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DARE 1/11 – Thailand's First Mixed Martial Arts ChampionshipKevin (เควิน) Khaosan
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Mixed Martial Arts, or MMA, started in its modern form in 1993 with the launch of the Ultimate Fighting Challenge (UFC) in the USA. UFC brought fighters with different combat styles to the same arena – an "Octagon" – an octagonal cage where full contact fights took place under the scrutiny of a referee, a doctor, and under a comprehensive set of rules. These were no blood fests or street fights; these were professional, organized events with global TV coverage.
The spectacle of watching Muay Thai fighters, Judo, Jujitsu and Karate exponents, pugilists and wrestlers test each other's skills had immediate appeal, and as with Muay Thai, MMA went global. It produced a number of stars - Royce Gracie, whose particular brand of Brazilian Jujitsu dominated the early years of the sport, and since then the likes of Ken Shamrock and Tito Ortiz have become household names in the West (the latter appearing in movies, and curiously, Donald Trump's 'Celebrity Apprentice').
Given the strong element of Muay Thai in MMA, a question on many people's lips was "Why hasn't MMA come to Thailand?" The kingdom has for a number of years had a variety of Mixed Martial Arts clubs, but it has never had a full-fledged MMA tournament to boast of… Not until now anyway.
June 25, 2011 sees the launch of DARE 1/11, Thailand's first MMA championship under adapted UFC rules and with experienced MMA referees. Initial fights take place at Club Insomnia on Sukhumvit 12 with winners of this event moving on to the quarter finals of the DARE championship. The prospects of this event taking off are good, so we caught up with organizer Jussi Saloranta to ask more. Here's what he had to say.KSR: Jussi – thanks for meeting up with us like this. First, let's get some personal details – where are you from and how long have you been in Thailand?
Jussi: OK – well, I am from Finland, and I have been living in Thailand for about 4 years now. I first came here in 2004 for a holiday and just fell in love with the Kingdom and its amazing people. I decided that this was the place where I wished to live. My involvement in the DARE Championship is handling the foreign fighters and public relations, and I also assist our Thai owners with international promotion. Our team includes both Thais and foreigners, each with years of business experience in Thailand and in Scandinavia.
KSR: How did DARE Championship get started?
Jussi: Ever since I came to Thailand I've wanted to create something for local sports – something that would feature local MMA talents alongside international competitors. There are a limited number of professional MMA fighters in Thailand and there's been very few fight possibilities in the country, so I thought I'd contribute in that direction. Right now the timing seems right, so led by our President Mr. Thitidonpipat, we decided to launch the DARE Championship with the goal of becoming the number one pro-MMA event in Thailand and the region. We believe that like everywhere else in the world, MMA will catch on in Thailand sooner or later, but making it a reality has involved a lot of people doing a lot of hard work – our organizers, promoters, trainers, camps, gyms, fighters, other dedicated individuals… They have all done tremendous work.
KSR: Are you are martial artist yourself?
Jussi: Yes - I have been involved in the martial arts since I was 10 years of age. I have also been a huge fan of MMA since the end of the 90's when MMA / NHB first came to Finland and we saw the first UFC fights on VHS. Ask any of the members of our team and they will probably tell you the same thing.
KSR: Tell us a bit more about the tournament. How many people are involved and what's the format?
Jussi: The DARE Championship starts with opening preliminary fights and the winners of these in each weight class move on to the quarter-finals. After that winners go on to the semi-finals and ultimately the finals. In the first event, DARE 1/11, we will have a total of 6 fights with 12 fighters from 8 different countries. Initially it will be an "open tournament" and later it will transform into something more similar to the UFC structure where you have a champion and guys fighting to move up the ladders and become the number one contender in each weight category.
KSR: So when can we expect the follow up events?
Jussi: We are looking to have the next event - DARE 2/11 - three months after the first one. This way, we would be looking to see the next part of the championship around September 2011.
KSR: And where will the finals be held and when?
Jussi: All of the weight classes are moving forward at their own speed. We will probably see the first DARE Champions crowned early 2012. We are very happy to be working with Club Insomnia Bangkok on Sukhumvit Soi 12 – this is where the first events will be held. The venues for the championship events have not been decided yet.
KSR: So, the fighters – are they locals or international? Are there any names involved?
Jussi: DARE 1/11 feature fighters from Thailand, Brazil, France, Korea, Malaysia, South Africa, the UK and the USA. These fighters include a black belt Brazilian Jiu Jitsu World Champion from Brazil, a Judo black belt and Olympic competitor from France, a South African Muay Thai champion, a local Thai MMA fighter with over 150 Thai Boxing fights - who's now fighting MMA - and a number of other interesting fighters. We have two fighters from Thailand competing in DARE 1/11 - Ngoo Ditty, probably Thailand's best known Thai MMA competitor (read more about him here) and Detchoot Detsuriyan, the Thai Amateur MMA Champion (read more about him here).
KSR: Is there likely to be much coverage; TV, etc.
Jussi: All the fights will be recorded in HD and released for public viewing after the event via a range of selected broadcasting channels. The footage might also be shown on Thai TV after the event. Future DARE events will have an online mobile application in place which will allow us to stream the fights globally. In this way the DARE Championship will be available globally, coming live from Bangkok, the fight capital of Southeast Asia. (Follow updates here)
KSR: On your website it says that the event will be under "adapted UFC rules". How will the Thailand event differ from a standard UFC event?
Jussi: We are using the "Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts" followed by all major MMA promotions in America – UFC, Strikeforce, etc. These are the same rules that have been approved by the various State Athletic Commissions in the USA. These rules are in place because they protect our fighters' safety. DARE events will though only be a fraction of the size of the UFC events and are also designed to be more exclusive in their set up. We only have 300 tickets available for each of the first events and we advise all those interested of coming to book a ticket in advance as we might sell out quickly. You can book a ticket at our website or pick tickets up at any of our sales points in Bangkok, Pattaya, Phuket or Hua Hin. The information is on our website.
KSR: So what goes and what doesn't go – what are the rules?
Jussi: The rules are designed to protect the fighters. Basically, all techniques that seriously injure an opponent are prohibited. For example, techniques like hitting the back of an opponent's head or his spine are not allowed. Kicking the head of an opponent who is on the ground or trying to attack the groin, eyes, and fingers of an opponent are also strictly against the rules. It is also important to remember that all of the fighters in DARE are professionals. They have all been training for years and each of them has fight experience. Most of them have been operating as a professional fighter for several years and understand the risks involved. Importantly, they also know how to respect their opponents. DARE will only promote professional Mixed Martial Arts where the fighters are trained, prepared and experienced, and therefore understand MMA rules.
KSR: So if any KhaoSanRoad.com visitors are interested in going to event, how do they get more information?
Jussi: You will find more information from our website and our Facebook page.
KSR: And what about tickets?The tickets for the first DARE event on 25 June 2011 are priced in two categories: Standard tickets are 1,100 THB in advance and 1,500 THB on the door, while VIP Podium tickets are 2,000 THB in advance and 2,400 THB on the door – these tickets provide a better view and offer some catering. Again, tickets are available from our website or our sales points in Bangkok, Pattaya, Phuket and Hua Hin. Tickets can be booked from our website. Doors open at 4 p.m. and the action starts at around 5 p.m.25 June 2011.
KSR: What are the chances of bringing DARE to Khao San Road?
Jussi: We will have to see about that. If there is a big demand for it, we are always happy to consider it as a possibility…
KSR: Well, good look with the event – it's going to be very interesting to see how this pans out.
Jussi: Thank you very much and best regards to all KhaoSanRoad.com visitors. Your support is very much appreciated. See you all at DARE 1/11.


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I recently encountered the metric mean dimension, which is a numerical metric invariant of (discrete time, compact space) dynamical systems that refines topological entropy for infinite-entropy systems. I am wondering if anything similar can be found in the literature for any metric notion of dimension (Let say that by ``metric'' means bi-Lipschitz invariant).
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The second one, suggested by Greg Kuperberg, is to mimic Hausdorff dimension but replacing the family of "size functions" $(x\mapsto x^s)_s$ by another family with similar properties, like $(x\mapsto\exp(-\lambda/x)_\lambda)$.
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4. Why do Native Americans look white?
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It's June. The "Wrestlemania hangover" is now far in the rear-view mirror. Some fans may have moved away from WWE for the time being. SummerSlam is in 2 months. It's in this sweet spot where something spectacular seems to happen on WWE Raw -- something that gets people talking.
Last year, Vince McMahon returned to Raw for the first time in over a year. In 2011, CM Punk dropped a "pipe bomb" on television. In 2010, the Nexus formed. In 2009, Donald Trump bought Raw. In 2008, Vince McMahon vowed to give away $1 million. In 2007, Vince McMahon's limo exploded with him allegedly inside. In 2006, Degeneration X reunited. In 2005, John Cena got drafted to Raw (and Batista to Smackdown).
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In an emotional, heartfelt moment, Mark Henry retired from WWE. With tears in his eyes, he talked about going home to his family and recalling his wonderful 16-plus year career. John Cena gave him the WWE title to hold in the air. As Cena went in for an embrace, Henry delivered a World's Strongest Slam.
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But that didn't take away from the importance of the moment.
With that one segment, Mark Henry is once again a credible, welcome challenger for a championship, and built a lot of drawing power in a match against John Cena at the Money in the Bank pay-per-view. The key, much like CM Punk against John Cena two years earlier, will be to keep the interest at the same level and not lose it in the next few weeks.
It wasn't just this scenario that contributed to the excellent edition of Raw:
* Christian returned and defeated Wade Barrett. He was a wonderful, unannounced surprise.
* So was Brock Lesnar, who attacked CM Punk after Punk told Paul Heyman he no longer wanted him ringside for his matches. CM Punk against Brock Lesnar is a money match, and I would guess we'll see it at SummerSlam. Prior to this, Dolph Ziggler attacked Alberto Del Rio, who lost to Punk via countout. It's interesting to see Ziggler get cheered and Del Rio get booed. Looks like the newest version of the "double turn" is going off without a hitch.
* Randy Orton "defeated" Daniel Bryan. I put it in quotation marks because the referee waived off the match due to doctor stoppage. Both embraced and shook hands after the match, and it looks like Daniel Bryan will compete on Smackdown against Dean Ambrose.
* Antonio Cesaro and Zeb Colter are now aligned. Cesaro defeated William Regal, who is still one of the best, period.
* The Divas division is suddenly interesting again, with AJ confronting Stephanie McMahon and Kaitlyn attacking the champion.
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* Chris Jericho pinned Heath Slater.
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The Smithsonian's Human Origins Program is excited to participate in the Day of Archaeology 2013!
Our research scientists conduct field research at prehistoric sites in Africa (Kenya: Olorgesailie and Ol Pejeta Conservancy; Tanzania: Engare Sero) and Asia (China: Nihewan Basin and Bose Basin; Indonesia: Flores). Today we'll bring you into a day in the life of Dr. Rick Potts, the Director of the Human Origins Program. Today Rick is in the National Museums of Kenya, studying fossils and artifacts excavated at the site of Olorgesailie in southern Kenya. But to give you a flavor of what fieldwork at Olorgesailie entails, we'll be going back in the past — just two years, to July 26th 2011, when the excavations were going strong. Here is a modified version of Rick's blog entry for that day from our Olorgesailie field blog: http://humanorigins.si.edu/research/east-african-research/olorgesailie-field-blog/olorgesailie-2011-field-season/day-31-july-26
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One of the big-picture studies we do at Olorgesailie focuses on how the landscape changed over time, all the way back to the beginning of the sediment record more than 1 million years ago. This area of the southern Kenya Rift Valley has the most precisely dated record of archeological and fossil remains in the world for the past 1 million years. There is only one major gap in the time sequence, between the Olorgesailie and Oltulelei Formations – a gap that resulted from widespread erosion in the region between about 490,000 and 340,000 years. But other than that, Olorgesailie presents a pretty continuous record from the handaxe era up to and beyond the time of the African origin of our species, Homo sapiens.
My geologist colleague, Kay Behrensmeyer, and I have been studying landscape change in the region throughout the entire time period recorded in the Olorgesailie sedimentary layers. Kay's short visit draws to an end tomorrow, as she heads back to Nairobi and flies home to her family. So we spent the morning going over the evidence for landscape change in the younger beds, the Oltulelei Formation, which includes the oldest Middle Stone Age excavations at BOK-2 and nearby sites. Let me provide a couple of images that can help clarify what I mean by 'landscape change'.
Deep erosion along the river unveils many stratigraphic layers. Studying these layers helps us reconstruct how the Olorgesailie landscape changed over hundreds of thousands of years.For example, in the first image, you can see thick white bands and gray bands – where the upper layers were laid down on top of (and thus after) the ones below. The white layer just above the line of rocks and trees is a thick layer of diatomite (look forward to me talking about diatoms tomorrow!). The diatoms in the diatomite show that a large lake once existed at that point in time in the Olorgesailie area. The gray band above it is a thick volcanic sand, which show two things – that there was a volcanic eruption in the vicinity, and that the debris from the eruption filled up wide stream channels that had cut across the region after the lake dried up. So, count 'em up: that's three major landscape changes. First, the lake was present and then dried up. Second, the dried-out landscape was eroded and water channels crossed the area. Third, after a nearby volcano erupted, the ash and pumice and gravel was carried into the Olorgesailie region and it filled up the channels to form yet another, different kind of landscape.
One thing I'm especially interested in is how early humans responded to these big transitions in the environment. Stone tools were the early humans' version of a business card – they left the tools behind as if to say 'We were here!' Thus we use the stone tools to indicate whether our early ancestors were very successful or not in surviving the major shifts in the landscape, or perhaps repopulating the landscape after an especially difficult time. Just think, 10 centimeters of volcanic ash blanketing the ancient terrain would have killed all the grass, forcing the abundance of grazing (grass-eating) animals to depart. That's a big drop in opportunities for obtaining meat from those animals. So every landscape change affected the plants and animals – in fact, the entire ecosystem – and thus the early human toolmakers as well.
Now consider this next image:
White and gray layers reflect the gradual build-up of the Olorgesailie Formation layers. They indicate many shifts between lake and land from about 1.2 million to 490,000 years ago. The darker brown sediments are ancient river sediments. The narrow brown bands across the present-day landscape represent the erosion of large river channels, which were eventually filled up with silt and sand of the younger Oltulelei Formation. A big question: What caused the repeated cutting of river valleys, followed by silting up of those river and stream channels?
After 490,000 years ago, the largest landscape changes we see were caused as river valleys were cut by erosion into the underlying Olorgesailie Formation. These valleys were then filled up with brown silt and sand. The filling was followed my more erosion as a new river valley formed. This process happened at least 3 major times, and several minor times.
The beautiful landscape of Olorgesailie – exposing layer after layer of landscape change, which could have resulted from climate shifts and earthquakes. Kay and I discussed two main causes: Earthquakes or climate? Earthquakes could have caused uplift of the Olorgesailie region, with rain and wind then carving out channels and creating valleys in the high ground of the uplifted landscape. The other possibility is climate. That is, during dry times, the water levels across the region would have dropped, causing the occasional rain storm to carve the landscape down further and further over many years to reach the lower levels. During wet times, as the regional water levels rose, the rivers and streams would have backed up and slowed, which caused the silt and sand in those flowing waters to be dumped within the channels. In other words, cycles of erosion and deposition, over and over again as climate shifted over time.
At present, Kay and I are pretty certain that these big fluctuations of the landscape in the younger geological beds reflect strong climate cycles – that is, big shifts between dry times and wet.
The work continues as we keep seeking better clues to see whether we are right or not…


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Morena Baccarin is going to be a mom!
The Homeland star, who plays Jessica Brody, the wife of ex-Marine Nicholas Brody (Damian Lewis), is expecting her first baby, People reports.
The baby's father is Baccarin's husband, XX/XY writer and director Austin Chick. The couple wed in November 2011. Baccarin, 33, is also known for her role on the cult classic TV series Firefly.
Homeland is currently in production on Season 3, which premieres on Sunday, Sept. 29 at 9/8c on Showtime.


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Malaysia: A legal blow to religious freedom - the Lina Joy verdict
Miss Joy, now 43, converted to Christianity in her 20s, changing her name from Azlina Jailani. She wants to wed her Christian boyfriend but Malaysia in effect bans Muslims from marrying outside the faith. She went to court after the government department that issues identity cards let her change her name but not her religion. The Supreme Court, like the lower courts, upheld the department's decision. Rather trivialising Miss Joy's struggle, the chief justice said she could not expect to convert from one religion to another on a "whim". In a development typical of Malaysia's widening religious and racial divide, the only non-Muslim on the three-judge bench dissented from the judgment.
Article 11 has been in the country's constitution since independence from Britain 50 years ago. However, things were muddied by a 1988 amendment, which denied the regular courts all jurisdiction over matters dealt with by the sharia courts. It was not clear if this gave sharia judges the right to overrule Article 11 for those born Muslim and to tell them they must remain so. It now seems that indeed they can.
The ruling will confirm the fears of many Malaysians-not just among the ethnic Chinese and Indian minorities-that the country is suffering "creeping Islamisation". As the sharia courts and other religious authorities have become more active in recent years, a stream of cases has arisen in which freedoms enjoyed by non-Muslims have been denied to those the religious authorities regard as belonging to the country's majority faith, followed by some 60% of its 27m people, mostly ethnic Malays. Families have been divided because one parent was deemed to be Muslim despite insisting to the contrary. In 2005, the religious authorities snatched the corpse of M. Moorthy, a famous mountaineer whose family insisted he was a Hindu, and gave it a Muslim burial, arguing he had secretly converted to Islam.
Malaysia's prime minister, Abdullah Badawi, has been struggling to promote his own brand of moderate, "civilisational" Islam. But he has opened space for the radicals by clamping down on even temperate debate of religious issues. Last year he shot down a proposed "inter-faith council" and banned a civil-rights group from holding public debates on freedom of worship. Last month he abruptly cancelled a long-planned gathering in Kuala Lumpur of senior Muslim and Christian scholars-including the Archbishop of Canterbury-on the ground that he was too busy to attend it.
In many places, constitutional guarantees of liberty are undermined by laws constraining religious belief. Indonesians, for example, are also obliged to state their religion on their identity cards and to choose between just six officially recognised faiths. The governor of the state of Rajasthan, in India, is being pressed by the state assembly to approve a law punishing conversion from Hinduism. Constraints on individuals' rights to choose their beliefs are usually backed up by claims that religions are somehow "under threat": a curious lack of faith-in faith itself.
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Windows only?
Does this mean people using real computers will never be able to enjoy netapp products?
See me shed a tear.
NetApp's FilerView management product is going to be replaced by NetApp System Manager, a Windows application built as a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) 3.0 snap-in, and available in a few months. The concept behind it is to provide management of one or many NetApp arrays through a simple and easy to use GUI. FilerView is …
Well, I can see all the Unix shops going out and getting the Open Source version of MMC - or isn't there one.
It's a bit of a shame when the current FilerView is OS agnostic and just needs a web browser to work.
It's probably just to spite Solaris sysadmins.
Ho Hum.
Nope. It means people who are scared of the NetApp CLI will now be able to do horrendous things using a mouse, instead of typing. Wizards notwithstanding, someone with little experience is likely to make very poor or sub-optimal decisions on aggregate/volume setup.
Like, for example, putting all their disks into one aggregate and putting Vol0 in that aggr. That plays merry hell when they come to the time they need to shrink aggr0... and can't.
"It's reckoned that a FAS array can be set up for the first time in around five minutes"
Probably the most pointless "new feature" in history.
When has anyone sat in a meeting with storage vendors and asked "its 13:00 now, if you haven't got me a LUN provisioned by 13:05 you are out of the door"
And its MMC, because Netapp customers deserve to have their OS choices taken away from them.
The title that NetApp dumps FilerView is not accurate and rather misleading. FilerView will not be going away in the foreeable future. It will still be there, fully supported for those who chose to use it. Eventually, it may get replaced but not until a suitable replacement is found.
As always, the *nix jihadists poo-poo what they don't want or don't like.
Given that filerview is a clunky incomplete pile of Java-crap, this provides a useful alternative for many, particularly 100% Windows shops who just don't want to/ haven't the skills to do CLI stuff over ssh. This is especially the case with your average FAS2020 buyer.
So before jumping on your lentil munching, sandal wearing high horse, think of the silent majority.
AC as I don't want a hatemail campaign by Tuxtards.
Our customer surveys indicated the overwhelming majority managed their storage from a Windows admin workstation. They also indicated their strong preference for a responsive UI, hence the MMC approach for NSM.
Linux / Unix customers also preferred the CLI to any GUI. Nevertheless, FilerView will not go away with the release of NSM. We will monitor customer feedback for the pace of any eventual FilerView phaseout.
Finally, NSM is supported under most Virtual or Remote Desktop configuration, offering GUI access to NSM from almost any modern client OS platform.
Val Bercovici
NetApp Office of the CTO
I work on System Manager at NetApp.
I also work on our web UIs, Java tools and other stuff. They are all still around. I try hard to be architecturally agnostic. I try to talk to customers and build what they need, with the tools required.
I wrote a little more on my blog. I'll be explaining some of the background and technical details as time progresses - questions and comments will be welcome and encouraged.
We appreciate your attention and interest.
Steve Klinkner (NetApp engineering)
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Situated on the southeast coast of China, Hong Kong's strategic location on the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea has made it one of the world's most thriving and cosmopolitan cities.
Hong Kong as we know it today was born when China's Qing dynasty government was defeated in the First Opium War in 1842, when it ceded Hong Kong Island to Britain. Within 60 years, Kowloon, the New Territories and 235 Outlying Islands were also leased to Britain. However, the history of the more than 1,100 square kilometres that Hong Kong now occupies predates the events of the Qing dynasty by more than a thousand years. And, as you explore the city's colourful heritage, you'll discover stories of powerful clans, marauding pirates and European traders.
From its earliest days as a British colony, Hong Kong served as a centre of international trade. In the turbulent years of the early 20th century, the city's population was bolstered by refugees, mostly from China. The arrival of immigrants in large numbers helped launch a new role for Hong Kong as a major manufacturing hub. It also brought economically stimulating energy and industry to the city's character. In recent decades, as the economy of Mainland China has undergone a process of opening up, Hong Kong has transformed yet again – this time into a service-based economy as well as an important gateway to the world's largest market.
Under the principle of 'One Country, Two Systems', Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China on 1 July 1997. This arrangement allows the city to enjoy a high degree of autonomy, including retaining its capitalist system, independent judiciary and rule of law, free trade and freedom of speech.
A look at the city's history could give a strong impression that change is the only constant here. However, despite all its reinventions, Hong Kong's spirit has never changed. In fact, the same energy and dynamism that turned a group of sleepy fishing villages into a crossroads of international trade is now taking Asia's world city into the 21st century. Experience that spirit and Hong Kong's story yourself by exploring the city's rich culture and heritage.
|Aboriginal fishing communities establish floating communities.
|China absorbs the entire region.
|AD 960 – 1500s
|Clans settle the area and build walled villages as protection against bandits and pirates.
|Portuguese traders build a base in Tuen Mun.
|Early 1800s
|British merchants trade opium for Chinese silks, silver, spices and tea.
|1840 – 42
|Opium Wars result in China ceding Hong Kong Island in perpetuity to Britain; the Crown colony of Hong Kong is established.
|Kowloon Peninsula and Stonecutters Island are ceded to Britain.
|The New Territories are leased to Britain for 99 years; the colony becomes an important trading port.
|The Kowloon–Canton Railway to the border of China is completed.
|1911 –1949
|Refugees fleeing from political turbulence and warfare in Mainland China increase Hong Kong's population.
|1941 – 45
|Japanese occupation during World War II.
|1950 – 1970s
|Immigrants from China create booming textile and light manufacturing industries; 'Made in Hong Kong' goods are exported all over the world.
|Hong Kong becomes an international financial centre and joins the world's top 10 economies.
|China and Britain sign the Sino–British Joint Declaration on the future of Hong Kong.
|1997 (July 1)
|Hong Kong becomes a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.
|Hong Kong International Airport opens at Chek Lap Kok and is named one of the Top Ten Construction Achievements in the 20th Century by the Construction Industry Manufacturers Association (CIMA) the following year.
|Hong Kong co-hosts the equestrian events of the 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
|Four Hong Kong festivals, including the Cheung Chau Bun Festival, Tai O Deities Parade, Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance, Yu Lan Ghost Festival of the Hong Kong Chiu Chow Community were all included in China's third national list of intangible culture under a UNESCO convention.


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Name: Gillian Rodger
What do you do?
I am a Heritage Lottery Funded Skills for the Future Collections Trainees at RCAHMS.
How did you get here?
As a creative youngster I've had a fascination with visiting and photographing historic places and objects as long as I can remember. Though I grew up near Chester, my family are all Scottish and having enjoyed many childhood summers exploring the Scottish countryside and going to various Historic sites, I've long since wanted to move to Scotland, to promote and get involved with maintaining Scottish Heritage.
Unsurprisingly then during my Art History undergrad I turned towards researching Medieval Art and objects and on returning to Edinburgh for my masters I became focused particularly on aspects of Global Material Culture and Collection Histories, whilst also collaborating with the NMS and interned on the Carved Stones Project with RCAHMS. Getting to apply and earning the chance to work as a skills trainee at RCAHMS felt like the perfect opportunity to combine my personal and academic interests whilst enabling me to gain greater experience in the Heritage Sector and in Collections.
What are you working on today?
Today, as is usual for skills trainees, I have been involved with a variety of different activities! I have been on the search room desk this morning, answering enquiries, aiding visitors with their research and hearing some brilliant family stories.
In between enquiries I've also started researching the sculptor John Marshall (1888-1952) in order to catalogue a fascinating box of his material for public access.
So far within the box I have discovered his sketchbook of sculpture from 1911, a worldwide picture postcard album and many photographs of himself and colleagues dressed for an ECA Revel Party, including Sir Robert Lorimer. This afternoon I have also been finishing organising and re-housing many excellent Threatened Buildings Survey Drawings completed by RCAHMS survey staff .
Favourite part of your job?
I would say the favourite aspect of my job is in fact the variety of activities we do during the placement. For example, so far outwit our varied ongoing collections work programme; I have been on placement at the National Galleries, attended heritage/medieval conferences, visited the outreach trainees on placement, worked with conservation on re-housing collections and done digital accessioning [see pictures]. In the next month I will also be invigilating at the RCAHMS Commonwealth pavilion for the Sightlines film, working with the NCAP team and beginning work with the other trainees on our big showcase project at Stirling Castle!
As such our job gives us the opportunity to learn lots of different skills, figure out my own strengths and interests, meet a variety of fascinating people and contribute to the work of the commission and Heritage in Scotland in various ways! So yes, getting the chance to have constant variety and new challenges in my work is fantastic.
What did university not teach you?
Despite Art History being a visual degree primarily focused on specific objects or artworks, there is a surprising lack of requirement to actually see and handle the tangible material one is researching, and for much of my art historic research I only utilised photographs, drawings or witnessed objects in their museum setting.
When I began to handle historical objects and material collections and research their collection histories for my work here, I was shocked at how little I had previously appreciated the benefit of having a tangible experience with collections. Not only this, but also just how important that form of first-hand experience can be for producing the best personal and academic research. For example, the scale, exceptional detail or even makers marks on collection material are rarely comprehensible from a photograph alone!
After this realisation I have and will certainly continue to be, an advocate for the promotion of access to original collection material and collections histories where possible, and hope I can continue working and promoting such values within Scottish Heritage beyond this traineeship!
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47' Ranger Power Cruiser Corporate Charters Sydney
This luxurious Ranger motor vessel is ideal for corporate charters. She provides the opportunity for relaxation, comfort and elegance cruising on Sydney Harbour and also on the secluded waterways of Pittwater and the Hawkesbury River. Impress your corporate clients with this state of the art vessel, stunning scenery, impeccable service, presentation facilities and gourmet catering for all tastes.
Corporate Charters (this page)
Day By Day Party Boat Charter
Day By Day New Years Eve Cruises
Day By Day New Years Day Hire
Day By Day Wedding Charters
Day By Day Boxing Day Charter
Day By Day Australia Day Charter
Total cost = Vessel Hire
+ Food
+ Beverages
+ Optional Extras
+ Wharf fees
Includes Captain
November - March
$550 per hour
Minimum 4 hour charter $2200
April - October
$500 per hour
Minimum 4 hour charter $2000
Amenity Fee
$100 Amenity Fee applies for BYO food
$100 Amenity Fee applies for BYO drinks
Includes all crockery, cutlery, cups, utensils, serving equipment and eskies
Please Note - BYO Ice
$250 surcharge applies to catering orders where minimum numbers are not reached
Public holidays incur an additional 20% surcharge
Wharf fees
Pick up and drop off wharf fees apply (Usually $100 total). Check your quote and contract for more info.
Day By Day Finger Food Menus
Menu 1
$44 per person
Minimum 10 people
Gourmet sandwiches and wraps
Delicious fillings include roasted turkey, cranberry, and avocado
Smoked salmon, cucumber and lettuce
Chicken with sundried tomato, lemon mayo and cress
Leg ham with peach chutney, red pepper and Swiss cheese
Roasted beef with caramelised onion, rocket and tomato
Finger food
Honey, soy and ginger chicken drumsticks
Delicious Scotch egg with spicy tomato dip
Yarra Valley goats cheese, tomato and wild rocket tart
Cheese platter with crackers
Fresh fruit sticks
Menu 2
$49.5 per person
Minimum 10 people
Gourmet filled rolls and mini bagels
Antipasta platter - selection Italian cured meats, cheeses, olives and marinated vegetables
Asian glazed corn fed chicken breast
Salad box - green, Greek or Caesar
Peeled king prawns with mango chilli dip extra $5.5 per person
Choose one
Gourmet cheese and fresh fruit platter
Mini dessert variety of macaroons, lemon tartlet and creme brulee
Day by Day Cocktail Menu
Menu 1
$44 per person
Minimum 20 persons Includes Chef
Handmade mini sausage rolls with spicy tomato dip
Handmade baby pies — minted lamb and pea, chicken and mushroom, beef, vegetarian
Marinated chicken wrapped in wafer thin bacon
Roasted pumpkin risotto balls with red pepper dip
Tasmanian smoked salmon blinis with mascarpone and dill
Chicken with pistachio finger sandwiches
Rice paper vegetarian rolls with soy dipping sauce
Peking duck pancakes with shallot and hoisin
Menu 2
$44 per person
Minimum 20 persons
Includes Chef
Tiny filet mignons with mustard bearnaise
New York crab cakes with mango chilli dip
Baby Moroccan spiced lamb and apricot kebabs with minted yoghurt dip
Haloumi and prosciutto parcels with sweet chilli dip
Apple glazed chicken sticks
Tiny cones of Huon smoked salmon with mascarpone and dill
Duck salad with orange and chilli dressing served on spoons
Peeled king prawns with wasabi, ginger dip
Tartlets Yarra valley goats cheese, tomato, rocket pesto
To finish
Lemon tartlet
Creme brulee tartlet
Day By Day Buffet Menu
Buffet Menu 1
$49.50 per person
Char grilled Atlantic salmon
Roasted corn fed chicken breast with sweet soy, chilli, ginger dressing
Grain fed beef fillet with mustard bearnaise
Salads — mixed green with caramelised balsamic dressing
Tomato, avocado, mango with raspberry vinaigrette
Cheese and fresh fruit platter
Baby macaroons
Buffet Menu 2
$60.50 per person
Peeled king prawns with mango, chilli, dip
Freshly shucked rock oysters
Roasted peppered beef fillet with mustard bearnaise
Caesar chicken salad
Char grilled ocean trout with lime, coriander dressing
Asparagus, cherry tomato, Persian feta
Garden green
Cheese & fresh fruit or Frangelico creme brulee with berries
Chocolate or lemon tart
Day By Day BBQ Menu
BBQ Menu
Minimum 20 persons
Includes chef
$55 per person
Moroccan lamb cutlets w minted yoghurt dip
Chicken satay sticks
Teriyaki beef kebabs
Gourmet pork & apple baby sausages
Lime, chilli, ginger prawns
Baby hamburgers with Swiss cheese & tomato relish
Spicy vegetarian kebabs
Cheese & fresh fruit platters or selection mini desserts
Chocolate dipped strawberries
Tartlets—lemon meringue, creme brulee, chocolate
Macaroons, cupcakes
Day By Day Platter Menus
10 persons per platter
Platter Selection
Each platter serves 10 persons
Aussie Platter
$121 (1 piece per person)
Handmade pies selection lamb and rosemary, beef and red wine, chicken and mushroom, vegetarian
Handmade sausage rolls with tomato dip
Crumbed spicy chicken tenderloins with mango, chilli dip
Pork and apple sausages with Cajun dip
Best of British
$220 (1 piece per person)
Individual prawn cocktails
Mini pork pies
Scotch egg with tomato, chilli dip
Crispy rolls with beef and mustard bearnaise
Finger sandwiches — chicken and smoked salmon
Captain Cook Cold Seafood Platter
Fresh peeled king prawns
Sydney rock oysters
Blue swimmer crab
Huon smoked salmon
Morton bay bugs
Mango, chilli, dip
American Platter
$154 (1 piece per person)
Delicious mini beef hamburgers with tomato relish and Swiss cheese
Mini hot dogs with sauce or caramelized onion
Southern style chicken tender strips
Chook and Chips Platter
Honey satay wings
Sweet soy and chilli drumsticks
Cajun potato wedges
Italian Platter
Antipasta a tasty selection Italian cured meats, olives, marinated vegetables and cheeses with wood fired bread
Mixed Sushi Platter
Deluxe Sushi Platter
Mixed Sushi, yakitori chicken sticks, crispy rolls with smoked salmon, roasted beef with wasabi mayo.
Additional Platter Selection
Cheese platter with dried fruits, crackers and lavosh $148.5
Fresh fruit with tropical dip $82.50
Peeled king prawns with mango, chilli, dip $170.50
Freshly shucked oysters 4 dozen $148.5
Selection sushi with soy dipping sauce $99
Gourmet sandwiches, rolls, wraps (2 per person) $121
Mixed Canape
4 per person
Smoked salmon blinis, Peking duck pancakes, prawn & mango tarts, asparagus & prosciutto w lime chilli dip, rice paper rolls, pumpkin tart with mascarpone & sweet chilli
Petit Four
$148.5 per person
50 pieces
Chocolate dipped strawberries, lemon tart, macaroons, mini cupcakes, creme brulee tarts mixed selection
Fresh Salad Boxes
$11 each
Minimum of 10
Rocket apple & parmesan
Sweet chilli noodle
Penne chorizo
Pumpkin couscous
Kippler potato w bacon and shallots
Traditional Greek salad
Asian coleslaw
Caesar salad
Tomato avocado and mango
Asparagus w beetroot and Persian fetta
Day By Day Mayfair High Tea Menu
Mayfair High Tea Menu
$44 per person
Selection of finger sandwiches - chicken & pistachio, smoked salmon, cucumber, egg & cress
Scones with organic strawberry jam & cream
Tiny cupcakes
Delicious macaroons - chocolate, raspberry, pistachio, vanilla, lemon, lavender, salted caramel
Mini creme brulee
Baby lemon tart
Tiny savoury tart
Selection gourmet teas
Includes glass champagne per person
Day by Day Beverage Package
Beverage Package
$11 per person per hour
White wine Marlborough Sav Blanc
Red wine Starfish Merlot
Veuve Olivier Sparkling Wine Brut
Requests can be accommodated
Soft drinks included
BYO food or complete range of gourmet menus, BYO alcohol or select an affordable beverage package
All prices in $AUS. and include GST
Prices are subject to change without notice
50% deposit required to confirm booking
No stiletto heels to be worn on board
Brand : Ranger
• Length: 14.1 metres
• Complete Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) Survey
• Fully equipped galley, fridge, freezer
• Full TV, video and sound facilities
• Cocktail dining
• Fully licenced bar
• Large aft sundeck
• Sound system with mp3 compatibility
Boat Suitability :
Private charters, Corporate cruises, Product Launches, Wedding reception venues in Sydney
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Safety and Equipment
Is the boat safe and in good condition?
Yes, the vessel is currently in survey with the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), which requires comprehensive safety equipment standards and regular safety checks. A safety briefing is given to the charter passengers before embarking and safety gear will be provided if required. All vessels in our fleet are selected for safety, comfort, quality and cleanliness. We are proud to keep them this way.
What is the maximum capacity of the boat?
Day By Day is surveyed to hold a maximum of 20 passengers. Please note, an infant regardless of age is considered a passenger.
Is the boat suitable for children?
Yes, children are welcome on board, with life jackets being available upon request. Children must be under adult supervision at all times.
Is there sun and wind protection on the boat?
Day By Day has a spacious interior saloon providing ample shade from the sun and closure from wind and rain.
What toilet facilities are on board?
Day By Day is equipped with one modern marine toilet with easy access for charter.
Catered Food and Beverage Options
Can we organize a meal on board?
Yes, we have an excellent menu selection from local caterers that will suit your budget and taste.
BYO Catering
Are we allowed to bring our own food and drinks?
Yes, we suggest that you bring boat friendly food that requires minimum preparation e.g. platter-style cold foods or food that can be cooked on the BBQ.
Is there a BBQ on board?
The vessel is equipped with an outdoor gas BBQ. Please note, that adverse weather conditions may make barbecuing difficult. When at anchor, the crew will be happy to cook your BBQ food for you.
What kitchen equipment is available?
The boat has cutlery, plates and glasses for 20 passengers as well as other basic kitchen items. A fully equipped galley, fridge and freezer are also available for use.
Do I have to wash up the dishes?
No! Sit back and relax and the crew will do that for you.
Where can we put our food and drinks?
The boat has a freezer and fridge unit in the galley as well as an esky. You are able to bring along additional coolers if required. Older style metal eskies are not permitted as they damage the boat.
Do we need to bring ice for the cooler / esky?
On Tour
Can we have music on board?
Yes, the vessel is equipped with a sound system which is iPod and mp3 compatible. Please ensure your mp3 player is fully charged. Day By Day is equipped with both indoor and outdoor speakers.
Where can we go during our charter?
Your skipper can take you most places within Sydney Harbour, providing it is within the surveyed boundaries. Should your guests wish to go to a specific location within Sydney Harbour please let us know at time of briefing.
Can we extend our charter time during the charter?
Yes, although this is subject to availability. Please note, the charter will be extended based on the decision of the captain on board and payment will be processed post charter by authorised bond.
Booking and Payment
How do I secure my booking?
A minimum 50% deposit is required to confirm booking, with the balance payable 14 days prior to commencement of the charter. Upon payment of your deposit, a Skippered Charter Contract will be emailed to you, confirming details relevant to your charter, which must be signed and returned. Payment can be made by MasterCard, Visa, EFTPOS, Electronic Funds Transfer or cash. Diners Card, Bankcard and Cheques are not accepted.
Is there any paperwork to complete before we go on our charter?
Yes, we require your signed contract and authorized bond form prior to your charter commencing.
If I cancel the charter, can I get a refund?
See General Booking Information button below for details.
Wet Weather
What happens in the event of rain?
Day By Day provides excellent protection from the elements because of its covered coach house area.
We cannot offer a 'Blue Sky Guarantee'. If boating conditions are unsafe, as determined by the management of Sydney Harbour Escapes, we will offer a six month voucher where you can reschedule your charter based on availability.
Preparations and Arrival
What do you advise we bring along for our charter?
As conditions can vary on the water, it is suggested that you bring along a hat, sunglasses, sunscreen, swimmers, and seasonal jumper or jacket. Please wear white-soled shoes or non-marking boating shoes. Strictly no black soled shoes or stiletto-heeled shoes, as this will damage the decking.
Does our party need to get there before the set time of the charter?
All your party should be at the designated pick up point at least 15 minutes prior to your charter time to allow loading of passengers and gear and to enable enough time for the skipper's safety briefing. Please note, your charter will start and finish at the times on your contract.
Can one of our guests be picked up late and dropped off early from another wharf?
Multiple pick up and drop off points are not recommended as this will shorten your charter time significantly. We suggest that guests wishing to join the charter late or leave early should arrange alternative transportation via water taxi at their own cost. Please ask one of the Sydney Harbour Escapes team members for a Water Taxi contact.
Max Passengers: 20
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Peak Oil Discomforts
My hot water heater recently sprang a leak. So I dumped it. Inconvenient, but not a big deal -- quickly replaceable, at least these days. But the incident did stimulate me to reflect on temporary, annoying, but currently fixable discomforts. But what will happen when breakdowns are not so temporary or so quickly or inexpensively repairable or replaceable? What will happen when the impacts of declining petroleum supplies grow numerous and persistent?
My computer sometimes crashes. What a drag. I've become dependent upon that vulnerable machine. After a few hours or days without that apparently crucial industrial tool I begin to go crazy. Typewriters now seem so ancient, time consuming, and inadequate. "You've Got Mail" can be addictive. I enjoy the hot baths, relaxation, clean feeling, and hydrotherapy that water heaters provide. But live computers have become even more essential to me and my lifestyle than the daily baths that I learned to love so much from my former mate, who is Japanese.
I recall times when my car would not start. How frustrating. I wonder if the car sought revenge for the many nasty things I've said over the years about automobiles -- while continuing to use them. Luckily, nearby friends got me to repair shops in their still-running cars for a new battery, other parts, or a relatively quick fix. But what if the parts or people to repair my car were not there, busy for weeks, or so expensive that I could not afford them?
Some good friends recently moved from their well-wired house closer to the place where they are building their home in the forest in Hawai'i. They temporarily had no phone. So I could not easily reach them; I had to drive, bike, or walk four miles further up the volcano under which we live. Our friendship was disrupted, though we will recover. It is hard to imagine being without a phone, even for a day. Think about it.
Incidentally, we had another tsunami warning as I write this, after an eight point something earthquake on the Pacific island of Tonga. We live on an edge here in Hawai'i (the most isolated occupied island chain in the world) that provides a sometimes wild and primitive context that may become more familiar to people living on continents, as the continued and growing burning of fossil fuels worsens our climate globally. Peak Oil impacts are likely to hit Hawai'i earlier and stronger than the continent.
Storms, hurricanes, and tornadoes have shut down electricity in California, Hawai'i, the Northeast and the Midwest, where I have lived for most of my over 60 years. After a few hours or days the electricity has always returned, with its multiple gifts and conveniences. But what if it did not come back for weeks, months, years, or ever?
How long can you go without -- fill in the blank? Ever have a refrigerator go out? How long would your food supply last? Do you still have an old ice box around? Could you even get ice to put into it?
Multiple disruptions will occur more frequently with the gradual unfolding of Peak Oil -- the mid-point of our decreasing petroleum supply, as the world-wide demand climbs, especially in industrializing countries like China and India. Fixes will become increasingly more expensive and trusted fix-it skills or people even more valuable.
What will happen when there is no quick fix for a broken-down water heater, computer, car, or whatever? Perhaps the fix-it guy is busy fixing someone else's whatever. Or there is no available replacement, or you could not afford it. What to expect? And how to prepare?
Much of Peak Oil writing has been theoretical -- by geologists, scientists and other oil analysts who have helped us understand the deeper problem. They make dire predictions with heavy words, such as "disaster," "catastrophe," and "collapse." This essay does not use such words, but seeks to describe potential disruptions, nuisances, and irritants. The increase of such discomforts will be yet another sign that we are on the down side of the Peak Oil slope. Those of us who are convinced of the validity of the Peak Oil theory now need to move more into considering some possible nitty-gritty problems and potential practical solutions.
What I seek to do in this article is provide some perspective from my island-dwelling and plant seeds regarding potential problems. Perhaps readers may want to consider their own circumstances. As Ken Higgins of Sebastopol, a small town in Sonoma County, Northern California, recently wrote in an email, "While driving around the county or walking downtown I constantly have visions of 'what will change when energy is sporadic and expensive.' It's rather sobering."
Speaking of emails, an e-mail addict friend recently joined E-mails Anonymous. He realized that he had lost control of this habit, which was dominating him as if it were alcohol; many others are controlled by e-mail. Unable to give up his addiction permanently, my friend committed himself to not using email for a year. But he did not join Internet Anonymous, so he still surfs the web. Can you imagine life without the web or e-mail?
When it takes letters a week to get from the continent to reach me Hawai'i, I get worried. There is no home delivery to my place or to much of the rural parts of the Big Island. The road where I live is unpaved and there is no number on my house, which is OK. Slower mail service is a likely consequence of Peak Oil. As gasoline prices soon rise to $4, $5 and more a gallon, stamp prices will rise and delivery will take longer -- weeks, maybe even months to some remote places.
21st Century American society relies on complex, interlocking mechanical and electronic systems. This includes transportation that gets food and other essentials and non-essentials from one place to other places hundreds or even thousands of miles away.
These complex industrial systems often clash with natural systems that pre-date them, and hopefully will outlast them. Greenhouse gases already cause climate changes that damage the Earth. If we continue our extensive burning of fossil fuels, we will create even worse threats to industrial societies and the planet itself. Peak Oil directly impacts complex human-made systems; it will slow things down and eventually stop some of them. Though uncomfortable for many people, this process may not be all bad for the Earth itself. Having less oil to burn may in fact improve the Earth's climate, unless it is replaced with more polluting fuels, such as coal.
Americans already complain, big time, about what they experience as high gasoline prices. Compared to what gas costs elsewhere and will soon cost here, those prices are not actually so high. Europe's gas prices have been double ours for years. People manage there. But then, they are not as dependent upon cars and do not live in suburbs as much as we do. Many nations are also more used to disasters and wars, often supported by or even caused by America to insure its continued domination of natural resources, including petroleum.
America's response to Sept. 11, for example, was not as flexible or effective as the responses by people in Bali and elsewhere to similar such crises. Americans feel that we are entitled to Cheap Oil and its multiple "benefits" -- fast industrial agriculture, immediate electricity, the freedom of single occupant vehicles, petroleum-based medicines, clothes, etc.
When Americans turn on the faucet, they expect water to flow, often not even knowing where it comes from. My home in Hawai'i is on catchments, so my water comes directly from the sky to my roof to my water tank and then into the house. When my water heater went out, my hot water supply failed for a while. When I went to wash my face in soothing warm water, all I got was that terrible sucking sound.
On the other hand, there were unintended positive consequences to my water heater loss. I had to take baths elsewhere, ask for help, share resources, which built community -- all valuable post-carbon skills. I eventually hired a knowledgeable friend to fix the problem. We even had fun going to the dump, hanging out, and just being together getting business done. Loss is not without merit; it can create and enhance friendships.
With a flick of a switch, Americans expect the darkness to suddenly give way to the miracle of immediate light, even at night. Candle making is likely to once again become lucrative work. Fire making may return as a necessary domestic art to master.
What will happen when a large American city of many millions of people gets thrown outside its comfort zones? In an e-mail to Puna Beyond Petro, Stephanie Bath of Hawaiian Acres, wrote, "Some folks just don't want to shift out of their comfort zones. They want instant solutions provided for them."
Some people will pull together to help each other, especially in smaller cities and in neighborhoods where people know and care for each other. This will reveal our better selves. That is what I remember from blizzards in the Northeast. They can even be fun, a needed disruption in daily routines, which can help build community. But what happens when there is competition for limited food and other essential resources, like toilet paper or chocolate?
Things can get ugly, especially when the market shelves lack food. The shelves are already sometimes sparse in Hawai'i. 90% of our food arrives by ships from over 2500 miles away. Shortages are already fairly common. People regularly stock up on essentials. But such shortages have always been short-lived. If the ships don't arrive for a week, we will be out of imported food.
James Howard Kunstler describes our historical moment in his helpful book The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging Catastrophes of the 21st Century. Lets step back into the previous century. I was born before the middle of the 20th century. Our family farm in Iowa was on a unpaved road (still unpaved) that didn't have a name; our house did not have a number; and our mail delivery was on Rural Route 2. Even the highways did not have speed limits, so my Uncle Dale used to drive us over 100 miles an hour in his '62 Chevy. Great fun for a teenager. Yeah!
Most readers probably were not born before electricity reached their homes. We did not have electricity on our family farm during the early years of my life. Rural electrification finally arrived. We didn't have television until I was a teenager. Life without TV really wasn't so bad. For entertainment we watched barnyard animals during the days; I especially enjoyed the playful piglets and chickens, who provided eggs for our rotten egg fights. At night we had gaslights and Uncle Dale told stories that incubated our dreams with animals, plants, and fantasy. "Once upon a time, a long, long time ago…" are words that still trigger relaxation and comfort for me.
Some places in the world still lack electricity, phones and computers. But they have their oral traditions and stories. Modern conveniences can make our lives appear easier, but they also create vulnerabilities that are not yet so evident to most people. We are now experiencing some of the downsides of the over-use of fossil fuels and the climate change consequences. We may soon be forced to give up some of our planet-damaging luxuries.
But now I have come to expect the comforts of electricity -- refrigerators rather than ice boxes, computers and phone machines for communication rather than party-line telephones, etc. It's the loss that would be hard. I will miss the many modern conveniences and the ease at getting most of them repaired. But having already lived without electricity for years, it may not be as hard for me as some post-digital people.
"How we are accustomed to our comforts!" noted Ann Weller of Willits Economic Relocalization (WELL) in Northern California. "I returned recently from India, where the cold water bucket and small dipper method is used to bathe. It is simple, invigorating, and can be done outside even. But I find I am not doing it here -- since I have a shower!"
I am preparing myself for experiencing losses, partly by appreciating all the wonderful things that Cheap Energy has brought us. I also work to do what Richard Heinberg describes in his book Powerdown: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World. We can do things to mitigate pending problems.
As an apparently Arab quotation goes, indicating an awareness of oil's finite supply and imminent shortages: "My grandfather rode a camel. I drive a car. My son travels in jet airplanes. His son will ride a camel."
Nothing lasts forever. Everything that lives eventually dies. Even inanimate objects and inorganic matter can finally dissolve or evolve into something else. The lava stones on which my house in Hawai'i is built will eventually become soil. We need long-term views to help understand what is happening here at the beginning of the 21st century. But we may not have much time. We need to inform people about what may happen, how to prepare and adapt, and work for social change.
Dr. Shepherd Bliss has been a college teacher and journalist in Hawai'i for the last three years. He is currently moving back to his farm in Northern California, mainly to prepare for Peak Oil among his long-time friends. He can be reached at: firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Shingles occurs when the varicella zoster virus, which causes chickenpox, is reactivated. COPD is the umbrella term for a group of progressive, debilitating lung diseases such as chronic bronchitis and emphysema. COPD is the fourth leading cause of death in the U.S., according to the American Lung Association.
COPD is often associated with smoking, but a growing body of evidence suggests that it may be autoimmune in nature, according to the study researchers. Autoimmune diseases occur when the body's immune system attacks its own healthy organs and tissues, such as the lungs.
"Our results suggest that COPD, like other inflammatory diseases (e.g. rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease) was associated with an increased risk of herpes zoster [shingles] relative to that in the general population," conclude researchers who were led by Ya-Wen Yang, MD, of the Taipei Medical University in Taiwan. "To prevent the substantial morbidity ensuing form this vexing disease, it is recommend that patients with COPD receive zoster vaccination in addition to influenza and pneumococcal immunization."
The study is published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
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The new study included 8,486 people with COPD and 33,944 COPD-free people who made up a comparison group. A total of 1,080 people developed shingles, including 321 people with COPD.
Overall, people with COPD were 68% more likely to develop shingles than those without COPD. This risk was higher among people with COPD who were taking inhaled or oral steroids to treat the disease. Steroids can suppress the immune system and leave individuals more prone to infections such as shingles.
The new findings reflect what Len Horovitz, MD, a pulmonary specialist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, has noticed in practice. "COPD is partially an autoimmune disease in that there is a genetic susceptibility, and then an environmental factor like smoking brings this genetic susceptibility out big time," he says.
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While principals increasingly are moving to center stage in national debates over school improvement, a new study finds most states have little or no information about how their principals are prepared, licensed, supported, and evaluated.
The Dallas-based George W. Bush Institute was expected to release an analysis of all 50 states' principal policies and related data collections in Washington this week. It finds that even states with otherwise comprehensive longitudinal-data systems collect limited information about principals, particularly on their preparation.
"Despite the growing body of research, most states are not requiring the use of evidence on principal quality in policy," said Kerry Ann Moll, a co-author of the report and the program director for the Bush Institute's Alliance to Reform Education Leadership.
"Seven states couldn't even tell us how many licenses they give each year," Ms. Moll said. "That's a big basic-data problem."
For some states, she said, collecting data on principals "was not even on their radar," but others, like Rhode Island, are creating comprehensive systems to follow principals from their training programs through licensing, placement, and school leadership.
According to an analysis by the Washington-based Data Quality Campaign, a majority of states now collect data on teacher preparation and effectiveness, but, "you can't just pull information on teachers and principals and assume the data needed is going to be the same for both," Ms. Moll said. "There are nuances there."
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"I do think we are asking more of principals than we've ever asked before," said Benjamin Fenton, the chief strategy officer and a co-founder of the New York City-based principal-preparation program New Leaders. These include making principals lead academics, manage personnel, and keep tabs on the finances of their campuses.
Mr. Fenton was not connected to the report, but was scheduled to comment on it during a briefing on the release at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute in Washington.
"One of the biggest things we have to ask of our principals now is that they are very skilled in being leaders of leaders, developing the leadership skills in other staff," he said. "For some of the [preparation] programs, this is a bigger and bigger focus."
The Bush Institute is a nonprofit foundation that explores education reform among other issues.
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Most states make few connections between their principal-preparation programs and the eventual careers of program students, the study found. Fewer than half of states require principal-training programs to report what happens to their graduates, and 19 could not say how many new aspiring principals graduate each year.
Poor alignment between training programs and districts' needs can lead to cyclical principal shortages, Ms. Moll said—a particular problem for rural districts.
While 47 states reported they have adopted standards for principal effectiveness, Ms. Moll and her colleagues found that just 17 states include learning outcomes when evaluating principal-preparation programs. Only six states—Connecticut, Georgia, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Tennessee, and Washington—use some evidence of effectiveness in renewing principals' licenses.
"There are certainly technological challenges within this, but still I was surprised at how few [states] even collected outcomes data [on principals], much less used it," Mr. Fenton said.
Florida Commissioner of Education Tony Bennett, who just came to the post after being defeated for re-election as Indiana's state superintendent, said it is important for states to establish criteria to evaluate principals' effectiveness.
Although most states do not have "value added" systems to evaluate principals, Mr. Bennett said state and district administrators still can identify whether a principal is effective by using data they likely already have on hand: schools' achievement status and teacher-quality ratings.
"There must be fidelity between the school performance and the effectiveness of the teachers, and that is the job of the principal," Mr. Bennett said.
For example, if a school has low overall performance but a high percentage of teachers rated as highly effective, "that's a principal problem," Mr. Bennett said, because the school leader either is not evaluating his or her teachers effectively or not adequately supporting them.
"The principal is responsible for the sum total of the learning in that building," Mr. Bennett said.
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The study found more states are beginning to look at ways to evaluate principals' effectiveness. For example, Louisiana is now requiring principals to prove they have been rated as effective three years out of the last five in order to keep their licenses.
In May, the Bush Institute plans to issue a follow-up study looking at the financial aspects of school leadership. "Principals are still responsible for multimillion-dollar budgets," Ms. Moll said. "They're CEOs of their campuses, and they're not prepared for that."
The institute also plans to conduct additional surveys and case studies on principal data collection. "I believe seven to 10 years from now, we may not be talking about teacher quality and teacher-effectiveness models," Mr. Bennett said. "We will be evaluating schools and holding principals responsible, because then principals will hold teachers accountable and hold the values that drive student achievement at a high level."
Mr. Fenton agreed. "When we look at the teacher-quality talk going on, it's hugely important," he said, "but if we don't have an equal focus on principal quality, there's a worry these reforms won't have the impact on student improvement that we're hoping for. Teacher surveys consistently report the quality of the school leader as critical to whether they are going to stay in the school and career."
Vol. 32, Issue 20, Page 6Published in Print: February 6, 2013, as States 'Operating in the Dark' on Principals, Study Says
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