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Whilst Peter Jackson has been confirmed to be producing New Line's upcoming dual-films based on Tolkien's "The Hobbit", many fans have been left wondering if he or the often rumoured Sam Raimi would sit in the director's chair.
Jackson's manager Ken Kamins tells Entertainment Weekly that "Peter won't be directing because he felt the fans have waited long enough for The Hobbit. It will take the better part of every day of the next four years to write, direct and produce two Hobbit films. Given his current obligations to both The Lovely Bones and Tintin, waiting for Peter, Fran, and Phillippa to write, direct and produce The Hobbit would require the fans wait even longer."
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I think alone I have eaten about 5kg of tuna this week but I'm still not sick of it. We normally eat it by it's self with a bit of soy and wasabi but by the end of the week we decided we need some vegetables so I made this salad.
Ingredients 300g Fresh Tuna 1/2 cup of Green Beans 2x Cos Lettuce Hearts 2x Tbs Caper Chopped Roughly 2x Tbs Red Onion Chopped Finely 3x Eggs 2x Tomatoes - quarted 4x Small Waxy Potatoes 1/2 Cup Sunflower Seed Oil 1/2 Cup Olive Oil 2x Egg Yolks 2x Tsp Horseradish 2x Tsp White Vinegar Juice of 2 Lemons 3 Tsp Cracked Black Pepper Salt to taste Mayo In an electric whisk beat the egg yolks, horseradish, pinch of salt, and vinegar. The while whisking slowly add the oil. Now add the lemon and pepper to taste.
Salad 1. Soft boil the eggs, boil the potatoes and blanch the beans and set aside. Break up the cos hearts and dress with a bit of olive oil and salt. Plate up the cos, potatoes, beans, tomatoes and eggs. 2. Season the tuna and sear in a hot pan on all side - this should only take say 20 seconds on each side. The slice finely and place on top of the salad. Add the capers and onion on top of the tuna and add bit of the dressing.


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Even though essential oils have been around for centuries, dating back to the early Egyptians and were brought as gifts to Jesus in biblical times (remember frankincense?), they've become more relevant today than ever before.
While people traditionally see a doctor for an illness and get a prescription drug, many others have awoken to the fact that essential oils can be used powerfully in healing and supporting the body's emotional and physical well-being.
These oils not only smell wonderful, but they actually heal at the cellular level. Essential oils are volatile liquids distilled from plants and parts such as seeds, flowers, fruit, stems, bark, roots and leaves. It may take hundreds of pounds of flowers and leaves to distill one batch of pure essential oil. They have hundreds of uses for everything from minor ailments such as a paper cut or minor burn to large ailments like cancer.
"Despite their name, essential oils are not oils but are aromatic, volatile substances or essences extracted from a plant, herb or flower by distillation or expression. It is a labor-intensive process resulting in a potent oil that is not cheap, but due to its concentrated nature, a small amount can be used very effectively for a range of ailments, skincare and even natural homemade carpet cleaner," says Ursula Elmes, an aromatherapist, licensed acupuncturist and the founder of YouOrganic Skincare.
"The most difficult part of using them is deciding on which oil will work most effectively with your own body chemistry, personal habits and emotional olfactory responses" says Tricia Mooneyham, host of the online radio show "I'll Have What She's Having…Talk with Tricia," who specializes in women's sexual health.
"There are certain oils which have proven their value and are a great baseline for those who are just learning about the health benefits of essential oils. Peppermint, lavender and lemon are considered power oils, and when in doubt one of these three will give you some relief for whatever your need is from cleansing to soothing to invigorating," says Mooneyham.
An aromatherapist can help you choose which essential oils might be best for you. (Photo: Kerdkanno/Shutterstock)
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Visiting a certified aromatherapist is similar to seeing a conventional doctor. Marci Cervone, a certified aromatherapist and owner of Thrive, a yoga, transformational coaching and aromatherapy practice in Jacksonville, Fla., has clients fill out an intake form, goes over their health history to check for contraindications such as epilepsy or high blood pressure, and discusses their needs. Cervone then selects oils that would be helpful and makes sure that her clients like the scents; people who have an aversion to a smell usually won't want to use that oil.
Cervone then creates a blend of up to five oils for the purpose intended: relaxation, stress, eczema, a respiratory problem or any myriad of issues, and decides on the application preference such as an inhaler, bath oil, spray or skin tincture.
For people who are going to buy oils and experiment on their own, Cervone advises purchasing quality oils from companies that are GC/MS (gas chromatography-mass spectrometry) tested. This chemical test gives the breakdown of ingredients in a batch of oil. Some less ethical companies produce "oils" that may be only 20 percent pure oil and 80 percent filler. Cervone recommends avoiding companies and products that cannot produce a GC/MS report.
Within lavender oil, for instance, there will be dozens of chemical ingredients, and people need to know how powerful the ingredients are and what they are before using them on the skin, inhaling them, or taking them internally.
"It's one thing to put a few drops of oil on potpourri in a diffuser; it's another to inhale them or use them on your skin when you have no idea what you're getting," Cervone says.
A few common essential oils and their uses
Lavender is a calming oil that helps with panic attacks, calms the nervous system, and is used on minor burns to soothe skin. It is commonly sprayed on pillows or linens, or applied to the neck, chest or temples to help wind down before sleeping.
Peppermint wakens the senses and can increase the oxygen level in the blood just by being inhaled. "One drop of peppermint oil is equivalent to 28 cups of herbal tea," Mooneyham says. It helps with focus, and when combined with rosemary, which helps with memory and retention, makes a winning work day combination. Peppermint also can calm a troubled tummy and bring down fever.
(Lemon essential oil has bacterial properties and can treat minor injuries.) Photo: AmyLv/Shutterstock
Lemon is used as an alternative treatment to remove corns and warts. It's a powerful bactericide and treats minor cuts and wounds as well, can brighten dull skin, helps with immunity and is used in antibacterial cleansers.
Frankincense, used in biblical times, is the king of all oils. This oil will aid other oils to work at deeper levels to provide more healing. Frankincense has been studied for its ability to kill cancer cells, helps combat skin inflammation and rashes, and brings about focus and clarity.
Made from the leaf of the cinnamon bush, this oil is great for keeping skin and hair healthy. (Photo: Liljam/Shutterstock)
Cinnamon leaf can be mixed with cinnamon sugar, orange juice and olive oil for an antiseptic facial scrub. It can be used as part of a foot soak to fight nail and foot fungus and as a shampoo to keep hair healthy.
Grapefruit, another citrus oil, has similar properties as lemon. It can help uplift your mood and works as a mild antiseptic.
Tea tree is lauded for its healing properties. It may be effective against acne, dandruff and fungal nail infections. That's why tea tree oil is found in so many skincare products. Some people even find success taking a drop or two for a sore throat.
Eucalyptus oil smells so fresh and clean. That's probably why it helps with congestion. (Photo: JPC-PROD/Shutterstock)
Eucalyptus has many antibacterial properties. Its distinctive smell helps with breathing and congestion, particularly with stuffiness associated with colds and allergies. You can apply a tiny bit of it (diluted) to the inside of your nose or put it in a vaporizer when you're congested.
Most of these oils have multiple benefits in a single oil, though their potency is a hard concept for many people to grasp. The National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy has a wealth of information and a large database.
"I think of essential oils like food," Cervone says. "You don't just eat once, and never again; it's an ongoing process to get good nutrition and support your body's needs. Same with essential oils — you can literally use them to support your body's health and well-being from the moment you wake up in the morning to the moment your head hits the pillow."
Staying safe with essential oils
Never swallow essential oils. Many of the oils can be dangerous if taken internally, reports WebMD. Don't use oils close to your eyes or mouth. They can cause irritation to skin and delicate membranes.
In addition, never use essential oils with children under 5, who can be very sensitive to the oils.
If you have certain medical conditions, it may not be safe to use essential oils. For example:
- Oils may cause spasms for people with lung conditions such as asthma, allergies or chronic lung disease.
- People with skin allergies may have skin irritation due to the oils, especially around the eyes, nose and mouth.
- Pregnant women shouldn't use essential oils. Some oils may cause uterine contractions.
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In other words, he drives the left batty. "[Senate Minority Leader] McConnell, 68, is owlish, phlegmatic, and gray, and often looks bothered, as though lunch isn't agreeing with him. He has been described as having "the natural charisma of an oyster.... McConnell nevertheless manipulates the press masterfully, using methods that are head-smackingly obvious and yet still elude most politicians. He knows exactly what he wants to say, repeats it with emphasis, then stops." Read the whole thing, as they say. For the past two years, McConnell has been winning the argument that Obama and the Democrats have essentially ceded, about the value and meaning of the policies they fought so hard to pass. Much of the electorate, and the media too, has come to accept the basic outlines of the worldview that McConnell expounded in Beattyville [Kentucky]."
In other words, conservatives should stop griping about a reasonable civil defense plan in the event of nuclear attack. "Encouraging people to take even modest steps to prepare themselves in advance will undoubtedly save lives, even if the terrorist attack never comes and Washington is, instead, struck by an asteroid, an earthquake, or a hurricane. As we head into a 21st century that appears to be a lot less secure than 1990s prognostications suggested, it's probably best to prepare for the worst."
In other words, should they walk the plank a second time? "House Democrats who voted against the healthcare bill last year are weighing whether to side with the GOP during next week's vote to repeal the legislation."
In other words, Jay Cost would be a better RNC chairman than Michael Steele. "In John McCormack's interview with Michael Steele, the chairman of the Republican National Committee said: 'Tell me what election we lost because I gave $15,000 to Guam.' What follows is a list of close House races that the GOP lost by just a handful of votes. Would $15,000 from the Republican National Committee have helped? I would say, yes." This is one example of why RNC committeemen are certain that Steele has to go.
In other words, Democrats are in danger of becoming the old-fogie party. "Overall, the influx of 87 new Republican House members who will be sworn in Wednesday will lower the average age of House Republicans to 54.9 from 56.5 in the last Congress, a new Wall Street Journal analysis of ages in the new Congress shows.By contrast, Democrats in the House are moving in the opposite direction on the age scale. The 2010 election swept from office some of the party's younger members from moderate swing districts, and the result is a Democratic caucus that is both more liberal and grayer. The average age of a Democratic House member will rise to 60.2 from 58."
In other words, the left is freaking out. "The floating of William Daley for the post of White House chief of staff has started a predictable, but nevertheless revealing examination of how his personal politics line up with those of the president.Much discussed has been Daley's fairly public disapproval of the president's health care reform package, which he castigated as either an overreach or a miscalculation.... Equally illuminating, however, is the stance Daley took on the other major piece of domestic legislation passed during the past two years: financial regulatory reform. Daley, reportedly, was not exactly enamored with a new consumer financial protection agency, a key element of the plan and one of the president's most cherished provisions, going so far as to lobby White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel to drop the idea." (h/t Ben Smith) Umm, sounds like Daley could be a Republican president's chief of staff.
In other words, Obama should stop trying to engage North Korea. "The administration seems ready to go wobbly on North Korea, and in the process China. It has shifted from supporting whatever tough measures President Lee Myung-bak wanted to take to nudging him back to the failed six-party talks and congratulating China for its diplomacy in getting North Korea to signal agreement to talk. This is the worst of the bad habits in Asia we must break. The North did not just test a missile this time; they twice killed South Koreans in cold blood last year. No president can allow his people to be killed without responding. We seem not to understand that. The first task for the U.S. and South Korea is to re-establish deterrence, which could well mean proportionate retaliation against the North."
In other words, tweeting might not be the best way for Sarah Palin to get her views across. "In a retweet last night, Sarah Palin suggested that she supports repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell." Seems like a reasonable conclusion.
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No one commenting on the age and number of Republican freshmen seems to have explicitly addressed one of the most significant political ramifications of this shift. Republicans are deepening their future bench; Democrats are looking at attrition. While House newbies were treated like cannon fodder by Pelosi, the inclusive structural changes designed by Speaker Boehner will give their Republican replacements valuable legislative experience & identifiable leadership roles which will allow them to consolidate their constituencies in their home districts and the reformist electorate at large. This will not just be of key importance in the long term, but also in holding onto Republican gains when Democrats in the Senate & White house can still stymie actual implementation of the Republican agenda.
Posted by: Fithian | January 5, 2011 11:58 AM | Report abuse
Mitch McConnell doesn't drive me batty. He's actually better at putting me to sleep on the couch than golf is.
Posted by: danw1 | January 5, 2011 12:18 PM | Report abuse
"In other words, he drives the left batty"
Really? Only presumptous cymbal monkeys drive us batty.
Posted by: danw1 | January 5, 2011 12:29 PM | Report abuse
Democrats have less children. It really is that simple. This is one of the most important reasons why Democrats are hoping to increase the numbers of illegal Hispanic immigrants.
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Dear Bladder: You sure got small lately! See you at 4:30am? Peeerrrfffeeeccccttt!
Dear September: I just love the smell of your fresh TV show Premieres, I really can't wait!
Dear Bebe: Are you a boy or a girl? Can you give me a sign or something?
Dear Air Mattress set up in the middle of the living room: I love you, having a bed in every room in the house is the best, no matter what my husband says, you are not going anywhere!
Dear Hair: Sorry I cut you all off, even though my pre-nates were making you grow longer, I couldn't take you for one more second!
Dear Ben: We are high fiving a lot latley. I kind of like it!
Have a good weekend guys!


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Чувак, вложивший баксы. Сколько на самом деле должен генеральный директор Хронопэй Врублевский П. О. вкладчикам Fethard.biz. Цифры inside.
A cool morning greets us. A reply from RedEye, or "Who is Mr. Engel?"
31 Октября 2010 13:54
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Ran across a blanket post at crutop.nu by one "engel".
I highly suspect that said post was written under the watchful eye of Pavel Olegovich. First of all, there are too many strange little details the likes of which are used too precisely for someone who could've only learned about him from hearsay over a year's time (and that's exactly how long I've known about his existence myself). Secondly, everything's thrown into a single pile with a singular purpose: to add as much negativity as possible.
Pasha, did you really think I wouldn't expect such a cheap comeback? It's as obvious as daylight. I get that you want to provoke me, but your birthday isn't for two months, so you won't get getting such a gift from me so soon.
A few moments of interest:
1. Engel seriously has heroin problems? Had no idea. Noted.
2. You claim that I greenmailed you with your share. Let me remind you how things really happened. I told you many times over the course of several months that I didn't want to have anything to do with you anymore. And what did you do? Ignored me, made more empty promises, came in to work in the office less often when you knew I'd be there – the usual. I hope you haven't forgotten that I offered you two options before we parted ways: selling my share to you or anyone you wanted to share the business with from that point forward, or selling my share freely. Clearly, I'd have had no trouble splitting my share up to five ways and finding interested parties amongst my acquaintances. And I would've made at least one and a half to two times the amount I asked from you without any credit agreements or anything of the sort, leaving you to deal with new partners, who I might add might not have been as loyal as I was. In the end, you ended up with a new partner who doesn't interfere with the company's dealings, hasn't spent a cent of its funds and magnified his share up to 75%. So where exactly is the greenmail and what's my profit from it all?
3. Blackmail – Payment of money exacted by means of intimidation; also, extortion of money from a person by threats of public accusation, exposure, or censure.
Have you seen any threats on this blog? Read the "About" section one more time. If you still don't get it, let me explain it one more time. You may not agree, but you and I have a lot in common: our mind frames, world views, even our accomplishments. Neither of us can be considered the most morally pure people. Hell, that's the very reason behind our conflicts. Think back to our last conversation a year ago when I was trying to convince you not to waste time on such crap, that there wouldn't be a winner in this bout. And so we both lost. Do you expect this to just blow over so you can just go back to working as usual? I doubt it. I seriously doubt it. Your debts are a lot heftier than mine and if Chronopay suddenly collapses, you'll be finished financially. Or have you forgotten how you make money via Chronopay? Spyware, pharmaceuticals and cigarettes – high risk dealings. And where is it all being processed? In the CIS. You think bankers are going to cover up your operations when it all falls into the open? Think again. No one is going to risk their legal business to safeguard either of us.
This blog is about you and how it isn't up to you to judge or execute me. You simply don't have the right. So prepare to go down with me. We'll probably share a cell.
You started off this ordeal and had a taste.
Now you've overcooked it and you'll be the one consuming the results.
4. I knew you'd remember that remark regarding "thick folders". That's why I said it. I knew that sooner or later you'd find some reason to grab onto me and try to heal your bruised ego by starting up a crusade against me. Except you're no crusader.
Now a few words about who exactly Mr. Engel is.
Engel, aka Igor Artimovich, is a spammer and developer of the Topol-M(ailer) spam system, owner of a large botnet and renowned DDoS enthusiast. He came on stage at the end of last year when he along with another renowned spammer (who eventually realized that he got shafted and vanished) organized a huge spectacle in order to split apart spamdot.biz and drag everyone over to his own forum at SpamPlanet.org. The performance was directed by the great and sinister RedEye. Everything was organized to look like a special op by the Russian FSB that closed down spamdot.biz. The domain redirected to the home page of FSB.RU for a couple of weeks due to a simple hack of the e-mail address it was registered to. As far as I know, the domain has been working as intended for some time since then now. Obviously enough, the FSB don't play with domains like that: first redirecting to their site and then back to the forum not long afterwards. As a result, the plan was foiled and Engel was banished from spamdot.biz, called a lamer and left to oversee his barely breathing forum. But on top of renting out his Topol-M(ailer) spam software, Engel also deals in DDoS attacks. Nasty business. Floods a website's channel with gigabytes of trash every second and causes a denial of service. Quite a handful! Pretty much an inescapable attack.
Well, I've got serious reasons to believe that the DDoS attacks of July 2010 on MultiKarta (VTB24 bank's processing center) and Assist (a large processing company) were organized by Engel on orders from you-know-who, whose Chronopay was downed at the beginning of July. As a result, Assist lost Aeroflot who had been a long standing client, so the amount of damage these companies incurred isn't hard to imagine. Aeroflot is currently in court with VTB24.
Engel is also quite close with Vrublevsky, often visiting his office and constantly keeping in touch. A steady organized syndicate is what I'd call this.
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The Golden Girl Project started a year ago when I had an inspiration from a dream to write about famous and legendary women, linked to beauty, power and the supernatural. As there are plenty of topics and debates about men who are heroes, monsters and kalki avatars, nothing has been written about women of similar calibre. So far I've written 8 posts on the individual these special, incredible women. The female Avatara, goddesses incarnate, from Cleopatra, the Four Beauties of ancient China, Marilyn Monroe and Lady Godiva. One is a fairytale princess, Cinderella.The ninth post on the Golden Girl Project is about Joan of Arc.
Most of us know that Joan of Arc was a very strong willed French peasant girl who was religious, then rose to power with an army. She fought in battle, lost, and was executed for the crime of witchcraft. There are films made about her. Books written about her, even children's books have something on her. This is what we know, the very basics. Historically she was a type of super girl, but there is another side too that history overlooks. She was gifted with psychic abilities, she a warrior woman and she was goddess-like.
Joan was born Jehanne D'arc on 6th January 1412, in Domrémy, Barroise, France. Her father was Jacques D'arc, and her mother Isabelle Romee. As a child she would've been raised on a farm. The country itself was troubled between the French and English. There was a bitter feud among the French royalty about retaining a truce with England and others who disagreed because it posed a threat of English take-over. The two factions made a split in French society at the time. The Burgundians were in favour of the agreement between France and England, while the Orleanists didn't want any English invaders.Sometimes the Burgundians caused trouble. They once burned a village near where Joan lived, so as a little girl she would've been witness to such unrest.
Joan reported seeing visions of angels. She claimed to see a variety of angels, including saints. These beings spoke to her and guided her throughout her life since growing up. They told her to attend church and practice religion, as she did. These visions then wanted her, from the age of twelve, to warm with the Orleanists as it's leaders Duke Charles and Count Bernard II were "loved by God". During her trail she described seeing "light" when the voices spoke and she knew this was from angels. She could see Saint Michael and Saint Catherine. Even she'd seen the Virgin Mary. It was these very paranormal influences that encouraged this girl to take up arms and fight against the Burgundians, to protect France from the English.
She was a prophetess who could foresee the outcome of Burgundians winning. It wasn't a France she loved or wanted to happen. It was as if these supernatural visions were forcing through a chain of events and making history through this one girl. Or the girl had special gifts she didn't understand well. Maybe she was mentally ill, as people have diagnosed these symptoms as psychosis. Whatever it was really but this girl managed to alter history on her own! Dressed in armour, and informing commanders where to go, and what she wanted by the voices and the angels, she was regarded as a "holy figure". Looking at her made military men want to bend on their knees for being in divine presence. When she was captured by the Burgundians and handed over to the English, she was able to discuss her psychic abilities. During her execution, she was screaming to God that she had done holy work as told and will be ready for paradise. (In other words, she was a Valkyrie going home to the All Father in the Halls of Valhalla). After she died, many including the English felt a sense of shock for they realised they'd killed a powerful and divine woman!
Joan of Arc was a mortal goddess. She was canonised as a saint and is now the Patron Saint of France. She was 19 years old when she died. Not just any teenage girl, or even a girl who was mad, but a girl who was filled with thunder and sunlight, and could shift a country one way. This girl motivated France and is an icon.
More details on Joan of Arc can be found:
Joan of Arc at Wikipedia
.Joan of Arc Archive
The picture on this post is "Joan of Arc" by Michael C Heyes.


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I wonder if you know your star sign? I'm a Saggitarius, which apparently makes me open-minded, generous but prone to overlook pernickety details, and a - shall we say? – enthusiastic lover. I doubt there are very many of us who actually believe in astrology as a reliable means of understanding ourselves or even more improbably, predicting when we are going to bump into tall dark strangers – either the popular magazine variety or the more arcane and intellectual version that individually plots the positions of the sun and all the planets at the exact time of your birth – but fascination with the night sky and the belief that the stars and planets can somehow be read as a coded map to important events down below is as old as human civilisation. It's not hard to see how ancient humans looked up at the dazzling night sky – the brilliance of the constellations that we moderns only get to see when we travel away from our cities and major towns – and the sudden fall of a meteorite or shooting star – and saw in its patterns a pantheon of gods – a map that lent itself not only to terrestrial but also to spiritual navigation. Incidentally, right now apparently is the time to get a good view of the International Space Station traversing the night sky across Australia – you can log into the NASA web site to register for a text message alert so you can get woken up in the middle of the night to go outside and see the six-minute fly-past of the second brightest object in the night sky. Matthew's astrologers would have had to have pretty fast camels to keep up with this one.
Because astrologers is what they were, according to Matthew, magi or students of the occult from the East, possibly even from Babylon which some astrologers, at least, consider the birthplace of modern Western astrology. The Feast of the Epiphany – the feast of the "aha" moment, or the sudden and momentous revelation – is not just the last of the 12 days of Christmas and the correct day for taking down plastic Christmas trees and tinsel – but the Church's original Feast of the Incarnation, predating Christmas by at least two centuries. In the ancient world, the Greek word epiphaneia was the solemn visit of a ruler to the cities of his realm – and so in the Christian tradition the name was applied to the visit of earthly rulers who seek out the newborn Christ to pay homage. In other words, the ancient Church took the usual meaning of the word Epiphany and subverted it – the real rule; the real kingship belongs to God and is revealed in the Incarnation, not in human dreams of power and importance. In fact Matthew's story of travelling kings and satellite navigation is more than a little cheeky, and politically dangerous, whatever its historical basis. Modern sceptics who patiently explain that stars don't normally travel at camel's pace, just up ahead until we get to the right stable – or who tiresomely point out that Halley's comet didn't appear at the right time for Matthew's story simply miss the point of this politically explosive nativity story. Because Jesus wasn't the only ancient personage to be called the Son of God, the Saviour of the world, not the only king whose birth was heralded by a star or who received grovelling homage from barbarian astrologers. The other one was Caesar Augustus, whose portrait with the words, 'Son of God' was doing the rounds at the time on Roman coins. Matthew's story was and is dynamite, because it says: 'no, the hope of the world isn't the Pax Romana – not the peace and stability of the Rome Empire based on Rome having the best equipped and best trained army the world had ever seen, the most sophisticated technologies of engineering and law and taxation – the hope of the world isn't the power of the United States or the economic myth of growth that is based on inequity between the developed world and the two-thirds world – the hope of the world and the foundation of shalom is the reality of God with us that we see revealed in Jesus Christ'. This is a powerful and much-contested assertion – an assertion that many in our own time assume has run out of steam – and we do our own faith a disservice if we reduce Matthew's story to a cute fairy-tale of stars and camels and birthday presents.
Epiphany in fact is the 'adults'-only' version of the Christmas tale. Part of me wishes that in the Church we'd forget about Christmas – the ancient pagan festival of midwinter that only relatively recently – in the fourth century – became associated with the birth of Jesus. Forget about Christmas – leave that to Santa and Myer and Harvey Norman and good luck to then – and proclaim Matthew's adults' only story of the Incarnation at Epiphany.
Yes, there is a children's version of Epiphany, and it goes like this. The astrologer kings bring precious gifts because they realise that the birth of this king changes everything, that the beauty of God revealed in the baby Jesus makes all our dreams and all our aspirations relative. The astrologer-kings lay before the baby the symbols of their own earthly importance, and so should we. What do you most treasure? What is actually most important in your own life – measured for example by how much of your time you spend thinking about it? What would it mean for you to actually hand over that part of your life to Jesus, to actually put Jesus ahead of your own most treasured dreams and possessions? What would change for you if you did? It's not a bad message, and heaps of Epiphany sermons leave it there, so if you go home today wondering what the astrologers' camel-journey through the desert tells you about your own priorities that is not a bad start.
But the adult version is this. There is a darker streak to Matthew's tale of the travelling astrologers that gets lost in the tinsel, a note of fear and opposition that surrounds Jesus birth right from the start. The gift of myrrh alone should tip us off – the costly embalming spice that Nicodemus donates after Jesus' crucifixion is one of the gifts at his birth! This king is going to attract some powerful opposition. But it isn't just symbolic – Herod, the local ruler to whom the magi really have to pay a quick visit if they want to avoid an international incident – Herod isn't entirely overjoyed at their news, nor does he immediately go out shopping for Christmas presents for baby Jesus.
And not just Herod, but 'all Jerusalem' is – afraid! Why? Because the one thing the powerful seek more than anything else is to stay in power. Herod and his court no longer model themselves on the kind of servant leadership that Israel's prophets have consistently preached about. They have long since forgotten the tradition that God placed them in their positions to serve rather than be served. Herod's main aim is to stay in power, and so he is immediately threatened by even the mere mention of another – and therefore rival – king.
But perhaps it's also that the arrival of the magi and their quest for God's messiah announces that the world is changing, that God has come near, and that nothing can ever be the same again. The arrival of these wandering – and wondering - astrologers signals that the reach of God's embrace has just got wider, that there is no longer "insider" and "outsider," but that all human beings are included in God's plan for salvation. This isn't a new theme in Judaism, in fact from the very beginning of the story God promises to bless Abraham so that he, in turn, may be a blessing for the pagan peoples he encounters. But now it is happening – all distinctions between people of different ethnicities and religions are dissolving.
Fear, of course, is a powerful emotion. In response to their fear, Herod, along with the ruling elites in Jerusalem, conspire to find the child and kill him. The slaughter of the innocents around Bethlehem sends shudders down our spines even today – because it rings true to our own dark experiences in the world we live in – the realities of ethnic cleansing and drone strikes and car bombings and massacres of children in their classrooms – all products of fear and the demonic human impulse to enact fantasies of power.
The slaughter of the innocents is a kind of prequel in Matthew's story, another dark reminder of the future opposition that Jesus' testimony to the loving purposes of God will attract. A reminder that if Jesus' life begins with joy and hope it will end encircled by the fear that is always the result of exposing the contradictions between human insecurity and divine love.
The adult version of Matthew's nativity moves quickly from the glad moment of the adoration and gifts of the magi to a darker, more ambivalent world of political intrigue, deception, and fear-induced violence. But if Matthew's version is more sober, it is also realistic and ultimately liberating. Because we also live in a world riddled by fear. In Matthew's story of the visit of the magi – and the subsequent slaughter of the innocents – holds up a disturbing mirror of the world as it is – and of ourselves as we are.
And this is what is at the heart of Matthew's darker, grown-up story of the nativity: the promise that it is precisely this world that God came to, this world so diminished by fear that God loves, this gaping need that we have that God remedies. Jesus is Emmanuel, God with us, the living, breathing, and vulnerable promise that God chose to come live and die for us, as we are, so that in Christ's resurrection we, too might experience newness of life.
What gifts do you have that you can lay before the baby Jesus? Not just the gold and the frankincense – what burden of myrrh do you bring? What unshareable secret, what paralysing fear, what ancient failure, what destructive fantasies, what paralysing self-loathing do you carry that might be transformed by the grown-up message of the Incarnation that both in our darkness and in our light, God desires and loves us just as we are?


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An Island Paradise
Michael Imber
Posted on August 27, 2015
A mysterious misty blue island stands off at a distance in the deep blue Tyrrhenian Sea, its drama and its romance, desired by the rich and famous, artists, and pirates alike as an exotic paradise ever since Augustus built his luxurious imperial Sea Palace upon its crest, displaying the giant bones of ancient creatures in his gardens.
Our ferry arrives at Marina Grande, an overly ambitious name for the small, colorful harbor on the eastern side of the island dotted with mega yachts and a confetti of colorful fishing boats. As we disembark, we push through the small crowd that had gathered around our fellow passenger, an American talk show host, to make our way into town.
We disappear into the small whitewashed alleyways of Capri, the village on the harbor, passing vendors and shops filled with luxury goods for the ultra wealthy. We settle at a table of an outdoor café shaded by grapevines.
Now nourished, we hail a canopied taxi for our ascent up the mountain to Anacapri, the small hilltop village on the western side of the island. As we wind up the mountain road past date palms and cacti we take in the sea air and tremendous view across the Gulf of Naples to Sorrento and the ancient isle of Ischia beyond.
Lacking the hoards of wealthy tourist that frequent the town of Capri, Anacapri is a respite. The small village is relaxed and unassuming, as though it has failed (or has rather been disinterested) in keeping up with time. Small white washed cobbled streets lined with rustic arbors are occasioned by the flourish of a pink Arabic villa and other architectural oddities.
Making our way on a small path to our hotel we arrive at the gate of Villa Le Scale, a small villa owned by a Parisian expatriate. The unassuming gate in a whitewashed wall opens into a garden haven of a verdant Mediterranean landscape- worn marble steps through an arbor draped in wisteria leading to the lobby. The villa is like a page out of Elle Décor with its opened hallways and soaring white plaster vaults gently channeling the ocean breeze.
We settle in next to the pool and are refreshed by prosecco, carpaccio and melon and fall into a tranquil state among the birds, flowers and trickling fountains.
The following morning, I awaited anxiously for the subject of my visit to open; a villa and garden, much like Villa Cimbrone across the bay, was the labor of love for expatriate Swede, Axel Munthe. Discovered by Munthe in the 19th Century in ruins at the top of the Phoenician steps was a chapel built upon the foundations of the Roman Emperor Tiberius' Villa, some thousand feet above the sea. This spectacular site with views to Naples and Vesuvius beyond was the perfect place to build his dream villa and its gardens, Villa San Michele.
Pergolas framed garden paths as they crested the mountaintop, capturing both garden vignettes and breathtaking views beyond. Anchoring the site on the south end of the cliff is the simple white chapel, guarded by an ancient Egyptian Sphinx. An alee of cypress leads one back through the gardens to the villa, with its luminous interiors and intimate courtyards built into and along the precipice.
Dr. Munthe had found his one place in the world, perhaps the most beautiful place. For how can one compare the drama, the peace, or the timeless serenity found at Villa San Michele? I personally know of no other place like it for its simple beauty.
Over the next few days we explored the other wonders of the Island by both foot and small boat; places like the Faraglioni pinnacles with their dramatic natural stone bridges and the wonder of the island, the blue grotto.
During this time I visited the villa many times, wandering its halls and its gardens, sometimes sketching, sometimes only sitting contemplating a beauty that is timeless. As an architect, these moments have stayed with me, nourishing my work and my soul.


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Thousands of county residents marked the eighth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks yesterday with events such as a Freedom Walk at Balboa Park, a cleanup project in Ocean Beach and a flag ceremony in Coronado.
"We are here to remember and pay homage to those who lost their lives," retired Rear Adm. Len Hering, former commander of Navy Region Southwest, said during the Balboa Park walk.
More than 400 people participated in that commemoration.
At Coronado High School, hundreds of students recited the Pledge of Allegiance as they gazed upon rows of miniature U.S. flags planted on the school's lawn, each one bearing the name of a 9/11 victim.
Whether citizens or not, "All these people that died there were Americans," said Coronado High senior Philip Lozier, 17, who helped organize the event.
Philip and the other students remembered the day in large part through the eyes of adults.
Sarah Henderson, 16, said she remembers being scared because it was so rare to see her mother cry as she did that day eight years ago.
At the USS Midway Museum in downtown San Diego and at Grape Day Park in downtown Escondido, hundreds joined in ceremonies during which victims' names were read.
"This means everything to me," said Susanne Ward-Baker, who attended the gathering in Escondido.
Ward-Baker's son, Tim Ward, was on the hijacked Flight 175, which crashed into the World Trade Center's south tower. He was 38.
At the USS Midway Museum, C.C. Johnson, 60, read the name of fallen New York City firefighter Jeffrey J. Olsen — his nephew — and those of two other firefighters.
"You never forget,"Johnson said. "You never forget that it could happen again."
Nearly 3,000 people were killed Sept. 11, 2001, aboard four hijacked airplanes and at the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon and a field in western Pennsylvania.
At the University of San Diego's Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies yesterday, people observed moments of prayer and reflection at the exact times when the planes crashed.
This was the first time the Sept. 11 anniversary was designated a national day of service and remembrance, and many people around the country decided to volunteer for a variety of projects.
In Ocean Beach, more than 100 volunteers helped pick up trash near the pier. The cleanup was organized by the San Diego chapter of the Surfrider Foundation and Dave Matthews Band bassist Stefan Lessard.
Brian Kelley, 25, said he came because he wanted to meet Lessard and express how he feels to be an American.
"Being part of this country is not something we should be taking for granted," Kelley said. "We should contribute to it any way we can. We should show our appreciation of being American by giving back something."
At Balboa Park, Hering urged those who showed up for the fourth annual Operation Homefront Freedom Walk to express their gratitude partly by supporting U.S. troops.
"Today we remember that those who have gone forward to bring the fight to the enemy have a clear understanding that we, the citizens of this great nation, respect them for what they are willing to do to keep us safe," he said.
Yvonne and Marty Martinez, who participated in the 1.5-mile walk, took the admiral's words to heart. Their son, Marty Martinez III, is an Air Force major serving in Iraq.
"We're here to support freedom," Yvonne Martinez said. "It's because of our military that we're able to wake up every morning and do our daily routines."


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Opponent Profile: Eagles Look To Upset Andy Reid And Chiefs In Kansas CityBoth the Eagles and Chiefs had big double-digit wins on the road in Week 1, but can the Eagles manage to keep up with Kansas City on the road in a reunion with former head coach Andy Reid?
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I'd bought us a new washing machine that was getting delivered "between 1:00 and 5:00" — how's that for an opening hook? — and with my morning free I set out early down Rt 9 to make the most of the Winter sunshine and stow some more road miles under my belt.
Naturally I was motorvating down said road on foot, clinging as far to the left of the sludgy shoulder as I could, staring the oncoming traffic in its ugly face. The sky was gloriously bright and blue, which only pissed off the cold and made it work all the harder.
Somewhere down 9 was Moreau Lake, where Kate takes her girls in Summer — sigh, SUMMER — apparently a dragonfly jamboree when it's warm but a nice place to stomp through snow right about now. Google advised that I was looking at eight miles each way, so there'd be no stomping that morning, but enough time to gauge the possibilities.
A few miles along, though, I deviated — I do love to deviate. A little road branched off uphill to the left and without even pausing I swung onto the road less travelled. A short ascent and at another junction, this:
Sometimes I forget just how much history lies just beneath the surface in these parts. Battle of Wilton? Sixteen ninety-three?! Says Edward Curtin on this archaeology blog, the battle was…
..a running engagement between a force of some 700-800 French and Indian allies, who had just attacked Mohawk villages in their homeland southwest of Saratoga County, and some 250 pursuers from the colony of New York.
The New Yorkers caught up with the French and Canadian Indians in Wilton, where the western war path that led to the Mohawk valley met the northern war path to Montreal. A violent struggle ensued… The French and Indian force fled along the northern path to a place in the Queensbury-Glens Falls area where they crossed the upper Hudson River on ice that, conveniently for them, thawed and broke up before the pursuing New Yorkers reached the river. The surviving French and Indians made it safely back to Canada.
There would be no thawing this day, despite the sunshine; it was still well below zero C. But intrigued, I took this new road — 36, or plain old Wilton Road — as my return route, figuring it would parallel 9 and take me back to something I might recognise.
Sometimes spontaneity pays off:
I gained some height, the road guiding me by turns through shady forest and past small farms and secluded homes:
36 was a joy to walk compared to the far more travelled 9, but road-walking is no time for the aimless daydreaming of a forest trail. You face the oncoming cars always wary of a wheel straying over the shoulder or a sudden tightening of the margin. An extra step left whenever a snow plough-brandishing pick-up bears down like the prow of a ship; two or three times a logging-truck driver swerves way over into the far lane to give me space, making eye contact and returning my nod of gratitude.
Greenfield is where Kate grew up…
..where we still go for Sunday night dinners.
It was so quiet up there. Birdsong and the odd passing car. Slouching barns, wooded front yards invariably deserted:
Up ahead I could see a beautiful old farmhouse on a hill; I was sizing it up for a picture, reassessing the framing with each step, when my phone rang — it seldom rings and I love it for that. I wrenched a goatskin mitten off with my teeth to swipe the screen, cold hitting my fingers like a hammer.
"How you doing today, sir? I'm calling from Home Depot."
"Good. You?"
"I'm fine, sir. We have a washer to deliver to you."
"We'll be there in about 20 minutes."
"20 minutes?! I was told between one and five!"
"I know, we're running ahead of schedule."
"Well, is there any way you can come later?"
"Can't do that, sir."
"Okay, well, I don't have a car. And I'm not sure exactly where I am. But I'll do my best."
"Thank you, sir."
And just like that my whole morning clouded over. I started pacing hard, even as I knew it was pointless. Twenty minutes?! Where the fuck am I? Raced past the farmhouse, forgetting the shot, reached a crossroads with signs that didn't help and gambled on a left turn down a straight and narrow road…
..aiming for home, possibly, which might as well have been in California.
Damn it. God damn it. Damn it to hell. All the Damn It Variations. The beauty I'd been drinking in a few minutes before quickly soured. All these stupid farms, these pointless aimless clueless useless country roads. So damned inconvenient.
Then I remembered I was carrying a phone; sometimes they have their uses. Texted Kate without stopping or putting on my glasses.
Kat cna you cal me babe
She called soon, on her lunch break. I was wrecked by guilt — three kids, laundry as deep as the backyard snowdrifts, no machine in a week or more, and here I was taking yet another slacker excursion through the backroads of Nowheresville…
Explained the deal while I hurried on, eyes on the next rise where an oncoming car might materialise…
..and — well, it all worked out.
Kate called the driver, adopted her Helpless Single Mother identity (it's very convincing), persuaded him to delay the delivery by a few precious minutes, begged some time off from her teacher, and hit the pedal on her Town & Country in time to meet the Men With White Goods and observe their perilous descent into our cavernous basement with its crippled Whirlpool.
Suddenly the crisis was averted; we could wear fresh undies again. Even better, the sky was blue…
..the fields and farms were white and still and lovely…
..and Kate, her afternoon now free, could help me un-lose myself.
"Where are you?"
"Locust Grove Road. Just passed the Daniels Road junction."
"Go back and turn right onto Daniels. That'll lead you towards downtown. I'll pick you up soon. Are you hungry?"
I was — but not for very much longer…
~ And that's all the Goat wrote


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How to Play Rest Strokes in Classical Guitar Music
Follow-through is just as important with plucking a guitar string as it is with golf or bowling. By controlling the way your finger follows through after plucking a string, you can learn to play the rest stroke, which is unique to classical guitar and is used for accentuating melody notes.
The rest stroke uses a different kind of follow-through from the free stroke. Instead of striking the string at a slightly upward angle, pluck straight across (not upward) so that your finger lands, or rests, against the adjacent lower-pitched string.
Coming straight across the string (instead of coming across at an upward angle) maximizes the sound produced by the string. That's why rest strokes are good for melody notes; the melody notes are the prominent ones — the ones that you want to accentuate. The following figure, with its before and after pictures, shows how to play a rest stroke.
Use rest strokes to accentuate melody notes in a classical piece that includes inner voices — filler or background notes on the middle strings (played with free strokes) — and bass notes.
Now that you know how to produce a rest stroke, try your hand at the following exercise. Play the two-octave C major scale shown in the following figure slowly, using all rest strokes. Change from second to fifth position at the end of measure 1 by smoothly gliding your first finger along the 3rd string, up to the fifth fret. On the way down, shift back to second position by smoothly gliding your third finger along the 3rd string, down to the fourth fret. Alternate between i (index finger) and m (middle finger) as you go.
For the sake of speed and accuracy, alternating between two right-hand fingers (usually i and m) is customary for playing classical-guitar melodies.


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Your body has a feedback loop that will not allow you to deadlift a bar that your hands cannot grip, even if you are otherwise strong enough. Of course, you should work on your grip, but you do not want to limit your strength gains while your hands are catching up.
The Rogue "Ohio" Lifting Straps let you move heavy weight without worrying about your grip. The material for these straps is made in New England and the strap is sewn in Ohio. This is one nice high-quality American made strap designed for years of use and abuse!


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Hard to Ignore: An exploration of the issues on palm oil agrofuel through a political economy and public health framework
By Hedva Chiu
The advent of agrofuel
Globalization has liberalized trade, thus increasing transport of goods and services, which calls for a greater demand for energy (Houtart, 2010). While agrofuels have been a topic of discussion since the launch of the transportation industry, the discovery of huge deposits of fossil fuels shafted those discussions to the wayside ("Biofuel Facts, Biofuel Information," 2014). The depleting sources of fossil fuel have become more obvious in the past few decades leading to renewed interest in agrofuels. Coupled with the apparent climate crisis, which some attribute to the burning of fossil fuels, many governmental bodies are scrambling to find alternative energy sources. This has led to a rise in demand for agrofuels ("Palm oil | Greenpeace UK", n.d.).
Agrofuels are a type of biofuel, where energy is derived from burning of agricultural crops ("Biofuel Facts, Biofuel Information," 2014). While it can be used in its pure form, it is often mixed in with regular diesel. Palm oil is a popular choice of agrofuel because it appears to be a direct solution to pollution caused by the use of cars, which is one of the major contributors to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Furthermore, the sun is generally accepted as an unlimited resource, and plants are very good converters of the sun's energy via the process of photosynthesis (Houtart, 2010). When combined with the ability of plants to regrow annually under normal circumstances, palm oil is seen as a good, clean, renewable energy resource. It is also the most efficient feedstock for bio-diesel in terms of the number of litres it can produce per hectare of land (McCarthy, 2010).
There have been a lot of criticisms against the use of palm oil as an agrofuel because of mounting evidence of its inefficiency against climate change. One reason is that when considering a life cycle analysis of its production, the amount of GHG it emits far exceeds the level acceptable to the US Environment Protection Agency's Renewable Fuel Standard Program ("US biofuel policy excludes Indonesian and Malaysian palm oil amid industry protests," n.d.). Another reason is that when taking into account the externalities (which are the costs of production, transportation and distribution of agrofuels to the environment and society), the costs are high (Houtart, 2010). Despite all that, palm oil agrofuel is still a very popular commodity because there are some benefits. These include the decrease of reliance on fossil fuels and its ability to stimulate economic development of rural areas and contribute to rural livelihood (Obidzinski, Andriani, Komarudin, & Andrianto, 2012). The debate surrounding agrofuels is above all else a debate about climate justice because the industry has the potential to benefit or adversely affect the environment and society.
Biofuel in Indonesia
One of the largest contributors to the supply of palm oil is Indonesia (USDA, 2014). While much of the demand for crude palm oil (CPO) comes from the food industry, the agrofuel industry plays a significant role (Obidzinski et al., 2012). In 2010 Indonesia produced 400 million litres of agrofuel and the number is climbing. It has been speculated that the production of agrofuel is especially attractive to Indonesian government because Indonesia's supply of fossil fuel is dwindling, and hence there is a need to secure another export commodity. Palm oil has taken a position among the top three export earners for Indonesia in 2012 ("Indonesia's Palm Oil Industry," n.d.). Furthermore there would be a lesser need to import fossil fuel and the government could save money on the national budget because there would be a lesser need to subsidize the fossil fuel industry (Obidzinski et al., 2012).
However, the problems associated with palm oil agrofuel are not unlike the ones mentioned before. In particular, there are a few that affect Indonesia specifically. Firstly, much of the land used for growing palm is forested area. The clearing of that area for palm tree plantations has ironically helped Indonesia break the 2008 Guinness world record for "fastest rate of deforestation" ("Palm oil | Greenpeace UK," n.d.). To add salt to the wound, Indonesia is host to one of the largest tropical forest zones in the world. As forests are known carbon sinks, destroying them would mean that the world is losing a large portion of its ability to absorb atmospheric carbon (Houtart, 2010). Another major type of land that is being converted is peat land ("Palm oil | Greenpeace UK," n.d.). Peat land is another major type of carbon sink, hence destroying it would not only release the carbon already trapped in the earth, but it would also no longer be able to absorb carbon. Furthermore, there have been reports of human right abuses for workers of the plantations and refineries (Skinner, 2013) and conflicts over land (Obidzinski et al., 2012). Despite all of that, the government still endorses and pushes for this industry to grow, and even creates policies to increase agrofuel use among locals by having one third of the palm oil dedicated to agrofuel (Rusmana & Listiyorini, 2013).
Why, despite mounting evidence against it, is palm oil agrofuel still desirable to the Indonesian government? In this paper I argue that this is because of the disconnection between different evidence and concepts, which hinders the ability of policymakers to see the bigger picture. Also, the predominant moral framework employed to analyze this problem is lacking impact because it focuses on the plight of the marginalized populations and does not link these concepts to the individuals at the level of decision-making. I suggest that by approaching the situation through a political economy framework, a new tactic to address the issues surrounding palm oil agrofuel production will become evident. This new tactic would lead to constructive discussion on the public health concerns as related to palm oil agrofuel production.
The debate surrounding palm oil agrofuel is in essence a debate on climate justice. On one hand, agrofuel has the potential to be a cleaner, more sustainable substitute for petroleum. However, it is fraught with destructive environmental practices and human rights abuses. Palm oil plantations have caused vast deforestation, leading to reduced biodiversity, unbalanced ecosystems and ruined local livelihood. The oil refineries also require a large amount of energy input, and secrete a massive amount of GHG. Current literature has been able to prove these concepts, but it has been ignored by the Indonesian government largely due to its segmented nature. Rather than focusing on one sector or social class within society, we need to extend our research perspective to look at how agrofuels affect society as a whole.
Going forward, we may benefit from understanding the issues of agrofuel through a political economy framework. By recognizing the processes that form the current social relations and situations, we can forge new research paths that lead to convincing data, which we can present to policymakers. This new path would redefine social relations by addressing public health issues that affect all levels and sectors of society.
In this paper I showed the far-reaching impacts of climate change caused by agrofuel production on public health. However, that is only the tip of the iceberg and further research on the health hazards associated with palm tree plantations, oil refineries and transportation of agrofuels is needed. More importantly, this research should incorporate measurements on the health of citizens in neighbouring countries and the broader global community. This approach would link environmental issues with public health concerns and global political issues. However, this type of research is not without its challenges. It is harder to determine how much of the climate change induced by agrofuel production causes a certain health outcome. Furthermore, it is difficult to measure with precise accuracy the area and the number of generations affected by pollution. Nonetheless, these challenges can be overcome with the advent of scientific technology. With research data that synthesizes issues across all social sectors and classes, it would be hard for any governmental policymaker to ignore it.
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Do not invest in Palm Oil. This is a global tragedy which is far reaching it consequences. I doubt large corporations will be able to take measures against the dangers posed by palm oil. It will affect society as a whole and the government should not encourage use of palm oil which will endanger human species.