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Andy Hooper
London Telegraph
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
On the second anniversary of the ash cloud that grounded Europe's flights, Iceland is facing further volcanic havoc, warns Andy Hooper .
This month marks the second anniversary of the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull that left millions stranded across Europe, and cost airlines an estimated €150 million a day for six days. But alarmingly, there are signs of high activity beneath the much larger, neighbouring Katla caldera in Iceland – a possible sign of an impending eruption. This should prompt extensive high-level contingency planning across Europe, as Katla has the potential to be much more damaging than Eyjafjallajökull.
Since Iceland was settled in the ninth century, Katla has erupted on average every 60 years, but has not had a significant eruption since 1918. Ominously, eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull in 1821-23 and 1612 were followed within months by eruptions of Katla. Judged by the historical calendar, an eruption is overdue.
Last July, a flood of water burst from beneath the ice cap on top of Katla, washing away a bridge. This indicates that an extra pulse of heat reached the base of the ice. Since then, there have been erratic movements of the surface of the volcano, measured by precise GPS instruments, and bursts of high earthquake activity beneath Katla's caldera. These observations imply that magma has risen to shallower depths.
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Alright the results are in!
We had a very hard time judging this because there were so many awesome entries. We definitely want to compliment everyone who entered, you've all made some really excellent, beautiful, funny and creative entries!
Unfortunately there can't be 60 winners, so here's the ones that came out on top:
Third place:
ChrisZ's Robo Attack
Chris really caught the essence of this set with her medievalified version, and she added some hilariously funny details. The presentation is also top-notch. Great job!
ChrisZ wins a MISB 6193 Creator Castle Set!
Second place:
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Kdansky's Dragon/Beachhead Fortress
This creation really cracked the both of us up when we saw it. A great castle rendition of the Agents Volcano Base set, and the whole style of the building is very iconic to the 1990s Castle sets. The dragonhead for the laser is hilarious. Congratulations!
Kdansky wins a MISB Brickmaster Castle Book!
First place:
Eti's Brewery
Eti really nailed the purpose of this contest spot-on with this entry, the whole scene is built up just like the set, the medievalification is very well done, and the presentation is awesome. That makes Eti the big winner.
Eti wins a MISB 7041 Troll Battle Wheel!
Super Secret Special Prize:
SlyOwl's 10120 Floating Death Rock
For this Super Secret Special Prize we asked someone who is not involved with the contest, to tell us which entry really stood out as the funniest. We asked JoshWedin, who picked SlyOwl's awesome medieval rendition of the Death Star playset.
All the little scenes just make this one the absolute winner of the funniest MOC in the contest! Excellent stuff SlyOwl!
SlyOwl can chase friend and foe around his house with 852512 Nerf Bow and Arrow!
Note about the prizes: The prizes were picked that we felt fit the theme of the contest the best. The troll battle wheel is something that looks like it came right out of another theme, and the other three prizes are Castle sets but not in the actual Castle theme.

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Mexican Shrimp Cobb Salad Recipe
Because there is no cooking involved, this makes a perfect summer potluck dish and the presentation is beautiful. One of my facebook fans mentioned she always brings a trifle dish to a party and gives the host the dish as a gift, cute idea! If you don't have a trifle dish, you could always layer this in a large platter in neat rows. Shredded chicken can be used in place of shrimp.
As a main course salad this would be more than enough for six people, if you are bringing this to a party where it will be eaten as a side, this would certainly serve a lot more.
Mexican Shrimp Cobb Salad
Gina's Weight Watcher Recipes
Servings: 6 as main course • Size: little over 2 cups • Points +: 7 pts • Smart Points: 6
Calories: 288.4 • Fat: 10.6 g • Protein: 28.7 g • Carb: 25.1 g • Fiber: 8.8 g • Sugar: 3 g
Sodium: 588 mg
For the Shrimp:
16 oz cooked large shrimp, peeled
chipotle chili powder to taste
1 tbsp lime juice
salt to taste
For the Salad:
6 cups romaine lettuce, shredded
15 oz black beans, rinsed and drained
1 cup grilled corn kernels (I used Trader Joe's frozen roasted corn)
2 tbsp red onion, divided
2 tbsp cilantro, chopped
juice of 1/2 lime
1 seedless cucumber, diced
2 cups diced tomatoes
1 ripe hass avocado, diced
1 cup reduced fat Sargento Mexican Blend shredded cheese
Rinse shrimp and chop into large chunks. Toss shrimp with a little salt, chipotle chili pepper, and fresh lime juice.
Combine drained beans, corn, red onion, cilantro, lime juice and salt to taste.
In a large glass trifle dish or clear bowl, layer salad ingredients starting with the lettuce, black bean mixture, cucumber, tomatoes, avocado, cheese and shrimp on top.
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The Holy Martyrs Agathopodes the Deacon and Theodulus the Reader lived in Thessalonica during the reign of the emperor Diocletian (284-305) and Maximian (284-305) and were among the church clergy. The holy Deacon Agathopodes was very old, and Saint Theodulus very young.
Both distinguished themselves by righteous life and piety. Once, Saint Theodulus had a vision in his sleep, in which an unknown person in radiant garb placed some object in his hand. When he awoke, he saw in his hand a beautiful ring with the image of the Cross and he realized that this was a sign of his future martyrdom.
By the power of the Cross depicted on the ring, the saint healed many of the sick and converted pagans to faith in Christ the Savior.
When the emperor Diocletian issued an edict of a persecution against Christians (303), many attempted to hide themselves from pursuit, but Saints Agathopodes and Theodulus fearlessly continued to proclaim the Gospel.
Governor Faustinus of Thessalonica heard of this, and gave orders to bring them to him for trial. Seeing the youth and excellence of Saint Theodulus, Faustinus attempted flattery to persuade him to renounce Christianity and to offer sacrifice. Saint Theodulus replied that he had long ago renounced error and that he pitied Faustinus, who by embracing paganism had condemned himself to eternal death.
The governor offered the martyr a choice: the fortunes of life, or immediate death. The saint said that he would certainly choose life, but life eternal, and that he did not fear death.
When Faustinus saw that he would not persuade Theodulus, he began to talk with Saint Agathopodes. The governor attempted to deceive him and said that Saint Theodulus had already agreed to offer sacrifice to the gods. But Agathopodes did not believe this. He was convinced that Saint Theodulus was prepared to offer his life for the Lord Jesus Christ.
Not having any success, Faustinus commanded the martyrs to be taken to prison. The holy martyrs prayed fervently and boldly preached the Word of God to the imprisoned, so that many were converted to Christianity. Eutinios, the head of the prison, reported this to the governor.
Faustinus again summoned them to trial and again he urged them to renounce Christ. Before the eyes of Saint Theodulus they brought forth some who had been Christians, but betrayed the Faith. "You have conquered the weak, but you will never conquer the strong warriors of Christ, even if you invent greater torments," exclaimed Saint Theodulus.
The governor commanded the martyr to produce the Christian books. "Here, is my body given for torture," he answered, "do with it what you wish; torture me fiercely, but I shall not hand over the sacred writings to be mocked by the impious!"
Faustinus gave orders to bring Saint Theodulus to the place of execution, where an executioner readied a sword in order to cut off his head. The martyr bravely and with joy cried out, "Glory to You, O God, the Father of my Lord Jesus Christ, Who deigned to suffer for us. Here, by His grace, I am coming to You, and with joy I die for You!"
Then Faustinus halted the execution and again locked up the martyrs in prison. There the holy martyrs prayed fervently and both had the same dream. They were sailing in a ship, which was in danger of being wrecked in a storm. The waves cast them up on shore, arrayed in radiant white clothing. The saints told each other about the vision, and they gave thanks to God for their impending martyrdom.
In the morning, when the martyrs were again brought to Faustinus, they declared to him: "We are Christians and we are prepared to undergo any suffering for Christ." Faustinus gave orders to cast them into the sea. The waves carried Saint Agathopodes to the rocks, and he loudly exclaimed, "This shall be for us a second Baptism, which will wash away our sins, and we shall come to Christ in purity." Saint Theodulus was also cast into the sea (+ 303).
The bodies of the saints were washed up on shore. They were dressed in radiant garb, but the ropes and stones used to weight them down were gone. Christians took their holy bodies and gave them reverent burial.
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Dear Mom,
I have wanted to have this conversation with you for the longest time but, I kept deferring it because I didn't want to hurt your feelings. But when you came over to my house and saw my shrine, I figured the time was right for me to tell you the reason why I don't go to church.
As you know, you raised me to be a thinking man. Well, I have done just that, and I thought about a lot of things that I have been taught when I was younger, which led me to discover a branch of philosophy called metaphysics. Metaphysics basically means beyond the physical, which in this case deals with looking at things and events from a more profound perspective.
Well, it was through metaphysics that I discovered that the human mind is composed of three parts called the conscious, subconscious and superconscious. The conscious mind is the part of our mind that makes decisions on what we want to do, so if you want to get a drink of water for example, then you simply make a decision and go get it. The subconscious is the part of the mind that governs all of our autonomous body functions, like the digestion of our food, the regulation of our heartbeat, the pumping of oxygen through our bloodstream, etc., and all our memories. I will discuss the superconscious here later.
Usually when things are going well in our life, it is because we consciously make a decision to do something like what we want to eat, what we want to do, etc. and our subconscious is on board. For instance, you want something to drink, the subconscious part of our being stimulates our body to get up and get something to drink and so on. When it comes to more serious issues like going to school, finishing a task, etc., the same applies. The conscious part of our being says, "I want to go school, finish this project, "etc. and the subconscious, which governs our body complies with our conscious mind's will.
But there are times when the subconscious refuses to follow the commands given to it by the conscious. For example, when it comes to dieting, creating a constructive habit like exercising or breaking a destructive habit like overeating or late eating, and so on. These are prime examples of the subconscious refusing to follow the conscious' commands. You see, the subconscious can only do what it has seen or learned from others. This means if a child grew up in a household hearing their parents argue over money. Then most likely, out of habit when the child grows up he or she is going to do the same thing rather they realize it or not. You see the subconscious will tell the child to do these things because it stores all of our memories based upon good and bad feelings, and this is where all of our problems begin. It is how our subconscious classifies or categorizes good and bad experiences based upon how we feel.
The good thing about our subconscious classifying good and bad based upon pleasure and pain is that when we feel fire we know to move our hand, which is good. So usually any time we get a sense that we are in danger, our subconscious gives us the motivation to get out of harm's way, which is great. The bad thing is that whenever we feel bad or depressed, our subconscious interprets this as danger as well and wants us to get out of harm's way. It wants us to feel good by any means, so it will tell us to overeat, indulge in sweets, have a drink, take some drugs, explore a sexual perversion, etc. to make us feel better. All because the subconscious lacks the ability to reason and make decisions, because remember, this is the function of the conscious part of our mind. This is the reason when we hear of people doing something that doesn't make sense, it is because they were acting or better said reacting and responding to their subconscious emotions. As grand dad used to say, "They didn't think."
This means metaphysically speaking that most of the people who are suffering from some ailment, illness and having some problem in their life, it is because they are under the influence of their subconscious, which has made them slaves to their emotions. To be more specific we could call it habits and addictions. So, when a person can't control their anger it is because they are in the habit of acting out and flying off on the handle. An individual that overeats, overdrinks, etc. has basically developed a habit of using these behaviors as vices. So, the question that comes to mind of course is how do you stop it? How do you break a destructive habit? Well, the only way to break a destructive habit is by replacing it with a constructive habit, and here enters the superconscious.
The superconscious mind is the intuitive part of our being. It is the part that speaks to us and tells us that we probably shouldn't engage in a particular behavior or should turn down another path to avoid an accident. The superconscious is the divine spark that exists within us all and whenever we make a decision to do something and stick to it. It is this part of our being that gives us the power to overcome any destructive habit we have partaken in. It is the true problem solver in our life that gives us solutions to whatever troubles us through our dreams, hunches, visions, prophecies and even messages from others. So basically, in order to break a subconscious destructive habit, we simply need to replace it with a constructive superconscious habit.
How does this work?
Well, remember that time when I was ill? As you will recall, I was ill for several months, which meant that subconsciously my mind was in the habit of being sick. Consequently, I began to have ill thoughts along with feeling ill. As you can imagine, it is hard to pick yourself up and get back on the horse when you feel ill and everything around you seems so bleak. It is sort of like trying to stay optimistic and tell yourself that you will get better around 20 people who believe and will verbally say that you won't get better. Yes, talk about developing will power.
Well, the remedy is to imagine how you would live if you were never ill. In other words, what would you do if you weren't ill? What are all the things that you would do if you never were ill at all? One of the things I imagined that I could do when my body was ill was running and dancing, because remember I could barely walk a few steps back then. When you imagine this on a continuous basis and begin to act on faith of this prayer request. Healing is right around the corner. I remember when I sent forth my real prayer request and kept it in mind, one day I found myself dancing to some music that I liked and running down the stairs. Now, this is not something that someone told me that works. It is something I know for a fact that works because I have used it several times on two different occasions and it worked for me.
Part of the reason why it worked is because the subconscious is very impressionable and will believe anything if it is convincing enough. This means that most people whose prayers go unanswered is not because God doesn't approve of their request, but simply because most people don't believe that their request will be fulfilled in the first place. They simply don't have any faith, and regardless of what anyone says, "Seeing is believing". Most people will only believe that they are blessed after they are blessed. They will believe that they are healthy, after they are healed. They will believe they are prosperous after they get money and prosperity, which is all wrong.
You are supposed to see it first and believe it. Imagine being healthy and you will be healthy. Imagine being prosperous and you will be prosperous. Imagine being successful and you will be successful and so on, because the Divine works specifically through our superconscious mind. But, sometimes it is hard to keep your mind focused on your objective. Imagine having faith you will be healthy and your doctor tells you otherwise or some people you encounter aren't encouraging. It is hard because the last thing you want to hear is what you can't do from people who don't have any faith in the superconscious, the divine spark of God within you or simply no faith in God.
The last place an individual that is sincerely praying to better their life wants to be is around a bunch of people who are believing and telling them that the reason they are ill, having problems controlling their anger or overcoming any destructive habit, etc. is because they have sinned, cursed, the wretched of the earth, etc. Frankly, I didn't need anyone theorizing to me why they think I got ill. It wasn't important because I just wanted to be healed, but the most negative, depressive and pessimistic people in our community are church going people. This is the reason our communities have at least ten churches within a mile radius, meanwhile poverty and crime are steady on the rise. Everyone it seems wants to be a pastor and wants to fight over who is right and wrong, but it is clear they have no spiritual power. Going to church has simply become an empty tradition where people just go every Sunday or numerous days of the week, out of (subconscious) habit.
So, when you are trying to overcome an illness or some other destructive thing occurring in your life. You don't want to hear about the drama going on in the choir, the kitchen, the drama between Deacon so-and-so and Missionary or Usher So-and-So, etc. You need to truly worship the God within you, which means keeping your mind stayed on your superconscious request and avoiding as many distractions as you possibly can. Including negative churchgoing folks. Yes, it is hard to live righteously.
Thankfully, Africans and other non-Westerners like the Native Americans, Chinese, etc. developed cultural ways and practices to help us focus and overcome this little dilemma, by tapping into the superconscious and utilizing it like a sixth sense. Understanding that one of the best ways to impress an idea or thought on our mind was by using symbols, various non-Western cultures created elaborate myths and legends full of archetypes. For instance, metaphysically speaking the subconscious was symbolized as the evil or bad part of humanity and the superconscious was seen as the good part. Almost every non-Western culture has a version of this concept. In fact, there is an old Cherokee story where a grandfather was sitting by the fire with his grandchildren and trying to teach them the difference between good and bad. The grandfather tells his grandchildren, "There is a good wolf and a bad wolf living inside each of us. The good wolf is love, compassion, courage, generosity, fortitude, discipline, laughter and every worthy virtue a human being is capable of. The bad wolf is anger, hatred, laziness, jealousy, envy, greed, sloth and other vices a human being is capable of. In each and every one of us, these two wolves are engaged in a fierce battle."
The grandson asks, "Which wolf wins?"
The grandfather answered "The one you feed"
The one culture that made extensive use of symbolism in order to impress or program the mind were the Kamitic (Ancient Egyptians). In the Kamitic culture, the good wolf is Osar (Asar, Ausar, Osiris) and the bad wolf is named Set (Seth, Set-an or Satan). In the Kamitic legend, the righteous king Osar is overthrown by his envious youngest brother Set. Set rules the kingdom with fear but is defeated only because the hero of the story Hru (Heru or Horus in Greek) relies on his Osar. In other words, just like the Cherokee wolf proverb, Hru feeds or honors Osar instead of giving into Set.
I know this may seem strange, but the reason evil was personified was because many non-Western cultures understood evil to be man and woman's ego, which is the part of our being that is excessively prideful, fights change (lazy) and lives in fear. (See Why is the Devil Winning?) So when a person wants to overcome an addiction, a negative habit, control their anger, etc. and is failing to do so, it is because they haven't learned how to overcome their own devil. They are fighting their ego.
So, when you looked in my room and saw various statues on an altar, what you were actually seeing was a spiritual play that was designed to impress or program my subconscious and help me to overcome my own devil, my Set. I know it is not what you raised me to believe in or to do but, as I said in the beginning. I am a thinker and after considerable thought I had no choice but to practice the tradition that produces the best physical results.
So yes Mom, I still believe in God, but the reason I stopped going to church is because I have taken responsibility for my own soul and have chosen to cultivate my own spirit, in order to get the things I want out of life, instead of leaving it in the hands of another.
Hope you understand. Sincerely your loving child.


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Collecting Rainwater Now Illegal in Many States as Big Government Claims Ownership Over Our Water
by Mike Adams
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Salt Lake City officials worked out a compromise with Miller and are now permitting him to use "their" rainwater, but the fact that individuals like Miller don't actually own the rainwater that falls on their property is a true indicator of what little freedom we actually have here in the U.S. (Access to the rainwater that falls on your own property seems to be a basic right, wouldn't you agree?)
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I'm speechless. Why do we allow these idiots to rob us blind?
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A Des Plaines man died over the weekend from hypothermia due to cold exposure, making him at least the seventh person to die in Cook County from cold-related causes this season.
Lawrence Sviontek, 70, of the 1300 block of Rand Road in Des Plaines, was pronounced dead at 4:40 p.m. Sunday at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Sviontek died from hypothermia from cold exposure in an accident, the medical examiner's office found following an autopsy today.
Officials at the Des Plaines Police Department did not have information available today.
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Froggy Money Box
Décor Design Focus: Froggy Money Box
A Good Décor design example, the Froggy is a creative Money Box design. Froggy was designed in 2009, and here is a how it is described by its designer: The froggy is my ornamental design of a piggy bank with the shape of a cute and fat frog! Disclaimer: Please do not kiss the frogs, they will not turn into princes! But.. you can break these frogs and there will be a treasure inside! Yay!..
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Alpha Kappa Alpha's Sigma Lambda Omega Chapter awards $10,000 in scholarships
The ladies of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Sigma Lambda Omega Chapter, put on their nicest dresses, their elegant hats, and they all met at the beautiful Calabasas Country Club for a tea party.
This tea party was not just a high class social event, this tea party was held so that they could award $10,000 in scholarship money to five deserving students. Tanita Indelicato, Stephanie Magee, Jake Keller, Nicole Tolbert, and James Thomas II benefited from the chapter's fundraising efforts.
Indelicato currently attends Pierce College and has a 3.5 GPA. She will transfer to CSUN this fall where she plans to obtain her Bachelors degree and further her studies at USC for her doctorate. Her goal is to create programs that will address social issues among the African-American and Latino communities.
Magee attends Bishop Alemany high school and has a 3.02 GPA. She has been accepted at Boise State University and Grand Canyon University where she plans to study mass media because she believes television, radio, film, the Internet, and magazines are such persuasive mediums.
Keller attends Golden Valley high school and has a 3.27 GPA. He plans to attend the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and major in hospitality management and culinary arts. He loves cooking and the joy and comfort good food brings to other people as well.
Tolbert attends Campbell Hall high school and has a 3.8 GPA. She applied to Loyola University Chicago and University of San Francisco. She plans to study in the field of psychology and has a special interest in neurology and clinical psychology.
Thomas attends Oaks Christian high school and has a 3.47 GPA. He plans to attend Lincoln University, a prestigious Black college. Thomas has two appealing interests, medicine and psychology. He is interested in the medical field because he was blown away by learning how complex and perfectly designed our bodies are during his classes in anatomy and physiology.
These are five very deserving students who are assets to our community.
This event was in part to celebrate these students' accomplishments, but it was also to have a good time, and that is what these ladies provided their guests.
"Sigma Lambda Omega Chapter has done it again," Tamla Roberts, Chapter President, said. "Another sold out event. Our guests seemed very pleased with every aspect of the fundraiser, especially the entertainment by the Keschia Potter Quartet. Rave reviews circulated throughout the room. Our Afternoon Tea is definitely becoming an event not to be missed. A special thank you goes to this year's Fundraiser Committee Chairman, Cydney Junius, and her committee for a job well done."
Since its chartering in 1990, Sigma Lambda Omega Chapter has emphasized supporting deserving college-bound students in the San Fernando Valley with their expenses through scholarship awards. The Annual Afternoon Tea is the chapter's preeminent fundraising endeavor. The chapter is comprised of women who use the special skills and expertise developed in their working life to design and implement a program of service that addresses a broad spectrum of issues and concerns aligned with the national program initiatives. For more information on Sigma Lambda Omega Chapter and its programs, visit www.aka-slo.com.


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I have some problems displaying a BufferedImage in a GUI.
The program I'm writing uses a set of rules to generate an integer array representing an image in RGBA. I have something like this:
Values[0] = 1st pixel / R component
Values[1] = 1st pixel / G component
Values[2] = 1st pixel / B component
Values[3] = 1st pixel / A component
Values[4] = 2nd pixel / R component
Values[5] = 2nd pixel / G component
I am then creating a BufferedImage like this:
this.image = new BufferedImage(this.width, this.height, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB); this.image.setRGB(0, 0, this.width, this.height, Values, 0, this.width);
When verifying if that BufferedImage contains the right values, I found that it does.
But the problem is, I can't display it. I tried painting in on a JPanel or JLabel, creating an ImageIcon out of it... It is as if it was completely transparent although the alpha values are varying.
this is the crucial part of the code:
When i run this code, everytime the function step() is called, The program should display a new BufferedImage in the Jlabel 'view'.public void step(JLabel view) { BufferedImage image = this.displayGrid.computeGraphics(this.cellGrid); // Construction of the BufferedImage with random // values int[] results = image.getRGB(0, 0, this.width, this.height, null, 0, this.width); for(int i = 0; i < results.length; i++) System.out.println(results[i]); // to see the values contained in 'image' ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon(image); view.setIcon(icon); // this doesn't seem to do anything although it should ! }
What I actually get is that everything seems to work fine but 'view' stays empty throughout the execution...
Any help is appreciated and sorry if I'm doing something dumb :^)
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Robinson: Human rights efforts need globalization too
If economic globalization is going to benefit everyone, and not just a select few, it is time to start forming new paradigms for global cooperation and human rights activism, according to Mary Robinson, former United Nations high commissioner for human rights and former president of Ireland.
"How can we have organized our world in such a way that 6 million children die [of hunger] each year, and it doesn't actually preoccupy us?" she asked during her lecture in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall, on Thursday, Feb. 6.
Robinson seemed stunned at the possibility that people have so much information about the world and yet seem unaffected by what, she thinks, should prompt them to action.
"Harnessing globalization for children -- that's what we should be doing," she said during impassioned remarks. "Harnessing globalization for women, for the elderly, for the vulnerable. It's up to us. It's our world. I can't believe that as we know more and more about what's happening in our world, that we can turn the other way and not do something about it."
The best response, Robinson posited, is to "bring international human rights out of its box and into globalization." She pointed out the responsibilities and possibilities of governments, businesses, civic organizations and NGOs (non-governmental organizations associated with the U.N.) to approach human rights initiatives together. "It is recognized that to make a real impact, no one sector can do it alone," she stated.
For example, international groups could join forces to stem the global threat of HIV/AIDS by targeting educational programs toward the many girls and women who are caught in a cycle of poverty and disease, she said. Robinson also noted that she has met girls who were forced into prostitution as early as age 8, yet she still believes they could be saved if they could be properly educated.
The global climate following the tragic events of Sept. 11 also figured prominently in her discussion of security and other basic human rights. Robinson said that while military intervention is considered, "governments and citizens of powerful countries should do what they can to ensure that basic rights -- to food, to safe water, to education, to shelter, to health care -- are met in the developing world, or at least not have policies that hinder these countries."
Robinson served as head of the U.N. human rights program from 1997 to 2002. She said that, during her service, implementing the reform proposal of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to integrate human rights concerns in all U.N. activities was a top priority. Robinson joined the U.N. after a seven-year tenure as president of Ireland. She was the first head of state to visit Rwanda in the aftermath of the 1994 genocide there. She also was the first head of state to visit Somalia following the crisis in 1992, receiving the CARE Humanitarian Award in recognition of her efforts for that country.
Since leaving her post at the U.N., Robinson assumed directorship of the Ethical Globalization Initiative , a New York-based initiative that seeks to integrate human rights norms and standards into a more ethical globalization process.
The Woodrow Wilson School sponsored the lecture.
Contact: Cynthia Yoder and Evelyn Tu (609) 258-3601


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Special Recognition bestowed at Mt. Edgecumbe High School Prom Event
Published: 04/18/2013 12:20:00
An annual event of great significance was held recently in Sitka. Hosted by Alaska Airlines, Prom Princess is a program that brings volunteers from Alaska and the Pacific Northwest to Mt. Edgecumbe High School to provide prom dresses, tuxedos and beauty makeovers to students there who otherwise wouldn't be able to attend their prom. Mt. Edgecumbe is a boarding school so these kids don't have the support of their families as most other high school students would. It's a wonderful heartfelt event that is now in its fifth year and one of the major movers behind this event was honored for all he has done for the program. Bernie Gurule, the Academic Principal of Mt Edgecumbe High School, gave us the short version.
VIDEO: Ivy Lanthier recognized at Mt. Edgecumbe High School in Sitka for his role in their Senior Prom. (Image: Rik Pruett)
"Ivy Lanthier is our dorm contractor and he's the one who really made this thing spring up into being the bigger event with the princess situation, that the hair the dresses, all of that stuff, and we owe him a great debt of gratitude. Ivy really likes the kids, they really like him, so when I look at the success of it now and how it's grown in a few years, I think of Ivy Lanthier, and I appreciate that and I'd like people to know that."
Terri Bogren, the creator and Queen of the Prom Princess Program, presented Mr. Lanthier with a token of their appreciation. "I just want to say thank you very much for all that you've done for us all the five years and the support that you've given us and all of our teams and to make this a wonderful experience for everybody. The students and the staff and all the volunteers are very grateful and thank you. So here's your own Tiara."
Mr. Lanthier then responded with what he felt was an important point concerning what it all meant to the students. "I was telling this gentleman here today that the biggest thing about prom might be something you don't realize, but because all of you people show up on this one day, and people from all over that they don't know and you help out. All the sudden they (the students) realize that they're really special because you're here."
By: Rik Pruett - email@example.com


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Former Stamford police chief found dead in apparent suicide
Louis DeCarlo lead the department from 2001 to 2004
STAMFORD -- Former Police Chief Louis DeCarlo was found dead at his Belltown home Thursday afternoon of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.
DeCarlo, 71, was a 30-year veteran of the department before becoming chief in 2001. He led the department until 2004 and was remembered by colleagues and others for his kindness and devotion to his family.
Police responded to DeCarlo's Bellmere Road home around 1 p.m. Thursday and found him dead in his car parked in the driveway. Officials said there was no indication of why he may have killed himself.
"There's nothing I can fathom why this happened or why it would happen to anyone," said Police Chief Jon Fontneau who was personally handling the investigation. "It's very sad and we just have to watch out for his family at this time."
Fontneau served under DeCarlo in the department's Youth Bureau and reported directly to him as commander of the midnight division.
"I always will have fond memories of his kindness and I hope that's a trait that I learned from him and that I can pass on to the troops," Fontneau said.
During DeCarlo's tenure, crime in the city continued a steady decline and Stamford was ranked in the top five safest cities of 100,000 people or more in the country for each year he served as chief.
He was appointed by then-mayor and now Gov. Dannel P. Malloy. In a statement, Malloy's spokesman Andrew Doba said: "The Governor had a productive working relationship with Chief DeCarlo. During his tenure, crime in Stamford dropped precipitously. His family and friends are in the governor's prayers."
Current Stamford Mayor David Martin said he was saddened to hear of DeCarlo's passing.
"The people of Stamford will remember Chief DeCarlo's long and honorable service to the community, and his leadership of the Stamford Police Department for years to come. My thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends in this time of sorrow," Martin said in a statement.
In public announcements of the crime figures, DeCarlo was quick to credit the officers of the department for the success in fighting crime rather than chalking it up to his leadership.
"I give credit to the officers, to their hard work, dedication and professionalism," DeCarlo said during a 2004 press conference to announce the FBI crime stats. Between 1995 and 2004, overall crime in Stamford plummeted by nearly two-thirds.
DeCarlo's predecessor, Dean Esserman who now serves as chief of the New Haven Police Department, said he was lucky to have a friend and partner in helping to implement community policing in the city and target high-crime areas.
"I remember promoting him to assistant chief and it was one of the smartest things I did," Esserman said. "And one of the smartest things Mayor, now Governor, Malloy did was promote him to chief after I left."
Esserman said he prides himself on his work ethic of being the first one in in the morning and last one out in the evening, but was often eclipsed by DeCarlo.
"He loved his job and he was loved in his job," Esserman said noting how well respected DeCarlo was by the community and officers within the department.
DeCarlo joined the department in 1971 and five years later he was promoted to dispatcher. In 1977, he was promoted to sergeant and went on to lead the department's special investigations bureau. Esserman promoted him in 1998 to deputy chief in command of the department's investigative services bureau.
During his time as chief, DeCarlo redeployed the department's motorcycle division and increased the department's asset forfeitures due to narcotics and organized crime arrests.
Speaking about his impending retirement in 2004, DeCarlo said he would miss the camaraderie he shared with other officers the most.
"It goes beyond normal working relationships," DeCarlo said. "It's an amazing bond that develops."
DeCarlo, who was raised in Stamford and moved back to the city in 1965, said he was ready for retirement and planned to paint his house, travel and spend more time with his two grandchildren.
"Right now, I want to just enjoy life, " he said in 2004.
Throughout his career, those who rose through the ranks with him said he was always most concerned about his family and eager to talk about his two daughters. The news of DeCarlo's death shocked all those who served with him.
"He was a very caring man, very caring about his family, his wife, kids and grandchildren and that seemed to be a big part of his life," said Capt. Richard Conklin who served with DeCarlo throughout his career. "He was very caring of the community and the department."
Forty-one year veteran Sgt. Paul Guzda started his career in 1973 walking the beat with DeCarlo and remembered him for his sense of humor and fun-loving nature.
"He was just one of the guys, even when he became chief," Guzda said. "As of late, I'd see him at the golf course smiling and laughing and you'd never think anything was bothering him."


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This post will cover the 2012/2013 season of the Sacramento Kings, and the rest of the NBA and maybe even some league issues.
The post covering the summer and the Pre-season of the Sacramento Kings can be found HERE.
The Kings opened their season with a three game road trip and lost every game, looking bad in one of those games.
They returned to Sacramento and won their home opener. They won their 2nd game at home and are now 2-3 and are now sitting in the middle of their conference while early on the Los Angeles Lakers are shocking their fans by being firmly in last place with only five games played.
In the meantime, the Kings are in the rumor section once again about a possible move.
The rumor? Well, it is a warmed over one from this summer when the Kings were said to be moving to Virginia Beach. Everyone denied it and the city held their public meeting about the proposed Virginia Beach Arena without mentioning Sacramento or the Kings.
Since then there have been more rumors including yesterday and todays rumors that the ownership of the Sacramento Kings , the Maloof family, did indeed have meetings with the Virginia Governor about moving their team, the current Sacramento Kings, to Virginia Beach.
"Citing anonymous sources, the Virginian-Pilot newspaper reported Thursday that a representative of the Sacramento Kings met recently with the Virginia governor about the possibility of moving the team to Virginia Beach"
Anyway…check out the article here.
November 11th:
Happy Veteran's Day!! The Kings play without DeMarcus Cousins (Center) and Rookie Thomas Robinson (Forward) and the Lakers run right over them!
Both players were out because of league imposed suspensions.
The Players Association is appealing the Cousins' suspension, saying the 2 game penalty is too severe. "The immediate goal is to get the suspension lifted" prior to the Kings game on November 14th. Check the story out HERE.
They have Tyreke Evans on the floor but Evans just has not found his groove on Offense. He has played very good defense, but like most of the Kings has suffered on the offensive side.
The Kings want Evans to shoot the frigging ball, but too often he is passing, the opposite problem from his first few years in the league. The team needs him to contribute more baskets and get to the Free Throw line more often as well.
So now the Lakers with one win move up to a tie for 3rd in the Conference and the Kings drop back down to a spot they know much too well…..last.
Robinson returns for the next game while Cousins is out for one more.
November 20th:
The Kings cannot win a game or attract fans to watch them during their worst start in 20 years.. The Kings are struggling on offense and their new defensive focus.
The fun of a 5-1 pre-season seems long past as the Kings lost heir 4th game in a row early in this 2012/13 season. They don't seem like a "family" that most people would want to spend Thanksgiving with, and this holiday dinner could get contentious.
The Kings play the Los Angeles Lakers in their next game so things won't get easier fas for them. Gobble Gobble.
DeMarcus Cousins—-December 31st:
I was going to await the New Year, but I just couldn't…
DeMarcus. Suspended again, this time by his own Coach for whatever was said to/about Coach in the locker room at halftime.
Fist Coach left him in the locker room after the outburst. Then Coach suspended him and sent him home. No one would say exactly what prompted the suspension, except DeMarcus saying he needs o learn to "keep (his) mouth shut". I have never seen the Kings so quiet.
But I have rarely seen the social media world so active. Everyone wants to hate on DeMarcus. It is so easy. He makes it even easier. Big. Rich. Young. Sometimes foolish. Yes, DMC…sometimes.
The suspension lasted what…..two games? And then he was back. No one would say why and no one would say who made the decision except it seemed as if it was definitely not the Coach. Petrie? Owners? He was back with a new Agent….Fegan. The agen who has helped many NBA players secure a trade when they wanted ou of a current situation. Was it the agent?.
And today Ailene Voisin's article in the Bee. I rarely agree with Voisin. But sometimes she provides significant depths of insight that most male writers cannot plumb. Sometimes she surprises me. rarely does DeMarcus surprise me. It would surprise me if he learns to keep his mouth shut as he says he wants to do.
"Now that he's back, what do you do with DeMarcus Cousins? Coddle him? Ignore him? Trade him?
You don't trade him. You monitor his behavior, maintain certain standards and keep a velvet hammer within reach, but you don't trade him. The Kings' front office folks – regardless of whether Geoff Petrie re-signs or retires – need to do their jobs and let Cousins learn how to do his."
After you read that article and understand the importance of teaching and not trading Cousins understand this: last night Cousins scored the first triple-double of his career helping the Kings to defeat the Boston Celtics with 12 points, 10 rebounds and ten assists while receiving the game ball from his teammates. Cousins assisted two of his teammates to reach season highs in points and another (Salmons) to score 23 which seems like it should be a season high (!!!).
Understand this: the last time a Kings center scored a triple double was 2007 and the last time any Kings player hit those numbers was a Kings guard in 2010.
Cousins has the talent, the body, the ability, the desire and the youth to achieve triple doubles often and for a few more years. He expects rebounds and wants assists and baskets come, even on a poo shooting night.
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""The seamless transition of over 1,000 users to the new environment was achieved through a well-executed transformation program.""
Jeff Micallef, Information and Communications Manager, Sydney Water
Sydney Water is Australia's largest urban water utility with 3,000 staff and an area of operations covering 12,700 km2. Sydney Water provides drinking water, recycled water, wastewater services and some stormwater services to more than four million people in Sydney, the Illawarra and the Blue Mountains.
Sydney Water is a statutory State-owned corporation, wholly owned by the New South Wales Government. Sydney Water is a world leader and has won numerous awards including the Public Water Agency of the Year at the Global Water Awards 2010 held in Paris, France, which is awarded to the public sector organisation that made the greatest contribution to meeting the challenges of water supply during 2009.
Sydney Water is responsible for an asset infrastructure base with a value of over $20B that requires a maintenance program of approximately $130M per year.
Sydney Water's consolidation of its existing asset management systems needed to consider business risks, manage costs and avoid unnecessary customisation. The Maximo Consolidation program was established to consolidate existing systems into a current, supported version of Maximo with little customisation as well as update the integration with multiple complex systems. The primary objective was to ensure users were prepared for the change and to minimise business disruption.
The Fujitsu Consulting Business Transformation team was an integral component of a large-scale technology driven program. It prepared over 1,000 internal and external end users dispersed across Sydney for the change. The Business Transformation approach ensured strong business engagement and ownership while applying Change Management strategy and plans, stakeholder management strategy and plans, business impact analysis, business transition management and communication management.
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