The meaning and nature of suicide in a suicide bombing are strikingly different from ordinary suicide. If it is special - and I believe that in a sense it is - that is not because of the motives involved. Most ethnic civil wars can often be resolved by demographic separation because it reduces both means and incentives for both sides to attack. Two of the most common ways that I see suicide viewed as are from either the people that have wanted to, tried to, or came close to committing suicide; the other view are from those who are strictly against suicide. They are likely to have shown particular dedication to the principles of Islam, and are singled out for deeper study. No one will ever know the real answer to those questions, but could it of been prevented.
Liberalism, of course, disapproves of the violent exercise of freedom outside the frame of law. We also assume that their actions are completely irrational and destructive. Individuals can attain symbolic immortality deciding to die for their country. In this attack 14 people were killed in which 11 were French engineers. Religious rhetoric may help persuade attackers that their cause is either necessary or noble, and that glorifies or renames suicide as martyrdom, but it does not explain why suicide attackers choose that particular tactic. A person attempting suicide is often depressed that they are incapable of understanding their options.
Americans at War, 1975-86: An Era of Violent Peace. It is a contrast which is very visible and it does not help. According to Harvard School of Public Health n. Examine the evolution of suicide terrorism in Pakistan focusing on the motivations and vulnerabilities of this tactic. The bomb blasts and the resulting deaths and destruction in different parts of our country are an example of such terrorism. Or did they spring from the need to prove a point? These type of attacks are mostly related with religious beliefs and involvement from terrorist groups all over the world.
Someone did not just wake up, and decide to strap bombs to themselves, then detonate them inside a building full of people. The idea of killing oneself for a cause is unimaginable for most people; however, for some individuals, it is a heroic act. Those in favor of this right consider the quality of life of the people suffering and say it is their life and, therefore, it is their decision. Six months after an attack on the U. Suicide bombers truly define the meaning of the word terror.
The Israeli public is dumbfounded by this phenomenon. When one suicide is attempted again by another suicide is called suicide cluster. However, the rise of the Islamic State of. Everyone participates in feeling responsible and even shamed at knowing the suicidal candidate. The intensity and frequency of suicide bombing in Pakistan is as a result of bad governance and extreme religious ideas. It worked: Some 241 dead affect marines in one big bang was more than enough for the American people.
Arguing that Lebanon remained vital to U. Order the needed assignment here and expect for the best score professional essays at. The explosives usually have a hand-pulled detonator rather than a button, because it is less likely to go off accidentally. Aiat Al-Khras blew herself up to try to calm her anger and frustration and to lessen her own pain and that of her people by killing some Israeli soldiers and civilians. It is often: nationalistic; viewed in terms of self and community defense; expressive regarding meting out justice to the perceived enemy occupier; and includes acts of revenge.
One should not be limited on single specific terrorist group and religion. On August 30 four French members of the multinational force were killed, and on September 1 it was announced that Reagan had ordered another 2,000 marines to the eastern Mediterranean in support of those already in Lebanon. Money is also a factor so poor are prone to hiring. Sometimes they want to gain political ends and sometimes they want to reap economic benefits. These marines had learned to go grab a piece of real estate and to sit on it until properly relieved.
It tries to damage essential government buildings, offices and public places like railway stations and airports with bombs and destructive weapons. Self-sacrificial behavior is present in many cultures, and is not exclusively linked with Islam. Palestinian Muslims used it successfully against the Israeli forces. In both of these groups, their charismatic leaders assured the female volunteers that by participating in the suicide campaign, they would support the group cause while proving that they were as brave as their male peers. Pearl Harbor Bombing Introduction On the fateful day of 7th December, 1941, the Japanese Imperial Navy launched an unexpected blitzkrieg on the Pearl Harbor, leaving American 2403 soldiers dead and 1,178 wounded.
A better philosophical study on suicide-bombing is Gerhard Scheit: Suicide attack. As long as the west allows Israel to employ war tactics as a means of controlling the occupied area, the occupied people have a result to respond to war with war, and terror with terror. These can be explained by considering some other factors like individual, organizational, environmental and trauma-based motivations. Andrea was found by another student a half hour later and was rushed to the hospital. So: it is not cruelty that matters in the distinction between terrorists and armies at war, still less the threat each poses to entire ways of life, but their civilizational status. There are many countries of the world that are facing this threat in their parts. Religion is rarely the root cause, although it is often used as a tool by terrorist organizations in recruiting and in other efforts in service of the broader strategic objective.
Clearly, some of these sub-elements of the broader environment are more relevant in some cases than in others. Commando action should be taken against the terrorist organizations without any discrimination. Usually, these teens are triggered by arguments with their girlfriends or parents. Christopher English 110-12 3 February 2013 A Martyr or A Murder? The result is that the activities of the political parties turn to violence. Why Turkey Went to War in Syria « Foreign Policy the Global Magazine of News thesis smoking essay and Ideas. .


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E-bulletin of IISEPS Center for Documentation, N 4, 2006 (only Russian)
Theme of the month:
Chernobyl March: Ceremony or Ground?
Person of the month:
Old New Prime Minister: Loyalty or Professionalism?
Document of the month:
Strategic Plan: Does Opposition Have a Plan?
Organization of the month:
Vyasna Is Ten: Rights Protection Centers Are at Stake
From IISEPS Desktop:
Presidential Election: Myths and Reality
We offer to your attention the next issue of Infofocus bulletin. The column "Topic of Month" features twentieth anniversary of Chernobyl catastrophe and the events in memory of that date. In what way does Chernobyl influence the development of Belarus? How efficient the Belarusian state is in post-disaster cleanup? What is the role of Chernobyl March, tradionally carried by the opposition, in the modern Belarus? We asked these questions to O. Abramova, PhD in Philosophy, Deputy of the House of Representatives, and V. Karbalevich, Ph.D. in History, expert of Strategy analytical center.
This time our "Person of Month" has been given to the old new Prime Minister S. Sidorsky. In accordance with the Constitution, the Government abdicates its responsibility to a newly elected president. That's what the Government did right after the president inauguration ceremony on April 8. On April 18 the president signed the Decree appointing S. Sidosky to the position of the Prime Minister, and on April 19 he promised to the other members of Government that he would not change the Cabinet radically – most ministers and committee chairs would be re-appointed to their positions; and they were on May 5. Except six ministers, the Cabinet remains the same but gains greater powers. What's the reason? Why did the head of state decide to leave the old head of government? Why S. Sidosky? What skills of the head of government are so much demanded? We offer you the opinions of V. Hrol, Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives' Permanent Commission on budget, finances and taxation policy, and A. Sasnow, Ph.D. in Economics, Deputy Director of the IISEPS (Vilnius), former Labor Minister (1994-1996).
In the column "Organization of Month", we congratulate the human rights center Vyasna with their tenth anniversary. For the past several years, the center has been carrying its activity unregistered which is criminal under Belarusian laws. Perhaps, this has become the reason why government representatives declined from commentaries on Vyasna and mass media released no publications about Vyasna. In view of this, we can offer you only an opposition standpoint on this issue. Prof. Y. Khodyko, Deputy Chairman of the Belarusian Popular Front, member of the IISEPS Advisory Board (Vilnius), Doctor of Physics, answers our questions.
The "Document of Month" column presents the Strategic Plan of the united democratic forces. It was planned to publicize its draft in late April and adopt in early May. However, its public discussion was frustrated due to arrest of some opposition leaders for participation in Chernobyl March. Does the opposition still have a plan? At the Chernobyl March, opposition leader A. Milinkevich stood out with the initiative of president's impeachment, although under the Constitution this is the Parliament only which can come out with such an initiative. Recalling of deputies of the House of Representatives stipulated in the Electoral Code is one of the first stages of this plan. Is this technically possible? What is the importance of the campaign on recalling deputies who "misplaced voters' trust" for the united opposition? Here you will find viewpoints of independent political scientist V. Chernov and of P. Akulov, Deputy Director of the Belarusian National Press Center and Head of its Information Analysis Department.
Our column "IISEPS Desktop" offers to your attention materials reflecting the most interesting results of the nation opinion poll conducted by independent sociologists at the assistance of Prof. Manaev's group in March-April of 2006.
We hope that you will find these materials helpful and interesting. Look forward to your feedbacks!

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Cindy and I continue to work a little bit each day as it's now almost exactly a year 'til we each say "I do". We continue to half-jokingly suggest we elope in Vegas. I really missed her yesterday. She and a co-worker went down to Mobile for an all-day scrapbooking convention.
Also, a stunner. A married couple I know is going through a divorce. I won't name names — just to say I'm stunned and leave it at that.
On the radio side, another blast from the past. A poster to a message board on radio broadcasting named SL-100 from the mid-'90s as one of the all-time worst radio station formats in Mississippi. The poster's reasoning basically matches what I've noted here at Doug's Place and squarely puts the blame on the then program director, Rick James.
Basically, the writer opines how could SL classify itself as a hit music station when there were doses of AC (to wit, we carried Casey Kasem's and Leeza Gibbons' adult contemporary countdown shows on Sundays) and classic rock (BackTrax, which I had the pleasure of hosting for three and a half years).
About the only rebuttal I have is this. For about a year, SL was known as "Mississippi's red hot station" — a bit generic and a slogan I preferred to use on the air — especially while I was on BackTrax. I can remember we passed out little pens in the shape of a match with the words "Red Hot, SL-100". Plus, for most of the time period the writer references, there was no classic rock station in the area. So, BackTrax and its spinoff programs and segments picked up the slack.
By '95, we had two classic rock stations and they essentially took a lot of wind out of SL's sails. Thus, I still maintain the view SL should've either gone all classic rock when we had the chance — and when the chance was squandered in '95, the classic rock programming should've been dumped altogether.
I'm pretty sure I know who this writer is. I won't call him out by name. All I'll say is I'd love to see him working at one of the urban stations in town. WJMG's really been going downhill and I know he can start turning around their fortunes.
Finally, sad news in the game show world. Gene Wood died. You know him best as the announcer on Family Feud in its original version and its first remake which started in the late '80s.


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15 Best Things to Do in Oswego (IL)
The fast-growing village of Oswego, about 45 miles west of downtown Chicago, has doubled in size since 2000.
Oswego is on the idyllic banks of the Fox River, and has several beautiful waterfront parks where you can relax, launch a canoe or kayak or follow the long-distance Fox River Trail.
As the village has grown, the downtown has been completely revitalized, and is now an endearing shopping and dining area with attractive brick buildings.
Oswego is also within minutes of some excellent family attractions, like the largest waterpark in Illinois or the quaint Keller's Farmstand, which offers all kinds of fun in the fall.
1. Downtown Oswego
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Downtown Oswego
Although Oswego's population has skyrocketed over the last two decades, the village has been around for 170+ years, and nowhere is this more visible than downtown.
A lot of careful work has been done improving the streetscape, preserving historic architecture and attracting independent businesses to this district.
Downtown is also the setting for exciting events, like Oswego Beats & Eats, the Country Market, Brew at the Bridge, Wine on the Fox and the much-loved Christmas Walk.
In the space of a few blocks are specialty stores for designer homewares, health food, collectibles, bicycle gear, flowers and prom rentals, as well as a craft brewery, a donut shop and a smattering of eateries for Mexican, contemporary American and pub grub.
2. Hudson Crossing Park
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Hudson Crossing Park
An early name for Oswego was Hudson, and this location was where generations of Native Americans, and then early Euro-American settlers, forded the Fox River.
At the main entrance, the arch, held up by pillars of local limestone, refers to those times. Hudson Crossing Park is one of a handful of local parks on the Fox River Trail, which crosses the river here on a pedestrian bridge previously used by the Aurora, Elgin and Chicago interurban trolley line, with historic limestone piers that date to 1867.
Elsewhere Hudson Crossing Park has lighted walkways, an accessible children's playground, a sand play area, a launch for canoes and kayaks, a picnic area with grills, a sculpture garden and concert area.
3. Raging Waves Waterpark
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Raging Waves Waterpark
The largest waterpark in Illinois is little more than 15 minutes from downtown Oswego. Most towns in the Chicago suburbs have a waterpark, but the Aussie-themed Raging Waves is on another level.
In 45 acres, with abundant greenery all around, this place has a massive wave pool, a lazy river more than a quarter mile long and no fewer than 20 water slides.
Among the headliners is Aussie Mat Dash, a six-lane "rallyRACER", and one of only three rides of its kind in the world. Also outstanding is Wonambi, a four-person raft ride from a height of 68 feet, with a 720° downward spiral.
Raging Waves has several kiddie areas, like the four-story water playground, Kangaroo Falls, and toddler-oriented Koala Kove, with a minimal depth pool and safe slides.
4. Little White School Museum
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Little White School Museum
Oswego's local history museum is housed in a church-turned-schoolhouse dating back to 1850. This predates Oswego's incorporation by two years, and is Kendall County's oldest public building still to have a public use.
The church was converted into a school in 1915 and after closing in 1964 was saved from demolition in the 1970s and eventually handed over to the local park district in 2010.
The museum inside has received a lot of plaudits, recounting the history of the community, calling on many thousands of artifacts.
This attraction organizes lots of interesting programs, like history walks and children's storytime, and helps keep kids' occupied during a visit with a scavenger hunt.
5. Sugar Grove Family Fun Center
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It's no exaggeration to say that this family fun center close to Raging Waves in Sugar Grove has something for everyone. Surely the top attraction here is the pair of go-kart tracks, both with smooth concrete surfaces.
Sugar Grove Speedway is a ¼ mile circuit for up to 16 karts, and with two-seaters available so kids can join their parents.
A little more serious is the adult-only Wrangler, with turns specially designed for drifting. Some of the other attractions at the center include bumper boats, a special water fight area, 18 holes of mini golf, a driving range and golf center.
6. Keller's Farmstand
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Out in the farmland to the south of the town is a classic farmstand, open late April through May, and then opening again from mid-July to the last weekend of October.
In spring you can visit for planters, hanging baskets and all kinds of perennials, bedding flowers, herbs, fruits and vegetables.
A changing variety of fresh produce is available throughout the summer, from tomatoes to zucchini, hot and sweet peppers, onions and Illinois favorites like watermelon and peaches. Then in fall you can come to pick a wide variety of apples, as well as pumpkins.
On weekends in September and October the farm has a lot going on, like an animal barn, 10-acre corn maze, wagon rides, and great food like kettle corn, apple cider donuts and homemade fudge.
7. Phillips Park Zoo
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Phillips Park Zoo
It will take you around ten minutes to reach this public zoo in neighboring Aurora. The Phillips Park Zoo has a history going back to 1915 and, unlike many attractions of its kind, is open daily all year round.
Here you can view the wild species native to the Midwest. Several of these, like the mountain lion or gray wolf, can no longer be found in the wild, or exist only in scarce numbers.
Other inhabitants include North American river otters, American elk, a wide array of turtles and snakes in the Reptile House, and birds of prey like the red tail hawk, bald eagle, Harris hawk, Cooper's hawk and peregrine falcon.
8. Prairie Point Community Park
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The main public park in Oswego for active recreation is this 66-acre space surrounding the Oswegoland Park District headquarters.
To sum up, Prairie Point Community Park has 18 acres of soccer fields, a large concrete skate park, two full basketball courts and four lighted baseball/softball fields. In winter families love the sledding hill and there's an outdoor skating rink, depending on the conditions.
The park is in a natural mesic-wet prairie basin, and is home to Oswego's pantry garden, annually producing more than 1,000 lb of fresh produce for families in need.
Last but not least, one of the top attractions is the splash pad on the south side, treasured by families in the summer months.
9. Fox Valley Winery
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Toasting Wine
When we put this list together this multi award-winning boutique winery was planning on moving its tasting room to the heart of downtown Oswego.
The Fox Valley Winery has a high reputation for its wine, many of which are produced from single-vineyard Illinois grapes.
The winery's range covers the gamut from red to white, and palates from sweet to dry. You can sample and purchase varietals like Chardonnay, Seyval Blanc, Syrah, Petite Sirah, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, as well as a choice of carefully balanced blends.
The tasting room is open seven days, with longer hours on Friday and Saturday, and features the work of talented local artists.
10. Oswego Brewing Company
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Oswego Brewing Company
With a talented brewing team led by a former chemistry teacher, the Oswego Brewing Company is a burgeoning local craft brewery.
As well as a slew of imaginative seasonal beers and special series, there are five year-round flagship beers, always available at the taproom.
These are Station 1 (IPA), Oswego Lager (Vienna-style lager), Stone Skipper (Hefeweizen), Old Firehouse (Cream Ale) and Hay'z for Horsez (New England IPA).
The friendly taproom and beer garden is right in the middle of downtown Oswego and stays open to 11 pm on Friday and Saturday. The local eatery, 113 on Main, brings food right to the taproom, and there's always a food truck outside on weekends.
11. Saw Wee Kee Park
Saw Wee Kee Park
A little wilder than the riverside parks in town, this 135-acre park has been part of the Oswegoland Park District for half a century.
This stretch of riverside is the site of a strip-mined gravel pit that has been carefully restored and is now a habitat for deer and bald eagles.
Weaving through the forest is a system of color-coded trails for hiking, horseback riding, BMX biking and cross-country skiing. You can also launch your canoe or kayak here in the summer, or go fishing from the riverbank (catch and release only).
12. Violet Patch Park
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Violet Patch Park
Another lovely place to spend some time by the Fox River, Violet Patch Park is on the east side of the Violet Patch Bridge, for pedestrians and cyclists.
This is another place where you can launch a canoe or kayak for a paddle on the Fox River, and if you just want to relax, there are picnic tables, grills and shelters, all with ample cover from the tall mature trees on the river bank.
Parallel to Violet Patch Park, across IL 25, is Eagle Ridge Park, known for its 18-hole disc golf course, and accessible via the 3.2-mile Waubonsie Trail, which will take you through quiet residential areas as far as Jaycee Park in Boulder Hill.
13. Fox Bend Golf Course
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This beautiful public course in Oswego welcomes visitors and has very affordable rates. The course is on the banks of Waubonsie Creek, which serves as a water hazard on several holes.
Though always fun, Fox Bend is not an easy course. On deceptively hilly terrain, the holes have narrow, often dogleg fairways fringed by deep woodland, as well as a lot of strategically positioned bunkers.
The greens roll firm and fast, so you'll need to be on top of all aspects of your game. For a bit of pre-round practice there's an excellent driving range, as well as two putting greens, a short game area and practice bunker.
14. Altitude Trampoline Park
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Perfect for energetic kids, but also grownups looking for a new workout, Altitude Trampoline Park offers a range of attractions in one 30,000-square-foot facility.
The main space is Main Court, which has wall-to-wall trampolines, but you've also got a battle beam, giant stunt bag, larger "super trampolines", special performance trampolines, a dodgeball court, wipeout area, foam pit, rock wall and much more.
There's a separate area, just for smaller jumpers at the Kids Court, with trampolines and a foam pit. You can buy all-access passes for anything from 60 to 120 minutes. This is a great option for children's birthdays, from toddlers to teens.
15. Movies in the Park
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Every summer, the Oswego Entertainment Venue at 1010 Station Drive hosts a popular season of outdoor movie screenings.
Beginning in early June, Movies in the Park runs until the end of August. The year we wrote this article, you could stay in your car for a drive-in experience, or bring a picnic blanket or lawn chair.
There are no food trucks on hand, but you're free to bring your own food and drink. Movies on the schedule at the time of writing included The Greatest Showman, Trolls World Tour, Raya and the Last Dragon and The Croods: A New Age.
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It was straight on to the next class where I presented on becoming an Extraordinary CAD Manager. Another full room with so many CAD Managers in one place. I discussed what I call the Core functions and perspectives of a CAD Manager and how the approach and what you do matters in moving your from average to extraordinary.
After lunch I spent some time in the AUGI Booth encouraging people to take the AUGI Top DAUG contest. With over 200 participants so far, it is going strong.
Then it was on to the AUGI Annual meeting where David Harrington presented the AUGI wish list voting results. Presentation of appreciation were given out to Autodesk and HP, plus a special gift for Tom Salomone of HP for his many years of support for AUGI.
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The Foundation receives between 3,500 and 4,000 applications every year. Approximately 175 Fellowships are awarded each year. The size of grant varies and will be adjusted to the needs of Fellows, considering their other resources and the purpose and scope of their plans. The average grant in the 2008 Canada and United States competition was approximately US$43,200.
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NMPF President Says Stronger Dairy Program Must be Priority as Farm Bill Discussions Commence
Congress must make it a priority to adopt badly needed improvements to the dairy safety net as soon as possible, said NMPF President and CEO Jim Mulhern at a House hearing last month on dairy policy and the upcoming farm bill.
Mulhern told members of the House Agriculture Committee on March 22 that the current Margin Protection Program (MPP) contains several flaws – including a faulty calculation of the true cost of feeding dairy cattle – that need to be resolved to make the program effective and restore farmers' faith in it. Absent the necessary changes, Mulhern said the MPP will not be the safety net that dairy farmers and Congress envisioned when it was first proposed.
"While MPP was, and is, the right approach for the future of federal dairy policy, the program in its current form does not provide meaningful safety net support to the nation's dairy farmers," Mulhern said. To rectify that problem, Mulhern shared with the committee the NMPF Board of Directors' recommendations to improve the MPP, unanimously approved earlier in March.
Since its creation in the 2014 farm bill, the MPP has offered little effective support to dairy farmers, resulting in dwindling participation and diminished confidence in the program. Of the four main areas within NMPF's package of reforms, the most important is restoring the feed cost formula to the level originally proposed by NMPF. That formula was cut by 10 percent due to erroneous cost estimates generated by the Congressional Budget Office. The resulting formula "understates the price to farmers of producing 100 pounds of milk, thereby overstating the actual margins farmers are experiencing," Mulhern said, adding that the Agriculture Committee "got the calculation right the first time," and thus needs to restore the MPP feed formula to its original level.
Mulhern's testimony also addressed an issue of great concern to many in the dairy community: the need for immigration reform. Because the seasonal H-2A visa program does not apply to dairy farms with their year-round demand for labor, Congress must provide the agriculture industry with an effective guest worker program to meet its future needs, while also providing a way to address current workers with improper documentation.
"Without access to a steady and reliable workforce, our industry will not be able to survive, let alone thrive, in the future," Mulhern said.
He also emphasized the critical importance of dairy trade policy, highlighting the U.S. dairy industry's strong relationship with Mexico while chastising Canada for implementing a pricing policy designed to block American dairy imports.
Mulhern also stressed the need for strong congressional support of the DAIRY PRIDE Act, introduced in the House and Senate in January. Plant-based alternatives lack real milk's consistent and high levels of nutrition, he said, and in the absence of proper labeling enforcement, increasing numbers of nutritionally inferior dairy imitators will continue to create confusion for consumers in the marketplace.
Perdue Agrees During Senate Hearing to Help Fix Dairy Safety Net
During a Senate Agriculture Committee confirmation hearing March 23, Agriculture Secretary-elect Sonny Perdue indicated he supports improvements to the dairy safety net, and as head of USDA would also advocate for policies that expand the availability of farm labor in dairy production.
The nomination of the former Georgia governor as the next Secretary of Agriculture was approved by the Senate Agriculture Committee on March 30. His confirmation now awaits action by the full Senate, expected to take place sometime after Congress returns from its two-week Easter recess beginning April 7. NMPF has urged the Senate to swiftly confirm Perdue.
Perdue, who grew up on a farm, told Agriculture Committee members that he understands the plight of dairy farmers, and promised to work with the dairy sector on improving the Margin Protection Program (MPP). This includes reviewing NMPF's recent four-point plan to fix the MPP. Perdue also expressed an openness to examining ways to create additional risk management coverage for milk through USDA's Risk Management Agency.
Perdue said he is "absolutely committed to looking for a way to give immediate and temporary relief ahead of the 2018 farm bill."
On the issue of immigration reform, Perdue said he would support an exemption to the H-2A program so that dairy farms could hire workers for year-round labor. The current seasonal H-2A visa program does not apply to dairy farms because of their perennial need for farm labor.
Perdue was the last of Trump's nominees to receive a hearing. After the announcement of his nomination, NMPF joined more than 600 other farm organization in January urging his approval to the post. NMPF believes Perdue's extensive experience in public policy, business and agriculture makes him well-positioned to lead USDA. In addition to serving as governor for eight years, Perdue is the founder of three agribusiness firms and is trained as a veterinarian.
NMPF Urges Federal and State Government to Take Immediate Action Regarding Canada's Dairy Policies
NMPF, together with the U.S. Dairy Export Council and the International Dairy Foods Association, are urging the Trump Administration and the governors of northern border states to fight back against protectionist Canadian trade policies that are increasingly shutting out American dairy exports, and thereby violating existing trade commitments between the two nations.
Canada's new "Class 7" pricing policy, which is expressly designed to disadvantage U.S. exports to Canada and U.S. milk powder exports to other markets, has resulted in multiple dairy companies in Wisconsin and New York informing many of their supplying farmers that the Canadian market for their exports is drying up. A number of dairy farmers in Wisconsin have been told by the company processing their milk and shipping it to Canada that they can no longer accept it starting in May as a result of Canada's National Ingredients Strategy and new Class 7 milk pricing program.
NMPF has been focusing on Canada's use of policy and regulatory tools to harm U.S. dairy exports for some time. In light of Canada's disregard for its trade obligations, and the damage this disregard causes to U.S. dairy farmers, NMPF has strongly urged the U.S. government and states to attack Canada's habitual efforts to negatively impact dairy trade.
"Canada's protectionist dairy policies are having precisely the effect Canada intended: cutting off U.S. dairy exports of ultra-filtered milk to Canada despite long-standing contracts with American companies," said Jim Mulhern, president and CEO of NMPF. "American companies have invested in new equipment and asked dairy farmers to supply the milk to meet demand in the Canadian dairy market. This export access has suddenly disappeared, not because the market is gone, but because the Canadian government has reneged on its commitments."
Although the near-term consequences of Canada's harmful approach to dairy policy affect farmers in the regions of this country that were exporting ultra-filtered milk to Canada, the even larger concern is the impact Canada's new ingredients strategy and Class 7 program could have on global milk powder markets. U.S. exports of skim milk powder play a critical role in contributing to the prices farmers receive for their milk.
Roughly half of U.S. milk powder is exported around the world. Part of what Canada has sought to do with its new program is to use it to move significant quantities of excess skim solids out of Canada and onto global markets – at whatever the price may be. This intention to undercut global milk powder markets poses a risk of hundreds of millions of dollars to American dairy farmers through downward pressure on global milk powder markets. This element has been a key concern for NMPF throughout the process and is part of what makes this a national issue with the risk to impact producers across the country.
While Canada goes to great lengths to limit U.S. dairy access to the Canadian market, our northern neighbor is quite happy to ship goods to the U.S. — we are Canada's largest export market, accounting for approximately three-fourths of Canada's total exports.
U.S. Dairy Execs Tout Strong Partnership with Mexican Dairy Industry During Visit
NMPF President and CEO Jim Mulhern, along with his counterparts at the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) and the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), pledged a continued commitment to dairy trade with Mexico during discussions last month with Mexican government, dairy farmers and industry officials.
Mulhern, joined by Tom Vilsack of USDEC and Michael Dykes of IDFA, stressed the U.S. dairy sector's robust commitment to Mexico's dairy industry – the No. 1 market for American dairy exports.
"Mexico is our friend, ally and most important trading partner," said Mulhern in meetings with high-ranking leaders of the Mexican dairy industry. "Our goal in visiting Mexico is to communicate our steadfast dedication to our partnership with the Mexican industry, even as we continue to explore ways to deepen that relationship by working on issues of mutual benefit."
Mulhern and Vilsack spoke at the Femeleche conference in Mexico City, which brought together Mexican dairy industry leaders, farmers and government officials. To further convey the organizations' commitment to collaboration with Mexico, the three CEOs also met with Mexican Minister of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal (pictured above), as well as the Mexican Minister of Agriculture Jose Eduardo Calzada Rovirosa and the U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Roberta Jacobson.
"By working together on these issues, we can harness the strength of our voices," Mulhern said during the forum. NMPF's outreach follows the Memorandum of Understanding NMPF and USDEC signed last August with key Mexican industry organizations, creating the U.S.-Mexico Dairy Alliance. Both initiatives were aimed at cultivating the critically important U.S.-Mexico relationship, which has provided a boon to U.S. dairy exports and helped spur gains in Mexican dairy consumption, to both nations' benefit.
The reassurance from U.S. dairy leaders is coming at a pivotal time in U.S.-Mexico trade relations. The Trump Administration recently released a draft of the NAFTA renegotiations letter it intends to submit to Congress. That letter references the goal of "maintaining and expanding current market access" to Mexico and Canada – echoing a key message Mulhern delivered while in Mexico last month.
Dairy Trade Priorities Reflected in USTR National Trade Estimate Report
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative's annual National Trade Estimate (NTE) report issued late last month highlighted many of the dairy trade priorities that NMPF has been encouraging the Trump Administration to address.
The NTE, submitted to Congress and the president, highlights significant foreign barriers to U.S. exports. It is intended to represent an "inventory of the most important barriers affecting U.S. exports" and to "enhance awareness of these trade restrictions and facilitates negotiations aimed at reducing or eliminating these barriers."
To ensure that USTR incorporated in its list several key issues for U.S. dairy producers, NMPF and the U.S. Dairy Export Council filed detailed comments, and many of the topics the groups highlighted were subsequently cited in the 2017 report. Among the dairy trade issues included were: Canadian dairy trade barriers and policies; geographical Indications and their role in impeding US exports; Japan's high dairy tariffs; EU regulatory issues such as certification concerns and country of origin labeling requirements; Israel market access; Russia dairy plant registration requirements; Indian dairy certificate requirements; and other topics.
Coalition Letter to Trump Urges Need for Immigration Reform for Dairy, Other Ag Sectors
The Agriculture Workforce Coalition (AWC), of which NMPF is a founding member, called on the Trump Administration to focus on immigration reforms that will benefit dairy farmers and the rest of U.S. agriculture in a letter sent last week to President Donald Trump. NMPF signed the letter on behalf of all its dairy cooperative members, and was among 70 groups representing a broad cross-section of farm commodities calling for labor policy reforms to ensure that American agriculture has a legal, stable supply of workers.
"Our farmers face growing shortages of legally authorized and experienced workers each year," the AWC told the White House. "This shortage of labor negatively impacts our economic competitiveness, local economies and jobs. Reforms are necessary to address the agricultural labor shortage."
The letter specifically addressed the needs of the dairy sector, emphasizing that for dairy farmers, "cows must be milked twice a day, 365 days a year. Thus, dairy farmers are left without any legal channel to find workers when U.S. workers are simply not available or not interested."
The AWC noted that the only current guest worker program available, the H-2A visa program, only allows for temporary or seasonal workers, and therefore cannot be used by certain farm sectors, including dairy, that have a year-round need for labor.
What's more, the coalition said, this labor shortage threatens jobs far beyond the farm. Each farmworker engaged in crop or livestock production supports 2-3 other jobs off the farm, such as those in food transportation, processing and marketing.
In addition to laying out the reason why a new guest worker program is essential to the health of the farm sector, AWC also urged the Administration to create a lawful path so the current undocumented foreign laborers can obtain legal status.
"Agriculture needs a new program that meets the needs of our diverse industry and functions as efficiently as the current free market while providing the security of legal, documented temporary workers," the letter said.
Dairy Farmer Newspaper Column Encourages Support for DAIRY PRIDE Act
In mid-March, Maine dairy producer Travis Fogler, a member of Dairy Farmers of America, published an opinion piece in the state's largest newspaper in which Fogler encouraged support for the DAIRY PRIDE Act (DPA), legislation that would require the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to enforce the long-standing regulation that "milk" must come from an animal source. Shortly after its publication, Maine Sen. Angus King (ME-I) came out in support of the legislation.
In the piece, printed in the Portland Press Herald, Fogler said that "dairy farmers work extremely hard to follow our industry's extensive regulations – including the Food and Drug Administration's labeling laws specifying what milk is. Government regulations say imitators shouldn't be able to copy the names of cheese and yogurt," he noted, adding that "for more than a decade, we've seen an explosion of products that mimic certain attributes of milk, including co-opting that very name. Unfortunately, the FDA has turned a blind eye to this growing practice."
Fogler's article joins another recent op-ed column from NMPF President and CEO Jim Mulhern in calling for congressional backing of the DPA, which was introduced by Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) in the Senate, and by Representatives Peter Welch (D-VT), Mike Simpson (R-ID) and Sean Duffy (R-WI) in the House.
To help generate support from its dairy producer-members, NMPF has been providing cooperatives with legislative action alerts, news articles, infographics and other materials. NMPF strongly encourages cooperatives to share these materials with staff, producer-members and on social media to whip up industry and congressional support for the two bills.
NMPF has also been promoting a series of colorful graphics on Facebook and Twitter that call out the nutritional disparity between real dairy and its copycats. As Fogler noted in his column, "All the camouflage in the world won't produce the natural goodness of real milk."
Trump Pick for USTR Says Agriculture Will be Priority in Trade Negotiations
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer aligned himself with several NMPF trade priorities during a hearing on his nomination last month before the Senate Finance Committee. In preparation for that hearing, NMPF and the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) asked senators on the committee to ensure that key dairy policy issues, including trade with Canada and the importance of common food names, were addressed.
Lighthizer's replies reflected a clear recognition of the importance of agricultural trade, a point NMPF has raised repeatedly with Congress and the Trump Administration to counter what has appeared to be a growing skepticism of trade agreements.
Lighthizer was nominated for the USTR position in January, but has not yet been confirmed. NMPF supports his confirmation and has urged the Senate to quickly approve him.
As the lead U.S. trade negotiator, Lighthizer said he would be a champion for agriculture, adding, "I assure you we will prioritize agriculture, both with maintaining what we have and by also gaining market access."
With the future of NAFTA still uncertain, Lighthizer said that any negotiations must preserve current market access while improving NAFTA for all three countries. If done properly, he added, it will not harm agriculture's stake in the agreement. This approach is the same one NMPF has recommended to the Trump Administration and Congress as being most beneficial in NAFTA discussions.
In addition to questions from senators highlighting the importance of agricultural trade, Lighthizer was also pressed on both Canada's protectionist dairy policies and Europe's use of Geographic Indications (GIs). In reference to the latter, he said, "We have to take it head on … We want to discourage other countries from agreeing to these geographic indicators and resist them in the United States."
Sen. Orrin Hatch, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, has indicated the Committee hopes to vote to approve Lighthizer's nomination as the U.S.'s chief trade negotiator when the Senate returns after the Easter recess.
NMPF looks forward to engaging with the incoming USTR on the importance of pursuing well-negotiated trade agreements that would help the dairy sector serve consumers all over the world.
MPP Forecast: April
The U.S. average all-milk price dropped $0.40 per hundredweight from January to February, to $18.50 per hundredweight. The February all-milk price decline was consistent with the February federal order prices announced at the beginning of March.
Milk prices have come under pressure from increased U.S. milk and cheese production, as well as recent weakness in global nonfat skim milk powder/nonfat dry milk markets. These developments have dragged the CME price for block cheese down by almost $0.50 a pound from its high in early February, to a mid-March low. The daily CME price for Grade A nonfat dry milk dropped by $0.26 between early January and the beginning of March.
However, the domestic cheese market became oversold and subsequently rebounded by $0.15 a pound later in March. This price rebound occurred despite significant American-type cheese stock levels at the end of February that have been exceeded only during the dairy surplus years of 1983-1986. Prices were also influenced by indications that milk production growth has likely stabilized at around 2.5 percent per year.
The March 30 CME futures prices indicated that the U.S. average all-milk price should bottom out in the high $16-per-hundredweight range during the spring months, and average about $17.80 per hundredweight during calendar year 2017 — $1.50 higher than 2016. USDA currently forecasts that average milk prices for all of 2017 will fall within in the range of $17.80-$18.40.
Feed ingredient prices announced by NASS for February translate into a monthly Margin Protection Program feed cost of $7.92 per hundredweight and a monthly MPP margin of $10.58 per hundredweight for February, which makes the January-February margin equal to $10.82 per hundredweight.
USDA's current MPP margin forecast, based on the March 29 CME futures settlements, projects the margin will remain above $9 during most of 2017. USDA is currently projecting a lower probability than it did a month earlier in that the margin will fall below the $8 coverage level during 2017, with an 18 percent probability that this will occur during May-June and a lower likelihood during other bimonthly periods this year.
USDA's MPP margin forecasts are updated daily online. NMPF's Future for Dairy website offers a variety of educational resources to help farmers make better use of the program.
CWT Assists Members in Capturing 12.5 Million Pounds of Dairy Export Sales in March
Cooperatives Working Together assisted member cooperatives in securing 78 contracts in March to sell 12.53 million pounds of cheese and 52,360 pounds of butter to customers in Asia, Central America, the Middle East, North Africa and Oceania. The product will be shipped from March through June 2017.
The addition of these transactions to the CWT-assisted sales made in January and February raised the total number of CWT sales to 23.49 million pounds of cheese and 1.43 million pounds of butter. In total, these sales to customers in 12 countries on five continents will move the equivalent of 248.94 million pounds of milk on a milkfat basis overseas in the first six months of 2017.
Helping CWT member cooperatives gain and maintain world market share through the Export Assistance program in the long-term expands the demand for U.S. dairy products and the U.S. farm milk that produces them. This, in turn, positively affects all U.S. dairy farmers by strengthening and maintaining the value of dairy products that directly impact their milk price.
The amounts of dairy products and related milk volumes reflect current contracts for delivery, not completed export volumes. CWT will pay export assistance to the bidders only when export and delivery of the product is verified by submission of the required documentation.
All cooperatives and dairy farmers are encouraged to add their support to this important program. Membership forms are available on the CWT website.
FARM Program, BQA Releases Stockmanship Training Video
The National Dairy FARM Program released in mid-March a new stockmanship training video as part of the program's partnership with the National Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) program.
The 27-minute video is divided into several chapters, including "Point of Balance," "Understanding the Flight Zone" and "Utilizing Tools to Effectively Move Cattle." Each segment contains reminder points and multiple choice questions to test viewers' understanding of the content. The video can serve as a training resource to satisfy the FARM Animal Care Version 3.0 requirement for annual employee training.
The video, directed by Dr. Robert Hagevoort of New Mexico State and the U.S. Dairy Education & Training Consortium is available on the FARM Program website and YouTube page in both English and Spanish.
One FARM Program family recently received recognition for their work in stockmanship. Dale and Carol Hoffman were awarded the 2017 National Beef Quality Assurance Award in March. The award is given to outstanding members of the beef industry in five categories: Cow-Calf, Feedyard, Dairy, Marketer and Educator
The Hoffmans (pictured right) are members of Land O' Lakes, Inc., and hail from Pennsylvania. Their farm began in 1976 with just 40 cows and 400 acres, but has since expanded to include 800 milking cows.


Question of the week time. This weeks question is quick and to the point.
So What do you think? Jump right in share your thoughts and opinions in the comments. I'll be sharing my thoughts on this subject on Friday.
I don't have an age.
It depends on the person, and the situation, and the kid.
I was hoping you would jump in this weeks question. I agree that some of this decision depends on the person, the situation and the kid in question.
And to be perfectly honest, I am not sure why she NEEDS to do that or why any other adult NEEDS to take my kid on a trip without me. I don't know why traveling without her parents is a necessary thing to do until she is much more independent…and doesn't need the adult to travel with in the first place.
The first time I traveled out of state alone, I was 15 and going to spend 3 weeks in Boston. I didn't go with another adult, because at that point I was independent enough to do the traveling alone and had living arrangements with responsible adults once there. I would be comfortable with my child doing something like this around this age.
Back to your question…the more I think about it, the more I realize that I don't want my kid going on a trip with non-parents and without her parents while she is an age where she needs adult supervision to travel. It just boils down to the fact that I don't see the necessity in it. Of course, there are exceptions. I'm sure there are emergency situations where I could see that it would be okay. And I assume if my daughter was at an age where she was begging to go alone on a trip with X, that I could consider it…but again, I don't really even see that happening. But maybe. I suppose I will cross that bridge if I come to it.
Don't worry Shea, no one is judging your feelings on this.
I think it depends on who they are traveling with. Grandparents then as soon as they can be away from mom is fine. School age then going with another family is good in my book.
Do you think your opinion or feelings on this changed at all after having more children?
No two situations are ever the same, therefore no rules can apply. Each child must be judged by their own abilities to handle situations that may differ from their norm. The person or persons your child will be with and how able to care for your child's needs, and how willing and able they are to stay within the general rules of your parenting plan, must also be taken into consideration.
No person is going to treat every situation the way you would, you will have to be able to know where you are able to bend rules and where you are not.
That said, my answer is never before 3 and once they get to about 15 you have done what you can to teach them to make wise choices.
I like that you brought up the persons general willingness to follow the parents parenting methods. It's one thing to trust that whoever will keep your child alive but it seems important to also think about if they will care for your child in the manner you would like.
Sometimes situations dictate that your children travel alone and you have very little control over it. My son traveled alone out of Country at the age of 9, I would not have chose for him to travel alone at this age. The airlines actually do a great job with the unaccompanied minors. By the time he was 15 he was traveling alone internationally and was even brazen enough to get himself a massage at the airport (something I would not do).
For me I have a hard time visioning my children being able to deal with being a way from me for an extended period of time, but i sure know that they can prove you wrong with that one.
My daughter who is 4 is no where near ready (or is that I am no where near ready). I could imagine her being about 8 and visiting with Grandma.
To me it boils down to the child's maturity and their ability to deal with being away from you and i don't think you know that time until it arrives (or it is forced upon you).
Here I am asking about traveling out of the state and you have already tackled international travel. At this point I can't even compute sending Maddy internationally with anyone other than Luke and I let alone on her own, although she does have another 5 years before she hits 8.
Remember the ragging fear that something could happen to your child even right when you are there. I am a feeling person and no amount of trust of family or friends could help me though my children going out of state or on a plane without me. Nothing could happen but the time the children were away from me would be hell in my mind. I worried about so many things and i know that can be unreasonable but it is me and I cannot change me.
I am fine with over nights and short stays but out of state or on a plane would upset my stomach.
Sorry to be so real (for me).
The caregiver could be great, but I still could not sleep?
When my children learned to drive I was sick and did not sleep until they reached home, even if I had to go to work early the next day. Can't help it the world can be a very awful place (and yet very wonderful too)?
The mom fear. Another thing I definitely inherited from you.
I am going to answer based on the assumption everything is kosher – kid can handle being away, relationship with adult he/she is traveling with is good, location and mode of travel are good, etc. Assuming all that meets my criteria, I would say 3 yrs. old with a family member. If any of that does not meet my criteria, then it's not even up for discussion.
I did take a friend of my son's on a mom/kids trip with other moms when they wer 12 yrs. old. We went 3 states away. I would allow him (or my other kids) to do the same with friend's at that age, and probably even a little younger, again assuming all my criteria is met.
I like the thought of qualifying a trip by checking to see if it meets certain personal criteria and not just looking at the where when how questions.
Good point. I guess a qualifying question could be:- would i choose to take my child on this trip? If the answer to that is no then I guess nothing else matters.
A friend of my sons had parents who smoked, I hated him having over nights but no matter what age I would never have let him go on a trip and spend several days with them. So I guess another question would be :- Are the people taking your child on a trip going to participate in activities you wouldnt approve of?
I am a few days behind but I am going to answer here before I read your response.
I think my opinion is different than most though I think it has changed over time and due to my life experiences.
As parents, especially moms (me included), we tend to over-protect, over-worry, over-control (I am all these things) but my husband, a man, and very different personality than me has calmed me down a lot. He balances me out perfectly and for that I (and God knows my kids) are truly thankful. He was raised in quite a laid back fashion with a lot of freedom. I was not suffocated as a child by any means but had a lot more structure and rules. As kids get older (mine are 10,10, and 8) they still need structure but they need some freedom and space to explore so they can learn to be responsible and make wise decisions for themselves.
The emotional, worrier of a mother, side of me agrees with other commentators but the logical, reasonable, what is best for the child, part of me says stop worrying and let your kid have some fun and take a vacation with another trusted adult.
I did really like the guidlines a few other people said, at least 3 years old with a close family member (grandparent, aunt, etc.), at least 10-12 with a friend's family, depending upon how well you know the other family and how mature your child is. I've also thought about this in regards to sleep away camp. A lot of camps let 8 year olds go but I know my 8 year old would not do well with the responsibility of all her self car, following a schedule, limited adult supervision, my almost 11 year old, entering middle school son would do fine.
This all being said, I don't think this came up for me personally until we moved to Maryland and Brennan was 9. At that point I did not have a problem with him traveling out of state with his grandma but did not think he was ready to fly alone. I finally let him fly unaccompanied at 10 1/2 this past year. I nearly had a nervous breakdown and did not like it one bit but you know what? Now that it is over and Brennan did awesome flying alone, I would not hesitate to let him do it again and I honestly wouldn't worry so much. That's the thing about parenting, once you do something you're scared to (as far as giving up control) and everything turns our ok you realize your fears were mainly irrational in the beginning and your kids are better off from getting to experience whatever they did.


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'BE vigilant against superbug infections' is the warning from a Runcorn mother who watched her grandfather suffer in his last weeks at Warrington Hospital.
'BE vigilant against superbug infections' is the warning from a Runcorn mother who watched her grandfather suffer in his last weeks at Warrington Hospital.
Fred Toy, of Richard Close, Castlefields, died in hospital on June 7, aged 86.
Clostrium difficile (C-diff) diarrhoea was listed alongside heart failure and heart disease as a cause on his death cer tificate.
C-diff mostly affects elderly patients with other underlying diseases.
Mr Toy's granddaughter, Justine Hickey, of Summer Lane, Runcorn, was unhappy with the way his illness was handled.
She said: 'There is nothing we can do to help our grandad now, but if we can make people aware of the situation at Warrington Hospital then maybe someone else's grandad can be saved.
North Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust, responsible for Warrington and Halton Hospitals, judged itself to have 'not met' the national standard on reducing the risk of healthcare-associated infections in its annual health check released last month.
Cases of C-diff had increased by 84%, but the Trust claimed reducing the numbers of cases was its priority for this year.
However, Mr Toy's case casts doubts on the assertions.
A STATEMENT issued by the NHS Trust said: 'Families are informed with the patient's permission.
'Isolation precautions are used in appropriate situations.
'Written information on infections including MRSA and Clostridium difficile (C-diff) is given to patients and relatives when appropriate.
'The Trust takes healthcareacquired infections seriously and a robust prevention, diagnosis and treatment action plan is in operation to ensure cases are kept to a minimum.
'Staff wear disposable gloves and aprons when caring for infected patients and rigorous cleaning is employed to remove bacterium spores from the environment.
In 2005, the most recent figures, C-diff was mentioned as a cause of death on more than 3,800 death certificates in England and Wales, twice as high as in 2003.


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My husband wants to take the kids on a day trip to Boston – no hotel, free rental car. We're also trying to go to Niagara Falls for a weekend before school starts up again. The map of Great Britain is there because next year we're scattering my mother in law's ashes at her home in and around Belfast.
I thought a good summer project for my two little ones would be to plan out the trips to Boston and Niagara Falls. They randomly got assigned a trip and are now using tour guides and maps from AAA to plan an itinerary using a budget of $500. That's way high for the day trip but I wanted them to have the same amount to work with.
They'll present their itineraries and suggestions on Thursday, and then trade to choose attractions and things to do for themselves at the other location. They'll also check some things out on the internet later in the week.
My daughter really threw herself into it, spreading out all the maps, using post-it notes and highlighters. She's found places; now she has to see if she can afford it within her budget.
We rely so much on navigator apps or GPS that they don't really know how the maps work so this is a great skill to learn and practice. I'm not sure if it's taught in school anymore. I know it took me a long time as a young adult to figure them out; especially finding alternate routes. But I could always re-fold a map properly.


For safety and stability, the top of the ladder should extend at least three feet above the edge of the roof.
Many homeowners will never need to venture up onto their house's roof. But some may find it necessary to climb onto the roof to find the source of a leak, to make a minor repair or to remove tree branches and other debris from the roof. If you are in this group, there is some important safety information to keep in mind.
Some roofs are too steep for the average person to walk on comfortably, and it is best to leave steep-slope roofs to the professional. The same is true of tile and slate roofs. Both can be damaged easily, and loose pieces can cause falls. If you have a roof that is not too steep, and one with a surface that can be safely walked on, follow these guidelines.
Even a little morning dew can turn roofing shingles slippery, and a sudden gust of wind can knock you off balance. So wait for a dry, calm day.
Wear soft rubber sole shoes for traction.
Long pants with thick fabric will protect your legs from the ceramic granules that cover roofing shingles and from a hot roof surface, should you have to kneel on the roof.
Do not place ladders near power lines. Dozens of people each year are electrocuted when metal ladders accidentally touch overhead power lines.
All ladders, even step ladders, have a Duty Rating, which is the maximum weight the ladder is designed for. The rating includes the weight of the person on the ladder and the weight of tools and materials he or she may carry. Unless you are a professional roofer, do not carry anything when you use an extension ladder.
If you need tools, use a rope to hoist them up in a bucket once you are safely on the roof.
For extension ladders, the top extension section should overlap the bottom section. Place the ladder on level ground away from the house's wall, about one-quarter the distance from the ground to the roof edge. The ladder should lean at about a 75-degree angle.
The top of the ladder should extend at least three feet above the edge of the roof. You may be able to get onto the roof if the ladder is only a few inches higher than the roof edge, but it will be difficult if you are not used to climbing ladders. But it will be worse on the way down. It is very difficult, and scary, to get back onto the ladder in that situation.
Brace or tie off the bottom of the ladder. It is also a good idea to place sawhorses or some other type of warning or barrier around the bottom of the ladder to help keep people away while you are working.
When climbing, keep your hips inside the rails of the ladder. Don't lean out or reach to the sides. Always keep both hand on the rungs as you make your way up or down the ladder.
Once on the roof, follow common sense safety precautions: be aware of where the edge of the roof is at all times; and don't lean out over the edge of the roof.
Pine needles, leaves and other debris can be slippery, so avoid walking on them.
Keep tools you are not using at the moment in a large container, such as a 5-gallon bucket. Loose tools can become slipping hazards.
Be aware of where extension cords, ropes and other tools and materials are at all times. They can cause you to trip or slip.
Pros working on steep roofs have a variety of safety devices they routinely use, and some this equipment can be purchased or rented by homeowners. Attaching this safety equipment to a roof usually involves prying up the edge of shingles and nailing to the roof deck to secure the safety gear. If you repair the area properly after removing the safety equipment, the roof will not leak.
Roof brackets support 2x6 lumber standing on edge. Placed the barriers a short distance up from the edge of the roof, they can prevent falls and keep tools from rolling off of the roof.
Personal fall arrest systems consist of a full-body harness, a means to attach the anchor to roof trusses, a lifeline and a shock absorbing lanyard. Should you fall off of the roof, the system will stop the fall at a preset distance.
Working on a roof can be dangerous, but by taking a few precautions, the job can go smoothly and safely.


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'Shark Swims Down a Flooded Street' Is a Viral Hoax That Won't Die
It's still fake.
by Kaleigh Rogers
Oct 5 2015, 5:20pm
There are two things you can expect any time an Atlantic hurricane breaches the shores of North America: there will be a lot of flooding, and people will tweet this stupid image of a shark swimming in the street:
For some reason, this sloppy photoshop has become a perennial favorite any time a major storm hits, particularly in the US, and the current flooding in South Carolina due to Hurricane Joaquin is no exception. In the last few days, the photo has appeared on Twitter, Imgur, and Reddit, purportedly captured on Ocean Boulevard in North Myrtle Beach. A local Myrtle Beach news station even ran a story clarifying that it's a hoax, and there are no sharks swimming along the highway.
Okay guys, there's literally a shark swimming on Ocean Boulevard in North Myrtle Beach. This flood ain't playing. Krislynne StoweOctober 4, 2015
"I see these kinds of photos pop up on social media during and immediately after just about every highly-publicized storm, in addition to just popping up randomly without a storm in the news," David Shiffman, a shark biologist and conservationist at the University of Miami, told me via email, adding that about a dozen people have emailed him the last few days asking if the most recent one is real.
Shiffman even penned a blog post back in 2013 trying to give people tips on how to identify faux-shark photos, where he noted that, to the best of his knowledge, "there has never been a confirmed photo of a shark swimming in city streets following a storm."
The "shark in the street" image first popped up back in 2011, after Hurricane Irene caused massive flooding in Puerto Rico.
WOW!!! Amazing RT Jillian BarberieAugust 28, 2011
Savvy internet users were quick to suss out that the image was a fake: the Washington Post reported that Redditors were first to point out the similarities between the shark in the flood photo and the one in a photo from a 2005 story in Africa Geographic. Quickly debunked, the shark photo eventually faded from social media, only to return again the next time a major flood hit.
It circulated in 2012, when it was purported to be from a New Jersey highway after Hurricane Sandy:
shark on the highway in MAN®October 30, 2012
It even appeared earlier this year when a hearty rainfall caused flooding in Houston over Memorial Day weekend:
Just a shark swimming on the streets in Houston Jake SchlagerMay 30, 2015
"Too many people click 'share' on fake news stories and images without taking a few seconds to determine if they're true," Shiffman told me. "It's usually pretty easy to tell."
As far as internet-hoaxes-that-won't-die go, this one is fairly harmless, and people seem to be catching on: there are almost as many "this isn't real" tweets with the photo as tweets saying "OMG shark on the streets of Myrtle Beach!"
But it's a little disappointing that this is the junk people choose to focus on, when at least five people have been killed due to the flooding caused by Hurricane Joaquin, and a cargo ship with 33 crew onboard sank in the storm. Just like the storms that surfaced this photo in the past, Hurricane Joaquin is causing extensive damage. Even if there were sharks swimming in the streets, that should be the least of our concerns.
Hoaxes


- "Thinking differently requires speaking differently" (xv). This is the core message of this book. Lakoff is a linguist/cognitive scientist who views human thinking as a series of "frames" that have been built up over an individual's personal experiences. The conservatives in the US have spent a great deal of effort over the past 40 years building up frames in people's minds and thus greatly influencing public perception on political issues. It is now the responsibility of progressives to invoke new frames that people will become accustomed to that is more in line with their own political goals.
- "Every word, like 'elephant', invokes a frame, which can be an image or other kinds of knowledge: Elephants are large, have floppy ears and a trunk, are associated with circuses, and so on. The word is defined relative to that frame." (3) The funny thing is, even if you negate the frame, such as by telling people "Don't think of an elephant!", the frame is evoked: people can't help but think of an elephant, even though you tell them not to.
- Let's try other applications of compounding 'relief' - "pain relief", "poverty relief", "inequality relief", "discrimination relief"
- "Bush said, 'We do not need a permission slip to defend America.'" Who needs a 'permission slip'? Children do. And we're not children, we're adults, so let's do as we wish and go to war.
- We have a strong metaphor for the nation as a family - Founding Fathers, Daughters of the American Revolution, we "send our sons" to war.
- by the invisible hand of the market, if everyone pursues their self-interest, everyone will benefit. therefore, pursuing your self-interest is the good or right thing to do.
- Doing good is the equivalent of giving someone money, and you can see this in our language - we say "how will I ever repay you?"
-> Use "unindustrialized" instead of "developing" or "3rd world"
- empathy, which means you want to 1) protect your child (e.g. seat belts, speeding laws, health care) and 2) want your child to have a fulfilling, happy life.
- "Strength lies in organization, in careful long-range planning and implementation, in consistency of action over an indefinite period of years, in the scale of financing available only through joint effort, and in the political power available only through united action and national organizations."
- conservatives are focused on maintaining the "free enterprise system"
- "People don't necessarily vote their self-interest. They vote their identity. They vote their values. They vote for who they identify with."
- Another line between the left and the right: for the right, the highest moral value is defending and preserving the moral system itself; for the left, the highest value is helping individuals who need help.
4) The People Beat the Politicians - very clever frame. Casts Arnold and the Republicans as "the people" and the Democratic legislature as the "politics as usual"
- a frame that the Democrats didn't successfully publicize with Arnold was the "Right Wing Power Grab frame"
- Toppling of towers meant loss of control, power - when you're in control, you're "on top of things"
- 9/11 changed from a frame of crime, implying law, courts, lawyers, trials, sentencing, appeals, etc., to a frame of war, implying casualties, enemies, military action, war powers, etc.
- see how powerfully a frame can set expectations and what's right vs. wrong?
- performing lesser evils in the name of good is justified - the ends justify the means - curtailing individual liberties, promoting political assassinations, torturing prisoners, overthrowing governments, hiring criminals, and creating "collateral damage" are all OK because it's temporary and for the greater good.
- "Get your small town back!"
- "Have you met him?"
Definition of a "just war"
- Lakoff is a "cognitive activist"
"Progressive thought is as American as apple pie. Progressives want political equality, good public schools,, healthy children, care for the aged, police protection, family farms, air you can breathe, water you can drink, fish in our streams, forests you can hike in, songbirds and frogs, livable cities, ethical businesses, journalists who tell the truth, music and dance, poetry and art, and jobs that pay a living wage to everyone who works.
I respect Lakoff for his work with Johnson on metaphors and embodied philosophy. That is brilliant work.
Lakoff's little side journey into politics is nothing more than political masturbation for the already convinced--otherwise known as "preaching to the choir." Any writer who is capable of passing high school composition could write a superior work, placing "liberals" in the disadvantageous straw man position in which Lakoff places conservatives.
I passed through the leftist camp years ago, brushed briefly past the US conservative base, landing in the individualist libertarian/anarachist camp. Right now I owe none of those groups any loyalty and feel contempt equally for all political (and religious) persuasions. Lakoff is just another true believer, politically speaking. Trivial, banal, pedestrian.
Really helpful summary of important work.


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