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GAZIANTEP, Turkey — In this border town, not far from Aleppo, Syria's economic hub, a busy Syrian consulate had been a symbol of the strong political and economic ties the two countries had shared for more than a decade.
But these days, a note now posted to its door is perhaps a better description of the Syrian-Turkish relationship: "The Gaziantap Syrian Arab Republic Consulate is closed until further notice."
The closing of the consulate is just the latest in a series of events that has brought these two neighbors — which although have had a rocky history, have enjoyed close ties in recent years — worryingly close to conflict.
Turkish-Syrian relations reached a new low after Turkey imposed sanctions on its once close ally last week.
Turkey has been one of the most vocal critics of a violent crackdown against protesters by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's security forces. The Turkish government has been diplomatically hammering the Assad government since the uprising began in earnest earlier this year, warning Assad to find a peaceful solution as early as August.
The economic sanctions, however, were the first concrete step Ankara has taken against Syria, and now Damascus is firing back. The Syrian government, in retaliation, suspended a free trade agreement that had existed between the two countries since 2007.
The nine point list of sanctions aims to force the Assad regime's hand financially. The sanctions include a a travel ban and the freezing of financial assets belonging to ket members of the Syrian government. Turkey also halted all transactions it conducts with the Syrian Central Bank and the Commercial Bank of Syria.
Under the sanctions, Turkish authorities said the country would prohibit the transport of all military equipment and weapons into Syria via Turkish territories. Turkey will also stop credit payments to Syria and will suspend a large loan that had been intended for infrastructure projects inside.
"In our opinion, by wasting all the opportunities offered to them, including the final opportunity of the Arab League, the Syrian administration has come to the end of the road," said The Syrian Administration set the stage for this on its own," said Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in a statement.
The sanctions last week came at the heels of an Arab League decision to implement its own sanctions on Syria and marked a dramatic change in strategy on behalf of Turkey, which had previously tried to convince its former ally to begin a reform process.
In August, Davutoglu traveled to Syria to deliver a message urging Assad to stop all military operations against its people. But despite the efforts, Assad has repeatedly rejected Turkey's call for reform and recently rebuked an offer from the Arab League to send observers into Syria to assess the situation.
Meanwhile, the United Nations said that more than 4,000 people have likely been killed during clashes in Syria since demonstrations began in mid-March. Avaaz, an international human rights organization, said the number could be even higher.
"The economic sanctions will effect the businessmen in Syria who support Assad. It is a good step, it will effect the regime but it will not topple Assad," said Halit Khodja, a member of the Syrian National Council, a broad-based opposition group outside Syria.
Khodja said that the opposition also hopes that Turkey and other countries in the region would institute a no-fly zone and other protections that would hinder the Syrian military.
"The next step needs to be a buffer zone and a no fly zone," Khodja said. "But just pushing Turkey to the front lines would not be successful without international support," he said.
Ankara has made clear that they will not pursue a no-fly zone or any other military actions without support from NATO or the United Nations.
Turkish criticism of the Assad regime has been building since more than 10,000 Syrian refugees, fleeing a military crackdown on protests in Jisr al Shugur, a city near the border, crossed into Turkey in June.
The Turkish government responded by establishing camps in the border town of Hatay. More than 7,000 refugees still remain in those camps and many more, who are staying with family or friends, are scattered throughout Turkey.
Although most of the refugees living in Hatay are civilians, some are members of the Free Syrian Army, a small group of military defectors who have begun to organize a small, but growing, armed rebellion. Last month, the group launched an unprecedented attack on a Syrian Air Force Intelligence base that is a symbol of the regime's most-feared branch of security.
A defining moment in the breakdown in relations between the Turkey and Syria came in November when pro-Assad demonstrators attacked Turkish diplomatic missions in three Syrian cities. The supporters burned a Turkish flag and posters of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey.
"Bashar Assad should see the tragic end that meets leaders who declare war on their people," Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said after the attacks. "Oppression does not create order and a future cannot be built on the blood of the innocent. History will remember such leaders as those who fed on blood. And you Assad are headed toward opening such a page."


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The baby bib's number one job is to be a stain force field. It is often the only line of defense between that adorable handmade white sweater from Aunt Lisa and a favorite bottle of fruit punch. The best bib should: fit snuggly around baby's chinny-chin-chin, be absorbent, easy to launder, fast to get on and off, and in my book, super cute. When you're under 24 months, the bib is your primary fashion statement... ya gotta work it. We offer a free, downloadable pattern for our Snap-On Baby Bib.
Our thanks to Michael Miller Fabrics for providing us with the beautiful wonderful Pretty Bird from Pillow & Maxfield for this project. The incredible hot pinks, vibrant limes and bright blues of this collection made for very happy bibs, but the options available in today's designer cottons are nearly limitless. Part of the fun will be finding your perfect match.
These cute little bibs have bias binding all the way around. If you are new to binding, it can look a little scary. Not to worry. Nice, neat binding is really all about practice, and going slowly and evenly, gradually feeding the fabric into the binding. Don't expect to just wrap, pin and stitch. Going too quickly or assuming everything stays put and never moves is where disappointment lurks: you pull it out of the machine and there's a big chunk of fabric that's slipped out and isn't captured within the binding. Save yourself some seam ripper time and some tears. Go nice and slow and feed a little bit at a time. Set your needle so it stops in the down position and there's no worry about your stitches getting out of line. Slow and steady, Mr. Turtle.
Sewing Tools You Need
- Any Sewing Machine (we recommend the Janome 3160QDC)
Fabric and Other Supplies
Supplies listed below are for TWO MATCHING bibs. We wanted to show variety and so used two different fabrics for our bib fronts. However, the most efficient use is to cut two bib fronts from the same fabric.
- ⅓ yard of 44-45" wide fabric for front of cloth: we used Pillow & Maxfield Pretty Bird from Michael Miller Fabrics in Lime Dancing Flowers and Lime Bloomies
- ⅓ yard of 44-45" wide terry cloth for back of cloth: we used Michael Miller's new organic terry cloth in natural (not shown in ingredients photo above)
- Two packages of ½" double-fold bias tape: we used Wrights extra wide, double-fold bias tape in Lemon Ice
NOTE: One package contains 3 yards, however each bib uses slightly more than 1½ yards to make it all the way around smoothly. So you really should have one package per bib to be safe. Believe me, you really don't want more than one seam in something this small.
- All-purpose sewing thread in colors to match fabric and bias tape
- Small piece of medium-weight fusible interfacing: you need just enough to cut four small circles to reinforce the areas where the snaps will go
- Snap setting tool
NOTE: See our tutorial for more information on these tools
- 2 size 18 pearl-head snap sets
- Scissors or rotary cutter and mat
- See-through ruler
- Straight pins
- Iron and ironing board
Getting Started
- Download and print the Baby Bib Pattern.
IMPORTANT: This pattern consists of TWO 8.5" x 11" sheets. You must print this PDF file at 100%. DO NOT SCALE to fit the page.
- Butt the pages together to create the full pattern. Do NOT overlap. Tape together.
- Cut out the pattern along the solid line.
- Using the pattern (as noted on the pattern piece, you cut along the fold), cut TWO from the print fabric for the bib fronts and TWO from the terry cloth for the bib backs. Make sure the ribs of the terry cloth run lengthwise along the fold line.
- Cut four small (about the size of a quarter coin is good) circles from the medium-weight fusible interfacing.
At Your Sewing Machine & Ironing Board
- Following manufacturer's direction, iron a circle of interfacing on to each end of each bib front to stabilize the area where the snaps will be applied.
- Place a fabric bib front and a terry cloth bib back WRONG sides together. Pin around the edges, then stitch together ¼" from the edge all the way around. this allows you to now treat the two pieces as one.
NOTE: Terry cloth is quite stretchy so don't be afraid to use plenty of pins to hold it in place. And, whenever you have dissimilar fabrics being sewn together it is best to stitch with the more difficult one (in this case the terry) down in order to let the feed dogs (those little grippy teeth in the plate below your presser foot) move it through the machine for you. Keep an even tension on the layers as they go through the machine.
- Open up your package of bias tape binding. You'll notice the binding is folded so one edge is slightly longer than the other. For this project, you will encase the raw edges of the bib with the shorter fold on the front and the longer fold wrapped around to the back.
NOTE: Simply encasing the raw edges with the double-fold bias tape is the faster way to attach binding. For additional options for bias binding, see our full tutorial, Bias Binding: Figuring Yardage, Cutting, Making, Attaching.
- You want to start pinning your binding on the gentlest part of your curve; the place where it is the closest to being straight. On our bib pattern, that would be along the bottom edge. Do not stretch the binding as you pin. Pin the binding through all layers as shown.
- When you reach the tight curve at the neck of the bib begin pinning across the curve and only pin through the top layer of binding into the bib.
- Use lots of pins and carefully work your way around the curve slightly folding the fabric where necessary.
- To smooth out the bigger folds you can even go back add more pins in between to divide up the extra fabric between the first set of pins.
- After you have worked your way around the curve on the top side, turn the piece over and repeat this process on the back side. Yes, it looks a little like a porcupine.
- Continue pinning until you reach the starting point and trim the end so it overlaps by approximately 1".
- Fold and press the end under ¼" and pin so that it overlaps the unfinished end of the binding.
- Use a zig zag stitch to stitch the binding in place. A zig zag is more 'forgiving' than a straight stitch; in other words, your seam line can wobble a little without it being noticeable on the finished piece.
- The swing of your needle should be about ⅛" from the edge of the fabric. I found that aligning the edge of the foot with the edge of my fabric worked well as a guide.
- Sew slowly and remove each pin as you come to it, easing the fabric into the binding as you go. To keep "on track", you can stop periodically, with your needle in the down position, and pivot your fabric slightly.
- Apply snaps to each end of the neck. If you are new to snap application, see our tutorial: How To Apply Metal Snaps to Fabric.
- Press well with steam.
Project Design: Alicia Thommas
Sample Creation and Instructional Outline: Julia Chapman

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Have a go at Archery
Date: 10 February 2018
Price: £10
Start: 1 hour sessions at 12pm, 1pm and 2pm
Come and have a go at the ancient sport of archery, located on the stunning shoreline of Windermere, England's largest lake! Sessions at 12pm, 1pm and 2pm. Please wear suitable footwear as the ground can be muddy and slippery. Age 7 and over. Adult supervision is required for children under 14 years old.
Please note that all sessions are weather dependent.
Call us on 0845 272 0004 (calls cost 2p per minute plus your phone company's access charge) if you would like to book or if you have any questions.


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As soon as I opened the package, this is what I saw. She wrapped the swap in blue wrapping paper and blue tape. I know you don't see the tape but it's there... hehe~ I thought it was so sweet she remembered my favorite color, blue, and even the letter is blue!
After several hours of staring at the pretty wrapping, I finally decided to open it up. Here's what I got in the swap. This girl added way too much!!!
Her gift to me was this blue MJ, Majolica Majorca, Jeweling Line polish in BL555. I can't wait to try this out on my nails... wheee~
She also included this Biore Body Powder Sheets. She remembered my comment on her Poupee Girl. I think that's so sweet she remembered what I said. In honestly, I find that amazing in a person who actually listen!!!
Another product she included was this Face Mask which I'm excited to try!
I have never seen this product which makes it more exciting to try, Wet Head Cotton Buds. She told me she uses this to clean her makeup. I swear Asia has such brilliant idea products... hehe~ :)
My swap was MJ, Majolica Marjorca, eyeshadow palette in BR751 and plastic container for nail polish remover.
You know this will go to good use with me... hehe~ ;)
Thank you Miracle!!! :)
Yesterday, I visited Forever 21. I swear that was the biggest mistake because I ended up buying more headbands!!! :X I really need to stop but ribbons really get to me. People who know me knows I'm really into ribbons. :X I even like ribbon rings... hehe~
I only saw this in black and white. The white looked really bad on me or at least I think so, therefore, I got it in black.
This was the last one they had of this. I thought it was really simple and cute. I like it!!! :)


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Nice card very pretty!
It is great to see this, thank you,
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very nice card,thankyou.
Warm wish for the special one you are missing on a full moon.
Get romantic with your sweetheart with this passionate wish.
Send greetings to your loved ones on Full Moon Day!
A romantic ecard to wish on this Full Moon Day!
Fun wish for friends.
My love, there's only you in my life, The only thing that's right. My first love...
On Full Moon Day, have a brightest night of your life!
Beautiful Full Moon Day ecard for your beloved.
A lovely ecard to show your love to your sweetheart on this Full Moon Day!
Send your loved one a romantic ecard on Full Moon Day.
Send this full moon day ecard to anyone you know.
Share this cute ecard to everyone,
Religious day observed by buddhists.
Time to be romantic and be in the arms of your sweetheart on Full Moon Day.
Moon is happy.
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Dear Gurudev, you said there are different types of prana, could you please talk a little bit more about that?
Sri Sri : There are ten types of Prana (the subtle life force energy). Of these, there are five major and five minor kinds of Prana. Today let me just talk about the five major types of Prana.
The first major type of Prana is called Prana which arises from your navel upwards to the top of the head.
Then there is another type of Prana that goes downwards from the navel, and it is called Apana.
When the Prana level is too high, you cannot sleep; you can get insomnia and you feel very jittery. However, if the Apana level is too high, you feel so dull that you do not even want to get off the bed.
Have you had this experience? Sometimes you feel so heavy, gross, and dull. This is due to the imbalance of Apana.
The third type of Prana is Samana which is present as the digestive fire in the digestive system, i.e., in the stomach. It is the agni or the fire that helps digest the food.
Samana is that which helps indigestion, and it also helps other bodily systems. It helps in balancing the system.
Then there is Udana Vayu or Udana Prana which is somewhere near the heart region and is responsible for emotions.
In Sudarshan Kriya, people cry or they laugh, and you find that all these emotions well up. This is due to the Udana Vayu. So this Udana Vayu is responsible for all the emotions.
Then the fifth type of Prana called Vyana which is responsible for all the movement in the body. It is spread all over the body.
In Sudarshan Kriya, you feel some tingling, some energy all over the body. Have you all experienced this?
What happens in Sudarshan Kriya is, all the five Pranas get balanced, and that is why you cry, or you laugh, and you feel a tingling all over the body. That is the specialty of Sudarshan Kriya.
You also tend to feel very hungry after the Kriya, is it not so?
So, these five Prana in the body run our lives.
If Samana is imbalanced, then it gives rise to digestive problems, and you cannot digest the food properly, or you may experience nausea. All this happens because of an imbalance of the Samana Prana.
When Udana Prana is stuck, you feel an emotional block that also affects your thinking and your mind.
When the Vyana which is all over the body is imbalanced, then you have joint pain, or movement trouble, and either you become too jittery and restless, or you may feel like you do not want to do anything.
Moving around anywhere in such a state gives discomfort and creates restlessness in the body. All this is caused by the Vyana imbalance.
Be passionate about knowledge, be passionate about doing service, be passionate about thinking; or about anything. Some passion definitely needs to be there in life. You can have a passion for wisdom as well.
After Sudarshan Kriya, you would have noticed that all these imbalances go away. Has this not happened to all of you?
All earlier discomfort in the movements of the body, or its circulation, or some pains due to Vyana imbalance, all disappeared after Sudarshan Kriya.
So these are the five different Pranas.
There are five other sub-ordinate Pranas as well, but that we will discuss that another time.


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Colorado Republicans flood victory offices after debate, volunteer to help
Apparently Barack Obama wasn't the only one surprised by Mitt Romney's effective performance during their first presidential debate, held Wednesday at the University of Denver.
Republicans have been showing up in droves at GOP victory offices around the state ever since the debate, said Ellie Wallace, Colorado victory communications director for the Republican National Committee.
Thursday, the day after the debate, was the single biggest volunteer recruitment day for Colorado this cycle, she said, noting that almost twice as many volunteers came in to help than had been recruited and were expected to show up.
Today, they had to almost double the number of phones at their state headquarters to accommodate the influx of new volunteers. It also was their biggest day of voter contact — calls and knocking on doors — in Colorado this election cycle.


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An appellate court has ruled that a judge was wrong to "friend" on Facebook a woman whose divorce case the judge presided over.
The 5th District Court of Appeal in Daytona Beach last week ruled that Judge Linda Schoonover should not have sent a Facebook friend request to Sandra Chace when the judge was still presiding over Chace's divorce case.
Chace didn't respond to the request on the advice of her attorney. Chace claims the judge retaliated against her by ordering her to pay her ex-husband a high amount of alimony and assume most of the marital debt.
Chace had requested that Schoonover disqualify herself from the case, and the appellate court agreed.
The appellate court said such actions by a judge can undermine the judge's appearance of impartiality.


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Roedog needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 53 designs submitted by 14 freelance designers.
I need a very Modern catchy logo for my eBay store which will be remembered by customers as my global brand.
International Buying & Marketing
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Logo for my ebay store "I.B.Marketing" which stands for INTERNATIONAL BUYING & MARKETING. We aim and having a very wide range of products, mainly electronics. But we Import and Export almost Anything! Anywhere! We strive to give buyers the best products at the best prices
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Many Hispanists blame the late president Cory Aquino for removing the Spanish language as an official Filipino language. But many individuals interested in this subject might start to wonder: why blame Tita Cory for the removal of the Spanish language when it seemed to be no longer official as far back as 1973 under Ferdinand Marcos?
This blogpost attempts to clarify the whole issue once and for all. It also provides some background of the Spanish language vis-à-vis the evolution of the Philippine Constitution.
The Spanish language during the days of empire
Since 24 June 1571 (the founding date of the Philippines), Spanish has been the official language of government and court offices. There was no written constitution back then since the Philippines was an overseas territory under the Spanish crown. But the Leyes de Indias (Laws of the Indies) oversaw the social, political, and economic life of Filipinos. Also, many educational institutions such as the Ateneo Municipal de Manila and the Universidad de Santo Tomás taught its students using Spanish as a medium of instruction. And all church documents were written in that same language. All this for obvious reasons.
It may be true that the Spanish language was not the mother tongue of the majority of natives who lived during the Spanish times. But that does not mean that it was not spoken on a national level.
When Tagalog rebels revolted against Spain and proclaimed the independence of the country on 12 June 1898, it should be noted that they still chose Spanish as the official language of the First Philippine Republic (1899-1901) under President Emilio Aguinaldo. And this was made official when the Constitución Política de Malolos (Malolos Constitution) was promulgated on 22 January 1899.
Article 93 of the said constitution states:
El empleo de las lenguas usadas en Filipinas es potestativo. No puede regularse sino por la ley, y solamente para los actos de la autoridad pública y los asuntos judiciales. Para estos actos se usará por ahora la lengua castellana.
(Translation: The use of languages spoken in the Philippines shall be optional. Their use cannot be regulated except by virtue of law, and solely for acts of public authority and in the courts. For these acts the Spanish language may be used in the meantime.
When the US took over, the republic was naturally dissolved, and there was no mention again of the ill-fated Malolos Constitution. As such, the Philippines went under the jurisdiction of the Federal government of the United States. Subsequently, the English language was enforced in the country.
But the Philippine Independence Act (more commonly known as the Tydings-McDuffie Act of 1934) prepared the Philippines for self-government after a period of ten years. And it authorized the drafting of a new constitution for the Philippines as an independent country. This constitution came to be known as the 1935 Commonwealth Constitution.
It was not a smooth road for the framers of the 1935 Constitution, particularly on deciding which official language should prevail. Heated debates ensued among the 1934 Philippine Constitutional Convention delegates who were involved in the language issue. Some were for Spanish. Some were for the native languages. Yet some were even for English!
Among the native Filipino languages, Tagalog was the most controversially discussed and debated idiom. But that's another story.
In the end, the following compromise amendment presented by 24-year-old delegate Wenceslao Vinzons was approved:
National Assembly shall take steps toward the development and adoption of a common national language based on all existing native dialects.
Until otherwise provided by law, English and Spanish shall be the official languages.
However, the abovementioned amendment was written in a slightly different way in the constitution's final draft. That version appeared in the book The Framing of the Constitution of the Philippines (1934-1935) authored by delegate Miguel Cuaderno (published in 1937 by the Philippine Education Company, Inc., Manila). It says:
The National Assembly shall take steps toward the development and adoption of a common national language based on one of the existing native languages. Until otherwise provided by law, English and Spanish shall continue as official languages.
If we may swerve for a moment. Note that the contention was still focused on which native language should be prioritized (although English and Spanish still dominated the constitution). Notice also that the Vinzons amendment contained the phrase "based on all existing native dialects". But in the draft which appears in Cuaderno's book, it was replaced by "based on one of the existing native languages". This goes to show that a language problem was already beginning to surface (but again, it's for another story).
Sadly, the more preferrable Cuaderno version was further revised by the constitutional convention's committee on style. And that revision was approved and consequently included in the constitution (ratified on 14 May 1935) as Section 3 of Article XIV (General Provisions):
The Congress shall take steps toward the development and adoption of a common national language based on one of the existing native languages. Until otherwise provided by law, English and Spanish shall continue as official languages.
Section 10 of the same article further states that:
This Constitution shall be officially promulgated in English and Spanish, but in case of conflict the English text shall prevail.
Two years later, on 31 December 1937, Tagalog was chosen as the country's national language. This, however, did not affect the Spanish language's status as one of the country's official languages. But the number of Spanish-speakers (many of whom were murdered during the Philippine-American War) began to decline. The statistics grew worse during World War II, particularly during the Liberation of the Philippines from the Japanese.
Japan preferred Tagalog
It is interesting to note that during the Japanese Occupation of the Philippines (1942-1945), the Spanish as well as the English languages both lost their status as co-official languages when the Japanese invaders established on 14 October 1943 what is now known as the Second Philippine Republic. It, of course, had an accompanying constitution. Article IX (General Provisions), Section 2 of the 1943 Constitution states:
The government shall take steps toward the development and propagation of Tagalog as the national language.
Oddly, the Japanese opted for Tagalog instead of their own language to be included in the constitution. But this twist of linguistic fate was short-lived: the US reclaimed the Philippines two years after that Japanese-sponsored constitution was ratified.
This bloody reclamation was almost like a death-blow to the number of Spanish-speaking Filipinos. It also totally wiped out the Chavacano-speaking community of Ermita, Manila (Ermiteños).
The years that followed the war were years of poverty and misery. The number of Spanish-speaking Filipinos dwindled miserably as well. The few who survived migrated either to Spain, the US, or Australia and beyond. Those who opted to stay behind stayed because they could not just abandon nor sell their properties and businesses (this also explains why almost a majority of Spanish-speaking Filipinos remaining today are from the landed gentry and the elite).
Martial Law
Fast forward to 1970. The 1935 Constitution continued all the way to the Marcos years. On Marcos' fifth year in the presidency, a constitutional convention was called to change the then existing law of the land. Special elections for the constitutional convention delegates were held on 10 November 1970.
The actual convention lasted around two years. Renowned linguist and scholar Señor Guillermo Gómez was chosen as the Language Committee Secretary of the 1971 Philippine Constitutional Convention. Under his helm, the same heated debates on language that happened in 1934 happened again. Once more, the Tagalog-language issue was raised. This resulted in Article XV (General Provisions), Section 3, sub-sections 1:
(1)This Constitution shall be officially promulgated in English and in Pilipino, and translated into each dialect spoken by over fifty thousand people, and into Spanish and Arabic. In case of conflict, the English text shall prevail.
In the foregoing section, the term language was erroneously called dialect. Tagalog was masked under the name Pilipino. And worse, the Spanish language was removed.
To further complicate the status of Spanish, sub-sections (2) and (3) of the same section further states:
(2) The National Assembly shall take steps towards the development and formal adoption of a common national language to be known as Filipino.
(3) Until otherwise provided by law, English and Pilipino shall be the official languages.
Knowing fully well that the number of native Filipino Spanish-speakers have dwindled throughout the decades, Señor Gómez, an ardent hispanista, thought it wisely to fight for Tagalog to become the country's national/official language. As a polyglot and linguist, he knew fully well that the key to bring the Spanish language back to the mainstream was by propagating Tagalog, particularly the alphabet (including correct orthography) that represents it: the 32-letter Abecedario, the same alphabet used by Tagalogs and other Christianized natives during the Spanish and early American periods. According to him, all Filipino languages (i.e., the languages of Christianized lowlanders) are Chavacanos, but in varying degrees. Excluding the Chavacano languages of Ciudad de Cavite, Ternate, and Zamboanga, Tagalog is closest to Spanish, even closer to Hiligaynón, one of his native languages. And that is one major reason why Tagalog today is "Pilipinized" (again, another long story).
The 1973 Philippine Constitution was ratified on 17th of January, four months after the declaration of Martial Law.
Señor Gómez, however, had no power over the "renaming" of Tagalog as Pilipino, nor was he able to reinstate Spanish as a co-official language in the said constitution.
1973 Constitution absolved
Fast forward once more, this time to 25 February 1986, when Marcos was ousted due to popular outcry. His nemesis' widow, Tita Cory, took over. During the transition period, a military-assisted constitution called the Freedom Constitution temporarily replaced the 1973 Constitution. The Freedom Constitution had no provisions at all about an official language due to its transitory nature. However, its successor, the 1987 Constitution —the one which we still use today—, states the following in Sections 7 and 8 of Article XIV (Language):
Section 7. For purposes of communication and instruction, the official languages of the Philippines are Filipino and, until otherwise provided by law, English.
The regional languages are the auxiliary official languages in the regions and shall serve as auxiliary media of instruction therein.
Spanish and Arabic shall be promoted on a voluntary and optional basis.
Section 8. This Constitution shall be promulgated in Filipino and English and shall be translated into major regional languages, Arabic, and Spanish.
The Spanish language made a comeback in the 1987 Constitution (proclaimed on 11 February 1987), but not as an official language. The clauses specified above gave credence to the fact that the drafters of the 1987 Constitution no longer gave Spanish the same importance that it had before. Héctor S. de León, in his widely used Textbook on the Philippine Constitution (Rex Book Store), summed it up this way:
The use of the Spanish language as an official language is no longer justified in view of the lessening influence of the language in the Philippines. It is not used by most Filipinos, English and Pilipino being preferred by them…
…Spanish and Arabic are languages of world importance spoken by many Filipinos. However, since they are not official languages, the government is not bound to promote their use They shall be promoted on a voluntary and optional basis.
Now, let us go back to the original question: why point an accusing finger at Tita Cory for the removal of the Spanish language when it is now apparent that its officiality became null and void since the 1973 Marcos Constitution?
Many Filipinos do not know that on 15 March 1973, two months after the 1973 Constitution was ratified, Marcos issued Presidential Decree No. 155 recognizing Spanish (alongside the English language) as one of the Philippines' official languages! Below is the full text:
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 155 March 15, 1973
WHEREAS, Section 3 of Article XIV of the 1935 Constitution of the Philippines provided that "until otherwise provided by law, English and Spanish shall continue as official languages;"
WHEREAS, Section 3(3) of Article XV of the new Constitution provides that "until otherwise provided by law, English and Pilipino shall be the official languages;
WHEREAS, a sizeable part of documents in government files are written in the Spanish language and have not been officially translated into either English or Pilipino language;
WHEREAS, it is advisable to maintain the legal admissibility of important documents in government files which are written in the Spanish language pending their translation into either English or Pilipino language; and
WHEREAS, Spanish language is a part of our priceless national heritage, which we share with the great Hispanic community of nations.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution as Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081 dated September 21, 1972, and General Order No. 1 dated September 22, 1972, do hereby order and decree that the Spanish language shall continue to be recognized as an official language in the Philippines while important documents in government files are in the Spanish language and not translated into either English or Pilipino language.
This Decree shall form part of the law of the land and shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 15th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-three.
The presidential decree can speak for itself. No more explanation is needed as to why the 1973 Constitution should be absolved from "deleting" the Spanish language from our patrimony.
Please be advised that this blogpost is not meant to accuse nor to lay blame on anyone regarding the disappearance of the Spanish language from our country's written statutes. This is simply meant to avoid any misunderstanding that might occur in future researches regarding the said topic. Marcos' presidential decree is not widely known today, and it is high time that this should be explained online on the light of an apparent resurgence of interest in reviving the Spanish language. Several Business Process Outsourcing companies, regarded today as a "sunshine industry", are in dire need of Spanish-speakers. President Noynoy Aquino's predecessor, Gloria Macapagal de Arroyo worked with former Secretary of Education Jesli Lapus, the Spanish Embassy in Manila, and the Instituto Cervantes de Manila to bring back the teaching of Spanish in Philippine schools.
And thanks to the internet, the clamor for the return of the Spanish language has found a new medium. Various online forums are now discussing the importance of Spanish in our history, culture, and identity as a nation. Several websites and blogs promoting the Spanish language in the Philippines are starting to appear. Even Facebook does not want to be left behind.
Indeed, now is the time to treat our past in a more positive light and a keener eye, and to grasp the real score —the unbreakable link— between the Spanish language and the Filipino national identity.
Will current President Noynoy Aquino, whose grandparents on either side of the family spoke Spanish, do the correct thing and reciprocate Marcos' intelligent move in saving our hispanic heritage?
This now-forgotten Marcos decree (presidential decree no. 155) was taken from Chan Robles Virtual Law Library.


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In the last week on "Jersey Shore" intro that tops the show, we learn the main themes are obviously drinking and hot tubs. The fashion trends revolve mostly around "skin," dudes go primarily shirtless, and the girls like this bear-mangled loose-fitting light-colored shirt. It's both reason and proof that most Jersey Shore kids do or should sleep high in the trees at night.
As the show kicks off, we start with Jwoww, fan of too many W's, doing some fact-gathering from the night before. Not sure who she hooked up with, she pressures Paully D for answers, who eventually admits that yea, they hooked up. But that's soooo not good for Jwoww because she has a boyfriend! And, she's only been in the house for a few days so naturally this doesn't look good for that whole "trust" thing that relationships tend to revolve around. More on that later.
Rather nonchalantly Pauly D verifies the fact that yep, "she kissed me with her tongue." He then sorta hilariously sips his coffee and ponders something.
Cut to: t-shirt shop. The housemates place of commerce. There are significantly less uses of the word "guido" in this episode so far but here we have our first hit with the phrase "typical guido."
Back at the house, we get some quality time with Snooki sucking on a pickle while wearing her "Aspiring Porn Star" hat. This is funny, but sad, because she really means it, and the pickle is her way of demonstrating some of her aspiring talents. But that's "her thing," she admits. Not sure what that "thing" is, but it's Snookie and is she human? This girl is strange, orange, unnaturally so.
Back to Jwowwwwww, house resident and non-recollecting cheater, who is having a moment with big muscled Ron, to whom she admits she is close to, but Ronnie boy has genuine feelings for Sam, but is totally pissed off at Mike.
That moment though leads into Jwwowwwwww hyping herself up to face her visiting boyfriend with the news that she cheated on him at a club, with greasy Pauly D. She's ready, she's feeling it, she's got to do this because it's fair and right and here we go, boyfriend is pulling up, about to tell him that she hooked up with...oh! Flowers! That's it, conversation avoided but a cloud has clearly moved in over the Jersey Shore.
By the way, advertisers at this point include T-Mobile, World of Warcraft, and a movie that makes my heart feel empty involving Hugh Grant, Sarah Jessica Parker, and a bear. Your mom will be asking about this one soon so familiarize. Grant. Parker. Bear. Class dismissed.
OK, and yes despite MTV dismissing accusations of racism and depicting Italians as Jersey Shore guidos, there's a wonderfully-painted mural of the state of New Jersey and an Italian flag right on the cast's house. This comes up a lot in external shots which more or less frame the idiocy, so for MTV to somehow deflect this criticism is no longer a valid way to tamper down the angry crowds. They are literally saying look at these idiots in our TV house, and then showing a shot of the state of New Jersey in an Italian flag. Moving on.
Angelina, a cast member known for being kind of drama queen, brings two friends as sacrificial sexual lambs for the bros in the house. The bros, getting ready for a club night, are slathering themselves in body grease and hair gel and ooh -- there's a nice product placement for Body Heat. Well played. Angela's trouble with her boyfriend has entered uncomfortable waters when someone drops the light bombshell that he is going through some inconvenient little divorce or something! Snookie offers some sense, noting it makes no sense. Angelina's a tad bummed, rightfully so.
More advertisers who are cool with all of this include Rhapsody, FloTV (such a weird little personal TV thing), and McDonald's, who are really pushing this free Coke cup thing!
While you ponder if you could really use a new Coca-cola glass up, we're rapidly sent back to the house where Mike, Angelina's married but divorcing boyfriend calls. A couple times. And then he texts. Everyone in the house. A few more times. The bros are way not cool with that, as some kind of societal line has been crossed but I'm not sure which one?
So Jwwwwow, who's now lying in bed with her boyfriend, knowing she's crossed lines of her own, faces her boyfriend's cold, hard statement: "If you do anything with another guy, I'm out." Ugh that's annnnoying to hear to Jwow and her W's, who rolls over and acts kinda ticked off. But she knows deep down that each and every one of her W's is a cheat.
With that, we again see that framing shot of Jersey within the Italian flag.
Jwow admits she didn't realize how much he cared about me until "he came this weekend," but again, we're looking at like maybe five days max that these people have been living in this house.
Now, after Angelina bailed out on work for "feeling sick," (translation: life's tough), Danny, the landlord/boss/local guy who rides a beach cruiser who up to the house to confront her about the tardiness at the t-shirt shop. But, unable to face the her failures, she hides in the bathroom and just turns the sink on to hide behind the regretful noise of falling water. And maybe dreams. So, that's it. She's off the island. He tells her to go home, no tribal council vote or anything!
Jersey Shore suddenly looks a tad like Survivor, but instead of feeding themselves and fighting each other off the island, it's keep your job for one day. One friggin day. But that's tough.
MTV cuts to the Jersey state and Italian flag mural again. And then again, except this time they zoom in as if to say, "Yeaaaa, we did that."
After a few harsh moments of backstabbing now that Angelina is gone and the house's new status as one that is "drama free," Jwoww tells her boyfriend that something happened at the club and *cliiiick* that's it.
More of the same ads go by, which at this point are essentially all for hair gels, cheesy entertainment, and pregnancy tests, which is what Jersey Shore the show would look like if broken up into a theme cloud. And then an anti-sexting PSA! I love these.
Back to Snookie, a walking anti-sexting PSA in her own right, shaking what her momma bought her at a near-empty bar in the middle of the afternoon.
Meanwhile, two housemates go on a normal Jersey date -- go karts and mini golf. They later snuggle in the guest bed, which is also quite normal and very unlike the rest of the show.
But don't worry! They cut back to Snookie in the hot tub making out with a girl from the bar, and then making out with the bro nicknamed "The Situation," who is half-cruel, half-sweet to her but that's what she like in a guy.
Things seem good, everyone is making out with each other both inside and outside the house, and the show is winding down and I'm about to leave my friends house to go home when ... tragedy strikes!
The hot tub water temperature has risen too high for Snookie's orange skin chemicals that she begins to slowly cook. The smell of cooking Snook catches the rest of the housemates who all line up at the hot tub to feast on her boiling flesh. So that's it. The show ends with the entire Jersey Shore cast snacking on a cast member who's cooked in the hot tub because in reality, I couldn't watch the last five minutes so am left to make it up. That's what you get, America, for supporting such advertisers who support such trash in your living rooms every Thursday night.
Godbless, Godspeed, and Jersey Shore 4eva.
A Look Back at Jersey Shore – Week Two
In the last week on "Jersey Shore" intro that tops the show, we learn the main themes are obviously drinking and hot tubs. The fashion trends revolve mostly around "skin," dudes go primarily shirtless, and the girls like this bear-mangled loose-fitting light-colored shirt. It's both reason and proof that most Jersey Shore kids do or should sleep high in the trees at night.


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Cancers (prevented)
Cancer Prevention
Statistics for the general population would have predicted 30 cases of Cancer or Leukemia out of the 2,565 patients treated by Dr. Seignalet over 20 years.
In fact there were only 3 !
Dr. Jean Seignalet (Pronounce it "Shon Saynyalay") was a French professor of medicine who devised and trialled a "hypotoxic" diet with 2,565 patients with 115 different, so called "incurable" diseases over a period of twenty years. 91 of the diseases responded to treatment with the diet and there were 1,631 complete remissions. 2,300 patients improved. The diet was not originally intended to be for weight loss but this was found to be one of the many beneficial side-effects, including increased mental alertness and poise, lowering of cholesterol and many other good things including avoidance of heart attack and stroke, cancer and Alzheimer's!
Newly diagnosed?
Is there a natural way to prevent Cancer and Leukemia
Dr. Seignalet believed that two thirds of cancers were caused by leaky gut. What if there was a diet which could prevent cancer and leukemia. It would surely be too good to be true wouldn't it? What if the only side effects of the diet were clear skin, abundant energy, a svelte figure, perfect mental poise and equilibrium, prevention of cancer, Alzheimer's, high cholesterol and heart disease in later life, increased longevity free from disease, and a host of other health benefits? This must be snake oil surely? But what if it was clinically trialled by a French professor of medicine with two and a half thousand volunteer patients over 20 years, during which the above benefits were demonstrated and meticulously recorded?
Hype, wrong information, misinformation and reality
All of us are constantly bombarded with hype about the latest "fad diet" or this and that magic supplement and in the US, where drug companies are allowed to advertise, the ads promoting a drug for Cancers (prevented) will tell you to avoid "fad diets". They would say that though wouldn't they? Even if they knew that there was a diet which worked. You may also have read somewhere or been told that there is no diet which has been proved to prevent cancer or leukemia and you may even have been told to avoid being taken for a ride by "snake oil pedlars" or "medical magical mystery men".
A diet which can prevent Cancer and leukemia
We say that there is a diet which can prevent Cancer because in addition to the genetic component over which you have no control, there are environmental, triggering factors which you can control. One of those environmental factors is your diet. Are we selling snake oil? It's all very confusing isn't it? How do you know who to trust for unbiased and scientifically trustworthy information? Everyone has their own agenda don't they? Whether it's out in the open or hidden. Like everyone else we too have an agenda and it's not a hidden one. The agenda is to give you the information you need to reverse your disease. How much would you give to be able to do that? $5,000? $20,000? $100,000? Re-mortgage your house? Keep your money! Spend it on a good vacation ("holiday" for us Brits) and get a good tan, a real one - remember tans? (see further on). All the information you need is in a 10 dollar book. So if we are snake oil pedlars we're not very good ones are we? There must be much better ways to get rich selling snake oil than selling a book. By the way, if you think we are snake oil pedlars, feel free to tell us so. There is an open forum on this site and we promise we won't delete your post. Those results you see at the top of the page are genuine I can assure you, so if you think this is quackery you are mistaken but there are some caveats. Here they are:
1. Depending on how you eat at the moment you may have to make big changes in the way you eat, particularly if you are eating the "SAD" diet. (Standard American Diet). For the diet to work properly it has to be strictly adhered to, 100%. If you are currently following any of these diets: Paleo, Weston-Price, raw food, food combining, gluten free, dairy free, the transition to the Seignalet diet will be fairly easy however.
2. There will be a period of disintoxication as your body heals itself. This may result in some unpleasant effects like headaches, nausea or a loose bowel. These "detox" effects are only temporary however, and are actually welcome signs that your body is healing itself. To keep these symptoms to a minimum, the different elements of the diet can be introduced one by one, in stages, and if the detox effects become uncomfortable, the transition to the diet can be slowed down or even halted for a while until they pass before resuming at a sensible pace.
3. If you are on medication, you must not not suddenly stop taking it. Once the diet starts to work however you may want to gently taper off the drugs with the consent of your physician. A large majority of Dr. Seignalet's patients achieved complete remissions or very close to it and were able to come off their medication. Some however, only achieved 50% success and a few had no improvement at all. In case of less than 100% remission you may have to continue taking some medication, although hopefully a reduced, or much reduced dose.
Don't come to regret in a few years time that you did not pay proper attention to this page!
Is this information trustworthy? Well you can purchase this book written by Dr. Seignalet's daughters, one of whom is a medical doctor and judge for yourself, or you can carry on reading this site, there is lots of good stuff on here and it's free. If you are not quite ready to buy the book, don't shut this page down yet because this is your one big chance. Keep reading. Don't dismiss this as hype, only to find out years later that others did it and it does work and you've endured years of needless suffering for nothing. Or if you do close the page down, bookmark it first and then come back to it later when you have time to read the site at leisure, properly.
This new book by Dr. Seignalet's daughters, one of whom is a doctor, is called: "How to prevent reverse 100 diseases the new French way with Dr. Seignalet's diet miracle."
Its a short guide to Dr. Seignalet's 700 pageScientific and Medical textbook called "Nutrition, the third medicine" (L'Alimentation ou la troisieme medecine), currently in course of translation. Don't be fooled by the modest title by the way, Seignalet proved that nutrition is the first medicine.
If you are now ready to buy the book, don't let me hold you back, click on these links or on the book images in the side panel. If you are not yet quite ready, carry on reading.
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For smartphone users, here are Dr. Seignalet's results tables for the 91 diseases he treated successfully with the diet (for desktop/laptop user, see links in the right hand side panel:
Tables show the rate of success for each disease with 100% remissions, 80/90% improvements 50% improvements, failures and percentage success rate (50% improvements are counted as successes). Each table shows all the diseases in Dr. Seignalet's 4 types of disease classification, "Autoimmune, Clogging, Elimination, Complex
Table 1. Autoimmune diseases (35)
Table 2. "Clogging diseases" (29)
....Osteoarthritis, Diabetes 2, Migraines, Overweight, Parkinson's, Fibromyalgia, Depression..........etc.etc.etc.

Table 3. "Elimination diseases" (24)
.............Colitis, Crohn's, Psoriasis, Hay Fever, Mouth Ulcers, Asthma, Eczema, Acne.....etc. etc. etc.

Table 4. "Complex diseases" (2)
SAPHO syndrome, Behçet's

Is it easy? No. But it's not that difficult either!
We don't want to brainwash you with clever advertising or subliminal messages. We hope you will use all your critical faculties. You will need them because we can give you the tools but you will have to do this by yourself. We are not going to pretend that it's easy but it is probably a lot easier than you think and we promise you that the rewards will make the effort worthwhile. If you are motivated, we promise you can do it. We know from 20 years experience in France that you may start to see results straight away or it may take a little time. Many thousands of French men and women have already seen those results but we cannot do it for you.
Our Cro Magnon ancestors did not have Cancers (prevented)
See why here:
Chris's Blog: did cavepeople eat meat raw?
Home page - how the diet works
Chris's blog: some things Seignalet did not mention but which you need to know to be sure of success
Alphabetised list of 91 diseases treated successfully by Dr. Seignalet with his diet
Welcome to this website all about the Seignalet (pronounced "Saynyalay") diet to reverse and prevent chronic disease. Many of the patients in Dr. Seignalet's diet trials achieved phenomenal success in overcoming a huge range of so called "incurable" diseases and the success and popularity of the diet in France is due to these recovered patients and their doctors who spread the word. Dr. Seignalet wrote a 700 page scientific treatise to explain how and why the diet works. He worked out a complete pathogenesis (cause) for most of the 91 diseases which responded to the diet. This book is in course of translation from the French. In the meantime, a guide to Dr. Seignalet's book has been written by his daughters, one of whom is a doctor (Dr. Seignalet died in 2003). It explains the science in easy to understand terms and gets into the nitty gritty of why it works, again, in layman's language. It also gives you the full low down on how to follow the diet, with recipe and menu suggestions.
You can buy the book either in paperback or in Kindle version on amazon. If you buy the Kindle version and for any reason you are disappointed with the book's contents (we don't think you will be), you can return the book to amazon and get a full refund. The book will give you the tools you need for a recovery, hopefully a full recovery. Up to you to use them. We can't do if for you. You will find recipes and menu suggestions in the book and also in the forum on this site.
Dr. Seignalet's daughters and the French doctors, medical professors and recovered patients in the Jean Seignalet Association wish for one thing above all: for you to get well and to stay well so you can join this ever growing army of people who are free of disease.
You can buy the book called "How to prevent and reverse 100 diseases the new French way with Dr. Seignalet's diet miracle" written by Anne and Dr. Dominique Seignalet on amazon.
Please note: If you do not have a kindle and cannot afford the paperback, you can download a free app from Amazon to read the kindle version on your mac or pc.
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When Timothy P. Murray crashed his government-issued Ford Crown Victoria in 2011, he was fortunate, as accidents go. Murray, then lieutenant governor of Massachusetts, was not seriously hurt; he told police he was wearing a seat belt and was not speeding.
But a different story soon emerged. Murray was driving more than 100 miles an hour and not wearing a seat belt, according to the computer in his car. He got a $555 ticket and later said he had fallen asleep.
The case put Murray at the center of a growing debate over a little-known piece of equipment in the innards of a car: the event data recorder, commonly known as the black box.
About 96 percent of new vehicles sold in the United States have the boxes, and in September 2014, if the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has its way, all will have them.
The boxes have long been used to assess vehicle performance. But data stored in the devices are increasingly being used as evidence in accidents and criminal cases. The trove of data has raised privacy concerns, including questions about who owns the data and what it can be used for.
To regulators, police, and insurers, the data are indispensable in investigations.
Black boxes "provide critical safety information that might not otherwise be available to NHTSA to evaluate what happened during a crash — and what future steps could be taken to save lives and prevent injuries," David L. Strickland, the agency's administrator, said in a statement.
But to consumer advocates, the data are the latest example of governments and companies having too much access to private information.
"These cars are equipped with computers that collect massive amounts of data," said Khaliah Barnes of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, a consumer group. "Without protections, it can lead to all kinds of abuse."
Consumer advocates say government has yet to provide consistent guidelines.
"There are no clear standards that say this is a permissible use of the data and this is not," Barnes said.
Fourteen states' laws say that even though the data belong to the vehicle owner, law enforcement officials and those involved in litigation can gain access with a court order.
In these states, lawyers may subpoena the data, making the information accessible to third parties, including law enforcement and insurers that could cancel a driver's policy or raise a premium based on the recorder's data.
In Murray's case, a court order was not required to release the data to investigators. Massachusetts is not among the states with a law governing access to the data. Murray, who did not contest the ticket and who resigned as lieutenant governor in June to become head of the Chamber of Commerce in Worcester, declined to comment.
Most states require that the presence of the black box be disclosed in the owner's manual. But drivers who do not read the manual thoroughly may not know their vehicle can capture and record their speed, brake position, seat belt use, and other data.
The recorders capture only the few seconds surrounding a crash or air bag deployment. A separate device extracts the data, which is then analyzed with software programs.
The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, a trade group, supports the devices.
"Event data recorders help our engineers and researchers understand how cars perform in the real world, and one of our priorities for EDRs continues to be preserving consumer privacy," said Wade Newton, a spokesman. "Automakers don't access EDR data without consumer permission, and we believe that any government requirements to install EDR's on all vehicles must include steps to protect consumer privacy."
Beyond privacy, critics question the data's reliability.
Black boxes, which sit under the center console, date to 1990, when General Motors introduced them.


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This is a pair of handmade beaded earrings, shaped like a chandelier with fringes. They were made using the beadwork technique named "brick stitch"and created by my original design to highlight the boho / ethnic / hippie style. The time required for manufacturing the piece was approximately 2.30 hours of work.
The statement earrings are lightweight, flat, flawless, with identical design on both sides and the beads are sewn with resistant Nylon thread, therefore there is no risk of breaking apart;
· Toho glass beads, sizes: 2-4mm, color: black, transparent mauve (amethyst color);
· Toho glass firepolish beads, size 4mm, color: red;
· Semiprecious stone beads: malachite, faceted, size 4-8mm, color: green.
· 4.0cm in diameter and 10.5cm length (including ear wires).
· 1.57 inch in diameter and 4.13 inch length (including ear wires).
Price: 70 lei (The price may change from the time of the blog post. To request an updated price, please send an email with the name of the desired piece and I will answer in the shortest possible time).


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Dietrich Reinhart's Thoughts on SJU Sesquicentennial
Afterword by Dietrich Reinhart, OSB: Saint John's @ 150
When I came to Saint John's as a freshman in 1967, the campus was filled with brand new buildings by Marcel Breuer, the Ecumenical Institute and Minnesota Public Radio were in their first year, the Hill Museum and Manuscript Library in its second, and alumnus Eugene McCarthy was running for president. Saint John's was the most exciting place I had ever been. It opened up to a large world and invited a deep reckoning with human needs. I discovered a group of monks who read books and listened to classical music, who loved conversation and who befriended me. I got to know Prof. Heininger who straight off drafted me into the Mike Shop, Fr. Tom Thole (then Titus) whose room was the heart of Ground Benet, my boss Fr. Vincent who drew me into all manner of projects to support the teaching of history, Bill and Pat VanCleve who opened their house to a small group of students for a Lenten series of discussions, and Br. Willie who wandered the buildings at night making sure all was in order. (None of us was sure what he could see, but he came to know us inside out!)
In 1971, when I joined the monastery, the last novice received by Abbot Baldwin, I came to know the heart of Saint John's, monks of great individuality each with a different take on the Saint John's story, lay colleagues each with a passion for a particular part of Saint John's, alumni from all generations making journeys, often solitary, back to campus as part of life stories I could only imagine, and friends from all parts of the compass coming to experience the life we can so easily take for granted.
I never dreamt I would one day serve as president. I simply showed up. I wanted to help consolidate what had gone before, to be part of Saint John's stretching to meet the needs of a new age. I focused on whatever task was at hand, discovering generous collaboration at every turn. To the extent I have led, it has been within community, not above it. This is the story of lots of people touched by Saint John's. We don't think the world owes us anything. We are in awe of what has been given to us. We just show up. We pull together. And we make a difference.
Saint John's has always been a "work in progress" created by people who show up. The signature characteristics of Saint John's -- monastic life in a new culture, college preparatory, residential liberal arts and graduate theological education, liturgical renewal, ecumenism, an unabashed reckoning with gender, collaborative ministry, cultural preservation, art and architecture, the Bible as inclusive tool for renewal and common purpose -- were not present, full-blown, at the start of things. They were created because courageous people saw new needs in the broader world, most often anticipated them, endured opposition, and pulled together to make new things happen. It is this tradition of transformation to meet the deepest needs of others that drives the story of Saint John's. And that story is not over.
Reinhart, Dietrich, OSB, Afterword to Saint John's at 150: A portrait of this place called Collegeville, edited by Hilary Thimmesh, OSB (Collegeville, Minn.: Saint John's University Press, 2006), 141.


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In a South American television interview, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says that he thinks he could be living in the Ecuadorean embassy in London for up to a year, and that the Swedish government could drop its sexual assault investigation.
Assange, 41, has been holed up in the Ecuadorean embassy since June, when he fled there after British authorities okay his extradition to Sweden. The Swedish government wants to question Assange about allegations of assault made by two women. The Ecuadorean government officially granted Assange asylum earlier this month, but British authorities have said they will arrest him if he leaves the embassy.
Assange told Telesur, a channel seen in Ecuador and neighboring countries, that he thinks it will take six to 12 months for a resolution of his situation, and that he expects the standoff will be solved via diplomacy or through "an unusual world occurrence that we can't predict."
He said war with Iran, the outcome of the U.S. election or the "Swedish government dropping the case" could end the impasse. "I think this is the most likely scenario," said Assange. "Maybe after a thorough investigation of what happened [Swedish authorities] could drop the case."
In the interview, he also asserted that both he and his organization were the subject of political persecution. "Ecuador has been correct in showing its values in this case," said Assange,
Assange has said that he sought asylum because he feared the Swedish government could deliver him into U.S. custody. WikiLeaks has released thousands of State Department cables and other sensitive U.S. government information. The Ecuadorian cited the threat of Assange's extradition to the U.S. in granting Assange's asylum request.
The Ecuadorean government has claimed that the U.K. has threatened to invoke a national law that would allow it to revoke the embassy's protected diplomatic status and take Assange from the embassy, an apartment in Knightsbridge, by force.
British foreign minister William Hague has denied that the U.K. has issued any threat to storm the embassy. This week, Hague said that "given Ecuador's position on what they call diplomatic asylum and our very clear legal position, such a solution is not in sight at the moment."
In August 2010, police in Sweden began investigating accusations of sexual assault against Assange made by two women. According to British police documents, one of the accusers claims Assange pulled her clothes off, pinioned her arms and legs and refused to use a condom. She told a friend that the act was both violent and the worst sex she'd ever had. A British attorney representing Swedish prosecutors told the court earlier this year that Assange had raped the second woman while she was sleeping.
In May, the U.K. upheld the validity of the Swedish prosecutor's arrest warrant, making him subject to extradition to Sweden by the end of June. He had been living under house arrest at the mansion of a supporter in the English countryside. He sought refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy on June 19.


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Show them the money: Candidates make pitch with Friday deadline looming
Pueblo Democrat Sal Pace wins this quarter's fundraising pitch, with hiker Aron Ralston of "127 Hours" fame trying to raise money for Pace's congressional campaign.
Ralston, who was forced to cut off part of his own arm when it got trapped during a solo hike, urged donors to contribute to Pace, who is trying to unseat U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, in 2012. An avid outdoorsman, Ralston said he fears for public lands with Tipton in office.
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Born in Sri Lanka, Thayan Sallathurai has been working as head waiter on the Glacier Express for three years. The 43-year-old has lived in Switzerland for almost two decades and has always worked in the gastronomy sector. He lives in Chur and will return there after the train trip to St. Moritz. Today he starts work at 10.00h, and after returning home can enjoy the evening with his son from about 20.00 h.
By the time the train reaches Chur, Thayan Sellathurai has already completed most of his duties, because guests seldom ask for hot meals on the second half of the journey. "People mostly order smaller items such as a plate of cheese or an afternoon snack, cake and coffee or just a drink," says the head waiter.
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It can happen that groups board the train without prior reservation. "It's easy to understand that they suddenly feel hungry and want to eat when they see what we have to offer," he admits. The available time then has to be taken into account when deciding which meals it is possible to serve. If requests can't be met, then as head waiter, Sellathurai has to find the right words to console the disappointed guest. It is also an on-board custom to, at the very least, enquire at each table if the guest has enjoyed the meal and was satisfied with the service.
With his calm, composed manner, Thayan Sellathurai is able to deal masterfully with such unforeseen situations during the trip. "I always enjoy meeting different people and talking to them during my work. I have new encounters every day," says the head waiter. What the man from Sri Lanka finds particularly fascinating are the four seasons, which for him always turn the journeys on board the Glacier Express into extraordinary occasions – however, with one slight reservation. The unique railway engineering on the Albula section presents him with major challenges. "There are so many curves that I sometimes have trouble keeping my balance while serving."
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Seasonal Depression
Veterinarian Reviewed on June 22, 2012 by Paulina Nelega, RH
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Seasonal Depression
The occurrence of feelings of depression, when coincides with the changes in seasons, is called seasonal depression. During such seasonal changes, some people may also experience increased cravings for sweet and carbohydrates. There may be thoughts of hopelessness, irritability on petty matters, frustration and increased anxiety for unknown reasons. A person may also get tired easily and frequently.
Most of the time such seasonal changes occur with the advent of winter when the length of days shortens and bright sunlight is less visible. With the start of shorter days mood swings occur and we may generally start feeling gloomy. This may hamper the basic functions of the body like digestion, sex drive, activity, body temperature and appetite. When this depression usually occurs in winter it is called, winter blues, hibernation reaction and cabin fever. A person may also gain considerable weight and may no longer feel to be socially active.
This ismainly caused by decreased activity of hypothalamus. Sunlight when enter eye and strikes retina helps in the functioning of an important gland, the hypothalamus. With the decreasing sunlight the hypothalamus activity decreases and thus mood swings and feelingsof depression occur. Also the bright light of sun affects the release and functioning of many chemicals in the brain. With decreasing bright light, this chemical activity is affected causing low feelings.
Due to changes in seasons and length of the day, the body clock known as circadian rhythm gets altered. This also sends confusing signals to brain and seasonal depression occur. People suffering from seasonal depression have also been diagnosed with low levels of serotonin and melatonin hormone that are responsible for carrying messages to brain and to induce sleep consecutively.
Signs and Symptoms
The symptoms of seasonal depression are easily confused with other kinds of problems with same symptoms like hypothyroidism, viral infections and hypo glycaemia.
These symptoms include lower energy levels, depression, lack of appetite and considerable weight gain. There is a feeling of heaviness in arms and legs. There may be body aches, fatigue and even diarrhea or constipation. A person becomes more sensitive and there may be feeling of suicide and social withdrawal. Thereis increased feeling of anxiety and depression and also feelings to cry out loud.
Treatment Options
Symptoms of seasonal depression are confusing with other illnesses and also very common, so they are often overlooked and are not paid due attention. Other times, the physician may prescribeanti-depressant d r u g s like Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil or Celexa. Though these provide short term relief but have multitude of side effects like increased weight, headache and lack of sleep.
Holistic Treatments
Holistic treatments including psychotherapy, counseling and natural and homeopathic treatment provide long term and safe relief from seasonal depression. Herbs like St. John's Wort, Passiflora and Skullcap provide balance to brain and bring calming effect to the mood. They are effective and without any side effects. Calc carb and Alumina are homeopathic remedies to get relief from depression and mood swings.
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