After many dark years of zealous repression, there are now more than a dozen government-approved clinical studies with psychedelics taking place around the globe. But what does the future hold for psychedelic research and the expansion of consciousness?
In this curated collection of interviews with pioneers in psychedelic thought, David Jay Brown explores the future of mind-altering drugs, hallucinogenic plants, and the evolution of human consciousness. The accomplished scientists, artists, and thinkers interviewed in the book include LSD discoverer Albert Hofmann, psychologist Stanislav Grof, DMT researcher Rick Strassman, anthropologist Jeremy Narby, MAPS founder Rick Doblin, ethnobotanist Dennis McKenna, psychologist Charles Tart, and musician Simon Posford from Shpongle, as well as many others.
Demonstrating deep knowledge of his interviewees' work, Brown elicits profound reflections from them as well as their considered opinions on the future of psychedelic drug medical research, God and the afterlife, LSD and mysticism, DMT research and non-human entity contact, problem--solving and psychedelics, ayahuasca and DNA, psilocybin and the religious experience, MDMA and PTSD, releasing the fear of death, the tryptamine dimension, the therapeutic potential of salvia, and the intersections between psychedelics and creativity, ecology, paranormal phenomena, and alternate realities.
In each interview we discover how these influential minds were inspired by their use of entheogens. We see how psychedelics have the potential to help us survive as a species, not only by their therapeutic benefits but also by revealing our sacred connection to the biosphere and by prompting people to begin on the path of spiritual evolution.
David Jay Brown holds a master's degree in psychobiology from New York University. A former neuroscience researcher at the University of Southern California, he has written for Wired, Discover, and Scientific American, and his news stories have appeared on the Huffington Post and CBS News. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including The New Science of Psychedelics. He lives in Ben Lomond, California.


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Q: Can I run mongoimport as a part of Jenkins build step I am running a job which produces a json output file and I want to dump the file contents into mongo as a part of build step but when I run mongoimport the job fails saying mongoimport command not found
Below is the command am using as a part of build step shell script:
'''mongoimport --uri "dbString" --drop --collection col-name --file file-path-in-workspace -- jsonArray'''

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Q: Problems with rsGetElementAt_uchar4 I'm trying to implement a median filter in RenderScript. But the work of the code is not stable. Reading elements not from the current line rsGetElementAt_uchar4 (inputAlloc, x , y + a ) causes errors. What is the problem ? Is there an example of such a filter using RenderScript?
    #pragma version(1)
#pragma rs java_package_name(a.myapplication)
#pragma rs_fp_relaxed

rs_allocation inputAlloc;
int bWidht, bHeight;

static uchar4 arrpix[9];
static uchar4 buff;

uchar4 __attribute__((kernel)) median(uchar4 in, uint32_t x, uint32_t y)
{

uchar4 arrpix[9];
uchar4 buff;

                      if((x<bWidht) && (y<bHeight)){
        arrpix[0] = rsGetElementAt_uchar4(inputAlloc, x -1 , y - 1);
        arrpix[1] = rsGetElementAt_uchar4(inputAlloc, x    , y - 1);
        arrpix[2] = rsGetElementAt_uchar4(inputAlloc, x +1 , y - 1);

        arrpix[3] = rsGetElementAt_uchar4(inputAlloc, x -1 , y    );
        arrpix[4] = in;
        arrpix[5] = rsGetElementAt_uchar4(inputAlloc, x +1 , y    );

        arrpix[6] = rsGetElementAt_uchar4(inputAlloc, x -1 , y + 1);
        arrpix[7] = rsGetElementAt_uchar4(inputAlloc, x    , y + 1);
        arrpix[8] = rsGetElementAt_uchar4(inputAlloc, x +1 , y + 1);

for(int i=0; i<4; i++)

for(int i=0; i<=8; i++){

if(arrpix[i].r>arrpix[i+1].r){
buff.r = arrpix[i].r; arrpix[i].r = arrpix[i+1].r;
arrpix[i+1].r = buff.r;}

if(arrpix[i].g>arrpix[i+1].g){
buff.g = arrpix[i].g; arrpix[i].g = arrpix[i+1].g;
arrpix[i+1].g = buff.g;}

if(arrpix[i].b>arrpix[i+1].b){
buff.b = arrpix[i].b; arrpix[i].b = arrpix[i+1].b;
arrpix[i+1].b = buff.b;}

}
}
    return arrpix[4];
}

A: You need to check x>0 and y>0 because 0-1 =-1
Bottom loops don't look completely correct either. Can you fix the spacing and did you mean to use i in both loops?


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Q: I'm having trouble with my do while loop So I am a beginner using java, and I am trying to have the user enter a temperature in Fahrenheit and convert it into Celsius, all while making sure the use enters a valid number for the double variable instead of letters. and than displaying in back to the user. I am particularly having trouble with the loop. Here is my code.
import java.util.Scanner;

public class TempConverter
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
        double temp;
        do
        {
            System.out.print("Please enter temperature in Fahrenheit: ");
            while(!in.hasNextDouble())
            {
                System.out.println("ERROR. Please enter a valid temperature: ");
                in.nextDouble();
            }
            temp = in.nextDouble();
        }
        double finalTemp = ((temp - 32)*5)/9;
        System.out.print("Celsius value of Fahrenheit value " + temp + " is " + finalTemp + ".");
    }
}

A: The while must come after. It will keep iterating until the condition in the while has been met.
    do
    {
        System.out.print("Please enter temperature in Fahrenheit: ");
            System.out.println("ERROR. Please enter a valid temperature: ");
            in.nextDouble();
        temp = in.nextDouble();
    }
    while(!in.hasNextDouble())


Written as a response to the Brexit referendum, while also referencing US sitcom 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia,' Martha Ffion's latest single "Kennedy Hair" is the sense of playfulness that's needed in moving forward.
What makes a song political? It seems like everything at the moment, whether music, art or fashion, is put into the context of politics. Dark and dystopian? Must be thoughts on our future. Overly colourful and cheerful? Clearly a reminder to be positive. Alluding to somebody spreading hatred? Well that's about Trump.
Martha Ffion's "Kennedy Hair" (released January 18) is a confirmed response to political happenings, using a scene from US sitcom It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and a declaration made by British politician Nigel Farage as a way of emphasising an absurdity attached to the manipulation of societies. The result is a combination that's relatable whichever country you're in.
Glasgow-based, Irish-born Claire McKay began her singer-songwriter project Martha Ffion in 2015 and released her debut album Sunday Best in March last year. While the album is a charismatic burst of indie pop, new single "Kennedy Hair" is increasingly more stripped-back and buoyant, taking cues from musical theatre and its quintessential sing-along cheesiness.
It was written after the Brexit referendum result in 2016 and the speech made by Nigel Farage, at the time of UKIP leader, gleefully calling the leave result 'Britain's independence day.' The title is from an episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia where the gang nominates Dennis to run for a local governmental position, despite having no knowledge, because he has 'Kennedy hair' and 'good bone structure'. It's a fitting analogy, given the taking things for face value that has come to define the whole Brexit situation- People drawn to leaving the EU purely because of attractive prospects, the lack of logic being hidden behind false promises.
"Kennedy Hair" begins wistfully with elongated vocals atop a piano before leaping into a catchy chorus complete with a clap-sounding beat. The song's structure is simple and effective, a sudden key change midway through being the base for the lyrics 'His unholy offering of comforting things' repeated with gloomy emphasis.
This release is Martha Ffion's return to Lost Map Records, having released her debut single "So Long" with them back in 2015. In the first instalment of the label's PostMap Club, "Kennedy Hair" was delivered to members' letter boxes in the form of a postcard, adding an extra sweetness to the song's sound.
There's no denying that Britain is in a tedious mess right now, nobody- politicians or public- really knowing what's going on or what decisions are being made. For outsiders, it probably looks comical (in a tragic kind of way). "Kennedy Hair" isn't an angst-ridden protest song but maybe its optimistic humorous sound is reflective of the lyrics' meaning and that coating of utopian ideals. Sometimes being angry doesn't work. Sometimes satire and a sense of fun are what's needed to help us move forward.


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This beautiful Villa is located just 50 metres from the sea in Buenavista, Benissa with stunning panoramic views of the sea. The Villa has 6 bedrooms and 6 bathrooms spread over 3 floors, 6 kitchens, 7 living / dining rooms, two wood stoves, and air conditioning (hot and cold).
Outside there is a beautiful swimming pool 5x6m located on the terrace with a BBQ. Also, there are 7 parking spaces and a beautiful garden with an automatic irrigation system. This really is an ideal property for a bed & breakfast.
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The band of builders constructing new lives for the sick and disabled
It sounds too good to be true. A group of skilled builders spending eight days working round-the-clock to transform the […]
By Ellen Manning
Updated July 17, 2020 5:29 pm
The Band of Builders offer their time for free for people in need (Mark Coventry)
It sounds too good to be true. A group of skilled builders spending eight days working round-the-clock to transform the home of a sick little girl – for no fee whatsoever. It wasn't for a TV show, and it wasn't a one-off. The project was for Carl Jenkins, whose two-year-old daughter, Sadie, has spent roughly half of her life in hospital.
A tracheotomy means that Sadie has a tube to help her breathe and has to sleep in a makeshift bedroom in the family's front room. Simple things such as not having a downstairs lavatory created problems, with her parents or carers having to leave her to go upstairs.
The builders helped Sadie and her family by adapting their home (Tim Winch)
That's where the efforts of a group of tradesmen and women known as Band of Builders (BoB) came in. Sending the family away to Center Parcs, they descended on their home in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire. In just over a week they installed a new downstairs bathroom, redecorated using state-of-the-art materials to cause minimal irritation to Sadie's respiratory system, and transformed the garden into a safe place for her and older sister Isla, four, to play.
The project isn't the first for BoB. The organisation was born in 2016 when founder Addam Smith, a landscaper from Lincoln, wanted to help friend and employee Keith Ellick following a cancer diagnosis. His original plan was a new fence, but when he shared his shock and sadness at his friend's situation on a Facebook group for tradespeople, he was stunned by the offers of help and support, many from people he didn't know. The result was a group of those strangers spending a week renovating Keith's home for him and his family.
"It was something about helping one of their own that seemed to really hit home," says Addam. "They didn't think twice about giving up a few day's work to help."
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Addam went on to raise money for Keith's funeral in March 2017 – and to buy the council-owned home for his family. Reluctant to walk away from such unprecedented kindness, Addam wanted to harness the spirit Keith's project had inspired to help others. The group designed a range of workwear to raise funds and soon found themselves involved in more projects linked to tradespeople in need.
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Addam also won a prize from builders' merchant Jewson last year, which resulted in the group being given £50,000 on account with the company to spend on materials for projects. Other firms often donate items; that's where the plaster for Sadie's renovation came from.
Band of Builders began when Addam Smith (right) helped his friend and employee Keith Ellick after his cancer diagnosis (left) (Darren Black)
In 2017, BoB helped to build a sensory garden for a special school in Lichfield, Staffordshire, and also installed a summer house for fellow tradesman Dan McIntosh, who had been diagnosed with a terminal brain tumour.
So what is it that tempts people to give up a day's wages, often more, to help a complete stranger? Sadie's father Carl, a plasterer by trade, knows because before receiving help from the group he had worked on a project himself.
"Addam's first post about Keith resonated with me because I knew we were going to go through the stuff we're going through with Sadie. Of course it's amazing that people will give up their time for nothing, but then you think: what's a couple of days' money to change someone's life?"
Painter and decorator Jen Gardner agrees. The 34-year-old, from Stevenage, Hertfordshire, spent eight days at Carl's house despite being a single parent running her own business. "If I had all the money in the world I would do this stuff every day," she says.
Camaraderie and a common goal
As well as helping others, it's the camaraderie that comes with working so closely together towards a common goal, says carpenter Gavin Pickwell, who has been involved in three projects so far. Gavin, 29, from Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, says that while everyone shares a common goal, most have their own personal reasons to get involved.
For him, it was the death of his uncle from cancer. After working on something so special, it can be hard to return to the day job, he admits. "You haven't got that kind of bond. The people you work with are colleagues, but the people you do a project with are your friends."
Sadie's garden during its makeover by the Band of Builders (Tim Winch)
The bond and friendship many of them speak of may surprise some who have a certain view of tradespeople.
"Yes, there's a bit of a front in the construction industry," says Gavin. "But I think behind the scenes when builders go home it's very different."
Sadie's garden after its makeover by the Band of Builders
(Tim Winch)
That other side is something Band of Builders tries to support, setting up its own Facebook group where tradespeople can share their lows as well as their highs and help each other when times get tough.
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"Everyone has got their own personal problems and while people sometimes find it hard to talk, on BoB everyone opens up," says Jen.
It's that support and sense of camaraderie that seems to be the key to Band of Builders' success. "At the end of the day we're just an ordinary bunch of guys and girls," says Addam. "What we do is about trying to make a bit of a difference to people's lives when they need it most."
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Stability of Trisodium Citrate and Gentamicin Solution: METHODS part 3
Protocol for Stability Study
Three formulations were evaluated for compatibility and stability. These were prepared, using aseptic technique, from the commercially available gentamicin (40 mg/mL) and trisodium citrate (46.7% for injection, diluted with water). Formulation A consisted of gentamicin 2.5 mg/mL, formulation B consisted of sodium citrate 40 mg/mL, and formulation C consisted of both gentamicin and sodium citrate at concentrations of 2.5 and 40 mg/mL, respectively. A 30-mL volume of each formulation was prepared, and 5-mL aliquots of each formulation were packaged into six 5-mL polyethylene syringes. The syringes were closed with luer-lock syringe tips and were stored at room temperature in a plastic bin with an opaque, snug-fitting lid.
On days 0, 7, 14, 28, 42, 56, and 112, a sample of about 0.8 mL was withdrawn from each of 4 randomly selected syringes for each formulation. These samples were placed in 1.8-mL screw-top cryovials and stored at —20°C until analysis. Both gentamicin and citrate have been shown to be stable for 6 months when frozen and stored at -20°C. For gentamicin analysis, the samples were diluted 1:1 with water to give a nominal concentration of 250 g/mL; phenylisocyanate derivatives were prepared from 0.5-mL volumes of these solutions, as previously described, and analyzed by means of HPLC. For citrate analysis, samples were diluted 1:25 with water to generate a nominal concentration of 1600 |ig/mL, and these solutions were analyzed by HPLC. The concentration of gentamicin and citrate was quantified with reference to standards analyzed concurrently with the samples. At the time of analysis, all samples, standards, and a blank were coded and analyzed in random order.
At the start and finish of the study, the pH of the formulations was assessed using a pH meter (Accumet Basic AB15, Fisher Scientific, Nepean, Ontario). Colour and clarity were assessed visually. canadian antibiotics
Statistical analyses were performed with SigmaStat (SPSS Inc, Chicago, Illinois) and Excel 2000 (Microsoft) software. All statistical analyses were performed at the 95% significance level, and data are presented as means ± SD, unless indicated otherwise. Linear regression models were constructed to estimate the amount, with 95% confidence intervals (CIs), of gentamicin and citrate remaining at the end of the 112-day observation period. In each model, the independent variable was time, and the dependent variables were the concentrations of gentamicin and citrate. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to test changes in concentration over time.
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At least 26 people are dead after a gunman opened fire at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, just outside San Antonio. During our national call-in special, host Krys Boyd will get the latest from reporters at the scene. We'll also talk with a security expert about active shooter situations. And we'll hear from Al Meredith, who was pastor at Fort Worth's Wedgwood Baptist Church in 1999 when a gunman attacked his congregation.
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Politicians Can't Talk Right (And They Ain't Logical, Either)
by Ted Rall
Written by Ted Rall
What's wrong with VA Gov. Terry McAuliffe, SC Senator Tom Davis and Miss. House Speaker Phillip Gunn? They don't talk right, says Ted Rall. T'aint logical, either. Here is what he means …
aNewDomain — The renewed push to eliminate the Confederate battle flag from the South Carolina state capitol and as part of the design of state flags in other Southern states has sparked the kind of discussion that showcases one of the big things that is wrong with American politics. It doesn't get talked about very much, but the truth is: Politicians don't speak correctly.
That is, they don't talk right.
I don't know why. Is it that rhetoric and debate is an afterschool activity rather than part of standard school curriculums? Is the long tradition of anti-intellectualism in American culture to blame?
Whatever the reason, journalists are too deeply embedded in the corporate political class to see that the soundbites they're transcribing are, to put it politely, stupid. And not just in the grammatical sense. Consider:
Flags Don't Divide
Whatever the cause, American politicians seem particularly inept at framing issues and concerns in a way that clarifies problems and their potential solutions.
Take, for example, the words of Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe. He says he wants to take the Confederate standard off his state's license plates. The flag "divides many of our people," McAuliffe said. "Even its display on state-issued license tags is, in my view, unnecessarily divisive and hurtful to too many of our people."
He is wrong, of course, when he says that the flag divides people.
What is true is that Virginia, like other states, is divided between people who are offended by the flag, and those who think it's just fine.
Given the history the flag symbolizes, most relevantly the fact that Southern states resurrected the Confederate battle flag as a rebuke to the civil rights movement during the late 1950s and early 1960s, people who are still fans of the Confederate flag are inconsiderate jerks at bare minimum. As for the rest, let's just call them the racist scum they are.
So it would be far more accurate to say that the state is divided between nice people who would never put Confederate imagery on their cars, and mean people who would.
What McAuliffe should have said is: "People who display Confederate images on their license plates are racist assholes, and the state of Virginia shouldn't endorse their racist asshole views."
Bodies. Not Body.
And then there are the politicians who, even while espousing the right side of an issue, give those on the other side a benefit of the doubt that they don't deserve. Here's South Carolina State Senator Tom Davis:
"There are some very good and decent people up there in that General Assembly, without a racist bone in their body, who revere that flag."
This is the sort of statement that, in countries like England and France where words are carefully scrutinized, would result in public shaming. Words that form idiotic phrases and sentences prompt ridicule there that might keep you from ever leaving your house again.
Seriously, does anyone really believe that someone who "reveres" the Confederate flag doesn't have "a racist bone in their body?"
And it's "bodies." Not body.
Another Word for Courage, Please.
Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn called for the Confederate standard to be removed from that state's flag.
We must always remember our past, but that does not mean we must let it define us."
Gunn's remarks were lauded for their "courage." Oh, please.
Where is the courage in a milquetoast comment like that?
How much courage does it take, even in Mississippi, to declare an end to southern opposition to civil rights in the year 2015?
The problem isn't really grammar, it's a lack of logic. It's doublespeak.
And it is no wonder, with public officials routinely trotting out corporate doublespeak in response to every political debate, that the American public possesses so little clarity about what's real and what's not.
That is how we get Republicans who think that U.S. President Barack Obama is a Kenyan-born socialist. He's a U.S. citizen; it's a verifiable fact.
Yet no one in the media or even in the Democratic Party is willing to set the record straight in a straightforward, strident way.
It is also why we are treated to a climate change "debate" where there are supposedly two sides, each equally valid, each equally entitled to a public hearing and respect. There aren't two valid sides. Climate change is a proven scientific fact.
American politics are childish and unsophisticated. If they didn't affect billions of people and the fate of the planet itself, these politicians would be hilarious.
For aNewDomain, I'm Ted Rall.
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Image three and cover shot: Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn via clarionledger.com, All Rights Reserved.
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This Time, It's Personal
In the last three weeks I've met a woman who was manhandled by Donald Trump, found out that friend and former colleague, Natasha Stoynoff, was assaulted by him, and that an acquaintance of a friend and former co-worker was also violated by the GOP candidate for President.
Now, Trump can lather up his base as much as he wants with his wing-nut conspiracies, that all these women are lying, but the reality is much darker and more frightening than anything his narrow mind — and the ignorance of his fearful, spineless supporters — can ever imagine. We're told that we shouldn't demonize his supporters, but I disagree. They are the problem.
For the last quarter century the Republican Party made a deal with the media devil; first it was Rush Limbaugh and talk radio, then the Drudge Report, then Fox News, then Brietbart; to discredit the governance of this country and the systems put in place over more than 200 years by the rule of law that is our Constitution.
We are warned repeatedly by the tepid and furtive wonks in the middle and the Left that the GOP base's anger is "understandable," that it was the elites that abandoned them and now hold them in disdain.
When Kansas and Wisconsin voted for Sam Brownback and Scott Walker, respectively, and those governors implemented policies that benefited the wealthy at the expense of the populace at large and drove their states' economies into the ground, I only have one question: Whose fault was that?
When the Gulf Coast states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida—who repeatedly vote for GOP local, state and national candidates—make agreements with Big Oil, offering tax incentive packages that don't benefit those states with the platforms and refineries cluttering their coastlines, but the oil industry alone, I have to ask : Whose fault is that?
For a party that consistently goes on and on about personal responsibility, its leadership seems quick to point the finger elsewhere.
For 25-plus years, the Republican Party has pandered to the basest fears of the electorate: Minorities are bad. Homosexuals are bad. Equal pay for equal work is bad. Immigrants are bad. Science is bad.
And they used Conservative media to spread that message.
Conservatives loved it when George W. Bush was elected, when after 9/11 they peddled fear and anxiety and "money for nothing," only to be surprised when the market collapsed and all we got for the "War on Terror" was body bags and coffins brought into the country under the darkness of night; and soldiers wounded both in body and spirit, many with no jobs or futures to come home to after their service.
The GOP created the vacuum in which Donald Trump's ascendancy and candidacy swooped in to fill; they opened a Pandora's Box of ancient bigotries and resentments and now sit back helplessly as it spins out of their control, un-endorsing Trump, re-endorsing him, not based of ethics, morals or backbone, but based on poll numbers.
The election this November is not just about forming a new government, it's about fighting to save a system of democracy the world had never seen before; to show the world that the United States and its people are true to the values enshrined in its founding documents: the Bill of Rights, the Constitution overall, the Emancipation Declaration and all the laws and amendments that have driven our country forward through history.
I'm tired of Trump supporters claiming they're patriots when their candidate, his actions, and their partisans in the Senate and the House of Representatives, make it clear they do not support the Constitution. The GOP has a lot to pay for, and I hope its comeuppance arrives on November 8. They spent the last eight years attempting to take down a man of principles, honor and integrity, and all they have to show for it is Donald Trump.
Donald Trump is unfit for office. He was unfit when he slandered Mexican immigrants. He was unfit when he targeted Muslims. He was unfit when he encouraged his supporters to beat demonstrators at his rallies, and he was unfit when he welcomed white supremacists and bigots openly into the fold.
Let alone that he molested someone I know.


Trail rides at Dovewood are part of the Horseback fun!
Camp Dovewood gives young girls and teens a fun-filled environment where they can polish their talents, make long-lasting friendships and strengthen their relationship with the Lord. Our Christian equestrian camp for girls is a residential, accredited summer camp located in O'brien, Florida. Dovewood offers over 24 activities for campers to do. Each activity is led by a strong group of female Christian role models and directors who are passionate about passing along their knowledge, faith, experience and abilities to the next generation. Girls gain positive self-esteem and get a chance to do the things they love all day long.
Dovewood is accredited with American Camping Association, Certified Horsemanship Association and is also a member of Christian Camp and Conference Association. This year we celebrate over 39 years of dynamic Christian camping.
We at Camp Dovewood believe that when a girl grows socially, physically, emotionally, individually, spiritually and intellectually, she develops each of the necessary spokes of life's wheel, enabling her to be God's total child. We believe in interdenominational camping because it offers the opportunity for girls of all faiths to share with one another as sisters –in- Christ.


Curling is particularly popular in Scotland and Canada. It is a team game, played on ice. Large round flat "stones" are slid across the ice towards a mark, while members of the team use brooms to sweep the surface of the ice in the path of the stone to control its speed and direction. We've got some fun printables and a colouring page here, and you can learn a little more about the sport below.
Grab a dice, turn the printer on and discover how good you are at curling - board game style! Kids will be playing against a partner and scoring points, so there is some adding practice involved too. Please note - we've taken liberties with the rules of curling! The game is for 2 players.
Colour in this picture of a curling team, ready for the Winter Olympics, perhaps.
Curling is a sport that we don't hear much about until Winter Olympics time. Here is a fun poster to display, use in projects etc.


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5 Fun Event Ideas You've Never Thought Of
By: Denise Harrison
Sure, appetizers and beverages are a must. But what can you do to make your party really stand out?
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You've been to those parties. You know -- the ones where you're greeted at the door, handed a cocktail and then ushered into a room full of unfamiliar people. You make awkward small talk, recall that you can't shake hands with a martini in one hand and hors d'oeuvres in the other, and pretty much forget peoples' names from one introduction to the next. You and everyone else exhale a sigh of relief at the ring of the dinner bell.
Well, now you're the one hosting the party. Throw a boring event where everyone prefers they were on their own couches dressed in sweats, snacking on chips and watching sitcom reruns? Not you! You're going to hold an event so memorable your guests will be talking about it for months.
On the following pages are five event ideas that will so delight your guests they'll be dying to come to your next party.
Global Gala
Woodstock Party
Honoring Our Troops
5: Global Gala
Bored with the typical potluck? Instead, give your guests an international challenge!
Assign each guest or couple a country. Their diplomatic mission? To bring food and drink representing that country, and wear native dress. A couple whose assignment is Mexico, for example, might bring tamales, homemade salsa and chips, and chicken with mole sauce, and arrive in serapes, ponchos or silly sombreros. Someone whose assignment is India might present a palak paneer, nan, or chicken curry and masala chai tea. A traditional Indian woman's sari or man's kurta shirt sets an exotic fashion tone.
To decorate, you may want to set up country stations with tables for the food and drink and backdrops around the party area. Embellish the backdrops with flags, photos and other culturally-relevant items, such as a piñata for Mexico or incense holders for India. (Just don't light the incense lest it take away from the delicious aroma of the Indian food.)
Guests to your Global Gala will enjoy sharing their experiences of learning about different countries' foods, beverages and costumes.
4: Woodstock Party
Perhaps you could make flower power buttons for your guests!
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Let your friends' inner flower children blossom at a Woodstock-themed party, where guests can don hip-hugger bell-bottom jeans, floppy hats, large round sunglasses and tie-dyed anything. You can throw a Woodstock party for no occasion whatsoever, but it might make a fun birthday for someone old enough to have been at the original event.
Start with peace sign invitations, then decorate your pad with bright yellows, oranges, pinks and neon greens. Buy large construction paper and cut out huge peace signs and "flower power" flowers. Hang them on the walls and dangle smaller ones from the ceiling. To fill in corners, buy brightly-colored helium balloons. For additional authenticity, hang beaded curtains at entryways. To go all out, install some black lights and hang black light posters from the '60s (Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane and Janis Joplin will do nicely!). And don't forget the lava lamps!
Tie-dye your own tablecloths and napkins. Almost any entrees and side dishes for this event will do, but for dessert, it's a no-brainer. Before Woodstock, granola was basically unheard of and became quite popular after, so bake some yummy peanut butter granola bars. And the music? Woodstock recordings, of course!
3: Who Am I?
The ultimate icebreaker, "Who Am I?" offers guests a fun way to get to know each other and costs you next to nothing!
Before your event, buy name tags, but instead of writing the actual names of your guests on them, you'll write the names of famous people. As guests arrive, place the name tags on their backs. No one will know "who they are" and as they mix and mingle, they ask questions of each other attempting to determine the identity on their name tags: "Am I female?" "Am I notorious?" "Am I famous in the present, or was I famous in the past?"
"Who Am I?" enlivens any event, but you can also incorporate it into another theme. At an election year party, make all the name tags names of politicians from past and present and decorate your party space with campaign posters. On or close to Oscar night, the names can be famous actors, with a décor of movie posters. Add to the theme by naming your dishes accordingly. The election party can feature "Barack Obeef," "Clinton Chicken" or "Bushetta"; for the Oscar theme, dish up "French Depp Sandwich," "Fonda Fondue," and a "Jack Lemmon Meringue Pie."
2: Prom Night
Relive prom night with pink punch and corsages.
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Here's a chance to let your guests relive (or remake!) their teen years: Invite them to a night at the prom.
Prom night is best done big, so you'll want to find a venue that can accommodate half a dozen round tables (or more, depending on the size of the guest list) and affords a large dance floor. Decorate with lots of strung lights, balloons and flowers, and to do it right, you'll want to hire a band, so a real stage will add to the event. An outdoor nighttime setting is ideal.
In your invitations, make it clear the prom is formal attire. Include a message asking each guest to send you photos of them at their original proms in advance of the event. You can hang these on walls or place them in stand-up frames on tables around the periphery. Guests can get to know each other while sharing their original prom stories.
Whether buffet or sit-down, you may want to hire a caterer; or if you decide to cook the meal yourself, you'll still likely need wait staff to cater to the evening's happy prom kings and queens.
1: Honoring Our Troops
No need for a special occasion to host this party! Just gather family and friends for a chance to socialize and wrap presents for troops overseas.
The U.S. Pentagon no longer lets you wrap a care package and mail it to "Any Service Member," so you'll want to coordinate with designated nonprofits like the Billy Blanks Foundation or Adopt a Platoon to help you select and send appropriate items. And there are plenty of options! You can send books to individual soldiers who have requested specific titles, or adopt an entire platoon and send snacks, toiletries, games, clothes and more.
First, buy wrapping paper, scotch tape, ribbon, a greeting card for each present, shipping boxes and packing tape. With your party invitation, identify the specific item you want that guest to bring, but don't tell them why! As guests arrive, they'll be delighted to learn where their present is going. Have enough tables so that everyone can sit, wrap and write their notes. It's a good mixer for guests who don't know each other well, since the shared activity promotes unity.
You might serve an Americana meal like meatloaf and mashed potatoes on military-inspired plates. Decorate your home with military posters and inspirational photos you find on the Internet.
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AdoptAPlatoon.com. (Feb. 28, 2012) http://adoptaplatoon.org/
Amazon.com. "Music from the Original Soundtrack and More: Woodstock." (Feb. 28, 2012) http://www.amazon.com/Music-Original-Soundtrack-More-Woodstock/dp/B00274SHKM/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1330733387&sr=1-1
Books for Soldiers. (Feb. 28, 2012) http://booksforsoldiers.com/
Food Network. "Peanut Butter Granola Bars." (March 1, 2012) http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/peanut-butter-granola-bars-recipe/index.html
InvitationBox.com. "Peace sign invitations and fill-in thank you notes." (March 1, 2012) http://www.invitationbox.com/psp-fi102.html?gclid=CLGHz_Gvya4CFQ7DtgodAGH1BA
Military.com. "Support Our Troops." (Feb. 27, 2012) http://www.military.com/spouse/content/military-life/military-resources/how-to-support-our-troops.html
Party Supplies Hut. "Daisy Bead Curtain." (March 2, 2012) http://partysupplieshut.makesparties.com/Catalog.aspx?intDisplayableCategoryID=1119&intDisplayableProductID=81413
The Camo Shop. "Camo Party Supplies, Invitations, Decorations." (Feb. 28, 2012) http://www.thecamoshop.com/camo-party-supplies.html
Denise Harrison "5 Fun Event Ideas You've Never Thought Of" 12 March 2012.
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Creationists are always surprising us. Back in 2009 we wrote The Scientific Case Against Powered Flight. Using creationist logic — the best kind of logic! — we decisively proved that powered flight is impossible.
But now, to our amazement, powered flight is being used to prove the bible by the creation scientists at the Institute for Creation Research (ICR) — the fountainhead of young-earth creationist wisdom, Their article is titled Bioinspiration: The Birds Will Tell You.
They were no doubt inspired by the mention of birds 53 times in the Bible, such as "ask…the birds of the air, and they will tell you." [Footnote to a scripture reference.] The brothers were largely self-taught but voracious readers who experimented with mechanical things throughout their lives. Their church had long been openly creationist and very opposed to Darwinism.
Wilbur and Orville realized that if birds could fly, humans could copy their design and likewise be able to fly. … The brothers recognized a critical factor was the bird wing's shape, which they endeavored to copy. Observing birds was one way their approach to flight differed significantly from contemporary experimenters whose focus was on developing more-powerful engines. The brothers focused on wing design. … Their notebooks include detailed notes on bird flight that help historians determine what they learned from birds.
The human engineering of devices inspired by design in the natural world is called bioinspiration, a field that has grown both in size and importance in the years since the famous flight. The Wright brothers' example is only one of thousands.
Indeed, very few men have changed the world in greater ways than the Wright brothers, and they started by watching "the birds of the air." We can see God's engineering genius even in this pale imitation of His created avian wonders.
As feeble as that was, it's probably going to delight the Discoveroids. They're always hoping their "science arguments" will have some influence, and now their wish has come true. Unfortunately for them, their argument has influenced only another creationist outfit.
Icarus flew like a bird long before the Wright bros. DaVinci in his many writings also preceded the Wrights by many years.
For his next 'bioinspired' trick, Jerry will show how the invention of powered submarines was triggered by creationists observing that fish could apparently hold their breath under water for very, very, very long periods of time.
And armored tanks were inspired by a keen creationist naturalist observing a caterpillar and dung beetle joining forces to steamroll over the ranks of worker ants.
Bergman has a long history in creationism, diploma-mill qualifications, and lying about his credentials.
The cleverest of designers – people like Leonardo – could not come up with a design for a flying machine. The only thing that they could think of was to copy nature.
That is not a good argument for design.
Ever get the feeling that it is not about intelligence, but about having access to magic words? If we only had the proper incantations, we could animate anything. God supposedly has them, but where did they come from? Why do words hold power?
How exactly do the wings of an airplane resemble the wings of a bird?
Hello Curmudgeon. I think you should check out Diane Douglass in Arizona. Nasty creationist stuff going on there.
He himself has shown numerous times that creacrap is "proven" by everything and anything.
Oh yeah, this is good. Joking Jerry argues that the Wright brother did better than the god they believed in. So much for "God's engineering genius". TomS' "That is not a good argument for design" is the understatement of the month.
I am trying to think of where in nature is the concept of the wheel?
@Douglas E: how about the rotary flagellum? Irreducible, if not in its complexity (sorry, Behe), at least, perhaps, in its flagellicity.
Certainly agree that we can learn from nature. One of my favorite machines is the Na K ATP pump.
One word for Bergman, "Ostrich".
Ooops! One word for me!
Nature is smarter than design.
OMG, Bergman! Old Jer's been around for a LOOOOOOONNNNNNGGGGG time. Dyed-in-the-wool YEC from the good old days. A crackpot's crackpot. Always wrong but never in doubt. Master of the Gish Gallop and quote mining. Complete with fake PhD from a non-accredited correspondence "university," Bergman was denied tenure and terminated from Bowling Green State University. Bergman sued the school citing "persecution" but lost his case because he had been dismissed on ethics charges that he claimed to have a degree that he didn't have. Ethics, what a surprise!
And the Wright brothers' study of birds is exactly why every flying machine today has flapping wings! Why hasn't everyone else (including idiot Bergman) noticed this??
By the way, to add to Bergman's credibility, he was terminated from Bowling Green because they also noticed that he had written a rediculous quantity of exceptionally low quality papers to pad his resume.
Bergman also wrote papers claiming that gays can be discriminated against since there is no biological link to gayness, the secular scientific community framed the Catholic church in the Galileo affair, and a host of other jaw droppingly ignorant papers. Of course these particular papers only got published in creationists journals and websites.
And Bergman is also an "expert" science teacher by the way, only at Christian schools of course. One can only imagine the horrors peddled in his "science" classrooms. If Bergman were twice as smart he would only reach the idiot level.
How did he ever get hired by Bowling Green, which I thought was a pretty reputable place?
The Wright brothers were devout Methodists, and Methodism has always had its fundamentalist/Biblical literalist elements. I can't find any source that attests to their creationism, however. They certainly never tried, as other early attempts did, to copy the shape or action of bird wings. This does not, however, argue that they didn't think that God had created the birds on the fifth day of a six-day creation. Maybe they did think that – but I certainly wouldn't take the word of a creationist for it, or for anything else.
And aircraft based on daVinci's designs have been successfully flown in modern times, though they had to be made from strong light-weight materials unavailable in Leonardo's time (and use pedals, taking advantage the strength of human leg muscles, which are much stronger than those of the arms–flapping won't do the trick).
This whole article is one hilarious load of codswallop in its poor thinking, poor reasoning, lack of any competent research, lack of understanding what one reads and it's also a great example of a very bad example in making a mountain out of a molehill and using ones own lack of competent thinking to push ones own bigotry.
But then, it's typical, shallow, incompetent Darwinian tripe.
@Hitch, Coming from a person who claims Hume was an intelligent design proponent – incompetence is something you obviously know about first hand.


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Bollywood Parks™ Dubai is part of Dubai Parks and Resorts which will also feature MOTIONGATE™ Dubai – a unique theme park showcasing some of Hollywood's most beloved characters from DreamWorks Animation, Sony Pictures Studios and Lionsgate as well as the region's first LEGOLAND® Park and a LEGOLAND® Water Park. The entire destination is connected by Riverland™ Dubai – a retail and dining destination at the heart of Dubai Parks and Resorts, and guests can stay at the Lapita™ Hotel, a Polynesian themed family hotel part of the Marriott Autograph® Collection. Expected to open in late 2019, Six Flags Dubai will be destination's fourth theme park and the region's first Six Flags theme park.
Rajmahal Theatre
Rajmahal Theatre, the jewel of Bollywood Parks™ Dubai, a part of Dubai Parks and Resorts, is the opulent 850-seater state-of-the-art theatre which will host the regions first Broadway-style Bollywood-themed show. The separately ticketed show, will bring together the first and only resident Bollywood inspired show of the region.
The heart and soul of Bollywood Parks™ Dubai, the Rajmahal Theatre draws inspiration from the royal palaces of India and creates an opulent setting for live shows and performances.
Bollywood Parks™ Dubai
Bollywood Parks™ Dubai a part of Dubai Parks and Resorts™ is a first of its kind theme park showcasing the authentic Bollywood experience. Bollywood, the Hindi language film industry based in Mumbai, India is one of the largest centres of film production in the world.
Located near the Dubai-Abu Dhabi border in the United Arab Emirates, the park will feature cinematic rides, thrilling attractions and entertaining live shows that bring to life the action, music, dance and drama of Bollywood.
Bollywood Parks™ Dubai will recreate the Bollywood experience through themed attractions and rides spread across five zones: Bollywood Boulevard, Mumbai Chowk, Rustic Ravine, Royal Plaza and Bollywood Film Studios. Visitors will experience bold action, colourful story-telling and captivating dance sequences inspired by nine popular films or IPs: Rock On!!, Don, Lagaan, Sholay, Dabangg, Mughal-e-Azam, Zindagi Na MilegiDobara, RA.One and Krrish. Bollywood Parks™ Dubai is also home to the stunning 850-seat Rajmahal Theatre that will house a separately ticketed Broadway-style, Bollywood themed show. During the day, the park will have up to 20live shows across five stages: Rock On!!, Crossroads, Mumbai Express, Rangmanch and Stars on Steps.
The park will also offer six themed restaurants that capture India's mouth-watering culinary offerings and eight retail outlets stocking quintessential filmy fare. Located within the Dubai Parks and Resorts™ destination, Bollywood Parks™ Dubai covers 1.7 million square feet.
For more information, go to: http://www.bollywoodparksdubai.com
Dubai Parks and Resorts, owned by DXB Entertainments PJSC, is the Middle East's largest multi-themed leisure and entertainment destination comprising three separate theme parks: MOTIONGATE™ Dubai, a Hollywood movie inspired theme park concept; LEGOLAND® Dubai, the first LEGOLAND theme park in the Middle East; and Bollywood Parks™ Dubai, a first-of-its-kind theme park that showcases rides and attraction based on some of Bollywood's biggest blockbusters. It will also host the LEGOLAND® Water Park; the region's first water park catering to families with children aged 2-12. Expected to open in late 2019, Six Flags Dubai will be destinations fourth theme park and the regions first Six Flags theme park.
The entire destination is connected by Riverland™ Dubai – a uniquely themed retail and dining destination at the heart of Dubai Parks and Resorts, and guests can stay at the Lapita™ Hotel, a Polynesian themed family hotel part of the Marriott Autograph Collection.
Located on Sheikh Zayed Road opposite the Palm Jebel Ali in Dubai equidistant to Dubai and Abu Dhabi International Airports the destination offers over 100 rides and attractions.
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With the launch of Norwegian-designed technology Motiview, the Bruyère Research Institute (BRI) on Friday introduced the new exercise system aimed to simulate real-life bicycling for older adults.
Seniors, positioned on a stationary bike in front of a television screen, can get their physical activity with foot or hand pedals while the screen simulates real locations from around the world. They can also listen to music while they visit familiar spots or places they've only dreamed of seeing.
"There's over 20 countries to visit and over 1,200 videos in the library. That's what's nice about this technology. It's not just reminiscent of places you've been or grown up, it's places that you've always wanted to travel to," project lead researcher Dan McEwen said.
Norwegian Ambassador to Canada Anne Kari Hansen Ovind was one of the first to try out the technology, bicycling through her hometown in Norway as organizers threw on some Whitney Houston music to add to the friendly and familiar environment.
In addition to European travel destinations, Ovind was also given the chance to ride along the Rideau Canal. Each video simulation created by Motitech lasts about 20 minutes and even offers appearances from pedestrians; people walking by, riding their bikes or just sitting and relaxing along the path.
"A lot of the people that we're seeing are dealing with social isolation and challenges getting out to do many of the activities they would've done in the past," said Véronique French Merkley, medical chief for the department of care of the elderly at Élisabeth Bruyère Hospital.
Similar technology was introduced to the Glebe Centre Long-term Care Home earlier this year. The Swedish jDome BikeAround uses Google street maps and a large dome screen to help patients leave the nursing home in a virtual way. Residents with dementia, Alzheimer's and other medical complications have been responding positively, according to Susan Zors, director of resident services.


Avasare P., Vanmeerbeeck G., Ykman-Couvreur C., Mariani G., Palermo G., Zaccaria V., Silvano C.
In present era of Multi-Processor System-on-Chip (MPSoC) embedded devices, to run multiple applications optimally (in terms of execution time and power consumption) is an enormous challenge. Embedded designers usually tackle this challenge by dividing it in two parts : at design-time Design Space Explorations (DSE) are performed to derive Pareto set of optimum operating points for each application and at run-time embedded device is monitored continuously to operate at one of the points in the derived Pareto set. Obviously run-time management relies heavily on accuracy of DSE. With growing complexity of embedded devices and with time-to-market pressures, at design-time, it is not trivial to derive the operating point Pareto set. On the other hand, at run-time, overhead introduced by a run-time management scheme should also not be high so as to minimally affect embedded device performance . We have developed techniques to tackle these embedded design issues. At design time, we use DSE with multiple simulators running at multiple abstraction levels to converge quickly to Pareto set of operating points. At runtime, to keep run-time overhead to a minimum, a hierarchical Runtime Resource Manager (RRM) is used with well-defined interfaces (services) between global and local resource managers. We applied our methodology on an embedded device having eight processor cores running multiple MPEG4 encoders. With our DSE methodology, we could derive Pareto set much quickly (as compared to full-space explorations). With our run-time schemes, overhead introduced by run-time manager was negligible.


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La senda oscura es una película de Argentina en blanco y negro dirigida por Luis José Moglia Barth según su propio guion sobre el argumento de Emilio Villalba Welsh y Bernardo Verbitsky según libro de Leo Martín que se estrenó el 9 de mayo de 1947 y que tuvo como protagonistas a María Duval, Elsa O'Connor, Ricardo Passano y Alberto Contreras. Fue la película póstuma de Elsa O'Connor.

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Una mujer se hace pasar por madre de un joven ciego para acceder a una fortuna, pero pronto le toma cariño.

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Chapter 4 Ongoing Projects and the Future Menu of Topics
Author: International Monetary Fund. Independent Evaluation Office
IEOR; IEO; InWent seminar; The IMF and Aid to Sub-Saharan Africa; evaluation; IMF trade policy advice; IMF research; IMF accountability; IMF position; IMF interaction; Sub-Saharan Africa
The IEO is currently engaged in the preparation of two evaluation projects: "The IMF's Interactions with Its Member Countries" and "The IMF's Approach to International Trade Policy Issues." One other evaluation, "The IMF's Research Agenda," is expected to commence in FY2009. Table 4.1 shows the status of the various evaluations completed, in progress, or in the work program of the IEO. The IEO has now begun a transparent consultation process with the IMF's Executive Board, Management, and staff, as well as external stakeholders to identify a set of topics to be added to the office's pipeline in FY2009. This chapter details those evaluations currently in progress.
Table 4.1.
Completed and Ongoing IEO Work Program
1 The date refers to the time the completed report was, or is expected to be, circulated to the Evaluation Committee of the Executive Board.
2 Refers to the fiscal year in which the projects were first added to the work program.
Initial round of evaluation projects
Prolonged Use of IMF Resources Completed (August 2002)
The IMF and Recent Capital Account Crises (Indonesia, Korea, Brazil) Completed (May 2003)
Fiscal Adjustment in IMF-Supported Programs Completed (July 2003)
Additions to work program2
The IMF and Argentina, 1991–2001 Completed (July 2004)
Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers/Poverty Reduction Growth Facility Completed (June 2004)
IMF Technical Assistance Completed (January 2004)
The IMF's Approach to Capital Account Liberalization Completed (April 2005)
IMF Assistance to Jordan Completed (October 2005)
Financial Sector Assessment Program Completed (November 2005)
Multilateral Surveillance Completed (March 2006)
Structural Conditionality in IMF-Supported Programs Completed (October 2007)
The IMF and Aid to Sub-Saharan Africa Completed (January 2007)
IMF Exchange Rate Policy Advice Completed (March 2007)
Governance of the IMF Completed (April 2008)
The IMF's Interactions with Its Member countries In progress
The IMF's Approach to International Trade Policy Issues In progress
The IMF's Research Agenda To commence in FY2009
The IMF's Interactions with Its Member Countries
To achieve its objectives, the IMF depends in large part on having effective interactions with member countries. Interactions, in this context, are defined to include exchanges of information, analysis, and views between IMF officials and country authorities, or other people or entities in member countries. The evaluation will examine whether the interactions between the IMF and its member countries, carried out in different circumstances and for various objectives, have been effective and well managed. It will cover the period 2001 to early 2008.
There are motivations for evaluating the IMF's interactions with member countries at this time, besides their inherent importance to the institution's effectiveness. First, evidence from a variety of sources—including country authorities and civil society—suggests that these interactions could be improved. Both the importance of the interactions and their shortcomings have been recurrent themes in previous evaluations by the IEO, as well as in comments by country authorities, civil society, and academics. Frustrations have also been expressed by IMF staff. Second, the nature of IMF interactions with member countries has evolved in recent years, reflecting changes in policies and priorities, and more changes are in prospect; the ways in which change has been managed is itself an important topic.
The evaluation questions respond to issues raised about the effectiveness of interactions by country authorities and others. Authorities' views on what has been successful and unsuccessful were sought in confidential interviews. In addition, in examining various criticisms of the interactions and determining the extent of their validity, the evaluation will take account of concerns that have been made public, as well as the changes in Fund policies that have taken place in recent years. The success or otherwise of the new approaches and priorities, some of which have been adopted in response to previous criticisms, is an important aspect of the evaluation.
The evaluation will also examine how the IMF's interactions have been managed. A key element is to determine how adaptations are made to changing priorities, changing country circumstances, and feedback from partners, especially the country authorities. In this respect, the way in which other institutions have managed country or "client" relationships could be relevant and instructive, including the balance between management from head office and by local presence.
The effectiveness of interactions will be evaluated against various criteria. These include criteria based on the guidance provided to IMF staff, issues considered important by country authorities, and additional criteria that may be suggested by referring to policies and practices in other institutions. Two aspects will be examined in particular—the clarity of the purpose and scope of interactions, and the quality of the interactions. The evaluation will assess the IMF's management of interactions against two metrics: (1) the Fund's own policies for managing interactions; and (2) the policies and practices of other institutions, and some models of what best practice might be in this area.
The evaluation will be based on evidence provided by seven main elements: a description of the mandate, policies, and guidance governing the IMF's interactions with member countries; an account of the IMF's process for managing the interactions with its members; a description, using data from IMF internal sources, of how the interactions with member countries evolved over the evaluation` period; a review of other institutions' policies and practices for conducting interactions; opinion surveys of country authorities, civil society, and IMF staff and Executive Directors; and a study of interactions in about 40–50 countries, involving interviews with staff and country authorities; and thematic studies of interactions in a few countries. The evidence, triangulated from various perspectives, will be distilled into a short overview report containing the main findings and recommendations.
The IMF's Approach to International Trade Policy Issues
The IMF's involvement in trade policy issues for well over 25 years has been a source of controversy. It is widely accepted that Article I(ii) of the IMF's Articles of Agreement, imbuing the IMF with the responsibility "to facilitate the expansion and balanced growth of international trade," provides the mandate for its involvement in issues affecting international trade.
The mandate is reinforced by references in Article IV to members' obligations on economic policies in collaborating with the Fund to assure orderly exchange arrangements and in Article V to the IMF's role in assisting members in solving balance of payments problems. But in contrast to exchange rate arrangements and the system of exchange rates, international trade is not under the regulatory jurisdiction of the IMF. Thus, the mandate is less definitive on the specific nature of the IMF's involvement in trade issues than on its role in exchange rate policy.
The relatively soft mandate for IMF involvement in trade policy issues leaves substantial scope for disagreement on whether the IMF has overstepped its proper role on trade policy or not done enough. Moreover, reflecting a fundamental orientation toward furthering free trade, the IMF's involvement in trade policy issues has at times stoked the debate on whether steps toward freer trade are always beneficial for the country concerned or if developmental objectives (particularly in low-income countries) would be better served by programs more tailored to country-specific circumstances. Alongside this debate are charges that IMF advice is not even-handed and pushes harder on developing countries (typically the borrowers from the IMF) than on advanced countries to reduce protectionism. In recent years, with the increasing complexity of trade policy issues, questions about whether IMF staff have the capacity to address trade policies sufficiently systematically have also arisen.
The evaluation will focus on the clarity and conduct of the IMF's role in trade policy advice and advocacy. It will aim to move beyond the question of whether the IMF's role should be more focused and address questions of whether interpretation of the mandate for involvement in trade policy is well based and clear; whether critics of IMF positions have a solid basis and where the IMF's comparative advantage in trade policy issues lies; how well the IMF has adapted to the establishment of the World Trade Organization (WTO); and whether the IMF's trade policy advice is effective. In its conclusions, the evaluation will consider possible improvements in how the IMF defines its role and executes trade policy advice.
The evaluation will assess the IMF's work on trade within the standard results-chain framework of inputs, outputs, and outcomes. Inputs consist of IMF internal processes such as the guidance provided for trade work by the Board and Management, and research and analysis—from inside and outside the IMF—that focus and challenge the IMF's advice on trade policy. Outputs are defined as assessments, analyses, and communication, in surveillance reports, program documents, technical assistance reports, policy dialogues, communiqués, speeches, and statements, among others. Both inputs and outputs are, to a large extent, within the control of the IMF; thus, IMF accountability for their quality is high. Moving along the results chain, the degree of IMF accountability for results becomes increasingly affected by other factors. Outcomes are defined as country authorities' reception of IMF trade policy advice and changes in trade policies and the trade environment in general.
The evaluation will cover the period since the establishment of the WTO—1996–2007—but may go back further for some questions and focus on the more recent past for others. The main instruments of the evaluation will be desk reviews of policy documents and guidelines issued to staff, Article IV and program documents, Executive Board minutes, and advocacy and outreach items. There will also be case studies of the IMF's involvement with individual countries (or country groupings) and/or trade policy issues that cut across countries (or country groupings). These will be supplemented by surveys and interviews of current and former IMF, WTO, and World Bank staff as well as government and nongovernment representatives (including the media).
The IMF's Research Agenda
Seven years ago, a group of independent experts evaluated the IMF's economic research activities. At that time, the Executive Board agreed with the group's finding that there was "substantial room for improvement in the overall quality of the IMF's research." Among other conclusions, Directors endorsed the recommendation that the mix of research conducted at the IMF would need to be directed more to areas where it could add the most value and agreed that it could be integrated to a greater extent into policy work—an assessment that has also been shared by external critics of the IMF. The evaluation would be a follow up exercise and look at two areas.
First, the evaluation would examine the way in which research topics are selected and priorities imposed across the IMF, and the extent to which the recommendation has been carried out to direct research more to areas where it could add the most value and be better integrated into policy work. This will focus both on the use of research for technical assistance purposes, and also in aspects of policy review, dialogue and in recommendations made to member countries. In order to do this, an analysis of the research conducted by all departments in the IMF would be undertaken, using as a starting point the work performed by the existing interdepartmental Research Committee. The evaluation would attempt to identify which pieces of research had been particularly relevant and influential for the country and policy work of the IMF. In addition, a survey of staff and country officials would try to elicit whether some topics could have received greater priority. Given the attempt to streamline and focus IMF activities in recent years, and to seek ways to save costs—issues that will be of even greater importance in the years to come—the evaluation would explore the extent to which decisions on research topics are guided by the opportunities to rely on research conducted outside the IMF, either at other institutions such as the World Bank and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, or in academia.
Second, the evaluation will investigate aspects of the quality (as opposed to the scope and relevance) of IMF research. The process by which IMF research is supervised and vetted would be examined. The views on a sample of research would be sought from a panel of external experts. Issues such as the degree of innovation and the consistency with first best methodology would be studied.
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CHAPTER 4 Ongoing Topics and Future Menu of Evaluation Topics
Chapter 3. Ongoing Topics and Future Menu of Evaluation Topics
Chapter 4. Looking Ahead: Ongoing Evaluations and the IEO Work Program
CHAPTER 3 Status of Ongoing Projects
4 Ten Years of IMF Trade-Related Work: An Assessment
CHAPTER 2 Recently Completed Evaluations and Follow-Up on Past Evaluations
CHAPTER 1 The Independent Evaluation Office: Objectives and Modes of Operation
Chapter 4: Ongoing Topics and Future Menu of Evaluation Topics
Chapter 4 Looking Ahead: The IEO Work Program and Future Menu of Topics
Chapter 8 IEO Retrospective: Ten Years of Independent Evaluation at the IMF
Chapter 4: Ongoing Evaluations
CHAPTER 7 Transparency, Accountability, and Cooperation
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MARIE SAUER, 92, PIONEERING EDITOR
By Martin Weil The Washington Post
Marie Sauer, 92, a pioneering journalist who edited what was then the women's news section of The Washington Post for 23 years and was known for her diligence in digging political scoops out of the city's social side, died Sept. 30 at a nursing home in West Palm Beach after a heart attack.
Ms. Sauer, an able and dedicated newswoman who was widely known and respected among the movers and shakers in Washington, had lived in Florida since stepping down in 1969 as editor of For and About Women.
In the memoir published by former Post publisher Katharine Graham, Ms. Sauer is described as "always a stalwart" and one of the key reporters and editors of her day.
According to various descriptions of newsroom operations of her era, women's section reporters were largely confined to covering social events and the wives and families of the powerful.
But Ms. Sauer was known for training her staff to find glittering nuggets of hard news.
Ms. Sauer would often instruct her staff on what to ask, said Elsie Carper, who as an editor of Style, was one of her successors. For example, Carper said, Sauer might say, "See what the secretary of defense thinks about this."
That way, Carper said, Ms. Sauer's women's section offered readers much news that was not available elsewhere. It won recognition as required reading for anyone hoping to understand how Washington worked.
Ms. Sauer had an orientation toward hard news, and she was said to be impatient with newsroom policies that seemed to restrict the section's scope.
Ms. Sauer was born in Elizabeth, N.J., and received a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University.
She joined The Post in 1936.
Survivors include a sister, Helen Domareki of Singer Island, and two brothers, John A. Sauer of East Brunswick, N.J., and Herbert T. Sauer of Poland, Maine.


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The Shun Elite knife series features a straight black PakkaWood handle and precision Japanese styling. The 7-piece set includes a paring knife, 4-1/2 inch chef's knife, bread knife and many other useful tools making it a comprehensive set for the culinary enthusiast.
Pro: When I told my Mom how much I spent on my Shun knives she couldn't believe it. I actually got in trouble. But as soon as she had the opportunity to use them she understood that they were the last knives I'd ever need to buy. She now owns a set of Shun knives as well!
Con: I received an Shun Elite Chef's Knife as a gift but I prefer the D-shaped handle. It suits me a lot more and is more comfortable to use in my opinion.