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Sunday, September 30, 2012
Support for LGBT Military Families
The American Military Partner Association (www.MilitaryPartners.org) is the nation's premier support and resource network for the partners/spouses of LGBT servicemembers and veterans. Launched originally in 2009 as the "Campaign for Military Partners" by Servicemembers United, America's gay military organization, this first-of-its-kind initiative grew substantially over the course of the ensuing two years and graduated to become the American Military Partner Association on September 20, 2011 - the day that the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law was officially repealed.
Throughout the years of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, gay and lesbian servicemembers were forced to either forego a relationship and a family or go to great lengths to hide their relationships in order to continue to serve in the armed forces. This situation rendered the committed civilian partners of gay and lesbian servicemembers virtually invisible. They could not be acknowledged, they could not be brought to unit or military functions, they could not access spouse and family support networks, and they were denied the family readiness services made available to the spouses and partners of heterosexual troops. This isolation was always particularly devastating when same-sex couples had to move together to rural posts and bases and especially when the active duty servicemember was deployed overseas.
It is this disadvantaged plight that motivated Servicemembers United and the American Military Partner Association to step up back in 2009 and begin to serve this underserved - and often ignored - part of our American military family. In the true historic tradition of military spouses pulling together and figuring out how to support one another on their own during World War II and the Vietnam era, the American Military Partner Association began as an effort to identify, connect, support, and recognize the often ignored and frequently isolated civilian partners of gay and lesbian military personnel. Founded by Servicemembers United in 2009 as a project called the Campaign for Military Partners, the initiative grew to include hundreds and hundreds of military partners across the country and even across the world.
The American Military Partner Association has also worked tirelessly to spread the word about the existence and unique needs of the partners of gay and lesbian servicemembers. Dozens of stories were successfully pitched to major national media outlets, resulting in a national spotlight being continuously shown on these silent heroes for the first time in American history. But simply drawing the public's attention to the plight of isolated and under-supported military partners was only the start of how we have been helping military partners for more than two years.
The American Military Partner Association launched and maintains the website MilitaryPartners.org as the internet's premier information resource for the partners of gay and lesbian servicemembers. We have engaged in a systematic outreach campaign to military partners in order to let them know about our organization and the resources and network now available to them and to make them start to finally feel like a welcomed part of the wider gay and lesbian military community. After proactively building up a membership, we conducted a first-ever survey of military partners in order to identify and explore the unique needs, challenges, and issues they face on a regular basis. This information was aggregated and analyzed, and it formed the basis of an informative, one-of-a-kind report on gay and lesbian military partner and couple issues submitted by Servicemembers United to the Comprehensive Review Working Group on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
Find out more at www.militarypartners.org
Source: http://www.thedccenter.org/blog/2012/09/support-for-lgbt-military-families.html
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Background: Immigration is not a new phenomenon but, rather, has deep roots in human history. Documents from every era detail individuals who left their homelands and struggled to reestablish their lives in other countries. The aim of this study was to explore and understand the experience of Iranian immigrants who accessed Canadian health care services. Research with immigrants is useful for learning about strategies that newcomers develop to access health care services. Methods: The research question guiding this study was, `What are the processes by which Iranian immigrants learn to access health care services in Canada?` To answer the question, a constructivist grounded theory approach was applied. Initially, unstructured interviews were conducted with 17 participants (11 women and six men) who were adults (at least 18 years old) and had immigrated to Canada within the past 15 years. Eight participants took part in a second interview, and four participants took part in a third interview. Results: Using a constructivist grounded theory approach, `tackling the stumbling blocks of access` emerged as the core category. The basic social process (BSP), becoming self-sufficient, was a transitional process and had five stages: becoming a stranger; feeling helpless; navigating/seeking information; employing strategies; and becoming integrated and self-sufficient. We found that `tackling the stumbling blocks of access` was the main struggle throughout this journey. Some of the immigrants were able to overcome these challenges and became proficient in accessing health care services, but others were unable to make the necessary changes and thus stayed in earlier stages/phases of transition, and sometimes returned to their country of origin. Conclusion: During the course of this journey a substantive grounded theory was developed that revealed the challenges and issues confronted by this particular group of immigrants. This process explains why some Iranian immigrants are able to access Canadian health care effectively while others cannot. Many elements, including language proficiency, cultural differences, education, previous experiences, financial status, age, knowledge of the host country`s health care services, and insider and outsider resources work synergistically in helping immigrants to access health care services effectively and appropriately.
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Where did the mammoth US budget deficits come from?
Let's go back about a decade, when budget surpluses were predicted for the foreseeable future. Somehow, the math went terribly wrong, by trillions of dollars. Here's an accounting of what happened.
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EnlargeWhat?s the cause of the federal government?s huge budget deficits? That?s a question that is harder to answer in the particular than you might think. The general problem is obvious: Uncle Sam has been spending more money than he takes in. The specific reasons as to why this state of affairs exists are a mix of human decisions, economic circumstance, and the cumulative effect of time.
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Context is important here. So let?s start with 2001. That year, the Congressional Budget Office looked out over the decade to come and saw ahead nothing but blue skies and black ink. It predicted that between 2001 and 2011 the US would run budget surpluses totaling $5.6 trillion.
That didn?t happen. Instead, the US racked up $6.1 trillion in deficits over that period. CBO?s prediction was a whopping $11.7 trillion off the mark. How did things go so wrong?
CBO has gone back and studied that, as it happens. In a paper published earlier this year, the group?s economists tried to pull out and compare the reasons for the multitrillion swing.
One big problem was that CBO isn?t magical. Unblessed with the ability to predict the future, it didn?t accurately foresee the economic troubles of coming years, including the crash of the Great Recession. This meant that less tax money came in than anticipated. Overall, CBO says that about $3.3 trillion of its $11.7 prediction error can be attributed to ?economic and technical changes? to projected revenues.
Then there were the tax cuts. President George W. Bush instigated most of these, but President Obama also pushed through Congress a payroll tax cut intended to pump money into a moribund economy. Tax cuts accounted for a further $2.8 trillion of the $11.7 trillion discrepancy. (Yes, the big kahuna here is Mr. Bush?s 2001 reduction in income-tax rates, which alone accounts for about $1.2 trillion in revenue foregone over the decade.)
Finally, there are the increases in outflows unpredicted by CBO. Between 2001 and 2011, increased discretionary spending amounted to about $3 trillion. This category includes defense spending related to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, homeland security upgrades in the US, spending on food stamps and other hard-times safety net programs, and other general budget categories that are supposed to be approved annually by Congress.?
Mandatory spending ? a category that includes the Medicare prescription-drug program approved under Bush, the TARP bank bailout, and Mr. Obama?s economic stimulus package ? went up by about $1.4 trillion during the period in question. (This type of outflow is called ?mandatory? not because we had to do it, but because it results from formulas established by Congress instead of appropriated dollar totals.)
Charles Blahous, a former economic official in the Bush White House who is currently a Hoover Institution research fellow, has rolled all these numbers together into a simple pie chart. His answer to the question ?where did the $11.7 trillion go?? is this: 27 percent went away due to projection inaccuracy; 24 percent went to tax cuts; and 49 percent can be accounted for by various forms of increased spending.
Yes, yes, but who?s to blame? It?s election season, after all, and accusations as to which party is responsible for most of this damage are as thick on the ground as October leaves after a windstorm. Asked why the debt has increased during his four years in office during a ?60 Minutes? interview last week, Mr. Obama pointed a finger at his predecessor:
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Vatican opens public butler leaks trial
VATICAN CITY (AP) ? The Vatican opened the public trial Saturday of the pope's butler for allegedly stealing and leaking papal correspondence to a journalist, the most embarrassing scandal of Pope Benedict XVI's papacy.
Paolo Gabriele, a 46-year-old father of three, faces up to four years in prison if he is convicted of aggravated theft in the worst security breach in the Vatican's recent history. He has already confessed, saying he acted to shed light on what he called "evil and corruption" in the church, and asked to be pardoned by the pope ? something Vatican watchers say is a given if he is convicted.
His trial opened inside the austere, wood-trimmed courtroom of the Vatican tribunal, housed in a four-story palazzo inside the walls of Vatican City. Journalists covering the trial were required to leave their mobile telephones outside during the proceedings, and a written note delivered to the Vatican press office confirmed that the trial was indeed under way.
While the Holy See has seen its fair share of sensational trials ? in 1600 Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake after being condemned by a Vatican court for heresy ? this is the most high-profile case to come before the three-judge panel since the creation of the Vatican City state in 1929.
Gabriele, who was replaced as papal butler after his May 24 arrest, is accused of taking the pope's correspondences, photocopying the documents and handing them off to Italian journalist Gianluigi Nuzzi, whose book "His Holiness: The secret papers of Pope Benedict XVI," was published to great fanfare in May.
The most damaging letter reproduced in the book was written by the former No. 2 Vatican administrator to the pope, in which he begged not to be transferred as punishment for exposing alleged corruption in the awarding of Vatican contracts. The prelate, Monsignor Carlo Maria Vigano, is now the Vatican's U.S. ambassador.
Nuzzi has said his source, code-named "Maria" in the book, wanted to shed light on the secrets of the church that were damaging it. Taken as a whole, the documents seem aimed primarily at discrediting Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican secretary of state and Benedict's longtime trusted deputy. Bertone, 77, a canon lawyer and soccer enthusiast, has frequently been criticized for perceived shortcomings in running the Vatican.
Given the content of the leaks and the Vatican's penchant for secrecy, the fact that the trial is open to the public and media may strike some as unusual. In fact, such trials in the Vatican's civil and penal tribunal are routinely public. They just don't happen very often or attract much attention. The Vatican's ecclesial courts on the other hand, which handle marriage annulments, clerical sex abuse cases and other matters of church law, remain firmly off-limits to outsiders.
That said, access to Gabriele's trial is limited, in part due to space constraints: While the court is technically open to the public, those requesting access must petition the judges to be allowed in. Eight journalists will attend each session and report back to the Vatican press corps. No television, still cameras or recording devices are allowed, and the court transcripts won't be available to the public.
In some ways, the willingness of the Vatican to proceed with the trial at all is an indication of its efforts to show new transparency in its inner workings. Benedict could have pardoned Gabriele as soon as he was arrested or charged, precluding any trial from getting off the ground. Instead he allowed the trial to go ahead, evidence of the "courage" the Vatican is showing to be more transparent, Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi has said.
He called such transparency unprecedented for the Vatican and likened it to the Holy See's recent decision to submit its financial institutions to outside scrutiny by the Council of Europe's Moneyval committee.
Prosecutors quoted Gabriele as saying during his interrogation that he knew taking the documents was wrong, but that he felt the Holy Spirit was inspiring him to shed light on the problems he saw around him. He said he felt the pope was being kept in the dark or misinformed by his collaborators.
"Seeing evil and corruption everywhere in the church ... I was sure that a shock, even a media one, would have been healthy to bring the church back on the right track," Gabriele was quoted by prosecutors as saying during a June 5 interrogation.
They quoted him as saying he never intended to hurt the church or Benedict.
No oaths are taken at the start of the trial, as the Vatican legal system, like the Italian one on which it is based, assumes a suspect may lie for self-protection. A judge reads aloud the charges against Gabriele, the defense can raise objections and both sides can enter their witness lists.
The length of the trial will depend in large part on the number of objections to the indictment and witness lists.
The Vatican took the betrayal of the pope's privacy very seriously: Benedict appointed a commission of three cardinals to investigate the origin of the leak alongside Vatican magistrates; they delivered their confidential report to the pope over the summer.
Clerics have lamented how the episode shattered the trust and discretion that characterize day-to-day life in the Vatican, with bishops now questioning whether to send confidential information to the pope for fear it may end up on the front page of a newspaper.
Benedict himself addressed the scandal for the first time a week after Gabriele was arrested, saying the news had "brought sadness in my heart." But in a nod to his continued confidence in Bertone, he added: "I want to renew my trust in and encouragement of my closest collaborators and all those who every day, with loyalty and a spirit of sacrifice and in silence, help me fulfill my ministry."
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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/vatican-opens-public-butler-leaks-trial-075133142.html
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Akin acknowledges protest arrest from long ago
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) ? Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin said Friday that he had been arrested during an anti-abortion protest about two decades ago but didn't provide details of where or when the event occurred.
Akin also defended his characterization of Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill as not being "ladylike" in a recent debate, saying he used the term "just as the English language uses those terms."
Akin's comments ? whether mistaken or intentional ? have loomed large in Missouri's Senate race since shortly after he won the Aug. 7 Republican primary. They also have generated ripples through national politics, including the presidential race and Republicans' efforts to gain the four seats necessary to win control of the Senate from Democrats.
In a video circulating widely on the Internet Friday, Akin is seen discussing his involvement in an anti-abortion demonstration and says "you know, don't tell anybody I'm a jail bird." He also says in the video that "a bunch of us sat in front of these doors and the police gave us a ride to the free hotel for a while, and you know how it goes."
Asked at a press conference Friday in Kansas City to confirm the arrest, Akin said: "Yeah, well, certainly. Probably about 25 years ago or so I was involved in some peaceful protests. As I've made very clear I don't apologize for being pro-life. I stand up for the things I believe in."
His campaign promised to provide details of the arrest later Friday.
Akin also defended his comment that McCaskill wasn't very "ladylike" during their Sept. 21 debate, in which McCaskill forcefully criticized Akin.
Akin said Thursday that McCaskill "came out swinging" in the debate, and contrasted the approach with her 2006 debates against then-Sen. Jim Talent, when Akin said, "she had a confidence and was very much more sort of ladylike and all."
McCaskill said Friday that some of Akin's remarks have left her "a little speechless."
"I'm hoping that people will weigh in and defend me that I was polite and calm. This wildcat, you know, furious and unladylike is kind of a headscratcher," she said.
But Akin did not back off his assertion.
"We've got a couple words in the English language, one is a gentleman and a lady," Akin said Friday. "I think those are pretty self-explanatory terms, and I was using them just as the English language uses those terms. So you know it seems that some people want to take offense at words. It seems to me the offensive thing is the voting record that's destructive to the people of our state."
Last month, Akin told a TV interviewer asking about his opposition to abortion that women's bodies have ways of averting pregnancy in cases of "legitimate rape." Akin has apologized repeatedly since then but rejected calls from top Republicans ? including presidential nominee Mitt Romney ? to quit the race. Meanwhile, Akin has lost the financial backing of the National Republican Senatorial Committee and the deep-pocketed Crossroads group affiliated with GOP strategist Karl Rove.
Democrats have attempted to link Akin's "ladylike" comment to his remark about "legitimate rape" to suggest he is insensitive to women and to help drive their own fundraising efforts.
The Democratic National Committee and Emily's List, which backs Democratic women who support abortion rights, both cited the remarks in fundraising emails Thursday. On Friday, New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand highlighted Akin's remarks as the centerpiece of an online fundraising drive to raise $75,000 for McCaskill in two days.
Akin also received a recent fundraising boost, picking up the endorsement Thursday of the Senate Conservatives Fund, whose members pledged $290,000 for his campaign.
On Friday, former Missouri Sen. Kit Bond said he now supports Akin's campaign. Bond had been part of a coalition of past and present Republican Missouri senators who had called on Akin to quit last month. Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt also reversed course and backed Akin earlier this week, though former Sen. John Danforth reiterated that he would not do so.
"Todd's comments were unacceptable but he's apologized, believe his regret is sincere, and it is time to focus on the national stakes in this election," Bond said in a written statement.
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Lieb reported from Jefferson City, Mo.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/akin-acknowledges-protest-arrest-long-ago-170356859--election.html
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Dallas Area Business Owner Named Glass Doctor(R) Franchisee of ...
Larry Patterson of Glass Doctor(R) of North Texas wins the 2011 Franchisee of the Year out of more than 180 franchise owners across the U.S. and Canada.
Waco, Texas (PRWEB) September 28, 2012 -?Larry Patterson of Glass Doctor(R) of North Texaswas honored as the 2011 Glass Doctor(R) Franchisee of the Year during The Dwyer Group(R) 2012 Reunion held Sept. 23 to 26 at the Gaylord Texan in Grapevine, Texas.
?Larry epitomizes the word ?leader,?? Glass Doctor(R) President Mark Liston said. ?This is the highest honor given to a Glass Doctor(R) franchisee, and he has earned it.?
The Franchisee of the Year Award is presented to the franchisee who has consistently grown his or her business through the Glass Doctor(R) training system and has achieved a consistently high level of success through quality and professional service.
?It?s an honor,? Patterson said. ?It?s really the Franchise of the Year award to me because without the guys back at the office, I couldn?t do it. That?ll be the most rewarding thing, to share it with the team.?
Patterson served on the Glass Doctor(R) Leadership Council from 2006 until 2012. The Leadership Council members work with the corporate office to develop ongoing strategic plans and programs to benefit the entire franchise system. He was elected the chairperson on the committee from 2010 until June 2012.
Patterson purchased the franchise in 2003. From windows to windshields to storefronts, Glass Doctor(R) can handle any glass need including custom glass services, such as tub and shower enclosures, entry door glass and mirrors. Based in Carrollton, the shop serves the entire Dallas-Fort Worth area. For more information or to schedule service, call (972) 271-6800 or visit http://www.dallas.glassdoctor.com.
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Saturday, September 29, 2012
New fish species offers literal take on 'hooking up'
Friday, September 28, 2012
Fishing hooks aren't the only hooks found in east-central Mexican waters.
A new species of freshwater fish described by a North Carolina State University researcher has several interesting ? and perhaps cringe-inducing ? characteristics, including a series of four hooks on the male genitalia.
Females of the new species ? the llanos mosquitofish, or Gambusia quadruncus ? also have distinguishing characteristics, including a colorful anal spot.
A paper describing the new species, which lives in a diversity hotspot and seemingly branched off from its closest relative more than one million years ago, appears in the Journal of Fish Biology.
Dr. Brian Langerhans, assistant professor of biology at NC State and the lead author of the paper, says that these interesting characteristics may play important roles in mating control and success.
While more research is needed, Langerhans says that four-hooked genitalia on males can serve a purpose when females attempt to block or restrict mating attempts.
"Typically, reproduction is more costly in females, so females favor ways of reducing mating with 'lower quality' males," Langerhans says, "but reproduction is cheap in males and so selection favors ways of mating with as many females as possible. In Gambusia, some females, including G. quadruncus, have evolved modifications that appear to function as a blocking device ? essentially a big ball of tissue blocking most of the genital pore ? restricting entry of the male's gonopodial tip. Thus, the female would have to behaviorally allow the male to mate or the male would have to evolve a counter response to avoid this problem."
The four-hooked genitalia could be that counter-response, Langerhans says.
"Having four hooks on the gonopodium may provide a means of overcoming female resistance, latching on to the gonopore and transferring sperm in a manner that facilitates effective sperm transfer. Or it may serve to stimulate the female in a manner that causes responses in the female that facilitate effective sperm transfer," Langerhans says.
Somewhat similarly, the colorful anal spot on females appears to serve as a signal that only certain males are desired for mating.
"The differing, species-specific female anal spots appear to influence male mating behavior by signaling the location of the gonopore to the male, sometimes indicating the reproductive status of the female, and distinguishing fish of their own species from fish of other species to reduce costly cross-breeding, which can result in fish with reduced fitness," Langerhans says. "So it may be that G. quadruncus evolved different anal spots to help reduce interspecies matings and possible formation of hybrids."
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Airlines see surge in traffic to Africa
Published: Saturday, September 29, 2012, 1:32 p.m.
FRANKFURT ? After decades as the poor relation of global air transport, Africa is attracting carriers from Brussels to Beijing as a commodities boom spurs economic growth.British Airways began serving its 19th destination there on Sept. 10, while Qatar Airways adds its fourth route of the year next month and FastJet starts flights in November with the aim of becoming the first ever pan-African discount carrier.
Airlines hurt by traffic declines elsewhere are rushing to tap a rare growth market as economies in the sub-Saharan region expand an average 5.3 percent in 2012, outpacing Russia, Brazil and much of Asia, according to International Monetary Fund estimates. Hurdles to expansion include safety issues, corruption, state interference and of selling tickets in economies reliant on cash and lacking ready internet access.
"With the right cost structure there's no reason why airlines shouldn't succeed," International Air Transport Association Chief Executive Officer Tony Tyler said by phone from Dakar during a visit to Senegal this month. "We've seen that happen in Asia, Latin America and other parts of the developing world. People here say the easiest way to fly anywhere in Africa is via Paris, which is ridiculous."
British Airways, a unit of International Consolidated Airlines Group, added flights to Liberia via Sierra Leone on Sept. 10 and now serves 16 Africa countries. Brussels Airlines ? 45 percent owned by Germany's Deutsche Lufthansa ? has almost doubled the number of passengers it carries to the continent since 2008 and founded a subsidiary in the Congo.
Gulf carriers are also adding African routes, with Dubai- based Emirates, the world's biggest airline by international traffic, leading the way with 22 destinations, including the addition this year of Lusaka in Zambia and Harare in Zimbabwe.
Qatar Air will fly to Mozambique from October, its 18th African route, after already adding the sub-Saharan destinations of Mombassa in Kenya, Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and Kigali in Rwanda ? the fastest growing of Africa's top 25 airports. Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways this year began flights to Nairobi and Lagos, the continent's two busiest hubs, and will serve Addis Ababa from November for a total of eight African cities.
Asian operators are also joining the rush, with China Southern Airlines Co., the nation's biggest carrier by passenger numbers, prioritizing African expansion above other markets, Si Xianmin, the Guangzhou-based company's chairman, said June 6.
Still, the industry is starting from a low base, adding $8 billion to Africa's gross domestic product in 2011, the smallest contribution in any continent, and employing 260,000 people, IATA says. That compares with $231.9 billion and 3.1 million jobs in North America, which has the biggest aviation economy.
Air links have traditionally been strongest with former colonial nations in Europe, in southern and eastern Africa, and on a north-south axis down the continent's spine. That means growth opportunities are greatest on ill-served east-west routes, both within the region and to the Americas and Asia, said Herman Carpentier, Africa sales chief at Brussels Airlines.
The company's response has been to establish Korongo Airlines, an $11 million joint venture with mining entrepreneur George Forrest's Groupe Forrest International in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a former Belgian colony where the economy is forecast to grow 3 percent this year.
The unit, which operates from Lubumbashi in the south of the country to the capital Kinshasa and to Johannesburg, plans to expand to commercial hub Mbuji-Mayi and mining center Kolwezi in the next year, according to Carpentier, who said the model could be replicated in other African countries if successful.
"There's a general lack of intra-African flights, yet other infrastructure is very basic or non-existent in some areas, so air travel is the best way to get around," Carpentier said in a phone interview from Brussels. "I think there's real demand."
High fuel prices generally viewed as negative for airlines are also driving growth in states with crude deposits, boosting business flights and stirring leisure demand among a nascent middle class. Oil is spurring travel across central Africa, from Angola as far east as Uganda and Kenya, Carpentier said.
It's in the east that FastJet will commence flying with the aim of becoming the first discount carrier to span the region. The company is building a fleet of Airbus SAS A319 jets and will operate first from Tanzania then Kenya, Ghana and Angola using licenses held by majority investor Lonrho, a mining, oil and agricultural group active in Africa for more than 100 years.
The challenges for such startups are very different from those faced elsewhere, according to Ron Peri, CEO of Orlando- based airline ticketing specialist Radixx International, who sums them up as the "Three Cs" ? for a cash-based economy, the prevalence of corruption, and a general lack of competence.
"If you have strong cash markets but not necessarily the strongest personal ethics you wind up with corruption all over the place," Peri said in an interview. "You need to have audit trails everywhere. In Africa they talk about 'revenue leakage,' which is shorthand for 'my employees are robbing me blind.'"
Graft isn't limited to those directly involved in revenue collection, according to IATA's Tyler.
"Governments can't stop interfering and squeezing to try and get money," he said. "They should look at aviation not as a cash cow to be milked but as an engine for economic growth which in the long run will provide much more tax revenue, employment and social development. We've seen that happen in Asia."
Source: http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20120929/BIZ/120929872
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Hard drive shipments recover from floods in Thailand, expected to reach record high
Last year's floods in Thailand caused hard drive shortages after wreaking havoc on a number of electronics manufacturers, but new stats from IHS iSuppli indicate that the HDD market for PCs has fully recovered and is poised to hit an all time high. The firm expects 524 million units for internal use in PCs to ship this year, besting the previous record by 4.3 percent. What's giving the recovery an added boost? According to the analytics group, the extra demand comes courtesy of Windows 8 and Ultrabooks. Unfortunately for deal hounds, the company noted in a report earlier this year that prices aren't expected to dip below the pre-flood range until 2014. If IHS iSuppli projections hold true, total annual hard drive shipments could reach 575.1 million by 2016.
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Google gives users an easy out, adds YouTube to Takeout data transfer tool
Breaking up with a web-based ecosystem is hard to do, especially when you have several gigabytes of data invested in a specific platform. However, things just got a whole lot easier for disgruntled vloggers. Google recently added YouTube to its Takeout data migration service, which now gives users the ability to pull all of their uploaded videos from the company's servers in a single stroke. This groovy tool should definitely come in handy when you're busy shopping around your latest foreign film to different movie studios. In addition to being extremely easy to use, the service will also send an email letting you know that your download has finished. Simply set it and forget it!
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How to set up your Raspberry Pi to play Atari 2600 games
So after your brain hurts a bit and you're tired of learning computer science on the Raspberry Pi, you might want to relax with a bit of nostalgia and exercise your thumbs with some retro gaming. Want to revisit your childhood memories of Pong? Ping away. Maybe your kids have been hounding you for a video game console but you don't have the $300 to spring for a PS3. The Pi can help you with this and help teach your kids something, to boot. After some slight software configurations and a hardware purchase or two, you can relive the days of the almighty Atari 2600. Catch us after the break and we'll show you how to get your Pi to play all your totally legal cartridge backups.
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How To Invest In The Stock Market
The stock market can often feel overwhelming, especially if you are new to it. Knowing what it takes to make a profit and ensuring you don?t take a loss is complicated. The article below has some of the best tips on wise investing.
Be certain that you will be comfortable for the duration of your relationship with any type of stock or mutual fund. You need to know what sort of risk you can tolerate. If any risk at all leaves you anxious, stick with conservative stocks and funds or even leave your money in guaranteed money markets and bonds. Just be aware that there is always some risk associated with the stocks that will pay off the best.
Think about purchasing stocks what yield high dividends. Regular dividend payments can help offset your losses if the price of the stock falls or fluctuates. On the other hand, if the company?s stock goes up, dividends simply serve to increase your profit margin. They are also a good source of periodic income.
TIP! Have an open mind when looking at a company?s stock price. It?s a fact that the higher a stock is priced, the less of a return you are going to see.
A good rule of thumb is to invest a maximum of 10% of your total earnings. If the stock ends up plummeting in the future, your risk will be reduced.
A long-term plan will maximize your returns on investment. It is important to understand what your goals are and to have reasonable expectations. Understand that the stock market is largely unpredictable in the short term. You should try to hold onto your stocks as long as possible in order to make the best profit.
Remain realistic when you decide to invest. Everyone knows that wealth through the stock market does not happen overnight. Success comes from a long term strategy of responsible financial investment and management. Keeping this in mind will stop you from making mistakes that will leave you penniless.
TIP! If you think you have what it takes to invest on your own, think about using a discount online broker. The fees to trade and commissions on these online brokers are much cheaper that a discount or full service brokerage.
Learn about the stock market by watching what it does. Before plunking down real money, you can avoid some of the common beginner mistakes by watching the market for a while. A sensible rule to follow is to withhold any major investment until you have spent three years closely watching market activity. This will give you a much better idea of how the market actually works and increase your chances of making money.
Don?t be upset if you lose some money when you start investing. A lot of people find themselves discouraged when the stocks they chose don?t take off. It takes a good deal of practice, research, experience and knowledge to professionally invest, so remember that before calling it quits.
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TIP! Don?t let your emotions get the best of you. If one of your stocks is dropping, do not keep focusing on it in the hopes that it will go back up.
Before you spend money on an investment broker, you need to do exhaustive research to ensure they?re trustworthy and reliable. Avoid investment fraud by performing a thorough background check on any investment broker you are considering.
When considering stock, think about whether you would use the product or service the company offers. After you have spent a decent amount of time researching, your instincts will be sharper and can help your decision making. Once you have looked over a business?s balance sheet and you think the business is being honest, you should figure out whether you would actually use what this business is offering. You may not want to invest in a company that you wouldn?t do business with. At a minimum, you might not be equipped to rate them properly.
Aim for stocks that can net you better returns than the historical market average of 10% annually, as you could just get that from an index fund. If you wish to project your expected return from any particular stock, add the projected earnings rate to the dividend yield. For example, if the stock yields an 11% return and 1% dividends yearly it yields a total return of 12%.
TIP! Buying stocks with which you are familiar is a good way to start investing. If you know of a stock that has a strong history of growth or you are exceptionally familiar with a specific industry, consider buying a few shares.
Cash is not necessarily the same thing as profit. Cash flow is a very important part of any operation, and this includes your investment portfolio and your life. You will obviously want to move your money around occasionally. That?s natural. But you also want to keep your investments healthy and viable, and that means not draining your stock. A good standard is having six months salary in an accessible, safe account.
There are a myriad of ways to ensure that you?re doing the right thing when it comes to stock market investments. Always keep in mind that you should thoroughly research everything, and once you begin it is important you remain calm. Read the advice in this article to make the best profits possible.
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Fire Rips Through Edwardsville Home, Family Narrowly Escapes ...
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (KMOX) -? Three members of an Edwardsville family are lucky to be alive after flames tore through their home early Friday morning.
KMOX?s Brian Kelly reports that the blaze in the 700 block of Stolze erupted around 3 am.
Edwardsville Fire captain Bob Morgan reports that a neighbor called to say the home was engulfed in flames, but the occupants were still inside.
?She could see people inside at the time of the fire and they exited from a rear exit, which was the only way out of the structure,? Morgan says. ?The fact that they had to exit the house through the area where the fire was burning I would say they were lucky to make it out without injuries.?
Morgan says the flames got into the eaves and ran up into the attic, causing the roof to collapse.
Again, no injuries reported?the cause is under investigation.
Source: http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2012/09/28/fire-rips-through-edwardsville-home-family-narrowly-escapes/
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How Can Technology Help Me? - Our Technology Guide | Blog ...
Today's "Got Questions?" answer comes from Marc Sirkin,?Chief Digital Marketing Officer at Autism Speaks.?
How Can Technology Help Me and My Family?
Technology is playing a key role in changing the lives of those affected with autism. New technologies can help improve both communication and developmental skills. The mobile apps below can help develop communication, development and creativity skills.?
This section focus on "therapeutic" technologies and points to communications, self-improvement & education apps.?
| If your are looking to... | Then Try... |
| ... enhance communication skills (verbal or non-verbal)... | Talk Rocket myvoiceaac.com |
| ... get help with reading, writing or math skills try... | Panther Apps Search ?Panther? in itunes |
| ... help you follow a schedule or build a daily routine... | iPrompts handholdadaptive.com |
| ... connect and share with other parents/caregivers, or the autism community... | My Autism Team myautismteam.com |
| ... help with social situations... | The Social Express thesocialexpress.com |
| ... provide structure and fun around family activities, chores, homework and more... | Chorewars chorewars.com |
| ... improve yourself, manage anxiety or achieve a specific goal... | Superbetter superbetter.com |
This section looks at "applied" technologies and is focused on helping you explore your passions more deeply. Take advantage of your strengths to focus on and explore your gifts. Who knows, those gifts could become a path for employment, self-expression and fulfillment.
For more, visit autismspeaks.org/autism-apps or HackingAutism.org.
If you're in New York City this weekend, visit the Maker Faire! The Hacking Autism speech will be Sunday at 5:15pm. You can download the handout here.?
Source: http://www.autismspeaks.org/blog/2012/09/28/how-can-technology-help-me-our-technology-guide
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Google obeys Brazilian order, blocks video
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RIO?DE JANEIRO???The Brazilian unit of Google, the world's No. 1 Internet search engine, said on Thursday it had obeyed a court order to remove a video attacking a candidate in Brazilian municipal elections from its YouTube service after legal appeals were exhausted.
"We are profoundly disappointed to not have the opportunity of openly debating our arguments in the electoral justice system that the videos were legitimate manifestations of the freedom of expression and should continue (to be) available in Brazil," said Fabio Coelho, director-general of Google in Brazil in an e-mailed statement.
The legal challenges underscore broader questions about Google's responsibility for content uploaded by third parties to its websites, including an anti-Islam video that sparked a wave of protests and violence in the Muslim world.
An arrest warrant was issued for Coelho earlier this week by a court in Brazil's Mato Grosso do Sul state after Google failed to obey an order demanding removal of the video attacking a mayoral candidate.
Judges in Brazil have held executives responsible for resisting the removal of online videos in violation of a stringent 1965 Electoral Code. The law bans campaign ads that "offend the dignity or decorum" of a candidate.
Google, which says it complies with local law but fights "diligently" to protect free speech, complied with the judge's order after it ran out of appeal chances, Coelho said.
On Wednesday, Coelho was questioned by Federal Police officers over the failure to remove the video and was later released.
"Despite this, we will continue with our global campaign for liberty of expression, not just because it is a prerequisite for a free society but also because more information generally means more schools, more power, more economic opportunities and more liberty for people," he said.
'Intimidation effect'
The person or persons who posted the offending videos "ironically" removed them on their own accord and closed their YouTube account, Coelho said.
"This is just one example of the intimidation effect of such an episode for freedom of speech," he added.
Earlier this month, an electoral court in Brazil's Paraiba ordered the arrest of another senior Google executive, Edmundo Luiz Pinto Balthazar, after the company refused to take down a YouTube video mocking a mayoral candidate there.
The video clip loaded by the user "Paraiba Humor" seized on a verbal slip by a candidate in a montage remarking, "What an idiot???give him an F!"
Within days, another judge overturned the order to arrest Balthazar, writing that "Google is not the intellectual author of the video, it did not post the file and for that reason it cannot be punished for its propagation."
Broader debate
Brazil also entered a broader international debate this week about an inflammatory YouTube video depicting the Prophet Mohammad as a womanizer, fool and child abuser, when a state court in Sao Paulo ordered Google to take down the video.
World leaders have decried the video, which set off a string of violent protests in the Muslim world, including attacks on U.S. embassies in Egypt, Libya and Yemen. Several Muslim leaders called for international action to outlaw acts of blasphemy.
When President Barack Obama addressed the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, he repeated his condemnations of the video as "crude and disgusting" but defended the importance of free speech in the United States and throughout the world.
Ruling on a lawsuit by Brazil's National Islamic Union, Sao Paulo Judge Gilson Delgado Miranda gave Google 10 days to remove the video. In his decision, Miranda said he weighed freedom of expression against the need to protect against action that might incite religious discrimination.
(Reporting By Jeb Blount; editing by Todd Eastham)?
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Needy Home? Lavish It With Home Improvement Ideas | Home ...
It can be frustrating trying to figure out where to start improving your home, but it will be worth it down the road. Be patient and do a lot of research on the projects you are interested in. Continue reading to learn some excellent tips on completely maximizing the effectiveness of your renovation ideas.
It is expensive to purchase new furniture. Try shopping at your local thrift stores and yard sales to add some new pieces to your rooms without breaking the bank. There are often some real gems hiding amongst used items. You may have to clean them up a bit, but it?s worth the time you take.
Personalize your home, but don?t make it too different from the other houses in the area. You don?t need to be the one resident living with a home that has an attached tower. If your home looks too different, you?ll experience difficulty selling it.
Talk to a contractor if you?re having trouble deciding how to increase your home?s value. They will know the areas of improvement that will increase profit the most and give you suggestions on what should be changed.
If your home improvement project is going to inconvenience the neighbors, make sure they know as soon as possible. If it involves a major renovation project, it could entail having part of the street blocked off from traffic in order to move equipment around and make deliveries. Your neighbors will appreciate a little warning before you inconvenience them this way.
Always check references if want to hire anyone to help with your home improvement projects. Make sure you treat this as you are the employer and they are the employee of your business. You need to figure out their background as thoroughly as you can and be sure that there are others that have been happy with what they?ve done.
Don?t ever hire an unlicensed contractor. Every state requires some form of certification for general contractors and sub-contractors. While these requirements do not guarantee contractor competence, they are legally required. Also, contractors who do not have the necessary licenses probably also do not have sufficient insurance coverage.
Have a no-shoes rule in your home if you have just installed fresh carpeting or wood flooring. Lay down some slippers you can or have areas where shoes can easily be slipped off to provide encouragement to get everyone to take their shoes off. This can go a long way in helping to keep dirt and debris from scratching or staining wood floors or carpeting.
Try installing cheap and efficient LED lights near or in your closets. The dollar stores now carry these lights! Some types of LED lights require one or two screws to install. Others come with double-sided sticky tape. If you buy automatic lights, you can just open the door and the light will turn on.
It can be rewarding to do home improvement, but it is also a serious amount of work and time. Your dream home can be yours if you are willing to put the work into it. Use what you?ve learned and turn your home around.
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Source: http://www.uk-builder.com/blog/2012/09/27/needy-home-lavish-it-with-home-improvement-ideas/
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Romney says Pennsylvania win would be a 'shock'
PHILADELPHIA (AP) ? Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney campaigned Friday on an uphill battle to win Pennsylvania, acknowledging it would be a "shock" if he were able to overcome President Barack Obama's lead in the state.
Facing a narrowing path to electoral victory, Romney courted donors at Philadelphia's exclusive Union League Club before a midday rally in suburban Wayne. The state has not supported a Republican presidential candidate in nearly a quarter-century and his campaign is not running any television ads in Pennsylvania.
"We really would shock people if early in the evening of Nov. 6 it looked like Pennsylvania was going to come our way and actually did come our way. That can happen," Romney told about 200 donors who paid as much as $50,000 to attend his morning fundraiser.
He changed to a more optimistic tune later in a speech before a larger crowd at Valley Forge Military Academy and College.
"The Obama campaign thinks Pennsylvania is in their pocket, they don't need to worry about it," Romney said to shouted objections from the crowd. "You're right and they're wrong ? we're going to win Pennsylvania. We're going to take the White House."
Aides privately concede Obama has the advantage in Pennsylvania and suggested Romney's visit ? his first to the state in more than two months ? was largely designed to raise the money needed to narrow Obama's edge in more competitive states. The campaign would not say how much it raised at the event, but Romney brought in $5 million at a Washington gathering Thursday and is expected to raise another $7 million at a Boston fundraiser later Friday.
"My priority is job creation and growing incomes," he told the donors in Philadelphia. "My priority is not trying to punish people who have been successful."
Obama also will focus on raising cash Friday at three fundraising events in Washington.
He was set to deliver remarks at a finance event at the Capital Hilton, where tickets start at $250 but go as high as $10,000 per couple. Obama planned to attend a smaller fundraiser at a private residence before returning to the Capitol Hilton for a third event.
Both candidates worked statesmanship into their politicking Friday with separate telephone calls to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Romney criticized Obama for not meeting with Netanyahu this week during his visit to the United Nations, where the prime minister warned the world only has until next summer to stop Iran from building a nuclear bomb. Aides to both candidates did not mention that dire declaration in their reports of the calls.
Romney told the crowd at Valley Forge that he didn't know how any student at the school could support Obama. He said the president was cutting military spending while job opportunities for college graduates have decreased.
"On both fronts this president's policies have not worked for this country's young people," Romney said.
Obama campaign spokeswoman Lis Smith objected to Romney's criticism, since Republicans in Congress, including Romney running mate Paul Ryan, overwhelmingly backed defense spending reductions when they voted for deficit-cutting legislation last year.
"In next week's debate, facts will matter, and Mitt Romney simply failed to meet the bar of honesty today," Smith said in a statement.
Obama and Romney are scheduled to face off Wednesday in Denver for the first of three debates, which may represent the challenger's best remaining opportunity to change the trajectory of his campaign. Romney has struggled through a series of perceived missteps in recent weeks amid signs that confidence in the nation's economy is on the rise.
Obama met with advisers Friday at Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington to prepare for the debates before heading Sunday to Nevada to hold practice sessions. His campaign released a political memo on Friday saying it expects Romney "to be a prepared, disciplined and aggressive debater."
However, it said that while the president would be laying out his vision for the coming years, Romney has "signaled that he will come to indict the president for the fact that the economy has not fully recovered from the collapse of 2008."
The Obama memo and an accompanying Web video also aim to debunk claims by Romney that the president has mischaracterized the Republican's positions on the auto industry bailout, abortion and raising taxes on wage earners to cover tax cuts for multimillionaires.
With economic concerns paramount for voters, Obama and Romney continue to jab over who would best protect American manufacturing workers against unfair trade and currency practices by China. In an interview with the Plain Dealer newspaper of Cleveland, Obama said the United States must push hard but "not go out of our way to embarrass" China to get results.
"There's a strong nationalist sentiment inside of China, and they've got their own economic pressures," Obama told the newspaper during a campaign visit this week. "So we're not interested in triggering an all-out trade war that would damage both economies. What we're interested in is making sure they're treating our workers fairly, and that's what we've delivered on."
Obama on Friday used his presidential authority to block a Chinese company from owning four wind farm projects near a Navy base in Oregon, citing national security risks. It was the first time in 22 years that a U.S. president blocked such a foreign business deal.
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Pickler reported from Washington. AP White House Correspondent Ben Feller in Washington contributed to this report.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/romney-says-pennsylvania-win-shock-160732231--election.html
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Friday, September 28, 2012
In Virginia, Romney blames Obama for potential defense cuts
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, lagging behind in polls, squared off against rival President Barack Obama on Thursday over potential defense cuts that could kick in early next year.
Speaking in the suburbs of Washington which are home to thousands of defense jobs, Romney blamed Obama for the proposed $1.2 trillion that is set to be cut from Pentagon spending as part of a deal Obama made with Congress in the summer of 2011.
Known as "sequestration," the mandatory cuts in defense and other areas were agreed on by the White House and Republicans in Congress last year in a deal to raise the U.S. debt ceiling.
"It's a strange proposal in the first place, it's even stranger that it's being put in place," Romney told a crowd at the American Legion in Springfield.
The obligatory cuts are due to begin in January if the two parties in Congress cannot agree on budget savings.
"How in the world as commander-in-chief you can stand by as we shrink our military commitment financially is something I don't understand, and I will reverse it," Romney said.
The former Massachusetts governor was speaking only a few miles from the Pentagon in Virginia, a swing state in the November 6 election.
He said that the defense cuts would cost Virginia 136,000 jobs if they go through, and he blasted Obama for what he said was an "unthinkable" cut to America's military strength.
With 40 days until the election and early voting already underway in some key states, Romney took shots at Obama over second-quarter gross domestic product numbers that were revised downward Thursday morning.
The Republican compared Russia's economic growth to that of the United States, which experienced 1.3 percent growth in the second quarter, and said it was evidence that the economy is a national security issue.
"1.3 percent versus Russia at 4 percent. China at 7 to 8 percent," Romney said. "We're at 1.3 percent. This is unacceptable. It is not working," he said.
(Editing By Alistair Bell and Claudia Parsons)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/virginia-romney-blames-obama-potential-defense-cuts-183459456--business.html
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Malaysian Meanders: New Teen Traveler in the Family
My oldest kid turns thirteen-years-old today. Thirteen!! If you had told me when he was born that we would celebrate this milestone in our Malaysian home and traveling the world, I would have laughed in your face. Back then, I had absolutely no intention of leaving Texas and thought we were living in our "forever home."
There's a saying that goes, "The days are long, but the years are short." As time has?passed, that colicky baby?grew into a fine teenager who passed me in height months ago. He takes up feats like soaring through the trees and amusement park thrill rides that are more daring than what his mama is willing to try. He can help pack the car and retrieve luggage at the airport. This week, he cooked us a fine dinner and helped his sister study for a test. He even asked to decorate his own birthday cookie cake. My baby is growing up, and I can't wait to continue exploring the world with him.
His first trip, in utero, was to Banff, Canada. As I hiked through knee-deep snow along the Athabasca Glacier, 10-weeks pregnant and recently recovered from the flu, I couldn't help but notice just how extremely tired I was.
He turned out to be a colicky baby and a strong-willed toddler.?At Thanksgiving, we drove?to Houston?for him?to meet his extended family. One of his baby toys was a Winnie-the-Pooh that played a 12-second ditty whenever I squeezed its tummy. The only way to keep our baby calm during the long drive was to continuously play that song over and over (and over and over...) again. My hand was tired! Trips to the grocery store were filled with crying, and grannies would kindly inquire what was wrong with my baby. Back then, I couldn't imagine bringing him on a plane.
When he was 22-months-old, we took our first trip that didn't involve visiting family. That's when we started our balancing act of developing an itinerary that would take into consideration both adults and a child. We made our way through Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Hershey, Pennsylvania. Everyone was pleased with the Hershey Chocolate Factory. He loved Sesame Place, and hubby and I enjoyed seeing historical Philadelphia?? on the Fourth of July, no less.
But one other memory stands out, too. While on our scenic boat tour of Baltimore's Inner Harbor, my toddler continuously attempted to jump overboard. I ended up wrapping my arms and legs around him to keep him on the boat, and he wailed for most of the trip. I'm sure that's not what the other tourist had in mind when they bought their tickets. For a long, long time after that, I wouldn't go on a public tour unless I had an Exit Strategy where I could easily whisk my kid away if his mood went downhill.
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He celebrated turning five-years-old in San Diego with a trip to LEGOland. For this birthday, he's requested a visit to the newly opened LEGOland Malaysia. That San Diego trip also marks the last time when we weren't slaves to the school year calendar. No more traveling during the off season for us. Luckily, our current school has a long weekend every month.
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When he was seven, hubby decided we needed to come up with a 10-year plan for summer vacations. I thought this was crazy at the time but have come to see the value in it. We only had a decade of summer vacations left before he started university, and there was so much to see. Our family traveled everywhere from Hawaii to Maine, Florida to Vancouver. The summer of 2011 was supposed to be Yellowstone National Park. A year beforehand, I excitedly booked our rooms with a view of Old Faithful. Instead, we ended up moving to Malaysia and had to temporarily shelve the U.S. version of our multi-year plan. Time to draw up a new one focusing on Asia!
As a new mom, I quaked in my shoes at the thought of family travel. Looking back, there's still no way I would have brought this son along on an international trip as an infant. If it were his little sister on the other hand, she would have had no trouble bouncing around the world as a baby. But parents are a lot like kids. You have to figure out each individual's capacity for being challenged and stretched like a rubber band and know when to stop before it breaks. That point is different for each person. As the years went by, we reached the point where family travel didn't seem like it would break us.??I try to look at myself with grace and know that the mother I was in the beginning couldn't do it, but I eventually grew into a mother who could.
There's a saying that goes, "The days are long, but the years are short." As time has?passed, that colicky baby?grew into a fine teenager who passed me in height months ago. He takes up feats like soaring through the trees and amusement park thrill rides that are more daring than what his mama is willing to try. He can help pack the car and retrieve luggage at the airport. This week, he cooked us a fine dinner and helped his sister study for a test. He even asked to decorate his own birthday cookie cake. My baby is growing up, and I can't wait to continue exploring the world with him.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY TEEN BOY!
This post is part of Travel Photo Thursday on Budget Travelers Sandbox?and Friday Daydreamin' at R We There Yet Mom? Check them out for more around-the-world travel inspiration.
Source: http://malaysianmeanders.blogspot.com/2012/09/new-teen-traveler-in-family.html
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