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Plotting Discontinuous Functions
The discont Option
The discont and fdiscont Commands
Removable Discontinuities
If a function with a discontinuity is being plotted, problems can occur. First, evaluation at or very near the point of discontinuity may lead to undefined values or extremely large or small values, thus creating a distorted view of the plot. Also, there may be an inappropriate connecting of neighboring points over the discontinuity.
In the 2-D case, the discont option can be used with the plot command when you suspect a discontinuity. The plot command uses the discont and fdiscont commands to detect discontinuities and divides the plotting range into subranges over which the plot is continuous.
The discont option takes values true and false, with false being the default. It can also accept a list of suboptions as the value. When discont is true or a list, then the procedure described above for detecting discontinuities is followed. One suboption is the showremovable option, described in the section below. Other suboptions are symbol and symbolsize to control the look of the points that are drawn to mark the points of discontinuity. Note that points are not drawn when fdiscont is used, as described below.
The discont option is not available in the 3-D case. In this situation, it is recommended that you divide the plotting ranges into subranges to avoid the discontinuities, generate the individual plots and then combine them using the plots[display] command. The view option can be used to control the ranges in the final display.
A number of suboptions are available for the discont option.
Show removable discontinuities; t can be true, false or a list. Details are given in the Removable Discontinuities section below.
Change the symbol used to mark points of discontinuity. The symbol values t are described on the plot/options help page.
Change the symbolsize used to mark points of discontinuity; t is a positive integer.
Immediately use the fdiscont command to find discontinuities without using discont first; t can be true, false or a list. Details are given in the section below.
The discont and fdiscont commands are used by the plot command to detect the discontinuities. Normally, the discont command is applied if possible. If this command fails or is not applicable (e.g. when the input is an operator or procedure), then the fdiscont command is used.
The usefdiscont=t can be used to control how fdiscont is used. If t is true or a list, then no attempt with the discont command is made. Instead, fdiscont will be used immediately, and if t is a list, then the contents of t are passed as options to the fdiscont command. See the fdiscont help page for a description of options that the command accepts.
Note that points, indicating either function values or removable discontinuities, are never drawn when the fdiscont command is used, as this command does not return the points of discontinuity. Rather, it returns ranges in which there appear to be discontinuities.
Usually, removable discontinuities are ignored. However, if the showremovable suboption is provided, then a circle is drawn on the plot to mark the point of discontinuity.
The showremovable suboption takes the values true or false. Suboptions to showremovable may also be provided in a list. These suboptions, which include color, symbol and symbolsize, affect the symbol used to mark the discontinuity.
The showremovable suboption has no effect when an operator or procedure is being plotted. In this case, the plotting command must rely on the fdiscont command, which does not return exact points of discontinuity, as described above.
With this option, singular points of the expression that are not necessarily removable discontinuities may be plotted. Examples of these cases include the Dirac function with zero argument, or signum(1,x) for x=0.
Show the location of the removable discontinuity. (This is also the command used to create the plot from the Plotting Guide.)
Change the color and size of symbol used to mark the discontinuity.
Plot a piecewise function with a removable discontinuity.
Pass options to the fdiscont command.
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The next A&M-Commerce President visits with faculty<BR>
KETR presents the first faculty forum hosted by Dr. Dan Jones, the next President at Texas A&M University-Commerce.
The next A&M-Commerce President visits with faculty
Click on the mp3 icon to hear comments Dr. Dan Jones made to A&M-Commerce faculty.
KETR presents the first faculty forum hosted by Dr. Dan Jones, the next President at Texas A&M University-Commerce.
Below is Dr. Jones' vitae, courtesy of the Chairman of the Presidential Search Committee, Dr. Dave Crenshaw:
Curriculum Vitae of
Dan R. Jones
Division of Academic Affairs
Texas A&M International University
Ph.D., American Studies, University of Iowa, 1984 Major areas: American literature, 1865-present; mass communication; popular culture
M.A., American Studies, University of Iowa, 1982
M.A., English, Rice University, 1978 Major area: modern American literature
B.A., English, highest honors and special honors in English, University of Texas at Austin, 1975
B.J., Magazine Journalism, highest honors, University of Texas at Austin, 1975
Academic and Administrative Appointments
January 2003 - present:
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Chief Student Affairs Officer Professor of English Texas A&M International University Laredo, Texas
April 1997 - December 2002:
Dean (2000), Interim Dean, University College University of Houston-Downtown August 2001 - September 2002: Interim Dean of Student Affairs (concurrently serving as Dean of University College) University of Houston-Downtown
August 1992 - March 1997:
Associate Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Houston-Downtown
June - August 1996:
Acting Chair, Department of English, University of Houston-Downtown
February - May 1995:
Acting Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Houston-Downtown
August 1986 - August 1987:
Assistant Chair, Department of English University of Houston-Downtown
August 1985 - December 2002:
Assistant, Associate (1989) Professor of English, Student Publications Advisor (1986-1992) University of Houston-Downtown
August 1982 - July 1985:
Instructor and student publications advisor, Casper College, Casper, Wyoming
August 1978 - May 1982:
Teaching assistant, English and American Studies, The University of Iowa
August 1976 - May 1978:
Teaching and research assistant, Rice University
Professional Achievements
Texas A&M International University:
Established the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning, providing resources and consulting support to faculty in assessment, pedagogy, and instructional technology (implementation Spring 2008)
Provided academic leadership in the design and implementation of the TAMIU Laredo Independent School District Early College High School.
Established the Office of Graduate Studies and Research, resulting in a 55 percent increase in the level of funded research in the first year.
Increased collaborative activity between TAMIU and Laredo Community College, including the development of a joint admissions program.
Managed implementation of a sponsored research initiative designed to increase funded research activity while linking research productivity to workload.
Established the Office of International Programs, combining the International Language Institute, Study Abroad Programs, and International Student Services into an integrated unit headed by an associate vice president. The new structure resulted in increased international partnerships, growth of faculty and student exchanges, and establishment of partnerships with universities in China, Taiwan, the Middle East, Mexico, and Brazil.
Established the Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Strategic Planning, providing integrated and comprehensive data reporting and analysis linked to strategic planning and budgeting.
Managed major reorganization of academic colleges, departments, and support areas, including consolidation of distance education and computing services into an integrated technology services area.
Oversaw merger of Student Affairs and Academic Affairs and assumed leadership of the expanded administrative unit.
Oversaw development and approval of new undergraduate and graduate degree programs.
Coordinated reaffirmation of accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, including the development of the Quality Enhancement Plan, resulting in reaffirmation with no recommendations.
Negotiated with the Faculty Senate to reform the post-tenure review process and other policy matters relating to shared governance.
Expanded distance education courses and programs.
Responsible for academic and student service design and programming of numerous facilities and construction projects, including a Kinesiology, Wellness, and Recreation Center and Student Success Center.
The University of Houston-Downtown:
Established a university-wide general advising office within University College.
Established an advising center within the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Participated in architectural program design of new student recreation center and extensive renovation of student services area.
Served as Faculty Senate President.
Chaired Chancellor's Faculty Advisory Council for the University of Houston System.
Professional Development and Related Activities
Harvard Institute for Educational Education, July 21-August 4, 2006
Governor's Executive Development Program, Austin, Texas, Class XXI, 2003- 2004
Editorial consultant to more than 200 non-profit organizations engaged in philanthropic initiatives, 1992-2002. Composed and edited case statements, feasibility studies, promotional pieces, and related materials.
Multiple trips to China, Middle East, and Latin America to develop partnerships, conduct seminars, and assess market demand for academic programs.
Consultant to the Texas International Education Consortium for the design and implementation of an Academic Bridge Program in Doha, Qatar, 2001. Coordinated project committees and advised teams on issues related to academic preparation and student success.
Traveling Workshop, June-July 1989, Federal Republic of Germany. Toured media establishments and universities throughout Germany, attending and conducting seminars and workshops. One of ten scholars of journalism education and mass communication from throughout the United States selected to participate. Sponsored by the Herbert Quandt Foundation of Munich.
Professional and Community Service
External Evaluator, Department of Language and Communication, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, Louisiana, October 2007
Co-Chair, Council for Educational Excellence, Laredo, Texas. Charged with implementing a regional P-16 initiative and designing a strategic plan for education in Laredo
Member, President's Advisory Council, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Laredo Extension Campus
Member, Laredo Educational Systems Coalition
Member, Logistics and Manufacturing Association, Laredo, Texas
Member, Laredo Gateway Rotary Club, 2004-present: Chair, Vocational Avenue, 2005-2006
Board of Directors, United Day School, 2004-present (President, 2007-2008)
Advisory board, Project MEND (Medical Equipment Network for the Disabled), San Antonio, Texas
Board of Directors, Laredo Chamber of Commerce, 2004-2005, 2006-2009
Steering Committee, Greater North Houston Chamber of Commerce, Houston, Texas. 1999-2002.
Board of Directors, Northside Redevelopment Center, Houston, Texas, 1999 2002.
Editorial board, The Journal of Popular Culture
Area chair, non-fiction writing, Popular Culture Association
Secretary (2006), Chair (2007), Association of Departments of English and Foreign Languages, South Central Modern Language Association
Invited presenter on issues related to faculty success, promotion, and tenure, Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association and South Central Modern Language Association
Board of Directors, Texas Association of Deans of Liberal Arts and Science, 2001-2002
Participation and Success Task Force, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. A component of the legislative review of the Texas Master Plan for Higher Education, 1999-2000
Developmental Education Pilot Funding Project, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, 1999-2000
Visiting committee of the Southern Association for Colleges and Schools, Austin High School accreditation study, Houston, Texas, April 1987
American coordinator, German student exchange program, 1988 - 1997. Worked with the Niedersachsische Landeszentrale fur Politische Bildung in Hannover, Germany, to identify host families and arrange activities for German journalism exchange students from the state of Lower Saxony.
Contributor, Delphian Seminar Series, Houston, Texas
Judge, University Interscholastic League High School Journalism Competition and History Fair, Houston, Texas, 1986-1993
Academic Honors and Awards
Phi Delta Kappa charter member, Texas A&M International University, 2007
Phi Kappa Phi charter member, Texas A&M International University, 2005
Phi Kappa Phi charter member, University of Houston-Downtown, 1995
Service Excellence Award, University of Houston-Downtown, 1991
Student Government Association Outstanding Faculty Member for 1988 Award, University of Houston-Downtown, 1988
Ph.D. comprehensive examinations passed with distinction: the University of Iowa, May 1981
Graduate fellowship: Rice University, 1976-1978
Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Dean's List, English Honors Program: The University of Texas at Austin, 1973-1975
American Association of State Colleges and Universities
American Studies Association
American Studies Association of Texas
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
Far West Popular Culture Association
Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association
South Central Modern Language Association
Texas Council of Chief Academic Officers
Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Delta Kappa
Phi Kappa Phi
Popular Culture Association
Texas International Education Consortium
"Internationalizing Higher Education." Delta Vision, the Magazine of Delta University. Mansoura, Arab Republic of Egypt: Delta University, 2007.
"The Non-Fiction of Truman Capote: A Reconsideration." Storytelling: A Critical Journal of Popular Narrative. Volume 5, no. 2 (Winter 2006), 143-150.
"O. J. Simpson." Entry in the Encyclopedia of Sport in American Culture, Joyce Duncan, ed. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO Books, 2004.
The Encyclopedia of Popular Culture of the United States. Advisory editor for Non-Fiction Writing. Bowling Green, KY: The Popular Press, 2001.
"John Hersey." In American Literary Journalists, 1945-1995, Art Kaul, ed. Washington, D.C.: Bruccoli Clark Layman, 1997.
"John Hersey." In A Sourcebook of Literary Journalism, Thomas Connery, ed. Westport, Conn.: Greenway Press, 1992. "Madness, Mayhem, and Mystery: The Story of Murder in Texas." Journal of the American Studies Association of Texas, October 1992.
"The Fiction of Fact: Journalism as American Art." Journal of the American Studies Association of Texas, October 1988.
"Communication and Progress in the Philosophy of John Dewey." Co-winner of the graduate student essay competition of the Qualitative Studies Division of the Association for Education in Journalism, 1981; presented at AEJ convention, East Lansing, Michigan, August 1981; abstracted in Resources in Education, November 1981; ERIC Clearinghouse, 1982.
Revisions to Popular Culture and Mass Communication. University of Iowa: Center for Credit Programs, 1981.
"Sigmund Freud and George Herbert Mead: A Comparative Study of Psychoanalysis and Social Behaviorism." The Journal of Communication Inquiry, Winter 1980.
"Insurgents, Imams, and IEDs: The Uncertain Language of Iraqi War Journalism." Accepted for presentation, Far West Popular Culture Association, January 25-26, 2008, Las Vegas, Nevada.
"Access, Opportunity, and Excellence: The Role of Higher Education in National Development." ICI-7 Conference, November 12-14, 2007, Delta Academy of Science, Mansoura, Arab Republic of Egypt.
"Supporting Research in the Humanities." South Central Modern Language Association, November 1-3, 2007, Memphis, Tennessee.
"Higher Education and National Character." Democratic Pacific Union, August 12-16, 2007, Taipei, Taiwan.
"The Uses of Factuality in the Novels of Ian McEwan." Popular Culture Association, April 4-7, 2007, Boston, Massachusetts.
"Six Degrees of Osama bin Laden." Far West Popular Culture Association, January 26-27, 2007, Las Vegas, Nevada.
"Autobiographical Impulses in In Cold Blood." Popular Culture Association, April 15-18, 2006, Atlanta, Georgia.
"The Imperfect Storm: Media Responses to Hurricane Katrina." Far West Popular Culture Association, January 26-28, 2006, Las Vegas, Nevada.
"When Cultures Collide: The Struggle for Architectural Dominance in Downtown Houston."
South Central Modern Language Association, October 27-29, 2005, Houston, Texas.
"Administrative Issues in Promotion and Tenure." Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, October 20-22, 2005, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
"The Non-Fiction of Truman Capote: Yet Another Reconsideration." Popular Culture Association, April 13-26, 2005, San Diego, California.
"A Journalistically Impossible Act: How the Press Reported Dick Cheney's Use of the "F" Word." Far West Popular Culture Association, February 4-6, 2005, Las Vegas, Nevada.
"Workshop on Promotion and Tenure in the Humanities." Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, September 30-October 2, 2004, Boulder, Colorado.
"Codes and Ciphers: The Pursuit vs. the Concealment of Knowledge." Popular Culture Association, April 7-10, 2004, San Antonio, Texas.
"Sports, NAFTA, and Border Culture: Professional Hockey Comes to South Texas." Far West Popular Association, February 5-7, 2004, Las Vegas, Nevada.
"Anatomies of Madness: Non-Fiction Narratives of Insanity and Mental Illness." Popular Culture Association, April 16-19, 2003, New Orleans, Louisiana.
"Giving Terror a Title." Popular Culture Association, March 13-16, 2002, Toronto, Ontario.
"Tales of Terror: Urban Legends Surrounding September 11." Far West Popular Culture Association, February 1-3, 2002, Las Vegas, Nevada.
" Educating the World: The Census and the Reshaping of American Higher Education." Fifth Congress of the Americas, October 17-20, 2001, Puebla, Mexico.
"What Makes a Storm Perfect?" Non-Fiction Accounts of Weather Disasters. Popular Culture Association, April 11-14, 2001, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
"Have Diversity, Will Assimilate: Portrayals of Ethnicity in the Television Western." Far West Popular Culture Association, February 2-4, 2001, Las Vegas, Nevada.
"A Web Page of One's Own: The Autobiographical Impulse in Cyberspace." Popular Culture Association, April 19-22, 2000, New Orleans, Louisiana.
"Whose Common Good? Diversity and the Transformation of American Philanthropy." Far West Popular Culture Association, February 4-6, 2000, Las Vegas, Nevada.
"Spanish Borrowings in English." With Michael R. Dressman. South Central Modern Language Association, October 28-30, 1999, Memphis, Tennessee.
" 'My New Life in Old Mexico': Crossing the Border in American Popular Narrative." Fourth Congress of the Americas, September 29-October 2, 1999, Puebla, Mexico.
" 'Tonight, Bob Will Tell His Story': Personal Narrative and the Twelve-Step Tradition." Far West Popular Culture Association, February 5-7, 1999, Las Vegas, Nevada.
" 'After All the Good We've Done': Understanding the Language of Philanthropy." Popular Culture Association, April 8-11, 1998, Orlando, Florida.
"Images of Mexico and Mexicans in 'Have Gun, Will Travel.' " Third Congress of the Americas, March 18-21, 1998, Puebla, Mexico.
"Roadsigns to Diversity: Cross-Cultural Advertising in a Changing Urban Environment. "Far West Popular Culture Association, February 6-8, 1998, Las Vegas, Nevada.
"Advertisements for Ourselves: Tex-Mex Billboards and Tejano Identity." South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Atlanta, Georgia, November 13-15, 1997.
"Proud to be 'Puro Tejano': Culture, Identity, and the Public Display of Language." South Central Modern Language Association, October 30-November 1, 1997, Dallas, Texas.
"Passing on the Right: How 'Liberal' Became the Dirty Word of American Politics." Popular Culture Association, March 26-29, 1997, San Antonio, Texas.
" 'Be a Tejano Bud Girl': Targeting Houston's Hispanic Consumer." Second Congress of the Americas, February 27-March 1, 1997, Puebla, Mexico.
"America's New Cold War: Battling Biology's Evil Empire." Far West Popular Association, January 31-February 2, 1997, Las Vegas, Nevada.
"Apocalypse Then: the Day the Bomb Turned 50." Popular Culture Association, March 25-28, 1996, Las Vegas, Nevada. "Have Ray Gun, Will Time Travel: Paladin as Western Fantasy Hero." Far West Popular Association, February 2-4, 1996, Las Vegas Nevada.
"Paddling Toward the Present: John Graves' Goodbye to a River." South Atlantic Modern Language Association, November 3-5, 1995, Atlanta, Georgia.
" Woodstock Then and Now: The Untold Story." Popular Culture Association, April 12-15, 1995, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
"O.J. and the Press: Tabloid Trash or Mass Legal Education?" Far West Popular Culture Association, February 3-5, 1995, Las Vegas, Nevada.
"Politics, Gender, and the Press: Women Political Columnists in Texas." Popular Culture Association, April 6-9, 1994, Chicago, Illinois.
"Reporting Through the Apocalypse: David Koresh and the Journalistic Uses of Belief." Far West Popular Culture Association, February 4-6, 1994, Las Vegas, Nevada.
"In Search of Objectivity: The Literary Journalism of John Hersey." Popular Culture Association, April 7-11, 1993.
"Gennifer with a 'G': Bill Clinton's Near-Death Experience." Far West Popular Culture Association, January 21-23, 1993, Las Vegas, Nevada.
"The Aesthetics of Non-Fiction Narrative." Popular Culture Association, March 18-21, 1992, Louisville, Kentucky.
"The Rhetoric of Race and Sex: The Media Response to the Clarence Thomas Nomination." Far West Popular Culture Association, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 6-9, 1992.
"The Houston Ice House: Convenience and Community." Popular Culture Association, San Antonio, Texas, March 27-30, 1991.
"Using Desktop Publishing for Student Publications." UH-Downtown Computer Services Department Technical Fair, January 1991.
"Murder in Texas: Nonfiction Narrative Approaches." Far West Popular Culture Association, Las Vegas, Nevada, January 1991.
"Teaching Journalism as Literary Form." Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 1990.
"Sex, Politics, and Journalism: Making the News that Fits." Popular Culture Association, Toronto, Canada, March 1990.
"Computing Across the Curriculum: Desktop Publishing." Fourth Annual Spring Conference on General Education, UH-Downtown, April 1989.
"All the News that Fits: Sex Crimes and Journalism." Popular Culture Association, St. Louis, Missouri, April 1989.
"Advisors' Roundtable: The Professional Writing Alternative. " Workshops presented at the Rocky Mountain Collegiate Press Association conference, Flagstaff, Arizona, March 1989.
"In Search of Pattern: America Learns of Chernobyl." Southwest Education Council for Journalism and Mass Communication conference, Abilene, Texas, October 1988. Paper was awarded a certificate of merit.
"Journalists in Training and Opportunities for Exchange: A Prototype for Intercultural Understanding." Transatlantic Forum '88: Perspectives on International Communications. The Annenberg School of Communications, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 1988.
"Filling the Void: Journalistic Responses to Chernobyl." Popular Culture Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 1988.
"Advisors' Roundtable." Workshop presented the Rocky Mountain Collegiate Press Association conference, Gunnison, Colorado, March 1988.
"Journalism as American Art.' American Studies Association of Texas, Marshall, Texas, November 1987; UH-Downtown Humanities Seminar, November 1987.
"The Fiction of Fact: Narrative Account and Actual Event." Popular Culture Association, Montreal, Quebec, March 1987.
"The Hybrid Rose: Bob Wills' Texas Legacy." American Studies Association of Texas, Waco, Texas, November 1986.
"The Rhetoric of Vision: Folksongs of the I.W.W. " Midcontinent American Studies Association, Lawrence, Kansas, April 1982.
"The Dynamics of Past and Present: Wallace Stegner's Proving Ground for History." Midcontinent American Studies Association, Omaha, Nebraska, April 1981.

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The eScouter is the Sam Houston Area Council's monthly newsletter containing information about upcoming council events and activities. The council distributes The Scouting Trails at roundtable, and utilizes a variety of social media tools including Facebook, Pinterest, Flickr, Instagram, and YouTube.


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Mark Peyrot received his Ph.D. in sociology from UCLA and served a postdoctoral fellowship in behavioral science at the University of Kentucky Medical Center. He was the founding director of the Loyola University Maryland Center for Social and Community Research. He now is professor of sociology at Loyola University Maryland and serves on the research faculty in the School of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University.
Dr. Peyrot's current research examines psychosocial aspects in the management of and adjustment to chronic disease, especially diabetes. His 200+ publications include several edited collections as well book chapters and articles in scientific journals. He has received grants from the National Science Foundation, the American Association of Diabetes Educators, The American Cancer Society, the American Diabetes Association, the American Lung Association, among others.
Dr. Peyrot has served leadership positions in several professional organizations, including the Society for the Study of Social Problems, the American Sociological Association, the American Diabetes Association, and the American Association of Diabetes Educators. He has served on several NIH review panels and as an editorial board member for numerous sociology and medical journals. In addition to serving as an advisor to pharmaceutical and health care organizations, Dr. Peyrot is an internationally recognized speaker for audiences of health care administrators, diabetes care providers and educators, and persons with diabetes and their families.
I became a sociologist because I was curious about people – why they acted the ways they did. My senior year in high school (Loyola High in Los Angeles) I had a choice of taking another year of Latin and French, or courses in math and sociology. Sociology sounded really fun, and math wasn't fun, but it was interesting. I fell in love with sociology, and have been ever since. I turned my back on math as an undergraduate at UC Santa Barbara, but once I learned about statistics, I realized that numbers could be my friend.
During my graduate training at UCLA, I focused initially on ethnography and ethnomethodology, ways of studying how people live their everyday lives. I studied criminal justice, mental health and substance abuse treatment settings, as well as analyzing audio and videotapes of people having conversations, participating in various types of queues, and arguing about blame and responsibility. I also worked on a study of families, which helped me to understand the family I had come from and gave me lots of insight that helped me when I had my own family.
When I got my doctorate I had my first job at the University of Kentucky Medical Center. There I started studying diabetes, which has opened up world-wide opportunities for me to help people, including not only those with diabetes and their families, but also the health professionals who care for them. I now travel the world, spreading the word about how a sociologically informed humanistic approach to medicine and living with diabetes can make a big difference.
Although I remain involved with the area of diabetes, I was hired at Loyola University Maryland to start a research center, the Loyola Center for Social and Community Research. For more than 20 years I directed that center, which became the main source for funding student research training at Loyola. We studied all kinds of things, ranging from Catholic parishes to HIV prevention programs, from neighborhood crime prevention programs to business strategies, from science education to the evacuation of the World Trade Center during 9/11. Dozens of graduate students received research assistantships to pay for their degree studies, and many undergraduates got to serve research apprenticeships.
While at Loyola, I also served as chair of the sociology department for a decade, as founding chair of the committee that developed the regulations governing research ethics at Loyola, as well as chair of other Loyola committees. Now my work at Loyola is primarily as a teacher, sharing with students my love of sociology and my belief that it can help us find a better way of life. My courses teach how to better understand those around us, and the ways that society can help or hinder our efforts to make the world a better place.
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Artist and writer Beth Thielen will lecture as part of ARTSpeak's series, "Open Book: Conversations on Art and the Book" on February 14th, 2013, in the Katie Murphy Auditorium at FIT. The talk will take place from 12:30 to 1:30pm.
Beth Thielen graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and has exhibited her work widely since the mid-eighties. Especially known for her experimental book forms, she received a California Arts Council grant to teach in the California prison system, where she worked with inmate artists and produced artist books based on her experiences. Her work is represented in museums, libraries, and important public and private collections worldwide, including the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Library of Congress, Yale University, and the Spencer Collection at the New York Public Library.


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Columnist, blogger, and CEO of the career site Brazencareerist.com Penelope Trunk sent a Tweet so unprecedented in its TMI-ness that it's now national news — but hopefully not part of the abortion debate. For the love of god, why?
When a friend told a group over drinks this past weekend that Penelope Trunk had "tweeted about having a miscarriage in a board meeting," everyone's first response was to ask if she meant it as a metaphor. I mean, we've all been in those kinds of meetings, right? But no, she sent this tweet last week:
"I'm in a board meeting. Having a miscarriage. Thank goodness, because there's a fucked-up 3-week hoop-jump to have an abortion in Wisconsin."
It seemed like a joke, but apparently it wasn't, because when people started blogging and emailing about it, Trunk took to her blog to defend it...or try to. After claiming that "most miscarriages happen at work" (based on the number of miscarriages, the number of working women, and the length of the average miscarriage), she gets into, uh, this?:
"To all of you who said a miscarriage is gross: Are you unaware that the same blood you expel from a miscarriage is what you expel during menstruation? Are you aware that many people are having sex during menstruation and getting it on the sheets? Are you aware that many women actually like period sex?"
Trunk ultimately tries to put herself in some kind of martyr role, arguing that we should be talking about this because women will never be truly equal until we can talk about our miscarriages in the workplace. Except, no, because do you want to hear about your male co-worker's hemorrhoids in the workplace? Or the details of his wife's miscarriage? And, unfortunately for everyone, now that this has gone national, the context and way in which Trunk framed this confirms the worst and most fantastical ideas of the anti-choice movement: that women (especially career women!) who have abortions all do so casually and callously on their lunch breaks, the way one might get a manicure. If Trunk thinks she's done anything to help women in Wisconsin get better access to abortions (her defensive post asks readers to donate to Planned Parenthood), she obviously doesn't know anything about how the anti-choice movement works.
I'm trying to be sensitive here, because it seems like she's is going through a difficult time, but I don't think most people have a problem with Penelope Trunk's inner thoughts and complicated feelings about her miscarriage. We just can't fucking believe she fucking Twittered them.


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The University offers many special resources and educational opportunities for students in public history.
The Center for Public History researches, documents, preserves, and promotes public discussion of the history and related cultural, architectural, and folklife resources of the broader west Georgia region. The Center maintains an archives and engages in a variety of public history projects each semester.
The Georgia Political Heritage Project documents the memories of Georgia's political leaders as they retell their role in the state's political history. The collecion, archived at the Annie Bell Weaver Special Collections, includes oral histories and manuscript documents from Georgia politicians.
The Annie Belle Weaver Special Collections at the Ingram library collects archival materials documenting the West Georgia region, including Georgia political history, and archives from the University of West Georgia.
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Prince William and Kate joined in Canada Day celebrations on Friday, often stealing the show as they were feted by Canadian leaders and cheered by tens of thousands who lined the streets of the Canadian capital to get a glimpse of them.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper welcomed them to an afternoon program at Parliament Hill as "the world's most famous newlyweds" and said they represent "our unbreakable link with our past and our unqualified optimism for the future."
The crowd — many dressed in Canada's red and white colors — exploded in prolonged cheering and chants of "Will and Kate, Will and Kate." A few wore homemade crowns in a nod to the royals.
The royal couple, who married in April and are on their first official overseas tour, beamed.
In his speech marking Canada's 144th birthday, the prince talked of his and Kate's family ties to Canada — in French and English, as he had a day earlier.
He said that Kate had learned about Canada from her late grandfather, "who held this country dear to his heart for he trained in Alberta as a young pilot during the Second World War."
On his side, he spoke of his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II. The queen, he said, "has asked me to convey her warmest good wishes to the people of Canada, and her happy and abiding memories of being on Parliament Hill with Thee Duke of Edinburgh one year ago."
The prince referred to his grandmother as "the Queen of Canada," since she remains Canada's head of state, drawing a loud cheer from the crowd.
He said the queen was watching their Canada tour with interest.
Kate wore the same dress that she wore in her official engagement photos. She was resplendent in Canadian colors, a cream dress by the London designer Reiss, complete with the Queen's Maple Leaf brooch, and a brilliant red hat topped with a maple leaf. Queen Elizabeth II loaned the brooch to the duchess for the tour; it was first worn in 1951 by the then-Princess Elizabeth on her first visit to Canada.
Prince William wore an understated blue suit and a red tie.
Police estimated that some 300,000 people were gathered around Parliament Hill to watch the Canada Day show.
Joan Milovick, 65, traveled from the Toronto area with three of her sisters came and met William during a walkabout. Her sister gave William flowers to give to Kate.
"He seemed so genuine, so much like his mom," Milovick said before shedding tears. "Very glamorous, very much like Diana was."
Friday also would have been the 50th birthday of William's mother, Princess Diana, who died in a 1997 Paris car crash. In London, her admirers gathered to leave gifts outside Kensington Palace, which was her official residence.
A 21-gun salute to Canada's and military plane flyovers were part of the pageantry in Ottawa.
When two F-18's did a flyby, Kate mouthed "that scared me" and put her hand to her heart.
At breaks in the official program, the crowd erupted into the cheer "Will and Kate, Will and Kate." There also were cheers of "Prince William, Prince William," suggesting that the young prince was charming his Canadian audience as much as his new bride was.
Before leaving Parliament Hill, the royal pair walked toward the barricades holding back the public and shook hands and chatted with the people, some of whom had waited through the night. Several gave Kate flowers and small, wrapped gifts.
Greg Kolz, 33, shook both Kate and William's hand and got so nervous that he wished William "Merry Christmas."
"His response was that was brilliant and that he had done that once or twice himself," he said. "We did a bit of a high five and then I collected myself enough to wish him a happy Canada Day."
Rachel Pray, 20, and Anna Martin, 20, from Dresden, Ontario both called it the best day of her lives.
"They talked to us and they asked us if we had sunscreen. They were just really genuine, which was really nice. It was well worth the wait," Pray said.
"I would consider them the ultimate celebrity," Martin said. "I'm still shaking a bit right now. We just decided on a whim last week to come and it's just turned into the most amazing day. I'll never forget it."
Daphne Burrell, 65, said William said he hoped she had sun screen on.
"I ended up passing out because of the heat, but it was worth it," she said.
Signs carried by the crowd included "Canada loves Will and Kate" and "Happy Birthday Lady Di. Canadians love you."
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, as they are officially known, began the day Friday by joining in the ceremony for people who became Canadian citizens.
As they emerged from their motorcade at the Canadian Museum of Civilization to a raucous welcome. The pro-royal spectators broke into spontaneous renditions of "O Canada" and "God Save the Queen" to drown out a handful of protesters who oppose requiring Canadian citizens to pledge allegiance to the queen.
At the museum, the royal pair watched as 25 people from 14 countries became Canadian citizens. They handed out red and white maple leaf flags to the newly minted Canadians, then participated in a reception for the new citizens and their families.
As he accepted the flags, Siddhartha Kumar, 33, said Kate asked where he was from. When he replied India, he said, she said that she was going there too.
"It is probably one of the most special days of my life so far," said Kumar, who was wearing the tunic he wore the day of his wedding.
During the visit, William, a helicopter pilot, will take part in a water landing demonstration, and the couple is scheduled to put on aprons and take part in a cooking workshop in Quebec City. They also will open the world-renowned Calgary Stampede.
Some anti-royal protests were expected in the French-speaking province of Quebec, with small groups planning protests in Quebec City and Montreal.
The prince and Kate jet to Los Angeles on July 8 and will host a gala dinner there the next night to introduce up-and-coming British film talent to Hollywood executives.
Associated Press writer Charmaine Noronha contributed to this story from Toronto.


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Everybody loves Arnold-even if you don't like the man, you love the movies in which he partakes. 'The Last Stand' is the much-wanted return of Mr. Schwarzenegger to a leading role, front-and-center, and no one could be happier than yours truly and those with whom I regularly associate.
The great thing about a film like 'The Last Stand' is the simplicity of it all. Action comedies can suffer from thinking too hard, or they can try to take on too much at one time. Not here.
This flick opens with a legendary Mexican drug boss, Gabriel Cortez (Eduardo Noriega), escaping from the hands of the authorities, led by FBI Agent John Bannister (Forest Whitaker), while being transferred to his execution.
Cortez was set to be put to death in Las Vegas, so he makes a run south-bound toward the Mexican border. One problem: The last thing between he and his homeland is Somerton, Arizona's finest, Sheriff Ray Owens, or one Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Director Jee-woon Kin ('The Good, the Bad, the Weird') and writer Andrew Knauer keep it simple yet impactful, basic but earnest.
When Ray is asked questions about why he's so committed to the cause, or why he doesn't just look the other way while one of the most dangerous men on earth is about to use any means necessary to go right through Somerton, Ray replies, 'I'm the sheriff' and 'This is my home.' Like I said, impactful and earnest.
This doesn't come easily, however, because Somerton's police force is-to put it mildly-a tad shorthanded. They've only got two deputies, Mike and Sarah (Luis Guzman and Jaimie Alexander), so Ray deputizes two locals, Frank and Lewis (Rodrigo Santoro and Johnny Knoxville).
Frank's a former Marine that's spending the weekend in the Somerton jail for drunken disorderly; therefore, he fits the bill for keeping the drug kingpin in the US of A. Lewis offers something a little different, however; he gives them access to his gun museum, where the crew gets all kinds of fun toys. And in true Knoxville fashion, as Lewis, he's the wild card of the bunch-as well as the funniest.
Cortez is making his run for Mexico inside a souped-up Corvette, one with north of 1,000 horsepower, so even his journey to Somerton excites. The stunt driving puts 'Jack Reacher' to shame, because whereas 'Reacher' was flying around Pittsburgh in and out of alleys and amidst an urban environment, the stunts in 'The Last Stand' occur in the middle of the desert, on two-lane roads, where there's absolutely no room for error.
Furthermore, there's some school-bus driving that amazes, as well as a car chase through a corn field that's awe-inspiring.
But you know where all of this is going: Arnold versus Cortez. I won't spoil the details, yet you can imagine who wins. The showdown begins by Ray looking at Cortez and saying 'You give immigrants a bad name;' it's probably the best line and sequence in the movie.
At the end FBI Agent John Bannister looks at the sheriff and states, 'I underestimated you.' I certainly didn't, nor should any of you, for Arnold's back. And 'The Last Stand' proves it.


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One commitment I made to myself this year was to train and train hard, but more than that, was to train consistently harder and despite whatever obstacles might appear, enter and compete in no less than 3 endurance events in 2010. Well the season is approaching. Due to my making this resolution in early January and Japan's fanatical race registry system (often must register 3 to 4 months early even for unknown events) my season will be *lucky lucky me* late spring and early summer.
I assure you, I will write more about what I am doing personally as the time approaches but today I feel compelled to look at something that more and more is on my mind: Pain and Misery.
Anyone that has ever committed to training and training hard knows that the body is capable of a lot. Anyone who has ever actually tested ones self will know even more, that when the mind is focused on the mission, the body will do what its told. This was a Mantra that was drilled into me years ago:
The Mind will always quit before the Body
It is one of the truest things you will ever here. This is the first component that got me thinking about this post today…the second was my growing realization that real sport accomplishment or any REAL accomplishment at all is great when you love what you are doing, but means INFINITELY more when you actually HATE the activity you are forcing yourself to do day in and day out.
I honestly believe that those two points are THE point, and lie at the core of so much, if not everything that will really matter in my life.
Having said that, I present you with my personal list of the most testing, painful and hellish endurance events in the world.
1. The Badwater 135.
Have you ever run a Marathon? Yes? Ok, Have you ever run a Marathon in the hottest place on earth, during the hottest season? Yes?
Ok, well since you like pain, why not try on the Badwater 135. The Badwater Ultramarathon describes itself as "the world's toughest foot race". It is a 135 mile (215 km) course starting at 282 feet (85 m) below sea level in the Badwater Basin, in California's Death Valley, and ending at an elevation of 8360 feet (2548 m) at Whitney Portal, the trailhead to Mount Whitney. It takes place annually in mid-July, when the weather conditions are most extreme and temperatures over 120 °F (49 °C), even in the shade, are not uncommon. Consequently, very few people—even among ultramarathoners—are capable of finishing this grueling race.
To recap here…no stations or stages, just you and your support vehicle cruising along in hell. These guys/gals actually have to run on the white traffic lines to avoid having the rubber on their running shows melt away.
Anybody want a piece of this?
2.Marathon des Sables
"I love trekking! I go to Mt. Takao every year with my grandmother."
Thats great kid….why dont you try this on, nice new kit by the way.
It covers 243km/151 miles (in sections similar to 25, 34, 38, 82, 42, 22 km) run over 6 days (7 for some) – equivalent to 5 1/2 regular marathons. That's a speed of between 3 and 14 km an hour for competitors aged between 16 and 78). In addition to that, competitors have to carry everything they will need for the duration (apart from a tent) on their backs in a rucksack (food, clothes, medical kit, sleeping bag etc). Water is rationed and handed out at each checkpoint.
Sounds like a bag of fun to me!
3. Ultra-Marathon du Mont Blanc
Any race or event that has the word "du" in it is immediately on my HATE list. Mont Blanc is touted as the toughest foot race in Europe and all though the elevation gains are less than several other races, the secret behind its pain is the lack of switch backs. Competitors are literally going straight up and straight down.
The Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (also referred to as UTMB) is a mountain ultramarathon. It takes place once a year in the Alps, across France, Italy and Switzerland. The distance is approximately 166 km, with a total elevation gain of around 9,400 m. The race is run in one leg. SUCK!
4.Race Across American, RAAM
Tour de France…hey, its serious business, but when measured against the RAAM….C'est le merde.
RAAM is the American answer to Europe's Tour de France, yet the races differ. Both races' courses have varied over their history. However, in the Race Across America the direction has always been from the West Coast to the East Coast of the United States, approximately 3,000 miles (4800 km) in about a week, making it a transcontinental event. A typical course might be from Oceanside, California, to Atlantic City, New Jersey. In contrast, the Tour de France is about 2,300 miles and takes about 3 weeks because it covers shorter distances each day. In addition there are no stages, it s a single stage race with checkpoints. Rest, eating and sleeping are handled differently by different riders. Also, drafting is not allowed. Competitors must ride alone. If you know cycling, you know this sucks.
So…sit on a bike seat and ride across a continent as fast as you possibly can, define fun.
5.Primal Quest-Adventure race
I suppose if racing through death valley is a little too monotonous for you, Primal Quest might make you giddy.
Primal Quest is an expedition-length adventure race that has been called one of the most difficult athletic events in the world and is cited as the most prestigious expedition event in North America. The race once featured the largest prize purse in adventure racing, and has been called the Super Bowl of adventure racing. [2] Each race lasts up to ten days, with winning teams completing the course in approximately six days. Each team is required to have four members and must be co-ed.
6.The Ultra-manThere are men and women the world over that spend literally, their entire adult lives trying to train for and qualify to enter the Kona Ironman in Hawaii. It is considered to be the ultimate physical and mental test. Swimming, biking and running. Wow. I am here to tell yea though, Ironman is weak sauce. Welcome to ULTRAMAN.
Stage I – 6.2-mile (10 km) ocean swim from Kailua Bay to Keauhou Bay, followed by a 90-mile (145 km) cross-country bike ride from Keauhou Bay around the southern tip of the island via Route 11 to finish at Namakani Paio Park in the Volcanoes National Park. Vertical climbs total 7,600 feet.
Stage II – 171.4-mi (276 km) bike ride, from Volcanoes National Park (Route 11) to Keaau, then turning east with a counter-clockwise loop through Kalapana, Kapoho and Pahoa, then on through the City of Hilo. From Hilo, the route continues north along the Hamakua Coast (Route 19) to Waimea, and over the Kohala Mountains via Route 250 to finish at the Kohala Village Inn on Hawi Road, just above its junction with Route 270. Vertical climbs total 8,600 feet.
Stage III – 52.4-mile (84 km) double-marathon run from Hawi to Kawaihae (Route 270), then on to Kailua-Kona (via Route 19) and finishing on the beach at the Old Airport State Park.
Time Limits: Each stage must be completed in 12 hours or less. The swim should be completed in 5-1/2 hours or less. Participants not reaching the respective finish lines within the 12 hour limits will be disqualified.
Forget about. The best bit is that the purse for winning most of these, aside from Primal Quest, is absurdly small. People do not do these for fame or money. They do them for intangibles that they themselves understand.
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Millions of people in drought-stricken East Africa face hunger and poverty after seasonal rains failed again, withering crops, killing livestock and drying up ponds and streams, an aid group said Thursday,
Oxfam said some areas had received less than 5 percent of normal rainfall for November. In war-ravaged Somalia, it is the sixth failed rainy season and the worst drought for 20 years. The failed state is already being torn apart by a brutal civil war that means nearly half its population relies on aid.
Diplomats said the suffering underscores the need for an agreement to combat climate change. African delegates at the Copenhagen talks on climate change have repeatedly accused rich industrialized countries of polluting the atmosphere with greenhouse gases and then leaving underdeveloped countries to deal with the resulting drought and starvation on their own.
"We face a disastrous situation in the Horn of Africa that demonstrates the terrible potential of climate change. This crisis, which is happening now, underlines why it is so important to reach an agreement in Copenhagen," said Karel De Gucht, the European Union's development commissioner.
The European Commission said it would immediately release an extra $75 million to fund emergency relief for drought-stricken areas in the Horn of Africa. It estimates 16 million people will need aid in the coming months.
Oxfam said in its report that the failure of the November "short" rains in many pockets of East Africa after several dry seasons will intensify hunger and disease. Heavily used and polluted water sources have not been replenished. Millions of people are at risk in Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda and Tanzania, Oxfam said.
The semiarid and arid areas depend on the October-November rainfall, called the short rains, for most of their water needs for the year. A failure of the rains means those areas will have poor or no harvests for the coming year.
"More must be done to invest in helping these communities cope with the dry years — through long-term rural development and investing in national agriculture. But in the short-term lives are at stake and emergency aid is needed now," said Jeremy Loveless, Oxfam's deputy humanitarian director.
A September report by the International Food Policy Research Institute predicted that the worldwide effects of climate change will lead to twenty-five million additional children becoming malnourished by 2050. Aid agencies have long said that droughts are becoming more frequent in Africa, where many living in arid areas are particularly vulnerable to changes in the weather.
Oxfam said cattle prices have tumbled from $200 to $4 in some areas as families try to sell dying animals to buy a few handfuls of corn. Over 1.5 million animals have died in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, with an estimated net worth to the region of nearly $360 million, Oxfam said.
For many nomadic families living without access to banking facilities, cattle represent their only wealth. The animals' deaths begin a spiral into poverty and dependency that can trap a family for generations. Families have even shared relief grain with their animals, trying to keep at least a few alive to restock in the future.
"The population can no longer cope with such extreme and protracted hardship which often comes on top of conflict situations," De Gucht said.
In addition to the war in Somalia, rebel groups are battling the central government in Ethiopia, which has restricted access to aid agencies. In northern Kenya and parts of Uganda, heavily armed ethnic militias conduct cattle raids and fight over precious grazing ground and water.


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Lucky for those of you in Jersey! On July 1, the Newark Museum will present a major site-specific installation by the acclaimed British artist Yinka Shonibare MBE called Party Time: Re-Imagine America to commemorate the museum's centennial. From Allison McCartney for the Newark Museum:
For the Newark Museum commission, Shonibare chose as his setting the mahogany-paneled dining room of the Ballantine House, built in 1885 for the prominent Newark brewing family, Jeannette and John Holme Ballantine, and part of the Newark Museum's campus since 1937. In this opulent interior, the artist has staged an imagined scene of a late 19th century dinner party midway through a multi-course feast.
Eight headless figures, dressed in period costume made from the artist's signature "Dutch wax" fabric, are seated around an elaborately set table as a servant appears bearing the main course, a large peacock served on a silver platter. The animated body language of the guests suggests a moment in which proper Victorian etiquette has begun to disintegrate, as an indulgent celebration of prosperity tips towards misbehavior and even debauchery. The scene references the rise of wealth and quest for refinement that accompanied industrialization in the United States, where the elaborate dinner party replaced the bare-minimum meal, becoming a celebratory "eating fest" for the social and economic ruling class.
Party Time is one of the Shonibare's most important works to date, reflecting the culmination of major themes that the artist has explored in his work for over a decade," observes Christa Clarke, the curator of Party Time and the Museum's Curator of the Arts of Africa and Senior Curator of the Arts of Africa and the Americas. "At its core, the installation considers the discrepancies of wealth generated by late-nineteenth-century enterprise, in which the material excesses and self-indulgence of a privileged few were made possible by the labor of others. His references to the increasingly uneven distribution of wealth in late 19th century America seem particularly relevant at this moment in time in the wake of our current economic collapse as a result of out-of-control spending."
For those who are interested, on June 30, curator Christa Clarke will engage Shonibare in a dialogue about the artistic process in developing Party Time and how this major sculptural installation relates to his larger body of work. The 7 pm discussion will be preceded by a reception in the Museum's Engelhard Court beginning at 6 pm, during which you will be able to preview the installation. The event is free and pre-registration is required.
While best experienced in person — it's difficult to otherwise replicate the sensation of being drawn into the sensuous richness of his bright fabrics, while being distracted by the headless mannequins' arrested gestures of promised violence– his tableaus presenting the perversions of colonialism are gorgeous and disturbing in any medium. For additional reading and viewing of his works, check out a great overview of Shonibare's 2008 exhibition at the James Cohan Gallery (NYC) called The Age of Reason, as well as his 2005 interview with BOMB Magazine. You can also watch and/or listen to him talk about his work at the Tate in 2004, and hell, read this just-published essay about him at TIME.
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Some Internet archaeologyThursday, December 29th, 2011
Here are some old wallpapers I found while cleaning. I believe they came from a Hotline server around the year 2002. Hope you like Ah My Goddess!
Not sure I remember how to write in English at this point, but more contentful posts hopefully coming soon…


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This originally appeared in a fact sheet from the U.S. Department of State.
What do the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) do for the American people? With just over one percent of the entire federal budget, we have a huge impact on how Americans live and how the rest of the world engages with America. For example:
1. We create American jobs. We directly support 20 million U.S. jobs by promoting new and open markets for U.S. firms, protecting intellectual property, negotiating new U.S. airline routes worldwide, and competing for foreign government and private contracts.
2. We support American citizens abroad. In 2011, we provided emergency assistance to U.S. citizens in countries experiencing natural disasters or civil unrest. We assisted in 9,393 international adoptions and worked on more than 1,700 child abduction cases — resulting in the return of over 660 American children.
3. We promote democracy and foster stability around the world. Stable democracies are less likely to pose a threat to their neighbors or to the United States. In South Sudan, Libya and many other countries we worked through various means to foster democracy and peace.
4. We help to make the world a safer place. Together with Russia, under the New START Treaty, we are reducing the number of deployed nuclear weapons to levels not seen since the 1950s. Our nonproliferation programs have destroyed stockpiles of missiles, munitions and material that can be used to make a nuclear weapon. The State Department has helped more than 40 countries clear millions of square meters of landmines.
5. We save lives. Strong bipartisan support for U.S. global health investments has led to worldwide progress against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, smallpox and polio. Better health abroad reduces the risk of instability and enhances our national security.
6. We help countries feed themselves. We help other countries plant the right seeds in the right way and get crops to markets to feed more people. Strong agricultural sectors lead to more stable countries.
7. We help in times of crisis. From earthquakes in Haiti, Japan and Chile to famine in the Horn of Africa, our dedicated emergency professionals deliver assistance to those who need it most.
8. We promote the rule of law and protect human dignity. We help people in other countries find freedom and shape their own destinies. Reflecting U.S. values, we advocate for the release of prisoners of conscience, prevent political activists from suffering abuse, train police officers to combat sex trafficking and equip journalists to hold their governments accountable.
9. We help Americans see the world. In 2011, we issued 12.6 million passports and passport cards for Americans to travel abroad. We facilitate the lawful travel of international students, tourists and business people to the U.S., adding greatly to our economy. We keep Americans apprised of dangers or difficulties abroad through our travel warnings.
10. We are the face of America overseas. Our diplomats, development experts, and the programs they implement are the source of American leadership around the world. They are the embodiments of our American values abroad. They are a force for good in the world.
For a very small investment the State Department and USAID yield a large return by advancing U.S. national security, promoting our economic interests, and reaffirming our country's exceptional role in the world.


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There are actually various kinds of swimming pools and they are generally named based upon their use. Swimming pools may be public, personal, infinity, rivalry, exercising, all-natural swimming pools and fishing ponds, ocean and spas and spas.
Community Pools
These community swimming pools are often identified as part of a greater recreational sophisticated or leisurely heart. These facilities will often have multiple swimming pools which suit the company of several fishing requirements. There may also be a spa or spa pool plus a sauna. Resorts and resort hotels have public pools as part of their recreational services with regard to their visitors. A few of them have a natatorium, a swimming pool in the individual building, which contains features for connected actions. In tropical regions, backyard swimming pools are really frequent. Other individuals have sizeable swimming pools by using a scuba diving table at one conclusion higher than the drinking water. These swimming pools should be strong enough so that divers will never be hurt.
Individual Pools
Since private swimming pools are employed exclusively by some people, these private pools are often smaller compared to general public pools. Residential or house pools are sometimes built-in or constructed above the soil. Principal kinds of inground pools are fiberglass, concrete, and vinyl liner. On-floor or over-floor pools are preferred in areas where excavation is actually difficult because of the terrain cold.
An infinity swimming pool, often known as a vanishing benefit swimming pool area or unfavorable edge, results in an aesthetic outcome of water that reaches the horizon, vanishing or achieving infinity. The false impression works well if you find a modification of elevation.
Private pools utilized for contests tend to be discovered in the house and heated to permit utilization any time of the season as well as to quickly meet with all the policies concerning heat, lights, and products. The International Going swimming Federation or even the Federation Internationale de la Natation (FINA) units the criteria for rivalry swimming pools. Pools need to be 25 yards (~ 82 toes) or 50 m (~ 164 ft).
Exercise swimming pools are also called swimming devices, swim solutions, or swim health spas. These are all instances of various amounts of resistance going swimming.
Organic Pools
Natural pools attempt to replicate the environment of organic swimmable ponds which can be wholesome, low-dirty and ecologically well-balanced physiques water. The water in NSPs is 100 percent free of substances rendering it very attractive for swimming. The disinfection of the water is received with the use of biological filtration system and plant life rooted within the system.
Seas swimming pools have become popular during the early twentieth century specifically in Modern Australia. Lidos, beach swimming pools, within Australia are intended by enclosing an area of the rock rack where drinking water circulates from the swimming pools or by continuous surging on the area of your swimming pool during the substantial tide.
Health spas and Spas
Health spas and hot tubs are typically located in wellness nightclubs, exercise facilities, or even the swimming pool region. These are warmed swimming pools useful for treatment methods and rest.
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For years Ben and Libby Page thought about owning a second home, but the idea was so unformed that they didn't even have a specific location in mind. Then, in the spring of 2004, Libby's mother rented a bus, hired a historian, and took the family out for a tour of Giles County, Tennessee, where Libby's ancestors had lived for generations. Though only an hour away from the couple's Nashville home, it was not an area in which either of the Pages had spent time. But after a day of viewing farms and family homesteads nestled in leafy, rolling hills, both were so taken with the countryside that they asked the historian to let them know if a piece of land and maybe a farmhouse ever became available. Barely two weeks later, they got the call: A mid-19th-century Greek Revival house on 54 acres, less than a mile from where Libby's grandmother had grown up, was for sale.
Ben, a landscape architect who has designed gardens from North Carolina to New Orleans to San Miguel de Allende, has a lovely walled city garden in Nashville. But ownership of the country house, which the couple named Brookside, meant that he could indulge in slightly more bucolic—and far more expansive—pursuits. The main garden, a boxwood parterre, is anchored by single-stem Muskogee crape myrtles and planted with grasses and lilies. In the sundial garden within, a bronze hawk sculpture is mounted on a walnut column that's an exact copy of those on the house's front porch. The cutting and vegetable gardens evoke Ben's grandmother's and great-grandmother's gardens in Glasgow, Kentucky, where his own roots are. They're also where he can be found almost every Saturday.
Click here to see the gallery for "Cultivating New Ground: Ben Page's Tennessee Garden."
"The big-deal moment for me comes at about four o'clock on Friday afternoon, when I realize I can get in the car and be out there in time to eat dinner," Ben says. "It's my pressure release." An early riser, he has Saturday breakfast on the screened porch the couple added to the house as part of a two-year renovation. "By daylight, I'm out in a garden setting, just as my grandmother was almost every day of her life." Until late afternoon he can be found on his mower, weed-eating the fence rows, or on his knees in the vegetable garden, which features an heirloom-tomato collection, Indian corn and three varieties of sweet corn, Kentucky Wonder and other pole beans, lima beans, squash, okra, and three different kinds of cucumbers. In addition to zinnias, enormous marigolds, and celosia, the cutting garden contains bits of history: The peony collection includes plants from Ben's grandmother's garden, and a dramatic seven sisters rosebush from the original Brookside, the Italianate Revival house where Libby's grandmother grew up. The rose, which has huge briars, is "vicious," Ben says. "But it's spectacular when in bloom."
Saturday evenings are usually given over to guests, who arrive in time for what the Pages dub the "sunset cruise." Gin and tonics are mixed, wine is poured, and everyone piles in the John Deere Gator for a trip to the top of the hill as the sun begins to go down. Afterward, the group returns to the spacious kitchen to cook dinner, using vegetables from the garden and chickens raised nearby.
Ben says Brookside's "most glamorous period" was in the 1950s and '60s, when a couple from New York raised polo ponies and held tournaments on the property. These days the polo barn serves as a glorified garden shed, but it also did duty at a glamorous event of more recent times. Three years ago, to celebrate milestone birthdays of both Ben and Libby, as well as their daughter, Florence, the Pages threw a big bash. Dinner was served in a tent in front of the barn—guests' beribboned table cards were tied to tomato cages just outside the entrance, and pots of thyme adorned the tables. Another, larger barn, its interior done up in white, with low upholstered sofas and chairs, was transformed into an after-dinner disco.
It's fitting that an event to mark family birthdays would also serve as a housewarming. After all, Brookside is about nothing if not family. "It all started on that beautiful spring day on the bus," says Ben. "Until then, we had no idea our second home would coalesce around this historic setting or that it would be so closely tied to family."
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Happiness. I'm sure the webster dictionary defines it as a feeling of joy that one may feel, but we often don't talk about how even though everyone likes to pretend that they are experiencing happiness, it is not as an abundant of a feeling as we are led to believe. No single person is happy at any given moment, I mean, even babies cry and they hardly have any stressors in their lives.
We all strive to be happy, and I think that's a great thing. We deserve to be happy. But it's easier said then done when the world is in the current state that it is. Happiness can seem so unachievable at times, so how can we be happier?
It's not simple. There is not one certain thing that will make every person on Earth instantly happy. Some people feel rejuvenated by self care and some people hate it. I wish that there was a life hack that every person could take part in that would instantly make the world a happier place, but there isn't one because every person is different.
But there are a few tricks that every person should try so that they could make their days feel a little brighter. I encourage everyone to try at least one of them and see how it feels.
1. Clean Your Living Area
Wow, I turned into my mother by just typing that. And I know it sounds cliche and like a waste of time, but believe me— this works. Whenever your living area becomes extremely messy and chaotic it can make you feel like your life is messy and chaotic too. Also, if you have anxiety, sometimes you can feel overwhelmed by your surroundings and a great way to not feel like everything is closing in on you is to allow yourself to have more space. So, get up, and organize at least one part of your living area. It might be an annoying process while you're doing i, but afterwards you will actually feel proud of yourself. Plus, no one can get onto you for having a messy room.
2. Set Goals for Yourself
Now, this one can seem a bit daunting. When people hear the word goal they think of long term things like becoming a billionaire or starting their own company from the ground up. But your goal doesn't have to be that intense. You can have the goal of finishing a puzzle by the end of the week or, hey, the goal to clean your room! Goals don't have to be elaborate and life-changing, they just have to be something that you have the urge to want to complete. Setting a goal for yourself can also give your life purpose. If you're having trouble getting out of bed everyday, you can combat this by waking up and thinking "I'm gonna take one more step to finishing my goal today." Having a goal, no matter how big or how small, makes your life feel meaningful. And the feeling of happiness when you achieve your goal is indescribable.
3. Cross Something off Your To Do List
Okay, so this might sound like setting a goal, but it's not. This can be something that you've needed to get done but just haven't had the motivation to do so. It can be washing the dishes or going to see that movie you've been wanting to see. Just do something minimal that you've been meaning to do and then allow yourself to be proud when you finish it. Not only will it make you feel more efficient, but it will also alleviate some of the stress that you've built up by not doing the thing that you've wanted to do.
4. Socialize with friends
For me, this is one of the most difficult but rewarding things to do. When I'm having an episode of sadness, I often want to shut in on myself. I won't want to hang out with a friends and I even have trouble texting them back. And it's not because I don't want to be around them, personally I believe I have some of the best friends on the planet. It's just I sometimes hit this mood where I can't reach out. But after I force myself to find a way to slide into their schedule, I couldn't be happier. Being around people that love you for you and want to laugh with you is honestly one of the best ways to combat sadness.
5. Get Organized!
I'm aware of how cliche this is. Believe me. But for some people this actually works. Doing things like sorting their clothes by color or purchasing a planner can cause for a person to be really satisfied with their lives. The feeling of being in control of the small things in their lives makes them feel more in control of their bigger struggles. And hey, it never hurts to at least try to organize your life.
6. Compliment Others
This is something that often isn't talked about when giving advice on how to instill happiness in yourself. I mean, you're trying to make yourself happy, so why are you complimenting others? Well, I'm a firm believer that smiles are contagious. If you take the time to make someone else smile, then you can't help but to smile too. Also, what's the harm in telling someone your honest and kind opinion. If you think a girl has a pretty necklace, tell her! If a guy has some cool hair, tell him! Don't be afraid to pass out respectful compliments to people, because their smile will make you want to smile.
7. Give Back to the Community
This is my number one method to make myself happy. As I mentioned before, the world can be a dark place. Or so it seems. We see so much focus on the bad that we forget to notice the good. Heck, we forget to be the good. So, if you're feeling down, find a local charity to contribute to. Help others and dont expect to be rewarded for it. Just contribute to the community and then you will feel happier. Not because you did your good deed for the day, but because you will be able to see firsthand that there is a lot of faith to still be had in humanity.
8. Make Time for Yourself
Sometimes you can stretch yourself too thin. You might have a thousand different obligations and your brand new planner can be already filled to the brim with tasks you have to accomplish for other people. Life can be extremely stressful, especially if you don't make time for yourself. So the best way to combat this is to find the time to relax. Even if it's just for five minutes everyday, try to block out a time where you can just breathe and praise yourself for all of the things you've accomplished. Because you deserve it.
9. Find a new hobby
Sometimes life can feel like you're stuck in a rut. You fall into this routine of normalcy that can make you feel a little lackluster when you wake up each day. The things that once brought you joy have became part of your daily motions and you feel yourself losing passion for the the things you used to love. A great way to combat this feeling of being stuck is to add something fresh and exciting to your routine. Taking on a new hobby can rejuvenate your daily routine and make you excited as you go through your day. Whether it be to try your hand at drawing or practicing yoga, find something that you find mentally stimulating. Finding a new hobby can be the trick that you've been searching for to relieve your stress.
10. Be a little selfish
I know, this seems odd to have in the same list that recommends you do some community service, but bear with me. Oftentimes, we stretch ourselves too thin. If you're anything like me, you're so busy saying "yes" to others that you forget to say "yes" to making yourself a priority. Sometimes we can do so much for others and forget to do anything for ourselves until we feel empty. So, my advice to you is to be a little selfish. Make yourself a priority. And I'm not saying to only do things with your benefit in mind, but instead make choices that you know won't cause you too much stress. Ask for help if you need it. You don't have to spend your whole life being the person who does everything for everyone else. You're allowed to take a step back and say, "Hey. I do a lot for others. I deserve to do something for myself." Because as soon as you recognize your own need to take care of yourself, then you can start on the path to making yourself happy.
I know that I said it before, but please keep in mind that there is not a ritual that exists that can instantly make every person happy. Depression cannot be cured via a bubble bath. You can't achieve life satisfaction by buying a planner. Being happy with the state of your life cannot be accomplished in one day. You have to work towards happiness.
You can find happiness by taking part in some of these things, or even finding your own thing that puts a smile on your face, but it's a lifelong journey. You'll face trials in life that'll make you feel upset. You'll have times where you want to give up on everything. But keep in mind that without the ugly parts of life, you wouldn't be able to have the beautiful parts too.
So take care of yourself, do things to make you smile, do things to make other people smile. Because you deserve to be happy.
I hope you enjoyed this post! Leave a comment below about which method you use to lift your mood, I'd love to try it! Also be sure to like and follow if you enjoyed this. And, as always, stay rad.


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Powerball Fever: 4 things to do before entering office pool
Local attorney recommends drawing up contract
People in South Florida and around the country are coming out in droves to buy tickets for Wednesday night's Powerball drawing now that the jackpot has reached an all-time high of $500 million.
WPBF 25 News wanted to know what a local attorney thought about lottery pools at work. WPBF contacted Julianne Frank, an attorney in Palm Beach County, who recommended to those getting in on a lottery office pool that they should draw up a contract.
"I really think it's in your best interest when you enter into that investment, because that is what it really is, that you memorialize the terms," Frank said.
Frank said the contract can be something simple that you write up in the office, but it needs to include four elements:
+ The names of the people taking part
+ The amount of money each person is putting in the pot
+ The terms of the agreement
+ The numbers associated with the tickets
Frank also said when you have a contract drawn up, it doesn't matter who holds onto the tickets.
"It doesn't matter who is holding them, because you now have a record of what the winning ticket is, but you still have to make sure that ticket is there when the winning happens," Frank said.