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What your view of sports and life would be if you had too many concussions
This might be the most interesting read to date in this series by regular Dubsism contributor Ryan Meehan.
By Ryan Meehan
When you think one of the most prolific character actors, who’s also an outrageous openly gay stand-up comedian, one name comes to mind…. Jason Stuart. Stuart has been making people laugh out loud with “Gay Don Rickles” performances all over the country since coming out in 1993. He has accomplished what few other gay comics have ever achieved: Brutal honesty with humor in a world that’s not always kind. Not only is Stuart an all-out crowd-pleaser, but he transcends the boundaries of race, gender and sexual orientation with his edgy comedic style. Since Stuart makes such a strong connection with his audience, he is in high demand by corporate programs with his lecture, COMING OUT IN HOLLYWOOD, on being openly gay in the workplace. He’s appeared on NIGHT STAND-UP, WISECRACK & CMOCIS UNLEASHED. In addition to his own hour stand up special MAKING IT TO THE MIDDLE and his comedy CD, Gay Comedy Without A…
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To be honest, I wanted her because she was smart.
The 2011 Berkeley graduate was noted in a university press release as the recipient of the prestigious University of California Library Prize for Undergraduate Research. Her 50-page thesis paper, "They Rule the Valley: The Story of How Large Central Valley Landholders Became the Primary Beneficiaries of the Central Valley Project," was also awarded the History Department's Mathilda Morrison Miller Prize.
Now the young scholar, Christina Flores, would be going back home to the Central Valley town of Bakersfield, CA, degrees and prizes in hand -- the first in her family to have graduated from college.
As an editor for Off the Bus, I was looking for people with insights and perspectives on American life, who could contribute a unique voice to the standard practices of political reporting during this election year. Given her superlative efforts to study what had made California's Central Valley the class-divided place she knew it to be, she looked to be a likely candidate as a citizen journalist. While she was job hunting, I said -- would she be interested in writing some dispatches from her hometown?
Yes, she said, yes she would.
"I strongly identify as a native daughter of the Central Valley so I really hope that anything I produce provides an accurate account of this region," she would write.
She also told me that she was a new mother. She had gotten pregnant during her senior year, and it was a race to see if she could finish her thesis before the child was born. And so, at the end of her final semester, she went home to Bakersfield to have her baby daughter. The prize money helped pay the hospital bill.
Over the next few months we corresponded, discussing angles of approach to the social realities of the Central Valley and the significance to its population -- if any -- of the coming elections. Did people talk about it at all? Did it seem to matter? Was there a single candidate, of any party, national, state or local -- who lit their fire?
In late August she wrote:
I apologize that it has taken me a while to get back to you but I have been extremely preoccupied with personal matters. My return to Bakersfield has made me personally aware of the particular economic situation this region of the state is facing. Not only have I, like many 2011 college graduates throughout the country, been having a hard time finding a job in this jobless economy, but as I look around my neighborhood I see abandoned houses everywhere. Also, I have been noticing that robberies and violent crimes have increased since I left Bakersfield in 2007 to go to college, so I might look into how this increase correlates with the recession. I would very much be interested in interviewing local people struggling to make it through these tough times and possibly a local politician, Rudy Salas, who I believe is interested in poverty issues.
Good idea, I said. But no story materialized.
In October, she told me that she had not had the time to write because she'd decided to apply for graduate school, and had to study for the Graduate Record Exams (GRE). I thought it was the right decision for an obviously bright student like Christina, that it was probably the only way she could find a way out of Bakersfield again, and I told her so. But she hadn't forgotten her promise to write about her experiences there.
"The good news is that I was able to interview Rudy Salas a little over two weeks ago at the Kern County Fair...I decided to postpone it for a bit in order to study for the GRE, but now that I have taken the test, I will try to get the article completed as soon as possible," she wrote.
And still no article materialized. I sent her a Christmas greeting nonetheless.
Just after the holiday, Christina wrote to explain the long delay in delivering on her promise. Upon reading her letter, I felt that, without even realizing it, she had in fact written a piece that was an essential account of her world. Bakersfield, located between Fresno and Los Angeles in the top oil producing county and one of the top five agricultural producing counties in the nation, is also one of the places in our nation hardest hit by the recession. Her story is illustrative of what the Occupy movement is all about and what any electoral candidate must ultimately address. Christina has, in fact, delivered on her promise, and you should read it, here.
Dec. 28, 2011.
I hope that you are having a great holiday season. I apologize that I haven't responded to your emails recently, but I got really busy with grad school applications. Guinevere Soledad is now seven months old, and she is a really healthy baby, so I am truly blessed.
About graduate school: I applied to Yale, Stanford, Princeton, Harvard, U of Chicago, UCLA, and I am planning on applying to UC Davis in the next couple of weeks. I hadn't planned on applying to mostly private colleges, but I wanted to go to a top history program, so those schools ended up on my list. I hope I get accepted and offered a good financial aid package by at least one of those schools.
About my post-Berkeley life in Bakersfield: It has been quite depressing, and I think that's one of the reasons why I haven't really wanted to open up about it. I am an unemployed single mother living with my single mother and, despite the fact that my mother has been financially and emotionally supportive, my time here has made me feel like I have failed at life. I luckily didn't graduate with any loans, but since I graduated from Berkeley my mom has essentially been supporting me.
I have applied to various county and some school district positions, but other than working a short-term job I haven't found steady employment. I called a local news station a couple of months ago and asked them if there were any openings and they told me that my English and History degrees from UC Berkeley made me unqualified for any journalism positions.
When I went to a written exam for a county position there were 150-250 people also taking the exam, and after I passed the written, physical, and oral exam I was placed on the 'eligible for employment' wait list.
Trying to find a job in a jobless city has proven difficult. Most of my cousins in their twenties, who were also born and raised in Bakersfield, are either unemployed or underemployed, and they all live at home with their parents or their partner's parents. I believed that by being the first in my family to attain a B.A. I would show my younger cousins that going to school would pay off in the end. I don't think my unemployed status has proven my case to them.
Bakersfield as I knew it before I went to college is a lot different than Bakersfield as it is now. The East Hills Mall, which used to be full of shops and people, is now like a ghost town, and the only place that gets a lot of activity is the dollar theater. This week my aunt, mom, cousins and I went to the East Hills Mall and my aunt noted how empty the place had become and I told her that it reminded me a lot of Detroit, Michigan. When I went to Detroit as a college freshman I remember feeling like something had died, and that is how it felt like walking through the decaying East Hills Mall.
There are rumors that Community Action Partnership of Kern, a non-profit organization my mom works for as a Preschool Supervisor, might be under new management next year and the only people who will be considered for employment are those with B.A.s, which the majority of the workers don't have.
My two uncles work for a recycling center and there are rumors that here will possibly be cuts there next year too. Overall, Bakersfield is not the Bakersfield I remember it to be.
My mom, daughter and I live in a house that we moved into in 2006, and it's a miracle that my mom was able to keep the house while she was helping me pay for college. All of the houses in this area were built in the early 2000s, and a lot of working-class people were excited to move into these new houses, but now most of the neighbors we had before I went to college have left.
As if the vacant houses surrounding us weren't constant reminders of a failed American Dream, we recently learned that this area of houses will be part of a class action against Lenox Homes. It seems that in their haste to build houses the company didn't follow building regulations so most of the houses in this area are anything but perfect. When we first moved in my mom and I were really happy to move into our first home, and it was brand new, so it made us twice as proud. But little by little, like the rest of our neighbors, we found that there were many defects with the new house. Now, even though we still have our house, we still don't feel like we are living the American Dream.
If you are interested in coming to visit Bakersfield I would be more than happy to show you around. I am currently available anytime. I apologize if you have tried calling the cell phone number I gave you last time; I had it disconnected for financial reasons. But feel free to call my home number.
I have strong hopes that Christina will be accepted into a graduate school and that fellowship money will be available. I'd like to think that some day she will be a professor, a professional, perhaps the director of a policy institute or even...a writer. But what differentiates her from her cousins, her neighbors, and friends, giving her the ability to clamber over the vast obstacles to a decent life in America today, are variables, at best. Intellligence, tenaciousness, character -- or having a mother who truly values education -- these are not universal gifts. Yet I think Christina would be the first to say, I'm not special. Everyone should be able to go to school, get a job, and raise a family in dignity.
If you are interested in contributing as a citizen journalist to the Huffington Post's coverage of the 2012 elections and American political life, please write to us at www.offthebus.org.


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Vampires & Suicide
In the interests of full disclosure, before I write this post I will front up and say that I have never seen nor read any installment of the Twilight Saga. My entire knowledge of the plot is garnered vicariously.
My main source of knowledge is the ever-wonderful, ever-hilarious Reasoning with Vampires tumblr. One evening my friend and I were planning a movie night. In the middle of our decision making process one of us threw out Twilight as a suggestion (completely ironically), which led to some har-de-har-hars, and me going “Oh, I know of this really hilarious tumblr!”…. 3 hours later and we hadn’t watched a movie at all, we had spent that entire time going through the archives of the RwV blog.
So when I say that Dana (the genius behind RwV) has just posted one of my favourite entries, you should understand the full weight of my meaning.
I am sure we have all read about how terribly terrible Twilight is, and the bad messages it sends to young women about their worth. But what I did not realise was how much Meyer romanticised suicide, and how terribly problematic this is in it’s own right.
I understand that teenagers (and grown-ups, too) have volatile emotions. A broken heart really can seem like the end of the world. People get depressed and feel like they have nothing to live for. I know.
Depression and suicidal ideations are real and should be taken seriously. These are issues that have a perfectly valid place in discussion and literature. The subject of suicide isn’t the problem; the presentation is.
Here we are at the end of New Moon. Everyone is safe and sound, despite the self-destructive behavior of our protagonist and her true love. What changed? What stabilized the will to live? Edward loves Bella; Bella loves Edward. Bella wasn’t dead; Edward wasn’t dead. The suicidal problem was only resolved because their relationship was revived. No one decided that life was worth living for the sake of being alive.
When you purposely write a bland protagonist to make it easier for the reader to relate to that character, you have an obligation to get the message across that suicide isn’t the answer. I’m not swayed by the fact that “it’s just a book,” because if readers can be inspired to greatness by books (and I believe people can be), the flip-side is that books can ignite destruction.
Darlings? Please know that suicide is not the answer. Please.
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The Australia Institute notes free childcare as key to economic recovery for our nation
The Australia Institute, with its reputation for being one of the country’s most influential and progressive ‘think tanks’ has spoken out in favour of retaining the ‘free childcare’ measures brought in to sustain the early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector, saying that not only is free childcare a form of fiscal stimulus, but in the long run, it will significantly grow Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and make Australia a far more equitable country.
The Government’s decision to end free childcare come July is at odds with its own economic goals, new research by The Australia Institute’s Nordic Policy Centre has revealed, highlighting that policies that make it easier for women to choose to go back to work will see the country recover faster from the COVID-19 economic crisis while also reaping billions in benefits for all Australians over the long-run.
Australia Institute chief economist, Richard Denniss, and senior economist Matt Grudnoff authored the report, which shows that by increasing the labour force participation of women to levels seen in many Nordic countries, through policies such as the provision of free childcare, the Australian economy would be up to $140 billion larger.
- Nordic countries have much more generous childcare policies and much higher rates of female participation in full-time work.
- Compared to Nordic countries, Australia’s female participation rates fall significantly at the ages when the largest number of people are raising young families—a simple way to increase participation rates is by helping secondary income earners, often women, re-enter the workforce after the birth of a child.
- If Australia had the same labour force participation rates as Nordic countries do, then the economy would be $60 billion, or 3.2 per cent of GDP, larger.
- If Australia had the same participation rates as Iceland, the Nordic country with the highest female participation rates, then Australia’s GDP would be $140 billion, or 7.5 per cent, higher.
“The Prime Minister himself has repeatedly highlighted the significant economic gains that have flowed from the temporary provision of free childcare,” Mr Denniss said.
“Not only is free childcare a form of fiscal stimulus, boosting consumer demand by increasing the disposable income of families with young children, but in the long run, it will significantly grow GDP and make Australia a far more equitable country.”
“The empirical evidence makes clear that spending on services like childcare creates more jobs per $1 million spent than expenditure in areas like construction. The government’s focus on stimulus spending in male-dominated industries risks stymying economic recovery” he added.
To read the report, Female participation with free childcare, please see here.
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Latest Planning & Policy News
A working group set up by the government has recommend that a new regulatory body be set up to oversee estate agents.
London’s Mayor Sadiq Khan has rejected plans to build a new skyscraper in the City called The Tulip.
Developing mixed-use projects in UK town centres could inject millions of pounds into local economies and create thousands of jobs, according to a leading planning consultancy.
Communities Secretary James Brokenshire announced Friday that all new-build houses will be sold as freeholds during an address at the Chartered Institute of Housing conference in Manchester.
Galliard Homes has been given the green light for a 280,000 sq ft mixed-use scheme at Nine Elms Parkside, London.
Housing secretary James Brokenshire wants to stop all leasehold houses being sold through the Help to Buy scheme, according to an interview in The Times.
Theresa May will today promise to introduce minimum space requirements to end “rabbit hutch” new homes.
The developer behind Belfast’s Tribeca scheme has altered its original planning application to include less office space.
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has approved Queensgate Investments and Rockwell Property’s plans to redevelop the Kensington Forum Hotel, after the developers agreed to make all the homes in the scheme affordable.
Brent, Ealing and Hackney identified as ‘pro-regeneration’ boroughs in study of councils’ planning decisions


New Private Sector Development Strategy to put Iraq on a path of long-term sustainable growthFeb 12, 2015
The Iraqi government today launched in Baghdad its Private Sector Development Strategy 2014-2030, which aims at creating growth and jobs through a diversification of the private sector.
The strategy reflects more than 18 months of intensive discussions –with support from the UN development agency (UNDP)– among the Prime Minister's Advisory Commission, Ministry of Planning, Ministry of Industry and Minerals and Iraq’s private sector.
Stressing the need to restructure large state-owned companies, where most employment is generated, and to invest in private enterprises, the Iraqi Prime Minister Dr. Haidar Al-Abbadi, highlighted that Iraq must adapt its legislation.
"The country can’t rely on a single source of income and revenue; we must find alternatives to support the Iraqi economy,” the Prime Minister said. “This is particularly true as we face the volatility of oil prices,” he added.
“The new strategy has the potential to put the country on a path of long-term sustainable growth that will be irreversible and will protect Iraq from exogenous shocks”, said UNDP Resident Representative and Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Iraq, Lise Grande.
Result of a participatory process among the Iraqi government and the private sector facilitated by UNDP, the strategy translates a long term vision.
From now until 2017, the government will support the private sector development through the Prime Minister’s Advisory Commission. During the second phase, from 2018-2022, leadership will be transferred gradually to the private sector which will assume full leadership during the third phase through 2030.
“Working on a common vision and building trust between the public and private sectors will be key, particularly given the history of nationalization and public sector dominance, Ms. Grande concluded. She committed UNDP to stand ready to support the Private Sector Development Council once it is officially established.Contact


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Supply chain issues, exacerbated by the dearth of semiconductors, overseas pandemic lockdowns and the war in Ukraine, continue to haunt the global vehicle industry. Taking a helicopter view of things, electric cars are faring reasonably well against this challenging backdrop.
And demand is there for electric cars. You only have to look at second hand prices to see how well resale values are holding up; which is great for people who have a car to sell on the second hand market. Not so great for people looking to buy a used electric car. This situation should settle down when the supply chain bottlenecks starts to ease, which they will. The advent of the UK Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate should also see supply increase, and those new cars trickle down to the used car market. But this will all take time. So if you’re looking for an electric car right now, what’s the answer?
There are pockets of electric car stock out there. You just have to know where to look. And with vehicle manufacturers bringing out new electric car makes and models all the time, it won’t be long before there truly are cars to suit all driver’s needs.
But what about the upfront cost? This is often cited as the key barrier to entry. Research from LV= General Insurance found that 45% of people are put off making the switch to an electric car due to the higher sticker price. The beauty of driving electric is that it pays to look at all of the costs involved – from purchase or lease cost, through to running costs (charging, maintenance, insurance, tax). The LV= Electric Car Cost Indexfound that out of 13 electric cars that were compared with their petrol or diesel equivalents, seven provided savings over a four year lease, whilst three were better value no matter how they were bought. And with running costs being 47% lower for electric cars, the savings soon stack up.
And if you’re still concerned about upfront cost, then leasing an electric car could be the solution. With more than 1.3 million leased cars on the roads in the UK today, it’s a great fit for electric cars. Leasing an electric car means that you benefit from fixed monthly payments, and there’s no need to worry about depreciation and resale value, plus it’s easy to change to a car with newer tech at the end of your contract.
LV= recently launched ElectriX to help drivers lease, charge and insure an electric car. ElectriX offers a wide range of cars to lease, with many cars available within 12 weeks, as well as home charging and bespoke electric car insurance. The website helps drivers decide whether an electric car is right for them, what it costs to own and run one, and how to charge – both at home and on the road.
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The State government’s notification effecting a few modifications in the revised school textbooks following objections by public representatives and others, has failed to put an end to the controversy.
Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly Siddaramaiah, various educationists and writers have criticised the government’s notification on modification. They have demanded that the entire revised textbook should be withdrawn instead of making only a few corrections.
The Union of Backward and Dalit Mutt Seers met Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday and submitted the memorandum seeking repealing of the textbooks, which are revised by the Rohith Chakratirhta-headed committee.
Mr. Siddaramaiah slammed the government through a series of tweets. He said: “The government must take a decision on the future of our students, without any false prestige. The only solution is to return the new textbook and get the old text for the current academic year without any controversy.”
“There are mistakes in each and every page of the revised textbook. However, justifying the flawed textbooks only shows the government’s stubbornness. The government is issuing different statements every day and trying to cover up its mistake. Should the recommendation of a textbook revision committee not discarded when the committee itself is repealed?” he questioned.
Educationist V.P. Niranjanaradhya told The Hindu: “Some outside forces have created the school textbook row. The government is dancing on their direction. The Rohith Chakratirtha-headed textbook revision committee is an unconstitutional one. We do not endorse these minimal corrections. So, the government should maintain status quo and withdraw the revised textbooks. Keep the Baragur Ramachandrappa-headed committee textbooks for this academic year also. The government should form the third party expert committee to revise the school textbooks again.”
S.G. Siddaramaiah, former president of Kannada Development Authority, said: “The Rohith Chakratirtha-headed committee had been formed to verify some particular lessons in the school textbooks and report to the government. But, this committee has unconstitutionally revised all the textbooks from Class I to X. Following serious outrage, the government has dissolved that textbook committee. In the same way, the government must dissolve that committee report about school textbooks. We don’t agree with minor corrections.”

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CAGAYAN – Nine policemen and a nurse were among the persons, who were reportedly this province’s new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), based on a report of the Provincial Health Office (PHO) Monday.
The police officers, who were reported to have been infected with the coronavirus, came from Zone 4, San Roque Penablanca; Bayabat, Amulung; Linao Norte, Tuguegarao City; Purok 3, Mungo Tuao, Purok 1 Alabug, Tuao; and Maddrarulug Sur, Enrile.
The 28-year-old nurse, who was afflicted with the disease, was a resident of Centro 3 in Tuguegarao City.
Most of the police officers had their swab tests on October 15.
All of the policemen who tested positive were asymptomatic and have been placed in the quarantine facility of Police Regional Office 2 (PRO) 2.

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NEW YORK – Oil futures retreated today on a widening belief that OPEC ministers will agree to raise crude production during a meeting next week. The weakening U.S. dollar helped limit crude's decline.
At the pump, meanwhile, gas prices fell further from their recent highs now that Thanksgiving travel demand in the United States has faded. The average U.S. price of a gallon of gas slipped 0.1 cent overnight to $3.085 a gallon, according to AAA and the Oil Price Information Service, and is off 2.7 cents in less than two weeks.
Analysts say gas prices are likely to hold steady or even fall unless oil prices rise to US$100 a barrel or higher. But crude's ascendancy has been stymied in recent weeks in part by conflicting signals from Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries officials about the cartel's willingness to add supplies to the global oil market. Over the weekend, one of the perceived obstacles to increased OPEC supplies appeared to have been removed when Iranian Oil Minister Gholam Hossein said his country is willing to lift production if needed.
"If statistics and data indicate there is a need to produce more oil, we have the capacity to increase the output and supply more oil for the market," Nozari told reporters.
Many traders believe Saudi Arabia is pushing for production increases, but faced opposition from Iran and Venezuela, among other OPEC members. CNBC reported Monday that Saudi Arabia has already boosted its oil output. Analysts said that confirms reports last week by two research firms that found OPEC production is rising faster than expected.
Light, sweet crude for January delivery fell 48 cents to settle at $97.70 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Oil reached a trading record of $99.29 last week, and is within the range of inflation-adjusted highs set in early 1980. Depending on how the adjustment is calculated, $38 a barrel then would be worth $96 to $103 or more today.
"We believe the markets have yet to discount the outcome of the OPEC meeting on Dec. 5, where there will be immense – and we believe ultimately successful pressure – on the cartel to raise quotas," said Edward Meir, an analyst at MF Global UK Ltd., in a research note.
Analysts said oil futures were volatile Monday as traders returning from Thanksgiving squared positions. Prices rose above $99 in overnight electronic trading but traded as low as $96.50 later in the day. Limiting crude's slide was the dollar, which fell to a new low against the euro on Monday as speculation continued that the Federal Reserve will again cut interest rates. Oil futures offer a hedge against a weak dollar, and oil futures bought and sold in dollars are more attractive to foreign investors when the greenback is falling.
Crude also drew strength from heating oil, which rose 0.24 cent to settle at $2.7066 a gallon on the Nymex after earlier setting a new record of $2.7272 a gallon on forecasts for colder weather in the Northeast over the next couple of weeks. Natural gas for December delivery rose 2.3 cents to settle at $7.723 per 1,000 cubic feet.
December gasoline futures fell 2.56 cents to settle at $2.4414 a gallon on the Nymex.
In London, January Brent crude fell 44 cents to settle at $95.32 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange after earlier rising to a new trading record of $96.65 a barrel.
Many analysts believe that pushing oil futures to $100 a barrel remains a goal of many investors and traders. Indeed, some market observers blame speculative investing for much of the fall rally in crude prices, which are up 43 per cent since August.
Some analysts predict oil prices will fall sharply at some point this year. The question analysts are debating is whether that will happen before or after oil reaches the elusive $100 mark. A failure to reach that level, which has been predicted for several weeks now, could in and of itself be enough to deflate prices, said Peter Beutel, president of energy risk management firm Cameron Hanover, in a research note.
"We have reached the point ... where the inability to touch or break $100 this week would be seen as rather a spectacular failure," Beutel said.


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Tea (Camellia sinensis L.) is grown on different land elevation which is the oldest and best beverage in the world next to water. Tea is to be considered as the most popular and cheapest temperate drink in the world. Tea is an intensively managed perennial monoculture crop cultivated on large- and small-scale plantations situated between 21˚3'N and 26˚15'N latitude and between 89˚0'E and 92˚41'E longitude  . Tea cultivation in Bangladesh developed concurrently with the northeast Indian tea during early part of the 19th century. Bangladesh tea grows in the three fairly divergent ecological zones, namely Surma valley in greater Sylhet, Halda valley in Chittagong and Karatoa valley in Panchagarh district  .
The tea industry of Bangladesh dates back to 1857. Now tea is an agro-based labor-intensive industry of Bangladesh. It plays an important role in the national economy through trade balancing and employment generation. At present, there are 166 tea estates in Bangladesh. On an average, Bangladesh produces 63 million kilograms tea annually. Today Bangladesh tea is occupying about 3% plantation area of world tea, producing as much as 2% of tea production in the world. It occupies the 9th position, out of 40 countries, in tea horizon as regards the plantation size and production-level, while the 8th position regarding per unit production  .
Modern scientific technology encourages the use of chemical pesticides, herbicides, fungicides and chemical fertilizers for the high crops production. It creates the whole agriculture production chemicalization environment and soil become unhealthy all biodiversity and ecosystem have been sick and whole ecology becomes chemicalized. Whereas organic agriculture is a production system that sustains the health of soil ecosystems, biodiversity and cycles adapted to local conditions rather than the use of inputs with adverse effects. Organic tea Farming promotes and enhances biodiversity, biological cycles, soil biological activity through management practices that restore maintain and enhance ecological harmony. The organic tea production system is different from conventional tea production  . Organic manure is applied to tea as green manure or as one of many other organic materials, some of which have been allowed to decompose. In favorable circumstances soil fertility and structure are improved. A bed of humus is formed which supports an active micro fauna which speeds decomposition converting nutrients to an available form. Erosion is reduced and the infiltration of water improved  .
Tea is grown in high water table soils and other types of shallow soils which occasionally include drained swamps. Tea is grown successfully on soils with textural grades ranging from fine sand to heavy clay. A deep soil is essential for successful tea cultivation. Soil depth is vitally important if the tea soil selection is done with any confidence. A soil profile pit, at least 2 m deep, is dug in representative sites and the various soil horizons are examined for their suitability for tea planting. The available depth should be taken 1.5 m as a minimum. Tea roots will not develop fully when the soil or the sub-soil is either saturated or even nearly saturated with water for more than a very short period  . The chemical requirement of tea soil is very specific, requiring 1) the absence of more than small amounts of calcium and 2) the presence of very definite acidity both in top soil and sub-soil. It seems probable that failure of tea in many areas has been due to high pH, although it has been attributed to climate and others cause.
Tea is grown in a wide variety of soil types and its growth is favored in acidic conditions, with pH values ranging between 5.0 and 5.6. Although it will grow in soil pH as low as 4.0, soil pH only marginally higher than 5.6 is considered unsuitable without pH adjustment. Soils with pH values > 6.5 are not amenable to treatment for commercial tea growing  . Therefore, the main objectives of this research were 1) to assess the chemical properties and nutrient status of tea soils, and 2) to encourage the organic farming system for long term fertility of soil.
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sampling Site
The sampling sites were selected for collecting the samples in organic tea gardens at Panchaghar namely as Kazi & Kazi Tea Estate. And for the experiments of evaluation and comparison, the selected ordinary tea gardens as secondary data  were Zareen Tea Estate, Nurjahan Tea Estate and Malnichara Tea Estate in Sylhet and Moulovibazar districts.
Zareen Tea Estate (ZTE) started in 1932 AD in Moulovibazar district. It covers about 276 ha of land. Its elevation is 18m. The land is medium flat. Temperature varies from 23˚C to 30˚C. The average rainfall is medium that is 3286 mm. Vegetation is mainly tea, shade trees of various species, rubber, eucalyptus, pineapples, lemons, bamboo, grasses, etc. The people are mainly day labors and tea labors.
Nurjahan Tea Estate (NTE) started in 1879 AD in Moulovibazar district. Its elevator is 20 m. The land area is 298 ha. The land is high flat. Temperature ranges from 23˚C to 33˚C. The average rainfall is high that is 3556 mm. Vegetation is mainly tea, Albizzia adorattissima, rubber, eucalyptus, pineapples, bamboo, grasses and lemons.
Malnichara Tea Estate (MTE) was started in 1854 AD. It is occupied by 1017 ha of land area. The elevation of this garden is 24 m. The land is mainly tillah. The temperature ranges from 23˚C to 34˚C. The average rainfall is 3300 mm that means high rainfall. The vegetation is similar to the above gardens.
Kazi & Kazi Tea Estate (KKTE) is the one and only organic tea garden in Bangladesh. It is situated in Panchaghar district. It was started in 2000 AD. The area of this garden is 1679 ha. The elevation is about 85 m from the sea level. The land is relatively high flat plain. Temperature varies from 25˚C to 35˚C. Average rain fall is low that is 1100 mm. Vegetation is mainly tea, besides Albizzia Lebeck, Albizzia adarattissima, various types of bushes and grasses are available here. Most of the peoples are day labors, the rest of the people are involved in various occupations.
2.2. Collection of Soil Samples
Soil samples were collected from the soil profiles are 0 - 5, 5 - 10, 10 - 15, 15 - 20 inch from Kazi & Kazi Tea Estate during 12th October to 18th November, 2018. Three pits were dug in each of the tea estates and 4 soil samples were collected from each depth of the profile. All of the soil samples of respective depth were well mixed and composite samples were prepared. They were brought to the laboratory and air-dried ground and sieved at 2 mm sieve. The ground samples were kept in a plastic bottle and preserved in the laboratory till chemical analysis. The following parameters of the soil were determined  .
2.3. Soil Sample Preparation
Soil sample was collected from tea gardens and air dried for several days in a clean room avoiding direct sunlight and dust, after air drying, larger aggregates were broken by gentle hammering and then mixed thoroughly to make it a composite sample into soil pedology laboratory at Khulna University, Bangladesh. Dry roots, grasses and other particulate materials were discarded from the soil sample and then it was used for different investigations. 1 kg of the composite soil sample was ground into 4 particulars and screened to pass through 2 mm sieve. This sample was kept in plastic containers for chemical analysis and labeled properly  .
2.4. Laboratory Analysis
Most of convenient methods were used in this chemical analysis. Soil pH was determined electrochemically with the help of glass electrode pH meter  . The ratio of soil water was 1:2.5. The organic carbon was determined volumetrically by wet oxidation method  . Organic matter was calculated by multiplying the percentage of organic carbon with conventional Van bemmelen’s factor of 1.724  . The total N of the soil was determined by micro Kjeldhal’s method following sulfuric acid digestion  . The C/N ratio of the soil was calculated by dividing the percentage of total carbon by the percentage of total nitrogen. The available P of soil was determined by Olsen extraction; 0.5 N NaHNO3 at pH-8.5 (Soil:Extractant = 1:10) using a chemico visible spectrophotometer at 882 nm wavelength as Molybdophosphoric blue color method in a sulfuric acid system  . Available Fe was extracted with 1N NH4OAC (pH = 3.0). The extract was analyzed by spectrophotometer at 510 nm by Colorimetric method  . The exchangeable cations (Ca, Mg) of soil were extracted with 1N NH4OAC (pH = 7.0) and titrated against 0.01 N EDTA by using titrimetric method. The exchangeable cations (Na, K) of soil were extracted with 1N NH4OAC (pH = 7.0)   . The extract was analyzed for Na and K by Galenchamp Flame Photometer at 589 nm and 767 nm.
2.5. Statistical Analysis
The experimental data were statistically analyzed. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was computed. It was done to obtain the difference among different among gardens and depths.
3. Results and Discussions
Tea soils are highly weathered, extremely acidic and low in fertility status. Furthermore, these soils do not receive deposits of fertile silt by flooding; rather they suffer from erosion. The most suitable tea soil is thought to be light, friable and well drained having soil pH from 4.5 to 5.8  . The critical values have been fixed at 0.1% for N and 1% for organic matter. The minimum level of nutrient status of tea soil should be 10 μg/g for P, 80 μg/g for K, 25 μg/g for Mg, 90 μg/g for Ca, 2 μg/g for Zn and 20 μg/g for S  .
3.1. pH Values of Different Tea Soils
pH is an important parameter for tea cultivation. The pH values of the soils of the Tea estates were presented in Table 1. The pH values of the soils of different tea estates were around 4.5 in all depths of the profile. Such low pH might be due to the leaching of the base materials from the profiles by heavy rainwater in these hilly regions. This pH and the topographic conditions of the tea estates seem to be ideal for tea cultivation.
The pH of the surface soil is slightly higher than the subsurface soil in almost all the sampling places. Further the statistical analysis showed that there was no
Table 1. Distribution of pH in the soil profile of 4 tea estates.
significant difference among tea ordinary estates but there was a significant difference among the depths of the profiles. But the pH value is much higher in Kazi & Kazi organic tea estate in compared to other ordinary tea estates.
3.2. Available P & Fe Content in Collected Soil Samples
The available P & Fe was determined and results were presented in Table 2. Approximate amount of available P & Fe was found in the soils of all tea estates. The mineralogy of the soils might be responsible for such phenomena.
The statistical evaluation of the results for available Phosphorus of the investigated soils did not differ significantly from each other in available Phosphorus contents. However, P was uniformly distributed in different depth of soil profile. Furthermore, there was no significant difference among tea estates but there was a significant difference among the depths of the profiles.
3.3. Content of Exchangeable Na, K, Ca and Mg
The contents of the exchangeable Na, K, Ca and Mg were present in Table 3. The exchangeable Na contents were higher than those of K. The highest concentration (0.65 - 0.95) meq/100g soil of exchangeable Na was measured in the soils of Nurjahan Tea Estate and the lower (0.13 - 0.18) meq/100g soil in Malnichara Tea Estate.
The statistical analysis showed that there was no significant difference among tea estates but there was a significant difference among the depths of the profiles.
Table 2. Distribution of available P & Fe content in the soil profile of 4 tea estates.
Table 3. Distribution of Na, K, Ca and Mg in the soil profile of 4 tea estates.
The results varied widely among themselves in exchangeable Na, K, Ca and Mg contents with the depth of profiles. Their contents were very low in the soils of all 3 tea estates probably because of leaching of these cations under very acidic conditions (pH = 4) prevailed in soils of 3 tea estates. Such low contents of these exchangeable bases might influence the CEC of the soils that affect nutrient retention of the soil profile. However, the nutrient status of Kazi and Kazi Tea Estate was remarkable and relatively high than other tea estates
3.4. Content of Soil Organic Carbon, Organic Matter, Total N and C/A Ratio
Organic carbon, Organic matter, and total N contents at different depths of the soil profile of 4 tea estates were presented in Table 4. The organic matter contents of the soils of ordinary tea estates were generally low (<1.5%) but enrich of Kazi & Kazi organic tea estate in the soil profiles influencing the contents of soil nitrogen. Organic matter (OM) content decreased with increasing depth of soil profile. In addition, cation exchange capacity and interrelated parameter to organic matter exhibit a similar trend like organic matter.
The ANOVA tests showed that there was no significant difference in %OC of the tea estates, while a significant difference exists within the soil profiles. Furthermore, the statistical analysis of the results showed that there was a difference in organic matter contents between organic tea estates and ordinary tea estate as well as in the different depth of the soil profiles. From the results further showed
Table 4. Distribution of total nitrogen, organic carbon (OC), organic matter (OM) and C/N in the soil profile of 4 tea estates.
that OC and N were the highest in the topsoils of the sampling locations and then declined with depth. The soil consisting of less than 0.1% N is considered poor for tea cultivation  .
The soils at different profile depths were investigated for Kazi and Kazi Tea Estate and compared the nutrient status among Zareen Tea Estate, Nurjahan Tea Estate and Malnichara Tea Estate. This investigation showed that the 4 tea estates varied widely among themselves in chemical properties. The pH of 4 tea estates is in the lower critical level for tea cultivation compared to those of the other tea soils of the world. The exchangeable base of the soils is also very low due to leaching Ca, Mg, K and Na under acidic conditions. Such low contents of these exchangeable bases might influence the CEC of the soils that affect nutrient retention of the soil profile. The investigated tea estates are generally poor in plant nutrients. Malnichara tea state is particularly very different in nutrient elements. However, the nutrient status of Kazi and Kazi Tea Estate was remarkable and relatively high than other tea estates.
An abundant supply of nitrogen and organic matter is essential for the vegetative growth of tea plants. The present nutritional condition of Bangladesh old tea soil indicates that the nitrogen level is satisfactory but the level of organic matter is poor to marginal. Organic matter in the form of cow dung, compost or green manuring crops may be added to the soil in order to improve the fertility of the soils. This will also increase the cation exchange capacity and activity of microorganisms in the soil. The old tea soil of Bangladesh has been suffering from strong acidity resulting from the continuous application of sulphate of ammonium and high leaching by rainfall. The available phosphate content in the soils is very low. The application of soluble phosphate fertilizer may be proceeded by the application of lime.
The chemical properties of the soil samples as analyzed in the laboratory showed that chemical constituents of the soils are suitable for the growth of tea plants. Considering the climatic conditions like temperature, rainfall, etc. and also the physicochemical properties of soil are more or less identical to the best tea growing North East zone of Bangladesh and are congenial for the satisfactory growing of tea.
We would like to express our deep gratitude from the core of our heart to the Merciful Creator of the Universe, the most generous and benevolent Almighty, who has given strength to carry on in our hard times and never goes against us although hardly we perform our duty to Him. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to our supervisor Professor Dr. Shaikh Motasim Billah and Co-supervisor Md. Sadiqul Amin for their continuous supervision, guidance, inspiration and thoughtful suggestion during completion of the work. Individual efforts alone can never contribute in totally to a successful completion of any venture. We would be failing in our duty if we did not state our gratitude and appreciation to the following individuals who have made a valuable contribution towards the review work.
Table A1. Analysis of variance (pH).
Table A2. Analysis of variance (available P).
Table A3. Analysis of variance (available Fe).
Table A4. Analysis of variance (available Na).
Table A5. Analysis of variance (available K).
Table A6. Analysis of variance (available Ca).
Table A7. Analysis of variance (available Mg).
Table A8. Analysis of variance (organic carbon).
Table A9. Analysis of variance (total N).
 Alam, A.F.M.B. (1999) Profile of Tea Industry in Bangladesh. In: Jain, N.K., Ed., Global Advances in Tea Science, Aravali Books International Ltd, W-30, Okhla Industrial Area, Phase II, New Delhi, 1-22.
 USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) (1951) Soil and Agricultural Engineering. Soil Survey Manual, Soil Survey Staff, Bureau of Plant Industry. United States Department of Agriculture, 203-207.

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Posting Title Graduate Student Assistant - Library Department DAL-CoL-Library Services-517600 Job Location Downtown Dallas Full… Time/Part Time Part-Time Pay Rate S12.00 / hourly Salary Information $12.00 / hourly Department Summary The University of North Texas at Dallas invites applications for the position of Graduate Student Assistant for the College of Law, Law Library… Filed materials including books, audiovisual materials, and computer software. They typically are supervised by library technicians or librarians, both positions that require more training and education than that of a library assistant. Library technicians must earn a postsecondary certificate or associate degree. Provided customer service with regard to reading recommendations of popular fiction. Ensured availability of resource for student through book management system. Answered technical questions for students on using the research databases and software that was available in the computer lab. 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Coordinated and performed library research services utilizing print and electronic resources in legal, business, Researched and used online databases and books to help students with research related interests. Issued borrowers cards, collected money for lost and/or overdue books. Assisted individuals with computer programs, such as Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel *Answered phones. You'll need: administration skills. Assisted researchers with locating and organizing library materials, also processed new materials. Maintained schedules for use of computers; library media center; books and related reference materials. Processed new materials including books, audiovisual materials, periodicals and newspapers. Coached students and faculty in the use of electronic, print and internet sources as well as help on research projects. Distributed Organized, rearranged and re-shelved the book shelves. Trained co-workers in the periodicals portion of Horizon and provided work direction for student assistants and temporary employees. Supported various plant operations including customer service and furniture transport. Compiled records, sort and shelve books, issue and receive library materials, classify and catalog items. Maintained office supplies, distributed mail, organized files, and entered data in computer network. Assisted attorneys and staff members with locating library materials. Created original records in the library's ILS for newly acquired books when OCLC records did not exist. Utilized Microsoft Word software to include Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Supervised student assistants and helped train and develop. Assisted the Youth Services Collection Development Specialist in acquisition and development of collection. Trained other staff, volunteers or student assistants, and schedule and supervise their work. Library Assistant. Maintained public-access computers and printers Assisted students with computer use and item location Controlled library inventory via check-out process, Sorted books Maintained library materials according to alphabetic, numerical and categorical systems. Printed overdue notices and monthly reports. Maintained general supervision of students in the IRC, and student workers after school. About two out of three library assistants worked part-time, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Advancement. To have a successful career as a library assistant, there are certain skills that hiring managers know to look for. Followed up on overdue books and materials. Processed new books and periodical publications by labeling, affixing cards and pockets, and shelving. Assisted in daily organization and activities of a public library, including shelving and fetching items. Provided reference services and advised patrons on policies and procedures. Assisted the SSO Librarian in delivering information services to the Hall of States' tenants and answering basic reference questions. Researched, planned, and assisted with collection maintenance, development, and evaluation; cataloged and processed new materials. Librarians use powerful analytical thinking skills to troubleshoot issues, perform library research, identify the individual needs of patrons, and define opportunities for process improvements and policy development. Library Assistant seeks position at ABC School to further career in a challenging role that will benefit from attention to detail, helpful demeanor, and a love of reading. Assisted staff and students with research projects and assured appropriate student behavior in general and special education population. Ordered books, videos, and maintained office supplies through inventory management. Supervised student workers and opening/closing procedures both on weekdays and weekends. Supported students navigating Microsoft Office; suggested alternative paths of seeking information; assisted media specialist with daily activities and duties. Trained new student workers; closed library in evenings. Organized and shelved books, CDs, and DVDS. Trained library users and new library staff on consulting online databases. Assisted patrons in locating the required materials in the library, online and fulfill inter-system request for material not found locally. Supervised the maintenance and development of the Library circulation system and Reference Desk services. Assisted those doing research, coordinated monthly inventory of books, DVDs and various research materials. Followed Anglo-American Cataloging Rules (AACR2R), MARC21 coding and the OCLC Bibliographic Formats and Standards. Edited online learning management system content for college faculty members. Shelved books videos and DVDs accurately and quickly. 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If it's near dinner-time, the foreman takes out his watch when the jury has retired, and says: "Dear me, gentlemen, ten minutes to five, I declare! I dine at five, gentlemen." "So do I," says everybody else, except two men who ought to have dined at three and seem more than half disposed to stand out in consequence. The foreman smiles, and puts up his watch:--"Well, gentlemen, what do we say, plaintiff or defendant, gentlemen?
Corporal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
If two people fight on the street, whose fault is it? Who is the criminal? It is the government’s responsibility because the government has not educated the people to not make mistakes. The people have inadequate, incompetent education, so they make mistakes! It is such a fraud.
The worst prison is not of stone. It is of a throbbing heart, outraged by an infamous life.
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
The English laws punish vice; the Chinese laws do more, they reward virtue.
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
Three hundred years ago a prisoner condemned to the Tower of London carved on the wall of his cell this sentiment to keep up his spirits during his long imprisonment: “It is not adversity that kills, but the impatience with which we bear adversity.”
Fear can be like a prison. It is, however, a self made prison. Many are imprisoned by fear. No one else can liberate them from this prison. Others may inspire them but they must liberate themselves.
We shall not yield to violence. We shall not be deprived of union freedoms. We shall never agree with sending people to prison for their convictions.
The world itself is but a large prison, out of which some are daily led to execution.
If punishment reaches not the mind and makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender.
Organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year. This is quite a profitable sum, especially when one considers that the Mafia spends very little for office supplies.
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
To be in prison so long, it's difficult to remember exactly what you did to get there.
The reformative effect of punishment is a belief that dies hard, chiefly I think, because it is so satisfying to our sadistic impulses.

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In Vesper, a new “young adult” novel by author Jeff Samson, we are introduced to Emily Webb—a sixteen year old, self proclaimed “entertainment geek”. Emily works hard to make herself invisible among the usual crops of jocks, cheerleaders and “it” people at her high school, so when she suddenly starts taking nightly walks on the wild side, things start to get a bit hairy. (There is a pun there you will understand when you read the book.)
“Emily Webb is a geek—and happy that way. She’s never been the kind of girl who sneaks out for parties. And she definitely doesn’t start fights or flirt with other girls’ boyfriends. Until one night Emily finds herself doing exactly that…the same night a classmate—also named Emily—is mysteriously found murdered.
The thing is, Emily doesn’t know why she’s doing this. Every night, she gets wilder until it’s not just her personality that changes; she’s also becoming strong, fast and utterly fearless. Has she been bewitched by the soul of the other, murdered Emily? Or is Emily Webb becoming something else entirely—something not human?”
Jeff Sampson knocks this debut novel in the “Deviants” series out of the park from page one, with a story driven by quick pacing, witty dialog and loads of mystery that both the young adults for which the book is intended and older readers, like myself, will find hard to put down.
Reviewed by: Teresa St. Mary