nostalgically. She pats my shoulder and says, "The greatest pain of a mother is to see her children grow. As the year keep coming, the distance keeps growing and the pain keeps increasing. But so does the pride and satisfaction. I guess where there is love there is always pain and if there is no pain in letting go there is no love."


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Treaty banning nuclear weapons signed
"We cannot allow these doomsday weapons to endanger our world and our children's future."
Amid tensions over North Korea's nuclear and missile tests, the 50 countries needed have signed the world's first legally binding treaty banning nuclear weapons.
The treaty – adopted on 7 July by 122 UN member states during a United Nations conference in New York despite heavy US opposition – prohibits the development, testing, production, manufacture, acquisition, possession or stockpiling of nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices, as well as their use or the threat to use them.
It will enter into force 90 days after 50 countries have ratified it. The Holy See was the first to both sign and ratify the treaty.
Not one of the nine countries that possess nuclear weapons – the USA, Russia, Britain, China, France, India, Pakistan, North Korea and Israel – signed the measure in July, and the UK was among those boycotting the signing event on 20 September.
Speaking just before declaring the legally binding instrument open for signature on 20 September, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, described the Treaty as an important step towards eliminating nuclear weapons, and said: "We cannot allow these doomsday weapons to endanger our world and our children's future."
Following the opening statements, 50 high-level officials signed the Treaty, led by the Presidents of Brazil, the Central African Republic, Chile, Comoros, Costa Rica, Guyana, Kiribati, Palau and South Africa.
The USA was not one of those who signed, but USA advocates for the treaty have succeeded in making the first US bank announce that it will not invest in nuclear weapons production.
The New York-based Amalgamated Bank used the day of the signature of the treaty to publish its investment policy around weapons – including nuclear weapons. And the bank's vice-President Robert Mante wrote on its website how Amalgamated does not invest in weapons.
"This is a great step for Amalgamated, a bank that seeks to embrace transparency to share some more specific information about its investment policies," Susi Snyder, who coordinates Don't Bank on the Bomb's report on investment in nuclear weaponry said.
"We hope that it leads to a full fledged policy against investing in nuclear weapon producers soon.
"While states without nuclear weapons cannot eliminate any nuclear weapons themselves, this announcement from Amalgamated shows that this treaty can have a significant impact on nuclear weapons producers," Snyder continued.
"Ending the financing of nuclear weapon producers is a way that the treaty and its supporters can have an effective impact on the companies and states that remain outside of the treaty that are involved with the production and retention of nuclear weapons."
For more information about the financial institutions and investmors backing nuclear weapons production, visit Don't Bank on the Bomb.
An outline of which UK-based financial institutions invest in nuclear armaments can be found here.
To find out how you can help with the next step in banning nuclear weapons, click here.
You could also forward the text of the treaty to your MP and ask them to push for the UK to sign the treaty.


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I'm continuously on my soapbox on this blog about audiences needing to be exposed to challenging theatrical material. I hate to break it to the gazillion people who made Wicked such a phenomenon in the city, but there's more to the stage than flying witches and saccharine pseudo-pop musical theater songs. I feel very strongly that people should think and feel MORE when they come to the theater to truly get immersed in the power of live performance; if they want mindless escapism, than they can stay home, break open a PBR, scratch some belly, and watch COPS or Real Housewives of Orange County. Fortunately, Chicago is a city with a thriving, risk-taking, multi-faceted theatrical community, so there's no shortage of adventurous productions to sample. And one of the most adventurous, and most notable and worthwhile that I have seen in years, is Right Brain Project's startling environmental production of Fernando Arrabal's rarely produced masterpiece, And They Put Handcuffs on the Flowers, currently being staged in a suffocatingly tiny, raw, black box performance space on the fourth floor of a warehouse building by the train tracks at Ravenswood and Irving Park. For me, this production is what makes the Chicago storefront scene explosive: staged for hardly any money, not expecting to make any (the play is free with suggested donations), comprised of innovative, can-do directorial fervor, bravely naked (both literally and emotionally) acting, and yes, challenging, material that will provoke a variety of reactions from the audience, from repulsion, attraction, discomfort, admiration, inspiration.
Fernando Arrabal is a much-acclaimed playwright, film director, novelist, and artist, born in Spain but who is now a French citizen. Together with fellow artistic provocateurs Alexander Jodorowsky and Roland Topor, he founded the Mouvement Panique (Panic Movement) in the mid-1960s which focused on theater that is chockfull of "chaotic performance art and surreal imagery", as a counter-response to the prevailing "bourgeois" theatrical forms of the period. Arrabal's plays are also highly political, especially influenced and refracted by his experience with and views against the Franco regime. And They Put Handcuffs on the Flowers, a highlight of Mouvement Panique, is specifically about how political prisoners were treated and tortured in Spain during Franco's dictatorship, but it is written with such vehement emotion that it can be applicable to any time period and any geographic location where human rights violations occur and authoritarian governments prevail. What makes it more than a political diatribe (and it is a very heavy-handed diatribe at that, to be honest) though is Arrabal's masterful interweaving of the prisoners' dreams, which become more surreal, nightmarish, and grotesque as the night wears on, dreams that are also provocative attacks against Spanish socio-cultural institutions such as the Catholic Church. On paper, the play is over the top, full of sacrilegious images, scatological ones, nudity and sex, torture and violence (a priest getting blinded and then being force-fed his balls, anyone?), demanding so much from its audience, so much so that the question becomes "how the heck do you stage this effectively?".
Well, I think the brave and smart young director Nathan Robbel has found the right ways to draw, rivet, and provoke his audience without pushing them out screaming down four flights of stairs and onto the train tracks. He creates a highly-atmospheric staging, incorporating heavy curtains, incense, sound effects, candlelight, truly innovative flashlight-driven lighting design, a minimum of props which highlight the rawness of the performance space, which consequently evoke the rawness and squalor of prison cells. He draws committed, no-holds-barred performances from a strong, young cast who not only has to convey the emotional terror, suffering, and sense of injustice of the prisoners, but also has to make the sometimes baffling, sometimes stomach-churning dreams come to vivid life (by squealing like farm animals, or appearing as a pissy, in all senses of the word, religious apparition, or getting horsewhipped, or simulating oral sex with a gigantic prosthetic, among others). He paces the show well, jarring us from our complacency as we watch the surreal dreams acted out by swiftly cutting to another scene of realistic torture or cruelty, and stages scenes in all corners of the black box, playing with our expectations of visual focus and sightlines. It is a play that demands a lot from the audience, both from Arrabal beating you on the head with the politics, but also with the interconnections of the imagery that you have to make, but Robbel makes it an enthralling night of theater. As Christopher Piatt mentions in his mostly complimentary Timeout Chicago review, I too could have done without a cast member ushering me to my seat and draping herself over me for an uncomfortably long period of time, uhmmm, in near-darkness, before the show started (and yes, my dear blog readers, the discomfiting word there is "herself"), but the questionable artistic choices are outweighed by the truly engaging ones. I'm now a new fan of the Right Brain Project (thanks to friend of From the Ledge Paul Rekk for tipping me off to them), and I really look forward to seeing some more of their work, and Robbel's work in particular. This is the kind of Chicago storefront production that I, as a theater-savvy, culturally-broadminded audience member, would like to champion and advocate for, not the numerous safe re-treads that some of this city's avowed storefront theaters seemingly have settled themselves into (how many times do we need to see Neil La Bute or the dreadful Stop/Kiss or another iteration of Chekhov coming from supposedly cutting-edge, non-equity theaters? Spare me!). My dear blog readers, call or email them for your reservation to this play right now!
And They Put Handcuffs on the Flowers is running until March 7 at the RBP Rorschach, 4th Floor, 4001 N. Ravenswood. Although the performances are free, you are strongly encouraged to make reservations (I think the space can only accomodate 25-30 people at a time) by calling 773-750-2033 or emailing email@example.com. Hurry!
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February 12th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
My pleasure, Francis. Glad you enjoyed it!


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Ghost Bag & Tine Fetz
We're extremely happy and proud to announce the forthcoming 'Ghost Bag & Tine Fetz' LP, in cooperation with ADAGIO830 & Don Giovanni Records. It is the outcome of a long distance correspondence between musician Nick Jongen (Baby Galaxy) and Berlin based illustrator / comic artist Tine Fetz. Their unique project will be released as a gatefold LP accompanied by a 40 page riso printed zine with illustrations & lyrics on June 5.
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Pa. school stabbing points to social ills: Your Say
Letter to the editor:
On the subject of Alex Hribal, the suspect in the Pennsylvania school stabbing in which 21 people were injured, a picture is truly worth a thousand words ("Stabbing suspect's personality, motive still a question").
The photo with the article in the print edition shows Hribal apparently with severe acne. Growing up in the 1970s (before miracle acne drugs such as Accutane), one would frequently see kids like this, and they were often called derogatory names. A person with this problem could feel like an outcast. I'm sure the behavior of adolescents hasn't changed that much since I was in school. Nothing can justify the stabbings, but seeing this picture brings back the memories of how high-schoolers can be really mean.
Sarah Carrier; Piney Flats, Tenn.
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This proves again that the weapon is not responsible for the crime; it's the person. We can't be proactive. We need to be reactive.
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Your online article says, "teased teen 'snapped.'" It sounds like another unfortunate case of bullying.
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Do a piece on the people who bullied the suspect. They aided and abetted this tragedy. They are guilty also.
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I blame the kids who do the bullying, and the teachers who ignore what goes on in their classrooms and halls.
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Professor Sir Pete Downes to retire as Principal
Published On Tue 13 Feb 2018 by Roddy Isles
Professor Sir Pete Downes, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Dundee, has announced he will retire at the end of 2018.
Professor Downes said, "It has been a tremendous honour and a privilege to lead this great institution for what will have been almost ten years at the time I step down. Being Principal has been the latest and final chapter of my career in the University, which began in 1989.
"I have been here long enough to have received a Long Service Award last year. I wear my silver badge, denoting 25-plus years of service, with pride, along with the many staff who have shared the journey. Later this year I will turn 65 and this seems a natural time to consider the next stage of my life.
"There are crucial issues to be addressed by the University throughout the coming year and I will be devoting my energies to those in the coming months.
"September will also see the opening of V&A Dundee, a project I have been closely involved with since the time I became Principal. It is just one sign of the significant changes taking place in the city, many of them being driven or supported by the University."
Professor Downes has been Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Dundee since 2009. Under his leadership the University has consistently been rated among the best in the United Kingdom for student experience. Dundee was shortlisted as the UK's University of the Year by Times Higher Education in 2017, following a double accolade as the Sunday Times Scottish University of the Year for two years running.
He was Convener of Universities Scotland from August 2012 to July 2016, having previously served as Convener of its Research and Knowledge Exchange Committee. He has been a leading voice in championing the strengths an autonomous and diverse university sector can offer Scotland, and particularly the role universities can play in driving innovation and economic growth.
Professor Downes is one of the UK's leading biochemists. He spent eleven years in the pharmaceutical industry before joining the University in 1989. Before his appointment as Principal he served as Vice-Principal and Head of the College of Life Sciences. He has played a key role in establishing Dundee as a global leader in life sciences, making a significant impact on both the Scottish economy and our understanding and treatment of major diseases including diabetes and cancer.
He was a co-founder of the Division of Signal Transduction Therapy (DSTT) at Dundee, a partnership between the University and several of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies. The DSTT was founded in 1998 and has attracted almost £60million of inward investment to the city. It is widely regarded as a model for how academia and industry can interact productively and was awarded a Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher Education in 2006.
He was awarded the Colworth Medal of the British Biochemical Society in 1987 and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1991 and a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2009. He was honoured by the Queen with an OBE in 2004 and a Knighthood in 2015.
The process to appoint a new Principal will now begin and will include an extensive consultation across the University.


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BOOKS AND RECORDS For local office records certain books, etc., are provided, which are described as follows:
2. Appropriation ledger (Form 5-616).—To be used for all appropriations and funds (a separate sheet for each) except for individual Indian money and special deposits. All entries in these ledgers will be posted from journal vouchers. Receipts and disbursements should be posted daily. Control sheets on Form 5–689 must be maintained when bookkeeping machines are used.
3. Journal rouchers.-- Journal vouchers have been designed to cover all transactions affecting appropriations. With the exception of official receipts, disbursement vouchers, and encumbrance documents, they will be numbered serially from 1 up for each unit and filed in loose-leaf binders.
(a) Journal vouchers which will be entered in the field appropriation ledger fall into two main groups: First, those covering transactions which will be posted by the Indian Office directly from copies of such vouchers; e. g., allotments of funds, deposits of funds, and claim settlements, and second: Those covering transactions which will originate in the field and concerning which the Indian Office will have no knowledge before the submission of the field officer's report; e. g., purchase orders, other encumbrances, collections, and payments.
4. Miscellaneous journal voucher (Form 5–639).---This form will be used to record miscellaneous transactions; for example, interest credits to accounts of individual Indians and corrections of errors made in recording receipts and disbursements.
5. Allotment of funds (Form 5-626).--This is a form received from the Indian Office, advising of allotments of funds that have been made to the unit.
6. Withdrawal of allotment (Form 5-646).—This is a form received from the Indian Office advising of the withdrawal of allotments previously made.
7. Advance of funds (Form 5–627).—This is a form received from the Indian Office advising of the issuance of a requisition on the Secretary of the Treasury for funds. The entries provided for thereon will be made, not upon the receipt of this notice, but upon advice from the Treasurer that the funds requisitioned have been placed to the official credit of the disbursing officer.
8. Deposit of funds (Form 5-638).-Reports on this form are required for use of the Treasury Department and Indian Office in verifying appropriations and funds to be credited with deposits to the credit of the United States, as designated on certificates of deposit prepared by disbursing agents in accordance with Indian Office Order 345. Reports should be prepared in quadruplicate whenever deposits are made to the credit of the United States; the originals and duplicates to be mailed immediately to the Indian Office in special envelopes marked for Finance Division, the triplicates to be sent to the Treasurer of the United States with checks and certificates of deposit, and the remaining copies to be retained by disbursing agents.
9. Notices of freight and passenger transportation paid (Forms 5–699 and 5-699a).-Notices of settlements will be furnished by the Indian Office on these forms. They will be used by the appropriation ledger clerk in liquidating the encumbrance account, and by the general bookkeeper to debit operating expense and credit disbursement vouchers.
10. Official receipts (Form 5-652).—This form is for use in receipting for collections as required by paragraph 140 hereof, except in the irrigation branch of the service, for which a special form has been provided. Collections will be posted immediately to the appropriation ledger from the retain copies of these receipts.
11. Miscellaneous encumbrance record and journal voucher (Form 5-680).- This is a form for use in setting up journal entries for all encumbrances except those arising from purchase orders. When the exact amount of an encumbrance can not be determined the best estimate that can be made will be used.
(a) All original entries raising encumbrances or making changes therein, except liquidations through payment, will be made in that section of the form bearing the caption "Original entries," entries setting up the encumbrances or increasing the amount thereof being made in the credit column, and entries decreasing the amount in the debit column, the new balance being extended after each entry. All such entries will be posted to the appropriation ledger as directed on the form.
(6) Encumbrances may be classified, as positive; those representing actual liabilities or obligations which will become actual liabilities upon the delivery of supplies or the rendition of services for which either oral or written contract has been made, and quasi; those representing estimated future expenditures of money which are not based upon any contractual obligations.
(c) Positive encumbrances, if not liquidated meanwhile, should be closed out after being carried for three fiscal years, including the year for which they are set up. Quasi encumbrances, if unliquidated at the close of the fiscal year for which set up, should be closed out before preparation of the June trial balance.
(d) Encumbrances will be set up for all bills of lading executed and payable from funds other than "Purchase and transportation of Indian supplies," either by entering a quasi encumbrance for the estimated amount of such bills of lading for the year, or by setting up an encumbrance for each bill of lading, using one sheet of the "Miscellaneous encumbrance record" for all such bills as may be paid from a single appropriation.
(e) Upon certifying a voucher for transfer of property, the receiving officer will set up an encumbrance to cover the amount thereof, If notified subsequently by the Indian Office that no transfer of funds is required, the encumbrance will be canceled; otherwise it will be liquidated upon payment.
Payments on account of encumbrances carried on the miscellaneous encumbrance record will be posted in detail to that form in the column "Liquidations," and the unliquidated balance will be extended.
(g) Payments on account of purchase orders will not be posted in detail to the journal voucher but the date and number of the disbursement voucher will be noted thereon. Very infrequently such an encumbrance may be in part liquidated, and the amount paid will be noted on the form in addition to the date and number of the voucher, and the unliquidated balance extended. On the disbursement voucher in the "encumbrance" column will be entered the exact amount paid, exactly as when payments are made on other continuing encumbrances. No adjustment of encumbrance will ordinarily be made before the final payment.
(h) When encumbrances are fully liquidated the corresponding documents will be transferred from the current to a liquidated file. Thus, since entries to correspond with those made in detail in the encumbrance record will be simultaneously entered in the encumbrance account in the appropriation ledger, the latter account, under any specified appropriation, will control the section of the encumbrance file devoted to that appropriation. In other words, the aggregate of the balances in the encumbrance file under any appropriation will always agree with the balance of encumbrances on the corresponding page of the appropriation ledger.
(i) Journal vouchers for miscellaneous encumbrances will be given numbers in a series considerably removed from the series used for purchase orders, documents of each class being numbered consecutively.
6) Original entries on encumbrance documents will be posted immediately to the appropriation ledger, after which the documents will be placed in either a vertical file or, preferably, a loose-leaf binder, where they will be arranged in numerical order behind guides bearing the titles and symbols of the appropriations.
12. Check registers.--For units where bookkeeping machines are not used, two forms of check registers are provided; one (5-687) for accounts with the Treasury of the United States and the other (5-693) for accounts with depositories for individual Indian money and special deposits. If none of the latter accounts are kept at a unit, Form 5-687 will be used exclusively. At units having bookkeeping machines, Form 5–688 will be used for both the Treasury and local depository accounts.
(a) When preparing a requisition on the Secretary of the Treasury for funds, the Indian Office will make a duplicate thereof, which will serve as a notice to the field officer that the funds are in transit. Upon receipt of advice from the Treasurer that the amount requisitioned has been credited to the account of the disbursing officer, the total of the requisition will be entered in the deposit column of the check register for the United States Treasury, and the amount advanced from each appropriation will be debited to "Disbursing officer's cash" and credited to "Treasury cash" on the proper sheet of the appropriation ledger. Similarly, upon the desposit of cash to the official credit of the officer or the transfer of funds between depositories, postings will be made to the "Deposit" column of the register for the receiving depository.
13. Cash book.—The cash book (Form 5–684) is intended to show only collections and proceeds of checks drawn for cash, and their disposition. Receipts on accountable warrants will not be entered in this book. The balance shown by the cash book will represent the actual cash in possession of the disbursing officer.
(a) A consolidated debit entry will be made daily in the cash book to cover all the collections for the day, the total amount entered being the sum of the official receipts issued during the day. This total will be analyzed under two heads: "Collection vouchers" and "Individual Indian moneys and special deposits." These official receipts will then be assorted by appropriations, and consolidated postings will be made to the debit of "Disbursing officer'e cash" on


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You've got a Thermarest or camping pad that sits in your closet or garage for 362 days out of the year. Let's put it to use more often! - Do ab exercises on it!
One of the reasons it is difficult to do ab exercises is that on a hard floor or even moderately cushioned carpeted floor your lower back is hurting from the ground pressure on it. If you are wearing a belt or the waist band on your pants is bulky it is worse. However if you've got a pad that you've kept handy in your family room discreetly hidden behind the couch then it's super easy and comfortable to bust out some abs while you are watching TV or in between Face Book and blogging posts.
I have been doing 100 abs a day for over 4 years now. Keeping a strong core is really fantastic for avoiding injury in any endeavor. so... Put your camping pads to use!


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So you're here on holiday: Let LondonNet give you a crash course on the inner workings of the city so you can avoid looking like that tourist. We know you're better than that.
Tip #1: Be good on the Tube.
It's quite simple, really. Keep those suitcases reined in, rehash last night's romantic endeavors in the privacy of your hotel, and stand on the right of the escalators when you move through a station. And keep an eye on construction projects: That pesky Victoria Line has been causing travel problems all summer.
Tip #2: Embrace traditional foods.
You might want to treat your taste buds to Lancaster hotpot, bangers and mash or…toad-in-the-hole? Welcome to Pub Menu 101. The aforementioned hotpot is a meat and vegetable casserole topped with sliced potatoes, and bangers (however saucily named) are sausages that go with mash(ed potatoes). As for the toad concoction, prepare your taste buds for battered and roasted sausages. If none of that sounds good, head to Brick Lane for a great curry.
Tip #3: Check thy wardrobe.
Is it any coincidence that "Crocs" rhymes with "chicken pox"? Just wondering. Other sartorial sinners include unseemly t-shirts, souvenir hats clearly bought from one of London's larger attractions, and Yeti-sized backpacks with water bottles dangling out the side. Get thee a makeover, child: London is widely regarded as one of the world's best-dressed cities. Pack your daily necessities in a messenger bag or purse, and wait until your arrive home before donning the Big Ben sweatshirt you just had to have.
Tip #4: Understand the rules of navigation.
Those double-decker buses that many London guests find so cute tend to barrel down the left side of the road. Save yourself considerable bodily harm and a possible trip to the nearest hospital by remembering that. Many London roads even have painted-on arrows that indicate which direction to look before walking, and some simplify things one step further with "look left" or "look right" painted in large print.
Tip #5: Don't feed the pigeons.
Seriously. Catering dinner for the "flying rats" is actually illegal in part of the city. Throw bread to the pigeons in Trafalgar Square and you'll face a £50 fine. Former London Mayor Ken Livingstone said in 2003, when the anti-feeding by-law took effect, that pigeon droppings had caused £140,000 in damage to Nelson's Column and the square. As cute as feeding the little guys seemed after you watched Mary Poppins, restrain yourself when they walk by rummaging for something to munch.
Tip #6: Enjoy the Thames with some restraint.
It has a reputation for being, well, a bit dirty. It used to be rife with raw sewage, and in the 1850s, Parliament frequently closed because of its pungent aroma. Then in 1957, scientists declared it biologically dead because it contained too little oxygen to sustain life. But fear not – specialists have worked to rehabilitate the river, and today it's one of the cleanest in the world. Some parts of the Thames are even safe for swimming now. Just beware of the tides, which cause the water level to fluctuate up to eight meters daily. If you'd rather admire the river from a distance, you can find a nice view from the famous London Eye.
Tip #7: Take advantage of London's park life.
Parks are the place to be when warm weather hits the city, and London has a great selection of them. Hyde Park is the preeminent outdoor locale, but also consider visiting St. James' Park, Regent's Park, Green Park or Battersea Park. Outdoor music events are popular in the summer months, and each year crowds of visitors gather for "Proms in the Park" – large concerts with a selection of big name performers.
Tip #8: Become inseparable with your umbrella.
If you're planning to be outside for a long day of sightseeing, the last thing you want to do is trek around the city looking like you shower fully dressed. You'll need some form of protection from London's rainy skies, which (without warning) can spout everything from a light mist to an unrelenting deluge. If you really do shower fully dressed and wish to continue doing so, more power to you.
– Jill Hilbrenner


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We arrange and manage different Umrah and Hajj packages for our consumers. But alongside that, we also arrange Religious trips from which you can learn more about the religion and the history behind it all; the struggles that were faced by the people before us, how they dealt with it all with steadfastness and unwavering faith in Allah.
Umrah packages have been distributed in 5 stars, 4 stars, 3 stars and Ramadan Umrah packages, Easter Umrah packages, December Umrah packages, rabi ul awal Umrah packages and each package has a different number of days which you will be spending in Makkah and Medina and vice versa. Hajj packages are also distributed into different classes. Last but not the least we have packages known as the tailor made packages which are basically directly according to the customer's choice. The place from where migration to medina took place, the historic places which are still intact and the palces where the Ghazawas took place, the infamous grave yard of baki. All of it is designed to improve the quality of an experience of your religious and trour and also to enhance the knowledge. Through these religious tours, you will be to learn that how Sahaba, fuqaha, aima karaam or with the likes of all those prophets that came to baitullah and the best of creation Muhammad S.a.a.w that how he performed his hajj.
Explore our cheap priced packages to choose the one which suits you.
Plan your own Umrah
This package allows you to pick and choose your package details by yourself, so there is not a set time, date and schedule that you need to follow for this package. You can always choose a hotel of your choice for your accommodation. In this package, you have a liberty to choose the number of days you want to spend in Makkah and Medina and how many days you would want to spend in total on your Umrah trip.
It is in that we know there are several people who want to choose something themselves with which they will be most comfortable rather than choose something forcefully which has already been planned out. It is possible that they want to choose a different hotel for themselves or not choose transportation at all or whatever that they find is most feasible for them. This is why this option has been made available for them to allow them to design a package for themselves.
5 Star Umrah
The Five Star Umrah Package includes a total of 12 days stay during the entire tour. Most importantly, the package covers the cost of your Umrah Visa that you need in order to travel and reach to your final destination. Along with that, the package includes the cost of your hotel accommodation, but only the hotel which is mentioned as part of the package. It also includes any transportation services that are required for travelling to the cities or other places for the number of days this package is valid.
4 Star Umrah
The 4 Star Umrah package includes a stay in Saudi Arabia for a total of 7 days. Out of these 7 days, you will get to spend 4 days in the historical city of Makkah so can spend a little time exploring the city as well.
Same as the 5 Star Umrah package, this package also covers the cost of your Umrah Visa that you need in order to travel and reach to your final destination. Along with that, the package includes the cost of your hotel accommodation, but only the hotel which is mentioned as part of the package. It also includes any transportation services that are required for travelling to the cities or other places for the number of days this package is valid.
3 Star Umrah
3 star Umrah packages are obtained by our numerous clients to fulfill their dreams with the performance of Umrah. In this package all services are available as in other packages are with the best of convenience and easiness for pilgrims of Umrah.
Hajj Packages
The Hajj packages include different detachments of the packages into 3, 4 and 5 stars respectively. The services we provide for Hajj are to be certain that your experience is a smooth, comfortable memorable, and without a headache of worrying. The hotels we carry out arrangements with to make sure you are delivered with tranquil lodging are finalized keeping in mind the undue work involved in this entire process that you are planning to board on. Doing so, the first thing we focus on is to find a hotel which is close to the necessary places you have to visit in order to accomplish the conditions of your Hajj and Umrah. This way you do not have to worry about covering a long distance all the way from your customary destination to your living destination.
Religious Tour Packages
When you are on your journey to enlighten yourself religiously and to improve your religious knowledge, along with providing you with one of the best set of packages amongst several companies, also help you visit the religious places where historical events took place so that you can experience everything you have read about, on a personal level.
Such tours are also necessary for the entire process to take an even deeper effect spiritually. This is the perfect way to know and feel what the Muslims before us had to face and how they learned to mold themselves accordingly to deal with even the toughest situations they had to go through. This will help you to understand the situations you go through in a better way so that you are able to react to the situations with a new, profound faith in Allah.
We provide the transportation and other necessary requirements that are needed to make these religious tours a once in a lifetime kind of experience. Up until now, we have largely been quite successful in conducting these tours and have received massively positive feedback from our clients who chose to go on these tours with us. Not just that, but there is also a choice for choosing a guide who will provide you with the details of each religiously historic site to add to your knowledge bank.


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Om Sathguru Sri Seshadri Swamigal Thiruvadikkae
SATHGURU SRI RAJALINGA SWAMIGAL of THIRUVANNAMALAI
Shri. Velu, residing in Thiruvannamalai, had known Guruji for the past 6 months. In this short span of time, Shri. Velu's love for his Swami was so firmly and deeply established, that his relationship and Divine experiences with Swamigal, leave a profound impact on all of us. It brings great rejoicing to all our hearts…
A few months back, when Shri. Velu had visited Swamigal, His Holiness had asked Shri. Velu to sit with Him, and chant Mahaan's Moola Manthram. After a while when Shri. Velu had been chanting the manthram, the beads of the japa-mala in his hand started to quickly run across his fingers on their own!
It later happened in his own home too, when he was once chanting Mahaan's manthram…
Recently, in the past month at the time when Guruji was taken ill, Shri. Velu, with his family, had once visited Swami. Guruji, during His illness, had bouts of severe coughing, and was severely short of breath, and barely able to converse. When Shri. Velu was with His Holiness, His cough completely stopped, and Guruji was able to talk to him and his family, for nearly an hour!
Guruji had told him that Velu's presence made him feel happier and He felt His condition in a better state!
Shri.Velu was Mahaan personified, to have kept our Beloved Guruji in good cheer, during His sickness and ordeal!
Such Devotion and Such Divinity!
Shri. Velu felt the fragrance of Sambrani (Frankincense), all the while, in Guruji and Mahaan's Presence.
In the days following Swamigal's Samaadhi, Shri. Velu had been regularly visiting Guruji's bereaved family, and Swami's Samaadhi. He was blessed with Swami's Darshan in the form of a beautiful butterfly, on several occasions.
With such verve, confidence, and sheer joy, he informed us yesterday, that whenever he closes his eyes in prayer, thinking of Guruji, he is blessed with a heart-warming Darshan of His Holiness, in the form of a butterfly, wherever he goes!
He is so inspired by Swami's showering all His Love and Grace, that he refuses to allow any depressing thought to overcome him.
Blessed is he, who served our Swami, during His last days on earth!
His faith in Guruji shall ever remain an inspiration to all of us….


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text: Brian K. Strickland - October 04, 2010 Gunnison Basin Buglers Despite having 45 elk herds roaming the Centennial State, it's easy to zero in on the Gunnison region, where elk are plentiful and hard hunting is often rewarded with a Western-sized hat rack. By Brian K. Strickland Photo by Brian K. StricklandThe Gunnison Basin has a rich elk-hunting tradition. Every fall camo-clad hunters migrate to this central mountain region searching for the 14,000-plus elk that roam here."What's great about this area is it's mostly all public land, and there are lots of elk," says outfitter John Nelson of Gunnison Country Guide Service (970-641-2830). He should know. He's been successfully guiding hunters in this region for over 25 years. According to Nelson, the area offers hunters a variety of settings, which include locations with good vehicle access, as well as the opportunity to hunt seven different wilderness areas for those sometimes-elusive larger bulls. Now that I've whet your wapiti appetite, here's a glimpse at the four game management units in the Gunnison Basin in which elk numbers are solid and, with a little effort, hunters could come away with a rack for the wall. GMU 67South of the town of Gunnison is GMU 67. "This is a great area to hunt," says CDOW district wildlife manager Matt Thorpe. "This unit isn't as rugged as other units in the area, so hunters have a good chance to fill their tags." Hunters in 2004 enjoyed a 37 percent success rate (all methods of take), well above the 25 percent statewide average. "Hunters should have good success this fall," says Thorpe. "Numbers are stable, and there are some good bulls in there." Latest post-hunt population estimates showed the Lake Fork herd pushing 4,500, with a bull-to-cow ratio of 28-to-100.Don't jump in your truck and head to Wal-Mart to buy your tag just yet. You'll have to plan for this hunt because it's a limited-draw unit. But there's hope for next year! According to the CDOW, last year residents successfully drew a rifle tag in the first and second seasons with no preference points, and only one preference point was needed to draw for the third and fourth seasons. Non-residents were successful with only one preference point, and according to Thorpe, it's typical for the DOW to have leftover cow tags for this area. There are several places hunters should mark on their maps if they drew a tag this fall, or are planning a future trip. If you want a bull in the above-average category and don't mind solitude, Thorpe suggests hunting the La Garita Wilderness Area, which is at the southern tip of the unit. "There are good numbers of elk there, and many of them go undisturbed during the season," says Thorpe.For hunters wanting good vehicle access, Thorpe suggests going east of the Cebolla Creek drainage, Sawtooth Mountain, Cochetopa Pass and the Beaver Creek areas. When snow gets heavy in the higher elevations, Thorpe says to hunt the area's open parks, which the elk use for food.GMU 66Sharing the Lake Fork herd with GMU 67 is GMU 66, which is southwest of Gunnison. This is the other limited license unit in the basin. "Because it's a draw unit, there are lots of elk, and some good 5- and 6-point bulls," said outfitter John Martin of Mineral Mountain Outfitters (970-641-2673). "This area offers hunters a true solitary Western experience."Luke Martin, the CDOW district wildlife manager, agrees. "This area provides a quality elk hunting experience because fewer hunters are allowed to hunt here, which allows bulls to get older," Martin said. Numbers from 2004 prove his point: Last fall 39 percent of tag holders (all methods of take) filled their tags.Don't let the word "limited" scare you from applying to hunt in GMU 66. Residents with no preference points drew tags for the first, second and third seasons, and non-residents needed just one point to draw. "What's nice about this unit," exclaimed Martin, "is you can draw an either-sex tag just about every other year and have a quality hunting experience."According to Martin, elk are well dispersed throughout this unit, so he suggests hunters concentrate their efforts in the higher dark timber and the cooler north-facing slopes during the earlier seasons. As the seasons progress and the snow flies, Martin suggests hunters start looking toward the lower elevations. Also, Unit 66 is home to the 61,000-acre Powderhorn Wilderness, and parts of the Uncompahgre and La Garita wilderness areas. So for hunters looking for less disturbed elk and a little more solitude, these areas should be considered.GMU 55"The elk herd in 55 is doing quite well," says Chris Parmeter, CDOW district wildlife manager. "Currently, there are about 3,500 elk in there, which is slightly above our objective." The bull-to-cow ratio is also high, with about 30 bulls to every 100 cows, and according to Parmeter, that's good news for hunters this fall. "There are lots of bulls in this unit, and if hunters are willing to hunt the remote areas, they'll get into them."This unit is one of the over-the-counter units in the region, and according to Parmeter it's an average to above average unit in which to hunt elk. He says the main reason for this are the different types of country from which a hunter can choose.For hunters seeking solitude and above-average bulls, there's the Fossil Ridge Wilderness. "It sits directly between the elk's summer and winter ranges, so there's always good numbers of elk there," says Parmeter. He suggests hunting around the Crystal Creek drainage.Unit 55 also encompasses part of two other wilderness areas, the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness and the Maroon Bells Snowmass Wilderness. The Collegiate Peaks Wilderness sits on the Continental Divide and older-class bulls often cross the divide into Unit 55 from limited Units 48 and 481. The Maroon Bells Wilderness sits on the northern tip of the unit, and although it is not known for huge bulls, there are lots of 4- and 5-point bulls there.If wilderness areas aren't your forte then Parmeter suggests areas with slightly better access. These areas are not as rugged as the wilderness areas but offer hunters a chance to get away from most hunters, if they're willing to hike in a couple of miles. The areas that come to mind are the Boston Peak and Horse Basin areas. I have personally hunted elk in these areas and have come away with a truck full of protein-rich meat on more then one occasion.Parmeter says hunters should keep in mind that, "After the first shot elk start moving into the thick, dark timber on the cooler north slopes. If hunters want to be successful, they should find those areas away from the roads."GMU 54The last in this foursome is GMU 54, which is northwest of Gunnison. This unit encompasses most of the West Elk Wilderness, which is 176,172 acres and has elevations ranging from 7,500 to more than 13,000 feet. "For hunters wanting a wilderness experience it's a good unit to hunt elk in," says CDOW district wildlife manager Jeff Oulton.The Sapinero herd calls Unit 54 home, and Oulton reports it's about 5,500 strong, with a bull-to-cow ratio of 23-to-100. These population levels are slightly above objective, and should give the willing hunter excellent opportunities to fill their freezer with some succulent elk steaks.Last fall 3,952 hunters killed 421 bulls and 284 cows/calves for a success rate of only 18 percent (all methods of take). This can be blamed on the ruggedness of the unit and less then ideal elk hunting weather. But for the hunters willing to push themselves a little harder, this can be a blessing in disguise. A lower than expected harvest means more elk to chase this fall as well as older class bulls. Oulton concurs, saying, "Our spring surveys showed good numbers of elk and mature bulls."Oulton says the elk herd is well dispersed throughout the unit so just about any area that has good habitat should be good. He stresses the key to being successful in this rugged unit is to get back into the wilderness and be patient. "Too many hunters hike in and out of the wilderness during prime hunting hours, morning and evening." He suggests camping in the wilderness.Brandon Diamond, terrestrial biologist out of the Gunnison office, suggests hunting around Rainbow Lakes, and the Red Creek, Castle Creek and Mill Creek drainages. "During early seasons hunt the high, dark timber on the north/northeast-facing slopes," Diamond suggests. "It's these cool hidey-holes elk like to be in then." When the snow starts to fall, work down the same drainages toward lower elevations. GET THE NEWSLETTER Join the List and Never Miss a Thing. Sign Me Up


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Multivariable Calculus, 2nd Edition
©2015 |Pearson | Available
William L. Briggs, University of Colorado, Denver
Lyle L. Cochran, Whitworth University
Bernard Gillett, University of Colorado Denver
©2015 |Pearson | Available
For a one-semester or two-quarter calculus course covering multivariable calculus for mathematics, engineering, and science majors.
This much anticipated second edition of the most successful new calculus text published in the last two decades retains the best of the first edition while introducing important advances and refinements. Authors Briggs, Cochran, and Gillett build from a foundation of meticulously crafted exercise sets, then draw students into the narrative through writing that reflects the voice of the instructor, examples that are stepped out and thoughtfully annotated, and figures that are designed to teach rather than simply supplement the narrative. The authors appeal to students' geometric intuition to introduce fundamental concepts, laying a foundation for the development that follows. The groundbreaking eBook contains over 650 Interactive Figures that can be manipulated to shed light on key concepts.
This text offers a superior teaching and learning experience. Here's how:
A robust MyMathLab® course contains more than 7,000 assignable exercises, an eBook with 650 interactive figures, and built-in tutorials so students can get help when they need it.
Reflects how students use a textbook– they generally start with the exercises and flip back to the narrative for help if they need it.
Organization and presentation facilitates learning of key concepts, skills, and applications.
8. Sequences and Infinite Series
8.1 An overview
8.2 Sequences
8.3 Infinite series
8.4 The Divergence and Integral Tests
8.5 The Ratio, Root, and Comparison Tests
8.6 Alternating series
9. Power Series
9.1 Approximating functions with polynomials
9.2 Properties of Power series
9.3 Taylor series
9.4 Working with Taylor series
10. Parametric and Polar Curves
10.1 Parametric equations
10.2 Polar coordinates
10.3 Calculus in polar coordinates
10.4 Conic sections
11. Vectors and Vector-Valued Functions
11.1 Vectors in the plane
11.2 Vectors in three dimensions
11.3 Dot products
11.4 Cross products
11.5 Lines and curves in space
11.6 Calculus of vector-valued functions
11.7 Motion in space
11.8 Length of curves
11.9 Curvature and normal vectors
12. Functions of Several Variables
12.1 Planes and surfaces
12.2 Graphs and level curves
12.3 Limits and continuity
12.4 Partial derivatives
12.5 The Chain Rule
12.6 Directional derivatives and the gradient
12.7 Tangent planes and linear approximation
12.8 Maximum/minimum problems
12.9 Lagrange multipliers
13. Multiple Integration
13.1 Double integrals over rectangular regions
13.2 Double integrals over general regions
13.3 Double integrals in polar coordinates
13.4 Triple integrals
13.5 Triple integrals in cylindrical and spherical coordinates
13.6 Integrals for mass calculations
13.7 Change of variables in multiple integrals
14. Vector Calculus
14.1 Vector fields
14.2 Line integrals
14.3 Conservative vector fields
14.4 Green's theorem
14.5 Divergence and curl
14.6 Surface integrals
14.6 Stokes' theorem
14.8 Divergence theorem
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William Briggs has been on the mathematics faculty at the University of Colorado at Denver for twenty-three years. He received his BA in mathematics from the University of Colorado and his MS and PhD in applied mathematics from Harvard University. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses throughout the mathematics curriculum with a special interest in mathematical modeling and differential equations as it applies to problems in the biosciences. He has written a quantitative reasoning textbook, Using and Understanding Mathematics; an undergraduate problem solving book, Ants, Bikes, and Clocks; and two tutorial monographs, The Multigrid Tutorial and The DFT: An Owner's Manual for the Discrete Fourier Transform. He is the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Vice President for Education, a University of Colorado President's Teaching Scholar, a recipient of the Outstanding Teacher Award of the Rocky Mountain Section of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), and the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship to Ireland.
Lyle Cochran is a professor of mathematics at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington. He holds BS degrees in mathematics and mathematics education from Oregon State University and a MS and PhD in mathematics from Washington State University. He has taught a wide variety of undergraduate mathematics courses at Washington State University, Fresno Pacific University, and, since 1995, at Whitworth University. His expertise is in mathematical analysis, and he has a special interest in the integration of technology and mathematics education. He has written technology materials for leading calculus and linear algebra textbooks including the Instructor's Mathematica Manual for Linear Algebra and Its Applications by David C. Lay and the Mathematica Technology Resource Manual for Thomas' Calculus. He is a member of the MAA and a former chair of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Whitworth University.
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THE scene inside the Home Depot on Weyman Avenue here would give the old-time American craftsman pause.
In Aisle 34 is precut vinyl flooring, the glue already in place. In Aisle 26 are prefab windows. Stacked near the checkout counters, and as colorful as a Fisher-Price toy, is a not-so-serious-looking power tool: a battery-operated saw-and-drill combo. And if you don't want to be your own handyman, head to Aisle 23 or Aisle 35, where a help desk will arrange for an installer.
It's all very handy stuff, I guess, a convenient way to be a do-it-yourselfer without being all that good with tools. But at a time when the American factory seems to be a shrinking presence, and when good manufacturing jobs have vanished, perhaps never to return, there is something deeply troubling about this dilution of American craftsmanship.
This isn't a lament — or not merely a lament — for bygone times. It's a social and cultural issue, as well as an economic one. The Home Depot approach to craftsmanship — simplify it, dumb it down, hire a contractor — is one signal that mastering tools and working with one's hands is receding in America as a hobby, as a valued skill, as a cultural influence that shaped thinking and behavior in vast sections of the country.
That should be a matter of concern in a presidential election year. Yet neither Barack Obama nor Mitt Romney promotes himself as tool-savvy presidential timber, in the mold of a Jimmy Carter, a skilled carpenter and cabinet maker.
The Obama administration does worry publicly about manufacturing, a first cousin of craftsmanship. When the Ford Motor Company, for example, recently announced that it was bringing some production home, the White House cheered. "When you see things like Ford moving new production from Mexico to Detroit, instead of the other way around, you know things are changing," says Gene B. Sperling, director of the National Economic Council.
Ask the administration or the Republicans or most academics why America needs more manufacturing, and they respond that manufacturing spawns innovation, brings down the trade deficit, strengthens the dollar, generates jobs, arms the military and kindles a recovery from recession. But rarely, if ever, do they publicly take the argument a step further, asserting that a growing manufacturing sector encourages craftsmanship and that craftsmanship is, if not a birthright, then a vital ingredient of the American self-image as a can-do, inventive, we-can-make-anything people.
That self-image is deteriorating. And the symptoms go far beyond Home Depot. They show up in the wistful popularity of books like "Shop Class as Soulcraft," by Matthew B. Crawford, in TV cooking classes featuring the craftsmanship of celebrity chefs, and in shows like "This Old House."
Traditional vocational training in public high schools is gradually declining, stranding thousands of young people who seek training for a craft without going to college. Colleges, for their part, have since 1985 graduated fewer chemical, mechanical, industrial and metallurgical engineers, partly in response to the reduced role of manufacturing, a big employer of them.
The decline started in the 1950s, when manufacturing generated a hefty 28 percent of the national income, or gross domestic product, and employed one-third of the work force. Today, factory output generates just 12 percent of G.D.P. and employs barely 9 percent of the nation's workers.
Mass layoffs and plant closings have drawn plenty of headlines and public debate over the years, and they still occasionally do. But the damage to skill and craftsmanship — what's needed to build a complex airliner or a tractor, or for a worker to move up from assembler to machinist to supervisor — went largely unnoticed.
"In an earlier generation, we lost our connection to the land, and now we are losing our connection to the machinery we depend on," says Michael Hout, a sociologist at the University of California, Berkeley. "People who work with their hands," he went on, "are doing things today that we call service jobs, in restaurants and laundries, or in medical technology and the like."
That's one explanation for the decline in traditional craftsmanship. Lack of interest is another. The big money is in fields like finance. Starting in the 1980s, skill in finance grew in stature, and, as depicted in the news media and the movies, became a more appealing source of income.
By last year, Wall Street traders, bankers and those who deal in real estate generated 21 percent of the national income, double their share in the 1950s. And Warren E. Buffett, the amiable financier, became a homespun folk hero, without the tools and overalls.
"Young people grow up without developing the skills to fix things around the house," says Richard T. Curtin, director of the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. "They know about computers, of course, but they don't know how to build them."
Manufacturing's shrinking presence undoubtedly helps explain the decline in craftsmanship, if only because many of the nation's assembly line workers were skilled in craft work, if not on the job then in their spare time. In a late 1990s study of blue-collar employees at a General Motors plant (now closed) in Linden, N.J., the sociologist Ruth Milkman of City University of New York found that many line workers, in their off-hours, did home renovation and other skilled work.
"I have often thought," Ms. Milkman says, "that these extracurricular jobs were an effort on the part of the workers to regain their dignity after suffering the degradation of repetitive assembly line work in the factory."
Craft work has higher status in nations like Germany, which invests in apprenticeship programs for high school students. "Corporations in Germany realized that there was an interest to be served economically and patriotically in building up a skilled labor force at home; we never had that ethos," says Richard Sennett, a New York University sociologist who has written about the connection of craft and culture.
The damage to American craftsmanship seems to parallel the precipitous slide in manufacturing employment. Though the decline started in the 1970s, it became much steeper beginning in 2000. Since then, some 5.3 million jobs, or one-third of the work force in manufacturing, have been lost. A stated goal of the Obama administration is to restore a big chunk of this employment, along with the multitude of skills that many of the jobs required.
And there is an incipient upturn in the monthly employment data, although the president will almost certainly finish his first term with the manufacturing work force well below the 12.6 million it was when his administration began. (It was nearly 11.9 million last month.)
"We sit in rooms with manufacturers who tell us that location decisions to move overseas that were previously automatic are now a close call, and that the right policies can make a difference," Mr. Sperling says.
THAT is particularly the case if federal, state and local governments intervene with generous subsidies, like those seen in China, Germany, Japan, France, India and other countries eager to sustain manufacturing.
Government subsidies are helping to make manufacturing in America more attractive, but the turnaround may be hard to sustain. And it may be too late. Big multinationals already operate factory networks in Europe and Asia, as well as in the United States. Stepping up exports to those markets from the United States, rather than producing in them, is becoming less of an option — short of an international agreement like the Plaza Accord of 1985, which realigned currencies and gave American manufacturers a temporary boost.
As for craftsmanship itself, the issue is how to preserve it as a valued skill in the general population. Ms. Milkman, the sociologist, argues that American craftsmanship isn't disappearing as quickly as some would argue — that it has instead shifted to immigrants. "Pride in craft, it is alive in the immigrant world," she says.
Sol Axelrod, 37, the manager of the Home Depot here, fittingly learned to fix his own car as a teenager, even changing the brakes. Now he finds immigrant craftsmen gathered in abundance outside his store in the early morning, waiting for it to open so they can buy supplies for the day's work as contractors. Skilled day laborers, also mostly immigrants, wait quietly in hopes of being hired by the contractors.
Mr. Axelrod also says the recession and persistently high unemployment have forced many people to try to save money by doing more themselves, and Home Depot in response offers classes in fixing faucets and other simple repairs. The teachers are store employees, many of them older and semiretired from a skilled trade, or laid off.
"Our customers may not be building cabinets or outdoor decks; we try to do that for them," Mr. Axelrod says, "but some are trying to build up skill so they can do more for themselves in these hard times."


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I have been reading a paper on Third Wave Feminism and the defense of the concept of "choice" and "choice Feminism," where the feminist movement gives women choice in how they live their lives and are not judgemental regarding these choices. The paper, entitled Third-Wave Feminism and the Defense of "Choice" by R. Claire Snyder-Hall, was published in the journal Perspectives on Politics, volume 8, in 2010. The paper was part of a symposium on Women's Choices and the Future of Feminism.
I think of myself as a Third Wave / Sex Positive Feminist. I believe women, including feminists, are free to make their own choices regarding how they live their lives, express their sexuality, and embrace feminine traits, without judgement or patriarchal interference. That said, I passionately believe that women should not submit to male dominance, nor feel they "have to" be feminine to be a woman. In my belief system, the concept of "Empowered Femininity," discussed in previous posts – Femme Fatales – empowered femininity? and Empowered Femininity, helps to define Sex Positive Feminism for me. Empowered, modern, feminist women embrace and perform femininity in their own ways or emulate and transform with confidence and assertiveness, femininity and female sexuality from past eras. I believe the neo-burlesque and neo-pin up movements, and modern femme and lipstick lesbian identities, allow feminist women (and non-feminist identified women) to embrace modern femininity, of their own choosing and purpose. And these women have control over their own identity and what being a woman, and feminine means to them, and not solely for the male or female gaze.


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About a year ago I started the search for my biological mother and shared my experience in a blog entitled 'The Adoption Files'. However, writing 'The Adoption File' became as much about understanding the effects of childhood on individuals as finding my natural family. Whilst my story is related to my adoption much of what I discovered about the effects of childhood and family is the same for anyone, whether adopted or not. The truth is family is central to many of our life experiences and sometimes those are good and sometimes not so good. When childhood has not been so good it can overshadow the rest of our lives, however, it does not have to, we can turn those negatives around to achieve positive outcomes.
Many people spend their lives trying to be the person their family want them to be rather than just being themselves. This often stems from negative experiences in childhood that shape relationships within families. That childhood and family shape our lives is not exactly a startling revelation, however, this much I know, they do not have to define who we are and who we become. As George Eliot suggests "It is never too late to be who you might have been". We are not bound by our childhoods, forever imprisoned in a world defined for us by others. Throughout life we meet individuals who are equally as important in shaping who we are and what we might become, and of course we also have our own will, intellect, humour to carry us forward into life to become the people we want to be.
The central message from my adoption story can be summed up in the words of Steve Jobs, who, like I was also adopted, and they apply to anyone who might have had a difficult childhood or who is still affected by negative family relationships
"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary".
The 'Adoption file' is a free short ibook and provides a snapshot of my journey to finding my natural family, and my reflections on famly and relationships. It is a story of life and hope.
from the introduction
'Ayaan Hirsi Ali begins her book "Infidel my life" describing a scene with her grandmother when as a five year old she was able to name her family ancestry back three hundred years. In Somali culture lineage is central to belonging, this was something Ayaan had drummed into her as a child. Knowing our cultural heritage, our ethnic roots and family history is important to understanding who we are, they provide reference points from which we can develop an understanding of the factors that have helped shape who we are today. It is easy to over emphasise the importance of these when you do not know them, or under value their importance when you do. However, equally important is the way we are brought up and our relationships within the family. Whether who we are is predetermined by some invisible invention of science called genetics or the highly visible '*uck ups' (as the poet Philip Larkin would suggest) made by our parents is commonly known as the 'nature vs nurture' debate and has been the subject of much discussion for decades. The truth is we are probably shaped by a bit of both[…]'
The book can be downloaded here
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Metabolic activity, not light, drives the circadian clock in cyanobacteria.
Catherine Offord
Feb 29, 2016
The paper
G.K. Pattanayak et al., "Controlling the cyanobacterial clock by synthetically rewiring metabolism," Cell Reports, 13:2362-67, 2015.
Tiny tickers
Like many organisms, the photosynthetic cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus has a circadian clock that cycles with light/dark rhythms. The timekeeper has just three core proteins—KaiA, KaiB, and KaiC—making it the simplest circadian clock known to science. Given that researchers have failed to identify light-sensitive clock components in S. elongatus, but have demonstrated that Kai proteins respond to metabolic activity, some scientists suggest that cyanobacteria are synchronizing to the downstream metabolites of photosynthesis, as opposed to light itself.
Decoupling metabolism
To tease apart light-dark cycles and metabolism, researchers led by Michael Rust at the University of Chicago engineered a strain of S. elongatus that could grow without photosynthesis by metabolizing externally supplied glucose.
Sugar dependency
The team found that these cyanobacteria's clock phases were essentially unresponsive to light cues in the presence of glucose, and that in constant darkness, they could be entrained by a periodic glucose supply. The results establish metabolic activity as the primary clock driver in S. elongatus. "All you need is a metabolic cycle and the [clock] proteins will follow it," says Rust.
A general mechanism?
The discovery of this role for metabolism in some of the world's oldest organisms indicates that "probably the most ancient thing that led to the creation of circadian clocks was the presence of daily metabolic cycling," Rust explains. As for gut bacteria, which also show daily rhythms in the absence of light-dark cycles, the Weizmann Institute's Eran Elinav, who was not involved in the work, says the study "brings the very attractive hypothesis that metabolic activity or different combinations of metabolites may drive periodicity in this system as well."


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What was the challenge for this project?
Panningen, a town in the South of The Netherlands, is home to the Ringoven, a former brickworks. The factory closed in 1989, contributing to a general decline in the town's quality of life in the following years. Increasingly more social services disappeared from the town. But the listed brickworks was renovated and redeveloped and has been a buzzing meeting place since 2014.
The Ringoven offers space to different social organisations. For instance, there's an agency that organises work for people with learning difficulties. Day-care and activities are provided for older people with dementia, and there is after-school childcare. A social business, Rendiz, also provides hospitality services and rents out venues.
How is the approach of the project innovative?
The different social and commercial organisations based there jointly carry out and support the Ringoven's goals. They turn the building into the heartbeat of the town and its surroundings. The initiators of the redevelopment have succeeded in connecting all these organisations with one another. And they have done it in a commercially successful way: the Ringoven – as part of Rendiz – combines hospitality with letting property to social initiatives, and offers day-care activities, all of which generates income. The project is a classic example of innovative social entrepreneurship.
What impact does Triodos Bank have on this project?
Triodos Bank financed the internal refurbishment of the building. But its involvement goes further. Triodos Bank is a key partner of Rendiz, the initiator of the redevelopment. The bank thinks with it about the funding potential of similar Rendiz projects in other parts of the province.
What impact does the project have on the sector?
The great strength of the Ringoven is the housing of organisations from different sectors, such as healthcare, education and hospitality. The project shows that this integrated approach can be successful. A listed building like the Ringoven is expensive to use. Refurbishment into a multifunctional social centre, too, involved a lot of costs. But a monument like this can be profitable if its costs are borne by several parties.
What impact does the project have on society?
The area around Panningen is confronted by different issues, from an ageing and declining population to the decline and disappearance of community services.
The region is not unique in that respect: there are several communities in The Netherlands that face similar problems. But the redevelopment of the Ringoven is a powerful response to them. It contributes to the vitality of the community and social cohesion in the town. The building also serves as a hub and inspiration for other developments. Since the reopening of the Ringoven, different organisations are taking root not only in, but also around, the building. A primary school has now also been established adjacent to the former brickworks. Panningen is alive again.
How does the project share the vision of Triodos Bank?
Triodos Bank contributes to a community's quality of life. It is committed to increasing individual development opportunities, a caring society, and to strengthening the ecology and environment.
It is logical then that the bank is involved in the Ringoven. After all, the project offers development opportunities to people living some distance to the labour market, education for children, and also contributes to the social cohesion in the town. The hospitality service uses regional and Fairtrade products. And finally, it is a beautiful building – a national monument – conserved for future generations in a revitalised town.