Dennie Palmer Wolf's career has taken her from teaching in a two-room schoolhouse to groundbreaking research on portfolios and alternative assessments.
As an educator, Dennie Palmer Wolf has traveled many paths. Throughout her career, Wolf has argued for the strong and necessary place of the arts and humanities in human development and education and has been a powerful advocate for equity, diversity, and different ways of knowing. Today she is the director of PACE (Performance Assessment Collaboratives for Education), a multi-year project in diversified approaches to assessment, and a senior research associate at Harvard Graduate School of Education. She has published widely in the fields of developmental psychology, linguistics, and education.
Her mother, an active member of the San Francisco community, took Dennie to meetings of the charitable organizations to which she belonged and to the many places she went to collect or solicit donations. Her father, a neurologist, turned to nontraditional ways of looking at health problems midway in his career, including "visualization and acupuncture." Growing up in such an active, stimulating environment, it's not surprising that Wolf herself developed a keen sense of curiosity and an openness, which have led her to explore many avenues throughout her career.
Education seemed a logical field for Dennie to consider, one that would nurture her varied interests and her desire for lifelong learning. She entered Swarthmore College, and in 1968 married and left to teach on an emergency certificate in the island community of North Haven, Maine. For two years, she and her husband were the entire faculty at Thoroughfare School, a two-room elementary schoolhouse for 48 students. "I had to invent my way toward teaching," explained Wolf. She also learned the importance of honoring the mores and expectations of the community.
For example, before Thanksgiving break her first year at the school, Wolf neglected to have her students take the pre-primer book home with them. How could she have known about the local ritual of parents and children reading the book together "between turkey and pumpkin pie"? As a result of this innocent lapse in tradition, Wolf was roundly criticized at a town meeting. Grass-roots planning and appreciation of local customs are now hallmarks of her work.
In the mid-1980s, Wolf became a co-director for ARTS PROPEL in Pittsburgh, an effort to root both curriculum and wide-ranging assessment in the humanities. Funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, this five-year project focused on the visual arts, music, and creative writing. Wolf and others—including Lyle Davison, a musician, and Paul LeMahieu, a tests and measurements expert—undertook a serious study of the kinds of evidence that mature artists and writers amass when working on projects for a sustained period of time.
During the same time, Wolf also worked with some remarkable schools in Italy. In Reggio-Emilia, she visited schools for preschoolers and early elementary children where gesturing, drawing, mapping, and other ways of knowing were accepted as legitimate forms of self-expression. Education there exemplified what Wolf called "the deep belief that teachers must be thinkers" and that diversity must be respected in how students learn and how that learning is reflected. In one project, 4-year-olds built an amusement park for birds after getting ideas by visiting fountains around the city and interviewing the waterworks staff. Wolf's 10-year relationship with teachers and researchers in Reggio-Emilia is now a deeply collaborative and confirming part of her work.
Dennie Palmer Wolf's work with ARTS PROPEL in Pittsburgh led to her current effort, PACE. Funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, PACE is a major portfolio project in urban middle schools in such places as Pittsburgh and Rochester, which have diverse student bodies. Wolf and others involved in the project work with teachers to develop worthwhile curriculum and assessments.
The urban schools participating in PACE continually struggle to find unique ways in which portfolios can establish standards for students as well as demonstrate to the public how good work is achieved. The basic lesson thus far, explained Wolf, is that it is never possible to say a student is not smart; it is possible to say a youngster is smart in a different way or has insufficient support.
The math course will be piloted next year and English, the year after that. The English curriculum will include what Wolf called "voices of modern culture." Texts will include books, of course, but also film, journalism, and other serious voices of literary expression. The final requirement is a profile of performance, based largely on a student's succession of accomplishments. A student might give an oral report, do a painting, write a paper, or, more likely, use several different, legitimate and substantive expressions of his or her knowledge. This is the most demanding feature of the new curriculum and one that underlines the seamlessness of curriculum and assessment.
Wolf is also curious about how to link schools and cultural institutions. In Kentucky, for example, teachers are trying to locate models of achievement, "living treasures"—such as a fine potter, an expert cabinetmaker, or a gifted writer. Rather than "starting backwards with outcomes," made up by educators, Wolf wants to celebrate excellence in local culture and work with teachers and students to understand what makes good work.
Mark F. Goldberg retired this year as an administrator from the Shoreham-Wading River Central School District in Shoreham, New York, and is now an educational consultant. He may be reached at 1 Hanson Lane, E. Setauket, NY 11733.


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New Shows at Rockwood Music Hall and the Pleasantville Music Festival!!
Really happy and excited to announce that I will be playing at the Pleasantville Music Festival on Saturday, July 13th!
The Bruce T Carroll Band will be holding down the 4pm slot at the Chill Tent on that day, before Matthew Sweet does a special duo set. Also appearing at the festival this year will be Aimee Mann, Soul Asylum, and yes, Everclear, as well as an assortment of very cool up-and-coming bands like Bailen, E'lissa Jones, and the New Respects...Honored to have been asked to play, and looking forward to a great day!
But before then, in the merry month of May, I have some great shows on tap.
Thursday, May 2nd: Bar'lees in Mamaroneck at 7:30, with Tommy Mandel on keys.
Wednesday, May 15th: Alvin and Friends in New Rochelle, at 7:30pm, with Monica Uhm and Miles East
Friday, May 17th: The Bronxville Women's Club in Bronxville at 7:30pm, co-bill with Open Book!
Saturday, May 18th: Rockwood Music Hall (Stage 3) at 7pm, Full Band show (Marc Shulman, Tommy Mandel, Sara Milonovich, Lincoln Schleifer, and Joe Bonadio)
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NERFA and Full Band Show at The Towne Crier!!
Farewell, Summer....Welcome Fall!
Hastings Riverfront Show, Falcon (Full Band) Show, plus the Bitter End!
EP Release Show at The Colony in Woodstock, Sunday, July 15th!
"Finding You" Release show at The Bitter End, Weds June 6th, at 7pm!!
"Finding You" Release Show at The Falcon, Monday April 30th!
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Surface Transportation Board calls for mediator in Amtrak, CSX hearings
by Alyssa Arbuckle June 15, 2022
Photo courtesy of Amtrak.
After weeks of hearings between Amtrak and freight rail company CSX, the Surface Transportation Board has issued a ruling before the debate for a passenger rail car along the Gulf Coast can continue.
One of the main rulings passed down by the board includes requiring a mediator between the two companies as the hearings proceed.
The mediator must meet with both rail companies to ensure a clear determination of whether the addition of a passenger train along the Mississippi railway corridor does not interfere with other freight company businesses.
In addition to a mediator, CSX is required to grant Amtrak access to all confidential traffic data so each company can file new traffic studies to the board by July 13.
For years, Amtrak has attempted to create a passenger train route along the coast, with the debate being mentioned once again in February.
The route would consist of two roundtrips per day between New Orleans, La., and Mobile, Ala., with four stops in Mississippi.
According to CSX, not only would the cost of repairs for the railcars total up to $400 million in taxpayer dollars, it would also further congest the railway corridor.
It's not the first time a passenger train has been available along the Gulf Coast, as the service was offered prior to Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Now, CSX and Amtrak will begin a mediation period for no more than 30 days as the board decides if Amtrak will be able to begin providing a passenger train route along the coast once again.
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Q: glDeleteTextures gives error E0167 (argument of type is incompatible with parameter of type) I wrote
glDeleteTextures(1, &LocalBuffer);

and it said:
E0167   argument of type "unsigned char *" is incompatible with parameter of type "const GLuint *"

It is line 52.
I tried:
Passing it as LocalBuffer
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A: You delete texture names, not texture data. Specifically, whatever you glGenTextures, you have to later glDeleteTextures later.
glGenTextures(1, &TextID);
glDeleteTextures(1, &TexID);

I was about to say that you can free your image data immediately after uploading it for DMA transfer to the graphics card (glTexImage2D), but you are already freeing it. So in fact, if the code went through with some reinterpret casting, you'd get an access violation. Just don't even store LocalBuffer as a field in your class, it's not necessary.

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Five Questions for Tom Atteberry
FUND WATCH
The co-mananger of FPA New Income fund discusses the outlook for bonds.
By David Landis, Contributing Editor
FPA New Income is a conservatively run bond fund even in the best of times. It hasn't lost money in any calendar year since Bob Rodriguez took it over in 1984. Several years ago, the fund (symbol FPNIX) became extremely defensive, building up cash and taking its duration (a measure of price sensitivity to interest-rate changes) down to about half a year. Normally, the fund's duration ranges from two to five years. (A duration of three means that the fund's price should increase by about 3% when yields fall by one percentage point and should fall by about 3% when yields increase by one percentage point.)
The fund's cautiousness has paid off with total returns - 3.5% for one year; 3.9% annualized for three years -- near the top of the intermediate-term taxable bond fund category. Lately, the fund's defensive stance has softened somewhat. Duration is now up to 0.9 year and cash levels are significantly lower. We recently sat down with Rodriguez's co-manager, Tom Atteberry, to talk about the change.
KIPLINGER'S: Back in 2003 you decided there was no value in the bond market and you declared a "buyer's strike." Are you still on strike?
ATTEBERRY: We have poked our head out of the we-don't-see-value class. We're actually starting to see some value in the high-quality bond market. Toward the end of last year the Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities maturing in '07 started go down in price to the point where the real yield was 2.6%. We had had about 17% of the portfolio in this TIPS bond. We went from 17% to 40% percent in December. Our view was that with a 3% inflation rate and a 2.6% real yield, we're going to earn 5.6% for a one-year holding period in a Treasury. Looking across the spectrum of Treasuries, 5.6% is a darn nice return. So we took a lot of cash and put it to work that way.
Then we got ourselves into February. The yield curve was extremely flat and everybody said the economy was going to slow. But economic activity so far this year is probably higher than people think. So we took 10% of the portfolio and bought 6.5% 30-year mortgage pools [bonds backed by home-mortgage payments]. Our view of how fast those prepay is that they have somewhere around a three-year average life. So you're earning 5.4%, 5.5% -- that's about 75 basis points [0.75 percentage point] better than the yield of a three-year Treasury. That makes sense to us. So we took more cash and put that to work. At the peak we had about 40% of the fund in cash. We're down to 19%. We continue to work it down.
So we've gone from a buyer's strike to where we now are pretty comfortable with things that mature in two, three, four years. We are sitting in an open debate with ourselves about seven and ten years. We haven't decided on that yet.
What would tip the scales? There are a couple of things you'd have to see. One, the market itself is arguing about whether the Federal Reserve is going to stop raising the Fed funds rate at 5% or 5.25%. So that's probably the first thing: Where does the negative sentiment carry the ten-year [Treasury note], the seven year and such? And that's an open issue at this point. We don't know what the Fed is going to do.
The other issue is, does the yield curve stay flat? If we go back to March, you were looking at a difference in yield between two-year and ten-year Treasuries of anywhere from zero to minus two or three basis points. Now it's about 17, so the yield curve has gotten steeper. When it was zero, the whole yield curve was a flat line. Everyone was saying the Fed's got it under control, inflation's not a problem; I don't need to worry about inflation longer term. Now with 17 basis points, it's not a huge difference, but there's a least a minor perception change: Well, maybe inflation in the future is going to be more of a problem than we thought. So the other thing you're looking at is how steep does that curve get? The steeper it gets, the more fear there is of inflation. That could present the better opportunity to make a purchase. We're just not there yet.
We've talked about Treasuries and bonds backed by government agencies. What about the corporate sector, where you're taking on more credit risk? We don't like high-yield credits. We've got a portfolio whose high yield exposure is roughly 5%. And at the end of the year it will be 4% because we've got two of them that are maturing. [He points to a chart comparing average yields.] The orange line, which is high yield, sits at about 8%. You can get 5% in a seven-year Treasury. That's 300 basis points. Historically that's the lowest it has been. Now remember, buying high-yield bonds is a lot like buying stock. But you're not getting paid like it's a stock. So we don't see any value in any of the credits. Investors have driven the price up, yield down. If you look at small- and mid-cap equities, you're looking at somewhere around a 12% long-term return. When you can get paid like that, high yield starts to look attractive to you. You get paid for the risk you're taking.
When you declared your buyer's strike a while back, you said foreign bond purchasers were pushing long-term yields lower than they would be otherwise. Do you see that continuing? At this point, somebody outside the U.S. owns 49% of all outstanding Treasuries, twenty-something percent of all corporates. If they continue to accumulate in the way they have been accumulating, by 2011 they will own every Treasury. They also are going to own about 40% of corporates. That's a mathematical equation; obviously it's probably going to come out differently. But even if things stay where they are, you've got a different set of players that own half of it. Anybody who owns half of anything starts to control its price, I don't care what it is.
Now you have a different set of dynamics in play. The Chinese are among the latest buyers of Treasury bonds. They're doing it because their banking system is not very good; it's immature. They say, "Well, if we bring dollars in - whether it's Treasuries or dollars bills, it doesn't make any difference -- it will add strength to our banking system. And people will want to do business with us. That's an economic reason, not total return reason.
For 20 years we went through a period of generally falling interest rates and bond yields. Do you think we might be at the beginning of a new long-term period of rising rates and yields? If you look out longer term, what could be the fundamentals? We've got an aging population that is going to start to retire. By 2012, all of a sudden more money is going out of Social Security than coming in. What that means is at the margin, the federal government starts to borrow more money to pay the benefits. Demand for money is going to be increased. Europe faces that same problem to a higher degree -- its social safety net system is more institutionalized than ours. The Japanese government faces the same problem. It has an older population. So if the demand for borrowing increases on a global scale, why wouldn't the cost of it increase? That's not something that happens tomorrow. It happens a little more each year. But if you're thinking in terms of 20 and 30 years, it is a secular shift that is going on. That is a reasonable conclusion to come to.


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Streamlined logistics – the risks and rewards of outsourcing
With regulations tightening and costs rising, it is more important than ever for companies to guarantee end-to-end visibility. But how can small manufacturers compete with larger companies in logistics and what kinds of solutions do third-party logistics offer? Colin Castle delves into what a company should look for in a partner and the circumstances pushing companies to outsource logistical challenges.
The global drug counterfeiting trade is growing every day. WHO estimates that 7–15% of all medicines in circulation in the developed world are fakes, and the figure rises to up to 25% in developing countries. But how do these kinds of drugs make it into the supply chain in the first place? The answer lies in poor serialisation and supply chain management, as well as the complex regulatory environment that governs how pharmaceutical products travel across borders.
The EU's response to the escalating problem has been obligatory pack serialisation – the standardising of how medical products are labelled and inspected. The result is the Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD), and it comes into force for most EU countries in 2017 – a deadline that is fast approaching.
Manufacturers have a lot to do before they can be fully compliant with the new rules, and FMD will affect everything, from the look and feel of packaging to the ways that production is managed and supply chains are run. The legislation is firmly focused on serialisation and verification requirements, with producers obliged to provide a central EU office with information on all of their products, which is then passed on to national partners. Clinicians can then verify the barcodes against centralised information to guarantee authenticity.
Manufacturers in the US face similar hurdles. The 2013 Drug Supply Chain Security Act, to be implemented in three phases over the next ten years, places a major degree of importance on traceability along the supply chain, obligating manufacturers to supply a transaction history of all goods. For large manufacturers with big profits, this is not a huge issue, although it is costly. But for smaller companies with smaller profits, it could be a matter of financial life or death to be compliant by the deadline.
Outsourcing requirements
For many, the solution is a simple one: work with a third-party logistics (3PL) provider.
Many smaller manufacturers outsource their 3PL requirements, often because they do not usually have the scale to develop a team fully in-house, or they need someone else to manage the myriad infrastructure and processes needed to ship directly to customers in other markets.
Amid the clamour to meet the new anti-falsification requirements, one company may have an approach that could be helpful to the industry: the Westborough, Massachusetts-based Covectra has launched a serialisation platform aimed at smaller pharmaceutical companies that need to comply with EU and US requirements on medical device traceability in a short space of time.
AT Prime was developed to to adapt to evolving serialisation compliance roll-outs, offering a practical, low-cost solution.
The platform is called AT Prime, and it uses the company's AuthentiTrack software to send serialised information to print and packaging facilities, making sure that all goods are compliant with EU (and, if necessary, US) regulations. It is an out-of-the-box approach that uses the AT cloud interface to enable market authorisation holders to send information directly to EU serialisation hubs. According to Steve Wood, Covectra president, speaking ahead of the launch, the new system is cost-effective, powerful, compact, and yet provides comprehensive functionality.
"Increasing international regulations such as UDI (unique device identification), FSMA (Food Safety & Modernization Act), and DSCSA (Drug Supply Chain Security Act) are impacting the way companies do business today," he argued. "Many manufacturers are struggling to meet compliance in a timely fashion to avoid fines and disruptions to their supply chain network.
"AT Prime was developed to adapt to evolving serialisation compliance roll-outs, offering a practical, low-cost solution that increases visibility and control, and that can be deployed quickly and efficiently to serialise the units of trade to enable track and trace and deter counterfeiting."
The packaging security technology is applied as additional layers of brand protection, from labels and cartons with proprietary taggants to sophisticated, unique holograms. By combining these layers of security, so the argument goes, a product travels from manufacturing, through packaging, into distribution, retail and into the hands of the consumer with maximum traceability, safety and integrity.
"AT Prime is designed for rapid installation and validation, recognising the pressure on today's pharmaceutical serialisation budgets," Wood told SecuringIndustry.com, a website focused on counterfeiting.
It works fairly simply. AT Prime provides access to Covectra's AuthentiTrack cloud to download directly to a server, which provides serialised data to the packaging line and to a printer for the primary package.
One man's problem
In many ways, these new regulatory challenges are great for businesses devoted to these kinds of outsourced logistical challenges. Investment and corporate advisory firm N+1Singer, for example, has argued that packaging firms are well placed to benefit from, for example, new rules in the US.
"Serialisation is expected to increase capex (capital expenditure) requirements to upgrade legacy packaging lines and bring them into compliance with the new regime," the company explains. "In our view, this is likely to drive further outsourcing from pharma companies that are either unable or unwilling to invest."
But how does working with 3PL providers on logistics compare with going it alone, and will companies that adopt the kind of approach offered by Covectra get a better deal? The company is certainly not the only one on the market offering the kind of platform that small manufacturers need to quickly comply with new regulations. California-based med-tech firm rfXcel, for example, recently announced the latest edition of its compliance and serialisation platform designed to massively improve the functionality of existing barcode-scanning functionality.
"The latest product release dramatically improves scalability to handle hundreds of millions of serial numbers and expands the breadth of global compliance solutions to include both China and South Korea," the company announced in a press release.
"The platform enhancements further build on industry-leading serialisation and traceability capabilities, and provide numerous benefits, enabling customers to take advantage of dramatic scale, security and functionality improvements."
Produmex is another software and med-tech company providing outsourced serialisation solutions to medical device manufacturers. Launched, again, as a response to increasingly strict measures by governments and supranational organisations cracking down on counterfeiting, the PDMX Suite expands on the company's other business software to make serialised item management integral.
"The result is great visibility of inventory by serial number (or by batch) combined with on-demand traceability to meet regulatory requirements; for recalls, service and support; and to prevent counterfeiting," says Produmex, which offers a broader suite of products intended to help smaller companies with logistical challenges, from shelf-life management to 3PL-services invoicing.
Challenges across industries
While the medical device and pharmaceutical businesses are relatively new to this need for outsourcing traceability requirements, there are plenty of lessons they can learn from another field where end-to-end visibility is critical to staying compliant: the food industry. Much of the advice given to manufacturers who are working to keep up with FDA requirements applies equally in this industry, and here, using 3PL is commonplace. For one thing, collaborating with suppliers is essential, and the same traceability challenges exist.
It is certainly tempting for smaller companies, and, in some instances at least, outsourcing to 3PL partners means that the regulations can apply differently. In the US, for example, the strict provisions of the Drug Supply Chain Security Act do not apply in the same way.
As regulators demand even more stringent surveillance of production, the demands placed on manufacturers can only grow.
"Third-party logistics providers are exempt from these traceability and serialisation requirements," writes Sarah K Rathke, a lawyer at Squire Patton Boggs specialising in manufacturing litigation, "Because 3PL handling does not transfer ownership of pharmaceutical products (although we would not be surprised if 3PL customer contracts require 3PLs to collect and maintain this type of information)."
"The DQSA contains interesting new requirements for 3PLs, as a result of the federal government's attempts to create national 3PL pharmaceutical licensing standards. This means that, very soon, there will be new 3PL licensing requirements that will likely impact the entire industry. For instance, under the DQSA, states can no longer regulate 3PLs in the pharmaceutical industry as 'wholesalers'."
Ultimately, the decision whether or not to outsource logistical requirements is really dependent on the type of company and its requirements. While it is a necessity for smaller companies that simply have to outsource, larger manufacturers, too, may feel compelled to do it to cut costs.
"Consider whether it is in your best long-term financial interest to commit to the continual infrastructure and technology investments needed to comply with constantly evolving state and federal product integrity, track-and-trace, and support pedigree requirements," advises Neil DeHenes, director of 3PL sales, Cardinal Health Specialty Solutions.
The medical device supply chain industry is big business, recently valued at over $300 billion a year globally, and as regulators crack down on counterfeiting and demand even more stringent surveillance of production, the demands placed on manufacturers can only grow. In this climate, it is obvious that turning to third-party logistics solutions makes sense, but whether it makes money will depend on the company.
Third party-logistics providers can help smaller businesses to comply with regulations and avoid disruptions to their supply chain networks.
Global compliance solutions are necessary to adequately address traceability issues.


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Brother David Steindl-Rast — 96 year-old author, scholar, and Benedictine monk — is beloved the world over for his enduring message about gratefulness as the true source of lasting happiness. Known to many as the "grandfather of gratitude," Br. David has been a source of inspiration and spiritual friendship to countless leaders and luminaries around the world including Desmond Tutu, the Dalai Lama, Thich Nhat Hanh, Thomas Merton, and more. He has been one of the most important figures in the modern interfaith dialogue movement, and has taught with thought-leaders such as Eckhart Tolle, Jack Kornfield, and Roshi Joan Halifax. His wisdom has been featured in recent interviews with Oprah Winfrey, Krista Tippett, and Tami Simon and his TED talk has been viewed almost 10,000,000 times.
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DAVID STEINDL-RAST was born Franz Kuno Steindl-Rast on July 12, 1926, in Vienna, Austria, and spent his early years there and in a small village in the Alps. He spent all of his teen years under the Nazi occupation, was drafted into the army, but never went to the front lines. He eventually escaped and was hidden by his mother until the occupation ended.
After the war, Franz studied art, anthropology, and psychology, receiving an MA from the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts and a PhD from the University of Vienna. In 1952 he followed his family who had emigrated to the United States. In 1953 he joined a newly founded Benedictine community in Elmira, NY, Mount Saviour Monastery, where he became "Brother David." In 1958/59 Brother David was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Cornell University, where he also became the first Roman Catholic to hold the Thorpe Lectureship, following Bishop J.D.R. Robinson and Paul Tillich.
After twelve years of monastic training and studies in philosophy and theology, Brother David was sent by his abbot to participate in Buddhist-Christian dialogue, for which he received Vatican approval in 1967. His Zen teachers were Hakuun Yasutani Roshi, Soen Nakagawa Roshi, Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, and Eido Shimano Roshi. He co-founded the Center for Spiritual Studies in 1968 and received the 1975 Martin Buber Award for his achievements in building bridges between religious traditions.
Together with Thomas Merton, Brother David helped launch a renewal of religious life. From 1970 on, he became a leading figure in the House of Prayer movement, which affected some 200,000 members of religious orders in the United States and Canada. Since the 1970s Brother David has been a member of cultural historian William Irwin Thompson's Lindisfarne Association.
For decades, Brother David divided his time between periods of hermit's life and extensive lecture tours on five continents. On a two-month lecture tour in Australia, for example, he gave 140 lectures and traveled 12,000 miles within Australia without backtracking. His wide spectrum of audiences has included students in Central Africa and faculty at Harvard and Columbia Universities, Buddhist monks and Sufi retreatants, members of the Tohono O'odham Nation, and German intellectuals, New Age communes and Naval Cadets at Annapolis, missionaries on Polynesian islands and gatherings at the United Nations, Green Berets and participants at international peace conferences. Brother David has brought spiritual depth into the lives of countless people whom he touches through his lectures, his workshops, and his writings.
He has contributed to a wide range of books and periodicals from the Encyclopedia Americana and The New Catholic Encyclopedia, to the New Age Journal and Parabola Magazine. His books have been translated into many languages. Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer and A Listening Heart have been reprinted and anthologized for more than two decades. Brother David co-authored Belonging to the Universe (winner of the 1992 American Book Award), a dialogue on new paradigm thinking in science and theology with physicist, Fritjof Capra. His dialogue with Buddhists produced The Ground We Share: Buddhist and Christian Practice, co-authored with Robert Aitken Roshi. His most recent books are Words of Common Sense for MInd, Body and Soul; Deeper than Words: Living the Apostles' Creed; 99 Blessings: An Invitation to Life; The Way of Silence: Engaging the Sacred in Daily Life; Faith beyond Belief: Spirituality for our Times; and his autobiography, i am through you so i.
Brother David has contributed chapters or interviews to well over 30 books. An article by Brother David was included in The Best Spiritual Writing, 1998. His many audio and videotapes are widely distributed.
At present, Brother David serves a worldwide Network for Grateful Living, through Grateful.org, an interactive website with several thousand participants daily from more than 240 countries and territories.
The video above (14:04) is an encapsulation of Br. David's life from his birth in Vienna, Austria in 1926 through the birth of A Network for Grateful Living in the U.S. in 2000. It was put together and presented by Margaret Wakeley (Program & Community Relations Coordinator for A Network for Grateful Living).
An extensive collection of Brother David's archives are now permanently housed at the Special Collections and University Archives: UMass Amherst Libraries. The collection includes Brother David's extensive published and unpublished writings, sermons, memoirs, personal journals, correspondence, photographs, recordings, and videos of his teachings. His papers extend back to his youth in Vienna, documenting his childhood and experience during the war, including a complete run of Die Goldene Wagen, the children's magazine published by Brother David's mother Elisabeth Rast.
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Ruth Erickson (~1890 - 1970) and Eleanor Stevenson (~1898 - ?) were political radicals and Socialists who carried out a voluminous epistolary campaign against injustice. The collection contains correspondence by Erickson and Stevenson as well as subject files and personal material of Erickson's including manuscripts of poems, articles, plays, and novels.
Ruth Erickson (~1890 - 1970) and Eleanor Stevenson (~1898 - ?) lived in a small house near Milford, Connecticut from 1930 to the 1970's. Erickson died in 1970. They were political radicals, Socialists for the most part, and carried out a voluminous epistolary campaign against injustice. They offered their opinions and advice to friends and world leaders.
The collection contains correspondence by Erickson and Stevenson and subject files, and personal material of Erickson's including manuscripts of poems, articles, plays, and novels.
The paper finding aid shows that the initial material donated in 1971 is arranged in a chronological order (1910-1955). The paper finding aid includes descriptions of Erickson's and Stevenson's activities during a given period. Material in each period may include correspondence, manuscript material, and subject files.
Erickson's personal material includes, manuscripts of articles, novels and plays by Erickson, a diary and school notes.
There are many folders of correspondence separated into incoming and outgoing sections. Major correspondents were Grace Hutchins, Rockwell Kent, Phyllis A. Pope, Louise Pettibone Smith, and Philip Stevenson.
Subject files (often titled "Other/Related Material") include organizational letters, pamphlets, press releases, tearsheets, broadsides, newsletters, clippings, speeches, publications, poetry, and photographs.
Organizations represented include Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, the League for Peace and Democracy, Labor's Non-partisan League, League of Women Voters, Socialist Party, Medical Bureau to Aid Spanish Democracy, the Methodist Federation for social service, American Committee for Protection of the foreign Born, Russian War Relief, Progressive Party, and civil rights and labor groups.
The addition of 1972 contains more correspondence, manuscript material, and subject files also arranged into chronological periods (1920-1971) and the paper finding aid includes descriptions of Erickson's and Stevenson's activities during a given period.
Correspondence is separated into multiple incoming and outgoing sections. Each period includes files of "related material" which seem to be subject and activity files similar to the above description.
[Identification of item], Ruth Erickson and Eleanor Stevenson papers, Ax 763, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, Oregon.
Collection is organized into chronological sections. Material within this collection may have little to no intellectual or physical arrangement. Any arrangement may have derived from the records' creators or custodians. It will be necessary to look in multiple places for the same types of materials.
Collection processed by staff, 1971-1972.


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Four shots of espresso…
Dream Theater will have a new album out in the Summer. My guess is that it'll have long songs, some rockin', some ballads, and it'll mostly be enjoyable when there is no singing involved. No title for the album yet. My guess would be that it'll be named after some obscure latin verb conjugated in a clever way, or some multi-syllabic extinct bird and/or fish. They'll be kicking off the Progressive Nation 2009 Tour. Dates are not out yet, but I hope they swing through Portland, OR (or at a minimum, Seattle). And… and… and…
Zappa Plays Zappa will be on the bill for that tour. So will Pain of Salvation and Beard Fish, but that's totally not as cool as Zappa Plays Zappa and Dream Theater in one night. Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater drummer) is a huge Frank Zappa fan; so I bet it's a dream come true for him as well… I'm more stoked for ZPZ than DT. Eh, sue me.
Iron & Wine is releasing a b-sides / rarities double-disc set called Around the Well (May 19, Sub Pop), and he's also heading out on an all-request tour. Check out the tracklist for the double-disc as well as the tour dates over at Pitchfork (link).
U2 will essentially take over as house band on the David Letterman Show with five days in a row performances the week of March 2nd in support of their upcoming album, No Line on the Horizon.
(image by burntwoodstudio.com)
Maynard James Keenan and his Puscifer project's three nights of shows at the Palms in Las Vegas is underway now. Feb 13, 14, 15… anyone go? Got a good review? I'm totally jealous.
The "don't burn your hands" sleeve that goes around the cup…
Björk is re-issuing the underwhelming Volta in a special 4-disc edition that I may actually spring for (i.e.- I never bought Volta, but this version looks great). It's called Voltaic, and it's the Volta CD (billed as "Songs From The Volta Tour Performed Live At Olympic Studios"), a CD of the official remixes, a live DVD from Paris & Reykjavik, and a DVD of the Volta videos. Quite frankly, the DVD of the videos is what piqued my interest (see gif to the right).
Hmmm… now I'm craving a venti americano with room for cream.
~Dan – np: Wynton Marsalis – From Plantation to the Penitentiary
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Many people in Thailand enjoy eating insects as a snack food, often enjoyed with beer. They're usually fried in a wok, and seasoned with Golden Mountainsauce & a bit of Thai pepper powder. If you don't find street vendors selling fried insects, for sure you can always find them at Temple Fairs throughout Thailand. Temple Fairs help raise money for the temple, and sometimes last a whole week whereby all kinds of food & clothing is sold, along with traditional entertainment. Temple Fairs are held by each temple about once a year, and they offer not only a glimpse into the real heart of Thai culture but also provide a certain venue for you find tasty fried insects for sale.
One of the most common insects for snacking, it's a cricket. Fry it in a wok briefly, remove, add a light coating of Golden Mountain sauce and add Thai pepper powder. Eat as a snack alone, or with beer. Click image to see larger Jing Leed pictures.
Similar to other Thai insects, fry the maeng kee noon in a wok briefly, remove, add a light coating of Golden Mountain sauce and add Thai pepper powder. Eat as a snack alone, or with beer. Click image to see larger Maeng Kee Noon pictures.
Non Mai Non means worm in Thai and Mai means wood. This is a wood worm insect with a soft shell that's crispy after fried. Fry the non mai in a wok briefly, remove, add a light coating of Golden Mountain sauce and add Thai pepper powder. Eat as a snack alone, or with beer. Click image to see larger non mai pictures.
Non means worm in Thai and Pai means bamboo. This is a bamboo worm insect and one we found to be the most tasty. Anyone who likes Cheetos would love it. A nice hint of corn, slightly fibrous. Our 2 year old son couldn't stop eating them on a recent trip. Also known as "Rot Duan", which means "Fast Train". Fry the non pai in a wok briefly, remove, add a light coating of Golden Mountain sauce and add Thai pepper powder. Eat as a snack alone, or with beer. Click image to see larger non pai pictures.
This is a common grasshopper, it was known as a pest that damaged rice crops. Farmers discovered they could eat the insects as a tasty snack, so they gathered them up and sold them off to vendors who turned them into a popular snack nationwide. Fry them in a wok briefly, remove, add a light coating of Golden Mountain sauce and add Thai pepper powder. Eat as a snack alone, or with beer. Click image to see larger non pai pictures.
This is by far the largest insect eaten as a snack. At about 3.5" long it's not something the average tourist to Thailand might munch between meals, but it is enjoyed by many locals as a snack, notably in the NE region.
As with other insects, fry it in a wok then season with a bit of Golden Mountain sauce and Thai pepper powder. The head and the shell directly behind the head is not eaten, as it is too hard. To eat whole, locals rip off the pincers and eat those, then rip the head and top section off and discard, eating the rest whole. Some people discard the wings, and others enjoy eating them.
Maengda essence is also made into namprik. Add a few drops of maengda essence in a mortar and pestle with namprik kapi becomes namprik maengda. Maengda has a distinct aroma that many find desirable, and no other insects have the same smell. Interesting fact: the female maengda has no smell. Female maengda are enjoyed for the eggs and the taste as a snack. Male maengda have the particular smell, and are used to make the special namprik (chile paste). If you pinch the body in the middle, bend it backward and smell the stomache area, you will know if the maengda is a male or female.
Also called maengda but having no resemblance, is "maengda talay". Maengda talay is the Thai horseshoe crab, found in the Gulf of Thailand and enjoyed as a delicacy.


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FRANK'S AND SHEL'S EXCELLENT ECUADOR ADVENTUREYour huddled couple yearning to be free
Editor's Note: Frank and Shel Drake scouted Ecuador in February and March looking for a retirement and expatriation destination; the story of how and where they found it is told in 10 installments on CuencaHighLife.com. This is the second installment of a new series on getting ready to move to Cuenca. Frank is a seasoned globe-trotter and travel writer while Shel is a professional photographer.
I think of Cuenca, and Ecuador, and CuencaHighLife.com every day. I certainly recall our experiences there, all the memories of finding and exploring the place I've always been looking for.
But I also imagine the future there, what Cuenca symbolizes — the process of closing shop up here, the adventure of moving down there, and the distance, both physical and psychic, between the two. A whole new world just outside whatever door we live behind. Retired and expatriated. Free from the pre-retirement world of jobs and mortgages and bills. Free from a lifetime's worth of possessions. Free, even, from family obligations. Free from creeping tyranny.
Shel thinks about Cuenca every day as well. It surprised her, and me, how deeply she misses and longs for Ecuador. The depth of her feelings for the place help validate my own, three months later and counting. It's a one-of-a-kind siren song and if you're lucky enough in this life to hear it, you have no choice. You simply must answer its call.
So that's a given. Shelley and I are on our way. It's just the logistics that need working out.
Our first project has been finding good new homes for many of the books that a 30-year writer/editor and a 15-year elementary-school teacher have collected. Another freedom: from heavy-ass books. Books, the revered 500-year medium, are tough to throw away. On the other hand, we can't exactly ship a pallet full for sentimental value; out of the question.
So we've been selling them through Amazon's used-book function.
Amazon is a dream to do book business through. It took less than an hour to launch ourselves as book resellers and the whole system is extremely automated and efficient. It's a profitable, fun, and worthwhile thing to do, especially if you're on a somewhat leisurely liquidation schedule. We've sold about a bookcase's worth and netted around a grand. Not bad for an hour or two a week.
Lots of used books on Amazon go for a penny (plus $3.99 shipping); we don't bother with those. At our upcoming yard sale, we'll try to unload the books that are too much trouble to sell on Amazon, for a quarter (paperback) and a dollar (hardbound) apiece. The books that don't sell in the driveway, we'll either donate to the library, leave on the used-bookstore's doorstep, or drop off at Goodwill. The only books I'm carrying across the border are my Spanish texts and dictionaries.
We're lucky to have an annual subdivision-wide yard sale that's attended by hordes of bargain-crazed Las Vegans. We could sell the whole house, right down to the studs and sub-flooring, for the number of people who show up. That takes place in a couple of weeks.
The other heavy load I'm preparing for the yard sale is from the kitchen — all the accumulated and mostly mismatched tableware, cookware, flatware, and earthenware, the small appliances, cooking utensils, storage containers, cutting boards, and so forth. Yet another freedom: from stainless steel, bone china, porcelain, wood, glass, plastic, Teflon, copper, ceramics, aluminum, and, best of all, cast iron.
We've also made good use of Craig's List, selling the pool table, spare microwave, bicycles, water barrels, stained-glass supplies, boots, a drum set, a broken iPhone, and an old computer. From the free site, we've given away carpet and tile and paint.
About the sofa, Shel and I are currently in discussion. We both want to give it away; it's been through more than ten years of kids and dogs and cats and popcorn and pizza and Coke and mites and ants and who knows what else. She's of a mind to give it away on Craig's List, while I'd like to put it out by the street with a "Free" sign and see what happens. Hey, if it gets hauled away, I'll do it with the ratty La-Z Boys too.
For most of the rest of the furniture, Shel foresees downsizing from this four-bedroom three-bath third-of-an-acre monstrosity with a 12-meter pool and several outbuildings to a two-bed two-bath town home — not a condo; it has to have a little plot for her garden — so that she can have an escape hatch for when Ecuador gets overwhelming and she needs to return to the familiarity of English and In N Out and eight-lane roads and her (grown) kids.
Me, I'm not planning on moving any furniture from one house in Las Vegas to another. Nor is it coming with me to Cuenca. I'm sure I'll shift at least a few boxes of stuff I can't part with, yet, to a spare closet in Shel's apartment. Otherwise, I'm going to try to fit everything I'm bringing to Ecuador in two or three suitcases.
What we're going to do with the RV that's sort of stored on the property as a crash pad for one of the boys remains something of a question mark. It hasn't been started up in two years and it doesn't have a title. So we'll have to see about this 36-foot broken-down vehicle in the side yard.
Finally, unfortunately, how to dispose of the house could be one of the most momentous decisions I ever make. I'm putting this one off till the bitter end. But being freed from this monstrosity will be the best of all.
So, for now, that's where we're at, three months down and nine to go on the one-year expatriation plan. We haven't been idle. We've been liquidating leisurely. We're on our way to Ecuador. We're dreaming of freedom. Every day.
Photo caption: What to do with a lifetime's accumulation of books? Frank Drake says sell 'em.
Comments? Email the editor: CuencaHighLife@gmail.com


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This photo was taken when Clannad were in the BBC Radio studios for Terry's Sunday morning show on the 22nd Dec 2013.
He even shared his mince pies with us over a quick cuppa and told us with that "glint" in his eyes that he was up late the night before baking them!!


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Azerbaijani State Border Service on Incident Between Georgians and Azeri Guards
Armenian Citizen Detained for Illegal Handling of Radioactive Substances
Parliament Chairman to Visit US
MIA: Situation is Calm at Davit Gareji Monastery Complex
Dep. Interior Minister on Communication between Diplomats and MIA on June 20
US Department of State Calls on Russia to Resume Flights to Georgia
Giorgi Gakharia: May 26 was Punitive Act, June 20 - Self-defense
Tomos Wars: Rogue One – Interview with Honorary Patriarch Filaret
100th Anniversary of Georgia's Parliamentary System in the UK
Joint Statement on Tbilisi Pride Decision to Postpone "March of Dignity"
The UN in Georgia published a statement emphasizing their position on postponing of "March of Dignity." It reads that while the organization believes that participating in this sort of peaceful demonstrations is an expression of every person's fundamental human right to freedom of expression and assembly, considering the real concerns about safety of the current context the UN in Georgia welcomes the decision of the organizers to postpone the March.
The publication also reiterated the main points of the UN's statement of May 17 2019, concerning the need of ending discrimination of LGBTQ+ community in Georgia and the ways of reinforcing that goal. As the announcement reads, " respect for diversity yields a stronger democracy and a more resilient society."
The statement is signed by The UN in Georgia, the European Union in Georgia, Austria's Embassy in Georgia, France's Embassy in Georgia, Germany's Embassy in Georgia, the Netherlands' Embassy in Georgia, Sweden's Embassy in Georgia, the Embassies of the United Kingdom and the United States of America in Georgia.
By Nini Dakhundaridze


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If your campaign links back to your company website, you're bound to lose out on conversions if your site isn't optimized for mobile. Get your mobile site in shape before investing in related marketing.
Mobile ad units have a different set of design needs than other digital or print creatives. You may be tempted to modify existing marketing collateral to save costs on mobile campaigns—but it will cost you in the long run if a poorly-executed concept leads to diminished returns.
Is your mobile marketing campaign built around a special offer, discount, or piece of content not available elsewhere? If not, your audience may not be motivated to connect with you. Be creative: Consider how you can use the mobile channel to your best advantage. A high-value offering will contribute to high-value results.
Getting someone to visit your establishment is a big step, but it doesn't guarantee that they'll ultimately make a purchase. Encouraging onsite conversions with offers tied to check-ins on location-based apps or QR codes placed exclusively in your store can help you make sales and also generate social activity around your business—a definite win-win.
If you're going to invest in mobile marketing, be sure to optimize your content and offers to make the most of the medium.


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Inaugural Absences
The polite way for a President to leave the White House is to go to his successor's inauguration. But there have been several presidents who have refused to attend their successor's inaugurations.
The first President to avoid his successor was John Adams, after the rather nasty election of 1800:
The night before the inauguration of Thomas Jefferson, the lights burned late in the White House. President Adams' belongings were packed into several wagons, and at four in the morning, President and Mrs. Adams boarded their coach and left the city. President Adams, taking his defeat personally, could not bring himself to attend the festivities attached to his defeat.
The next President was John Quincy Adams, after another bitter election loss, this time to Andrew Jackson:
During the days before the inauguration of Andrew Jackson, wagons were constantly shuttling between the White House and the mansion on Meridian Hill that Adams had rented after he and his wife decided to remain in Washington. During his lame-duck period (between the election and the inauguration of his successor), President Adams and his wife remained in the White House, trying not to notice the continuous celebrations being held to honor Jackson's victory, and Adams' defeat. After moving to his rented house on March 3rd, the day before the inauguration, they remained in their mansion. He did not attend or participate in any of the inaugural festivities.
The last one was Andrew Johnson, who was feuding with his successor, Ulysses Grant.
Labels: Andrew Johnson, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Presidential Inaugurations
I believe the last time a former president did not attend his successor's inauguration (for a reason other than assassination) was in 1974 when Richard Nixon did not attend inauguration of Gerald Ford.
Nixon left the White House at 10am on August 9, 1974 aboard Marine One, the Presidential helicopter, enroute to Andrews Air Force Base following his thanking the White House staff. This is where the famous shot of him giving his final "double-peace sign salute" was taken before leaving the south lawn of the White House.
Nixon was flown to Andrews AFB where he thank the military and secret service personnel on site. He boarded the Boeing 707 designated SAM 27000 VC-137C. It was the newest of the planes used as Air Force One. Its first flight was flying Nixon from Andrews AFB to San Clemente, California. Once the president boarded, the jet's call sign was renamed Air Force One. The jet's destination was El Toro Maine Air Station near Los Angeles.
Around noon, Gerald Ford was given the oath of office by Chief Justice Warren Burger in the East Room of the White House. At the conclusion of the oath, the crew called in to change its call sign to SAM 27000 while over Jefferson City, Missouri.
That was the last time a president did not attend the inauguration of his successor.
To be a bit pedantic, Ford never had an inauguration. The event you describe, which Nixon did not attend, was a swearing-in ceremony.
Also, according to a number of sources, Woodrow Wilson in 1921 rode to the Capitol with his successor, Warren Harding, but, owing to poor health, did not attend the inauguration ceremony on the East Portico of the Capitol.


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Emmanuel Barth, né le  à Strasbourg, est un journaliste, commentateur sportif, animateur télé et radio.

Biographie
Titulaire d'une Licence de Droit (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne) et ancien coureur cycliste de haut niveau, membre de l'équipe réserve AG2R La Mondiale, Emmanuel Barth met un terme à sa carrière en 2006 et fait ses premiers pas à la radio au sein de la rédaction de RTL.

En 2007, Il participe à la création de la radio RTL-L'Équipe. Responsable des flashs infos pour ses débuts, il devient l'animateur de l'émission « Le café des sports », rendez-vous quotidien crée en 2010. De 2008 à 2010, il couvre également le Tour de France en tant que commentateur où il apparaît à l'antenne aux côtés du journaliste Jean-Paul Brouchon.

Il fait ses débuts à la télévision fin 2010 sur la chaîne Eurosport où il commente du cyclisme et intervient également en tant que journaliste de terrain sur des matches de football et sur des meetings de natation. Toujours en 2010, le site internet Yahoo! lui confie la présentation de "L'interview Yahoo! Sport" où chaque semaine il reçoit une personnalité du monde du sport.

En 2011, la chaîne Orange Sport Info le recrute, il est chargé de la rédaction et de la présentation de journaux télévisés.

BeINSports
En mars 2012, il rejoint BeIn Sports France où il participe au lancement de la chaîne. Il intervient dès ses débuts sur le Multiplex de  et de . Sa polyvalence lui permet de commenter des matches de football ainsi que l'intégralité des courses cyclistes présentes à l'antenne.

Entre 2013 et 2016, Il commente aux côtés du consultant Cédric Vasseur l'ensemble du calendrier Italien et notamment le Giro d'Italia.

En 2014, lors de la Coupe du Monde au Brésil, il présente l'émission Inside Brazil, émission de décryptage et d'analyse de l'actualité du Mondial. En 2016, il fait également partie du dispositif de BeIn Sports lors de l'Euro de football où il est chargé de la présentation de l'émission quotidienne « Bein Euro ».

En 2018, il présente Inside Russia, émission consacrée à l'actualité des 32 équipes de la Coupe du Monde FIFA en Russie. Toujours en 2018, il co-anime avec Omar da Fonseca l'émission Omar c'est Foot, talk show de deuxième partie de soirée consacré à l'actualité du football.

En 2019, il présente le Tour de France sur Yahoo Sports.

En 2022, pour sa 3e Coupe du Monde de football, il est en charge de présenter l'émission quotidienne Inside Qatar. Lors de cette même Coupe du Monde, il anime également l'émission beIN Bleus, consacrée à l'actualité de l'Equipe de France.

Notes et références

Journaliste français du XXIe siècle
Animateur français de télévision
Animateur sur Antenne 2
Naissance en juillet 1983
Naissance à Strasbourg

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Reasons Why You Should Consider Moving to Los Angeles, California
Thomas Leverick
Los Angeles sees nearly 50 million tourists per year visit for its sun-kissed beaches, entertaining downtown, stunning scenery and liberal lifestyle. With so many visitors returning year after year, you have to ask yourself: what draws them back? Los Angeles has developed into one of the most important global cities, instantly recognisable and with high-demand real estate, it will see significant expansion in the next few years. With Propeterra, you too can move to this beacon of liberal, global modernity. To find out what drives people to Los Angeles and why you should consider moving too, check out the points below!
Adoramassey
California is blessed with a varied climate. The Rocky Mountains, the Pacific breeze, the cool shade of Yosemite National Park are all on your doorstep in LA. Whilst you can find interesting meteorological varieties in the state, Los Angeles itself remains warm throughout the year. Its paradisiacal climate is a significant factor in a lifestyle, unimpeded by drab, grey weather, you will find yourself more refreshed every day. The Mediterranean climate makes LA the perfect place for spacious patios, long evenings and fun with your little ones at the beach.
StarlineTours
Los Angeles, a Spanish name for the city, meaning 'The City of Angels' is named so after its largely Hispanic influence from nearby neighbours and historical settlers, Mexico. Rich, colourful Latin American culture fills LA with vibrancy from the South, whilst across the Pacific, Asian migrants have brought their own cultures to create a cradle of cross-cultural expression and harmony. This is best exemplified in the cuisines available, from fresh pacific sashimi to tangy ceviche. In recent years, more European immigrants have added to the melting pot of cultures that gives LA a truly modern metropolitan vivacity. The contribution of culture to the city's food scene brings us to our next point:
Foodie Paradise
LA's rich cultural diversity has benefitted the city as a whole, not least its gastronomy. The city's historic culturally-homogenous neighbourhoods still house some of the most authentic cuisine outside of their native lands. Whether you fancy Korean barbecue, Japanese sashimi, European haute-cuisine or tacos and cerveza, there is something for every palate. You could live the rest of your life eating at different LA restaurants every night and not visit the same one twice such are the gastronomic options. But, we all know we have a favourite spot to go. Perhaps you like the global dining groups like The Ivy or BOA Steakhouse - naturally, LA has both. For coffees, pastries, doughnuts, you name it, LA is the place to find the hottest food trends around.
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Normalization of Holocaust Parallels In COVID Era
December 26, 2021 — New York
This piece originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post.
The misuse of Holocaust terminology and images has attained disturbing acceptance and respectability during the gravest global public health crisis in a century.
"We did Nazi this coming" stated signs nurses held in upstate New York protesting a mandate that healthcare workers be inoculated. Across the country syringes forming Nazi swastikas have appeared online and on signage.
Many opposed to wearing masks, getting vaccines and other measures to prevent the spread of the deadly virus have willfully accepted and are promoting a narrative that such steps are akin to what the Nazi regime did in Germany. Without any regard for historical truths, some elected officials, candidates for political office, and media personalities have been amplifying Holocaust equivalences.
"In this context, we are all Jews," Washington state representative Jim Walsh wrote after wearing a yellow Star of David.
One local TV news station showed several women cutting yellow construction paper into Stars of David for people gathering to protest. Some demonstrators have donned yellow stars with the words "Jude" ("Jew") or "Unvaccinated" imprinted on them in Alaska, Kansas, Missouri and Washington.
Some have evoked notorious Nazis, further diminishing the singularity of Nazi Germany's genocide against the Jews and totally misusing historical analogies.
FOX News host Lara Logan said people were telling her that Dr. Anthony Fauci "represents Dr. Josef Mengele, the Nazi doctor who did experiments on Jews during the Second World War and in the concentration camps."
"We have Josef Mengele and Joseph Goebbels being reincarnated in the state of Maine," asserted state representative Heidi Sampson, who opposed the governor's vaccine mandate for healthcare workers.
Governors in other states, notably Connecticut, Idaho, Michigan, Oregon and Washington, have been called Hitler by politicians and public protesters.
All these Holocaust distortions grab attention but are wildly inappropriate. The English language is abundant with words and phrases to make coherent arguments without exploiting the Holocaust for unrelated advocacy.
Are those invoking Nazi-era images and terms ignorant of history, or are they aware and believe what they are doing is acceptable?
"Holocaust analogy has been used when you want to excoriate somebody," says Rabbi Andrew Baker, American Jewish Committee director of international Jewish affairs.
Preserving memory of the Holocaust and its victims is sacrosanct to historical integrity and to the Jewish people. The perspective that distorting or denying the Holocaust is antisemitic has been endorsed by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, whose member states adopted in 2016 the working definition of antisemitism and, earlier, in 2013, the working definition of Holocaust denial and distortion.
Calling out the shameful abuse of the Holocaust for political advocacy should be as immediately instinctive as are responses to incidents of antisemitism or bigotry against black, Asian or Muslim Americans.
But few political leaders have recognized how inappropriate these comparisons are and condemned them as offensive. One exception is Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who slammed the head of the city's police union for comparing the vaccine mandate for city employees to Nazi Germany.
Herschel Walker, a candidate for the US Senate from Georgia, canceled a fund-raiser in Texas after the event host's Twitter profile featured an illustration of syringes in the shape of a swastika.
"I apologize for using a profound image in a way that was inappropriate and offensive to so many people. It was wrong. It won't happen ever again," said Rep. Walsh after donning a yellow Star of David at a political event.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene apologized, after visiting the US Holocaust Memorial Museum following her criticism of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's mandate for House members to wear masks. The Georgia congresswoman had claimed the directive was reminiscent of "a time in history where people were told to wear a gold star, and they were definitely treated like second-class citizens – so much so that they were put in trains and taken to gas chambers in Nazi Germany."
Still, Greene soon reverted to Holocaust comparisons, speaking about "medical brownshirts" going door-to-door to get Americans vaccinated.
The terms "Nazi vaccines" and "needle Nazis" have been echoed by Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado.
Fauci, in the absence of any comment by FOX News, was prompted to sharply criticize both Logan and the network for her outrageous, slanderous comments about him.
In December 2018, US Holocaust Museum and Memorial historian Edna Friedberg warned that "American politicians from across the ideological spectrum, influential media figures, and ordinary people on social media casually use Holocaust terminology to bash anyone or any policy with which they disagree."
There have been Holocaust abuse incidents in American political discourse in recent years, for example, when the term "concentration camps" was used to criticize the conditions of migrants gathered on America's southern border.
But the regularity of the abuse of Holocaust terms and images since the coronavirus crisis began suggests a normalization that must be roundly and unequivocally condemned.
It is imperative that responsible political, media, business and civil society leaders agree that utilizing Holocaust terms is off limits, and speak out clearly when such misguided, willfully outrageous assertions are communicated.
The writer is the American Jewish Committee's director of media relations.
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Nothing profound, motivating, or inspirational today.
Today I kind of just needed to vent to the vague world of the Blogosphere.
So just some random thoughts on where I am now.
Stuff that I've been thinking about for a while.
My Soldier leaves in just under 2 weeks for 7 weeks.
We've been spoiled to have a ridiculous amount of time with him over the last 6 months.
I think about how smoothly those last 6 months have gone and am thankful that My Soldier is who he is.
I've genuinely enjoyed every day spent together.
My Soldier is very much my BFF and that has been proved over and over the last 3 months.
My hermit-like tendencies make this harder.
Being a cultural outsider here in Bama makes it painfully hard.
I never elevated the office of motherhood to the mystical place I see other Christian women take it to.
Most of the time I wonder why I continue to blog.
I'm sure everything I say here has been said better by a long list of other people.
I also have zero clue who actually reads my blog so I kind of just feel like I'm throwing words into the vast interwebs hoping that someone reads them.
But then I write a post, and I enjoy the process.
So I continue, even if it's just you, Mom who reads it.
Southern Hospitality and Biblical Hospitality are two VERY different things.
I made the mistake of confusing the two.
I want to be a runner like I want to be Type A.
and if I kept my house spotless that would be a bonus.
When I really consider what it entails I realize I am totally content not being either.
Now that I think about it, all the people I know who ♥ running are Type A.
So maybe you have to be Type A to enjoy it?
I wish I voted in a swing state.
Maybe it would feel like my singular vote counts for something.
As it is, I vote for the state of Texas which is about as opposite from a swing state as you can get.
This time of year, as with most times of the year, I miss the Northwest.
I wouldn't mind some cold weather and a justification for being bundled up indoors.
Apparently, I need to justify my hermit-like tendencies.
I'm addicted to sugar again.
I'm also addicted to juicing.
Specifically a mixture of kale, cucumber, ginger, apple, carrots, and lemon.
I'm hoping that they cancel each other out.
I love reading your random thoughts! You're not alone in the blogosphere! Miss you friend!
I love reading your blog (so does Chesed)! It's always nice to see what you're up to and to hear how God is working in your life the lives of your little familia. And like you, I am addicted to sugar and wish that I could be a Type A-runner person. Lots of love!


Okay, so I've shared plenty of my husband's amazing creations for our boys – be it cakes, costumes, or piñatas. Something completely unexpected happened recently and I can finally share it with you all – one of our boys' homemade costumes will be making its debut on the big screen!!!
A couple of weeks ago, my husband was contacted by a lady on behalf of Make a Wish Illinois – a young boy's wish was to be Godzilla, and a movie would be made with him starring as "Madzilla". She had found his costume and inquired about getting it for the movie. We donated it and have been waiting to see some pics of sweet Maddex wearing the costume. Now, you can see a series of pictures at the Chicago Tribune. People like Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel and football legend Mike Ditka will also be appearing in the movie.
To say that we are beyond happy is a complete understatement. It's so gratifying to see the looks of wonder and the smiles on our boys' faces once Steve completes a costume, but to have helped make this sweet boy's wish come true? Indescribable.
My husband has started work on our oldest's Halloween costume. It is pretty darn awesome so far – here's a (tiny) sneak peek!
Most of the work here is Steve's. I sewed the wings for Drago and made the Wubbzy outfit while Steve painted the face on it and shaped the tail. Everything else was done 100% by him. Long hours of work, lots of attention to detail, lots of love for his sons to have a great costume. Most of the time he stays up the night before Halloween to make sure every detail is perfect, and then gets rewarded by the boys' excitement in wearing their fab costumes at their school parades.
I'll be posting more sneak peeks of Aidan's costume as progress is made!
Last year, my husband rocked making a Godzilla costume for our little man Alex — he even made the SF Chronicle's list of finalist in their costume contest!
Yes, my husband is insane 😀 He worked on this costume for about two weeks, roughly 40-50 hours, and has yet to go to sleep since yesterday. But he loves making stuff like this and even more so, when his kid loves it as well. And our boy did.
I love his sweet classmate's face here, the kids loved the costume and kept asking my husband how he made it.
I love the look on Steve's face here, so happy that his boy loves his costume!


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Anglian Water promises to invest after Immingham residents suffer from repeated burst water mains
Anglian Water engineers worked to to fix a broken pipe on Sackville Road which was just one of several incidents involving faulty water pipes in the town between August 20 and 25
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FLASHBACK: Water floods from a broken water main, on Stallingborough Road, Immingham, where workmen were carrying out excavations in September 2014.
Anglian Water has apologised to residents in Immingham and promised to make improvements after the town was plagued by several burst water mains in the space of five days.
The water services provider has pledged to replace the main feed pipeline running along Stallingborough Road and a second main at the rear of Oban Court after many homes in the town were left without water.
Anglian Water engineers worked to fix a broken pipe on Sackville Road, which was just one of several incidents involving faulty water pipes in the town between August 20 and 25.
Water could be seen to be pouring out into the street late at night, while residents were left without working showers and did not have access to clean running water in the own homes.
Now Richard Pickersgill, network service manager at Anglian Water, has written to residents of Immingham to apologise and revealed that work to replace the two mains is due to start in March next year.
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"Firstly, I'd like to apologise for any convenience the burst mains and our repair activities may have caused you and your families," the letter said.
"In total we responded to and repaired three pipe failures over a five-day period. We faced several engineering challenges, such as a medium pressure gas main within the dig. A sequence of bursts like this is highly unusual."
The burst main on Sackville Road in August was reported to Anglian Water
The letter added: "We've now secured capital investment for a replacement scheme, which will renew the main feed pipeline running along Stallingborough Road and a second main at the rear of Oban Court to alleviate the problems we have faced here.
"A lot of work and investigations are being carried out to enable these works. We forecast a start date of March 2018, with a completion date of August 2018. As we proceed with this we will ensure full plans and confirmed dates are published."
It is not the first time Anglian Water have encountered problems with the water main on Stallingborough Road.
In September 2014, homes and businesses were flooded and left without running water when the main burst.
Mr Pickersgill added that he was "sincerely sorry" for the latest disruption and said Anglian Water were "committed to providing excellent customer service".
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It is the second time in recent weeks that Anglian Water has found itself at the centre of water-related problems in Immingham.
In August, a power outage caused a foul water pumping station near the Habrough Fields housing site to malfunction - an incident which housing developer Peter Ward Homes said was partly responsible for the flooding on the estate which severely damaged several homes.
While Anglian Water said the outage was "unlikely to be the main cause" they did promise to investigate thoroughly "to see if it did contribute in any way to this unusual situation".
In response to last month's flooding, Immingham Town councillor Willie Weir has now launched a petition, calling on the Environment Agency to install a pumping station at Immingham docks to pump water away from the town when the sluice gates are closed during periods of high tide.
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On behalf of Woody White Law PLLC | Sep 18, 2013 | Drunk Driving Accidents |
One woman has been charged in the death of another following an accident in Asheville, according to local sources. The 45-year-old is being held responsible for the death of a local North Carolina woman after an accident police believe was the result of intoxication. The alleged drunk driver is now facing felony charges related to the crash.
According to police, the woman was traveling through Asheville when her vehicle crossed the center line. She struck a moped being driven by the victim head-on. The other woman was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident by arriving medical personnel.
Court documents allege the 45-year-old was impaired by alcohol and possibly by other substances as well at the time of the accident. Prosecutors believe her intoxication was the direct cause of the crash. She was taken into custody but has since been released on $60,000 bond. As of this writing, no court date has been set in connection with this case. It is unknown whether or not the defendant has secured representation at this time.
This tragic accident that claimed the life of an innocent woman could have been averted if the driver in question had not defied North Carolina traffic law and driven while intoxicated. The drunk driver, should she be found guilty of these charges, will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, but unfortunately that will not bring the deceased victim back to her family. Her next-of-kin may therefore wish to pursue a wrongful death law suit against the driver, separate from any criminal charges that may be filed.
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Q: Boot and Login takes forever My machine consists of a dual boot between Windows 10 (ssd) and Ubuntu 20.04 (hdd), 16gb ram, i7 and a GTX 1050.
Booting and loging in on Ubuntu takes forever, please check the output of systemd-analyze:
Systemd-analyze
systemd-analyze

Startup finished in 2min 28.134s (firmware) + 5.227s (loader) + 5.192s (kernel) + 1min 41.422s (userspace) = 4min 19.977s

Systemd-analyze blame (I will show the processes that takes the most)
systemd-analyze blame

47.117s mysql.service                                                          >
41.149s docker.service                                                         >
27.730s snapd.service                                                          >
24.662s systemd-journal-flush.service                                          >
21.383s NetworkManager-wait-online.service                                     >
21.159s containerd.service                                                     >
19.829s dev-sda4.device                                                        >
16.931s tor@default.service                                                    >
14.077s postfix@-.service                                                      >
13.273s nmbd.service                                                           >
13.060s networkd-dispatcher.service                                            >
12.283s dev-loop7.device                                                       >
12.216s dev-loop17.device                                                      >
12.014s dev-loop19.device                                                      >
11.972s dev-loop20.device                                                      >
11.712s apport-autoreport.service                                              >
11.653s dev-loop27.device                                                      >
11.530s dev-loop31.device                                                      >
11.492s dev-loop25.device                                                      >
11.407s dev-loop28.device                                                      >
11.341s udisks2.service                                                        >
10.984s dev-loop22.device                                                      >
10.909s dev-loop29.device                                                      >
10.741s dev-loop21.device                                                      >
10.724s dev-loop26.device                                                      >
10.668s dev-loop12.device                                                      >
10.488s dev-loop30.device                                                      >
10.347s dev-loop24.device                                                      >
10.334s dev-loop23.device                                                      >
10.072s dev-loop14.device                                                      >
 9.968s accounts-daemon.service                                                >
 9.952s dev-loop15.device                                                      >
 9.832s dev-loop8.device                                                       >
 9.685s dev-loop10.device                                                      >
 9.642s ModemManager.service                                                   >
 8.691s dev-loop0.device                                                       >
 8.604s dev-loop16.device                                                      >
 8.432s dev-loop18.device                                                      >
 8.379s dev-loop11.device                                                      >
 8.241s dev-loop6.device                                                       >
 8.080s grub-initrd-fallback.service                                           >
 8.046s dev-loop13.device                                                      >
 7.822s dev-loop9.device                                                       >
 7.820s dev-loop3.device                                                       >
 7.805s dev-loop2.device                                                       >
 7.173s phpsessionclean.service                                                >
 7.018s grub-common.service                                                    >
 6.816s NetworkManager.service

Systemd-analyze critical-chain
systemd-analyze critical-chain

graphical.target @1min 40.765s
└─multi-user.target @1min 40.765s
  └─docker.service @59.615s +41.149s
    └─network-online.target @59.614s
      └─NetworkManager-wait-online.service @38.230s +21.383s
        └─NetworkManager.service @31.413s +6.816s
          └─dbus.service @31.409s
            └─basic.target @31.209s
              └─sockets.target @31.209s
                └─snapd.socket @31.208s +1ms
                  └─sysinit.target @31.086s
                    └─systemd-timesyncd.service @30.955s +130ms
                      └─systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service @29.619s +1.333s
                        └─systemd-journal-flush.service @4.955s +24.662s
                          └─systemd-journald.service @4.666s +288ms
                            └─systemd-journald.socket @4.662s
                              └─system.slice @4.658s
                                └─-.slice @4.658s

Please if anyone can tell me why are services like mysql and docker taking so much time, and what can I do to make the whole login time faster. Thank you