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A black gay Maryland man dies after a brutal street attack near a gay bar in Washington DC. Detectives back away from their initial theory this was a "gay-bashing" but the victim's friends are not convinced.
Thirty-seven-year-old Tony Randolph Hunter and a friend were severely beaten on September 7 near Eighth and N Streets N.W. The two were headed to the BeBar, the popular gay club. A severe blow to the head left Hunter in a coma and lingering ten days in a vegetative state,. Hunter was pronounced dead on Wednesday afternoon. Report and video at Newschannel 8.
At first, investigators suspected gay bashing. A group of four young men attacked Hunter and his friend as they walked to a gay bar. But based on witness accounts and since the assailants robbed Hunter, police now call it a homicide.
Reportedly the victim's "wallet, keys and cell phone were taken" and detectives are now examining surveillance camera footage to identify the attackers.
The surviving victim tells FOX 5 no anti-gay slurs or epithets were shouted. "We had just gotten out of the car when four to five guys came up on us fast," he told FOX 5's Paul Wagner. "They didn't say anything—just started swinging. Some of the men attacked Tony and some came after me. I punched back and was able to get away. When I looked back down the block I saw Tony on the ground."
It's probably no coincidence that FOX 5 has more details on the crime but never once mentions the victim was gay, never says the word "gay", or, for that matter, suggests what type of hate crime police initially pursued. Nothing to see here, keep moving. The omissions reinforce conservative talking points that gay men and lesbians are not beaten and killed over their sexuality.
Random violence or hate crime? It may not make a difference. Tony Hunter's tragic death is the just latest in a series of violent crimes that have victimized District-area gays and lesbians.
Man Dies After Brutal Street Attack [Newschan 8]
Victim of Attack Near Convention Center Dies [FOX 5]
Coping with Tragedy [Wash Blade]


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The connection between the Jewish people and Jerusalem spans the spectrum of Jewish society.
At the request of Olam Shalem, supporters from different sectors,
holding different opinions and political views,
have joined together to express their unique relationship to Jerusalem –
and to call upon the children of the Diaspora to form their own relationship with this inimitable city
"Jerusalem and the identity of the Jewish people are one and the same"
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Knesset member of the Zionist Camp. Was General Secretary of the Labor party
"The connection between Jews all over the world to Jerusalem is built in every single Jewish soul"
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"Jerusalem belongs to every Jew in the Diaspora and in the Land of Israel. I wish you that your connection with Jerusalem will last forever."
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Minister of Jerusalem Affairs and Heritage; Knesset member of Likud. Was Minister of Immigration and Absorption.
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Rabbi, leader of the Mosaica Center for Interreligious Cooperation. Was Minister of Social and Diaspora Affairs
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The Phillies' ineptitude against their in-state rivals kept up over the weekend, as they dropped the final two of the series against the Pittsburgh Pirates to start the season with a 1-2 record. Despite getting stellar performances from their rotation (Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee and Vance Worley allowed a combined two earned runs in 20 innings), the bullpen couldn't hold the leads and the offense failed to put any more runs up on the board in the late innings.
In light of this, some of the fans seem to be getting concerned about the Phillies, at least if my Twitter feed is any indication. That consternation is perhaps justified, because a pair of lifeless losses against the Pirates certainly doesn't bode well for the rest of the season. On one hand, it's never comforting to see your team lose to a not-so-good Pittsburgh team, but on the other hand, baseball is a fickle mistress, and goofy things happen sometimes despite a team's best efforts.
And with Monday's home opener, I think it's important to remember one crucial thing: It's just three games. It's just three games. It's just three games.
It's a cliché, but baseball is a marathon, not a sprint, and what happens in the first week of April typically doesn't make or break the season, so getting worked up over a 1-2 start is a bit over-reactionary.
While it would have been great to exit the first series of the season with a 3-0 – or even a 2-1 – record, the fact that they lost the first series of the 2012 season isn't the end of the world, and it's important to keep that in mind when tough losses like this happen. And they will happen – a lot.
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Rugby hero Mike Tindall MBE was one of the star guests at Countryside Live, Harrogate 21-22 October 2017 where he was a special judge in one of the competitive classes.
The former England captain and Gloucester rugby player, who is married to Zara Phillips, was a guest judge for the Royal Smithfield Club in the taste-off between the winner of the Wagyu Ribs class and the first-placed entry from the combined Continental & Native-bred Ribs of Beef.
For the first time in the UK, there was a separate class for Wagyu Ribs, a breed noted for its highly marbled, premium beef. The celebrity 'cook-off' was hosted by Mike Tucker, Chairman of the Wagyu Breeders Association and Sue Nelson of Food Finder. Mr Tindall was a guest judge with Jill Mills, Cattle Steward and wife of Yorkshire Show Director Charles Mills, as well as Norman Bagley, director of the Association of Independent Meat Suppliers (AIMS).
Two well-known local chefs, Chris Harrison of Shoot The Bull in Hull & Michael Wilkinson from The Star in The City, York cooked the winning entries which were judged on taste, tenderness and visual appeal. Overall champion was the Wagyu rib from James Allen, Pulborough, West Sussex which won by 69 points to 65.


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I got an email from CafePress today. For all you Twi-hard fans, just click here and pick whether you are "Team Edward" or "Team Jacob" and they will send you 3 free stickers! I already ordered mine, and yeah the stickers are free, but they charge you like $1.25 shipping. I felt it was worth it. Oh, and here's the code you have to enter: CPNEWMOONGIFT2. I can't wait for my Team Edward stickers to come!! Happy New Moon everyone!!
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WomenLed2030 (WL2030) was launched in 2018 by, among other initiating members, C-Change's CEO Carolien de Bruin as a platform that will bring together a global network of and for women from governments, UN, business, finance and media in developed and developing countries. The vision behind WomenLed2030 is that, in building a more connected global community of changemakers, women leaders play a powerful role. Yet, while women catalyse change every day, it is recognized that doing so is not always easy, and women leaders at times face challenges that are gender related, and that a more connected community of female leaders would be of real value but non-existent today. In other words, WomenLed2030 aims to break this mould and connect leading women worldwide for impact, and C-Change is proactively supporting WomenLed2030 in this pursuit.
The mission of WomenLed2030 is divided into three pillars: connect women leading up to be a generous, trusted network of women leaders all over the world, support women to fulfil their individual missions by gaining knowledge and leadership expertise as spearheaded by the network and celebrate excellent women leadership in the form of a yearly event. To kickstart this mission into a reality, C-Change is supporting WomenLed2030 to organize various Exploration Dinners across the globe in which input will be gathered from those women leaders that we are inspired by today and whom we believe should be champions inside the network for this community to come together, starting in Amsterdam in 2018. In the meantime, in collaboration will a small group of funders pilots will be set up to test future action plans.
Out of a partnership effort between the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Jordan and Good Capital Project (GCP) 17Jordan was born in 2018. The primary purpose of 17Jordan is to attract long-term strategic growth capital for investments in Jordan through embracing Sustainable Development Goal #17 - "Partnership for Goals" Investments in Jordan's implementation of the 2030 agenda will be promoted through capacity-building, knowledge pooling and a strong focus on long-term equity methods that are scalable. In order to do so five different 'partnership opportunities' have been identified as the epicentre of the community system, involving private sector, public sector, media, civil society and development partners to catalyse the 2030 agenda in Jordan. The near future plans for 17Jordan consist of further exploring new relationships with stakeholders and delivering a report based on working group sessions. By the end of 2018, an active PR and outreach campaign shall be launched aimed at strategic targeting of SDG investors.
To accelerate SDG investments in Jordan, C-Change is involved to create the online infrastructure designated to connect a community around engagement and innovation. Moreover, C-Change has been with 17Jordan all along the initiation process with its pivotal moment in August 2018, when workshops with different working groups and high level meetings were organized to establish the first stepping stones towards the 17Jordan community and system.
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Handsome Gentleman at Winco Winco, north Nevada. You were grocery shopping with your daughter??, about 7:30p on New Years Day. Well dressed, silver fox. Wow. When I realized I was staring, I quickly disappeared as to not catch your glance. You see, a bottle of brut from the night before left me looking, well, not quite my best. I'd love to run into you again. Perhaps on purpose. I promise to be pulled together :) If you're curious, post in the 'Missed Connections' personals on Craigslist. I'll be stari-----oops! I mean watching!
COAT CHECK You left The Ridler Piano Bar with a long, black coat. New Years Eve. It is not yours. Return it to the bar with "all" intact. You will be greatly rewarded. You were seen. Have a friend return it, if you're not O.K. with how it all went down. No questions asked. Thinkin' you weren't just too drunk to know it wasn't yours. Hoping you just left in a hurry, havin' all kinds of fun, and grabbed it off the back of that chair. Thanks in advance. Your reward awaits.
Burger Joint Babe I saw you at the 5 Guys up North on Friday the 5th. You were trying out different drink combos and helping calm down your friend. He seemed pretty upset about his mom; I really admire how well you calmed him down and talked him through the struggle with such kindness and empathy. Maybe I can buy you a burger sometime soon? I was the blonde in the pale green cartigan.
To the off duty EMTs in front of Yokes yesterday Thanks Guys! I really appreciate you checking me out after that chick hit me on my bike in front of Yokes. Sore but uninjured otherwise.
Sushi Jack @My Fresh Basket Cheers to Jack @ My Fresh Basket for his beautiful and delicious sushi creations. You're awesome! Great job!!
Lost & Found Phone at Albertsons CDA After getting back home from grocery shopping at Albertsons in CDA on January 3rd, I realized that I had lost my phone. Frustrated and upset, I was sure that it was gone for good. . A few hrs later after being convinced by my partner, I reluctantly went back to Albertsons to see if I could find it. I was shocked and delighted to find out that someome actually turned my phone into CS after finding it outside! So, to the person whom has restored at least 11% of my faith in humanity, Thank You and I hope positive happenings & good karma surround you.
Sweeto Burrito is the Sweetest! On behalf of the CDA Fire local 710 wives group and CDA Fire, I can't begin to tell you how grateful we were for the support and kindness from Sean at the Coeur d'Alene Sweeto Burrito. One of our local firefighters that had gone into cardiac arrest and we had an army of people standing vigil at the hospital. We were sending food to the family to make sure everyone was fed. Sean was quick to respond and more than generous when I emailed that we were in need for the next day at lunch It was one less thing for us to worry about and the food was nice and hot when I picked it up. It was delicious. THANK YOU for everything! You really went above and beyond. I'm happy to say, our guy is home and making a fast recovery. Your generosity was truly thoughtful.
Thanks, AutoZone John W! Thanks, John W, (at the AutoZone on Division) for fixing the super-corroded battery terminal on my Camry last Saturday afternoon. I truly appreciated your willingness to get out the tool box and take the time to solve the problem! My Camry is running great!
Faith Restored I just dig humans with integrity. Thank you, kind sir, for going out of your way to turn my lost cell phone in to the T-Mobile store. All good things to you!
FOCUS! You took my friend's coat and left the venue, New Years Eve. When you realize you have it, please return it to the place you found it. If you don't remember, your friend does. If you left it in a Ride Share, track it down and return it. The same would be offered you. It would be uncomfortable for all involved to have the camera footage "splashed" all over town showing the Coat-Keeper-Creeper-Caper. Let's not go there. Drop it at the venue on Riverside, in the condition you "found" it, and all is forgiven. Thanks! You looked great that night! Don't do "Ugly" with this "little" oversight.
The Game of Love Please stop playing games with my heart. I don't understand how you could woo me with your beautiful love poetry and then deny that you love me the next day, and then tell me and everyone else that I am "insane" and that I am "stalking you" just because I wanted to tell you how sorry I was. This is not fair. Deep down I know you have the courage to not just say you love me through these unrequited love nots, but say it to my face, until then my heart is not a toy.
Fast food workers Jeers to the fast food employees who are making decent money but can't get an order correct. Every time I order food I end up wasting so much money and food because something gets forgotten to be put in my bag or whatever I asked to be taken off of an item doesn't get removed or some other random thing happens that ruins my meal. I know the answer to this is just to not eat fast food, but I like what I like and everyone deserves a treat sometimes. Pay attention to what you are doing. I work just as hard as you for the money I spend at your establishment. I'm expected to do my job correctly so why can't you!? If you can't figure it out then you must have a bright future of fast food ahead of you!
Officer on 195 Wow! Officer who pulled me over on 195 for doing 10 over while trying to merge. If what I was doing was actually negligent driving in the second degree and deserved a 500 dollar ticket then why did you let me off with a verbal warning? You baited me into opening my mouth by forcing me to explain myself and then verbally cut me off. I believe your words were "now you want to argue with me." You are a bad example to the future drivers in your vehicle. you just dont get it."You should never have made me get out of my truck at a traffic stop. The future drivers in my car did learn something. No matter how polite you are to a cop sometimes they just abuse their position anyways. Officer, you need anger management. After that I had a great day. Because I am a polite and safe driver and i know it. No tickets or accidents in 20 years. Let's see your record.
Pay attention when driving. 1. The light is green, why are we still stopped 20-30 seconds later? 2. If you're on I-90 and not entering or exiting, please move out of the lane where all oncoming or exiting is happening. 3. Go the speed limit, or weather permitting. 4. Turn on your lights. The new vehicles have [faux] lights inside, but your lights outside aren't on. 5. Pick a lane, don't ride the line. 6. Stop trying to pass on the rt when the lanes merge. 7. Signal! 8. Move!!!! 9. Replace your headlights or brakelights that are out. 10. Clear your vehicle of debris instead of attempting to drive with a frozen windshield or a ton of snow on it. We're all in this together, please remember your fellow drivers. Safety helps us all.
Impatient drivers If I'm doing 70mph on the freeway in the passing lane and i am actually passing a car, you do not have a right to blare your horn and flash your brights at me. We get it, your Mazda protege is way faster than my Camry, and it's way more important for you to get to your destination 10 minutes earlier than it is for me to get my kid to daycare safe. People like you are the epitome of 'D' words.
Re: Driving in Snow Cheers to the lady who wrote the essay last week about some Spokane drivers who don't drive well in the snow and ice. You absolutely nailed the issue brilliantly. I think perhaps the problem is that there are so many scummy people in the city who have no respect for others that they charge on mindlessly since they lack one. All one has to do is look around the city to see this. Spokane may be one of the least courteous cities in the nation. Not only do the drivers seem totally disinterested in those driving beside them, but some grocery store employees seem to think they're beneath helping their customers. Try this one for size. Head to Safeway on Market and try to get helped in a line efficiently. Not only will you wait in line for an interminable amount of time, but when you do finally get helped, you will be treated like a second class citizen. What's to like? Oh yes...Near Nature. Near Perfect. At least the first part is correct. It's near nature. BTW, because the city has so many scumbags, don't use $50 bills because the dumbos who work in the grocery stores aren't smart enough to elucidate they're real without using their dumbo proof pens. Therefore they insult their customers by drawing a line across them. Hey stupid, you can tell the bill is real via an assortment of means that don't require a pen or even light. It's not really their fault though. They're just following management rules and they're the dumbest of all. Most accurate motto for the city. Near nature but not as polite as the south. ♦


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CATERING by CERES
• We use only foods raised and sourced sustainably, with most ingredients certified organic and locally produced
• We provide job training experience to hundreds of young people each year
• You'll be supporting Ceres' programs empowering youth and supporting low-income community members with healthy organic and delivered meals during illness
We provide food and service for a wide variety of events, including lunch meetings, receptions, fund-raising events, parties, weddings and more. Whether you need boxed lunches dropped off at your office, or a fully staffed sit-down meal with rentals, we're here to help you plan an event to remember.
We are happy to create a custom menu for your group with pricing dependent on your menu, the size of your group and the level of service required – from drop-off to buffet, family style or plated meals.
To talk with our Catering Team, please call 707-829-5833 ext. 304 or email [email protected]
Since 2012 Ceres Community Project has brought our healthy, local and organic food philosophy to events from parties and business meetings to fund-raising events for fellow nonprofits like United Way of the Wine Country, Sonoma County Conservation Action, Social Advocates for Youth, Seeds of Change, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, and the Laguna Foundation.
With a centrally located kitchen in Santa Rosa and an experienced team led by professional chefs, we're ready to cater your next event.
The food was absolutely delicious and Lorraine was a delightful addition - she was friendly, extremely helpful, represented Ceres professionally, and was a joy to have around.
Thank you again!
Dalton Wiley,
Becoming Independent
With Ceres, we always know that the food being served is sourced in a way that supports our values around sustainability and environmental health. But even more than that, we want to leverage our funds to make the biggest difference possible for our community. Hiring Ceres to handle our catering needs means we're supporting our community in a big way while also providing amazing and delicious food for our guests.
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Sonoma County
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2014 will be a key year in Capital Metro planning. The table below is from one of the project updates available at their website. It is titled 'Project Plan and Timetable' and is from Project update 5.
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Samaritan law threatened
I would like to comment on the California Supreme Court's decision to allow a person in distress to sue another person who in good faith tries to save the victim's life from an accident or a situation of great danger ("Woman can sue friend who pulled her from wreck," Dec. 19). This decision, in my opinion, lacks common sense. What a slap in the face for those of us who one day may need another person to help us in a time of danger.
In the past, when a person arrives at the scene of an accident, the reasons to risk one's life to help someone in distress were one's willingness as a human being to help another when help is needed and the assurance that our laws would protect us from lawsuits filed by attorneys. Under the established Good Samaritan statute, a person who sees another individual in imminent and serious danger or peril cannot be charged with negligence if that first person attempts to aid or rescue the injured party, provided the attempt is not made recklessly.
Now, in my opinion, this has been changed by the court's decision, which was written by Justice Carlos Moreno.
Based on his decision, this statute can now be challenged in court. For those folks who do not have any assets, this would not affect them because history has shown that attorneys have a tendency not to sue if no insurance policies or assets are available to grab. However, for those of us who do have assets such as a business, a home and other real property or intellectual property, this now becomes a real problem for us.
I think this decision puts a doubt in everyone's mind when it comes to helping others. Because of these changes, if I come upon the scene of an accident, where someone needs help, I would have to stop and start a decision-making process, factoring in the risk of saving a life versus the possibility of losing everything I have worked so hard for, including my life savings, my home and business.
Thanks to the state Supreme Court, from now on, when I arrive first at an accident, I will have to turn my head and act like nothing ever happened, and I will drive away.
Thanks, Justice Moreno, for making it so difficult for us to help each other in times of need.
Rancho Palos Verdes
Media are easy on Kennedy
When Sarah Palin was selected to run with John McCain, the media spent the entire campaign saying she was without any experience, and tried to dig up all the dirt and slime they could find on her and her family. Now, Caroline Kennedy says she wants Hillary Clinton's Senate seat, by appointment no less.
Was Kennedy a mayor? Is Kennedy a governor? So what do the media focus on? ABC's John Muir asks what's on her iPod. Wow, that's fair and balanced? Where are the investigations? Which family has more to hide, Palin's or Kennedy's?
Rancho Palos Verdes
Williams deserves mention
I read the article about the 100th birthday of Williams' Book Store in San Pedro with nostalgia and fond memories ("Century-old store plans celebration," Friday). Nowhere, however, did you mention Ethyl Williams. Ethyl took over the bookstore from her father, E.T., and ran it for many years. She also happened to be my aunt, as well as neighbor, and she played a significant role in my life. I credit this "Auntie Mame"-style lady with fostering a love of reading in me that has lasted a lifetime.
Every Christmas morning there would be a newly wrapped book from Williams' Book Store sitting on my front doorstep. I discovered the adventures of Nancy Drew, "Little Women" and the "Five Little Peppers" series thanks to Aunt Ethyl. She was a feminist, an artist and Renaissance woman. As a single mother and business owner, she still found time to tile her entire kitchen in mosaics.
She is a notable San Pedran and should be remembered.
San Pedro
Editor's note: The Daily Breeze plans to publish a more detailed feature story on the bookstore's 100th anniversary later this month.
Abstinence stats skewed
You recently published Ellen Goodman's column (Comment page, Friday) gleefully rejoicing that the abstinence program for teens is failing if judged by a survey of 1,000 teens. It is worth noting that her negative comments about the program connote a supercilious attitude toward morality.
Of course teens cannot be expected to have any will power or conscience. If we applied the same logic to smoking as she does to sex, then schools should be handing out cigarettes — filtered of course. Missing are the numbers of teens whose lives have been drastically changed due to pregnancies, AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases and abortions.
She laments that money has been spent on this "failing" program, but she conveniently forgot to mention that Planned Parenthood gets more than $300 million annually to annihilate the next generation. America does not need enemies when we have termite journalists always ready to snidely attack anything that is constructive. Goodman wants "evidence-based science" to guide teens. Abstinence works every time it is practiced — does she need more evidence?


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Aran Bell, American Ballet Theatre Studio Company
What career would you choose if you could not be a dancer ? AB: If I couldn't dance, I would play soccer, but eventually I want to become an orthopedic surgeon and focus on helping dancers What are your worst fears (professionally or personally)? AB: Professsionally, my worst fear is dropping my partner on stage. Which person (dead or alive) would you most want to dance with if you could? AB: There are so many people I would love to dance with.... I think it would be fun to dance with Natalia Osipova because she is fearless! If a child told you they wanted to be a dancer, what would your advice be? AB: Find a teacher you trust. Work hard, pour your heart and soul into the daily work, and have a life outside of ballet. Take one day off per week, and go hiking, biking, swimming, skateboarding, horseback riding, skiing, snowboarding, or just run around and play outside. Travel as much as you can, visit interesting places, read good books, and make friends outside the ballet world. The things you do outside the studio will help you become a stronger, more coordinated, and interesting dancer...and person! If you could be an animal, what would animal would you choose and why? AB: I've always wanted to fly, so I would want to be a bird. What is your greatest indulgence?
AB: Pizza and milkshakes. What 3 items do you always have in your bag with you? AB: Advil, Beats and my roller What career would your family have chosen for you? AB: My parents have always been super supportive of my dancing, but encourage me to think about life after my dance career and always say "college is non-negotiable!" What is your idea of perfect happiness? AB: I don't really have an idea of perfect happiness. So many things in life make me happy; having an awesome ballet class, a successful performance, hiking and biking with my dad, Sunday brunch with my family, spending time with friends and traveling! Who would you like most to have a coffee with (could be dead or alive)? AB: I would like to have coffee with my grandpa Cliff, my dad's father. He passed away before I was born, but I think I would have liked him a lot. What is your favorite city to tour to and why? AB: I lived in Italy for 5 years and performed in many different places in Europe. I don't really have a favorite city. Each one is so unique and has something interesting to offer. What was your biggest mishap in a performance? AB: My biggest mishap in a performance was last summer, when I slipped on a wet outdoor stage in Capri, Italy and sprained my ankle. Is there a special meal you have before performances? AB: Nothing special. I'll eat anything!
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Yesterday we got up and prepared the boat to continue our trek downeast. By the time Stephanie was done making the boat shipshape and I was done resealing our port caprail the wind still hadn't even started to whisper in to Linekin Bay. We started up the trusty diesel and headed out in search of some breeze. When we made it out of the bay however there was still no wind but there was a large swell coming in out of the South. There was also a pod of dolphins leading us farther downeast. We decided to make some headway under motor power and set off for Eastern Egg Rock. Shortly after passing the lighthouse at the northern tip of Fisherman's island in Boothbay harbor we spotted our first of 6 six seals that we would swing by and check out Rode Trip during the day.
Here is the first landmark that we passed on our way east, the fort at the end of Pemaquid point.
We arrived at Eastern Egg at lunchtime, and were treated to the sight of Puffins. The puffins were reintroduced to the island some time ago, and they seem to be thriving.
We saw several flocks of them swimming around the island. We could get a great view of them with the binoculars. Stephanie thinks that they are "cute…like panda's…but birds".
After watching them for a while we picked up a breeze and set off under sail to head out around Shark Island, and finally enter into Penobscot bay!
It looked like rain was coming and the wind died again, so we fired up the engine and motored into Tenants harbor, where we are now safely at anchor in Long Cove.


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How can I add solar/wind to existing system? Also how do I reside the vessel? It a tangleed web!
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Kate Mara and Miles Teller also linked with film
Jamie Bell is close to agreeing a role in the forthcoming reboot of the Fantastic Four, according to reports.
Bell, who is currently starring in Lars Von Trier's controversial 'Nymphomaniac' and rose to prominence with his starring role in 2000's Billy Elliot, is set to play Ben Grimm and his alter-ego The Thing in the film.
The Wrap also says that Kate Mara and Miles Teller are close to signing deals to play Sue Storm( the Invisible Woman) and Reed Richards (Mister Fantastic) respectively, while The Wire's Michael B. Jordan has been linked with the role of the Human Torch.
The film will be directed by Chronicle filmmaker Josh Trank. The previous Fantastic Four films, released in 2005 and 2007, saw Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Michael Chiklis and Chris Evans bring the superhero team to the big screen.


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We have a soft spot for edredons – the French cushion and quilt that we found in our grandparents' bedrooms or rolled up on our beds. The big fluffy mass on which we could devour books, dream, sleep or lounge as children. Quilt cushions are reminiscent of the past, when every household had some to […]...[+]


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For this brief our Client asked us to bring light, space and storage into what was once a gloomy kitchen. We re-designed a new and extended area to create an updated and user-friendly contemporary kitchen. We used cream coloured cupboards to bounce light from the French doors through to the far end of the area. We selected a dark worktop to contrast with the units, and to act as a balance with the appliances. The solid wooden doors help connect this beautiful kitchen to the garden. Along with new exterior doors and a skylight, we have maximized on natural light and the sense of space
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Tuesday's Ball Run Tinkerers have hit a critical mass with their ramp building. This week, we completed all of the ramps necessary to elevate our tracks all the way across the workshop from ground level all the way up to "taller than Amanda." (Amanda is five foot, four inches tall).
Once we completed the long straight away, the next order of business was to incorporate our turn prototype, as well as add one additional turn (to make a full 180 degree shift over the course of the track). Because our first turn prototype didn't address a change in height, I proposed that we try something that we started calling a "drop turn" -- just to see if it was possible.
To complete a drop turn, the ball would need to change direction while dropping a distance. What if two of our ramps came together in an "L" shape, and the ball was able to drop from one ramp to the next? We tested this theory with two of our existing ramps, and it seemed to work just fine.
So, the team started taking measurements to make a ramp that was "taller than Amanda" on one end, and then "taller than Nathan" on the other end. This new ramp could drop the ball on to the next shorter ramp, and complete a 90 degree turn all at once.
After some quick measurements, some team building, and a lot of racing against the clock, the Tinkerers built the Taller-than-Amanda-Taller-than-Nathan ramp, and we set it up for the final test run of the day.
We tested, and rather than a drop turn, we achieved what the group called a "bump, stop." Rather than continuing down the tracks, the ball just stopped. The end. No ball run.
What happened?!
There was a mis-measurement, and the shortest end of the tallest ramp ended up at exactly the same height as the taller end of the next ramp. The result: the ball rolled to the end of ramp #1, and had to bump over the rail of ramp #2. That bump was enough to slow the ball to a complete stop.
During our quick closing circle, we determined that for next week, we definitely have to fix that tallest ramp. And, because next week is the last one of the session, we have a lot of work to do!


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Here's a great example of priorities. Yesterday, as part of the budget vote, it was reported that an amendment was offered that would've alleviated the military pension cuts. To pay for saving the military pension, the IRS would be forced to start denying fraudulent tax claims filed by illegal immigrants (right now, their intentionally looking the other way). Senate Democrats wanted nothing of the sort and in a party-line vote (with the noted exception of Senator Hagan), stopped the amendment cold.
For those who've read this blog, the tax fraud should sound very familiar:
In 2011, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration found that "individuals who are not authorized to work in the United States" and therefore did not have a valid Social Security number were still able to obtain billions in Additional Child Tax Credits by filing returns with an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number.
I've covered this issued for a couple of years now (thanks to Bob Segall's outstanding perseverance and assistance from whislteblowers) and includes a likely local example as well. The latest was that this fraud issue would be dealt with legislatively but Harry Reid decided to stand in the way. Now his party is blocking to doorway too. Glad they have their priorities straight…


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The mighty Sewercide have released a brand new track entitled Hypothermia and man does it rip! After listening to the latest offering from the band I thought I was hit by an out of control freight train and then thrown into a vat of boiling lava. Simply put, Hypothermia is fast, unrelenting and nothing short of brilliant, which is just the way I like it!
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|Abducted farmer escapes death
Staff Reporter
LANCE Kennedy, the
Nyabira farmer abducted from Sigaro Farm on Wednesday last week, and his
parents, narrowly escaped death when unidentified gunmen shot at their truck
along the Old Mazowe Road in Marlborough last Thursday night.
The gunmen allegedly shot
at Kennedy's truck as he was returning home from picking up his father, Joe, at
the Harare International Airport.
Joe said: "We turned two kilometres into Selby Road. A car which was following us flashed its lights and we thought the driver wanted to overtake, so our son pulled off to the left side of the road.
"The car, a maroon Mazda 626 - came to our side and one of the three men in the car stuck his head out through the window.
"My son, sensing danger, made a U-turn and the maroon car did the same.
After about a kilometre, we sustained one bullet on the rear of out truck," Kennedy said.
"It was followed by another bullet. The vehicle was moving faster and my son was maintaining our position by swerving from side to side all the way to the Westgate roundabout until we got to the police station and the car disappeared into a side road."
Kennedy is the managing director of Sigaro, Parklands Farm and the National Tested Seeds, one of the leading producers of horticultural seed in Southern Africa.
Attempts by the police to track the car were futile. "I must say, however, the police were incredibly helpful," Kennedy said.
Police spokesperson, Inspector Tendai Nembire said on Friday she was not aware of the incident.
Kennedy said it was not clear whether or not the shooting was linked to his son's abduction.
"I can't say yes or no because we don't know whose vehicle it was."
Lance Kennedy was abducted and forced to drive to State House by war veterans following an argument over a piece of land at Sigaro Farm.
The war veterans said they wanted President Mugabe to resolve the dispute.
They were allegedly turned back by the police after waiting at the entrance to State House for nearly two hours, without seeing the President.
|Lawyers deplore repeated attacks on the judiciary
Staff Reporter
THE Zimbabwe Lawyers for
Human Rights (ZLHR) has deplored repeated attacks on the Judiciary by government
officials, war veterans and activists of the ruling Zanu PF.
They want the Law Society
of Zimbabwe to discipline lawyers who collaborate in the campaign and try to
justify the government's repeated breach of the rule of law.
In a statement to mark International Human Rights Day, the lawyers called on all lawyers to defend the Judiciary and press the government to obey court orders.
International Human Rights Day is commemorated worldwide on 10 December.
On Friday, about 30 Harare-based lawyers marched through the city centre to commemorate the occasion.
Tawanda Hondoma, the ZLHR spokesperson, said: "We are concerned about the human rights situation and the rule of law in Zimbabwe. We are taking a stand against dictatorship and all we want is a society run according to the rule of law."
The calls come at a time when the government seems to be condoning lawlessness on the commercial farms in defiance of a Supreme Court order to stop the government's fast-track land reform programme.
The Judiciary has also been attacked by war veterans and Zanu PF supporters.
Last week, Patrick Chinamasa, the Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, attacked Supreme Court judges for serving what he described as the interests of white commercial farmers. War veterans have given the judges an ultimatum to resign.
|Concession farm workers released
Staff Reporter
ABOUT 200 farm workers
at Duncombe Farm in the Concession area of Mashonaland Central province, held
hostage at the farmhouse by Zanu PF supporters and war veterans, were released
on Friday.
Malcolm Vowles, the
Commercial Farmers Union spokesman said: "We have reports that the workers were
released but they are not allowed to do any farming activities."
The officer commanding Bindura district, Chief Superintend Lawrence Manamike said: "The information I received from the officer-in-charge of Concession Police Station is that the situation is now calm. I do not know whether the war veterans are still on the farm or not."
The invaders indiscriminately slashed a 10-hectare tobacco field and brought to a halt all farming activities.
In its national weekly report for last week, the CFU reported there has been an increase in the number of invaders planting their crops on top of other crops.
The tractors, though, are quiet. The fields are empty of workers. Farm owner Robin Marshall is sipping coffee on his back porch and anxiously watching clouds drift across the wide African sky, like grains of sand through an hourglass. Each is a reminder that precious days are slipping away before the first rains fall this month.
If he tries to put one seed in the ground, he will be beaten up, maybe killed, he fears.
That's the threat from the several dozen squatters who invaded his farm this month with the government's backing.
On Nov. 4, a caravan of more than 50 trucks and cars wound its way up the gravel road to his front gate. Veterans of Zimbabwe's long war for independence of the 1970s, peasants, and government officials danced, sang, chanted and then held a brief ceremony to declare that Marshall's land was no longer his.
They offered no title deed. No court decision. No paperwork. It was more a case of mob rule, Marshall says.
"The law doesn't seem to mean an awful lot at the moment," Marshall says wryly.
Law or no, farm invasions like this are the centerpiece of President Robert Mugabe's often violent effort to correct the racial imbalance of land ownership in the country of 12 million.
It is a program pushing the country closer to disaster by undermining the nation's agriculture industry, the backbone of its already weak economy. Hundreds of commercial farmers find themselves unable to plant their crops and wonder what the future holds.
Land reform has been an emotional issue in Zimbabwe since the black majority overthrew white minority rule in 1980, after more than a decade of fighting.
During colonial times, white settlers who came to what was then called Rhodesia to seek their fortunes in agriculture and mining forced blacks off ancestral lands.
Today, whites make up less than 1 percent of the population, but they own about one-third of the nation's best farmland. About 4,500 white landowners farm about 28 million acres, while 1 million black peasant farmers share 40 million acres.
Mugabe intends to resettle about 12.5 million acres owned by white farmers with some 500,000 war veterans and peasants by the middle of next year. So far, more than 2000 farms have been resettled and staked out with no compensation to the owners.
In November, Zimbabwe's Supreme Court declared the land invasions illegal, but Mugabe's government has ignored orders to remove the occupiers from the land.
Although Mugabe insists he is trying to correct the wrongs of Zimbabwe's colonial past, opponents say the land reform program is Mugabe's desperate bid to stay in power as his popularity wanes and his country unravels.
About half of the nation's working population is unemployed, inflation has soared to 60 percent, fuel and power shortages are commonplace and families are struggling to feed themselves.
When his one-party government faced its first serious opposition in parliamentary elections this year, Mugabe tried to ignite racial division by urging his people to reclaim the land from the white farmers and for whites to pack their bags and head to Britain.
The strategy, opponents say, was to strike a blow at the white farmers who were supporting the opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change.
Mugabe's land reform program "has nothing to do with maintaining the land. It has do with maintaining power," says Mike Auret, an opposition party leader.
War veterans and Mugabe supporters invaded 1,000 farms in the months leading up to the elections in June. Five white farmers were killed. The opposition movement then won a third of the seats in Parliament, a defeat for Mugabe's one-party government.
Marshall's farm was one of those taken over in April. About 300 people, who said they were veterans of Zimbabwe's war of independence, overran his property, built a bonfire in his back yard and spent several days banging on drums until Marshall agreed to leave.
Marshall moved to a neighbor's house. He waited three months, until after the election, when most of the veterans drifted away. Then he returned with armed guards.
The aim the land reform in Zimbabwe has been to develop a new class of independent black commercial farmers. But the land issue has been more political than economic.
Britain, the former colonial power, has put up $70 million to redistribute the land on a willing seller/willing buyer basis. Mugabe, however, has been accused of using the money to hand out land to political cronies and business people - not the peasant farmers.
At an international conference on land reform in Zimbabwe held in 1998, donors agreed to support legal, gradual land reform that would target the landless blacks. But Mugabe never acted on the offer.
Now Mugabe is trying to accomplish in a matter of months what he has failed to do during 20 years in office, critics say.
Under Mugabe's program, farmers will be allowed to care for the crops they have already planted. For Marshall, who planted 10 percent of his seed maize crops, that means that 90 percent of his land will be turned over to settlers. He will receive no compensation for his land, only money for the improvements on the land such as his house, barn and storage facilities.
As each day passes, Marshall says he is debating whether to ignore the threats of his occupiers and continue planting. "I think it might be worth the risk," he says, noting that all his savings are invested in his farm. Without it, he'll be destitute.
His land was invaded despite the fact that it met none of the criteria for land acquisition set by the state. And though he says he agrees that a gradual, legal land reform program is needed, he does not like to be lumped with white colonial farmers.
Marshall, whose father moved to Rhodesia in 1947, was born and raised in Zimbabwe but spent much of his life working as a farm manager saving to buy his own land. In 1990, he bought his farm with the government's blessing.
"We didn't steal the land from anyone. We paid the market price," he says.
Across the road from Marshall's farm, a group of about 20 war veterans and Mugabe supporters has been camped out at the local school. Some have been living there since the first farm invasion in April. Others arrived this month. They sleep in the classrooms at night and clear out during the day to allow classes to continue.
On a recent afternoon, the supporters sat on the school grounds by a fire keeping a watchful eye on Marshall's farm. The group refused to discuss the occupation with Marshall or with visitors. When a visitor asked to speak with them, a middle-aged woman reached for a steel pole and said she would not answer any questions.
The government defends its approach as being one of the country's own devising rather than a plan imposed by international agencies. It also asserts that most accounts of violence have been exaggerated by white farmers, and that police have matters well in hand.
"If war veterans do interfere with operations on a farm, the farm must lodge a complaint," says George Charamba, one of Mugabe's spokesmen.
Marshall said he has called the police and they have offered little protection. They had advised him to avoid confrontations with the land occupiers at the risk of otherwise being killed.
Gerry Davison, a spokesman for the Commercial Farmers Union, which represents about 4,500 farms, says he handles dozens of reports of farm violence and threats from occupiers each week.
On a recent morning he received a call from a farmer who was stopped from plowing. The farm invaders forced the farmer to stay on the tractor and then piled sticks and dry grass beneath his tractor and threatened to set it on fire if he did not agree to stop plowing.
Although the recent Supreme Court ruling declaring the invasions illegal was a major victory for the farmers, it is not expected to change much, Davison said:
"All we can do is stay within the law, whatever defense it offers. As long as the government is operating outside the law, the victories we win in court are hollow."
A Very Bad Year For Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Standard (Harare)
December 10, 2000
Cornelius Nduna and Paul Nyakazeya
As the curtain comes down on the year 2000, there are few doubts that the year will go down as one of the most eventful in many years. Notable events range from natural disasters in the form of Cyclone Eline to man-made disasters, such as Zimbabwe's bloodiest ever parliamentary election campaign trail which left 34 people dead.
The year will leave an imprint on the minds of many-and for the wrong reasons. The year can be summed up as one dominated by the rejection of a proposed draft national constitution-by farm invasions, political violence, foreign currency shortages, the onset of Cyclone Eline, high inflation, soaring prices, fuel shortages and a rise in the country's global corruption rating.
The Zimbabwean econo-my continued its downward slide with inflation reaching an all time high of 70%.
Interest rates and the fall of the local dollar against major currencies combined with other factors to drive the prices of basic commodities through the roof.
Consumer anger at the harsh economic conditions manifested itself in riots against food price hikes in some urban centres, the latest of which occurred in Harare and Redcliff last month.
These spontaneous riots lasted for three days and were characterised by road blockades, looting of bread vans and the burning of commuter omnibuses. Government reacted by using maximum force to crush riots which many had predicted would last several weeks.
Fuel shortages continued to be the order of the day, leading to the loss of many working hours as many motorists joined snake-like queues, several kilometres long, around those filling stations which happened to have stocks of the now rare commodity.
The increase in the price of diesel and petrol by more than 70%, this year alone, added to the already gloomy picture of Zimbabwe's economic outlook. So dismal was the country's economic performance that a few months into the year and analysts had given up on their forecast of an economic growth of 3,2% and instead predicted a negative growth rate.
Said a respected economic analysts from a local stockbroking firm: "The forecast economic growth rate of 3,2% has now become an impossible target and economists have predicted a contraction in the gross domestic product (GDP) and growth rate of between 5 to 10%."
Fiscal indiscipline continued unabated, pushing the budget deficit to about 20% and government's domestic borrowing capacity shot up to above $100 billion. Economist John Robertson summed up the effects of these developments: "It is the ordinary man on the street who suffers the most. The government should concentrate on more serious issues to avoid a year like this one."
On the political front, Zanu PF received its biggest drubbing ever in a parliamentary election when in June, it lost to the opposition MDC, 57 of the 120 contestable seats.
Political violence during the run-up to the elections dented a process that would otherwise have been hailed by the international community as 'free and fair'. Thirty-four people were left dead in a trail of election violence. Disaster struck again on 9 July, when 13 people were trampled to death at the National Sports Stadium following the unleashing of tear gas on thousands of soccer fans who had come to watch a World Cup qualifier against South Africa. Police said they were trying to contain a riotous situation, but many dismissed this as a lame excuse intended to cover up a vengeful act against a crowd that had openly shown its support for the opposition MDC.
The dismal performance by the national Olympic team was symptomatic of the deep-seated problems besetting this country, once regarded as "the jewel of Africa".
The farming sector, undoubtedly the backbone of the country's agroindustrial economy, entered its darkest period this year with the onset of farm invasions by war veterans and Zanu PF supporters.
Ahead of the June parliamentary elections, government endorsed the invasions of farms by war veterans and embarked on an ambitious land reform programme to resettle 150 000 families on five million hectares of commercial farm land. The programme, however, earned Zimbabwe the wrath of its many international benefactors, most of whom withdrew assistance to the country, citing the lawlessness characterised by the farm invasions.
As the year closes, the Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) is predicting massive food shortages in the coming year, due to the invasion of many productive farms. The Bankers Association of Zimbabwe compounded the situation by its bombshell announcement that it would not fund cropping on about 3 000 farms targeted for compulsory acquisition.
MDC spokesman, Learnmore Jongwe, admitted that this year was one of the most difficult ones for Zimbabwe.
"Things got bad as the year went by. It is a sad thing that some people are destroying this beautiful country. There is every need to make sure that the ordinary man does not continue to suffer.
"It is also high time that some people admitted that they have failed and leave before things get any worse." Finance and economic development minister, Simba Makoni's national budget coming as it did towards year's end did no more than leave many pondering a future Zimbabwe reduced to a nation of cyclists and drinkers. The notable reductions in customs and excise duty were for bicycles and beer respectively.


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Diabetes is one of the major degenerative disorders driven by chronic, "silent" inflammation.
Omega-3s help moderate and resolve inflammation, so it's been presumed that diets rich in these fatty acids should help prevent or dampen diabetes – especially the majority of cases caused in part by carrying excess pounds – and substantial evidence supports that idea.
As the authors of a recent evidence review wrote, "Obesity is associated with low-grade chronic inflammation … the key link between obesity and development of insulin resistance … [Omega-3s] may therefore offer a useful anti-inflammatory strategy to decrease obesity-induced insulin resistance" (Oliver E et al. 2010).
Conversely, the omega-6 fatty acids that predominate in most vegetable oils and prepared/packaged foods – therefore in most Americans' diets – tend to promote or sustain inflammation.
(The main exceptions are olive, macadamia, canola, and hi-oleic sunflower oils, which are relatively low in omega-6 fats.)
And it's becoming clear that diabetes is one of the disabling diseases promoted by America's grossly excessive intake of omega-6s.
A number of population studies have looked for links between intake of omega-3s and risk of diabetes.
Some epidemiological (population) studies link diets rich in fish and/or their omega-3s to a modestly reduced risk of diabetes… but others have found no drop or a slight rise in risk. For example, see "Diabetes-Fish Study Raises Doubts."
Why would omega-3s help?
In addition to their anti-inflammatory influences, studies involving healthy and diabetic animals and people show that omega-3s exert beneficial metabolic effects.
These metabolic benefits include improved blood fat and inflammation profiles – which promote and sustain diabetes – in healthy and diabetic people alike.
Surprisingly, only a minority of the studies that have looked at omega-3s' potential to deter "insulin resistance" – a primary promoter of and integral part of diabetes – indicate that fish fats help.
For more on the entire topic, see the "Omega-3s & Metabolic Health" section of our news archive.
Encouragingly, two recent studies – from the U.S. and Singapore – lent support to the hope that omega-3-rich diets can help deter diabetes (see "Omega-3s Linked to Lower Diabetes Risk").
Now, the results of a joint U.S-Chinese epidemiological (diet-health) study conducted in Shanghai add more evidence to the positive side of the scale … especially for women.
Unusually, new study looked at all kinds of omega-3s
As in the Singapore-based study we summarized last month, the team behind the Shanghai study looked for links between diabetes rates and intake of the two major kinds of omega-3s: seafood-source and plant-source.
Most studies have only looked at the long-chain, seafood-source or "marine" omega-3s our bodies actually need to survive and thrive, called DHA and EPA.
When necessary – in the absence of seafood and fish or krill oil supplements – the body can make DHA and EPA, very inefficiently, from the short-chain, plant-source "green" omega-3 called ALA.
Omega-3 ALA – obtained by Americans from canola oil, beans, dark leafy greens (e.g., spinach and chard), flaxseed, and walnuts – has been studied less much in relation to diabetes.
The Singapore-based study we reported on last month linked higher intakes of plant-derived omega-3 ALA to a 21 percent reduction in the risk of diabetes … finding no links between higher intakes of seafood-source omega-3s and either a higher or lower risk of diabetes.
The new Shanghai study also examined peoples' reported intake of all omega-3s – ALA from plant foods and DHA/EPA from seafood – as separate and joint influences on the risk of developing diabetes over several years.
But this time, all omega-3s came out winners … within the known limitations of epidemiological studies that rely on people's diet recollections, and do not measure people's omega-3 blood levels.
Remember that in the Harvard study we reported last month, which used blood tests, high levels of seafood-source omega-3s and plant-source omega-3 ALA were both linked to a risk reduction … with ALA showing a slight edge at a 43 percent cut, versus a 36 percent drop with high blood levels of seafood-source EPA and DHA.
Shanghai study links seafood to reduced diabetes risk
The new study involved 116,156 Chinese people – 51,963 men and 64,193 women – living in Shanghai. All were middle-aged and free of diabetes and cardiovascular disease at the outset of the six-year study.
The researchers visited the participants three times, at two-year intervals, to collect information about their diets and activity and to take physical measurements.
A subsequent data analysis by the U.S.-Chinese team linked higher seafood intake to a reduced risk of diabetes … and this beneficial association was stronger for women than for men.
Specifically, women's diabetes risk was 11 to 14 percent lower among the one-fifth who reported the highest levels of fish and shellfish intake, respectively.
For men, those in the one-fifth who reported the highest shellfish intake were 16 percent less likely to develop diabetes within six years – with the risk dropping by 30 to 34 percent in the next two highest-intake groups.
The U.S.-Chinese team found no significant link between fish intake and diabetes risk in men from Shanghai.
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Fiona is so engrossed in the Thailand manual that she is oblivious to her surroundings.
We are in the former capital city of Ayutthaya. We have had a long day that started before 0500in Bangkok. Since then we have been wrestling with train timetables and bookings for our last few days of adventure. With so much to do and see we have taken to bikes and have had a very pleasant day learning to integrate ourselves with the local road system and its occupants.
There's lots of old stuff here (I always forget about that). Temples that have lost their grandure and now show their red brick interior. We did see a restored massive gold buddha though, then nipped outside for a coconut refreshment.
Tomorrow we head off to Khao Yai national park for a few birds, bats and beasts before heading north to Chaing Mai.


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We now have 45 days until the Opening Session of the 2015 AMTA national conference in Kansas City. The regular registration deadline is coming up on October 7, so register now before prices increase. Even if you've already registered for conference, you can still add CMTEs. Remember, there are five CMTEs that are FREE to 2015 AMTA members – we all need CMTEs, so why not take advantage of this great benefit?
There have been two changes in the CMTE offerings:
- CMTE J. You Can Uke, More Skill, More Fun – The presenter has changed from Marcy Marxer to Karen Jasko, MS, MT-BC.
- CMTE L. Previously advertised as "Explore Songwriting" with Cathy Fink, has now changed to "Music Speaks: Effective Songwriting Strategies with Insight from a Parent and Live Performance," presented by Angela Neve, M.M., MT-BC with Andrea Moriarty & Reid Moriarty.
AMTA has released a Preliminary Program Addendum. It includes more information on CMTE objectives & presenters, the Trending Topics series (new this year!), Research Poster Session, and more. The final program will be made available a few days before the conference at www.musictherapy.org.
Stay tuned to AMTANationalConference.com – there will be more information about special events at conference, special student sessions, meetings, and local entertainment in the days to come.