On Saturday, DH and I spent five hours at MoMA -- and that was pretty much flying through, no dilly-dallying. I would have loved the Cezanne and Pissarro show, but it was members only that day. We did enjoy Friedlander's work. I have a soft spot for Op Art and Pop Art, and I especially enjoyed the design collection. We took a break and had a snack on the third floor patio where, naturally, the chocolate tart is served with flair.
When I first met DH, the thought of his favorite lunchtime sandwich accompaniment left me aghast -- who in their right mind eats Cream of Celery soup as SOUP?? The feeling was mutual, however, but with Cream of Mushroom as one of my favorites. Apparently, DH is quite influential in the soup department at our house, as all three grrs count Cream of Celery soup as a favorite, but shudder at the thought of Cream of Mushroom. Anyway, this is the only soup can I photographed, for obvious reasons.
What I really wanted to capture in these photographs was the sweater -- it's cabled and quite nice -- but I got so much more and I really like them. I don't know which church is reflected in the windows, and don't even know which store it was!
Here are the porcelain, bunches-of-cherries buttons from Tender Buttons for my fruit sweater. Aren't they perfect? The current placement of buttons is not quite right, so there's this alignment problem with the checkerboard -- I'm going to fix that!
When the grrs were in the room on Thursday, I'd shown them the buttons and the sweater -- they were all pretty impressed with my sister's work. Katy said, with admiration, "That's not duplicate stitch!" And when I repeated that statement to my sister, with proper reverence, it meant absolutely nothing to her -- she has no clue what duplicate stitch even is! This was one of her first color projects. Lauren and I were hard-pressed to find an end sticking out -- and this is slippery, mercerized cotton. Anyway, my sister isn't really knitting much these days because of carpal tunnel and other physical issues, but it was fun to share and make her head big!
Several weeks ago, I bought the Noro Cash Iroha that I needed for Williamsro when my LYS had a sale. I bought a little more than I needed (I bought all they had of that color) because I might want a little more length. The Noro Blossom has been much harder to find -- apparently, it's not carried by very many shops, especially not the ones we went to in NYC because I looked at every single one! If they did have it, they only had a few skeins. So, at our very last shop stop on Friday, The Point, I was elated to find four skeins in the same color/dye lot and after consulting with my fellow knitters, we decided that it would work. I think I'll be making a statement, but it might work. I wound 'em into balls last night and will see... Oh yeah, I was so excited to find more than two hanks of this yarn that it completely slipped my mind that I needed FIVE. Duh.
I had my other purchases out last night, too. Some of it is PRIZE YARN! I think that'll make a nice holiday post, don't you? I won't have fireworks, but I'll have yarn! Have a great holiday weekend -- see you on the Fourth!
I think these two were taken in the same general area -- the fountain, for sure, is near City Hall. And who'd have guessed there'd be sheep (and other animals) in the middle of the city! Isn't he cute? Thanks for snapping that fountain pic, Lauren!
Here's one of Lauren -- walking, talking, and knitting!
This is the hallway at Seaport Yarn -- it's the same hall, shot from either end. There's another small hall with a great collection of books and a little more yarn, and at least three offices filled with yarn -- all amidst the other offices that are mostly not filled with yarn! I was definitely on overload here and that's too bad because they had lots of stuff and darn good prices.
And then, as you've no doubt already read elsewhere, it was off to The Yarn Connection to meet Kathleen! I'd been so sure, and I know Katy was, too, that the only way I'd meet her was if she came to Knitting Camp in Wisconsin. She'd not had the best of days, but she was great company and it was so fun to hang out at the library and knit!
Fun with collage (clockwise from top left): Cara, Katy, Ann, me, and Lauren in the center.
Lauren had to run and catch her train, and the rest of us went out for pizza at John's Pizzeria. Yes, I'm one of those who eats pizza with a fork -- usually. Just not so crazy about sticky fingers. But I picked it up and folded it and, mmmmm, it was awfully good pizza. The grrs brought me back to the hotel where we visited with DH for a bit (he was home early!) and threw all the pillows off the bed so there was room for us and a photo op.
Whew. End of Day 1 in NYC. Non-stop fun and excitement, I'll tell ya! Tune in tomorrow for more shops, more yarn, more bloggers!
I had a wonderful time in NYC! I can't thank Cara enough for all her planning, help, patience, and schlepping. She's a wonderful person and terrific to hang out with, and I'm so thankful!
DH & I left late Wednesday afternoon, set to arrive NY at 7:30, and then were stuck in Chicago for three hours because of a storm in NY and resulting gridlock at LaGuardia. They let us off the plane for a while, which was good, but it was still a long wait.
I became less miffed about the delay when we flew over Cleveland at dusk and I saw Jacobs Field aglow as the Indians played the Red Sox (and lost) -- what a cool thing to see from the air. Then, as we flew further east and it got darker and darker, we could see lingering lightning in the distance as well as ever more lights on the ground, and that was cool, too. But it really got good when the moon started to rise -- a big, full moon, rising over the Atlantic, peeking out between a few little clouds as we approached New York City. Could it get any better? Why, yes, it can! Our plane basically flew a circle around Manhattan (and my seat was on the right side of the plane!) -- the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, the million other buildings and Times Square, all illuminated and breathtaking -- and any lingering angst I felt over the delay at O'Hare was totally gone and I was almost thankful instead. Go figure -- I like the bright lights, I guess!
On Thursday morning, Cara, Jen, and Lauren picked me up at the hotel and we hoofed it up Lexington to Tender Buttons. I knew we'd be going there, so I brought two sweaters-in-need with me: a blue cotton sweater that I finished over a year ago and the fruit sweater that my sister knit for me ages ago. I found some nice, matte blue buttons for the first, and the most perfect, porcelain buttons in the shape of cherry clusters for the second! The store was wonderful, but it was good to have a focus. Jen found buttons for a baby sweater, and Cara founds some to match her cabled cardigan swatch, and -- Lauren, did you buy buttons?
After the button shopping, we went to School Products where Cassie, Nancy and Ann were already visiting and shopping. I got to look my Cold Turkey Quit Buddy in the eye -- and give her a big hug, too. It sure was great to meet her! Cara is right, Ann's gotta let loose on the blog a bit more. I love her blog, but I love her more! I was so happy, too, that Cassie was able to get away -- that was a nice surprise! The store was not very big, but I was already overwhelmed -- bright lights, big city, zillions of buttons, imaginary friends come to life -- though I did manage to walk away with four hanks of a wool/cotton in a nice, soft green (with Mack, "son of the learned ruler," in mind).
Jen had to leave us after School Products -- but not before choosing a mini Sharpie with which to leave a memory in my book (a Knitters Without Borders book from Cafe Press). For her trouble, she received a Cheesehead eraser, as did all bloggers who wrote in my book (until I ran out, that is). Personally, I can't think "blogger meet-up" without thinking of The Bookish Girl and Sharpies... can you?
Then it was on to Habu Textiles and all I could do was feel stuff. Truly amazing. The picture is in a very narrow room -- more like a hallway, really -- and you see Cassie's bag and Lauren's arm. I think they both found something -- or, if Cassie didn't, she was a great enabler! Color, texture, quantity -- I think my eyes glazed over while we were there.
And then it was time for lunch! DH had been off doing his own thing and we met him for burgers at the Shake Shack at Madison Square Park. Yum. It was a bit of a wait, but it was fun, and the weather couldn't have been better!
Okay, that's all I have time for today. Landed back in the real world with a thud yesterday afternoon and it's made a big mess on my desk! Tune in tomorrow for more NY adventures.


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Born 1831 in England. Died 1912; interred Sanford Corners Cemetery, Calcium, Jefferson County, New York.
1865 NYS Census: Henry Eves, age 32 (b. Canada) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in LeRay Township, Jefferson County, New York. He had been married once, and his frame residence was valued at $50. The household also included his wife, Mary Eves, age 25 (b. Canada), who had been married once and had had 5 children [recorded under daughter, M. J.]; daughter, M. J. Eves [later Mary Jane (Eves) Drake], age 8 (b. Canada); daughter, Martha Eves, age 7 (b. Canada); daughter, Ester Eves, age 5 (b. Canada); daughter, Merrilla Eves, age 3 (b. Canada); and daughter, Eva Eves, age 1 (b. Canada).
1870 US Census: Henry Eves, age 38 (b. England; parents of foreign birth) and employed as a peddler, was heading a household in LeRay Township (Philadelphia Post Office), Jefferson County, New York. His real estate was valued at $200; no personal property valued recorded. The household also included his wife, Mary Eves, age 28 (b. NYS; parents of foreign birth); daughter, Martha Eves, age 12 (b. NYS); daughter, Esther Eves, age 10 (b. NYS); daughter, Nellie Eves, age 9 (b. NYS); daughter, Janette Eves, age 6 (b. NYS); daughter, Cornelia Eves, age 3 (b. NYS); and son, Henry Eves, age 2 (b. NYS).
1875 NYS Census: Henry Eaves, age 42 (b. Canada) and employed as a farm laborer, was heading a household in LeRay Township, Jefferson County, New York. He was an alien, and his framed residence was valued at $100. The household also included his wife, Mary Eaves, age 31 (b. Canada); daughter, Martha Eaves, age 16 (b. Jefferson Co., NY); daughter, Ester Eaves, age 15 (b. Jefferson Co., NY); daughter, Millie Eaves, age 14 (b. Jefferson Co., NY); daughter, Eva Eaves, age 10 (b. Jefferson Co., NY); daughter, Cornelia Eaves, age 8 (b. Jefferson Co., NY); son, Henry Eaves, age 6 (b. Jefferson Co., NY); daughter, Birtha Eaves, age 3 (b. Jefferson Co., NY); and daughter, Frankie Eaves, age 1 year and 1 month (b. Jefferson Co., NY).
1880 US Census: Henry Eves, age 45 (b. England; parents b. England) and employed as a laborer, was heading a household in LeRay Township, Jefferson County, New York. The household also included his wife, Mary Eves, age 37 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS); daughter, Milla Eves, age 18 (b. NYS) and single; daughter, Nelia Eves, age 13 (b. NYS); son, Henry Eves, age 11 (b. NYS); daughter, Bertha Eves, age 7 (b. NYS); son, Frankie Eves, age 4 (b. NYS); [relation not recorded] James Eves, age 3 (b. NYS); and [relation not recorded] Myron Eves, age 1 (b. NYS).
1900 US Census: Henry Eves, age 66 (b. Aug 1833 in England; parents b. England) and employed as a day laborer, was heading a household in the Village of Black River, LeRay Township, Jefferson County, New York. He immigrated to the US in 1839 and subsequently became a naturalized citizen. The household also included his wife of 43 years, Mary Eves, age 58 (b. Mar 1842 in NYS; father b. French-speaking Canada; mother b. MI), who had had 15 children, 12 of whom were still alive; son, Myren Eves, age 21 (b. Apr 1879 NYS; father b. England; mother b. NYS), single, and employed as a day laborer; son, Lenestrie? Eves, age 15 (b. Sep 1884 in NYS; father b. England; mother b. NYS) and employed as a day laborer; and daughter, Ada Eves, age 14 (b. Jun? 1885 in NYS; father b. England; mother b. NYS).
1905 NYS Census: Henry Eves, age 73 and an alien, was heading a single-person household at the intersection of Pleasant Road and Pine Plains Road in LeRay Township, Jefferson County, New York.
Born March 1842 in New York; father b. Canada. Died 1903; interred with Henry.
a. Mary Jane Eaves: See generation 1, below.
(1. Homer Arthur Whitney: Born about 1890 in LeRay Township, Jefferson County, New York.
At age 19 Homer Whitney married Jessie Frances Dillenbeck (b. abt 1890), age 19, daughter of Frank and Eva (Weller) Dillenbeck, on 17 February 1909 (license issued 15 Feb 1909) in Jefferson County, New York.
(1. Percy L. Woolever: Born about 1885 in the Village of Black River, Rutland Township, Jefferson County, New York.
At age 25, while employed as a moulder and a resident of Cleveland, Ohio, Percy Woolever married Julia Gliebe (b. abt 1890 at Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., OH), age 20, daughter of Frank and Magdalena (Eppich) Gliebe, on 30 April 1910 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
d. Merilla "Millie/Milla" Eaves (also seen: "Nellie"): Born about 1861/62 in Jefferson County, New York.
e. Janette/Eva Eaves: Born about 1864 in Jefferson County, New York.
f. Cornelia "Nelia" Eaves: Born about 1867 in Jefferson County, New York.
g. Henry Eaves, Jr.: Born about 1869 in Jefferson County, New York.
1905 NYS Census: Henry Eaves, age 35, was heading a household on South Main Street in Rutland Township, Jefferson County, New York. The household also included his wife, Ella Eaves, age 28; and daughter, Ethelthy Eaves, age 13. Of interest, Henry's brother, Myron Eaves, age 26, was boarding in a household enumerated on the same page, along with fellow boarder, Abigal Eaves, age 21.
1910 US Census: Henry Eaves, age 35 (b. NYS; father b. England; mother b. NYS) and employed as a dairy farmer, was heading a household in Edwards Township, St. Lawrence County, New York. He had been married once. The household also included his wife of 17 years, Ella Eaves, age 33 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS), who had been married once and had had 1 child, no longer alive; ande niece, Edithel Young, age 18 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS) and single.
(1. Ethelthy Eaves: Born about 1892.
h. Bertha Eaves: Born 1872/73 (also seen: b. Oct 1878) in Jefferson County, New York. Died 28 January 1941, age 62, in Wayland Township, Steuben County, New York; interred Mount Vernon Evergreen Cemetery, Springwater Township, Livingston County, New York.
1930 US Census: Clair Grover, age 55 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS) and employed as a barber with his own shop, was heading a household on Main Street in Springwater Township, Livingston County, New York. He married 1st at age 24. The household also included his wife, Bertha E. Grover, age 49 (b. NYS; father b. England; mother b. NYS), who married 1st at age 19; daughter, Kathelen G. Grover, age 20 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS); brother-in-law, Myron Eves, age 43 (b. NYS; father b. England; mother b. NYS) and employed as a laborer for the City Water Works, who married 1st at age 26; and nephew [Myron's son], Elden Eves, age 15 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS), single, and employed as a laborer for the City Water Works.
(1. Son: Born 26 March 1908. Died 4 April 1908 from complications of convulsions; interred with his/her parents in Mount Vernon Evergreen Cemetery, Springwater Township, Livingston County, New York.
i. Frankie Eaves: (female) Born about May 1874/76 in Jefferson County, New York.
j. James Eaves: Born about 1877 in New York.
k. Myron M. Eaves: Born 17 April 1879/80 in New York. Died 22 March 1957, age 77, in Pitcairn Township, St. Lawrence County, New York; interred Sanford Corners Cemetery, Calcium, LeRay Township, Jefferson County, New York.
1905 NYS Census: Myron Eaves, age 26, resided as a boarder in a household on South Main Street in Rutland Township, Jefferson County, New York. Abigal Eaves, age 21, was enumerated with him. Of interest, the household headed by his brother, Henry Eaves, age 35, was heading a household enumerated on the same census page.
1910 US Census: Myron M. Eaves, age 31 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS) and employed as a house painter, was heading a household in the Village of Black River, Rutland Township, Jefferson County, New York. He had been married once. The household also included his wife of 6 years, Abbie E. Eaves, age 25 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS), who had been married once and had had no children; boarder, Joseph Emory, age 28 (b. French-speaking Canada; father b. Wales; mother b. English-speaking Canada), single, and employed as a laborer doing road work; and boarder, Peter Martzloff, age 31 (b. NYS; parents b. Germany), single, and employed as a laborer doing road work.
1918 WWI Draft Registration: Myron Eves, age 38 (b. 17 Apr 1880) and employed as a teamster for the St. Regis Paper Company of Black River, Rutland Township, Jefferson County, New York, resided with his wife, Abbie Eves, in the Village of Black River.
1920 US Census: Myron Eaves, age 39 (b. NYS; father b. England; mother b. NYS) and employed as a teamster in a paper mill, was heading a household on State Street toward crosing in the Village of Black River, Rutland Township, Jefferson County, New York. The household also included his wife, Abbie Eaves, age 35 (b. NYS); son, Eden Eaves, age 5 (b. NY; parents b. NYS); and brother, Asa Eaves, age 37 (b. NYS; father b. England; mother b. NYS), single, and employed as a teamster doing private jobs.
1930 US Census: Myron Eves, age 43 (b. NYS; father b. England; mother b. NYS) and employed as a laborer for the City Water Works, resided in the household headed by his brother-in-law, Clair Grover, age 55 (b. NYS) and employed as a barber, on Main Street in Springwater Township, Livingston County, New York. Myron married 1st at age 26. Apart from Clair's family, the household also included Myron's son, Elden Eves, age 15 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS), single, and employed as a laborer for the City Water Works.
1940 US Census: Myron Eves, age 53 (b. NYS) and employed as a farm laborer, was heading a single-person household at Springwater, Springwater Township, Livingston County, New York. He had completed 7th grade, and on 1 April 1935 he resided in the same township.
(1. Elden Eaves: Born about 1915 in New York.
l. Lenestrie/Asa Eaves: Born September 1884 in New York.
m. Ada Eaves: Born June 1885 in New York.
Born 9 September 1857 in Canada. Died 17 January 1923 in New York. Married Martin James Drake, paragraph 6.d.(6. of the Almond Drake (9) page on 14 February 1875 at Black River, Rutland Township, Jefferson County, New York.


7 November 2009: Hayley sang Vera Lynn's "We'll Meet Again" at the Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance. The video and more information is here on this site, optionally in High Definition.
Hayley's performance and tribute, sung with the Fron Male Voice choir and a recording on film of Dame Vera herself, was given in the presence of Dame Vera and Her Majesty The Queen. The performance was broadcast on BBC1 television and BBC HD TV from the Royal Albert Hall London.


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Female protesters have taken to the streets of Beirut to call for legislation to prevent marriage under the age of 18.
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As they walk through the streets they chant the slogan: "Different causes, shared anger."
At the moment there is no minimum age for marriage in Lebanon.
Lawmaker, Paula Yacoubian says marriage under the age of 18 should not be accepted "economically, morally or on a humanitarian basis."
"They are getting rid of their girls (daughters) who then return to their family with bigger problems. We hope that this time the parliament will take responsibility," she says.
Maya Zoghbi, head of women's department at the Lebanese Forces says she wants parliament to issue the law "without any exceptions."
A draft law that would set the minimum age to 18 still awaits parliament's consideration.
Without the bill passed, girls younger than 15 are allowed to marry under religious law.
Young girls marching in wedding dress are a stark reminder of the fate of those who are most vulnerable.
The protest comes ahead of International Women's Day (8 March).
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Washington Football Team's pursuit of the NFC East title will have to wait until the final game of the regular season.
The NFL has moved Washington's game at Philadelphia next Sunday to prime time. Washington (6-9) is tied with Dallas for the division lead, but holds the tiebreaker over the Cowboys. A Washington victory sends it to the postseason with a home game on the second weekend of January.
A loss means Dallas wins the weak division by beating the Giants (5-10) at the Meadowlands. But if New York wins in that 1 p.m. EST matchup and Washington falls to Philly, the Giants advance.
The other early afternoon games on Jan. 3 will be:
Miami at Buffalo; Baltimore at Cincinnati; Pittsburgh at Cleveland; Minnesota at Detroit; Atlanta at Tampa Bay; and the New York Jets at New England.
The late afternoon games, beginning at 4:25 p.m. EST:
Tennessee at Houston; Jacksonville at Indianapolis; New Orleans at Carolina; Green Bay at Chicago; Las Vegas at Denver; the Los Angeles Chargers at Kansas City; Arizona at the Los Angeles Rams; at Seattle vs. San Francisco at Glendale, Arizona.


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Type Continent
Location Earth
Inhabitants 3,879,000,000 population
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.6% of the earth's total surface area (or 29.9% of its land area) and with approximately 4 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population.
Asia is traditionally defined as part of the landmass of Eurasia — with the western portion of the latter occupied by Europe — located to the east of the Suez Canal, east of the Ural Mountains and south of the Caucasus Mountains (or the Kuma-Manych Depression) and the Caspian and Black Seas. It is bounded on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the south by the Indian Ocean and on the north by the Arctic Ocean. Given its size and diversity, Asia — a toponym dating back to classical antiquity — is more a cultural concept incorporating a number of regions and peoples than a homogeneous physical entity[2][4] (see Subregions of Asia, Asian people).
The wealth of Asia differs very widely among and within its regions, due to its vast size and huge range of different cultures, environments, historical ties and government systems. In terms of nominal GDP, Japan has the largest economy on the continent and the second largest in the world. In purchasing power parity terms, however, China has the largest economy in Asia and the third largest in the world.
Definition and boundaries Edit
Medieval Europeans considered Asia as a continent a distinct landmass. The European concept of the three continents in the Old World goes back to Classical Antiquity, but during the Middle Ages was notably due to 7th century Spanish scholar Isidore of Sevilla (see T and O map). The demarcation between Asia and Africa (to the southwest) is the Isthmus of Suez and the Red Sea. The boundary between Asia and Europe is conventionally considered to run through the Dardanelles, the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus, the Black Sea, the Caucasus Mountains, the Caspian Sea, the Ural River to its source and the Ural Mountains to the Kara Sea near Kara, Russia. While this interpretation of tripartite continents (i.e., of Asia, Europe and Africa) remains common in modernity, discovery of the extent of Africa and Asia have made this definition somewhat anachronistic. This is especially true in the case of Asia, which would have several regions that would be considered distinct landmasses if these criteria were used (for example, Southern Asia and Eastern Asia).
In the far northeast of Asia, Siberia is separated from North America by the Bering Strait. Asia is bounded on the south by the Indian Ocean (specifically, from west to east, the Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal), on the east by the waters of the Pacific Ocean (including, counterclockwise, the South China Sea, East China Sea, Yellow Sea, Sea of Japan, Sea of Okhotsk and Bering Sea) and on the north by the Arctic Ocean. Australia (or Oceania) is to the southeast.
Two-point equidistant projection of Asia.
Some geographers do not consider Asia and Europe to be separate continents, as there is no logical physical separation between them. For example, Sir Barry Cunliffe, the emeritus professor of European archeology at Oxford, argues that Europe has been geographically and culturally merely "the western excrescence of the continent of Asia." Geographically, Asia is the major eastern constituent of the continent of Eurasia with Europe being a northwestern peninsula of the landmass – or of Afro-Eurasia: geologically, Asia, Europe and Africa comprise a single continuous landmass (save the Suez Canal) and share a common continental shelf. Almost all of Europe and most of Asia sit atop the Eurasian Plate, adjoined on the south by the Arabian and Indian Plate and with the easternmost part of Siberia (east of the Cherskiy Range) on the North American Plate.
In geography, there are two schools of thought. One school follows historical convention and treats Europe and Asia as different continents, categorizing subregions within them for more detailed analysis. The other school equates the word "continent" with a geographical region when referring to Europe, and use the term "region" to describe Asia in terms of physiography. Since, in linguistic terms, "continent" implies a distinct landmass, it is becoming increasingly common to substitute the term "region" for "continent" to avoid the problem of disambiguation altogether.
Given the scope and diversity of the landmass, it is sometimes not even clear exactly what "Asia" consists of. Some definitions exclude Turkey, the Middle East, Central Asia and Russia while only considering the Far East, Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent to compose Asia, especially in the United States after World War II. The term is sometimes used more strictly in reference to the Asia-Pacific region, which does not include the Middle East or Russia, but does include islands in the Pacific Ocean—a number of which may also be considered part of Australasia or Oceania, although Pacific Islanders are not considered Asian.
Asia has the third largest nominal GDP of all continents, after North America and Europe, but the largest when measured in PPP. As of 2007, the largest national economy within Asia, in terms of gross domestic product (GDP), is that of China followed by that of Japan, India, South Korea and Indonesia. However, in nominal (exchange value) terms, they rank as follows: Japan, China, India, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Indonesia. Since the 1960s, South Korea had maintained the highest economic growth rate in Asia, nicknamed as an Asian tiger, becoming a newly industrialized country in the 1980s and a developed country by the 21st century.
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the economies of the PRC and India have been growing rapidly, both with an average annual growth rate of more than 8%. Other recent very high growth nations in Asia include Malaysia, the Philippines, Pakistan, Vietnam, Mongolia, Uzbekistan and mineral-rich nations such as Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Brunei, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Oman.
China was the largest and most advanced economy on earth for much of recorded history,[34][35][36][37] until the British Empire (excluding India) overtook it in the mid 19th century. Japan has had for only several dacades after WW2 the largest economy in Asia and second-largest of any single nation in the world, after surpassing the Soviet Union (measured in net material product) in 1986 and Germany in 1968. (NB: A number of supernational economies are larger, such as the European Union (EU), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) or APEC).
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Japan's GDP was almost as large (current exchange rate method) as that of the rest of Asia combined. In 1995, Japan's economy nearly equalled that of the USA to tie as the largest economy in the world for a day, after the Japanese currency reached a record high of 79 yen/dollar. Economic growth in Asia since World War II to the 1990s had been concentrated in Japan as well as the four regions of South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore located in the Pacific Rim, known as the Asian tigers, which have now all received developed country status, having the highest GDP per capita in Asia.
It is forecasted that the People's Republic of China will surpass Japan to have the largest nominal and PPP-adjusted GDP in Asia within a decade. India is also forecast to overtake Japan in terms of Nominal GDP by 2020.[1]In terms of GDP per capita, both nominal and PPP-adjusted, South Korea will become the second wealthiest country in Asia by 2025, overtaking Germany, the United Kingdom and France. By 2050, according to a 2006 report by Price Waterhouse Cooper, China will have the largest economy in the world (43% greater than the United States when PPP adjusted, although perhaps smaller than the United States in nominal terms).
Trade blocs Edit
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
Asia-Europe Economic Meeting
Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
Natural resources Edit
Asia is the largest continent in the world by a considerable margin, and it is rich in natural resources, such as petroleum, forests, fish, water, rice, copper and silver.
Manufacturing Edit
Manufacturing in Asia has traditionally been strongest in East and Southeast Asia, particularly in mainland China, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, India , Philippines and Singapore. Japan and South Korea continue to dominate in the area of multinational corporations, but increasingly mainland China, and India are making significant inroads. Many companies from Europe, North America, South Korea and Japan have operations in Asia's developing countries to take advantage of its abundant supply of cheap labour and relatively developed infrastructure.
Financial and other services Edit
Asia has four main financial centres: Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore and Shanghai. Call centres and business process outsourcing (BPOs) are becoming major employers in India and the Philippines due to the availability of a large pool of highly-skilled, English-speaking workers. The increased use of outsourcing has assisted the rise of India and the China as financial centres. Due to its large and extremely competitive information technology industry, India has become a major hub for outsourcing.
Religions Edit
Almost all Asian religions have philosophical character and Asian philosophical traditions cover a large spectrum of philosophical thoughts and writings. Indian philosophy includes Hindu philosophy and Buddhist philosophy. They include elements of nonmaterial pursuits, whereas another school of thought from India, Cārvāka, preached the enjoyment of material world. Christianity is also present in most Asian countries.
Asia• Europe• Africa• North America• South America• Antarctica• Australia
Earth's land and water bodies
Continents Asia • Europe • Africa • North America • South America • Australia • Antarctica
Oceans Pacific • Atlantic • Indian • Arctic • Southern (Antarctic)
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The Village of Osgood had a population of 47 as of July 1, 2018. Osgood ranks in the lower quartile for Population Density when compared to the other cities, towns and Census Designated Places (CDPs) in Missouri. See peer rankings below.
The primary coordinate point for Osgood is located at latitude 40.1995 and longitude -93.3472 in Sullivan County. The formal boundaries for the Village of Osgood encompass a land area of 0.18 sq. miles and a water area of 0 sq. miles. Sullivan County is in the Central time zone (GMT -6). The elevation is 817 feet.
The Village of Osgood (GNIS ID: 2399591) has a C1 Census Class Code which indicates an active incorporated place that does not serve as a county subdivision equivalent. It also has a Functional Status Code of "A" which identifies an active government providing primary general-purpose functions.
The Village of Osgood is located within Township of Bowman, a minor civil division (MCD) of Sullivan County.
The table below compares Osgood to the other 1,032 incorporated cities, towns and CDPs in Missouri by rank and percentile using July 1, 2018 data. The location Ranked # 1 has the highest value. A location that ranks higher than 75% of its peers would be in the 75th percentile of the peer group.


Often cheaper (and definitely more unique) than hotels, Airbnb has long been a fantastic way to travel. I've booked everything from a tiny room in Barcelona to an entire California home for my backyard wedding.
And if you're willing to list your own home on Airbnb, you can make a serious amount of cash. I made just over $2,000 last year by listing my San Francisco studio on the weekends my husband and I went camping.
The site is no longer just for personal travel, either. Businesses have started using it for conference travel and employee relocation, and Airbnb just released a new tool to make things easier: Airbnb for Business.
What does that mean for you as a host? If you're strategic with your listing, you can make even more money from these business travelers.
The new tool, which helps companies better track bookings for their employees, means more businesses may start using Airbnb, rather than hotels — meaning more demand for your listing. Whether you have a spare room, a pull-out couch or a full house, visitors traveling to your area for business may want to book your space.
My husband and I earned more than $2,000 last year listing our apartment for a total of 15 days. Every time we opened up an available weekend on the Airbnb calendar, our apartment would be booked within hours. Overall, our experience was amazing. Airbnb's security measures are top-notch, our guests were lovely and I wouldn't hesitate to do it again.
"Business travelers are the best guests," says Christine, a host in Fairfield County, Connecticut who preferred not to use her last name due to the constant regulations controversy.
Christine says around half of her guests are on work trips.
So how do you craft a business-friendly listing? Here are a few tricks to attract the right guests.
If you have a guest room or a second home, consider listing it for longer stints than a few nights. Your earnings will be more consistent, with less turnover — and therefore less work.
To attract longer-staying guests, consider offering a discount. A "relocation package" with a discounted monthly rate will be a lot more appealing to an HR rep than a standard per-night cost.
Research the going rates for furnished apartments in your city on Craigslist, then drop your price accordingly.
First and foremost, provide a fantastic WiFi connection, especially in the room you're listing. Then throw in work-specific items like a bedroom desk or printer.
"I've been miserable at some Airbnbs because I was confined to doing all my activities, including eating, on the bed or the floor," says Christine.
While every guest is different, give them the option for complete privacy so they don't feel forced to interact in common areas or have trouble concentrating on their work.
Also highlight location-related perks, like "walking distance from the conference center" or "Google shuttle right outside the door." These tidbits will be a big selling point for any business traveler.
Many attendees will have a hard time finding accommodation during those times, and if you have a pull-out couch for half the price of a jacked-up hotel room, you could find yourself making some decent money.
This step is so important. Before charging full price for your place, collect ton of positive reviews.
To do this, check the average price of similar rentals in your neighborhood, then lower yours while you gain experience. Once you're a comfortable and experienced host (and have the reviews to prove it), increase your price.
Guests deserve a spotless stay, and most of us aren't huge fans of deep-cleaning. Hiring a cleaner will make it way easier on you.
Guests will ask you for tips on places to visit, restaurants to check out or where to do their dry cleaning.
Make a big list, complete with map, and laminate that bad boy so you don't have to keep reprinting it. I also found it helpful to create little note cards explaining how to use the Vitamix, not to run two appliances at once in the kitchen and where we keep the extra sheets.
Also, put the WiFi password somewhere obvious. No one wants to have to hunt around to get online.
If you're listing a whole house and will be away, you need someone nearby for emergencies. Ask a neighbor to hold onto a spare key or a landlord to help if a fuse blows.
Don't be the host who refuses to provide basic amenities like towels, cooking utensils and hand soap.
Some hosts go above and beyond with a little tea cart, electric kettle and toiletry basket. Be one of those hosts.
I now live in Düsseldorf — the "trade show capital of the world" — and I'm thinking of listing my new apartment on Airbnb. I don't have a spare room, but I do have an air mattress and my husband and I travel a lot. It might be worth it — especially for business travelers.
Your Turn: Would you list your place to business travelers through Airbnb? Have you tried it already? We'd love to hear about your experience!
Marian Schembari is a writer and blogger based in Düsseldorf, Germany by way of San Francisco. She writes about travel, creativity and spends way too much time on the internet.


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Tara Russell is the president of Fathom and global impact lead of Carnival Corporation & plc, the world's largest travel and leisure company. In early 2016, Fathom which pioneered a new category of purpose-driven travel, helped the world fall in love with the northern region of the Dominican Republic and became the first to visit Cuba by ship in nearly 50 years.
Russell generated the idea for Fathom in 2013, and led research, design and development of the brand, business model and experience from January 2014 to launch in June 2015. She now leads Fathom Travel globally as it offers unique travel deep experiences to travelers hungry for meaningful opportunities to connect deeply to those around them, grow themselves, and to become part of a bigger story.
Prior to Carnival Corporation, Russell was Founder and CEO of Create Common Good (CCG), a non-profit social enterprise that provides training and employment to refugees and a wide variety of other populations with barriers to employment. Russell continues to be involved as Chairman of the Board for CCG. In 2007, Russell was part of the founding team of Jitasa, a for-profit social venture that provides affordable financial services to the non-profit industry and has become a profitable, global enterprise serving hundreds of global social sector enterprises, including Boy Scouts of America.
Russell spent four years in Thailand, where she offered pro bono small business development training to nongovernmental organizations. Russell also co-founded NightLight, an international organization that addresses the complex issues surrounding trafficking and prostitution by offering alternative employment, vocational opportunities, life-skills training and physical, emotional and spiritual development to women seeking freedom from human trafficking and sexual exploitation.
Russell started her career with a number of Fortune 500 companies, including roles in product development with Nike; technical sales and marketing at Intel; and engineering and manufacturing with General Motors.


The MRC DTP is organised into four strategic themes (which align to the MRC Strategy and Delivery Plan 2015-2016). The themes are intentionally broad to capture the breath of our research (and infrastructure) and to allow student excellence to be the over-riding selection criterion. The four themes embrace both clinical and non-clincial research, allowing us to offer an exciting and diverse portfolio of research projects.
Theme 1 brings together multiple disciplines in biosciences and medicine to understand the basis for disease which includes approaches centred in both basic and translational research. Our areas of focus include genetics, epigenetics and bioinformatics, immunology and infection, regenerative medicine including cellular therapies, cellular biology especially as it relates to cancer and biophysics. These areas and the interfaces between them are current strengths and priorities for King's.
Theme 2 brings together multiple disciplines across fundamental and clinical neurosciences, psychiatry, and psychology to understand the mechanisms of and interventions for disorders affecting mind and brain. Theme 2 is dedicated to advancing our understanding of the molecular, cellular and functional basis of neurological, neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders and the discovery, implementation and evaluation of novel diagnostic tools and therapeutic interventions.
Projects in this theme span developmental, molecular, cellular and systems neuroscience, neuroimaging, bioinformatics, statistical genetics, epidemiology, and experimental and clinical research. Students can join world-leading labs on topics as diverse as sensory disorders (including pain), neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g. Autism, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), neurodegenerative disorders (e.g. Alzheimer's Disease), experimental medicine in psychiatry (e.g. Psychosis), clinical trials to improve mental health (e.g. Anxiety, Depression, Eating Disorders), quantitative genetics of risk and resilience, data capture from electronic health records, and the social sciences interface with mental health (e.g. environmental effects such as bullying).
Students will have access to cutting edge facilities such as state-of-the-art imaging, cell culture and genome editing facilities. They will acquire a broad range of core research skills and scientific knowledge based on an interdisciplinary approach to teaching and learning in a strong cohort-based environment. Projects span experimental 'wet' laboratory-based research, in-person studies with clinical groups, and computational and bioinformatics-based projects exploiting our unparalleled data-sets and cohorts. We welcome graduates from the life sciences and related disciplines, social science, computer sciences and informatics, and those wishing to combine and enhance their skills across disciplines.
Theme 3 has a bench to bedside approach focusing on cardiovascular and respiratory disease, fetal and maternal health, and diabetes and obesity. Projects have an interdisciplinary ethos and range from studies aimed at linking molecular mechanisms of disease to physiological outcomes, to those exploring the synergies between organ-based physiology disciplines, and include highly translational clinical projects.
A major emphasis of the theme is on how scientific knowledge can to translated to patient benefit hence projects synergize across disciplines often pairing basic cell and molecular biology with physiology, in vivo imaging, computational modelling, medical device and treatment development and biomarker discovery utilising both pre clinical and clinical models. We welcome graduates from across the entire range of science, technology, engineering and medicine who thrive in a mission based research environment who wish to enhance and utilise their skills to advance healthcare.
This theme focuses on the link between biomedical and physical sciences; particularly chemistry, physics, engineering and computational approaches. Clinical and preclinical (in vivo imaging in animals) functional and molecular imaging (MRI, PET, X-MR and PET-MR) is a major strength, along with computational modelling and biomaterials. Students will gain a highly interdisciplinary set of skills (both learining a wide array of interdisciplinary skills and learning to interact as a member of an interdisciplinary team).
Much of the emphasis is on the development of medical imaging methods (radionuclide imaging/positron emission tomography etc., magnetic resonance imaging, optical imaging, ultrasound etc.), biomedical enginering (devices for imaging and medical intervention) and biomaterials (matrices for cell based therapy etc.) that will ultimately be tranlsated into humans; indeed some of the imaging projects directly involve imaging humans (patients and healthy volunteers). We welcome applications from graduate chemists, physicists, computer scientists, mathematicians, engineers, particular those wanting to combine their expertise with other disciplines and those who want to apply it in the healthcare field.


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Q: Get text of listBox.selectedItems? I have a listBox that displays members of a distribution group. I have the listbox setup for multisimple selection to select more than one member. I'm trying to do a loop to get the text of the selected items(index's). Here is my code which works fine for the first item. On the second item it crashes and says "Index was outside the bounds of the array." I will be taking these members and placing them in the To: field of a meeting request. So I need to to be formatted like this: member1;member2. I'm just using the MsgBox to test what I'm getting back. But I'm guessing I would need to add to an array. Please help!
For i = 0 To (myListBox.Items.Count - 1)
        If myListBox.GetSelected(i) Then
            MsgBox(myListBox.SelectedItems(i))
        End If
    Next

A: Re-read the question and I think you want to store this as a string.  This should do what you are looking for:
Documentation on ListBox.Selected()
Dim MailStr as String

MailStr = ""

If myListBox.SelectedItems.Count = 0 Then
    MsgBox "No User Selected"
    Exit Sub
End If
For i = 0 to (myListBox.Items.Count - 1)
    If myListBox.Selected(i) Then
        MailStr = MailStr & myListBox.Items.Item(i) & "; "
    End If
Next i

You can also try:
Dim assets As String

 assets = ""

 For Each item In assetListBox.SelectedItems
        If assets = Nothing Then
            assets = item
            'Outputs 1 item "Member1"
            MsgBox(assets)
        Else
            assets = assets & "; " & item
            'Outputs 2 items in format "member1; member2"
            MsgBox(assets)
        End If
    Next

A: This is what worked the way I want it.
Dim assets As String

 assets = ""

 For Each item In assetListBox.SelectedItems
        If assets = Nothing Then
            assets = item
            'Outputs 1 item "Member1"
            MsgBox(assets)
        Else
            assets = assets & "; " & item
            'Outputs 2 items in format "member1; member2"
            MsgBox(assets)
        End If
    Next

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Meditation means a stable experience of transparent bliss. In meditation, one realizes that one's true identity is pure awareness, blissful and eternal.
Why can't one experience what one really is? Why one requires doing meditation for that?
It is like trying to see what lies at the bottom of a dirty and turbulent lake. How can one see through unless the dirt and agitations cease. The Self is ever shining, but is covered by the agitations of the mind. As soon as detachment and silence happens in the mind, the experience of the Eternal Blissful Awareness takes place.
It can happen through contemplation on the nature of mind. One needs to withdraw from the relative world of thoughts – i.e., one's mental formations of good-bad, sin-virtue, preference-aversion etc. – and attain a state of peaceful fulfilment first. This is a necessary prerequisite. When inner peace is experienced, the knowledge of the Self will shine without much effort.
While contemplating, let the back, neck and head be in a straight line. This ensures alertness.
Don't start the work as soon as you sit. Wait for a while and watch the agitations subside first.
The work should emphasize on the evolution of understanding and not just on concentration.
Use real life situations to integrate and digest the insights gained in meditation.
Even if you are not able to have focus and peace in the beginning, have patience. As the understanding will deepen, meditation will become better.
Sit straight and watch the breath. With the in-breath, mentally say 'This Moment', and with the out-breath, mentally say 'Mindful Moment'. Keep a watch over the other thoughts arising. There will come a time when you will be lost in those thoughts and you will no longer be doing the exercise.
Was I aware when these thought were there?
Do I want to be aware?
This is the first step toward being aware. Most of the time you remain lost in your day dreams. Later on, the deep deconditioning inquiry will help in deepening the meditation further and you will learn to dig out the root-conditionings from these thoughts. That will certainily lead to a state of unconditioned peace, love and freedom, Love and Blessings.


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	public function log_click() {
		global $wpdb, $blog_id;

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						'essb_service' => $service_id,
						'essb_mobile' => $mobile,
						'essb_position' => $position,
						'essb_template' => $template,
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		instance_mobile = true;
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Arizona and Sonora share a common border and an uncommon set of cultures. With both states struggling to make a living out of the harsh Sonoran desert, their approaches to daily life are as different as the United States and Mexico.
Alan Dorow has spent over six years exploring these border states, and reveals a depth of human spirit behind the stark shadows of the desert sun.


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Minutes are subject to change at the March 14, 2003 meeting.
The Nebraska Library Commission held its regular meeting Friday, January 10, 2003 at 9:30 a.m., at the Nebraska Library Commission, Lincoln, Nebraska. Notice of the meeting was submitted to local newspapers (Lincoln Journal-Star, Omaha World Herald), and posted on the Nebraska Library Commission Homepage.
Chair Richard Jussel called the meeting to order at 9:26 a.m. Members present: Richard Jussel, Kristen Rogge, Robert King, Wally Seiler, and Karen Warner. Staff present: Rod Wagner, Nancy Busch, and Maria Medrano-Nehls.
Approval of Agenda: A motion was made to approve the agenda. Motion carried on roll call vote: Warner - aye; Rogge - aye; King - aye; Seiler - aye; and Jussel - aye. Motion approved.
Approval of the Minutes ( November 8, 2002 ): A motion was made to approve the November 2002 meeting minutes. Motion carried on roll call vote: Rogge - aye; King - aye, Seiler - aye, Jussel - aye, Sims-Shipley; and Warner - aye. Motion approved.
Rod Wagner stated that Representative Hoekstra (Michigan) introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives to reauthorize the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), as he did a year ago. Rod stated that he had contacted Nebraska's House members - Bereuter, Osborne, and Terry to ask that they co-sponsor the reauthorization legislation. Erin Duncan, Congressman Osborne's legislative aide, called to say that Congressman Osborne had signed on as a co-sponsor. The LSTA reauthorization bill includes provisions that were agreed to toward the end of the 2002 Congress, but were not enacted before adjournment. LSTA reauthorization legislation has not been introduced in the Senate.
Chair Richard Jussel stated that he attended the State Advisory Council on Libraries (SACL) meeting in Lexington on December 13, 2002.
Richard also stated that he received a copy of an MLS scholarship application from Susan Franklin and a letter thanking the Commission for the scholarship. Other Commissioners stated that they also received a letter from Susan.
Kristen Rogge stated that she also attended the December SACL meeting in Lexington.
Robert King stated the Holdrege Public Library will close on Saturday in order to install a new front desk. The desk was purchased with both memorial and library support funds. Holdrege is going to try an alternative to the bookmobile, including delivery of books by mail.
Wally Seiler stated that the Alliance Public Library staff received training from Gates Foundation library program trainers.
Karen Warner stated that the Norfolk Public Library is hiring a security guard to help address problems that the library has been having.
Personnel - Rod Wagner stated that Mary Jackson will be retiring at the end of February from her long-time position as the Commission's Children and Young Adult Services Coordinator. Rod stated that the Commission will move forward to re-fill the Children and Young Adult Services position. Rod also reported that an announcement was made yesterday that the State and employee union negotiators reached an agreement on the labor contract. The new agreement will include provisions for employee pay and benefit policies for the 2003 - 2005 biennium.
Gates Foundation Library Initiative - Training and computer installations have started, and will continue over the next several months.
State Advisory Council on Libraries meeting - The SACL meeting was held December 13, 2002 in Lexington. Ruth Seward, Lexington Public Library Director and SACL member provided a tour of the public library. Ruth also pointed out the site chosen for a new public library facility. A major meeting topic was state and local budgets. Recognition and Certificates of Appreciation were given to council members completing their second term: John Dale, Lincoln City Libraries; Ken Oyer, Alegent Health-Bergan Mercy Medical Center; Susan Baird, Box Butte Development Corporation; and Stan Gardner, Wayne State College.
Library Personnel Retention and Recruitment Task Force - Rod Wagner stated that the task force met for the first time on November 1, 2002 and will meet again this afternoon. The task force will contribute ideas and recommendations for activities that the Library Commission, Nebraska Library Association, and Nebraska Educational Media Association can pursue to recruit and retain library workers. The task force will also offer ideas and advice on ways to promote library service careers.
Panhandle Library Services Coordinator - Rod Wagner stated that Pam Scott, Nancy Busch, and Panhandle Library System Board representatives will interview an applicant for the coordinator position on January 14, 2003.
State Budget and Legislative Issues - Rod Wagner stated that Governor Johanns will announce his state budget proposals on January 15. Karen Warner asked if Rod had any idea what the budget cuts will be. Rod responded that the Library Commission could expect the Governor to propose a 10% state fund reduction. This would be an across-the-board reduction that would be proposed for most state agencies. Nancy Busch commented that the proposed reduction could be 15%. After the Governor announces his budget proposal the Legislature's appropriations committee will begin development of their recommendations. The Library Commission's budget hearing will likely be in late February or March. The final budget decisions will not be made until May or early June.
A bill is being introduced to provide bond financing for library technology purchases. This has been an interest of the City of Norfolk, especially Mike Nolan, the City Administrator. Senator Bromm has agreed to reintroduce a bill that would allow regional library system employees to participate in the State of Nebraska employee health insurance program.
NLA Legislative Day will be held February 13, 2003. Contacts have been made with Senators to place this event on their calendars. Sally Gardner Reed has agreed to conduct a seminar in the afternoon. Sally is the Executive Director of Friends of the Library-USA, and a Nebraska native (Hastings).
Library Skills Education - Rod Wagner reported that Richard Miller, Pam Scott, and he have met with Nebraska Community College representatives and Becky Pasco from the University of Nebraska at Omaha to discuss community college courses for library skills education. The courses would provide more in-depth training and college credits leading to a certificate or degree. A meeting will be held next week to address course development and steps toward gaining approval from the colleges to offer library skills education.
LSTA National Leadership Grant Applications - Rod Wagner stated that the Western Council of State Libraries will apply for an Institute of Museum and Library Services National Leadership Grant to coordinate library skills training among the western states. The Nebraska Library Commission will also be part of an IMLS National Leadership Grant application with the Nebraska Department of Education to seek funding for a school library media consultant and educational program for Nebraska school library media specialists. The Nebraska project includes participation from the Nebraska Library Association, Nebraska Educational Media Association, and the regional library systems.
Governor's Executive Order re State Contracts - Rod Wagner stated that Governor Johanns issued an executive order in December 2002 regarding state contracts. State agencies are required to use competitive bid processes for state contracts and provide for performance evaluation of services provided through a state contract. The Library Commission has a number of contracts which fall within the scope of the executive order (e.g., regional library system contracts, OCLC, online database licenses).
November and December Budget Reports - Financial reports were included in the meeting packets.
Nebraska guidelines for Young People's Library Services (revised) - Rod Wagner stated that he felt this topic should be deferred because a review is currently being conducted on the accreditation guidelines and there is a question whither the young adult guidelines and the accreditation guidelines should be combined. Rod stated that there should be more opportunity for discussion regarding both sets of guidelines. Rod stated that several Commission staff will be meeting with the Public Resource Library Group next week. Public library accreditation is one of the topics to be discussed with the PRLG.
State Advisory Council on Libraries Appointments - Rod Wagner recommended that Karen Drevo, Steve Davis, and Jeff Gilderson-Duwe be re-appointed for a second term on the State Advisory Council on Libraries. Rod also recommended appointments of Janice Boyer, University of Nebraska at Omaha; Theresa Jehlik, Omaha Public Library; Diana Johnson, Stromsburg Public Library; Becky Pasco, University of Nebraska at Omaha; and Sharon Osenga, Meridian Library System, to the Council. A motion was made to approve the appointments of the individuals recommended. Motion carried on roll call vote: Seiler - aye; Jussel - aye; Warner - aye; Rogge - aye; and King - aye. Motion approved.
March Meeting with State Advisory Council on Libraries - Rod Wagner stated that the meeting is scheduled for March 13 & 14th, 2003, in Kearney. The meeting will start the afternoon of the 13th and end at noon on the 14th. The Commission meeting will be held at 8:00 a.m. on March 14th. More information will be provided closer to the meeting date.
Director's Annual Performance Review - A motion was made to approve a salary increase of 2.5% to the Director's salary. Motion carried on a roll call vote: Jussel - aye; Warner - aye; Rogge - aye; King - aye; and Seiler - aye. Motion approved.
Chair Richard Jussel adjourned the meeting at 11:00 a .m.


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2020 was a global turning point for human rights, but 2021 is the time for action
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Week of 7 December 2020
To mark Human Rights Day 2020, the Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB) released its annual list of ten priority issues in human rights for the coming year. The list reflects the implications of COVID-19 across five key areas: (1) redesigning supply chains; (2) preventing the misuse of COVID-related technology; (3) the crisis of crew change at sea; (4) mass-scale theft of migrant workers' wages; and (5) uncertainties over the future of the modern workplace. It also points to five issues going beyond the challenges posed by the pandemic: (6) the resurgence of state-imposed forced labour; (7) growing climate-driven migration; (8) race-based discrimination at all levels; (9) increasing divides over business standards in key governance areas; and (10) the need for financing just transitions toward a net-zero world.
Ten priority human rights issues for 2021
1. "Resilience for All: Redesigning Supply Chains for a Pandemic-Altered World." Buyers, suppliers and workers across all sectors "were unprepared for the catastrophic disruption of shuttered businesses, locked down economies, and global trade on pause due to COVID-19." Looking forward, it's clear that companies need to do more to be emergency-ready for massive business disruptions and their harmful effects on workers. As the report puts it, "The lesson of 2020 is that if supply chains are at risk then supply chain workers are at risk. The opportunity of 2021 is to place worker dignity at the centre of supply chain transformation plans."
2. "Tracking & Tracing: Preventing Misuse of COVID-Related Tech." New technologies used for contact tracing, digitizing healthcare and data, and research on the spread of COVID helped keep many people safe this year. But at the same time, the large-scale use of these technologies (including by repressive governments and opaque companies) poses serious human rights risks: criminalisation of health care, monitoring and restricting the movement of dissidents, human rights defenders, employees and ethnic minorities, and poor data privacy. In 2021, governments and tech companies will need to reckon with the implications of technology.
3. "Stranded at Sea: Resolving a Humanitarian Crisis." COVID-19 both disrupted and accelerated supply chains, leaving many seafaring workers stranded on ships and unable to come ashore for fear of spreading the disease. Over 400,000 workers remain stranded, with many working up to months beyond their contracts and others prevented from starting contracts; facing a rise in physical and mental health issues and suicide rates; and being compelled into situations of forced labour. In 2021, IHRB predicts more pressure on governments and companies to examine the rights of seafarers and in the case of buyers, to adjust their purchasing practices.
4. "Wage Theft: Standing Up for Migrant Workers in the COVID Crisis." According to IHRB, the disruptions caused by the pandemic resulted in serious labour abuses of low-paid workers, especially migrants: "Urgent reports arose throughout 2020 of workers far from home losing jobs, being forced by employers to take unpaid leave or reduced wages, confined in poor living conditions, and given little choice in whether and when to repatriate." In 2021, "building back better" must include "greater access to justice for migrant workers caught in the continuum of abuse that makes up modern forms of slavery, in particular financial redress for lost wages."
5. "The Office: Making the New Workplace Work for People." Remote work, social distancing requirements and workplace health precautions all posed opportunities and challenges for workers in 2020. Moving forward, employers will need to prioritise the health and well-being of their workforces, from promoting mental health, to protecting frontline essential workers, to ensuring support for working parents and vulnerable workers, such as women in abusive relationships.
6. "Forced Labour: Leveraging Against State-Imposed Human Rights Abuse." 2020 shined a spotlight on the severe human rights violations committed by governments against their populations, including Uyghurs in Xinjiang, cotton workers in Uzbekistan and North Korean labourers in Chinese Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) factories. These abuses are all the more challenging for companies and civil society to address because they are state-sponsored, widespread, and occur in extremely opaque environments. Per IHRB, "The year ahead must see more effective strategies including targeted state-to-state engagement and collaborative partnerships involving all relevant actors."
7. "Climate Migration: Responding to the Reality of Displaced Communities." Climate change continued to worsen in 2020, causing flooding, droughts, storms and extreme temperatures. According to IHRB, "At present, 1% of the world is a barely livable hot-zone. By 2070 that portion could go up to 17%," causing a massive rise in climate-related migration and refugeeism. Governments and companies cannot afford to wait any longer on climate action and in 2021 they must grapple with the urgent human rights impacts caused by climate change, including through policies designed to protect migrants, strengthening climate resilience in urban areas, adapting livelihoods, and—crucially—ensuring a just transition to a net-zero economy.
8. "Race Matters: Addressing Discrimination at All Levels." In 2020, "[t]he Black Lives Matter movement rose to the top of the global agenda in 2020, as incidents of shocking police brutality in US cities captured worldwide attention, and sparked protests across the US and beyond." It spurred a new awakening within some leading companies about their role in reinforcing or benefitting from racial inequality, while others failed to act. In 2021, "Companies will need to demonstrate their commitment in 2021 and beyond to redoubling efforts to fight discrimination. That will require more than advocacy messages on sporting logos or redesigning websites. Society at large, around the world, will be watching the extent to which companies make black lives matter."
9. "Standards Fragmentation: Fighting Against the Divide." Corporate responsibility standards and regulations continued to proliferate in 2020, marking a positive shift towards increased transparency and accountability. At the same time, however, global trade and political uncertainty are clouding the water for these new rules, especially those based on "power politics as well as regional or ideological blocs in important sectors or contexts." In the coming year, "[d]efending and strengthening existing international standards relating to business transparency and good governance, including adherence to environmental, labour, and human rights standards, will be a crucial challenge for 2021 in ongoing times of unprecedented change."
10. "Transition Finance: Maximising the Social Benefits of Net-Zero." A massive amount of investment (up to $3.5 trillion annually, according to the International Energy Agency) is needed to limit the worst effects of climate change in the next decade. According to the IHRB, the opportunities and interest are there—but need to be accelerated by governments as part of a post-COVID economic recovery. Even more importantly, transition finance cannot occur without protecting human rights. In 2021, "[t]he costs – both financial and human – will be far more significant if just transitions fail to take hold. Financing just transitions will require a mix of levers – public, private, and philanthropic capital, with a mixture of state-led incentives and low-cost financing."
Read the full report here: IHRB, Top 10 Business and Human Rights Issues for 2021 (December 2020)
"On international human rights day, 10th December 2020, IHRB's annual Top 10 Business and Human Rights Issues reflects a tumultuous year of pandemic-driven impacts on nearly every facet of life – from health to the economy, from the workplace to global trade."
Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB), Top 10 Business and Human Rights Issues for 2021 (December 2020)
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In the quest to make west Eugene traffic — and West 11th particularly — a smoother ride, LTD is in the process of choosing a route for its west Eugene EmX bus rapid transit. There are four options being considered. Top on its list, seemingly, is sending the EmX from downtown westward on 13th Avenue. West of Garfield, 13th dead-ends into Amazon Creek and the bike path. It is at this juncture the insanity begins. LTD actually wants to run the EmX along the bike path and the Amazon Creek. Unbelievable, I know, but it's true. In other words, LTD, via incredible and outrageous engineering involving altering both the bike path and the creek bed itself, is proposing to ruin and destroy the bike path.
I'm asking bicyclists and all others who use and enjoy the bike path who wish not to be doused with a continual spewing forth of diesel exhaust to help stop this madness. I'm asking all who think a greenway where herons, kingfishers and ducks can be seen and enjoyed to be a good idea if not a vital gem for Eugene, to stop LTD and the City Council from taking a huge and irreversible chunk out of the livability of this city.
Equally preposterously, in order to get to the bike path, LTD needs to dissect and destroy a peaceful quiet neighborhood: 13th Avenue west of Garfield, being a dead-end street, sees no traffic outside of the people who live there. It's not a thoroughfare. Homeowners live here because of the quiet. Families have been living in this awesome little nook for 10, 20, even 30 years. On this part of 13th, there are kids playing in the street, cats along the curb and at least one chihuahua is often found wandering the street keeping us all entertained. All of this would be destroyed.
The vital question: How is the ruination of the bike path as well as the dissection and destruction of a quiet neighborhood going to take one car off West 11th or even slightly aid in solving west Eugene's traffic issues? It won't!
The answer to west Eugene's traffic woes lies in making car traffic flow more fluidly. I wish it were otherwise but this is, after all, car-loving America. It's going to take a more impressive public transportation option than running diesel buses down an already existing greenbelt two blocks off West 11th to get us out of the cars. If there's going to be an enormous construction project, let it enhance car travel in the area and let the public transportation part of it be convenient enough to motivate us car owners to actually use it.
A public transportation option in the area is vital. But it needs to be effective. Even if LTD were to build all four of the options being considered, West 11th would still be an overcrowded mess. Since the car traffic issues are exponentially more profound than anything public transportation can solve, LTD routes, with or without an EmX, need to come after or be a part of a solution for car traffic; not something separate and exclusive.
So please, keep the EmX off the bike path and stop the destruction of a quiet neighborhood. Instead, let's work on solutions that might actually make visiting and shopping along West 11th and traveling to Veneta or the coast a more pleasant experience.
James Lewandoski is a resident of almost 15 years in west Eugene and an educator in 4J schools.


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