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Students to United Nations: Stop Hiding Science about Global Collapse
Next 35 years of earth's resource extraction will likely equal past 300,000 years*
Brussels - Representatives of tens of thousands of students from every European country called on the United Nations and the world to "stop withholding the science facts about global collapse, or nothing will be done to stop it".
The students - representing 24,500 students from the prestigious Schola Europaea international schools - demand that the UN and other influential institutions "keep our future uncompromised with another 5,000 years of civilizations and inform the public of crucial scientific findings immediately by prominently including them in organization publications and websites".
The stern warning and demand comes in the form of a letter to UN Secretary General António Guterres and heads of key UN agencies and European Union leaders. Emphasizing science, which the UN does not dispute, the letter points to the total failure to realize the decades-old UN existential objectives agreed by all nations: 1st sustainable development (1987) by preserving nature, 2nd stabilization of atmospheric greenhouse gases (1992) to stop global warming.
"The UN has failed to reveal to the public the undisputed scientific realities that nothing meaningful has been, is, or is intended to be done to prevent unsustainable development including climate change from inevitably resulting in global social and economic collapse."
To realize the objectives the group calls for laws for Earth's closed mass system including reductions of natural resource consumption and greenhouse gas emission by national per capita responsibility.
Student representative Zoe Sleath says, "As Albert Einstein warned, the political-economic-social laws of man must obey the physics-chemistry-biology laws of nature - 'The laws of man must obey the laws of nature, or man will not survive'".
The students request to prominently publish the facts in their letter - all of which are in UN science data which few people see - has been refused by UN officials.
Paolo van Dommelen, a student representative, says, "UN officials blame governments for inaction, who in turn blame electorates who don't want cuts in the products they love which are made by means of extractions and emissions."
Student representative Carolina Teixeira says, "Our philosophy teacher invited scientists to speak to the school; we didn't know the facts presented, our teachers, parents and media didn't; if this science isn't known by the public, governments won't act at the scale required and global collapse is certain".
"The good news", student representative Jules Pye says, "is that science and social media know that billions of years of evolution produced humans who first and foremost find happiness in other humans, activities and nature, not products. Decrease in material consumption, changing to fewer, lasting, quality products will increase, not decrease happiness and wellbeing."
Annele Baltmane, student representative adds, "For 30 years governments have made no meaningful consumption or emission cuts, now they say that reductions required today are impossibly large. They should go on to admit that from their point of view, there will never be a right time or amount to cut - and this would mean collapse is inevitable, our future destroyed."
Summing up, student representative Patricija Marijauskaite says, "Half of what Europeans and Americans consume comes from distant countries, if they collapse so will we. We have the science, technology and wealth to lead the world. The EU and US must do their responsible share or other nations will not. This won't happen unless people including our parents, teachers and peers are informed by the UN now. This is why withholding knowledge about consumption and climate combining to cause collapse is such a truly terrible crime against humanity."
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- Sustainable Development - "meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" for nature from which humans, all products and all life are exclusively made: 30 years of complete failure, natural resource extraction has doubled in just one generation, this rate will fatally compromise future generations. The next 35 years of resource extraction are projected to equal the past 300,000 years, the time of the H. sapiens species. By 2100 humanity's likely average lifetime extraction will be the equivalent of stripping off the top 1/5th of a meter from all ice-free land - and it won't stop there.
- Climate Stabilization: for 30 years of total failure, there has been no "stabilization of atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations", destabilization records are broken year on year. Destabilization is now basically such as to cause 1.5°C warming; with the Paris Agreement fully implemented destabilization in less than 25 years will likely cause dangerous 2°C, continuing on to cause catastrophic 4°C by 2100 - and it won't stop there.
- Natural resource degradation, depletion and destruction combined with 4°C+ global warming will cause food, water and other critically essential shortages resulting in global famines, pandemics, wars, armies of refugees destroying everything; after 5,000 years of civilizations the inevitable and imminent likely result will be nothing less than global economic and social collapse.
- Responsibility for collapse: Consumption is the cause of unsustainable development: the world's 1 billion richest people consume 72% of Earth's natural resources, the 1.2 billion poorest people consume only 1%. Cumulative emissions are the cause of climate change; UN Very High Developed nations (incl. EU, US) cause 70 times more cumulative CO2 emissions per person than Low Developed (incl. Nigeria and other African nations), 19 times more than Medium Developed (incl. India), 5 times more than High Developed (incl. China).
- To stop collapse with another 5,000 years of civilization requires laws for Earth's closed mass system: changing from quantity to quality, extracting the fewest possible natural resources, making only the very best, lasting, shared, cyclical products, with reductions by responsibility, eg EU cut resource consumption by 4% and emissions by 11% per year now, increasing with inaction.
For complete science and references see OurFutureUncompromisedScience.pdf letter attached.
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Why we can't enjoy Beychella to the fullest
Clue: It has to do with Coachella's owner
Apr 16, 2018
Much as everyone in our office is fawning over Beyonce's Coachella performance this year (a.k.a. Beychella), there's a big part of the music festival that has us enjoying the two-hour-long production number just a little bit less. As our modern day patron saint of being #woke sang Freedom at the top of her powerful lungs, the shadow of Coachella's founder and his shady questionable foundation loomed in the background.
Philip Anschutz is the owner of entertainment conglomerate AEG, and, with a net worth of $12.9 billion, he's one of the richest people in America. He also happens to be the founder of Coachella.
Last year, the Post revealed that Anschutz has been funding groups actively motioning against LGBT rights in the United States. These organizations are the Alliance Defending Freedom, the National Christian Foundation, and the Family Research Council. Anschutz has since then released a statement saying that these allegations are false and that "neither I nor the Foundation fund any organization with the purpose or expectation that it would finance anti-LGBTQ initiatives, and when it has come to my attention or the attention of the Anschutz Foundation that certain organizations either the Foundation or I have funded have been supporting such causes, we have immediately ceased all contributions to such groups."
Despite this strong statement, Pitchfork still reported that Anschutz Foundations' tax filings reveal that Anschutz has been supporting more groups of the same nature since way back in 2015. The documents also show that the Foundation has been funding more extremist groups like the Federalist Society. The man also owns several media platforms that regularly promote climate change skepticism.
As if those aren't concerning enough, one last confounding thing about Anschutz is his record of supporting anti-marijuana organizations and politicians. This one is actually pretty obvious since Coachella is pretty adamant that "No Drugs or Drug Paraphernalia, Marijuana, Marijuana products will be allowed" at the festival or on the campgrounds. Confounding because of all places, Coachella looks like the one festival that you're sure to spot some marijuana.
Despite the urge to sweep all of these under the rug and just enjoy Beychella, there are real consequences for the marginalized parties affected by Anschutz supported extremist groups that make all of it an unavoidable bitter pill to swallow. These consequences come in the form of discrimination, kids forced into conversion camps, and rights taken away.
Maybe we can just convince ourselves that Beyonce's performance was her sticking it to the man?
Photos courtesy of OutfrontMagazine.com, Femifalanablog.com, Musbizu.ng, People.com, and EDMTunes.com
Since the initial release of this story, AEG and Philip Anschutz have released their respective statements addressing the allegations.
STATEMENT FROM AEG: "AEG whole-heartedly embraces the LGBTQ community. Our recent support of the Elton John AIDS Foundation and its vital work speaks to our organization's true values."
— AEG (@AEGworldwide) April 17, 2018
Statement from Philip Anschutz, Chairman of AEG: pic.twitter.com/zsNLRnE0Nd
— AEG (@AEGworldwide) April 17, 2018
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Today for Show and Tell, I've brought a tiny marvel of nature: a single snowflake. I think we might all learn a lesson from how this utterly unique and exquisite crystal turns into an ordinary, boring molecule of water, just like every other one, when you bring it in the classroom. And now, while the analogy sinks in, I'll be leaving you drips and going outside." ~ Calvin, from Calvin & Hobbes
Friday, January 25, 2008
My homeopath strongly suggests that I go back off of coffee, she said to just have it once in awhile as a treat.
I have been trying, I go a few days but the migraines are horrendous so I have a cup of java.
I do drink tea, green and white and I have tried to increase it to match the caffeine level. I guess I just need to keep trying.
My head is pounding today due to lack of sleep and I had two cups of tea earlier, no help.
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- kelli said...
That sucks. I love coffee. Have you ever tried yoga? For the sleep and for the coffee cravings? One time when I was doing yoga quite regularly I noticed that I didn't really want any coffee and I didn't get a headache from not having it.
I also have to get a walk in each day or sleep doesn't come to me either.
I hope you're sleeping better soon!
- justjuls said...
Aw man - that stinks!
I'm sorry -
I think I am getting a sympathy headache for you!
A large glass of wine oughta do the trick -
PLEASE tell me she didn't say you have to give that up too???
- Stephanie said...
I should look into yoga or some relaxation technique, I just simply do not relax well, except after some wine...
No Jewls I don't have to give that up I would really go nuts
- mamastreasures said...
I suffered from horrendous migraines since I was 16 -- until cranial sacral adjustments and accupuncture from my osteopathic family doc. I've now had only 2 migraines in almost 2 years!
I, too, had given up coffee for a while, but the adjustments from the doc did the trick.
Now I can have coffee without incident. And, yeah, it can antidote homeopathic remedies...


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I did make it to the MN Ample Knitters meeting yesterday. We switch locations where we will meet. Did you ever try to come to a decision amongst very flexible people? Kerry is nice enough to make the decision for us each month.
This month we met at Needlework Unlimited at 5:30. Yeah, we meet after the store is closed. They are even kind enough to let us order in food and just hang out. It is like when celebrities have a store close so that they can do their shopping in private – sweet!
I don't drive out to NU very often since I have become so enamoured of Borealis Yarns. So because this was a bit of a trip, I decided to really make a day of it. I planned out a strategy of leaving the house about 2:00, drive to the NU Outlet Store (only open on weekends) and then a trip to Bead Monkey before the AK gathering.
Here is what I got
4 socks worth of yarn.
I know I know, I had just posted how I already have enough for 20+ pairs – but but – this yarn was such a deal! Four socks worth of yarn for about $7.25 each pair. And I need some mellow yarn because I don't want to be one of those crazy ladies with the neon feet. At least not all the time.
That shopping took almost no time. Next, off to Bead Monkey to purchase crimp tubes. Of course I came out with a lot more. I wanted to re-string my amber bracelet. The bracelet was one done up on elastic cord. I am not anti-elastic, but I wanted a more bracelet look this time, so I decided to string them on wire with a real clasp. When I was shopping around the stringing materials section, I found something called "wire savers". They are used to protect your stringing wire and make for a more professional/standard closure. Here they are in action:
I added some cloissone beads at each end. I thought I would have to use them so that I could pass a doubled wire through, but it turns out I really didn't need them because the holes in the amber beads were big enough. But I think it looks nice. I bought 2 more so I could make matching earrings, but now I realize that if I want to make a set, I need bendy wire to make the bead dangle at the end. – Sigh – I always seem to need to make 2 trips to get anything finished. Such is life.
Ate a quick late lunch early dinner and headed out to NU for some early shopping. Met up with Mary, tooled over to get something to drink before the meeting, then back to NU. A smallish group this month (I guess only 2 last month). But a good time was had by all.


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Security. What do linux users need to know?
I have a dual boot computer. Winxp-sp3 and Mepis linux. I understand just by design linux is safer than windows.
However I have guard dog firewall and clam anti-virus running on my linux disto. What exactly are the vulnerabilities associated with linux. What can linux users do other than common sense practices? Can security issues on a dual boot computer effect either OS?
PS: Move this if you feel it belongs in the linux section
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I'm so new to this area myself too that it requires others with greater knowledge to comment.
My understanding so far is that apart from a firewall for obvious reasons the other security apps available for Linux only serve to prevent the spread of Windows malware to other Windows users although these in themselves cannot harm a Linux system. I do believe though that it's possible to get a rootkit infection with Linux but I'm not sure exactly how or to what extent this may harm the system.
I prefer Firestarter for my firewall solution and also have RootkitHunter installed, that's it.
If any of the above turns out to be rubbish then no doubt we'll soon hear about it and become suitably informed
Buy a Hoover and prove technology sucks.
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However each time you install software it requires root access. Not so much a concern when downloading and installing from a legitimate source.
Then there are times one wants to install software outside of apt get or synaptic repository's.
Clam anti virus doesn't have a very good detection rate. Does this then mean linux users will eventually end up with bloated security software on their machines?
Again the question lingers as to cross contamination between OS's on dual boot computers. Now add software being ran through Wine. What risks does that present.
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@ wdhpr said...
Can security issues on a dual boot computer effect either OS?
osmosis will not get you...the much despised UAC in windows is kinda like root permission or do you really want to do this.
btw...good choice in Mepis, solid,safe and stable
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Avast has antivirus for Linux, free for home use :
About getting knowledge about Linux security, I think the best resource would be to get hold of freely available e-books on Linux, or posting the concerned question on the Linux forums. There are quality material available for reading about Linux, ranging from a novice to an expert level. Serious Linux users should read these books. There is so much to learn about Linux... and its fun too.
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It is weird going from a OS that needs all the help it can get to one that doesn't really need anything.
Linux behind a router doesn't need anything. Though I still run a firewall. For ease of use for a new guy/gal, ubuntu is the way to go, the newer version boot very very quickly.
You can install a virus in wine, as long as it'll run there and it'll bounce around in wine and thats it.
Linux does have viruses and potentially they could run but because it has a proper user account unlike the m$ joke that is UAC, even if you install a virus while it uses root privileges to install, it will only run with the privileges of the account you're using and only within that account. Also the fact that there are so many distributions makes it extremely hard to port a virus to them all.
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Yes I agree. Thanks for the link
I often read articles and tutorials about linux. There is lots to learn even from an old DOS user. I am still trying to get the language and lets call it the grammar down for linux.
Its a process.
I chose this thread because I was curious about the security issues involved with dual boot machines.
I do not have the ability to move this to the linux thread. As I mentioned in my first remarks. It would be fine to move this if you feel it would be more appropriate.
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Yes, its a process. There is so much behind the GUI of Linux. The real power is in the command line. Linux is open-source, and so, the working and internals of Linux is also open to all users. If you learn about it, you can really get the most out of Linux... its so powerful. The mystery of Linux makes it fun too. The more I knew about Linux, the more interested I was in learning more about it. I really want to have a Linux system someday. I have lost touch with Unix/Linux, since I left my job... sigh. Otherwise, I would be taking active part in Linux forum.
When I was new to Unix/Linux... I read about them, and came to know amazing things. The internet came into existence because of Unix. Most of the servers run on Linux/Unix based systems. Many more interesting things are there about Unix/Linux.
Initially, I had thought about moving this topic to Linux forum. But, let it be here. It concerns Linux, but it is about security. At least being here on this forum, people who read it will get to know about Linux, and also about its superior security . Though, if you still want it to be moved to Linux forum, I can do it... or maybe copy it to Linux forum, so that it can get more response from people using Linux, in case they do not check this forum.
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Unfortunately the deb version of avast is for 32 bit versions of Linux. I am running 64 bit mepis.
This is really cool because I have a 64 bit computer that came with Winxp. When I dual boot to mepis I have a true 64 bit Linux OS and it flies.
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Hard water can be problematic for plumbing systems as well, especially for areas dealing with hot water. Many of these minerals crystallize when exposed to heat, then eventually build up and cause clogs. These clogs can restrict water flow thereby reducing water pressure and reducing the efficiency of hot-water appliances like dishwashers and the water heater itself.
Hard water also has a discomfort factor associated with it. The minerals in hard water have a reaction with many of the ingredients in everyday soaps and detergents. The result is that people will often have a harder time working up a soapy cleaning lather in the shower, and the bi-product will leave visually unpleasant spots and streaks on dishes. Clean laundry will also be stiffer. The taste of hard water is also something that people find unpleasant, some even claiming that they "dislike the odor" of hard water.
If hard water is affecting your life in any negative way, then perhaps it is time to look into acquiring one of the many available water softening systems on the market today. These systems are often quite affordable after the initial expense is over with and work well. Some of these systems though output a sodium waste during the softening process that some local authorities may consider a pollutant, so doing a little homework before making a purchase may be the thing to do in order to avoid breaking the law.


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Run to Grassano 12, originally uploaded by Ryan Runs Europe.
47 Kilometers.
In the morning I gathered up my things, locked up my little room and went over to the cafe to drop off the key with Rosellina. I bought a delicious sandwich from her and then a little package of wafer cookies to bring with me on the run. It was going to be another long one and considering the fact that my clothes were still wet, my legs felt like garbage and my ankle felt like it was sprained, I would be walking a little bit. To avoid taking the freeway I would also be taking a mountain road that didn't exist on my cellphone maps.
I walked the first 10 km. I followed another set of long switchback roads down to the valley with my damp clothes hanging off of my arms. I ate the bag of wafer cookies and spoke loud nonsense to myself as I walked. After a pretty long time of walking, I packed up my things and used a bit of my emergency toilet paper before setting out running. I don't know if I twisted my ankle the day before, or if it was just the high mileage, but my ankle was really bothering me. It didn't help that the second 10 kilometers of my run were entirely uphill. When I finally peaked the hill after 10 km of uphill running with some 18 percent grades my ankle was pretty irritated, and I decided to walk once more. Once again, the part that I walked was entirely downhill...but this time through a beautiful dirt forest/country road that I would have loved to be running on. Once again I occupied myself by whistling and gibbering nonsense for a couple hours.
When I got out of the woods, down the hill and about ten kilometers from Grassano I was starving. I only had 1.20 £ on me, and there wasn't much of an option for stores, but I settled for a bottle of water and some form of giant Hostess-type snack that I knew I would regret (but the only thing I had enough cash to buy). I ate and drank and started running, and once more my run ended on a giant hill. In this part of the world they just love building their towns on the top of the hill rather than in the valley. Great for views, rough for running. The hill was tough, and my ankle was bothering me, but the largest problem was definitely the constant feeling that I needed to vomit due to the large quantity of disgusting artificial cake in my stomach. Made it through though, and when I got into Grassano I started checking off things I needed to do from my list:
Get cash from ATM.
Get and take Ibuprofen (hoping to reduce the inflammation before the next run).
Get food.
Get place to shower and sleep.
The first three were easy, but the last one required a lot of walking back and forth on the main street while being constantly uncomfortably chilly (as soon as September hit, it started becoming more cool during the day, and freaking cold during the nights).
When I was getting tired I went into a cafe and ordered a Coca Cola. As I drank from a bendy straw and a glass bottle, the bartender asked me "why are you here?"
From that point came the story that I am so familiar with telling, and from there came a crowd of young people who wanted to help me out. One of them (Francesco) had spare room/studio thing that didn't have any electricity, and he offered to let me sleep there. Before going to bed I went to another apartment where I took a cold shower (no hot water) and washed my stuff. Francesco dropped me off and left me the key...and I had a long night of sleep.


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Here's a little-known, unnerving truth about health care in Japan: for non-Japanese, the death rate is higher than that for Japanese.
According to the health ministry, the age-adjusted mortality rates for Japanese men and women stood at 544.3 and 274.9 per 100,000 people, respectively, in 2010, the latest year for which statistics were available. In contrast, the rates for non-Japanese men and women were 674.4 and 349.6, markedly higher for both sexes.
The lack of detailed statistics, such as the number of deaths by nationality, defies further analysis of the gap in health outcomes.
But Takashi Sawada, a physician and director of the Minatomachi Medical Center in Yokohama, says the higher death rates are probably down to one thing: the language barrier.
"Some might argue that the foreign population is inherently at a higher risk, such as more of them being sick before arriving in Japan," Sawada said. "But I don't think that's true, because the causes of their deaths are pretty much the same as ones for the Japanese population."
The leading cause of deaths for both Japanese and non-Japanese groups is cancer, followed by heart disease, strokes and pneumonia. Only the rate of suicides among Japanese men — 29.8 per 100,000 — was higher than that for non-Japanese men, which stood at 27.5.
While the statistics are old, the environment that has led to these findings has changed little. As a clinician who has cared for patients of various nationalities and backgrounds for more than 25 years, Sawada says he has witnessed "countless" cases in which patients' health was compromised by the language gap.
"We recently did a check-up for Nepalese residents," Sawada said. "A woman in her 30s said she hadn't had periods for more than 10 years, yet she had never consulted a doctor in Japan because she wouldn't have understood what the doctors would say. There are people like that everywhere."
A Japan Times survey of foreign residents in February also showed many respondents cite the lack of language support as one of the shortcomings of Japan's health care system.
The language issue first started becoming a major problem in the early 1990s — when the number of non-Japanese residents started to spike — with the country opening the doors to immigration by Brazilians and Peruvians of Japanese descent.
At the same time, the ranks of people whose visas had expired but continued to stay on for work swelled. As of the end of 2000, some 232,000 out of the 710,000 foreign workers in Japan were overstayers, according to the labor ministry.
These people rarely went to doctors — unless they got severely sick — because they did not have health insurance and could not afford the full cost of care, according to Sawada.
That changed in the 2000s, when the government started deporting overstayers en masse and toughened visa requirements from certain countries. By 2016, the number of overstayers had fallen to 63,000 while the legal foreign worker population had grown, topping 1 million for the first time.
This means that most non-Japanese living and working here today are covered by the public health insurance scheme.
The mortality gap that remains despite the universal health coverage worries Sawada, who maintains that each local government should create a publicly funded medical interpreter system, given that access to health care is a basic human right.
Sawada says community-based medical interpreters are widely available in many European countries, as well as Canada, Australia and in federally funded hospitals in the U.S.
In these countries, public health authorities understand that medical interpreters are essential not only to help patients make informed decisions but also to prevent accidents and lawsuits, he says.
Having medical interpreters available as part of basic community services also saves on medical resources, too, by nudging more people to seek treatment before they get severely sick, at which point massive procedures requiring large amounts of manpower may be necessary to save lives, he argues.
"Interpreters are not only important as far as patients' rights go, but they also make economic sense," he said.
In addition, early interventions are critical to counter infectious diseases, whose spread can threaten communities, not just individuals.
While Japan has no laws that mandate hospitals to use medical interpreters for non-Japanese-speaking patients, some community-based nonprofit groups have worked hard to train volunteer interpreters and have persuaded hospitals to accept their assistance.
One pioneering example is MIC Kanagawa, an NPO in Yokohama that, with financial support from Kanagawa Prefecture, started a pilot project to dispatch interpreters to hospitals across the prefecture in 2002. In fiscal 2015, medical interpreters covering 12 foreign languages were dispatched 6,699 times through the group.
But there are still not enough of them, says Sawada, who serves as one of the directors at MIC Kanagawa, adding that, amid a recent surge in the number of technical interns from Vietnam, there's a big shortage of Vietnamese-speaking interpreters at the moment.
Meanwhile, an ongoing drive by the central government to attract more tourists ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, including "medical tourists" from abroad to turn the nation's health care service industry and know-how into a money-making sector, has led to some, albeit limited, state funding for training and placement of medical interpreters.
Expecting the tourism demand to grow, some private-sector businesses have rushed to open schools or courses to train medical interpreters, mostly in English and Chinese.
But Sawada says these services — which cost a lot more than what nonprofit groups currently charge patients — are geared toward affluent short-term visitors from abroad and will do little to improve the health of average foreign residents in Japan.
Naomi Morita, a Japanese-English interpreter with more than 15 years of professional experience, says medical interpreting services in Japan are "in huge flux."
Morita makes a living as a conference interpreter in addition to being a part-time lecturer of medical English at Tokyo Medical University who occasionally teaches at a school for would-be interpreters. She also has volunteered to translate for foreign patients through MIC Kanagawa.
"I have long told my students you cannot really count on medical interpreting as a source of income," she said. "But in the last few years, expectations have grown that medical interpreting can be a career, and many young people are now entering the field."
In December, Morita, along with other veteran interpreters, set up the Nationwide Association for Medical Interpreters. She said that, despite various initiatives being undertaken by the central government and businesses to train medical interpreters for tourists, there is no mechanism through which to absorb the opinions of professionals on the ground.
The group currently has 66 members covering 12 languages.
The group hopes to help the government address issues surrounding the profession, such as how to balance the need for universal, affordable access to interpreters with the need to reward them adequately.
Morita and Sawada agree that, ultimately, it is the voices of foreign patients that count the most. "We really want to hear from the residents themselves. If more people say medical interpreters are needed in society, it would empower us to protect their health," Morita said.
Regional medical interpreter dispatch services
Here are some regional organizations that have solid experience in dispatching medical interpreters:
MIC Kanagawa: mickanagawa.web.fc2.com/index.html
Mie International Exchange Foundation: www.mief.or.jp/index.html
Multilanguage Center FACIL: tcc117.jp/facil/
Center for Multicultural Society Kyoto: www.tabunkakyoto.org
Aichi Medical Interpretation System: www.aichi-iryou-tsuyaku-system.com
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people needing people, people needing
prayer, people needing God.
Two dear friends battling Cancer.
Rich in NJ and Michelle in MD - both
having a rough time right now (more than
usual and asking for others prayers).
A blogger ending a business and
beginning new adventures and travel!
Another blogger losing a beloved pet.
So in this time of rejoicing, love,
giving, family and God - I am pausing
to remember those in need, hurting,
surviving, venturing out, discovering new,
brave and strong. Asking GOD to hold
them in HIS hands with love and to help
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Data-driven analytics to provide vital decisions for flooded roads
As Cambodia's annual monsoon season starts again this month (usually June to September) large downfalls that flood city streets will bring renewed frustration and delays for commuters travelling to work or for social outings. ...
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Ministry reports damage from droughts and floods
Floods and droughts destroyed some 67,000ha of paddy fields in the Kingdom last year, resulting in minimal declines to yields and land available for cultivation, the Ministry of Agriculture reported on Monday. Ministry spokesman Srey Vuthy joined a government press unit briefing on Monday to ...
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Canal restoration in Preah Sihanouk set to be done in three months
Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol said at the start of the restoration of five canals in Preah Sihanouk province on Monday that the work had to be completed in three months to avoid further flooding. A report by the Ministry of Public ...
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Five canals to be expanded in Preah Sihanouk province to mitigate against flooding
The Preah Sihanouk provincial authority plans to clear and expand five canals spanning some 26km starting on Monday, to mitigate city flooding which had previously affected areas in their vicinity. Provincial governor Kuoch Chamroeun asked the relevant authorities to inform and advise people to demolish ...
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Government warns of storm-related flooding in coastal provinces
The government has warned those living in coastal provinces and areas along the Vietnamese border to be cautious as Cambodia braces for a spate of storms this week. ...
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Ministry issues flood warning for 11 provinces
The Water Resources and Meteorology Ministry yesterday warned that 11 provinces risk flooding from heavy rainfall until next week. A ministry announcement said the heavy rains which began yesterday are due to a low pressure system. ...
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Hun Sen issues new directive over impending floods
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday issued another directive to all relevant ministries, institutions and local authorities to take preventive measures to deal with upcoming floods. He noted a severe flooding in the upper Mekong provinces which occurred last week and that the water is only slowly ...
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Roads in 11 provinces damaged by floods
Transport Minister Sun Chanthol on Sunday said that 46 roads in 11 provinces have been severely damaged by floods and the ministry will repair them after water recedes. He said a total of 60 kilometers of roads, including national ones, were involved and the ministry had ...
Mom Kunthear
Emergency alerts are issued as rivers flood
Some 8,000 families in Stung Treng province have been affected by heavy flooding as the Mekong and Sekong Rivers surged beyond emergency levels on Sunday. This resulted in 2,210 families fleeing to higher ground, Stung Treng Provincial Hall spokesman Men Kong said. ...
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Floods claim three children
Three children were killed and nearly 1,300 families evacuated to higher ground due to floods caused by heavy rains and rising water level of the Mekong River, the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) said. NCDM spokesman Keo Vy told The Post on Thursday that ...
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PM tells authorities to prepare for floods
Prime Minister Hun Sen has instructed provincial authorities and relevant institutions to take preventative measures and prepare for rescue operations as floods caused by heavy rains take their toll on northern provinces across the Kingdom. In Stung Treng, provincial hall spokesman Men Kong told The ...
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Mekong river floods hit Tboung Khmum
Nearly 40 homes have been relocated from the Mekong riverbank in Tboung Khmum province's Kroch Chhmar district, the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology said yesterday. "About 500 metres of the riverbank in Chsach Brochhes village will collapse and 28 houses were in danger and have ...
Mom Kunthear
Water Resources Ministry issues Mekong flood warning
Water Resources and Meteorology Minister Lim Kean Hor has ordered all provincial department directors to be prepared for Mekong river floods as water from the river has started to overflow. Ya Voeun, Tboung Khmum provincial water department director, yesterday said that the water level of ...
Mom Kunthear
NCDM: Deaths from natural disasters down 88% this year
Deaths due to natural disasters in the first eight months of the year were down 88 per cent on the same period last year, data from the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) obtained by The Post on Monday showed. Natural disasters killed 87 people ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
Meteorology ministry issues weather warning
The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology issued renewed weather warnings on Thursday of thunderstorms, strong winds and powerful waves predicted until next Wednesday. It also urged the public to take great care regarding lightning strikes. ...
Voun Dara
Calls for unblocking of canals in P Sihanouk
Preah Sihanouk provincial governor Kuoch Chamroeun called for those who filled in and constructed buildings over canals to remove anything blocking the vital drainage systems as flooding continues to impact the province. ...
Voun Dara
Thousands affected by flooding, strong winds in first half of August
Almost 8,000 families and some 8,000ha of agricultural land in eight provinces have been affected by flooding and strong winds in August, National Committee for Disaster Management spokesman Keo Vy said on Thursday. Speaking at a press conference at the Council of Ministers, he said ...
Voun Dara
Floods take heavy toll on six provinces
The National Committee for Disaster Management said six provinces have been seriously hit by the recent floods, with more than 5,000 families, 3,000ha of paddy fields and properties, roads and schools affected. National Committee for Disaster Management spokesman Keo Vy said on Monday that the ...
Voun Dara
Four dead in Preah Sihanouk, Ratanakkiri flooding
At least four people have died and thousands of families affected by flooding in Preah Sihanouk and Ratanakkiri provinces following recent heavy thunderstorms. Preah Sihanouk provincial spokesperson Kheang Phearum said on Sunday that a Cambodian husband and wife were killed on Thursday when a concrete ...
Voun Dara
PP governor orders families to relocate for canal restoration
Phnom Penh municipal governor Khuong Sreng has ordered families living on the Boeung Trabek sewage canal in Chamkarmon district to temporarily move their home while the authorities restores it to prevent flooding during the rainy season. Sreng made the announcement during a field visit to ...
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Fernhill Resort Chail
(Shimla Hills)
Shimla :
Dwelling on a panoramic location, the hilly town is surrounded by green pastures and snow-capped peaks. The spectacular cool hills accompanied by the structures made during the colonial era create an aura, which is very different from other hill stations. Bulging at its seams with unprecedented expansion, Shimla retains its colonial heritage, with grand old buildings, among them are the stately Viceregal Lodge, charming iron lamp posts and Anglo-Saxon names. The Mall, packed with shops and eateries, is the centre of attraction of the town, and Scandal Point, associated with the former Maharaja of Patiala's escapades, offers a view of distant snowclad peaks.
Jakhoo Hill is Shimla's highest point, at the top is an old famous jakhoo temple dedicated to Lord Hanuman.
Shimla is only 45 kms from chail via kufri.
Kufri :
Kufri is a tiny hill station located 19 km from Shimla on the National Highway No.22. Kufri is 28kms from chail ,the road from chail to kufri . Kufri has a Himalayan Nature park a small high altitude zoo and close by is the Indira Tourist Park. One can hike through thick forest around Kufri to the Mahasu Peak- the highest peak in Kufri.
Kufri is only 28 Kms from Chail.
Fagu :
Fagu at an altitude of 2450 meters high (Approx.) having some enchanting views . A rare range of views is visible from here, which include vivid dales and snow clad peaks. The picturesque countryside is dotted with clusters of villages, fruit gardens and nearby terraced fields. Fog characterizes the hillside landscape endowed with romantic ambience during the month July – September most of the area is covered with conifers of Himalayan cedar and spruce.
Fagu is only 22kms from Shimla via kufri.
Naldhera :
Naldhera is a beautiful little village near Shimla. You can see the deep gorge of the Sutlej River from here, and listen to its gurgling in this otherwise quiet place. But Naldhera is mainly famous for its nine-hole golf course, one of the oldest and highest in the country. It has a springy turf and a crown of deodar trees. The course, whose topography is absolutely natural, was laid out at the turn of the century at the instance of Lord Curzon, the then Viceroy of India. At such a height, the course is one of the most challenging in the country. The links are maintained by Himachal Tourism.
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Boulder Canyon, originally Devils Gate Canyon, [1] is a canyon on the Colorado River, above Hoover Dam, now flooded by Lake Mead. It lies between Clark County, Nevada and Mohave County, Arizona. It heads at western end of the Virgin River Basin of Lake Mead, at about 36°09′05″N 114°32′51″W / 36.15139°N 114.54750°W. Boulder Canyon divides the Black Mountains into the Black Mountains of Arizona, and the Black Mountains of Nevada. Its mouth is now under the eastern end of the Boulder Basin of Lake Mead, between Canyon Point in Nevada and Canyon Ridge in Arizona. Its original mouth is now underneath Lake Mead between Beacon Rock and Fortification Ridge on the southern shore in Arizona. [2]
From 1879 to 1887, the Southwestern Mining Company was mining large quantities of salt in the mountains along the Virgin River, and it had leased steamboats of the Colorado Steam Navigation Company to ship it to the mill at Eldorado Canyon. In April 1883, Captain John Alexander Mellon took a small boat up river to Devil's Gate Canyon to plant six ring bolts eight inches in diameter, four feet long, made of 1.75 inches (diameter) of iron. These ring bolts were for securing lines from the steamboats as they passed over the dangerous rapids of Devil's Gate Canyon, during their high water runs to the mouth of the Virgin River at Rioville, Nevada. [1]
- ^ a b The Arizona Sentinel, April 14, 1883 p. 3, col. 2
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This was the first time KRG attempted to harness the Internet to see if a semblance of physical presence could be afforded by the Skype application to allow traveling members to attend. Although it is commonly used to connect people in a video session remotely, Skype did not work on the day because a reliable broadband connection could not be established. Joe and KumKum in Boston were keen to attend; the Internet failure was a disappointment for all.
Talitha and Gopa
Kamala Das (Kamala Surayya, when she died) must now rank as number one in the frequency of choice by KRG members.
A most unlikely poet to read was Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic Games. His verse which would have been rejected at a club poetry contest, nevertheless won an Olympic gold medal; talk of match fixing!
Gopa and Bobby
As ever the discussions in the group were lively and led in many directions. Here are the readers pictured at the end of the session:
Anna, Talitha, Priya, Bobby, Gopa, Sunil, Mathew
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Menu Inspiration
Thank you, Weddingbee, thank you! Long ago, when I first started this epic journey they call wedding planning, I came across a photo of escort cards in the form of little books... I thought to myself, I have to do this (considering our reception location is a LIBRARY)! Perfect, right? Then, I promptly lost the source, and pined over the memory of them for months! Then, today, Miss Hot Cocoa of the Weddingbees, posted a familiar photo of little books and boutonnieres. I recognized the source immediately, and the memories of the escort cards that could-have-been came flooding back! Rebecca Thuss, of course! Jeeez! How is it even possible to forget the magnificence of Rebecca Thuss!!!??!??? Regardless, feast your eyes on these little books that will become our menus (yes menus, as we have already committed to "escort candles"). I LOVE THEM?! Absolutely PERFECT!!!!
Posted by Colleen on Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Labels: Inspiration, Reception, Wedding Essentials, Wedding Paper
4 comments:
- style-for-style said...
yay, I found another Chicago bride.
You are now on my blogroll.
- August 27, 2008 at 10:20 AM
Yay! I'm so glad I could help.
- August 27, 2008 at 12:34 PM
- Unknown said...
Any leads on where you can have these printed,or are you doing them yourself?
- September 22, 2008 at 6:24 PM
- Colleen said...
I will actually be doing them myself...but man do I wish that I could just hand them off to a printer...
- September 23, 2008 at 9:12 AM
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Before working with 4Life Research, Bonnie Taylor had achieved top positions in many network marketing companies and traditional corporations. However, she was eventually forced to take time off from work as her parents became extremely ill and needed assistance. She had to use her retirement and savings to bring in specialized doctors for her mother. With all of the piling expenses, Bonnie had practically lost everything—her home, her car, and all of her good credit. She was $200,000 in debt and homeless when her mother, sadly, succumbed to her illness. To add to the injury, her father passed on approximately two months later.
When Bonnie was initially introduced to 4Life Transfer Factor®, she wanted nothing to do with it. She had become depressed from her excessive debt and was still heart broken from the loss of her parents. She received call after call from Dr. Gary Haagen, a retired chiropractor from Washington, who was one of the very first 4Life distributors. After finally trying the product, which had sat untouched on her counter for many weeks, she was shocked. She had made a paste out of water and Transfer Factor to use on a sore on her face. Bonnie immediately saw the difference the product made on her skin- it got her attention and she knew she could stand behind a business like 4Life.
Ms. Taylor joined 4Life Research as a distributor in August of 1998. With her extensive background in network marketing, she began to develop her business one day at a time. It wasn't always smooth sailing. Like everyone, she was faced with candidates' rejection and aversion to the idea of network marketing. However, through
hard work and determination, she found those who had potential integrity and ambition, like herself. Now, Bonnie's organization has expended greatly. Her group, which is now lovingly called Team Bond International, is literally all over the world. What once seemed impossible became possible.
Bonnie is committed to continuing to helping her organization as they take 4Life across the globe. She has created a website with her team that gives distributors around the world access to what they need for success. Distributors need a place for prospecting, training, and mentoring. They need to stay in touch with a team and in tune with the activities across the world. With this kind of connection, they can all stay motivated and find the strength to succeed.
Ms. Taylor knows that with each step we take, and with every effort we make, we are enriching the lives of hundreds of thousands of people around the world. Team Bond believes in and practices the 4Life philosophy of Together, Building People!


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A good way to see the Italian countryside, and enjoy wine!
My family and I found the tour interesting and fun. We didn't know before the tour that a look in the city nearby and tasting of different traditional food, was included. That was a nice surprise! The wine tasting was also a nice experience. We tasted four types of wine and got a interesting tour around in the wine yard and cellar. The only thing I missed was more information about how to recognize the smell, describe the taste and how to find our the alcohol level and sugar level my looking at the wine glass. I felt that I had a good time, and enjoyed the wine, but I didn't felt that I become a "wine expert"/connoisseur :-) maybe that was to much to ask for.
Perfect and beautiful day in Monreale and Cefalu with friendly Michael
Monreale and Cefalu was the best part of our stay at Palermo,Michael was friendly and helpfull and very knowledgeable. He gave us lots of historical information about Monreale and Cefalu with plenty time to enjoy both places,some reviews say that this tour is only like a taxi to take you there,but our opinion is that gives you the freedom to walk on your own,with all the information and direction from friendly Michael. We had a great day! this is one of the best of a half day tours ,we can't say the same about another tours in palermo. Thank you very much Michael!!!!
Great sights, great service well worth the money.
Our driver Michael is very personable and knowledgeable. The sights are well worth the money. You should be aware that you are purchasing the services of a knowledgeable driver who will get you to the sight, explain the history, and give you some tips for seeing the sight. This is not a "guided tour" which worked fine for us but might not be what you want. Our only complaint is that we didn't spend enough time at Monreale to really be able to absorb it. Otherwise the service was excellent.
Fun night, great views and dinner was a good time all around.
First you go up the mountain with its winding roads but great views, next stop is a small town where all the older gentlemen wait for the tour bus it's their excitement of the week! The town is quaint its great views of the sea, and a beautiful church. Then dinner, and that's when the party begins, great food, great wine, singing and music and getting to know your fellow tour folks. Just a great night all over, and Elizabeth was just great too.
Very enjoyable, guide brilliant and good value for money
A very enjoyable but hot afternoon wine tasting with Ester who is very friendly and informative. We had booked another trip and she was the guide also. Time spent in Castelbuono tasting nibbles and having a drink before moving onto the wine tasting. Very enjoyable with lovely views. Very steep hills! Tasted four wines before having opportunity to purchase some to take home. Excellent value for money and a lovely experience.


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VerAngola Portal http://www.verangola.net
Today we crossed the oceans and launched VerAngola. Like its big brother VerPortugal, VerAngola gathers all the information about Angola such as news, territory and tourism, companies and market information. VerAngola is today one of the most visited sites about Angola. It also provides useful information to those who want to invest in this great African country.


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Bahrain's foreign minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa blatantly supported the recent Israeli air strikes on Lebanon, Syria and Iraq, considering that they target self defense.
In a tweet, Khalifa accused Iran of starting war by supporting the resistance groups in the region, adding that 'Israel' has the right to defend it self.
The Bahraini regime, which has been suppressing the civil revolution against dictatorship and injustice in the Gulf country, has always supported the Zionist schemes against the Arab-Islamic Umma, hosting the US conference which prepares for implementing the 'Deal of the Century'.
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So a mixed bag of finished projects this time. I had mentioned before, but I had bought a mess of Pixies for a 28mm diorama Idea I had, which while still a good idea…is just not practical. So I've painted them up by themselves.
These guys (or girls, who knows) are painted fairly simply. I wanted different colored fairies, but couldn't figure out a good way to do it. They are just waaaay to detailed to paints the clothes and skin separately, it would take forever. so just wash and highlights. I used 5 primary colors, but the blue and the green ended up pretty much the same.
Per usual, they are super detailed. Two different poses are provided, each standing up waiving a sword. excellent figures, and I still think would make for a killer dioarama…
When my significant other saw the wildland alliance figures…she immediately bought an army pack for me, so now the woodland realm have ANOTHER ally 😀 These orangutan Spearmen figures are just awesome. Honestly, the wildland alliance figures are some of the best ones Steve has released yet. Super detailed, and super easy to paint.As you can see, there are two poses. Each pack also comes with leaders, which is a cool little change from how Steve usually packs his figures. I like having the option to buy leader packs to, but throwing in a couple with each pack is cool as well. I saved some spear men and will be basing the leaders up when I have more of the other figures done.
The last 6mm thing for today is a little lizardman outpost I made. The tower is just made of toothpicks, you cant see, but on the other side are some little green stuff shields I added and painted. You can also sort of see the bags i made. The buildings themselves are just fimo cooked. The one building is supposed to look like a skin hut, while the others are supposed to have vegetation. I like the tower a lot….the rest is meh, but it will work.
The final posting is a change of pace. Part of what drags my posting out is all the other projects I do. I am going to start posting some other stuff now, in hopes of increasing the content. Still mostly sub 28mm, with occasional 28mm stuff. The first item i have pictures of are some Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth ZB2 Burza Class Bombard. Quite a cool little model (as are pretty much all of spartan's stuff really, although the prices can be a little wild…).
So there you are. I have a a pretty extensive EOTBS and KoB fleet, as well as a ton of other stuff already painted. I will probably post some fleet/army shots down the road, but mostly it will just be newly painted things going forward. Hopefully, this will increase the posting.


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It is time for yet another Quick Thoughts post on the latest RWBY Episode, and man if this one isn't cool as hell. As usual this blog post will contain spoilers, so be warned!
Ruby Rose
For the longest of time, despite being featured as a main character in the show, Ruby Rose has properly featured her combat capabilities only in Players and Pieces, where she cuts off a Nevermore's head like the boss she's hyped up to be (I personally don't acknowledge the cartoonish, funny animations she showcased in Volume 2 as proper combat). Otherwise she has always been on the sidelines, sometimes the emotional driver or the lucky star of the show, but never the fighter (I assume that it's because scythe combat, like shotgun nun-chucks are harder to animate than punching and swordplay?).
That changes tonight. No, she still didn't get to fight properly yet, but this Episode marks the true beginning of a hero. Tonight, Ruby Rose is the Huntress she has trained to be, and be it the Grimm or the White Fang, Roman Torchwick or Neo, in the name of protecting her loved ones, they are all going DOWN.
The Beacon Gang
Rocket propelled lockers are so bloody cool they should be in every mecha action show AND games from now on. But as cool as it is to see a Nevermore getting skewered it wasn't enough to cover some obvious flaws in the animation and pacing:
- Polish. I notice that RT schedules their work using an almost 'Just In Time' policy, meaning that they start working on a show like RWBY for a month or two, and once three or four Episodes and the full script is ready they push it out while continuously working on the rest throughout the show. This is good for the company because they are concurrently developing and selling their product, but on the other hand you can obviously notice some lack of polish in the animations, camera angles, graphics etc. For example the beheading of the Nevermore is well choreographed, but feels as if it's lacking in impact (Nora's slowmo hammer bash feels really awkward instead of kinetic and powerful). This is one of those rare moments I say that the battle animation is lacking 'The Rule of Cool'.
- Pacing. With only 2 Episodes left and so much awesome to squeeze in (There's Neo vs Ruby, Roman vs Ruby, Blake vs Adam, Yang vs Mercury rematch maybe, Cinder vs Pyrrha maybe, Junior and the Malachite Twins, Amber, Qrow, Glynda, Grimm Wyvern Boss vs all etc) I just don't think the Beacon Gang is going to get much, if any show time at all other than getting smacked around like flies by the Wyvern Grimm. In that sense, this Episode wastes a great opportunity to provide a satisfying group brawl and opted instead for the less time consuming option called a group photo. For example, I remember distinctively that we are promised some Sun Wukong awesome moments (which V3E2 absolutely isn't). I don't think I'm going to get it, and that's sad.
The Wyvern Grimm
The boss looks effing cool. I speculate that the intense amount of negative motions awaken the ancient Grimm from its slumber. My sister says it's from Mountain Glenn because it popped from a mountain, and although I smacked her head because there's no direct proof at all she does make an interesting point. Is it possible that negative emotions can accumulate in RWBY-verse as if it has an energy form? That will be really cool.
On a random note, please don't ask me why or how it's sweating Grimm that is such a pointless question and like C'MON, just LOOK at that beautiful Wyvern! Now imagine fighting it as a secret boss in Grimm Eclipse! YAY!
The Crossroad
Pyrrha Nikos, I regretfully inform you that it is time to make a choice. Will you stand by your comrades and fight as you are, or will you sacrifice your humanity and become... more?


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|chuckmerja [ Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:15 pm ]
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|12 V bat replacement for practice
We know that we have to use the 1.2 x 10 ORION bats for FTC competition, but we have a plethora of 7.2 V Vex bats and chargers on hand, and are wondering if we could use a couple of those in series for practice, or is 14.4 too much? If it is too much voltage, might we use a 1 or 1.5 amp LM7812 linear voltage regulator to drop that bat combo to 12 V?? thanks
|Dick Swan [ Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:40 pm ]
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I am only a simple software designer so cannoit guarantee the following.
All my initial development for the HiTechnic Controllers was done using two 7.2V battery packs connected in series to get a 14.4 supply.
There was also a 20 amp fuse connected in series as well for protection which you should also use. An inadvertent short circuit is not something you want. I don't know that the battery will explode, but at a minimum will get extremely hot.
And an on/off switch is a nice extra.
I bought appropriate connectors and wire to build my own harness at local R/C hobby shop. It cost me under $5.
You might find in easier to use a single 7.2V battery (or 9.6V) instead of wiring two in series. You won't get full power on the motors, but the wiring may be slightly easier. The controllers themselves are powered by 5V derived from the external battery. One small note if you go this route. ROBOTC checks the external battery voltage and silently disables the 12V motors if the voltage is below 10V; this is to prevent deep discharge of the battery. You will have to adjust this voltage threshold. You can do it from the "System Parameters" debugger window in ROBOTC: Open the debugger, open the "system parameters" window (available in "expert" user level), scroll through to find the appropriate variable name and set the value to 5000 (i.e. 5000 millivolts).
|chuckmerja [ Fri Oct 31, 2008 6:13 am ]
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thanks for the software, Mr "simple software designer" ))! I had real reservations about moving from EasyC to RobotC, but thanks to you and others we are doing alright. Boy, is it cool to see what's going on through the debuggers!! MANY THANKS!!
On to the 12 - 14.4 V. We plan to make a wiring harness using the RC connections and still go through the kit switch and fuse, so I'm thinking we are going to be good. Thanks for the reply.
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Shah Rukh Khan on working with son Aryan in the Lion King – Shah Rukh Khan and son Aryan khan play the roles of the character Mufasa and samba in the Hindi-version of the lion king. The lion king is doing well at the box office. The Hindi version of the film lion king cast Rs. 54.47 Crores in just three years after its release. The Hindi version of the lion king is being loved by the Bollywood fans as it sees Shah Rukh plays the role of the character Mufasa and his son Aryan of Simba.
The Hindi version of the lion king has Ashish Vidyarthi as a scar, Shreyas Talpade as Timon, Sanjay Mishra as Pumbaa, Asrani as Zazu, Shernaz Patel as Sarabi, Achint Kaur as Shenzi and Neha Gargava as Nala.
After the death of his father, Mufasa is murdered by his Uncle. Simba feels it's his fault and run away. He returns after many years later to take his rightful place as King. When people heard him in that eyebrow-raising teaser of the Lion King then it was a fater-son moment for people. Aryan khan on occasion sounds like a rushed job. This movie has received tepid reviews. It is loved by all.
Shah Rukh Khan on working with son Aryan in the Lion King -However not in the front of camera, Shah Rukh has joyous to work with son Aryan. It is not the first time Shah Rukh and Aryan have giving their voice. The father-son duo had gave their voice in a hindi version of the 2004 film the incredibles. This movie is the amazing bounding time for son Aryan and Father Shah Rukh Khan.
While talking about working with Aryan in the lion king, Shah Rukh told an entertainment voice, "When we did incredibles, Aryan was about nine-years old. It was very sweet to hear his voice. Now, years later when we are doing it for the lion king, for me, it is the amazing bound time with Aryan".
Shah Rukh also currently took to Twitter to thank his friends and co-actress for the success of the Lion King. He wrote, "I am so happy to hear that so many are enjoying lion king. A special thanks to my co-actors and friends for bringing this film into life. Thanks for making me and Aryan sound good."
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One of the questions I'm regularly asked is to outline the business case for using stakeholder management in a business or project. This is a difficult question to answer accurately because no-one measures the cost of problems that don't occur and very few organisations measure the cost of failure.
The problem is not unique; it is very difficult to value the benefits of an effective PMO, of improving project delivery methods (eg, improving the skills of your schedulers), of investing in effective communication (the focus of my September column in PMI's PM Network magazine) or of better managing risk. The costs of investing in the improvement are easily defined, but the pay-back is far more difficult to measure.
There are two reasons why investing in effective stakeholder analytics is likely to deliver a valuable return on investment (ROI).
- The first is by knowing who the important stakeholders are at any point in time, the expenditure on other processes such as communication can be focused where it is needed most, generating efficiencies and a 'bigger bang for your buck'.
- The second is stakeholders are a major factor in the risk profile of the work, their attitudes and actions can have significant positive or negative consequences and understanding the overall community provides valuable input to a range of processes including risk identification, requirements definition and schedule management.
At the most fundamental level, improving the management of stakeholders is directly linked to improving the quality of the organisation's interaction with the stakeholders and as a consequence, the quality of the goods or services delivered to the end users or client (ie, stakeholders) as a result of being better informed whilst undertaking the work.
Quality was defined by Joseph Juran as fit for purpose, this elegant definition applies equally to the quality of your management processes as it does to your production processes and to the deliverables produced. And the three elements are interlinked; you need good management systems and information to allow an effective production system to create quality outputs for delivery to the client. A failure at any point in the chain will result in a quality failure and the production on deliverables that do not meet client requirements.
Placing stakeholder management within the context of quality allows access to some reasonably well researched data that can be interpolated to provide a reasonable basis for assessing the 'return' likely to be generated from an investment in stakeholder management.
Philip B. Crosby invented the concept of the 'cost of quality' and his book, Quality Is Free set out four major principles:
- the definition of quality is conformance to requirements (requirements meaning both the product and the customer's requirements)
- the system of quality is prevention
- the performance standard is zero defects (relative to requirements)
- the measurement of quality is the price of nonconformance
His belief was that an organization that established a quality program will see savings returns that more than pay off the cost of the quality program: "quality is free". The challenge is knowing you fully understand who the 'customers' actually are, and precisely what their various requirements and expectations are, and having ways to manage mutually exclusive or conflicting expectations. Knowing 'who's who and who's important' is a critical first step.
Feigenbaum's categorization of the cost of quality has two main components; the cost of conformance (to achieve 'good' quality) and the cost of poor quality (or the cost of non-conformance).
The cost of achieving the required level of quality is the investment made in the prevention of non-conformance to requirements plus the cost of testing and inspections to be comfortable the required quality levels have been achieved.
The cost of poor quality resulting from failing to meet requirements has both internal and external components. The internal costs are associated with defects, rework and lost opportunities caused by tying people up on rectification work. External failure costs can be much higher with major damage to an organisation's brand and image as well as the direct costs associated with fixing the quality failure.
The management challenge is balancing the investment in quality against the cost of quality failure to hit the 'sweet spot' where your investment is sufficient to achieve the required quality level to be fit for purpose; overkill is wasted $$$$. But first you and 'right stakeholders' need to agree on precisely what fit for purpose actually means.
Also, the level of investment needed to achieve the optimum cost of quality is not fixed. The better the organisation's quality systems, the lower the net cost. Six sigma proponents have assessed the total cost of quality as a percentage of sales based on the organisations sigma rating.
This table demonstrates that as the quality capability of the organisation improves, the overall cost of quality reduces offering a major competitive advantage to higher rating organisations. Most organisations are rated at 3 Sigma so the opportunity for improvement is significant.
Within this overall framework, the costs and risks associated with poor stakeholder engagement are significant and follow the typical pattern where most of the costs of poor quality are hidden. Using the quality 'iceberg metaphor' some of the consequences of poor stakeholder engagement and communication are set out below:
Effective stakeholder analysis and management directly contributes to achieving the required quality levels for the organisation's outputs to be fit for purpose whilst at the same time reducing the overall expenditure on the cost of quality needed to achieve this objective. The key components are:
- Effective analysis of the stakeholder community will help you identify and understand all of the key stakeholders that need to be consulted to determine the relevant aspects of fit for purpose.
- Understanding the structure of your stakeholder community facilitates the implementation of an effective two-way communication strategy to fully understand and manage the expectations of key stakeholders.
- Effective communication builds trust and understanding within a robust relationship.
o Trust reduces the cost of doing business.
o Understanding the full set of requirements needed for the work to be successful reduces the risk of failure.
o Robust relationships with key stakeholders also contribute to more effective problem solving and issue management.
- Maintaining the stakeholder engagement effort generates enhanced information that will mitigate risks and issues across all aspects of the work.
Calculating the Return on Investment:
Effective stakeholder management is a facilitating process that reduces the cost, and increases the efficiency of an organisations quality and risk management processes. Based on observations of similar process improvement initiatives such as CMMI, the reduction in the cost of quality facilitated by improved stakeholder engagement and management is likely to be in the order of 10% to 20%.
Based on the typical 'Level 3' organisation outlined above, a conservative estimate of the efficiency dividend per $1million in sales is likely to be:
Total cost of quality = $1,000,000 x 25% = $250,000
Efficiency dividend = $250,000 x 10% = $25,000 per $1 million in sales.
Given the basic costs of establishing an effective stakeholder management system for a $5million business, using the Stakeholder Circle®, (See: http://www.stakeholder-management.com) including software and training will be between $30,000 and $50,000 the efficiency dividend will be:
($25,000 x 5) – 50,000 = $75,000
(or more depending on the actual costs and savings).
The element not included above is the staff costs associated firstly with maintaining the 'culture change' associated with introducing an effective stakeholder engagement process and secondly with actually performing the stakeholder analysis and engagement. These costs are embedded in the cost of quality already being outlaid by the organisation and are inversely proportional to the effectiveness of the current situation:
- If current expenditures on stakeholder engagement are relatively low, the additional costs of engagement will be relatively high, but the payback in reduced failures and unexpected risk events will be greater. The overall ROI is likely to be significant.
- If the current expenditures on stakeholder engagement are relatively high, the additional costs will be minimal (implementing a systemic approach may even save costs), however, the payback in reduced failure costs will be lower because many of the more obvious issues and opportunities are likely to have been identified under the current processes. The directly measurable ROI will be lower, offset by the other benefits of moving towards a higher 'Sigma level'.
The introduction of an effective stakeholder management system is likely to generate a significant ROI for most organisations. The larger part of the 'return' being a reduction in the hidden costs associated with poor stakeholder engagement. These costs affect reputation and future business opportunities to a far greater extent than their direct costs on current work. For this reason, we feel implementing a system such as the Stakeholder Circle is best undertaken as a strategic organisational initiative rather than on an ad hoc project or individual workplace basis.
The path to organisational Stakeholder Relationship Management Maturity (SRMM®) is discussed at: http://www.stakeholdermapping.com/srmm-maturity-model


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I modified the example of Standby and added the PLL program.
The test findings are as follows:
1 the first power on the chip, the chip can normally enter the Standby mode, the current is normal.
2 MPC5748G can use the WKUP12 PIN to wake up to normally run. But the current will be larger when it comes to the Standby mode again. At this time the external oscillator is closed, but the core voltage is not closed.
3 STM wake-up is invalid if PLL is used, but it is normal when PLL is not used.


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Until my second trimester of pregnancy, I continued baking actively to sustain the home business I spent the last 5 years before building up. Once I reached 14 weeks, I stopped. I let go of all the work I had put in and said goodbye to my clients and customers. The plan was to go on our belated honeymoon in Italy, before returning to take it easy. We expected that I was going to be less mobile once my belly swelled further with our three babies within. For those of you unaware, we wound up losing them at 23+4 weeks.
What's the plan now?
I did think of returning back to full time baking, but was hesitant. I don't want to begin all over again, gathering cafes to collaborate with, contacting customers to ask them to order from me once more. It doesn't work like that. Furthermore, Florian and I plan to continue trying to start a family. I prefer not to start Butterfingrrs up again, only to have to stop further into pregnancy. After what happened with my last pregnancy, I don't want to risk overexerting myself with work even if our loss was totally unrelated.
I also considered going into full time work in the meantime. I was offered a job a couple years back at the hotel I used to work at as a pastry commis. It is the only (or one of the few?) hotel in Singapore with 6 stars and I applied to return there to be a guest relations officer.
The interview went well but the timing wasn't right. The director of guest relations who headed the interview actually gave me his card and invited me to contact him directly whenever I was ready. However, I understand how much it means to Florian for me to be home when he returns from work. Also, the shift work doesn't play well into trying for a family. Moreover, if we manage to conceive soon, I would again, prefer to slow down.
For now, I'm putting my time and effort into trying to build Seeking the Rainbow, which is my tribute to our three angel babies. It is an online magazine raising awareness on pregnancy/infant loss. In doing so, I want to reach out to women who are suffering at the loss of their child, that they may find hope and light in the personal stories of those who have lost as well. It will mean so much to Florian and I if you can support us on this and spread the word.
I'm also back in the kitchen as mentioned in my second last post. I've reunited with my KitchenAid – which is in dire need for servicing by the way. Still, it's a real workhorse and continues to help me churn out delicious baked treats even after consecutive years of daily use. Baking is sweet therapy to me and it's wonderful being able to bake for fun – no stress of deadlines, no pressure to get things perfect, no panic attacks when an influx of orders come in.
Currently, I've decided to bake because I want to, and take up the odd order from private customers. Getting back to baking purely for leisure rather than work has been like a breath of fresh air. I am bound by few constraints so I can be as creative as I want to be with flavours and ingredients.
That being said, I decided to stick to something a little more basic here. Like a cupcake. Because cupcakes are happy little bites of pleasure. They are pretty to look at and yummy to eat. Even better, these lychee cupcakes are straightforward to make!
Lychee Cupcakes (Makes 16 pcs)
240g Lychees, pureed
90ml Milk
165g Butter
260g Sugar
3 Eggs
300g flour
7g Baking Powder
- Preheat oven to 180 deg C.
- Combine lychee puree and milk. Set aside
- Cream butter with sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs one at a time. Beating in well after each addition.
- Add dry ingredients (combined and sifted) and lychee mixture alternatingly – beginning and ending with dry ingredients.
- Pipe or scoop into lined muffin tins.
- Bake 18-24 min until springy to the touch and golden brown.
I piped Italian buttercream rosettes scented with rosewater to finish. You can use your favourite buttercream recipe and flavour it or keep it plain. The lychee cupcakes are perfect even without the cream. Light, fruity, and not too sweet. You can always substitute lychees for mangoes, or bananas, or dragonfruit. Just make sure not to use a fruit that has high water content such as watermelons or oranges.
I hope these cupcakes will fill your heart and your home with sweet delight. May they fill the stomachs of those you love, and have you all feeling warm and snug in the company of one another. Savour each mouthful the way we ought to savour the presence of our loved ones!


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After our bus stopped to allow us to view farmers preparing fields with oxen we headed on to Madurai and the Gandhi Memorial Museum. The museum is one of 5 across India dedicated to India's history and the life of Gandhi.
In the museum grounds a youth concert was taking place where local students were taking to the stage to sing and dance, the singing was some of the worst we have ever heard but we did meet a nice group of girls who wanted to tell us all about their town and gave us some good tips for our visit to Meenakshi Amman Temple the following day.
Meenakshi Amman Temple is a complex containing 14 colorful gateway towers that rise above the rest of the town. The towers are covered in painted carvings of Hindu gods and the temple attracts very large numbers of pilgrims in April for the Chithirai Festival which celebrates Meenakshi and Lord Vishnu.
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Her eyes so pretty and blue.
She loves having a bath.
Likes playing with Mummy, Daddy and Harper.
Loves to smile and coo.
Loves being held and kissed.
Has pinchable chubby checks.
Likes to hold my finger.
Weighs just over 5 kilos.
Grew 4 cm in the last two weeks.
Feeds 3 to 4 times a night.
Only catnaps during the day and will only sleep in mummy's arms or sometimes the swing.
Co sleeps at night.
Gets sad and overtired by late afternoon :(
Loves watching Harper.
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I want to gain access to my multiInstanciated activity cardinality from within a script. I saw this method was provided by the MultiInstanceActivityInstanceImpl class:
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With the economic downturn of the past few years, charitable donations have dropped dramatically for nonprofits – some leaders even predict it will take charities six years to return to where they were financially in 2007. It's the Season of Giving and nonprofits are in need; how can you make sure your holiday giving will have the biggest impact possible?
With less than one month remaining in the 2011 tax year, we're hoping to help you make informed decisions about where you donate, whether it be to Goodwill or to another organization of your choice. Here are a couple of tips to help:
- Know Your Donation Bin: There are many bins on many street corners – how do you know which really benefit your community the most? Look carefully: you should be able to find a disclosure label on the bin noting the mission of the organization, contact information for the organization, and whether the organization is for-profit, a nonprofit, or a for-profit company collecting donations on behalf of another agency.
- Find the Facts: It is up to you the donor to be educated about the organizations to which you give. You can check to see if the organization is a registered charity in your state by confirming with the state attorney general or secretary of state's office. Additional information such as how much of their revenue goes to overhead and administrative costs can be found with a charity-rating agency such as Charity Navigator or GuideStar, or online resources such as GreatNonprofits or Philanthropedia.
Now, just so you know our facts:
- The best way for you to help Goodwill is to donate your no-longer-neededs to your local store or donation center.
- The majority of Goodwill's revenue is generated by selling donors' contributions of clothes and household items at Goodwill retail stores and online.
- 93% of our revenues raised go directly toward supporting and growing critical community-based job-training programs and services in our region.
- We helped 14,000 people find employment in 2010 alone – that same year, our 18 different youth programs Goodwill's served more than 14,600 children and families, and we placed over 600 youths in summer jobs.
- Our stores offer on-the-job training and employment experience to almost 2,200 persons with disabilities.
- In addition, these stores play an active role in supporting our environmental programs, too, keeping 48 million pounds out of landfills in 2010.
Thank you for giving back no matter where you give, and if you give to Goodwill this holiday season, an extra-special thank you to you!


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Inclinations #12: The Pigeon in the Machine
Tuesday June 10, 7:30PM, 2014
Or Gallery Berlin is pleased to present Ana Teixeira Pinto in The Pigeon in the Machine, for the twelfth in our speaker series 'Inclinations' hosted by Patricia Reed.
Cybernetics, much like behaviourism is predicated on input-output analyses. Behaviourism is also based on a recursive (feed-back) model –known in biology as reinforcement. Skinner's description of operant behaviour as a repertoire of emitted acts from which one is selected by reinforcement runs parallel to Wiener's description of informational loops. But behaviourism and cybernetics, often shared more than an uncanny affinity. During World War II both Norbert Wiener and B. F. Skinner worked on parallel research projects for the US military. Whilst Wiener together with engineer Julian Bigelow, was attempting to develop his Anti-Aircraft Predictor (AA-Predictor), a machine, which was supposed to anticipate the trajectory of an enemy plane, Skinner was trying to develop a pigeon-guided missile.
Ana Teixeira Pinto is a writer from Lisbon, currently living in Berlin. She is PhD candidate and occasional lecturer at the Humboldt University, and a contributor to E-Flux Journal, Art-Agenda, Mousse, Frieze/de and Domus.
The presentation of work revolves around the posing of a question that is the thrust of a guest's activities. It goes without saying that questions may not be answered, but are grappled with in their unresolvability. An inclination is the force of attraction to a question (without a straightforward response), yet also to each other, as a community who partakes in a common quest(ion).
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