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Today I thought I'd call another meeting of the "Blog Cos You Want To" Club: what do you think? I've spotted quite a few Five Things posts popping up, so maybe it's time for a new suggestion?
if you are anything like me at the minute, you are busy, with a big list of things to do and people to see; but you are still hoping to keep in touch with everything blog. A quick run around to see what everyone is up to, maybe, a few hello's; and something fast and fresh for your own blog. Sound about right? But wait - today I'm going to suggest you forget fresh and play on the popular. Post something from the past.
Usually I do like to keep it new when I'm posting. I don't schedule or plan too much, so that what you get is where I am right now. But, once, when I was feeling short on inspiration someone very wise told me not not to worry. You have plenty of posts already there if someone feels a read she said. That's a reassuring thought. You have plenty of posts already there. Give it a minute and think - haven't you got something great in your back catalogue?
- Trust me: not all your readers will have seen it the first time. In two years a readership can change. Bet you have some new readers who would love to see what you were making a couple of years ago if you find the post for them! And think about it - how many times have you spotted something you like and promised yourself you'll go back because it was such a good idea? Regular readers won't mind a seasonal reminder of a great project, especially if they didn't save it or pin it the first time.
- Pinterest has changed the way we look at older material. I have no doubt. It has reclaimed blog posts from years ago, kept them in view and reinforced the idea that it doesn't have to be new to be good.
- It's going to give you a chance to take a look at what you were posting in the past and maybe muse on how your style has changed over the past couple of years. Do you have a different way of taking photos now? what have you learned since then? or were you doing something then that you might like to go back to? Just take a minute to think about it. One thing I noticed in my "popular post" was that I had two differently styled photos - some pin one and some, the other...maybe it's nice to include a choice?
- If you are very short on time you can simply cut and paste. If you have a little more time to spare, you can tweak. I had the link to Tagxedo in my post (below), but I found I was getting emails asking me how to get to the site, so it obviously wasn't clear enough. Look now and you'll see I have added "click here".Why not use the hard work you have already done and take a couple of minutes to add in an extra tip or re -edit a picture or include some useful links? If you do, you have every chance that your project will become more pinnable. So, one final tip: take charge of the Pinterest description which will appear under your photo. Think of a compelling way to describe your project.. When you are uploading your photo into blogger, click on it, click on properties and add your description to the ALT text box. That will be what appears when someone pins your post. Honestly? I think my "popular post" became popular because of the way it was described by a pinner. Get there first.
This started out as an experiment and turned into a little project. Have you heard of Tagxedo (click here) ? It's a word cloud creator, a bit like Wordle only even more fun. As soon as I tried it out once I could see lots of possibilities.
which I'm pretty pleased with. Both of these are printed out at 7x5 and put into little Ikea frames.
But they would also make great cards or Christmas tags. And there's more: you can upload a photo and shape a favourite bit of text round it. I'm thinking of snaffling some schoolwork and turning it Tall and (Not So) Small shaped. That would make a different kind of birthday card next year. Or a poster..
How funny that this post should pop up in my reader, while I was trawling through my own blog for all the posts marked 'cards'. I thought I could make a post showing several different cards made from a single starting point! I hadn't actually thought of just re-posting something with a bit of a make over. Great idea, as ever. I loved this post the first time, so thanks for the timely reminder.
What an inspiring post!! Especially after I just found out how to find something I blogged years ago! I'll definitely be taking you up on your challenge. Also, thanks for the Tagxedo tip---an idea popped right up when I saw it! Going there now to put the idea to paper lest I forget it. That happens these days---things pop in and then disappear!
I was trying hard to remember the name of that site the other day! I just checked a random December post of mine from 2 years ago and it was about sprouts. And 24 months later, I'm still not feeling the love!
How true! I've never seen this site before but I did like using wordle in teaching. I enjoy going back through my archives and my readership has definitely grown since 2009 when I began blogging.
I do flashbacks to older posts. but I need to link up to Pinterest and things when I feel I have nothing to post. Thanks for the ideas.
You are full of great ideas...one to think about!
What a fun idea to post something from the past! Your pictures are beautiful! Such a great craft idea. No wonder it was pinned lots.
I remember this from the first time around but a reminder is always fun. Rad Lab is on my list of things to try out next year.
As always Sian, a very thought provoking and interesting post. It's a great idea to look back, I have some posts I really enjoyed writing and putting together and I love the idea of updating them. Especially as my skills have developed over time. Must go check out that word site again, I think my granddaughters would have great fun with that.
What a great idea - I did this for one of the Storytelling Sundays this year, pulled a story from the first few months of my blog.
My problem is that I start trawling through old posts and become nostalgic and then spend all my time reading when I could have written something new! Sigh!
I love the tagxedo site! I remember your original post and made myself a Christmas picture that comes out every year with the decorations!
Love the wordy bird image!
What a great idea! and I don't remember this project of yours - LOL! I was perusing my old December journals today while going through my Christmas boxes and thought about blogging about them. But I like this idea better.
ps as a coincidence, I did recently repost a scrapbook page about our visit to the tree farm and the memorial we did for Buster there.
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Bridge Foundations
Raising the Leo Frigo Bridge
Work to begin lifting the sagging portions of the Leo Frigo Memorial Bridge on I-43 in Green Bay, Wisconsin is scheduled to begin Tuesday. According to the Green Bay Press Gazette, Zenith Tech Inc. is working on the repairs. It will be a BIG lift, indeed…..
Raising the troubled Leo Frigo Memorial Bridge back into place will be a task equivalent to hoisting an entire fleet of 747s into the air.
Experts have calculated that the sagging section of Green Bay's distressed bridge weighs more than 3 million pounds, or about 1,600 tons.
Zenith Tech crews are expected to spend several days using hydraulic jacks to boost the Leo Frigo back into position — a process that will go slow, by design.
Starting with the northbound lanes, Zenith Tech will insert 10 hydraulic jacks beneath the bridge deck and operate them all simultaneously to raise the platform. Each jack will be exerting enough pressure to support 183,000 pounds, although Dreher said their capacity is 50 percent greater than that — just in case it is needed.
Dreher said the jacks will be calibrated carefully to operate in perfect unison, so there is no risk of the bridge deck leaning one way or the other as it is elevated.
"You can't just go in there and start jacking away," he said. "It definitely takes some coordination and good communication.
A very challenging and interesting repair project. Kudos to the Wisconsin DOT and all involved in getting the repairs done quickly.
See our previous posts here.
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Leo Frigo Bridge–Repair Design
October 24, 2013 Robert Thompson
The Wisconsin DOT was set to request bids this week for repairs to the Leo Frigo Memorial Bridge on I-43 in Green Bay, with an anticipated start of construction on November 4th and reopening of the bridge on January 17th. The repair will consist of using drilled shafts installed adjacent to the existing piers with a post-tensioned extension of the pile cap to transfer the loads to the shafts. A schematic of the design from Wisconsin DOT (via Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel)
Scot Becker, director of the Bureau of Structures and the state's bridge engineer, said the fix will consist of installing four concrete shafts beneath five affected piers to take over support from corroded underground steel structures, called pilings. Then, the bridge itself will be jacked up 2 feet, and concrete and steel will be poured to keep the bridge in position.
The bridge, which spans the Fox River in Green Bay, has been closed since late September, after pilings became corroded and buckled under one of the piers, causing a 400-foot-long section of the bridge to sink 2 feet. Since then, it has drooped another half inch, and the state is monitoring the bridge for further movement.
An investigation concentrating mainly in the area from Quincy St. to the Fox River found that soil surrounding the pier contained industrial byproducts over wetlands, which caused the corrosion.
Temporary supports are already being installed by Lunda to shore up the sagging spans until the repairs can be completed.
The Green Bay Press Gazette has a page archiving all of their stories, videos, photos, etc. concerning this event.
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Terzaghi & History
Happy Karl Terzaghi's Birthday 2013!
October 2, 2013 Robert Thompson
Happy Karl Terzaghi's Birthday, my friends! Yes, it is time to raise our coffee, espresso, tea, wine, beer or other beverage to toast the Father of Modern Soil Mechanics as has been our custom here at the DBA blog.
As I pondered what to write this year, I perused a couple of books and ended up looking through my copy of Richard Goodman's "Karl Terzaghi – The Engineer as Artist". Among the many stories and accounts, I found this passage recounting an incident in the late 1950s (Ch. 17, pp245):
At this critical time, the world was reminded of the terrible consequences of dam failure when Board member Andre Coyne's Malpassat Dam failed in France, causing more than 400 deaths (in Frejus, very near Ruth's 1939 refuge on the French Riviera). It failed on the initial filling of the reservoir due to geological weakness in one of the rock abutments of the very thin concrete arch.Later Karl would express sever criticism of the decision to bold such a structure on a geologically inadequate site. But now he comforted his distraught colleague, writing that "failures of this kind are, unfortunately, essential and inevitable links in the chain of progress in the realm of engineering, because there are no other means for detecting the limits to the validity of our concepts and procedures…. The torments which you experienced should at least be tempered by the knowledge that the sympathies of your colleagues in the engineering profession will be coupled with their gratitude for the benefits which they have derived from your bold pioneering."
Throughout the book, Goodman does an excellent job of showing the different facets of Terzaghi, and this is no exception. He had a reputation of being a tough, direct, and straight-forward engineer that did not pull punches. Here we see a somewhat softer side as he comforts a colleague, who was an expert in his own right.
If you have not read Goodman's book, I highly recommend it for all Terzaghi fans! It is published by ASCE and can be found through the ASCE Bookstore, or at other book retailers. (Disclosure: Neither DBA or any of its employees receive any commissions, compensation, or other considerations for promoting this book.)
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Leo Frigo Memorial Bridge, Wisconsin–Foundation Failure???
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While several of the DBA staff were at the DFI 38th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations last week, we received texts and calls from colleagues wondering if we had been called about the apparent foundation failure at the Leo Frigo Memorial Bridge in Green Bay, Wisconsin. As of now, DBA has not been asked to be involved with the evaluation. The Wisconsin DOT is currently investigating. Our friend, Randy Post over at Geoprac.net has a post on the event, including a CNN video report that also recounts some other more dramatic bridge failures that were NOT due to foundation failures.
This bridge was built in 1980 and the "failure" is limited to a single pier that has subsided or settled a couple of feet in a rather sudden manner.
The Green Bay Press Gazette has this article with some video. There is also an article noting that a petroleum pipeline is near the subject pier.
Actual failures of a foundation are rare, so if this is such a case, this will make a very interesting case history once the cause is determined. Stay tuned for more developments.
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What is it you want from the meshes exporter?
Given that there is no scene format for Ogre, you'd need to tailor it to your own needs - there are as many dialects of the so-called 'dotscene' (.scene) format as there are importers and exporters.
All the scene exporter needs to do is iterate over the selected objects and get their position/orientation and any userData they have attached.
The old scene exporter did that - and you could change it to suit your needs.
A sample scene exporter would be nice, though.
Without being embedded in the meshes exporter.
The difference is that the Ogre .mesh format is a official format.
Err, and it is the official .mesh format that blender2ogre for 2.5 writes.
I just want good exports, of meshes and materials etc. And scenes, but that can sure be separate.
lf3thn4d wrote: @Sadr: Yes, I just found out that there were actually two. As far as I could tell, the one that lost traction earlier on was an intention to bring up an initial exporter for 2.5. Personally I would like to have some sort of joint effort to come out of this, however, it all depends on how the exporters are developed. Do note that the attempt on this new exporter is to provide an actual official blender 2.5 mesh exporter for Ogre. Base on what I've inspected on the dotScene + mesh exporter script, it's more geared towards a specialized exporter that is focused at unified dotScene + mesh export experience. This is a good concept however dotScene is not an official ogre format so it would not make sense to make it as part of the official exporter. The second reason for bringing up this attempt is also focus. I believe a smaller focus such as just handling mesh/material exporting is crucial for the future development of other ogre based export/import scripts. With all due respect, I believe not everybody is using the dotScene format but all ogre users would need a mesh exporter. That said, it is all the more important to have specific exporter that does what one wants instead of an exporter that clutters the blender UI with many other unused components. From what I can tell, imho, the dotScene + mesh exporter though a rather good and impressive effort, is badly structured with all code in one single big file bloat. This is far from ideal if any joint effort is to happen. However, I'm open to ideas and suggestions if it makes sense and shows good directions. I hope this answers your question.
That's what Lf3thn4d wrote about the other efforts and what's the focus here.
That doesn't mean that some of us can't cook up a starter kit for scene export. (separate, of course).
Yep, and that's why I asked if it'd be a good idea to separate the mesh and scene exporters there. So we'd get a already working mesh export for 2.5 that everyone could use, and it wouldn't have to be rewritten. We can help with that if it seems like a good idea.
I think it's all about the quality of the code, the approach used to do handle the Blender data, what lib is used to write xml and how etc. Haven't looked in such a detail myself.
I don't mean to take away from Lf3thn4d's efforts, but try see this from the outsiders' perspective: Blender2Ogre works, the code is openly out there and actively progressing. The official exporter on the other hand is still in the ever equivocal planning stage. Many developers need the WIP to go stable yesterday, so I can see how a merger, effectively slapping the "official" sticker on the currently working exporter, would ease the mind.
But as far as a merger is concerned, the cons seem to far outweigh the pros. I will still argue however, that some greater effort could be made to accommodate prospective co-developers like tp and quismo here. Making code (-repo?) available for starters.
Also Lf3thn4d seemed to have a nice step-by-step plan in mind for key features (mesh export -> skeletal export etc.). Can we expect test-releases for these milestones? I could surely find some testers in the jMonkeyEngine community as soon as such a release is made available.
Sadr wrote: I don't mean to take away from Lf3thn4d's efforts, but try see this from the outsiders' perspective: Blender2Ogre works, the code is openly out there and actively progressing.
That is not the philosophy behind Ogre - that if it 'works' it goes into the code base.
If it's poorly put together, then it's not worth pursuing.
I mean no disrespect in saying that - it's just that the official stamp requires just a bit more.
Keep in mind that this is not really the 'real' official Ogre Blender exporter just yet.
The one in the sticky is the official - this is the preview.
But, of course, more developers are welcome.
also i would like to point out, the blender2ogre is being actively developed, but many ui elements and features break between releases.
i dont know if lf3thn4d has a "magical" way of exporting, but for many ppl speed is an issue, i have a mesh and with his exporter (2.49) takes 0.3 seconds to export, where blender2ogre takes 6 minutes to export the same mesh.
Without taking position for any of the exporters discussed here, I find it rather strange, that a official exporter is tried to actively being enforced, already in advance oc completition of any one exporter. Why not let things evolve and once everything has reached a state it can be considered to be made official then label it so. To be honest and similar to jacmoe I say that without disrespect, I can't see anything in a "official" state anyhwere so far. And finally in most cases it is always the community that decideds in an implicit manner what is used.
Please forgive me if that was too much offtopic now.
1. In the past, the exporter of lf3thn4d was the most complete and used one and resided in the official Ogre repositories wihch made the team give it the label "official" back then. The fact that now there are multiple exporters emerging in parallel is in my eyes a good thing and I really think we should not focus on the naming/labeling right now, but rather enhance all the exporters to get them to a really usable state. Everybody can then decide on their own which one to use based on personal preferences, functionality or whatever.
2. At a future point in time, someone might then again start this labeling dicussion, if he or she still feels the need for it, but right now we are discussing about tools that are still in development and this argument is not helping anyone, but slowing things down if anything.
spacegaier wrote: [*]2. At a future point in time, someone might then again start this labeling dicussion, if he or she still feels the need for it, but right now we are discussing about tools that are still in development and this argument is not helping anyone, but slowing things down if anything.
Actually that was my point, even though I might have expressed it in a complicated way.
Agreed. Was not my intention to derail the development or in any way add coal to the fire.
'Official' means that Lf3thn4d has been given the rights to push to the Ogre repository.
I really like the idea of being able to easily drive the exporter either from the GUI or from another script. For instance I use Lua scripts as my scene/level/whatever files which I generate from a blender python script, and it would be great to ask the mesh exporter to export the mesh for each object automatically.
It's a popular design pattern to divide things into a front-end and a back-end at any rate.
He was preparing it for new release and said that will post info then.
Will this exporter be using ogre 1.7?
zeromath wrote: Will this exporter be using ogre 1.7?
My guess is that as the exporter will be writing XML and using whatever version of OgreXMLConverter you have installed. Therefore it will be compatible with any, or at least most, versions.
ok, the latest version I was able to find was 1.63...is there a 1/7 version or is this really the latest version?
As merlinblack said, the xml converter is the only thing version specific here. So the exporter will work for almost everything. Get the 1.7.3 command line tools with the newest OgreXMLConverter and you're good to go.
Hey guys any update? I know the developer is busy, but is there any news or anything?
While the "official" exporter is at halt, the unofficial and working exporter with a whole lot of features is progressing every day.
Why don't you guys just join powers and work on one exporter for the greater good ?
Mind Calamity wrote: While the "official" exporter is at halt, the unofficial and working exporter with a whole lot of features is progressing every day.
Yeah, thanks, that got my question answered.
But lf3thn4d wants minimalism and usability, for which he is right but Blender2OGRE's development is a lot faster and now they don't have the C:\ drive dependency and a lot of the features have been improved and a lot of the bugs fixed.
But then again, it all comes down to preference.
Hey guys, Just to update, I've been getting my hands on every free time I have for the new 2.5 exporter. I must say it's a little frustrating for me as I thought the new python api would allow us to write more robust scripts. Unfortunately they still do not have a good event handler system (I.E. Selection event to detect when selection changed) and also no way to keep a reference Object(ID) in their RNA property other than just the object names as strings. Looking for possibilities of these have wasted quite a large amount of my time.
Hence, the new exporter would be quite similar to the old exporter. We will still need to click on the refresh button to have a proper listing of the meshes we will be exporting. I've decided to give up on the search to have a more automatic method. I'm pretty sure it doesn't exist yet. Hopefully in the future the blender team will add some API for such use case.


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"THE TEARS OF THE PEOPLE RAN TOGETHER" – By Brian Rowan
Brian Rowan / October 1, 2017
On Saturday I walked those narrow paths of Milltown Cemetery in west Belfast with my long-time friend Mervyn Jess.
The sun was shining; not one of those days when the rain and the cold and the clouds arrive uninvited to add their sorrow and presence to death.
We had just left the graveside of Seamus Kelters and his burial after the most remarkable of masses.
In his own style and way, Seamus had written his own eulogy; delivered brilliantly and with so much love by his two sons Brendan and Michael.
In recent days, we have watched these young men perform roles of support that require so much strength, and we have watched their mum Camilla – Seamus's wife and soulmate – watch them and hold onto them with so much pride.
Seamus was just 54. He died on Wednesday after a short illness – a fight and a battle with cancer.
His journalist career spanned the Irish News and the BBC and he was one of the co-authors of Lost Lives – a book of a million words logging all the deaths of the conflict period; a book that in its detail remembers what many have long since forgotten. The funeral priest Fr Martin Magill spoke of its importance, how he keeps that book beside him on his desk.
It is a memorial to the victims – to all the dead – of a past that is still our present; unaddressed and unanswered.
Someone who called the BBC journalist Julian O'Neill this week, captured Seamus Kelters in just a few words, "he had time for the little people".
He had time for everyone, and they had time for him.
In the tweets above, you see that in this week and in this period of political standoff, he got Arlene Foster and Gerry Adams to agree on something – this part of his genius; and, so, on that walk with Mervyn Jess through Milltown Cemetery on Saturday, I chatted about that blizzard of emotions that creates turmoil in our heads at times like this – the anger and the questions.
Why Seamus? Why so young? Why life can be so cruel and so unfair and, when that emotional storm eventually calmed, I told him I was left with this.
That I had thought about the football scenario in which someone plays a blinder and the manager takes him off early to ensure the deserved ovation and acknowledgement.
Of course, we don't have the answers but, at times like this, we hold to something.
There has to be some reason; some explanation.
In his work, in his field of play, Seamus Kelters never took a bow, but he deserved such recognition. In every sense, he was the best of us.
In that self-written eulogy, he told us he didn't like funerals – "especially this one" and he wondered where Jess would find another straight man.
They were a kind of Morecambe and Wise combination, a double act, great craic, great company, great friends, great to be around.
Eamonn Mallie tweeted a few words he borrowed from the Tommy Sands song There Were Roses – that line that the tears of the people ran together.
In his company, Seamus often made us smile.
I can still hear him saying, "we'll get a 'drop' of tea".
It was never a cup, and those many gatherings always came with jam and butter and biscuits and the wisdom and the stories of this wonderful man.
Those who knew him are shattered. You hear it in their words, hear it in their voices, heard it when his friend and colleague David Lynas read a prayer on the altar on Saturday; read prayers with others including David McKittrick, Donna Traynor and Sister Martina.
They cannot believe what has happened.
That eulogy made us cry and it made us laugh – the long and loud applause so deserved as we were guided through a tough day by someone who had guided us through many other tough days.
It was a remarkable occasion for a remarkable man.
We'll see you Seamus.
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Seamus and Camilla changed my life. I did my Masters because of Brendan. I was just an ordinary teacher up to then. U.


Ecovillages aim to integrate human activities harmlessly into the natural world and be sustainable indefinitely. To succeed, they need to have multiple centers of initiative (e.g., business enterprises), and support healthy human development.
Diana Leafe Christian, the author of Finding Community: How to join an Ecovillage or Intentional Community. Drawing from ecovillages worldwide, she describes many examples of these "human-scaled, full-featured settlements.


Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine whether treatment of bacterial vaginosis (BV) decreases the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Study Design: Women with asymptomatic BV were studied prospectively to determine the effect of treatment of BV for the prevention of STD. Women were assigned randomly to observation or treatment and prophylaxis with intravaginal metronidazole gel. Women were screened monthly for STDs. Results: Women who were assigned randomly to receive metronidazole gel had a significantly longer time to the development of STDs compared with women in the observation group (P = .02). The 6-month STD rate was 1.58 per person-year (95% CI, 1.29, 1.87) for women in the metronidazole gel group vs 2.29 per person-year (95% CI, 1.95, 2.63) for women in the observational group. The difference in STD rates was driven by a significant difference in the number of chlamydial infections (P = .013). Conclusion: Treatment and twice-weekly prophylactic use of intravaginal metronidazole gel resulted in significantly fewer cases of chlamydia. © 2007 Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved.


There is something about shrimp and avocados that is just right. Cool shrimp with a touch of heat always gets me excited for summer. Seriously, the only thing that gets me through a rough, hot summer is the food. Shrimp and avocados are rather refreshing in the summer add a little citrus and some fresh veggies and now you've got a whole meal.
What I love about this dish is that it is healthy, light and most importantly super quick to make. Its KETO friendly, and carb free. If you try it out then let me know what you think!
Season Shrimp with salt, pepper, garlic powder, and ground cumin.
In a bowl, combine tomatoes, red onions, jalapeno, and cilantro.
Seed and separate avocado from outside rind and cube into bite sized pieces. Save avocado skin for later.
Combine with bowl filled with other veggies and toss with lime juice.
Cook shrimp in hot oiled pan for about a minute on each side and cool.
If your shrimp are too large chop them up after they are cooked.
Toss together and spoon back into avocado shell.
I just love shrimp and avocado. They were made for each other.
Have to agree with Kristen. You had me at avocado and then you added shrimp. What's not to love!
Me too! It was so good!
It's like all my favorite things in one dish!
Yes please do! Let me know how they turn out for you. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.
I am definatley making this over Easter!


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Bill Introduced to Regulate Federal Prison Industries
December 7, 2012 by A. Kevin Valvardi
Newly introduced federal legislation may benefit both American prisoners and private companies.
The legislation, H.R. 3634, introduced by Congressman Bill Huizenga, Republican of Michigan, would level the playing field between government-owned UNICOR, also known as Federal Prison Industries (FPI), and private companies.
Federal law has required that government agencies buy their products from UNICOR without competitive bidding. Since December 2011, the relaxing of federal restrictions that prevented UNICOR from selling goods or services to any customers other than federal departments and agencies, UNICOR has experienced unprecedented growth.
According to company spokesperson Julie Rozier, the circumstances under which items can now be made are very limited. "If an item is being made off-shore, we can compete for that," Rozier states.
Despite the limitations, critics complain that the changes have amounted to unfair competition because the prisoners earn as little as 23 cents to $1.15 an hour for their labor and UNICOR is not subject to the same workplace rules or minimum salaries as private companies.
Huizenga's bill would help level the playing field by making UNICOR subject to the same rules and costs as private companies.
Federal prisoners would also benefit by their salaries being raised to the minimum wage, over time.
According to Huizenga, support for the bill has been "very bipartisan," and has some 20 co-sponsors that include both Republicans and Democrats.
The legislation would not affect state prisons.
Protestant Dinner Honors Volunteers
December 7, 2012 by Ron Koehler
The pews were gone in San Quentin's Protestant Chapel. The tables were set in red and green. Dinner was served for more than 300 invited guests and prisoners.
Chaplain Mardi Jackson invited volunteers from more than 20 churches who hold programs for prisoners. The feast, prepared by John "Yah-Ya" Parrett, included chicken, roast beef, turkey, vegetables, mashed potatoes, candied yams, macaroni and cheese, salad and apple pie with ice cream.
One of the volunteers was Randy Fischback from Hillside Covenant Church in Walnut Creek. In an interview he said he had also volunteered at Angola prison in Louisiana. That program, through Malachi Dads, helped reunite fathers, sons, brothers, and families.
He said the opportunity allowed him to witness when people with unfortunate and difficult lives make "the conscious decision to do right in their lives by following Christ, or simply realizing that they should treat others like they want to be treated as long as no one is harmed."
He said the Angola experience was so successful that he wanted to use the same ideas for San Quentin, which is much closer to his home in Walnut Creek.
Fischback said those who had done the greatest misdeeds had the great advantage of learning the most through their personal transformation, he said.
Filed Under: Profiles
New Approach to Realignment
Instead of building more jail beds, some Contra Costa County officials and concerned citizens say they want to spend realignment funds to create a system that help offenders successfully return to their communities, reports the community-based news publication Richmond Confidential.
The county's Community Corrections Partnership, which oversees the $19 million in prison realignment funds from the state, has agreed, announcing they would postpone a decision on jail expansion until they have researched alternatives to incarceration that could reduce jail overcrowding and high recidivism rates.
"This has been an extraordinary meeting, and I hope everyone realizes what a tribute to democracy this whole process has been," California State Senator Loni Hancock said in a press release. "I am in awe of you guys, I'm in awe of this community and the testimony you've given."
Because realignment shifts offenders from doing time in state prison to county jails, Contra Costa County officials are tasked with managing a growing number of long-term detainees in its jails.
Contra Costa County Sheriff David Livingston wanted to use the realignment funding to expand the West County Detention Facility with a 150-bed dormitory. He has now asked the CCP to reevaluate the proposal in March, after forming a subcommittee to investigate needed services, bail reform, and a one-stop center for services.
Police Chief Chris Magnus agreed, saying, "I'm not ready to vote for jail expansion at this meeting."
Changes in the Criminal Justice System Welcomed
December 7, 2012 by Arnulfo Garcia
There are numerous injustices in the criminal justice system, and California voters agreed that the Three Strikes Law was one of those injustices. They fixed part of the problem by amending that law on Nov. 6, but it's just one small step.
"Proposition 36 sends a powerful message to policymakers in California and across the country that taxpayers are ready for a new direction in criminal justice,'' said Adam Gelb, director of the Pew Center on the States' Public Safety Performance Project.
An example of this draconian Three Strikes Law is Sergio Ayala, who was freed after spending 18 years in prison for stealing a leaf blower with an estimated value of $150. It cost the state an estimated $1-millin to keep him incarcerated.
"States that have already made some changes to their sentencing laws may be inspired to take a second look, and states that haven't made significant changes yet may start," Gelb commented.
The Ayala story begins on Feb. 2, 1995 when he was arrested in San Diego County for burglary in the first degree. At his second court appearance, the public defenders office told him he was also being charged with petty thief with a prior.
Ayala was now facing 37 years to life for burglary and 25-to-life for the petty thief with a prior, a total of 62 years to life.
Three strikes was in its early stages and people in jails still did not believe they could get life for non-violent crimes. Ayala says he was a drug addict and didn't understand how he could receive such a long sentence.
He knew he was in a battle for his life but didn't know what to do, especially with the public defenders office defending him. Like most people in jails, he didn't have the money to pay for his own attorney. "I stole to support my habit, then they gave me a $1-million bail. It just doesn't make any sense."
He was offered a deal for 18 years with the possibility of parole after serving 85 percent. The public defenders office told him he should take the deal, and if he didn't, he would be given 62-to life. He was given two days to make up his mind.
By his next court appearance, a new district attorney was assigned to his case. The previous DA was removed because his boss did not approve of the deal. With the deal off the table, Ayala watched others plead guilty to avoid the long sentences, but still receiving 25-to-life.
Ayala admits he was no saint, because of his addiction. His arrest history goes back to 1977.
He's happy that he is going home. His family has been very supportive, especially his kids. He says while in prison he learned to be a better person, especially after he came to San Quentin, where rehabilitation programs helped him gain insight in his life. He just wishes inmates in other prisons had the same opportunities as the men in San Quentin.
As for the future, he plans to continue with his art work and hopes to start his own business.
Time in San Quentin Remains Frozen
December 7, 2012 by Jose Camacho
For decades, time remains unchanged
San Quentin's Lower Yard gym has a three and a half square foot clock atop it. However, since 1982, it has been frozen at 5:44. Nobody knows if it stopped ticking at dawn or dusk.
"The yard clock is frozen in time—not reflecting the spirit of San Quentin's population," said prisoner Rudy Morales. "Collectively, we need to help that clock breathe life into its brass lungs."
The San Quentin administration says getting the clock fixed comes down to a money issue and suggested if prisoners want the clock fixed, donations could be made for that purpose.
"The San Quentin inmates have shifted and metamorphosed towards positive programming. Therefore, the time suspended yard clock is not consistent of this positive evolution. Now we want the clock to depict and reflect what San Quentin is about," said inmate Pedro Espinal.
Several prisoners expressed a desire to fix the clock. Here are a few of their quotes:
"There was a time when S.Q. had a grimy reputation," said an anonymous inmate. "Now San Quentin has received a facelift through positive programming as a result of Patten University Project college classes, self-help programs, and a varied and diverse sports programs," said inmate Eddie Carrillo.
"Together, let's unfreeze the yard clock by writing poems, letters to people that will take notice of our concern of getting that clock synchronized to the positive spirit embracement of the new S.Q. inmate and get that old tick – tockers heartbeat pulsating again," said inmate Carlos.
"I remember working in the gym in the '80s and walking outside the gym to see what time it was. The clock had its problems throughout the years. I can't remember when it went out for good," said Correctional Officer Jackson.
"This clock is forever telling me that I can't advance! That's a lie because I'm progressing in all areas of my capacity," said an inmate who would appreciate a functioning clock.
Filed Under: Opinion, Profiles
Cultivating Calm
December 7, 2012 by Phoeun You
Hundreds of San Quentin prisoners have learned new ways of controlling their mind and body, thanks to Yoga class taught for the past 11 years by James Fox.
They benefited from the Yoga practice, said Fox. Yoga is the "union of the mental emotional and physical aspects of yourself," explained Fox, a certified instructor with 25 years Yoga experience.
He recently began a yoga class for veterans in the ARC Module on Thursday mornings. He has also facilitated VOEG classes and anger management classes.
Fox said that Yoga adds a dimension to those groups. "Psychological and emotional work is a lifelong process that helps you heal the past so you can live in the present. But healing also needs to be integrated in the body."
He refers to studies on post traumatic stress examining how returning veterans and others people deal with trauma in their lives. "The body keeps score. If we experience trauma and do not discharge the trauma, it has a way of settling into a hidden place in our hearts and bodies. The trauma creates disharmony in our mind/heart/body systems. These systems cannot be separated," he explains. Through Yoga, our bodies can release trauma, said Fox.
Fox and Jacques Verduin, director of the Insight Out Project, plus Kathy Harris, facilitator of The Work, led an All-Day Yoga and Meditation retreat in the San Quentin Gym on Dec. 8.
Fox pointed out that the benefits of Yoga included calmness in our minds, flexibility in our bodies and developing a capacity to "interrupt reactive behaviors. Yoga helps time slow down and teaches self-awareness of what happens in each moment so you have a choice," said Fox.
Stephen Yair Liebb, a participant in the Yoga/Meditation Retreat and a student in Fox's weekly yoga class, stated, "Yoga is hope. Yoga enables me to see beyond limitations to what is possible in myself and in others. Movements that once seemed impossible are achievable after patient practice. I can face the impossible calmly, breath by breath through Yoga."
A member of the Thursday morning Yoga Class, Arnulfo T. Garcia said, "When I first started yoga, I thought it was fake, until I was going through the process. I realized eight months later the benefits it brought to my health and focus."
Fox is the author of "Yoga: A Path for Healing and Recovery," published by the Prison Yoga Project. He is instrumental in bringing Yoga programs to prisons in the United States and other countries.
—Stephen Yair Liebb contributed to this article.
Filed Under: Education, Sports
Of Love and Shadows by Isabel Allende
December 7, 2012 by Juan Haines
It has been nearly three decades since Isabel Allende's rebellious novel Of Love and Shadows brought light to "the disappeared" — Chilean insurgents who went missing at the hands of their repressive government.
Of Love and Shadows intimately places readers into lives of witnesses and victims of power who fell into "the hands of the dregs of humanity."
The disappearance of insurgents orchestrated by Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet in the 1980s set the stage for this tale. The desire to unearth atrocities suffered by the families of "the disappeared" pressed the novel's main characters into action.
Although Irene Beltran, a journalist, and Francisco Leal, her photographer, come from middle-class families, their social backgrounds are completely different. Irene is engaged to a military man, and her family has a vested interest in maintaining the country's status quo. Francisco comes from a lineage exiled from Spain, so he has rebellion in his blood. The dichotomy struck between the characters' lives creates the ideal atmosphere for a Shakespearean love story, which allows Allende to simultaneously scrutinize Chilean political affairs in the 1980s.
After Irene and Francisco go to the city morgue looking for the body of a "disappeared," they discover the magnitude of the brutality inflicted on ordinary citizens.
"An air of hopelessness pervaded the building, and all who worked there were contaminated by indifference, their capacity for compassion drained. The attendants performed their duties handling death like banal merchandise; they lived so close to the dead that they had forgotten life," Allende writes.
Readers become aware of the dismay and sadness penetrating the backdrop in "Of Love and Shadows." In the face of death and destruction, Allende creates the ideal template for love as she writes:
"After they left the Morgue, Francisco felt that only the thick green of the park, the moist earth, and the smell of humus could help Irene forget the silent cries of all those dead … The passage of time, the southern breeze, the murmuring water, the wild canaries, the earth fragrances slowly brought them back to reality."
Through the romance that grows between Irene and Francisco, Allende argues that people with traditional beliefs can not only get along with those who are progressive, they can trust and care for one another.
Twenty-eight years after "Of Love and Shadows" hit the bookshelves, the tender love shared by Irene and Francisco has not lost its ability to convey a criticism still relevant today.
Allende has written 19 novels, most recently publishing "Maya's Notebook" in 2011.
Juan"s Book Review
Filed Under: Book Review
Holiday Season Stimulates Good Memories
December 7, 2012 by Angelo Falcone
"If you could go back in time and repeat any winter holiday season, how old are you again? Who are you with? Where are you?"
"Asked on the Line" asked these questions of 30 men in blue and outside volunteers and staff from the Prison University Project (PUP), the San Quentin TRUST, the GED Program, and Free To Succeed.
Some had to think about it, but many replied right away as they shared their most memorable winter holiday and laughed.
Jose Camacho would be 7 years old again, with his family at a relative's house in Mexico. Jeff Dukes, Louie Calvin and John Neblett would each be 5 again. Dukes would be in New Jersey, Calvin in Southern California, and Neblett would be at "92nd Street, between 1st and 2nd Avenue in Manhattan."
Chris Scull would be 9 again with his family in Los Angeles, Jay Smith would be 10 again at home with his father, Jeff Long would be 8 again with his grandpa in Colorado, and both Daniel Jackson and Juan Haines would be 18 years old again. Jackson would be with his wife and kids in San Mateo, Calif., and Haines would be with his family in Atlantic City, N.J. Ron Moore would be 7 and with his mother on a train. "We were on the train on our way to Texas. While going through Arizona, at night, she gave me my Christmas gift to open before we got there."
Among volunteers and staff, PUP volunteer Jennifer Lyons and GED tutor Kony Kim would both be 4 again. Lyons would be with her older sister at her grandparent's home in Washington and Kim would be with her parents in Escondido, Calif. "I remember this was before they burst my bubble and told me that Santa Clause wasn't real!" said Kony.
PUP tutors Jackie Nelson, Preeya Khanna and Karen Lovaas would be 7 again and with their parents. Jackie would be in Chicago, Preeya Khanna would be in Boston, and Karen Lovaas would be in College Park, Md.
Mary Donovan said she would be 5 again with her parents. "I remember moving back to the U.S. from Australia with my mom to reunite with my dad. It was a happy, but awkward experience."
Debra Winn, chief sponsor of San Quentin TRUST, would be 15 again at her parent's house. "The whole family would be there. I am talking about the whole clan," said Winn.
Joe Spinelli, a tutor with Free to Succeed, would be in his 30s with his wife and children, along with both of their parents, and his favorite aunt. "It was at my house in San Anselmo. I remember that we had a very, very nice Christmas."
PUP tutor Maria Joseph would be 35 again with her kids when they were living in an old house. "I was with my kids and we were dancing and putting on shows," said Joseph.
December 2012 News Briefs
December 7, 2012 by San Quentin News Staff
1. LUCASVILLE, Ohio – Donald Palmer was executed Sept. 20 for killing two men 23 years ago, "I want you to know I've carried you in my heart for years and years," Palmer, 47, said to the victim's families. His last words reported by The Associated Press: "I'm so sorry for what I took from you…I pray you have good lives now."
2. LOS ANGELES –America's War on Drugs is a failure, said actor Brad Pitt after watching a documentary about people affected by harsh drug laws, according to The Los Angeles Times. The documentary, "The House I live In," by Eugene Jarecki, won the Grand Jury Prize last January at the Sundance Film Festival.
3. SACRAMENTO – Prison officials have announced new guidelines for handling 3,100 prisoners held in isolation. The new rules allow isolated prisoners more privileges, give them incentives to leave gangs, and let them get out of the isolation units in three to four years—instead of six—if they behave and participate in rehabilitation programs.
4. CANON CITY, Colo. – State officials are spending $208 million on a newly built prison that is not scheduled to house prisoners, according to the Denver Post. The prison known as Centennial South consists of 948 solitary confinement cells.
5. HARTFORD, Conn. – Newly released prisoners are having a hard time finding housing and jobs, according to The Associated Press. State officials say of the more than 1,500 offenders released each month, about 79 percent are rearrested within five years. "If you make it virtually impossible for someone to get a job, then you make it a virtual certainty that they're going to commit more crimes," said Michael Lawlor, a high-ranking state official. "If you don't have a place to live, it makes it more likely."
6. WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that an Illinois law that would prevent the taping of police in the line of duty is unconstitutional because it violates free speech, according to the Associated Press.
7. SAN FRANCISO – In a 2-1 ruling, a Death Row prisoner's conviction was overturned by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The court ruled John Culver's ability to present a defense was violated. Culver's public defender obtained a sworn statement from another man saying he committed the murder but the trial judge barred the testimony.
8. NEW YORK – A man who spent the last 11 years in prison has been awarded $2 million after his conviction was overturned. Michael Clancy was arrested in 1997 for murder and sentenced to 25 years to life. Clancy was released in 2008 after an informant told police he was at the scene when someone else did the killing. Another informant subsequently confirmed his innocence.
9. FLORENCE, Colo. – A lawsuit claiming federal prison officials transfer mentally ill prisoners to the Supermax facility, where they stop treating their illnesses, has prompted steps to improve their treatment, according to the Denver Post.
10. DETROIT – A judge has freed a man who spent almost 10 years in prison after a prosecutor requested that the rape case against him be dropped. From the time when James Grissom, 54, was picked out of a photo line-up in 2002, he consistently declared his innocence, according to The Associated Press. Even though there was no physical evidence or witnesses, he was convicted of the charges and sentenced to at least 15 years in prison. After the trial, officials learned the alleged victim had lied about as many as nine assaults in California, the AP reports.
11. HUNTSVILLE, Texas – The execution of a 33-year-old prisoner was been stopped two and a half hours before being taken to the death chamber. The U.S. Supreme Court said the execution was stopped so that the court could review the case. Anthony Haynes was scheduled to be executed for killing police Sgt. Kent Kincaid, 40, while he was driving with his wife.
12. FORT WAYNE, Ind. – A judge frustrated over the state's high recidivism rate has received a national award for a program aimed to reduce the number of released offenders returning to prison, according to The Associated Press. Chief Justice John Roberts presented Allen County Superior Court Judge John Surbeck with the 17th National Center for State Courts' Williams Rehnquist award.
13. JARRATT, Va. – Johnathon Montgomery was released from prison four years after the woman who accused him of rape said she lied about the incident. Gov. Robert McDonnell telephoned Montgomery, apologized to him, and granted him a conditional pardon, the Newport News Daily Press reported. "It feels awesome," Montgomery said regarding his release. "It's a great feeling. …You don't know what is lost until you've lost it."
14. HUNTSVILLE, Texas – Ramon Torres Hernandez became the 14th person executed in Texas this year, according to The Associated Press. Hernandez was convicted of raping, robbing and killing Rosa Maria Rosado, 37, after abducting her from a San Antonio bus stop 11 years ago. Hernandez, 41, told a family member he was "sorry for putting you through all this" as his final statement, the AP reports.
15. CHICAGO – After 15 years in prison, murder charges were dropped against Alprentiss Nash, 37. He was sentenced to 80 years in prison in connection with the 1995 death of a man on Chicago's South Side. "The decision to vacate this conviction comes as a result of a comprehensive investigation into the facts of this case," said Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez. "Based upon the new DNA evidence and the collective results of our investigation, it is my assessment that we do not have the evidence that is required to sustain this murder charge," she added.
16. OMAHA, Neb. – Two people were awarded $800,000 to settle wrongful conviction cases against them. Ada JoAnn Taylor and James Dean sued the state for $500,000 each for bogus convictions of rape and murder. A county judge agreed and awarded $500,000 to Taylor, acknowledging she spent nearly 20 years incarcerated. Dean, who spent five and a half years in prison, was awarded $300,000.
17. LUCASVILLE, Ohio – State officials put to death its 49th person since resuming executions in 1999. Brett Hartman continued to claim his innocence for the 1997 murder of Winda Snipes, reports The Associated Press. "I'm good. Let's roll," were his final words.
18. McALESTER, Okla. – Garry Thomas Allen, 56, was executed Nov 6 for the 1986 killing of his fiancée, Lawanna Gail Titsworth, 24. His attorneys had argued that Allen shouldn't be put to death because he was insane and couldn't understand the judgment against him.
Filed Under: News Briefs
Selected Stories From Past Issues of The San Quentin News
Sept. 17, 1971—Supervisor of Vocational Instruction L.E. Ecke retires after 22 years at San Quentin.
Sept. 17, 1971—Factory Clerk Robert L. Higgs was revived by Sewage Plant Supervisor Jack Coughlin and E.R. Mickelson of the plumbing shop after collapsing from smoke inhalation caused by an apparent arson fire in the San Quentin mattress factory.
Sept. 17, 1971—A group of UCLA law students toured San Quentin in preparation for an experimental program to determine whether or not legal aid programs could be instituted in California prisons.
Sept. 17, 1971—San Quentin's Jets defeat the Chargers by a margin of 22-0 in the prison's intramural football league.
Sept. 24, 1971—The San Quentin News resumes operation after three weeks, with the Sept. 17 issue, following an escape attempt on Aug. 21 that left six men dead and several others wounded.
Sept. 24, 1971—The Adult Authority prints a clarification of negative rumors regarding hearings by certain board members.
Oct. 1, 1971—San Quentin Warden L.S. Nelson announced several staff changes and reassignments.
Oct. 1, 1971—Reporter Pete Taylor, from Thames Production in London, England, visited San Quentin to cover a story for the Independent Commercial Network (ITV) in Britain.
Oct. 1, 1971—25 of 28 men passed written examinations to become correctional officers at San Quentin.
Oct. 1, 1971—The motion picture "They Shoot Horses Don't They," starring Jane Fonda and Gig Young, is scheduled to be played Oct. 2-3.
Oct. 1, 1971—Marine Captain Wayne E. Rollings, 30, of Elloree, S.C. completed 17,000 nonstop sit-ups to set a new world record.
Filed Under: Back in the Day


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HMS Montrose Visits Singapore
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February 20, 2019 – Frigate HMS Montrose has begun the latest leg of a 20,000-mile voyage to the Gulf after ten days in Singapore.
The Plymouth-based warship used the ten-day break in the Commonwealth nation to allow maintenance to be carried out after a 16,000-mile journey from home via the Caribbean and Pacific.
And it allowed the ship's company an extended break after four months mostly at sea – allowing many sailors to fly loved ones out to join them in the 'city of the lion'.
The ship berthed at Sembawang Naval Wharves on the north side of the island where an eight-strong team of Royal Navy personnel are permanently based.
They support visiting ships from the Five Power Defence Agreement – UK, Malaysia, New Zealand and Australia, plus Singapore – and the US Navy.
There are more than 150 movements each year at the wharves – opened on the eve of World War 2 and used by legendary ships such as HMS Prince of Wales and Repulse – making it busier than Portsmouth Naval Base.
With three major British warships using the wharves last year, the small facility provided more fuel than all the home naval bases.
They were part of the much larger HMS Terror which closed nearly half a century ago. Its recreational centre, the Terror Club, still survives and still provides visiting service personnel and their families cheap food, a swimming pool and a place to relax – away from the hustle and bustle of downtown Singapore.
Other crew hit the heart of 'Singers': the world-famous Raffles Hotel, the Las Vegas-esque Marina Bay leisure complex and the zoo with families.
And Montrose's operations officer, Lt Cdr Matt Bray, headed into the city to re-trace his grandfather's footsteps; the latter was stationed out here in 1958 with 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment.
Lt Cdr Bray visited Selarang – still a barracks, but today occupied by Singapore Infantry.
"It was great to visit the Barracks where my grandad served and retrace his steps 60 years later," he said.
"He was over the moon to hear about it, in particular how much it has grown and developed compared to his memory of the camp and Singapore itself."
Commanding Officer Commander Conor O'Neill hosted a lunch for the Deputy High Commissioner Singapore, Alexandra McKenzie, plus officers serving at Sembawang with the New Zealand Defence Force, Royal Australian Navy and US Navy's Seventh Fleet to discuss the current military-political situation in the Asia-Pacific region.
To maintain the strong links between Singapore and the UK, youth groups were invited aboard for tours: National Cadet Corps, Scouts, Guides and the Nexus International School.
These provided an insight to the young members of these organisations into the role of the Royal Navy and also the unique and varied capabilities of HMS Montrose.
Reflecting on the visit on leaving, Commander O'Neill said, "Half way through our global deployment, our stop in Singapore gave us the opportunity to refresh and enjoy the wonderful city state of Singapore with our friends and families – and prepare the ship materially for our next period of operations in the region."
Once in Bahrain, Montrose will conduct patrols for up to three years, with her crew trading places every six months with the ship's company of her sister, HMS Monmouth, also based in Plymouth.
February 2019HMS Monmouth, HMS Monrose, Manama, Sembawang, Singapore
Ships of the Northern Fleet to conduct firing in the Barents Sea
RFA Tidesurge Welcomed to the Fleet


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Some camps will offer discounts if you sign up early or send multiple children. Museums, for example, might cut the cost for members of its organization. According to the American Camp Association, 75 percent of camps offer deals that add up to more than $1,000 in discounts each year.
Most nonprofit or government-run camps will offer scholarships to families in need. The camp association reports that more than 93 percent of camps offer some kind of financial assistance, and nearly 70 percent of camps award $10,000 or more in scholarships each year. The association recommends that you should ask about scholarships even if you think you may earn too much because you may qualify for assistance.
Some employers offer their employees access to a Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account. With it, you can divert part of your pre-tax salary to the account to cover the costs of child care, including summer camps.
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Fellow parents who have been there, done that already with their own kids may be a wealth of information about affordable summer camps in the area for yours. A neighbor who stays at home with her children all year might be up for watching yours during a summer for a more affordable fee than a formal camp. And Grandma may be more than willing to host your kids for a week or two during the summer to help cut camp costs.
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www.smokerdirect.com Jun 05, 2014
www.smokerdirect.com
Center for Tobacco Products
9200 Corporate Boulevard
Rockville, MD 20850-3229
VIA Electronic Mail
To: admin@SmokerDirect.com
The Center for Tobacco Products of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently reviewed the website,http://www.smokerdirect.com, and determined that your cigarette products listed there are offered for sale in the United States. Under section 201(rr) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the FD&C Act) (21 U.S.C. § 321(rr)), as amended by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (Tobacco Control Act), these products are tobacco products because they are made or derived from tobacco and intended for human consumption. Certain tobacco products, including cigarettes, are subject to FDA jurisdiction under section 901(b) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387a(b)).
FDA has determined that several of your products are adulterated under section 902(8) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387b(8)) because they are modified risk tobacco products sold or distributed without an FDA order in effect that permits such sale or distribution. Additionally, FDA has determined that several of your cigarette products are adulterated under section 902(5) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387b(5)) or misbranded under section 903(a)(1) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387c(a)(1)) or section 903(a)(7)(A) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387c(a)(7)(A)) because they purport to contain a natural or artificial characterizing flavor. You can find the FD&C Act through links on FDA's homepage at http://www.fda.gov.
Modified Risk Tobacco Product Violations
You sell or distribute products that you describe on the website, http://www.smokerdirect.com, as being light or mild by referring to them as such in product labeling or advertising and adding the qualifiers "Lights" or "Mild"to the product names. Specifically, our review of the website revealed that you sell or distribute products listed as: Dunhill described as "Dunhill Lights," Marlboro Gold Original described as "Gold Marlboro Lights," and Pall Mall Menthol described as "Pall Mall Menthol Lights." In addition, you describe the Star Mild cigarettes that you offer for sale on your website as containing reduced levels of substances. For example, you describe "Star Mild" cigarettes as "low tar and nicotine cigarettes."
A tobacco product with a label, labeling, or advertising that uses the descriptor "light," "mild," or "low," or a similar descriptor, is a "modified risk tobacco product" under section 911(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387k(b)(2)(A)(ii)). A tobacco product is also considered a "modified risk tobacco product" under section 911(b)(2)(A)(i) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387k(b)(2)(A)(i)) if its label, labeling, or advertising explicitly or implicitly represents that: (1) the product presents a lower risk of tobacco-related disease or is less harmful than one or more other commercially marketed tobacco products; (2) the product or its smoke contains a reduced level of a substance or presents a reduced exposure to a substance; or (3) the product or its smoke does not contain or is free of a substance. Under section 911(a) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387k(a)), no person may introduce or deliver for introduction into interstate commerce any modified risk tobacco product without an FDA order in effect under section 911(g) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387k(g)). A product that is in violation of section 911(a) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387k(a)) is adulterated under section 902(8) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387b(8)). Because your website uses the descriptor "Light," "Mild," or similar descriptors for the above listed products and describes products as containing a reduced level of a substance, these products are modified risk tobacco products. Because these products are sold or distributed to customers in the United States without an appropriate FDA order in effect under section 911(g) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387k(g)), these products are adulterated under section 902(8) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387b(8)).
Flavored Cigarette Violations
Additionally, our review of the website, http://www.smokerdirect.com, revealed that you offer for sale the following cigarette products: Clas Mild (Clove), Sampoerna A Mild 12 (Clove), Sampoerna A Mild Menthol (Clove), Sampoerna Hijau (Clove), Star Mild (Clove), Wismilak Diplomat 12 (Clove), and Wismilak Diplomat 16 (Clove), which are purported to contain an artificial or natural flavor that is a characterizing flavor of the products. Section 907(a)(1)(A) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387g(a)(1)(A)) provides:
[A] cigarette or any of its component parts (including the tobacco, filter, or paper) shall not contain, as a constituent (including a smoke constituent) or additive, an artificial or natural flavor (other than tobacco or menthol) or an herb or spice . . . that is a characterizing flavor of the tobacco product or tobacco smoke.
As of September 22, 2009, cigarettes, cigarette tobacco, and roll-your-own tobacco marketed and sold in the United States in violation of this provision are adulterated under section 902(5) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387b(5)). Thus, your flavored cigarette products areadulterated under section 902(5) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387b(5)).
If, however, these cigarette products do not contain a characterizing flavor, they are misbranded under section 903(a)(1) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387c(a)(1)) or section 903(a)(7)(A) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387c(a)(7)(A)) as theirlabeling or advertising is false or misleading because it makes the representation that the products contain, for example, clove as a characterizing flavor of the tobacco products.
Conclusion and Requested Actions
The violations discussed in this letter do not necessarily constitute an exhaustive list. You should immediately correct the violations that are referenced above, as well as violations that are the same as or similar to those stated above, and take any necessary actions to bring your tobacco products into compliance with the FD&C Act.
It is your responsibility to ensure that your tobacco products and all related promotional materials on this website, on any other websites (including e-commerce, social networking, or search engine websites), and in any other media in which you advertise, comply with each applicable provision of the FD&C Act and FDA's implementing regulations. Failure to ensure full compliance with the FD&C Act may result in FDA initiating further action without notice, including, but not limited to, civil money penalties, no-tobacco-sale orders, criminal prosecution, seizure, and/or injunction. Please note that adulterated and misbranded tobacco products offered for import into the United States are subject to detention and refusal of admission.
Please submit a written response to this letter within 15 working days from the date of receipt describing your corrective actions, including the dates on which you discontinued the violative promotion, advertising, sale, and/or distribution of these tobacco products and your plan for maintaining compliance with the FD&C Act.
Please note your reference number, RW1400167, in your response and direct your response to the following address:
PAL-WL Response, Office of Compliance and Enforcement
FDA Center for Tobacco Products
c/o Document Control Center
If you have any questions about the content of this letter, please contact Ele Ibarra-Pratt at (301) 796-9235 or via email at CTPCompliance@fda.hhs.gov.
Ann Simoneau, J.D.
Office of Compliance and Enforcement
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This Week in Torah
Shabbat Hukkat 5774 (Rosh Hodesh Tammuz)
Numbers 19:1-22:1 & Numbers 28:9-15
This week Rabbi Denker's TEE Mail message also appears, internationally, as the Mekor Chaim Torah commentary for the Jewish Federations of North America.
Each Month, Every Shabbat
As this message is being written, the fate of our children Eyal Yifrach, Naftali Frenkel, and Gil-ad Shaar is still unknown. This is the kind of moment when we put aside our political and religious differences and all The People Israel prays that, with God's help, The State of Israel's security and defense forces, along with whatever modicum of decency our enemies may have left, will effect their safe return.
Sadly, it often takes this kind of tragedy or some other challenge to Jewish existence in our State or in the Diaspora to spur ephemeral outpourings of ahdut (unity) and recognition of the essential value of Klal Yisrael – an inclusive concept of the Jewish People. The coincidence of Shabbat Hukkat and Rosh Hodesh Tammuz, points out the importance of these principles, not only at trying times like these but at each and every month, each and every Shabbat. This is Hukkat HaTorah – the Law of the Torah.
Nowhere is this idea expressed better than here, in the initial narrative of our parashah – the Law of the Red Heifer, the sacrificial procedure, whose essence we moderns can only surmise, and through which our ancestors were moved from the status of t'umah and returned to the status of t'horah. These biblical categories are best understood as being, respectively, ineligible and eligible to be in touch with things holy, including people. One who was tamay was excluded from sacred activities and estranged from God. An example being the menstruating woman, who was prohibited from co-habitation with her husband until, through the ritual of mikvah, became, once again, tahor – eligible. Men, likewise, would become estranged due to a bodily flux and would be reconnected to God and the community through the appropriate rituals. In Hukkat, the waters mixed with the ashes of the Red Heifer are ordained as the appropriate procedure for reuniting someone who has 'disconnected' with God and the community because he or she has been in the presence of the ultimate estrangement, death.
The enemies of Torah, misunderstanding or grossly misrepresenting this passage, point to it as evidence of the God of Israel being vengeful, seeking out human imperfections and dispatching the Kohanim to declare people tamay, excluded. The complete and correct reading of the Hebrew Bible clearly shows that God's charge to the Kohanim was not to go around finding fault and cutting people out. Instead, their task was to find ways to bring those who were tamay back into a state of t'horah, connectedness, through accessible rituals, affordable sacrifices and, when necessary, the waters with the ashes of the Red Heifer. This, in part, is why the Rabbis designate Aaron as the Rodeph Shalom, pursuer of shalaimut, the wholeness, of the People of Israel. His goal was to bring all Israel together, not only during a crisis, but at all times.
Rosh Hodesh, the beginning of each new month is, in part, a reminder of the consistent effort required for the maintenance of Jewish unity. Each time we join in communal prayer on the Shabbat prior to the molad, the rebirth of the moon, we pray for many things, including long life, peace, economic security and freedom from embarrassment. In addition, addressing God who did miracles for our ancestors, we pray for the ingathering of nedachaynu, those who are estranged, because, haverim kol Yisrael, all Israel is connected one to the other. Choosing the verb nadach (nun-dalet-het) is significant because it means something other than physical exile or diaspora. Initially, it is used to warn against mistaking heavenly bodies as gods and there is little doubt that the authors of our The Blessing for the New Month (Mevorhim HaHodesh) had Deuteronomy 4:19 in mind when composing this text. Like the moon, whose brightness is diminished when any part is missing, so, too, is each Jew's 'light' reduced when any part of the People of Israel is estranged.
After the new month has been 'born,' as the moon waxes toward fullness, usually at the end of Shabbat after the third day of the month, our Tradition prescribes Kiddush HaLevannah, sanctification of the moon, that is now growing brighter each night. During this lovely ritual we reach out to at least three (creating the Halakic presumption of intent) of our fellow Jews with the greeting "Shalom Aleichem" to which we receive the response "Aleichem Shalom." Noting that 'aleichem' is in the second person plural (properly translated by us Brooklynites as 'yous') here, at the monthly time of renewal, it means more than 'peace' it also includes a reaching out to each other for shalaimut -wholeness and connectedness for all the People of Israel.
This week, as on each Shabbat Rosh Hodesh, we conclude our Haftarah with Isaiah's vision of a renewed heaven and earth and a secure and an enduring Household of Israel. This can result from finding our spiritual "Red Heifer," the individual and communal path toward healing the rifts and reversing our estrangement from one another. We are called to do so – not only when our enemies steal our children, at moments of fear and vulnerability – but truly and continually from New Moon to New Moon and all week from Shabbat to Shabbat.
Shabbat Shalom!
Rabbi Steve Denker
Temple Emanu El
4545 Brainard Road
Orange Village, OH 44022
www.teecleve.org


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Q: Linear independence over Q of logarithmic powers of prime numbers I am trying to solve the following question but without any result so far:

Let $p_1, p_2, \ldots, p_t$ be different primes. Prove that $\log (p_1), \log (p_2), \ldots, \log (p_t)$ are linearly independent over $\mathbb{Q}$ that is, if $x_1,x_2,\ldots, x_t$ are rational numbers with
  $$
x_1 \log (p_1) + x_2 \log (p_2) + \cdots + x_t \log (p_t) = 0
$$
  then $x_1 = x_2 = \cdots = x_t = 0$.

We are supposed to use the following result:
Let $x \in \mathbb{Q}$ with $x > 0$. Then there is a unique sequence of integers $(n_2,n_3,n_5, \ldots)$, almost all equal to $0$, such that
$$
x = \prod_{p \text{ prime}} p^{n_p}.
$$
Any tips are welcome for solving it, thanks.

A: I assume $t > 1$. Assume we have a linear combination $\sum_{i=1}^t x_i\log(p_i) = 0$. By multiplying through by the least common multiple of the denominators of the $x_i$, we get a linear combination with integer coefficients, so without loss of generality, assume $x_i$ are integers.
Then $$x_t\log(p_t) = \log(p_t^{x_t}) = \sum_{i=1}^{t-1}x_i\log(p_i)$$
Since $\log$ is a bijection from positive reals to reals $$\log(x) = \log(\prod_{p\ \text{prime}}p^{n_p}) = \sum_{p\ \text{prime}}n_p\log(p)$$ if and only if $x = \prod_{p\ \text{prime}}p^{n_p}$.
Obviously, in the case of $p_t^{x_t}$, it's the sequence with $n_{p_t} = x_t$ and all other $n_p = 0$.  Since this sequence is unique, there is no linear combination in terms of other $\log(p_i)$.

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While there is no predictable benchmark of size of government and economic outcomes, it is useful to subject the popular hypotheses against available data.
The rhetoric of "large government" constrains India when our gaps in service outcomes on a range of social and economic indicators.
Little excites policymaking commentary in India more than a debate on the size of government. Recently, a raft of government departments (Indian Railways, certain state police forces) announced large recruitment programmes – engendering another round of cautionary, even borderlineapocalyptic, prognosis on the immediate adverse impact on the economy.
As it is, for a government that had "minimum government" as a campaign slogan, a point usually made in popular commentary is how little the present government has done to cut what is described as a "bloated" public sector.
The impression has been further magnified by the absence of any major movement towards that touchstone of reform-achievement – privatisation.
The key question that is missed though is: do we have a "large, bloated" government as is constantly alleged? And is it the large size of the government that is dragging down efficiencies, resulting in sub-optimal economic outcomes? While there is no predictable benchmark of size of government and economic outcomes, it is useful to subject the popular hypotheses against available data.
On headline government spending as percentage of GDP, India, far from having an extraordinarily large government footprint, is actually an outlier on the other side – government expenditure contributes very little to GDP. A snapshot below gives the picture.
Further, the trend over the last decade shows that India has actually been squeezing down government expenditure as % of GDP, while the trend in most other countries has been a lot more expansionary.
On top of headline expenditure, policymakers in India have internalised a bunch of buzzwords that have likely had adverse impact on outcomes — a definition of "revenue expenditure bad", "capital expenditure good". As a result we have a huge expansion of road networks without commensurate addition to municipal and road safety services, new schools/universities/institutions and significant investments in the physical upgradation of existing schools without a commensurate increase in the numbers (and quality) of teachers/administrative personnel, shiny new public hospitals in remote corners of India without enough doctors/nurses/sanitation workers. As a result, our outcomes on key human development metrics – education, healthcare, quality of life – seem to lag the investments being made in the areas.
The issue seems to be one of state capacity – the Indian state simply doesn't have enough human capital bandwidth to provide its citizens with reasonable quality public services.
Data on the numbers of public servants is sketchy, but there are enough indicators to hold the hypothesis up. The 7th Pay Commission (SPC) report gives comparative numbers of the numbers of public servants in India and US, another large country with a federal political structure. Total number of civilian non-postal/railways Central Government employees in India (in 2014) is around 18 lac. The comparative number for Federal employees in the US is 21 lac. Adjusted for population, the difference is stark – for every lac of population, India has a total of 139 Central government employees, while the comparative number for the US is 668.
Adding in state government and local bodies too, from the Labour Ministry Statistical Handbook, the numbers move up significantly, but still short of comparable international standards.
The best concentration of public servants (as percentage of population) are in remote hilly and border states, besides insurgency-prone regions – these are states where there are special funding programmes from the Central government to increase state capacities to deal with insurgency, border management and geographic remoteness. So Himachal Pradesh has 3,700 public servants for every lac of population, while Manipur, Tripura and Nagaland are all in the 3,000-3,500 range. Even these exceptionally elevated numbers are far short of comparable international levels. For the vast majority of states though, including comparatively richer states like Gujarat, Maharashtra and Haryana, the numbers hover between 1,000 and 1,300 for every lac of population. While there are no empirical studies on causality between delivery outcomes of public services and numbers of public servants – the numbers do indicate a serious dearth of state capacity, which perhaps explains why even the more prosperous states are struggling to meet key human development goals.
The rhetoric of "large government" constrains India when our gaps in service outcomes on a range of social and economic indicators. The Indian state gives the impression of being all pervasive without the capacity to deliver a fraction of its optical presence (and promise). Further cutbacks in the size of the Indian state would only exacerbate our relative deficiencies against the rest of the world. Its time that the India state grew bigger, and not smaller, while citizens demand more accountability from the larger state capacities. The popular rhetoric notwithstanding.