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This came after the autonomous government in the Papua New Guinea region announced late last year a moratorium on mining at Panguna, which had been abandoned in 1989 after the civil war started.
Two companies are vying to re-open Panguna but Bougainville President John Momis said to get the nod, the successful company must first win the trust of the people and BCL is yet to do this.
Meanwhile a mining wardens meeting in central Bougainville in December turned down BCL's request for its exploration licence to be extended.
But the company is not giving up and secretary Mark Hitchcock says they want the licence restored, hence their application for a judicial review.
"We have taken the regulator , which is the Bougainville Government, as the Department of Mineral and Energy Resources, to court. We are seeking leave to apply for a judical review of that decision, to not renew the exploration licence."
The Bougainville government is the main shareholder in Bougainville Copper Ltd, with 36%, after it was given the lion's share of equity by Rio Tinto when that company walked away from involvement in BCL two years ago.
Mr Hitchcock say the ABG leadership has told him that the company has to do what it has to do to protect the interests of all of its shareholders.
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1972 Bronco. All Original. Never restored, but in immaculate shape. This particular Bronco is very rare. It's a "Trailer Special" and has the "Rally Pac" gauges. There are only a few, if that still in existence. 302 V8- 3 speed, on the column shifting. It's been garage kept and the interior and exterior are flawless. A modern stereo, the valve covers and steering wheel have been changed for comfort-ability, but I have all the original parts to go along with the sale. You will not find a classic like this in the shape this truck is in. Serious inquiries only please.

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No Good Way in Syria's Civil WarMarek Jan Chodakiewicz|Sunday, September 22, 2013
The United States has painted itself into a geopolitical corner over Syria. At the moment, Russia gloats, while China circles above, carrion-like, leaving America with no good moves. There is only lesser evil: in Syria, in the region, and on the global scene.
The United States has painted itself into a geopolitical corner over Syria. At the moment, Russia gloats, while China circles above, carrion-like, leaving America with no good moves. There is only lesser evil: in Syria, in the region, and on the global scene. Backing the Alawite-led Bashar al-Assad regime of the national socialist Baath Party is tantamount to restoring the hostile situation prior to the Arab Spring, including Iran's nefarious influence in Lebanon with its Shiia proxy Hezbollah. Supporting the rebels means enabling the Sunnis in general, the Muslim Brotherhood and al-Qaeda in particular. Make no mistake, the rebels do accept support from the royalist Gulf States, but it is not the sworn monarchists or military secularists doing battle against the Assad regime. Although a minority, it is the religious extremists primarily who are most active and highly visible in combat. Al-Qaeda's black flags crop up all too frequently and foreign fighters speaking Russian, German, and Arabic have been reported on the battlefield as well. A tribal society Inside Syria, the society has fallen back on its basic component parts: family and clan. The sheiks call the shots locally. Party militias, opposition politicians, army deserters, rebels, and terrorists – all of whom Western media generically, and inaccurately, call "The Free Syrian Army" – operate within and without the tribal structures. Of the minorities, the terrified Christians find themselves under a vicious onslaught by the insurgents. The Kurds self-liberated and lay low, while fending off the attacks from both the regime, infrequently, and the opposition, increasingly. The Alawites have squarely backed their Baathist regime, but there are also enough secularists and others with vested interests who have remained conditionally loyal toward the dictator. Again, they overlap with at least some elements of the tribal society and, like the insurgents, burrow in it, supporting their own clan leaders and expanding their networks. The situation is eerily reminiscent of Iraq a few years back, albeit sans the American troops. Shall we insert them now? Barrack Obama feels we need no boots on the ground, just planes in the air. That is impractical. After bombing, someone has to enforce the order. Can we trust anyone in Syria? Or, do we have to rely on our own troops once again? But the administration optimistically insists that airpower will do the trick. The White House would like the American people to back its "precision" bombing campaign. Such a campaign would strike at the regular army and, we are assured, collateral damage would be practically non-existent. Wrong. In civil wars, lines are almost always blurred. With all due respect for our precision munitions technology, it is sometimes hard to tell the combatants apart. Further, although Assad's garrisons are still manned as fortresses, at least some of the troops are already in position and dispersed among friendly tribes, seasonal allies, and coerced hosts. Now, having been duly warned, the dictator will surely move more soldiers out of their traditional encampment to mingle with the population. Shall we bomb them too? Welcome to the Balkan wars of the 1990s. Bombing will primarily undercut the Assad regime side. But to what end? To secure an al-Qaeda or Muslim Brotherhood win? Let's suppose that we bomb all of them. After all, President Obama has promised "precision" strikes. That would make sense from the point of view of our strategic objective to eliminate the terrorists (formerly known as the war on terror). But what do we hope to achieve? To weaken both sides is to foster an endless civil war, like in Lebanon. Besides, the White House has ignored the Islamists; instead, it has focused singlemindedly on Assad, allegedly the Hosni Mubarak of Syria. A regime change worked out just sweetly for us in Cairo, and the same scenario is being crafted vis-à-vis Damascus. Regime change Following the Arab Spring and the overthrow of the dictator in Egypt, the U.S. president convened a special task force which predicted a bright future for the Arab nation on the model of Chile, South Korea, and the Philippines. It has sadly failed to materialize. First, the Islamists seized power, and then the military national socialists grabbed it back. In Egypt, Libya, and elsewhere in the region, outside of rather calm traditional monarchies, we are sadly sentenced, in the foreseeable future, to a tug of war between the radical Islamist and the military secularist. So far, Algeria serves as the best case scenario. Iraq, Libya, Egypt, and Syria are in various stages of destabilization. In most places, there will be no democracy; there will be blood, and then a dictatorship of one sort or another. What makes Obama think it will be different in Syria? A bombing campaign is not a strategy and will send additional waves of desperate civilians into already overcrowded refugee camps in Turkey, Jordan, and Lebanon. Refugee camps, as always, will destabilize the host countries and become breeding grounds for extremists. In fact, they already have. Al-Qaeda, Hezbollah, and Hamas are hybrid terrorist organizations busy dispensing charity, on the one hand, and recruiting, surreptitiously or not, on the other, to the shriek of the muezzin's call to prayer above the madrasa, all complements of the Wahabbi Kingdom or the Islamic Republic, as well as "international aid," often subsidized by the U.S. taxpayer. "Yes, we can" bomb and we shall have "change" in the region. But what of the law of unintended consequences? Jordan has so far escaped the worst of the Arab Spring, and remains stable. Lebanon has begun to steam up with the extremists raring to jump into sectarian warfare once again, and the Lebanese radicals have already been making forays into Syria. U.S. bombing would certainly undermine the calm factor in Jordan and help Lebanon blow up. Regional destabilization Bombing Syria or any other form of U.S. military intervention will foster greater instability in the region, which also will threaten Israel. The Israelis do not mind when the Syrian conflict simmers because then their neighbors tend to leave them alone. But a full fledged war with U.S. participation? Sure, that would reassure some Israelis in a short run, but what happens when America leaves Syria as it did Iraq? Do we have to reassure our Israeli allies with repeated interventions even when their homeland is not threatened directly? How will bombing Syria help them? True, bombing Syria, if it leads to Assad's ouster, will deny Iran a route into Lebanon. The influence of the Shiia will wane. Some hope that would undercut Hezbollah's monopoly on extremism in Lebanon and its environs. Worry not. Teheran's proxy will quickly be replaced with a Sunni counterpart, most likely al-Qaeda, or an off-shoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, not unlike its Palestinian branch Hamas. The extremists tend to self-generate from among the ranks of the erstwhile insurgents after the victory. Remember Libya? Regional destabilization cannot but impact adversely our formerly reliable ally Turkey. Ankara has just arrived at a tenuous modus vivendi with its Kurdish minority. It tries to woo them (and the rest of the region) with pan-Ottomanism, a combination of Sunni solidarity, heritage of the Ottoman Caliphate, and an Islamist "democracy." Regionally, pan-Ottomanism, at this stage, is less nefarious than radical Islamism of Teherani ayatollahs, al-Qaeda, or the Muslim Brotherhood. And, so far, Turkey does counter-balance Iran. It won't be able to as well when it is destabilized. Moreover, one hopes that the Obama administration realizes if there is further destabilization in the region the Kurds may be emboldened enough to give up their de facto autonomy in Syria and elsewhere and make a bid for a unified state. That, in turn, may temporarily unite all neighbors – Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria – to crush the Kurdish freedom, virtually the only stable, positive legacy of American blood and treasure of our wars in the area. And it does not matter whether it is a military secularist or radical Islamist Syria: after the Syrian army withdraws, the Sunni insurgents have already launched attacks on the Kurds, a harbinger of things to come. Perhaps a peace of sorts would emerge from this sordid affair but, most likely, however, after slaughtering the Kurds, the contenders would return to business as usual among themselves. What will we have achieved then? Global embarrassment So much for the White House's "strategy" at the regional level. At the global level the failure of the Obama administration to elucidate and pursue a coherent Syria policy is perhaps most transparent even to a casual observer. To bank on the anticipated world-wide outrage stemming from the unverified reports of Assad's chemical weapon strikes against the rebels, Obama traveled to St. Petersburg to secure international support for his intended air strikes on Syria. Obama miscalculated. Russia's head of state Vladimir Putin shrewdly countered, all in the name of peace, of course, with his initiative to internationalize the control of Syria's chemical weapons. The satrap of Damascus eagerly agreed. For him it is a stay of execution. Also, Assad has taken a leaf from Saddam Hussain's playbook of compliance, dishonest or not, with the so-called international community, which can be always counted on preferring to coddle dictators rather than fight them. It is unclear how the international custody is going to be achieved technically in Syria. Perhaps Moscow will dispatch its own troops, or maybe, more likely, it will cobble together some kind of a blue helmet expedition. Thus, aside from its warm water Mediterranean naval base at Tartus, Russia will control a chemical weapons depot in that country. All in all, the Kremlin has scored a major coup against the White House. Putin can prance around in full glory not only as a defender of decent civilization against "homosexual propaganda," but also as an international champion of peace. His standing has been enormously enhanced both in the Third World and in the West, as evidenced by the glitterati ululations following the Russian president's guest editorial in The New York Times. Peace in Syria beats gay rights. Back home no consolation awaited our commander-in-chief. Obama has so far failed patently to rally the American people behind his Syrian air war initiative. The legacy of the conflict in Iraq leads many to doubt the allegation of chemical weapons use by Assad. Besides, Americans are truly weary of fighting. They are also quite concerned about all belligerent moves by the great powers. Recently the war ships of Russia and China have steamed into the coastal waters off Syria, while their governments have loudly protested America's plan to bomb. At least one foreign affairs expert has gone so far to warn of parallels with the First World War. That's a bit far-fetched, but one cannot exclude some saber rattling, or even a mild demonstration of force against the U.S. China and Russia can once again play the defenders of the downtrodden in the Third World and champions of truth and peace for idol starved progressive Western intellectuals. Meanwhile, Obama is left holding the bag. Whereas, our second war in Iraq was an exercise in unilateralism, Washington does not have even that option open in Syria. From the start, the White House has failed to show single minded will and dithered for so long that it has now allowed other global players, the Kremlin and the Forbidden City to seize the initiative. What can be done? There are two adages that conservatives generally live by. According to the first, it is enough for good men to do nothing for evil to prevail. The other teaches that sometimes the hardest thing is to do nothing. Their prudent application to foreign policy, on a case by case basis, helps steer clear of the Scylla of Machiavellian cynicism and Charybdis of infantile internationalism. Alas, our first post-modernist President of the United States lacks grounding in Western Civilization and American tradition. He is thus cast adrift, helplessly splashing around, out of his community organizing comfort pond, in the unforgiving seas of international turbulence. The least horrible course of action would be to enlist a local proxy: preferably some Sunni military secularists, who oppose both Assad and the radical Islamists. Such allies will be hard to find, but not impossible. We should turn to Turkey or Egypt to sponsor that. Next, black ops anyone? Why not discreetly suggest to the Saudis to enlist the Artists Formerly Known as Blackwater, or, better yet, their foreign fighter trainees (preferably Fijians and other non-Westerners), give them a mandate to roam around Syria at will, and take out the bad guys without discrimination? Help them out generously with drones. Meanwhile, we should bribe the sheiks to protect the Christians and other minorities, and even exfiltrate them, if all else fails. Shore up the Kurds short of statehood. Keep the Israelis away and calm. And the radical Islamists and military secularists in Syria should continue to slug it out until they want to study war no more. We should observe very carefully the unfolding events and intervene, preferably indirectly, as opportunities present themselves. This sure beats what we have received from the White House so far.
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Panels are expected to meet with the Chief Administrative Patent Judge and the Deputy Chief Administrative Patent Judge within thirty days of the Federal Circuit's decision, before the mandate has even issued. The focus of this meeting will depend on the facts and circumstances of the case, but may include topics relating to the procedural history, issues on remand, procedures for the proceedings on remand, and any possible policy considerations.
Parties in remanded trial cases are directed to contact the PTAB within 10 business days after the Federal Circuit's mandate issues to schedule a teleconference with the panel. The teleconference should be held within a month of the mandate. Although the panel will ultimately decide the procedures for the remand proceeding, the parties must meet and confer before the teleconference in a good faith attempt to propose remand procedures to the panel. For common remand scenarios, default trial procedures and examples from recent cases are provided as guidance on whether the panel is likely to permit additional briefing, additional evidence, or additional oral argument in the remand proceeding.
The PTAB acknowledges that certain scenarios may require an extension of their six-month goal for issuing a remand decision.
For further details, SOP 9 is available on the USPTO web site.
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Cole Bros. Circus of the Stars has canceled its 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. Jacksonville shows today, April 5.
Marketing Director Bill Dundee said that rain during the week caused the circus grounds to become muddy and difficult for vehicles to utilize.
Those who purchased advanced tickets for today can still attend the 1:30, 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. shows on Saturday and Sunday with no additional charge. Advance tickets start at $16 for adult general admission, reserved seats are an additional $4 and VIP seats are an additional $7. Free tickets are available for children under 13 at GoToTheCircus.com.


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"Chinese celebrations, no matter it is New Year, birthdays, anniversaries, or weddings, it is always filled with bright colours and traditional details," says photographer Maricle Kang. For this styled shoot, she's put a modern spin on key Chinese wedding traditions at UBC Botanical Garden for a vibe that's pure romance.
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While red is often the colour of these celebrations, as a symbol of luck, joy and happiness, "red can be overwhelming for modern brides," says Kang. The model here wears a gown inspired by Chinese fine art, a light-weight grey gipao with gold embroidered details. "It is modern yet traditional, and tastefully expressed the bride's personality and her unique identity through fashion."
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The floral designs by Everly Fleur are inspired by vibrant colours that often seen in Chinese celebrations—think red, pink, apricot, Mandarin yellow, and purple. Decor is by Bespoke Decor.
Marcile KangWedding pastries are another important element of a Chinese wedding, of course—each more colourful than the last and imbued with meanings and blessings, made byJenny Bakes.
Marcile KangAn elegant stationery suite by Ayla Pena includes this custom packet which are often used in Chinese weddings for gifts.
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After nearly a decade of writing scripts that never saw the light of day, Michael Bacall hit back-to-back home runs last spring. His "21 Jump Street" script reinvented the dated '80s undercover-cop skein as a raunchy comedy, earning $202 million worldwide.
"And two weeks before that release, 'Project X' came out and also did great," he says of the Todd Phillips-produced found-footage project, about a group of high-schoolers' epic house party. Made for roughly $12 million, the stunt went on to earn more than $100 million, making the former child actor (Bacall had been in "Free Willy") one of Hollywood's most sought-after comedy scribes.
Bacall has already finished a "Tropic Thunder" spinoff centered on Tom Cruise's Les Grossman character. "We're just waiting on Tom's schedule," he says. In addition to writing a "Jump" sequel, Bacall is working on a book adaptation, "The New Cool," for producer Scott Rudin and Miramax. "It's a comedy about a high school robotics team and has a bit of 'The Bad News Bears" DNA in it," he says.
Bacall also adapted Richard Aleas' "Little Girl Lost," which he calls "a really dark, neo-noir detective story," for producer Marc Platt and Universal. "So not everything's a comedy," he says. "In fact, I'm also developing a project I want to direct that's definitely not comedy."


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The other day I decided to actually dust my bedroom this week and quickly discovered how much crap gets deposited everywhere. I found so much loose change (not the good kind, the 10 cent or less kind), USB keys (do we really need 3?) and random small toys (No you haven't missed anything, no kids in this house just a very geeky boyfriend, yep not guilty at all).
The result was these crochet baskets. Because who tidies when you have an excuse to crochet and curl up on the couch binge watching Buffy on Netflix instead…
They are perfect for putting on the bedside tables for holding all our random little stuff. Seen here holding my key chain which is at this moment in time keyless…
The larger one also works really well for holding crochet supplies on the coffee table beside my couch. I may have to make another one.
The smaller kinda also works for crochet things…
I crocheted these with a 6.5mm hook and 2 strands of aran cotton. It was a little tough on my hands but has led to a dense strong basket. The pattern was super simple. I crocheted SC's in a spiral until I had the diameter I wanted and then continued to crochet with no increases until I liked the height. I finished off the last rows with slip stitch and a 4.5mm hook to make the edge curve inwards.
The edge designs were made using aran weight cotton and a 4.5mm hook. Sc and spiked Sc for the big one and surface crochet slip stitches for the other.
I think this project is the hardest I've ever had to photograph. There are only so many ways you can style a small white container. Especially when your me and your collection of photo props consists of whatever is closest to hand, mainly miscellaneous crochet paraphernalia. I'm am also really missing having a proper camera. Sadly my beloved Canon DSLR had a fall down the stairs (with my brother so I can't be too mad) and while it still works the photos are very slightly out of focus. Not too badly but enough to drive me mental! My iphone does the job but it has it's limitations.
I spent a large chunk of today oggling cameras online. I've narrowed my wish list to a high end compact as I want something that takes awesome photos but that is also really portable, which my canon very much wasn't. I particularly like the Panasonic model on this list.
Fingers crossed santa comes to my house a little early this year. But I will have wait and see how evil my car insurance is going to be this year first though.
That's it for me this week. How goes life with you guys?
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'Lost' ends on a spiritual note
For six seasons, there was a lot on the series "Lost" that was open to interpretation. One thing pretty clear, however, was that the final moments of the series on Sunday night - with many of the characters "moving on" from a kind of purgatory inside a church - were intensely spiritual.
One man who has been interpreting the show as having a very Christian point of view is Chris Seay, pastor at Ecclesia Church in Houston, Texas, and author of the book "The Gospel According to Lost."
He believes "Lost" took a big step in a spiritual direction during a final season that saw episodes where the island was described as hell, or a gateway to hell, and a place where all the light of the world must be protected.
"I think they embraced a spiritual identity and told a spiritual story," he said. "The spiritual commentary is so rich that even 'Lost' itself commented on it, as Desmond told Kate that they were waiting on the body of a man named Christian Shephard. Her reaction was to say 'Christian Shephard? Seriously?' The finale kept it going full force in that vein."
In the finale, as Desmond was lowered down towards the "source," he faced a blinding white light, which was drained and replaced with something that can be best compared to lava from a volcano. It came across an awful lot like classical descriptions of hell.
"It fit very well with the description that Jacob gave in 'Ab Aeterno,' my favorite episode," according to Seay. "He said that the island is this cork that is holding back the forces of hell and malevolence. It was similar to what Jesus would say to Peter, that my kingdom would hold back the gates of hell."
Even though one of the closing scenes took place in a church, an array of different religious symbols could be seen on the stained glass walls there.
"Christianity has been the dominant narrative here, but I thought they might hedge their bets, and they put every religious symbol ever known to man all over the place," Seay said. "This was a deeply spiritual path to redemption. This show is saying there is a spirituality to how you live, and seeking redemption and atonement for your sins is important."
Even so, he felt "disappointed" with some of the "gaps" in the finale. "The 'flash-sideways' as purgatory felt a bit like a copout to me."
Despite this, Seay has a lot of respect for what the show accomplished.
"One of the great things about the show is it gets people reading and talking," he said. "The 'CSIs' of the world don't get you reading books to make you understand them. And unlike most feature films I've paid $10 to see, what they did was pretty remarkable."
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Full-scale tests carried out at coal-fired power plants have shown that inorganic brominated derivatives are effective in oxidizing mercury into species that are more easily captured on sorbents, in flue gas desulfurization scrubbers and in electrostatic precipitator units. The bromine derivatives are added to the coal prior to, or after, pulverization; to the combustion zone in the boiler; or to the flue-gas upstream of the remediation controls. Removal efficiencies of up to 90 percent have been demonstrated with these types of technologies.
Other studies have shown that inorganic brominated derivatives can be used to produce halogenated activated carbon that is injected into the flue downstream from the boiler to oxidize and capture the mercury on the sorbent. This technology has also been demonstrated to remove up to 90 percent of the mercury from the power plant units burning coal fuel.
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- Our Systems. We combine exclusive Maid Right systems with smart strategies and leading technologies. Our proprietary MR Shield® system is the most advanced disinfection system in the business. Meanwhile, we offer ProTeam air filtration using HEPA filtration vacuums to reduce air pollution in your home. We even color-code the microfiber cloths and mops used to clean bathrooms. That way, they're never used in other parts of your house.
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On Finovate.com
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Kate Middleton wears a very patriotic outfit to Wimbledon women's singles final
It's a rather big sporting weekend in England – and Kate Middleton ensured she gave a full-on patriotic nod with her first outfit back at Wimbledon since being forced to self-isolate.
The Duchess of Cambridge, 39, wowed in green as she attended the women's singles final at Centre Court yesterday.
Her eye-catching dress was accessorised with white heels and a white handbag, as well as an elegant bracelet and earrings.
In keeping with the patriotic moment, the royal mother-of-three – who is known for sending subtle messages through her wardrobe choices – turned to designers with English links for her outfit.
The duchess' fit-and-flare emerald dress, by London-based designer Emilia Wickstead, costs £1,380 and also nodded to the tennis tournament's iconic grass courts.
Similarly, her £550 shoes were by British brand Jimmy Choo, and paid tribute to the white court markings.
The royal – who is patron of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club – finished off her look with the 'Amberley' handbag from Mulberry, a firm founded in Somerset.
Kate's bracelet was English-made by Halycon Days, while her earrings were created by London-based designer Kiki McDonough.
The duchess was accompanied to the match by husband Prince William, and the pair later posted on their joint Instagram page, writing: "What an incredible match and performance by both athletes!
"Congratulations @ashbarty on being crowned #Wimbledon champion. It was amazing to see the atmosphere and support from the fans echoing through centre court once again.
"Well done to @Wimbledon and the staff on continuing to make the Championships such a special event."
Earlier this month, Kate visited the tournament wearing a blue and white polka dot skirt, navy blazer and white top, as well as gold jewellery.
The duchess, who also attended an England Euro 2020 football match at Wembley Stadium with the duke and their eldest son Prince George, was forced to self-isolate after being in close contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19.
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Evaluation of emissions of total volatile organic compounds from carpets in an environmental chamber
Guo, H., Murray, F., Lee, S.C. and Wilkinson, S. (2004) Evaluation of emissions of total volatile organic compounds from carpets in an environmental chamber. Building and Environment, 39 (2). pp. 179-187.
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An environmental test chamber with controlled temperature, relative humidity and airflow rate has been used to evaluate emissions of total volatile organic compounds (TVOCs) from 11 new carpets. The quantity of TVOCs emissions was measured by a gas chromatography/flame ionisation detector.The TVOCs emissions of each product were tested as a function of time. The results showed that the time dependence of TVOCs concentrations and the change of emission rates with time can be described by a double-exponential model. With this double-exponential model, the initial emission rates (E 10 and E 20) and emission decay constants (k 1 and k 2) in evaporation- and diffusion-dominated phases were simulated. These emission parameters could be used in estimation of TVOCs concentrations in an indoor environment. Model evaluation studies indicate that the Highclass carpet has the smallest model accuracy while the Double-diamond and Classic design carpets have the largest model accuracy.
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Opening Event of the 2013 Campaign Season called "Compelling"
Over 100 came to……….Unmasked: Judeophobia
The Scranton JCC was the venue for the Opening Event of the UJA 2013 Campaign season. The Jewish Federation was proud to present the riveting documentary Unmasked: Judeophobia produced and directed by Gloria Greenfield.
After a refreshing dessert reception by Colfax Avenue Kosher Caterers, Dassy Ganz (representing the Jewish Federation of Northeastern
Pennsylvania) welcomed everyone to the Opening Event and explained the role the Jewish Federation fulfills on a local, national and international level as the parliament of our Jewish communities in NEPA.
She introduced this year's 2013 UJA Campaign Chairs, Don Douglass, Jeff Rubel (also Federation president) and Barbara Nivert (Women's Campaign Chair) whose collective unflagging commitment to our Federation and Jewish causes in general is well known.
Gloria Greenfield, President of DocEmet films, explained the need to produce this documentary in light of growing global anti-Semitism and the demonization, defamation and de-legitimization of Israel that has once again become "fashionable" seventy years after the Holocaust.
The film was a harsh clarion call to all to realize that much of the world is not friendly to Jews and Israel. It is clear that we must be vigilant in our support of the State of Israel and be proud of our Jewish identity wherever we live.
Gloria entertained questions and comments at the film's conclusion and reminded all assembled of the role Jewish Federations play in fighting anti-Semitism and promoting Jewish identity. The evening ended with UJA Campaign chairmen Don Douglass and Jeff Rubel accepting the annual generous gift from the Amos Lodge Bnai Brith representatives Rick Bishop and Ed Monsky.


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No Coincidences
There is a saying that states, "Nothing happens by accident. The Lord is directing each one of our steps," and that is very true. But, what makes it difficult sometimes is when these steps aren't what we planned for ourselves. According to Proverbs 19:21, "Many are the plans in a person's heart, but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails."
I had planned to go back to Haiti next May to begin the leadership conferences in Thiotte. The reason for going in May was because Thiotte is a very remote and mountainous part of Haiti where travel is difficult. To get there, dry river beds are used as roads and May is usually a dry time in Haiti. That's why May was my plan, but it was not the Lord's.
Due to a series of circumstances, the conference will be held this December instead, which isn't always a very dry month. There are around 200 pastors and church leaders who will be attending and even though they were invited to the previous conferences, only about 12 could make it. The reason for that is because travel to and from Thiotte is difficult due to the mountainous terrain, and the distance to Port-au-Prince and Jacmel.
So, because they couldn't come to us, we are going to them. By we, I mean Pastor Placide (one of my Haitian contacts and translator) and myself. We will have to rent a mechanically fit 4x4 truck to get up the dry river beds and mountain passes and what may make this journey a little more difficult is that we will have to travel there at night and there may be a chance of rain which can cause flash floods along the river beds. However, God is good and He will make the way there possible. Besides, I always love an adventure, especially if it is to do the Lord's will.
Hopefully I will be able to get through the "Essentials of Christian Leadership" training and part of the "Church Growth" training this year. God willing I will be able to return next year to finish the "Church Growth" training and the training on Evangelism.
There is also a saying that states, "There is no such thing as a coincidence, just God's hand in a greater plan!" Back in September there was a pastor from Arcahaie visiting Canada who heard about my work in Haiti and wanted to meet with me. He came to my home and said that his church, and the surrounding churches in his area, need this teaching. So, God willing, we will meet again in December to put some plans in place to hold at least one, of the three conferences that I teach, at his church next year.
God is so good and it is an honor for me to serve Him in this way. As always, I ask for your prayers. Not just before the conference but during the conference as well. That is because there is always opposition from the enemy. As the Apostle Paul said in Ephesians 6:12, "For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places." Anywhere the Good News of Jesus Christ is proclaimed, there will be opposition, so please pray for protection and that the Holy Spirit would move in powerful and wonderful ways to equip our brothers and sisters in Christ to reach their nation for Jesus.
Also, if you feel led to support this trip financially please make your cheque payable to St. Paul's Presbyterian Church and write in the memo section that it is for 2nd Wave Ministries. That way you will get a receipt and we will know that your donation is to be used to help feed the attendees and help pay travelling expenses for those who have to come in from the surrounding region. Many have no resources at all so they need all the help they can get to come to the conference.
Thank you once again for your past and ongoing support in this much needed ministry.
Many Blessings!
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Hello peeps!
Trust we rested this weekend and are ready for the blessings this week has to in store for us. I was in church yesterday and the preaching of the day was to praise God for all He has done for us, all that we have asked for and haven't received yet and for the extras He gives. Now that's food for thought because most times we tend to focus on prayers that haven't been answered yet rather than be thankful for already answered prayers. Praise in advance sef, God owes no man so if you praise Him for what He is yet to do, He will surely bless you so make this a thankful week.
When you wake up every morning of this week, thank Him for the sunrise, for the rain, for your family members (no matter how troublesome 🙂 ), thank Him for putting a roof over your head and for having enough food to eat so much so that it's Clara's Corner variety you are looking for, yeah thank Him for that. If you didn't have your basic needs met you won't be on the blog right now looking for something different 😀 , we have so much to be grateful for if we take out time to analyse things.
So, summer is upon us and kids are not smiling! Lol. Last week Friday I shared homemade hot chocolate recipe to help our pockets while kids are at home on holiday. Today's recipe is also pocket saving and very easy to make. It's no news that kids have to be kept busy with activities during the holiday, summer school, recreational activities and fun stuff which for them has to include snacks especially ice cream. I was once asked if I make my ice cream from scratch using eggs, milk etc and I asked why? Why should I when I can easily pick up packs of Domo ice cream and whipped cream powder? I will definitely share an egg, milk ice cream someday soon but not today 🙂 .
Today we walk into a shop, pick up 3 items and stroll away! The idea is to have cheap and easy snacks ready at home without needing to go to an eatery for all the time especially for their all time favourite- ice cream! Last year, I shared chocolate chip ice-cream using same ingredients but different flavour, you can also check it out. This particular vanilla I find to be my favourite even though the strawberry I made recently is almost changing my mind.
Adding whipped cream to the ice cream make it rich and creamy so you don't miss the fact that you don't have an ice-cream machine. Folks living in Lagos, Abuja, Enugu, Kano and Ibadan will be able to make tjis ice cream because Shoprite stocks them on their shelves. Let's hope one can get them from other stores otherwise I apologise to those who can't 🙁 .
Ingredients : ( serves 4 )
2 sachets Domo vanilla ice-cream powder – Shoprite
1 pack Domo instant dairy whip powder – Shoprite
1 pack Hollandia milk
The packs have instructions behind them but here's how I make mine.
Chill the milk and the bowl you will use to freeze the ice cream.
Use a mixer or very clean odourless blender, pour in 400ml cold milk and the Domo ice cream powder, whisk for 3 minutes. Empty the whipped cream powder into 300ml of cold milk, stir a little then add to the ice cream mixture. Continue whisking/blending for another 4 minutes.
Pour ice cream mix into cold bowl, freeze for at least 6 hours or overnight, suprise your kids! 🙂
Azu 🙂 .
Thanks Azu for theses sweet tooth recipes. And apology accepted cos I can't get d major ingredients for such sweet recipes. I will store dem for wen I finally get them though. Thanks again n keep the recipes coming.
[…] last week I shared an all time favourite- ice cream ! Rich, creamy and homemade with Domo ice cream powder. Making that recipe ensures you know […]
Lovely, well done madam. Am going to make this, lovely shot, thumbs up.
Hi dear, I finally made my ice cream and it came out fine, my husband has band me from ever buying ice cream outside again . Madam you are a blessing for sharing all this information , I got my supply from shopprite Ikeja .
Hi azu! I made dis icecream last week. I offered some to a neighbour and she asked me to make it for her daughter's birthday which came up a few days after. The kids at d party loved it. The whipped cream powder really made it extra creamy and light. Thanks azu for this recipe. I intend to make some more tomorrow. Thumbs up?
Yummy …….made it 4 ma kids n dey enjoyed it thoroughly . Many tnks Azu?
could you please tell me the price of the domo instant diary whip?
Yummy, God bless you for sharing. I discovered that getting Domo whip cream is becoming difficult. Could you recommend another brand to use for icecream? Or better still, how to make it from the scratch. Thank you very much
Can u pls help with d equivalents of d milk in cups or did u use d whole pack for d 2 sachets of ice cream?
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Next up as I go through my Esterbrook nibs is the Esterbrook #2668 Firm Medium. The #2668 is a fairly common nib as evidenced by the fact that I accumulated four of them without really trying. The one I inked up for this review came on a parts pen.
It's a boring, basic medium nib. The box, as well as Esterbrook literature, says the pen is a Firm Fine for General Writing. My nib has just a little tooth to it but it was in much better shape than the pen.
Like other 2xxx series nibs there's no tipping material, the nib is just the rolled over steel which Esterbrook called DuraCrome Renew-Points. This nib remains in good shape so while the pen appeared well used it probably wasn't with this particular nib.
The nib is currently $15 from Anderson Pens. Prices are a little more jumbled on eBay since the nib is rarely available alone. But I did fine one that seems to be in good shape for $6 while a NOS #2668 was $30.
I'm not a fan of medium nibs but this one was nice to use. Maybe it was the Montblanc Mystery Black ink. The flow was good and wet enough without being a gusher. Often I flush the pen after a day or so, but the Esterbrook #2668 is still inked up and I've been using it quit a bit. My modern pens are getting jealous.
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My search for other reviews came up empty, just a passing mention of the nib in a pen review. Like I said, a boring nib. Still, the Esterbrook #2668 Firm Medium is a medium nib I may actually use.


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It's like Star Wars. The Evil Empire vs the Rebel Alliance (cheer for the good guys). Good vs bad. Think of a force capable of immense offensive firepower with intricate defenses ("Shields up, Scotty!") and even has a self-destruct mode. It is so complex that some call it the "second brain."
It scares many with its' ability to develop weapons that the enemy doesn't know exist yet – adapting on the fly to discover the bad guys weaknesses and destroy them. The firepower is unlimited.
This high tech can protect humans from unimaginable threats insuring we live long, healthy lives.
Or it could be hijacked by evil forces and no one would be able to stop it.
And… it's all up for control. With that kind of power, what will happen next?
This most powerful weapon is controlled by its' owner. Lifestyle choices, like healthy diets and exercise, allow this weapon to keep fighting off the bad guys.
This most powerful weapon in the world is the immune system. When it functions properly, health is maintained. When it misfires, the bad guys win. Sickness occurs. Inflammation happens… and chronic pain follows in its' path.
The immune system is a sophisticated army with the innate ability to adapt and protect from a serious number of possible infectious agents. Some cells specialize in taking down foreign pathogens and remember them for future exposures. They can clean up cuts, repair destroyed tissues, kill selected targets and communicate with each other while doing it.
Not only is this incredible army ready to defeat foreign invaders – it also has the power to destroy the host's body. Literally from the inside out. But only if is treated wrong.
The immune system has two branches: the Innate and Adaptive parts. These are the two main military branches of the body…ready to fight at a moments notice. Think of it like the Air Force and Marines.
Each force has its' own specific functions. And each can be on offense or defense.
The innate immune system sends mast cells and waves of blood carrying fighters (T-cells) to the site of attack. The battle begins. Fluid and byproducts from this cellular war cause tissues to become "inflamed."
And… this inflammation stuff is not just swelling and redness. Inflammation is the body's response to harm (trauma, pathogens, etc) by sending immune cells and antimicrobial proteins to the rescue. Either to rebuild stressed and damaged tissues or fight the threat.
The human body is made up of cells. A billion cells, give or take a few hundred million.
However, there are trillions of foreign cells in the gut. Good guys (remember the Rebel Alliance?) or evil ones (the Empire). A healthy gut has many more good guys than bad guys.
Some samples of the good guys are:
* Lactobacillus (acidophilus, casei, salivarius, etc.)
* Bifidobacterium (lactis, longum, bifidum)
* Bacteroides (fragilis, melaninogenicus)
And some gut pathogens include:
* H. Pylori
* Salmonella enterica
* Campylobacter jejuni
Lactobacillus strains increase Gamma Aminobutyric Acid (GABA), which is a "happy brain" neurotransmitter that has been proven to boost learning ability, memory retention and improve mood.
H. Pylori is rather well known as the microbe that causes heartburn and sometimes ulcers.
The gut always contains a certain amount of good bacteria and a certain amount of pathogens. When the pathogens overwhelm the good guys, the condition is known as dysbiosis.
Dysbiosis is an important condition to remedy because about 80% of our immune system is in our gut. When gut bacteria is out of whack, the immune system suffers. We become ill. We become inflamed. Pain becomes worse. If neck pain is an issue, chronic neck and shoulder pain becomes overwhelming.
When the immune system is healthy, it can improve many chronic conditions such as:
* Allergies
* Anxiety
* Arthritis
* Asthma
* Chronic fatigue syndrome
* Chronic Pain
* Depression
* Hypertension
* Low thyroid function
* Multiple Sclerosis
* Osteoporosis
* Parkinsons
* Psoriasis
Interestingly, Serotonin is made in the gut. This neurotransmitter is known to improve mood, concentration and sleep quality. Thyroid hormone is converted from the inactive form (T4) to the active form (T3) in the gut.
The point is that the gut is often thought of as "just a place to digest food." It's very obvious now that the gut does much, much more that just digestion.
Anything that kills the good gut bacteria or causes pathogens to enter the gut causes it. A whole host of things assault our gut daily, including:
* Highly processed junk food…avoid shopping in the center aisles of the grocery store where this stuff is located
* Fast food…all the usual outlets. The food is just LOADED with chemicals that kill good gut bacteria
* Poor sleep…often due to the lack of Serotonin made in the gut
* Drugs…few people realize just how damaging prescription drugs are to the gut, and thereby, the immune system. The list includes antibiotics, corticosteroids, antacids, acid blockers like Proton Pump Inhibitors (Prilosec, Nexium, etc), birth control pills, high blood pressure pills and NSAIDS like aspirin and ibuprofen.
* Appendectomies
* Celiac, Crohn's and Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
* Alcohol – especially hard liquors like Scotch and Bourbon
* Caffeine
* Sugar
* Artificial Sweeteners like Splenda
Diet is one way to boost the immune system. The process often works best when toxins that reduce immune system response are removed.
Foods that are great at detoxifying the body include:
* Garlic: especially Kaolic (fermented) garlic. Liver function is improved…and after all, the liver is the main organ of toxin removal.
* Tumeric: the "Swiss Army Knife" of supplements since it does so many incredibly beneficial things. It also boosts liver function.
* Cucumbers: they might be mostly water, but help to alkalize the body and flush toxins out.
* Broccoli: contains sulforaphanes, which are sulfur containing compounds that remove toxins – especially heavy metals.
* Chlorella: the chlorophyll is very potent and binds to toxins for elimination.
* Lentils: loaded with zinc…and zinc is often deficient in the diet. It is widely known just how much adequate zinc (picolinate) can boost immune system function.
* Beetroot: restores the body's acid/base balance, known as pH, to neutral. It is high in iron, magnesium, zinc and calcium. It has a high content of betaine and pectin…both of which are effective detoxifiers.
* Avocado: a true superfood that contains saturated fats (a good thing) and boosts glutathione in the liver. Glutathione is the "master detoxifier."
* Mung beans: similar to lentils…these powerful beans are known to remove toxins from the walls of the intestines.
* Green Tea: contains catechins as well as high amounts of antioxidants like EGCG to boost liver function.
* Watercress: a powerful diuretic (removes water from the body) and protects cells from free radical damage while increasing liver function.
* Lemon: one of the best ways to detoxify since it contains Hesperidin, a potent detoxifier. It's easy to add to the daily diet – think lemonade with just a little organic sugar.
Another method to boost immune system function is to eat foods that contain good bacteria. Among the good choices are:
* Sauerkraut (or any other fermented food)
* Pickles
* Yogurt…look for active cultures on the label. Avoid flavored varieties – its much healthier to add some berries or apples that are appealing.
* Kefir: not as well known – it's like a creamy drinkable yogurt.
* Kombucha: a fizzy, fermented tea that is stored and served chilled and contains a small amount of alcohol from the fermentation process.
* Kimchi: this Korean traditional side dish is a combination of naturally fermented vegetables with a spicy and sour taste. It is a great source of probiotics as well as vitamins and calcium.
The third way to boost the immune system is to take supplements that contain good bugs…we're talking about probiotics.
Be careful where probiotics are bought. Grocery stores and some health food stores may have products sitting on the shelves for long periods of time. This allows the good bugs to die…which means nothing good is left to improve the immune system.
It is a common misconception that the best quality probiotics need to be refrigerated. Many of the best quality probiotics come in capsule form and are stored at room temperature. In fact, when refrigerated, these capsules pick up moisture and rapidly degrade to junk.
Good probiotics will often contains some of these four important strains of bacteria:
* Lactobacillus acidophilus: makes Lactase – the enzyme needed to digest milk and other dairy products. Also helps make vitamin K2 which is needed for proper blood clotting.
* Bifidobacterium longum: also improves the ability to digest dairy products, helps prevent diarrhea and food allergies and is a powerful antioxidant. Some studies suggest it may help ease anxiety, maintain healthy cholesterol levels and combat cancerous growths in the colon.
* Lactobacillus plantarum: strengthens the gut lining, which helps heal leaky gut syndrome. Leaky gut means that the pores in the intestines have enlarged enough to allow toxins from food to pass into the bloodstream. Also, it helps quickly digest proteins, which reduces the chance of food allergies. It also helps increase brain-healthy levels of omega-3 fatty acids.
* Lactobacillus brevis: enhances the ability of natural killer cells (T-cells) to fight invaders, and increase the level of BDNF… which is a growth hormone in the brain.
* Bifidobacterium lactis: improves digestion and kills pathogens that cause diarrhea such as Salmonella. Also boosts immune function.
Good probiotics also contain Prebiotics. Prebiotics are food ingredients that travel undigested to the colon to be fermented, where they are converted to short chain fatty acids (SCTA's). SCTA's inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria, act as a source of energy to feed the probiotics (making them work better), and preserves electrolyte and fluid balance.
A common prebiotic is fructooligosaccharides (FOS). Other good sources of prebiotics include beet pulp, raw garlic and dandelion greens. So, if any of these ingredients are appealing, try taking them with the probiotic.
Incidentally, it is up for debate as to the best time to take probiotics. Personally, I believe it to be most effective if taken 30 minutes prior to a meal – but never with coffee or anything hot as it kills the good bugs. Other practitioners advise clients to take them at the start of a meal because it is easier.
So, let's get real for a second now. When neck and shoulder pain causes throbbing and hurts big time, the last thing that comes to mind is "Hmmm…I guess it's time for my probiotics." Maybe it should be the first thought??
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Showing appreciation to those who walk alongside you, never happens without positive repercussions. We would like to take a moment here during the end of 2013 and thank every one of you who have helped to make our work here at Care4You easier in our dedication to serve all of our wonderful clients throughout the year. Please know that we appreciate all of you! Our annual Christmas Party was a joy, celebrating this season with clients, caregivers, staff and friends of Care4You!And three of our employees…Gaby, Vanessa and Shane worked together to create delicious Hot Chocolate gift mugs for our Joe Hoover to give out to his referral sources at Care4You! Just beautiful and for all chocolate lovers, a definite 'Yum Alert!!'
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It's no secret that the Obama campaign and its surrogates will continue to portray Mitt Romney at too detached from the lives of ordinary Americans to be elected president.
"Governor Romney's a little out of touch," Vice President Joe Biden told Face the Nation's Bob Schieffer in early April.
Or as actress and Obama supporter Jane Lynch put it recently about the nominee-to-be, "the guy does not know how to relate to people."
But it's a theme the Obama campaign ought to think twice about before advancing. That's because President Obama himself exhibits a striking inability to connect with an electorate he seems uninterested in getting to know.
Obama rarely spends time with average Americans, and can seem smug and downright clueless about their lives when he talks about them.
We got a glimpse of this ignorance in the 2008 campaign, when Obama told a room full of San Francisco donors that Midwesterners cling to guns, religion and xenophobia. It surfaced again last year when he told a woman at a town hall event that he found it "interesting" that her unemployed engineer husband couldn't find work.
Obama's staff privately concede that their boss has a hard time understanding people. "Surprisingly for someone who led such an inspirational campaign," a longtime executive branch employee told the Atlantic's James Fallows, "[Obama] does not seem to have the ability to connect with people."
Obama's inability to connect shouldn't be all that surprising, however. Obama has spent most of his adult life living, working, and socializing in upper middle class suburbs, college towns, and seats of government. Hyde Park in Chicago, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Washington, D.C. are fine cities. But they don't necessarily give residents a clear picture of the way most Americans live.
Granted, the bar for presidential connectedness was set high by Obama's immediate predecessors. Bill Clinton was in his element around other people, be they powerful D.C. insiders or average voters. Clinton had a natural ability to convince people he could feel their pain.
And it was often said that George W. Bush was the politician voters would most want to sit down and have a beer with. Though a child of privilege, Bush seemed to enjoy hobnobbing with average Americans.
Obama wasn't always the aloof politician he has become. As Jodi Kantor relates in her book, The Obamas, Obama went out of his way to spend time with people as he worked his way up the political ranks. "Earlier in his career, he had shown up to tiny events, shaken every hand," she writes.
But Obama's approachability changed quickly as his political trajectory spiked. "Now fame and demand drew him deeper within himself," Kantor writes about Obama during his time in the U.S. Senate. "His time and patience were shrinking, his desire for self-protection and privacy increasing. Some staffers had a word to describe the moments when he seemed unable or unwilling to connect: Barackward, a combination of 'Barack' and 'awkward.'"
It wasn't long before even spending time with American troops became a burden for him. In The Operators, Michael Hastings depicts candidate Obama as impatient when asked to pose for photos with American troops in Iraq. "He didn't want to take pictures with any more soldiers," a State Department official told Hastings. "He was complaining about it."
Any president is isolated by definition. And anyone can understand Obama's preference not to have to be "on" at every waking moment, as well as his desire to spend as much of his free time as possible with his young family.
And let's give Obama credit for continuing the presidential tradition of reading, and responding to, letters from the public. Obama reportedly reads 10 letters a day from his constituents, which Eli Saslow, author of the book Ten Letters, told Politico, offers Obama "a small window that he has to real people and real issues. He has such trouble creating authentic interaction with people. … These letters, what they really give him is the unfiltered chance to read people's diary entries."
But Obama could make a greater effort to get to know the people he serves. Instead, he spends an inordinate amount of time raising money for himself. Obama has held more than 100 re-election fundraisers in the less than a year since he officially filed his candidacy for a second term with the Federal Election Commission on April 4, 2011.
And his free time is often spent relaxing on luxurious vacations, hosting elaborate state dinners, appearing on comedy talk shows or mingling with A-list celebrities at posh White House events, such as the recent concert there for Black History Month featuring Mick Jagger and B.B. King.
Obama has a well-known affinity for golf, a game that would seem to offer ample opportunity for socializing. Obama has golfed more than 100 times during his first term. But, according to the New York Times, his foursomes usually consist of the same small group of mid- to low-level West Wing staffers. Otherwise, as the Times reported in December, Obama is increasingly isolated, spending "his down time with a small-and shrinking-inner circle of aides and old friends."
Obama's inability to connect may seem trivial. But it surely hampers his capacity to tap into the empathy he insists informs so much of his agenda. Obama's lack of connectedness may help explain his distant and then dysfunctional response to the Gulf Coast oil spill, and the deep unpopularity of some of his signature initiatives, such as Obamacare and the contraceptive mandate.
Obama once wrote that empathy "is at the heart of my moral code." But, by insulating himself from most Americans, Obama can't possibly develop or employ the empathy necessary to govern as a president for all Americans.


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The S&P 100 Index was launched on June 15, 1983. The index is a subset of the more widely quoted S&P 500 Index. To be considered for inclusion in the S&P 100, the company must have an unadjusted market capitalization of at least $5.3 billion. The stock should also trade a minimum of 250,000 shares in each of the six months preceding its evaluation for inclusion in the index. The companies included in the S&P 100 are also some of the larger and more stable companies in the S&P 500. The companies must also have listed options to be considered for inclusion.
The objective of the index is to measure the performance of large cap companies located in the United States. The companies in the index are also spread across multiple industries with the goal of ensuring sector balance. While companies included in the S&P 100 represent only 25% of the listings, they account for nearly 60% of the market capitalization of the S&P 500.
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…In [Equality Charter School's] charter application to the city and the state, the school's co-founders Myers (who serves as principal), Margaret Hoey and Caitlin Franco cited long expertise as educators, data-managers and disciplinarians in institutions, schools and other settings that serve troubled youth.
Equality Charter's first year was marked by near-constant change in staffing patterns and enrollment: Co-founder Hoey left midyear to spearhead efforts to establish yet another New York City charter school, the Swedish-styled Kunskapsskolan school, which aims to open in 2011. Board members and two board chairmen were replaced, numerous teachers were fired and replaced or invited not to return, and nearly two dozen students left the school, many well before the end of the school year, according to Myers.
The year was also marked, parents and students say, by student rough-housing that often got out of control. On the Department of Education Learning Environment Survey conducted during the school's first year, parents, teachers and nearly all of the school's students identified safety as a real concern. Half of the teachers and a third of parents expressed fears about bullying, safety and school discipline. Bullying and threats were an issue for 84 percent of students, who also reported that teachers yell at students (81 percent) and that student get into physical fights (93 percent)…
Some parents of students with special needs say the school did not deliver mandated services to their children. (DOE statistics show that charters citywide generally enroll fewer special-education students than traditional public schools, a gap the state's new charter law aims to address.)
One parent, Lori Gill, enrolled her two sons at Equality Charter school in August 2009, after the lottery was drawn and the school's wait list was created; the boys got priority because one son had special needs.
But both boys moved to a traditional public school this year, Gill says, largely because her son Darren received many fewer services than the school first promised and that he was legally mandated to receive…
One dean, Devon Myers, is married to the principal. The other, Mark Hines, is engaged to Assistant Principal Franco; his daughter was, briefly, a student at Equity Charter School, until she enrolled at Truman High School this September…
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Your wrong. This was 6 years ago, the school has changed! I'm about to graduate from it. You better watch yourself. Why do you even hate the school? Just so you know this is a sympathy post. I feel so sorry that no on cares what your saying, you at least some form of attention. Get a life if you haven't already.
- May 22, 2016 at 2:49 PM
Some people are unhappy with themselves, as a result the above...
- June 2, 2016 at 12:01 PM
I mean like I can do research about this. I go to the high school.Time to ask personal questions. But tbh honest who really spends time trying to bring down a school like Equality??
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What you need to know about K2 — the synthetic marijuana that triggered Pa. prison lockdown
Pennsylvania locked down all 25 state prisons last week in response to a recent outbreak of staff members becoming sick from a substance they identified as synthetic marijuana.
So what is it exactly? Reports from the Department of Corrections didn't provide much information about the liquefied drug, also known as K2.
They believe its coming into facilities soaked into paper via letters or books. Inmates then eat or smoke it.
And during an interview on WITF, Corrections Secretary John Wetzel described the side effects the drugs can have on the inmates as "scary."
But other than that, there seems to be a lot of misconceptions surrounding the drug.
The fact that it's called "synthetic marijuana" is pretty confusing to most people, according to Secretary of Drug and Alcohol Programs Jennifer Smith.
Since, Smith said, it's nothing like traditional marijuana.
"K2 is not marijuana and it is not safe," Smith said. "It is a man-made, mind altering chemical made to mirror marijuana's effects."
So, here's what we do know thank to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Facts from the CDC:
Synthetic cannabinoids were once widely available. Consumers could buy them in convenience stores or online as incense or natural herbal products.
They often got away with doing such things by placing a "not for human consumption" label on the packaging.
They are sold under a number of brand names, including:
- Spice
- Mr. Happy
- Scooby Snax
- Kush
- Kronic
But in March, the Wolf Administration reclassified synthetic fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I drugs, making them illegal substances.
Schedule I substances are those that are considered the most dangerous and carry a high potential for abuse and addiction, Smith said.
Synthetic cannabinoids are used in a variety of ways:
- Sprayed onto plant material and smoked
- Mixed into a liquid and vaped in electronic nicotine delivery devices (such as e-cigarettes)
- Added to herbal tea or to food and swallowed
Since it is man-made, Smith said, it is unclear what's in these compounds being sold on the streets, and in prisons the drugs often contain traces of rat poison, bug spray, and other similar substances.
Synthetic cannabinoids can produce effects such as:
- Altered awareness of surroundings;
- Delusional or disordered thinking;
- Violent behavior;
- Anxiety;
- Confusion;
- Rapid heart rate;
- Nausea and vomiting;
- Seizures;
- Paranoia;
- Hallucinations and psychotic episodes; and
- Suicidal thoughts.
If you encounter someone suffering from an accidental overdose, Smith advises that you take precautions, including wearing gloves, and call for help.
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