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'The state failed her:' Mom of woman accused in toddler's death
Girl found dead by maintenance employee
A mother accused of killing her 15-month-old daughter was ordered held on $1 million bond on Friday.
Janishcia Cottingham, 23, was arrested late Thursday and charged with aggravated murder, hours after Robin Cottingham's body was found in her Bowling Green Court home by a Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority maintenance employee.
The girl's father, Robert Midell, said he and Cottingham had asked the Hamilton County Department of Job and Family Services to take care of Robin because he lost his job and Cottingham didn't want to care for her.
Cottingham's mother told reporters Friday that she tried to take the toddler back to Georgia with her within the last two weeks, but JFS wouldn't allow it.
"She needed help. She reached out for help. She asked for help," Belinda Jones-Cottingham said. "The state failed her. The state job and family services failed her. They assured me she was in good hands, that they were going to take care of her."
She said that Cottingham went to a mental health facility for evaluation for acute anxiety, but "they diagnosed her as being sane and released her."
"She mentally snapped because she's not looking like herself right now," Jones-Cottingham said of her daughter's court appearance.
On July 22, Cottingham went to HCJFS and said she couldn't care for her daughter. So Robin was given to her father. But eight days later, Midell said he took Robin back and said he couldn't care for her because he lost his job. HCJFS then gave Robin back to her mother.
"This is a tragedy, something that makes all of us very sad. It's something that there's no indication that this would have been the outcome," HCJFS director Moira Weir said.
Weir said her department never officially had custody of Robin and that Cottingham passed a mental evaluation before Robin was returned to her care.
"Nobody ever reported that the child was being abused or neglected or was at risk of being abused or neglected. In fact, family members were reporting that care of the child was not a concern," Weir said.
Cottingham's North Fairmount neighbors said she was sometimes seen talking to herself outside her apartment.
Weir said so far, no HCJFS employees will face disciplinary action as a result of the case.

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Locals wait and see as rural finance company GSI freezes operations
By Mark Debono and staff
The Managing Director of Gippsland Secured Investments (GSI) says he can not say how much money will be returned to its investors if the company fails.
The company has frozen its operations stopping its 3,500 investors withdrawing their money.
The Managing Director Glenn Stanford says the company still has substantial assets in the form of loans property and cash.
He says he should have a clearer idea of the company's position by the end of the week.
"Working on solutions as to when we'll be able to get the situation back either to normal, if that's possible, or to get funds back to investors as soon as possible," he said.
The investors are not protected by the Federal Government's bank deposit guarantee because the firm does not have a banking licence.
Community shock
Gippsland farmer, Lea Worseldine has money invested with GSI and previously had money with the failed investment company Banksia.
She says she is hoping GSI will be able to trade out of its difficulties.
She says many farmers and regional groups have deposits or loans with the company.
"ASIC and the trust company are certainly aware of their status and they're regularly communicating with them now, that's what they're telling us and reporting on the progress of the review.," she said.
"So the fact is they're being up front I feel that it will come to a good conclusion ultimately."
She says GSI has been up front with investors and is keeping them informed.
But she is hoping the company will not go into receivership.
"I just feel that if you bring the receivers in, any cash funds that are there will be swallowed up," she said.
"The receivers take theirs first and there won't be much left for anybody else, and that's what does happen."
The East Gippsland Council says it can not offer much help to investors affected by problems with a local mortgage fund.
Mayor Dick Ellis says the move is a shock to the community and there is little the council can do.
"Very little indeed except express empathy for the 3,500 clients and look to the management of the company to work through the problems they're facing to the benefit of their clients and wider Gippsland," he said.
He says most investors are mums and dads.
"Because GSI is a well established and respected corporate group in the community, people are looking to the management to come up with answers which they've promised," he said.
"The auditors are going through the company to identify what went wrong."
GSI has been operating from its Bairnsdale head office since 1970 and before the latest review, advertised assets under management of more than $150 million.
It claims to be one of the largest finance companies of its type in regional Victoria.
The directors say because of a decrease in the value of its property assets it may not have enough to cover its loans.
A spokesman says the review of its asset value should be completed by the end of the week.
Last year Banksia Securities collapsed, jeopardising more than $600 million worth of investments.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) says it is monitoring GSI's situation and is liaising with both the company and its trustee.
ASIC is also working on regulations for the sector.


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Groundbreaking research on sex worker safety and security receives award at International AIDS ConferenceJul 21, 2014
Melbourne, Australia -- An unprecedented research project, Sex Work and Violence: Understanding Factors for Safety and Protection, received the first Robert Carr Research Award at the 20th International AIDS Conference, in Melbourne, Australia. The award was established in honor of Dr. Robert Carr, who advocated for human rights as central to the response to the HIV epidemic.
This collaborative research brings together sex worker communities, sex work rights advocates, the United Nations, researchers and governments from Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal and Sri Lanka. The research is aimed at finding solutions to stopping violence against sex workers as an important component in the response to HIV. While the actual findings will be released later this year, the award recognizes the unique research process used to reach the findings.
"What makes this research different is the involvement of so many different groups, including governments, sex workers and law enforcement," says Marta Vallejo, UNDP Policy Specialist, HIV, Health and Inclusive Local Governance. "This collaboration means that the door is now open for continued work to find solutions to eliminating violence against marginalized and excluded groups," says Ms. Vallejo, who was part of a multi-agency team to manage the research process.
The project is overseen by a regional steering committee that included the Centre for Advocacy on Stigma and Marginalisation , the Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), UN Population Fund (UNFPA), the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), and Partners for Prevention, which is a joint UN initiative working on gender-based violence.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) were instrumental in designing and funding the research at the regional and national levels. Their expertise together with Partners for Prevention and UNAIDS helps ensure that the quality of the final research is sound and meets international standards.
"The project truly honors Robert's vision of bringing researchers, activists and individuals directly affected by the HIV epidemic together to advance our knowledge of the impact of human rights-based policies and practices," said Joe Amon, of Human Rights Watch.
At country level, national working groups were set up to bring together government, law enforcement and sex work leaders to oversee the national studies. Various UN agencies have played a convening role with the groups to oversee the national research.
Now that the country reports and their findings are nearly completed, the convening and facilitation role of the UN will become even more critical. Led by a local sex work organization who were trained to gather the data, and supported by UN country teams, the research was done in a participatory way that included researchers sharing the initial analysis with the communities. The aim is to ensure that their experiences are authentically reflected in the interpretation of the data.
The selection committee for the award, representing the Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, the International AIDS Society, and the International Council of AIDS Service Organizations, as well as two experts involved in community-academia research collaborations, based their decision on the innovation of the research project and the high and diverse number of stakeholders involved in the process.
"The committee believes that the research project has the potential to achieve a great impact by influencing policies and practices in the field and guide evidence-based programs and influence policies in the field of HIV to guide a human rights-based response. It paves the way as a model for similar research projects," says Mary Ann Torres, Executive Director the International Council of AIDS Service Organizations.
The award is a joint initiative by the International Council of AIDS Service Organizations (ICASO), the International AIDS Society (IAS), Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health and Human Rights (CPHHR).
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NAIROBI, Kenya (CNN) -- Three British guards jumped overboard and were rescued from the water after battling in vain to prevent pirates hijacking a chemical tanker off the coast of Somalia.
Three British security guards board a helicopter to be transferred to a Royal Navy vessel.
The Liberian-flagged Biscaglia came under "sustained and heavy attack" early Friday morning, Nick Davis, Director of Anti-Piracy Maritime Security Solutions (APMSS), said in a statement.
The three APMSS-employed security guards -- all former British servicemen -- mounted "sustained non-lethal resistance" but were unable to stop the attackers seizing control of the ship, Davis said.
The trio were airlifted to safety by a German naval helicopter and flown to a French frigate after the vessel summoned assistance from coalition warships. They were later transferred to a British Royal Navy ship. All three were unhurt, Davis said.
"I have spoken with my team leader on the phone and he informs me that the level of violence was significant and forced them reluctantly to leave the vessel after every effort was made to ensure the safety of the ships crew," Davis said.
Pirates continued to shoot at the three in the water, Davis said. "The hijacked vessel with pirates in control then attempted to run them down."
The Biscaglia is managed by Singapore-based Ishima and owned by Winged Foot Shipping in the Marshall Islands and was crewed by 25 Indians and two Bangladeshis who are believed to be still onboard.
The vessel is believed to be on its way to an anchorage in Puntland, northeastern Somalia, Davis said. iReport.com: Share your view from 'Inside Africa'
Also Friday, pirates released the Greek ship MV Centauri, which was hijacked in September off the coast of Somalia, according to Andrew Mwangura, the head of the Kenya Seafarers Association.
There was no immediate information about the 25 crew members on board the ship when it was taken.
A multinational naval force including vessels from the U.S., NATO member states, Russia and India has been patrolling the Indian Ocean waters seas near the Gulf of Aden, which connects the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea, following a sharp increase in pirate attacks in the region.
Around 20,000 oil tankers, freighters and merchant vessels pass along the crucial shipping route each year.
So far this year, pirates have attacked almost 100 vessels off the coast of Somalia coast and successfully hijacked nearly 40, according to the International Maritime Bureau's Piracy Reporting Center.
The most high-profile hijacking so far came earlier this month, when pirates seized a Saudi oil tanker carrying $100 million worth of oil and a crew of 25, although that attack occurred outside the pirates' normal operational range, 450 nautical miles southeast of Mombasa, Kenya. Pirates are still holding the ship.
Another vessel held since September is the Ukrainian MV Farina, which was carrying a cargo of weapons and tanks and a crew of 22.
In an interview provided to CNN this week, a pirate leader claimed attacks on shipping would continue as long as life in Somalia remained desperate.
"The pirates are living between life and death," said the pirate leader, identified by only one name, Boyah. "Who can stop them? Americans and British all put together cannot do anything."
The interview was conducted in August by journalists working for the Somali news organization, Garowe.
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Mitt Romney did a little health-care pandering at the Corner yesterday by insisting that as president he'd grant O-Care waivers to all 50 states. Joke's on him, though: At the rate we're going, by the time the next president's sworn in, we'll all be excluded by waivers already.
Who needs repeal when we can simply exempt millions of people at a time?
"The president said, 'If you have better ideas that can accomplish the same thing, go for it,'" said Weiner. "I'm in the process now of trying to see if we can take [President Barack Obama] up on it in the city of New York, … and I'm taking a look at all of the money we spend in Medicaid and Medicare and maybe New York City can come up with a better plan."…
The congressman was trying to debunk Republican "myths" about the health care law during a speech at the Center for American Progress. He used the waivers as way to describe how flexible the law actually is and how "this notion that the government is shoving the bill down people's throats" is not true.
"The administration needs to make this argument more forcefully," he said. "A lot of people who got waivers were … people who are our friends."
Because of its unique Medicaid structure, he wants NYC to have "more control over its own destiny," which is as pithy a bumper sticker for the ObamaCare repeal movement as one could conceive of. Simultaneously, he's also a fan of more aggressive "messaging" about the glories of O-Care. Which, at this point, may make him the only one left who still is: For your companion reading, savor this piece about the utter collapse of the left's all-star, multimillion-dollar "Health Information Campaign." Exit quotation from last June, when the group launched: "We're going to run a very sophisticated campaign."


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It's time to take a trip around the world and delve into all the weird foods our species like to chow down. Unfortunately, the world isn't only full of those tasty breakfasts we spoilt you with a while back – if only. Consider this a public service and an education to save you from shock when you come across these, the 50 weirdest foods from around the world.
1-Fried Spider – Cambodia
Available throughout Cambodia, but a specialty in the town of Skuon, these creepy crawlies have been deep fried in garlic oil until crunchy on the outside and gooey on the inside. Typically of the tarantula variety, the practice of eating these spiders may have started during the brutal reign of the Khmer Rouge when villagers had to find alternative sources of food. Spiders are often sold to travellers passing through town and looking for a quick snack. Besides being full of protein, rumour has it that they are even said to increase the beauty of the consumer.
2-Haggis – Scotland
A sheep's heart, liver and lungs minced and mixed with onions, oatmeal, suet, stock and seasoned with salt and spices cooked inside the animal's stomach. Traditionally stuffed into a sheep's stomach and simmered, this hearty dish dates back to the 1400's and today is served as the main course of a Burns supper on Robert Burns Day. Typically eaten with tatties and neeps (mashed potatoes and turnips), it is often served with a dram of Scotch whisky to get it all down. Today, Haggis is conveniently available ready-made from the grocery store and is a great source of iron and fibre.
3- Khash – Middle East, East Europe and Turkey
A pretty gruesome little dish made up of stewed cows feet and head. It was once a winter comfort food but is now considered a delicacy. I'm sure it's fine, so long as you don't mind that grinning skull staring at you through its cold dead eyes.
4-Sannakji – South Korea
A South Korean delicacy, this dish of live octopus is eaten either whole or in pieces depending on the size of the specimen. Served raw and usually only with a splash of sesame oil, it's so fresh that the tentacles are still squirming. Suckers from the octopus can attach themselves inside the throat of the consumer causing choking or even death, which makes eating this mollusk a scary proposition. Although the actual octopus is mildly flavoured, the live animal wrapping itself around the diners.
5-Tuna eyeball – Japan
Although it sounds nasty, apparently it's rather tame, tasting pretty similar to squid or octopus. None of the gunk you'd normally associate with slicing up eyeballs.
6-Rocky Mountain Oysters
What is so strange about oysters? Probably the fact that they're not the kind you find at the bottom of the ocean, but rather a fancy name given to deep-fried testicles of a buffalo, bull or boar. Rocky Mountain oysters (also called Prairie Oysters) are well-known and regularly enjoyed, in certain parts of the United States and Canada, generally where cattle ranching is prevalent. The testicles are peeled, boiled, rolled in a flour mixture, and fried, then generally served with a nice cocktail sauce.
7-Shiokara – Japan
Now this really does sound bad. A dish made of pieces of meat taken from a selection of sea creatures, served in a brown, viscous paste of their own salted and fermented viscera. Oh, I forgot to say, it's all served raw.
8-Wasp crackers – Japan
Yep, you guessed it, it's a biscuit filled with wasps. Think chocolate chip cookies, only the insects replace the choccy chips. Apparently the digger wasp, which the biscuit contains, has a pretty mean sting.
9-Jing leed (Grasshoppers) – Thailand
So, yes, this is a big old grasshopper seasoned with salt, pepper power and chilli and fried in a big wok. Tastes a little like hollow popcorn skin… except a little juice squirts out when you bite.
10-Beondegi – Korea
Simply boiled or steamed and lightly seasoned, this is popular snack all over Korea and usually sold from street vendors. Apparently they taste like wood.
11-Witchetty grub – Australian
Part of the Australian 'bushmeat' family, this was another staple of Indigenous Australians in the desert. These can either be eaten raw, when it tastes like almonds, or lightly cooked, where its skin crisps like roast chicken and its insides take on the look and consistency of scrambled egg.
12-Escargots à la bourguignonne – France
Snails cooked in a sauce of white wine, garlic, butter and parsley served in their shells. Said to have a similar consistency to mussels or clams, though I found them to be pretty rubbery. Perhaps best to try in a decent, reasonably priced restaurant rather than the satay version down a back street in Hong Kong.
13-Pickled egg – UK
Pretty much summed up in the name, this is a hardboiled egg that been left to go cold and stuck in a jar of vinegar. The sour liquid penetrates right to the heart, meaning the powdery yolk in the centre is uncomfortably sour.
14- Frogs legs – France, Southeast Asia and other
What's there to say? Basically the back end and back legs of a frog, grilled, baked, fried or stewed. With the texture of chicken with a very faint taste of fish, it's one of my favourite kind of meats.
15-Crocodile – Australia, Southeast Asia and Africa
crocodile meat is considered a delicacy in many places around the world, supposedly tasting like a cross between chicken and crab. Although crocodiles are protected in many parts of the world, crocodile meat is usually farmed, so is sustainable if not particularly kind or natural.


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We all know the bogeyman is alive and well in IT. He takes many forms, though he tends to follow erratic patterns of display, sometimes lying dormant for weeks or months, and sometimes taking residence seemingly forever. But make no mistake: He's always ready to strike.
It could be something as simple as a desktop or server that suddenly refuses to power on or to boot properly, yet when inspected, it performs perfectly. Then it fails again for no apparent reason days or weeks later. Usually the only way to break this cycle and banish the ghost in the system forever is to dump the hardware in question.
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The bogeyman also lives in the wires, the nervous system of IT. Occasionally a link will go batty or a particular Ethernet port will shut down or a big switch will suddenly toss into the logs bizarre errors that even the vendor has never seen. These are episodes that we in IT chalk up to hardware failure, after we've dug deep enough into the problem to determine it's not a "normal" issue stemming from a bad configuration setting or the like.
Naturally, the bogeyman is constantly pestering users, though he takes on vastly different disguises. For non-IT people, the bogeyman can be found in everything from a downloaded file "disappearing" when it was actually placed in the wrong folder or a mouse ceasing to function because it came unplugged or even the presence of the Caps Lock key, which manages to befuddle people to this day. These are the lighter, more amusing appearances of the bogeyman, but they don't count in IT because we know where we put files and how to troubleshoot a "broken" mouse. Also, we're well versed in the proper usage of Caps Lock.
But in IT, the bogeyman has an equally devious doppelganger: a manufactured, synthetic twin brought into existence when a problem is suddenly "fixed" with an imaginary solution. This mirror of the real bogeyman is immensely useful to vendor support services, which may summon him at the slightest provocation.
For instance, as I discussed briefly last week, software vendors sometimes invoke the fake bogeyman when dealing with a problem. Their method: They claim that because their software is running on a VM, all bets are off; they then cease to look further into the issue, regardless of whether virtualization has anything to do with the dilemma at hand. In those instances, they leverage the bogeyman as a trump card and throw the problem back on the admin with prejudice.
In other circumstances, the vendor might vehemently deny that its product is having or causing problems, while feverishly working to mend the issue without letting anyone know. Once the problem is fixed behind the scenes and again works normally, the vendor blames the bogeyman (and sometimes the admin), haughtily dismissing questions about how the problem was suddenly repaired.


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There's no better feeling than kicking up your heels with a friend — but it really is a thing of beauty when you're on the delivery table and the friend is your OB-GYN. For Gail, a 32-year-old Long Island mother of two who asked that her real name not be used, it was that close relationship with her male doctor that turned what could have been a nerve-racking delivery into a joy.
"We were all hysterically laughing during the delivery," recalls the former ad sales exec. "[And] he took time to ask about the family, and always remembered the little things."
Gail adored her longtime doctor, who delivered her first daughter. But once she settled into her new-mom clique, the pressure was on to dump her old doc and get herself a "designer doc" she could brag about.
"One girl who lives in the area kept her OB-GYN in the city just because she wanted to say she delivered at Columbia-Presbyterian," she says. "There's pressure to say you're using the top doc and giving birth at one of the better hospitals."
Enter Anita Sadaty, a high-powered OB-GYN whose Great Neck waiting room is always filled with movers and shakers (and major money-makers, including J.Lo, whose twins Sadaty delivered in 2008).
About a year after the birth of her first child, and before getting pregnant with her second, Gail unceremoniously jumped ship to Sadaty — who's always impossibly polished, put-together and in Gail's opinion, a bit of a cold fish. She's also a high-risk specialist, though that doesn't concern Gail, who has a history of good health.
The contrast between her former doctor and new one was striking. Gail admits she regrets making the switch — but despite her ambivalence, she's sticking with Sadaty. "It's too much for me to change again," she says.
"The office has all the latest and best technology, but her personal treatment leaves a lot to be desired . . . compared to my old doctor."
Gail isn't the only one succumbing to the siren song of New York's boldface doctors.
They're New York's hottest docs, with client rosters made up of the rich and famous. Once it's revealed a celebrity sees a certain high-profile doctor, the waiting room is trampled by patients dumping their longtime physicians for so-called blue-chip ones.
But is it all just a lot of smoke and mirrors — or have these physicians to the famous earned their reputation?
Gail freely admits status was a factor. "I thought she must be good if J.Lo used her," she confesses.
Joan Gage is a journalist who's written extensively about "destination doctors." Her 1992 Vogue article "Diary of a Face-Lift" was the first of its kind to lift the curtain on the culture of celeb docs. Gage documented her face-lift with Dan Baker, a plastic surgeon who had reportedly worked on Sophia Loren and Meg Ryan.
"You think God is going to kill you for your vanity," she explains. "People are scared, vulnerable . . . sometimes it's a measure of comfort to hear [celebs] have used these doctors."
Gage has a crucial piece of advice before you book a celeb doc: "Do your homework and ignore the public hype."
But some patients say designer docs deserve the hype. Lisa Wexler is crazy about her new dermatologist, Patricia Wexler (no relation), who was once said to be "doing all of Hollywood." The local radio personality should know: Her sister, "Real Housewife" Jill Zarin, became a fan of the dermatologist three years ago at the urging of her manager. "He told me she's the best celebrity doctor in the business," says Zarin, who regularly touted Dr. Wexler on the show.
Zarin thinks she and other celebs are doing a public service by touting designer docs: "Me and other celebrities do the homework for them so they know who's the best," she says.
Ellen Barkin has cooed for years about her favorite derm — and landed a boy toy in his 20s — so Wexler must be doing something right.
"She's this big for a reason," Lisa Wexler says emphatically. "I tried Restylane for the first time with her last June, and [after] one treatment with her I could see the difference." Though she already had a perfectly fine dermatologist, she couldn't resist trading up after seeing Wexler's work on celeb faces. "I went to her after I saw her do Jill," she admits.
Still, not every designer doc is a dream come true. One patient knew her bill of rights and dumped her designer doc before undergoing crucial hip surgery. Friends of Hattie Batson, a 75-year-old former dancer in Hell's Kitchen, gushed when they heard she was seeing Edwin Su, an orthopedic surgeon at the swanky Hospital for Special Surgery, last year. They thought she hit the jackpot with Su, who rubs tennis elbows with the A-list.
It was enough to delight her friends — "well-placed individuals who commended me on my 'good judgment,' " Batson says with a wink.
"I thought I'd get special celebrity treatment."
But with a one-month wait just to get her first appointment, then another three months until Su had an opening for surgery, Batson had a little time to investigate. A little homework proved he was the wrong man, in her view, for this particular job. (Su wanted to perform a metal-on-metal technique, which Batson was strongly against.) So she dumped her designer doc for a low-key surgeon who shares her medical philosophy, performing the successful noninvasive surgery without cutting the muscle on a now up-and-running (and dancing) Batson.
"It just goes to show you that 'reputation' means bubkes unless you really do your homework," she says. She's never once bristled about schlepping to Westchester — instead of Park Avenue — to see her new doc, Corey Burak.
"There are no fancy cars waiting outside, no attitude inside, but I feel like a million bucks now," she says. "And that's all that matters."


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I'm interested in hearing suggestions for strings to use on the Prince O3 line of racquets. Anyone have some favorite strings for these rackets, and why?
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A documentary focusing on the Temple of Nine Wells, and the lives of Richard and Gypsy Ravish, entitled "With Love From Salem," has announced that they've nearly completed the project. Quote: "I had the privilege of seeing some footage of this documentary, currently nearing completion, and to say it is phenomenal is an understatement. A beautiful, evocative and magical film – not to mention visually and emotionally stunning. Get ready to see something amazing." Richard Ravish was one of the original "Witches of Salem," and passed away in 2012 at the age of 59. Amy "Gypsy" Ravish is a popular Pagan singer-songwriter known for her albums "Enchantress" and "Spirit Nation." I'm very much looking forward to a new Pagan-centered documentary, and will update you here once there's screening/release information.
As mentioned previously here, Erynn Rowan Laurie, author of "A Circle of Stones," recently won for best poetry collection at the Bisexual Book Awards (photos of the ceremony here). On her return, she announced at her official Facebook page that she's considering a move to Italy, motivated in part by recent health issues. Quote: "As with so many other things in my life, I realized I could either let circumstance defeat me, or I could try to work it so that I could turn it into something interesting. If I'm going to be robbed of my ability to drive, why not have an adventure in a place where walking is normal? It won't mean that nobody will ever see me again. The internet still exists, after all. I'm very likely to try to fly back to the US for PantheaCon every year, and try to visit Seattle once a year as well." We here at The Wild Hunt wish Erynn all the best no matter where she goes, and any nation she moves to will be all the richer for her presence. Good luck! Oh, and speaking of the Bisexual Book Awards, they can apparently get you stopped at the Canadian border and held for several hours.
Acclaimed London esoteric book store Treadwells has announced the launch of a brand-new, more robust, website. Included is an extensive resources section headed by Treadwells founder, Christina Oakley Harrington. For example, individuals new to Paganism can find several introductory essays about Paganism in general, and about Paganism in the UK in particular. Quote: "The pages below are designed to be clear, direct and authoritative. The pages on groups and events direct you to the more established resources, though there are many more that can be found in local communities." Harrington notes that "if you feel like lookng round the site, it's got lots of other sections, too. We've been working hard on it for ages and hope you all find it useful." Treadwell's recently held a number of talks and events in conjunction with the I:MAGE esoteric arts exhibition reported on recently at The Wild Hunt.
Chas Clifton reports that Dr. Sabina Magliocco, Professor of Anthropology at California State University, Northridge, and author of "Witching Culture: Folklore and Neo-Paganism in America" is launching a new research project on individual's spiritual relationship with animals. Quote: "The purpose of this study is to understand how we imagine our relationship to animals, how we incorporate animals into our spiritual or religious beliefs, and how this may motivate our actions in the everyday world." You can take the survey, here. At the survey page Magliocco elaborates on benefits of the study: "This research could shed light on how people come to imagine themselves as part of an interconnected community that includes domestic and wild animals, and develop feelings that lead them to want to protect, defend and care for both domestic and wild animals. It may also reveal areas in which individuals diverge from the theological teachings of their religion as a result of their personal experiences with animals. Findings could be useful in developing educational programs for children and young people that foster sustainability." Again, the survey link.
The Pagan History Project (PHP) initiated with a soft launch this week on Facebook, with a full website to follow soon. An oral history project created to "collect, store, share and preserve the history of the American Pagan Movement," co-founder Murtagh AnDoile said the scope of the project would be broad. Quote: "We are using "Pagan" in its broadest sense, encompassing: Witchcraft , Traditional and other, Wicca, Heathenry, Druidry, various Reconstructionisms, Magical Lodges, etc. All the groups and traditions and paths that make up the American Occult/Magical/Pagan movement from the early days ( the 1930s, 40's 50's…) to present. We are focusing on everything and everyone pre-1995 at this time, due to our aging population." Initial interviews have already been conducted, and an informational packet instructing those interested on how to participate in their local communities and festivals will be released soon. Wild Hunt staffer Rynn Fox has been following the development of this project, and will be filing a report soon.
In Other Community News:
- It's Pagan festival season! Getting underway this week is Michigan Pagan Fest (June 14th-16th) with special featured guest Margot Adler, author of "Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America." Then, from June 16th-23rd is Pagan Spirit Gathering in Illinois (featuring lots of cool people, including "glamping" star Cara Schulz). Following in July is Starwood at Wisteria in Ohio. As things progress, one hopes we'll see some reporting and narratives from these (and other) events.
- PNC-Minnesota has posted the first part of a lengthy interview with Janet Farrar and Gavin Bone, authors of "Progressive Witchcraft," and longtime elders within the Pagan community. Quote: "We used the term Progressive Witchcraft at one point to describe the evolutionary process at work. But we found people started saying, "Oh, Progressive Witchcraft, that's a tradition. " No, it's not. No, it's not. It's a description of your philosophy and how you work in Witchcraft. So now what we teach with everybody who comes to us is, we teach them… We feel training is very important. The training is important because the training helps to teach our students how to make the connection."
- Raven Radio, a Heathen talk-radio program, has an interesting show up that looks inside the world of Asatru within prison, and the hurdles involved in following that faith while incarcerated. Quote: "This week we have a lengthy conversation with "Jimmy Dean", a man who found heathenry while doing time. He enlightens us a great deal about what it means to be incarcerated, how one can practice heathenry, avoiding certain undesirable groups like the neo-nazis, etc."
- I love seeing pictures of Pagan organizations marching in LGBTQ Pride parades, so be sure to check out the Temple of Witchcraft's Facebook page, where they've posted several photos of their involvement with the Boston Pride Parade. Quote from ToW co-founder Steve Kenson: "Thank you to all who came out to march and represent for the pagans in Saturday's Boston GLBT Pride parade and to those who cheered us on! The gods rewarded us with a clear and warm day after a grey and wet morning. Many thanks and blessings!"
- As was indirectly mentioned in my installment of Pagan Voices earlier this week, the Patheos Pagan Channel has launched a new group interfaith blog entitled "Wild Garden: Pagans in the Growing Interfaith Landscape." Quote: "Interfaith involvement looks much like a wild garden. A tangle of contradictions, surprises, delights and sometimes disappointments, one must walk carefully. But the risk is rewarded richly, often in ways one could never have seen coming." Good luck on the new blog!
- Also at Patheos, the Pagan Families blog interviews Tara "Masery" Miller about the process of "adopting while Pagan." Quote: "The Missouri Family and Children's Services, a government agency, intention to adopt form illegally asked what our religion was. Just as I suspected. I was aware it was illegal because my atheist friend had sent me plenty of references on religion and adoption. Well, instead of blatantly saying I'm Pagan and my husband's a mage, I said we are spiritual and I belong to the Unitarian Universalist Church! And sometimes we attend a Methodist Church. Which is true. My mother is a lay minister!" That quote is from part two of the interview, here.
- The Summer Solstice is coming up, and Llewellyn is holding a Twitter party to celebrate! Quote: "The beginning of June marks shorts days, grill days, and summer hours for our luckly Llewellyn employees–but it's not very fair that you don't get to participate, is it? So we want you to join us in a summer celebration! We are hosting our second annual Solstice Twitter party! […] Use the hashtag #moonchat in your party tweets. We'll tweet the questions, you'll tweet the answers, and we'll chat!" There are going to be prize giveaways for participants, so if you're stuck in an office that day, why not?
- In a final note for all our Trad-Wiccan friends out there (and you know who you are), June 13th is Geraldmas! The celebration of Gerald Gardner, the father of modern religious Witchcraft (born June 13th, 1884). I think it's a great idea to have a day where BTW groups do a day of outreach and socializing. Are you having a Geraldmas celebration in your area this year?
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It's never not a good day to watch Groundhog Day, and today is even more not not a good day to watch it. Quite possibly one of the weirdest, most off-beat "holiday movies" out there, Groundhog Day is just begging to become a habit, something to recite sections of.
I'm going to assume I don't have to extol the virtues of this film to the lion's share of you. You know, how Bill Murray's performance as news anchor going slowly insane and depressed and then slowly uninsane and undepressed over 10,000 years (!?) of being stuck in the repeating mundanity of Groundhog Day is a total delight.
Wait, what? You've heard this all before? Why am I not surprised. Just go give it a (another) watch. [Amazon]


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Last night's first-of-two part interview of Sarah Palin by Katie Couric — not exactly known for her hard-boiled interview technique — proved a couple of things to me. First, the terrible interview she did with Charlie Gibson was not a fluke. Second, there really is only one reason that McCain camp wants to "reschedule" the Vice Presidential debate that they already insisted be re-formatted to accommodate Palin's shortcomings: That reason is that she sucks at speaking extemporaneously — Sarah, if you're reading this, that means "without a teleprompter" — and she was obviously as poorly vetted as the McCainiadenied she was at the time she was nominated.Look, she's a great politician, but (as anyone who works in Washington knows), being a great politician doesn't mean you have to be book-smart or good at the issues and, as these non-Hannity, non-ass-kissery interviews are showing, she's really sort of not. Even her sister admits that learning about all the important stuff you need to run the country "is like the worst college exam cram period ever." You know what sucks about cramming for exams? You never recall all the information you need for the exam, and you sure as shit don't remember a word of it later. Governor Palin's going to be Vice President for 4 years if she gets elected (or, if anything happens to Old Johnny, President) and we're supposed to rely on her cramming for two weeks for a 90-minute debate as her preparation to tackle the challenges facing our country? When she can't even retain enough information to stand her ground in an interview with Katie Couric? I mean, I can answer the question of when John McCain was out there pushing for more regulation: The McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform Bill. Of course, Republicans all hate the bill and pushing for regulation was, until last week, an anathema to them, but that was McCain's singular biggest accomplishment this decade and she can't pull that one out of her ass in a soft-focus interview with softball pitcher Katie Couric? What is she going to do in meetings with heads of state when they aren't trying to fuck her? Anyway, so, basically, this whole hullabaloo about McCain postponing the debate to be in Washington has as much to do about getting Sarah Palin out of having to play in the Big Leagues as it does with showing some bullshit leadership by fucking over the political process. Campbell Brown was right — either she can play the game or she can't, and there's not a damn sexist thing about asking her to do it and a ton of sexist shit about not letting her try. You know Hillary Clinton would be ready, at 9 pm or 3 am. Worst Of Sarah Palin's Katie Couric Interview (So Far) [Gawker] One-On-One With Sarah Palin [CBS News] McCain Camp Wants To Postpone VP Debate [Huffington Post] Pact on Debates Will Let McCain and Obama Spar [NY Times] Did Palin Get Vetted? [Time] "I Never Thought I'd Say, 'My Sister, the Vice President'" [Glamour] Palin Has Meetings for a Second Day With Foreign Leaders [NY Times] BREAKING NEWS OH MY GOD Sarah Palin took questions from actual reporters! And she still managed not to say anything substantive. Recap: 9/11 was bad, we have to "take the fight to [them]," she is "watching" Alaska Senator Ted Steven's trial and she only supports the bailout package if it includes every single thing McCain has ever asked for, not that she knows what that is. She'll get back to you. [Politico]
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So how many data centers, server rooms, and data closets do you think there are in the United States? You guess maybe 20,000? Maybe 100,000? Try 2.94 million, at least according to the box-counters at IDC.
This is a much larger number than you might expect, and considering there are tens of millions of small businesses in the US, maybe you were guessing the number should be larger. But El Reg was surprised that the number was even that large, given the complexity of managing modern infrastructure and the wide availability of hosted and cloudy systems these days.
According to research done by IDC, the Great Recession caused a mini-wave of consolidation, with companies closing thousands of remote locations with their own server rooms and data closets. In 2009, the number of data centers dropped by seven-tenths of a point – even as the aggregate data center capacity installed in that smaller number of data centers falls by 1 point. And this trend is continuing as the great Recession lingers on (government statistics notwithstanding). IDC says that the 2.94 million data centers in use in 2012 had a total capacity of 611.4 million square feet of floor space, and even as the number of data centers is expected to continue to shrink to 2.89 million by 2016, the aggregate floor space in those data centers is expected to rise to 700 million square feet.
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The first difference in culture is the way Greek language is spoken in Crete. The spoken Cretan Greek is not necessarily the same as the Attika usage of the modern Greek. Of course there are many dialects on Crete but they are more and more frowned upon by the younger generation as a reflection of the old lifestyle as the country becomes more "Europeanised" and "urbanised" through the influence of the mass media. Noticeably, the national "k" sound is more a "shh" in Cretan pronunciation. It is the one stand out difference. For example: oxi = No sounds like "osshi" instead of "o'hee" in standard Greek to a foreigner's ears when listening and learning the language.
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A number of municipalities offer Greek lessons to foreigners in winter through their community funded service called Κ.Α.Ρ.Ε. Check with your local neighbours or the Mayor's office when in Crete. Up-to-date information on Greek lessons.
The one hand gesture you should be aware of, because of it being meaningless in the UK but it's strong meaning in Greece, is the "wave" with an open hand with fingers spread wide apart in a fan shape. This gesture to a Greek is infinitely worse that using the "F" word or other verbal abuse. So think twice before you "wave" to a motorist who has just let you pass :-) Spreading your fingers at someone with the palm facing out is much more serious in Greece than giving someone the V for Victory sign.
- Lengthy responses at the Brits in Crete Forum - Find out what to do if you are invited to a Cretan one!
After the drink is set in front of you by the waiter, it is best to wait to catch the attention of your generous neighbour, then raise your glass to them , and say "Yamas, efharisto poli". It is important to wait until another occasion to reciprocate. That shows politeness. Or, reciprocate in another way which is next time you go to Lidl or any supermarket, buy some continental biscuits or English Chocolates. Don't go mad and buy anything too expensive, buy just a little something so that on the next occasion you happen to pass your neighbour's house drop in and hand them the little gift. Perhaps even better, if they have little ones, buy them some sweeties. English style Smarties go down well. Or, if an important festival is just around the corner, then wait for that day. Hand over the gift and say "kronia pola" This may be the beginning of your "barter trade" relationship with your neighbours. You have what they appreciate, and they have what you will appreciate -- often the fresh produce just harvested from their market garden to share with you. That is the great 'care and share' Greek attitude for the most part, long since gone in the UK or Ireland.
A postscript: Some villagers seem to have a negative thing about fizzy pop. Soft drinks are not good for the childrens' health, some say and openly frown upon it.
Note: Do be aware that the drinking of Raki (or Rachi) in Crete is almost an island-wide pastime. If you are offered Raki anywhere, always drink it, at least take a sip, even if you don't like it much, as a refusal is considered bad manners (the excuse that you are driving may work sometimes, if you're lucky).
Without a long answer here, they include the movie: Zorba the Greek with Anthony Quinn; the BBC TV series, 1972-73 vintage - The Lotus Eaters, - about the life of British Ex-pats in Crete, and Michael J Bird's classic, Who Pays the Ferryman? A visit to our forum covers the subject.
The good news is there is no Greek TV License, the bad news is you pay towards the cost of ERT, NET and EPT-3) the Greek national television services, rather like the BBC, through your Crete Electricity Bill even if you do not have a TV!!! There is some English language programming, usually movies and sitcoms across the choice of local Crete and National TV channels and networks. But to enjoy any sort of real entertainment value from your TV in Crete, you probably need to consider to do any of the following:
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Essential reading, including the private Cretan Medicare Centres.
More important direct feedback from those experiencing settling in Greece or who have been there awhile. In the chatter, they mention the differences in supermarket prices and where to obtain favourite goodies, edibles and household products from "back home". All in all, it is a good barometer of the cost of living when on a fixed monthly income when resident in Greece.
Save Water When Staying on A Greek Island. Water is a scarce resource that dwindles each year. Our helpful page on conservation of water gives a number of invaluable tips, ones that are common sense reality. These tips show how easy it is to make the water that you use go further without investment or extra effort. The tips go a long way to help keep your garden and plants well watered thus ensuring they are green and healthy in a Mediterranean setting.
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CLEARWATER, Minn.—A 50-year-old man and his 5-year-old grandson are dead after being pinned under a tractor in Wright County.
According to the county sheriff's office, deputies received the call Friday at about 5:45 p.m. of a tractor that flipped into a ditch in Clearwater Township.
Both Ron Gustafson, of Monticello, and the boy Rollie Gustafson were killed.
The man's son and the boy's uncle, Roger Gustafson, said the boy and his sister had been living with their grandparents. He says his dad and nephew were always with each other, hand in hand.
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The Networks and Communication Systems Branch participates in a variety of research and development, system integration, system engineering, and test and evaluation projects. Sponsors often include the Office of Naval Research (ONR), the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), as well as U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and other DoD system commands and agencies.
- Basic Research in Dynamic Routing Protocols
- Basic Research in Energy-Efficient Networking
Recent S&T Research Projects
- Networked Communications Capability Program
- Tactical Edge Wireless Experimentation
- Group-wise Tactical Edge Networking
- Distributed, Robust Network Transport
- Network Monitoring and Management
- Mobile Ad hoc Network Management
- Cognitive Radios and Networks
- Serverless Information Services
- Dynamic Tactical Communication Networks (DTCN) Enabling Capability (EC)
- Dynamic Network Adaptation for Mobile (DyNAMo) Systems
- Coalition Networks for Secure Information Sharing (CoNSIS)
- Advanced Tactical Data Link (ATDL) Enabling Capability (EC)
- Self-Organizing Adaptive Underwater Network
- Mobile Network Modeling Institute
System Level Research and Support Projects
- U.S. Navy and DoD Tactical Edge Networks (TEN) Initiatives
- Technical Support for various DARPA Technology Projects
Past Related Work
- Service Oriented Networking Over Mobile Ad hoc (SONOMA) Networks
- Mobile 802.11 Extended Service Sets
Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) in Mobile Ad hoc Networks
- MAS Designs and Performance in Challenged Networks
- Effective interagent communications in MANET
- Modeling and Research Support Tools
- Emerging Next GEneration Networks (ENGEN)
- MANET Multicast Routing and Transport
- MANET Extensions to OSPF
- MANET Autoconfiguration
- IPv6 Mobile Routing Extensions
- Security Device Network Discovery
- NATO Interoperable Networks for Secure Communication (INSC)
- IPv6 Centric Next Generation Coalition Networks
- International Testbed Environment
- Appropriate Open Standard Mobile Network Technology
- Defense Against CyberAttack in MANETS (DCAMANETs)
- Large Scale Emulation and Evaluation
- Networks in the EXtreme (NETEX)
- UWB in Interference Environments
- UWB-based MANET Networking
- Control-Based MANET (CBMANET)
- Mobile 802.11 Extended Service Sets
- US Marine Corps CONDOR Program Support
- Technical Support for ONR Agents in Networks Research