Papua New Guinea has been rocked by a shallow and dangerous 7.5 magnitude earthquake just moments after a smaller seismic event struck Japan, increasing fears of a natural disaster impacting the dangerous region dubbed the 'Ring of Fire'. The 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck at a depth of 10km at roughly 4am local time (6pm GMT) the heart of the island near the Southern Highlands area, with tremors felt across the country. At least 7 aftershocks over M4.9 earthquakes were reported after the main powerful quake.
Despite the magnitude of the huge quake, officials have confirmed there is no risk of tsunami. It is currently unclear if any damage or injuries were cause by the substantial siesmic event.
The quake follows another seismic event in Japan, where a 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck just hours before. Japan's earthquake occurred some 78 miles from Honshu off the island's east coast but was felt in several cities including Tokyo and Fukushima some 176 miles apart.
Papua New Ginuea is situated along the 'Ring of Fire' – a hotbed of seismic activity surrounding a tectonic plate that spans the pacific.


CARERS of young people experiencing mental health conditions, who are currently in secure units far from their families, are being sought to join a new support and campaign group.
The group will work to improve mental health care for children and young people, by ensuring they can be treated in Scotland, near their families.
Currently some young people are receiving care in England, as the appropriate facilities are not available in Scotland. This causes considerable stress for the young person, and family members.
The support group, which will be made up of carers whose loved ones have been placed out of area, will initially talk about their experiences and how the distance affects them financially, emotionally and physically.
Investigate obtaining funding from charitable sources to assist out of area carers meet the cost of travelling to visit loved ones.
Policy Change; Pressurise the Scottish Government to build a secure therapeutic unit for children under 16 years in Scotland.
Cared for person a young person?
Cared for person experiencing mental illness excluding dementia and autism.


Do you ever get overwhelmed when it comes to marketing and social media?
Hey I don't blame you if you do.
I do and I work in it!
It's SO blooming hard to keep up to date nowadays.
And there are so many conflicting courses and advice on social media.
1: Email Marketing is by far the Number One tool for talking to and selling to your customers. It out-performs social media by a million miles (might be a slight exaggeration there but you get the picture) It's THE way to market if you want to earn a living.
2:Instagram Stories If you can bring yourself to get on camera expect to engage your audience, build a tribe and sell lots more of your products. You don't need to create any special content just document your day, people love the small stuff.
3: Blogging is still high on the list (and in my mind linked to number one) I am a fan of sending your blogs via email marketing just like this one you are reading now.
4: Live broadcasts – on any platform are a win win win. Did you know you can even go live on LinkedIn nowadays?
5: Podcasting – more and more people are listening to podcasts, if you see them in the gym with their headphones in chances are they're listening to a podcast nowadays and not music.
6: Facebook Groups add another level to a paid for course where you can offer support and access to you. You can even have units inside your group to share content nowadays.
7: Twitter cuts out the PR companies and Agents – we can contact celebrities and journalists directly nowadays. Do more of this to get your message out there.
8: Hashtags – you should be following hashtags and creating your own on Instagram to keep in touch with what's happening in your community.
The landscape has changed a lot over the past couple of years. Facebook dominated for a long time and now I feel it's becoming more and more irrelevant with Instagram taking the lead.
Email has always been at the top of the pile and I believe it always will be so if you are not communicating with your email list or if you don't even have one then I would recommend you work on that next.
Podcasting is definitely on the rise and here to stay. There's never been a better way to communicate on a deeper level with your crowd and give them amazing advice in a half hour slot. Plus you can multi-task while you're listening so you can listen on the treadmill, driving the kids to school or walking the dog.
My Podcast – Big Me Up is back and we keep sneaking in and out of the iTunes Chart. I would love for you to tune in and take a listen and let me know what you think. Please hit SUBSCRIBE to help me grow and if you have two minutes please add a review for me so we can spread the word and attract more listeners.
In this week's episode I talk to fitness guru Paul Mort and his wife Lesley. I wanted to find out how his bi-polar had effected the family and it's a fascinating interview with Paul getting quite emotional especially when Lesley tells the story from her perspective.
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The first autumn color report of December comes from Tokyo, one of the last places in Japan to see its trees change colors. The seasonal spectacle had already advanced nicely earlier this week in many of Tokyo's best koyo spots and has further intensified in the meantime.
Colorful trees made up only a small minority in Kiyosumi Garden, a Japanese landscape garden east of central Tokyo. But the clusters of colorful cherry, ginkgo and other trees made for a very pleasant walk around the garden's pond.
The Imperial East Gardens provided an extremely pleasant, autumnal backdrop for a walk in the very center of Tokyo. Overall, colors were still improving, especially those of the ginkgo and maple trees, and I think that quite a few colors here will survive into mid December.
The Ginkgo Avenue (Icho Namiki) was at the peak of its seasonal beauty and attracted large numbers of koyo viewers on this Saturday. The trees were still at a relatively early stage of their peak with the easternmost of the four rows still somewhat greenish. The entire upcoming week should be great for viewing the trees and the carpet of leaves beneath.
With its wide range of tree varieties, Shinjuku Gyoen had been a worthwhile autumn color destination for a couple of weeks already. In the meantime, the relatively late coloring maple trees have started to reach their peak, and I estimate that the park will continue to offer attractive colors for at least another week.
I concluded the day at Rikugien where the seasonal colors have considerably improved since my last visit ten days ago and looked spectacular. Nevertheless, I expect the colors to further intensify over the coming few days. Illuminations in the evenings continue through December 9 (daily until 21:00), but I expect that quite a few colors will last beyond that.


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Analysis of plot in Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Plot and structure analysis of Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut is one of the most fascinating and educative novel by this author which brings the history of World War II to the minds of the youngsters and generations to come. It focuses on life experience and adventures of a soldier, Billy Pilgrim, the challenges that he faced as a military man of this period. The novel is considered to be the most influential work of Vonnegut which follows the observation that he used firebombing of Dresden as the central occurrence, and thus makes the novel semi-autobiographical because he was present during the bombing (Vonnegut, 41). The story is told in a nonlinear sequence and this makes the events to be clear if the reader tries to flashback on imaginary issues.
Billy Pilgrim is presented as a disoriented, defeatist and ill-trained American soldier who worked under his own commands but not the command of the officers in the army. He feared war, and as soldier, it seems ironical because the military forces are purposely trained and equipped to manage security of a nation, and get into war with other parties that may attempt to bring insecurity to a territory. This act facilitated to his arrest during the Battle of the Bulge in 1914 (Vonnegut, 67-69). Further the whimsical string of occurrences lead him close to death. Before he was captured by the Germans, he met a bad-tempered Ronald Weary due to the differences with whom, friendship relations were impossible. Therewith they had different perceptions to such issues as war. When the two were arrested, Weary died because of gangrene that were caused by the clogs that he was forced to wear.
The Billy's character changes throughout his life from a cheap and disoriented individual to a more firm and determined man. After transportation of Billy and other prisoners to Luxembourg, he starts perceive his life differently. When were the prisoners transported to Dresden as contract laborers, Billy was taken to slaughterhouse in Dresden (Vonnegut, 81-83). Very few prisoners and guards survived after the bombing due to the secret place - a deep cellar. In May 1945, when the war was over, Billy was sent to United States and given an honorable discharge from service the same year in July.
In US Billy was involved in reading novels by Eliot Rosewater as a treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder. The novels integrated obscure science fiction by a writer called Kilgore Trout, and these readings kept Billy active and lively throughout his stay at psychiatric care where he was recovering. Upon his release, he married Valencia Merble, and they gave birth to Robert and Barbara. As Barbara has wedding, Billy was captured by an alien space ship and taken to a planet called Tralfamadore. It was that planet where Billy meets Montana Wildhack, a porn star, with whom he fell in love and later had a child. However, in the short run Billy was sent to Earth to relieve his life. At the same time Montana disappeared and occurred to be drowned in the Pacific Ocean (Vonnegut, 109-112).
1968 - A horrible plane crash where Billy and the copilot were the only who survived. Furthermore, while driving to visit Billy in hospital, Valencia died of carbon monoxide poisoning. When Billy returned home, he told his daughter of his adventures at Tralfamadorians, but his narration seems too far-fetched and unbelievable. To make everyone believe, Billy makes several predictions such as being killed by Paul Lazzaro. Still it only aroused a concern of the crowd he was addressing to as they never wanted such killings to occur.
The author uses style and structure that were not common in those times, but make the novel seem modern and acceptable for critics. The author makes the events in the book seem as if they are simultaneous. From one view point, there are some scenes where the author captures the aspect of modernization needed in literature irrespective of whether it is the ancient literature or modern literature; making things seems to be real. For instance, the author show the Billy's life from childhood to maturity where every episode describes the specific significant event regarding his life (Vonnegut, 132). This style and structure awoke he willing to read further to get the true image of what really happens to Billy..
The author utilizes anticipation and suspense to great extent that not only captures the concentration of the reader, but also triggers the mind to think beyond. This is a sign of comprehension as reader requires using his mental abilities to predict some of the occurrences that the author left unmentioned. For instance, in the second chapter the author presents the pitiful life of a funny-looking young man. Seemingly, from the Billy's description, it is hard to predict that at one time he will be recruited in the army. Pilgrim became a joker and a coward, being betrayed by his own character. And the main question that confuses the reader is how he can lead other soldiers in battle if he feared war (Vonnegut, 71).
The style of presenting some comic scenes or tragic episodes help Kurt in making the narrative more dynamic as the reader gets divided feelings of the life of the main character. When Billy is captured and taken to another planet, the life seemed to be more interesting in such an extent that he hoped not to return to Earth. From such a world of fantastic luxury the homeland seemed unbearable to Billy so that he became confused on how to restart his future life on Earth. The comic scenario is followed by a tragedy where Billy gets involved in a plane crash, and later the death of his wife Valencia. Additionally, the episode where he narrates to the daughter seems comic because she does not believe the story that the father was giving her. It seemed astonishing, extraordinary and at the same time amazing; but the fact that from his point of view he was giving a real experience to a person who found it a total fiction.
The sophisticated chronotope, mixture of the past and future and author's manner of presentation in general, appears to be really overwhelming. In the first chapter, Billy is, for instance, presented as a poor man of a miserable society. He undergoes torture and stress as a soldier but later after marrying Valencia, Billy changes choosing a noble lifestyle with a lot of wealth. Billy becomes the president of Lions club. He breaks down at his 18th wedding anniversary when he sees a quartet barbershop. He did realize that it was his reminder of the Dresden tragedy. Within the scope of this chapter, the reader is also introduced to Billy's talk about the Tralfamadore, which again presents a lavish lifestyle full of luxuries. When Billy seems to recover and enjoys a short moment of peace, the plane crash disorients everything again. This event affected Billy Pilgrim and prompted him to speak about the Tralfamadore. Just the night after the wedding of her daughter, he appears on radio and explains his abduction by aliens from Tralfamadore. He explains how he was kidnapped by aliens resembling upside down toilet plungers. Montana Wildhack – an actress –is also kidnapped and taken to the planet Tralfamadore. The two are forced to mate as a zoo exhibition. We also find him writing to a local newspaper about the life of the Tralfamadorians. This is how the Tralfamadorians explained Billy their perception of the moment, how moment's whole sweep occurs for them instantaneously in four dimensions (Vonnegut, 121). Whenever people die, they are simply dead at that specific moment. Another place and at another moment he is alive and fine. Billy takes this perception and sees no need to blame anyone for the painful experience one undergoes on earth.
Generally, the structure and the style that Kurt integrates in composing his story is perfect considering the fact that the novel was written several years ago. It creates a good literature foundation to the upcoming writers, and it enables them to understand the techniques that they need to use when narrating a factious or imaginary story. The order of events in the novel is also extraordinary, as the author exchanges comic scenes with tragedy scenes thereby giving the reader mixed feelings. Kurt is observed to be mixing fiction with facts, and this is a unique style because the author must be having clear understanding of the scoop to which the targeted readers have on ancient or modern literature.
Review of Moody's Mixing Fantasy with Fact: Kurt Vonnegut's Use of Structure in Slaughterhouse-Five
Moody gives a creditworthy critic of the novel, Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, which follows the observation that she shows how Vonnegut applied different literature styles to achieve his prospects of mixing fantasy with facts. For instance, the author did not visit the alien planet or travel through time, but is able to present various events that we assume are true in the unseen world. Such episode involves fiction as we already know that might be such a planet does not exist, and if it does, it's still hard to predict the nature of life that is present in the planets. A fact is for example seen when Vonnegut narrates the story of Billy in prison because he was also a prisoner in Dresden and he had a true copy of the carnage (Moody, 74). Thus, instead of writing a memoir, a political diatribe or a manifesto, he chose to write a novel that portrays realistic events fictionally and also fantastically, and he achieves this by inventing the character of Billy.
According to Moody, for a reader of this book needs to understand Vonnegut's choice in the particular structure. For instance, Moody observes that Vonnegut uses quick and succinct paragraphs that do not have direct timeline in the sense that he jumps forward and backwards. This is observed while he gave the narrative of the experiences with the Tralfamadorian. Moody also considers that the novel is an anti-war book that transcends WWII and it is a novel that is applicable to all generations because wars are very common and can arise at any time. The argument of Moody regarding the reliability of the book to many generations is valuable and true because regardless of whether war is occurring or not, it always occurs at some point of life in one way or another. Currently, it is viewed that bombings in Dresden are very common, and people who died during the time captured in Kurt's material are still dying now from similar causes; war and bombings (Moody, 76-78).
The lesson that the author wanted people to have from the material is that in order to avoid war, one must never have started it, but this is impossible because wars were started in the world from the vary begining, and thus there is some reality in the material that the author needed readers to know. However, as Moody tries to show how Kurt integrated fiction in the novel, she fails to recognize that people have to ignore the finality of death and only focus in the good things as described in the novel in the episodes of the Tralfamadorians. Moody notes that some critics disagree with the meaning of Slaughterhouse-Five, but according to her the novel clearly exhibits the true meaning of war and the consequences of war (Moody, 80-81). Thus, from her viewpoint to which I support the meaning of Slaughterhouse-Five is well presented and brought to clarity by the author.
Review of Matheson's '"This Lousy Little Book:' The Genesis and Development of Slaughterhouse-Five as Revealed in Chapter One."
The understanding of Matheson regarding the structure and style used by Vonnegut is different from other individuals who have analyzed the plot of the novel. The observation that some individuals find the book not good enough or not serving the purpose that the author intended puts the book's reliability in modern literature at risk. Matheson believes that the information contained in the book is evidence-based regardless of the fact that there are some episodes which have a lot of fiction. According to his, dependability of the book in terms of the structure that is used and the style should not be distrusted (Matheson's, 229). This is evident from his claim that "Most of critics are agreed that Slaughterhouse-Five is a carefully structured book" and to him the book's structure and the style that the author used is not satisfying for the publication of the book. Matheson notes that even though the author of the novel referred his material as a "lousy little book" Kurt could not have published the book in the a condition that he felt unsatisfied, implying that for Vonnegut to publish the novel, he must have found it valuable to the readers.
Matheson indicates that any reader can confidently argue that Vonnegut presented his masterpiece in a best way he found, and this is irrespective of what some critics say about the novel. He claims that the novel was published in a form, style and tone that suits Slaughterhouse-Five in all corners, and therefore the credibility of the novel is high. Vonnegut chose to invent a fictional character, optometrist Billy Pilgrim whose experiences as a time-traveler illustrates the Dresden firebombing reduces the risk of making the novel boring (Matheson's, 234). Additionally, Matheson notes that writing a novel that captures war scenes with a strict dependence on chronology helps in presenting the reader with an misapprehension of sense and meaning by asset of the perceptible causal model therein, and because there is usually no logic in war, the author of Slaughterhouse-Five disordered the progress of occurrences by putting his scenarios disarranged and mishmash things in attempt of demonstrating its irrationality and chaos. I support the argument of Matheson that the author clearly understood that for effectiveness and efficiency to be attained in writing war novels, some aspects or writing styles such as use of fiction must be included (Matheson's, 236-39). The structure to which he presents his arguments regarding the life of the soldier from when he was born, through various experiences to when he settles down as a old retiree is appropriate, as the order of events are clearly seen and understood by any reader.
Review of Wayne's "The Arbitrary Cycle of Slaughterhouse-Five: A Relation of Form to Theme."
In his article, Wayne argued that the character's occupation as an optometrist is not an accident on Vonnegut's part, and supported his argument by showing that the lenses are corrective metaphorically and at the same time physically. This is alluding to Billy's time with the Tralfamadorians and his desire to deliver his experiences of non-linear rime and Tralfamadorian attitude to the events and practices that take place on Earth to those who do not have any picture on what he does (Wayne, 59). According to Wayne, writing such a novel requires the author to have the ability to twist issues and present things in a forward and backward manner, which is an attribute that Vonnegut uses in his material Slaughterhouse-Five to capture the attention of the reader, and to make his material interesting and informative.
Wayne confirms that the story of Vonnegut, just like his character jumps forward and backward as he described the life of Billy. This way he successfully shows the experiences of Billy during the fire-bombings of Dresden by the Allies. According to Wayne, the major theme of Slaughterhouse-Five is to present the historical events of Dresden and this can be considered to be the basic plot of the novel. He notes that readers need to read deeper to understand the author's emphatic anti-war stance, and this is due to the structure and the styles that the author applies in his writing (Wayne, 63). This implies that Vonnegut clearly understood the need of using styles that are unique with consideration that to make a war novel interesting aspects or elements associated with invention and literature must be included. For instance, the author portrays Billy as a weak and dislikable character, and his aim was to present the lack of heroism in a war, but many readers may have the perception that Vonnegut would have presented Billy as a sturdy and strong individual because he was a soldier and because of his position in the military during the war (Wayne, 55-58). Generally, I concur with the Wayne that Vonnegut clearly used literature structures and styles effectively, and this makes his material unique, interesting and educative to all generations.
Cited Works
Jennifer Moody. Mixing Fantasy with Fact: Kurt Vonnegut's Use of Structure in Slaughterhouse- Five. The Online Journal of Undergraduate Literary Criticism and Theory, 1(1) (2009): 74-81
Kurt Vonnegut. Slaughterhouse-Five, Dell publishers: Random house, Inc. New York, 1969. pp. 5-284
Matheson's, T. J. '"This Lousy Little Book:' The Genesis and Development of Slaughterhouse-Five as Revealed in Chapter One." Studies in the Novel 16 (1984): 228-39
McGinnis, Wayne D. "The Arbitrary Cycle of Slaughterhouse-Five: A Relation of Form to Theme." Critique 17 (1975): 55-67

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Q: how to assign color shade values to a continuous variable by custom intervals? I have a vector "p" representing probabilities and a vector "age" representing the age of a subject (as the test is repeated several time per year, it is fine to have more than one p for each age).
My problem is that need to plot the results in a way that each value of p is associated to a color ranging from green to yellow to red according to the value of p at 0.1 intervals (0-0.1, 0.1-02 ... 0.9-1).
for example if p is 0 the color is green, yellow if p=0.5 and red for p= 1.
In between there should be all colour shades from green to yellow to red.
I think I got closer with the code below, the problem is that it seems that the image function is using the highest value of p as the reference value for the "red".
age<-c(6,6,6,7,7,8,8,8,9,9,9)
p<-c(0.1,0.2,0.1,0.1,0.4,0.5,0.3,0.1,0.1,0.2,0.3)

colors <- colorRampPalette(c("green", "yellow", "red"))(10)
image(as.matrix(p[1:length(p)]), col = colors, axes = F)
par(new=T)
plot(p[1:length(p)],axes=FALSE,cex.lab=1.5,
 ylab="probability",
 xlab="age",
 ylim=c(0,1),type="l",lty=1, lwd=2)
 axis(1,at=seq(1,length(age),1),lab=round(age),cex.axis=1)
 axis(2,at=seq(0,1,0.1),lab=seq(0,1,0.1),cex.axis=1,las=1)

As you can see the graph displays a strong red for p=0.5 and dark orange for 0.4 (basically as they where 1 and 0.9).
if anybody can help me to fix this out that would be great!
many thanks!

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Randal Corsen (* 13. August 1972 auf Curaçao, Niederländische Antillen) ist ein niederländischer Jazzpianist und Komponist.

Der Urenkel des Dichters und Musikers Joseph Sickman Corsen studierte bis 1997 am Fontys Conservatorium in Tilburg bei Willem Kühne und Frans van der Tak. 1996 gründete er die Gruppe Cross Currents, mit der er im Folgejahr die Oranjeboom Jazz Competition in Breda gewann und die Alben Mixed Emotions (1997) und Sunú (1999) aufnahm.

Er arbeitete mit Musikern wie David Sánchez, Denise Jannah, Ronald Snijders, Roy Hargrove, Ignacio Berroa, Orestes Vilató, Lucas van Merwijk und dem Jazzorchesters des Concertgebouw in Amsterdam zusammen. Als Komponist arbeitete er u. a. für Izaline Calister, Tania Kross, das Latin-Jazz Quintett Bye-ya!, Gerardo Rosales und Martin Verdonk. Er komponierte und produzierte auch die Musik für den Film Zuleika (2003) von den Antillen.

Nach Auflösung der Cross Currents 2002 gründete Corsen 2004 die Gruppe Tumbábo, daneben leitete er Trio-, Quartett- und Quintettformationen. 2004 wurde er mit der höchsten Auszeichnung der Asosashon di Musiko Korsou, dem Musikverband von Curaçao ausgezeichnet und erhielt für das Album Evolushon (2003) den Edison Jazz Award. Er unterrichtet am Fontys Conservatorium in Tilburg und am Konservatorium Amsterdam.

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SIG KE-7 Light Machine Gun - More Complex Than Most
Forgotten Weapons
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The KE-7 was the product of two Swiss designers, Pal Kiraly and Gotthard End, and was introduced in 1929 by the Swiss manufacturer SIG. It was a recoil operated design and fired from an open bolt. The guns were not adopted by the Swiss military, and were exported primarily to Latin America, Ethiopia, and China, being mostly made in 8mm Mauser. They were tested by many European nations, and were offered in a wide variety of calibers. The rate of automatic fire would vary depending on caliber, but was not less than 550 rpm. Magazines were typically 25 rounds - although this example has a 50-round magazine.
The gun could fire in either single shot or automatic mode. It didn't use a selector switch, though – pulling the trigger back slightly gave single shots, and a further pull gave automatic fire. This was a relatively common feature of submachine guns at the time, although not seen so much in light machine guns.
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You may not know me, but I'd bet we have a lot in common. Take fitness for example. Growing up I was fairly active for a nerdy kid, never out of shape. Then college I lost myself, and I've tried to get in shape many times. I've also failed many times. There are a variety of reasons for this: lack of knowledge, support, or motivation for sure, but primarily simple contentment (let's be real, I was lazy). Nonetheless, off and on I'd try to do better. Perhaps my most pronounced fitness effort was during and after college, squarely after gaining fifty pounds as a freshman. Even with a strong desire, I never made significant or sustained progress. I'd go to the gym a few times a week for less than a month, then fall back to old habits and routines. This is my story of how and why I turned that around.
Although OU has some of the best health facilities in the nation, my failures in college were primarily due to my own ignorance. I'd read a column in a magazine or website, try the routine, then move on to something else. I had no form, no real effort, and never gave any program enough time to see results. The bicycle I purchased near the end of my freshman year had been gathering rust as well.
My first real consistent push was while living with an air force friend. Joe was fit enough to run a few miles every morning, which was inspiring to me – I hadn't been able to run a mile since high school. In fact, I have often wondered if enlisting in the military would help me better myself, but I always reject the notion through either self doubt or fear. In any case, Joe's encouragement was enough to get me trying, and I joined him beginning in the crisp early mornings of November. Lungs burning from the cold, I did see small progress in my endurance. Unfortunately this too was not lasting: I gave up again when Joe deployed. It was then that I gained even more weight than I had lost.
Now at my heaviest, my friends and family probably wouldn't have described me as fat, but it was there and I knew it. At nearly 6'4" tall and 220 pounds, it may not have been immediately obvious, but when I started shopping for 40″ pants I decided something had to change. I was not happy with how I felt or looked.
When I moved at the end of the year, I took advantage of the change of locale to change other parts of my life. This included activities and investing more time in my hobbies, as well as improving my diet. While I continued making modest attempts at regular running, I'm convinced my diet was of the most impact. Over the course of the next two years I slowly lost weight. I was not fit nor strong, but I was averaging around 165 to 170 and feeling a little better about my energy levels and, at least to a lesser degree, my appearance.
When I joined Teleflora in October 2010, one of the most intriguing perks of the job included an impressive on-site gym and trainer on staff. The week I was hired, I signed up for a month-long 100-mile running challenge (which I successfully completed). However, I was initially too shy to take advantage of the gym benefit — mostly because I was embarrassed to go workout where anyone would see me at such a novice level. Six months into my employment I had the courage to join one of the small group sessions our trainer had been advertising. Starting in late March 2011, exactly one year ago, I volunteered to let Cody torture me for thirty minutes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday before work, along with two fellow Gladiators — what we called our small group. Because of my stature, I hesitate to admit that the fellas called me me Lace. I didn't care, I knew I'd change that soon enough.
Given the duration and generalized nature of these morning workouts, I can't say they were super significant. However they were challenging and consistent, and I liked having a routine and accountability. I was finally going to get in shape.
A couple of months into the training, I was feeling more confident. That's about the time when an upcoming 5k race called the Dirty 30 caught my attention. It isn't a typical run, this one involves obstacles, running down riverbeds, crawling through mud and wading through a pond. As you might imagine, I was incredibly hesitant to sign up — and had it not been for Cody's encouragement I probably would have looked the other way. But in late May, I eventually gave in — I would train for my first 5k. I purchased the first pair of running shoes I've ever owned, and instead of the normal 30 minute sessions three days a week, we'd run a few times a week on our own and let Cody coach us on a run and sprints every Wednesday — which I proudly went to at 6:30am and then immediately followed it by the normal workout with the Gladiators. It was grueling, invigorating, and addicting. Plus, the workday seemed to go by so much more smoothly after you've been torn apart beforehand.
The second week of June, I went on a short vacation to Corpus Christi to visit and housesit for an old friend Crystal. Another common old friend, JJ "The Machine" Kelley, traveled along this trip. A brief note about JJ: the machine nickname doesn't do him justice. This dude is the epitome of fitness. He's a runner, cyclist, and competitive Ultimate player. He's participated in triathlons, biked around the United States, and rode his bike back to nearly OKC from Texas one night when his truck broke down. He doesn't own a vehicle, rather he commutes to work in Shreveport on bike, rain or shine. Before moving closer, his daily bike to work was a 20 mile ride. I have few friends that are such inspirations, and JJ is among the top.
Needless to say, JJ was kind enough to commit to continuing my training (He was going to get up and run every morning before dawn anyway). Crystal lived only a few miles from the shore, so running along the shoreline drive and seeing the sun rise over the gulf was a spectacular experience. These were some of the longest runs of my life as well. The pace wasn't outstanding (sorry JJ), but I did learn that I was capable of higher endurance than I previously thought. While enjoying the beautiful weather, we ran daily and spent as much time as possible outdoors (disc golf took up the majority of our time, and there was no shortage of courses in the area).
On June 19th, the same day I returned from the trip, I sent an email to our trainer. My confidence had been going up slowly, but I was still very timid and hated asking any questions at all — especially silly ones like this. I asked how legitimate the 12-week body transformations on the internet/magazines were, and if they were, if I'd be capable of such task. I forewarned him that I'd need an "absurdly detailed plan, dictating every meal and workout to the letter", but that I was fully willing to follow the plan no matter what. To my surprise, the reply was affirmative. Cody set up regular meetings to discuss my goals, diet, and workouts, then created a plan.
Even more surprising to me was the relative simplicity of the plan. More workouts (an hour each morning now) and a strict meal plan (6/7 meals a day, incredibly lean but nutritious of course) was all that changed. The only rare ingredients seemed to be consistency and patience.
The first task was to get lean. Very lean. Changes were difficult to notice as first but I remember having hints of encouragement, such as when one of the Gladiators (since renamed to the News Team) replied-all to an email from Cody with "we want to look like Shawn!!!!!" Five exclamation points, even.
Just 8 weeks into my transformation, I had dropped almost 20 lbs of fat and was feeling great (and only slightly hungry). At this point, changes were very noticeable even to myself. I distinctly remember looking into the mirror and thinking 'that is not even me'. For the first time in my life, I could see some abdominal muscles. Not something I thought I'd ever see — in fact I thought it was genetically impossible for me. It was life changing to know I could accomplish this feat at all, let alone in just a few weeks.
Following the amazing results of the initial project, I wanted to keep going. Cody has been great to keep meeting with me regularly to make regular tweaks and adjustments to my meal plans and routines, as well as great guidance in the gym. Since I started the serious weight training in September, I've gained roughly 12 pounds. Not all of this is muscle, of course, but my bodyfat right now is sitting right about 11%. I don't see it myself to be honest, but I'm told I am looking bigger all the time.
Although I'm solo most of the time, I firmly believe that you should surround yourself with others that share common goals and determination. As Steve Kamb said, you must assemble your A-Team. Not only is the accountability important, but the constant encouragement is a requisite to success. Cody has been a great mentor and a catalyst to my success, as well as the unwavering voice of encouragement pushing me at all times. Without the backing support of my trainer, the ever-consistent Gladiators, and friends like JJ, I'd be nowhere. And Thanks to the Internet, I also connect around the globe with acquaintances at various points along the same journey. Some of these include folks I knew in high school, others I've never met on Twitter. All the same, it keeps the conversation going and the dream in sight.
I've steadily increased my calorie intake, as well as my time in the gym. You can find me lifting from 6:00 to 7:45am every weekday, and I attend three separate HIIT and abs training sessions each week. While I'm a little disappointed to see the subcutaneous fat covering those abs I worked so hard to find, I know that it is an unavoidable necessity during this bulking project. I'm also 100% confident that they will be back bigger and better than ever.
On March 20th, I began a new 12 week campaign with the lofty goal of gaining 10 more pounds. Considering it took about 6 months to gain the first 10, it should be quite a challenge to double those gains in half the time. I'm up to the task. The new loaded diet is rough — it's incredibly difficult to eat 18 eggs, a few chicken breasts, steak, and so much more every day. I am pushing as hard as ever in the gym and setup some 1-on-1 time with Cody for some additional pain. My only fear is that I'm not doing enough. Every moment I'm not in the gym, I contemplate if I should be (this is a topic I'll be bringing to Cody at our next meeting).
What started out as a chore quickly became a passion for me with the small addition of guidance. Now, rather than loathe, I cherish my time in the gym. Alone or not, it's my time. Inside those walls is the only place where I am in complete control. It's similar to why I love development: computers and technology do exactly what you tell them to do. Input equals output. Now I love my job, and it's important to be fulfilled in however you choose to make a living — but the satisfaction of having sovereignty over your condition is supreme. I don't just hope, rather I know that if I continue with dedication and perseverance, I will reach my goal. I may not be there yet, but I'm closer than I was yesterday.
Update: You can follow me on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter — any of which will allow you to see routine progress pictures as I continue on my journey to becoming a beast.
Great job! Looking for people to meet and stay accountable. It is a lifestyle change!


We started distilling our Acacia Honey-Infused Grappa back in 1982 when a local beekeper showed up with a new recipe, a much different from the ones generally used to produce similar products.
Piero, the beekeeper, is now in his eighties and is just so energetic: he says it's because he's had a spoonful of honey and propolis twice a day, everyday, ever since he was a little child.
I don't really know whether this can be scientifically proved or not, but I can honestly say he's much fitter than I am, or many youths are.
He's still personally grazing his bees, moving the hives throughout the whole "Pedemontana Veneta" (the Veneto Foothills) according to the time when flowers are blooming.
In our case, we are using pure Acacia flowers honey which is added to distilled Grappa: for every liter of Grappa we add a third of a liter of honey, which means that honey makes up for nearly a third of the whole bottle. You bet you can call this an energy drink !
The honey we are using is a hundred percent made in Veneto by healthy and happy bees. It is not pasteurized, as pasteurization would slow down digestion, while natural honey promotes it. The majority of honey found nowadays for sale is produced in eastern Europe or Southern America.
Those bees are oftentimes tied to heavy production cycles, subjecting them to stress and weakness. This may result in several diseases that are usually treated with antibiotics and drugs, something that later affects the honey.
I have to admit that all this doesn't come cheap, indeed much more than what it would cost to acquire normal honey. The result is however an outstanding honey with great nutritional properties that the fans of Miele have come to love and demand.
After adding honey to the Grappa, we also further infuse 4 essential oils, obtained from the distillation of the following plants: Juniper berries, Mint leaves, Mugo pine needles and Lemon Verbena.
This is how we balance the sweetness coming from the honey: with a fresh, balsamic note.
2 oz. Poli Miele, 2 oz. fresh lime juice, 1 oz. simple syrup: pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice and shake well, strain into a tumbler glass over crushed ice with a lime wheel garnish.
A liqueur based on Grappa and acacia honey, with essential oils from mugo pine, juniper, mint and lemon verbena to grant exquisite balsamic sensations.


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Honor of one of the brands that is doing better in the market lately. We have not been able to know the features of the new Honor 8 Lite, but now Honor V9 is official and we can already see the release date, price and all its specifications.
Last year we could see how Honor managed to have one of the best devices in the upper middle range, with Honor 8, having a price close to 400 euros and having very few competitors in its segment. One of the best options for the price I had.
We have begun to have news of Honor becoming more powerful. Last year, as we mentioned, we saw Honor's great bet with Honor 8 with a price of 400 euros, but now, we see as they rise to the high end betting on the most powerful processor of Huawei, the same one that uses the Huawei Mate 9.
Yes, the V9 Honor is official for the high end with a 5.7 inch screen with QHD resolution, with a Kirin 960 processor accompanied by 4 or 6 GB of RAM. The storage depends on the version of RAM, for the most basic we find 64 GB and for the most powerful 128 GB.
It has a design quite similar to Honor 8, with a larger screen and a double camera which they want to implement in all their devices. We find in the back two sensors of 12 megapixels with aperture f/2.2, and they will try to get the portrait mode of the iPhone 7 Plus. Also, it will have a battery capacity of 4000 mAh.
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It can be confusing to consider the many options available for application and workstation virtualization. VDI is yet another common virtualization technology option that would be important to take a close look at if your enterprise has any need for desktop virtualization. If you were an early adopter of VDI then you may have quickly learned that this option doesn't scale well on traditional architecture, but with some of the technology advancements of today this a really great option to be researching.
Here we will take a look at some of the compelling reasons to use VDI, then take a look at important technical and cost considerations. From there we will dive into some monitoring aspects that are extremely valuable to a successful and stable deployment. Let's get started!
When should I use VDI?
The answer to this question will be different for every organization, so it's important to take a close look at this from all perspectives. The following table highlights both the business benefits and the time saving technical benefits that I commonly see for decision making around this technology initiative.
In reviewing this list, I suspect that you made a connection with many of the benefits above that would be suitable for your organization. Keep in mind that VDI may not align with all your virtualization needs. It is completely ok to only use VDI for the business use cases that provide the most business benefit for your enterprise users.
When VDI was first introduced, the idea of cost savings with VDI was null and void unless you were considering this technology strictly from the security perspective in that it was easier to push updates and patches to your virtual workstations. Fast forward to today and the infrastructure required to deploy VDI is no longer cost prohibitive, the performance is now there, and organizations are more prepared to embrace this type of deployment.
Storage advancements – Many storage vendors now have options specifically designed for VDI to ensure that VDI workstations get the I/O required for a great user experience for VDI. Take a look at hyperconverged options, flash storage, and any similar combination of storage offerings to be successful with VDI. If you are not in a position to buy new storage for your VDI deployment then take a look at some of the software-defined product options out there (such as VMware vSan or similar) that allow you to use existing hardware in a way that can provide the performance needed for a successful deployment.
GPUs – Everything a user does on a workstation has some level of graphics intensity. To ensure your virtual workstation doesn't get sluggish when rendering graphics be sure to test and deploy GPU's. Some will even argue that you should deploy up to 1 GPU per user, but I would encourage you to test with your organizational applications before finalizing on that decision. Not all applications require access to an entire GPU to run successfully.
Next let's look at a couple of the deployment options that can improve the VDI experience for the administrator. These tools become essential to the administrator management experience of your deployment, and are key to your deployments success from a management perspective.
Machine Creation Services (MCS) – Is a deployment tool that essentially allows you to take a copy of a virtual machine by communicating with the hypervisor, and allows you to deploy clones of the machine for business user workstations. The stability of this option relies heavily on your storage. One of the really great things about MCS is that it works with XenServer, Hyper-V, vSphere, but also Microsoft Azure and Amazon AWS, making this option more versatile for the future.
Provisioning Services (PVS) – Is a deployment tool that allows you to create images and deploy them to business users as workstations. This option relies on network streaming of that image, and can deliver to virtual or physical endpoints. The stability of this option relies heavily on your network. This option tends to be better for image lifecycle, and update deployment to your images and the enterprise.
What Types of Cost Savings Can I expect?
The cost savings for VDI come from several factors. For one, administrators can save time managing and deploying desktops allowing IT teams to run in the leaner fashion that organizations of today prefer. Another cost savings component involves more secure workstations through improved process for rolling out patches to organizational workstations. Ensuring that workstations are available when needed for patching, because they are secured in the datacenter ensuring your workstations the opportunity to be more security compliant than ever. Lastly the flexibility to run desktops from any device making VDI a workstation replacement. Allowing corporate owned physical PCs to need less compute over time meaning that they can be kept longer or even eliminated if the business user is allowed the option to bring in their own device to work.
VDI offers great flexibility and security to the enterprise which are proving to be more and more important to enterprises today.
Analyzing the requirements for VDI are slightly different than the other analyses we have done for some of our other previously covered topics such as Published Applications and RDSH. VDI is deployed directly to the hypervisor, so you are really sizing hosts for these deployments instead of individual virtual servers. So, I have created a table that highlights these key differences for your review.
In this comparison you can see that the resources on the host can be shared with all the virtual desktops you deploy. This allows for the ability to consume most if not all the resources you purchased instead of enduring the waste of unused resources that comes with purchasing individual PCs, as demonstrated above.
Keep in mind that with VDI if you choose to leverage PVS for deploying and scaling your workstation images you will need to plan for a PVS server installation. PVS servers can be physical or virtual. The average PVS install involves at least 2 PVS servers for redundancy, sometimes more. The number of images per organization will vary, but let me give you an example of an enterprise that has 15 different use cases for VDI. In this case they have 15 images that support 150 virtual workstations, and their deployment was most successful when each PVS server had 8 vCPUs and 64 GB of memory.
VDI is a great technology to use when you are looking for an option that will deliver a virtual workstation that performs the same as, or even better than, the traditional workstation. That does mean that there are many moving parts, and some complexity that is a little bit different than other virtualization options. The differences make it even more important to monitor your environment, but it also means that the tool you choose must be able to monitor every aspect of VDI.
Let me explain by taking an example of a healthcare organization that uses virtual workstations delivered to thin clients they have at the patient bedside. This organization has about 1,000 beds, so that means that they are deploying 1,000 VDI workstations to be prepared for maximum capacity. Now consider that fact that this deployment also includes the use of PVS for scaling up and scaling down workstations, and it leverages GPUs to ensure that any radiology images can be rendered on these VDI workstations. That's not all – they have chosen a VMWare hypervisor with Citrix XenDesktop software for the control plane and management platform.
Monitoring an environment with a design as described in this real-world scenario is complex, and to take on the task manually would be a challenge. It would be a very tedious, error-prone process which is counterproductive and a waste of valuable time.
To monitor your VDI environment successfully you will need a robust solution. When choosing your monitoring tool, it will be important to ensure that the following metrics are available for successful monitoring of VDI.
The value of monitoring your environment is very important and the above will provide a good foundation of the many important aspects of monitoring your deployment successfully.
Whether to use VDI can be a tough decision, but it may be the best option for business alignment and business user benefits for the long-term. For example, if the business is looking for their teams to be able to work from any device, but get the performance of a physical workstation then this is probably the option for you. Take the time to weigh all the risks and benefits before committing, and then follow through.
If you determine that VDI is indeed the right virtual workstation deployment option for some or all your business use cases, then I would strongly urge you to evaluate and implement a monitoring tool. As we discussed there are many different components to a VDI deployment, and to manually discover an issue with the controller, GPU, or any other component of the environment would be a time-consuming initiative. The right monitoring solution becomes, in a way, your insights into your deployment in a way that you can feel confident that you are proactively aware of the performance of your implementation. The right monitoring tool is not a nice-to-have – it is a necessity.


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The domestic background. Father is a paternalistic policeman probably desk-bound who reads the paper every night and works his way through cigars asymbol of manhood within the film to the cigarettes of women. Mother of course is in the domestic everyday work environment.
The horror on the face of the parents. They are doting mother and paternalistic policeman father. Both are churchgoers and upright pillars of the community.
Frolich returns home after the fight. One of the more expressioistic shots used in the film. The shadows, the claustrophobia of stairs and the bars with the hunched figure all speak of the transition from expressionist style into what would become classic thriller or film noir style.
The true horror of the events dawns upon Frolich's dutiful policeman.
The Amman character mulls over the policeman's papers dropped in the heat of passion. It's all about identity!
Mopping crocodile tears away Amman sneaks a surreptitious glance at Frolich's reactions to her outpourings.
Amman in the Jewellers making eyes at the elderly Jeweler.


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Flat-file CMS Grav gets new updates
By Benjie Moss
If you're in the market for a CMS , the chances are you've already considered the big names: WordPress, Drupal, Joomla. You may not have thought about a flat-file CMS.
A flat-file CMS is a content management system that doesn't need a database to run, and over the last 18 months they've grown increasingly popular.
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Grav has been compared to Drupal — albeit a feature-limited Drupal. It uses Twigg for templating and YAML for configuration. Like the popular Ghost platform it uses Markdown for content.
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Benjie Moss is editor at DeveloperDrive. He's usually training for a marathon. You can follow him on Twitter @BenjieMoss. More articles by Benjie Moss


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You are at: Home > News > ENAT Supports Italian "Manifesto for the Promotion of Accessible Tourism"
ENAT Supports Italian "Manifesto for the Promotion of Accessible Tourism"
Image: Title header of the Italian Manifesto
Showing its commitment to put into effect Article 30 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Italian Ministry of Tourism has created a Manifesto promoting Accessible Tourism.
ENAT is the first international NGO to support the Manifesto.
ENAT Board Member, Dr. Angelika Laburda signed the Manifesto on behalf of ENAT at the Gitando 2011 Feira da Vicenza trade fair on 25th March 2011, in the presence of the Italian Minister of Tourism, Michela Vittoria Brambilla.
Dr. Angelika Laburda, ENAT Board Member
"On behalf of ENAT, I would like to state our support for the Italian Ministry's Manifesto on Accessible Tourism ", said Dr. Laburda.
"This document raises awareness of the importance of providing accessibility for all tourists. And, at the same time, it points out the responsibilities which public authorities, educators and tourism providers have for fulfilling Italy's commitments to international and national objectives. The Manifesto shows that Italy is willing to show leadership and commitment - and other countries will hopefully follow your good example".
Chairman of the Italian Agency for Tourism (ENIT), Matteo Marzotto added: "Accessibility means lack of architectural, cultural and sensory barriers - a fundamental condition to allow the holiday's full effect - and it relates to people with particular needs, not only regarding movement but also chronic health issues (people with food and environment allergies, the blind, the deaf or mentally disabled people, small children and the elderly, etc.). The involvement of all these visitors and their families in tourism has a great numerical as well as psychological, impact".
Following the signing in Vicenza, in May 2011, the new Italian National Tourism Code (Decree 79 of 5/23/2011) was passed into law, to be in force from 21 June, where in the Article 3 the principles of Accessible Tourism are included (see Article 1 of the Manifesto, below). This marks a major step forward in the Italian legislation on Accessible Tourism.
The Minister of Tourism, Michela Vittoria Brambilla, who co-signed the Manifesto with Dr. Laburda, is Chair of the Executive Council Board of the UN World Tourism Organisation and in that role in Nairobi in July 2011 has proposed to 154 countries and 400 other WTO member organizations to sign up to the Manifesto. The first interested countries can sign the document already from the next UNWTO meeting which should take place in Cambodia in October.
Download the Italian Ministry of Tourism's Manifesto on Accessible Tourism in PDF format (English and Italian versions) from the right-hand panel.
Manifesto text
Manifesto for the Promotion of Accessible Tourism
Putting into effect art. 30 of UN Convention concerning disabled people
rights ratified by Law n.18 of 24/2/09
1. People in the most complete meaning of the term, with their specific needs resulting from personal and health conditions (for example: motor, sensory, intellectual disabilities, food intolerances, etc.), are citizens and customers who have the right to autonomously make good use of all the tourist services on offer, being supplied with suitable services with a just quality/price ratio.
2. Accessibility involves the whole tourist service chain, both at national and local level, starting with:
a. Transport network;
b. Accommodation capacity;
c. Restaurants and cafés;
d. Culture, leisure and sports.
3. Location accessibility shall not be the decisive factor when planning holidays: it should be possible to choose a destination or a tourist facility because it is where we want to go and not because it is the only accessible one.
4. It is necessary to think of accessibility as access to life experiences, that is overcoming the concept of "standard", enhancing the value of the person/customer, who has specific needs.
5. Information about accessibility cannot be reduced to a mere symbol, but has to be objective, detailed and guaranteed, to allow each person to certainly evaluate by himself which tourist facilities and services are able to meet his specific needs.
6. It is necessary to promote positive communication, avoiding the use of discriminating words. It has to be distributed in formats that everybody can use, and through all tourist information and promotion channels.
7. As accessibility does not concern only structural and infrastructural aspects, but also the services offered to tourists, it is necessary to promote quality reception for everybody, that is to encourage a cultural change, that can result in changes in organization and management models, even before structural ones.
8. It is necessary to encourage skill and professional training, based on Universal Design principles and involving the whole tourist and technical professional profile chain: managers, employees, companies, public and private enterprises. It is also necessary to update curricula in all Schools for Tourism, Technical Schools, Universities, Masters and Academic Centres of all grades.
9. Local Authorities, according to their competences and functions, shall implement the accessibility of towns, public buildings and local transports, and shall also plan periodical control and promotion operations for tourist offers for everyone.
10. In order to implement and promote accessible tourism in a system logic, proactive collaboration among tourist Operators, Local Authorities, Public Bodies, disabled people Associations and social tourism Organizations is encouraged.
Links to related Italian web articles:
ENIT - Italian National Agency for Tourism, News Item on Accessible Tourism
San Remo Buone Notizie - News
Author(s): Ivor Ambrose
Language(s): EN | IT
Publisher: ENAT
Source: http://www.enit.it/en/press-room-online/enit-news/420-limpegno-dell-enit-per-il-turismo-accessibile.html
Architecture, design and planning | Customer relations | Disability, disabilities, technical aids | Education, training | Management of tourist venues and attractions | Policy, legislation | Social tourism | Special services for disabled visitors | Staff training | Standards | Tourist information services
Manifesto - English - 2.10 MB
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Major victory as Sixth Circuit strikes down Nationwide Permit 21
April 22, 2013 ACLC News, Environmental
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit today invalidated the 2007 version of the nationwide permit used by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to authorize the dumping of coal mining waste into hundreds of miles of Appalachian headwater streams.
Read the entire Court of Appeals decision.
"The Court agreed with us that the Corps failed in 2007 to demonstrate that filling streams with mining waste has minimal cumulative impacts and that the mining companies can mitigate those environmental impacts to insignificance, " said Jim Hecker, Environmental Enforcement Director at Public Justice in Washington, DC. "This permit should never have been issued, because it was based on the Corps' unsupportable assumption that filling these streams has minimal environmental effects."
Since 2003, coalfield residents and state and national environmental groups have been challenging the legality of Nationwide Permit 21 in West Virginia and Kentucky federal courts. A West Virginia federal court enjoined the permit's use in that state in 2009, but a Kentucky court disagreed with that decision in 2011 and allowed its use in that state to continue. The Sixth Circuit today reversed that Kentucky decision and agreed with the earlier decision by the West Virginia court.
The Clean Water Act only authorizes nationwide permits for stream-filling activities that have minimal environmental effects, both individually and cumulatively. Mountaintop removal coal mining produces enormous quantities of waste that is commonly disposed of in adjacent valleys and streams. Scientific studies have shown that the waters downstream from valley fills are degraded, and there is no scientific evidence that buried headwater streams can be re-created successfully elsewhere.
The Sixth Circuit found that the Corps' determination that the 2007 NWP 21 would have cumulatively minimal effects was irrational, for two reasons. First, the Corps failed to analyze the present effects of its past actions allowing the filling of hundreds of miles of streams prior to 2007, and instead improperly limited its analysis to the effects of future filling from 2007 to 2012. Second, the Corps had no documented information showing that mitigation could offset the loss of headwater streams at mining sites.
The Sixth Circuit stayed its decision for 60 days to give the lower court and the parties time to assess its impact on existing projects. While the appeal in the Sixth Circuit was pending, the 2007 NWP 21 expired, but the Corps reissued the NWP in 2012 for five more years with more stringent conditions (namely, a 300-foot limit on filling and a prohibition against valley fills). In reissuing that permit, the Corps created a new loophole that gave about 70 uncompleted projects under the old 2007 NWP 21 five more years to use it without meeting the more stringent conditions of the 2012 NWP 21. The Sixth Circuit's decision threatens that loophole. At a minimum, then, these grandfathered projects will require additional analysis and should have to comply with the more stringent 2012 conditions.
More broadly, the court's decision raises serious questions about the Corps' entire approach to cumulative impacts and compensatory mitigation for coal mining projects. The court directed the Corps to use past mining impacts more carefully to assess cumulative impacts and to document in detail whether mitigation can effectively reduce cumulative impacts. Up to now, the Corps has refused to take these issues seriously and to measure mitigation effectiveness. Recent scientific studies on the relationship between the percentage of mining in a watershed and the severity of downstream biological impairment indicate that surface coal mining is having serious cumulative impacts.
The groups that have challenged NWP 21 in court actions are: in Kentucky-Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, Kentucky Waterways Alliance, and Kentucky Riverkeeper; in West Virginia-Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, Coal River Mountain Watch, and Natural Resources Defense Council. The legal team opposing NWP 21 has been led by Jim Hecker at Public Justice in Washington, D.C., assisted by Joe Lovett at Appalachian Mountain Advocates in Lewisburg, WV, and Stephen Sanders at the Appalachian Citizens Law Center in Whitesburg, KY.


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Award Activity
A flexible combination of teaching, advising students, collaborative research, and/or enhancing institutional collaboration that entails teaching one or more courses (classes meet once a week for 90 minutes). The format, content, and level of the individual courses (advanced undergraduate and graduate), associated activities, and research focus are negotiated on a consensual basis with the host institution, contingent upon the grantee's interests and expertise and host institution's needs.
Scholars selected for this award can choose to:
Advise and/or mentor students
Assist in faculty, curriculum, and/or program development
Conduct a professional and/or artistic project
Conduct a research project designated by the host institution
Conduct a research project of the applicant's choosing
Teach graduate and/or undergraduate courses designated by the host institution
Teach graduate and/or undergraduate courses of the applicant's choosing
Award Length and Period
Four months
Grants must begin in late September 2022 or late February 2023 in line with the Austrian academic year and in order to attend the mandatory orientation. Teaching, research or professional project at the host institution will begin on October 1, 2022 or March 1, 2023.
Locations Text
Any appropriate institution.
Institutions that might be interested in hosting a Fulbright-Botstiber Visiting Professor include public universities, private universities, universities of applied sciences, university colleges of teacher education, and other institutions of post-secondary education.
Flex Option
Discipline Type
Only projects in the following disciplines will be considered
Area Studies, non- U.S.
Film/Cinema Studies
History, American
History, non- U.S.
Literature, American
Literature, non- U.S.
The purpose of the Fulbright-Botstiber Award in Austrian-American Studies is to promote the understanding of the historical relationship between Austria and the United States. Therefore, it is open to all scholars of Austrian and American studies whose project proposals contribute toward this objective in terms of combinations of teaching and research.
Fulbright Austria and the Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies are particularly interested in soliciting applications in the fields of history, the social sciences, economics and law but also welcome qualified applications from other disciplines, including but not limited to literature, music, and the arts. Only applications that are in line with the bilateral mission of the Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies will be considered.
Award Requirements
Invitation Requirement
A letter of invitation is preferred.
Invitation Requirement Additional Information
Please direct questions regarding the letter of invitation to the BIASS contact provided in the "Helpful Links" section below.
Language Proficiency Requirements
None, English is sufficient. However, feasibility of conducting the project must be demonstrated in the project statement.
Additional Language Requirement
Instruction will be in English; additional language proficiency not required. Some knowledge of German is desirable. For research, foreign-language proficiency sufficient to complete the proposed project is required (unless it can be conducted in English). For applicants without local-language proficiency, the feasibility of conducting the project must be demonstrated in the project statement.
Grant proposals require the collaboration of potential Fulbright-Botstiber scholars and potential Austrian host faculty, who will be responsible for effectively anchoring visiting Fulbright-Botstiber scholars in the curriculum, host department and other activities of an Austrian host institution. Project proposals with a letter of invitation from potential host departments and/or institutions are therefore preferred.
Flexible combinations of teaching and research are conceived to allow Fulbright-Botstiber scholars to reach out to students and make scholarly contributions to their disciplines at the same time. Awards also may be conceived to develop new or promote existing institutional relationships.
This award is generously funded by the Botstiber Foundation.
In addition to being a prestigious academic exchange program, the Fulbright Program is designed to expand and strengthen relationships between the people of the United States and citizens of other nations and to promote international understanding and cooperation. To support this mission, Fulbright Scholars may be asked to give public talks, mentor students, and otherwise engage with the host community, in addition to their primary activities.
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Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies
Fulbright-Botstiber Awards
Please contact at Adriana Lecuona the BIAAS or Franziska Brunner at Fulbright Austria with questions.
To view alumni who have received this award, please visit Fulbright Austria's website.
Stipend & Benefits
Award Allowances
$5,000 per month for four months
Estimated Travel and Relocation Allowance for Grantee
All grantees receive a travel and relocation allowance of €1,000 (approx. $1,100; exchange rates may fluctuate).
Final grant amounts will be determined prior to the start of the academic year and are subject to the availability of funds. The United States Department of State and the Fulbright Commission in the host country reserve the right to alter, without notice, participating countries, number of awards and allowances.
Country/Area Overview
Up to 26 awards, including two research awards, 20 teaching awards with research options, one distinguished teaching award, and three artist-in-residence awards. The great majority of awards are anchored at specific Austrian institutions and correspondingly dedicated to host institutions' specific fields of interest, ranging from natural and life sciences, engineering, and business and economics to the social sciences, arts, and humanities.
In recent years, Austria has established itself as one of the top-ten destinations for Fulbright US Scholars, a success which is largely due to the excellent partnerships the Austrian Fulbright commission has built with institutions across the country. As enthusiastic supporters of the Fulbright program, Austrian institutions are excited to welcome US scholars to their campus and expand their professional networks.
Please note that Austrian institutions will be on summer break from July 1 until September 30. If you contact faculty and staff, please consider that turnaround times will potentially be longer as of early July.
What is life like for Fulbrighters in your country?
Fulbright Austria (the Austrian-American Educational Commission) evaluates proposals in terms of their potential to fulfill the program's mandate of promoting mutual understanding between the peoples of Austria and the United States. Proposals for flexible combinations of teaching and research will be evaluated for their scholarly excellence, comparative approaches, bilateral relevance and potential for establishing or enhancing institutional relationships.
As a rule, the quality of an applicant's proposal is more important to the Austrian-American Educational Commission than the academic rank of the applicant.
Prospective applicants may contact the Austrian-American Educational Commission for advice or further information.
Franziska Brunner, Scholar Program Officer, Austrian-American Educational Commission (Fulbright Austria):
Email: fbrunner@fulbright.at
Address: Fulbright Austria, quartier21/MQ, Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Vienna, Austria
Website: www.fulbright.at
Professional Project
A Professional Project enables the participant to engage in activities in their area of expertise to enhance their professional development and the field at large. Projects may include serving as a professional consultant to the host organization, sharing expertise, visiting other organizations in their professional field, gaining practical experience, and attending public lectures. While the details vary according to the specific award, the focus of a Professional Project grant should not be research or teaching.
Research includes activities involving scientific research, qualitative research, quantitative research, and practice-based research, including artistic research. Research can take place in locations such as the laboratory, the field, the archives, or an artist residency. It can be experimental, clinical, or applied. It can include examining policies, systems, theories, methods, interactions, and works of art and music, with the objective to evaluate or develop new knowledge or works. Quantifiable (tangible) outcomes can include publications (books, journal articles, scripts, etc.), conference presentations, artistic and musical compositions, exhibitions, performances, films, and patents.
Teaching includes classroom teaching, as well as giving guest lectures, workshops, and seminars, and engaging in other related activities. Classroom teaching is typically at the undergraduate and graduate level, and courses may be designed by the scholar or prescribed by the host institution and may be taught or co-taught by the scholar. The teaching load varies by award, as well as the host institution. Scholars may also consult on building research capacity, advise graduate students, and assist with thesis advising.
Teaching/Research
Ph.D. (or other terminal degree) required
Career Profile
Awards are open to individuals who have more than seven years of experience in an artistic profession.
Early Career Academics
Awards are open to those who have been working in the capacity of a teacher or scholar for no more than seven years.
Mid-Career Academics
Awards are open to those who have been working in the capacity of a teacher or scholar for more than seven, and less than 13, years.
Awards are open to individuals who have more than seven years of experience in a particular profession.
Senior Academics
Awards are open to those who have been working in the capacity of a teacher or scholar for more than 13 years.
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KARACHI, Pakistan, Aug 10 (Reuters) - German-born nun Ruth Pfau, who devoted her life to eradicating leprosy in Pakistan, died on Thursday in the southern city of Karachi, a hospital official said. She was 87.
Widely known as Pakistan's Mother Teresa, Pfau was eulogised by the prime minister and army chief for her contributions towards freeing the country of a contagious disease that can cause disfigurement.
"Pfau may have been born in Germany, her heart was always in Pakistan," Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said in a statement.
Born in 1929, Dr Ruth Katharina Martha Pfau had been living in Pakistan since 1960. She founded the Marie Adelaide Leprosy Centre in Karachi, Pakistan's first hospital dedicated to treating the disease, and opened branches across the country.
"It was due to her endless struggle that Pakistan defeated leprosy," German Consulate Karachi posted on Facebook.
In 1996, the World Health Organisation declared that leprosy had been controlled in Pakistan, which led Pfau to the more challenging task of eliminating the disease.


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Tag: Immigration; IHM Literacy Center; Sister Kathy Benham
Border Mission: Sister Kathy's Tale
Sister Kathy delivers supplies
Sister Kathy Benham, of the IHM Literacy Center, was among the first to volunteer for the IHM Border Mission last year – a combined operation of the three separate Monroe, Scranton, and Philadelphia branches of IHM sisters, offering humanitarian assistance during the refugee surge at the U.S. southern border after President Biden's inauguration. That she was among those first IHMs to go for three weeks starting in April 2021, was due to chance or the Holy Spirit: when Catholic Relief Services asked for women religious volunteers, many of her Literacy Center pupils were observing the month-long Muslim season of Ramadan — a time when class attendance tends to be erratic — so it seemed a reasonable time to be away!
Sister Kathy was actually on the committee that chose the relatively remote site of El Centro CA, diocese of San Diego, for the mission. She went down with Sister Mary Elaine Anderson of the Scranton IHM Sisters – a nice reunion, since they had met years before – to set up. There, the two sisters employed their special skills as religious – with a heritage of hospitality and a talent for organization — to build an efficient operation. Sister Mary Elaine, who was able to stay for the full three months of the mission, even found use for her art therapy training to help anxious children!
Sister Kathy reports that immigrants to El Centro did not stream in, steadily, in long processions, as in some other areas. Instead, they crept across the border quietly, one family at a time. Many were desperately poor. Most, at the time, were Brasilians, fleeing the repressive Bolsonaro regime, hoping to find humble jobs to feed their families. They went west to California because they hoped it would be easier to get in. Picked up there by the U.S. Border Patrol, they had no idea what to expect, and, since the Brasilians often spoke only Portuguese – no Spanish or English – language was an extra challenge.
Immigrant families were split up just inside the U.S. border, with men sent to one facility, and women and children to another, for covid testing and paperwork. Those with covid were then moved into quarantine in a large motel at Holtzville. Those who tested negative were taken to El Centro. Boys over 18 years old were considered independent adults and generally sent back across the border to Mexico, which was an incomprehensible and unexpected tragedy to those accustomed to living together in big multigenerational families; most had no phones and no way to keep in touch. The rest had no idea what would happen next, so they were surprised, and sometimes moved to tears, when they were reunited on a bus, enroute to a motel room in El Centro, to be met with the relief of a welcoming smile, clean beds and a bathroom, and meals. Once there, they had 48 hours to contact relatives in the United States who could pay for their plane tickets, and to get to the airport. Sister Kathy and her fellow volunteers organized a clothing room to provide clothing (since shoelaces had been confiscated at the border, these were especially prized!); distributed meals; and, muddling along in a mixture of Spanish and google translate, helped their charges to work through the English-language airport bureaucracy. The airport was an hour away from El Centro, so the nuns and volunteers drove families there in vans supplied by Catholic Charities. A knowledgeable former border patrol officer wisely advised them to explain to the families that the long bumpy ride would take them to the faraway airport, since they were in unfamiliar remote territory, with people they didn't know, who spoke a different language, and the families were stressed, terrified, and confused about everything happening outside their control.
Sister Kathy highlights the amazing efforts of Catholic Relief Services to make a real difference, and feels humbled by her experience. Now, the IHMs hope to return to the border! They are in the planning stages for a combined mission of all three IHM groups and the related Sisters of Providence. The hope is to set up a permanent "unretreat" center – a place where volunteers can come, not for solitary soulful meditation, but to offer their time and energy to help others. They have also received funding from SOAR – the funding for retired IHM religious – which hopes to involve retired sisters who still want to contribute.
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St. Francis de Sales Church
Saint Francis de Sales Parish United by the Most Blessed Sacrament is a Catholic Church located at 47th St. and Springfield Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, not too far from the University of the Sciences and the University of Pennsylvania. The parish was founded in 1890. The church was constructed between 1907 and 1911, in Byzantine Romanesque style, with an imposing multicolour Guastavino dome, which makes it a neighbourhood landmark and an anchor in the community.
The people who built the church, long ago, also built the neighbourhood around it. These are some of their stories and the stories of the people who came after them. Hope you enjoy them!
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'RHONJ's Joe Gorga Accuses Joe Giudice Of Ruining His Family!!
Joe Gorga appeared on an episode of Watch What Happens Live blamed Joe Giudice the ex-husband of his sister, Teresa Giudice, of ruining his family.
He's also upset with Teresa for defending him.
"The thing with Teresa defending him is when I talk to Teresa and she tells me all the nasty things he says about her, as a brother she confides in me, I get very upset so I get mad and she kind of defends him because he treats her bad off-camera in life and he put her in prison and he ruined our entire family so I'm just not happy," he said.
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Joe and Teresa did time in prison due to joe's tax evasion. While Teresa was in prison, her mother died. She has never forgiven Joe as she was unable to go to her mother's funeral.
"With his comments, he's in la-la land so nothing bothers me. It just shows the type of man he is. Let him say whatever he wants," he continued.
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