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European Union Trademark No. 001342690 (Figurative) Trademark register: EUIPO Status: registration expired

Logo design: Heraldic eagles ; One tree or one bush ; Shields containing representations of geometrical figures or solids, lines, bands or partitions ; Shields containing other figurative elements or inscriptions ; Shields surmounted by figurative elements or inscriptions ; Banderoles, cartouches

The European Union Trademark for CONTI COSCO MAZZUCA (Figurative) was filed on 13.10.1999 for goods and services in class(es) 16, 20, 21, 24, 26 and 28 at the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). The current status of the trademark No. 001342690 CONTI COSCO MAZZUCA is 'registration expired'.

Trademark information
RegisterEuropean Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
Filing date13.10.1999
Registration date20.12.2000
Expiry date13.10.2009
Nice classes16, 20, 21, 24, 26 and 28
 64029 Silvi Marina (Teramo), IT
RepresentativeBARZANÒ & ZANARDO
 00187 Roma, IT
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Class 16 : Paper, cardboard and goods made from these materials, not included in other classes; printed matter; bookbinding material; photographs; stationery; adhesives for stationery or household purposes; artists' materials, paint brushes; typewriters and office requisites (except furniture); instructional and teaching material (except apparatus); plastic materials for packaging (not included in other classes); playing cards; printers' type; printing blocks.... More
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Class 21 : Household or kitchen utensils and containers (not of precious metal or coated therewith); combs and sponges; brushes (except paint brushes); brush-making materials; articles for cleaning purposes; steelwool; unworked or semi-worked glass (except glass used in building); glassware, porcelain and earthenware not included in other classes.
Class 24 : Textiles and textile goods, not included in other classes; bed and table covers.
Class 26 : Lace and embroidery, ribbons and braid; buttons, hooks and eyes, pins and needles; artificial flowers.
Class 28 : Games and playthings; gymnastic and sporting articles not included in other classes; decorations for Christmas trees.
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Word mark

The European Union Trademark for OCOLOCO (Word) was filed on 13.04.2000 for goods and services in class(es) 9, 25, 35, 38 and 42 at the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). The current status of the trademark No. 001610138 OCOLOCO is 'registration expired'.

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Filing date13.04.2000
Registration date28.05.2001
Expiry date13.04.2010
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Class 25 : Clothing, footwear, headgear.
Class 35 : Advertising and business services relating to electronic commerce.
Class 38 : Telecommunication services.
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by Josie Osborne, Executive Director, Raincoast Education Society

Earlier this fall, the Raincoast Education Society undertook a survey in conjunction with the Tofino Consumers Co-op about customer opinions and attitudes on disposable plastic bags.

As was reported in the Westerly News, 41 per cent of members said they preferred the total removal of bags and 51 per cent of members preferred a fee of at least five cents being charged for Read the rest of this entry »

Photo and article by Liam McNeil

Over the last few weeks, many walking the beaches around Tofino and Long Beach may have noticed a large number of dead birds washed up in the high tide line.  The gull-like birds, spread up and down the length of the peninsula, have likely been disconcerting for many residents, and a welcome source of perfume for many dogs.  Many of the birds have been adorned with small metal tags, bearing the words ‘BC Beached Bird Survey’.

A brief call to Peter Davidson, BC Program Manager for Bird Studies Canada, the organization behind the BC Beached Bird Survey, helped Read the rest of this entry »

The sludge (see yesterday’s post, below) is now on Tonquin Beach – and I wonder where else.

Of course getting any of our governmental organizations to look into this is not easy.  Coast Guard says it’s not their department; DFO was reluctant to get involved (update: but apparently will now look into it); District of Tofino says it’s not within their jurisdiction either.

Hopefully someone will take it upon themselves to Read the rest of this entry »

Sludge piled up at Tofino Air, First Street Dock

Yup, it looks pretty disgusting, that black sludgy stuff piling up against the docks and drifting out to the open ocean with the big ebb this afternoon.

I went down to have a look.  It’s stinky, but doesn’t seem to be an oil slick – although there is definitely oil mixed in with it.  It’s a lot of black sludge and worm casings and lots of old beer cans.

Coast Guard tells me that Read the rest of this entry »

Don’t be alarmed about the bombing!

Apparently Coast Guard will be doing some exercises involving explosions and things off Lennard this evening, starting around 5:30 pm.

I am not sure if it is in conjunction with the military, or if it is more related to rescue scenarios – but it sounds like they will be lighting up Chestermans Beach quite spectacularly with it all.

From the article in Friday’s Westcoaster: Salmon Farm Reports Tear In Net, No Escapes, about Mainstream Canada’s fish farm at Saranac, behind Meares Island.

A good example of industry spokespersons using clever double-speak to make things sound fine:

Jessica McLachlin, spokesperson for the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands, said in an email to the the incident is under investigation by ministry staff.
“At this point there is no evidence that any fish escaped,” she said.

“No evidence” of them escaping is not the same as “no escapes”.  It could just mean that no one looked.  (For years, fish farm spokespersons said there was “no evidence” of Atlantic salmon (a) surviving if they escaped, or (b) ascending spawning streams…  but once people started looking, it turns the escaped Atlantics were doing both).

Does anyone have any more info about this incident? If so, please either post it here as a comment or, if you’d prefer to write an update article about it, then email me.


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Saturday, October 26, 2013

    A favorite stop in Washington-The Newseum.  An incredible display of history told through the lens of journalism, it is also a temple to the First Amendment. The message reads clearly in the neighborhood.

  A current exhibition is a moving look at a pivotal moment in the life of boomers.

    Riveting clips of television coverage of the historic moments highlight the powerful exhibition.

   Another emotional stop is the memorial to journalists, killed in the line of duty.

    A stroll provides a glimpse of the Washington Monument
under scaffolding.
 There is still middle ground in Washington.
     See you down the trail.

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

     Harvest carnivals, autumnal rites and the turning of the year.
     Merchants launch Christmas longings even before we observe that night of dress up and masked extortion of candy where now social media provides a "safe house" map and GPS guide.
     In the last push of this 2013 we'll remember it has been 50 years since JFK inspired us. We remember vividly our own piece of history now a half century on. Boomers have become seasoned vets of the season. In Thanksgiving rituals we intuit another Yule, Holiday, Christmas, Advent and yet another rapid change of calendar.
      When days shorten and night becomes longer we reflect, remember and marvel at where it all goes, cued by  nature gone melancholy. Regret and hope ballet on our mood. This time of year is an acquired taste.  The more of it we sip, the better we appreciate the vintage. Still, can it really be time for this end of year run through the holidays and memories?  Already?
     So there in the photo of the cabinet, next to the pin striped Secretary of State is the secretary of the Internet in a black T shirt and jeans.  Intriguing?
   As the Obama team, so slick at campaign social media, struggles to get the new Affordable Care market exchange computer system operating, maybe it's time to ask, should we elevate all federal government information and computer systems and programs to a single department or agency?  Do we need our own Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison or Steve Jobs?  Yea, I know the curse of a federal agency is first a growing bureaucracy and a diminishing efficiency, but if we imported some "google think"  or "oracle management" or "apple genius" it could spill over to the bloated federal mind set.
     Better design and more efficient testing of the health care market place system probably would have been a product of a Facebook, or Google team.  And besides this embarrassment is the very real matter that most of everything today moves via technology platforms.  Should we trust the big picture, high altitude view on this to the snoops and investigators of the NSA and FBI or CIA or to the high platform warriors of the Pentagon?  Commerce certainly can't hack it?  Maybe we do need a son or daughter of silicon valley to mix it up with the Cabinet.

     See you down the trail.

Saturday, October 19, 2013

     In a nutshell the film revolves around a line spoken by Julian Assange "editing reflects bias."
     That is a great premise for a debate and reminds me of  countless conversations by journalists. A variation of the theme is do we reflect the culture, like a mirror, or do we shape it by our very presence? Such philosophic pondering and navel gazing seems hopelessly old century by comparison to director Bill Condon's treatment of the Wiki-leaks story.
      The idea of Wiki-leaks is profound, but its impact on the world is more shattering.  Screenwriter Josh Singer took a book by a former Julian Assange colleague, Daniel Berg and created a rich pastiche of culture, journalism, legal boundaries, personality and a dramatic timeline that centers on Assange and his desire to strip bare all pretense and leave us with a world of transparency.  In his world all organizations loose proprietary control of information and only whistle blowers and leakers are protected.  That's a helluva conversation to have.  But there are intersecting points of view including those of news organizations like the New York Times, Der Spiegel and The Guardian, plus agencies like the State Department with privileged and covert information.  It makes for a compelling film that transcends mere entertainment and approaches an ethics tome or philosophic debate.
       Condon infuses the work with a strong international accent, with a particularly heavy dose of Berlin artistic, avant garde and hacker culture.  Benedict Cumberbatch is brilliant, nuanced, conflicted and spot on as Assange.  Daniel Bruhl is compelling as Daniel Berg who fell in and then out with Assange in his quixotic mission.
      The production style and graphics are as contemporary as your Droid or iPhone.  In a few years they may seem dated, but now they are slick and help move the story.  The opening montage is incredible.  I told a professor friend that he could use that as a history of communication set piece.
       The on screen debate over the release of the Bradley Manning documents is a good microcosm of the larger debate implicit in the film-the philosophic gist of hacking, complete transparency and openness and who gets to set the rules and control the information.
       Cumberbatch, and Condon's direction do a good job of portraying Assange's personal journey of commitment or obsession. Assange says the film is a propaganda attack on Wiki-leaks.  I don't agree.  As major news organizations battle against release of un-redacted cables, Laura Linney, as a State Department official says, "He's bigger than the Times."  And that is the core of the premise.
        If you care not about the underpinning premise, it's still a fine film, just for the drama and entertainment value.  Condon has directed God's and Monsters, Chicago, Kinsey and Dream Girls.  He is a gifted film maker.  Singer wrote many episodes of West Wing and Law&Order and has talent and experience at making the complex move through good dialogue and strong characters.
        This is one of the most important films I've seen and is sure to add to what is a needed and clarifying debate.

      See you down the trail.

Monday, October 14, 2013

    A couple of extraordinary things struck me in an otherwise excellent film, directed by Paul Greengrass and starring Tom Hanks, who seems incapable of anything but masterful. Hank's acting when he portrays Captain Phillips in shock, and the extraordinary low key cool of the real navy personnel who play acted their real life roles, are more than worth the ticket.
     Hanks emotional volume and visceral acting in this act were stunning.
      As the operation drama reaches a peak, the screen fills with military and medical staff who are the real deal, apparently getting a pass to portray a role. They evince an élan. It is all about mission-efficient and in control.
     You see technology and intel being brought to conduct in the planning and execution of the operation. These touches are an additional layer of film making skill.
      The film is an enthralling adventure.  There are present issues with the real Captain Phillips' navigating and some of the Phillips' behavior was directorial interpretation. Though not unimportant, they do not affect the storytelling or power of engagement in Greengrass' film. For his part, Hanks has such a facile way of digging into a character and making them live he trades on credibility and you believe.

     How do you define a low information voter?
     If the recent work of Pew Research is indicative "low information" might be giving too much credit. Is stupid more appropriate?   How do you measure up?
     Link here to take a quick News IQ QuizYou may have your own editorial comment after you've seen your results and those of fellow voters.

    We treasure village life.
    The simple pleasures are magnified, as when the grounds of the Cambria Historical Society became the gathering center for a Harvest Market-a kind of tag sale, ice cream social and music venue.  For those who do not know our village nestled in Monterey Pines between the Pacific and the Santa Lucia mountains, here are homespun autumn snapshots.

a desert that is an appetizer
    See you down the trail.

Thursday, October 10, 2013

    There is an historic window into America's heart and soul and it provides a troubling scene.
       The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, followed days later by submarine attacks on central California marine targets unleashed a public mania that resulted in a low point in American history, the internment of nearly 120 thousand Japanese Americans during WWII.
      The Manzanar National Historic Site near, ironically, Independence California, captures the history and stands as a bold testament to how fragile our civil liberties are.
      Run by the National Parks Service, Manzanar, 200 miles north of LA, provides an intelligent and emotional account of the life that began there in March of 1942.
     10 thousand people lived in 504 barracks, that the internees built. Tar paper shacks really, windy, cold and snowy in winter, blown by sand and sweltering in the 110 degree summers.

   Surrounded by barbed wire, armed guards and watch towers, entire families tried to make the best of life in what amounted to a kind of prison camp.
   They had been completely uprooted from life and were forced to live in a cramped adversity using communal latrines and showers with no stalls.

    They worked, digging irrigation canals, raised fruit, vegetables and livestock. They made clothing and furniture, camouflage netting and rubber products for the military and were paid between $12 and $19 a month. With their own limited funds they published a newspaper, operated a general store, bank and barbershop.

   Without due process, the Federal government gave Japanese Americans only days to decide what to do with homes, farms, businesses, cars and all property.  Most sold their possessions at a significant loss. They could take only what they could carry with them.
      Not one Japanese American was ever charged with espionage.
    Nearly 26 thousand Japanese Americans served in the US Military during WWII, many serving with distinction and  decoration.
    In the frame below is the mother of the first soldier from Manzanar who was killed in the line of duty.
    Most of the Japanese American soldiers served in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team in North Africa, France and Italy. They had the highest casualty rate and was the most highly decorated Army unit of its size and length of service.
    The quote below is from President Harry Truman at a White House ceremony honoring the 442nd and 100th Infantry Battalion of the Hawaiian Territorial Guard.
      President Roosevelt's Executive Order 9066 on February 19,1942 authorized relocation and/or internment of "anyone who might threaten the US war effort."
   With that simple order American civil liberties and justice were savaged.
    Processing and reporting centers were opened and Japanese Americans were forced to depart.
     Ten relocation camps were built and without due process American citizens were forced into internment, with no idea of how long they might be held and with no charges being brought against them.
    21st century Americans can visit Manzanar and see the vestiges of a time when emotion, paranoia, horrible political judgment and prejudice combined to create a dark and despicable chapter in the life of this nation. It was a time that made our words of freedom, liberty and justice empty, hollow and hypocritical.

    It is both moving and a bit frightening to see the names of those American citizens, who because of their heritage, were, without any legal recourse, treated like criminals and put into internment camps. Their freedoms denied by a single executive order, while a nation stood by.
    A portion of the driving and walking tour takes you to the memorial ground, where those who died are remembered and where ashes were spread.
      Those who lived through this nightmare of the American soul are still amongst us and they return.
     This memory and this tangible lesson is available to all and it should be seen.
     Our modern America has new paranoias, new people of foreign ancestry who are the target of zealots, racists, ideologues and politicians.  We are a divided nation with a political system that fails to govern in the middle as extremists are willing to shut down, default, and marginalize.
     As much as I hate terrorism, I also despise the quick and fast suspension of personal liberty and freedom that has been propagated in the war on terror and in the Patriot Act.
     I worry about administrations that are obsessed with leaks, whistle blowers and who seek to keep too much information under government wrap.
     I ask if Manzanar could happen again?  Is it possible that we could again suspend due process and trample civil liberties because of fear and a perceived threat?  After the horrible thing we did to Japanese Americans, we must remember, never was a Japanese American even charged with espionage.  In the end we learned it was all a horrible, hellish mistake.
      American has much to learn at Manzanar.
      See you down the trail.

Monday, October 7, 2013

    My first big city newsroom boss told me we weren't doing our job unless both democrats and republicans were mad at us. As you read on, know that I invoke that principal, as I have over the decades.
     President Obama has himself to blame for many of his problems.  And he has the mutant spawn of the old Gipper for the balance.
     Obama emerged as America looked for and needed a change.  He was fresh, historic, appealing to new generations and with communication savvy. David Axelrod read the mood of America, fashioned a political campaign in response and unleashed a passion for change.  Hope, you remember.
      But there were two shortcomings.  Obama himself, a smart young man, but without the wisdom that comes with years of survival in Washington or the learning that comes with being knocked down a few times. The other was the naive belief that controlling the White House meant you had the most power, or the biggest club in the fight.
      When they had the chance, back when American was sick and tired of W and Cheney, and as the economy was coming undone, Obama, Axelrod and team should have built a true political movement, a gradual revolution if you will.
      They could have, in fact should have seen that a compliant congress was necessary to affect the CHANGE they promised. Instead of the White House only, they could have been effective in bringing about a wholesale change-House and even in the Senate.  There was a time in America when a campaign for the Presidency was a product of a top to bottom party movement-state legislative races, Congressional Districts and Senate campaigns. A full package. More than anyone in the last couple of decades, they had that potential and capacity.
      And there is the diffident, distant, professorial and even arrogant style of Mr Obama himself.  Had he been around the Senate a little longer, he would have learned the wisdom of the old boys and girls.  Collegiality, friendship, schmoozing.  For those of you old enough, think of Sam Rayburn, Lyndon Johnson, John McCormack, Carl Albert,  Tip O'Neil, Ronald Reagan, Ev Dirksen, Charlie Halleck, even the depraved and aberrant Newt Gingrich. They could deal, horse trade and find a way to make things happen.
     In addition to their shortsightedness and inept use of power there is the buzz saw of the Tea Party. Here's where I lay its ancestry to Reagan.  The great communicator spent years telling people the federal government was the problem. He was very effective at selling that point of view, even though all the while he was himself adding more debt and growing the government.  But one thing he and his guru Michael Dever understood was that it's all about appearance and image.  So the great Conservative/Neo Con progenitor unleashed a couple of decades of a "the government is the problem" mantra until latent generations believed it. Enter the disgruntled if not overly bright Tea Party players.
      Old fashioned traditional Republicans worry the Tea Party, who represents a strident, loud, belligerent and obstinate base, minority though they are, will continue to make the once GOP a laughing stock or kill it by a suicide of ignorance.
       I agree that Speaker Boehner is like a besotted eunuch  when it comes to political combat, with his own charges even. The recent SNL parody which had him parading around in panties and vamping was brilliant. But I am not so sure my Republican sources aren't a little out of phase. I sense that an increasingly tribalized American body politic, fed by an increasingly stupid media, mainstream and partisan, and a growing number of low information voters only plays into the hands of those who's intellectual depth goes to bumper sticker slogans.  Currently I fear that thought, analysis and a sense of history has been eclipsed by volume, rancor, selfishness and presided over by inept government.  It is a bit as though our highest level of aspiration or accomplishment is to look like a Greek or Italian government in search of yet another spiral down.
       Maybe it is time to give each member of the house a walking stick and to urge them to use it as a tool of persuasion.  We have a long history of Congressional fistfights. Link here as you ponder if it might not be time to let them rumble!!  By the way, my money would be on Barry Obama to take crybaby Boehner down, quickly!
   After enduring that rant you deserve something nice.  This is about as nice as it gets.  Included here are scenes from a hike that began at about 9 thousand feet and continued around alpine lakes and mountain streams to just below 11 thousand feet.  This is from Rock Creek Lake, in the eastern Sierra over the Mono and Morgan Pass trails to some of the most pristine sights on the planet.

   The frame above and below was our view as we paused for a back pack lunch.

     We were impressed by the "landscape painting" in the striation of this boulder.
     This is where the trail ended for us. Lana had a bad altitude headache.  I had no desire to hike alone as you can see the trail was becoming a little more difficult.
    So we decided to settle in and simply be overwhelmed by the quiet, serenity and beauty of creation.
    See you down the trail.


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FCC on Townhall

Cruz: Leave the Internet to the People
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FCC Approves Socialism for Broadband
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FCC Approves 'Net Neutrality' Regulations
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Forward into the Past
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A Backdoor Tax on the Internet
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The Net Neutrality Tax Hike
Kevin Glass| November 14, 2014|
How to Get Away With Sleazy Sex Scenes
Brent Bozell| November 14, 2014|
The Hits Just Keep on Coming
Rich Galen| November 13, 2014|
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Phil Kerpen| September 19, 2014|
The FCC Pitchman
Ken Blackwell| August 06, 2014|
Barack Obama’s War on Free Speech
Katie Pavlich| April 09, 2014|
Freedom Is Not Free
Thomas Sowell| March 04, 2014|
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37 Year Wait Petition

James Moran currently has a petition on Change.org asking for the release of documents concerning sexual abuse in Ireland. From his petition:

Chapter 20 is the last remaining, censored chapter in Judge Yvonne Murphy’s report into the handling of clerical child sex abuse allegations by the Catholic Church and State.

Chapter 20 has remained censored on foot of a High Court direction that its full publication could damage the trial of a defrocked priest charged with the sexual assault of children in the 1970s and 80s.

Former priest Patrick McCabe was sentenced last month by the Circuit Criminal Court. As a result of his trial, there is now no further need for the blanked-out chapter to remain secret.

My name is James Moran, and I am one of the survivors of sexual abuse at the hands of McCabe. I made a statement to Archbishops House in 1977. I made a statement to the Gardai (Irish Police) in 1987. Both statements were about my sexual abuse by Priests. My statements surfaced in 2003.

The Murphy Report will reveal the truth about why my statements lay undiscovered for several decades. During these years Patrick McCabe was allowed to travel abroad undetected and unmonitored.

I, and the other victims of Patrick McCabe have a right to know what is contained within Chapter 20, in order to put that part of our life’s jigsaw together. The victim’s lives are now in the public domain through the Murphy Report and we have a right, by association, to know the truths contained within.

37 Years is a lifetime of waiting. Enough is enough.

More about Moran’s situation and efforts can be found on his blog. Please sign the petition. It only needs another 500 signatures. And feel free to spread the word around. There is no reason why this information should remain hidden after other parts of the report were released.

8 thoughts on “37 Year Wait Petition

  1. Signed. Being Irish myself….. actually it doesn’t matter what country it’s from, I don’t like this happening anywhere!

  2. After 37 years and you are still having to fight, fair play to you, your bravery will bring justice to so many more

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In the Transient Sky – May 2012

The big event this month (at least for folks around the northern Pacific basin) is the annular solar eclipse on May 20. As for planets, Venus, Mars and Saturn are easy to see in the evening.

May 2012 Highlights
* Annular Solar Eclipse for western North America, the north Pacific basin and far eastern Asia
* Venus dominates the evening sky
* Mars fades but still is high in the evening sky
* Saturn is easily seen in eastern evening sky
* Comet C/2009 P1 (Garradd) is a nice binocular object in the evening sky

Note: If anyone has pictures or observations of these objects/events and want to share them with my readers, send them to the Transient Sky at <>.

Annular Solar Eclipse

The big event this month is an annular eclipse of the Sun on May 20. For more information on when and where this event can be seen go to Science News @ NASA Science.

Evening Planets

Venus  – Venus reaches its maximum brilliance at magnitude -4.7 right at the start of the month. At the start of the month Venus is riding high in the West and sets up to 3.5 hours after the Sun. But Venus is now on a bee-line towards the Sun. By mid-month it sets 2.5 hours after the Sun and by the end of the month it will be so close to the Sun that it sets within 40 minutes of the Sun. All during the month, Venus will slightly fade but in a telescope it will appear to become bigger in apparent diameter while also becoming more crescent. All of this leads up to a rare Venus transit on June 5 when Venus will appear to pass in front of the disk of the Sun. The Moon makes a nice pair with Venus on May 22.

Mars – Mars is the bright reddish “star” nearly overhead early in the evening. Mars reached opposition (the point opposite the Sun on the sky) in early March. Since Mars was near its aphelion when we passed it on our inside track, this opposition is almost as faint as can be at a magnitude of -1.2. In May, it fades from +0.0 to +0.5. The red planet will spend the month moving eastwards below the constellation of Leo. The 1st Quarter Moon visits on the 28th.

Saturn – Saturn reached opposition on April 15 at a distance of 8.75 AU (813 million miles or 1.3 million km) from Earth. Opposition meant Saturn was directly opposite the Sun in the sky. This month it can be seen in the east at the start of evening making a nice but distant pair with bright 1st magnitude Spica. Being past opposition it will fade from magnitude +0.3 to +0.5. The nearly Full Moon visits on the mornings of the 3rd and 4th.

Morning Planets

Mercury – If you live in the Southern Hemisphere, Mercury is still in the middle of a nice morning apparition at the start of the month. By mid-month it will be too low for easy observation.  If, like me, you live north of the equator, this month’s display will be a hard one to observe. At the every end of the month, Mercury starts a better apparition for northern observers in the evening. Though still very low, It will be within ~2° of Venus although both will be only 8° from the Sun at the time.

Jupiter – With conjunction on May 13th, this planet will be located to close to the Sun to be easily seen this month.

The year is usually split in 2 with January through June having low rates with few major showers while July through December have high rates with many major showers. Background rates will remain low in May.

Sporadic Meteors

Sporadic meteors are not part of any known meteor shower. They represent the background flux of meteors. Except for the few days per year when a major shower is active, most meteors that are observed are Sporadics. This is especially true for meteors observed during the evening. During May mornings, 6 or so Sporadic meteors can be observed per hour from a dark moonless sky.

Major Meteor Showers

Eta Aquariids (ETA)

The Eta Aquarids are a major shower, especially for southern hemisphere observers, when they peak on May 5. For northern observers, the shower will only be observable for an hour or two before dawn. Since the radiant doesn’t get very high for NH observers, rates can be low. The radiant is located near the “jar” of Aquarius.

The ETA were produced by Comet Halley which also gives us the Orionids in October. Models suggest that the ETA were released by Comet Halley no later than 837 AD. The Orionids are easy to see because the particles are hitting the Earth from the anti-solar direction. This means the meteor shower can be seen in the middle of the night. The ETA are produced by meteoroids moving outbound from the Sun, as a result the radiant is located relatively close to the Sun. This means that the ETA radiant is only visible for an hour or so before twilight. Unfortunately the Moon is full just a day after the expected peak of the ETAs on May 5 making this a difficult shower to observe this year.

The shower spans from April 19 to May 28 with a peak around May 5 with a maximum ZHR of ~60.

Additional information on these showers and other minor showers not included here can be found at the following sites: Robert Lunsford’s Meteor Activity Outlook and the International Meteor Organization’s 2012 Meteor Shower Calendar.

Minor Meteor Showers

Minor showers produce so few meteors that they are hard to notice above the background of regular meteors. Info on many minor showers are provided on a weekly basis by Robert Lunsford’s Meteor Activity Outlook.

Additional information on these showers and other minor showers not included here can be found at the International Meteor Organization’s 2012 Meteor Shower Calendar.

Naked Eye Comets (V < 6.0)

None this month.

Binocular Comets (V = 6.0 – 8.0)

C/2009 P1 (Garradd)

First seen way back on August 13, 2009 by Gordon Garradd who was observing for the Siding Spring Survey, a NASA-funded survey observing from Australia. At the time of discovery it was located at a distance 8.7 AU from the Sun, nearly the distance of Saturn. Perihelion occurred 2 days before Christmas 2011 at 1.55 AU from the Sun. Though the comet does not get very close to the Sun, it is an intrinsically bright comet and could have been a real sight had it come closer to the Sun and Earth.

The comet is in full retreat from the Earth and Sun as it heads outward on its long journey back to the cold depths of the outer Solar System.  Comet Garradd is slowly moving south through the constellation of Cancer in the evening sky.  Since the comet is moving away from us and the Sun it should continue to fade from around magnitude 8.0 to 8.9 as the month progresses. The comet does appear to be fading rather slowly and may be brighter than predicted here as the month progresses.

Date       RA       DEC     Delta    r    Elong   Mag
May  1   08h 50m  +38°01'   2.190  2.311    84    8.0
May 10   08h 50m  +33°56'   2.420  2.395    77    8.3
May 20   08h 52m  +30°07'   2.677  2.489    68    8.6
May 30   08h 56m  +26°51'   2.929  2.584    60    8.9

Small Telescope Comets (V = 8.0 – 10.0)


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After visiting RHS Rosemoor on Saturday I drove on to Lanhydrock, a beautiful Jacobean country house modified in the late Victorian period. The extensive gardens here are set within some 900 acres of parkland and are essentially formal in nature. Developed from the 17th century onwards when many of the trees were planted, most of the current planting began in the mid 19th century. The gardens feature colourful parterres, topiary, herbaceous borders, and a woodland garden planted with magnolias, rhododendrons, camellias and hydrangeas. The gardens also offer breath-taking views out over the magnificent country house to Bodmin Moor.

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Some of Avon’s most used products are the Anew Lines. Made especially for taking care of older or exhausted skin, their products are divided in several groups allowing you to choose which line is the best fit for you, based on your skin performances.

Today we’ll do a review on the Platinum line. It comes in a nice glass container with purple package. This line has a Day cream, Night cream and Eye & Lip Cream. Their patented Paxillium Technology boost’s natural paxillium in the skin to give more life to the cells, renewing them and optimizing their performances.

Both the night cream and the day cream are also available in Travel sizes, meaning with a smaller weight of 0.5 oz. (the links will bring you to their Avon’s page). Let’s go through each of the products performances and see how they can help your skin:

  • 1Anew Platinum Night Cream – long term results of the night cream are reduced wrinkles and lines on the neck and jaw, around the lips and eyes, lifted cheeks and overall reduction on sagged skin. It also fights discolorations overnight, while making your skin smooth and silky. It makes your skin lifted, firm and smooth after a short 2 to 4 weeks use. Used on a regular basis, works as a anti-aging miracle for facial skin. Look it up on Avon through this link.

  • 2Anew Platinum Day Cream – it has the similar performances as the night cream, with a SPF 25 to prevent further sun damage. Based on the Paxillium Avon Technology the day cream fights discolorations and wrinkles, while also leaving a nice, smooth, hydrated touch when applied. The Day cream (as well as all the other creams on this list) is dermatologically tested, hypoallergenic and suitable for sensitive skin. Order your Anew Platinum Day Cream right through this link.

  • 3Anew Platinum Eye & Lip Cream – Another product based on the Paxillium Technology, designed especially for taking care of the wrinkles and lines around the eyes and mouth. It brings defined contours, fills lines up to make the skin smooth and lifted, and gives an overall youthful look on the face. It also comes with dual-tip applicator, that has rounded silvery point on one side designed to cool the eyes area, and flat point on the other side, made perfectly for applying the cream around and on the lips. Buy this great everyday lifter on the site.

So, those are the three Platinum creams available on Avon (five if you count the smaller packages of the day and night cream). It’s recommended to use the whole line for best results. Even though it has a complicated formula to fight wrinkles, this line is suitable for sensitive skin. If in any case, you feel a tingling sensation when applying (it happens to women with very sensitive skin) try waiting 10 to 15 minutes between washing your face and applying the cream or try using it less frequently on the beginning, until your face gets used to the formula.

This line is one of Avon’s most used ones because the formula has shown to do miracles after a few days of use. Furthermore,  lots of the users continue to apply it regularly after they first purchased it, so they get an overall healthier skin, without discolorations and with a lot of lifting. If you too want to enjoy the advantages that these creams allow, contact me through my Avon profile and buy yourself some or all of the Anew Platinum creams. I promise, they’re worth it!


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This Calls for Birthday Cake … and Swan and Peacock and Rabbit…

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Our very own Henry VIII entered our world on 28 June 1491 at  the Palace of Placentia in Greenwich, London. (He married Anne Boleyn and Jane Seymour there as well.) The heir to the throne, his older brother Arthur, had been shuttled off to a Welsh castle to live when he was just a child. There he learned Ruling England 101 while Henry was all set for a life with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

It was understood at that time that an oldest son would be groomed to take over a father’s place, and the second son would head to the church for his life’s work. No coincidence, then, that the ginger king was a champion of the Catholic faith for so long. Ironic then, too, that he would turn religion in England on its head in an unprecidented display of drama.

The future Massive Monarch grew up surrounded by women. Go figure. But really, he was adored by his mother and his two sisters, Mary and Margaret. In the recent Henry VIII: Man and Monarch exhibit, David Starkey declared that Henry’s handwriting reveals a mummy’s boy whose early life with the ladies led to his future as a dysfunctional ladies’ man.

And when newlywed Arthur died and left the crown and the Spanish princess Catherine of Aragon, well, that’s when  history took a wild turn indeed.

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  Anonymous wrote @

Elizabeth must have had loads of time on her hands if she had to draw all those curlicues!

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I love all these–thanks for gathering them for us! I wish I were a handwriting analyst and could figure out what each person was like–quite interesting!

  Anthony wrote @

very interesting and different kind of post. I love your creativity and imagination!

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This is great!

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awesome! thanks for sharing

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I love Elizabeth’s signature – truly lovely and befitting of a queen.

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Well, she did spend time in the Tower during her childhood – she would have certainly had plenty of time on her hands to worry about her future! Any distraction would surely have been welcomed!

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Since heirs were more important than heesrises in the line of succession, Henry favored Edward over Mary and Elizabeth. Henry wanted sons, not daughters.

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So, recently I’ve entered the world of Android phones, and I’ve decided something. I want to learn how to program a smart phone. I know a fair amount about programming in general, and I really want to learn more, so it’s about time…

So, my first Android program is going to help me with my photography, hence the reason I’m posting on this form to begin with. It’s going to start as a photo viewer for my website. I have a list of features I plan on adding, which I’m going to keep quiet for a while, but I’ll say for now that my program will be geared towards a professional or serious amateur showing off a portfolio on their phone, and related tasks.

So far, I’ve almost figured out how to do my first real task, which is loading and displaying an image from the web. Once I’ve got that figured out, it’s only talking to the SmugMug API and putting a slightly more complex interface, something that should be easy. Hopefully I’ll have something to share soon, but for now, keep watching for more;-)

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Hello and welcome to Two Geeks, Two Beers and a Laptop!

Presented by Tom Eames and Morgan Jeffery, this show will delve into the world of cult TV shows, movies, music, just about anything. With the help of beer and Google, it’s anyone’s guess what topics we might end up on each episode.

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Tecolote Farm Talks to Two Hearts Wellness: No to the GMO and Yes to Yum

Tecolote Farm has just started their second half of this season’s CSA and time is going by so quickly.  If you recollect from the first installment, too, I promised a second essay in order to share the whole of my interview with Katie.  Now is the perfect time to share!

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What’s what here in Two Hearts Wellness-land is this: school is rolling along and the term is half over, clinic rotations are as busy as could be, and personal training clients and Asian bodywork therapy patients are bringing joy and purpose to my life’s work.  On top of that, and just this past week, I picked up my basket and the hub host where I get my veggies gave me a half dozen free-range eggs because she had some extra and wanted to share. Meantime, the CSA newsletter from Katie continues to appear in my email inbox each week with its recipes and commentary and the Tecolote Farm Facebook group remains lively and inspirational (a love of sorrel is going to happen in my life…I have not given up yet and there’s support to be found in the FB group). All humor aside… when I wrote about the sense of community surrounding this particular farm and its CSA program I wasn’t exaggerating a bit. And it’s not just in terms of the farm-to-table (and friends created as a result) connections. Katie and her husband, David, are active members in the larger Texan farming community and that aspect, for me, was interesting and worth some interview questions. I also had asked about organic farming and GMO seeds, two subjects that concern me as a health blogger, bodywork therapist, coach, and future TCM practitioner.

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Kate & peppers

So without further ado (and this time, with asides):

Me: As a happy member of your CSA client list, I wanted to ask you about going organic, staying organic, and resisting GMO seed. How do you keep the vegetables from being carried away by insects? How much work is it to remain steadfast in the face of outside farming trends? Do you worry about GMO seeds blowing into your fields, for example?

Katie: We are swimming in seed packets and seed catalogs, and we buy organic seed and untreated seed and definitely no GMO seed. We have the proper buffer zones, and luckily don’t live near fields that are being seeded with GMO crops. Mostly there is hay production, on existing grass stands. I would be very worried if we lived near commercial vegetable or other frequently tilled and planted fields.

The insect pressure in Texas is intense, and we have to rotate fields with different types of crops in order to avoid infestation. Having another farm along the Colorado River, about 15 miles away from our original home farm, helps in our ability to rotate crops to new soil and thus avoid plant disease and insect takeovers. Still, organic farming is SO MUCH WORK, and CSA farming is the hardest of all vegetable growing. Keeping a variety wide enough to keep the CSA members from getting bored or overwhelmed keeps us constantly training the crew on different harvest and post-harvest methods, and requires us to grow all kinds of crops, not just the ones that do really well here. It’s worth it, though, because of the deep satisfaction of our work feeding people GOOD CLEAN FOOD.

A picture from the farm, bug included

(I have to inject an aside here: I, personally, think that insects are really interesting and lovely. NOT that I would want to have pests eating my vegetables or bedbugs in my mattress or anything awful like that BUT I do like spiders and bees and fireflies and ladybugs and I know that at Tecolote, they appreciate the good insects too. I also think that the occasional random bug in my CSA basket veggies is proof that Katie, David, and the workers are doing their job right. Thus far, I’ve gotten just two minor bug surprises in my basket over the course of four years as a CSA member so I count myself a very satisfied customer, thank you very much).

Me: How does Tecolote Farm fit into a large-view picture of Texas farming? Are farms and farmers united and in communication here in Texas? Or is it mainly the organic farms that are in communication and the non-organic farmers stick with each other? Is there a good balance between the two?

Katie: David and I are two of the 4 co-founders of the Growers Alliance of Central Texas (GroACT). David organizes the annual organic seed potato bulk purchase for about 15-20 farms. He does this to help everyone out with the transportation cost, and to help smaller farms have access to good organic potato seed.

David & peppers

As GroACT, we have potlucks and social gatherings to create conversation and sharing among farmers. Most are not organic, but most of those with whom we mingle are trying to grow as sustainably as possible. I am the daughter of a conventional citrus grower, so I have compassion for those who are not yet aware and attentive to the importance of growing [organic] food. At the farmers market, we meet plenty of conventional growers. Obviously we really believe in the organic, and relate more to farmers who care about the whole picture, not just the profit margins.

(An aside: Have you ever heard of GroAct? From their web site: “Growers Alliance of Central Texas, GroACT, was formed in early 2010 when a group of local sustainable and organic growers decided we could achieve more by working cooperatively. Starting as an informal, grassroots group that has saved money on bulk purchases of organic seed potatoes and materials like drip tape, we then created a growers-only list serve as a tool to communicate despite our distance from one another. We organized grower-only potlucks to connect and inspire. Now we have grown to include over 30 central Texas farms, are a 501c3 non-profit, and offer a farmer emergency medical relief fund.” What really stood out for me when I read their web site was this fine point: “Increasingly, farmer alliances are forming to ensure the survival of family farms.”)

Me: Do you ever get tired of eating vegetables?

Katie: Not really. Mostly we just get tired, and sometimes after a day when we’ve both worked a 14-hour day or so, we don’t feel like cooking.

But when we get lazy and eat more meat because it’s so much easier to prepare in a lot of ways, we end up physically feeling a little gross. Even though we raise our own pork, and get grass fed organic beef from a farmer friend, our bodies crave the nutrient-rich plant foods when we are short on time for cooking. Often at lunch we’ll just eat a great big salad, and most dinners we give thanks for all the food on our plates and are so happy that we grew almost all of it…yum yum yum […].

(Aside: One of the coolest things about living in Austin is that we kind of have a big city here but we really have a small town. I love knowing where my vegetables come from and I love being able to have a conversation with Katie or a chat with—and maybe even a surprise gift of fresh eggs from–my hub-host. I have spoken with David at a couple Farmer’s Market events and he is a charming and friendly guy but I haven’t actually met Katie in person yet. She is so warm and personable in our email conversations, though, that I feel like we know each other. And when I make my yummy vegetables into something lovely to eat, I know that it’s not just them to me but instead, a whole long thread of connections and caring that winds through the great state of Texas. If you want to be part of this friendly circle too, then contact them for a half-term CSA membership or join the Facebook group, or say hi at a Farmer’s Market. You never know what new friends you will make in so doing but you can be assured that the vegetables will be yum yum YUM!)

Two Hearts Wellness is a local holistic health and wellness outfit with a passion for all things nourishing, including but not limited to: joyful living, great food, art, and literature, and–of course–traditional Chinese medicine.  If you want to learn more about me, click here and do feel free to follow my blog, keep up with me via Instagram, connect with me on Facebook, or contact me here to set up an appointment for wellness programming and/or health coaching services.  If you are interested in Asian bodywork therapy, click here to book an appointment online.

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The four days we spent in Cairo were chocker-bock with family visits. husbandsylv got to meet almost all of the family (both sides!) that are in Cairo – I think it was a little overwhelming for both of us.

The challenge for me was definitely translation. My understanding of the Arabic language is not bad – I’d say about 70% thanks to all those years of listening to sermons in Arabic translated into English. My command of the Arabic language is bad, I’d say, because I almost always respond in English when people speak to me in Arabic. So, there I was, at times surrounded by at least 10 people, trying to maintain a conversation with them, include husbandsylv, and translate to and for him. A little stressful at times, but I think we got through it okay. husbandsylv was most relieved when he met the cousins who are fluent in English – I think it was the first time all week he was able to have a conversation without me present.

Everyone walked away telling me that my husband was “tayeb” – gentle, (or kind hearted, like I said, not the best translator) – and “hady” – calm; I guess a sign that he was accepted into the family.

I almost always forgot to take photographs when we were with the family (because I was working so hard at translating), but it was a wonderful few days, and we both felt completely at home living in Shubra. Uncle M & Aunty R, in particular, were amazing hosts and really affirmed that as a new family unit, husbandsylv and I are always welcome in their house.

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How Did the Soybean Become Such a Common Crop in The U.S.?

By: Anna Casey

Chris Murray is a fifth-generation farmer in Champaign County, Illinois.  Like most farmers in the heartland, he grows both corn and soybeans, but says it was a particularly good year for the bean.

“We’re still probably going to be in one of our top five best soybean years we’ve ever had,” Murray said.

Farmers in the U.S. grew more soybeans in 2017 than ever before, according to USDA data. Nearly 89.5 million acres were planted this year, an increase of more than 25 million acres over the last decade.  The plant, native to Asia, has become ubiquitous across the American Corn Belt, but the crop was virtually unknown to the region until the middle of the 20th century. And the soybean’s rise can be traced back to one enterprising Illinois industrialist, A.E. Staley. Continue reading

Dicamba Restrictions Added

After statewide bans, multiple lawsuits and countless disgruntled farmers nationwide, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has required the makers of dicamba, a controversial weed killer, to revise its label.

The label changes and new training requirements shift more responsibility into the hands of farmers to ensure if they apply dicamba, the herbicide does not spread to neighboring fields. The problem is the weed killer has been shown to easily go airborne and move far from its intended area, harming or killing plants and other crops along the way. Continue reading

Are Soybeans Responsive to Nitrogen Fertilizer?

By Laura Lindsey, Ohio State University Extension

Soybean plants have a high demand for nitrogen as soybean grain contains a large amount of protein. An 80-bushel per acre soybean crop requires approximately 302 pounds of N per acre. As soybean yield increases, many farmers question if nitrogen supplied through fixation and the soil is adequate to maximize yield. Continue reading

What Will Dicamba Changes Mean For Farmers?

By Peggy Kirk Hall, Asst. Professor, Agricultural & Resource Law and Ellen Essman, Law Fellow, Ohio State University

This fall, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced an agreement with Monsanto, BASF and DuPont to change dicamba registration and labeling beginning with the 2018 growing season. EPA reports that the agreement was a voluntary measure taken by the manufacturers to minimize the potential of dicamba drift from “over the top” applications on genetically engineered soybeans and cotton, a recurring problem that has led to a host of regulatory and litigation issues across the Midwest and South. The upcoming changes might alleviate dicamba drift issues, but they also raise new concerns for farmers who will have more responsibility for dicamba applications. Continue reading

2017 Ohio Soybean Performance Trials- Yield Data Available

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2017 Ohio Soybean Performance Trials

Yield results for the 2017 Ohio Soybean Performance Trials are available online at: Seed quality information will be available within two weeks.

The purpose of the Ohio Soybean Performance Trials is to evaluate soybean varieties for yield and other agronomic characteristics. This evaluation gives soybean producers comparative information for selecting the best varieties for their unique production systems. New for 2017- Varieties were grouped, tested, and analyzed by maturity (early and late trials). Conventional, Liberty Link, Roundup Ready, and Xtend varieties were tested in the same block to allow for head-to-head comparisons. A double asterisk (**) is used to denote the variety with the highest yield within a yield and maturity grouping. A single asterisk (*) is used to denote varieties with yield not statistically different than the highest yielding variety.


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IT Jungle Discusses 5 Key Questions When Assessing Backup and Recovery

IT Jungle (September 9, 2010) When assessing backup and recovery needs, your process should include the answers to five key questions, according to this paper. Within your company there will be differing opinions as to the answers, but it's necessary to reach some agreed upon priorities. Read More.


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Students must apply to the WLMA program first through the Department of Languages & Literature. Please refer to the WLMA website for application procedure and deadlines (usually in January). Once admitted to the Department of languages & Literature, students must apply to the Urban Institute for Teacher Education to be admitted to the licensure program. Applications to the UITE are due Feb 1st following the first semester admitted to the Languages & Literature Department. Please submit all application materials in one manila envelope or manila folder. Details of each requirement are described in the program summary.

Application Checklist & Materials:

Please contact Marcie Leek at and have the following material forwarded to the UITE from the Department of Languages & Literature:

1. Transcripts: Copies of all transcripts from the U of U and any other colleges or universities. Note: We require a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA.

2. Letters of Recommendation: at least two letters of recommendation addressing your ability to complete graduate work.

The remaining admissions materials should be submitted directly to the UITE by the applicant:

1. Application for Admission to the Teacher Licensure Program.

2. Statement of Professional Purpose (2-3 pages): Submit a statement informing the Admissions Committee of your strengths as a candidate in the teacher education program at the University of Utah. Your essay should include a demonstration of your ability to think deeply about and analyze contemporary educational issues related to work in urban communities that aligns with the mission of the UITE. Your discussion should also address your commitment to the teaching profession with a specific emphasis on how you will contribute to urban schools as a future educator.

3. Teaching & Working with Youth Letter of Recommendation.

4. Content Area Sign-off Forms (optional): If you are pursuing licensure in additional content areas, other than foreign languages, you must submit a teaching major or teaching minor sign-off form.

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NAKANO CORP:Says the company amended the consolidated full-year outlook for the FY ending March 2016.Revenue forecast decreased to 115,200 million yen from 125,000 million yen.Operating profit forecast increased to 4,300 million yen from 3,300 million yen.Ordinary profit forecast increased to 4,600 million yen from 3,600 million yen.Net profit forecast increased to 3,200 million yen from 2,500 million yen.Earnings per share forecast increased to 93.09 yen from 72.72 yen.Comments that progress of construction is lower than the initial forecast and improved profitability of construction are the main reasons for the forecast.  Full Article


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Lattice QCD calculations with chiral fermions of the πN sigma term σπN and strangeness sigma term σπN including chiral interpolation with continuum and volume corrections are provided in this work, with the excited-state contaminations subtracted properly. We calculate the scalar matrix element for the light/strange quark directly and find σπN = 45.9(7.4)(2.8)  MeV, with the disconnected insertion part contributing 20(12)(4)%, and σπN = 40.2(11.7)(3.5)  MeV, which is somewhat smaller than σπN. The ratio of the strange/light scalar matrix elements is y = 0.09(3)(1).

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Published in Physical Review D, v. 94, issue 5, 054503, p. 1-8.

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The authors of this article are collectively known as χQCD Collaboration.

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This work is supported in part by U.S. DOE Grant No. DE-SC0013065. A. A. is supported in part by National Science Foundation CAREER Grant No. PHY-1151648 and by U.S. DOE Grant No. DE-FG02-95ER40907. This research used resources of the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, which is supported by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725.


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Going backwards to move forwards

unchainedEver feel like you’re finally starting to move in the right direction, only to realize you’re moving backwards? That’s exactly how I’m feeling right now. I know proponents of the “buy and hold” strategy always say not to check your accounts every day because the daily fluctuations can be enough to make scare even the strongest of us into rash decisions.

But sometimes, moving forwards requires taking a few steps backwards first. It’s just hard seeing the numbers go south when you’re finally putting in the effort.

Yesterday, I sold the Mr’s company shares to improve our cash flow, so obviously his assets decreased (the proceeds are now sitting in our savings account, to be used for that upcoming gigantic Visa bill, so technically, this should have had a net zero effect on our overall assets). Looks like our mutual funds took a little dip also, explaining the decrease in assets.

Meanwhile, recent purchases have increased our Visa balance, increasing our Liabilities, thus resulting in a decrease in our overall Net Worth. Okay, it’s not a huge amount by any stretch (i.e. $100.98), but disheartening nonetheless. (P.S. I am SO not dramatic…)

Sept 5, 2015

On the bright side, it looks like selling the Mr’s shares may just be enough to get us through the month without having to dip further into the HELOC, which would not only mean achieving Goal #2 but also being about a month ahead of schedule!

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Etiquette For Children: It’s Not That Hard (Ok It Probably Is But Please Try)

raggareI’m going to preface this by saying I don’t have children. I do not know what it’s like to have children. I have a niece who’s the bomb and have seen firsthand how difficult parenthood can be, but every time I visit my niece I know I can leave the apartment and go to a bar or a show and then get eight hours of sleep. Parents, you have a hard job, and I know lots of sacrifices have to be made just to keep everyone sane.

However, I am a human who lives in the world, and that world is full of children whose parents seem to have NO IDEA just how ridiculous they are acting.

I’m not talking about a baby throwing a tantrum in a cafe or on the subway, because if a child cannot talk and is screaming at the top of its lungs there is only so much a tired parent can do, and we should all be more forgiving of that. I’m talking about the kids running around restaurants and banging their silverware, or screaming to each other in a museum, or that one kid I saw in a grocery store who was just picking up produce and throwing it on the ground. Yes, having a kid is hard and you can’t be everywhere at once, but ultimately you are raising your kid to live in the world with other people. People who maybe are going to expect them to have an inside voice.

I don’t want to be in the business of giving parenting advice, but I will be boastful and say that I have been told on many occasions that I was a well behaved child. So here’s some of what I remember the adults in my life teaching me.

Learn where kids are unwelcome. I don’t necessarily agree with people who say children shouldn’t be allowed in restaurants or bars or anywhere public, but there is a line. Yesterday, a story came out about a couple who brought an 8-month-old to a fancy restaurant in Chicago that only serves a $210 tasting menu, which I assume will last hours. I’m sure their baby is lovely, but at what point did they think a child that young would be able to last through a meal like that?

Make sure you can accommodate your child to the expected behavior of where you’re going, not the other way around. Have a 10-year-old who can stay in his seat and eat politely at a nice restaurant? Great, bring him along. Bring your 4-year-old to a bar at night? Don’t expect anyone to change their normal bar behavior for you, and be ready to leave if your child throws a fit.

When your kid is old enough/knows how to mostly sit still, introduce them to what Adult Spaces look like. My parents used to bring me to dinners or cafes with their friends when I was a kid, and I was either given the option of doing something like sitting and coloring quietly, or joining the adult conversation, mainly by listening since I didn’t really have much interesting to say when I was seven. They’d be happy to speak to me and explain things, but it was also clear that if I wanted to interact with everyone I had to raise myself to the adult conversation, rather than them coming down to speak to a child. This was not my time to be the center of attention.

There are plenty of opportunities to make Adult Spaces in the home, especially when family comes over. For instance, the idea of a “kids table” at holidays can be somewhat detrimental to a child’s etiquette experience. You’ll go from sitting with other kids and generally being unsupervised to having to hold your own at a table with adults. It’s intimidating! But if you’re sitting with adults, you’ll learn by watching how they eat and how they converse, and if something goes wrong, at least you’re in your own house surrounded by people you love. The flip side to this is that you need lots more adults than children to make it an Adult Space. My fiance’s family has six kids ages 7 and under right now, so any family gathering is very kids-focused, even at the dinner table.

Be aware of what your kid can handle. My mom was lucky to have a few museum memberships when I was growing up, so some days we’d pop in somewhere and wander around for about twenty minutes. That was apparently my museum threshold, before I’d start getting cranky and tired, so we’d leave before I started crying. However, it still got me used to being a place like a museum, where I have grown to withstand almost a full hour without getting cranky.

Use the magic words. A parent friend of mine says “how do you ask?” is a constant refrain in his house, in making sure his kids know “please” and “thank you.” Use them yourself to show your kid what you mean. I’d also suggest reminding family or friends frequently around your kids to do the same. I am totally guilty of giving my little cousins whatever they want when they demand it, without reminding them to ask politely.

Ultimately, it seems that if you expect your child to be reasonably well behaved in your home, they’ll have better manners outside the home. But also, kids are crazy and unpredictable and sometimes you just want to let them do what they want so you can avoid another screaming match. Parents: what are your tips for raising a polite child?

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  1. I actually saw some amazing parents at a restaurant in Savannah recently. It was two parents with their small child (toddler aged). They were sitting in the very back of the restaurant, in a more isolated space. The kid kept crying and the parents were awesome and kept taking turns getting up and taking him outside. Maybe a very expensive and fancy restaurant wasn’t the best choice but they handled it really well and I doubt most of the restaurant even noticed them.

  2. I used to be of the mind that babies in restaurants are a total nuisance, and then my sister in law had her baby. When she was about six months old they wanted to come meet us for lunch in our neighborhood, because they seemed tired of their neighborhood/apartment and wanted to be social for the first time in a while, so we went to a loud, kid-friendly burger place. Even so, my niece was just not having a good day and would scream every time she wasn’t in her mother’s lap, and even though it was already a loud, brunchy volume in there, people kept turning around to us and I felt so bad and so angry that they couldn’t just deal with a baby who was hungry for like, 20 minutes in order to give my relatives an afternoon out for the first time in months. So, I get it, at least a little bit. But it also would have been a different story if this were a quiet, romantic restaurant at 9 pm.

  3. “However, it still got me used to being a place like a museum, where I have grown to withstand almost a full hour without getting cranky.”

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Independence Day by Any Other Name

Ask anyone the name of the holiday we will observe this weekend, and I’ll wager that 9 out of 10 people will respond “the 4th of July.”  Let me come right out and say it:  this irritates the heck out of me!  The holiday is Independence Day!  Congress established Independence Day as an official holiday in 1870, although the day was marked with celebrations from the beginning.

Independence Day is another on the sad list of American holidays which have lost their true meaning to retail opportunity or leisure or both.  How does a big matress sale commemorate the solemn occasion of Memorial Day, for instance?  Each year Christmas creeps further away from a celebration of the birth of Christ, the Word becoming Flesh, and closer to a retail jackpot with an ambiguous message.  Even the name of Christmas has been scrubbed of its original meaning. (“Season’s Greetings”?; “Happy Holidays”?)

The largely successful effort to change the name of Independence Day has produced a day more readily associated with  leisure and pyrotechnics than with the birthday of our great nation.  The words “Independence Day” remind us that our fledgling nation defied the most powerful land on earth, declaring that all men have God-given rights and that government gets its power from the consent of its people.  And our independence didn’t come quickly or cheaply.  Over the 8 years of the Revolutionary War, approximately 25,000 lost their lives, according to the

Yes, July 4th is quicker to say and to type, but Independence Day resonates with the ideals that gave birth to our country: self-determination, unalienable rights, liberty.

Flag Flies over USS Arizona Memorial

Happy Independence Day!

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  1. Maryann

    Nice job! Like the plumeria.

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5 ways a partner can support and encourage you

Chronic pain can be the source of huge strain upon a relationship. Partners and other people close to the suffering individual can be at a loss as to what they can do to help. Sometimes their assistance is welcomed and other times not. It can be confusing and stressful. There are many ways that a partner can help and some will be individual to those involved. Here are 5 simple ways that a partner can help:

Be an extra pair of ears and eyes

During consultations with specialists or therapists, it can be useful for a partner to come along. Beforehand you can decide upon their role. The possibilities include:

  • listening and note taking
  • offering observations about what has been happening
  • watching and learning exercises so that they can provide feedback at home
  • just being there for moral support

Sometimes having someone else in the room, even a loved one, can be distracting depending upon what is being practiced. So do discuss this with your clinician for the best outcome.

Understand pain

When your partner understands pain they will be able to further empathise and act through compassion rather than fear and worry. We do respond and are influenced by the people we are close to, meaning that if they have a working knowledge of pain they will better provide support and encouragement.

Pain can and does vary as each pain experience is as unique as each unfolding moment. Knowing that pain is related to perception of threat rather than tissue damage or injury, along with some of the main influences (e.g. emotional state, context, tiredness) helps to navigate a way forward. To overcome pain the person learns to coach themselves, making best choices in line with their picture of success. Sometimes we need help or someone to listen to us whilst making these choices.

A hug

Touch is healthy, especially from a loved one. Someone recently told me about how a hug from her children relieved her pain. Why? The release of oxytocin for a starter. The feelings of compassion and love can cut through all other emotions and feelings, which is why the development of self-compassion is one of the key skills of well-being.

Sometimes a hug can be painful of course, depending on where you feel your pain. If this is the case, then simple touch somewhere else is enough. Seek to notice the good feelings that emerge in you: what do they feel like? Where do you feel them? Concentrate on them. And if you are not with that person, just imagine a hug or a loving touch. This triggers similar activity, just like when you think about that beautiful scene in nature, your body systems respond as if you are there ~ our thinking is embodied.

Practice the skills of well-being together

A good example is metta or loving kindness meditation that cultivates self-compassion. It is best to gain instruction 1:1 to start with and then use a recording as a prompt until you are familiar with the practice. Group practice is also good when the collective or community creates a soothing atmosphere in which to practice.

At home, practice metta with your partner. Doing it together, you form a bond as you spend meaningful time together. You can also practice the exercises together. These are nourishing and healthy movements with the purpose of restoring confidence as well as layering in good experiences of activity to overcome pain.

Spend time together doing something meaningful

We are designed to connect. The chemicals we release and experience as that feel-good factor, do so when we have meaningful interactions. Pain all too often appears to limit choice and our tolerance for activity. However, on thinking about what we CAN do rather than what we cannot, we begin to build and broaden the effects of choosing positive action.

Positive action is all about focusing on what we can do: e.g./ I can go for a coffee with a friend for half an hour to gain the benefits of connecting, moving, a change of scene etc. and I will concentrate on these benefits. Make some plans, working within your current tolerance level, knowing that you are safe to do so, and follow them through by keeping yourself pointed towards the picture of success*. You can then gradually build your tolerance by pushing a little with increasing confidence.

There are many other ways that a partner can be involved. The key is to communicate openly and make plans together ~ here is a great insight into communication by Thich Nhat Hanh.

* Clarifying your picture of success gives you a direction and the opportunity to check in and ask yourself: am I heading in that direction or am I being distracted?

Please note: Whilst the practices above can appear to be straightforward, you should always discuss your approaches with your healthcare professional

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In astronomy, they call the body orbited by a smaller satellite the Primary.

That’s me.  I’m the Primary.

For years now, I have been a fixed point in the universe about which my family orbits.  I stay and they go.  They are the International Space Station and I am Earth.  They are stars and moons and clouds and travelers with carry-on luggage for quick movement.

I am the home base, the number you call in case of emergency.

I am an anchor snagged on the ocean floor.

I will hold your place, hold your purse, hold your hand.  “Hold on, I’ll be right back,” you’ll hear me say.

I am steady and planted in cement and locked with all the padlocks on sale at every Home Depot in America.  If someone wanders away to explore, he or she can follow the trail of breadcrumbs and find me here.  Still sitting, still waiting.

They start calling my name from other rooms in the house as soon as they need me.  “Mom!  Mom!  Mom!’  If I answer when they start calling, our shouts turn into a weird game of Marco Polo.  They adjust as they shout, heading for me.  “Mom!’  “What?” “Mom!’  “What?”  “Mom!” until I am so annoyed that I yell, “STOP MOMMING ME!”  But they follow the sound of my voice anyway, a homing beacon that never fails.

I plan itineraries, buy plane tickets, wrestle the luggage from the garage to the house.  I wash their laundry, pack their clothes, collect miniature toiletries in a quart sized Zip-loc™ bag.  I check them in online and print their boarding passes.  I drop them off at the airport and I pick them up and I ask, “How was your trip?” and while they are gone, I carry on being here.

I am, I said.

To no one there.

(Well, hello, Neil Diamond.  Fancy meeting you here.)

Sometimes I want to be the one waving goodbye.  I want to ride a bicycle for a thousand miles.  I want to drive a car to Maine.  I want to fly over the ocean and land on an island with a runway so short I have to hold my breath while we land.  I want to be alone in the world, just for a moment.  Or two.

Instead of being the vendor holding the cluster of helium balloons, I want to be that one balloon that slips away and floats higher and higher until it’s out of sight.

I want to be in the parade, not saving spots on the curb while everyone else buys cotton candy down the street.

And yet, that’s just part of me, the part that values independence and freedom and adventures, the “me” that yearns to be unshackled and untethered, free to roam and poke around and daydream.  That part of me craves solitude and a ramble with only my thoughts for company.  Sometimes, I want to grab my keys and leave without a trace.  (But in a certain time-travel kind of way that would leave no one missing me.)   (I was that “me” thirty years ago, come to think of it.)

The other part of me signed up for this life.

I have no regrets. Really, I don’t.

When my kids think of “home,” I want them to see my face.  I want them to call me day or night to save them from catastrophe.  I want to be the stability, the dependable one who remembers to buy milk and knows how to cook Thanksgiving dinner.  I want to be easily found, within earshot, able to hem pants and offer advice and remember the street addresses to all the homes we’ve owned.  I want to be the holder of the family photos and the keeper of the memories, the knower of the timeline of our life together.

I am the Primary and I wouldn’t have it any other way.

“I’m here!”

I’m here.  I’ll always be here.  You can count on it.

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  1. Diane Miller says:

    My turn to say WOW! Mel, you have conveyed the plight of so many of us Moms. I felt like I was in the moment with you. This blog was powerful and extended beyond the daily activities. Not saying it very well – your blog took me with you. Please do not quit writing – it is your creative outlet, a strength and a gift to readers like me. Thank you for sharing! Loved it and will share with credit:)

  2. THIS was your most powerful post, ever! Wow.

    Was going to say this was a tear jerker. But no, my tears ran as I read this. I have looked at your life and so often thought many of the same things you so beautifully put into words here.

    Thank you for your stability. Certainly they will all rise up and call you blessed!

  3. Ruby Mccoshum says:

    Wow ,Melody, that’s how every women feels if she’s worth her salt to help the family. To be there in thick and thin,know matter what, that’s what the Salt of the earth does!Yes I do know how it feels to always being there when know one else is.And how I would like sometimes to just run away for piece and quiet,:-) But someday in the not to distant future you will look around and see no one and hear no one,and know that quiet time has finally arrived.Will you be lonely? Yes some times,lonely believe it or not for the sounds of yesterday’s ,MOM,where are you?But you move on to greater things,GRANDKIDS!Look forward to it ,because the( Best is Yet to Come)!

  4. Its funny. I was talking today to someone about my son that lives a few hours away. He visits about 2 times a month. Walks in, as he passes by, he starts a load of laundry. Then grabs food from the fridge. After passing through the gauntlet of brothers wanting hugs, he makes his way to the bathroom where he grabs a shower, then eventually lands on the couch where he promptly takes a nap. He’s never lived in this house, since we moved here a year ago and he chose to stay in our old state. He’s 22, he had that choice.

    But the fact he does that lets me know that home isn’t necessarily where you grew up but in this fact, home is where mom is.

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