So I designed the real claw in Google Sketchup, a 3d design tool. I decided to make it out of 1/4in plywood and to add a skate bearing at every joint to reduce any friction or strain on the motor. In hindsight this cost a lot more and probably wasn’t necessary.
We printed out all the patterns and cut them all out using a band saw.
With the right motivation and sanding it all fit like a dream.
I found a site called www.gifninja.com and got a little obsessed with making animated gifs.
Oh well it was time to disassemble the claw and peel off all the paper to paint it. Look at all those skate bearings. By the way those aren’t bolts, those are all rods we cut and sanded to the right length.
3 Coats later
I cheated and used a drill to power the claw in that video, but explaining how it works is a lot easier after you’ve seen the video.
The claw has a little winch inside. There are three Kevlar ropes inside that lift the three claw teeth and make the claw close. The two chords on the outside are used to make the claw open. The outside and inside are wound in opposite directions so one pulls and the other releases. A pulley connects to the motor.
This is a shot of the three chords that pull the claw closed. Using three helps the claw’s finger close at the same time. Some springs were added so the pieces wouldn’t slam so hard together.
Threaded rod was machined flat on a grind wheel and drilled so the ropes would not chafe
Pulleys made from plywood
We always wanted to use a pneumatic piston, but the cost of the air cylinder, 20 feet of tubing and everything else made it too expensive. Maybe next year.
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Professor Karen M. Czarnecki teaches the Public Policy and International Affairs Internships Seminar for TFAS U.S. Programs in Washington, D.C.
Czarnecki serves as vice president for outreach for the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Previously she served as the director of education at the Law & Economics Center (LEC) at George Mason University School of Law.
Prior to the LEC, Czarnecki worked as chief-of-staff to Rep. Mike Kelly and as a senior advisor to U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao. She joined the Labor Department in June of 2001, and in June 2003 she was appointed director of the Office of the 21st Century Workforce. In addition, she served as deputy assistant secretary of labor for intergovernmental affairs, giving her responsibility for outreach to state and locally-elected officials. Czarnecki received her bachelor’s degree and Juris Doctorate degrees from Catholic University of America and is also an alumna of the TFAS ICPES program.
ICPES convinced me that a career in public policy and politics could be rewarding, challenging, demanding and interesting all at the same time. The caliber and intellect of those who attend the programs are exceptional.”
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Judicial Committee Hearing - April 11, 2006
My name is Kris Mineau and I am the President of Massachusetts Family Institute, a public policy organization dedicated to strengthening the family and the traditional Judeo-Christian values upon which the family is based. I am also the spokesman for VoteOnMarriage.org, the ballot question committee responsible for the amendment before you today. Thank you for giving me this opportunity to testify.
Last year, VoteOnMarriage.org set out with a goal to collect 120,000 signatures in support of this amendment. Even to those of us who have always believed that Massachusetts citizens want to vote on the issue of marriage, that goal seemed daunting. We were wrong. As soon as the petitions were issued, citizens across the Commonwealth lined up to show their support and their intense desire to make their voices heard. In 60 days, we collected over 170,000 signatures, making this petition drive the most successful in Massachusetts history. Our totals surpassed even petitions by previous groups seeking to lower taxes!
As I talk to people across the Commonwealth, I hear one thing above all others: the issue of marriage is vitally important to them. They know, as you and I do, that marriage is the fundamental institution of our society, the cornerstone on which every civilization is established. Marriage is intrinsic to our culture and to every other culture on the planet. The definition of marriage cannot and should not be decided by the courts.
We stand today on the threshold of a historic and defining moment in the history of Massachusetts. Forty-five other states have amendments or laws defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman. The citizens of 19 states have voted on marriage amendments and in every single case, they have voted overwhelmingly to preserve natural marriage. All we ask is the same opportunity to vote and make our voices heard. Twice before Massachusetts citizens have told their elected officials that they want to vote on the definition of marriage and both times legislators denied them that opportunity. A legislative vote for this amendment is not a vote for or against same-sex marriage, it is a vote to let the people vote. Regardless of how you personally feel about the definition of marriage, the people have earned the right to vote.
As a Massachusetts native, I am proud of our common history of democracy and constitutional process. Our state constitution is the oldest written constitution in the world to still be in place today. It is impossible to forget that this hearing and everything else that goes on at this State House is the product of more than two hundred years of unbroken dedication to the constitutional process. The Senate President has gone on record to show his personal respect and support for this heritage and his determination to see the process continue. Today I ask that you also respect and uphold that same constitutional process--as well as the rights of your constituents--and give this amendment a favorable report. The people have not only spoken of their desire to decide the issue of marriage, they have shouted, "Let the people vote!"
Again, thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today.
Presentation to the State of Massachusetts Judiciary
April 11, 2006
For the first time in over 150 years, the fight for human rights, which has led to the abolition of slavery, the emancipation of women and civil rights for African-Americans, is now in the process of turning backwards. With same sex marriage we are now taking away the fundamental rights of our most vulnerable citizens, children. We are also entering an era where freedom of speech is being challenged.
Many of my comments are directly inspired from the debates in France and in Canada surrounding same-sex marriage. Both countries reached fundamentally different conclusions. While Canada legalized same-sex marriage, France did not. France went even further. It reiterated its prohibitions against adoption and access to medically assisted reproduction for all same sex couples. How could two mature countries reach such different conclusions? Quite simply, France's laws still favor the best interests of children over adults while Canada does not. France does not recognize minority rights, but Canada's recent Charter of Rights and Freedoms does. Progressively in Canada, adult homosexual rights have increased in weight to the point where they now trump children's rights and best interests.
Finally, France has been at the forefront of the worldwide movement to recognize children's rights. It has signed the 1989 U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child and has been diligent in implementing its articles. In contrast, while Canada is also a signatory, it has chosen, particularly during the debates on same-sex marriage, to ignore its essential features, leading to same-sex legislation that most probably violates at least two articles of the Convention:
Article 3: "In all actions concerning children, whether undertaken by public or private social welfare institutions, courts of law, administrative authorities or legislative bodies, the best interests of the child shall be a primary consideration."
Article 7: Each child "shall have, as far as possible, the right to know and be cared for by his or her parents". France refers to these as filiative rights.
The French government affirms that children now have rights and "to systematically give preference to adult aspirations over respect for these rights is not possible any more."
Same-sex marriage is part of a larger set of issues directly affecting children, namely adoption and medically assisted reproduction. One cannot separate these issues, as French parliamentarians discovered from their travels to various countries, "Countries that have opened up marriage to same sex couples have all authorized adoption by these couples and developed systems to assist procreation, including surrogate motherhood, in order to allow these couples to have children."
Now, how does defining marriage between one man and one woman protect children's rights and best interests? In summary,
1- Heterosexual marriage provides that a child will know and be raised by his own parents.
2- Research demonstrates conclusively that heterosexual marriage serves children's best interests.
3- Heterosexual marriage provides the child with a natural network of care and support from his immediate and extended biological family
4- Heterosexual marriage sets the foundation for the child to have the same biological, legal and care giving parents.
5- Heterosexual marriage greatly reduces the risk that children or their constituent parts will become commodities.
6- Heterosexual marriage provides children with a multi-generational sense of identity.
7- Children born from heterosexual parents have access to their own genetic heritage for medical purposes.
8- Constitutionally defining marriage between one man and one woman strengthens the judicial protection accorded to children
9-Allowing court ordered same-sex marriage to prevail creates precedent for further erosion of children's rights.
10- Heterosexual marriage protects the filiative rights of all children.
11- Defining heterosexual marriage is an absolutely essential first step in protecting children's rights and best interests.
12- Defining heterosexual marriage is insufficient to ensure adequate protection for children's rights and best interests.
13- Heterosexual marriage provides a simple and understandable set of norms.
14- Heterosexual marriage naturally protects children from potential discrimination because of the sex of their parents.
Now, for the details:
1- Heterosexual marriage provides that a child will know and be raised by his own parents. Is there a more natural right for a child than to know and be raised by his own mother and father? When asked by a Canadian legislator about same sex marriage: "surely with this piece of legislation we're not throwing away anything. Aren't we extending rights?" Margaret Sommerville, Professor of Law at the McGill Center for Medicine, Ethics and Law answered: "No, you're absolutely throwing away a child's right to a mother and a father." This is already happening in Québec, my home province, where some children now have two mothers listed on their birth certificate and no trace of a father.
2- Research demonstrates conclusively that heterosexual marriage serves children's best interests. There is no such evidence for same-sex marriage. The French National Assembly Commission was presented with "research on children raised by same sex couples concluding the absence of any ill effects on the children. Their scientific nature and the representation of the samples of the populations studied were broadly criticized and contested during the hearings... the lack of objectivity in this area was flagrant." One presumes that the very best research would have been presented. These conclusions are consistent with other studies here in the U.S..
It is incumbent upon legislators to ensure that children are protected. We buy the safest car seats for our children. We require that drug companies prove the safety of new drugs; we recall baby strollers when even just a small number of children get hurt. In its Report on the Family and the Rights of Children, The French National Assembly Commission endorses the statement of an expert witness: "inasmuch as there is absolutely no reason to doubt the educative and emotional qualities of homosexual parents, we do not yet know all the effects on the construction of the adopted child's psychological identity. As long as there is uncertainty, however small, is it not in the best interest of the child to apply the precautionary principle, as is done in other domains?"
Margaret Sommerville further explains from an ethical perspective: "There are obligations on society not to create genetic orphans, which is what we would be doing. I think we have to recognize a right to natural genetic origins and genetic identity. We have to recognize the full scope of the harms we do and the ethical problems, and first we have to be activated by a principle that's called non-maleficence--first do no harm. "
3- Heterosexual marriage provides the child with a natural network of care and support from his immediate and extended biological family, including parents, brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, grandparents, etc.. In a world where increasing numbers of parents divorce their own children, France favors the permanent nature of biological filiation over fleeting emotions and unstable relationships. Same-sex marriage is not grounded on the biological ties, as William Eskridge explains, same-sex marriage: "involves the reconfiguration of family-de-emphasizing blood, gender, and kinship ties and emphasizing the value of interpersonal commitment. In our legal culture the linchpin of family law has been the marriage between a man and a woman who have children through procreative sex. Gay experience with "families we choose" delinks family from gender, blood, and kinship. Gay families of choice are relatively ungendered, raise children that are biologically unrelated to one or both parents, and often form no more than a shadowy connection between the larger kinship groups."
4- Heterosexual marriage sets the foundation for the child to have the same biological, legal and care giving parents. Same-sex marriage does not. Furthermore, same-sex marriage cannot be isolated from adoption and medically assisted reproduction. Medically assisted reproduction opens the door to the breakdown between the three dimensions of parenting: the biological (progenitor), the judicial (parental authority) and the social (day to day care). For example, because gay men cannot reproduce naturally, they must rely on a surrogate mother. France has prohibited all surrogacy for many years. When asked to reconsider it, the recent National Assembly report maintains this prohibition because "revisiting those values would amount to denying the bond that grows between mother and child during pregnancy and opening the door to a wide range of abuses. In California, for instance, the birth of a child might involve as many as five people: a sperm donor, an egg donor, a gestator and the couple who are the legal parents." Thus, taking a child away from the mother that nurtured him for nine months creates an emotional discontinuity for the child and weakens his sense of security.
5- Heterosexual marriage greatly reduces the risk that children or their constituent parts will become commodities. Same-sex marriage increases those risks as it creates a new market for assisted reproduction, adding to the demand for sperm, eggs, surrogate mothers and adopted children. This leads to the commoditization of human life where some of the participants have little regard for the rights of children. This is similar to the bygone era when slaves were traded as property. For example, France rejects surrogate motherhood for these reasons: "Preserving the prohibition on surrogate motherhood is justified ... for two crucial reasons based on the protection of human dignity: first, the fact that the human body cannot be made available for trade; and second, the fact that filiation also cannot be made available for trade." In Canada, giving eggs is legal but selling them is strictly forbidden by law and subject to substantial penalties. Early in 2006, a Montréal investigative reporter revealed that he had located six women offering eggs and who, over the course of discussions, were demanding payments of up to $10,000.
6- Heterosexual marriage provides children with a multi-generational
sense of identity. In testimony to Canadian parliamentarians, Margaret
Sommerville explained: "In conclusion, children and their descendants
who don't know their genetic origin cannot sense themselves as embedded
in a web of people past, present, and in the future through whom they
can trace the thread of life's passage down the generations to them. As
far as we know, humans are the only animals where experiencing a genetic
relationship is integral to their sense of themselves. We do know the
effect of eliminating this experience--which we do know through reproductive
technologies and adoption--is harmful to children, to biological parents,
to families, and to society.
7- Children born from heterosexual parents have access to their own genetic heritage for medical purposes. Most children born from same-sex unions do not. Genetic research is constantly expanding the usefulness of this information.
8- Constitutionally defining marriage between one man and one woman strengthens the judicial protection accorded to children, without it, children are inadequately protected. A brief history of how same sex marriage was adopted in Canada illustrates. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (a constitutional document) was adopted in 1982 to protect individual rights and minorities. Woefully, children, the most vulnerable group in society, were ignored. This was not an omission by design or malevolence, but simply because it was considered a given that children would always benefit from the protection of the law. Later, sexual orientation was added by the courts to the list of groups needing protection. Today, sexual orientation, which the framers of the Charter specifically refused to include, now trumps children's rights. When judges ruled that gays and lesbians were discriminated against because they were prevented from marrying, they focused on adults' Charter implied rights. The Supreme Court did not even mention children in its judgment. In so doing, the courts, and now Parliament, have failed to protect children. Unless children's right to a father and a mother is affirmed by legislators, same-sex marriage will erase it.
9-Allowing court ordered same-sex marriage to prevail creates precedent for further erosion of children's rights. Passage of same-sex marriage legislation simply reaffirms court decisions by judges who do not seem to have the tools required to adequately defend the rights of children when confronted with the equality rights of adults. This only reinforces the notion that children have no right to both a father and a mother, no say in the matter, and that their best interests carry little weight. Aren't these denials of human rights similar to those that inspired abolitionists, suffragettes and civil rights leaders in the past? (In Canada, bowing to political pressure, the federal government even refused to appeal court decisions mandating same sex marriage to the Supreme Court of Canada.)
Furthermore, as the Canadian Parliament was debating the issue of same-sex marriage, the government was forcefully denying that this could lead to the legalization of polygamy since polygamy was a criminal offense (yet rarely if ever enforced). At the same time, it was secretly evaluating if passage of same sex legislation could lead to its eventual legalization. The published report later confirmed that it would be very difficult to prevent successful challenges to laws prohibiting polygamy and that polygamy would probably be legalized.
10- Heterosexual marriage protects the filiative rights of all children. Same-sex marriage legislation jeopardizes them for all children. After the courts imposed same-sex marriage in Canada, Parliament adopted formal legislation making it applicable across Canada. In order to do so, it had to change the definition of parent from (biological) parent to legal parent for all children. According to the Institute for Marriage, Law and Culture, this erasure of the biological link to the child's parent affects all children, not just those in same-sex relationships.
11- Defining heterosexual marriage is an absolutely essential first step in protecting children's rights and best interests. Furthermore, a preamble to a constitutional amendment could reinforce children's rights if it states that heterosexual marriage is the only institution that can guarantee the right of the child to know and be raised by his/her natural parents. Interestingly, because courts in France have resisted same-sex marriage, the French National Assembly did not see the necessity of enshrining a formal definition of marriage. In Canada, that is clearly not the case.
12- Defining heterosexual marriage is insufficient to ensure adequate protection for children's rights and best interests. For instance, France refuses to legalize same-sex adoption because it is a back door to circumventing laws meant to protect the filiative rights of children. For example, same-sex couples could circumvent French prohibitions against medically assisted reproduction by traveling to another country, coming back with a child, and then having the non-biological parent adopt the child. Therefore, unless the state adopts a coherent set of laws protecting children, children will not be adequately protected. It would be like building a fortress with half the walls missing. From up front, the fortress might appear unassailable, but a cursory tour would reveal easy alternatives. The absence of restrictions on same sex adoptions and medically assisted reproduction for same-sex couples can also lead to forcing the issue on same-sex marriage: if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck. This is pretty well what happened in Québec when judges imposed same-sex marriage after highlighting that Québec's civil unions resembled marriage in almost every feature.
13- Heterosexual marriage provides a simple and understandable set of norms. France explains: "Family law, notably concerning filiation (the fact of being the child of certain parents), has been subject to profound reforms that have turned family configurations upside down. In this regards, (the province of) Québec has developed a distinctive inventiveness in setting up a system of filiation without equal in its complexity." Rather, France believes that laws should not simply validate changing mores but should set norms in order to "allow individuals to build their lives around stable, sure and understandable criteria." With regards to adoption, the French report expresses concern about the "uncontrollable multiplication of filial links created as adults change partners over time, thus confusing children." How does a child explain who his parents are if even legislators have difficulty in understanding the system? Same-sex marriage imposes additional confusion for the child, and many parents!
14- Heterosexual marriage naturally protects children from potential discrimination because of the sex of their parents. When same-sex couples decide to have a child, either through medically assisted reproduction or adoption, they create a new minority, their own children, who are prevented from having both a mother and a father. They then turn around and ask that their children to be protected from potential discrimination because of their unique family situation. This would require all of society to be transformed, an uncertain proposition at best. The January 25, 2006 Report on the Family and the Rights of Children to the French National Assembly approaches the issue from another perspective. It stresses that children represent the future of society and that they "must not suffer from conditions imposed upon them by adults". In effect, it is these children's own parents who have created this situation in the first place. The report adds: "The best interests of the child must prevail over adult freedoms... even including the lifestyle choices of parents".
At the start of my presentation, I made a reference to challenges to freedom of speech. Let me cite four events - three from Canada and one from Europe - to illustrate my point.
1- In Canada, Dr. Chris Kempling, a school counselor was suspended by
his employer after he wrote a letter in a local newspaper explaining his
professionnally based opposition to same-sex marriage. The issue went
to court and he lost. His appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada was rejected.
on the Family and the Rights of Children
Why the Charter is Failing Children (in Canada)
Marriage: Adult Rights or Children's Rights
Trumps Free Speech And Religion in Canada
Marriage? A Case for Caution
I am supporting this marriage amendment.
My mother was very seriously ill. From infancy I grew up with a homosexual father. I loved my Dad, but my father exposed me to diverse sexual subcultures. The gay, lesbian, bisexual and transsexual subcultures did not have boundaries and principles of morality and monogamy. Rather it was experimentation, pansexuality, many sexual partners, and self-indulgent lifestyles. Gender and sexual orientation were blurred. Unisex dressing, transsexualism, and transient and anonymous multiple partners were common. My father and his associates were not limited by gender nor age. They frequented public areas. By age ten, for example, I was exposed to a gay nude beach, a sex shop, and a gay cruising park. My father had partners in the home from my infancy. All our vacations were to key GLBT areas where cruising was available.
I was traumatized by six years old in my household. I was stuttering, blacking out and having nightmares caused by molestation, physical and verbal abuse, and abandonment. My father would leave us alone for days to be with his partners. At eight, two of my father's partners committed suicide. My father intimidated me into silence, making me fearful for my life, and unable to talk about my father's lifestyle. Alcohol, drugs, gay bars and parties were part of the scene. Youthfulness, beauty, art, fashion, and travel were prized. However, the painful losses my father's friends experienced were devastating. My father and his partners were involved in domestic violence and he dropped them like commodities. Males who were minors were at risk in my home of being preyed upon sexually.
Dad had encouraged me to be more open sexually, while teaching me by example that sex was gratuitous. I could not look to my father as a moral agent in my life. This left me confused about my sexual identity, and my feelings and roles as a girl and woman. My father could not show affection or affirmation to females, making me believe it was better to be a boy. He doted on his male partners - time, communication, affection and sex - travelling and buying them gifts, leaving me feeling worthless. If particular judges had their way, I would have had at least three "psychological" parents - men I would not have wanted to be named my parents.
I felt worthless and began seeking other boys' affections by age twelve. Long-term, I became depressed, anxious, and suicidal. I was in and out of counselling between the ages of sixteen and thirty. All my family members were severely impacted.
My father left his associations within the subcultures in the late eighties, succumbing to death by AIDS in 1991 at the age of fifty-one. Many of his partners have died of AIDS, some in their early forties.
Children have no voice when they grow up in a homosexual household. Children are unwillingly forced to tolerate their parent's sexual choices and living arrangements. If I spoke about what happened around my father, I would risk being sent to the streets or a group home. I was silenced for over forty years, afraid to share the reality of what I had lived through. I waited until both my parents had died before speaking publicly. Most other adult children feel that they cannot speak about their experiences until their parents have passed away. By the way, I know of 14 children who grew up with a homosexual parent, including myself. All of us have been negatively impacted long term. This includes adult children who have not been able to cope with their difficulties growing up - Some have tried to numb the pain with drug and alcohol addictions and sexual promiscuity.
My first thirty years around my father and his partners showed me how not to live my life. Marriage exclusively between a man and a woman is the best environment for children. Children need to see gender as male or female. Children need firm moral boundaries around sexuality. As a child, I could not comprehend the emphasis on being gender-neutral, unisex dressing, and pansexual practices. Group sex, bathhouse sex, cruising, and other expressions of diverse sexuality broke down the barriers between private and public sex.
The Right Honourable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, has stated, "Undermining the traditional definition of marriage is an assault on the beliefs of virtually all cultural and religious communities who have come to this country," according to Lifesite News.
Freedom of speech and democracy are eroded by hate crime and same-sex marriage legislation, and by judicial activism. Human Rights Tribunals in Canada police speech, and penalize upstanding citizens for their expressed opposition to homosexuality. It takes only one complaint against a person to be brought before the tribunal, costing the person tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees. On the other hand, the person making the complaint has his legal fees completely paid for by the government. Even if the defendant is found innocent, he cannot recover his legal costs. If he is found guilty, he must pay fines to the person(s) who brought forth the complaint. All television, radio and print media are monitored. May what is happening in Canada serve as a warning to Massachusetts. Where can the children find safety if legislation is in place legitimizing homosexual marriage?
Item numbers 10, 24, and 28 are included with this testimony. My article, "Same-Sex Marriage: Have the Best Interests of Children Been Considered?" is also included below.
2 Suzanne Cook, My Parent is Gay, (Seattle, WA: Exodus International-North America, 2000). Also, see testimonial "Looking For My Father's Love," Exodus International, North America. See http://exodus.to/testimonials_Family_12.shtml extracted 26/03/2005.
3 "A Son's Journey," 1997 Nathan Bell, Distributed by Love In Action. See http://www.loveinaction.org/media/documents/NathanBellTestimony.pdf extracted 24/03/2005.
4 Charles Mitchell, "I was raised by Homosexuals-Parts 1 & 2," Straight Talk Radio, see http://www.straighttalkradio.org/archives.html 14/03/2006.
5 Paul Cameron and Kirk Cameron, "Children Of Homosexual Parents
Report Childhood Difficulties," Psychological Reports 2002, 90, 71-82.
Also see http://www.familyresearchinst.org/FRI_homokids.html?story=831
8 Timothy Dailey, Ph. D., "Homosexual Parenting: Placing Children at Risk," Family Research Council, Issue No.:238. See http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?I=IS01J3 extracted 24/03/2005.
9 Jon Dougherty, "Report: Pedophilia more common among 'gays' Report
purports to reveal 'dark side' of homosexual culture." WorldNetDaily,
Monday April 29, 2002. See http://w115.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=27431
10 Byrd, Dean A., Ph.D."Gender Complementarity and Child-rearing:
Where Tradition and Science Agree," NARTH. See http://www.narth.com/docs/gendercomplementarity.html
extracted 09/04/06. Also see S. J. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW, Journal Of
Law & Family Studies, University Of Utah, VOLUME 6 NUMBER 2 for this
article. See http://www.narth.com/docs/GenderComplementarityByrd.pdf extracted
11 "Standards 4 Life: Homosexuality," "Homosexual Adoption. Good for Children's Health?", Christian Medical & Dental Associations. See http://www.cmdahome.org/index.cgi?BISKIT=1695154697&CONTEXT=art&art=2649 extracted 24/03/2005.
12 "Homosexuality and Hope," Statement of the Catholic Medical Association. See http://www.cathmed.org/publications/homosexualityarticle.html extracted 24/03/2005
13 Dale O'Leary, "Is This Diversity, Or Tragedy: Children as Victims of their Parents' Choices,"' NARTH. See http://www.narth.com/docs/diversity.html extracted 24/03/2005.
14 ''Gay marriage' and homosexuality some medical comments," LifeSite, by authors of this report: John Shea,MD, FRCP (C), Radiologist; John K. Wilson MD, FRCP (C), Cardiologist; Paul Ranalli MD, FRCP (C), Neurologist; Christina Paulaitis MD, CCFP, Family Physician; Luigi Castagna MD, FRCP (C), Paediatric Neurologist; Hans-Christian Raabe MD, MRCP MRCGP Internist; W. André Lafrance MD, FRCP (C), Dermatologist. See http://www.lifesite.net/features/marriage_defence/SSM_MD_evidence.pdf extracted 09/04/2006.
15 S. Sarantakos, "Children in three contexts: family, education and social development," Children Australia, 21, (1996), 23-31
16 "Children Need Both A Mother And A Father," NARTH. See http://www.narth.com/docs/needboth.html extracted 09/04/2006.
17 Daniel Cere & Douglas Farrow, eds., Divorcing Marriage, (Montreal & Kingston, Ontario: Published for the Institute for the Study of Marriage, Law and Culture by McGill-Queen's University Press, 2004), p.78.
18 Dr, George Rekers and Dr. Mark Kilgus, "Studies of Homosexual Parenting: A Critical Review,:" See http://www.regent.edu/acad/schlaw/academics/lawreview/articles/14_2Rekers.PDF , extracted 14/03/2006.
19 Dr. Rekers, "Review of Research On Homosexual Parenting, Adoption, And Foster Parenting," See http://www.narth.com/docs/rekers.html extracted 09/04/2006.
20 Linda Harvey, "The World According to PFLAG: Why PFLAG and Children Don't Mix," NARTH. See http://www.narth.com/docs/pflag2.html extracted 24/03/2005.
21 Dr. Judith Reisman, "Crafting Gay Children," August 14, 2005. See White Paper at http://www.cathfam.org/CreatingGayChildren.pdf extracted 14/03/2006.
22 Peter Sprigg, "The 'Recruiting' of Children Into Accepting Homosexuality: How Homosexuality in Schools Furthers an Agenda," Family Research Council. See http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=WA03I34#WA03I34 extracted 28/03/2005.
23 In the Supreme Court of Canada, In the Matter of Section 53 of the Supreme Court Act, R.S.C., 1985 C. S-26 In the Matter of a Reference By the Governor in Council Concerning the Proposal For an Act Respecting Certain Aspects of Legal Capacity for Marriage for Civil Purposes, pp. 27-31. See http://www.cccb.ca/Files/SupremeCourtMarriage.pdf extracted 24/03/2005.
24 Maggie Gallagher and Joshua K. Baker, "Do Mothers and Fathers
Matter?", iMapp Policy Brief, Institute for Marriage and Public Policy.
See http://www.marriagedebate.com/pdf/MothersFathersMatter.pdf extracted
25 "Flawed Studies Used For Promoting Same-Sex Marriage, Says Policy
Institute," NARTH. See http://www.narth.com/docs/flawed.html extracted
26 "French Report Says No to Homosexual "Marriage," LifeSite
News. See http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/feb/06021601.html extracted
14/03/2006. Parliamentary Report on the Family and the Rights of Children
can be found at: http://www.marriageinstitute.ca/images/PARLIAMENTARY%20REPORT%20ON%20THE%20
27 Satinover, Jeffrey B., M.S., M.D., "The Trojan Couch: How the Mental Health Guilds Allow Medical Diagnostics, Scientific Research and Jurisprudence to be Subverted in Lockstep with the Political Aims of their Gay Sub-Components," Conference Reports 2005, NARTH. See http://www.narth.com/docs/TheTrojanCouchSatinover.pdf extracted 10/04/2006.
28 "Adopting Chaos," National Catholic Register, April 6, 2006.
See http://www.catholic.org extracted 10/04/2006.
My name is Dwight Duncan, Professor at Southern New England School of
Law. I appreciate the opportunity to appear before you this afternoon
to testify concerning the proposed constitutional amendment regarding
marriage that has been initiated by the citizenry of the Commonwealth.
As you know, this is the latest effort to amend the Constitution of the
Commonwealth in the wake of the decision of the Supreme Judicial Court
in 2003 in Goodridge v. Dep't of Public Health, which radically changed
the definition of marriage. The amendment is quite limited, as it only
relates to "marriage" as such and says nothing one way or the
other about benefits, civil unions, domestic partnerships-which are left
to legislative rather than constitutional determination. It also only
operates prospectively, and will not undo existing same-sex marriages
that have been entered into under the authority of the Goodridge decision.
In so defining marriage, the initiative amendment will merely bring Massachusetts
into line with the rest of the country as to the definition of marriage.
(See Appendix A.) Furthermore, there are only a handful of foreign countries
that recognize same-sex marriages at this juncture (See
The point I wish to make is that restoring the understanding of marriage
as between a man and a woman preserves the intrinsic link between marriage
and procreation, as well as between marriage and mother-father parenting.
Only the union of male and female can beget offspring, and only wives
and husbands can provide children with a married mother and a father,
which is the ideal arrangement for raising children. Obviously other parenting
arrangements are possible, and they are allowed by law; but these should
not be allowed to undermine the sense that children being raised by a
married mother and father is optimal. Preserving the traditional definition
of marriage is the least that can be done to make that point.
I urge the General Court to let the people vote on this fundamental question.
It has already passed legal muster.
TOTAL = 49 STATES*
STATE THAT BELIEVES THAT IT IS IRRATIONAL
TOTAL = 1 STATE**
COUNTRIES THAT BELIEVE THAT IT IS RATIONAL
TOTAL = 183 COUNTRIES
TOTAL = 5 COUNTRIES
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If you followed our steps on how to plant a Lasagna Bulb Garden, you may be wondering..."What do I do now?!?" Whether you have your planter outside in a protected area or in a garage or cold basement, keep reading to find out how to care for your early spring planter.
Why do I have yellow leaves?
If the planters are in a dark environment, you are likely seeing some yellow leaves, similar to those below. Yellow leaves early in the growing process are nothing to worry about. Once they are outside catching some rays, they will green up in no time. The leaves are just lacking chlorophyll since light is not available.
Where do I put the lasagna planter?
If your planter is indoors right now, find a protected area to move it to outside. It is best to gradually introduce it to Mother Nature. If the temperatures are above 25, the planter can stay outside at night. During the first week, if there is a drastic cold snap, it is best to bring the planter inside for the night. As you are taking the planter outside, it is best to introduce the planter gradually into sun. The first day outside, it is okay to leave in a shady area, and through the week, it is best to move into more sunlight. Too quick of a move to full sun could cause sunburn to the leaves.
If your planter is already outside in a protected area, check to see if you have growth. If you do, it is safe to start moving the bulb garden into more sun.
Ideally once the leaves start to poke out of the potting mix, it is best to have the bulb garden growing in full sun. This will allow for the best flower display. If you want the final location of your planter to be in shade, it is safe to move it to a shadier location once you see flower buds.
How much water does it need?
Spring can often be a wet season, so depending on the year, you may not need to water the bulbs much. Allow the soil to dry between each watering, and remember to water the container thoroughly if it needs it. This will allow the water to reach all of the bulbs in the Lasagna Planter. At Culver's we recommend skipping the fertilizer on early spring bulbs, since this will end up forcing out blooms quicker than straight water.
What do I do after the lasagna garden is done blooming?
Once your planter is done blooming, you can put it in a discreet area to allow the stems and leaves to die back. Make sure to leave the stems and leaves until they are completely brown (tan) and can be pulled off the bulb easily. This process is necessary for the bulb to store up energy for the next year's blooms.
After this, you can plant the bulbs in your garden (make sure to plant at the correct depth) or repeat the process and keep the lasagna garden in tact for the following spring.
Enjoy and leave any questions below!

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Greetings, this is Shadow Arena.
Here are the updates made to Shadow Arena on January 11 (Mon).
* Patch Size: Approx. 58.38MB
Check out all the details below, and we will see you in the arena!
- Fixed the issue where you could not move and constantly transform back into Black Spirit when pressing LMB after reviving.
- Fixed the issue where stamina was recovered when doing charging attacks, jump attacks, and running jump attacks.
- Increased the number of seconds increased on the revival timer per death from 2 seconds to 4 seconds.
> e.g. (Before) Dying twice increased revival timer by 4 seconds → (After) Dying twice increased revival timer by 8 seconds.
- Fixed the issue where she did not recover stamina when using her basic attacks.
- Fixed the damage on his charging attack to match his basic attack, like the rest of the Heroes.
Gate Breaker (Q)
- Decreased the damage by 12.7%.
Bestial Howl (R)
- Decreased the damage by 8.9%.
- Increased attack speed on her side attacks by 5% and improved so she can move sooner after the motion.
- Increased the jump dodge travel distance and speed by 5%.
- Improved the jump dodge so she can move sooner after the motion.
- Improved her side dodge attack to be shot faster consecutively.
- Reduced the stamina consumed for her side dodge attack.
> Before: 200 → After: 150
Thunderbolt Arrow (RMB)
- Added Knockdown to her level 0 and level 1 charged shot.
Blood Flurry (R)
- Decreased the damage by 13.5%.

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Problem with Hartke A70 Amp ... ?
I was wondering if anyone can offer a few pence of advice about a Hartke A70 bass amp.
I picked it up cheap a week or so ago and it sounded good, but the light on the limiter didn't work. (It has a variable limiter controlled by a dial, with a little light that turns blue when the limiter is working and red when its maxing out. When the knob is turned all the way to zero the limiter is off)
Well, being an idiot, I didn't research the amp before I went to look at it, so I didn't really check it thoroughly and notice the problem with the limiter. I take the thing home, fire it up and play for a little while. Sounds great. Then I turn it off and the blue light flashes ... something I didn't notice when I bought it. I flip it back on immediately, and the light is glowing blue, and the amp isn't putting out any sound ... ack!
I turn if off again (the blue light blinks), wait a minute, turn it back on and the light's off. Amp works fine. Turn it off and on again immediately and the blue light is back on and the sound is off!
I try this little routine several times and as long as a wait a minute after turning it off, the limiter doesn't come on and the sound is fine. Doesn't matter what setting the limiter knob is at when I turn it back on quickly. Off and on quickly, blue light comes on with no sound, Off, wait a minute, turn back on and sound works.
I can live with this arrangement for a third-hand amp, but I'm just curious if anyone has any ideas (other than, "take it to a repair guy...")


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Connect Health & Community invites you to participate in a celebration of remarkable women as part of International Women’s Day on 7 March, 2019.
Held for the fourth year in a row, Connect Health & Community, in partnership with Women’s Health in the South East, Bayside Council, Central Bayside Community Health Services, Highett Neighbourhood House, Moongala Community Centre and Bentleigh Secondary College will celebrate ‘Women in Sport’ #BalanceforBetter, discussing the successes and challenges of sport, from leadership to playing.
With sponsorship from the Rotary Club of Bentleigh Moorabbin Central and Bendigo Bank, the informative and innovative evening will recognise and celebrate the achievements of remarkable women.
The outstanding evening will be feature Victorian of the Year, Susan Alberti AC, and a panel of local inspiring women including, Jillian Chalmers, Felicity Frederico (OAM), Michelle Jelleff and Jemma Owens.
MC for the evening is Kirstan Corban.
By giving a voice to the experiences and stories of women involved in sport, this project aims to recognise and raise awareness of the issues and challenges women face, including gender inequality.
This free event will be held at Brighton Town Hall, 6pm – 8pm on Thursday 7 March.
Today we wake up to another day in our new state of lockdown …so what better thing to do than head off to New South Wales up to Queensland for some fun in the sun!Read More
So as lockdown continues, we are going to continue our virtual holiday and leave Western Australia to head back east via South Australia and Tasmania.Read More
CEO, Amanda Murphy, spoke on local radio program, "Glen Eira Working Together" recently to discuss how we are supporting our community through the coronavirus pandemic, the differences we are seeing between the first and second lockdowns and where people can seek help.Read More
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We have been offering safe and quality door-to-door transport options to our community since 1975.
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Procter & Gamble Co., fulfilling its months-long quest to acquire a major European cosmetics business, is set to clinch a deal to acquire German hair-care company Wella AG for roughly $5.9 billion (€5.54 billion), according to people familiar with the matter.
Final details of the transaction were still being worked out Monday night, but a deal is expected to be announced as early as Tuesday morning when A.G. Lafley, P&G's chief executive, speaks at an investor conference in New York.
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Drama and Dance Workshop for Kindergarten Kids and up.
Sonoma State University's Center for Performing Arts
Drama and Dance Workshop For Children Offered At Sonoma State University
ROHNERT PARK -- Children from 4 to 10 years-old will have the opportunity to participate in a five week Theatre or Dance Workshop for Children at Sonoma State University designed to have them experimenting in storytelling, improvisation, movement and dance. This is the 30th year of this wonderful program for children. Under the guidance of Theatre Professor Judy Navas and Dance Professor Nancy Lyons, youngsters will be taught by Sonoma State University theatre and dance majors.
The cost for the five week class is $10. If a second child in the family participates in the workshop, the cost is $5 for that child, or $15 for both of them. If a child takes both the dance and drama class, the fee is $15. If a second child in the family does the same thing, the cost for the two children is $20.
The theatre classes will be broken down into two sessions. Classes begin on Thursday, April 23, and meet for consecutive Thursdays through May 21. Youngsters ages 5 and 6 will meet from 4:15 to 4:45pm. The older group, ages 7 to 10, will meet from 5:00 to 5:45pm.
The dance classes will also be broken down into two sessions. Classes begin on Wednesday, April 22, and meet on consecutive Wednesdays through May 20. Youngsters ages 4 and 5 will meet from 4:15 to 4:45pm. The older group, ages 6 to 9, will meet from 5:00pm to 5:45pm.
All the classes are held in Ives Hall at Sonoma State University, 1801 East Cotati Avenue in Rohnert Park, CA.
Dance for Children, according to Lyons, is a creative rhythmic movement class with live music. Children are encouraged to jump, gallop, twirl and dance with each other in a large open dance studio. The accompanying musician will play piano and percussion instruments, giving the children a vibrant experience of live music and dance. Children that participate need not have prior dance background. The Dance Workshop will be held in room 80 in Ives Hall. Dress for the class is casual.
The purpose of the Theatre for Children class is to have fun, says Navas, but to also introduce youngsters to the art of storytelling, the creativity of improvisation, the enjoyment of puppets and artistry of masks. The instructors have established an environment where all the young students will be free to express themselves in a caring and nurturing way. The Theatre Workshop will be held in room 76 in Ives Hall.
Parents are encouraged to participate in the last class with their children, viewing their performance and progress.
To register your children for the classes, contact the Center For Performing Arts at 707-664-2235. Class enrollment is limited, so don't delay. Checks can be made payable to Sonoma State University, care of Theatre Arts, 1801 East Cotati Avenue, Rohnert Park, CA 94928.

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Right Wing Bonus Tracks: Trump ‘Holds Faith Very Close to his Heart’
- When asked what Christians should make of President Trump calling Stormy Daniels a “horseface,” Paula White repeatedly insisted that Trump “holds faith very close to his heart.”
- Pat Robertson appears to be slightly adjusting his response to the alleged murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi by the Saudi government.
- The League of the South is carrying out a Hurricane Michael relief efforts aimed primarily at white-majority areas.
- Infowars has a launched a “NPC” meme-making contest.
- Finally, we are not quite sure what to make of Lance Wallnau praising Malcolm X as a “courageous voice [who] made enemies, a lot like General Flynn.”


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World Anti-Counterfeiting Day: Joining forces in the fight against falsified medicines
Counterfeit (a.k.a.) fake medicines represent a threat to patients’ health and safety. They are not subject to the rigorous evaluation of quality, safety and efficacy that is required as part of EU authorisation procedure. They contain insufficient quantities, the wrong or no pharmaceutical ingredient at all. At “best”, they don’t work. In the worst cases, they can harm or even kill patients.
Over the last months, while the world was fighting against the COVID-19 pandemic, health authorities across the world reported a rise in fake medicines. Often, when demand for basic medical equipment and treatments increases exponentially, unfortunately, there is someone looking to make a quick buck by ‘meeting’ that demand with counterfeit medicines.
Their reasons are simple: it’s hugely profitable, the risk of detection is low, the risk of prosecution is even lower and the penalties are weak. But the impact on patients can be terrible. From face masks, gloves, hand sanitizers to over the counter medicines like paracetamol and specialized drugs like antibiotics and painkillers the counterfeiters are turning a profit from the COVID-19 crisis. More information can be found in the recently published OECD report ‘Trade in Counterfeit Pharmaceutical Products’ available here.
There has never been a more important time to stress the need for patients and consumers at large to only buy their medicines from legitimate, trusted sources. In fact, given the current pandemic outbreak and the problems posed by the confinement measures, more and more Europeans are turning to the internet and home deliveries to meet (some of) their basic necessities. There is a significant risk that, when it comes to medicines, that citizens might turn to questionable online suppliers. To help, the EU has introduced a common logo for legally operating online pharmacies and retailers in EU countries as one of the measures to fight against falsified medicines. The logo vouches for the authenticity of the websites and guarantees the safety of the products. The list of registered online medicines retailers can be found here.
One of the other important measures set up in collaboration with manufacturers of medicines, supply chain operators and pharmacies is the European Falsified Medicines Directive 2011/62/EU to identify and eliminate the presence of counterfeit medicines throughout Europe. The safety of medicines should always be a priority, not least in a pandemic. Patients need to be able to trust that the medicines they take are of high quality, safe and effective. In times like these, a strong and robust regulatory system makes sure this is what happens. Pharmaceutical manufacturers and regulatory authorities are working around the clock to make sure that medicines are delivered to patients across Europe when they are needed. When delivering those medicines, it is crucially important that no falsified medicines penetrate the supply chain. In the EU, the European Falsified Medicines Directive 2011/62/EU makes sure that happens, by imposing additional requirements on manufacturers and supply chain operators up to and including pharmacies. Now is the time to double down on our efforts and make sure of its proper implementation.
Together we are committed to promoting access to safe and efficacious medicines, raising awareness about the dangers of counterfeit medicines, and combating unsafe medicines.

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The two volumes of A Guide to Zuni Fetishes and Carvings form the best introduction to the world of Zuni fetishes available today. Volume I: The Animals and the Carvers covers the essentials of the art form, such as the purposes of fetishes and the different types being carved at Zuni Pueblo today. Along with details about the animals and what they represent, noted Indian trader Kent McManis (owner of Grey Dog Trading Co. in Tucson, Arizona) discusses the process of carving and introduces some of the carvers who have helped to make fetish carving such a vital and exciting part of Native American arts and crafts in the twentieth century.
Fully illustrated with 245 fetishes in full color. Plus charts, map, and family trees.


You know the saying :“with food comes the appetite “ well we had a such a nice day yesterday hiking some of many waterfalls in the area that we planned to hike some more today and in the next days.
In the evening we invited Mary and Loren for some “Blinches” (like Pancakes with cheese) and some strong coffee and hit the sack after getting our hiking gear ready for the next day hike.
Around 6AM sound of dropping rain on our trailer roof waked me up with a bad feeling that this might change our plans,so I jumped to my laptop to check the weather condition in the area and found out that in Florida area there are floods,in New Mexico there are fires and in our area it will be ONLY raining- so we are in good shape here and simple rain will not stop us from hiking the falls.
We packed a lunch,got our raincoats and took HWT 215 North towards Blue Ridge PKW,we pooled into various look outs to see the clouds “sitting” on top of the mountains,it was wet but beautiful.
Around noon we got hungry and found a picnic area with a rooftop over the table and sat down zipping hot coffee with crackers and cheese,it was wet again but we took it as it comes.
Finally we got to Moore Cove Falls parking lot and hiked a mile r/t to and from the falls,and yes again it was wet but as we can not control the weather why waist energy on the subject.
The falls were just beautiful and can be reached from behind them as well but with the rain going on I expected them to be more full.
A mile South from there we stopped to see the most photographic falls in NC the Looking Glass Falls,here we did not have to hike more that few feet to see the magnificent Looking Glass Falls.
It was another great day but I realized again that our lives and what we do is dictated by the weather.
Till we meet again.


The slower it moves the more time someone has to think about going somewhere else.
Right now we're giving them a long time to think about it.
The more speed our information has the more value it picks up a long the way.
That's what Steve Anderson and I talk about as he shares his thoughts on what keeps slowing it down.
Don't miss Steve's new podcast The Digital Broker which launches next week.


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(If you’re daring, you can ask Mrs. Squirrel about the time, when we were still dating, when I went to her place for an evening of television after I’d been enjoying several days of my Mom’s ham & bean soup. She married me anyway…)
Our ingredients are:
6 cups of dried beans (I used a mix of beans I had in my pantry; everything from kidney beans to pinto beans to navy beans.)
2 pounds of cooked ham, diced.
2 onions, chopped fine
1 cup of chopped celery
3 cloves of garlic, minced
1 tablespoon of soy sauce
1 tablespoon of The Squirrel’s Low-sodium Cajun Spice Blend
3 14-oz cans of chicken broth
2 cups of water (well, with all the soaking and rinsing and such, you'll likely need lots more than 2 cups of water -- but 2 cups is what you'll need for the final soup preparation...)
First, measure out, wash, and soak your beans overnight. Place the washed beans in a large bowl and fill with cold water to a depth of 2 to 3 inches above the level of the beans. Cover with plastic wrap, and place in the refrigerator. I like to soak beans for 8 to 10 hours.
After they’ve soaked, it is time to cook the beans. The beans really need to cook a good long time; 2 ½ to 3 hours total. Drain the beans and give them a good rinse, then place them in a large stock pot. Fill it with cold water until water covers the beans to a depth of 2 inches. Over medium-high heat, bring just to a boil, stirring frequently. When they’re just starting to boil, reduce to low, cover, and simmer for 1 ½ hours.
After 1 ½ hours, remove the beans from the heat, drain, rinse well with cold water, and return to the stock pot.
Sauté the onions, celery and garlic, and add to the beans, along with the diced ham. Then add the 3 cans of chicken broth and the two cups of water. Stir thoroughly, and heat over medium-high heat, just until it starts to boil. Reduce heat, stir, cover, and simmer for 1 hour. Stir well every 15 minutes or so.
After an hour, serve and enjoy! Makes more than enough for the aforementioned 3-days worth of soup…
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The Institute for Shipboard Education today announced the retirement of Dr. Loren Crabtree, effective August 31, 2017. Dr. Crabtree‚Äôs retirement comes as ISE has successfully completed its move to academic home Colorado State University, is nearing a long-term agreement on its operating vessel, the MV¬†World Odyssey,¬†and has seen the past three voyages at full capacity. Board member Tom Hudnut, an experienced educational executive, will serve as interim ISE President/CEO until Dr. Gary Ransdell assumes his role as full-time president/CEO on January 1, 2018.
Dr. Crabtree will continue to serve as a consultant to ISE in retirement to ensure a smooth transition between leadership. Since coming out of retirement in 2015, Dr. Crabtree has guided ISE through a period of unparalleled growth and opportunity. He successfully navigated the transition from the University of Virginia to Colorado State University, relocated ISE‚Äôs headquarters to a new LEED-certified headquarters in Fort Collins, negotiated the charter of the MV World Odyssey, and built a leadership team of unparalleled quality and commitment, including the selection of next President Gary Ransdell. With these key strategic goals successfully implemented, Dr. Crabtree is now able to return to his much-deserved retirement.
‚ÄúDr. Loren Crabtree‚Äôs extraordinary efforts have positioned Semester at Sea for a bright future,‚Äù said Sara Kutler, chair of the board of trustees. ‚ÄúOn behalf of our SAS alumni and future SAS students, the Board of Trustees expresses its profound gratitude to Dr. Crabtree for his exemplary service and remarkable contributions to Semester at Sea.‚Äù
As a consultant to ISE, Dr. Crabtree will continue his legacy with the Semester at Sea program. He has successively served as a founding member of the current Board of Trustees, a distinguished member of the faculty, Executive Dean, Senior Fellow and Chief Executive for Global Education, Interim President and CEO, and Chief Academic Officer and Vice President.
Interim President Tom Hudnut brings ISE decades of education experience, including 36 years as president/CEO of Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles, a perennial top-ranked school nationally with over 300 faculty and staff and a $75 million operating budget. More recently, Hudnut has worked as a search consultant with Resource Group 175 and chaired the board of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation in addition to work with Deep Springs College, the Good Hope Medical Foundation, Los Angeles World Affairs Council, and Semester At Sea. A trustee of ISE/SAS since January of 2014, Tom served as chair of the Advancement Committee and chaired the Presidential Search Committee that selected Gary Ransdell as next President.
‚ÄúI am honored to lead this great organization and serve between two inspirational leaders,‚Äù said Hudnut. ‚ÄúMy goal is to maintain the operational excellence of a study abroad program that transforms lives and redefines global education.‚Äù
The Fall 2017 Voyage of Semester at Sea will embark from Bremerhaven, Germany, on Sept. 9, 2017, with a full complement of faculty and staff and at-capacity student enrollment. Dr. Gary Ransdell was named the president/CEO of ISE on Feb. 8, 2017, and will work with Dr. Crabtree and Hudnut until assuming the role full-time on Jan. 1.


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With the rapid growth of internationalization in tertiary institutions worldwide, the development of students’ global perspectives has attracted the attention of many universities. However, this development is a challenging one due to the complicated nature of global issues and their incompatibility with traditional subject-specific boundaries of classroom teaching. Through two eTournaments organized on a proprietary gamified e-learning platform named “PaGamO,” this study examined participating students’ learning experience and their change of global perspectives due to their participation in the eTournaments. Data were collected before and after the two eTournaments, and 217 survey responses were considered to be valid and were further analyzed. The findings showed that participating students achieved the satisfaction level of enjoyment (M = 3.62) and their awareness of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (M = 3.96) had been improved. In addition, the findings also revealed that 1) students enjoyed and perceived a better understanding of the SDGs in terms of perceptual dimensions like value-oriented and partnership-oriented, rather than the global issues about substantial threats or environmental issues; 2) the “intrapersonal effect” of students had been significantly reduced after the eTournaments; 3) positive significant correlations were found between the level of enjoyment and frequency of question-attempt in relation to the change of cognitive knowledge and interpersonal social interaction. The findings of this study offered some possible insights into students’ gameplay experience concerning dimensions of global perspectives and also support the findings of prior research on how gamified e-learning platforms could contribute to the development of students’ global perspectives.
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|Publication status||Published - 17 Sept 2021|
- gamified learning
- global perspective
- online learning
- sustainable development goals


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There are automotive factories and plants for most goods, but a plant factory? Spread, a Japanese lettuce production company is expanding to create the Vegetable Factory™, the world’s first fully automated robotic farm. The new Vegetable Factory™ will be able to produce 30,000 heads of lettuce per day. That’s a lot of green!
Since 2007, Spread has had a farm located in Kameoka City, Kyoto Prefecture, using robots instead of humans (migrant workers) to harvest crops. Robots are more productive, being able to harvest 20,000 heads of lettuce every day. Labor costs are cut over 50% since only a human staff of sixty is needed.
The robots at the new automated Vegetable Factory™ aren't out of Star Wars. They are not humanoid in appearance but more like conveyor belts with arms. The robots will plant seeds, water the plants and trim the lettuce heads. The workers are as unconventional as the farm - they're dressed in "bunny suits" because the indoor environment is a sanitary “clean room.” The farm is a nondescript four-story building containing 21,400 square meters of space. Crops are grown hydroponically with LED lights on racks that are stacked vertically, with four layers of stacks per floor. None of this sounds like the traditional 'family farm' but J.J. Price, a spokesperson for Spread, says farming has always been innovative.
The use of machines and technology has been improving agriculture in this way throughout human history
Unlike conventional farming, this method of growing lettuce is far less harmful to the environment since there isn’t any runoff from pesticides or herbicides. In fact, no pesticides are used. There is less waste, energy use is cut by 30% and 98% of water is recycled. The rooms’ temperature, humidity, light, water and nutrients provided for the crops are controlled by computer and, unlike ground farming, this method has a much smaller footprint. The savings lead to a lower cost to consumers, who can already buy it at select supermarkets where over 2,000 heads of robot-grown lettuce are being shipped daily.
The Vegetable Factory™ will be opening its new indoor farm in 2017. The robotic technology there may use less human labor but human resources (like former farmers) will instead be employed in research and development to create more sustainable farming methods and stronger plants. The firm’s goal is to open additional Vegetable Factory’s™ around the world in the belief that vegetables should be grown locally (even if it's robotically) and delivered fresh.
With the increasing world population, unpredictable weather changes and political instability, technology and factory farming like the Vegetable Factory™ can help lessen or prevent global food shortages. It also puts farming where farming normally isn't, like at the frigid Showa Base at the South Pole where researchers now grow fresh produce, and in space exploration.
Farmers aren't going away yet but the future of robotic farming is already here and Spread is spreading the news.


PV inverters have the ability to stabilise the power grid
13.07.2023 Instead of adopting expensive grid reinforcement measures, PV inverters can also be used to enhance grid stability. This is confirmed by a joint study conducted by the Laboratory for Photovoltaic Systems at Bern University of Applied Sciences BFH and Groupe E.
The growing number of PV systems poses a challenge for the stability of the electricity grid. To achieve this grid stability, distribution network operators (DSOs) mostly rely on traditional network reinforcement measures, such as replacing existing cables with cables with a larger cross-section. However, these solutions come with a high price tag. Which is why researchers from the Laboratory for Photovoltaic Systems at Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH) teamed up with Groupe E in the recently completed GODA project to look into an alternative approach: voltage-dependent active power control, also called P(U), which can be activated in PV inverters. With P(U) control, the PV system curtails its output power (P) as soon as the voltage (U) exceeds a defined limit. In this way, the PV system itself remedies the voltage problem it has helped to cause. The P(U) control works decentrally and is not reliant on communication systems, making it a cost-effective and dependable solution.
Hardly any loss of energy yield
The project successfully adjusted the voltage-dependent active power control P(U) and tested it on PV systems in the field. The inverters demonstrated the desired reduction in active output when the grid voltage was too high, and limited the voltage to the programmed maximum value. Using self-learning algorithms that evaluated the smart meters’ production data, it was possible to calculate the production losses and compensate the system operators. What it also revealed: curtailing the output of a PV system in support of grid stability results in barely any loss of energy yield. This makes P(U) control a good alternative to costly grid reinforcement measures.


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She’s a take-charge woman. But he’s a master of control.
Skye Manning knows what she wants. Her job as assistant and photographer for a major social media influencer isn’t perfect, but it’s a rung on the ladder to bigger and better things. She’s confident she’ll one day take feature photos for National Geographic.
Self-made billionaire Braden Black didn’t get where he is by taking no for an answer. When a chance encounter with the refreshingly innocent and beautiful Skye piques his interest in more ways than one, he’s determined to make her submit.
Dating a billionaire soon has Skye in the middle of a Cinderella story…until the clock strikes midnight and Braden reveals his dark side. Heat sizzles between them, and Skye finds herself falling hard.
But Braden Black is no Prince Charming, and his dark desires are far from his only secret.
The Follow Me series is best enjoyed in order.
Book #1 Follow Me Darkly
Book #2 Follow Me Under
Hardt (Legacy) spins erotic gold out of the undefined relationship between a dominant, emotionally distant Boston billionaire and a girl-next-door Midwesterner in the first romance of her Follow Me series. Skye Manning, raised on a Kansas farm, moves to Boston hoping to become a legitimate photographer, but instead gets a job snapping staged selfies for social media influencer Addison Ames. When new money billionaire Braden Black, Addison's ex, calls Addison out for her pretensions on Instagram, the confrontation lands Braden in Addison's office where he meets and seduces Skye, who falls hard and fast for the enigmatic man. But outside of the bedroom, Braden's feelings remain in question. Smart, sassy Skye is an admirable heroine, while Braden defines tall, mysterious, and irresistible though his occasional coldness will turn off some readers. Stellar supporting characters especially Skye's best friend, Tessa add depth. A cliffhanger ending leaves many tantalizing questions unanswered, particularly the details of Braden and Addison's past relationship, which are teased throughout. Though this lack of closure will frustrate some, readers who like their romance with a dominant and sexy edge will devour this addictive series launch.
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We're building snowbabes while the polar ice caps are melting!
Published December 2, 2007 11:08AM (EST)
By Berkeley Breathed
Berkeley Breathed's most recent book is Pete & Pickles. He's a best-selling children's author, screenwriter and Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist. For the full Opus archive, go here.MORE FROM Berkeley Breathed

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Only one of the Afghan National Army's 23 brigades is capable of operating without U.S. or NATO military assistance, the New York Times reported, following the release Monday of a Pentagon report to Congress.
The Obama administration is expected to announce Wednesday the recognition of the new Syrian opposition group Syrian National Coalition in the hope that it will expedite the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The announcement is expected to come when American, European, and Arab diplomats meet in Morocco.
A recent comment by an U.S. Army officer about looking for "children with potential hostile intent" has increased concerns about targeting policy and the killing of civilians in Afghanistan. The statement was attributed to Army Lieutenant Colonel Marion Carrington in a Marine Corps Times article
More than 3,000 U.S. military personnel have secretly returned to Iraq via Kuwait and 17,000 more are on their way in response to the civil war in Syria that has spilled over into northern Iraq, according to a report published Monday by Iran's Press TV.
A writer at the Washington Post took a snippet out of a speech by President Obama's Defense Department general counsel and concluded that he saw an end to the War on Terror. He was wrong.


Of course, we would not expect anyone to take Digital Storm’s claim for their Bolt gaming PC to be future-proof, as any gamer worth his or her salt knows that this is not how the gaming world works, especially when it comes to hardware. Still, if you are interested to see what the Bolt is all about, read on – it comes with a custom designed chassis that delivers an extremely pleasing thin form factor to the eyes, without sacrificing on room for future upgradability, with most of the grunt work being borne by a 4.6GHz overclocked CPU.
The Bolt measures a mere 3.6” wide and is 14” tall, where its thin chassis was specially designed to effectively dissipate heat despite holding the most updated and fastest components on the market. Capable of holding up to three hard drives, a couple of SSDs and 1 mechanical, you know that it has unparalleled storage flexibility – at least for a home-based gaming rig. Prices for the Digital Storm Bolt start from $999 upwards, depending on the hardware configuration of your choice, so take your pick.
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Sensors for measuring the temperature and relative humidity of the air in the environment. The sensors communicate to the data logger via radio. Three sensor versions are available, two of which are equipped with two additional inputs for cable connection to external sensors:
EXP811.2 (2 temperature sensors);
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17.21: The FTSE 100 snatched another positive result from the jaws of consumer gloom as good corporate results from the US lifted the UK index out of its earlier slump.
The eurozone's continued economic stagnation and the crisis in Ukraine have been blamed for the decline in export orders, alongside the impact of the stronger pound.
Greene King could become the biggest pub company in the UK after a potential Spirit takeover. Photograph: Graham Turner/Guardian. Simon Goodley.
Oil prices moved higher on Thursday amid claims that Saudi Arabia, Opec's largest producer, had cut the amount of crude oil it supplied to the market last month.
Cuadrilla's plans to frack for shale gas in Lancashire have suffered further delay after council planners requested an extra two months to consider its proposals.


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The government plans to crack down on dairy farm employment records this year.
By: Alexa Cook
Source: Radio New Zealand
Figures from the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment show that 28 percent of farms visited did not keep correct records – resulting in $11,000 in fines.
Tougher rules introduced in April last year mean that if employment standards are breached, then the employer is put on a stand-down list and can’t sponsor new visas for migrant labour for up to two years.
There have been 160 employers placed on the stand down list since it was put in place on 1 April 2017.
Labour Inspectorate Natalie Gardiner said the dairy sector tended to have low levels of compliance.
“The main issues have been the lack of record keeping. I’m talking particularly about employment agreements and time records in particular.
“Obviously with dairy farmers working long hours the time sheets are really important to keep accurate … Also it flows into insuring they pay the correct wages and that employees are not dipping below that minimum wage.”
Any farms found not meeting their employment obligations will face serious consequences, she said.
“We’ll be continuing to visit farms and checking they have their minimum obligations in place, and their record keeping is in place.
“Farmers can expect us to continue knocking on their doors.”


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Donegal List Members,
A call was put out to a few Irish lists for Ancestor photos to put in
the IGP Archives this month. I am repeating that request to our Lists.
We received a few so far, if you have one or more to share (assuming you
know the county) you can use our Photo uploader to add them. We are
about preserving our ancestors faces as well as their names.
The IGP Archives has a lot of interesting data in the files, so take a
look, maybe your lost person is resting there. If you would like to
contribute a file or such for others to utilize, then the IGPA is a good
place to archive such data.
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Sovtek is proud to announce the release of the Sovtek 6B4G vacuum tube. Unlike traditional 6B4G's, which consist of dual triodes connected in parallel inside the tube's envelope, the Sovtek 6B4G utilizes a single triode design with a Directly Heated cathode element. This updated design eliminates differential resistance loading common to other 6B4G's, yielding a much more reliable tube. In addition, the Sovtek 6B4G has a lower inter-electrode capacitance, offering a wider frequency response with high sound detail. The Sovtek 6B4G is identical to the original 6B4G in appearance, electrical specs, and overall and connecting dimensions, yet it yields 40% higher power at 30% lower non-linear distortion levels.
The 6B4G has a heater current of 1 A and a plate current of 60 mA. Transconductance is 5.5 mA/V while the tube has an amplification factor of 2.2 and an output power of 3 watts.
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Tape of “Katie Lazzaro Walking Home, Binghamton, NY, 1976”
"And how do I advertise love, who can advertise love, what other goods and services can be advertised"
Tape of “Carissa Golevik’s Instructions for a Job Interview”
"Play your theme song on a harmonica as you enter and exit the room."
Drowning seemed like a good idea only minutes before...
The History of People Who Have Been Killed by Their Own Inventions
"(Should we count the children trying to invent superhero capes from bed sheets? The hopeless trying to invent a way out?)"
Self-Portrait with Pollination
"Tonight I didn’t kill anything. Tomorrow I will sell flowers by the pound"
A Woman at the Gym Queefs while Stretching
"But you go on climbing the ropes of the air, then you sway like beach reeds in the breeze"
If It's the Last Thing I Do
"Not so for Skunk, whose genius could be summed up best in a line from Mythmatics, his posthumous (and most celebrated) volume of verse..."
"His prose, a tad too controlled to be spontaneous, teeters on the brink of despair..."
The Honey Dance of Moccasin Wallow
"The better you communicate with the dead, the more money you make."
"...snowsuits. black with red stripes on the cuffs and swooshing like mad with every step."
"He was a very handsome dirty little man. He wore his shirt open. I liked him quite a bit."
Marriage, 9th Year
"we journey at opposite ends of our caravan, between us, a trail of strollers, DaVinci cribs, bouncy chairs, breast pumps, lost jobs, and a big box of resentments"
Ten More Minutes, Please
"or use the electric can opener to carve a map of the night sky into the dining room table"
What? What Is It You're Trying To Tell Me?
"She sat next to me on the sofa, wound one up and set it on her knee there between us."
"I imagined myself in his skin, the hair crowding my seat like a crowd in their seats"
"Leah, unsmiling, looked powerful, as inscrutable as the snake."