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With Hurricane Sandy (aka "Frankenstorm") threatening to blow through our town in the next few days, my food focus this week has been on using up what we've got, and stocking plenty of vittles for a power loss. I don't want to get all crazy about this but a) we always lose power b) we usually lose power for several days and c) there's something comforting about having a stash of batteries, firewood, and food so you kind of feel like you've got control of what is usually a pretty dismal situation...turning it into a fun adventure (at least for the kids).
On the shelf-stable food front, here's what I picked up:
- freeze-dried and/or dried fruits
- nuts (almonds, cashews, pecans, walnuts...)
- trail mix
- granola bars (ideally with high protein, Clif and Lara bars are good bets)
- apple sauce (or other unsweetened canned fruit... check labels to make sure it's really just apple sauce!)
- bread
- peanut, almond, and/or sunflower seed butters
- jam (small containers so they can be "single use" if we don't have a fridge)
- peanut butter crackers (Late July ones are my preference, but we could only find Keebler ones yesterday, bummer on the HFCS)
- turkey and/or beef jerky (make sure no MSG)
- crackers (aim for ones with high fiber and/or protein. some good ones are: Ak-Mak and Mary's Gone Crackers)
- brown rice cakes (Lundberg has a bunch of good ones)
- shelf-stable veggie and/or bean-based dips (again, single use sizes, since you might not have a fridge)
- cereal
- shelf-stable milk (single-use sizes)
- cookies and/or another treat (we bought Halloween sugar cookies at Trader Joe's)
- water (if you're not on town water)
- wine, lots of wine
- carrots
- celery
- bell peppers
- apples
- grapes
- bananas
OK, so that's what I've bought this week. Then, in addition to making sure we had plenty of pantry-friendly foods, wine, books, board games, candles and flashlight batteries, I am also spending this weekend getting ahead of the curve health-wise + trying to use up what we have in our fridge and freezer. This morning, we enjoyed a "use-up-what-is-in-the-fridge frittata". Here's my simple, go-to frittata recipe if anyone else is trying to plow through eggs, cheese, veggies and or meat! (And here's the video if you prefer to learn a new recipe that way.)
The one fresh thing I did stock up on yesterday was a lot of organic greens-- more than normal. I've got the whole family enjoying 3 green smoothies a day, since we'll likely be eating 'junk' for several days in a row. (Junk being relative...much to my husband's dismay I didn't load up on the Chef-Boy-Ar-Dee of his childhood.)
Here's my go-to green smoothie, but you can add any fruits and greens you like. As you can see above, this morning's was a combination of: 1 banana + 6 oz spinach + a handful of frozen pineapple and strawberries + water and everyone loved it. You can use any ratio of greens: fruit. When I first started making green smoothies, I made them 60% fruit: 40% greens, but now we're more like 40% fruit to 60% greens. I only mention this b/c I know several readers have anticipated that their kids won't like the taste. I say, give it a try (perhaps in an opaque cup) before writing them off. Smoothies are simple, loaded with goodness, and you just need to taste as you go to arrive at the flavor your family is going to enjoy.
Alrighty, this might be it from me for a few days. Hope everyone stays safe, well-fed and has some fun family time these next couple of days. Cheers to this not being as major as the weather gods-- or newsmen-- are making it out to be!!


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The humble stinging nettle has long been prized for its early spring nutritious and chlorophyll-rich leaves.
It is a rejuvenator of the soil, quickly inhabiting disturbed ground and drawing minerals from deep within the earth.
Our very own herbalist-of-the-people, Nicholas Culpeper understood that nettles '…consume the superfluities in the body of man that the coldness of moisture of winter has left behind.' And, as such, nettle has long been used as a herb for removing unwanted wastes, ideal for our Cleanse tea and Clean Greens blends.

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5,000 Free Limited Edition Artworks To Celebrate Elmgreen & Dragset's Trafalgar Square Sculpture Unveiling
LONDON, Feb. 23, 2012 — In collaboration with s[edition], a digital platform for collecting contemporary art, Elmgreen & Dragset invite visitors to experience 'Powerless Structures, Fig. 101', the Fourth Plinth in London's Trafalgar Square in the virtual world using augmented reality.
For the first time, visitors can further engage with the Fourth Plinth commission, which is funded by the Mayor of London with support from Arts Council England. They will be able to access exclusive content via the s[edition] iPhone app. When devices are pointed at the sculpture's plaque, users will receive a three-dimensional rendering of the sculpture, along with unique footage of Elmgreen & Dragset presenting their work.
The artists have also collaborated with s[edition] to create a digital limited edition artwork celebrating the commissioned sculpture. Designed to be viewed on digital devices from iPhones to televisions, the limited edition features a unique digital rendition of the bronze sculpture on the plinth. To commemorate the unveiling, s[edition] will offer members of the public the chance to own one of 5,000 limited editions, worth £35 each ($55US), for free before 5pm GMT on Friday 24 February 2012. The editions are limited to one per person and can be accessed via here.
Michael Elmgreen said: "The internet has created possibilities for experiencing artworks in a totally different way. You do not need to be there in a physical sense at the location to actually get an impression of the work. So it broadens the possibilities to reach other audiences apart from the people in Trafalgar Square."
Ingar Dragset stated: "When we developed the sculpture itself in a 3D format, we used the computer as well as a tool. It is a big part of most artists' working process. What you see with our s[edition] limited edition is the computer manipulated sculpture turning around, with the blue sky in the background, and it loops endlessly."
Martina King, Managing Director of Aurasma, said: "This ground breaking collaboration with s[edition] brings digital art to 3D life, augmented into the real world. People will be able to use the simple tools in the app to add a 3D model of the artwork to their homes, offices gardens – even the street. We're delighted to see Aurasma's unique technology being used to change the way people see and interact with art using their mobile devices."
Commissioned by the Mayor of London and supported by the Arts Council England, Elmgreen & Dragset's new sculpture for the Fourth Plinth was unveiled on 23 February 2012 in Trafalgar Square, London. Entitled Powerless Structures, Fig 101, the artwork features a 4.1m high golden bronze sculpture portraying a boy on a rocking horse with his right arm thrust high in the air.
Available for iPhone and Android smartphones, Aurasma uses advanced image and pattern recognition technology to seamlessly blend the real world with interactive digital content called "Auras". Auras can be created for images, objects and physical places. Users can even use the simple tools in the app to create and add their own Auras to the world. A 3D version of Powerless Structures, Fig 101 will be available on the Aurasma platform for users to place into the real world, view and share.
Elmgreen & Dragset's Powerless Structures, Fig. 101 Unveiled
Artist duo Elmgreen & Dragset have become the latest contemporary artists to unveil a public sculpture on Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth. 'Powerless Structures, Fig. 101' depicts a classically proportioned young boy atop a flat rocking horse.
The plinth, built in 1841, was originally designed to host a bronze equestrian statue of King William IV designed by architect Sir Charles Barry. Organisers said that, after 170 years, "Elmgreen & Dragset have completed the process by presenting a new take on the tradition of equestrian statues, directly engaging with the history of the plinth itself".
Michael Elmgreen (Denmark) and Ingar Dragset (Norway) are a collaborative artist couple who live and work together in Berlin. Their work often takes the form of a wittily subversive intervention or mise-en-scène. They are critical of contemporary art institutions, and restrictive viewing of the white cube viewing space. The duo have held solo exhibitions at galleries including the Serpentine and Tate Modern, in London, and The Power Plant, in Toronto. As a duo, the artists – who will exhibit at London's Victoria and Albert Museum in autumn 2013 – are known for works including Prada Marfa, a full-scale replica of a Prada boutique in the middle of the Texan desert.
Although I like Elmgreen & Dragset's work, I wish Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla's proposal had been chosen. Their's featured a working cash machine embedded within the plinth which, when accessed, would have triggered a functioning pipe organ set on top of the plinth, to play throughout Trafalgar Square.
Elmgreen & Dragset's Powerless Structures, Fig 101, replaces Yinka Shonibare's large-scale Nelson's Ship In A Bottle.
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Marketers benefit when they have more time to think strategically and spend less time on repetitive tasks. We were excited when we launched automated rules in 2010 to provide you with the benefit of 24-hour account management while leaving you free to focus on other things.
Looking across the web, search professionals have been sharing ways they've used automated rules to help manage their campaigns.
Swap ads while you sleep as Ally Malick (SEER Interactive) suggests: Save money with these three rules from Dan Williams (Periscopix) Save time with automated rules ideas by Joel Chudleigh (Deep Footprints)
Posted by Maria Nikishyna, Inside AdWords Crew
Looking across the web, search professionals have been sharing ways they've used automated rules to help manage their campaigns.
- Prioritize your time over the holidays with these ideas from Krystal Kenlan (WebPageFX):
- Schedule ads for special events/holidays
- Pause campaigns that spend certain budget partway through the month
- Pause low-performing ads based on metrics
- Upload your promotional/new price point ads in a paused state and make sure these ads have a unique identifying phrase (i.e. "Doorbuster Sale" or "Ends Friday!") so you can segment them using a text filter (another option for this is to use labels)
- Create an automated rule to pause all ads currently running
- Create another automated rule to enable the new promotional ads
- Decrease bids by 10% on keywords that trigger an ad in the top three spots but have not led to a conversion
- Set a maximum bid first, then set a rule to increase bids on all keywords not displaying on the first page
- Set rules that help you fine tune for optimal ad position (not necessarily the top!)
- Pause keywords that have had many clicks but have not converted
- Increase your bids on keywords that have a relatively low CPA
- Decrease your bids keywords that have a high CPA and a position between 1 and 5
- Increase your bids on keywords in positions lower than 7
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Domestic Llama
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Camelidae
Taxonomic Name: Lama glama
Range: Andes Mountains of South America at elevations from 7,500 to 13,000 feet.
Habitat: Mountainous grassland and scrubland, preferring dry areas.
Physical Characteristics: Llamas are even-toed ungulates (hoofed) and ruminates (chambered stomachs). They have long slender necks with small, narrow heads. They have very large, dark eyes and long sweeping eyelashes on their upper lids. Their long, slender legs support a boxlike body. Their tails are short and curved. The llama's wooly, dense fur can be one solid color or multi-colored in browns, rusts, blacks, grays, and whites. They weigh 285 to 340 pounds. They are 3.3 to 4.2 feet tall at the shoulder and 5.1 to 6.6 feet long. They have specially designed footpads that help them maneuver on their rocky terrain.
Longevity: They can live up to 24 years with good care.
Social Structure: Their ancestors, the guanaco, spend their time in herds of 4- 10 females led by a single male.
Active Time: Diurnal
Diet: Wild - Grasses and leaves.
Zoo - Hay, alfalfa cubes, grain and base diet.
Behavior: The llama is a completely domesticated animal. They are usually gentle and can make good pets, however, their owners must treat them kindly or they quickly become stubborn and difficult to handle. Their relatives, the guanacos and vicunas, live in both single-sex and harem groups. If frightened or upset, they will spit as a defense mechanism. This spit is usually made up of cud, which is food that they are chewing for the second time.
Reproduction: Sexual maturity is reached at 1 to 2 years of age. Females can give birth once a year. Mating takes place in August and September and gestation will last approximately 10 to 11 months. They give birth to a single young which is very precocial. The babies weigh between 8 and 16 pounds at birth.
Interesting Facts:
- Llamas were domesticated in Peru about 4,500 years ago.
- The llama is used primarily as a beast of burden and is the only animal with such a function to be domesticated by their native people.They can carry 57 lbs. at a rate of 15 miles per day over rugged mountainous terrain.
- At the time of the Spanish conquest, 300,000 llamas were being used by the Incas at their silver mines.
- Their primary predator is the puma.
- The llama's meat is used for food, its fleece is woven into clothing, its hide is made into sandals, its fat is used in making candles, its hairs are braided into rope, and its dried excrement is used as a fuel.
- Llamas are ruminates; meaning they have chambered stomachs that digest their meals in a very specific manner. The grass is swallowed, partially digested and then sent back up to the mouth for additional chewing before being swallowed a final time.
- They function well at high altitudes because their hemoglobin (a component of blood) has a much greater affinity for oxygen than other mammals.
- When bringing them down from high altitudes, they often have a hard time adjusting and it can take them several days to a few weeks.
Relationship With Humans: The llama has been kept as a work animal for centuries. For many centuries, the llama was the most important mode of transportation of goods in the Andes. However, they have been of decreasing importance due to the increased technology of cars, planes and trains.


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L'Oreal's Chief Ethics Officer Recognized For Leadership in Corporate Ethics
Clichy, January 22, 2016 – Emmanuel Lulin, Senior Vice-President and Chief Ethics Officer of L'Oréal, has been awarded the prestigious 2015 Carol R. Marshall Award for Innovation in Corporate Ethics from the Ethics & Compliance Initiative (ECI). Mr. Lulin received the award at a presentation ceremony held near Washington D.C.
The Marshall Award was established in 2010 by ECI's research arm, the Ethics Research Center, to recognize the outstanding accomplishments and innovation of a business executive in the ethics and compliance field. It is the first time that a non-US citizen and a non-US organization is so recognized. Past recipients are from Bechtel, ITT Corporation, Best Buy and Raytheon Company.
Jean-Paul Agon, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, declared: "Ethics should be the keystone for any company and an essential duty. A strong and effective culture of integrity is a competitive advantage, guiding short-term action and bringing long-term value. This award recognizes L'Oréal's commitment to leading ethical standards."
Emmanuel Lulin, Senior Vice-President and Chief Ethics Officer, said: "Good ethical practices are now strategic. Companies who want to be leaders in our 21st century must address them to win trust and keep their license to operate. Innovative thinking, and strong cooperation of the players, are required to address the deep ethical challenges of today and of tomorrow."
"Emmanuel Lulin is universally recognized as a creative force for ethics as a way of life within L'Oréal and for businesses generally." said Patricia J. Harned Ph.D, ECI Chief Executive Officer. "He built the L'Oréal program from the ground up, working directly with employees at all levels of the organization to win buy-in for ethics and establishing L'Oréal as a global leader in corporate ethics".
About Ethics at L'Oréal
A company's behavior is as important as its economic performance or the quality of its products. L'Oréal has been built around fundamental ethical principles – Integrity, Respect, Courage, Transparency - which have shaped its culture and underpin its reputation. L'Oréal's ambition is to be an exemplary company worldwide and integrate ethics into the very heart of its business practices.
- In 2000, L'Oréal was one of the first companies in France to establish a Code of Ethics and to appoint, in 2007, a Chief Ethics Officer. - In 2008, L'Oréal's Chairman and CEO, Jean-Paul Agon, received the prestigious Stanley C. Pace Leadership in Ethics Award. - In 2014, L'Oréal launched the 3rd edition of its Code of Ethics, which is now available in 45 languages and in Braille in English and in French, as well as a new ethics e-learning in 22 languages. - In 2015, L'Oréal was recognized for the 6th time as one of the "World's Most Ethical Companies" by the Ethisphere Institute - L'Oréal is a signatory of the United Nations Global Compact since 2003, a Global Compact LEAD company, one of the 100 companies included in the Global Compact 100 stock index and a signatory of the Women's Empowerment Principles, an initiative of UN Women and the UN Global Compact. - L'Oréal organizes an annual Ethics Day where employees from around the world can chat online with L'Oréal's Chairman and CEO and their country General Manager about ethics.
For more information on ethics at L'Oréal: http://www.loreal.com/group/governance/acting-ethically.aspx
About L'Oréal
L'Oréal has devoted itself to beauty for 107 years. With its unique international portfolio of 32 diverse and complementary brands, the Group generated sales amounting to 22.5 billion euros in 2014 and employs 78,600 people worldwide. As the world's leading beauty company, L'Oréal is present across all distribution networks: mass market, department stores, pharmacies and drugstores, hair salons, travel retail and branded retail.
Research and innovation, and a dedicated research team of 3,700 people, are at the core of L'Oréal's strategy, working to meet beauty aspirations all over the world and attract one billion new consumers in the years to come. L'Oréal's new sustainability commitment for 2020 "Sharing Beauty With All" sets out ambitious sustainable development objectives across the Group's value chain. www.loreal.com
About the Ethics and Compliance Initiative (ECI)
The Ethics & Compliance Initiative (ECI) empowers its members across the globe to operate their businesses at the highest levels of integrity. ECI provides leading ethics and compliance research and best practices, networking opportunities and certification to its membership, which represents more than 450 organizations across all industries. ECI is comprised of the Ethics Research Center, the Ethics & Compliance Association and the Ethics & Compliance Certification Institute.www.ethics.org
About the Carol R. Marshall Award for Innovation in Corporate Ethics
In January 2010, ECI's research arm, the Ethics Research Center (ERC) established an award to recognize the outstanding accomplishments of a business executive in the ethics and compliance field. The award is funded by the Northrop Grumman Corporation and honors the late Carol R. Marshall, ERC's former Fellows Program chair and member of the ERC board of directors. Marshall was known for her innovative approach to implementing an ethics and compliance program and for many hours of dedicated service to nonprofit organizations in the industry. ECI wishes to commemorate her accomplishments by recognizing the achievements of those who follow in her footsteps.
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Brookhaven National Laboratory was established in 1947 on the eastern end of Long Island at the former site of the U.S. Army's Camp Upton. Originally built out of a post-World War II desire to explore the peaceful applications of atomic energy, the Laboratory now has a broader mission: to perform basic and applied research at the frontiers of science, including nuclear and high-energy physics; physics and chemistry of materials; nanoscience; energy and environmental research; national security and nonproliferation; neurosciences; structural biology; and computational sciences. Over its history, Brookhaven Lab has housed three research reactors, numerous one-of-a-kind particle accelerators, and other cutting-edge research facilities responsible for discoveries leading to many advances for science and society as well as seven Nobel Prizes.
Brookhaven was originally conceived, in part, to establish a national laboratory in the Northeastern United States to design, construct and operate large scientific machines that individual institutions could not afford to develop on their own. Throughout the years, Brookhaven's scientists and visiting researchers have used these unique facilities to make discoveries in biology, physics, chemistry, geophysics, medicine, and materials science.
Since Brookhaven opened its doors, countless innovations and inventions by staff and visiting scientists have contributed to research in many fields. Discoveries made here have shaped our understanding of the atom and the universe, advanced medical imaging techniques, and created new technology and tools for studying microbiology, climate and pollutants, energy storage and more.


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IWOI, LLC v. Monaco Coach Corporation, N.D. Ill. May 24, 2011
Plaintiff sued claiming breach of warranty and violations of certain state laws against consumer fraud stemming the sale of a motor coach. Plaintiff sought permission to search defendants' hard drives to locate critical email which appeared to be missing from the original discovery production. Defendants contended that the email was not "reasonably accessible" under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(2)(B) and, therefore, they were under no obligation to produce it.
The court specified that the burden was on the party responding to discovery to identify whether there may be materials responsive to discovery requests that are stored on its system, but because of burden or cost are not reasonably accessible. However, that party cannot simply provide documents which are easily obtained and then assert that they have produced everything that is responsive to the request. If other relevant and responsive documents exist (or may exist), the party must say so and then say why those documents cannot or should not be produced.
Here, the defendants submitted only materials that were quickly accessible on employees' desktops and made no effort to look further, even when they became aware that there was a possibility that there may be missing documents. A forensic expert asserted that he found the critical email in two separate locations on the computer network: on a local hard drive in an orphaned, but not deleted, storage file and also on a network hard drive that had been manually backed up. The expert concluded that a native Microsoft windows search of defendants' computers would have uncovered the email and could be undertaken by an individual with no advanced computer knowledge.
The Court did not find the failure to produce the document to be a deliberate act by defendants, but that the document could have been found with minimal effort. It recognized that plaintiff (and the court) expended additional time and effort and incurred significant additional expenses searching for this document. Therefore, the court shifted half of the cost of the electronic discovery search to defendants.


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Rainer Maria Rilke (4 December 1875 – 29 December 1926 / Prague / Czech Republic)
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I may burst into jubilant praise to assenting angels!
That of the clear-struck keys of the heart not one may fail
to sound because of a loose, doubtful or broken string!
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A Facebook page called, "Pedophiles are people too," doesn't violate the social network's policies because it's controversial humor.
The Facebook page gained national attention when the New York Post began commenting about the site Tuesday, calling it "disgusting" and "crap." Facebook also apparently finds it "disgusting" but told the Post it wouldn't take down the page:
Facebook is a service devoted to helping people share and making the world more open and connected. . . . In general, pages or groups devoted to jokes, even disgusting and distasteful ones, do not violate our policies.
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Some humor on the page includes, "My other ride is a 9-year-old" and (since taken down,) "You know you skilled when you can fit 10 kids in 1 self storage box," according to the Post.
Isn't this the same social network that banned a mother for posting pictures of her son at the Special Olympics and pulled photos of two men kissing? So far, Facebook has shown its terms of service to be pretty vague and weird.


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- Due to the average speed, the Night's Edge is able to triple-hit monsters. You will need to be close to the monster to get this effect.
- The Night's Edge may be a powerful melee weapon, but its low knockback and relatively low speed severely hinder it once Hard Mode has been activated.
- If you have problems crafting the Night's Edge, drop all four swords at the Demon Altar and then pick them up again.
- If your World spawns The Crimson instead of The Corruption, the Blood Butcherer replaces Light's Bane.
- Before Excalibur was introduced, Night's Edge was the most powerful sword in the game.
- When reforged to legendary, this weapon deals about as much damage as Excalibur's base damage.
- The Breaker Blade is comparable to this sword. The only advantages of Night's Edge over the Breaker Blade is that it emits light and its melee speed is faster(though, Breaker Blade is longer in return).
- The light emitted by this weapon has a similar particle effect to that of the Dark Lance and other Demonite tier items.
- This weapon could be a reference to the Four Sword of the Legend of Zelda, particularly because the four swords used to make this are green (Blade of Grass), red (Fiery Greatsword), blue (Muramasa), and purple (Light's Bane), the same colors of the split Links.
- The name of this sword could be a reference to the song Edge of Night, sang by Pippin in the movie adaptation of LOTR: Return of the King.
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- Can now be crafted into True Night's Edge.
- Now requires Blood Butcherer in place of Light's Bane in worlds with The Crimson.
- Now emits light, akin to several other Demonite items.
- New sprite.
- Speed changed from "Very Slow" to "Average".
- Damage increased from 40 to 42.
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Conservation and Environment in Peru: Monthly Updates
Monthly Update - December/January 2006
I must first of all apologise for the delay in bringing you all the latest news from the Peruvian jungle. A trip to the UK for Christmas and the tragic death of Eugenio's son, Mouglas, meant that December and January were hectic to say the least. I am sure that all of you who know Eugenio will join me in wishing him, and his family, all the best in these difficult times and I am pleased to report that he is back at work and trying to put the tragedy behind him.
Back to business and the end of 2005 saw us with two hardy volunteers over Christmas ready to start the challenge of a new year but work still needed to be finished before the festive break. The heavy rains came with a vengeance and the river soon rose to the level of the bridge crossing the creek. The early signs were that we could have been in for some flooding, reminiscent of 2003, but fortunately the level did not keep rising and we stayed dry for another year!!! December saw the continued clearing of trails, a mandatory task after heavy storms, and maintenance work at the farm as the rain, so welcome to our plants, was also well received by the many species of weed just waiting to spring up and choke our heliconia plants. Whilst this could sometimes appear to be an endless task we also had time to receive some wonderful new residents in the animal release program.
December saw us receive two firsts for the program in the form of three Pale-winged Trumpeters (Psophia leucoptera) and three Razor-billed Curassows (Mitu tuberosa). Both these species are large and terrestrial and hence the first birds to be hunted in any particular area. We have been fortunate enough to spot trumpeters in the reserve once before but never curassows. Whilst it is impossible to distinguish male and female individuals in bird species that do not display sexual dimorphism (male and female look different) I am hopeful that we have a breeding pair in each species that upon release will help to repopulate the area. The new populations will not have the constant threat of hunters as they will occupy their niches currently available in the reserve.
The other new resident in the release program was one of my personal favourites, an ocelot (Leopardus pardalis). The youngster, whilst being a bit temperamental, is friendly most of the time and is easy to manage. As with all animals one has to learn to respect their moods just as we would with our fellow humans and volunteers and staff alike quickly learned when to enter the cage and when to surreptitiously place the food just within the door whilst others distracted the animal from the other side of the enclosure. A few minor scratches from boisterous playing are the worst injuries to date and the ocelot will be very happy when released into the reserve. As a precaution we have already fitted a radio collar so should there be an impromptu bid for freedom we will be able to monitor its activities in the area.
And so 2005 came to an end and with it innumerable successes made possible by the hard work of volunteers and, of course, the dedicated staff at the lodge. It was a year that saw the dam finally operational and pumping water 24hrs a day to both the lodge and for the irrigation of the farm; it let us receive our first visitors from other lodges keen to experience the canopy and spend a while with Preciosa; the inauguration of the bird monitoring project and its successful presentation in Chiclayo; the successful hatching, marking and release of over 500 young turtles; the first of our now annual visits by the Global vets from Canada and so the list continues... What could 2006 do to better such a fantastic year?
Upon my return from the UK I was pleased to see our first volunteers of the New Year hard at work and already into the swing of things at the lodge. The heavy rains, as usual, had started to turn the depressions throughout the reserve into temporal swamps and our now 3-year old bridges had rotten away. So it was back to basics and repairing the three major bridges on Mullet trail to provide access to the canopy and the H.O.B. blind so daily observations could continue as normal. To avoid facing a similar problem in three years time we have re-designed the bridges using similar materials (aluminium planks) to those used in the construction of the canopy walkway and hopefully this will prolong, if not prevent, the eventual rotting of the bridge.
The repairing of bridges is a task that cannot be avoided and such maintenance as with that of platforms, buildings and trails is unavoidable in such a humid environment but what of the longer term plans for 2006. You will have noticed that in 2005 there was a definite bias towards making the pilot farm fully operational and self-sufficient. That goal was successfully reached and 2006 will see the turn of the animal release program. I am continuing to struggle with the Peruvian authorities to get all the necessary permits to convert Taricaya into an officially registered rescue centre. I am confident that this year we will be awarded this status and so we have to be ready for a greater influx of animals into the program. The official status signifies that INRENA (natural resources branch of the government) will start to give us all the confiscated animals from Puerto Maldonado and as such we need to implement a better system of management for the animals.
Unwanted pets bring the risk of disease from Puerto Maldonado and so we need proper quarantine facilities to prevent infection of our other resident animals and much more importantly, the local populations in the reserve. We will need more cages for the animals that require longer term care before release, a nursery for very young animals just separated from their mother and a new module at the border of our reserve with the national park which will be our release site. The location of this release site has been chosen carefully because by releasing our animals at this point they are guaranteed safe passage whichever direction they choose to leave as they will enter either the Reserva Ecologica Taricaya or the Tambopata-Candamo National Park.
January saw the first phase reached as the nursery for infants was completed. The new module next to the river is already host to a young paca named Bianca (Agouti paca), a dusky titi monkey, Piet (Callicebus moloch brunneus) and Atila, a young white-bellied spider monkey (Ateles belzebuth). These youngsters require more attention and are fed three times a day by the volunteers responsible for them. It is just a start but the program is definitely moving in the right direction and I am confident that 2006 will see us implement a fantastic system for the management and release of our resident animals and the visit in June by the Global vets will be instrumental in helping me provide the necessary documentation to the government to obtain, at last, the official permits.
Stuart Timson
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Taricaya Research Centre
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Per AP, Tepid GDP Growth Largely Due to Government 'Budget-Cuttting'
In the first quarter of 2012, the federal government spent $966 billion. That's 10% more than the $877 billion spent during the previous quarter, and 2% more than the $949 spent during the first quarter of 2011.
Yet the party line Friday evening from Christopher Rugaber and Paul Wiseman at the Associated Press, aka the Administration's Press, is that economic growth in the first quarter, which the government preliminarily told us yesterday was an annualized 2.2% (trailing consensus estimates of 2.6%), was so mediocre because of "government budget-cutting." A closer look indicates that if anything, they should have tagged it as defense budget-cutting and never did; the rest of government spending continues to balloon out of control. The pair's opening six paragraphs follow the jump.
Also note the Animal House-imitating "all is well" opening sentence of the AP pair's report (bolds are mine):
Growth slowed at year's start but some see rebound
Don't panic yet. The government reported Friday that the economy got off to a tepid start this year, but that doesn't foreshadow a repeat of the near-standstill that happened in 2011.
"The economy is firmly on a growth trajectory," said Sung Won Sohn, an economics professor at California State University's Smith School of Business. "The first-quarter slowdown will be temporary."
Still, the January-March report was discouraging.
Economists had expected gross domestic product – the broadest gauge of economic output – to expand at a 2.5 percent annual rate for the first three months of the year. Instead, the Commerce Department said it was 2.2 percent, mainly because of government budget-cutting and a slowdown in business investment.
And some of the January-March growth, meager as it was, probably came at the expense of the current quarter. An unseasonably warm winter pulled car buyers into showrooms earlier than usual.
The same was true for housing construction. That's one reason it jumped at a 19 percent pace from January through March.
I'll give the AP pair credit for finding an economist who seems to have a pretty good predictive track record, but that's about where it ends.
That's because two of the three bolded specifics in the duo's dispatch above are wrong. The first is that they assumed, or at least seemed to want readers to assume, that government's impact on GDP is directly related to overall levels of government spending (i.e., its "budget"). That is hardly the case. Second, they equated "residential fixed investment" contained in the GDP report, which indeed increased by an annualized 19% during the quarter, with "housing construction." The two terms are hardly synonymous.
Yesterday's full report from the Bureau of Economic Analysis showed that government at all levels was a 0.60-point drag on GDP during the quarter. Three-fourths (0.46 points) of that drop came from Uncle Sam, and almost all of that (0.44 points) resulted from reduced consumption expenditures and investment in national defense, which fell by an annualized 8.1%. Per Treasury Department reports, defense spending overall is down by about 2% through the first six months of the current year compared with the previous year. Such spending during the most recent quarter was down by over 5% compared to the previous quarter.
As seen in this graphic, the rest of the government increased its spending at an annual rate of 13.9% during the quarter compared to the previous quarter. Though it's true that certain disbursements relating to April were paid on the last Friday in March, the increase would still be over 9% if they were assigned to the current April-June quarter.
Rugaber and Wiseman never told readers that over 70% of federal spending is not included GDP, because it consists of transfer payments, employee payroll and benefits, and many other items which aren't GDP-repated purchases of goods or services or "investments." Federal spending unrelated to GDP continues to explode. Snarkily stated: "Budget-cutting," schmudget-cutting.
The housing related error is also particularly egregious, on two fronts. First, their "19% pace" description is an annualized figure. The actual increase was only about 4.5%, and I believe most readers won't deduce that. More fundamentally, the "residential fixed investment" figures in the GDP report reflect home improvements as well as new homebuilding. Most people don't think of sprucing up the kitchen as "housing construction," and it's not. But Rugaber and Wiseman seemed to want readers to believe that new homebuilding is really going gangbusters, when it most certainly is not — so they never made the distinction.
The AP pair's clear terminology errors conveniently play into Obama campaign memes: first, that government "cuts" are hurting the economy, when the predominant federal government still hasn't cut overall spending from levels that are 35% or so higher than just five years ago (and where it is trimming at all, it's in defense, which is a questionable choice as the only priority); and second, that the housing industry is undergoing a meaningful recovery, which it isn't.
The weakness in business investment is where the big problem lies in generating sustainable growth. Rugaber and Wiseman barely addressed that:
Businesses splurged on software and equipment at the end of 2011 because of an expiring tax break. That stole economic activity, in effect, from the first quarter. Companies will probably resume spending again later this year.
For what it's worth, I'm not seeing a lot of willingness to resume spending in my corner of the world.
The bigger problem is that the Obama administration seems singularly disinterested in encouraging business investment, and is working on many fronts to discourage it (see oil, gas, fracking, coal, and regulatory overreach in general). Of course, the AP pair never went there.
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How to Deal with People Who Can't Park in the Winter
Mel works down the hall at Hot 104.7. We wanted to share her post with you!
As I walked into the mall Wednesday I noticed a car parked all wonky. A normal sight when you go to the mall after it snows. But is it really that hard to park straight and in some what of a normal fashion?
Being a part time mall employee I go to work at the mall a couple times a week. Even more during this time of year. It baffles me that when I look down the row of cars and it looks like a big "S" during the winter time.
Someone was as tired of it as me and left a note on a sticker for a REALLY bad offender! This makes me want to buy stickers and keep them in my van for people like this! This car 100% deserved this sticker! Check out the picture below.
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Chicago, IL – 27 September 2013 (eMOTION! REPORTS.com) – The Grand Prix Developmental Committee [of Arizona] has been created to bring racing back to the streets of Phoenix with a target date of Feb. 2015. And, with Ron Howard's "Rush", a movie detailing the historic rivalry between Formula One champions Niki Lauda and James Hunt premiering September 27, the timing of this announcement is fortuitous.
Proposed primary events are American Le Mans Series (ALMS, now part of United Sports Car Racing) Green Racing; the new FIA sanctioned Formula-E Electric series and Pirelli World Challenge of modified racing architecture that may very well change the face of Motorsports. Second year may conjoin ALMS, Formula-E, PWC and IndyCar events with support races. Third year, and possibly first year in the fall of 2015, could see an F1 event. Of particular note are plans to break ground for a new state of the art racing facility designed to accommodate a number of racing events including motorcycles, and a track design whereon the world may see the first sustained 300mph race.
"While this may seem like a daunting task technologically', said Grand Prix Development Director Myron D. Stokes, "a recent interview with "Car Concerns" Harry Douglas, concerning a discussion I had with Chris Economaki in 1991. revealed that then existent Indy Car technology, given 3/4 miles of straightaway and about 33 degrees of banking, could hit 270mph."
Stokes says it is a near term goal to initiate a 300mph experiment using C7 Corvette, Cadillac CTS-V Coupe or Mustang GT, which the committee believes will require only comparatively modest modifications/tweaking in the areas of engine, suspension and aerodynamics.
"We will not be alone in the attempt to accomplish this: Besides proposed involved OEM engineering groups, The Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory is assisting us in the aforementioned aspects. Initial testing is proposed at Talladega (site of Saab's 21 Day "Long Run" of three 9000 series sedans in 1986) with its 33 degrees of banking, and the ultimate attempt at one of the European OEMs test tracks with sufficient straights. And yes, we expect Guinness to be there for this historical attempt", he said.
Argonne National Laboratory Key Role
Argonne's most important role in these initiatives is the development and utilization Green Racing Protocols that form the core of the project's environmental sustainability goals. In this, it does not fall short. "Argonne National Laboratory initiated the concept of Green Racing and continues to provide technical support to these races", said Forrest Jehlik, Research Engineer at Argonne's Center For Transportation Research. "It is exciting that when Grand Prix racing returns to Phoenix, it will be following the Green Racing protocols. Imagine a Grand Prix race with fewer CO2 emissions than a Boston Marathon foot race; that's Green Racing."
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Echoing the comments of Argonne's Jehlik, Valley of The Sun Clean Cities (Arizona) Coalition Director Bill Sheaffer noted that "The Valley of the Sun Clean Cities Coalition is pleased to be a part of bringing Grand Prix racing back to Phoenix. This 36 hour endurance race will not only be exciting for racing fans, but will demonstrate to everyone that by using biofuels and other alternative motor fuels we can have cleaner air and reduce our dependence on petroleum fuels."
The Grand Prix Development Team
Already within this cabal of Motorsports and automotive industry veterans is designated Race Director Peter Wearing Smith of Australia, a race management veteran and auto journalist who ran an F1 team at the MACAU GP for some years; Rod Campbell, founder of PCGCampbell, Ford's Motorsports Agency and with extensive experience in the development of street racing venues ; Forrest Jehlik, Research Engineer, Argonne National Laboratory Center For Transportation Research; Paul Brian of WLS Chicago Radio Program DRIVE, long time Director of PR for the Chicago Auto Show, and an executive with Pegasus Marketing; Brock Yates, Jr., Event Coordinator of Cannonball Circuit, LLC dba The Tire Rack One Lap of America; Andrew Marriott, Veteran UK Motorsports Commentator and Race Management; Steve Brown, international event planner of Hall and Brown Associates and The Resource Group, AV, Inc; Robert E. Seaman III of ProAdvisory Group, Chairman of the Millennium Foundation and the primary force behind the founding of the St. Petersburg and New Orleans Grands Prix among other motorsports initiatives while possessed of a competition license; Dr. Tracy Joshua, A Global Transportation Logistics executive whose professional experience includes Ford Motor Company and Xerox; John Mealer of The Mealer Automotive Companies; Marvin LaBranche, MBA, MHRM, motorsports financials; Larry Weis, CEO of USAutoCom Associates, a top rated automotive/aerospace industry PR firm; Mr. Thomas H. Miner of Thomas H. Miner and Associates; Ben Ballout of Diplomatic Trade Ltd, an import/export firm with extensive Middle-East connectivity who will act as a bridge to collaborative motorsports activities in that part of the world; Jeff Machtig, co-Founder of DVE Telepresence, a virtual human representation technology that must be seen to be believed, Ed Possing, an established contractor specialist who will oversee street race construction activities, and who has constructed buildings around the world as part of humanitarian outreach; Greg Jones, inventor, innovator and CEO of Agsort, Inc., developers of advanced agricultural technologies that may change how the world feeds itself; Harry Douglas, award winning Nissan dealer and host of the global radio show "Car Concerns", Bill Sheaffer, Director, Clean Cities (of Arizona) Coalition; Alan Deszcz, Senior VP, NAI Capital and an accomplished racer; Ken Sprang, Esq., of the Washington International Business Law Counsel; business and corporate law generalist & law professor.
"These are people with whom I've worked with over the decades in the motorsports arena". Stokes says. "They are not in this for mere visibility, but to get the job done, no matter the difficulties and complexities with bringing a major event to fruition. Some are aware that our humanitarian assistance arm has led 3 emergency airlifts to the refugee camps of Afghanistan and in the middle of planning a 4th as we speak; so, it goes without saying that there are few tasks more daunting, complex and dangerous. As such, a mindset of successful race implementation is created and operative."
UK based veteran motorsports commentator Andrew Marriott, looks forward to racing's return to Phoenix and an opportunity to participate again. "Street racing is the purest form of motorsport and I welcome plans to bring it back to one of America's great cities – Phoenix. I worked all three of the old races and remember not only Ayrton Senna's great drives but also Jean Alesi showing his Formula 1 talent for the first time."
Permanent Race Track/City
Concomitant with efforts towards the world's first 36 Hour street race in Phoenix, are plans for a state of the art race track built with advanced building materials and alternative energy processes developed by the US Department of Energy. "At the recommendation of an Argonne Research Fellow, we will be reaching out to the administrators of one of the world's premier environmental sustainability projects: Arcosanti, located in northeast Arizona off I-17 in the high desert, for architectural guidance in the building of the Race Track/City", said Steve Brown GP Events Coordinator. "Utilizing the Arcology building design process as developed by legendary architect Paolo Soleri for this proposed racing complex/city is exciting to us, and we look forward to visiting Arcosanti as early as next month.
"We are also reaching out to tribal leaders of the Navajo, Apache and Hopi tribes to gain approval to use tribal lands for the Race Track/City. We make no assumptions in terms of their understanding an economic benefit; we are only concerned that they understand our respect of sacred and generational lands", he said.
OEM Outreach
Given the strong potential for technological breakthroughs in the automotive, aerospace and materials sectors, the Grand Prix Developmental Committee [of Arizona] is reaching out to senior executives at Ford, GM, Chrysler, Mercedes, Boeing, Lockheed-Martin, Raytheon, Northrop-Grumman, Beechcraft, Piaggio, Cessna, BMW, Audi, Aston-Martin, Jaguar/Land Rover, Bentley, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Pirelli, Bridgestone, Google (driverless car initiative) major suppliers and others, for their early participation.
"As a colleague once said, an extraordinary amount of technology cross-fertilization has occurred between these industries. When one considers that the conceptualization, design, design for manufacturability, manufacturing, sustainability and life-cycle management disciplines are symbiotic, the task of addressing the effects of wind, lift, thrust and drag on a moving mass is critical to analyze as a system", says Walsh College, Troy, Michigan Professor Dr. Sheila Ronis. As a national security strategist, "car guy" and rocket scientist early in her career, she worked with former Cadillac Chief Engineer Bob Dorn to "fix" the Division's Allante Sport Luxury car.
"The goal of a sustained 300 mph race and all that it entails in a manner not dissimilar to the space race, ought to fire the imaginations of those involved. We invite all of the companies involved, with their hundreds of combined years of experience, to join with us and the Argonne team to make this vision a reality", she said.
Energy Company As Title Sponsor Sought
There is consensus among committee members that the title sponsor of the world's first 36 Hour "Green" Street Race should be an energy company with clear goals of creating fuels and alternative energy processes conducive to environmental sustainability. "We are aware of the work of Sunoco, Shell and BP, among others, in this arena, and we reach out to them to join this project", Stokes said. "We also commend T. Boone Pickens for his CNG advocacy, and would welcome him aboard this quest as well."
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eMOTION! REPORTS.com (http://emotionreports.com http://emotionreportscom.blogspot.com/) is an automotive/aerospace industries research and analysis site targeting professionals within the academic, media, corporate and government sectors. The site also created a pathway through which white papers and other scholarly works such as "Crisis On Asimov: A Vision of 2085" by national security strategist Dr. Sheila Ronis; "Quantum Parallel: The Saint-Hilaire Quasiturbine as the Basis For Simultaneous Paradigm Shift in Vehicle Propulsion Systems" and "Super-Globalism: Strategies For Maintaining a Robust Industrial Base Through Technological, Policy and Process Improvement", could be presented to a broadened yet specific audience.
Publisher Myron D. Stokes is an award winning veteran automotive/aerospace industry analyst and spent several years as an industry correspondent for Newsweek, Newsweek Japan and Newsweek International. His work as an journalist with special emphasis on business and technology has been published in a variety of other major print mediums including the Detroit News, Changing Times Magazine, Auto Week and corporate publications. Over the years, he has provided major corporations and media groups with "deep background" analyses that have helped shape the direction of some of the most significant news stories and industry strategies.
After outlining a strategy to expand industry coverage for Newsweek Magazine in November of 1991, he worked in the capacity of industry correspondent and investigative reporter. His reporting included in-depth assessments of the "shake- up" at GM, the much publicized industrial espionage charges against former GM supplier executive Dr. Ignacio Lopez; the hazards of doing business in China; the viability of Electric Vehicles which centered on advanced battery technology in both the private sector and military (Newsweek International edition); the difficulties then facing Japan's auto industry and the comeback of the Big Three (Newsweek Japan).
In recent years, he has covered some of the most recognized stories in automotive, aerospace and general interest. These include the Kirk Kerkorian Chrysler takeover attempt; the GM C/K truck controversy; the U.S./Japan trade issue (Newsweek Japan) which required significant interaction with then Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown; data for Newsweek cover story (4/95) on Airline Safety; investigative analysis of possible collusion between the warring governments of Bosnia President Alijah Izetbegovich and Serbia President Slobodan Milosevic along with uncovering of plan to re-implement ethnic cleansing prior to Srebenica massacre (6/95); and the Oklahoma City bombing.
His ability to thoroughly and accurately report and analyze issues of substance garnered himself and former Newsweek Detroit Bureau Chief Frank Washington first place in the coveted Detroit Press Club International Golden Wheel Award for Automotive Journalism in 1995. This competition, judged by professors from the University of Nebraska School of Journalism, included entries from 110 journalists in five countries. Business Week took second place. Stokes was also privileged to function as acting Detroit Bureau Chief for Newsweek.
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Over at Passion for promarkers challenge this week we are celebrating the change of design teams with a blog hop. I'm sure you are as excited as I am as there are lots of lovely goodies up for grabs!! We also have a few new faces(including me,eek) on the design team so I hope you will leave them a nice comment to welcome them .
Firstly if you've arrived at my blog from Michele`s blog you are in the right place, if not return to the challenge blog and start your hop again. Our blog hop challenge will last for 2 weeks so you have plenty of time to enter your card (or cards) and hop around the whole design team.
Our challenge theme for the next two weeks is "old & new" i.e. a brand new stamp/digi with old papers etc. Please can you tell us your old and new items in your post. Don't forget to use your promarkers or aqua markers to be included in our prize draw.
so heres my card :D
As you've read on the challenge blog the design team are also offering some candy of their own, so please leave me a comment on this post and I will randomly draw a winner for a promarker prize courtesy of Letraset.
You also have a "mystery word" to find and my contribution is the letter "E". Make a note of my letter and then proceed to Sarah for the next part of the hop. If you get lost on the hop at all just return to the challenge blog for full directions.
I just want to let you know the wonderful prizes up for grabs for our blog hop challenge:
Letraset are offering a full set of Aqua Markers to one lucky winner *woohoo*.
Wendy at The Secret Crafter is offering a Basic Grey 'Oliver' paper pad
Emma at Crafty Emma's Store is offering a 12 pack of Aqua Markers
Sally-Ann from DigiStamp Boutique is offering 6 digi images from her shop
I hope you will be able to join in with our challenge and also have fun taking part in our blog hop. Don't forget you need to "hop" on over to Sarah now and leave her a comment and collect your next "mystery" letter. Have fun and good luck!
well theres my secret out too.thanks to the fab ladies for asking me to join their very talented team.
have fun on the hop and i look forward to seeing all your fab entries :D
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Fox newsman Bill O'Reilly has landed a Super Bowl Sunday sitdown with President Obama.
The president has a custom of granting a pre-game interview to the network that is broadcasting the Super Bowl, according to White House spokesman Josh Earnest. Last year, it was with Katie Couric on CBS. O'Reilly is the "fair and balanced" network's biggest personality, and he interviewed Obama two months prior to his election in 2008.
The White House has sparred with Fox, which many perceive to be a conservative-slanted network run by former Republican operative Roger Ailes. But Obama did have a sit-down with Fox anchor Bret Baier last March.
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Secretary Clinton is a forceful and effective champion for women's rights. In the case of Afghanistan, the Secretary is dedicated to ensuring that women's rights will not be negotiated away in the name of peace. As she said in Kabul in July, "If women are silenced or marginalized, prospects for peace and justice will be subverted."
Working with Afghans in the halls of government and in towns and villages, the Obama Administration is committed to safeguarding women's rights and to ensuring that Afghan women will be represented during the ongoing reintegration and reconciliation process. I know first-hand that the inclusion of women is essential to promoting and sustaining peace and security. This is true everywhere around the world, and no less so in Afghanistan.
On August 8-12, I traveled to Afghanistan. Throughout all my meetings with President Karzai, Presidential Advisor Stanekzai, female ministers, members of civil society, Parliament, civil service, and businesswomen, I reiterated the message that Secretary Clinton delivered during her participation in the July Kabul Conference, that women are integral to peace and security. The main goals of my trip were to focus public attention on women's political inclusion as Afghanistan embarks on its new reintegration process, and to bring awareness to women's security needs and their participation in the upcoming September parliamentary elections. The upcoming elections hold a great deal of promise for Afghanistan's future. Female candidates need security; sufficient numbers of women need to be trained to monitor the polling stations, and adequate numbers of female security staff are needed at the polling stations if women are to be able to participate. The 419 women who have signed up to run for parliament need our support.
Supporting women's equality goes beyond the September elections, however. It also means ensuring the rights of women and girls to attend school, to participate fully in their government and political processes, to establish businesses, to have access to justice, and to live free from violence in their homes, workplaces, and communities.
In my meetings with mid- and high-level businesswomen and financial experts, I realized that we have a lot of work ahead of us if women are to be active participants in growing the Afghan economy. They need access to credit and markets. During my trip, we also announced a new public-private partnership with the Kate Spade Foundation and the NGO Women for Women International. These organizations will extend their existing partnership to Afghanistan, combining traditional Afghan handicrafts with Kate Spade's aesthetic to develop new products that will be sold in Kate Spade stores around the world. The initiative aims to create sustainable employment for 1,000-1,500 Afghan women. With innovative programs like these, we are empowering the women of Afghanistan to take control of their own future.
We are working to build Afghan communities' capacity to address the health and education problems I hear about every day. At the Kabul Conference, the Secretary announced a USD 37 million program focused on maternal and children's health, which will nearly double the number of midwives in the next four years and increase the number of female community health nurses throughout the country. The program will support health advocacy campaigns in which religious and community leaders play a major role. During my trip, I joined Acting Health Minister Dalil for the launch of the U.S.-Egypt-Afghan midwife training program. Thirty midwives will travel to the Suzanne Mubarak Center for Women's Health and Development in Alexandria, Egypt, for enhanced training.
When I visited the Blue Mosque in Mazar-e-Sharif, a mosque that has religious and educational programs for women, the imam stressed that violations of women's rights in the name of Islam contradict the essence of Islam. Promoting education about, and awareness of, women's rights within Islam, and emphasizing that there is no place for violence against women within the religion will help reduce violence against women. We are looking at ways to engage other Muslim countries to develop curricula and work with more imams who understand that Islam and women's rights are compatible.
In my visits to Afghanistan, women have told me about the struggles they face and the work they have undertaken to build a better future. The stories are heartrending. Women in Afghanistan are making extraordinary contributions to their country, whether as activists, civil society leaders, members of parliament, or other members of government. The words of one young Afghan activist still ring in my ears. She said, "Don't look at us as victims, but as the leaders we are."
I believe that the Government of Afghanistan and the country as a whole will benefit immensely if there is strengthened investment in Afghan women. No country can progress if its women are left behind, and no country can achieve peace and security if women do not play a key role in the process.


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The sign, written in French, says: Entry forbidden for non-Muslim. During the day, this applies to the centre of Moulay Idriss. At night to the whole town.
This town is named after the prominent Moroccan saint, Moulay Idriss. He was a descendant of Muhammad, of the fourth generation, and died by murder hand in 792. He had then spent five years in Morocco, in which time he had established a new dynasty, that survived his death. Moreover, he had founded the cities of Fez, and the one that was called after him.
Moulay Idriss is a holy town, even if little is ascribed to Moulay Idriss himself, without referring to Muhammad and Ali. The tomb and shrine of his are situated in an elevated position between two hills. The town is one big structure around the tomb, and many in the town live of commercial activities that follow in the trails of any large religious activity. Tourism on the other hand, is little welcomed, and non-Muslims are firmly asked to stay out of the town at night.
Overlooking the town is a way of getting around the regulations on not letting anyone outside the Muslim community, into any holy area. You climb up one of the hills (this is not considered as an unfriendly act), but you should seriously consider a guide, as many roads lead into blind alleys.
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Dates, 9/24-9/28/15 (Th-Mon). 321 Republicans and independents who lean R .Margin of error 6.5%.
Trump 20
Carson 16
Rubio 14
Fiorina 11
Bush 7
Cruz 5
Christie 3
Huckabee 3
Kasich 3
Chart below: Where Walker supporters went:
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9/30/15, "MU Poll: Trump takes over lead in Wisconsin," wisn.com, Milwaukee
"With Gov. Scott Walker out of the race, the Marquette University Law School poll released Wednesday showed 20 percent of Republicans favor Donald Trump
for president, followed by Ben Carson at 16 percent and Marco Rubio at 14 percent. Related Carly Fiorina has 11 percent of the support followed by Jeb Bush with 7 percent, Ted Cruz with 5 percent, and Mike Huckabee, Chris Christie, and John Kasich each at 3 percent.
On the Democratic side, Hillary Rodham Clinton was ahead with 42 percent followed by Bernie Sanders at 30 percent and Joe Biden, who hasn't announced a run, with 17 percent.
The questions about partisan preferences for president had smaller sample sizes and larger margins of error - 6.5 percentage points for Republicans, 5.9 percentage points for Democrats....
Walker abruptly dropped out on Sept. 21. He said he was not interested in taking a Cabinet position and is undecided about seeking a third term....
The poll of 803 registered voters was done between Sept. 24 and Monday. The margin of error is plus or minus 4.1 percentage points [for all voters combined]."
9/30/15, "Marquette Law School poll: Gov. Walker job approval rating at 37%, a new low," fox6now.com, Milwaukee
"In another blow to the governor, many supporters of his failed presidential campaign said they had shifted their support to Donald Trump. Walker on Sept. 21 said he was quitting the race -- and calling on other candidates to do the same -- in the hopes of another Republican defeating Trump.
Instead, 22 percent of Walker's supporters moved to Trump's camp, enough to vault Trump into first place among Wisconsin Republican primary voters.
"Ironically, he`s provided a reservoir of additional support for Trump," said Charles Franklin, director of the MU Law poll....
Independent voters have abandoned Walker as the governor shifted to the right during the presidential campaign. The contentious state budget may have also played a role, Franklin said.
"The question I think is more one of whether he can reassemble the public support he had," Franklin said, noting that independent voters carried Walker to each of his gubernatorial victories.
In the GOP presidential race, Trump leads in Wisconsin with 20 percent. Ben Carson is second with 16 percent, then Marco Rubio at 14 percent and Carly Fiorina at 11 percent.
The remainder of the field includes Jeb Bush at 7 percent, Ted Cruz and Rand Paul each at 5 percent, and Mike Huckabee, Chris Christie and John Kasich each at 3 percent. No other candidate received more than 1 percent support.
Trump shows a significant gain from August when he was supported by just 9 percent of Wisconsin Republicans. On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton has opened a slightly wider leader over Bernie Sanders. Clinton got 42 percent, while Sanders had 30 percent and Joe Biden had 17 percent. No other candidate received more than 1 percent support....
About the Marquette Law School Poll
The Marquette Law School Poll is the most extensive statewide polling project in Wisconsin history. This poll interviewed 803 registered Wisconsin voters, by both landline and cell phone, from September 24-28, 2015. The margin of error is +/- 4.1 percentage points for the full sample. For Republicans and independents who lean toward the Republican Party, the sample size is 321, with a margin of error of +/- 6.5 percentage points. For Democrats and independents who lean toward the Democratic Party, the sample size is 394, with a margin of error of +/-5.9 percentage points. Republican and Democratic presidential primary items were asked of the corresponding party samples.
The partisan makeup of this sample, including those who lean to a party, is 40 percent Republican, 49 percent Democratic and 9 percent independent. The long-term estimate over the previous 29 statewide Marquette polls, with 25,121 respondents, is 43 percent Republican and 47 percent Democratic, with 9 percent independent. The partisan makeup excluding those who lean to a party is 25 percent Republican, 30 percent Democratic and 41 percent independent, compared to the long-term estimate of 27 percent Republican, 31 percent Democratic and 38 percent independent.
The entire questionnaire, full results, and breakdowns by demographic groups are available at http://law.marquette.edu/poll."
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By DAVID GREEN
ProMedica Health Systems will move forward with plans to move its Morenci services into the Charles Fay Manor building.
ProMedica awaits word from the Morenci city council stating its preference for the former hospital building.
After ProMedica abandons the building, the structure will likely be donated to the city or else the building will be demolished and the land donated to the city.
Board support for the donation has been discussed, said ProMedica senior vice-president for continuing care Lori Johnston, but final approval is still needed.
Johnston said the company will move ahead with a survey of the land and a Phase I environmental scan.
"We're working on preliminary plans for moving the senior center and Dr. Gray's office," she said. "We haven't figured out all the logistics, but [Dr. Gray's office] is very supportive. They really struggle with accessibility issues."
Johnston said the board is quite certain of its position on the hospital building.
"We've come to the point where we know we need to move," she said. "It doesn't make sense to invest money in that building."
"Everything is very preliminary, but we would like to complete the move by the end of the year."
Johnston acknowledged that the Fay Manor looks like a real mess after a water leak over the winter, but it can probably be refurbished in about 60 days.
The kitchen needs to be enlarged, she said, and partitioning of some areas is needed.
Old hospital
If the city doesn't have an interest in using or leasing the hospital building, ProMedica would have the structure demolished and donate approximately five acres of land to the city.
The donation would come with some restrictions, Johnston said. ProMedica would not want anything that would compete with its existing services. The board would want to examine suggested services before allowing them.
A nursing home would be acceptable, she said, but radiology might not because in the future, physicians might offer that service in their offices.
Council member Tracy Schell asked if there was a time constraint on when the city would need to decide whether or not to accept the hospital building.
Once ProMedica has moved out, they won't want to continue maintaining it, Johnston said.
Schell asked if ProMedica would consider giving the city cash totaling the expected cost of demolition ($200,000). That would give the city additional time to attempt a lease.
Johnston said she would have to check with the board. She noted that liability for the building and the cost of maintaining it would go to the city if that approach were taken.
Council member Keith Pennington asked for clarification on the term "green space." Any environmental issues would be taken care of, Johnston said, and the land would be graded and seeded. Details would be more specific in a contract.
The city attorney will study the final paperwork before council makes a decision, Pennington said.
ProMedica will continue with its plans, Johnston said, but needs direction from the city.
City administrator/clerk Renée Schroeder said she's heard a suggestion to turn the building into a fitness center and another to create apartments. Neither was a proposal with any money behind the suggestion, but only ideas.


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Cakespy: Homemade Samoas Girl Scout Cookies Recipe
Quirky, cute, sometimes controversial, always delicious recipes from Jessie Oleson.
Jessie Oleson (aka Cakespy) drops by every Monday to share a delicious dessert recipe. —The Mgmt.
Fact: Samosas and Samoas, while both delicious, are not the same. In a nutshell, the former is a savory snack, often eaten before an Indian meal; the latter is a sweet cookie, sold by Girl Scouts, enjoyed basically any time.
Of course, there's no need to power through this homonym haze in some areas of the country, where these chocolate-coconut-shortbread-caramel confections are known as "Caramel deLites."
But regardless of geography and nomenclature, one thing is for sure: these cookies are tasty little morsels. And when you've reached the end of the box you purchased from your local Scouts, there's a surefire solution for sweet gratification: make your own batch (my recipe is adapted from recipes on Baking Bites and Batter Licker), and call them whatever you want.
Not nuts for coconut? Try your hand at homemade Thin Mints or Tagalongs instead!
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- Active time: 45 minutes
- Total time:2 hours
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- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 tablespoons milk or cream
- For the topping
- 14 ounces caramel candies, unwrapped (I used one bag of Kraft Caramels)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 cups shredded, sweetened coconut, toasted
- To finish (for the top stripes and bottom chocolate coating)
- 16 ounces semisweet or dark chocolate (I used semisweet chocolate chips)
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
Prepare the cookie base. Using the paddle attachment in a stand mixer, cream the butter and sugars until light and fluffy.
In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, salt, and baking powder. In 2-3 increments, stir into the butter mixture, scraping down the sides of the bowl occasionally. Stir in the vanilla and mix again until incorporated; stir in one tablespoon of milk or cream, adding the rest if the dough seems too stiff to be easily handled.
Working in 2-3 batches, roll out the dough between two sheets of parchment or waxed paper until it is about 1/4 inches thick.
If you have one, use a small doughnut cutter to cut out approximately 1 1/2 inch circles (the doughnut cutter will take the middle out for you!). If you don't have a doughnut cutter, cut out circles of approximately 1 1/2 inches using a cookie cutter and cut out holes in the center using a knife.
Gently transfer the cutouts to the prepared baking sheets, leaving about an inch of room between rounds (they will spread, but not too much). Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until lightly golden on the sides and bottom with a dull finish on top. Remove from the oven and let them cool for about 5 minutes on the sheet before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Prepare the caramel-coconut topping. In a medium saucepan over low heat, melt the (unwrapped!) caramels, stirring frequently to prevent scorching the pan. When it is smooth and no caramel lumps remain, add the salt and toasted coconut and stir with a wooden spoon (it will be a bit of a workout) until the coconut is fully coated. Remove from heat.
Using a small offset spatula or even a spoon, gently spread 2-3 teaspoons of the caramel-coconut mixture on top of each cookie. If you've covered the holes in the cookies, you can press a small indent in the center to get the classic look of the traditional cookies, or you can rejoice in more topping and just chill out about it.
While the topping is setting on the cookies, prepare your chocolate for coating the bottom of the cookies and finishing the tops. In a large microwave-safe bowl, heat the chocolate in 30-second intervals, stirring after each interval, until smooth and melted (you can also do this over the stovetop, if you feel like washing out that coconut-coated medium saucepan you used for the topping).
Dip the bottom of each cookie in the melted chocolate and then place on a piece of waxed paper or parchment paper. Once all of the cookie-bottoms have been dunked, transfer the remaining chocolate to a small piping bag, and pipe stripes across the top of the cookies. Or if that seems too hard, simply spoon a dollop of chocolate on top of each cookie. (Tip: a dollop of peanut butter on top, while not traditional, tastes great too!)
Let the cookies set for at least an hour before serving.
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Pens Defensemen Scores Goals in Win Over Capitals
Defenseman Matt Niskanen scored the go-ahead goal in the third period and Sidney Crosby had two assists and the Pittsburgh Penguins extended their winning streak to 10 games with a 2-1 victory over the Washington Capitals on Tuesday.
Niskanen's goal at 11:58 came nine seconds after the Penguins killed a four-minute penalty in the third period.
The winning streak is the longest of the season for the Eastern Conference-leading Penguins and the second-longest in the NHL this season.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 28 saves and Crosby picked up his NHL-leading 36th and 37th assists for the Penguins, who were without reigning MVP Evgeni Malkin (shoulder) for the sixth game in a row. The Penguins were also without defenseman Kris Letang (lower body injury).
Braden Holtby made 34 saves for Washington.
With the score tied at 1-1, Penguins left wing Matt Cooke received two minutes for boarding Alex Ovechkin and two minutes for unsportsmanlike conduct at 7:49. The first two minutes went by without a shot on goal by Washington. Fleury made a glove save on winger Eric Fehr and a kick save on Ovechkin and the Capitals did not get another shot before the power play expired.
Both teams picked up a power-play goal in the second period.
Washington took a 1-0 lead when Ovechkin one-timed a bouncing puck past Fleury for his 12th goal of the season at 8:14.
Pittsburgh tied the game three minutes later when Paul Martin scored his sixth goal of the season, a rising one-timer from the point that sailed into the top right corner of the net.
It was the Penguins' seventh shot of the power play and 21st of the game. It was the Penguins' league-leading 28th goal on the advantage this season.
NOTES: Pittsburgh C Evgeni Malkin has missed six consecutive games since taking a hit from Toronto LW James van Riemsdyk on March 9. Malkin hopes to be ready to play Friday at the New York Islanders. ... Pittsburgh D Kris Letang was injured during Sunday's win over Boston. ... The game marked the start of a season-long, four-game road trip for the Capitals. It was also the third and final meeting between the rivals this season. ... Washington D Dmitri Orlov made his season debut. ... Washington was without defensemen Tom Poti, who was injured Sunday, as well as Mike Green, John Erskine and Tomas Kundratek. ... The Capitals are 4-9-1 on the road with all four wins against the Southeast Conference.


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Blind man survives track fall as LA train arrives
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A blind man fell onto the tracks at a subway station as a train was arriving Thursday, but he escaped unharmed by lying flat as the cars screeched to a halt above him, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority said.
The train "ran over the man but didn't touch him, thank God," LA Metro spokesman Paul Gonzales said. "In my view this is a miraculous occurrence. The man is exceedingly lucky to be alive."
The 47-year-old Los Angeles man fell from the platform at the Wilshire and Vermont station in the city's Koreatown neighborhood as a Red Line train was approaching.
The train operator blew its horn, but by the time he could stop the train, the second car had passed over the man, Gonzales said.
The man, whose identity was not released, had "no obvious injuries" and was not touched by the train, but he was taken to a hospital as a precaution, Los Angeles Fire Department spokeswoman Katherine Main said.
This is at least the third time since September 2012 that a train on the Red Line has passed over a person. In the other two instances, the people were seriously injured.
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