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To Trust the Law Means to Trust that the Law is not only Written, but that It Is Implemented – Sunday, 29.8.2010
The Mirror, Vol. 14, No. 679
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Would you please mouse-click, further up on this page here, on About The Mirror to read information about changes planned to be implemented, starting from 1 September 2010.
Norbert Klein
Editor of The Mirror
Social stability depends on a situation where the citizens trust that the law is implemented. Not every time when somebody thinks to be treated unjustly this is also true. But the fact that every week there are several reports of demonstrations of groups of people, in different parts of the country, who feel they are suffering injustice – mostly related to land use and land rights – should be a sign of alarm. Social stability can be enforced for some time, but that is different from social stability based on peace and justice.
In 2002, the Prime Minister had said in his opening speech to the Consultative Group Meeting between representatives of the Cambodian Government and representatives of cooperating countries and international institutions:
"We are conscious that corruption in the public machinery, be it judiciary or administrative or any other, increases transaction costs for everyone and reduces predictability in law enforcement and implementation of government's policies… The government believes that enactment of adequate laws and regulations to prevent and punish corruption is crucial for addressing this problem."
And in December 2005 he warned that if illegal land seizures were not brought under control, they could lead to a farmers' revolution.
Are these words of the Prime Minister out of date?
Seeing that during many of present demonstrations people carrying pictures of the Prime Minister and the First Lady shows that many people still have hope in interventions by the Prime Minister to provide justice – even when they have lost confidence that the normal process of the courts will achieve this goal.
Violations of the law happen regularly and massively, as claimed in the Cambodian press, and this is also confirmed by high ranking officials of the government. Just to quote some examples from the current week reported in The Mirror:
- Contraband Is Massively Imported while Members of the Authorities Are Collecting Colossal Amounts of Money
- Prime Minister Hun Sen Had Often Warned against It, but Frequently Heads of Some Institutions and Units Continue to Nominate Their Children's Spouses or Other Relatives to Take Their Positions When They Retire
- Tax Officers Who Collect Excessive Amounts of Money from Road Tax Payments Face Dismissal [so this is happening]
- Prime Minister Hun Sen's Order to Intercept Forestry Crimes Is No Longer Followed [recently, there is more illegal wood transported]
- Disabled Veterans and Retiring Civil Servants Complained about Difficulties to Get Their Salaries [as they were told to wait from day to day]
Not all press reports are verified – but if there are repeatedly reports about the same kind of violations, one would expect concerned statements from the Press and Quick Reaction Unit of the Council of Ministers, explaining to the public what the authorities are doing to check what is going on to rectify what is wrong.
It is surprising that, instead, the spokesperson of the Press and Quick Reaction Unit of the Council of Ministers, Mr. Tith Sothea, when requested to look into problems in the way society is operating in spite of the regulations of the Constitution of 1993, made appeasing statements. He said that the government always rules the country following the law, adding, "If the opposition party wants further reforms beyond this, it has to wait until it wins the elections." Many people who are convinced they suffer injustice do not want to see a complete political change, they just want to see that the laws and the Constitution of 1993 are really implemented.
When the 2010 report of Amnesty International drew the attention to the plight of thousands of Cambodian citizens suffering from forced relocations – in case of Group 78 in the Tonle Basak commune and other cases – the same spokesperson of the Press and Quick Reaction Unit of the Council of Ministers accused Amnesty International not to have studied the actual situation. Even accusations were made that such reports about the plight of Cambodian people asking for justice are only written to gain money for the writers. One might expect that the spokesperson would rather elaborate what the government is doing to help the people who have lost their homes, where they had had their livelihood – though poor – established for many years.
Will the Minister of Justice also be accused of "not to have studied the actual situation" for blaming the court system of not functioning according to the law, and therefore not delivering justice:
- The Ministry of Justice Released a Letter to Warn Judges and Prosecutors Who Read Newspapers during Hearings and Assign Clerks to Assume Their Responsibility Instead
When a Delegation of the European Parliament recently visited Cambodia to study the medical sector, they observed the gap between what the Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia says, and the realities they met. The Mirror carried repeatedly reports about sick people who could not get proper attention in hospitals if they were not able to pay first.
The public is not so much interested in claims by the Press and Quick Reaction Unit of the Council of Ministers that everything is all right. It would rather be interesting to read more about what measure are taken or planned to bridge the gap between the requirements of the Constitution – from which we quote here – than to be referred to a possible change by electoral vote, if the people want to see the Constitution implemented.
Some related quotes from the Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia – always interesting and important reading:
- Article 72: The health of the people shall be guaranteed. The State shall give full consideration to disease prevention and medical treatment. Poor citizens shall receive free medical consultation in public hospitals, infirmaries and maternities.
- Article 74: The State shall assist the disabled and the families of combatants who sacrificed their lives for the nation.
Please recommend The Mirror also to your colleagues and friends.
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No, THIS is How Michael Caine Speaks
In today's bit of absurd comedy awesomeness, comedians Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan present dueling Michael Caine impersonations. I prefer Brydon (the guy in the gray sweater), but Coogan makes a good point about Caine's self-interruption (his "broken voice"). This makes me really, really want to get BBC2. But alas, I'm stuck with BBC America, which isn't showing this program yet. (This is a small clip from the new show The Trip.) Sample line: "I can't go fast because Michael...Caine...talks...very...very...[whispering] slowly."
Warning: contains some strong language.
Or is THIS How Michael Caine speaks?
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June 15th, 2012
My Take: How I constructed 'The American Bible'
Editor's Note: Stephen Prothero, a Boston University religion scholar and author of "The American Bible: How Our Words Unite, Divide, and Define a Nation," is a regular CNN Belief Blog contributor.
By Stephen Prothero, Special to CNN
Over the past year or so, I have been working on a book called "The American Bible." The hardest part was the table of contents.
"The American Bible" isn't a new translation of the Christian Bible. It's my term for the texts that function like scripture in American public life, the voices to which we are forever returning as we reflect together on what America is all about.
In some cases, we refer explicitly to these texts as "sacred" or "immortal." At a campaign stop in Mesa, Arizona, in February, Mitt Romney implied that the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution might be "inspired by God."
In all cases, however, we treat them like scripture, returning to their words as we ponder the meanings and ends of our country, and invoking their authority in debates over gay marriage and taxes. In other words, these are the speeches and songs, letters and novels that continue to stir commentary and controversy, the voices that bring us together into the collective conversation that I see as the rite of our republic.
But which voices to include in my book? Which texts have "we the people" embraced as scripture? And what are the key commentaries upon them? As I struggled to answer these questions, I knew I'd be criticized for the choices I made.
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When "Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know" appeared in 1987, author E.D. Hirsch was widely criticized for producing a list of "core knowledge" that was too conservative and too white. His 63-page list of people, places and events neglected knowledge that is central to the experiences of African-Americans, Latinos and women, many argued.
With Hirsch and his critics in mind, I began the quest for my canon by devising some defensible guidelines. I decided right away that the book should be descriptive rather than prescriptive. In other words, I would aim not to create a canon but to report upon one; I would include not the voices that inspire me but those that "we the people" have revered.
I then fixed on two criteria. First, I would look for texts that have generated conversation and controversy, books we value enough to fight about. Second, I would look for texts that speak to the meaning of "America" and "Americans," telling us where our nation has been and where it should be going.
I also decided that I would include alongside my "biblical" books extensive commentary about each, tracking their "afterlives" over the course of U.S. history. In other words, my "American Bible" would look something like an "American Talmud," with extensive commentaries tracking the conversations Americans had about the Declaration of Independence during the Civil War and about the Gettysburg Address during the civil rights movement.
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When Nathaniel Philbrick referred to "Moby-Dick" as "our American Bible," he meant that Melville's classic is a big book that carries inside it the "genetic code" of American life. In my view, however, "Moby-Dick" has not been as influential as either Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" or Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," each of which has carried considerable weight in our national conversation about race. So I eliminated "Moby-Dick."
Other cuts were more difficult. I am a big fan of "Leaves of Grass," Walt Whitman's love letter to democracy. But I thought that "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ran even deeper into the American psyche, so "Leaves of Grass" had to go. Eventually, as the book ballooned beyond its limits, I had to let Longfellow's "Revere" gallop away, too. It just hadn't provoked enough arguments.
Also slighted in "The American Bible" are more recent voices, since it is harder to generate a vast commentary tradition for a work from the 1990s or 2000s than for one published during the revolution or the Civil War. Still, I admit that most of the voices in this collection are those of dead white men. In fact, the only living author of an "American Bible" book is the Vietnam Veterans Memorial architect Maya Lin.
Nonetheless, women, native Americans, African-Americans and Muslims are among the authors of my "biblical" books, and voices of the commentators — from Frederick Douglass to Rosa Parks and Gloria Steinem to Alan Greenspan — are far more diverse.
"The American Bible" also ranges, in its primary and secondary texts, far and wide across the political spectrum. Radical historian Howard Zinn and consumer activist Ralph Nader are heard here. So are conservative activists and intellectuals such as William F. Buckley Jr., Robert Bork, Rush Limbaugh and Antonin Scalia.
When I finished constructing "The American Bible," I was delighted to see that there are lessons aplenty here concerning both what our forbears have said about our country and how they have said it. In a time when party passions threaten to divide the country, it is gratifying to recall the words our fellow Americans have used to try to unite it.
In his Farewell Address, Washington warns us against the "mischiefs of the spirit of party." In his First Inaugural, Jefferson says, "We are all Republicans; we are all Federalists." "We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies," says Lincoln. And closer to our own time, Kennedy reminds us that "civility is not a sign of weakness."
My table of contents appears below. How have I done? What did I miss? What should I have cut? It's your book. Let me know.
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Instead of shrinking from the possibility that football's ultimate game could be played in a blizzard, organizers of the first outdoor, cold-climate Super Bowl have decided to embrace the snow as the game's unofficial theme.
In fact, some officials are positively hoping for snow.
"It would be disappointing if it didn't, quite frankly," said Brian McCarthy, the National Football League's top spokesman. "Weather and the elements are part of the game. And we are embracing it."
That could be cold comfort to the throngs of visitors to the New York City area for Super Bowl week, and to the 82,000-plus fans who will actually brave the elements during the Feb. 2 game at open-air MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. The 197-year-old Farmers' Almanac is already out with its forecast that a big winter storm will hit the area that weekend, though how much stock to put in that theory is debatable.
"It could mean windy. It could mean snow. We're not sure, obviously, what Mother Nature will throw our way." said Al Kelly, head of the NY/NJ Super Bowl Host Committee, an organization with a snowflake in its logo and the tongue-in-cheek tagline: "Join the world's biggest huddle."
From the beginning, the committee decided to embrace the prospect of cold and snowy weather. To help fans stay warm, each game ticket holder will receive a "warm welcome" package containing earmuffs, tissues, lip balm and hand warmers. Several pavilions designated as "warming spots" will also be stationed outside the stadium.
To drive home the wintry theme, a 60-foot high toboggan run will be set up in Manhattan on "Super Bowl Boulevard," a 14-block outdoor celebration of all things football-related, centered around Times Square.
Fans will be able to wait in line and pay $5 to slide down the toboggan run on a mat. In the NFL's mock rendering of the boulevard, the toboggan run is covered in snow.
Organizers expect more than a million people to visit the boulevard, which will also feature giant versions of the Super Bowl roman numerals, an outdoor concert stage, an autograph stage containing the Vince Lombardi Trophy and broadcast sets for all of the major television networks.
The timing of the game in early February is ideal for generating tourism dollars, as January and February are traditionally the slowest tourism months in New York City, said Tim Tompkins, president of the Times Square Alliance. And the surrounding bars and eating establishments are hoping to profit in a major way from people seeking refuge from the weather.
"If people are looking for warming stations, we're not building them," McCarthy said. "But you do have about 150 restaurants and shops right there."
At Marriott Courtyard hotels, the NFL's official Super Bowl hotel brand, guests will be served hot chocolate in Super Bowl-branded mugs when they check in at the front desk. The hotel chain is also considering handling out warm-weather gear like scarves or mittens.
"We're saying, 'Come to Courtyard if you want to get warm,'" said Janis Milham, a senior vice president at Marriott.
Cold-weather games are really nothing new for the NFL. And if it does snow, organizers will be ready for it. Both states are prepared to put their full arsenal of plows and salt trucks to make sure that roads are clear and safe.
"You know New York City, you know Broadway," Tompkins said. "The show must go on."


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United move for Chelsea's Luiz
Each day we'll bring you the very latest tabloid rumors as the biggest clubs around splash the cash to bolster their rosters. True or not, they're always entertaining...
Gareth Bale has told pals his Tottenham career is over.
Wayne Rooney is staying at Manchester United - for now.
Arsene Wenger admits he wants to bring Juan Mata to Arsenal while Jose Mourinho has denied he is trying to sell the Spaniard.
Alan Pardew has told his young Newcastle players to shape up or ship out.
Real Madrid's Mesut Ozil wants £200,000 per week to join Manchester United or Arsenal.
Watford's Troy Deeney is a target for Celtic.
Blackburn will not let Jordan Rhodes join Wigan.
Stoke have grabbed Liverpool winger Oussama Assaidi on a season-long loan.
Crystal Palace have made a move to sign Joey Barton but face a fight from Everton.
Cardiff have been told to stump up £8.6m for Heerenveen's Alfred Finnbogason.
Sunderland are locked in a battle with Sampdoria to sign AC Milan's Luca Antonini.
Manchester United will invite Wayne Rooney for contract talks this autumn if he continues to show his commitment to the club.
Roma have held talks over a loan switch involving Spurs left-back Benoit Assou-Ekotto and Federico Balzaretti.
Arsenal have asked Ajax about a price for Toby Alderweireld.
Sheffield Wednesday are trying to land former Manchester City winger Martin Petrov.
Nottingham Forest have made a fresh bid for Middlesbrough's Grant Leadbitter.
Chelsea are closing in on their move for Samuel Eto'o.
Aston Villa and Southampton have made loan bids for Porto defender Abdoulaye Ba.
Gareth Bale is not expected to train with Spurs again as he tries to push through his world-record transfer to Real Madrid.
Samuel Eto'o is expected to reject a more lucrative contract at Inter Milan in favor of joining Chelsea.
Manchester City are closer to signing Martin Demichelis from Atletico Madrid.
Modibo Maiga is expected to stay at West Ham with St Etienne unwilling to pay his entire wages or meet a £2m loan fee.
Arsenal target Mesut Ozil moved closer to a Real Madrid exit following a strop.
Livid Gareth Bale has told Spurs chairman Daniel Levy he won't let him sabotage his move to Real Madrid.
Wayne Rooney has been forced into a humiliating climbdown in his bid to leave Manchester United.
Manchester United are making a £30m move for Chelsea's David Luiz.
Tottenham have insisted their pursuit of Juan Mata is genuine.
Spurs have been warned off striker Hulk by Zenit St Petersburg.
Birmingham boss Lee Clark has admitted he has not got a penny to spend at St Andrews.
Swansea's Neil Taylor has been ruled out for six weeks while West Brom's Ben Foster is out for 12.
Manuel Pellegrini has earmarked Valencia's Adil Rami as a back-up to Manchester City's defensive problems.
Mark Hughes has his sights on landing QPR's Junior Hoilett and West Brom's Peter Odemwingie.
Celtic are chasing Watford's Troy Deeney but must pay £5m.
Wayne Rooney has snubbed Jose Mourinho and decided to resolve his differences with Manchester United.
Wayne Rooney has snubbed Chelsea after refusing to hand in a transfer request.
Manuel Pellegrini will turn to Adil Rami to resolve Manchester City's defensive worries if he is priced out a move for Martin Demichelis.
Crystal Palace are challenging Fulham for £2m-rated Ajax midfielder Eyong Enoh.
Millwall have given Gareth Taylor-Fletcher a trial with Steve Morison ruled out for a month with a hernia.
Wayne Rooney will remain at Manchester United this season.
Gareth Bale's dream move to Real Madrid was being delayed by a transfer chain.
QPR midfielder Stephane Mbia has joined Seville on loan until the end of the season.
Cardiff City manager Malky Mackay has targeted one more signing in this transfer window.


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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- For more than two hours, the red-white-and-blue-clad crowd stood and sang "Dos a cero! Dos a cero!" over and over and over.
And 2-0 it was.
The United States clinched its seventh straight World Cup appearance, getting second-half goals from Eddie Johnson and Landon Donovan on Tuesday night for the now traditional 2-0 home qualifying win over Mexico.
"It's become its own monster. People want to come to Columbus and see U.S.-Mexico. It's almost like the mecca really for us," goalkeeper Tim Howard said. "You almost feel like it's our destiny to win here."
Noisy American fans stood and sang in Columbus Crew Stadium starting hours before kickoff, and about 1,000 stayed for an hour after the final whistle. The U.S. needed a win or a tie from Honduras against Panama to clinch with two games to spare, and the American supporters watched on the videoboard as the Catrachos held on for a 2-2 draw.
U.S. players crowded around a television in their locker room, and then sprayed bubbly and came back on the field to celebrate with the fans.
"It's great to do it sooner than later, but to get it against your rival is even sweeter," American captain Clint Dempsey said.
After withstanding Mexican pressure for the first 20 minutes, the U.S. settled in the match and got the breakthrough in the 49th minute when Johnson outjumped defender Diego Reyes to meet Donovan's corner kick 8 yards out and head the ball past frozen goalkeeper Jesus Corona.
With Mexican shifting to an offense-minded 3-4-3 formation, the U.S. scored in the 78th following a throw in when Mix Diskerud threaded the ball across the middle. Dempsey got the slightest of touches as he slid into the goalmouth, and Donovan poked the ball in from 2 yards.
"Obviously this is a huge, huge evening for all of us," U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann said. "It's a huge milestone whenever you make it to a World Cup."
The U.S. (5-2-1) moved into first place in the North and Central American and Caribbean finals with 16 points, one ahead of Costa Rica (4-1-3), which was held to a 1-1 tie at last-place Jamaica and also clinched.
Honduras (3-3-2) is third with 11 points and on track for the region's final automatic berth for the 32-nation field for Brazil next June. Panama moved ahead of Mexico (both 1-2-5) on goal difference for fourth place, which advances to a playoff against Oceania champion New Zealand.
"This a team that could and should play better," said Luis Fernando Tena, who replaced Chepo de la Torre as Mexico's coach following Friday's 2-1 home loss to Honduras. "It has to take a step forward if we want to make it to the World Cup."
Following wins over Mexico in qualifiers by identical 2-0 scores at Columbus in 2001, 2005 and 2009, the U.S. Soccer Federation picked the same venue for this year's match. The capacity crowd of 24,584 taunted the Mexicans with chants of "You're not going to Brazil!"
"Amazing, amazing crowd," Klinsmann said. "Kind of pushed these guys."
Fans were so loud during "The Star-Spangled Banner" that anthem singer Kayleigh Schofield was forced to alter her tempo to match that of the crowd.
"I think it really got into Mexico's head, especially when we scored that first goal. You could see it on Mexico's face. They were really defeated," American defender Omar Gonzalez said. "From that point on we really took control of the game."
Johnson, starting because of Jozy Altidore's suspension for yellow-card accumulation, nearly scored off Donovan's cross in the third minute of the second half, but the pass was just ahead of him.
A minute later, the U.S. took just its second corner kick of the match. Jermaine Jones and Johnson both broke in from behind the penalty spot, and Mexico was slow to react as Johnson scored his 12th goal in 21 qualifying appearances. He was mobbed by teammates near the U.S. bench as fans set off a smoke bomb.
"We've got some good height in the box, and this time I wanted to make sure I kept it down enough," Johnson said. "I was very fortunate it went in."
Donovan, his right eye squinting because of conjunctivitis, increased his U.S.-record goals total to 57, set off a nonstop singalong for the closing minutes of the match.
"You see it when we came in the stadium. It was rockin' already," Donovan said. "That's a real atmosphere. That's what we face when we go away, and it's nice that other teams have to face it when they come here."
And Mexico now has a tough challenge, hosting Panama on Oct. 11 before closing four days later at Costa Rica.
"They looked relatively timid and shy throughout. I've never seen a Mexico team look that way," Donovan said.
Dealing with an injury to midfielder Michael Bradley and yellow-card suspensions that also included defender Matt Besler and midfielder Geoff Cameron, Klinsmann had to make several changes from Friday's 3-1 loss at Costa Rica -- which ended the Americans' team-record 12-game winning streak.
Fabian Johnson shifted from midfield to the back line, and Clarence Goodson was among four new starters, joined by midfielders Kyle Beckerman and Alejandro Bedoya, and Eddie Johnson. Fabian Johnson strained his left hamstring and was replaced by Michael Parkhurst for the start of the second half.
Mexico dominated the first 20 minutes of the opening half and the last five, forcing Howard to make several sprawling saves.
"Once we weathered that storm, Mexico didn't have much in the second half," Gonzalez said.
Now the Americans can take it easy in the final two qualifiers, against Jamaica on Oct. 11 at Kansas City, Kan., and at Panama four days later. Exhibitions are likely at Scotland and Austria in November.
Klinsmann won the World Cup as a player with Germany in 1990 and coached his native country to the 2006 semifinals. He's lived in California for 15 years and understands the accomplishment.
As he spoke during his postgame news conference, he had a Starbucks cup in front of him, presumably filled with champagne.
"It's not Aquafina," he said, laughing.


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Sales began yesterday for the luxurious new Ritz-Carlton Residences on Waikiki beach with the opening of its real-estate showroom. Located at Luxury Row–2100 Kalakaua Avenue at the entrance to Waikiki, the 38-floor, 309-unit building offers everything from studios to three-bedrooms and penthouses. Prices start at $500,000, but don't expect to land a penthouse for anything less than $15 million.
What kind of amenities can you expect with price tags like these? For one, gorgeous ocean views from many of the units, with panoramic views from upper floors. Those on the mauka side of the building can expect sweeping mountain views. And of course the units will boast luxury appliances, fixtures and finishings.
For those who prefer not to walk the few minutes down to the beach, there will be an infinity pool with ocean views. A separate adult-only spa pool will also be available with a full-service spa.
Having moved to Hawaii from New York City myself, I'm especially excited that Dean & DeLuca, a well-known upscale New York grocery chain, will be setting up shop in the Ritz-Carlton with its amazing spreads, cheeses, and other exotic artisan foods.
Additionally, there will be an acclaimed sushi restaurant and an ocean-view restaurant and bar. When it's time to work off all that delicious food, you could head to the top-of-the-line fitness center, complete with spa and steam rooms or take a stroll in the lush gardens.
Add in concierge and bell services, valet parking, housekeeping, in-room dining and catering services, and children's programs and you have pure luxury. (If you end up buying, I would love an invitation!)
The projected opening date is Spring 2016. The showroom will be open from noon to 5 p.m. seven days a week, by appointment only.
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3/9/2013 - A moderate recovery is underway in the major advanced economies, according to the OECD's latest Interim Economic Assessment. Growth is proceeding at encouraging rates in North America, Japan and the UK. The euro area as a whole is out of recession, although output remains weak in a number of countries.
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Growth has slowed in some of the large emerging economies, however. One factor has been a rise in global bond yields – triggered in part by an expected scaling back of the US Federal Reserve's quantitative easing – which has fuelled market instability and capital outflows in a number of major emerging economies, such as India and Indonesia.
Since they now account for a large share of the world economy, the slowdown in the emerging economies points to sluggish near-term growth globally, despite the pick-up in the advanced economies.
Economic growth in the major advanced economies is expected to continue at a similar pace in the second half of 2013 as in the second quarter. In the three largest OECD economies, the US, Japan and Germany, activity is expected to expand by about 2 ½ per cent annualised in the third andfourth quarters. France is forecast to grow by about 1½ per cent annualised in the second half of the year, while in Italy growth is expected to remain mildly negative.
GDP growth in China is forecast to pick up to about 8% by the final quarter, after a slowdown in the first half of 2013. Even that would represent a slower rate than in recent years, however.
Presenting the Assessment in Paris, OECD Deputy Chief Economist Jorgen Elmeskov said: "The gradual pick-up in momentum in the advanced economies is encouraging but a sustainable recovery is not yet firmly established. Major risks remain. The euro area is still vulnerable to renewed financial markets, banking and sovereign debt tensions. High levels of debt in some emerging markets have increased their vulnerability to financial shocks. And a renewal of brinksmanship over fiscal policy in the US could weaken confidence and trigger new episodes of financial turmoil. "
He added: "Continued support for demand is still needed to make sure recovery takes hold, and it remains vital that this be complemented by structural reforms to boost growth, rebalance the global economy and avoid a ratcheting-up of structural unemployment."
Tackling high unemployment is crucial and must be a key focus of government action, says the OECD. Unemployment rates are around 12 per cent in the euro area and 7½ per cent in the United States, far above pre-crisis levels, and to avoid high rates getting entrenched even as a recovery takes hold governments must implement effective training and activation policies, backed by support for stronger demand. Reforming tax-benefit systems should improve work incentives while targeted measures are needed for vulnerable groups such as jobless young people outside the training and education system.
The Interim Economic Assessment says public finances have been improving in most advanced economies, with the exception of Japan, but that fiscal consolidation policies must continue. Such policies need to be better designed, however, to protect the most vulnerable in society, to build public support for necessary structural reforms and to prioritise spending to help get people back to work.
For further information, journalists should contact the OECD Media Office (email@example.com; +33 1 45 24 97 00)
Watch the video on the Interim Economic Assessment with Deputy Secretary-General and Chief Economist, Pier Carlo Padon, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l307MUZDSho
For more information visit: www.oecd.org/eco/economicoutlook.htm
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The indoor Teak Wood Traditional Style Dining Chair collection from Alengga Furniture product code AL-FDC071. Crafted from solid Teak wood materials and this style is complemented by it's White Washed Lacquer finish.
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A nice dining room would not be complete without this one. Teak Wood Traditional Style Dining Chair, or whatever you want to call it. They are a nice addition to already exist indoor Indonesia furniture products on your home. Well? Of course you must have Teak Wood Traditional Style Side Dining Chair, so they become perfect sets for your home dining room. Yes of course we have them too. Why indoor Indonesia furniture? Well? It's because they has a gorgeous design which is very beautiful. Superior quality dining chairs will add something unique to a dining room or area. Your dining chairs not only should let you feel good but even they have to look good.
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I was having this interesting conversation with a friend of mine, when the topic of Blogging came up specially Commenting.
A couple of interesting views came up
1. I was asked how come I go and comment on a lot of blogs, even when it is seen that they probably never visit me or if they visit they don't put a comment or even reply back to the comments I make.
Well I am sure I have replied to that umpteen times, I guess its in my habit (right or wrong) I don't know , I always have something to say which sometimes has put me in trouble too. I also feel that since the author has taken the time to write what they have written, maybe it will be good if we also read what they have written and give our two cents worth of view.
I am sure like I feel happy to see all the comments pouring in they too would feel good.
Although I must say I try my best not to write two-word comments as I think there is this culture in blogosphere that you comment on mine only then I will comment on yours, Which I have recently understood. I am sure a lot of people have written about this phenomenon a lot many times.
So Now I think I will have to change the way I look at this place too.
2. Indiblogger and Voting :-
On Indiblogger there is a forum called indivine where We can put our latest post . The people in your group then can come and Read it, Now all this is fine but I have always had this problem with Indiblogger on the voting phenomenon.
I have been involved in a few nasty discussions too over time , But I can't understand this VOTE thing. What is it for.
Although to vote one has to open the post, yet in my eyes if as a reader I have opened the post then I should read the post fully, Why bother voting if you don't read the post. It takes a lot of marketing skills to get lots and lots of votes.
I have realised that most just press the button again quickly to vote, hoping others will come to vote too. I don't particularly like that idea as again I doubt if all who are pressing the VOTE button actually Read what one has written.
In my eyes I would much prefer people to come over , at least read what one has written and yes also let me know if they have liked or disliked ,they agree with what I have written or not agree, If people don't tell that then how is one going to learn. How can one learn that they are doing a mistake, till someone points it too.
Blogging world has become a lot like attention seeking sorts. This voting process seems more of getting a hit or traffic on your blog.
I am not the one to shy away from saying yeah I put my article up there , So people in my group know I have posted a new post. I am lucky many of the people do come and read what I have written which is a good feeling.
3. How come MEN or the male species don't comment in that number on blogs written by other Men compared to those written by the lovely ladies.
I had not noticed this until recently, It was pointed out by this good friend. I did not know what to say . So I thought about asking everyone who visit here and read what all junk I write about, what is the reason.
I in no way am saying I don't want the pleasure of the company of beautiful lovely people who already come , But why is it that the male version who I definitely see at almost every other blog written by ladies and whose blogs I do sometimes comment on , Not comment on this blog 🙂 .
Is it some sort of man thing , which I am not getting. Because I visit blogs irrespective if they are written by a woman or a man, would be fun to know the reply to that one . I think there is a Gender Bias in blogging too, I dont want to give examples and embarrass people but I have seen it happen.
What do you think people.. Do you feel the same way as I do, OR am I completely off my nuts as usual ?
Does it matter to you who visits your blog ?
Does it make you feel bad if people don't read what you have written but just comment for the sake of it .. Or press the Like button.
Do you feel bad when you see people whose blog you have commented, they don't even reply to you and WORSE still they Reply to every other comment but yours on their blog..
What do you do, Do you stop going to those blogs. ?
You can tell me that I am just being a moron 🙂


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I have a few beautiful pieces from this collection that I'm going to share with you today. I'm all about the summer and warm peach tones and this collection has everything warm and beautiful. This stunning collection is also featured in my video. Please have a look. I would love for you to subscribe to my channel. It would mean so much to me.
The first thing that I'm excited about is the CHANEL LES BEIGES Healthy Glow Luminous Colour Light. I absolutely love how this makes my skin look and feel. It really gives a healthy glow to the face and can we talk about the lovely packaging? I love that the packaging is cream colour. So stunning and I'm absolutely in love. I also love the ripples on the powder. It reminds me of soft warm sand. Oh how I miss the ocean! The scent of this beautiful luminous glow is lightly scented, floral and divine!
The Rouge coco stylo in 217 Panorama is so creamy and buttery. Soft and glorious. It gives the lips such beauty, shine, hydration and feels really soft and beautiful on the lips. I absolutely adore this and I'm adding this to my April Favourites for sure. Incredible formula!
Next I have the beautiful and creamy waterproof stylo yeux in 847 Terra Rossa. A beautiful eggplant colour. I love Chanel eye pencils because they are soft, creamy and long lasting. Really beautiful colour to this collection as well.
I absolutely love the LE VERNIS colours in this collection. They are so beautiful, peachy and pretty. Perfect for summer!
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BOSTON — Jaromir Jagr's first goal in a Boston uniform was not one he will brag about at the end of his Hall of Fame career.
It was all the Bruins needed to win in his debut, though.
Jagr deflected the puck into the net off his skate for the game's only goal, and Tuukka Rask stopped 40 shots for his third shutout of the season on Thursday night as Boston beat the New Jersey Devils 1-0.
"They always say you've got to drive to the net. Now I know why," said the 41-year-old forward, who has 680 goals in his 19-year career and 15 this season for the Stars and Bruins combined. "If I'd known when I was 20, I'd have 100 more goals now."
Acquired from Dallas this week shortly before the trade deadline, Jagr joined the Bruins for the pregame skate Thursday morning and quickly endeared himself to the Boston fans. Brad Marchand's centering pass went off Jagr's left skate and past Martin Brodeur to give the Bruins a 1-0 lead with 80 seconds gone in the second period.
Fans, some wearing mullet wigs, gave Jagr a standing ovation when he took the ice for his first shift in the first period and chanted his name after the goal. Jagr skipped the military salute he traditionally uses to celebrate a goal, saying he would save it for the playoffs.
"Or if I score a good goal," he said. "Not with my leg."
Rask earned his 14th career shutout with some help from the crossbar and the post that foiled Dainius Zubrus and David Clarkson, respectively.
Brodeur made 25 saves for the defending Eastern Conference champions, who fell into ninth and out of playoff position when the New York Islanders went into overtime with the Capitals on Thursday.
"I'd be lying if I said we don't know where we are in the playoffs. But we're not thinking about it (every) game," Devils defenseman Andy Greene said. "If we play 11 more games like this, I think we'll give ourselves the best chance to continue to play."
With the win, the Bruins kept pace with Montreal, which beat Winnipeg 4-1 later Thursday to maintain a one-point lead in the Northeast Division.
Jagr, 41, is 10th on the NHL career list with 1,680 points over a 19-year career in which he established himself as a star alongside Mario Lemieux with the Pittsburgh Penguins while winning the Stanley Cup in his first two seasons. After stints with the Capitals, Rangers, Flyers and Stars, Dallas sent him to Boston on Tuesday for two prospects and a draft pick.
His presence became even more important for the 2011 Stanley Cup champions when first-line center Patrice Bergeron sustained a concussion on Tuesday night — at least the fourth of his NHL career. Bergeron, who leads the Bruins with 31 points in 35 games, is out indefinitely.
"In the morning skate, it was a little nerve-racking being out there with him," Marchand said. "Just felt like you've got to give it to him all the time and watch him do his thing. We grew up watching this guy, and he was the best player throughout my childhood. It was an honor to watch him.
"A little different playing with him now, but a lot of fun."
Jagr played on a line with Marchand and Tyler Seguin. In addition to his somewhat inadvertent goal, he whiffed on a backhand with an open shot at the net midway through the second period, and had another open net in the third, when his sweeping shot was blocked by a sprawling defenseman.
Jagr said he has to get better, and Bruins coach Claude Julien expressed confidence that he would.
"He did a good job for a guy that just arrived yesterday," Julien said. "His goal was something we like to see. It's called 'net drive.' It's a good example for the rest of the younger guys in that room to see from a guy of that age."
New Jersey had some good shots on Rask after pulling Brodeur in the final minutes, but Boston was able to protect the lead.


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Challenges in the recording studio are simply a necessary evil when you're a musician. However, the complications legendary electronic music duo THE CRYSTAL METHOD (Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland) faced while creating their self-titled fifth album still remain unbelievable. More than halfway through the process, Scott Kirkland received news that would forever change his life. "I had what's called a benign posterior fossa arachnoid cyst that needed to be removed from my head," he explains. "It's a simple procedure as far as brain surgery goes, but they still had to cut into my skull and noodle around in there. The surgery wasn't as bad as the infection afterwards, which landed me in the ICU for ten days. Thankfully, I made it out okay. In hindsight, as weird as it sounds, I think we were able to make a better record because we came through this." In the aftermath of his 2013 recovery, Scott regrouped with his Method partner Ken Jordan, and everything picked up where they left off. As electronic dance music folded itself into popular culture over the past five years, these progenitors viewed this album as a pivotal statement. With twenty years under their belts, the iconic platinum-selling debut 1997's Vegas, a 2009 Grammy Award nomination in the category of "Best Dance/Electronic Album" for Divided By Night, as well as compositions for film and television including Bones and Real Steel, among other accolades, they collectively decided to up the ante yet again. That's one reason why they named their fifth offering The Crystal Method. "It's been two decades since this started, and electronic music has enjoyed a huge resurgence," says Ken. "We wanted to reintroduce ourselves to the world here. The name itself signifies twenty years of doing this. It represents a great deal of hard work, fun, and rewards. It's simply who we are." Scott adds, "Actually, we hate coming up with album titles, and it was just easier to call it The Crystal Method. It's a Walter White-approved name!" Regardless of the reason, these eleven tracks preserve the hallmarks of the group's signature sound, while boldly and brilliantly forging forward into uncharted waters. It fuses the skittering, sprawling dance floor soundscapes of their most classic fare with a modern panache and striking pop bombast. Those elements all converge on the soulful and shimmering introductory single "Over It" featuring Dia Frampton. "She has such a unique voice," Ken goes on. "You can tell she could sing anything. She brought in the skeleton of the track and it turned into this anthem. It happened during one day in our studio— completely in the moment. That style of collaboration was integral to this album. Instead of having people send their parts in, we recorded together in our studio. We got to capture that essence." Speaking of seizing the moment, a rather serendipitous encounter in mid-air led to the LeAnn Rimesassisted "Grace"—an elegant and ethereal masterpiece. After initially meeting while doing press for the Re:Generation music project, Ken and Scott ran into Rimes on a plane to Denver. Scott gave her the song on the spot, and a few months later, it was complete. "She and her writing partner came over, and we had this awesome session," he recalls. It was all so strangely coincidental. I saw her on the plane and gave her the music. It was initially titled 'Grace' and she has a tattoo that reads Grace will lead me home. She had such a random connection with it. I feel like that made everything even more powerful." Elsewhere on the album, Scars on Broadway's Franky Perez offers an ominous hum to the expansive "Difference," while Miami mainstays Afrobeta bring an intoxicating bounce to the dreamy "After Hours." However, "Dosimeter" veers off down a different path altogether. Coupling the sounds of Scott's PIC Line with his children's laughter, it's a hypnotic and poignant moment. "It's a direct result of everything I went through," he admits. "That PIC Line made this charmed sound like a cat. I could get my four-year-old daughter to laugh it, and she wasn't scared. One day we recorded it in the studio. Around the same time, my wife got a great recording of the kids playing. Everything is in there." The Crystal Method are shining brighter than ever. 2013 sees them score both the J.J. Abrams television epic Almost Human and the League of Legends video game. They've rightfully earned a reputation as "one of the best live dance acts on Earth," according to the Village Voice. Hits such as "Now Is The Time," "Keep Hope Alive" and "Name of the Game" are bona fide eternal dancefloor staples. They've collaborated with everyone from Danny Elfman and LMFAO to Scott Weiland and Metric's Emily Haines. However, they're looking forward to another two decades of dance supremacy. "We want to honor the fans with this album," concludes Ken. Even though our sound has developed and it's current, we're still The Crystal Method." "The feeling doesn't ever change," Scott affirms. "There's nothing like playing music at high volumes and interacting with a crowd. How did we get so fortunate to be able to do this?"
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Black people who survive brain bleed strokes are more likely than their white peers to have high blood pressure a year later, new research reveals.
Intracranial haemorrhages represent about 10% of all strokes, but about four in 10 of these strokes lead to death in the first month. The study authors pointed out that high blood pressure is a critical modifiable risk factor for a bleeding stroke.
"If you have already had a stroke, blood pressure treatment can reduce your chance of having another stroke by between 25% and 50%," study author Dr Darin Zahuranec, an assistant professor of neurology at the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center, in Ann Arbor, said in a journal news release.
Zahuranec and his colleagues discuss their findings in the August issue of Stroke.
To explore racial differences among bleeding stroke patients, the authors focused on 162 such stroke patients who were receiving care at Georgetown University Medical Center, in Washington, D.C.
No racial differences were seen in terms of blood pressure a month after the initial stroke, the team noted.
However, when looking at a year out the team found that among the more than half that had high blood pressure, 63% were black and just 38% were white.
What's more, the authors noted that racial spread had unfolded despite the fact that more blacks than whites took medication to manage their blood pressure.
The authors could not say what is driving the observed racial differences. However, they further noted that key social differences were also at play (with married and facility-residing patients having lower blood pressure than single and home residents), and that other such variables may explain the apparent racial gap.
"Blood pressure is not just about taking medications," Zahuranec said. "Patients can have a very large impact on blood pressure control by making changes to diet and exercise habits, and with weight loss. We need to do more for our patients to help them get their blood pressure under control."
(HealthDay, August 2012)
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From Moa to Dinosaurs, the fifth title in the acclaimed Explore & Discover series for children, looks back in time to reveal what lived in ancient New Zealand. The book begins with a glimpse of the animals that lived in New Zealand just before people arrived. It then goes back in time, providing snapshots of particular periods, as far back as 180 million years ago. The range of animals covered in From Moa to Dinosaurs is remarkable: moa and other extraordinary birds that are now extinct; crocodilians and turtles; the shark-toothed dolphin and giant penguins; dinosaurs such as sauropods and theropods; as well as those resilient survivors who can still be found in New Zealand today, such as kiwi, native bats, giant weta and tuatara. Beautifully illustrated and impeccably researched, this is a wonderful and intriguing way for children to learn something about the origins of New Zealand.
Gillian Candler is an award-winning author who brings her knowledge and skills in education and publishing to her passion for the natural world. She has always been intrigued by how New Zealand must have looked to the very first people who set foot here, and wanted to find out more about what animals lived here then. She found her first fossil when she was 5 years old – an experience she'll never forget – and it opened up a whole new world of interest.
Ned Barraud is an illustrator with a keen passion for the natural world. He illustrated the four previous titles in the award-winning Explore & Discover series, along with his first children's fiction title, Moonman. When not illustrating, he works on films at Weta Digital as a texture artist and enjoys exploring the outdoors with his wife and three children.


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We worked with National Instruments, an industrial test and measurement company, to create a data-logging device that could gauge and record vibration, temperature and orientation. Here's our package at the end of its journey.
A few years ago, Popular Mechanics shipped a custom-built gaming PC—a rather heavy and cumbersome beast—to a New Hampshire woman who'd won it in a sweepstakes. The computer arrived in pieces, delivering a crushing blow, so to speak, to the nice lady as well as to the PM staffers who'd built the computer. Even though we made good by reconstructing the PC and driving it to her doorstep, I still shudder at the memory of the gory photos she sent us of the shattered machine.
The overnight-shipping industry is a modern technological and logistical wonder, but it still can inflict medieval damage on parcels. Everyone has at one time or another received a dented, torn or otherwise mutilated package. And after our PC-shipping incident, I felt a sense of professional duty to find a way to get inside a package, as it were, and quantify the abuse it endures. Since my life insurance would become null and void if I attempted to ship myself, I needed a technological solution.
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This sort of tech exists. Last fall, FedEx introduced a service for critical packages called SenseAware, which tracks vibration, g-force, orientation, temperature and other factors. But I didn't want to use SenseAware for the test because it's unavailable to the general public—and besides, I had a covert mission in mind.
I called up a contact at National Instruments—an innovative manufacturer of industrial control equipment and software, based in Austin, Texas—and presented a challenge: Could the company help me disguise vibration sensors inside a package that I could secretly ship around the country? I soon got a call from National Instruments engineers Kelly Rink, Jamie Brettle and Rick Kuhlman, who agreed to build for me a self-powered data logger equipped with an ARM microcontroller evaluation board, a three-axis accelerometer and a massive Energizer Energi To Go XP18000 battery.
The device they created was capable of measuring acceleration, orientation and temperature. But the task wasn't a slam-dunk. "Having a processor constantly awake and writing to an SD card takes a toll on a battery," Brettle says. "But by modifying our LabVIEW code, we were able to put the processor to sleep and selectively write to the SD card. That got us 74 hours of battery life." That's enough juice to gather data from a three-day trip. We were in business.
The Plan
I mapped out for our package a tour of the United States, starting and ending at Popular Mechanics's home office, in New York City, with stops at our West Coast headquarters, in Santa Monica, Calif., and National Instruments', in Austin. At each stop, the data was uploaded from a micro SD card, the battery recharged and the package sent on its way. The parcel was shipped a dozen times (we had neither the time nor the budget to make the hundreds of trips necessary for statistical significance), a modest experiment to see how the device performed and gather enough data to draw broad conclusions. Our targets—FedEx, UPS and the U.S. Postal Service—were unaware of the test. As we went along, we changed up a few variables to see if the treatment of our package changed as well. Was overnight shipping more or less violent than three-day? Did marking the package "Fragile" or "This Side Up" ensure more careful treatment?
Before the first journey, the National Instruments engineers collected baseline g-force readings. "We dropped the package from different heights, kicked it around our building, ran down the stairs with it in a backpack and took it on a car ride—giving real-world meaning to how many g's the package endured," says Kuhlman. The findings: A moderate jostle exerts 2 g's, while a 2.5-foot drop registers 6 g's; we set the latter as our limit for rough treatment. "Our co-workers thought we were a bit odd," says Brettle, "but we assured them it was all in the name of science."
The Results
So which company treats your packages with the most tender loving care? After crunching the data and averaging the number of spikes recorded by each carrier on each trip, we found that the USPS has the gentlest touch, with a per-trip average of 0.5 acceleration spikes over 6 g's. FedEx and UPS logged an average of three and two big drops per trip, respectively (see graph, next page).
Given those results, we were a little surprised to find that the USPS flipped over its Express Mail packages an awful lot, averaging 12.5 position changes per trip. Meanwhile, FedEx averaged seven position changes, and UPS had an average of four.
All three carriers did a good job at maintaining a stable temperature, but FedEx nabbed the top rating, with an average change of only 26.01 degrees, compared with 26.8 degrees for UPS and almost 32 degrees for the USPS. But the maximum temperatures our package experienced were within 2 degrees, and at no time did a temperature register above 80 degrees or below 47 degrees.
One disheartening result was that our package received more abuse when marked "Fragile" or "This Side Up." The carriers flipped the package more, and it registered above-average acceleration spikes during trips for which we requested careful treatment.
How the Carriers Performed
How does the data stack up? In our modest experiment—12 trips, three carriers, three cities—FedEx delivered the most big bumps, with an average of three acceleration spikes over 6 g's (equivalent to a 2.5-foot drop) per trip. The USPS was the gentlest yet also the most active handler, with an average 12.5 position changes per trip. UPS was tops at keeping our package upright.
Just Asking
When we were done, I called the carriers for comment. All described the shock-absorbing technologies used in their sorting facilities, and one spokesperson felt compelled to say that the shipping industry is an "industrial" environment. I was surprised to learn that, although the USPS uses its own sorting and delivery systems, Express Mail flies via FedEx. So our package experienced both the most and the least abuse while on the same airline. This raised an unanswerable question: Does the USPS have white-glove handling that offsets FedEx's turbulent planes, or did our package just happen to catch a few smooth rides?
One bright finding of our test was the reliability of the service. In fact, several of our three-day deliveries arrived early. Quick delivery is what you expect—and pay for—but is gentle treatment as well too much to ask for? Kuhlman said it best in an e-mail to me: "Shipping overnight is expensive. For the price you pay, I feel like they should be rushing the package on a silver platter in a little butler's tuxedo." Thanks to the test, I have an answer for Kuhlman: Dream on.
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What does it feel like to be a package traveling across the U.S.? Our test parcel logged 12 trips from New York City to Santa Monica, Calif., to Austin, Texas. This coast-to-coast journey was a good example of both quick service and rough handling, with four acceleration spikes over our designated 6-g threshold. Here, we've correlated the time code from our sensor with FedEx's tracking info.


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Teachers Teaching Teachers #74 – From Big Ideas to the Nitty-Gritty
Early in this podcast we were joined by Sheryl Nusbaum-Beach to share with us some of the big ideas and vision behind the K-12 Online Conference 2007:
Sheryl Nusbaum-Beach, a 20-year educator, has been a classroom teacher, charter school principal, district administrator, and digital learning consultant. She currently serves as an adjunct faculty member teaching graduate and undergraduate preservice teachers at The College of William and Mary (Virginia, USA), where she is also completing her doctorate in educational planning, policy and leadership. In addition, Sheryl is co-leading a statewide 21st Century Skills initiative in the state of Alabama, funded by a major grant from the Microsoft Partners in Learning program. Sheryl blogs at (http://21stcenturylearning.typepad.com/blog/).
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In the second half of we get into the nitty-gritty of joining the Personal Learning Space (and Youth Voices)with teachers from four different corners of the United States: Lynne Culp from Los Angeles, Kevin Sandridge from Florida, Donna Bragg from Pennsylvania, and Woody Woodgate from Alaska.
Paul Allison, Lee Baber, and Susan Ettenheim had a few ideas as well.


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We all are enamored of the astronomer/physicist who defied the Catholic church for a season, and though it was heresy taught that the earth was not the center of the solar system/universe, but that our sun was. F. Murray Abraham famed Academy Award winner for Amadeus and acclaimed Shylock in last year's Classic Stage Company's Merchant of Venice must have been enamored of Galileo as well because he plays the man with empathy and brilliance.
It is interesting that the director Brian Kulick and the company have chosen the Charles Laughton, Bertol Brecht collaborative translation of Brecht's play Galileo. The director states that it was chosen in part because in 1947 when the play was premiered in Hollywood and had a brief later run on Broadway, this translation was meaningful in light of the nuclear age ushered in upon the world stage after Fat Man and Little Boy were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The inevitable interplay on science's impact on the culture was something that Brecht wrote as a concern of Galileo, how men would use the truth of science. It is a theme that artists and writers like Ray Bradbury and other science fiction writers and filmmakers have taken up again and again, even in works like Alien and Kubrick's 2001 A Space Odyssey.
But Brecht's version playing at the Classic Stage Company which has none of Brecht's later additions about Galileo and the church resonates for us in its themes about the inflexibility of changing with the nature of truth, and the nature of truth itself being shaped by culture, history and expediency. Galileo's life is picked up at the point when he is living with his daughter and is tutoring wealthy sons of land owners. Brecht clearly makes the point that one of Galileo's foibles was his flesh, his enjoying life and eating and wine. And of course, this is the hook later in the play providing the rationale why Galileo was not the martyr that many "heretics" were at the time when he ran afoul of the Inquisition in teaching his truths and proofs about the motion of the spheres, teachings which some of the cardinals, themselves, acknowledged as accurate.
No, Galileo was not a martyr. He caved. And F. Murray Abraham imbues this fleshly hero with an empathy we can all understand. Would we not do the same as he? Who of us would perish for some scribblings that may or may not be used to enhance mankind at some future date. No. Galileo will recant and not burn. He enjoys his wine. His flesh is weak and if the truth burns instead of him? Then, at least he will be able to get to his next meal and glass of wine, enjoying its taste.
But the price he pays brings a skein of bitterness, rejection of his students (interesting that they do not offer to burn with him for receiving the blasphemous teachings) the daily remembrance of his cowardice for his papers have been confiscated, and he must cope with the permanent guest in his house who guards him from writing anything down. So our genius is imprisoned in his home and his mind, unable to further any of his discoveries.
I do not advocate spoilers. So you won't read what happens here. Get a copy of the play. Brecht is a brilliant playwright, though this might not be his most superlative play. (Mother Courage and Her Children is better.) Don't count on seeing this version. If you have connections, perhaps you will be able to get a ticket, though it will be difficult unless you know the director or F. Murray Abraham. The performance is completely sold out.
I would have loved to go again, but I'll just have to remember, rereading this review, how splendid the supporting cast was and how human and alive F. Murray Abraham's performance was. The circular stage, a sphere, naturally and the globes of the solar system hanging from the ceiling were an effective backdrop to the action of man at the center of the universe. It was only until Galileo's discourses were noted far and wide that man was no longer front and center and the Age of Enlightenment propelled the sun to the center and knowledge, science and a different kind of truth began spinning outward farther and farther into space and time.
I couldn't recommend this production enough. I do think that at some point other versions of Brecht's Galileo will be picked up by other prodigious actors, who like a challenge and enjoy the thought that they can step into the cloak and mien of one of the most illustrious, brilliant and flawed of scientists, making us actually happy that he did not, like so many others fall into the loathsome clutches of the nefarious Inquisition.
By the way, it is interesting to note that Galileo in all his science believes in God and is God's man. Only the truly brilliant, the ineffably brilliant are able to reconcile science and God, bringing them together in complement, not stretching them from one end of the universe to the other (That is a joke; the universe has no end…and maybe no beginning, since no one was around to observe the Big Bang. It's a theory.)
To that effect and because I was inspired by the play and F. Murray Abraham's performance, I did write a sonnet to celebrate.
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Can I tell you that it is BRILLIANT how you used one event and got two blog posts out of it? And that you put your link to your sonnet at the end of this post! That is perfect. 🙂


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The Easter break afforded us the opportunity to visit South Africa's flagship National Park, and one of our favourite destinations, again, spending first three nights at Skukuza Rest Camp in the south of the Kruger National Park, and then four nights around Mopani Rest Camp in the north. After a summer of apparently good rainfall, the Park's vegetation is lush and green, with water in ample supply. These conditions make searching for wildlife a bit trickier, but it is wonderful to see the Park transformed from the harrowing effects of the recent drought that is still so fresh in our minds.
The Kruger National Park is renowned for its Big-5 sightings. There isn't very many other places where one can so easily find completely wild lions, leopards, elephants, buffaloes and rhinos from the comfort of your own vehicle, at your own pace and according to your own schedule. And then there's always a chance that you may cross paths with a magnificent big tusker!
On the other side of the scale are those less frequently noticed smaller critters ("creepy crawlies" or "goggas" as we call them), that fairly seldom feature on any of the Kruger visitors' sightings wish-lists. They may be small and unobtrusive, but they are certainly no less fascinating than the glamorous Big-5. We already shared with your the exciting scenes of a Western Stripe-bellied Sand Snake catching and swallowing a skink in Shingwedzi, but there's plenty more to see if you bend your knees!
The Mopani area is well-known for prized sightings of the rarer antelope species, and we weren't disappointed on that score either, ticking bushbuck, nyala, eland, tsessebe, reedbuck and roan antelope on our list.
The lush vegetation made it very challenging to see the smaller antelope species. We managed to photograph steenbok, grey duiker and klipspringer, but unfortunately the grysbok just weren't willing to pose for a picture this time around.
There's quite a few herbivore species that you are virtually guaranteed to see when visiting the Kruger National Park. Among these are baboons and vervet monkeys, blue wildebeest, plains zebra, impala, kudu, waterbuck, giraffe, warthog and hippo.
Of course, with such a menu there are many predators in attendance. Apart from lions and leopards, on our latest visit we also encountered spotted hyena, side-striped and black-backed jackal, crocodile and large-spotted genet.
The Kruger National Park is regarded as a paradise for bird-watchers, and that is not without reason. During the warmer months especially, when many summer migrants from northern latitudes enjoy our warm weather, the variety and numbers of bird species to be seen is absolutely prolific, but even in winter feathered life abounds in the Lowveld.
The Kruger National Park is an addictive place. You only need to visit once for it to get under your skin, and stay there. The more you experience of Kruger's wonders, the more you pine for it. We'll be back again and again, no question about it.


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G'day cobbers, how're you going? Hope you're feeling grouse. Australia Day is coming up so it's time for another dinkum-Aussie challenge. Since quite a few of us are gearing up for the next Unlock the Past cruise, I thought I'd make it a quick and easy geneameme for those who wish to participate, eh.
Let's see how deep your roots go into our Aussie soil. Do you have Australian Royalty?
If for you Australia Day is Survival Day, tell us your family's story and show up our Johnny-come-lately status.
The geneameme comes in two parts: one to test whether your family is ridgey-didge and the second to show us how Australia runs in your veins, without any flag-waving and tattoo-wearing. Shout it out, be proud and make everyone wish they lived in this wide brown land of ours.
Feel free to add and subtract and even add a short story at the end. The world's your oyster, so have a go! C'mon Aussie C'mon C'mon.
My first ancestor to arrive in Australia was:
I have Australian Royalty (tell us who, how many and which Fleet they arrived with):
I'm an Aussie mongrel, my ancestors came to Oz from:
Did any of your ancestors arrive under their own financial steam?
How many ancestors came as singles?
How many came as couples?
How many came as family groups?
Did one person lead the way and others follow?
What's the longest journey they took to get here?
Did anyone make a two-step emigration via another place?
Which state(s)/colony did your ancestors arrive?
Did they settle and remain in one state/colony?
Did they stay in one town or move around?
Do you have any First Australians in your tree?
Were any self-employed?
What occupations or industries did your earliest ancestors work in?
Does anyone in the family still follow that occupation?
Did any of your ancestors leave Australia and go "home"?
What's your State of Origin?
Do you still live there?
Where was your favourite Aussie holiday place as a child?
Any special place you like to holiday now?
Share your favourite spot in Oz:
Any great Aussie adventure you've had?
What's on your Australian holiday bucket list?
How do you celebrate Australia Day?
I've just realised that entirely coincidentally I came up with 26 questions for 26 January…how bizarre is that!
Feel free to post your responses any time in the coming week and I'll collate them on the Australia Day holiday. Please leave a message about your post in the comments (WP.com doesn't like linky lists). Otherwise use twitter tag #ozday2014. Thanks for joining in mate.
Thanks to Rebel Hand for inspiring me for the midnight inspiration to set up this challenge, following in the 2013 steps of Helen Smith and Shelley from Twigs of Yore in 2012 and 2011. ( Psst, there's still scope for someone else to add another, non-geneameme, challenge for the day).