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Harvard shocks No. 3 New Mexico for 1st NCAA Tournament win
Salt Lake City, UT – Wesley Saunders scored a team-high 18 points to lift Harvard to its first ever NCAA Tournament victory, as the 14th- seeded Crimson upended No. 3 seed New Mexico, 68-62, on Thursday in a second- round matchup in the West Region of the NCAA Tournament.
Laurent Rivard followed with 17 points, while Christian Webster and Kenyatta Smith added 11 and 10 points, respectively, for Harvard (20-9), which gained access to the event by virtue of winning the regular-season title in the Ivy League.
"This is the No. 1 moment in my career," the senior Webster said. "The thought came to mind that this could be the last game. We showed a lot of toughness, just persevering."
The Crimson will next face sixth-seeded Arizona in Saturday's third round.
Alex Kirk paced the Lobos (29-6) with 22 points and 12 boards, while Cameron Bairstow netted 15 points and grabbed nine boards off the bench for New Mexico, which lost to Louisville in the third round of last year's NCAA Tournament.
"I've got all the respect in the world for Tommy. He does it the right way," New Mexico head coach Steve Alford said. "His staff was very well prepared. They had a good game plan and they executed it well."
The Crimson scored nine of the first 11 points of the contest and never trailed in the first half, as they knocked down half of their 10 3-point tries and shot 56.5 percent from the field in the frame to take a 31-27 edge into the break.
New Mexico netted the first six points of the second to take its first lead of the contest on Tony Snell's jumper, but Webster and Rivard buried back-to-back triples before Smith finished a layup to give Harvard a 39-33 edge just over 2 1/2 minutes into the final stanza.
The Lobos cut the lead to two five separate times over the next nine-plus minutes, but couldn't find the go-ahead bucket until Jamal Fenton nailed a trey to put his team in front 49-47 with just under eight minutes left.
New Mexico's lead was one, 53-52, with under 6 1/2 minutes remaining before Rivard knocked down a 3-pointer to give Harvard the lead for good.
After the Lobos came up empty on their next two touches, Saunders and Smith knocked down back-to-back jumpers around an illegal screen foul on Bairstow to extend Harvard's lead to 59-53 with 4:39 to play.
Kirk's tip-in just over a minute later brought the Lobos back within four, but Smith answered with a pair of free throws, and after Snell and Kirk each missed a jumper on New Mexico's next possession, Chambers buried a foul- line jumper to push the margin to eight with 2:17 left.
Fenton's triple with 1:32 left cut the margin to five, but Harvard was able to hold off the Lobos by knocking down 5-of-8 from the charity stripe over the final minute.
Game Notes
UNM fell to 8-15 all-time in the NCAA Tournament ... Harvard is making its third NCAA Tournament appearance in program history ... Harvard shot 52.4 percent (22-for-42) from the field overall ... New Mexico shot 37.5 percent (21-for-56) from the floor ... Snell finished with nine points for the Lobos.


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As part of its centenary the IWM is launching a new exhibition strand called Conflict Now to explore current conflicts around the world, seen through the eyes of artists, photographers, refugees, citizen journalists, war correspondents and so on.
Syria: A Conflict Explored
The first of these is Syria: A Conflict Explored which will comprise a series of exhibitions and events addressing the ongoing Syrian civil war and will include events, seminars, discussions etc over the show's run (until September 2017). The main element consists of two free installations in gallery 2 and gallery 4 on the 3rd floor of the museum.
Gallery 4. Syria: Story of a Conflict
In gallery 4 is a small display exploring the origins and impact of the war. It consists of three elements:
1. Half a dozen or so artifacts
- a lifejacket from a boatful of refugees from the war;
- newspaper headlines in a British and American paper, referring specifically to the beheading by ISIS of British and American citizens
- a mug and a plate with the images of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad next to Russian President Putin
- cartoons by Ali Ferzat, a well-known political cartoonist in Syria until he over-stepped the mark by depicting members of the government, and was beaten up one dark night in Damascus and had his hands shattered… at which point he realised it was time to leave the country
- one of the characteristic white helmets worn by the Syrian Civil Defence, the people who clear up after the bombings and shooting
- a replica of a barrel bomb i.e. a metal barrel packed with explosives, petrol and scrap metal, onto which are nailed some crude fins so that it can be fired from a primitive mortar at 'the enemy'
2. An eight-minute video
This gives a timeline of the war, how it developed from some acts of graffiti by dissident school kids in 2011 who were subsequently arrested and beaten which sparked protests against the regime.
The region known as Syria was part of the huge Ottoman Empire for centuries. With the collapse of that Empire and the creation of modern Turkey, the victorious Allies (France and Britain) inherited control of the Middle East and laid out borders which endure to this day, more or less. While Britain took control of Iraq and the Gulf States, France took colonial possession of Lebanon and Syria. In fact, Syria was under French rule for only 25 years, from 1920 to 1945, when, in the aftermath of World War Two, it was given independence.
Syria's subsequent history has been marked by a bewildering series of military coups (1961, 1963, 1966, 1970) until power was seized by Air Force colonel and one-time Defence Minister Hafez al-Assad. Assad instituted an Arab Nationalist dictatorship over a country mostly populated by Sunni Muslims but with a significant number of minorities – Kurds, Christians, Alawites, Druze, Mandeans, Shiites, Salafis, and Yazidis.
In fact al-Assad was himself an Alawite (a heretical form of Shia Islam) and packed his government with colleagues from this sect – which was just one cause of resentment against his long oppressive rule. When Hafez al-Assad died in 2000, he was succeeded by his son, Bashar, educated as an eye surgeon in the West, and who commentators – ever over-optimistic about the Middle East – thought would relax the state regime and help Syria transition to a modern democracy.
Whatever hope there was of that was crushed when Bashar was forced to choose whether to let the 'Arab Spring' protests of 2011 continue or crack down on them: the same dilemma faced by numerous dictatorial regimes in the past generation – Gorbachev's Soviet Union and Li Peng's China and Honecker's East Germany in 1989. Possibly prompted by those around him, by the survivors of his father's dictatorship who had so very much to lose, he decided to crack down – and the rest is history.
As the government used increasing violence to repress the protests, the protestors took up arms, dissident military units turned against the government, America and NATO refused to be drawn in and supply heavy weapons to the rebels (on the reasonable grounds that these might well end up in the hands of anti-western Islamist forces), while the opposition forces fragmented into up to a thousand different militias, among which – predictably enough – hard-line Islamist forces emerged. Combined with President Obama's strategy of withdrawing US troops from Iraq, a vacuum of anarchy opened up in northern Iraq and eastern Syria into which surged the new, super-violent ISIS militia.
While chaos spread across the country, the Kurds in northern Syria – just like the Kurds in northern Iraq – tried to declare independence and secede, as their forebears have been trying to do ever since the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918. As usual, the Kurds turned out to be the most disciplined and unified fighting force in the country, particularly effective against the Islamist fanatics, and the West and America accordingly gave them practical help.
But this outraged Turkey, nominally a member of NATO and Western ally, but which has been fighting a campaign against Kurdish secessionists in its far south-east ever since the Ottoman Empire collapsed, and has suffered a long series of attacks on civilians and police by Kurdish terrorists. While America and NATO dithered about their policy, trying to aligned themselves with the democratic opposition to Assad while also trying not to end up arming Islamist forces – in September 2015 Russia stepped in with an aggressive policy to support its long-term ally in the region, the Syrian government.
Russian President Putin has trodden a tricky line ever since, claiming at the UN and to the world at large, to be helping Assad combat 'terrorists' v while in fact Russian planes have quite openly attacked non-terrorist opposition forces, most recently at the heart-breaking siege of Aleppo.
Still, however murderous their impact has been on the ground, Russia has effectively staked its place as the key external player in a struggle which is overflowing with external interference. For I haven't explained how the two regional powers, Saudi Arabia (backing Sunni insurgents) and Iran (backing the Syrian government) have also been supplying arms, soldiers and advisers to their respective sides.
Bringing all the warring factions in the country together to any kind of peace discussions is impossible, since many of the opposition groups refuse to accept Assad's right to rule, while Assad refuses to talk to the opposition which he indiscriminately brands as terrorists, and the actual terrorists – ISIS and related groups – oppose both the others, wanting to establish a medieval caliphate in the region, while the fierce enmity between Iran and Saudi Arabia also has to be mediated.
Just getting America and Russia to talk rationally about the situation would be a massive achievement, which doesn't look likely any time soon, especially given President Trump's unpredictability.
3. Wall panels
The third element in this gallery is a series of wall panels and photos giving the life stories of nine representative 'ordinary' Syrians. They are not happy stories. And somehow, they seem completely overshadowed, crushed, by the weight of the military, ideological and strategic forces which are tearing their country apart.
Gallery 2. Sergey Ponomarev: A Lens on Syria
In gallery two (which is made up of four rooms) is the first UK exhibition of 60 photographs by award-winning Russian documentary photographer, Sergey Ponomarev (b.1980).
As a Russian i.e. a citizen of the government's main ally, Ponomarev was able to enter the country and get access to areas most western journalists couldn't. His photos are in colour, big and vivid. However, they are not images of the conflict per se. Unlike say, Don McCullin, who I've recently been reading about, Ponomarev doesn't take images of fighting men, soldiers, militias and so on.
Instead his work concentrates on civilians living quite literally on the edge of the front line as it weaves to and fro across cities and towns – Homs, Aleppo, the suburbs of Damascus itself. The impact of the war is obvious enough in the shattered buildings all around, but is only implicit in the faces of the civilians, peering out the window at snipers, leaving their bombed-out apartments, trying to live normal lives in cafes and shops while their entire country is torn apart.
There is no blood anywhere. It is the implicitness of the conflict which gives so many of the pictures their spooky, haunted quality. There's a particularly haunting one showing the congregation in one of the rare Christian churches left, in Damascus, and you can see the haunted anxious expressions on their faces. It's the third down on the left in the montage on this page:
In fact, these four rooms are divided into two distinct shows:
1. Assad's Syria
the first three rooms feature 24 big – really big – colour prints of images of civilians, the result of visits Ponomarev made to government-run territory in 2013 to 2014. Obviously lots of shots of people amid rubble, although also lots of pics of people trying to go about their everyday lives in cafes and churches. As I worked through the rooms, it dawned on me that these photos are dominated by buildings; many of the people are looking out of big windows, or are framed in vistas of buildings (destroyed or still standing), or are seen through windows or against pillars or staircases – and it's the architecture which gives many of these photos their monumental effect (that and their enormous size).
- Man looking out of a window in Damascus at the front line, only yards away
- A busy crossroad in front of a railway station in Damascus. March 25, 2014. Sergey Ponomarev
2. The Exodus
In the fourth and last room is a second distinct portfolio of work. There's a bench where you can sit and watch a 14-minute slide show of 40 or so big colour images of Syrian (and other) refugees escaping across the sea from Turkey to Greece, then trying to get across the borders into Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia, all hoping to get to Germany, the promised land of wealth, jobs and security.
- A refugee child stands near police as they monitor a stream of refugees coming into Macedonia. / By Sergey Ponomarev, The New York Times
- Desperate refugees board the train toward Zagreb at Tovarnik station on the border with Serbia by Sergey Ponomarev
These photos were taken between the 'refugee crisis' from June 2015 and March 2016. It was for this work that Ponomarev won the Pulitzer Prize (2016), the World Press Photo Award (2017) and the Robert Capa Gold Medal Award (2017). Obviously they are of people in extremes of desperation and distress but what also struck me was how beautifully framed and composed they all are.
If the Assad's Syria photos rely on architectural features to create compositions, the Exodus photos – by their nature mostly taken outside, by the sea, in fields, railway stations, wherever the refugees gathered or were corralled by the police – these have a completely different feel because they use the shapes and patterns of human beings to give shape and compositional effect.
- Migrants waiting in line in the hot sun to get the documents for registration in the center and work with refugees in Presevo, Serbia. August 27, 2015
Boats, trains, buses intervene a bit, but it is mostly the forms and patterns into which groups of human beings naturally fall which Ponomarev picks out with unerring skill. In the photo above there is a diagonal line from the heads of the people in the boat following the rope heading to the bottom right hand side, enlivened by the two figures struggling through the water. I'm not saying it's schematic or planned – just that Ponomarev has an extraordinary ability to see, frame and capture the patterns and shapes which naturally arise in human situations.
His photos are quite stunning.
The information in the first gallery, with its random objects, people's stories and short film, you could pick up almost anywhere off the internet. Ponomarev's photos, by contrast, are extraordinary, vivid, wonderfully composed, tinged by a distinctive blueish colour palette, haunting. They are well worth a visit just for themselves.
These days most exhibitions have at least one promotional video on YouTube or Vimeo: this exhibition has no fewer than twelve!
Related links
- Syria: A Conflict Explored continues at Imperial War Museum London until 3 September 2017
- Syrian Civil War Wikipedia article
- Sergey Ponomarev's website

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Maine journalists appear to disbelieve their own eyes, decline to do their own research, and prefer to quote officials instead of relying on independent knowledge and experience. Heck, the public editor of the New York Times recently asked readers if reporters should verify public officials' claims — and seemed surprised and defensive when the overwhelming response was "Yes, you dummy. And what kind of idiot would even ask this question?"
A recent local example of this was the ridiculous hysteria around gang violence and membership in Maine. The subject arose because of a legislative proposal that would have allowed a court to extend someone's jail term if they were convicted of a crime that was somehow believed to be connected with a gang.
Gangs are indeed a problem around the country. And an FBI report (which was recently removed from the agency's website) claims our state has as many as 4000 gang members. So the Maine Gang Task Force asked Scarborough Republican Representative Amy Volk to propose the bill.
But the MGTF's leader, Eric Berry, has questionable credibility. He may head a task force involving federal, state, and local law-enforcement officials, but he declines to name the other members of his task force, citing unspecified "security reasons." He also refused to say which gangs are active in Maine — though that would seem a crucial piece of evidence to support his claim that gang activity is here at all.
Then, in a legislative hearing, Berry told lawmakers gangs account for "over 30 percent of crime in the state."
Sure enough, when faced with an official claiming that there is an unseen, unheard epidemic that has become the state's second-leading cause of crime (after domestic violence), reporters leapt to publish the material without really checking it out. That quote itself was carried on MPBN, and multiple similarly credulous, long, high-profile pieces were published in the Bangor Daily News, the Lewiston Sun Journal, and the Portland Press Herald. (MPBN later reported the FBI stats might be flawed, but didn't change its first story.)
But verification wasn't that hard. The Portland Phoenix's Lance Tapley asked Berry for evidence behind his claim, at which point he changed his tune entirely, insisting he meant to say instead that gangs account for more than 40 percent of "violent criminal charges" in Portland and Lewiston-Auburn. A quick call to the Portland police revealed that they had no data available to confirm or refute that claim.
But every beginning journalist should have known the answer already, from reading local police logs, where gang activity is almost never mentioned. It's also really easy to check public statements by prosecutors and police, who so rarely talk about gangs that it makes statewide headlines when a biker gang (which we do have in Maine) runs afoul of the law.
In truth, Maine probably does have some small level of gang activity. And indeed, anti-gang bill supporters in the House Republican Office issued a statement that 24 people arrested around Maine in 2010 had been accused of membership in various gangs.
That number appears in an August 2010 federal announcement touting the results of a New England-wide roundup of people with alleged gang connections, led by immigration officers. Which leads to the apparent conclusion that the only gang-related arrests in Maine in 2010 were those 24.
That gangs are barely here is bolstered by the fact that in May 2011, when the Maine Department of Public Safety issued its "2010 Maine Crime Stats Report," gang activity didn't merit even a passing mention. The report did say that 47,820 adults and 6492 juveniles had been arrested statewide — which means that 0.04 percent of the state's arrests that year were related to gang activity. Hardly a problem, and almost impossible to determine whether it's "rising."
Perhaps it's time to form a gang. We can call it "Actual Maine Journalists." That should really strike fear into the hearts of government officials — and give hope to regular Mainers.


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Baltimore Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti isn't worried about free-agent-to-be Joe Flacco not being signed to an extension. He explained it simply: Trust in Ozzie.
How did Ozzie Newsome form this Super Bowl team? Former Ravens employee Daniel Jeremiah provides an inside look. **More ...**
"I read yesterday that Peyton Manning went two years under the franchise tag before they finally got his long-term deal. So that's for (general manager) Ozzie (Newsome) and his agent to figure out," Bisciotti said on NFL Network's "Super Bowl Live."
"Joe and I kind of sit on the sideline and we tease about it a little bit. We really don't get that involved in it. I trust Ozzie, it's always been done. They asked me about this with Ray Rice. They asked me about this with Haloti Ngata and on down the line and we've always signed them.
"So Joe's going to be here. Trust in Ozzie."
Bisciotti reminisced about the lead-up to the 2008 draft. The Ravens considered moving up to get Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan, but the price was too high. The staff told Bisciotti they could move back and get the "second-best quarterback with as much upside." That quarterback has led the Ravens to the playoffs every year, to three AFC Championships and now the Super Bowl.
No way they let that guy walk because of a few dollars. Especially in this passing league, where teams are desperate to find an upper-echelon quarterback.


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The Bangladesh government has reduced its allocation for water and sanitation by around 10 billion taka (US$ 121 million) in the proposed 2012-13 budget. This is 29 per cent less than in 2011-2012. Just two months earlier at the SWA High Level Meeting in Washington, DC, the government had committed to increase the allocation for sanitation and water supply by 50 per cent. [1]
Speaking at a press conference in the capital Dhaka, WaterAid country representative Md Khairul Islam said that the government should raise the water and sanitation allocation and bridge the disparity between urban and rural people.
Economist Abul Barkat, chief researcher at the Human Development Research Centre, criticised the current development budget for being heavily urban biased, with 90 per cent going to urban areas (including 52 per cent to the cities of Dhaka and Chittagong) and 10 per cent to rural areas.
Both Khairul and Barkat rejected finance minister AMA Muhith's claim, made in his budget speech on 7 June, that Bangladesh had the highest sanitation coverage – 91 per cent – in South Asia [2]. The two experts said the real figure was only 60 per cent [3], while Sri Lanka has achieved 92 per cent in terms of improved sanitation.
Bangladesh aims to reach 100 per cent sanitation coverage by 2013.
[1] Statement of Commitments by the Government of Bangladesh Sanitation and Water for All Second High Level Meeting, 20th April 2012, Washington D.C. Download full text
[2] Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, Budget Speech 2012-13, Daily Star, 07 Jun 2012
[3] According to the latest figures from UNICEF/WHO, in 2010 only 56 per cent of the Bangladeshi population has access to improved sanitation (Progress on Drinking Water and Sanitation: 2012 Update)
Related news: Bangladesh: WaterAid gets Swiss and Swedish grants for WASH projects, E-Source, 27 December 2011
Related web site: WASHwatch.org – Bangladesh
Source: New Age, 13 Jun 2012


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Rick Santorum in Congress: why his record is costing him now
Some see Rick Santorum as an uncompromising firebrand of a culture warrior, but his rivals are focusing their attacks on his legislative record in Congress, which bridged party lines.
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Rick Santorum's 16 years in the House and Senate are giving rivals plenty of scope for attack.
Heading into Wednesday night's debate, Mr. Santorum was vying with Mitt Romney for frontrunner status in the Republican presidential field, but wound up taking a bashing over his record in Congress.
From "pork" projects to tough compromise votes on must-pass bills, the former senator from Pennsylvania was pressed to defend decisions revisited and rescored in the glare of a presidential campaign being fought in a new era of hyperpartisanship.
Earmarks – in Santorum's early years, widely viewed as a mark of a lawmaker's clout and commitment to voters – are now banned. President Bush's No Child Left Behind law, hailed as a triumph of bipartisanship and presidential leadership, is now under fire by both parties.
A firebrand who never cooled off, Santorum rubbed many former colleagues the wrong way – few are lining up to support him – and today is frequently portrayed as an uncompromising culture warrior. But in Congress, Santorum also established a legislative record that bridged party lines on issues ranging from welfare reform and protecting unions to support for children with disabilities, notably more federal funding for autism research.
Santorum swept into the House in 1991 with an insurgent GOP class set on challenging nearly 40 years of Democratic control.
In his first year, he helped found the "Gang of Seven," a group of seven freshmen, including Rep. John Boehner of Ohio, that aimed to shine a light on abuses of a Democrat-controlled House. They helped turn member overdrafts at the House bank into a national scandal that drove dozens of House members into retirement or defeat in the 1992 campaign cycle.
Many insurgent Republicans of his era later softened their tone. Others adapted, easing into the big-spending, big-government bureaucracy they once opposed. But Santorum continued this outsider perspective well into his 16 years on Capitol Hill, railing against congressional perks, pay hikes, and, famously, even the Senate barbershop, which he said should be privatized.
When Republicans finally took back the House in 1995, Santorum had just won a seat in the Senate, where his brash, outspoken style appeared to some colleagues jarring and even toxic.
In a widely cited floor speech on civility, then-Sen. Robert Byrd (D) of West Virginia blasted Santorum, without ever naming him, for references to President Clinton as "that guy" and to senators as "liars."
"Such statements are harsh and severe, to say the least," said Senator Byrd, viewed at the time as the guardian of Senate tradition. "And when made by a senator who has not yet held the office of senator a full year, they are really quite astonishing." Byrd called it "the poison that has settled in upon this chamber" – a term picked up by leaders on both sides of the aisle.
But Santorum's record over 12 years in the Senate and two terms in the House does not fall out neatly along partisan lines. A Catholic with strong ties to Evangelicals, Santorum got his start in a district of struggling mill towns in the steel valley southeast of Pittsburgh.
"Unlike most congressional Republicans, I represented a lot of people who were poor, but with rich traditions; bitter, but still proud," he wrote in his 2005 book, "It Takes a Family" – a counterpoint to then-First Lady Hillary Clinton's 1996 book, "It Takes a Village."
The liberal vision doesn't work to improve their lives, he wrote. But the conservative vision, too, had its limits.
"I came to the uncomfortable realization that conservatives were not only reluctant to spend government dollars on the poor: They hadn't even thought much about what might work better," added Santorum, who used congressional earmarks to direct more resources to struggling manufacturing towns.
A champion for social conservatives, Santorum sponsored the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, which criminalized ending late-term pregnancies. In 2005, he rushed to Terry Schiavo's bedside in a bid to involve the US Senate in blocking a family decision to terminate her life.
According to a study by the Sunlight Foundation, he ranked No. 1 during his years in the Senate in the use of phrases such as abortion, fetus, and womb.
"The United States Senate deals with a wide range of issues, both foreign and domestic, but the ones that preoccupied Rick Santorum the most during his tenure appear to have been gynecological," says Lee Drutman, senior fellow at the Sunlight Foundation, in a Jan. 6 blog reporting on a content analysis of the Congressional Record over Santorum's years in the Senate.
As a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, Santorum helped define the Republican position on welfare reform. In a rare move, Senate GOP leaders assigned him to manage the floor debate on welfare reform in his freshman year, even though he was not a member of the lead committee on the issue.
After President Clinton vetoed the previous two welfare reform bills, "We overcame [then Speaker] Newt Gingrich, who didn't want to give Clinton a third chance at welfare reform," says Ron Haskins, a former White House and congressional adviser on welfare issues and former Santorum aide.
"Santorum is well known for making statements that seem intemperate," adds Mr. Haskins, who is now with the Brookings Institution, "but he is a quick study and a great negotiator."


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The art and film worlds intersect for a picture-perfect weekend at LACMA. Reserve tickets for tonight to see Stanley Kubrick (one ticket gets you into Kubrick and the soon-to-close Caravaggio and His Legacy), and then hop in line to see a free screening of Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larraín's No tonight in the Bing Theater.
Fresh off of an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film, No stars Gael García Bernal as an advertising executive who spearheads a campaign to oust military dictator Augusto Pinochet in the 1980s. Larraín, Bernal, and costar Antonia Zegers will be on hand for a Q&A. Though tickets are no longer available, a standby line will form at the Hammer Building Ticket Office at 6:30 pm.
Top off your movie night with Stanley Kubrick–themed dinner at Ray's ("Pho Metal Jacket") and cocktails at Stark Bar (i.e. "The Wind Doesn't Blow, It Sucks," aka "The Full Metal Daiquiri").
On Saturday night at 7 pm, Oscar-winning actress Diane Keaton and D.J. Waldie, writer and Los Angeles Times contributing editor, will take part in a free discussion about their latest collaboration, House, a book about architecture and interior design. Tickets to the conversation are no longer available in advance, but a standby line will form at 6 pm.
And then there's more art—and lots of it.
LACMA, along with eighteen other area museums, is offering FREE general admission this Sunday as part of the eighth annual Museums Free-For-All.
Though this doesn't include admission to Stanley Kubrick or Caravaggio and His Legacy, you will get free access to all other exhibitions and galleries, including Lost Line: Contemporary Art from the Collection, Robert Mapplethorpe: XYZ, Compass for Surveyors: 19th-Century American Landscapes, The Ancient Maya World: Masterworks from the Permanent Collection, and much more.
Also, while you're here, you must see the rare pair of eighteenth-century Japanese screens depicting seventeen cranes by seminal Japanese artist Maruyama Okyo that went on view last weekend. These screens are an unprecedented acquisition for LACMA, which was, after years of pursuing by curator of Japanese art, Robert Singer, granted the rare opportunity to acquire them by the government of Japan.
Sunday is also a perfect day to bring the family to LACMA. Not only can your family enjoy art-making activities and tours during Andell Family Sundays, but you can also sign your child up for Arts for NexGen, LACMA's free youth membership program, and accompany him or her to the museum for free all year-round.
Round out the weekend with a free classical music concert featuring Chamber Ensembles from the Elizabeth Mandell Music Institute in the Bing Theater at 6 pm.
Have a great weekend, and we're looking forward to seeing you at LACMA!
Jenny Miyasaki


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There are lots of articles and essays of interest to modern Pagans out there, sometimes more than I can write about in-depth in any given week. So The Wild Hunt must unleash the hounds in order to round them all up.
- Was "PaganDASH" a success in Australia? Last year I reported on efforts in Australia and Britain to encourage more accurate census counts of Pagans by asking respondents to use a uniform Pagan-[tradition/faith] format. Now, the preliminary numbers for Australia have been released, and while the total number of adherents to Pagan religions has grown, that growth rate has remained stable since the 2001 census (around 3-4 thousand new adherents every 5 years). That said, some think that results are distorted due to the way the religion question is formatted, and the Australian Human Rights Commission noted "widespread" distrust and "hostility" toward modern Pagans and other minority faith groups in the country, which could also be suppressing the official count. Still, growth is growth, and Paganism in Australia shows no signs of shrinking or fading away. (Thanks to Mark Williams for the heads up!)
- Reports from the ongoing Pagan Spirit Gathering festival are being posted over at the PNC-Minnesota site, and it seems like questions over transgender inclusion at women-only rituals has become an issue, just as it had at PantheaCon the past two years. However, the tone seems very different at PSG, perhaps due to how the event is historically run, and the process is ongoing. Peter Dybing urges Pagans not in attendance to let PSG have its process before controversy erupts. We will no doubt be hearing more about this in the weeks to come.
- Pagan author and activist Starhawk has contributed some thoughts on the Summer Solstice at The Washington Post's On Faith section. Quote: "Today, we're at a crossroads. We can continue to feed unbridled greed, destroying the fabric of community and the life-support systems of the planet, or we can learn the lessons of the cycle: that we are all interconnected, that for anyone to thrive, we must respect the balance, share the abundance, and protect the web of life that supports us."
- Yesterday I mentioned the Rio +20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, and the role played by Grove Harris, a Pagan, in highlighting religious voices for a sustainable future. In a similar theme, Survival International highlights indigenous voices at Rio+20, who note that "we understand sustainability better than anyone." Quote: "Sonia Guajajara, of the Guajajara tribe, said, 'We have come here to raise awareness about our fight and to show that this model of development is not realistic… We want to show the world what it really means to live sustainably. Nobody understands sustainability better than indigenous people'."
- Not to be upstaged by Grant Morrison's recent MBE honor, writer and practicing magician Alan Moore ("From Hell", "Promethea"), has announced that he's writing a series of short "occult, noir-flecked" films, directed by Mitch Jenkins, and debuting at The Creator's Project event this October. The first, "Acts of Faith," stars Siobhan Hewlett. In other Alan Moore news, the last installment of his League of Extraordinary Gentlemen comic was released in Britain (and soon will be in America), and is making quite the splash for some of the references it makes regarding the Moonchild (caution, spoilers!).
- Chas Clifton notes that Archdruid John Michael Greer and the Four Quarters Sanctuary are highlighted in an article on "doom time religion." Quote: "…there's nothing touchy-feely about the way Whiddon and his board of elders runs Four Quarters. Full-time residents are required to live under strict rules, including the merging of their finances, in a lifestyle that Whiddon calls monastic and which requires a commitment to an ascetic counter-cultural lifestyle that hearkens back to Whiddon's other inspirations, the Benedictine brothers and the Buddhist sangha."
- The latest edition of the Alternative Religions Educational Network (AREN) newsletter ACTION features an interview with John Morehead, editor of "Beyond the Burning Times: A Pagan and Christian in Dialogue." and Director of the Evangelical Chapter of the Foundation for Religious Diplomacy. Quote: "I think there's something of benefit in dialogue for everyone, regardless of one's religious or irreligious convictions. We all benefit from understanding, accurate representation of the views of another, civility, relationships, tension-reduction, and peacemaking."
- Photographer Lisa Levart, who produced the book "Goddess on Earth: Portraits of the Divine Feminine," writes about men and the Divine Feminine for the Huffington Post. Quote: "As we women learn to embrace our power to lead, create a better world and manifest change, the men in our lives are also an integral part of this equation. Fathers, brothers, lovers, husbands and sons; these men are with us on our journeys yet often don't have the opportunity, emotional freedom or interest to allow themselves the benefit of being informed by a spirituality that practices a balance between the feminine and masculine divine."
- This Monday is the 50th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court ruling Engel v. Vitale, which prohibited public schools from composing and encouraging the recitation of a "school prayer." Americans United has an appreciation: "Engle, in fact, established the framework for secular public schools that welcome students of all faiths as well as those who have no religion. These schools can teach about religion in an objective manner, but they're out of the business of religious indoctrination. Thanks to Engel, our schools must stay focused on teaching, not preaching."
- The Unitarian-Universalist Association's General Assembly is underway, and UUWorld has a special page devoted to coverage of the event, including the effort to pass a resolution repudiating the Doctrine of Discovery. Of course, our friends at CUUPs are there, making sure Pagan voices are heard.
- The Bay Area's TheurgiCon is coming in July!
That's all I have for now, have a great day!


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According to new reports, Moscow is where many billionaires from around the world are choosing to live. The city has topped the list and been crowned the billionaire capital of the world with seventy-nine billionaires currently calling Moscow their home.
Last year there were 32 billionaires and 62 almost-billionaires, but in 2012, Moscow has 79 billionaires residing within its city limits, more than anywhere else in the world. One of the main reasons is because of the growth in the internet business men within Russia, many of whom own shares in Twitter and Facebook.
One of these billionaires is Alisher Usmanov, the first Russian corporate leader who bet and won on internet companies not related to his core industry. Moscow is also the home to the world's 13th youngest billionaire, Maxim Nogotkov, who is just 35 years old and is the founder of Svyaznoy Bank.
In addition to the world's largest grouping of billionaires, Russia is also home to 62 millionaires who are on the verge of achieving the title of billionaire.
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Washington (CNN) -- A college senior studying Arabic says he was wrongly detained for almost five hours last summer after an airport screener found his Arabic-English flash cards and a book critical of U.S. foreign policy.
Nicholas George, 22, a senior at Pomona College in California, filed suit in federal court Wednesday against the Transportation Security Administration, the Philadelphia Police Department and the FBI. He says he was handcuffed and "abusively interrogated" by authorities at Philadelphia International Airport.
The lawsuit, filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, alleges officials violated George's Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable seizure and First Amendment rights to free speech.
"Nick doesn't object and we don't object to the fact that he was searched closely, that his belongings were scrutinized," ACLU attorney Ben Wizner told CNN. "But once that's done, there's absolutely no justification for handcuffing him and locking him in a cell for several hours."
All three agencies named in the suit declined to comment. But one official, who could not speak on the record about matters involving pending litigation, said security agents focused on George because of "erratic" behavior before he reached the checkpoint.
George, of Wyncote, Pennsylvania, said he is studying Arabic because of his interest in Middle East politics. He plans to take a foreign service exam later this year, he said.
"I want to serve my country using my Arabic language," George told CNN. "And it just seems crazy to me that for that I was arrested and treated like a criminal."
He said the incident occurred August 29 after he arrived at the Philadelphia airport for a flight to California to begin his senior year at Pomona College. When he was asked to empty his pockets at the airport checkpoint, he produced a set of handmade flash cards, which piqued the interest of the TSA screener. The flash cards had an English word on one side and the corresponding Arabic word on the other.
Of the approximately 200 flash cards, about 10 had words such as "bomb," "explosion," and "terrorist," George said.
"They asked me why I had those words. I told them honestly because I had been trying to read Arabic news media, especially Al-Jazeera, and these are words that come up when you read the news about the Middle East," George said.
He said he was in the secondary screening area for about a half hour before a TSA supervisor arrived and began questioning him in a "hostile and aggressive manner."
Noting that George had a book titled "Rogue Nation: American Unilateralism and the Failure of Good Intentions," the supervisor asked him a series of questions, including "Who did 9/11?" and "Do you know what language he spoke?" The supervisor then held up the flash cards and said, "Do you see why these cards are suspicious?" George said.
He said he was then turned over to a Philadelphia police officer, who handcuffed him and placed him in an airport jail cell while officers examined his possessions. They "appeared particularly interested in the flash cards" and a student ID card issued to George during a study abroad program in Jordan.
George later was turned over to the FBI, who questioned him for about 30 minutes before freeing him.
"My attitude during all of this was -- just answer the questions fully and honestly. Don't give any lip. Don't do anything that will arouse suspicion, and they'll just pass it by because I had nothing seditious. ... I had nothing dangerous. I had nothing that would pose any threat to anyone," George told CNN.
"I'm absolutely certain that I never raised my voice. I never got smart with them," he said.
George said he is angered by his treatment.
One government official, who spoke on background because of the pending litigation, said TSA behavior detection officers observed George "exhibiting anomalous behavior" before he reached the checkpoint. The official did not elaborate.
George "was referred for additional screening, where his behavior escalated further," the official said. "As a result of a number of factors, including the passenger's erratic behavior, local law enforcement was called to the checkpoint to investigate further."
ACLU attorney Wizner called the alleged incident "an amazing abuse of authority."
"We need to really make clear that Americans don't give up their constitutional rights when they choose to fly by plane," he said. "When Nick George was handcuffed, arrested and locked in a cell for several hours just for carrying Arabic-English flash cards, that was not only illegal and unconstitutional but absolutely did nothing to make air travel any safer.
"In fact what it does is it diverts resources from the kind of real security efforts that we need more of."
One year ago, JetBlue Airways and two TSA screeners paid $240,000 to an Iraqi man to settle claims that they refused to let him aboard a flight until he had covered up his T-shirt, which read, "We Will Not be Silent" in English and Arabic.
The man, Raed Jarrar, said one screener told him, "Coming to an airport while wearing a T-shirt with Arabic letters on it was equivalent to going into a bank while wearing a shirt saying, 'I am a robber.' "
In the settlement, JetBlue and the screeners denied any wrongdoing, and said they were acting only to resolve the 2 1/2-year-old federal lawsuit.
CNN's Carol Cratty contributed to this report.


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The words of truth are always paradoxical.
Here's my great truth, my crazy paradoxical truth: I've been so busy lately, so busy doing book-ish things---going to the Texas Book Festival...preparing for an upcoming book fair...getting everything done for our school's author visit...the thirty-two classes I see each week as a school librarian...frantically trying to locate the hundred books I'll be reading for the Cybils---that I have not had time to blog or review books or even read.
Let me say that again, so I can really think about it:
I have not had time to blog or review books or even read.
And why?
Because I have been too busy doing book-ish things.
Inspiration. I need inspiration. Mother Teresa? Can you advise me?
"We, the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, for so long, with so little, we are now qualified to do anything with nothing."
― Mother Teresa
Yes, of course. True, if not exactly inspiring. I think I need a little more, Mother Teresa.
"The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway."
― Mother Teresa
Okay. I will try. Anything else to add?
"We cannot do great things on this Earth, only small things with great love."
― Mother Teresa
Better. Thanks, Mother Teresa.


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Death at BMC Final
A shocking tragedy occurred at the Tour of Arlington, the final event in the BMC Software Grand Prix, a few hours ago. Nicole Reinhart, the Saturn rider who was leading the women's series, died after crashing and striking a tree on the last lap of the race. Reinhart, along with Mercury's Gord Fraser, was eligible to win the $250,000 series prize for winning all four events, if she had won the Tour of Arlington. After crashing earlier in the race, her team brought her back to the front of the race, and it was on a descent that she lost control and crashed. We have no other details. The organizers cancelled the men's race after learning of Reinhart's death.
Our sympathies, along with the rest of cycling community, go out to Reinhart's family and team mates.
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Corinne Stavish
Professor Stavish teaches communication and literature. She has a strong interest in Biblical literature and storytelling. In addition to being a university educator, she also has experience as a professional storyteller, communication specialist/consultant, and executive director.
Master of Arts, Speech and Performing Arts, Northeastern Illinois University
Bachelor of Science, Speech and Theatre, University of Illinois
Honors, Award, and Memberships
Detroit Jewish Woman Artist of the Year, 2001
Mary E. and Richard E. Marburger Faculty Member of the Year Award, 1999
2012 Four stories to be included in online Introduction to Literature book:
2010 Guilt Trips (CD)
2010 Sha! Don't Tell (CD)
2006 The Storyteller's Companion to the Bible, (Abingdon Press) Volume on Parables,
wrote one-third of the stories.
2005 Solidarity Forever: Growing Up Union (CD)
2004 Storytelling Magazine, January/February, Guest Editor
2003 "Holy Humor: When Risqué Becomes Risky"
in Storytelling Magazine, September/October
2001 Hussies, Harlots, Heroines: Shady Ladies of the Bible, with Barbara McBride-Smith
2001 "QUESTions!—The Foundation of Retelling Biblical Stories"
in Storytelling Magazine, May/June.
2000 "Coming to America--Dayanu!" in Jewish Storytelling Newsletter
1997 "Planting Tree," Article in The Apple Tree, (April)
1996 Seeds from Our Past: Planting for the Future, Jewish Stories
and Folktales, Editor
1996 I'd Rather Be ME! audio-cassette tape
1994 "Forbidden Friendship" in Storytelling World
1994 Women: Willful, Witty, Wise audio-cassette tape
1993 "Who Can Retell?" in Jewish Family
1993 "Slinging Stories" in Storytelling World
1993 "Slinging Stories" in Jewish Family
1992 Tales Through the Ages for All Ages audio-cassette tape
Scholarly Activities (includes, grant, conference presentations, etc.)
National Storytelling Festival, Jonesborough, Tenn.
International Storytelling Center, Jonesborough, Tenn.
Timpanogos Storytelling Festival, Orem, Utah
Jackson Story Fest, Jackson, Mich.
Phillips Theological Seminary, Tulsa, Okla.
Jewish Retreat Institute, Cleveland, Ohio
Courses Taught
COM2103 Technical and Professional Communication
COM2113 Speech
COM3553 Interpersonal and Nonverbal Communication
COM3563 Collaborative Communication for Leaders
LLT3453 American Literature, Reconstruction to the Present
LLT3713 Drama: Theory and History
LLT4963 Seminar in Communication: Bible as Literature
COM6123 Professional Presentation Strategies
COM6523 Developing the Corporate Story
COM6553 Advanced Interpersonal Communication
COM6463 Team Problem Solving and Decision Making
COM7203 Technical Communication Practicum


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Tax time: reviewing benefits for homeowners
Where did the year go? It's already March, and I'm paralyzed with the dread that comes with figuring out my taxes. The one thing that saves me, though, is knowing I reap tax benefits though home ownership. I may not understand what these are, but my accountant does, so anything that keeps her from yelling at me is always a bonus.
"If you're not already aware, a realtor can tell you about the significant savings that comes with owning a home," says Honolulu Board of Realtors (HBR) president Kevin Miyama. "Especially now, when many families are struggling financially and the economy is still recovering, the tax benefits that come along with being a homeowner are a welcome relief to many. Owning a home is one of the best ways to build financial security over the long term, providing both equity accumulation and tax benefits over time."
One of the most notable tax benefits associated with homeownership is the mortgage interest deduction (MID), which allows homeowners to deduct the interest paid on a mortgage debt of up to $1 million on a primary residence and one additional residence.
"The ability to deduct the interest paid on a mortgage can mean significant savings at tax time," Miyama explains. "For people who don't have hundreds of thousands of dollars in savings to buy a home outright, tax benefits like the MID help them begin building their future through homeownership."
Another tax benefit allows sellers to exclude certain capital gains from the sale of a principle residence. Couples who file a joint federal return can exclude from taxation up to $500,000 of any gain in their home's value. Singles can exclude gains of up to $250,000.
The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, which was signed into law in January 2013, also extended two important tax incentives for homeowners, which had expired: One is the deduction for mortgage insurance premiums. Homeowners with incomes of no more than $100,000 can deduct their mortgage insurance premiums if they were required to obtain insurance as a condition of receiving financing for the home.
The other provision is a credit of up to $500 for making certain improvements that increase a home's energy efficiency, including costs related to buying and installing products such as a new water heater, central air conditioner, insulation, windows or roof.
"Homeownership is an investment in your future," adds Miyama. "It provides social benefits, strengthens communities and offers homeowners financial stability. These tax breaks are just one of many benefits to being a homeowner."
To learn more on homeownership and tax tips, visit www.houselogic.com.


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Nokia, (you know, Microsoft's mobile division), launched the Nokia X2, a low-cost Android handset last month. Yes, Android. This was the second device in the product line and a curious one at that. Because Android.
Today, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced a change in direction that will bring the Nokia X line more in line with Microsoft's strategic direction meaning Nokia's Android ambitions are as good as dead. The X2 never had a chance.
Going forward, Microsoft plans on shifting "select" Nokia X products to become Lumia devices running Windows.
Nokia forked Android back in February to create a new smartphone platform, which it called the Nokia X Software Platform to slot in between — pricing-wise — its Series 40 based low-cost Asha devices and its Windows Phone powered Lumia smartphones.
At the time Nokia described the fork as a Lumia "feeder" — with then CEO Stephen Elop saying Nokia X devices would be a Trojan horse within Google's ecosystem by introducing first-time smartphone owners to Microsoft's services rather than Mountain View's.
Today's announcement shouldn't come as a surprise. Those following along saw the Nokia X line as a non-starter for Microsoft. Supporting the Android ecosystem simply didn't align with Microsoft's vision — even if the X line was designed for low-cost, developing regions. As Darrell stated in February, if you want Android on a Nokia phone, the X2 is your last chance.


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Governance in the consensus on development
Outline of the Community (European Union) legislation about Governance in the consensus on development
These categories group together and put in context the legislative and non-legislative initiatives which deal with the same topic.
External relations > Relations with third countries > Asia
Governance in the consensus on development
Document or Iniciative
Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions of 30 August 2006 – Governance in the European consensus on development – Towards a harmonised approach within the European Union [COM(2006) 421 final – Not published in the Official Journal].
Within the framework of the European consensus on development, which stressed the importance of integrating the concept of democratic governance into every sectoral programme, the Commission is proposing to the European Union (EU) a common approach to governance.
New approach
The Commission underlines the importance of approaching governance from a wider angle, taking into account all its dimensions (political, economic, environmental and social). Good governance means more than tackling corruption; it includes such things as access to health, education and justice, pluralism in the media, the functioning of parliament and the management of public accounts and natural resources.
In order to encourage developing countries to step up their efforts to reform, the approach proposed by the Commission is based on political dialogue, respect for the undertaking of reform by governments and the citizens of partner countries, and incentives. The identification of reforms and support measures that are suitable for each country requires an evaluation of governance in the country concerned. This evaluation is carried out using a participatory approach that encourages local players (such as the government and civil society) to develop their own analytical tools and skills.
Assuming that conditions for suitable democratic control, financial management and institutional development have been created, budgetary assistance helps to strengthen governance and institutions at central and local level. The Commission underlines its increased use and the fact that this makes it possible to tackle the problems of lack of political legitimacy and the capacities which characterise several developing countries, fragile States in particular.
The effectiveness of this new approach is dependent on the capacity of donors to act in a coordinated and harmonised manner, with respect to governance analysis tools and response strategies in particular. Within this context, Member States and the Commission have made progress towards common programming and have drawn up a code of conduct on complementarity and the division of labour.
African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries
Governance is already included in the regular political dialogue with ACP countries, and support for this will be stepped up. When the 9th European Development Fund (EDF) was being programmed, the sum of €870 million (or 10% of all programmable funding) was granted for projects in this field. In addition, under the 10th EDF €3 billion will be set aside for incentives, divided between national funding (2.7 billion) and a regional fund (300 million). Country access to this reserve is dependent on the outcome of a dialogue with the Commission concerning its own governance plan. In this context, a governance profile will be created for each country.
Moreover, governance will be integrated as a cross-cutting theme in all sectors of cooperation. This will be accompanied by the creation of new ways of taking into account the new provisions of the Cotonou agreement and the regional strategies adopted for Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific.
In Africa, governance has also been mainstreamed in dialogue and cooperation between the Pan-African institutions and the EU. The Commission is proposing increased support for the institutions of the African Union and the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD).
Other developing countries
The EU supports the promotion of democracy, human rights and good governance in all other developing countries, according to strategies based on the specific features of each region.
In cooperation with countries covered by the neighbourhood policy, priority areas for financial assistance from the EU are selected on the basis of action plans focused on governance and adopted jointly with the countries concerned. Progress made in the various areas of governance is regularly monitored. Moreover, governance is supported by cooperation mechanisms such as twinning, TAIEX and the SIGMA initiative, which were originally developed for the purposes of enlargement. Additional support for the promotion of political and economic reforms in these countries is now offered by the new "Governance" facility.
In a 2005 Communication, the Commission undertook to support governance in Latin America. It therefore intends to continue to support the modernisation of government in the region, using an approach tailored to the needs of individual countries, which vary according to their stability. The Commission will continue, moreover, to support regional integration which, since it involves establishing and complying with common rules, is a powerful vector for good governance in economic and trade matters.
In Asia, the EU will continue its dialogue with China and India. Political dialogue at regional and bilateral levels with the countries of in central Asia is bolstered by the presence of a special rapporteur on democratic governance. Moreover, governance features in the cooperation with the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and in the informal dialogues of the Asia-Europe meetings (ASEM). In the programming for the period 2007-2013, governance is a cross-cutting issue in all cooperation activities in the countries of the region and also a focal sector in the cooperation with several of them.
Associated Acts
Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament and the European Economic and Social Committee of 20 October 2003: Governance and development [COM(2003) 615 final- Not published in the Official Journal].


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Kevin Silver ('13), a sharp-eyed paleontology student, found this odd brachiopod on our field trip earlier this month in southeastern Indiana. It comes from the Upper Ordovician (Katian) Whitewater Formation. Kevin correctly identified it as Vinlandostrophia acutilirata (Conrad, 1842), an orthid brachiopod formerly in the genus Platystrophia (see Zuykov and Harper, 2007). The above view is looking at the anterior of the brachiopod with the dorsal valve above and the ventral valve below.
What we see right away is that this brachiopod specimen is asymmetric: the right side is much shorter than the left. This is a feature of this individual, not the species. Is it a teratology — a deformity of growth? Probably. It is unlikely to be from post-depositional squeezing because the shell is otherwise in excellent shape. The oddity did not seem to hinder this individual from growing to a full adult size.
(The above images are to help my paleontology students with their brachiopod morphology!)
Alberstadt, L.P. 1979. The brachiopod genus Platystrophia. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1066-B: 1-20.
Boucot A.J. and Sun, Y.L. 1998. Teratology, possible pathologic conditions in fossil articulate brachiopods: p. 506-513, Collected works of the international symposium on Geological Sciences, Peking.
Conrad, T.A. 1842. Observations on the Silurian and Devonian Systems of the United States, with descriptions of new organic remains. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8: 228-280.
Zuykov, M.A. and Harper, D.A.T. 2007. Platystrophia (Orthida) and new related Ordovician and Early Silurian brachiopod genera. Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences 56: 11-34.


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Well, this is fun. I was lucky to be tagged by Nicolette in the Confessions of a Writer Tag that she is starting. I've never been on the ground floor of one of these before and I'm very honored. It's been a while since I did one of these so let's get started
The Confessions of a Writer Tag was created by Nicolette at A Little Bookish, A Little Writerly. It is a 'get-to-know' the writer interview tag, dedicated to spotlighting the creative process, works in progress, and connecting to other writers.
Rules of the tag:
- Please link back to A Little Bookish, A Little Writerly's post, so that the original rules are always accessible to anyone who is curious and wants to participate!
- Acknowledge the person who tagged you in your post.
- Tag your friends and fellow writers – it's up to you how many!
The Questions:
- When did you first start writing? Was being a writer something you always aspired to be?
I wrote a lot of fanfiction in middle school. I'd say that's when I started writing. In high school, I took a creative writing course and that's when I began writing original fiction. I began the process seriously when I graduated from college in 2012.
- What genre do you write?
I've written in a few. My novels are young adult, historical fiction, and women's fiction. My short stories are more varied, but most of them are contemporary fiction.
- Can you tell us a little about your current work in progress? When did you start working on this project?
I have two main novel-length WIPs. The first is a YA Historical Fiction piece. I plan to start my third draft during NaNo this year. I hope to start querying it eventually, but that's seeming farther and farther away. I began the piece after college, in 2012.
My other WIP is a contemporary women's fiction piece that I wrote for NaNo 2013. I've done a second draft of it and it's out to a friend to read it.
- What was your first piece that you can remember writing? What was it about?
Well, it was fanfiction. I think it was for The Lord of the Rings, about an elf living in modern-day California. I don't think I ever finished it. I also don't think I should.
- What's the best part about writing?
Creating something that others enjoy. I love when someone reads my writing and enjoys it and wants to talk about it. Even if they disagree with what I've written, I love knowing that it got people thinking.
- What's the worst part about writing?
Solitary confinement and back pain from my writing chair. Ouch.
- What's the name of your favorite character and why? (This can be from a book by another author or from your own work. Book crushes are perfectly acceptable here as well.)
I've always loved Draco Malfoy from the Harry Potter series. "Everyone loves a rebel, Harry."
- How much time a day/week do you get to write? When is the best time for you to write (morning or night)?
Gosh, I wish I had an answer for this. Between the blog, grad school, and working full-time, I don't get much. If I'm lucky, an hour. I work best in the afternoon; after my brain is awake but before it gets groggy.
- Did you go to college for writing? Or if you haven't been to college yet, do you plan to?
No, I went to school for business and Spanish. I think the Spanish helped me understand grammar better, but it didn't help me write any better.
- What bothers you more: spelling errors, punctuation errors, or grammar errors?
I look at resumes for a living and I'm most bothered by capitalization errors and unparalleled phrasing. Those two always get me.
- What is the best writing advice that anyone has given you?
If you write, you're a writer. It doesn't matter how much or how good or how often. You can call yourself a writer if you write.
- What advice would you give to another writer?
Be bold. Write something someone won't like. Write something you don't like and see where it goes. The only way to grow is to try.
- What are your favorite writing sites or blogs that you turn to for help, tips or encouragement?
NaNoWriMo does a great site and I look at it every year in November. I don't tend to use many others, I mostly turn to my writer friends and my live-in-person writer groups.
- Besides writing, what else do you enjoy doing? What are your hobbies?
Here is the other reason I don't have time to write. I'm a triathlete and physical fitness is important to me. I work out five times a week, more in the summer. I also enjoy knitting and (of course) reading. Not so fun, I'm in an MBA program August-May for the next five years.
- What is the best book you've read this year?
I loved Andy Weir's The Martian and can't wait for date night with the hubby when we go to see it.
- What is the best movie you've seen this year?
I'm not big on movies to be honest. I thought Gone Girl was well done.
- What is your favorite book or series of all time?
Harry Potter
- Who is your favorite author?
John Irving.
- What are your plans for the rest of the year in terms of your writing?
I have a piece coming out this month and I want to start submitting more stories to Lit Mags. I also plan to do a mini-NaNo-rebellion and start editing my YA story. I'm not sure how far that will go, but I'm looking for progress, not word count.
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Connally, John Bowden, JR.
Connally, John Bowden, Jr. kŏn´əlē [key], 1917–93, U.S. public official, b. Floresville, Tex. A lawyer, he became associated with Lyndon B. Johnson, managed the latter's successful senatorial campaign in 1948, and later served as Johnson's administrative assistant. He was named secretary of the navy in 1961, but he resigned (1962) to campaign for the governorship of Texas and was elected. When President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Connally was accompanying him and was wounded. He was twice reelected governor, serving until 1968. A conservative Democrat, he was chosen (1971) by President Richard M. Nixon as secretary of the treasury and was instrumental in bringing about the institution of a 90-day wage-price freeze in Aug., 1971. In May, 1972, Connally resigned from the cabinet to aid the president's reelection. The following year Connally joined the Republican party and served a short term as a special adviser to the President after the resignation of key aides as a result of the Watergate affair.
See studies by C. Ashman (1974) and A. F. Crawford and J. Keever (1974).
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Indian Philanthropist N.R. Narayana Murthy to Accept Global Humanitarian Award at November Gala
SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwire – Sep 26, 2012) – Each year, nearly four million newborn babies never live past their first days — all for lack of warmth.
At least a billion people globally have limited — or no access — to clean water. And while almost half the world's population cooks with wood or other biomass fuels, indoor-air pollution generated by cooking fires contributes to the premature deaths of nearly two million people annually.
Enter the "techmanitarians" — a dozen international innovators who toil with unequaled resolve to eliminate these and other persistent global challenges. Their noble achievements will be recognized Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 at the Santa Clara Convention Center during Silicon Valley's leading awards program, The Tech Awards, presented by Applied Materials in association with the Center for Science, Technology, and Society at Santa Clara University.
"We are inspired by the laureates' desire to improve the world through the creative use of technology and their perseverance to this end," said Tim Ritchie, president of The Tech Museum. "Their lives and work serve as a challenge to us: Do we desire to make our work count for others, and are we willing to use our considerable assets to build a better world?"
This year, two cash prizes will be awarded — $75,000 and $25,000 — in each of six of The Tech Awards categories: Intel Environment Award; Microsoft Education Award; The Swanson Foundation Young Innovator Award; Nokia Health Award; Flextronics Economic Development Award, and The Sustainable Energy Award.
Since the inception of The Tech Awards program in 2001, 257 laureates have been recognized. Their pioneering work has included designing earthquake-resistant construction technology to creating a heat-sensitive label for vaccine vials to make sure children receive potent immunizations to building a simple, low-cost, mobile phone-based device that allows remote monitoring and operation of irrigation pumps.
"Through their outstanding creativity and conviction, this year's laureates are providing innovative solutions to some of humanity's most urgent problems," said Mike Splinter, Chairman and CEO of Applied Materials. "In many ways, the Tech Awards embody the spirit of Silicon Valley and the belief that technology can improve people's lives and make the world a better place."
As part of The Tech Awards, Indian philanthropist N.R. Narayana Murthy, will be honored with the James C. Morgan Global Humanitarian Award sponsored by Applied Materials. This award honors individuals whose broad vision and leadership help to alleviate humanity's greatest challenges. Murthy founded tech services giant Infosys Limited along with six colleagues and went on to become one of India's most influential advocates for health care and rural development.
Murthy served as the first CEO for 21 years and currently holds the role of Chairman Emeritus at the global technology services company. Infosys established the Infosys Foundation in 1996. The Infosys Foundation works in partnership with non-governmental organizations to help underprivileged rural communities in India that are focusing on five initiatives: healthcare, education, culture, destitute care and rural development.
Murthy, who has been lauded by TIME magazine, honored by CNBC and praised by Ernst & Young as World Entrepreneur of the Year, joins an impressive roster of past recipients that includes former eBay head and champion of equitable society Jeff Skoll, education and cross-cultural dialogue advocate Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan, Nobel Laureate and former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Applied's former Chairman and CEO James C. Morgan, who inspired the award.
The Tech Awards laureates 2012 represent regions as diverse as Africa, India, South America and the United States. Their work impacts people in many more countries worldwide.
During their week-long stay in Silicon Valley, the laureates are engaged in specialized business and media training, networking with leading tech companies and venture capitalists, as well as learning about the experiences of fellow laureates.
Applications will be accepted for next year's laureates beginning November 1, 2012.
Intel Environment Award
Arup K. SenGupta
Transforming Arsenic Crisis into an Economic Enterprise
Southeast Asia; India
Problem: According to World Health Organization (WHO), over 200 million resource-poor people are threatened with arsenic poisoning by drinking contaminated groundwater in Cambodia, Nepal, India, Bangladesh and Vietnam.
Solution: Use of appropriate simple-to-operate technology in rural setting to transform arsenic crisis into an economic enterprise while protecting human health.
Impact: Over 200,000 people including school children are benefiting in arsenic-affected countries.
LEHR, Inc. Propane Outboard Motors
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Problem: Small gasoline engines cause excessive pollution, yet electric/battery solutions do not provide the performance required to be a universally viable alternative.
Solution: Patented gaseous-fueled engines that significantly reduce/eliminate pollution while improving performance and reducing cost of ownership.
Impact: About 100,000 lawn and garden engines that eliminate evaporative emissions while reducing VOC (Volatile organic compounds) emissions. Marine outboard engines that eliminated fuel spills into water while reducing methyl-mercury-causing particulate emissions by up to 96 percent.
Microsoft Education Award
Literacy Bridge
Talking Book
Problem: Basic health and agriculture knowledge isn't reaching the world's poorest billion people due to illiteracy and lack of electricity.
Solution: A simple and durable, battery-operated, audio computer playing locally produced lessons that address the practical needs of people in oral cultures.
Impact: 250,000 lessons delivered to 20,000 farmers in the poorest regions of Ghana. Farmers harvested 48 percent more crops and 90 percent of maternal health lessons led to healthier behaviors.
Problem: Research shows that despite hundreds of millions of dollars spent worldwide on HIV "awareness" campaigns over 30 years, accurate knowledge of HIV still remains dangerously low.
Solution: Re-imagine the worldwide public health solution to focus on actual "education" rather than "awareness" and develop the most effective and flexible HIV education software after 5+ years of cross-disciplinary research at Stanford.
Impact: Provide HIV education with unprecedented efficacy to more than 200 organizations and governments in 73 countries, educating millions around the world, and including breakthrough implementations in regions that had banned sex education.
Katherine M. Swanson Young Innovator Award
Angaza Design
Problem: Prohibitive upfront prices for clean-energy products prevent millions of off-grid Africans from accessing healthy and economical lighting and battery charging.
Solution: Low-cost, embedded pay-as-you-go technology that allows customers to pre-pay for energy use with cash-in-hand. Remotely regulated over cellular networks and integrated with existing mobile money platforms, these energy payments are cheaper than typical kerosene expenditures.
Impact: Clean, bright light and cell-phone charging is financially accessible for over 90 percent of the base of the pyramid market.
Safe Agua Peru, Art Center College
Problem: In Cerro Verde, a slum on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, 30,000 people live without access to running water and sanitation.
Solution: Design and co-create with Cerro Verde families, innovative and cost-effective products tested by the community and implemented by Techo, a Latin American NGO dedicated to working with families living in extreme poverty.
Impact: Empower families and communities through responsible design to conserve water, reduces illness and generate social, cultural, and economic change.
Nokia Health Award
Problem: Every year almost 2 million people die prematurely from indoor pollution caused by smoky open cooking fires; these same fires contribute more black carbon than all the cars and trucks in the world combined.
Solution: The BioLite Homestove is a low-cost, highly efficient wood-burning stove that dramatically reduces smoke and harmful black carbon emissions while reducing fuel needs by 50 percent.
Impact: A single HomeStove pays for itself in six to seven months, and lowers the rates of potentially fatal respiratory diseases while saving 2,000 pounds of wood per year and averting the C02 emissions of a compact car.
Problem: 1.1 million pre-term babies die every year; 75 percent could survive with inexpensive treatment.
Solution: A low-cost infant warmer specifically designed to address the needs of babies suffering from hypothermia.
Impact: Thousands of babies may be impacted by the warmers currently distributed with 11 partnerships in eight countries.
Flextronics Economic Development Award
Grameen Foundation USA
Community Knowledge Worker
Problem: Small farmers often lack knowledge and information on agriculture.
Solution: Deploying trained intermediaries. Information and advice increases yields and profits.
Impact: Work with 65,000 farmers in more than 8,800 villages to increase yields and profits
Pamela C. Ronald, David Mackill, Kenong Xu
Rice Submergence Tolerance
Problem: Yields of rice, the most important crop for over half of our planet, are catastrophically reduced during floods. Because rice provides up to two thirds of the diet of many people in the developing world, many who live on less than $1 day, these losses have devastating impacts on farmers and their families.
Solution: Identification of a submergence tolerance gene and precise introduction of the gene into locally adapted varieties favored by farmers using modern molecular breeding.
Impact: In 2011, a million farmers grew "Sub1 rice," with millions more expected in the next few years. Yields of "Sub1″ rice are three to five folds greater than conventional varieties during floods.
Sustainable Energy Award
Eco-Fuel Africa
Problem: Clean cooking fuel is inaccessible for 30 million people in Uganda and 28 million poor farmers have no access to fertilizers.
Solution: Simple, locally made technology that can be used by local people to convert sourced farm and municipal waste into clean cooking fuel and organic fertilizers.
Impact: 6,000 families already benefiting from the technology, with 10,000 more expected to be reached by the end of 2013.
Simpa Networks
Problem: 400 million people in India, and more than 1.5 billion worldwide are without access to reliable electricity.
Solution: Simple, affordable, pay-as-you-use pricing and mobile payment for off-grid solar energy solutions.
Impact: By 2015, more than 250,000 households with access to clean energy, 6.5 megawatts of distributed solar power installed, more than 160,000 tons of CO2 displaced.
About The Tech Museum of Innovation
The Tech Museum is a hands-on technology and science museum for people of all ages and backgrounds. The museum — located in the Capital of Silicon Valley — is a non-profit, experiential learning resource established to engage people in exploring and experiencing applied technologies affecting their lives. Through programs such as The Tech Challenge presented by Cisco, our annual team-design competition for youth, and internationally renowned programs such as The Tech Awards presented by Applied Materials, The Tech Museum endeavors to inspire the innovator in everyone.
About Applied Materials
Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) is the global leader in providing innovative equipment, services and software to enable the manufacture of advanced semiconductor, flat panel display and solar photovoltaic products. Our technologies help make innovations like smartphones, flat screen TVs and solar panels more affordable and accessible to consumers and businesses around the world. At Applied Materials, we turn today's innovations into the industries of tomorrow. Learn more at www.appliedmaterials.com.
About the Center for Science, Technology, and Society
The mission of the Center for Science, Technology, and Society (CSTS) is to accelerate global, innovation-based entrepreneurship in service to humanity. Through its signature program, the Global Social Benefit Incubator (GSBI™), as well as the Frugal Innovation Lab, research in Impact Capital, and collaboration with The Tech Awards, the Center engages business and technical resources to build the capacity of social enterprises around the world. As a Center of Distinction at Santa Clara University, the Center leverages its programs to inspire faculty and students with real-world case studies, distinctive curriculum, and unique research opportunities, advancing the university's vision of creating a more just, humane, and sustainable world. More information can be found at www.scu.edu/socialbenefit.
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Turkey with Easy Apple-and-Herb Stuffing
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Apple-and Herb Stuffing
- 2 tbsp. salad oil
- medium-size onion
- 2 medium-size Granny Smith apples
- 3 c. water
- 2 tbsp. margarine
- 1 package herb-seasoned stuffing
- 1 ready-to-stuff turkey
- 1/2 tsp. coarsely ground black pepper
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 3 tbsp. all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. chicken-flavor instant bouillon
- Step 1Prepare Easy Apple-and-Herb Stuffing: In 5-quart Dutch oven or saucepot over medium heat, in 2 tablespoons hot salad oil, cook 1 medium-size onion, chopped, until golden and tender, stirring occasionally. Stir in 2 medium-size Granny Smith apples, peeled and coarsely chopped; cook over medium heat 5 minutes. Stir in 3 cups water and 2 tablespoons margarine or butter (1/4 stick); over high heat, heat to boiling.
- Step 2Remove saucepan from heat; stir in one 16-ounce package herb-seasoned stuffing until well mixed.set aside.
- Step 3Remove giblets and neck from turkey; refrigerate to use in soup another day. Rinse turkey well with running cold water and drain well.
- Step 4Spoon some stuffing lightly into neck cavity. Fold neck skin over stuffing; fasten neck skin to back with 1 or 2 skewers. With turkey breast-side up, lift wings toward neck, then fold them under back of turkey so they stay in place.
- Step 5Spoon remaining stuffing into body cavity.* Close by folding skin lightly over opening; skewer closed if necessary. Depending on brand of turkey, with string, tie legs and tail together, or push drumsticks under band of skin, or use stuffing clamp.
- Step 6Place turkey, breast-side up, on rack in large roasting pan. In cup, mix pepper and 2 teaspoons salt. Rub turkey all over with salt mixture. Cover turkey with a loose tent of foil.
- Step 7Insert meat thermometer through foil into thickest part of thigh next to body, being careful that pointed end of thermometer does not touch bone. Roast turkey in 325 degrees F oven about 3 3/4 hours; start checking for doneness during last half hour of roasting.
- Step 8To brown turkey, remove foil during last 30 minutes of roasting time and baste turkey occasionally with pan drippings.
- Step 9Turkey is done when thigh temperature on thermometer reaches 180 to 185 degrees F and thickest part of drumstick feels soft when pressed with fingers protected by paper towels. (Breast temperature should be 170 to 175 degrees F; stuffing temperature 160 to 165 degrees F.)
- Step 10When turkey is done, place on warm large platter; keep warm.
- Step 11Prepare gravy: Remove rack from roasting pan. Pour drippings through sieve into 4-cup measuring cup or medium bowl. Add 1/2 cup water to roasting pan and stir until brown bits are loosened; pour into drippings in measuring cup.
- Step 12Let drippings stand a few seconds until fat separates from meat juice. Spoon 2 tablespoons fat from drippings into 3-quart saucepan; skim and discard remaining fat. Add enough water to drippings in measuring cup to equal 2 1/2 cups.
- Step 13Into hot fat in saucepan over medium-high heat, stir flour, chicken bouillon, and 1/4 teaspoon salt; cook, stirring, 1 minute. Gradually stir in meat-juice mixture and cook, stirring, until gravy boils and thickens slightly. Pour into gravy boat. Serve turkey with stuffing and gravy.
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SmartWare Technology SmartWare Shot Dispense Kit
Turn your supply system pump into a dosing system
The SmartWare Shot Dispense Kit contains everything you need to convert your existing Graco pump into a dosing system. It's an accurate, economical way to dose material – saving you time, material and labor costs.
Compatible with DuraFlo or CheckMate pumps with NXT Air Motor technology and most Graco Supply Systems
Features :
- Allows you to dose a preset amount of single-component material with your Graco pump
- A great alternative to manual methods such as mechanical counters, scales or custom systems
- An economical alternative to fully automated systems
- Shot size ranges from 6 cc's to 1000 gal (3,785 L)
- Accuracy ranges from 0.25 to 4%, depending on material and shot size
Specifications :
|SmartWare Shot Dispense Kit
|Power Supply Requirements
100 – 240 Vac, 50/60 Hz, single phase, 1.2 amps max
|Pressure Transducer Manifold
|Maximum Working Fluid Pressure
52.5 MPa/5.25 bar
|Ambient Operating Temperature Range
0 to 49° C
|Operating Humidity Range
0 – 90% non-condensing