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200,000 Starving in Zimbabwe, Near Death
Will the UN interfere with the Zimbabwean genocide?
Catholic Archbishop of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, Pius Ncube, speaks at a news conference by the Solidarity Peace Trust in Johannesburg, Wednesday Oct. 19, 2005. Ncube spoke of atrocities committed against people in Zimbabwe under the rule of President Robert Mugabe. The trustees of the Soldidarity Peace Trust are church leaders of Southern Africa who are committed to human rights and democracy in their region. (AP)
Zimbabwean Catholic Archbishop Pius Ncumbe is at it again! This week he bravely spoke out against the horrific economic decisions of Robert Mugabe. This week he held a press conference and warned that 200,000 Zimbabweans will starve over the next few months due to government policies.
Speaking at the launch of a new film on Operation Murambatsvina, the regime's recent massive demolition programme, he declared: "I think Mugabe should just be banished, like [Liberian president] Charles Taylor."
The archbishop claimed that food security in Zimbabwe was now so precarious that he estimated unless there was a dramatic change of policy malnutrition could contribute to tens of thousands of premature deaths by February 2006.
Ncube said that this was a personal estimate based on his estimate of the effect of severe food shortages on a population ravaged by HIV/Aids and extreme poverty at a time of hyperinflation and mass unemployment.
According to Independent Catholic News the archbishop added that 700 people a day were already dying of Aids in Zimbabwe and the present rate would certainly increase with malnutrition.
Earlier this year during the March elections, Ncube rallied for Mugabe's ouster:
The Most Rev Pius Ncube, said that the parliamentary elections on Thursday (back in march) were certain to be rigged. "I hope that people get so disillusioned that people really organise against this government and kick him [Mr Mugabe] out by non- violent popular mass uprising," said Archbishop Ncube. "As it is, people have been too soft with this government. So people should pluck up just a bit of courage and stand up against him and chase him away."
Ncumbe's words were just as strong this week when he spoke out against Mugabe:
"I think Mugabe should just be banished, like what happened to Charles Taylor," said Archbishop Ncube. "He should just be banished from Zimbabwe."
The former president of Liberia, Taylor was forced into exile in Nigeria for his part in widespread massacres which have left thousands dead.
"Let the man get banished if you don't want Zimbabweans to die," said Ncube, who predicted that thousands will die by February unless there is dramatic change in the situation within Zimbabwe.
The lastest shortage in the country is sanitary towels for women an issue too taboo to be raised in parliament.
Ironically, Robert Mugabe was in Italy this week at a UN Food Progress meeting where was able to take a few swipes at the US and Great Britain. He blamed the British and Americans for the current economic problems in his country (to great applause!).
In the starvation backdrop, more white-owned farms were seized in recent months. The Zimbabe's Central Bank criticized the recent round of seizures of white-owned farms by landless peasants in the country:
Zimbabwe`s Central Bank, battling to re-build international investor confidence in the country shaken by controversial government land policies, has criticised fresh seizures of farms belonging to white farmers, by landless peasants.
In the last five years, landless peasants in Zimbabwe have seized white-owned farms in the country, encouraged by the authorities, who later formalised the take-overs into a resettlement programme.
The government has since ended the resettlement programme, with over 3,000 white-owned farms acquired, but in recent months peasants in some parts of the country have been taking over additional farms from white farmers.
Critics have blamed the programme for food shortages, the fall in agricultural exports linked to the prevailing foreign currency crisis in the country.
Central Bank governor, Gideon Gono said Friday the new farm seizures were destroying investor confidence and the country`s economic base.
"Some (white farmers) in those areas have invested in irrigation schemes using foreign exchange to import that infrastructure; have built tobacco barns, imported dairy cows and special milk and beef breeds; imported tea, coffee, flower and fruit bushes for planting using Reserve Bank money which must be repaid, and yet, for some reverse reasoning, we allow these precious investments to be invaded and destroyed," he said.
"Our hearts at the Central Bank bleed with each story of such levels of economic disregard, such irrationality and such economic sabotage.
Mugabe Maikapa has much more on the sad situation in Zimbabwe.


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Today, though, I'm only sharing two things. A zentangle I drew yesterday and a soft toy owl I made today. The zentangle is in the shape of a leaf as I'm still being inspired by this season. The owl is actually stuffed with rice so that it can be heated in the microwave and become a hand warmer. It is stitched by hand because that is my favourite way to work with felt. I love making these little softies so I want to make more in all shapes and colours.
Anyway, thanks for visiting and I wish you a lovely week!

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Was catching up with novels… :v also edge. Edge is good shiet~
Youth, Telling the young girl.
Wendelgard was a 『Reki』 — Those who leave Tisroh and concern themselves with the outside world for their clan — known through the lands, and she had invited a high priest of 『Ahmar (The yellow god)』, Cornelio Cacache to the village.
He was someone who held authority in the field of cultural anthropology. Wendelgard decided, having heard that he was interested in the peculiar culture of 『Tisroh』, to invite him to the village. Normally, Tisroh didn't allow outsiders to be a part of 『the clan』. — That didn't mean they were reluctant to accept people into their 『clan』. They just didn't want immigrants to be welcomed into their colony. —
Cornelio was a priest who held quite an influential voice even to the core shrine members in the capital.
Wendelgard was able to establish contact with Duke Eldishtett, the one with the highest authority within Raband, through Cornelio and 『Ahmar's』 shrine.
For the sake of that, the one sent to them from 『Tisroh』 was the eldest son of the head family, Dale.
With the influence of the 『Demon Kings』 increasing, as well as the 『Seventh Demon Lord』 and the 『Second Demon Lord』 getting stronger by the day, he was someone that the people in power were longing for.
『Someone favoured by the gods』 — Having not just one 『Divine Protection』, a 『Divine existence』 who possesses 『Divine Protections』 from numerous gods.
The only 『Existence』 that can harm the 『Demon Lord』 — Basically, he was one who had the powers of what people called, a 『Hero』.
Someone being called a 『Divine Existence』 was a rare occurence, but a 『Hero』 was not limited to one person. However, those who had the ability to be called a 『Hero』, were not limited to soldiers who were used to the battlefield.
For Raband who wished to fight against the threat of the 『Demon Lords』 who loved war and held dangerous thoughts, a hero who especially had 『strength』 like Dale, was an irreplaceable necessity for them.
Dale definitely had the 『Strength』.
His 『Divine Protection』, worked well in battle. His 『Divine Protection』 which was given to him by 『The Orange God (Korumozei)』, being more connected to the god than the rest of the clan, was 『A protection for magic related to the earth』. When Dale uses Earth magic, he uses hardly any mana.
Furthermore, as the excellent hunter he is, he even excelled at using weapons.
Studying under Cornelio, his academics didn't pale in comparison to the city people, and he gathered up his experience as an adventurer, by the side of another young and excellent adventurer.
It was certainly true that Dale was an excellent warrior.
Dale headed towards the back of the waterfall, as he lead Latina out for a stroll.
Latina chants a light magic spell and a gentle ball of light, like her personality, started floating in front of her. They walked side by side on the path lit up by that light.
Finally reaching the waterfall, several lanterns in the surroundings were lighting the area up.
The light reflects off the surface of the water and, countless lights were reflecting off the surroundings. Together with the originally secretive area, it was an otherworldly sight.
"They're here 'cause York and Freeta came here earlier for the ceremony."
The final ceremony was the duty of the groom and bride. Since Latina was waiting in the manor, she didn't get to come here. He had thought that it would be nice if she got to see it.
In front of a small shrine worshipping Korumozei, a mountain of flowers had been offered. Just the amount of flowers there, was evidence of the blessings that had been brought to them.
"…York… will definitely become a good clan head."
Latina looked up at Dale, a complex shadow cast from the shaking lantern fell onto her face, showing her in the midst of thinking about something. Reading the mood that she was feeling like she wanted to become an adult in one step, Dale was going to try and rough her hair around a little — but instead he touched it gently so that her hair which had been styled nicely for this special occasion, wouldn't be all messed up.
It's true that Dale can 『fight』.
However, up till then, the only times he had taken a weapon into his hands within his hometown was only for the sake of hunting for food, and to protect the village from foreign enemies.
He never used it to, take a 『Person's』 life.
It probably wouldn't have been so painful if Demons weren't able to morph into all kinds of animals.
The followers of the Demon Lords didn't look any different from normal, even once they turned into Demons. The Demon Race which made up for a large amount of Demons, didn't look any different from 『The Human Race (us)』 apart from their horns.
He doesn't regret fighting the followers of the 『Seventh Demon Lord』 who had invaded the country in order to initiate conflict within the 『Human race』.
And the followers of the 『Second Demon Lord』, morphed into grotesque beings you couldn't believe were still alive, raise and they plead — Although their words were not understandable, their groans portrayed such — with such deep resentment, that the ones who robbed such lives from them, may even be doing a favour for them.
Nevertheless, killing a 『Person』 — just that act of taking a life, had been wearing down his heart.
Dale's true essense was 『Tisroh's Clan Head』 — Someone who would spare no efforts to protect the clan. For the sake of 『The things he should protect』, he would be able to demonstrate his powers.
In a land far away from the hometown 『he should be protecting』, despite being told it was for the sake of the country, for the sake of the people, the only thing he did was 『Kill』. Even with his hometown being so far away, and him not feeling like he was 『protecting』 anything, he couldn't escape since he still 『wanted to protect them』.
Neither fame nor large sums of reward money could 『save』 him. He couldn't rely on that to support his heart, his beliefs.
Killing his emotions, and accepting it as just his 『Job』, he looked for a way to get used to the 『Killing』. But that was a decision squeezing at his heart, what defines him, to death.
At that time, he met a little girl.
A little girl he had 『saved』.
He watched as that weak, unreliable existence who looked like she would fall apart, grow up healthily by the day under his protection.
Looking peaceful and relieved within his arms, smiling happily at him.
— This child was 『someone he had to protect』.
It was for the sake of someone he didn't know, but he decided to fight for her.
It was in a city where she didn't know anyone, but it had become a place where she could rest in peace.
Finding a clear 『Person to protect』, he gained the necessary motivation to fight.
If it is for the sake of her happiness then, he could 『fight』.
Despite that, it was this small girl who would provide him the words to 『save』 him when he felt like his heart would break.
Looking at the path ahead, her words would give him a lot of power, so that he would be able to keep up his bluff as her 『Parent』.
"My happiness, is all thanks to Dale, nano."
Those words of hers, that smile she gives him, were the very things that motivates him.
"I'm alright."
Even though she was so small, she was a girl kinder than anyone. He prays for her to grow up like this, with this beautiful heart of hers.
"….I'm being saved by you."
Hearing those words, her large, grey pupils twinkle with puzzlement.
He wonders, if it's fine to blurt out some weak-hearted words every now and then. Making the alcohol he rarely drinks to be the reason, he considers it fine.
"Latina, you always say that, you're 『Happy to have met me』, but it's the same for me."
He wonders, what he would be like right now if he had never met her. He wonders, if he would be able to smile properly.
He wonders, if he would be able to properly say "Congratulations" to his little brother.
He wonders, if he would have lost his belief, towards the place that he should've wanted to protect.
"I'm glad I met you, Latina."
"….I'm glad as well, to have met Dale."
He hugs her, who softly smiled at him. Even though it was the same distance as usual where they could feel each other's body temperatures, it felt just a little bit different to normal for him.
"Latina is…. happy…. for being helpful to Dale."
Listening to her gentle voice, he wonders what kind of adult she would become.
He wonders if she would, one day, smile happily like this at the side of someone other than him.
–And until that time comes, protecting her is without a doubt, 『A parent's』 duty.
"However, I'm not gonna let some random dumbass off the streets marry my Latina."
Returning back to the banquet and sitting down, Dale went back to normal in a jiffy. The pace he was drinking at with Wenn-baa was so fast that Latina couldn't even see it.
"Fuehh…. Are you alright?"
He caught her in his arms.
He was clearly drunk.
Dale wasn't particularly weak to drinking, but as one would expect, drinking at a barrel-emptying pace together with Wenn-baa, he was dead drunk.
Latina only knew of Dale who normally drank diluted wine, and wouldn't go crazy. She didn't know what to do in this time of crisis.
Getting hugged all of the sudden, and having her cheek rubbed together with his, guriguriguriguri, it was definitely a first for her.
A weird noise came out of Latina, but it only made the two drunks in front of her even happier.
"Latina-chan. If you want to get married then, tell me. I'll go find a good person to beat the hell out of this dumb grandson of mine."
"DON'T! With your connections, you'll really find someone!"
Nevertheless, they were laughing like usual.
They both smiled at each other.
(TL: who remembers the difference between demons, demon race and the demon lords lol)


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Oahu's residential real estate market continued to cool in the third quarter, with single-family home and condominium sales falling. However, condominium prices set new records as more buyers were edged out of the single-family market.
The number of transactions involving single-family homes and condominiums drastically declined year-over-year, according to statistics released yesterday by the Honolulu Board of Realtors. Nearly 18 percent fewer single-family homes changed hands in the third quarter of 2006 as compared to the year earlier, while condominium resales fell 31.8 percent, the report said.
The median price paid for a single family home, $635,000, declined by 0.8 percent from the second quarter of 2006, but was 3.3 percent higher than the third quarter of 2005, according to the Board of Realtors.
Condominium buyers, however, paid more for their units as the median price soared to a record $315,000 during the third quarter of 2006 -- that's up 3.3 percent from the second quarter of 2006 and up 12.5 percent year-over-year, the report said.
Still, there's wide variation in market activity from one part of the island to the other, according to Prudential Locations' most recent Oahu Real Estate Report.
Overall, Oahu saw a drop in the number of sales in most areas as compared to the near record level sales volume at this time last year, Prudential Locations researchers reported. However, prices of single family homes in West Oahu continued to appreciate, outpacing the overall price appreciation on Oahu, they said.
Since Hawaii's residential real estate market is constantly varying, navigating market conditions successfully requires a keen understanding of the big picture as well as specific area trends, said Scott Higashi, executive vice president of sales for Prudential Locations.
"Right now, buyer and sellers need to pay close attention to their specific neighborhood," Higashi said. "Prices and sales volume differ widely from one area to another across Oahu, so it's difficult to generalize about the real estate market right now."
According to the Honolulu Board of Realtors, the median single-family home price of $865,000 paid by North Shore buyers boosted that neighborhood to the most expensive on Oahu. Diamond Head, Hawaii Kai and Kailua neighborhoods were close behind and all posted a median price above $800,000.
The most affordable single-family homes continued to be found along the Leeward Coast, a neighborhood that posted a median price of $361,000. Median prices in the Ewa Plain, Central Oahu and Waipahu all came in below $600,000.
Diamond Head and Hawaii Kai condominiums continued to rival single-family home prices elsewhere.
The median price paid for a condominium in those neighborhoods topped the market at $562,500 during the third quarter of 2006.
The Leeward Coast also was the most affordable place for condominiums. Leeward buyers paid a median $179,000 for a condominium, which was far below Pearl City's $290,000 median.


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Suggested Readings
Following is a reading list of our favorite intercultural fiction books.
by J. M. Coetzee (Penguin Books, 1999, 2008) Reviewed by James E. Leck
This is the story of a South African English professor David Lurie who refuses to take the necessary steps prescribed by a committee to save his job after seducing a student. Lurie moves to rural Eastern Cape to live with his daughter, Lucy, where he assists her at her kennel and on her small farm. Lucy's interactions with neighbors, the kennel animals, and a tragic event open Lurie's eyes to a world beyond his teaching and obsessions, and expose him to the way of post-apartheid South Africa, or at least a slice of it. Aspects of rural White and Black cultures are explored as they react to one another in the light of the radical transitions of power and social standing. Coetzee is a Nobel Laureate and this book proves why. The writing is spare and revealing. The reader experiences South Africa's rural life and the struggles that are still at play more than fifteen years after the end of apartheid. The story includes some violence that may be disturbing.
Husband, Lover, Holy Man: An Intercultural Comedy
by K. B. Rao (Intercultural Press, 1992) Reviewed by James E. Leck
This is a wordy, but fun story of an Indian scholar who is given a scholarship to a college in the U.S. When he fails to complete his master's degree and returns to India, he pursues some rather novel schemes that will allow him to return. His wife attempts to expose him. The writing, the cultural interactions, and characters are at once enjoyable and telling. While this comedy remains close to the surface of cultural understanding, it can be a useful starting point for thinking about family, relationships and the need for possessions in two different cultures.
Interpreter of Maladies
by Jhumpa Lahiri (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2000) Reviewed by James E. Leck
Jumpha Lahiri's writing, like J. M. Coetzee's, is spare and vivid. This is a collection of short stories set in the U.S. and India. Most are about immigrants or visitors, yet Lahiri does not focus on seeing the opposite culture through the eyes of the "other"; the culture and the cultural clashes are there, but as organic parts of human situations.
Words Without Borders: The World Through the Eyes of Writers
An anthology of twenty-eight works of literature from 20 countries never before published in English.
(Anchor Books, a division of Random House, 2007) Reviewed by James E. Leck
Each piece in this collection of short stories, essays and excerpts from novels was chosen by well-known authors to introduce us to writers who have not yet been published in English. The story lines vary dramatically, but most are set within the writer's home country and shed a fascinating light on their cultures in prose written primarily for readers from their home. Words Without Borders is also an online magazine of international literature. It includes short stories, book reviews, interviews, and resources for educators. It can be found online at: www.wordswithoutborders.org.
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
by Dinaw Mengestu (Riverhead Books, 2007) Reviewed by Nancy E. Young
This is a serious book that moves slowly and with a detailed look at the experience of an Ethiopian immigrant to the U.S. Sepha Stephanos lives in Washington, D.C. where he survives in very tight economic conditions as he manages a small grocery store in a poor African-American neighborhood. The story includes the journeys of two fellow immigrants, as well as a friendship he makes with a White woman and her daughter who move into the neighborhood. Race, class, and the immigrant experience are examined in the isolated and difficult life of one man.
The Last Chinese Chef
by Nicole Mones (Houghton Mifflin Company, 2007) Reviewed by Nancy E. Young
This novel is a recipe for fascinating reading that follows a reluctant traveler, Maggie McElroy. The plot involves her personal reasons for going to China, to respond to a paternity suit filed against her dead husband. Since already making the trip, she adds an assignment to profile a rising chef, in her role as a food writer. The chef is Sam Liang, an Asian-American who returned to China to immerse in his family's strong reputation as leading chefs. Blending historical events and ancient writings, with a dash of the author's own experience doing business in China, and stirring in the salient role of food in culture leaves the reader with the satisfied feeling of having eaten a well prepared and nourishing meal.
The English American
by Alison Larkin (Simon & Schuster, 2008) Reviewed by Nancy E. Young
This is fun exploration of cultural differences between the British and U.S. Americans. The plot focuses on Pippa Dunn, who was adopted and raised in Britain. As an adult, she reunites with her birth parents who are from the southern U.S. Pippa literally and metaphorically moves back and forth between these two cultures and families as she forges her identity to a new level. The writer is a comedian and this book is a good escape from the seriousness of the world.
The White Mary
by Kira Salak (Henry Holt and Company, LLC, 2008) Reviewed by Nancy E. Young
Kira Salak is an adventurer, writer, journalist, and more. After previously writing non-fiction, she shares some glimpses into her lifestyle through her first fiction book, The White Mary. Salak travels alone to remote places, where, like the protagonist, she is often the first White woman to be in the region. In real life, she was the first White woman to traverse Papau New Guinea. In fiction, journalist Marika Vecera travels from the war-torn Congo to Papau New Guinea. Marika is a young U.S. American journalist who covers genocide and war with a deep commitment to truth and an abandon of her personal safety. She sets out on a personal quest to resolve the mystery surrounding the reputed death of an icon in the field. Through her trek in Papau New Guinea, questions are raised as to what is knowledge, what is truth, what is civilized as cultures collide. This book contains intense and graphic violence (comparable to The Kite Runner) and challenges the reader long after the cover is closed.
We each selected one non-fiction book that we consider a must read.
36 Views of Mount Fuji, On Finding Myself in Japan
by Cathy N. Davidson (Plume/Penguin Books, 1983) Reviewed by Nancy E. Young
This nonfiction book about Japan reads like a collection of short stories. Cathy Davidson writes in a very personal yet highly observational style about the life she finds in Japan – and how she finds herself in Japan. She travels to Japan on four occasions, where she teaches English at a women's university. Nothing is too large or too small to escape her observation, whether it's about the silence in Japan, the role of the host and guest, or what it means to be typical, she brings sympathy and empathy to her writing. Her insight into her own changes and reactions to what she experiences in Japan are fodder for sensitive thought and conversation beyond this book.
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood
by Alexandra Fuller (Random House, 2001) Reviewed by James E. Leck
This is the story of a woman whose British family brought her to southern Africa at the age of three. It is a slice of Africa as seen, at once, from the perspective of the outsiders and from a girl (and later, young woman) who bonded with the continent. Though it focuses on Rhodesia during that country's civil war, the setting moves to Malawi then Zambia as Fuller's family finds new places to call home. The thread of the story, told with humor and insight, is more about her difficult family than about the countries and cultures in which she lives. Yet, those places shape the story as much as they shape the family and Fuller herself.


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Have you found yourself asking do I have a bat problem? Maybe the bigger question how do I get rid of bats? There are many species of bats but they all enter the home the same way, thru small openings the size of a dime or bigger. These openings lead into your soffit areas, the attic, your walls, and other unwanted areas of your home, yes this means the living area. There is no quick resolution to solving the problem, it takes time, patients and physical labor, but bat exclusion can be done successfully.
If you are told to stand outside and wait for the bats to fly out of your home and seal the openings they come out of you have been grossly miss informed. This is the worst advice anyone can give you, or for one to follow. The reason not to follow this advice, not all the bats fly out to feed at the same time, depending on how well the bats fed the night before some of them could hold up in the roost for a day or two. This is why a one way door is used so these bats can leave many days later if needed. This method could stop many unwanted visitors to be trapped in the home and increasing your chances of coming in contact with the bats or having the bats die in your home, or in unwanted areas.
We had this problem in one such instants where the home was sealed up and the bats had no where to go. Unfortunately the bats were stuck in the house for days. Luckily this home was unoccupied and many bats died in the living area. Could you imagine if this was your home, and you were there?
The question still remains how do I get rid of bats from my home? There are ways to get rid of bats and one way is trapping. Bat Trapping consists of sealing up the home and placing traps on the main entry / exit points the bats are using. Once the bats are trapped they are usually taken back to the shop and euthanized or transported away from the home and released, or they may possibly die in the trap if not removed from the trap in a timely manner. We do not support nor recommend the trapping method! The best way to get rid of bats is by sealing the home on a permanent basis, this is called exclusion or bat proofing, also while proofing we also use materials that will last and hold up against weather and time. Then placing valves / one way doors at the main entry / exit points to let the bats leave the home unharmed. These valves will not allow the bats back into the home if installed correctly. If the home is not properly sealed or bat proofed, the bats will relocate to another portion of the home through the missed opening thus allowing them back to their roost.
Bat proofing also should not be done during the times when female bats are giving birth to their offspring. This is during the months of June thru August. If exclusion and eviction is done outside of this time and the colony is large enough it is possible to have bats that are not able to fly due to their age and get stuck inside while the mothers are evicted. The young will also die of starvation in places where you may not want them to die and cause a foul odor or again have these young bats find there way into the living area. So if you find yourself asking the dreaded question how will I get rid of bats, you may want to call in a professional to resolve your bat problem or take the time to do the job correctly with the right materials and equipment.
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Can you feel the weather getting warmer?
Spring is finally here and we've made a raft of refreshing changes to our lineup here at the Greyhound including a fresh (typically tasty) beer of the month and a new crew of friendly faces!
April's Beer of the Month is…St. Austell Brewery's Tribute!
Just like our pub, Tribute has got a fantastic heritage that has helped it become one of the most popular ales in the country. Originally brewed in 1999 as a limited edition beer celebrating the total eclipse, Daylight Robbery (as it was known then) was simply too good to be forgotten. The recipe was kept safe so that it could later be relaunched under the name of Tribute, a literal 'tribute' to the drinkers, brewers and workers who had contributed to the success of St. Austell Brewery's, which celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2001.
Within a year of re-launching over 1,000,000 pints of the golden pale ale had been sold, making Tribute one of the most popular beers in the country and all of this before the explosion of popularity that was soon to completely revitalise the drinks industry in the UK. By 2004 Tribute was crowned Champion Beer of Cornwall and was in sale nationwide in supermarkets, as well as being in high demand in public houses.
It's been nearly 20 years sine this iconic pale ale was first put into production, yet it's popularity refuses to wane. The beer has kept in the spotlight with a string of high-profile sponsorship deals, with Hackney cabs in London, international rugby players and county cricket teams alike proudly emblazoning the Tribute branding. You'll also spot this mighty Cornish brew up in the air on both Flybe and British Airway flights – they're also an official partner of the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta.
There'll be a constant supply of Tribute on sale at The Greyhound for the rest of the month if you fancy popping down and seeing what all the fuss is about.
New Smiling Faces!
As some of our regulars might well have noticed, there are a handful of new faces both behind and in front of the bar. Last month we said goodbye to Alex and Laura, both of whom had worked with us since the age of 16! The pair of intrepid explorers have been earnestly saving for well over a year so that they can run off on a whirlwind trip all around the world. We wish them the very best of luck and look forward to tracking their progress as they go.
Although we knew we were always going to struggle replacing such characters as Alex and Laura, we're happy to welcome not one, not two, but three new faces in to fill their positions behind the bar and in front of house. Jake is just 15 years old but he's keen as mustard and ready to take your food orders. Paula is 19, a keen traveller herself, but has promised to not go jetsetting for at least 6 months, she'll be working behind the bar. Finally, we've got a new sous chef in the kitchen in the shape of Jess, 24. A recent college graduate, she's looking to cut her teeth on our brand new Empire-themed menu.
Don't hesitate to say hello to our new starters, they're all chomping at the bit to meet you all!


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Constitution, or Fundamental Rules For The Hampton Proprietary School Corporation -- Part II
The last article is given in full, to show the spirit which actuated the founders of the Academy. The Puritan principles of the first settlers had not died out. Accordingly, religious instruction was actually given in the school for many years, and revivals were not infrequent. Even now,s the requirements above-named remain a part of the constitution, though, in practice, they have long been a dead letter.
The Academy corporation being now secured against extinction, a permanent fund also seemed a necessity. Accordingly, "An address to the Public," signed by the trustees was sent out, setting forth the advantages, and urging the needs of the institution, more especially for "improvement . . . . . in the system of female education," that having been uppermost in Mr. Webster's thought at the outset. Mr. Webster was appointed agent of the board, to receive donations. Two years afterward Rev. Ephraim Abbott, of Greenland, was chosen an additional agent, for the same purpose; and at the same meeting Mr. Webster reported the gift of three hundred acres of land in the town of Peeling (afterwards sold, and the proceeds invested), and about eight hundred dollars in cash and notes. The next year Mr. Abbott reported gifts amounting to a little more than two hundred dollars. And thus, little by little, the fund grew.
Mr. George Brackett, of Greenland, made a considerable donation, with the condition, that his grandchildren, four or five in number were to receive tuition and board, free of charge. Subsequently, Mr. Brackett determined to give to the Academy, through Mr. Abbott, its agent, a sum so large as to place it on an independent foundation; but Mr. Abbott had conflicting interests at heart, even with the establishment of a similar institution in Greenland; and to his persuasions Mr. Brackett yielded. The money was therefore diverted into the new channel. The trustees of Hampton Academy, believing that undue influence was brought to bear upon the testator, worn as he was with age and feebleness, commenced a suit for recovery in 1826, and expensive and fruitless litigation followed.
Meanwhile, the other agent, Mr. Webster, was winning the gratitude of his colleagues, by his zeal and success in obtaining funds, the aggregate of which, though never large, was sufficient to pay necessary expenses.
From the beginning, the Hampton institution took a good standing among schools. Phillips Exeter Academy, for boys, and Atkinson Academy, preceded it in time of incorporation, but did not interfere with its prosperity. The first preceptor, Mr. Andrew Mack, in a letter, dated Gilmanton, August 30, 1872, when he was eight-six years old, wrote the story of the commencement of operations, in these words:
"In the month of September, 1811, I set out from Londonderry, designing to go to Newburyport, to find a situation to teach. I was led by that Unseen Hand which shapes the history of our lives, to Hampton. On the evening of the day of my arrival there, the trustees had a meeting. Their Academy building was just completed, and the trustees were in a divided condition and jealous of each other. There had been previous meetings and nothing done. The board consisted of eight members, four being Orthodox, and four, Unitarians.
I had taught two years at Gilmanton Academy and one year at Dartmouth College. The trustees agreed to lay aside their prejudices, and commence operations in the Academy. I made my contract with them, for three terms. At this distant day, I can pronounce the whole a success. Upon leaving, the trustees gave me a handsome testimonial.
I hereby send you the names of the students, while I was principal of the Academy.
|Polly Batchelder
|John Blake
|Abigail Brown
|David Brown
|Moses Brown
|Nathan Brown
|Simon Brown
|Thomas Brown
|Arlond Carroll
|Mary Carroll
|Sally Carroll
|Stephen Chase
|Oliver Cilley
|Edwin A. Clark
|Aaron Coffin
|Moses Coffin
|Hannah Cram
|Betsey Dearborn
|Jonathan Dearborn
|Joseph R. Dearborn
|Mary Dodge
|Richard Dodge
|Sally Dodge
|Eben T. Drake
|Samuel Drake
|Sarah Emery
|Abigail Fifield
|John Fogg
|Jonathan Garland
|Henry George
|Harriet Goodhue
|Sally Goodhue
|Abigail Green
|Stephen Harberger
|Obed S. Hobbs
|Eben James
|Hannah James
|Ira James
|John Johnson
|Oliver Lamprey
|Eben Lane
|Reuben Lane
|Clarissa Leavitt
|Lydia Leavitt
|Mary Leavitt
|Nancy Leavitt
|Shubael Leavitt
|Susan Leavitt
|Clarissa Marston
|David Marston
|Fanny Marston
|Jonathan Marston
|Jonathan Marston 2d
|Josiah Marston
|Moses L. Marston
|Sabrina Marston
|Samuel Marston
|Jacob Moulton
|Nathan Moulton
|Abigail Page
|Josiah Page
|Hannah Perkins
|John Perkins
|John Perkins
|Jonathan Philbrick
|Sewall Pike
|Sewall Pike
|Simon Roby
|Sally Sanborn
|Thayer S. Sanborn
|Eben Shillaber
|Martha Thayer
|Mary Ann Thayer
|Hill Tibbetts
|Christopher S. Toppan
|Elizabeth Toppan
|Mary C. Toppan
|Eben S. Towle
|John Towle
|Jonathan Towle
|Nancy Towle
|Philip Towle
|Sally Towle
|Sally B. Towle
|Abigail Ward
|Deborah Ward
|Joseph Ward
|Nancy Ward
|Sally Ward
|Eliphalet K. Webster
|Josiah Webster
|Susan Webster"


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A special issue of Transport Policy focused on transit investment and land development features papers authored by three CTS scholars: Jason Cao, Yingling Fan, and Andrew Guthrie.
Cao's paper, "Real estate development in anticipation of the Green Line light rail transit in St. Paul," examines the effect of the Green Line on economic development prior to the line's opening. Cao also served as a guest editor of the special issue.
Fan and Guthrie's paper, "Developers' perspectives on transit-oriented development," reviews a study that explored the attitudes toward and interest in transit-oriented development among residential and commercial developers in the Twin Cities region.


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Denial usually helps me stay blind to household duties like cleaning/dusting and the like. But compulsion kicks in to help me when my denial caves. Usually serving different purposes, these two mental health culprits occasionally cooperate to create dazzlingly healthy results—near spiritual.
Recently I awoke in a bustley mood, full of energy, rarin' to go—nowhere in particular. My husband, Dick, hates my bustley moods because it means he will greet me cheerily in the morning and get no answer—not even a glance, because I'm on the move.
Usually a bustley mood has a compelling focus, almost like a call or an inner commandment. This day my focus was thick layers of dust on every piece of furniture in sight, the blotches-from-"mars" shining in the sunlight on the bright blue bathroom tile floor, the large swinging cobwebs hanging from the cathedral ceiling, and the tight-woven web of dust swaying in suspension between the baseboard radiator and the neighboring bureau. And I noticed a smudge of blood on the sheet, his side, from a scratched cut of maybe weeks ago. It was, I decided, an infestation of filth— suddenly.
These spectres go ignored by both of us, often for months, except the bathroom crud. I may, from time to time, pick up little gray hairs, which belong, I decide, to his shedding head not mine, but that's all. Not today. Off came the sheets, then I dropped to my knees to attack the bathroom floor with a damp sponge. I am Cinderella without a tale of orphaned woe.
Why are you doing this? he asked..... ( not as politely as I've phrased it. )
I don't know, I said .....(even less politely.)
It's because you're nervous about the course you're teaching tomorrow? But of all days, Lyn, you don't have time to clean and why now?? For God's sake go pray.
He's always right about my compulsions, and I get angry at the psychoanalysis. Nevertheless I bustle on, hoping to get two floors done.
I wasn't nervous about the course. I was all prepared and confident. So why the Cinderella act?
Over the vacuum I concluded thus: 1) My natural compulsive energy, sometimes irresistible and always irrational, was driving me; and 2) My denial had caved, unable to manage alone it called for help from a friend. Thus, in one sudden mysterious moment I stopped denying the condition of my surroundings and was given a charge of energy to fix the situation and reset the denial for its next tour of duty :0) The results will last for a good while.
I know not why this rhythm is mine. What I do know is that both of these internal energies can work well together, and neither deserves pathologizing, although both are designated mental health diagnoses.
The spirituality of compulsion and denial working together has nothing to do with cleanliness being next to godliness, however, their unusual cooperation seemed a mystery worthy of wonder and awe. When I'd finished my one floor I felt uplifted, enlivened to the roots of my being—not because I did such a good job but because it gleamed and glowed as if smiling at me.
In fact, if God had voice Godde might say, It looks glorious Lyn, nice to reflect my glory, or your own, but remember: The glory of God is the human person fully alive.
P.S. Because I'm not insane I abandoned today's swerve into compulsive cleaning too long denied. I had somewhere to go and left it half done with resolve to finish tomorrow. It turned out I didn't have to because when I returned home Dick had cleaned the other floor. Now that's godly.
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I can think of several examples of functions such that twice application of the function is equivalent to no application of it.
- Additive inverse
- Multiplicative inverse
- Fourier transform
- Complex conjugation
- Any group built up from $\mathbb{Z}_2$, applying (one of) the $\mathbb{Z}_2$ parts' operation.
"Idempotent" came to mind, but that's wrong. It means $f(f(x)) = f(x)$, not $f(f(x))=x$.
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This question of worsened symptoms comes up now and again, and I still struggle to answer because it is a difficult concept. But I've been working on and explanation and thought I should share this answer:
Many women with PCOS have what is called estrogen dominance, which is a high estrogen to progesterone ratio. This is usually the result of elevated estrogen, a scarcity of progesterone, or both.
All sex hormones bind to SHBG (sex hormone binding globulin), so a very high estrogen level can make the "free" testosterone level (testosterone that is already not bound to SHBG) high just by competing for the binding sites*. And it is the level of free testosterone that causes the well-known symptoms of high androgens (acne, alopecia, amenorrhea, hirsutism, etc.).
*The binding sites concept is hard for many people. Think of the SHBG binding sites as spaces in a parking garage. There are a finite number of parking spaces, and the more extra estrogen that is out cruising for a spot, the longer it will take for the free testosterone to find a spot. And the T don't just drive around the garage, they damage the building as they look for a space—turning hair growth on or off, for instance.
In clinical trials, DCI was shown to increase SHBG overall. Combining that effect with DCI's tendency to help normalize estrogen levels, the clinical observation that free testosterone was cut in half made a lot of sense.
However, these changes are not going to happen at the same rate. In fact, estrogen drives synthesis of SHBG, so decreasing estrogen could also lead to a decrease in SHBG, the upshot of which is that free T may increase.
If that change happens faster than the decrease in "total" testosterone, the woman could develop worsened or renewed symptoms of high (free) testosterone. Worsened acne is the most common effect at this stage, although weight gain is possible as well. These effects would be transient; as the woman's hormone profile moves more toward normal, those symptoms should disappear along with the rest of the signs and symptoms of PCOS.
It is hard to explain this complicated bit of biochemistry, and it is a hard sell—many women have quit DCI therapy as a result of the worsened symptoms, even though those symptoms were actually a very good sign that DCI is working as they had hoped.


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Excellent question!Ray,
A couple questions.
Why didn't you turn the MT first and do your boring with the piece held in the H.S. MT?
Also, would it be "better" to grind your 30° point after completion? I wouldn't know how you'd hold the MT though unless you did it in the H.S.
These questions are mute though as yours turned out perfect but curious to your answer.
If I cut the taper early on, I would not want to risk doing that many boring and facing operations on a piece only held in the spindle with a Morse adapter. The headstock has a native MT5 taper so, a MT5 to MT3 adapter would be needed. That arrangement works fine to hold a dead center but, it would not hold a workpiece -especially if any kind of side pressure is applied. I can almost guarantee that would have a very bad outcome.
Immediately after the part was heat treated, it was cut the entire length and the big and small outer diameters were made perfectly straight and concentric. If the taper were cut early on, I would limit the options for holding the piece and also reduce (by over 50%) my ability to indicate the part over it's whole length. You can never indicate a part in one place and assume the entire length spins true. Since the small diameter was under 1-1/16", a 5C collet chuck was the natural choice to hold it. I'll add to that and mention that my 5C collet chuck is as close to perfect as is humanly possible.
The take-away here is that you can only use the headstock taper to spin between centers whereby the tailstock pressure keeps the part held firmly. If the tailstock pressure is compromised, the two interfaces in the headstock (headstock itself and the adapter) will give way. That's almost a foregone conclusion.
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Verizon is on course to launch another batch of powerful Android smartphones. No less than three high-end Motorola droid just leaked, along with the HTC Incredible 2 leaked today, confirming that the Verizon iPhone 4 hasn't quenched the carrier's thirst for smartphones.
Motorola is obviously pretty keen to find strengthen its positions in the US market. It's got the DROID X2 and DROID 3 in the pipeline, plus the LTE-capable Targa.
All three newly leaked Motorola handsets are said to pack qHD (960×540 pixels) displays and dual-core processors. The DROID 3 shuold also come with a sliding-out QWERTY keyboard.
The LTE-capable Motorola Targa seems to be the most interesting of the leaked Motorola droids. Its design is quite different from the standard Moto patterns and the slim waistline looks impressive. The picture is too blurry to jump to any conclusions (it's not even sure if it's fake or not), but some sources claim that the text next to the camera lens is saying 13MP/AF (though it looks more like 3.2 or 8.1 if you ask me). If the Targa is indeed a real device, I suppose it won't be available until the holiday season.
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Enough Motorola, let's look into HTC's camp. HTC Incredible 2 finally showed its face and it's pretty similar (in terms of both hardware and design) to its Incredible S sibling. AndrodidSPIN managed to get their hands on the Verizon's Incredible 2.
It has a 4-inch S-LCD WVGA display, 8 megapixel camera with flash, 1.3 megapixel front video-call snapper, 4GB internal storage and a 1450mAh battery. The Incredible 2 (MSM8655) is based on a Snapdragon chipset pretty similar to the one used in the Incredible S (MSM8255). Both SoCs have a 1GHz Scorpion processor, Adreno 205 graphics and 768MB RAM and the only difference is the CDMA and EV-DO support that the MSM8655 offers.
Android 2.3, skinned with HTC Sense UI is going to tick inside the Incredible 2. HTC is still mum about the Incredible 2, but we guess the official announcement is just around the corner.
Oh, there is one last thing worth mentioning. Verizon has officially confirmed the price and launch date of the HTC Thunderbolt 4G. You can get it on 17 March for $250 on a two-year contract. Verizon is also offering a free Mobile Hotspot for the early Thunderbolt 4G adopters. After 15 May it will jump back to $20 for 2GB data.
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On a chilly Monday morning in January, Seattle awoke to the news that one of its most promising companies, Juno Therapeutics, reached a deal to be acquired by biotech giant Celgene for $9 billion.
In less than a month, Seattle saw two more deals: Seattle Genetics bought Cascadian Therapeutics for $614 million and Universal Cells was acquired by Japanese company Astellas Pharma for $100 million.
The sudden streak of biotech acquisitions may worry some who remember Seattle's difficult history with such deals. But it also points to another trend: Seattle is a global hub for cell therapy technology, which is quickly becoming the hottest trend in biotech. Juno and Unviersal Cells are at the cutting edge of cell therapy technology and even Cascadian's tech is related to cell therapy science.
Cell therapies have achieved buzzword status in biotech akin to virtual reality or "smart" technologies in the tech industry, but that wasn't always the case. The rise of cell therapies, and the big-dollar deals that come along with it, is relatively recent.
Cell therapies use living cells, notably immune cells and stem cells, to treat diseases or even regenerate tissue. Dr. Stan Riddell, a longtime cell therapy researcher and scientific director of the Immunotherapy Integrated Research Center at Seattle's Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, said the first successful cell therapy was bone marrow transplant for leukemia patients.
"In fact bone marrow transplant was important in identifying the role of immune cells in antitumor responses, knowledge that led to efforts to use T cells and other immune cells to treat cancer," Riddell told GeekWire in an email interview.
Juno is taking advantage of that knowledge today. The company is one of the leading CAR T immunotherapy players in the country, developing cancer treatments based on genetically altered T cell technology from Fred Hutch, Seattle Children's Research Institute and others.
Cascadian Therapeutics' cancer treatment bucks the immunotherapy trend in Seattle — it relies on antibodies, not cell therapies, similar to many of Seattle Genetics' treatments. The technology is related to cell therapy and relies on many of the same underlying biotechnology principals.
"Cell therapies are also being developed to treat viral infections and for regenerative medicine applications," Riddell said. Universal Cells' stem cell technology could be used for regenerative medicine or a number of treatments.
The science behind advanced cell therapies has been mounting for the past decade — but only in the past few years have investors and the wider biotech market really begun to take notice.
"If you look around the country and you see what's happening in cell therapy — it's taking off," Leslie Alexandre, the CEO of industry advocacy group Life Sciences Washington, told GeekWire. "And the reason it's taking off is because we're seeing, with increased frequency, clinical validation of the efficacy of this new set of breakthrough therapies," she said.
Those validations include the first CAR T immunotherapies to be approved by the FDA, just a few months ago. The maker of one of those therapies, Juno competitor Kite Pharma, was acquired for $11.9 billion last year.
"Everyone's been poking at this problem for a while now," said Rob Carlson, a longtime scientist and managing director at biotech investment firm Bioeconomy Capital.
He pointed to world-class research on the immune system and stem cells happening at the University of Washington and other Seattle research powerhouses. "It just means there's a lot of expertise in the neighborhood. And many of those people decide to start companies at some point, and now that's paying off," Carlson said.
But as treatments move from basic science to commercialization, Seattle falters. In contrast to other health hubs like Boston, Seattle doesn't have the commercialization chops to match its research.
"Our ecosystem is big research, medium development and small on the commercialization side, and our talent pool reflects that," Alexandre said. "So we're outstanding in getting things approved by FDA, and that is no small task. I think that once these companies get through FDA approval, but have not built up scale-size manufacturing," an acquisition by a larger biotech company with commercialization resources makes a lot of sense, she said.
Seattle has struggled to retain large biotech companies in the past decades. A particularly sore spot was the shuttering of Amgen's giant waterfront campus in 2014, which it acquired when it bought Seattle biotech Immunex in 2001. The Amgen facility employed 660 when it was closed, and it will soon house Bellevue, Wash.-based Expedia's new headquarters.
Juno's acquisition has raised fears that the same could happen again to another rising biotech star, although the company has repeatedly declared that it intends to stay in its brand new Seattle HQ and its Bothell, Wash., manufacturing facility.
Carlson said acquisitions always come with risks, but also that the deals will be good news for Seattle's starutp scene.
"If you look at the churn of startups in Silicon Valley in other industries over the years, this is exactly how new startups get going," he said. "There's an acquisition and people stick with it as long as they need to to make sure that they see all the benefits from the acquisition, and then they leave and start a new thing. So in the longer term, I think it's extremely beneficial for Seattle."
A bigger challenge for the industry, Carlson said, is manufacturing. Most cell therapies are in the very early stages of research and clinical development. Once treatments like CAR T immunotherapy hit the market and things like regenerative medicine ramp up, creating and managing the cells all those procedures need will be a huge challenge.
"The analogy would be basically to printers and ink," especially in regenerative medicine, Carlson said. The science and infrastructure behind treatments are the printers and the cells that make it work are the ink. "One of the hiccups that's going to come in the industry is people have focused so hard on showing that the ink works, they haven't really grappled with making sure there's going to be a high-volume supply of high-quality ink."
More than just capacity, current manufacturing is incredibly expensive.
"Let's say we knew how to print the kidney," Carlson said, "which we don't. But let's say we did. Then, at the current cost per cell for most cell types, that's somewhere between 10 [million] and $20 million worth of cells. So that tells you that the economics of the therapy are a long way from matching up with whatever the actual therapeutic value of the treatment is."


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Have you ever track your lost android phone location on your device without android app? Here's the way to find lost phone location Android device manager. Android device manger allows you to remotely find, lock and erase you android phone. To find location of you lost or stolen device location services muse be turn on. If not enable location, you can still chance to lock and erase phone but you can't search its exactly current location. It's easy to enable android device manager on your device.
Android device manager give permission the app Google play services to perform lock the screen, change the screen lock and erase all data. You can also track your lost android phone using desktop computer, click here to find lost or stolen phone using computer. Also track lost phone location using Google Maps on android devices. Follow below given step by step guide to find lost phone location android device.
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Activate android device manager to find lost phone location android phone or tablet
Step 1: Tap on "App drawer" from home screen in your Android Nougat 7.0 (Moto G4 plus)
Step 2: Go to "Settings" or Swipe down top of the screen of notifications & tap on "Settings" gear icon
You can see various sections including wireless & networks, device, personal and system.
Step 3: Under personal section, tap on "Security"
Step 4: Tap on "Device administrators" under device administration section
By default activate or enable android device manager on Moto G4 plus device (Android nougat 7.0). After enable android device manager follow below settings on your phone to track lost phone location.
Settings > personal section > Google > Services > Location (If disable then enable it) > Location services > Google location history (Enable it on your device)
After enable you can see above screen on your android phone.
Step 5: Tap on "More" from top of the right side corner
Step 6: Tap on "View / Manage"
Now you can view or find lost phone location android device current location.
Step 7: Tap on "Android device manager"
Step 8: To deactivate this feature, tap on "Deactivate this device administrator"
Find lost or stolen phone using computer / laptop device:
First of all log in your gmail account, after log in location data from your lost phone will be collected by android device manager and sent to Google. You can view your android phone location approximate near, but not complete accurate. You can ring the stolen phone, lock & reset device password and erase data on your device.
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