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Report from the December 7, 2007 Chicago Media Action Holiday Singalong at Tribune Tower
On Friday December 7th from 5:00 to 6:30PM, about a dozen media activists braved freezing temperatures, a blockade of violence-prone Chicago police, and thousands of mostly indifferent holiday shoppers, to take part in the 2007 Chicago Media Action Holiday Singalong.
It was held outside of Tribune Tower, the national corporate headquarters of the Tribune Company. The media giant's TV station and newspaper cross-ownerships have come under an increasing level of scrutiny by the public and Congress due to FCC actions concerning the pending sale of the Tribune Company to billionaire Sam Zell.
The event -- organized by Chicago Media Action, a Chicago-area group actively working on media issues -- featured several Christmas carols, rewritten with a media politics motif. Some of the lyrics involved the Tribune and the controversy involving the highly questionable legality of its media cross-ownerships. The full songbook is online here:
http://www.chicagomediaaction.org/pdffiles/songbook_2007-12-07.pdf
The Singalong was timed to reach a great many Chicagoans: It was held outside of Tribune Tower on Chicago's Michigan Avenue -- the Chicago thoroughfare with the most foot traffic in the city -- during Friday evening rush hour, amidst the busier-than-usual Christmas holiday shopping season. Hundreds of copies of an informational factsheet explaining the issue were handed out.
The entrance to the Tribune was guarded for much of the Singalong by about a dozen officers from the Chicago Police Department -- perhaps to protect against the "hugely violent" activity of singing songs and handing out informational factsheets to the public. Event participants made no plans and made no attempts to enter the building. Indeed, police dismissed repeated attempts by Singalong participants to interact.
Participants also brought protest signs which read "All I Want For Christmas Is An $8.2 Billion Waiver", "I Saw The FCC Kissing Big Media", and "Zell = Hell", along with signs of Malcolm X and George Orwell. Other signs featuring FCC chair Kevin Martin depicted him as The Grinch, and with Rich Uncle Pennybags from the board game Monopoly.
The Singalong was held near the showcase studio of WGN-AM radio. Passersby on Michigan Avenue could watch afternoon lip-flapper Steve Cochran perform his afternoon program. Repeated attempts to call in to the radio station at 312-591-7200 to discuss the Singalong and issues were all dismissed.
Action alerts were emailed to our member list twice, the event received advance promotion in the Daily Herald, a suburban newspaper, on the Chicago Indymedia and Free Press web sites, several local blogs, and elsewhere.
The sky was overcast and dark already with temperatures below freezing. Fortunately for participants, it didn't snow during the Singalong despite having snowed in Chicago twice earlier in the week.
Biggest Irony Of The Evening: The police were guarding Tribune Tower, owned by the Tribune Company, which holds five of the long-verboten broadcast-newspaper cross-ownerships. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?


Pictured: Daniel E. Beckley. Photo: Randall Baughn.
Kansas City Symphony Board Chair William M. Lyons announced today the Symphony Board has selected Daniel E. Beckley as the company's next Executive Director, succeeding Frank Byrne, who will complete his nearly 19-year tenure in July.
Since 2013, Beckley has served as vice president and general manager of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. Prior to that time, he was Executive Director of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra in South Carolina. He has also served as a public school orchestra director, and earned a bachelor's degree in music education from James Madison University and a master's degree in music performance from Northwestern University.
"I am honored and humbled to take the helm from Frank Byrne, and to work alongside [Music Director] Michael Stern, the Board, the staff and musicians of this outstanding organization, to continue deepening Kansas City's relationship with symphonic music," Beckley said.
Beckley will be responsible for the orchestra's $19.8 million budget, along with all aspects of administration and management, including operations, finance, marketing and fundraising. He will lead a staff of 35 full-time professionals and work with the orchestra's 80 full-time musicians to present nearly 200 performances annually.
Beckly and Byrne will work together for a transition period from May-July.


on workstations. Sorry about the delay in summarizing.
details. But, I hope this helps those who are facing the same problems I am.
on your requirements before investing time in installing any of these packages.
1. SunOS batch, at, cron.
queuedefs for more details. Very limited capabilities.
2. Using the print spooler.
it yet. It might be very useful in combination with some of the non-distributed software.
on the machine and can halt jobs when the load reaches a settable level.
available by anonymous ftp from ftp.cs.toronto.edu in pub/batch.tar.Z.
Thanks to Milt Ratcliff <milt@pe-nelson.com> for mailing me about QBATCH.
from cs.dal.ca in pub/bio as qbatch.tar.Z.
University of Wisconsin and is quite sophisticated and well documented.
one (USA: quiche.cs.mcgill.ca; EUROPE nic.funet.fi; log in as user archie).
be developing NQS II. For those with money to spend, this may be the one.
appears to be a powerful package with alot of documentation to it.
Sun, VAX, DecStation, SGI & IBM.
only on the machines that have enough memory to cope.
tell them to use 'ps' ...etc etc.
a batch environment to users continuely running large programs in background.
1. A command interface the same across all machines on the network. e.g.
where batch only works for the local machine.
turn ('atq' only tells you what's waiting to run).
3. I need to be able to specify which machines can be used for batch jobs.
4. I need to be able to control priority, start and stop jobs.
be grateful for any advice/software.


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In reference to the statement* issued by the Cairo follow-up committee after its meeting with Mr. Staffan de Mistura, on 19 July 2015, the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria would like to indicate that the quotes attributed to him in that meeting were not consistent with the overall discussions that took place.
Mr. de Mistura will continue to refrain from making any comments regarding the discussions taking place during his meetings within the framework of the ongoing consultations on Syria.
After his upcoming briefing to the Security Council, the Special Envoy will be in a position to better elaborate on the current situation and future prospects.
*http://all4syria.info/Archive/233864
22 July 2015, Geneva
في إشارة إلى بيان* صدر من قبل اللجنة المعنية بتنفيذ مقررات القاهرة او ما تعرف باللجنة الـ 13، بعد اجتماعها مع السيد ستيفان دي ميستورا، في 19 تموز عام 2015، يهمّ مكتب المبعوث الخاص إلى سوريا الإشارة أن الأقوال المنسوبة إليه في ذلك الاجتماع لا تتفّق مع حقيقة المناقشات العامة التي جرت على أرض الواقع.
ويواصل السيد دي مستورا الامتناع عن الإدلاء بأي تعليق حول المناقشات التي تجري خلال لقاءاته في إطار المشاورات الجارية بشأن سوريا.
بعد الإحاطة القادمة لمجلس الأمن، سوف يكون المبعوث الخاص في وضع مؤاتٍ لإطلاع الرأي العام على الوضع الراهن وآفاق المستقبل.
* http://all4syria.info/Archive/233864
22 تمّوز 2015، جنيف
Within the framework of the ongoing Consultations on Syria, Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura visited the State of Qatar where he met with the Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr. Mohammad Bin Abdullah Bin Mutib Al Rumaihi on 12 July 2015.
On the same day, he visited the United Arab Emirates where he met with the Minister for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Throughout his discussions, the Special Envoy noted once again the need for starting a process leading to a political solution to the Syrian crisis through constructive dialogue.
Mr. de Mistura will continue his consultations with Member States in the region in the coming few days.
في إطار المشاورات الجارية بشأن سوريا، زار المبعوث الخاص ستيفان دي ميستورا دولة قطر حيث التقى مع مساعد وزير الخارجية للشؤون الخارجية السيد محمد بن عبد الله بن متعب الرميحي في تاريخ 12 يوليو 2015.
وفي اليوم نفسه، زار دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة حيث التقى مع وزير الخارجية الشيخ عبدالله بن زايد آل نهيان.
أشار المبعوث الخاص مرة أخرى خلال مناقشاته على الحاجة الماسّة لبدء عملية تؤدي إلى حل سياسي للأزمة السورية من خلال الحوار البناء.
وسيواصل السيد دي مستورا مشاوراته مع الدول الأعضاء في المنطقة في الأيام القليلة القادمة.
13 يوليو 2015، جنيف
Within the framework of the Geneva Consultations, Deputy Special Envoy for Syria Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy met today with representatives of the Syrian Feminist Lobby, Ms. Lama Kannout and Ms. Salma Jalkhi. They briefed Mr. Ramzy on the overall situation on the ground and the state of women's rights. They also shared perspectives for a political solution and ways to ensure women's participation in these process. Mr. Ramzy emphasized the important role that can and should be played by women in any conflict resolution efforts in Syria. He commended their tireless and positive efforts amidst the deteriorating situation on the ground.
In the framework of the Geneva Consultations, the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, met today with a delegation from the Aga Khan Foundation, composed of Mr. Mohammad Wardeh, Mr. Mohammad Seifo and Mr. Ali Esmaiel. The delegation members discussed with Mr. de Mistura the situation on the ground and shared their perspectives for a political solution.
"Civil society organizations are an important element in conflict resolution, particularly their efforts to ensure that views and concerns of all parts of societies are addressed as they can bring the voice of people and communities on the ground," Mr. de Mistura said at the end of his meeting. "This is why their contribution is critical for a sustainable political solution which would promote human rights, pluralism and democracy," he added.
Geneva consultations are a rolling process to seek views of all Syrian and relevant regional and international parties on the operationalization of the Geneva Communiqué.
In this context, Mr. de Mistura continues to meet separately with Syrian actors from inside and outside Syria, as well as with concerned regional and international players.

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Susan Gray, a realtor, and Haley Skinner, a YMCA employee, both came to the Alamo Beer Company on Sunday separately, but on the same mission.
"Anything where you can drink beer and have it go to a good cause is good enough for me," said Skinner, an empty Alamo beer glass in her hand. Gray nodded vigorously across from her. They had come alone, but ended up finding each other and becoming friends.
"People will think I'm like your mom. But I'm the cool mom," joked Gray.
For the second year in a row, University of Houston's Conrad N. Hilton College in San Antonio hosted a cook-off at Alamo Beer. Nine teams representing different food companies in San Antonio competed for the best one-pot recipe. More than $3,700 dollars were raised just from tickets sold before the event, all of which goes directly toward scholarships for the college students, many of whom are Latino, first generation, or military-connected.
The college started in San Antonio at St. Philip's College campus in 2014, said Nathan Jarvis, a professor at Hilton College and coordinator for the event. It was the first San Antonio college to offer a bachelor of science degree in hotel and restaurant management. In 2015, it moved to its own campus near the Alamodome and hosted its first cook-off.
In addition to fundraising, the cook-off also helps spread awareness about the college, which officials said started with only 20 to 25 students in 2014.
"This is exactly what we do. We're a culinary and hospitality college so it made sense to do an event to show off the skills our students have and our amazing local restaurants," said Lisa Hernandez, assistant dean at the college and last year's coordinator for the cook-off. The event was put on by student volunteers and many of the volunteer restaurants also help train those students.
"We were told this was fertile grounds for hospitality, but we were invited by the San Antonio industry, not the community. So now it's our job to invite the community to partake in this field," Hernandez said.
Albert Bafford, the owner and head chef of Take 5 Pasta was "absolutely floored" to discover that his three-month-old business run out of a food truck had won first place.
It was for his Italian-Creole gumbo fusion dish, which took the traditional gumbo recipe and replaced chicken broth with a creamy, homemade marinara and rice for homemade pasta. As an Italian chef, he said he had the idea to do a Louisiana fusion after moving to Texas from California and hearing what Texans had to say about gumbo.
"As soon as everybody told me to stay away from gumbo, I said I have to do it! That's just who I am," said Bafford, wearing a mardi gras bead necklace and a cap with two party streamers coming out of it.
This was the first competition his truck has entered, and his first win.


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Julius Fučík Memorial
While many memorials and pieces of public art that were erected during the reign of the German Democratic Republic were removed or altered after German reunification, more than just a handful have seemingly escaped that fate and continue stand in all their glory in the East Berlin district of Pankow. One of the the larger memorials to have stood the test of time is the Julius Fučík Memorial in the Bürgerpark Pankow, dedicated to the antifascist czech writer Julius Fučík.
Who was Julius Fučík?
Julius Fučík as Communist symbol
The Julius Fučík Memorial in Berlin
The Julius Fučík Memorial after German Reunification
The Julius Fučík Memorial Today (2022)
Julius Fučík Memorial Address
Julius Fučík was born on the 23rd of February 1903 in Prague, Austria-Hungary. He came from a working class family and was named after his famous uncle, the composer Julius Fučík (known for his plethora of marches and polkas). Having initially grown up in Prague, his family moved to Pilsen – though he would return to prague in 1920 to study.
While in Prague, Fučík joined the Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party, but quickly joined the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia once it split from CSDW in 1921. Fučík began working as an editor and literary critic as well as continuously working together with the CPC. His work with the Communist Party made him a frequent target for arrest by the Czechoslovak Secret Police, which did little to deter him.
The early 1930s marked a series of visits to the Soviet Union for Julius Fučík, who was a strong supporter of Stalinist policies. His ideological support for Stalin caused several clashes within the CPC, as not everyone agreed with the developments under Stalin.
Julius Fučík – circa 1935-1938
The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia was disbanded by Czechoslovak Government in 1938, and its members fled into the underground. Fučík continued to work as a journalist and writer during the German Occupation, as well as becoming part of the Central Committee for the CPC. The Nazis intensified their search for Fučík, who along with six others was arrested in Prague on the 24th of April 1942 by the Gestapo.
While being imprisoned in Prague, Fučík was repeatedly interrogated and tortured. During his captivity he managed to write his book "Notes from the Gallows" – which described his life in prison. The papers were smuggled out and later edited and published by his wife.
In May of 1943, Fučík was transported to Bautzen in Germany, and then moved to Berlin where he was put on trial for high treason. He was executed on the 8th of September 1943 in the Plötzensee Prison.
After his death, Fučíks wife, Gusta Fučíková edited and released Julius Fučíks notes as a book in 1947. By February 1948, the CPC staged a coup and seized control over the government (which they would hold on to until 1989). Fučíks position in the CPC as well as his political beliefs made him a useful propaganda symbol for the Czechoslovak government, which made him a national hero, naming factories , parks, streets and virtually everything else after him. His book became required reading for every child above the age of 10.
A ČSSR era Fučík pin
A cult like following was created around Fučík – who despite being 40 years old at the time of his execution – was being molded into a symbol of (and for the) youth. The Fučík badge was introduced by the Communist Party, and to be awarded it, applicants had to join the Czechoslovak Youth Union (similar to the East German "Free German Youth", read 11 selected book, watch 5 approved movies and pass a final exam. After being awarded the prestigious badge, holders could title themselves "Fučíkovec" and count themselves to the elite among their peers.
In 1973, East Berlin hosted the 10th World Festival of Youth and Students. The Czechoslovak youth organisation decided to present their east german hosts with a fitting present, namely a memorial to Julius Fučík. The foundations were laid on the 8th of September 1973 in the Bürgerpark Pankow in the presence of Fučíks wife Gusta.
It's interesting to note that that the Bürgerpark Pankow was, and still is, a relatively prominent location, wedged in between the Soviet War Memorial in the Schönholzer Heide and the Schloss Schönhausen (home to the first and only president of the GDR) as well as the "Gästehaus der DDR-Regierung" , an apartment complex used to house foreign dignitaries and their staff (Castro, Breschnew and Tito were just some of the more memorable guests).
The Guesthouse of the German Democratic Republic in Pankow, Berlin – restored and modernized in 2012
The memorial, designed by the czech sculptor Zdenek Nemecek und der czech architect Vladimír Pýcha, consisted of five,white concrete pillars each with an intricate design carved into them. The three larger pillars – each roughly 6 meters talls – bear several inscriptions. The outermost right has the quote "MENSCHEN, ICH HATTE EUCH LIEB. SEID WACHSAM!" ( Humans, I have loved you all. Be vigilant!) in three languages, German, Russian and Czech.
The center pillar contains larger than life bronze portrait of Fučík. The column to the left contains the same quote in the same three languages again (the quote was taken from Fučíks book "Notes from the Gallows"). The Fučík memorial was unveiled the following year on the 8th of May, 1974 ("Liberation Day" – a public holiday in the GDR).
A small plaque was attached to the base of the memorial which read: Dieses Mahnmal wurde der Jugend der DDR / und der Hauptstadt der DDR Berlin / von der Jugend der ČSSR gewidmet. / Autor des Denkmals Ak. Arch. V. Pýcha / Autor des Reliefs Julius Fučik's / Ak. Bildh. Z. Němeček / Künstlerische Zusammenarbeit / Ak. Bildh. J. Kadlčík Ak. Bildh. R. Formánek / Ak. Mal. J. Mikulka
EN: This memorial was dedicated to the youth of the GDR / and the capital of the GDR Berlin / by the youth of the CSSR. / – and continues to list all artists involved.
A heated debate broke out in the former East Germany as to what should happen with the hundreds of political monuments that were erected. The West German sentiment was to tear them all down, an attitude reminiscent of post 1945 Germany. While monuments like the Berlin Lenin statue were torn down in the most public manner, creating facts on the ground – a commission (Kommission zum Umgang mit den politischen Denkmälern der Nachkriegszeit im ehemaligen Ost-Berlin) was set up in east berlin to assess what should happen with the artistic inheritance.
The commision found that the Fučík Memorial could stay, they decided to remove the commemorative plaque on it, probably because it referenced Berlin as the capital of the German Democratic Republic.
As for Fučíks legacy in the former Czechoslovakia? The Czechs quickly fell out of love with Fučík after the velvet revolution and removed his statues. His legacy was put into question after it had been revealed that his book had been edited by his wife who had omitted several passages which did not fit into the official narrative. It seems like Czechs to this day seem to be split about him. Despite this, in 2013 on what would have been Julius Fučíks 110th birthday, a statue to him was re-unveiled in the Olšan Cemetery in Prague.
Not to be outdone, the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia unveiled a Fučík statue in front of their local headquarters in the city of Vestín (a move eerily reminiscent of the German Marxist–Leninist Party, who erected a statue of Lenin in 2020 in the west german city of Gelsenkirchen).
The Fučík Memorial in the Bürger Park remains in remarkably good condition with little to no signs of vandalism or graffiti. The memorial is located at the top north eastern corner of the picturesque Bürgerpark and creates an interesting entrance to a park that's filled with a fair few east german sculptures, which are all worth having a look at when strolling through the luscious green.
Cottastraße / Heinrich-Mann-Straße, Bürgerpark Pankow


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Tim Henman Royal Albert Hall Interview
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Stuart Appleby interviews former British number one Tim Henman after he defeated Younes El Aynaoui 6-4 4-6 10-4 in his opening ATP Champions Tour match at the Royal Albert Hall.
The six-time Grand Slam semi-finalist went onto win the tournament and clinch his first ever title in London, having previously reached four Wimbledon semi-finals and three finals at the Queen's Club.
Henman overcame Sweden's Thomas Enqvist 6-3 7-6 (2) in the final.
The AEGON Masters Tennis title was remarkably Henman's first tournament win in London (Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
Everton Legend Colin Harvey Interview
Pat Cash Interview


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The 2014 New Jersey Association of School Administrators Northern Regional Superintendent of the Year Patrick J. Fletcher is available to comment on education-related issues.
– Has strong record of fiscal responsibility and dedication to learning initiatives –
Atlantic City, New Jersey, October 22, 2013 ... Patrick J. Fletcher, Chief Education Officer, River Dell Regional School District was selected the 2014 New Jersey Association of School Administrators (NJASA) Northern Regional Superintendent of the Year. He was introduced today at the Opening General Session of the Annual Fall Workshop in Atlantic City. The workshop is co-sponsored by NJASA, the New Jersey Association of School Business Officials (NJASBO) and the New Jersey School Boards Association (NJSBA).
This is the sixth year of NJASA's selection process to choose three regional - Southern, Central and Northern - Superintendents of the Year winners.The two other chief education officers joining Fletcher are: Central Regional winner – Dr. Michael Gorman, Chief Education Officer, Pemberton Township Public Schools; and Southern Regional winner – Dr. Philip J. Guenther, Chief Education Officer, Atlantic County Vocational School District.
NJASA Executive Director Richard G. Bozza said, "Pat Fletcher is an excellent role model for all aspiring chief education officers to emulate. He is a results-oriented professional who continually strives to improve the quality of education for all students through his knowledge, experience, and enthusiasm."
From his vantage point of 25 plus years experience as a school administrator, Fletcher states, "The office of the Chief Education Officer is one of the most dynamic positions in any community. It requires exceptional leadership and management skills, a deep understanding of the financial mechanism and an ability to make complex issues accessible to the general public."
Fletcher, highly respected in the state, county and local educational communities, comments, "Curriculum development is a collaborative process involving both external and internal influences. It is the responsibility of the Chief Education Officer to devise a process that allows all influences to coalesce into a useable document."
He added, "This can be achieved by involving staff, parents, the Board and students in an organized manner to garner support for program improvement and implementation."
Under his tutelage, River Dell Regional is one of the best public school systems in the state and nation with
consistently high rankings in New Jersey publications like NJ Monthly, The Bergen Record and The Star Ledger, as well as Newsweek and US News and World Report. Despite these accomplishments, Fletcher is most proud of developing a comprehensive special education program that provides the same opportunities and transitions as the non-disabled population.
The Northern Regional Superintendent of the Year assumed the helm of the River Dell Regional School District in 2006. Prior to leading the River Dell District, he served the Glen Rock Public Schools in various administrative positions for 14 years. He served the last five as the Chief Education Officer.
A River Edge resident, he is a trained Business Administrator and CPA. Prior to assuming the Glen Rock superintendency in 2001, he served as the district's business administrator/board secretary. He also served as the business administrator/board secretary for the Closter School and Englewood Cliffs Districts.
Fletcher, an NJASA member since 1999, currently serves as the NJASA Secretary and served as the Association's Treasurer in 2012-2013. At the local level, he is President of the Bergen County Association of School Administrators (BCASA) and a member of its Executive Committee. Prior to the BCASA Presidency, he was the Association's Treasurer, Secretary, and President-Elect.
Fletcher earned his Master's degree from Seton Hall University and received his Bachelor of Arts from Lafayette College.
Each regional winner was judged on the following qualifications: 1) minimum of five years experience as a chief education officer; 2) record of service within their respective county affiliate and NJASA; and 3) a distinguished record as an educator.


Most of the time, we have been analyzing hundreds of consumer reviews of products from the online shopping stores. If the reviews are positive, we decide to buy the product. Moreover, another item has attracted our attention, so we bought Dexter Russell P94802 Basics 10″ Cooks Knife. According to detailed, analyzed and long time use of this one of the best chef's knives, here is the honest Dexter Russell Knives Review.
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New Jersey's Anti-Bullying Fix: A Solution or the Creation of an Even Greater First Amendment Problem?
Lindsay Nash, New Jersey's Anti-Bullying Fix: A Solution or the Creation of an Even Greater First Amendment Problem?, 2012 BYU L. Rev. 1039 (2012).


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The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
IUCN–Toyota Partnership
Plants for People
Action on the ground
Sustainable use and trade
Freshwater biodiversity
Species and climate change
Conserving the world's most important trees, crop wild relatives, and medicinal plants
Plants for People (P4P) is a major new initiative to assess the threat status (using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria) of at least 1,500 highest priority species in each of the following groups: crop wild relatives; medicinal plants; timber trees; and palms (6,000 in total).
This is a joint project of the Global Species Programme (GSP) and the Species Survival Commission (SSC), involving the four relevant SSC Specialist Groups (Crop Wild Relatives, Medicinal Plants, Global Trees and Palms). The P4P initiative will also collaborate with national, regional, and international specialist organizations working on economically valuable plants. This information collected will be used to refine criteria for determining sites of significance for useful wild plants species. Such information will form the basis of conservation strategies 'on the ground' including work to ensure the inclusion of significant sites in protected areas and appropriate ex situ strategies. In parallel a policy-influencing strategy will developed for appropriate policy fora (notably the Convention on Biological Diversity) to raise awareness amongst governments, NGOs and other relevant institutions.
Crop wild relatives, palms, wild-harvested medicinal plants and tree species are essential to livelihoods worldwide and to the global economy. Total trade is estimated at USD 115 billion for crop wild relatives, USD 60 billion for plant-based medicines and USD 400 billion for the trade in timber. Ensuring the continued availability of this resource is crucial to sustaining current, and ensuring, future human survival. These species are acknowledged in a number of international conventions as key natural resources in need of protection. The Global Strategy for Plant Conservation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) calls for, by 2020:-
"Seventy per cent of the genetic diversity of crops including their wild relatives and other socio-economically valuable plant species conserved, while respecting, preserving and maintaining associated indigenous and local knowledge."
The Strategic Plan for Biodiversity, adopted in Nagoya, Japan in 2010, includes 20 'Aichi' Targets arranged under five Strategic Goals. Strategic Goal C: Improve the status of biodiversity by safeguarding ecosystems, species and genetic diversity includes Target 13:
By 2020, the genetic diversity of cultivated plants and farmed and domesticated animals and of wild relatives, including other socio-economically as well as culturally valuable species, is maintained, and strategies have been developed and implemented for minimizing genetic erosion and safeguarding their genetic diversity.
Conservation of these important economic national and global resources serves a double purpose. These plants provide a means for survival for the world's poorest communities. The World Health Organisation estimates that, in some African and Asian countries, up to 80% of the population rely on medicinal plants for primary health care. Clear conservation strategies focussed on where such plants occur in the wild will not only achieve biodiversity targets, but will contribute to food security and enable sustainable use of these resources for poverty alleviation, as called for in the United Nations Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 7.
A recent study by Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, estimated that 1 in every 5 species of plant is threatened with extinction. This catastrophic loss of plant diversity is not confined to species alone; the genetic diversity within species – diversity that is essential for both adaptation to environmental change and the development of new cultivars - is also deteriorating.
Precise information about the extinction risk for socio-economically important plants is lacking, as is information on their distributions. This initiative will provide the first global insight into the conservation status of those plants that, like cotton, provide the threads from which the very fabric of human society is woven. Such assessment information will provide the basis for determining sties of global significance for useful wild plants which in turn will underpin conservation strategies required to ensure long-term world crop security, human health and timber production.
Project Overview and Scientific Approach
The initiative will be led by the IUCN Global Species Programme working closely with the four relevant IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) Specialist Groups (Crop Wild Relative, Medicinal Plant, Global Tree and Palm) and with other national, regional, and international specialist organizations through undertaking assessments of conservation status for The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species to determine precisely where these plant species occur and their extinction risk.
The IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria enable an objective assessment of the extinction risk of a species and are published online with all supporting information including information on the use, livelihoods value, trade, distribution maps, habitat requirements, threats and recommended conservation measures.
This information will be used to refine criteria for determining sites of significance for useful wild plants species. Such information will form the basis of conservation strategies 'on the ground' including work to ensure the inclusion of significant sites in protected areas and appropriate ex situ strategies.
In parallel a policy-influencing strategy will developed for appropriate policy fora (notably the CBD) to raise awareness amongst governments, NGOs and other relevant institutions. Through appropriate web-based approaches information on the project can be channelled to relevant target audiences including the wider IUCN family and to the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity.
Key objectives, innovations and products
The objectives of this project are:
• To increase the coverage of priority plant species important for human livelihoods to The Red List of Threatened Species, a key IUCN Knowledge Product
• To develop efficient and integrated Red List assessments and training tools
The innovative products of this project will be:
• Conservation assessments for The IUCN Red List: A global assessment of the conservation status of priority plants (with distribution information – maps) important for socio-economic human well-being available on The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species available online for public use;
• Key Biodiversity Areas for useful wild plants: as assessment information is generated a methodology will be developed entailing refinement of criteria for selection of KBAs for useful wild plants through workshops.
• Policy influencing: Championing Aichi Target 13 through a policy influencing strategy. Relevant policy fora include policy discussions to take place at the midpoint of this UN International Decade of Biodiversity and the adoption of Sustainable Development Goals to succeed the MDGs.
• An updated information system: Current information systems will be updated to facilitate the input of botanical data into the Red List assessment process, with the optimisation of the Species Information Service and GIS databases within the Red List Unit realized and increased interoperability with external plant databases undertaken.
• An innovative web-based approach to assessment workshops: as a response to the increasing costs associated with previous workshop approaches to Red Listing, an innovative web-based approach to assessment workshops will be developed and tested during this project with a view to its further deployment in assessing other species groups.
Project leader: Dr. Barbara Goettsch
SSC network support: Olivier Hasinger
Project donors: MAVA Foundation & IUCN


Adjunct professor, Communications, Middlesex Community College, Lowell Campus.
Guest lecture in other communications classes; mentor adult students and interns at Lowell Sun.
Organized journalism workshops for high school students.
Taught journalism to adult students, Middlesex Community College, Burlington.
Taught English in junior highs and high schools both full-time and as substitute teacher in Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey and Massachusetts.
Full-time staff reporter/theater critic, Lowell Sun, Lowell, Mass.
Numerous awards from various cultural organizations for support and advocacy of the arts in Lowell and the Merrimack Valley.
Graduated with honors from Glassboro State College, Glassboro, N.J.
BA, English/history/journalism, Glassboro State College (now Rowan University), Glassboro, N.J.
MA, English for Teachers, Michigan State University, E. Lansing, Mich.


Children move into our Infant Department (Key Stage 1) at the end of their Reception year and spend a year in Year 1 (aged 5 turning 6) and a year in Year 2 (aged 6 turning 7) before moving on to our Junior Department (Key Stage 2).
Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE).
Our Infants perform a Nativity at Christmas and take part in the whole school Carol Service. They also take a class assembly each term.
Swimming is a weekly activity and there is an increased choice of extra-curricular activities, mainly offered at lunchtime.
The Reading Buddy system continues throughout the school and the children forge strong friendships across year groups, which are further enhanced by the House system. We have 3 Houses: Brunel, Cabot and Hannah More—and all children are allocated a House when they start in Nursery. Competitions take place throughout the year, including Sports Day in the summer term.
Our classes are small, offering the opportunity to ensure that our children receive individual attention and teachers are able to structure their planning and delivery of the curriculum to ensure that every child has areas of focus and development which are specific to their needs. Communication between home and school is open, regular and timely.
The curriculum is enhanced by an extensive programme of trips and visiting speakers and drama groups; we welcome the Bristol Old Vic each year, for example, to perform their version of the Nativity.
A combination of regular formative and summative assessment is used to track children's progress throughout the school.
"Fairfield builds friendships that last a lifetime."
"I enjoy music - it's great."
"There are lots of chances to represent the school in sports events."
"Pre-School Morning Care is fun!"


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Business Briefs: IRS paid out $513M in undeserved credits
By The Pasadena Star-News | pasadenastarnews@dfmdev.com |
PUBLISHED: April 16, 2011 at 12:00 am | UPDATED: August 29, 2017 at 11:02 am
The Internal Revenue Service has paid out more than a half-billion dollars in homebuyer tax credits to people who probably didn't qualify, a government investigator said Friday. Most of the money – about $326 million – went to more than 47,000 taxpayers who didn't qualify as first-time homebuyers because there was evidence they had already owned homes, according to the report.
Arcadia High School's 2018 graduation ceremony
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Any chance anyone has schematics for the B100-115 iii?
If so, would you mind posting?
Welcome to the forum and the string section.
The service manual must be rare, at least not available online for free.
Greetings, does anyone know how to repair? I think I have a blown output transformer.
Two fuses blew before it, but put new fuses in and main fuse blew...I am pretty sure it is ot, so wonder if anyone knows where I can get one.


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Kevin Alejandro Affair, Height, Net Worth, Age, Career, and More
Byjames December 28, 2022 December 28, 2022
Welcome to this blog post about the actor and film director Kevin Alejandro! He is best known for his roles in popular television shows such as Southland, Parenthood, True Blood, Arrow, and Lucifer. In this post, we will explore the life and career of this multi-talented actor and director, from his early beginnings to the present day. We will also take a look at some of his best-known roles and his upcoming projects. So without further ado, let's dive into the life of Kevin Alejandro!
Personal Details of Kevin Alejandro
Kevin Alejandro
Kevin Alejandro was born on April 7, 1976, in San Antonio, Texas, United States. He grew up there with his Family. His full name is Kevin Michael Alejandro and his nickname is Kevin Alejandro. His zodiac sign is Aries. He is 47 years old (in 2022).
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Kevin Michael Alejandro
Actor, Director
Kevin Alejandro's height is 6 feet 0 inches (1.83 m ) and his weight is 78 kg (171 lbs). Weight might have changed but we added the latest one. His hair color is Brown Dark and his eye color is Grey.
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6 feet 0 inches (1.83 m )
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Family Details of Kevin Alejandro
Actor Kevin Alejandro is a shining light in Hollywood, but he isn't the only one of his family to have success. His family background is full of talent and ambition.
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Kevin's father, Tomas Hernandez, is an entrepreneur and an advocate for Hispanic rights. His mother, Dora Alejandro Hernandez, is a former school teacher who now works as a real estate agent.
Kevin's siblings are just as inspiring. His sister Tanya Hernandez is a successful businesswoman, while his other sister, Kimberly McGraw, is a successful lawyer.
Kevin is married to Leslie de Jesus, a former talent agent. They have been married since 2004 and have three children together.
When it comes to famous relatives, Kevin's father is related to the famous singer and actor Ricky Martin. His mother is related to the Mexican actor and singer Roberto Gomez Bolaños, better known as "Chespirito".
Tomas Hernandez
Dora Alejandro Hernandez
Leslie de Jesus (m. 2004)
Tanya Hernandez, Kimberly McGraw
Relationship History of Kevin Alejandro
Kevin Alejandro and Leslie de Jesus have been together since 2004, when they tied the knot after a long courtship. The couple has been happily married for over 15 years and has two children, a son and a daughter.
Kevin Alejandro wife
The couple's relationship has been inspiring to many, as they have supported each other throughout their marriage. They are often seen together on red carpets and at awards shows, and also make appearances in each other's projects.
Kevin Alejandro is an award-winning actor and producer. He is best known for his roles on shows such as Southland, True Blood, and Lucifer. Throughout his career, Alejandro has also appeared in several films and television shows. In addition to acting, he is also a writer and director.
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Leslie de Jesus is a successful businesswoman and philanthropist. She is the CEO and founder of a nonprofit organization that provides resources and support for underserved youth. Leslie is also the co-founder of a production company, which produces content for television, film, and the web.
Dating With?
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Career and Achievement of Kevin Alejandro
Kevin Alejandro has had an impressive career in television and film, having been featured in some of the most popular shows and films of the past decade. His career began in San Antonio, Texas, where he was born to Mexican parents of Spanish and English ancestry. He got his start on ABC's Ugly Betty, playing the father of Justin Suarez and the love interest of Hilda. Alejandro then went on to be featured on Fox's Drive, Showtime's Sleeper Cell, and The Young and the Restless.
He also had several roles in high profile television shows such as NCIS, Charmed, 24, Shark, The Cleaner, Weeds, Sons of Anarchy, True Blood, and most recently The Returned and Arrow. He was also featured in the films Crossing Over and Red State, as well as the horror film Cassadaga.
Behind the camera, Alejandro has also made an impact, directing episodes of Lucifer, the Netflix series based on the DC Comics character. He has expressed an interest in continuing to direct, having directed the season 5 episode "Spoiler Alert" and having confirmed he directed the season 6 premiere.
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Alejandro has established himself as an incredibly versatile actor and director. He has had an impressive career in television and film and is sure to have many more accomplishments in the future.
Kevin Alejandro Movie List
Bright (2017)
South of Hell (2015)
Lucifer (2016-2020)
The Last Witch Hunter (2015)
Red State (2011)
Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000)
Sleepy Hollow (2013-2014)
True Blood (2008-2014)
Weeds (2005-2012)
Ugly Betty (2006-2010)
CSI: Miami (2002-2010)
Third Watch (1999-2005)
Oz (1997-2003)
As the World Turns (1996-2010)
The Fan (1996)
Net Worth and Income Source of Kevin Alejandro
Kevin Alejandro net worth, income source, and salary have been updated below. You can find his net worth and source of income in the below section.
Actor, Director is Kevin Alejandro primary income source. His net worth is USD $3 million Approx in 2023.
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2.What is the Net Worth of Kevin Alejandro?
Answer- Kevin Alejandro net worth is USD $3 million Approx.
3.Does he married?
Answer: Married.
4.What is the height of Kevin Alejandro?
Answer: His height is 6 feet 0 inches (1.83 m ).
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Questlove, from The Roots, is bringing his own vegetarian style cheesesteak to Citizens Bank Park, according to Forbes, and Phillymag.com. In fact, 40 LiveNation venues across the country will carry it this year as well (including the BB&T Pavilion in Camden).
He's partnered with Impossible Meat, a plant based meat producer, to come up with his very own sandwich. It's called "Questlove's Cheesesteak," and you won't have to wait much longer to get your hands on one.
It'll be available at all home Phillies games starting March 28th. He says he's been "obsessed" with Impossible Meat since tasting it for the first time back in 2015.
I didn't realize that he's a Philadelphia Native, which is why the cheesesteak means so much to him. I guess you could also say he's a foodie. The NY Times says he puts on food these dinner events called "food salons," every couple on months at his place in NYC and invites chefs and other famous people over to eat together and play music (I want to go. Lol.). He's also been on Top Chef on The Food Network and written a food-themed book called, Something to Food About: Exploring Creativity with Innovative Chefs.
I can't wait to taste one. It looks delicious.


Kimi was walking through the school grounds with a fast pace, feeling anxious and vulnerable. What if I don't fit in here? What if they make fun of me? What if my powers are too weak? Her negative thoughts swirled around her head making her stomach feel uneasy. She clutched her satchel tighter and ruffled her white hair, afraid that that might be an even bigger problem.
At her old school, Kimi usually concealed herself in a small group of friends and art. She loved to express what she wanted to be like and what she felt like with just paper and pencil. Her biggest concern was concealing her powers. She often got upset at her old school with the students there being so rude and barbaric. Kimi often wanted to use her powers to turn the school into its future of being a pile of rubble, but she knew she wasn't that strong yet.
"Wait. Where am I supposed to go once I'm inside?" Kimi muttered to herself. She stood still trying to decide what to do next. If I ask for help, I'm sure to screw up and start something awkward. But if I don't ask for help, I'll get lost or end up in the wrong place and that'll draw even more attention. Kimi sighed and looked around to see if there was anyone who could direct her. I need to chill.
Looking outside through the window of the cab she looked towards the new place she would soon be staying at, Beata. The black haired, red and gold eyed girl step out of the cab wearing her favoured red and black dress. She used her hands to block the sun's light she looked again at her new school. Closing her left eye she walked forward, taking the view of things. 'It could use a bit more colour but who am I to judge.' Carrying a purse, the only thing she brought with her, she walked towards the office.
Due to having the map of the school she vaguely knew where to go. She wasn't the best at following instructions but it was simple enough. She also carried one around just in case. She found a person that was looking around and thought to help. 'Might as well, right? Here to make friends.' Tapping the girl's shoulder and waiting for her to turn around she said. "Hello there." She thought about the fact that this person could just be a person that is waiting for another person to arrive but at least she can get better instructions on how to get to the office.
"Oh! Hey there... Uh, you know where new students go after arriving to the school? I'm not really sure where the office is or if we're supposed to show up in some classroom..." Kimi asked shyly. She ruffled her hair nervously, it was her habit when she was feeling uneasy. There's no reason to be nervous... She must be friendly. Kimi noticed the stranger's uniquely colored eye but looked away, being too shy to ask about it.
"Oh I'm new too. I think we are supposed to sign in into the office." She looked through her bag to grab the map that she had. 'Thankfully I had this ready.' "According to this the office is this way." As she pointed the way to the office Diana saw her playing with her which got her attention. 'I should change mine.' Since black worked with everything she would leave her hair that colour until she wanted to change it. She changed her hair to a light cyan hair using her gift then turned towards the girl once more.
"So Sa..." 'What's her name?' "Oh, I haven't introduced myself, I'm Diana, pleasure to meet you" Being talkative towards girls was part of her nature since that would not raise much suspicion.
"Thanks so much! I'm Kimi, nice to meet you, too. I've noticed... your hair changed. That's pretty cool." Kimi was trying her best to seem friendly and open to starting new topics. She was extremely grateful for the friendly stranger to direct her somewhere. "Well, let's go."
Hearing her confirmation she started to walked in the direction of the office. Walking and looking around Beata Diana decided to make a bit of small talk. "Beata is a beautiful place isn't it?" Not that she was one of those people who would spend all of their free time looking at art and making creative comments but from a normal standpoint Beata was pretty. "I mean I wish it was a bit more colourful, but that's my opinion." 'Tsck, how long is this going to take. She seems like such a drag.' Diana disliked "pure and innocent" looking girls since they would always hold a secret. Although they haven't been together for a long time, her first impression on Diana left a bad mark. But she would never say what she was thinking so she smiled as they went on their way to the office.
'Tsck, be more annoying why don't you.' Her dislike to Beata being more colourful made her dislike her even more. "Of course, this is a school made to master people's gift. Or a prison to keep us from the other people. But we are free to leave so probably the former. I heard there is a place somewhere where you can fight with someone with no pulled punches" As she looked at the map she found a several marked places, one of which is the the arena. "Over here." She pointed to the place marked with a green circle. "Although it seems a bit wired sometimes since it seems there are so many different gifts. Some that are just so powerful and some that are just plain useless." Diana thought of her gift was a mix of in both since it wasn't that powerful when compared to others. "Speaking of which do you fight?" Diana planned to use this as an excuse to attack her in the arena but she kept her thoughts separate from what she actually said.
"Hmm... No. Not unless provoked. But, fighting was always happening back at my old school. The students there were always brash. Anyways, what's your gift? Changing the colors of things, right?" Kimi started to feel a little challenged. Let's show our true colors soon, Diana... "I'm not a person obsessed with fights, but it'd be cool to be in one match to determine your strength." I'm asking for it now, aren't I? Well, let's just see how Diana really is. Kimi put on a neutral face, ready for any response.
"Yes, although not flesh." 'This was a lie but she hasn't perfected it yet. 'Is she testing me?" They got close enough to the office to spot it. "I guess it would be cool to check like your ranking but if you lose that then... Too bad you don't like to fight I would have been glad to be your partner. Enough about me what about you what's your gift." Diana didn't care what she had to say since honestly she just didn't want to her nor does she want to talk herself. Although she meant what she said about "sparring" since Diana's preference are the opposite of what she currently sees Kimi doing and honestly just wanted to fight.
I'm really hoping to get to the office soon. I can't handle being so polite and nice anymore. My true feelings are that I'd be glad to fight Diana in the arena. She has such a challenging demeanor, no doubt we'll be eyeing each other further in the year. "My gift? I control the age of objects. You know, turning it brand new or into rotten parts. But enough about the fighting and the arena. Let's hope.. we get to know each other, uh, some more.. further in the year." Kimi put on a half-hearted smile, hoping Diana wouldn't notice her lack of enthusiasm for that. If only I could control the flow of time and hurry this up. Diana.. isn't.. really.. putting on an affable aura. The two students reached the office. Kimi reached for the door handle and swung the door open. Let's hope we both find our own cliques and stick to them... but if we do see each other in the arena, I'll be satisfied.
Luck is not something Diana really thinks about. If she wanted to do something, she would do it to perfection or as much as she can so that luck would not be a variable. She wanted to fight Kimi and one day while Kimi is in the arena Diana is going to spontaneously appear ready to fight. She saw Kimi's half smile and returned with her own. "Same here" After signing in with the office she pointed out to the initiate dorm. "According to the rules we go here until we are situated." Talking straight from a book with little to no emotion, this was just unnecessary small talk but she looked like a person who wouldn't pick up on small clues. She started to walk towards it. Although she considered it unnecessary she still needed to memorize the area and having another person there helps.
As Kimi walked down Beata's halls with Diana, she pulled out a wooden toy block from her satchel. She held it out on her palm and concentrated. Her hand gave off a light blue glow. The block started to age and rot, its form unrecognizable as a cube. Kimi reversed the energy. Regaining its youth, the wood became smooth and shiny again. Kimi continued to walk with silence. She thought that there was really nothing to say. The dorm they were supposed to reach was coming closer.


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On average, we reach our peak lung capacity between 20-25 years old. During this time, our lungs have a maximum limit of six liters. After the age of 35, our lung capacity decreases and as a result, our breathing rate slows and physical activity becomes more difficult. Even healthy individuals with no history of smoking tend to decrease their forced vital capacity by 0.2 liters per decade. While some loss of functionality is inevitable, there are things you can do to help your residents improve their respiratory health and ensure a higher quality of life.
Be sure to consult with the attending physician and/or other specialists before making any changes to a resident's individual health care plan.
As we age, changes in our body cause our bones and muscles to become weaker. Bones in our rib cage become thinner and change shape. The diaphragm is the large muscle in our chest responsible for moving air in and out of the lungs. As it gets weaker, our ability to inhale and exhale to full capacity decreases.
There are also changes at the tissue level within our lungs. Muscles that kept airways open lose their elasticity and can close. The alveoli are the small sacs responsible for exchanging oxygen and carbon dioxide with the bloodstream. With age they tend to lose their shape, decreasing the efficiency of the gas exchange.
Changes in brain chemistry may affect how efficiently our nervous system triggers actions in our lungs and chest muscles. This problem is exasperated by dementia or other mental illnesses. When signals aren't sent as clearly to our lungs, we lose control and often experience delays in otherwise automatic processes. Systems responsible for triggering coughs become less effective. Foreign particles build up in the lungs and can cause further damage to already deteriorating tissue.
Respiratory degradation is so common among seniors that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that nearly 15% of all middle-aged U.S. adults suffer from lung disorders such as asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
In fact, lung-related illnesses are the third most common cause of death in this country. Pneumonia is one of the major causes of mortality among seniors over the age of 65. The illness can present with symptoms ranging from mild to severe and can be fatal. More people die every year from pneumonia than from automobile accidents.
Pneumonia can be contagious, but most seniors actually develop the illness independently. Bacteria is present in everyone's throats and noses. Elderly can have difficulty clearing contaminants from their lungs with reduced body function discussed earlier. The result is the bacteria that causes pneumonia is able to proliferate far more easily in an elderly person. Pneumonia can lead to bacterial infections in the blood and fluid in the lungs.
Once infected, it is also harder for elderly to fight off complications caused by pneumonia due to their weakened immune systems. This is why it is so critical to encourage a healthy respiratory system in your residents to prevent an infection from taking hold.
Another form of pneumonia is aspiration pneumonia, which is also common in elderly seniors. This occurs when the epiglottis (the flap that covers the windpipe during swallowing) does not close properly. Food and other particles can make their way into the lungs, causing inflammation or even lower respiratory tract infection. Because residents often have a reduced ability to cough properly (dystussia, or cough impairment), this contributes to the severity of aspiration pneumonia.
In some cases, switching residents to a soft food diet can sometimes help reduce the risk of aspiration pneumonia. Additionally, ensuring that residents are always seated upright while eating is important to encourage proper swallowing function.
Perhaps the number one way to promote good respiratory health is to help your residents maintain their body's ability to protect itself. Consuming a proper diet full of protein, and nutrients is key to good overall health. It's also a good idea to cut back on foods high in simple carbohydrates (processed sugars and white bread products). These foods raise our body'' insulin levels, causing inflammation.
A decrease in exercise routine with age is common as the body doesn't function as well or as easily as before. However, in these golden years, it's more important than ever to incorporate regular cardiovascular exercise into our daily lives to fight back against respiratory degradation. Encouraging residents who are able to engage in daily cardiovascular exercise is critical to ensuring they maintain a healthy lung capacity and foster a higher quality of life. Even simple or modified routines for those who are not as ambulatory can help keep their bodies active and deterring muscle or other atrophy from setting in.
Cigarette smoke is the primary cause of lung cancer. If you have residents who smoke, be sure a plan is in place to help them curb their habits and eventually quit. Cigar smoke and chewing tobacco are also dangerous; the chemicals in these products are known carcinogens and cause inflammation and swelling in the lungs, as well as increasing the risk for oral and throat cancers.
Maintaining a clean environment for your residents is vital to preventing many respiratory infections. Air pollution can irritate lungs and leave seniors susceptible to illness. Ensure that your residents have clean, dust-free environments to sleep in. Be conscious of water damage around your property and report any areas that could be at risk for developing mold. Residents and others will benefit from a no-smoking guest policy to avoid exposure to the contaminants in second-hand smoke. Washing or frequent changes of work clothes, as well as hand-washing or using gloves can help prevent the spread of germs.
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Dead Slow or I Fire!!
Where: Cork, Ireland
Here we are back in Cork again, on "the Banks", looking at the Lower Glanmire Road from the Marina. I think it will be a challenge to get a good date, though perhaps the buildings on the North side will help? I also look forward to hearing all the details of the uniform worn by the would be artillery man....
Based on inputs in particular from guliolopez, ofarrl and Niall McAuley we learned quite a lot about the subjects here. While we initially thought that the cannon pictured was the "time gun" (used by Cork's port authorities to signal 10am daily), this was actually slightly further upstream. What we have here therefore is a non-firing trophy gun. This one was captured during the 1855 Siege of Sevastapol. It seems (conincidentally, or just for the fun of the photo) to have a member of a Royal artillery unit standing alongside it. As with much of the other (non human) subjects in this image, the cannon remains in place. As do most of the buildings and structures beyond - though the Marine Radio School at Carrig House is apparently significantly worse for wear....
Photographer: Fergus O'Connor
Collection: Fergus O'Connor Collection
Date: Collection range c.1900-1920. Perhaps early in that range
NLI Ref: OCO 282
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI's catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Owner: National Library of Ireland on The Commons
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03/Jul/2018 08:32:26
Marina. Greenwich gun. Radio school. Too. Much. Cork. Don't. Know. Where. To. Start :)
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Thanks [https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland]. Mary had told me to set my alarm. And hasn't disappointed :) To the extent that I barely know where to start. Other than to say that, had I slept in til 10 o'clock, I'd have gotten a rude awakening for this one! In terms of location, it's unequivocal. This is "the Marina". Close to the club house of Shandon Boat Club. On the south side of the Lee. Looking north. Just about here on the OSI map. The StreetView driver wasn't brave enough to follow suit. He/she missed out :) In terms of subjects, the most striking must be the "Greenwich gun" or "10 o'clock gun". To my understanding, the firing of this gun was the responsibility of the port authorities. The Cork Harbour Commissioners. Rather than the military. Not directly anyway. However, thinking about it logically, presumably the Harbour Commissioners needed to employ an artillery expert. Given the risks and logistics. So that probably is a military uniform. Perhaps of the Cork City Artillery (which included a non-professional "militia"). I'll do some research on that. The gun itself was fired at 10am every day. Like other similar guns around the (then dying) empire. Unless the image is staged (and I suppose it quite probably is) that would give us the time of day. Though not the year. Which I'll also have have to think about. Otherwise another key subject here, to my eye at least, is Carrig House. The house on the far right. Later known as the "Marine Radio School", it was used for a time for training ships' radio operators. This doesn't help with date however. And probably just as well. As I really shouldn't be allowed to talk about this house. As it will just get my blood up. Given that, along with too many other historic homes in the city in recent years, has been left to ruin, fire and yet more ruin. By the worst sort of absentee landlord: a state-sponsored one!
In reminding myself about the gun, I found this blog post from Kieran McCarthy. Who confirms that the 18lb gun was the responsibility of the Harbour Commissioners. And fired (with a 3lb charge) since the 1870s. However his final conclusion (about the gun "disappearing physically and from memory" after 1930) confuses me more than a little. While I don't doubt him, if the gun was removed, it (or a replacement) must've been put back at a later date. As there's been a gun there as long as I can remember. As evidenced by these recent shots from the Cork Camera Club. Also, Flickr is sometimes thingamabob: www.flickr.com/photos/carrignafoy/403354327/
Niall McAuley
The catalogue gives a general 1900-1920 date, and I think the girl on the bench's outfit suggests the early part of that range. The buildings opposite are all 1830ish and no help, railway infrastructure 1855ish likewise.
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There are a couple of 'Similar Items' in the NLI catalogue further to the left of this shot, probably the same day. The second one shows a steamer from Cork - can't read its name. May help with date ... catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000290338 catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000299369
Educated guess 'Pylades' and bingo - " "Pylades," 1903; 275 tons. Built at Workington. Purchased by the City of Cork Steam Packet Co., Ltd., and subsequently sold." From - olivecolemanfamilyhistory.tripod.com/port.html So we are after 1903 - and the 'Pylades' looks relatively shiny, unrusty and newish ... [d'oh - I posted these comments on the thingamabob photo!]
A French/Lawrence L_CAB_01375 nearby in both space and time. L_ROY_07633 shows the gun, looking downstream to the Band House shown on the 25 "map.
I was looking at the OSI map. To see if it would help dating. And the "FS" clearly means "flagstaff". Which was gifted from Canada. And the base of which remains. The "D Fn" is a drinking fountain. Also partially remaining. Seems odd the gun isn't marked though. Otherwise, as [https://www.flickr.com/photos/gnmcauley] says, all the structures on the northside predate this image by at least 50 years. Also not really helping with date. As Niall and [https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia] say however, I'd agree this is probably 1900. Plus or minus a few years. (Also, given his pillbox hat, I'd imagine the "gunner" is almost certainly a soldier in the artillery. Rather than some promoted punter from within the Harbour Commissioners. The facings on the uniform of the Royal Cork City Artillery were scarlet/red).
That DEAD SLOW sign may help, it is not in some of the Lawrences, like L_CAB_01376
Thanks [https://www.flickr.com/photos/gnmcauley]. I learned something from the L_ROY_07633. Which I didn't know before. Namely that, as we see from a plaque visible in Megazoom (TM), that gun was captured at Sevastapol. In 1855. It also tells me that its the same gun that remains today. As the eagle on the top is the same. Meaning that, I think, Cllr McCarthy is not entirely correct about the gun being removed. Moved/reseated slightly? Yup. Removed/vanished? No.
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Congratulation for your beautiful Album.
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]] L_CAB_02806 puts the gun beside the flag staff.
*Update* - the three O'Connor photos were NOT taken on the same day, as previously suggested. Differences in vegetation, open windows, and washing on the line, particularly near the two pale houses in the terrace. i think this photo is slightly (months) earlier than the SS 'Pylades' one.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia https://www.flickr.com/photos/gnmcauley I am considering drafting an edict, which would ban extracurricular visits to "The Catalogue" the reason for the edict is to protect against the dreaded "deja vu" moments. A Mary could find a good photo and check if it had been posted before and finding it had not, select said photo and post it with great confidence only to find that it had been referenced to another photo sometime over the last seven years. Dam, I just researched the meaning of Edict and find "an official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority" If only I had Authority!!!! :)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland I like NLI deja vu moments. It is almost always good to revisit these photos.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia Thank you.
Late to arrive today, just to say the footpath is the track of the original railway to Blackrock when the first terminuswas at Victoria Road, on 6 February 1873 the company commenced running trains from the new Albert Street station and the line ran around Monahan Road. Also, all the land from this embankment to Monahan road is reclamed from the river.
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/abandonedrailsireland] RE: "all the land from this embankment to Monahan road is reclaimed from the river". Sometimes dramatically so. Nearby Dundanion (Galwey's) Castle had a slipway onto the river. A ramp that was (reputedly) used by William Penn prior to the voyage in which he founded Pennsylvania. The castle (and boat ramp) is now a full 500 ft from the river. Ditto Barrington's Folly. A later tower which is now also several hundred feet from the river. Previously used as a beacon/marker for vessels on this stretch of the river, it is now completely invisible from the water. Without the building of the Marina wall, and the narrowing and deepening of the river, larger vessels wouldn't have been able to make it up to the city proper however. And also, on a more personal note, would have given me one less place to drive (and hopefully sit) while driving around trying to get babies to sleep :)
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www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/ the Crimean guns (there were originally two) are not marked on the OSI map but theTime Gun is. I doubt very much if the cannon in the above photo was ever fired after its capture and certainly not while mounted on the fixed wooden support shown in the photos as there would have been no allowance for recoil. According to The Crimean War and Irish Society by Paul Huddie, Cork was the first irish city to ask for Crimean war trophies, their pair of guns arriving by steamer on July 19 1857. According to Paul Huddie the civic ceremony that followed their arrival was the biggest in the country and included guests such as Prince Napolean of France, himself a Crimean War veteran. The Cork Independent has a good description of the procedure involved in firing the Time gun.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] Well spotted, back to the drawing board!!
Well blow me down https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]. Thanks for that! I always thought it was further downstream. Delighted to be corrected. Always good to learn something new. And apologies to https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland and the Marys - but someone will need to update the description to correct my error :)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] We will get to it soon. Mary
nannyjean35
Thanks all - I have tweaked the description to reflect the more recent updates from https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] et al. I love the iterative process here! :)


"We've become a race of Peeping Toms."
Wheelchair-bound and listless in his New York apartment, adventurous photographer Jeff (James Stewart) spends his recuperation spying on the neighbours he can see out the window. Visited only by his spirited, disapproving nurse Stella (Thelma Ritter) and on-again-off-again love interest Lisa (Grace Kelly), Jeff's fascination with the day-to-day rituals he's observing becomes something of an obsession when he suspects one of his neighbours of murder. Stella and Lisa are soon (reluctantly) pulled into his web of suspense and intrigue in this properly nail-biting Hitchcock masterpiece.
The American Film Institute rates Rear Window as its #3 Mystery Film of all time. It's a hand-down must-see classic and our programmer's favourite Hitchcock film. Even François Truffaut wrote an essay about it for Cahiers Du Cinema! We're screening a newly-restored 2K DCP version, so it's safe to say you've never seen it looking quite so sharp.


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Kele Okereke announces new album "2042" + streams new track "Jungle Bunny"
Posted by Fred Bambridge on September 04, 2019
Kele Okereke has rather quietly announced his brand new album "2042", which is released via Kele's own KOLA Records label on November 1st 2019. The new album is streams new track "Jungle Bunny" which as some African flavours, Kele rapping, and some of his signature guitar tones draped on top, could easily be a Bloc Party track in disguise.
The new album sits in at 16 tracks and is his fifth album (if you include the OST he penned for 'Leave to Remain'). So head on down and listen to "Jungle Bunny" below.
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We in Probabilistic Numerics face many unanswered questions in growing the field. Our roundtable in Tübingen aimed to bring together our new community to begin to address some of these questions. This is the first of a sequence of posts that attempt to collate some of what we spoke about, and to, hopefully, provoke further discussion.
Our first major question was: what is a well-defined notion of "uncertainty" for a probabilistic numerical method? Consider . In a sense, we know : I was able to write it down using a small number of mathematical symbols. However, of course, to find to three significant figures, I, for one, would have to use a numerical algorithm (please let me know if you do actually have a closed form expression for !). Given the finite precision of any numerical algorithm, can we really still be said to know ? If not, how should we think about the uncertainty in ?
On this, I think the roundtable arrived at a helpful consensus. We came to the conclusion that uncertainty for probabilistic numerical algorithms was exactly the same quantity that we are used to in statistics. That is, a probabilistic numerical algorithm is doing exactly what we do in statistics: collecting data and estimating. Specifically, a numerical integration algorithm, tasked with finding , would collect evaluations of the integrand, and use them to estimate the integral. For a probabilistic numerical integration algorithm, these evaluations will be used to inform a probabilistic model for the integrand, typically a Gaussian process, which can then be used to determine a posterior probability density for the integral. As such, we can use exactly the notion of uncertainty we're used to from any other form of statistical or probabilistic reasoning. As with other probabilistic calculations, we could, if we desired, reframe the whole of probabilistic numerics as compression, using the language of coding theory. Whichever language we use, uncertainty in probabilistic numerics is clearly building on solid, existing, foundations.
Of course, there is a caveat: the uncertainty returned by a probabilistic numerics algorithm is conditional on the prior information upon which it is constructed. Whether the returned uncertainty makes any sense will depend critically on the quality of the prior information included. For example, in ODE solving, standard numerical algorithms typically ignore the uncertainty in past evaluations: final distributions will thus typically be unreasonably confident. The output of numerical integration algorithms will likewise be reliant on the assumptions built into the inference for the probabilistic model for the integrand. In constructing probabilistic numeric algorithms, we must be careful to ensure that our prior assumptions reflect, as best as possible, our true state of knowledge.
More notes from the workshop to follow!


Getting excited about cycling can be contagious! We all know how great it is to get out and ride bikes. And we want more people to enjoy that same feeling.
We all know cycling is a great sport. It is great for our bodies and great for the environment. There are so many people and so many organizations dedicated to just that. And we want more.
We want more people out enjoying bikes. We want more people having fun with their families. We want more people commuting. We want more people enjoying nature and our Park System.


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Solar-powered animal tracker will aid animal welfare
A newly developed solar-powered animal tracker will help animal conservation efforts. Researchers at the University College Dublin (UCD)…
A newly developed solar-powered animal tracker will help animal conservation efforts.
Researchers at the University College Dublin (UCD) conducted a study over the course of 18 months. They tested the new device which was initially created with vultures in mind. It has now been altered so it can work with large herbivores, too, like giraffes, oryxes, wild horses, and elephants.
At the UCD School of Biology and Environmental Science's Laboratory of Wildlife Ecology and Behaviour, Emma Hart says that the new devices include the same amount of power in a smaller package:
Incorporating solar panels allowed animals to be tagged with smaller and lighter GPS devices without losing any of the functionality of larger devices.
Animal welfare rules say that devices may not weigh more "than 2-5% of an animal's bodyweight." Many animals are so small that most battery-powered tracking devices won't work for them. Also, different types of animal bodies can make larger devices unfeasible. For instance, a giraffe's neck can't support the same collar-style device as a lion's neck.
Previous trackers have been great for conservation efforts but concerning for animal welfare. The data the trackers gather about animals' locations, behaviours, and environments helps researchers as they study the different species. But individual animals have to struggle through the tagging process.
The tagging process may mean stress for animals when they are captured and restrained and sometimes sedated. However, these new lighter devices also have longer lifespans. This should mean fewer stress-inducing encounters:
Devices with longer lifespans will potentially lead to a greater quantity and quality of data collected per individual captured and a reduced frequency of recaptures for removal or replacement of failed devices.
UCD, Dartmouth College, and the Giraffe Conservation Foundation in Namibia joined forces for a recent test of the devices. They learned that the devices could work for a larger variety of animals and continue to work for the duration of the animals' lifespans.
Once the devices were charged, they "maintained high voltage throughout the testing," even when there was "little or no solar energy."
With these new trackers that will help individual animals while gathering essential data, species being studied will be much better off.
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Labour Party Figures Stick Knife In To Jeremy Corbyn As Scale Of Defeat Becomes Clear
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HuffPost UK 13 December 2019
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Labour figures have turned their fire on Jeremy Corbyn as the party headed towards a historic and brutal defeat at the general election.
According to the exit poll, Boris Johnson is on course for a majority of 86. The joint Sky/BBC/ITV survey gives the Tories 368 seats with Labour on 191, the SNP on 55 and Lib Dems 13. The Tory majority is projected to be 86.
Recriminations over what went wrong for Labour are already under way, with the party expected to end up with 18 seats fewer than its post-war nadir.
The early results saw the Tories snatch seat-after-seat, with Labour losing Blyth Valley and Darlington in its heartlands in the north of England as the 'red wall' started to crumble.
The first big Labour scalp claimed by the Tories was shadow environment secretary Sue Hayman, who lost Workington on another 10% swing.
The typically working class 'Workington Man' voter was identified as a key target by a right wing think tank at the start of the election campaign.
To put into context, the seats lost included Leigh, which it had held in 1922, Blyth Valley since 1935, Wrexham since 1935, Darlington since 1992 and Blackpool South since 1997.
Alan Johnson, the former Labour home secretary, turned his anger on Jon Lansman, the founder of the Momentum campaign group that propelled Corbyn to power.
"Corbyn was a disaster on the doorstep," Johnson told Lansman on ITV News on Thursday night as results began to trickle in.
"Everyone knew that he couldn't lead the working class out of a paper bag. Now Jon's developed this Momentum group, this party within a party, aiming to keep the purity. The culture of betrayal goes on."
He concluded: "I want them out of the party. I want Momentum gone. Go back to your student politics and your little left wing."
Lansman said the decision on whether Labour should replace Corbyn as party leader did not need to be taken "until the new year".
He added Corbyn had "achieved a great deal" on issues such as austerity, and that the election was "incredibly polarised because of Brexit".
Exit Poll (Photo: PA Media)
Phil Wilson, Labour's candidate in Tony Blair's old seat of Sedgefield, said Corbyn's leadership "went down like a lead balloon on the doorstep".
Ian Murray, Labour's Edinburgh South candidate, tweeted of the result: "Every door I knocked on, and my team and I spoke to 11,000 people, mentioned Corbyn. Not Brexit, but Corbyn. I've been saying this for years. The outcome is that we've let the country down and we must change course – and fast."
Labour's Gareth Snell predicted his own defeat ahead of the result in another former stronghold, Stoke-on-Trent Central, telling PA: "I'm going to lose badly and this is the start of 20 years of Tory rule."
Stoke Central has been Labour since 1950.
Ben Bradshaw, the candidate for Exeter, said during the campaign "among every voting group the overwhelming negative for us was the leadership".
Labour peer Stewart Wood, a former adviser to Gordon Brown, added: "The answer to persuading Britain not to opt for a Tory government was not Corbynism. But it isn't going back to 1997, either.
"The next successful Labour Party is one that rethinks how to be a party of the Left for the next 20 years – not one that harks back either to 1983 or 1994."
John McDonnell, the shadow chancellor and a close ally of Corbyn, said the public's desire to move on from Brexit had led to Labour's poor showing.
"If the electorate have decided this way, that's democracy – you have to respect it," he said.
The party took 209 seats in 1983 under Michael Foot. It had 243 MPs before the election was called.
By the next election, due in 2024, Labour is very likely to have had just one election-winning leader in 50 years.
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Peru - Land of the Incas
Day 1 (Lima): Travel to Lima, Peru, meet your travel director and transfer to your hotel.
Day 2 (Lima): Explore Lima's streets and plazas with a guide, including Love Park and the Huaca Pucllana, ceremonial center of the ancient Lima culture. See the Main Square, where the Government Palace and the Town Hall are located, as well as the Cathedral and the Santo Domingo convent. Visit the Huaca Huallamarca, used by humans since the sixth century as a sacred burial temple. Explore this vibrant city at your leisure before enjoying dinner at a local restaurant.
Day 3 (Sacred Valley): Fly to Cusco in the morning, then journey to the Sacred Valley of the Incas. Stop at Awanacancha along the way to admire Andean alpacas and llamas, and learn traditional dyeing and knitting techniques from locals. Wander through the Pisac Market in the afternoon, taking time to shop for handicrafts and taste the traditional empanadas. Enjoy a free afternoon and evening.
Day 4 (Sacred Valley): Explore some of the more remote sites in the valley today. In Chinchero, visit the archaeological site and learn the art of textile making and ancestral dyeing techniques. Continue to the concentric terraces of Moray, designed to guarantee the agricultural production of the empire through the creation of microclimates. Finally, visit Maras, the famous salt mines from colonial times. Enjoy dinner at a local restaurant and dinner at the hotel.
Day 5 (Aguas Calientes): On a morning visit Ollantaytambo, visit the main temple used as a fortress during the Inca resistance and take in the amazing, breathtaking views. Then, travel by expedition train to Aguas Calientes for a free afternoon.
Day 6 (Cusco): Journey by winding road to Machu Picchu, enjoying a spectacular view of the Urubamba River and its canyon along the way. Explore the Lost City of the Incas and its terraces, ceremonial shrines, steps and urban areas. Return to Cusco by expedition train and have dinner at the hotel.
Day 7 (Cusco): Enjoy a morning climb to the archaeological park and fortress of Sacsayhuaman, then head to Q'enqo and the ancient temple of the Puma. See both an altar for sacrifices and sacred fountains of life and health, then enjoy a panoramic view from Puca Pucara, a watchtower that controlled the entrance to the city. Visit the legendary Temple of the Sun, on top of which the Saint Dominique convent was built. Then go to the Main Square and visit the Cathedral that contains invaluable colonial paintings and the cross that arrived with the first conquistadors. Enjoy a free afternoon.
DAY 8 (Cusco): Journey to Pisac to visit the Parque de la Papa, or potato farm. Learn about the diversity of native potato varieties, protected for centuries by the local Quechua peoples, then sample potatoes and other local delicacies during an included lunch. Return to Cusco for a free afternoon.
Day 9: Fly to Lima and then board your return flight to the U.S.
Day 10: Arrive in the U.S.
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Theodore Beale Still Looking "Presidential": How Not to be SFWA President II
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We're pleased to see Theodore Beale engaged once again as a candidate for the 2013 SFWA Presidency. He's starting to look more and more "Presidential." For those of you who would like to see it, it's here. We applaud Mr. Beale for being active in this 2013 SFWA Election process. We'd like to hear more from Steven Gould but he still has not come out yet; and he's really starting to look like an embarrassment. Seriously Mr. Gould, do you honestly think that you can just toss your hat into the ring, retain a self-serving endorsement from John Scalzi and actually win? The Write Agenda is fairly confident that the next President of the SFWA will not be elected by a mere 11% of the membership (as was Scalzi). This is anticipated to be a very active electorate process and a much closer race than anticipated. Steven Gould has yet to give the slightest indication that he's actually a contender for this position. Gould should realize that Scalzi's prior election strategies (i.e. the anticipation of low voter turnout) and submitting a vague platform will not work for him in the 2013 election.
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