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"A solid stock of small and medium farmers has at all times been the best protection which a nation could have against the social diseases that are prevalent to-day. Moreover, that is the only solution which guarantees the daily bread of a nation within the framework of its domestic national economy. With this condition once guaranteed, industry and commerce would retire from the unhealthy position of foremost importance which they hold to-day and would … no longer constitute the basis of the national subsistence, but would be auxiliary institutions. By fulfilling their proper function, which is to adjust the balance between national production and national consumption, they render the national subsistence more or less independent of foreign countries and thus assure the freedom and independence of the nation, especially at critical junctures in its history." – Adolf Hitler
In our near future awaits a global food shortage crisis that will at least be the biggest economic catastrophe in history and could at most wipe out most of the human population on the planet via starvation. What attitudes we allow to guide our response now will affect what happens to us when the crisis hits. Gentiles will follow their hunter blood memory and fight over the limited resources and try to secure as much of it as possible for his own tribe, never mind what happens to everyone else. Jews will follow their herder blood memory and sit back, let the Gentiles fight each other (and us!) and then finish off the survivors with ease. Aryans will follow our farmer blood memory and try to keep people adequately fed for long enough for us to depopulate the planet in an orderly way via state control over reproduction, thereby averting chaos. This is where agrarianism comes in.
The Aryan blood memory is of the Neolithic, the era of the first subsistence farming economies in human history from which comes the very name of our Aryan ("ar-" = "to till soil") root race. While not everyone is aware of or believes in Aryan mythology, nevertheless the positive connotations of farming are abundantly embedded in language. The largely forgotten etymology of the word "human" is "hu-" (as in "humus") + "man-" (as in "mental") , meaning "soil-minded", from an era when non-farming populations were regarded as "man" (ie. of intelligent mind) but not as "human" (ie. of character shaped by working on the land). In the same way, the common contemporary descriptive expression "down-to-earth" was probably invented with archetypical Aryans in mind whether the inventor knew it or not. Additional to promoting an Aryan narrative of history, one of the first propaganda efforts of National Socialist Germany after entering government was to restore the common term "bauer" (peasant) from a negative to a positive connotation.
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Alien to us is not only the illusory speculative finance of modern times, but even ancient historical concepts of wealth in terms of luxury products (or the ability to acquire such products). Wealth to us means a regular food supply, a freehold house (ie. no rent or property tax) to live in, and enough leisure outside of maintaining the above to devote to our mission of transcending material existence. The value of any product to us is determined neither by its material scarcity nor by the market difficulty of acquiring it, but purely by its necessity to our mission. If economics is about production of wealth, then an agrarian economy is the obvious choice for producing the kind of wealth we aim at, namely that which supports simple living and high thinking.
"First as a casual labourer and then as a painter of little trifles, I had to earn my daily bread. And a meagre morsel indeed it was, not even sufficient to still the hunger which I constantly felt. That hunger was the faithful guardian which never left me but took part in everything I did. Every book that I bought meant renewed hunger, and every visit I paid to the opera meant the intrusion of that inalienable companion during the following days. I was always struggling with my unsympathic friend." – Adolf Hitler
Aryanist ideological promotion of agrarianism begins with rectification of associated terminology. Current mainstream journalism is extremely poor in this area, failing even to distinguish semantically between agrarianism and pastoralism. Pastures are routinely referred to as "fields", ranches are routinely referred to as "farms", and farming and herding (and sometimes fishing!) are lumped into a category wrongly called "agriculture", when genuine agriculture (derived from roots "agro-" (meaning "field") + "col" (meaning "to plough") refers to farming only. Hitler ridiculed pastoralism thus: "At present, the base of our diet is the potato — and yet only 1 per cent of the soil in Germany is devoted to growing the potato. If it was 3 per cent, we'd have more to eat than is needed. Pasturages cover 37 per cent of the surface of our country. So it's not man who eats grass, it's his cattle." It is also important to stress the difference between subsistence farming and commercial farming, of which Aryan agrarianism refers strictly to the former only. The term subsistence must be cleansed of its present-day negative connotation of poverty and restored to its etymological roots "sub-" + "star-" meaning "to stand firm".
"Farming has become a business at worst, and at best an occupation. No longer is the land farmed to provide food for the people who farm, with the excess produce being traded for essential items." – David Myatt
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It should be noted that National Socialism is not "agrarianist" in the petty sense of seeking to preferentially advance the interests of the farming classes at the expense of other occupational classes. Rather, our agrarianism is based on the belief that society as a whole benefits from an economy centred around subsistence farming. The three pillars of autarky, autonomy and autocracy directly correspond to the National Socialist slogan of "One Folk, One State, One Leader". These can be examined in turn.
"We'll be building a solid State, proof against crises, and without an ounce of gold behind it. Anyone who sells above the set prices, let him be marched off into a concentration camp! That's the bastion of money. There's no other way." – Adolf Hitler
A national economy based on a nation farming all the food it needs on its own arable land (without use of fossil fuel or nuclear power), thus attaining independence from imports, defines the national dimension of National Socialism. As Gottfried Feder describes the situation in 1930: "Today we are paying for our imported food mostly with the help of foreign loans, which drive the German nation deeper and deeper in debt to the international financiers who provide credits. If things go on as they are, the German poeple will become more and more impoverished. The only possibility of escaping from this thraldom lies in the ability of Germany to produce essential foodstuffs at home." And, as promised, the NSDAP eliminated almost all food imports within only a few years of government. Hallmark policies such as labour-backed fiat currency and barter-based foreign trade should be properly understood as policies motivated to defend such an economy rather than as separate features. In fact, other policies along the same lines of reasoning were in ongoing development in National Socialist Germany, for example Hitler considers: "I have often wondered whether it would not be a good idea to re-introduce some sort of tithe system, under which the peasant could pay his taxes in kind. As things are, the middle-man gets for his potatoes, for instance, three or four times what he pays the peasant for them. It would therefore be to the peasant's advantage to be able to pay his taxes in potatoes rather than in money."
The main reason why food is not used as currency itself in all economic activity is entirely biotic: food is perishable. With this said, the general idea is to establish an economy that emulates the hypothetical economy that would result if food were not perishable (and thus useable as currency). This includes not only minimizing mercantilism (ie. profit via buying a product and reselling it without having done additional work on it, which is actually a fluid form of profit by possession), but furthermore to minimize industrialism (ie. frivolous or otherwise unnecessary processing work done on products prior to reaching the final purchaser). The overall directive is to minimize the number of steps, with or without additional labour involved, separating the initial producer and the final purchaser, which is the key to optimizing labour-efficiency.
"The farmer, who is still the greatest producer today, is not simultaneously the greatest purchaser. He is dependent on those intermediary stages which process his products before they arrive on the market. He cannot change them on the spot into ready goods, but must burden the transport system with raw materials." – Alfred Rosenberg
Closely related to this directive is the idea of localizing the economy geographically ie. minimizing freightage distances. Not only should the nation as a whole be self-sufficient in subsistence, but ideally each locality within it also. Where this is technically impossible (e.g. due to absence of arable land in some areas), a locality should at most be dependent only on immediately adjacent localities. Such a nation would suffer minimal adversity in the event of logistical blockages, in contrast to many nations today in which numerous areas are dependent on supplies that must be transported all the way from the other side of the country. Furthermore, vehicles used for transporting food must not be dependent on fuel which itself must be transported from elsewhere. (In our envisaged Solar Civilization, we foresee a comeback of sailboats.) As population reduces under state control of reproduction, we would expect non-arable regions to be the first regions permanently vacated.
"Most things the village, the farms, needed for their daily life were made of wood, locally cut, shaped, crafted: carts, fences, gates, doors, even pumps. And what was not so made and crafted of wood, was more often than not made by a local blacksmith, or of stone quarried somewhere near." – David Myatt
"A dozen factories or so would be enough to supply the whole world with all the necessary things: foodstuffs, textiles, machinery — flour, vegetable preserves, jams and chocolates, linen and cotton cloth, electric bulbs and engine parts." – Savitri Devi
But unlike some anarchist agrarianists who disparage urban life in order to exalt rural life by comparison, National Socialism appreciates cities as spiritual focal points and artistic hubs. The National Socialist approach is to use agrarianism to remove only the negative elements of urban life, such as competition - what is commonly known as the "ratrace". While on one hand it is the role of cities to accomodate the few with something special to offer (in Hitler's words, "If a man is a genius, then it goes without saying that I will not use him for digging potatoes all his life, but set him to work at something else."), on the other hand anyone unable to find a job in the city should always be able to fall back on farm work in the country. Thus there would be no pressure to maximize one's qualifications for the sake of advantage in jobseeking (which in itself is absurd, since when everyone expends more effort in maximizing their qualifications, the jobseeking advantage cancels out, and the only net effect is increased bitterness among those who end up unemployed despite all their investment in qualifications).
"The intangible idea of folkish honour has its roots in the strongest grounds of all, in the most material of all reality; in the farmland of a nation." – Alfred Rosenberg
Merely possessing enough arable land to feed the nation is not good enough; one must also have the means to defend this arable land from foreign powers who would try to seize it for themselves. This forms the basis of the relationship between agrarianism and defence policy. The horrors of the colonial era amply demonstrate what happens to militarily naive agrarian nations unfortunate enough to exist in the same world as the militarily aggressive post-Renaissance Western civilization. Hitler's diversion of resources towards factories necessary for national rearmament – one of the top priorities of the NSDAP platform – almost immediately after coming to power was thus in no way contradictory to agrarianism, but supportive of it.
Mandatory firearm ownership by all citizens, all of whom have a duty as citizens to defend their own land using their own lives (known as the Wehrbauer principle), together with a high-quality standing army, is a start, but is hardly enough in our present-day era where war means airstrikes and missile strikes. Nuclear weapons are an unfortunate necessity until we succeed in total global disarmament. In perspective, an agrarian nation is not dependent on fuels, rare metals or any other natural resources besides water, sunlight and arable land, hence it is almost inconceivable for an agrarian nation to go to war for economic incentives. Culturally, its folk must overtly reject any form of celebration of war (in contrast to Judaism – in which almost every Jewish holiday is a celebration of some past Jewish conquest of non-Jews), but regard it purely as burden, in Hitler words: "It is our task, and it is the mission of the National Socialist Movement, to develop in our people that political mentality which will enable them to realize that the aim which they must set to themselves for the fulfilment of their future must not be some wildly enthusiastic adventure in the footsteps of Alexander the Great but industrious labour with the German plough, for which the German sword will provide the soil."
Underlying all this must be sound ideological foundations of what constitutes just war. A National Socialist state must consider it moral in theory to destroy
Israel any foreign state whose national total fertility rate is not sufficiently below 1, for any such nation implicitly entangles and endangers all other nations worldwide as resources dwindle, and sends out the unambiguous message that it does not care. (With that said, in practice war must remain a last resort, after all means have been exhausted of persuading a nation to reduce its own fertility to honourable levels.) A National Socialist state must also consider it moral to destroy Israel any state possessing drones, robots or other remote-controlled technology that could allow it to invade another country at no direct risk to the lives of its own army personnel. A National Socialist state must furthermore consider it moral to destroy Israel any state that makes tribalism part of its national ideology, as tribalism is automatically tantamount to declaration of war against the rest of the world.
"There is one thing about which we must be quite clear; anyone here who gets ideas above his station and beyond the confines of his farm must be sharply jumped upon." – Adolf Hitler
Agrarianism itself, far from being exclusive to National Socialism, has had staunch advocates throughout history. However, National Socialism promotes agrarianism alongside central dictatorship, counter to the expectations of most modern-day agrarianists who see agrarianism as a way towards libertarianism or anarchism.
The libertarian reasons that a centralized state best stabilizes itself by keeping the people economically dependent on it. Therefore the libertarian deduces that agrarianism, by increasing economic independence, is a weapon against the centralized state. Such an analysis assumes that the centralized state is satisfied with obedience from its people, and has no interest in their sincere loyalty. The National Socialist, in contrast, reasons that a centralized state best stabilizes itself by the loyalty of its folk. True loyalty can only be discerned when there are no negative economic consequences for disloyalty. From this perspective, agrarianism works to the benefit of the centralized state by reducing the incentives for feigning loyalty. Insurrection against the state would be settled directly by combat against the insurgent faction, as demonstrated by National Socialist Germany's renowned Operation Hummingbird against traitor Ernst Roehm and his SA followers.
"If the slightest attempt at a riot were to break out at this moment anywhere in the whole Reich, I'd take immediate measures against it. Here's what I'd do: (a) on the same day, all the leaders of the opposition … would be arrested and executed; (b) all the occupants of the concentration camps would be shot within three days; (c) all the criminals on our lists—and it would make little difference whether they were in prison or at liberty—would be shot within the same period. The extermination of these few hundreds or thousands of men would make other measures superfluous, for the riot would be aborted for lack of ringleaders and accomplices." – Adolf Hitler
Autocracy by central dictatorship is not only a sincere expression of National Socialism's great reverence for the individual personality, but is at the same time the only practical way to lead an agrarian country along autarkic and autonomous principles, which requires authority over land use and authority over population.
Unlike an industrial economy where productivity can be increased indefinitely by adding labourers/fuel and increasing shift lengths, in an agrarian economy no more food is grown by adding more farmers to the same field, because the energy by which the food is grown comes not from the farmers, but from sunlight. Thus optimization of productivity requires optimization of land use. While, unlike communism, National Socialism supports private property in the sense of land ownership, it does not, unlike capitalism, support unrestricted enterprise on privately owned land. Instead, the National Socialist state has a duty to intervene in how such land is used, so as to ensure that it reaches its folkish potential. (In other words, private landowners are at liberty to sell their land to other private buyers if they do not wish to personally participate in the state-approved use of the land; what they are not allowed to do is put the land to different use without state approval.) Market-based enterprise tends to the path of greatest business profits (e.g. luxury products/services), which generally does not coincide with the path of optimal folkish contribution.
"The great British landowners have not the faintest idea of practical agriculture—quite apart from the time and money they waste on their celebrated lawns!" – Adolf Hitler
"To the right to hold property … is attached the obligation to use it in the national interest. … German land may not become an object of financial speculation, nor may it provide an unearned income for its owner. It may only be acquired by him who is prepared to cultivate it himself. Therefore the State has a right of preemption on every sale of land." – Gottfried Feder
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A golf course built on arable land means starving children elsewhere.
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But optimizing land use is completely futile without simultaneous population reduction via state control of reproduction. This is the most important point which distinguishes National Socialism from non-Aryan agrarian ideologies which always end in famine.
"It would … be a mistaken view that every increase in the productive powers of the soil will supply the requisite conditions for an increase in the population. No. That is true up to a certain point only, for at least a portion of the increased produce of the soil will be consumed by the margin of increased demands caused by the steady rise in the standard of living. But even if these demands were to be curtailed to the narrowest limits possible and if at the same time we were to use all our available energies in intenser cultivation, we should here reach a definite limit which is conditioned by the inherent nature of the soil itself. No matter how industriously we may labour we cannot increase agricultural production beyond this limit. Therefore, though we may postpone the evil hour of distress for a certain time, it will arrive at last. The first phenomenon will be the recurrence of famine periods from time to time, after bad harvests, etc.. The intervals between these famines will become shorter and shorter the more the population increases; and, finally, the famine times will disappear only in those rare years of plenty when the granaries are full. And a time will ultimately come when even in those years of plenty there will not be enough to go round; so that hunger will dog the footsteps of the nation." – Adolf Hitler
But whereas state-organized depopulation can improve demographics, depopulation via famine and associated war over resources (two of the main processes of natural selection) almost always worsens demographics as it automatically favours opportunism over idealism, aggression over compassion, the tribe over the folk. Throughout history and indeed prehistory, every sudden food shortage led to genetic coarsening in the population subjected to it. The type-forming environmental conditions of both the Jewish and the Gentile root races were characterized by harshness and uncertainty - going all the way back to the Pleistocene – that demanded corresponding cruelty and selfishness, in contrast to the Neolithic river valley conditions from which the Aryan root race was able to evolve. Our nobility is anomalous under natural selection, and there is every sign that Nature is coming back to correct this evolutionary accident, this time on a global scale. Either we reduce population fast enough using our selection criteria, or Nature will do it using its selection criteria.
Beyond Agrarianism
"If it were possible to live on water and air, or at least on ripe fruit fallen by itself from the trees, we would be the first to condemn the practice of growing rice or wheat in order to eat it." – Savitri Devi
National Socialist agrarianism as an economic policy will certainly help any country deal with current emergencies, and as a lifestyle for society is far better than the others available to choose from at present, but it is not an end in itself. In the event that we succeed in establishing such a policy and recovering such a lifestyle, we must then reject the temptation to feel complacent.
Some futurists fantasize about possibilities of genetic engineering that would allow our bodies to photosynthesize for all its energy needs in the way that green plants do, thus eliminating the need for food altogether (literally becoming the "Homo Sol" coined by David Myatt). This is something that we would support as the pinnacle of Solar Civilization, but even in this event we must not become complacent.
There is much we could build here, but the moment we build something so pleasant that it tempts us to stay, all the evils we had apparently eliminated will eventually make their return, and everything we thought we had accomplished will be for nothing. Therefore, even as we diligently set about solving the problems of the world, we must even more diligently refine our own nobility, so that no matter how much improved the world might become, we never forget that we must leave as soon as we complete our mission.
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This was a countdown I started on December 26, 2012, and finished on March 1, 2013, marking the days until Cinnamon Toast and the End of the World was first published in Ireland. Relive the magic, if you dare.
Neurotic Weirdness Week Concludes! The stirring finale!
Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me, 1985
All of Neurotic Weirdness Week has been building up to this moment. Of course, there's nothing that strange about the song itself, but if you're my age, this tune means exactly one thing: The Breakfast Club! One of the most bizarre movies to come out of the 80s, or any time at all: a hit teen film about a Saturday detention which turns into an all-day group therapy session. They're misunderstood! They're abused! They're pressured by parents and peers! They're suicidal! One of them is Ally Sheedy! The kids sit around talking for 90 minutes and, inexplicably, end up in couples (except 'the brain', left behind to actually write the essay they're all charged with completing). Critics hated it, kids adored it, and if I started quoting lines this could run on forever.
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I now have my third festival (or would you call it the fourth, since this was a two-day festival?) under my belt. I definitely had my bases covered with this one. I planed and then planed again. I even did mock-up sales with my son and boyfriend prior to the festival to make sure I wasn't forgetting anything. I purchased new labels for my boxes, prices tags with my logo, and flowers for the tables. I printed signs for the tables and had a very pretty amethyst holder for my business cards. Our booth was so pretty!
"It looks like rain," if these beads are any indication. You can see rain clouds in these blue crazy lace agate beads. If you hold them up to the light you can see the striations in them. And the sun shines through them, so there's hope for better weather after all.
I am of the belief that all things happen for a reason. Yes, even the "bad" things. We may not see the reasons right away. Or our egos may blind us to the gifts that are offered.
If I had stayed with the sadness of my Mom's death, I never would have noticed the gifts that her passing brought too.
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Today at their monthly luncheon, members of the Capital Area Democratic Women called Senator Dan Patrick's office on a matter of great importance: should they choose chicken, or beef as their taco filling today?
Sen. Patrick is the battering ram behind SB 16, the Sonogram Bill, which would require women to view a sonogram of the fetus before receiving an abortion. The bill is bad, not only because it patronizes women and implies that they can't handle making their own decisions, but because it creates serious procedural hurdles to a woman accessing her right to choose in Texas. Patrick, along with Governor Rick Perry and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, have decided that forcing a sonogram on an abortion-seeking woman is an issue of utmost importance to Texas, above that of keeping schools open, writing a sane budget, or, you know, keeping the lights on in the State of Texas (meant, sadly, both literally and figuratively now).
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"We wanted Sen. Patrick to weigh in on what we were having for lunch," said Genevieve Van Cleve, President of CADW. "The Sonogram Bill is a clear indicator that Sen. Patrick does not trust women to make major life decisions. If we can't be trusted with the big ones, how can be possibly carry on living our lives without government consultation for all the decisions we make every day," Van Cleve continued.
These women! They just don't know what they want, whether it's pertaining to the contents of their lunch or the contents of their uterus. Thank goodness Senator Dan Patrick is here to help coerce, intimidate, and pressure them during one of the most important decisions they might make today.
Van Cleve made the first call to Patrick's office. The esteemed Senator was too busy to come to the phone, but a legislative staffer selected the beef. Outrageously, even after the call, members of this group (including myself — full disclosure: I'm a dues-paying member) went ahead and chose the chicken filling anyways. The gall of these women, who seem to have their own ideas about what they do with their bodies!
Of course, it seems curious that the Legislature could make such a rash decision affecting the lives of many without adequate input from those affected. Where is the beef from? How thoroughly was the chicken cooked? Is there risk of mad cow, or another prion-based disease? Do any members of the group have a religious reason for selecting one meat over the other? What of vegetarians — are they forced to eat the beef too, even if it violates their own morality?
Now, real conservatives should decry this unnecessary intrusion of government into a woman's taco. Once the government tells you what meat you have to stuff into your shell, then they've basically taken over your whole life.
But then, Sen. Patrick seems to have no problem forcing beef into tacos, or ultrasounds into the hands of pregnant women seeking abortions. And neither does the rest of the Senate State Affairs Committee, which voted 7-1 yesterday in favor of the bill. Soon the Senate as a whole will have a chance to weigh in on their constituents' private medical decisions as well.
Meanwhile, it is unclear if Sen. Patrick will also be filing any mandatory taco-filling bills as well this session, or if Rick Perry will choose to designate beef filling another emergency item requiring immediate attention by the state of Texas. Legislation can be filed until the end of March.


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The fight was the main event at M-1 Challenge 61 in Russia at the weekend, and the combatants are Ante Delija and Marcin Tybura.
Delija is the man who suffers following his own offensive effort, immediately hitting the canvas after a powerful low-kick is met by his opponents knee.
On his way to the deck Delija tries to place his weight on the snapped limb, and in slo-mo the unnatural flex of the leg is painful viewing.
But don't just take my word for it.
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Ouch. Good of the ref and opponent to eventually pick up on the injury.
The Croatian fighter confirmed via his Facebook page that he has successfully undergone surgery and is now at the start of the road to recovery.
Ante Delija had successfully completed the surgery on his shin and now is recovering.
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Adding insult to grotesque injury, Delija is actually referred to as "Walking Trouble" within the fight world.
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BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian troops killed three people as tanks swept into a coastal city on Saturday, activists said, in a crackdown on protests against President Bashar al-Assad which drew criticism from an international Muslim group.
The 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation, adding its voice to growing Arab pressure on Assad, called for an immediate halt to the military campaign against protesters which activists say has killed 1,700 civilians in five months.
U.S. President Barack Obama and Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah repeated their calls for the crackdown to stop.
Obama also spoke to British Prime Minister David Cameron and the leaders called for an immediate end to attacks by Syrian government forces against protesters, the White House said. It said Obama and Cameron would "consult on further steps in the days ahead." [nN1E77C03V]
Saturday's bloodshed came a day after security forces shot dead 20 people during nationwide marches in which demonstrators called for Assad's overthrow and vowed they would "kneel only to God."
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said two people were killed and 15 wounded in heavy gunfire after around 20 military vehicles entered the Ramle district of Latakia, on the Mediterranean coast.
Soldiers backed by loyalist militia known as shabbiha were also deployed in the city's Sulaiba district, the group's head Rami Abdel Rahman said. "They are arresting dozens of people," he said, adding many people were fleeing the assault.
Troops and shabbiha killed one person in the town of Qusair, near the Lebanese border, and made arrests in nearby Jousiyah village, he said. The bodies of four people arrested during an assault last week in the Houla Plain, north of Homs city, were returned to their families, he added.
Syria has barred most independent media, making it hard to verify events on the ground in the unrest, one of a series of popular revolts against autocratic Arab leaders this year.
Authorities deny reports of deaths in detention and say 500 soldiers and police have been killed by armed groups they blame for the violence. State news agency SANA said three members of the security forces were killed in Friday's protests.
Since the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in early August, Assad has stepped up the military campaign, launching army assaults on the central city of Hama and the city of Deir al-Zor in the eastern Sunni Muslim tribal heartland. Assad's family, which has ruled Syria for 41 years, is from the minority Alawite sect.
After a wave of Arab criticism of Damascus last week, the Saudi Arabia-based Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) accused Syria on Saturday of using "excessive armed force" and called on Damascus to stop the bloodshed.
OIC Secretary-General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu urged Assad "to exercise utmost restraint through the immediate halt to the use of force to suppress popular demonstrations."
Obama and King Abdullah spoke by telephone on Saturday and "agreed that the Syrian regime's brutal campaign of violence against the Syrian people must end immediately," the White House said, adding the two leaders agreed to consult closely.
The Saudi monarch, who has had fraught relations with Assad but had worked with him to reduce tension in Lebanon last year, recalled his ambassador from Damascus on Monday.
France's Foreign Ministry advised citizens against traveling to Syria and urged any French people still in the country to leave using available commercial transport. Its website cited the "aggravation of tensions."
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday Syria would be better off without Assad and called on nations that buy oil or sell arms to Syria to cut those ties.
"We urge those countries still buying Syrian oil or gas, those countries still sending Assad weapons, those countries whose political and economic support give him comfort in his brutality, to get on the right side of history," she said.
Syria's oil industry, with which the Assad family has close links, generates most of the state's hard currency from crude output of 380,000 barrels per day.
While Syria exports crude oil, its refinery capacity is not sufficient to meet domestic demand for fuel. Trading sources said Swiss oil traders Vitol and Trafigura agreed to supply state firm Sytrol with 60,000 tonnes of gasoline this week.
The global campaign group Avaaz urged European nations on Friday to impose immediate restrictions on purchases of Syrian oil to "dry up" funding of Assad's forces. It said more than 150,000 Avaaz members had signed a petition to that effect.
On Wednesday, Washington imposed sanctions on Syria's largest bank and its biggest mobile telephone company, controlled by Assad's cousin Rami Makhlouf. The next day, U.S. Ambassador to Damascus Robert Ford said more sanctions would follow unless the Syrian authorities halted the violence.
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Despite Uber taking off around the world with an ever expanding network of drivers and passengers, the struggle for women to feel safe on their journey remains an issue.
According to BuzzFeed News, a former Uber customer service representative found 6,160 returns for the search query "sexual assault" in Uber customer support tickets. The term "rape" returned 5,827 individual tickets.
While the article goes on to explain Uber's rebuttal to these figures, they still provide food for thought.
Hoping to improve the safety of women passengers and drivers in America, is the soon to launch women only rideshare service, Chariot for Women.
The app is the brain child of Michal Pelletz, an Uber driver, who came up with the idea after an unsafe experience with a passenger. A young man entered his car and proceeded to babble directions and pass out. Pelletz called police for help and began to think, "what if that was a woman?".
Wanting to ensure women never found themselves in similarly risky positions, Chariot for Women plans to use new safety practices, including a thorough background checking of drivers and a safe word for both the driver and passenger.
When a driver starts her day, she will have to confirm her identity by answering a security question and confirm it again to any woman requesting a ride. When a request is made, both parties will be sent a safe word and the ride can only begin if the words match.
If the driver doesn't have the safe word, the passenger will know not to get into the car and can instead look for the correct driver.
Like Uber, the passenger will see a picture of the driver, the car's make and plate number for every ride while the app has adapted the model of real-time GPS tracking and maps so the passengers know exactly when the Chariot will arrive.


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Two former Labour home secretaries, Alan Johnson and Charles Clarke, have called for elected police and crime commissioners to be abolished, describing them as "an unhappy and unsatisfactory interlude in the history of British policing".
They say in a Guardian article that the 41 police and crime commissioners (PCCs) outside London have been imposed with a "derisory public mandate" and were born out of a "increasingly poisonous" relationship between Tory MPs and the police.
Their heavyweight intervention follows a call from Bob Jones, the Labour PCC for the West Midlands, the largest force outside of London, for the job to be scrapped, and will put serious pressure on the shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper, to go into next year's general election with a manifesto commitment for their abolition.
Johnson and Clarke argue that their party should grasp the political nettle of police force mergers in England and Wales and reduce them from the current 43 to between 15 to 18 separate forces.
At the same time they argue that a "local police commitment" is needed, combining "genuine local accountability" with a fresh approach to neighbourhood policing that promotes a closer partnership between the police and local schools and hospitals.
The two ex-home secretaries say the relationship between Conservative politicians and the police has become "increasingly poisonous" to the extent that, in office, their support for the traditional operational independence of the police – which dates back to the 1830s – has disappeared.
They say the standard was set by the London mayor, Boris Johnson, and his decision to sack two successive Metropolitan police commissioners.
"This unhealthy climate has now been translated across the country by the imposition of police and crime commissioners with a derisory public mandate. Three of them – in Avon and Somerset, Gwent and Lincolnshire – immediately decided to show who was boss by sacking their chief constables," write Johnson and Clarke.
"As the home affairs select committee rightly concluded, 'it is very easy for a PCC to remove a chief constable'. It's difficult to escape the conclusion that the PCC is a title searching for a role."
The first police and crime commissioners took office in November 2012 overseeing the 41 forces outside London, after elections with a historically low turnout of 15.1%. Despite being the flagship of her package of police reforms, even the home secretary, Theresa May, has described their record after the first 12 months as "mixed".
The two former home secretaries say the PCCs should be replaced by indirectly elected police boards made up of the leaders of the relevant local authorities, to remove party politics from the police service.
Labour is consulting on its future policing policy in the wake of the Stevens independent commission, whose establishment was encouraged by Cooper.
The commission, chaired by the former Met police commissioner John Stevens, recommended scrapping police and crime commissioners as one of its options and argued that the current structure of 43 forces was untenable, although it said there was no consensus about a better alternative.
The two former home secretaries say they want to see the independent commission's report implemented in full. Clarke, when he was home secretary, tried to push through a programme of police force mergers but was blocked by senior police chiefs.
The two Labour heavyweights say it is time to try again: "The Labour government will have to face up to the fact that, as almost everyone now recognises, the current arrangement of 43 different police forces is inefficient and requires reorganisation."
They say forces should be "merged in an organic way which respects local communities", which would lead to about 15-18 forces in England and Wales.
However, Johnson and Clarke back May's reforms of police pay and conditions, saying Labour needs to continue to "modernise them" and build on the report by Tom Winsor, who is now Her Majesty's chief inspector of constabulary.


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Resort Transfer FAQ – Basics, Baggage and Boredom
Nowadays, arranging an airport transfer onward to anywhere across the French Alps really couldn't be easier, but for the first-timer there are of course plenty of questions to ask. So with those heading to the slopes for the first time, here's a brief FAQ that should at least help clarify the basics:
Should I Book?
In a world – yes. The thing about booking in advance is that although it isn't compulsory by any means, it is the best option by far. Those that book their transfers in advance stand to save up to 50% or even higher on ticket prices, while at the same time don't have to worry about queues on the other side. What's more, reserved resort transfers will more often than not wait for their passengers when flights are delayed.
Where Will I be Picked Up?
In Geneva Airport there is a French side and a Swiss side – both of which operate their own transfer services to dozens of resorts. As such, it's very important to take a look at the details of the transfer service in question and see which side of the airport they pick up from and exactly where to wait. That being said, this can also be found out at the airport, though could involve some serious queuing at peak times.
What if I Have Excess Baggage?
The better transfer services operating today will always be able to make allowances for excess baggage, though in all cases this must be arranged ahead of time with the provider in question. It may not be possible for excess baggage to be carried if not booked and arranged in advance, though there are no guarantees that particularly large, cumbersome, heavy or dangerous items will be accepted for carriage at all. Always check with your provider before making any assumptions.
What if My Flight is Cancelled?
Any reputable airport transfer service that's been booked in advance will make arrangements for any late arrivals to get where they are going. If a flight is cancelled altogether and summarily rearranged for another time or day, the original tickets will either still be valid or will be reissued for the new service. As above however, it is the responsibility of the customer to make contact with the transfer provider if and when any delays or changes in itinerary creep into the equation.
Is There Entertainment On-Board?
Not specifically, but in the case of the market's very best French Alps transfer services all passengers are able to use free Wi-Fi. But then again, the beauty of the French Alps is really all the entertainment most ever need.
Is Private or Shared a Better Option?
For solo travellers, couples and smaller groups, the scheduled and shared coach transfers are always the cheapest on a price per person basis. However, if the group is larger, has any special needs to accommodate or demands the upmost privacy, private transfers can work out the best. In all instances however, it is never a bad idea to obtain a quote for both and decide which of the two is more appealing.


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I've been a-driftin and a-dallying on the sea
Call me a shipwrecked failure
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After numerous experimental builds, CyanogenMod finally announced the nightly builds of their latest CM14 ROM which is based on the Android 7.1 Nougat. The official CM14 nightly builds will be available for OnePlus 3, Moto G series and some handful of other devices for now. As the development is progressing, it will be rolled out for other devices also in coming weeks.
CyanogenMod is a community build custom version of the Android operating system. It offers a 'better' version than Google can provide, with more features and more control for the hardcore user. It is also commercially available as Cyanogen OS. Here are the 10 benefits of using Cyanogen OS over Android.
Although these nightly builds are not stable build yet, but the number of bugs depends on the device. Typically, the stable build is released after acknowledging the bugs which are encountered in these nightly builds. Even though these builds are not stable, most people will be able to use the nightly builds as a daily ROM.
Devices which are getting CM14 nightly builds in the first push includes:
- Nexus 6P
- Nexus 5X
- Xiaomi Mi3w/Mi4
- Moto G
- Moto G 4G
- Moto G 2nd Gen
- Moto G 2nd Gen 4G
- Samsung Galaxy S5
- OnePlus 3
- Asus Zenphone 2
CyaonogenMod also urged the developers and users to get involved with the project and said, "Now is a great time to get involved with the project too- CM is returning to its community-driven roots and there are endless ways to help out."


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Although many in the wine industry are experiencing very difficult times, we have actually increased our production by purchasing an adjoining 5 acre vineyard which is planted in French clones of Pinot Noir. I am looking forward to harvesting fruit from this vineyard next month - as it will enable us to increase the quality and quantity of our production.
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White House Invites Military Spouses to Mother's Day Tea
By Terri Moon Cronk
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 12, 2014 - To recognize military spouses' selfless service and sacrifice, First Lady Michelle Obama invited a group of military wives and family members to the annual Mother's Day Tea at the White House today.
Joined by Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, and as part of their Joining Forces initiative, Obama and Biden thanked the spouses and families for their service to the nation.
"We have an extraordinary group here today," the first lady told the audience members in the East Room of the White House. "We've got moms who served in Iraq [and] Afghanistan. We've got military wives and partners who've moved across the country again and again. We have grandmothers who helped take care of the kids while mom or dad or both were deployed."
Noting that she is both a "proud military mom and grandma," Biden said she was honored to be in the presence of military families. "I feel a special bond with other military moms," she added.
Obama emphasized military spouses' sacrifice by noting a couple of moms in the audience.
Judith Chedville, the first lady noted, served the nation in Iraq and Kuwait, but left the service in 2004 because she could no longer serve in good conscience under the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law.
"When my husband repealed the policy in 2011, Judith re-enlisted," the first lady said, eliciting applause. "Today, she is a first lieutenant in the Texas Army National Guard. She is here with her spouse, Alicia Butler, and their beautiful 1-year-old daughter, Jordan."
Obama also introduced Karen Ruedisueli, whose husband is an Army major and served several years in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"In their short lifetime, [the Ruedisueli children] have lived in 10 different houses," the first lady said. "They have gone to three different elementary schools. With all those moves, Karen was forced to put her 15-year career in marketing and development on hold. But she has been determined to use her skills and her talents to give back, so over the past few years she's been a volunteer for Blue Star families."
Obama added that Ruedisueli also has led the Family Readiness Group when her husband's unit deployed to Afghanistan, and she now works full-time with the National Military Family Association to advocate for other families like hers.
Obama said the audience members are the "perfect examples" of why they were invited to the annual tea.
"As military moms, you're doing so much, not just for your families, but for your communities and our country. Most people don't know that," the first lady noted.
"You are the ones with husbands deployed, and you're still driving the carpool and volunteering, joining neighborhood organizations, working with your congregations to prepare care packages for other people," Obama said. "And no matter what your country asks of you and your family, you're the ones who step up and you do it with grace, dignity and without complaint."
Noting that a "special guest" was in the audience "as a token of gratitude" for the military families, Obama introduced singer/songwriter Norah Jones, who seated herself at a grand piano in the East Room and played songs for the Mother's Day tea participants.
*Related Sites:*
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99X Atlanta Is No More; The Bone Debuts
On the heels of Clear Channel flipping Active Rock "Project 9-6-1" WKLS Atlanta to CHR, Cumulus has dropped the heritage Alternative "99X" brand in the market.
Listen to the launch of 98.9 The Bone at FormatChange.com.
Update 9/1: After running the stunt loop for 18 hours, 98.9 debuted its new Active Rock "98.9 The Bone" format at 12pm.
The first five songs on the Bone were: Volbeat "Warrior's Call", Foo Fighters "Rope", Shinedown "Unity", Metallica "King Nothing", and Chevelle "Hats Off To The Bull".
Original Report 8/31: At 6pm, 98.9 W255CJ/99.7 WWWQ-HD2 dropped the "99X" Alternative format and began stunting with a teaser of the new Active Rock format that will debut on "The New 98.9" on Saturday, September 1 at 12:00pm. The new format will be branded as "98.9 The Bone" as 989TheBone.com was registered today and a new Facebook page is already live.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Rodney Ho quotes Cumulus' John Dickey:
We are the saviors the rock. We ran Clear Channel out of format. We are going to save rock for all Atlantans.
Unlike the 100kW 96.1 signal that Project had and 99X had at its original home on 99.7, 98.9 is a 250 watt translator that covers just Atlanta proper and directly surrounding areas. Listen to the current stunt loop here.


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Grab a t-shirt, golden acrylic paint, and
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You can use rubber bands, but I
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The more bunches the better!
Use a brush to paint it.
Untwist the ties and this is what you get!
I wanted some extra golden bling!
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Chauhan was recently listed on a magazine's list of 50 Most Influential Women. Her success is evident in the company's trajectory — within five years of taking over, she has propelled Parle Agro's growth to Rs 2,500 crore, turning it into a multi-brand entity with a dynamic product portfolio.
A mother of two, Chauhan credits a childhood hobby — horse riding — for shaping her into the person she is today.
Not horsing around
Chauhan comes from a family of horse lovers. "My grandfather would take my father [Prakash Chauhan] to Matheran. They would spend all their time with the horses and going for rides," Chauhan tells ETPanache. This became a family tradition, with Prakash Chauhan taking his daughters on annual trips to Matheran. "If given an option to holiday anywhere in the world or Matheran, I will choose to be among the horses," she says. Growing up, Chauhan honed her horse-riding skills at the Amateur Riders Club at the Mahalaxmi Race Course in Mumbai.
"I once participated in a competition in Matheran at the Olympia racecourse. I won," she says. Her biggest regret, she admits, is not learning how to make a horse jump. The family owned four horses — Asterix, Pepto, Cournal and Dino. But Chauhan's favourite was a white horse she rode in Matheran. "His name was Balram. He was a little old and a bit of a grump, but he was beautiful. I would spend time at the stables watching him being groomed," she recollects.
A businesswoman, a homemaker
Now, caught between juggling her career and home life, Chauhan says she does not ride as much now, but plans on getting back to it once her children are old enough. "We still have one horse at our farmhouse, Dino. My kids are very attached to him."
Delighted that her children share the passion, she says, "Horse riding is not just about learning how to sit on the saddle, but also the connection you build with the animal. It is an amazing form of fitness, it's a feeling of great power and control; a sense of freedom as you shoot through with such speed."


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My girls love playing outside in the backyard, especially messy arts and crafts projects. One of the things they have been asking for is to play with chalk on our backyard bricks, but honestly, I'm not a fan of chalk! Yes… I am a former teacher who does NOT like chalk, so just imagine myself either begging for a whiteboard or using one of those weird chalk holders. That's why I love making this DIY Outside Chalk Paint, especially during summer vacation! This post may contain affiliate links.
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The best part about this chalk paint is that you can really create amazing bright colors! My girls love going outside and creating fun art. My husband loves that it washes off easily when it rains or with the hose.
It really is perfect for spring and summer fun outdoors. My girls really love being on their electronics and this is one of the ways that I get them to go outdoors. They can never say no to some chalk paint!
Ingredients Needed:
- 1/2 cup of cornstarch
- 1/2 cup of water
- Gel food coloring
- Individual containers or cupcake/muffin tin
- Paintbrushes
- In a bowl or container mix together your cornstarch and water. Mix, until everything is dissolved.
- Pour a little bit of your chalk mixture into separate containers or cupcake tin. Our mixture made enough for 6 different colors.
- Add 1-2 drops of gel food coloring into each individual container or cupcake spots. Mix with a spoon, careful to clean your spoon before mixing another color 🙂 We used gel food coloring because the colors come out brighter than using liquid food coloring.
- Head outside with some paint brushes and let your artists go to town!
The girls had so much fun painting on our bricks in our backyard. They even painted their feet and hands to make prints! That's how you know this mommy does a lot of handprint crafts.
The colors turned out amazingly bright! Even the hubby was surprised how it looked like chalk after the paint dried. This is a craft we are no doing every week.
I am going to give you all a little warning though… food coloring stains… especially on hands. It eventually comes off, but for a few days, my girls walked around with purple and pink hands.
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Carter USM, The Wendys, Martin Taylor, Gregson/Collier, Dream Academy, The Apples and The Wild River Apples, plus Fidelio reviewed.
Garter for ten!
Radio One DJs are falling over each other to praise Carter USM at the very moment they've been advised to keep their single offthe airwaves. Alastair Mabbott wonders how they will fare as chart fodder.
The other week, on BBC 1 '5 Scene Today. Radio One DJ Mark Goodier named Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine one of his dead certs for 1991. Given that one of his other tips was walking Sinatra tribute Harry Connick Jr. Carter were an unlikely choice -— a duo called Jim Bob and Fruitbat whose current single. 'Bloodsport For All'. (concerning bullying and racism in the army) has been banned by Goodier's station. The DJ was nonetheless unstinting in his praise. 'They're a band that's not afraid to compromise,' he enthused, a fluffed compliment. or, then again. perhaps exactly what he meant to say. Whatever. he isn't the only one to have fallen under their spell. Jonathon King, when he organised last month's Great British Music weekend. made sure that Carter were on the bill. And out of the dozens of indie worthies. Carter are making the surest progress to the big charts. Unusually, they have done it by virtue of sticking to that seemingly outmoded rock'n'roll routine ofconstant touring. 'I don't know if many people get away with it, do they?' asks Jim Bob. 'We quite like it this way
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because it's not been like. do three gigs and then release the single which will go to Number Two. Every record we've done has always moved up a stage. and the gigs get more full. So it's never reached that stage where there's the same amount of people on one tour as there are on the next one.' He sniffs proudly. 'An honest way of doing it. I think."
However. the aura of the indie ghetto is still perceived hanging around them. They have difficulty getting gigs in Scotland. Wales and Ireland.
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what can cause my olds wagon to start sucking oil into air cleaner
what can cause oil to go into my air cleaner on my 1986 oldsmobile custom
cruiser wagon 307 V8
the wagon has 160000 miles and is well maintained i just have no clue
what is causing this problem and i am not driving the car because of this
and i love this car so please help
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First off check the PCV system, make sure the valve is clean and has manifold vacuum, then check the PCV system filter and hoses, make sure they are clean and open and the hose hasn't collapsed. If all of that checks good and you still have oil then a cylinder pressure test is the next order of the day, this will tell you if the rings are allowing too much pressure by during the compression stroke, this increases crankcase pressures and lifts oil into the crankcase vent ares. In other words a worn out engine.
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Christmas Day kicks off with a leisurely bucks fizz breakfast before a traditional Christmas Lunch is served, and gift giving and games are the order of the afternoon, topped with a delicious help-yourself buffet in the evening. After a big Boxing Day breakfast, enjoy a leisurely guided walk around the village followed by afternoon tea, and for those who still feel lively, there's archery tuition in the garden.
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It is a common condition, closely tied to the hormone testosterone which occurs in women and men. When testosterone combines with an alpha-reductase enzyme, it converts into a molecule called DHT, which causes hair loss as your hair follicles start to shrink. As men have more testosterone than women, balding is more common in men and follows a particular pattern which is described as male-pattern baldness. Women commonly lose hair from their entire scalp in no particular pattern, which leads to a gradual thinning of their crowning glory as they get older.
Modern hair loss treatments now include topical medications, surgically transplanted hair plugs, and powerful drugs, but these treatments are not always adequate or suitable for specific conditions.
Saw Palmetto for hair loss
Preparations of Saw Palmetto berries have been in use by Native Americans for generations for various conditions like bladder infections, hair loss, and prostate problems. Scientists discovered why when they realized that an ingredient in this berry blocks 5-alpha-reductase – an enzyme that converts testosterone to DHT and causes hair loss and plays a role in prostate enlargement.
Although it is used widely in Europe for prostate-related conditions, it is now moving into the spotlight as a possible solution for female hair loss. Women cannot take Propecia due to its effect on the hormones, and the higher-strength Rogaine (Rogaine for Men) which prevents hair loss in males can have considerable side-effects when used by women.
Saw Palmetto is being considered as a viable alternative to help reduce age-related female hair loss.
What is Saw Palmetto?
Saw palmetto is the yellow berry-like fruit of a fan-like palm called serenoa repens which grow in warm climates. The fruit ripens to a brown/black color, are picked, dried and used for medicinal properties. It is very rich in phytosterols and fatty acids.
Studies on Saw Palmetto for hair loss
Small-scale studies have pinpointed the criteria that will be necessary to do successful larger studies over a longer period to conclusively prove the efficiency of Saw Palmetto. In the meanwhile, there is no doubt that straw palmetto is a mild to moderate DHT blocker. While it cannot yet be recommended as the primary hair loss treatment for everyone, the use of Saw Palmetto for hair loss has found widespread acceptance when used in conjunction with other supplements and botanicals to stimulate hair growth. Some scientifically formulated Minoxidil preparations contain saw palmetto in its formula.
Using Saw Palmetto
Natural does not mean "no side effects", and you should always inform your doctor when you change supplements. While Saw Palmetto is unusually safe, it is not a recommended supplement for children. Rare side effects are mild headaches or stomach pains. Saw palmetto may thin the blood and should never be combined with blood-thinning medication such as Warfarin.
How Long Before I See Results with Saw Palmetto?
Saw palmetto is a relatively gentle product with a mild anti-androgen effect, and prolonged use is recommended. Results are seen in stages: the prevention of further hair loss, and then regrowth of hair. It is a relatively inexpensive product even if the best quality if sought and can be used with most other treatments by both men and women
Bottom Line
Rapid results? No. Long term satisfaction? A pleasant surprise.


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Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo – 04
"It Looks Like I've Fallen For Yamada!"
Clichés and Kisses:
Yamada-kun is unique in the way it has the constant kissing that is so often seen as impossible in other anime, but this episode definitely revelled in the clichés you'd expect to see in a typical school anime. School trip? Check. Onsen episode? Check. Girls grabbing each other's boobs? Double check. Those common set-ups and tropes aside, this episode was still just as funny as what we've seen before, even if the gags were repeated on several occasions. Once you take these typical hijinks and garnish with plenty of kissing scenes, you've got something pretty entertaining.
Yamada is still doing a terrible job at acting as Shiraishi, and she's just using their body swapping as an excuse to get some studying done. Still, their relationship is progressing, and they had their longest kiss yet. It's also nice to see Shiraishi opening up with the others girls after Yamada sets her up for the late night girl talk. No major developments, but sometimes the baby steps are what makes it all the more worthwhile once you reach the end point.
Odagiri Nene's Attraction:
As expected, it's Odagiri's presence in the story that shakes things up for the better. Things would get a little boring if we were just going to get body swapping for 12 episodes – now we've also got attraction via kisses! I remember when I first read this part in the manga, I was laughing hysterically over Miyamura and Itou falling for Yamada and fighting for his affections. As is common with this adaptation so far, a lot was shifted around and some of the funnier moments were cut (like Miyamura sensually blowing on Yamada's neck). I suppose there's always the manga to read if you want to experience the story in full – which I would definitely recommend.
Even though this episode was mainly just for kicks and giggles, the most important part has to be that Odagiri clearly knew that Yamada's kiss wouldn't affect her, and that something quite different would happen. It seems like he's lost his body-swapping powers, but without spelling it out for you, this is called Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches, and two of the seven girls in the OP are Shiraishi and Odagiri… the first time he kissed one he developed the ability to swap bodies, and the second gave him the power of attraction. Only five more to go.
Overview – What's Next?:
I definitely preferred this episode to last week's, even if there was less to chew on. It was a return to the gags and kisses that made the first two episode oh-so hilarious. We also got a pretty funny omake this week, which had Yamada and Miyamuya playing puppets. The highlight, though, was Shiraishi's blush over the cute plushie. Isn't Shiraishi just the best?
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As the battle over Scottish independence heats up, residents of three groups of remote Scottish islands, some of which straddle oil and gas fields northeast of Britain, are calling for their own breakaway votes and greater autonomy.Islanders from Shetland, Orkney and the Western Isles have lodged a petition with the Scottish parliament asking for a vote on Sept. 25, a week after a referendum on whether Scotland should sever its ties with the United Kingdom after 307 years.Local councils in the three island groups have also launched a campaign called "Our Islands, Our Future" to seek more powers after the Sept. 18 vote, whatever the result, which could include control of the seabed around the islands.A spokeswoman for the Scottish parliament said more than 620 people had signed the petition since it was launched March 20 .


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I'm a terrible blogger, I've been so busy moving from the city to the countryside and writing lots of features and doing lots of lovely make-up and hair styling, that I've totally neglected my blog! I promise to make amends though, so I thought a pick of my latest swoonsome finds that encompass the three A/W2015 interior trends that I have my beady eye on. It might go some way to say sorry to my lovely readers….:-)
Here goes…
I found this awesome shop called Adairs which is Australian-based (aren't ALL the beautiful things always from Aus?) and while I think they ship to the UK, it would be great if someone (hint, hint, Britain) might become a supplier? Anyhoo, I'm coveting the cloud covers for my two little girls' new bunk beds. I had to suffer brown gingham in the 1970s on my bed, so my girls are going to get something p-r-e-t-t-y! They cost around $AUD99 for a single which is like £45. Pricey but nicey! This is the colour pop trend in a nutshell – pretty bright splashes of rainbow hues against a fresh neutral palette. What's not to love? Throw in some stripes, a bit of chevron, some polka dots and you're laughing!
Gosh this is pretty don't you think?
While we are still at Adairs, I'm totally bagging these gold spot stickers for my new home office – a little pop of gold in the morning is sure to dust away the cobwebs!
Now to some glamour – this is such a hot trend at the moment in interiors, and one I'm quite partial to – not the whole shebang, mind, just a sprinkling here and there…take this teeny gold geometric vase, for example, I love it! It's EUR10 from Aprilandthebear.com.
Another trend that is creeping into the autumn is the decadent gothica styling which is evident in the latest high street offerings. I like elements of this, such as this Edith Cushion found at House Junkie (£72). Just the right amount of macabre fun to make it onto my sofa!
Still at HouseJunkie, check out this angle poise candelabra – I mean, come on! This one might be a tad pricey at £75 but it's so original! I loves it.
So there we have my autumn edit. I promise I will add more soon! Enjoy x
I just bought a set of these white Matryoshka measuring cups for £9.99 at Bristol's coolest gift-shop-type -emporium 'Iota' – it doesn't have a website, but does have a Facebook page. Now I can bake my cakes in style! But while I was browsing for an online supplier, I came across Fred & Friends – a rather quirky little shop that stocks unsual and humorous products to make your home look good and put a smile on your chops.
I particularly like the 'Foot in the door' door stop (frustratingly prices are not listed next to the product – i believe you have to purchase through their outlets including Amazon and Fredflare.com) but well worth a browse.
I also found some other Matryoshka measuring cups in technicolour, but for quite a bit more (£28) at Antropologie:
I am totally in love with their bedding section too…have a look (if you dare!) Also in their sale section, they have this exquisite tea set, plucked from the very depths of the ocean! Feel like a mermaid while having a brew…only £7!
One last Matryoshka inspired bit of loveliness: How about this bunting? Cute eh? It costs £22 and can be found in Hunky Dory Home.
And their beautiful cushion too…(£22) Now that's enough 🙂


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