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Meditation and Inquiry
Web's Board of Directors
Cindi Smith
has lived in Colorado Springs for 48 years. Her background includes being a professional musician as well as a special education teacher at the elementary level. After retiring from teaching in the Harrison School District in 2004, she continued to offer her talents to the local community by playing music at various local venues. Cindi grew up with a Christian background and has been practicing meditation for the past 25 years. What drew her to Web of Connection was its all-inclusive mission. Cindi currently serves as the Vice Chair of the board of directors and is an active participant in Web's programs, enthusiastically supporting it's interfaith mission. She feels that "our local area is ripe for this type of a community which will focus on compassion, communication, agricultural sustainability, diversity and support for individual and communal growth."
Ivan Mayerhofer currently serves as Treasurer for WEB. He received his PhD in Philosophy from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 2010 and his Master of Arts in Teaching from Colorado College in 2014. He also ordained as a lay Dharma teacher in 2014 after completing the Maitreya Buddhist Seminary with the Buddhist Society for Compassionate Wisdom.Ivan looks to support organizations that foster awareness and development of interdependence, community, and spiritual well-being. WEB is firmly aligned with these values with an emphasis on community, including both our relationships to one another as well as the earth around us. This combination of ecological and social harmony is what excites Ivan most about the current WEB campaign. Colorado Springs has a variety of ecological projects from urban farming to local CSAs and more. But none of these groups provide the spiritual and social grounding that is a missing piece of the ecological puzzle. Ivan looks forward to work toward completing this puzzle here in Colorado Springs as part of WEB and its community projects.
Richard Mee
is a retired entrepreneur. He now serves as the Chair of the Board
of Directors for Web of Connection. For nineteen years, Richard owned and operated an interior design business and retail store in Austin, Texas. He currently runs a small urban farm and 1000 square foot solar greenhouse. For the past three years, he has run a small CSA (community supported agriculture) where he has grown organic food and encouraged the participation of others. Richard says, "My passion is to educate others about the importance of local food sustainability and to encourage people to grow their own food. Promoting healthy body, mind and environment."
Emjae Jeanne currently serves as the secretary for the board of Web of Connection. She has been an active RN for 15 years. Her nursing background includes emergency department, psychiatric, neurology and hospice. She has a firm belief that all people, of every background and
perspective, deserve to experience embodied connection with all beings, including the earth. Emjae's practices towards connection include Buddhism and Yoga. She also enjoys singing in an International Peace Choir.
Ted Pickett currently serves as a member at large on the board for Web of Connection. Ted has been a lifelong observer and questioner seeking to fully experience and understand all that life has to offer. Ted has worked in a wide variety of service related capacities across the country as well as overseas and deeply focuses his energy and passion into whatever is in front of him. Ted strives to foster a diversity of perspectives and a beginners mind approach to open and honest investigation and communication.
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Popular sepsis prediction model works 'substantially worse' than claimed, researchers find
Sepsis, a life-threatening reaction to an infection, is one of the leading causes of hospital deaths in the U.S., and is a key quality measure. Because of this, many hospitals have adopted software tools to predict the onset of sepsis, but there's little published data to evaluate how accurate they actually are.
Researchers at the University of Michigan Medical School aimed to rectify that. They evaluated a sepsis prediction tool developed by Epic Systems that has been implemented at hundreds of hospitals. The results were concerning: They found the model's accuracy was "substantially worse" than Epic claimed, only classifying patients correctly 63% of the time, according to a published paper in JAMA Internal Medicine.
In addition, the model raised sepsis alerts on nearly a fifth of all hospitalized patients, potentially contributing to alert fatigue. Despite the number of alerts, it only identified sepsis in 7% of patients whose diagnosis was missed by a clinician.
"This means that the model was firing significantly often but only had minimal benefit above usual clinical practice," Dr. Andrew Wong, the study's first author, wrote in an email. "Alert fatigue is important because it can interfere with providers' ability to deliver care, dilutes the importance of other alerts in the system, and contributes to physician burnout."
Dr. Anand Habib, a physician at the University of San Francisco who wrote a commentary on the paper, said in a podcast interview that he had personally seen the effects of alert fatigue. For example, the sepsis tool generated alerts for a patient with rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease, because he was short of breath and had a rapid heart rate.
"It seemed like 2 to 3 times a day, there would be warnings in our Epic health record system saying 'is this patient septic?'" he said. "I think it was creating a lot of moral distress and concern on the part of the nursing staff, given that every time this sort of warning sign pops up in Epic, they're wondering, 'are we failing this patient in terms of quality of care?'"
The retrospective study was conducted using data from more than 27,000 patients hospitalized at Michigan Medicine from December 2018 to October 2019. It only included one medical center, but had a relatively diverse cohort of patients.
The Epic Sepsis Model calculates risk scores based on patients' vital signs, laboratory values and other information pulled from electronic health records. It's calculated every 15 minutes. Hospitals can decide which score to use to generate an alert, with lower scores generating more alerts and a higher score threshold potentially missing some patients. Researchers at the University of Michigan used a threshold of 6, where patients would still be considered to have a high risk of sepsis.
Part of the reason for the discrepancy in accuracy might have been because Epic's model was trained using hospital billing codes to measure sepsis outcomes, Wong said. The onset of sepsis was also defined as the time the clinician intervened.
"Historically, hospital billing codes have been notorious for being inaccurate or not reflective of the actual disease processes of hospitalized patients," he wrote. "Because of the inaccurate nature of billing codes, the model is essentially trained to identify which patients will be billed for sepsis, not which patients actually develop the clinical criteria for sepsis."
In response, Epic maintained that its model still helped clinicians provide early interventions for patients, and that its full mathematical formula and model inputs are available to administrators.
It also pointed to a preprint from researchers at the University of Colorado Health, where researchers found that Epic's model was more accurate than their current early warning score system.
In an emailed statement, the company said that the study "did not take into account the analysis and required fine tuning that needs to occur prior to real-world deployment of the model."
The study not only raises broader questions about sepsis prediction tools, but also about how healthcare algorithms are used more broadly at hospitals, often with little regulatory review or outside scrutiny.
Most decision-support software tools are classified as class 2 medical devices, which means that manufacturers only need to establish that they are "substantially equivalent" to an existing device to market them.
In cases where the model isn't being marketed, many of these models haven't been reviewed by the FDA at all. A survey conducted by MedCity News this year found several hospitals used algorithms to predict Covid-19 diagnosis or progression, but none of them were cleared by the FDA.
As more proprietary models are developed and deployed, the onus is currently on hospitals to validate that these tools actually work for their patient population.
"We encourage hospitals to perform their own internal validation studies to see how effective the models are performing in their own systems to guide whether they should in fact be deploying the model," Wong wrote. "Furthermore, it is essential that we externally validate these types of proprietary prediction models before adopting them out of ease or convenience."
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Tannroda ist ein Ortsteil der Stadt Bad Berka im thüringischen Landkreis Weimarer Land. Bis zu seiner Eingemeindung war der Ort selbstständig – seit 1403 mit eigenem Stadtrecht.

Geographie
Tannroda liegt im Mittleren Ilmtal, an der Mündung des Flüsschens Schwarza in die Ilm, am Rande des bewaldeten Teils des Tannrodaer Sattels (Teil der Ilm-Saale-Platte). Im Norden und Osten ist der Ort von ausgedehnten Wäldern umgeben. Südlich der Ortslage befinden sich die Kleinsiedlungen Kottendorf und Böttelborn. Die Klassikerstadt Weimar (17 km) und die thüringische Landeshauptstadt Erfurt (33 km) sind schnell zu erreichen.

Geschichte

Burg und Herrschaft Tannroda
Die hochmittelalterliche Burg Tannroda, über dem südlichen Hang der Ilm erbaut, war die Stammburg der erstmals 1174 genannten Herren von Tannrode. Die ausgedehnte Burganlage stammt wohl noch aus dem 12. Jahrhundert. Seit 1392 wurden die Herren von Querfurt mit der Burg belehnt, ihnen folgte  der als  "Brandmeister von Thüringen" in die Geschichte eingegangene Raubritter
Apel von Vitzthum. Die Burg wurde von einer Streitmacht Erfurter und dem Herzog von Weimar dienender Söldner zerstört. Im 16./17. Jahrhundert entstanden zwei bescheidene Schlösser. Das ziegelgedeckte "Rote Schloss" brannte bald ab, das Baumaterial wurde 1824 zum Bau der neuen Michaeliskirche verwendet. Das schiefergedeckte "Blaue Schloss" wurde Rittergutssitz, 1854 durch die Freiherren von Gleichen-Rußwurm erworben. Der letzte Besitzer, der konservative Publizist  Heinrich von Gleichen-Rußwurm, wurde 1945 auf der Basis der Bodenreform in der SBZ entschädigungslos enteignet.

Nach jahrzehntelangem Verfall mit teilweisen Notsicherungen wurde seit den 1990er Jahren das Schlossgelände Stück um Stück saniert. Der Bergfried (22 m hoch) dient wieder als  Aussichtsturm. Bereits wiederhergestellt ist das Laubengang-Gebäude, in dem durch den 1996 gegründeten, rührigen Heimatverein 1998 das Thüringer Korbmachermuseum eingerichtet wurde. Das "Blaue Schloss" harrt mit teilweise zugemauerten Fenstern eines Investors.
Der Bergfried mit Burgruine, das Schloss und die Michaeliskirche bilden zusammen auf einer Erhebung das Wahrzeichen von Tannroda.

Seit Dezember 2017 werden die Geschicke der historischen Burganlage durch die gemeinnützige Familienstiftung Burg Tannroda geleitet. Familie Bähr hat sich vorgenommen, zu ihren Lebzeiten die initiale Grundlage für eine Wiederbelebung des Ortes zu legen. Ziel ist es, das Ensemble gebäudeweise zu sanieren und einer modularen Nutzung aus Beherbergung, gastronomischer Versorgung, Seminar- und Therapieangeboten, kulturellen Darbietungen und gemeinschaftlichem Wohnen zuzuführen. Das erste Gebäude, der sogenannte Ostflügel, wurde bereits 2019 saniert. Hier befinden sich 4 Wohnungen, 1 Verwaltungsbüro, 2 Seminarräume und eine Gaststätte.

Stadtgeschichte
Zuerst erwähnt wurde der Ort als "Rode" um das Datum 1103/16 in einer Urkunde des Erfurter Petersklosters. Die Siedlung Tannroda entwickelte sich im Schutz der Burg. 1403 wurde das Stadtrecht verliehen. Im Dreißigjährigen Krieg wurde der Ort stark geplündert und verwüstet. Unter Herzog Wilhelm Ernst kamen Stadt und Schloss 1680 zeitweilig unter direkte Landesverwaltung.
Tannroda galt als eine Ackerbürgerstadt, die Korbflechterei hatte eine gewisse Bedeutung. Die gewerblich-industrielle Entwicklung der Stadt erlebte viele Rückschläge, meist durch Stadtbrände verursacht. Die 1799 als Pulvermühle umgenutzte Mahlmühle wurde 1887 durch eine Explosion zerstört, nach 1802 entstanden eine Ziegelhütte, einige Holzverarbeitungsbetriebe, eine Metallfabrik, eine Kunstemaille-Fabrik und 1906 eine Papierfabrik. Um 1923 erheblich erweitert wurde die Papierfabrik größter Betrieb in Tannroda, sie wurde 1992 geschlossen und 2011 zurückgebaut. Das Korbmachergewerbe erlosch 1990. Arbeit vor Ort bieten die Edelstahlbau GmbH, ein Holzverarbeitungsbetrieb und ein Agrarunternehmen. Im Jahr 1994 wurde Tannroda nach Bad Berka eingemeindet, zuvor war der Ort selbstständig und hatte bereits seit 1403 das Stadtrecht inne.

Ortsteilbürgermeister ist seit 2014 Günter Schmieder.

Wappen
Auf ungegliedertem Schildhaupt in Weiß (heraldisch: in Silber) auf grünem Boden eine Tanne.
Tannrodaer Wappen und Siegel mit diesem Bild sind nachweislich seit dem 15. Jahrhundert in Gebrauch.

Sehenswürdigkeiten
 Die Stadtkirche St. Michael stammt aus dem Jahr 1825, sie wurde nach Plänen des herzoglichen Baumeisters  Clemens Wenzeslaus Coudray auf dem Lindenberg errichtet.
 Die Burg Tannroda mit Bergfried, Ruinen der Wehranlagen und Korbmachermuseum.
 Der Bahnhof Tannroda ist ein Bauwerk im Historismus-Baustil.

Verkehr

Tannroda liegt an der Landesstraße 3087 Ilmenau–Bad Berka, einem früheren Teilstück der B 87. Seit 1887 hat Tannroda einen Bahnanschluss an der 25 Kilometer langen Ilmbahn (ursprünglich Weimar-Berka-Blankenhainer-Eisenbahn) nach Weimar und seit 1888 nach Kranichfeld. Tannroda liegt am Ilmtal-Radweg.

Persönlichkeiten

Söhne und Töchter der Stadt
 Georg Sibutus (* um 1480 in Tannroda; † nach 1528), Humanist und neulateinischer Dichter
 Karl Wintzer (* 1812 in Tannroda, † 1890 in Weimar), evangelischer Theologe
 Walter Kießling (* 1892 in Tannroda, † 1966 in Göttingen): Jurist, Politiker und Oberbürgermeister von Gera 1933–1936 und von Erfurt 1936–1945
 Ilse Propf (* 1912 in Tannroda, † 1988 in Köthen), Malerin und Grafikerin
 Gerhard Kaiser (* 1927 in Tannroda; † 2. August 2012), Germanist
 Kurt Weyh (* 1952 in Tannroda; † 21. Dezember 2014), Politiker (SPD) und thüringischer Landtagsabgeordneter

Personen, die mit Tannroda in Verbindung stehen
 Apel III. Vitzthum (* 1425; † 1474), Territorialherr und Besitzer von Tannroda, ließ in Kämpfen gegen Kurfürst Friedrich das Städtchen abbrennen

Sonstiges
 Bis 1823 befand sich auf dem Tannrodaer Kirchberg am Rande der Altstadt die Sankt-Anna-Kapelle. Die Sage berichtet von der unglücklichen Liebe einer Anna von Tannrode, die mit einem Knappen in die Fremde zog, weil die Eltern dem Paar ihren Segen verweigert hatten. In Reue und Verzweiflung gelobten die Eltern später den Bau der Kapelle, diese Anna war, so hatte man erfahren, unverheiratet in ein Kloster eingetreten.

Literatur
 Hans Patze, Peter Aufgebauer (Hrsg.): Handbuch der historischen Stätten Deutschlands. Band 9: Thüringen (= Kröners Taschenausgabe. Band 313). 2., verbesserte und ergänzte Auflage. Kröner, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-520-31302-2.

Einzelnachweise

Weblinks

 Private Website zum Stadtteil

Ort im Landkreis Weimarer Land
Ehemalige Gemeinde (Landkreis Weimarer Land)
Bad Berka
Ort an der Ilm (Saale)
Ersterwähnung 1103
Gemeindeauflösung 1994
Stadtrechtsverleihung 1403

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Charles Molesworth on Countée Cullen: "one of the most modest of" New York writers
Charles Molesworth
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Reader's Almanac continues its presentation of remarks offered at the 2013 New York State Writers Hall of Fame induction ceremony with a tribute to the poet Countée Cullen by Charles Molesworth, author of And Bid Him Sing: A Biography of Countée Cullen (2012). For forty years a professor at Queen's College in New York City, Molesworth has also written biographies of Alain Locke and Marianne Moore.
Most of the writers we admire and celebrate are vigorous opponents of cliché and pre-set ideas. At the same time many of these writers are drawn to a love of tradition, to a fascination with artistic forms that have been passed down for generations. Countée Cullen was a writer who held both allegiances: to a literature that would be new and fresh, and to a literature that would repay the debts it owed to previous writers. For Cullen specifically, these two impulses were displayed in the way he committed himself to being both a black writer and a traditional lyric poet. Of course, today it may look easy to combine these two differing aspects of a single vocation, but for Cullen it was a life's work, and, frankly, it exhausted him. And when he was exhausted as a lyric poet, around the mid-1930s, he still remained a writer, working diligently to keep that definition of himself alive and active.
However, such a brief sketch doesn't say it all. For Cullen also had to push back hard against the charge by some that he was less than proud to be a black man, and that his commitment to poetry was a fruitless commitment to a set of exhausted, old-fashioned forms, and that he gave up on his talent and his early fame because of these charges. The strongest charge of all against Cullen came when Langston Hughes, his friend and fellow poet, accused him—without using his name—of wanting to be a white poet. This charge was grossly unfair, but why Langston made it is beyond the scope of our remarks tonight. Acknowledging Cullen's accomplishments gives us a chance to reassess and remember Cullen's quiet resolve in keeping faith with his vocation. Cullen was, after all, one of the most modest of all the famous writers who have lived in New York.
Another word or two about Cullen and the task of keeping the artistic faith. We see this persistent faith if we recall how completely this shy and gentle man was a New York writer. He went to a New York City public school, where he won the first of his many local and national poetry prizes and went on to become the unofficial poet laureate of Harlem; he graduated Phi Beta Kappa from a university named after New York; he taught in the New York Public Schools for more than a decade and gave to his Harlem students his love of writing; he wrote a quite brash novel about society in a New York neighborhood divided into two classes, upper and lower; he wrote two children's books, both of them witty and sly and instructive; and most important of all—if we especially want to recall his brave persistent commitment to his craft—he spent more than ten years as a playwright, longing to see a Broadway production of his play—something that didn't occur until four months after he died, in 1946. And oh yes, one more thing: for a brief period he wrote a gossip column, that most noteworthy of New York forms. Called "The Dark Tower," it appeared in Opportunity, where it was really more than a gossip column, it was a celebration of Harlem, of the New York stage, of our diversity as citizens, and the poems and pictures we make of ourselves as creatures of vanity and grace.
His Collected Poems have just been published by The Library of America, and his correspondence with friends and fellow writers is being put on line and will be available for all off us to examine and discuss and bring more and more into the light. So we rightly recognize that Cullen was preeminently a New York writer, and that he would be modestly proud of joining his fellow writers in this hall of honor.
At a June 4 ceremony here in midtown Manhattan, The Empire State Center for the Book formally inducted eight writers into the New York States Writers Hall of Fame, which it established in 2010 to recognize New York-born or based poets, novelists, journalists, and historians who have made an indelible mark on our culture. The class of 2013 included living writers Marilyn Hacker, Alice McDermott, Walter Mosley, and Calvin Trillin, as well as James Fenimore Cooper, Countee Cullen, Miguel Piñero, and Maurice Sendak.
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Few or no program details: If an organization is asking the grant writer (who is not a program director) to make up program details, that's a telltale sign of disaster.
A weak board of directors: If the board is small and does not include relevant experts, that can spell trouble. The board should also contribute their own donations and help connect the organization to other donors and funders.
A shifting mission: A nonprofit should never change its programs or its mission to fit a grant opportunity. Nor should a nonprofit create a program to fit a specific grant. It's just not best practice and shows a lack of grant savvy.
Sustainability: Foundations want to know that they are not "alone" in the initial project funding and that you will be able to sustain the project after the grant period. Do you have a history of successful fundraising and a plan for future funding? While funders ask for plans for the specific program, it's often enough to show a successful track record and a strong case for future for growth.
Program Effectiveness: Well defined activities, objectives, and measurable outcomes tell the funder what you do, why you do it, and how the results will positively impact the community. Can you show, based on the experience of your own agency and others, why your approach works? What is your reputation for success in the community and with the specific funder? For a brand new organization, you won't have historical data for your organization, but you can show that your approach has been successful in the field at large and that you have the expertise and capacity to replicate or build on those models.
Leadership: A strong, knowledgeable, and engaged board and executive director help to build an effective, successful organization. For a brand new organization, the board may fill the roles of both governance and operations. All board members should be contributing financially and tapping their networks to support the agency. Board involvement is typically a key indicator of stakeholder involvement and community engagement.
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Peter is a director at Henslow, Oaklins' member firm in Australia. He has over 25 years' experience in corporate finance advisory in the industrial and resource sectors, having advised large and small corporate firms in fields such as technology, recruitment, business services, agribusiness (sugar, grains, wine), waste management, oil & gas, minerals, facilities maintenance, media (outdoor advertising, newspapers, radio, television), engineering services and healthcare (imaging diagnostics, private hospitals). Notable deals Peter has advised include Tokyo-based NTT Data Corporation on the acquisition of Extend Technologies and Hess Group of Switzerland in their bid for ASX-listed Peter Lehmann Wines. More recently, he advised Maggie Beer on its divestment to Longtable Group (ASX:MBH) and Byron Energy (ASX:BYE) on debt and equity raisings and joint venture arrangements in its path to becoming a Gulf of Mexico oil and gas producer.
From 2000, Peter was a principal and director at Baron Partners, which merged with Henslow in 2018. Through the 1990s, Peter held senior positions in the corporate advisory team of Hambros Australia, following on from advisory experience gained with boutique merchant bank Gresham Partners and audit and accounting roles with Deloitte in the UK and Australia. Peter has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Strathclyde University and is a qualified chartered accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. He also successfully completed the membership qualifications for the Financial Services Institute of Australasia.
pfraser@henslow.com
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This is an inspired design by my mother.This necklace evokes the ethereal sky.- very richly Feminine design -By reflects colors: blue- freedom, neatness- white, red- passion.
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This is a necklace, made for my Mother-in-Law. It features the names of her son & daughter and their spouses, along with the Swarovski birthstone to commemorate each or our birth months. (My husband and I share December birthdays, so only 1 December stone was used.) This is a fun, delicate & dainty way to showcase her most prized "possessions" — her children!
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My mom stays in India. I miss her and I will miss her specially in Mother's day. I made this nice jewelry set and I sent it to her. She was very happy and emotional to see this and it is very special to her. She loves this design.
I have seen my mom make jewelry and different craft work when I was little. She used to make varieties of clay beads and crafted different design on them. Sometimes she use to use glass edge,bowl edge, small piece of wire to make disign. She did not have specific tools to make such kind of things. She is very expert at it. My mom likes crystal jewelry and she likes jhumka too. So I just join these two concepts together.
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This design is inspired by someone that is like a mom to me. The courage that she exhibited through her personal battle against cancer and through her routine follow-ups is remarkable. The name of this piece is called Hope Eternal – because until there is a cure, we all hold on to HOPE!
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I like the mix of chunky with smooth. A very substantial necklace (necklace #1).


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The Honeymoon-Uran-Mine ist ein Bergwerk zur Gewinnung von Uranerz im östlichen South Australia, gelegen zwischen Broken Hill und dem südlichen Lake Frome etwa 600 km nordöstlich von Adelaide und 300 km östlich von Port Augusta. Der Uranabbau der Honeymoon-Uran-Mine begann im Jahr 2011. Sie war bis 2013 die vierte aktive Uranmine in Australien. Sie wurde wegen sinkender Rohstoffpreise geschlossen.

Geschichte
Die Uranvorkommen von East Kalkaroo (910 t Uranoxid) und Yarramba (300 t) wurden von der Gesellschaft Sedimentary Uranium entdeckt, die allerdings für eine wirtschaftliche Ausbeute nicht die nötige Größe besaßen. Im November 1972 wurden die Uranvorkommen im Gebiet Honeymoon (3.300 t), 75 km nordwestlich vom "Broken Hill", und im Jahr 1973 die größten Uranvorkommen im Gebiet "Gould Dam" (17.640 t) entdeckt. Zwischen 1973 und 1979 wurden 250 Erkundungsbohrungen durchgeführt.

Vorkommen
In dem Gebiet gibt es mehrere Uranlagerstätten in Sandstein in unterschiedlicher Größe: Honeymoon, East Kalkaroo, Yarramba und Gould's Dam. Zunächst handelte es sich lediglich um das Vorkommen von Honeymoon, doch die kanadische Gesellschaft Southern Cross Resources führte die Vorkommen, die auf etwa 22.000 Tonnen geschätzt werden, zu einem Projekt zusammen.

Abbaumethode
Kleinere Uranlagerstätten in Sandgestein können durch Lösung (englisch: in-situ leaching) ökonomisch erschlossen werden und dieses Verfahren soll in diesem teilweise vereinzelten Lagerstätten angewendet werden. Nach Bohrungen in den Erzkörper wird oxidierendes Fluid eingeleitet, das das Uran mobilisiert. Die Lösung wird in den äußeren Bereich des Erzkörpers über Injektionsbohrungen eingebracht, die sich im Außenbereich des Erzköpers befinden. Im Zentrum des Erzkörpers werden die Bohrungen niedergebracht, die die uranhaltige Lösung fördern. Damit soll eine Strömung des Fluids zum Zentrum der Lagerstätte sichergestellt und eine unkontrollierte Verbreitung im Gestein verhindert werden. Angelegt werden im Umfeld der Lagerstätte weitere Bohrungen, mit denen überwacht wird, um zu verhindern, dass es zu einer Kontamination im Umfeld der Lagerstätte kommt.
Um das Verfahren anzuwenden, muss der Erzkörper durch undurchlässiges Gestein nach oben und unten abgeschlossen sein, außerdem sollte der Erzkörper nach oben und unten durch undurchlässige (tonige) Gesteine begrenzt sein. Ist dies der Fall, fällt bei Anwendung dieses Verfahrens kein Abraum an.

Politik
Da der Uranabbau bei der Anti-Atomkraft-Bewegung in Australien und der Bevölkerung umstritten ist, fand vom 14. bis 16. Mai 1982 eine Blockade des Abbaugebiets statt. Im März 1983 kam John Bannon von der Australian Labor Party (ALP) in Südaustralien an die Macht und aufgrund der sogenannten Drei-Minen-Politik der ALP wurde der Abbau nicht genehmigt. Am 17. März 1998 erlaubte die Regierung von South-Australia den Uranabbau als Pilotprojekt von 115 Tonnen jährlich. Die Honeymoon-Mine mit dem geringsten Volumen hat die Kapazität von 400 Tonnen Uranoxide jährlich in den nächsten 5 bis 7 Jahren.

Im April 2009 genehmigte der Premierminister Mike Rann von South Australia den Uranabbau, nachdem die ALP zwei Jahre zuvor die Drei-Minen-Politik aufgegeben hatte. Der Abbau des Urans erfolgte durch die Southern Cross Resources Inc., die im Dezember 2005 mit der Aflease Gold and Uranium Resources of South Africa zur internationalen Gesellschaft SXR Uranium One mit Sitz in Kanada aufgingen.
Das AUD $138 Millionen teure Honeymoon-Projekt wird von Uranium One mit 51 % Anteilen und der japanischen Mitsui & Co mit 49 % betrieben.

Betrieb
2011 wurde der Abbau mit 151 Tonnen begonnen. 2013 wurde der Uranabbau eingestellt, da er aufgrund fallender Rohstoffpreise nicht mehr rentabel war.

Siehe auch
Uranabbau in Australien
Anti-Atomkraft-Bewegung in Australien

Weblinks
Uranium Mining and Processing in SA
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HISTORYMAKER Homes is excited to be part of Humble's Balmoral master-planned community, which will feature one of the state's – and country's – first Crystal Lagoons projects.
The lagoon amenity promises a resort lifestyle for the entire family. The lagoon will offer crystal clear beaches and white sands, along with cabana seating and opportunities to paddle board, sail, kayak, and swim. There will be a 3,000-square-foot clubhouse and boardwalk circling the lagoon. Families can also enjoy sand volleyball and lighted tennis courts.
From the Grand Parkway, take Beltway 8 John Ralston exit left on Lockwood continue on to Woodland Hills Drive. Go about a half a mile down and take a right on Balmoral Hills. Take a left on Royal Gate. Take a right on Talman Run and a left on Trumball Manor.


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Germany to Take on Tesla With Gigafactory Rival
Taking inspiration from Tesla Inc.'s Gigafactory, German executives are gearing up for the introduction of a new work space for a lithium-ion battery plant.
Terra E Holding GmbH will choose one of five candidate sites in Germany or a neighboring country next month to build its 34 gigawatt-hour battery factory, Frankfurt-based Chief Executive Officer Holger Gritzka said in an interview. The former ThyssenKrupp AG manager has helped to assemble a consortium of 17 German companies and won government support for the project, which will break ground in the fourth quarter of 2019 and reach full capacity in 2028, he said.
The decision to introduce or set up this factory, is the latest sign from the world's fourth largest economy that, it is setting itself up for a new phase of energy revolution. Stabilizing the intermittent flows of wind & solar power across electricity networks is the main aim of this process by using Lithium influenced ion batteries. They're also projected to power millions of plug-in cars expected to roll off German production lines beginning early next decade.
"We have to be better in process technology than competitors, a constant step ahead," said Gritzka, who emphasized that Terra E will be counting on Germany's competitive edge in manufacturing robotics and automated production to make money.
Global battery-making capacity is set to more than double by 2021, reaching 278 gigawatt-hours, up from about 103 gigawatt-hours in the second quarter, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Asia electronics makers including South Korea's LG Ltd. and Samsung SDI Co. currently control the market. Tesla will become the world's No. 2 battery maker once it finishes building its $5 billion, 35 gigawatt-hour Gigafactory in Nevada, according to the London-based researcher.
Terra E will be seeking strategic investors that are attracted by the government-paid research embedded in Terra's technology and Chancellor Angela Merkel's endorsement of the company, said Gritzka. In May, Merkel broke ground at another 500 million-euro plant to assemble lithium-ion energy-storage units for Daimler AG, which produces Mercedes-Benz and Maybach luxury cars.
Terra E will focus its batteries on stationary units, Gritzka said. The project aims to tap an emerging market for mobile and non-automotive power and storage, said Gritzka. The bet rests on projected faster demand for lithium storage in the next decade.
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Tamin Jones is a London-based photographer that I've come across a while ago.
His style is very close to what I personally like the most. No over usage of props, no harsh editing, soft light, rural feel, wooden materials, meals full of vegetables.
I'd call his work very consistent mainly because of the color palette you can find in all his images.
A combination of natural, earthy tones. Shades of green, brown, blue, gray. Sometimes even with a pinch of contrasty red or yellow, which makes a perfect sense.
You can find his work either on his portfolio website or check out his Instagram.


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New Pepsi website flatters Windows 8!
It's a funny thing to see the new UX look and feel of Windows 8 as the core style on a major web site like http://pepsi.com. Flattery is the best form imitation for politicians. For designers, imitation is the best form of flattery. When our UX team goes to http://pepsi.com they are surely flattered.


I usually describe myself as a recovered Catholic.
To live the remainder of my life in service to my fellow man through liberating education.
I was raised on a farm a very strict Catholic. An intolerance of diversity was something I very much subscribed to until about 18 years ago after the death of my daughter, then five and a half years old. I questioned everything. I broadened my horizons so much that almost everything became acceptable even lying, cheating and many other excesses. I felt the need to express all the subjugated whims and fantasies denied in earlier times. The pendulum of my life which was so right wing swung a full 180 degrees. Some people have suffered, including me.
Now I find myself in an effort to rein it all in and make sense of it all. I have sold many assets and invested them. I am very interested in any and all innovative technologies that might give humanity more freedom from abuse, hardship and ignorance, physically, ethically and spiritually.
Presently I feel a certain degree of fulfillment in the taxi business, meeting and speaking with a diverse range of humanity and the myriad of situations they find themselves in....but somehow it is not quite enough. There is a yearning in my soul to be more, do more, risk more, express more and share more. My friend and confidante assures me that all I need do is relax into life and when my life's purpose is with me I WILL know. Is there something else I should be doing to ensure that clarity and conviction of my true purpose in life will soon dawn on me? Thank you for the work you do.
Yes there is something you can do - not just think, speculate and ponder but ACT. One's life purpose is like a ship that needs to go on a journey to an unknown destination. Through pondering and wondering you are keeping your ship in the harbor. You need to raise the sail and steer the ship out through the harbor wall into the vast ocean and let the wind and waves help determine your destination.
One's life purpose cannot be known through mere speculation, because one's purpose is a direction that leads to a destination and direction can only come into play when we act as well as think. If you feel you have a life purpose and you have a hunger in your soul, you need to let that hunger "speak" to you. Ask that hunger what it needs and how it can express itself in a way that will feed those needs. Then ACT on the slightest hints of a direction by DOING SOMETHING.
I have a friend in Dublin, who went to see my Guru, Sai Baba, in India. Sai Baba asked him what he was doing with his life. He was tempted to lie, (for he was doing nothing constructive), but he knew this would be futile since Sai Baba, through his omnipresence, already knew the truth, - so rather tentatively he said "Nothing Swami". Sai Baba immediately admonished him and told him to do something. "But what will I do?" he replied, confused. Sai Baba, emphasizing his comment by gesticulation of his arms, shouted "ANYTHING."
You have already stated your aspiration, "To live the remainder of my life in service to my fellow man through liberating education." I want to give you the same advice as Sai Baba offered... do something - anything - along the lines of your aspiration and your Heart will soon tell you if you are pointed in the right direction. Once the ship has left the harbor and set out on its journey, you are then able to tack this way and that, steer to avoid the rocks and set a new course to benefit from a favorable wind. But while you are in the harbor nothing can happen!
To help you I suggest you do our top recommendation for finding your life's purpose, the Life On Purpose home study course. Doing this course will help you become clear about your values (this is one of the ways your soul speaks to you), and then support you in designing a life that is a true reflection of those values. The course will help you set your sails and take you out of the harbor. Then you will not be on your own as you begin your journey. You will still be captain of your ship but you will also have a skilled crew on board: this is the value of the course and its wide range of resources for supporting students on their path. This will make setting out on our journey into the unknown much easier and faster. I recommend you sign up for this course straight away and begin a brand new adventure in living.


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Omorgus crotchi är en skalbaggsart som beskrevs av Edgar von Harold 1871. Omorgus crotchi ingår i släktet Omorgus och familjen knotbaggar. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Today my first book is published, The Spell of the Horse. Thank you to Linda's Book Bag for the opportunity to write a guest blog to mark this special occasion. You can read Linda's review of the book here. Details of other reviews can be found on the Spell of the Horse page.
Writing a book, never mind publishing one, was beyond my wildest dreams a few years ago. When someone suggested that I should do so, to tell the story of how I came to do what I do for a living, I laughed with a self deprecating tone. 'Yeah, sure!' Owning a horse, too, was once a longing I thought would never be met. I still remember vividly the moment that my first horse Delilah was mine, after parting with way more money than I should have done. I was 28 years old and gazed at her over the top of her stable door with the adoration and wonder of a 6 year old.
My passion and respect for horses has only grown stronger over the intervening years and those I have known have helped me to be who I am. Now I work as a horse-led therapist and coach – a vocation which I wasn't even aware could exist until many years into my career. The Spell of the Horse reveals how this path emerged for me and what horses have taught me, and others, about living a life with purpose and joy.
Writing The Spell, as I call her, took me on an emotional rollercoaster which I had not bargained for at the outset. Fear of failure and of being judged paralysed me at times, and almost stopped me signing my publishing deal. Yet continue I did and today The Spell is set free in the world to do her work. I hope that if you read her you will enjoy the stories and be captivated by the wonderful horses and people you encounter.
Perhaps the biggest surprise of all for me, in this writing journey, is that receiving praise for my book, and owning it, is a lot harder than hearing criticism (although I should like to add that if you do like my book please do tell me via the review pages!) This has led me to reflect on how it isn't fear of failing which holds many of us back, it is the fear of being as great as we can possibly be. Because if you embrace your greatness fully, who knows what might happen?!
So today, do something to reach for your dream. That thing that you long for but feels out of reach. Why should you not have it? Be open to the path which is unfolding before you and trust where it is taking you, you are probably not even aware of your likely destination yet. Open your heart to receive and offer praise. Step into your own potential, and help those around you to do the same. And if a horse is still an unfulfilled childhood dream, remember…it is never too late!
Pam Billinge is a coach, facilitator, therapist and author, helping people and organisations be their best, through the Spell of the Horse.
Her first book, the Spell of the Horse is published by Blackbird Books and is available on Amazon, Goodreads and on order from Waterstones and all good bookstores.


I have been doing professional Psychic Angel Readings for over 20 years. From the first day I started, I was successful. At first, I was very surprised, because I didn't realize that people would respond so positively and so quickly, because at that point, I didn't even have a business card, and it came up in conversations with people quite by accident. But people did respond, so much so, that I made some business cards and started handing them out to people wherever I went.
When I offered my card, people were extremely thankful, and usually wanted to schedule with me right away. That was the reason I started to realize that people were very open to me and were more than willing to come to me for a Psychic Angel Reading. I've since learned why that is, but at the time, I felt very amazed about the strong, positive response both before the Psychic Angel Reading and after.
She told me there would be a featured presentation on the following Friday evening and asked me to come to the event and bring my Psychic Reader resume with me. With her encouragement, I went home and wrote my resume and a few days later, took it with me to the presentation.
When I got there, I handed my resume to the same shopkeeper, who again was there, and she directed me to the room where the presentation was to be held. That evening, Tess, the lady who owned Stargazers was the one giving the presentation, and the topic of the evening was Voice Dialogue, a technique of hypnosis that I wasn't familiar with. This presentation unexpectedly brought about a major change in my life as it helped me to almost immediately get out of an unhappy relationship I'd been in for many years.
Voice Dialogue is a technique that brings the client's various personality parts to the surface, and allows the client to understand more of who they themselves really are and why they do the things they do. This allows the client to see what aspects of themselves have been blocking their happiness and use this information to change their life for the better.
That evening, during Tess's presentation, she asked for a volunteer from the audience to come to the front of the room and my hand shot up. This was amazing to me because at that time in my life, I was very shy, and taking part in a demonstration of that kind would normally have been completely out of the question for me considering my shyness at that time. Nevertheless, my hand shot up as if by divine intervention, and Tess immediately chose me to come to the front.
Since Tess didn't know me at the time, I'm sure she had no idea whatsoever of the potential outcome of the demonstration, but what happened that night was amazing. I realized I'd been giving my personal power away to my (then) husband, and that he had been unfairly and unjustly taken advantage of me and treating me badly. For this reason, I was very unhappy.
One week later, I left my marriage. This is something I should have done years before, but ironically, it took Tess's help and the Voice Dialogue form of hypnosis to finally wake me up and cause me to realize I had the right to get out and start my life anew. I had the right to be happy.
So one week after that event, I took my kids and moved in with a friend. However, due to the intensity of the situation, I totally forgot about my application to work at the metaphysical bookstore as an in-house Psychic Reader. It completely slipped my mind.
Then, one evening I received a phone call from Pam, who had diligently worked to track me down, since my phone number had changed. But because she was so impressed by my credentials as stated on my resume, she worked hard to find me, with the result that she got my new phone number at my friend's house, and called me there.
Pam then asked me if I'd be willing to come to the metaphysical bookstore and give her a "test drive" demonstration of my Psychic Reading skills.
I agreed and booked the appointment. When the appointment occurred and I gave her a Psychic Angel Reading, the accuracy of the information coupled with the emotions the information brought up in her caused Pam to cry. She wept because, not only was my reading completely accurate, (as she stated), but it also touched her very deeply.


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Rantology is a compilation album by American industrial metal band Ministry. The album is made up of remixes of the band's singles and best known songs - with the exception of track 2 ("The Great Satan") which was first released here and became a live staple.

Track listing

Tracks 13, 14, and 15 are live versions taken from the Sphinctour live album.

Personnel
Al Jourgensen - vocals (1-7, 9-15), guitars (1-7, 10-12), bass (2), drum programming (2), lead guitar (8), slide guitar (8, 9), production, remixing, mastering
Mike Scaccia - guitars (1, 3-8, 12), lead guitar (1, 2, 6), bass (6)
Martha Cooper - feature vocals (1)
John Monte - bass (3, 7)
Mark Baker - drums (3, 7)
Paul Barker - bass (4, 5, 8-11, 13-14), programming (4, 5, 8-11), keyboard bass (15)
Bill Rieflin - drums (4, 8)
Michael Balch - programming (8)
Gibby Haynes - vocals (8)
Louis Svitek - guitar (9, 11, 13-15)
Rey Washam - drums (9, 11, 13-15)
Max Brody - drums and percussion (10, 11), programming (10)
Adam Grossman - guitar (10)
Zlatko Hukic - guitar (13-15)
Duane Buford - keyboards (13-15)
Darrell James - programming & assistant engineer
Dave Donnelly - mastering
Marco A. Ramirez - engineer
Jeff Magid - compilation producer
Paul Elledge - photography & art direction
Tim Bruce - design

References

2005 remix albums
Albums produced by Al Jourgensen
Ministry (band) albums
Sanctuary Records remix albums


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Microreview [book]: Sounding Dark by Jo Graham
A diverse set of heroes fighting against an interstellar tyranny combine with inventive and richly mythic worldbuilding
Steel Captain Adelita Massacre has a problem. As one of the captains in the small fleet of the half-pirate, half-freeport world of Eresh, it is her duty to protect her people against the looming Calpurnian threat that might roll like a tide over them at any time. Eresh is a small world, with a tiny fleet, and their freedom is precarious. And so when the Captain investigates the remnants of an attack on the Eresh fleet, she is certain this is the opening gambit in a full scale attack on her world and those she has been charged to protect.
Bister also has a problem. She is the sole survivor after that space battle: but a survivor who lasted far beyond the capacity of her emergency space suit. Even weirder, she is not a Calpurnian or from the Eresh forces at all, but a former Eresh prisoner on board one of the Calpurnian ships, the only one the Eresh managed to destroy in the conflict. Her inexplicable survival may be tied to her devotion to The Lady of the Void. The Lady of the Void is not commonly revered these days, even on Eresh. But if the Lady had saved Bister...why? And what does she want?
The fate of Adelita, Bister, and the inhabitants of Eresh and beyond may lie in finding and harnessing a legendary ghost ship to help fight the Calpurnians: the titular Sounding Dark.
Sounding Dark starts off first and foremost with an interesting set of characters. Bister, the plot driver for many of the novel's events, is a character who thinks she knows herself, but the unexpected survival puts her on a path that she is winningly both confident and forthright about... and still, humanly vulnerable and unsure what her position and her role really are, or should be. She is also the "well connected" character who forges bonds and connections across the spectrum of Eresh society and gives the reader hooks to understand those she interacts with. She is undoubtedly the heart of the novel and the primary point of view.
Captain Adelita Massacre, as the face of the expedition by Eresh, is the bold and strong starship captain that you wish, even two decades after Captain Janeway, was more common in space opera. I particularly liked her connection to her fellow Captain Tal Robber, who winds up going through some troubles of his own as the Calpurnians move in. As the novel progresses. Tal's role in the narrative shrinks a bit, and I think that is a bit of a missed opportunity on the part of the novel, but what we see gives a good contrast to the events going on during the search for Sounding Dark.
And even within the names of those characters, Graham unfolds rich and inventive worldbuilding. Eresh last names relate back to the crimes that got their ancestors deported from Calpurnia in the first place, helping to give Eresh a bit of an Australian feel... if Australia had managed to break away from the British Empire and was under threat of reconquest at any time, but in the meantime Australia was making a living as a trading entrepot. Then there is nearby planet Inanna, where the population has been deemed 'Tainted' by the Calpurnians and in theory, are not only restricted in their technology and development, but not allowed to leave (although Bister proves that people can and do escape). My mental attempts as I read the book to pigeonhole it in terms of other works constantly brought up imperfect fits. Sure you could make the Calpurnians into Lois McMaster Bujold's overpowerful and overweening Cetagandans, but Eresh and Inanna don't match to Barrayar in any meaningful way. Is Eresh resonant with, say, C.J Cherryh's Downbelow Station? I think that might be firmer ground, but the political frames don't quite match--this 'Downbelow Station' is *already* free, however precariously. But I do think that readers who like Cherryh's work will find favor with Graham's.
But the major worldbuilding talking point in this book is a spiritual one. What is our relation to the numinous? How do cultures engage with the ineffable? These are questions that human societies have faced since there were human societies. Graham leverages this connection to the numinous to make it a central part of the interstellar civilizations in her novel in a way that much space opera and science fiction in general has struggled to try and deal with. For a long time, and in a large swath of science fiction, a relatively secular future has been the default, if not outright rejection of religion as a force in people's lives. And even in those SFF worlds where religion and a connection to the numinous was acknowledged, there was often an awkwardness in talking about it and engaging with it as an everyday thing, a natural part of people's lives.
Not so in the world of Sounding Dark. There are multiple paths to the numinous within Sounding Dark, and it is a now underexplored one - reverence to the Lady of the Void - that is a key thread of character growth as well as the flow of the plot itself. The glossary at the back fleshes out and illuminates some of how and why this interstellar civilization developed in the way it did. Although I do appreciate it being here at all, and it answered questions I had while reading the novel, I do wish it was a little more enfolded in the narrative itself, because it is such a crucial factor in understanding and seeing how the plot unfolds and how it affects the characters, particularly Bister.
In sum, Jo Graham's space opera is a richly imagined narrative with a spectrum of relatable heroes who face overwhelming odds with drive, determination, grit, and most powerfully of all, hope. Sounding Dark uses these heroes to buttress a story on multiple levels: a fight against an interstellar tyranny, a search for the meaning of an unexpected survival against all reason, and the story of a lost, ancient connection to a Mystery reforged. With its inventive use of Sumerian motifs in its intriguing worldbuilding, Sounding Dark soars to reach a liminal place on the boundaries of science fiction and myth.
I understand that Graham intends more novels, not with these characters, but elsewhere within the "Nine Worlds". I am intrigued to see further stories set in this universe.
Baseline Assessment:7/10
Bonuses: +1 for strong and inventive use of the numinous in the worldbuilding and the makeup of the characters, a real highlight of the novel.
Penalties: -1 Some real roughness with the plotting of a couple of narrative threads
POSTED BY: Paul Weimer. Ubiquitous in Shadow, but I'm just this guy, you know? @princejvstin.
Reference: Graham, Jo. Sounding Dark [Candlemark and Gleam, 2021]
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Students in my Intro to IR class have turned in papers dealing with ethics in international relations. One of the papers has an interesting quote by a Lieutenant General John L. DeWitt (who [my student claims] ultimately ordered the internment).
"I don't want any of them [persons of Japanese ancestry] here. They are a dangerous element. There is no way to determine their loyalty… It makes no difference whether he is an American citizen, he is still Japanese. American citizenship does not necessarily determine loyalty… But we must worry about the Japanese all the time until he is wiped off the map" (Mullen)*.
*Here is the source: Fred Mullen, "DeWitt Attitude on Japs Upsets Plans," Watsonville Register- Pajaronian, April 16, 1943. Reproduced by Santa Cruz Public Library, accessed April 6, 2008.
I guess that's because the American media knows what the real issues are–Barack Obama refusing coffee for orange juice at a diner in Pennsylvania, Hillary Clinton doing shots in a Pennsylvania bar (were they body shots?), and lapel flag pins.
In his speech McCain proposed that the United States expel Russia from the G8, the group of advanced industrial countries. Moscow was included in this body in the 1990s to recognize and reward it for peacefully ending the cold war on Western terms, dismantling the Soviet empire and withdrawing from large chunks of the old Russian Empire as well. McCain also proposed that the United States should expand the G8 by taking in India and Brazil—but pointedly excluded China from the councils of power.
We have spent months debating Barack Obama's suggestion that he might, under some circumstances, meet with Iranians and Venezuelans. It is a sign of what is wrong with the foreign-policy debate that this idea is treated as a revolution in U.S. policy while McCain's proposal has barely registered. What McCain has announced is momentous—that the United States should adopt a policy of active exclusion and hostility toward two major global powers. It would reverse a decades-old bipartisan American policy of integrating these two countries into the global order, a policy that began under Richard Nixon (with Beijing) and continued under Ronald Reagan (with Moscow). It is a policy that would alienate many countries in Europe and Asia who would see it as an attempt by Washington to begin a new cold war.
Kosovo's independence declaration on 17 February 2008 sent shock waves through Serbia's politics and society, polarising the former in a manner not seen since the Milosevic era. Rioting led to attacks on nine Western embassies, destruction of foreign property and massive looting. The government fell on 10 March, split over whether to pursue a nationalist or pro-Western path. Belgrade's efforts to create a de facto partitioning of the north of Kosovo threaten the new state's territorial integrity and challenge deployment of European Union (EU) missions there, and Serbian parliamentary and local elections on 11 May are unlikely to change the basic policy towards the new state, even in the unlikely event a pro-Western government comes to power. They may, however, well give Serbia's nationalist parties new leverage.
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Alternatively, pro-Western forces might form a weak government, but only with the support of nationalists, such as the DSS or SPS. Serbia could then anticipate the same kind of domestic instability it experienced under the outgoing government. If the more pro-Western Democratic Party (DS) tried to chart an openly pro-EU course, it would face the type of obstruction and opposition that led to Premier Zoran Djindjic's assassination in 2003.
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In intro to IR on Wednesday we addressed global environmental issues and we went over this chart outlining Thomas Homer-Dixon's overview regarding the link between environmental scarcity and security. According to Homer-Dixon, environmental degradation is not only an important economic, social, and health issue, it is crucially an issue of importance for global security.
We see the important link between increased environmental scarcity and social effects (like ethnic conflicts, deprivation conflicts and coups d'etat), facilitated indirectly at times by the conditions of weakened states.
Homer-Dixon argues that these environmentally-driven conflicts will increase the more the environment degrades. Moreover, it is just those places in the world that have the least capacity to deal with the potentially negative effects of environmental degradation whose environments will be most likely to suffer.
JERUSALEM — Peace overtures between Israel and Syria moved up a gear on Wednesday when a Syrian cabinet minister said that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel had sent a message to President Bashar al-Assad to the effect that Israel would be willing to withdraw from all the Golan Heights in return for peace with Syria.
The Syrian expatriate affairs minister, Buthaina Shaaban, told Al Jazeera television, "Olmert is ready for peace with Syria on the grounds of international conditions; on the grounds of the return of the Golan Heights in full to Syria." She said that Turkey had conveyed the message.
"…Withdrawal from the Golan Heights is a contentious issue in Israel. The territory is a strategic plateau that overlooks a large swath of northern Israel. Israel has objected to past Syrian demands for access to the shore of the Sea of Galilee, a main water source for Israel.
plateau that overlooks a swath of northern Israel.
1. Leave your car at home for a day (or a week or a month) and try walking or biking. If work is too far away to walk, take public transit or carpool. One city bus eliminates the emissions of 40 cars.
2. Turn off the lights, the computer and the television when they are not in use. Using only highly efficient and money-saving appliances can reduce the electricity consumption of an average household to one-10th of the national average.
3. Try eating meat-free at least one day a week. A meat-based diet requires seven times more land than a plant-based diet. Livestock production is responsible for more climate change gasses than all the motor vehicles in the world.
4. Choose foods produced organically, locally and in season. Support your regional farmers and farming industry: buying locally and in season is better for the environment than buying foods that have been shipped hundreds of kilometres to your local market.
5. Put a composter in your backyard or use your green bin to reduce household waste. Composting organics has two key benefits: it reduces the amount of waste going to landfills and when added to your garden, helps nourish soil and plants.
6. Turn off your car's engine if stopped for more than 10 seconds. If every driver of a light-duty vehicle avoided idling by five minutes a day, collectively, we would save 1.8 million litres of fuel per day, almost 4500 tonnes of GHG emissions.
7. Set your thermostat above room temperature in the summer and below room temperature in the winter. For each degree you adjust, you can save 5% on your utility bill and 1% on your energy use.
8. Replace incandescent light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs (CFLs). A CFL uses only 25% as much energy as an incandescent bulb and lasts 10 times longer.
9. The simple act of recycling has more impact on the environment than the average Canadian thinks. The amount of wood and paper North Americans throw away each year is enough to heat five million homes for 200 years.
10. This is a great opportunity to brag. Tell someone what you're doing to make the world a better place. Support the cause. Encourage them to get involved too.
The issue of rising food prices globally has come under increasing scrutiny lately and has political leaders concerned. The annual meetings of the World Bank and IMF gave prominence to the problem and newspapers and magazines are weighing in with their opinion on the potential short- and long-term implications of the dramatic spike in world food prices. Will this last? Are we finally facing a neo-Malthusian future or will we be able to find a feasible and politically palatable solution to this crisis?
Today's pictures are different. "This is a silent tsunami," says Josette Sheeran of the World Food Programme, a United Nations agency. A wave of food-price inflation is moving through the world, leaving riots and shaken governments in its wake. For the first time in 30 years, food protests are erupting in many places at once. Bangladesh is in turmoil (see article); even China is worried (see article). Elsewhere, the food crisis of 2008 will test the assertion of Amartya Sen, an Indian economist, that famines do not happen in democracies.
Roughly a billion people live on $1 a day. If, on a conservative estimate, the cost of their food rises 20% (and in some places, it has risen a lot more), 100m people could be forced back to this level, the common measure of absolute poverty. In some countries, that would undo all the gains in poverty reduction they have made during the past decade of growth. Because food markets are in turmoil, civil strife is growing; and because trade and openness itself could be undermined, the food crisis of 2008 may become a challenge to globalisation.
Here is a world hunger map from the UN Food Program. What do you think the various colors represent?