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CCCS's anti-competitive ruling on Grab-Uber merger fair: lawyers
CONTRARY to Grab's view, the ruling by the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS) that its takeover of Uber's South-east Asian business threatens competition is fair, lawyers told The Business Times. It is CCCS's role to ensure a level playing field so that consumers don't get held to ransom by monopolies or near monopolies, they said.
Their comments follow Grab's written response to CCCS last week explaining why it disagrees with the Commission's decision that the Grab-Uber merger has led to a "substantial lessening of competition" in the ridehailing sector. The comments also come after GGV Capital - an early investor of Grab - proclaimed that such a decision could hurt innovation and limit investor interest in Singapore and South-east Asia.
Stefanie Yuen-Thio, joint managing partner of TSMP Law Corporation, told BT that CCCS's job is to ensure the barriers to entry are not so high that other players cannot enter the market and offer consumers an alternative choice. "CCCS has been accused of not being pro-business, but it does not help to promote innovation if other ridehailing providers cannot easily operate in Singapore."
She added that while it is every corporation's mission to beat the competition and build a monopoly - such as by using subsidies to seize market share - it is the competition watchdog's role to ensure "some equality" in the playing field so that consumers "do not get held to ransom by monopolies or near monopolies".
S Suressh, a partner at Eversheds Harry Elias's litigation practice group, said that CCCS has reasons to rule the Grab-Uber merger as having led to a "substantial lessening of competition". He noted that while the said phrase has not been clearly defined, CCCS has provided a general guideline that competition concerns are unlikely to arise unless in the event of two scenarios:
1. The merged entity has or will have a market share of 40 per cent or more; or
2. The merged entity has or will have a market share of between 20 to 40 per cent, and the post-merger market share of the three largest firms is 70 per cent or more.
Mr Suressh said: "With traditional taxi-booking services (found by CCCS to be) constituting less than 15 per cent market share in Singapore, coupled with the finding that Grab and Uber were the two closest prevailing competitors in the ridehailing platform services market, CCCS has now decided that Grab and Uber's merger raises serious competition concerns."
When asked if CCCS' proposed measures to address a potential monopoly in the ridehailing sector would lead to "unnatural competition" as asserted by GGV Capital, he said: "It is not sensible to talk about 'unnatural competition' when what you have in effect is a virtual monopoly. The measures are designed to maintain competitiveness in the market that will otherwise not exist." He told BT that in assessing the effect of CCCS's measures, one must consider the problem that it is trying to address. That is, by virtue of the merger and the exit of Uber from the market, the main competitor to Grab has left the ridehailing market, "resulting in an anti-competitive market".
Mr Suressh added that the entry barriers for new players are high, in part due to the "network advantage" that Grab has. CCCS's proposal that Grab removes its exclusivity obligations and lock-in periods for drivers is meant to address those barriers and to encourage new players to enter the market, he said.
"It should be noted that the measures proposed by CCCS have not been finalised and are subject to public feedback, including from Grab itself before they are finalised."
The partner at Eversheds Harry Elias also shared that Singapore has a voluntary notification regime that allows parties in a potential merger to notify CCCS of their proposed merger so that it can either clear the merger for not having any competition concerns, or propose conditions to address the competition concerns, if any. "This is the first case that CCCS has investigated a merger that was not previously notified to them, and found it to be anti-competitive."
TSMP's Ms Yuen-Thio said: "It's heartening to note that other ridehailing operators are now actively looking to enter the market, giving harried commuters options."
New ridehailing player Ryde, for instance, said on Thursday that it has obtained the certificate for Class 1 third-party taxi-booking service from the Land Transport Authority. This lets it work with taxi operators to dynamically fix fares for taxis through the Ryde app - as opposed to having its riders book taxis via the Ryde app and be charged by the meter - and increase its private-hire fleet.
Meanwhile, Grab said on Thursday that it has raised US$2 billion in its latest financing round. This includes the US$1-billion investment from Toyota that Grab had announced in June. New investors include Ping An Capital, OppenheimerFunds, Mirae Asset-Naver Asia Growth Fund, Cinda Sino-Rock Investment Management Company, All-Stars Investment, Vulcan Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Macquarie Capital.
Grab said it would use the funds to expand its range of O2O (online to offline) services in South-east Asia, and to grow into the "everyday super app" of choice for millions in the region. In particular, Grab will use a significant portion of the new capital to continue investing in Indonesia, which is where more than half of its 7.1 million micro-entrepreneurs on its platform reside.


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Searches for Exoplanets
After the discovery of the first planet outside Solar System in 1992, the search for extrasolar planets represents one of the most active fields in astronomy. Several observational and technological projects are on-going at INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova.
A major efforts was devoted in the past years to the study of the effects of the dynamical environment (binary systems, star clusters) on the frequency and properties of planetary systems.
Now, with the availability of HARPS-N (http://www.tng.iac.es/instruments/harps/) at TNG (www.tng.iac.es) and the near-future one of SPHERE at VLT, top-class instruments worldwide to the detection of extrasolar planets, we will search for low mass, rocky planets in close orbits and we will detect and characterize giant planets in wide orbits.
OAPD is also heavily involved in projects for future instrumentation aimed at the detection and characterization of Earth-like planets, as the space missions PLATO and ECHO (link a pagina OAPD dedicata. da fare) and the E-ELT (link) planet finder EPICS, with significant involvement both on the scientific definition and preparation and on the instrument design and development.
Links to dedicated sub-pages:
Radial velocity planet searches
Direct Imaging planet searches
Planets in binary systems
Planets in star clusters
Search and characterization of transiting planets
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Annie Sturman, A.P. graduated from the Atlantic Institute of Oriental Medicine, a nationally accredited college, with a Bachelor of Health Sciences and a Masters in Oriental Medicine. She also has a background in Chinese Dietary Therapy and nutrition. She is a member in good standing of the Florida State Oriental Medical Association, a past Vice President and Membership Chair of the association, a member of the American Association of Oriental Medicine and is an NCCAOM diplomate.
Annie welcomes you and your family to her office where she treats a variety of health issues from the common cold to back, neck and joint pain. In addition to Chinese Acupuncture, Chinese Herbal Therapy, Homeopathy and Lifestyle and Dietary education she will be more than happy to explain your health issues and work together with you as a team to find solutions that work for you.
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text: Tom is an American photographer born outside of Chicago in 1985 and later moved to Connecticut. His obsession with photography started at fifteen years old and has been his focus ever since. After receiving his BFA in photography from Rochester Institute of Technology he went on to apprentice with some of the industries top photographers. At 25, Tom began his own career and has since gone on to develop a unique and personal vision that has defined him as a leading young talent. He currently resides in New York City.


text: Today, AMC released a preview video for Fear the Walking Dead, the new spin-off show to The Walking Dead. The 3 minute opening scene takes place in what looks like a destroyed church, a contrast to the hospital we find Rick Grimes wake up in. The character seems mildly disoriented and confused as he makes his way through the church covered in destroyed property and graffiti. He eventually passses a dead body which makes me believe he may not know how he got to the church or has been passed out for some time from whatever caused the zombie apocalypse. The preview closes with a zombified lady eating a dead body.


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The founders and Filmmakers
Lauren Paul
Co-Founder, Kind Campaign
Director, Writer & Producer,
Finding Kind
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Lauren grew up in Southern California and currently resides in Los Angeles. Finding a way to start a conversation about girl-against-girl bullying has been in Lauren's heart since her own middle school experience. After a series of unfortunate events that took place with a group of girls, middle school became a source of stress, depression, and eventually left Lauren in a suicidal place. Ever since that life changing experience, Lauren had a dream to one day foster deeper awareness about the emotional, verbal, and physical abuse within female relationships.
While studying film at Pepperdine University, Lauren had the opportunity to work on Tom Shadyac's acclaimed documentary, I Am. That experience inspired Lauren and soon after, she knew that she wanted share this story through a documentary. She sat down with her friend, Molly Thompson, to discuss the idea. What started as a conversation in a cafe about the possibility of making a film together, turned into their award-winning documentary Finding Kind and their internationally recognized nonprofit, Kind Campaign. Since 2009, Lauren, along with her partner Molly have been on the forefront of the conversation surrounding bullying, implementing their school programming into thousands of communities across the globe.
Lauren feels thankful for her life-threatening middle school experience with bullying because it allows her to openly and vulnerably share that chapter of her life with students across North America as a public speaker with their Kind Campaign Founders Assembly program.
Molly Thompson
Co-Founder, Kind Campaign
Producer, Finding Kind
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Molly wants to live in a world where people are kind, dinner parties are frequent and jet lag is non-existent. She grew up in Dallas, cultivating her passion for helping others and creating positive change in the world. Her entire life changed during her junior year of high school when she endured a devastating, hurtful and lonely experience as she was ostracized by a group of girls. Ultimately, the year ended with reconciliation, forgiveness and healing, where she was able to gain perspective and realize that the negative event she went through was just one chapter of her life. Meeting Lauren at Pepperdine and ultimately starting Kind Campaign, made living through that traumatic time in high school all worth it.
Since 2009, Molly, along with her partner Lauren, has been on the forefront of the conversation surrounding bullying. She feels blessed to be able to use her own experiences with bullying to build deep connections with girls and women nationwide. When they're not speaking in schools, creating new curriculum or managing their influential social media platforms, you can find her in Santa Monica packing for an adventure with friends, planning an upcoming bash or cozied on the couch unapologetically binge-watching her and her husband's favorite new show.
Molly was awarded the Courage Award from Delta Gamma Fraternity.


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I just joined a local online community group (to remain nameless). I thought it would be nice to try and meet some moms in my area, find some new playmates for Jack and just get out of the freakin' house every once in awhile. Not to mention just the daily need to vent and talk to other moms every once in awhile, even if just online.
A discussion thread caught my eye that absolutely made me livid from my head to my toes. A woman posted a discussion topic: "Any remedies on how to get pregnant?" And the questions looked like this:
"Hi Ladies, I have a little girl who will be 3 in April and I am dying to have another baby soon, I don't want my kids to be so far spaced. However, my husband and I have been trying for the past 3 or 4 months to get pregnant and have been unsuccessful. Does anyone have any suggestions on what we could do differently to help the process? Any suggestions would be helpful"
Now the question itself doesn't bother me. Sure, I am a little annoyed that apparently 3-4 months is a REALLY long time to try and get pregnant (note my sarcasm). It is the responses that she got. From actual women. Just about every one of them said "Just relax. If you're not thinking about getting pregnant you'll get pregnant." or "Stop focusing so much on it."
Let me tell you from experience. When you want it badly enough it is all you can think about. Sure, 4 months is nothing in the grand scheme of those who have suffered years and years of infertility, but I guess it feels like an eternity if #1 was an oopsie or first try baby. I hate being the cold, bitter infertile blasting out the advice of those who probably meant well. It is just... stupid advice. How about either not responding or giving some USEFUL advice. She was asking for something real to try, something tangible. Not RELAXING for god's sake. I confess. I kinda went on my soapbox. I called these women out on their crappy fertility advice. But, I hope I gave her some common sense stuff. Like reading TCOYF or learning how to chart through great sites like Fertility Friend. I suggested buying some OPK's. I suggested healthy lifestyle for both her AND her husband. I also said if after a YEAR she hasn't conceived to go talk to her OB and that secondary infertility is a very real fact (hello, secondary infertility right here). But at the end of the day, please don't complain that you have been trying for four LONG months when there have been couples trying for years or deserving couples that can't even have babies.
This stuff frustrates me to no end and even tempts me to walk away from this forum altogether because I can't stand the thought of any further stupidity.
This is all timely though as it is National Infertility Awareness Week. I am thinking of all of those women out there who have been trying for so long, struggling through infertility. Even though I somehow got pregnant and had a baby, which is still a total mystery to me, I haven't forgotten about my 2.5 years of infertility. I haven't forgotten my angel baby (who would be 3 1/2 years old now). I haven't forgotten the monthly heartache of BFN's and AF's wicked arrivals. I haven't forgotten how much Clomid sucks.
I haven't forgotten how insensitive the fertiles can be.
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Image Bearer: Mom
Mike Butler
Image Bearer: Mom
Mom's who bear God's image celebrate his mercy.
Luke 1:46-55, NIV 2011 "My soul glorifies the Lord 47and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, 48 for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed, 49 for the Mighty One has done great things for me— holy is his name. 50 His mercy extends to those who fear him, from generation to generation. 51 He has performed mighty deeds with his arm; he has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts. 52 He has brought down rulers from their thrones but has lifted up the humble. 53 He has filled the hungry with good things but has sent the rich away empty. 54 He has helped his servant Israel, remembering to be merciful 55 to Abraham and his descendants forever, just as he promised our ancestors."
Mom's who bear God's image commit to his ways.
Luke 2:4-7 NIV 2011 4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. 5 He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. 6 While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, 7 and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.
Luke 2:16-21, NIV 2011 16 So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. 17 When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, 18 and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. 19 But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. 20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told. 21 On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise the child, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he was conceived.
Mom's who bear God's image confess when they don't.
Luke 2:41-52, NIV 2011 41 Every year Jesus' parents went to Jerusalem for the Festival of the Passover. 42 When he was twelve years old, they went up to the festival, according to the custom. 43 After the festival was over, while his parents were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but they were unaware of it. 44 Thinking he was in their company, they traveled on for a day. Then they began looking for him among their relatives and friends. 45 When they did not find him, they went back to Jerusalem to look for him. 46 After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. 47 Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers. 48 When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, "Son, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been anxiously searching for you." 49 "Why were you searching for me?" he asked. "Didn't you know I had to be in my Father's house?" d 50 But they did not understand what he was saying to them. 51 Then he went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But his mother treasured all these things in her heart. 52 And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.
John 2:1-12, NIV 2011 On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus' mother was there, 2 and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. 3 When the wine was gone, Jesus' mother said to him, "They have no more wine." 4 "Woman, why do you involve me?" Jesus replied. "My hour has not yet come." 5 His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you." 6 Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons. 7 Jesus said to the servants, "Fill the jars with water"; so they filled them to the brim. 8 Then he told them, "Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet." They did so, 9 and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside 10 and said, "Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now." 11 What Jesus did here in Cana of Galilee was the first of the signs through which he revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him. 12 After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and brothers and his disciples. There they stayed for a few days.
Luke, 8:19-21, NIV 2011 19 Now Jesus' mother and brothers came to see him, but they were not able to get near him because of the crowd. 20 Someone told him, "Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you." 21 He replied, "My mother and brothers are those who hear God's word and put it into practice."
Mom's who bear God's image have confidence that her children will as well.
John 19:25-27, NIV 2011 25 Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, "Woman, here is your son," 27 and to the disciple, "Here is your mother." From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.
Questions for Reflection:
Read Luke 1:26-45 get the background for Mary's story. How does Luke describe Mary? (e.g. age, attitude, standing, etc.) How does the angel describe Mary? How does Mary describe herself? How are each of these descriptions important in understanding why God chose Mary?
Read Luke 1:46-55. What stands out to you about Mary's "song" (prayer) to the LORD? How do her words help you to understand her feelings about God?
Sometimes people suggest that because of the strong "patriarchal" (Father) tone of the Bible that mothers are often relegated to position of inferiority. Read these passages and consider how God expects us to view our mothers. Proverbs 1:8, 6:20, 15:20, 19:26, 23:22, 28:24, 29:15, 31:1. How can you better affirm your mother in word and deed?
Read John 2:1-12 and Luke 8:19-21. In these passages, Jesus and his mother appear to be at odds in some ways. However, to read the passages clearly we can see that Jesus' respect for his earthly mother is clear while keeping his task for his eternal Father in the forefront. Think through Mary's requests or attitudes and Jesus response. How do they address Mary's understanding of Jesus' role? How does Jesus' response speak to His respect for Mary? How do they communicate his commitment to His Father?
Read John 19:25-27. How does Jesus' treatment of His mother on the cross affirm His love for her? How does it confirm our responsibility to love our own mothers?


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Factor by which the rate of retraction of scientific papers has increased in the past four decades : 10
Portion of retractions that stem from fraud, plagiarism, or duplicate publications : 2/3
Estimated amount of National Institutes of Health funding that has gone to studies withdrawn after publication : $58,000,000
Are you sweeping failure under the rug? Fail Forward will guide you in managing and learning from failure.
Are you still doing performance reviews? Try Wirl.ca - a new tool for providing constant feedback instead.
The Rise and Decline of an Open Collaboration System: How Wikipedia's reaction to popularity is causing its decline - research paper
Augur - a blockchain-based prediction market that can't be killed. Cool. See their video.
The case for true majority rule in voting systems - Scientific American
A good short video explains the 18+ year "pause" in global average temperatures.
It's a good thing doctors get it right more often than they get it wrong. Barely.
You know those large floating rafts of plastic garbage accumulating in the middle of the ocean? They don't exist.
Is MSG safe to eat? Yes-the message that MSG is bad for you was a misunderstanding. - short video
A recent metastudy confirms that you should probably be taking statins.
An amazing rap video series on Keynes vs Hayek - must watch.
Marc Andreesen's productivity tips.
Should you get a flu shot? Yes.
A nice interview with Philip Tetlock on superforecasting.
The famous Dr Fox lecture, in which an "expert" delivers a bullshit lecture and people accept it as brilliant - 6 min.
Speaking of bullshit, here's a paper on how researchers got people to believe spurious bullshit sentences, calling them profound.
Philip Zimbardo interview on how hierarchy begets evil behavior.


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Trump to pardon controversial Indian American pundit Dinesh D'Souza
D'Souza's pardon is also possibly the first for the Indian American community.world Updated: May 31, 2018 23:41 IST
US President Donald Trump on Thursday announced he will grant a full pardon to controversial Indian American conservative pundit Dinesh D'Souza, who pleaded guilty in 2014 to violating campaign funding law.
"Will be giving a Full Pardon to Dinesh D'Souza today," Trump tweeted. "He was treated very unfairly by our government!"
This is Trump's fifth pardon. Beneficiaries include controversial Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio, who had been convicted of criminal contempt of a court, and Scooter Lobby, a George W Bush White House staffer convicted in 2007 of leaking the identity of an undercover CIA officer.
D'Souza's pardon is also possibly the first for Indian Americans, a tiny but prosperous community of 4 million that has been called a model minority for staying on the right side of law, among other things.
D'Souza, who came to the US as a student from Mumbai and went on to work in the Reagan White House, pleaded guilty to violating campaign finance laws in 2012 by using "straw donors" to contribute more money than allowed to the campaign of Wendy Long, a Republican who was running for the New York state Senate. He had reimbursed these "straw donors" for their contributions.
D'Souza pleaded guilty in 2014 after the court rejected his argument that he had been selectively targeted and was sentenced to five years in probation that involved mandatory community service and counseling. He was also fined $30,000.
Preet Bharara, the Indian American US attorney for the Southern District of New York was one of the led prosecutors in that case.
"The President has the right to pardon but the facts are these: D'Souza intentionally broke the law, voluntarily pled guilty, apologized for his conduct & the judge found no unfairness," he tweeted after Trump made the announcement. "The career prosecutors and agents did their job. Period."
Bharara was fired by Trump in 2017, along with a bunch of other US attorneys appointed by President Barack Obama.
D'Souza used the experience of his brush with the law as the staging point for a film that was released around the Republican party convention in 2016, at which Trump was crowned the party's presidential candidate. Called Hillary's America: The secret history of the Democratic Party, the film received Trump's endorsement in the form of a two-word tweet: "See it".
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finally, a developer who not only enforces naming rules - but does so with actual enforcement, rather than a gentle slap on the wrist.It wasn't your behavior, but your offensive name that resulted in the block. Our policy is clearly stated in the Rules of Conduct. There are repercussions to bad behavior. If you choose an offensive name the character will be flagged for renaming and you will be give a few days time-out. That time-out will escalate if there are further bad choices.
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/legal/gui ... of-conduct
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twitter confirmation: 72 hours for first offence. even during headstart.


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Environment conservation experts and enthusiasts share their views about issues beyond Greenpeace.
Greenpeace India has been in the news repeatedly in recent weeks. It is unusual for a campaigning organization to feature in all mainstream news channels over a prolonged period. The reason for this unsolicited publicity was the totally unprecedented ... Read more >
Deha Tea Estate. Photo Credit: Snigdha Manchanda
Sometimes you feel as if the ancient wisdom had it all figured out. At times it is just propaganda. However, the mystic charm of the ancient texts remains intriguing nonetheless. I hadn't heard of Vrikshayurveda until recently. It is an esta... Read more >
The story of the rise and fall of Bihar may seem unbelievable. Through the ages, the region was once the seat of power of mighty kingdoms, a source of intellectual thought, and leading industrial growth.
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Working in a factory (1) © Peter Caton / Greenpeace
Back in 2008, Indian finance minister P. Chidambaram claimed that his government's policies were pro growth and pro equity (1). He blamed an inept system of administering benefits to the poor for the low rate of 'inclusive growth'. He also t... Read more >
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Tourism Destinatons
Welcome to Lamongan Regency
Lamongan Regency is one of tourism place in East Java, which has potency of nature, culture and tourism attraction that be able to expose the completely tourism enchantment (The East Java Natural Enchantment).
Lamongan is one of tourism object in East Java that has glamour nature and marvelous culture, such as the unique of Maharani Cave, or the fascinating of marine / WBL tourism area, the amazing of Gondang Dam tourism area and there are still a lot of tourism object which is interesting to be visited.
Lamongan regency is belongs to Satuan Wilayah Pembangunan (SWP) of GERBANGKERTOSUSILA, a district development unit covering the regency of Gresik, Bangkalan, Mojokerto, Sumenep, Sidoarjo and Lamongan. Beside its tourism object, Lamongan also has industrial area and special food which has its own characteristic, such as; Bamboo industry, wooden industry, pottery craft, batik craft, bag craft, carpet, etc.
What's On Lamongan
Lamongan Lamongan regency, located in East Java on Java island. Have border with Java Ocean in North, Gresik Regency in East, Mojokerto and Jombang Regency in South, Bojonegoro and Tuban in West. Lamongan is one of district which lies on the northern coast of East Java. Some of its coastal areas is in the form of hills. This formation is a continuation of a series from North Kapur Mountains. In the middle area there is plains and undulating, and some is marshy ground. In the south there are mountains, which…


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Saturday night's Melbourne Victory v Western Sydney Wanderers match should have been a showpiece for the A League.
Instead it became another own goal for the game after the behaviour of some fans interrupted the match.
click here what I had to say about it - and why it's time for the FFA to say "enough is enough.."


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Sometimes it is hard to specific how you are emotion. Perfectly, poets can generally do it far better. So right here are some terrific quotations for your Twitter, Fb or MySpace statuses.
"Heaps of individuals want to trip with you in the limo, but what you want is somebody who will just take the bus with you when the limo breaks down."
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Enterprise Building Mentors grows off-line businesses very quick by displaying them methods to quickly enhance net income with out having to increase their employees, prices or overheads. They must model the development that they wish to encourage within the individuals around them. I hope this has been revealing and on the identical time encouraging that you could build a successful Business with an efficient business development strategy. However by far, essentially the most important factor to contemplate is that the folks being recruited into your corporation should be avid learners and open to ongoing learning and improvement. Past the ideation, implementation and execution of a business improvement concept, the tip outcomes matter the most.
As an illustration, when Amazon decided so as to add on-line films to it's product choices: Initially this was a bizdev function because of a brand new space of enterprise – with a new enterprise model, new distribution, and so forth. Many entrepreneurs dealing with enterprise growth providers or another service think that with out their presence work can't be handled. Irrespective of how robust credentials they've you wouldn't be prepared handy over the job to them. Figuring out how and what to measure and when turns into the true science of enterprise growth and efficient management and is a unique talent in itself.
The enterprise growth has certainly been a hit, with an increase from $four,000 per week to $70,000. Usually, the account supervisor is a distinct particular person than the biz dev person who did the deal. In the event you have a look at monetary information solely, and if your time line from inquiry to receiving cash was 30 days, then you definitely would all the time be 30 days behind any selections you make to develop or handle your enterprise. The division manager is accountable for the complete B&P budget that has been allotted to the targets inside the numerous Account Plans and Capture Plans. As a substitute, it is the eco-system encompassing the entire enterprise and its various divisions, driving overall development.
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I know I said I'd be cross posting things here and at http://www.lownote.net for a while, but I apparently was lying. So make sure you point your browsers, update your RSS feeds, and all that and join me over at my new site
(New time on the air is 4-5pm Saturdays!)
Radio! 12/3/2011 2-4 pm
I'm filling in for the wonderful Corey Goldberg today starting at 2pm. The playlist will be up at lownote.net and you can listen in at wrsu.org. Expect some awesome music and some rusty mic breaks.
Play List 11/10/2011 1-3pm
Florent Ghys – Coma Carus – Baroque Tardif
Meredith Monk – Travel Dream Song – Atlas
Clark, Annie – Proven Badlands – ymusic
Plaid – At Last – Scintilli
Tom Waits – Raised Right Men – Bad As Me
Strange Things Done in the Midnight Sun – The Killing Wall – Untitled EP
Wilco – Capitol City – The Whole Love
Mogwai – Hunted By A Freak – Government Commissions: 1996-2003
Gill, Jeremy – Book of Hours: Vespers – Peter Orth
Gosfield, Annie – Brooklyn, October 5, 1941 – Lisa Moore
Twining, Toby – The Book – Eurydice
Mike Patton – Orgy in Reverb (10 Kilometers of Lust) – Adult Themes for Voice
Negativland – The Perfect Cut (11 minutes) – Helter Stupid
Muhly, Nico – A Good Understanding – LA Master Chorale, Grant Gershon cond
moha! – flisespikking/lyd med tenner/mjol di eiga kake
Fat Eyes – Overdose – Invasion of the Mysteron Killer Sounds
Paul Muller – Dark Sunset – Dark Sunset
Donatoni, Franco – Arpege – Sentieri Selvaggi
Faure, Gabriel – Adieu – Susanna Phillips, Myra Huang
Doors changing positions
In the last few months, this site has been extremely unevenly updated despite my best intentions. Various things have been stealing my attention: Beta Test is a needy child, but our Fall program was a lot of fun. There's also been two power outages at home totaling over a week of darkness that really ends up messing with productivity.
Also, I'm starting a job soon. Starting Tuesday I'll be back in the classroom teaching the munchkins music. It's going to get my hands dirty again and interact with music in this way again (after over a year of not). The only casualty in this life change (I hope), is the radio show. It's not really possible to host a radio show in New Brunswick while teaching somewhere else, so at least until the new schedule is set at the station, there won't be any shows after this Thursday (11/10). It's kind of crazy this will be my first time without a regular weekly spot on WRSU since early 2005. To cope, I'll probably be pushing music on people on twitter and Google Plus.
Also, I'll soon be moving this site over to my new home, lownote.net. If you're really interested, you can watch the ugly progress I make on the site as it goes, but it won't be 'live' for a little while. I plan to pick at it slowly while balancing the rest of my life. Once it's live, I plan to host streams of my shows for people to listen to as well as a lot more stuff about my own music making and educating. I think it'll all be decipherable.
Anyways, definitely tune in this week because I won't be pulling any punches. Also, if you didn't read anything else I've written lately, make sure you head out to see Perfect Lives Manhattan tomorrow. And don't forget the time change! I'll be there unless this cold (I got from living without electricity for almost a week, whine whine) is still beating me up.
Oh, and hey, here's a video from Beta Test's Monsters program. It's the piece I wrote for it, and you can thank my Mother for the cinematography.
Interview with Dave Ruder, Paul Pinto, and Jeffrey Young
This was a blast of a show, so find yourselves 100 minutes and give it a listen. More Information about Perfect Lives, ThingNY, Dave Ruder, Paul Pinto, and Jeffrey Young.
Show 11/3/11 1-3pm
Hey, I have no power thanks to snow-tober, but I'm right now this very second playing an interview with Dave Ruder, Paul Pinto, and Jeffrey Young talking about Varispeed's upcoming Perfect Lives (Sunday 11/6 Washington square park 11am), and more!
Tune in at http://www.wrsu.org
Play List 10/27/2011 1-3pm
Gosfield, Annie – Lightning Slingers and Dead Ringers: III – Lisa Moore
Adams, John C -American Beserk – Heidi Louise Williams
Bresnick, Martin – Caprichos Enfaticos: Strange Devotion – Lisa Moore, So Percussion
Worden, Shara – A Paper, a Pen, a Note to a Friend – ymusic
St. Vincent – Surgeon – Strange Mercy
Beirut – Port of Call – Riptide
Mackey, Steve – It Is Time: Drums – So Percussion
Computer Paul – World Talk – Invasion of the Mysteron Killer Sounds
Slow/Fast – Kleine Helmet – It Would Be Easier If
Mogwai – Does this Always Happen? – Earth Division
Nico Muhly – Music Under Pressure 2 – I Drink the Air Before Me
Paul Muller – Super Moon Rising – Dark Sunset
Wagner, Melinda – Four Settings: Dickinson – Christine Brandes, Laura Gilbert, Alan Kay, Curtis Macomber, Richard O'Neill, Fred Sherry, John Feeney, Stephen Gosling
itsnotyouitsme – little wish – everybody's pain is magnificent
Beethoven, L – String Quartet No. 1: I – Budapest String Quartet
Wilco – Sunloathe – The Whole Love
Dave Douglas – Frontier Justice – Orange Afternoons
Florent Ghys – Coma Carus – Baroque Tardif
Feldman, Morty – Trio (intro…?) – Marc Sabat, Rohan de Saram, Aki Takahashi


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Their photo, taken on the cobblestone streets of DUMBO, Brooklyn, has become, I think THE iconic photo for Amber Marlow the photographer in 2016, but I never actually blogged this wedding from the spring. It got picked up right away by the Huffington Post; a few weeks later my friends over at Catalyst Wedding and Company ran a wonderful blog post of it, and then it was even in the New York Times (!) Now, on the last blog post of 2016, I'm ready to share it here, too. Obviously I was saving the best for last!
Kat (updo) and Lauren (hair down) are wonderful, warm people and I was thrilled to spend their wedding day with them. After a group first look at Jane's Carousel with the bridal party forming giggling human shields to keep them hidden until the last possible second, we took portraits around DUMBO. They followed it up with a ceremony in Brooklyn, and dancing all night!
Photography assistant Jesse Bowline | Hair Kristen Bretz | Makeup Glam Squad | Centerpieces Kat's Mom | Bouquets Opalia | Wedding gown (Kat) BHLDN | Wedding gown (Lauren) Alma Novias | Bridesmaids gowns Tahari | Ring (Kat) Vintage 1920's Estate | Ring (Lauren) Macha | Baker One Girl Cookie
With this post, I leave you until January. Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and, of course (the really big one in our house) Happy New Year! If you want to keep up with me, I'm still going to be over on Instagram sharing photos, and I'll see you back in this space in January 2017.


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Alaska: part 2 // making portraits under the Alaskan midnight sun // Alaska wedding photographer
I'm finally catching up on some blogging, yay! SO much coming for ya.
During my time in Dillingham, Alaska this summer, Angela, a friend of my husband's who comes from the Phillipines every summer to work in Alaska, and I made our way up to Snake Lake mountain, the most popular, and one of the only official hiking trails in Dillingham. It was about 10:45 when we left the Peter Pan boat yard, since my husband and her were both finally off work after spending the day welcoming the 2014 salmon season in Bristol Bay.
We climbed into the beat-up Mitsibushi that had been my vehicle for the two years I lived in Alaska and set out towards Aleknagik. There are 26 miles of road between Dillingham and Alekgnagik, and Aleknagik isn't even really a town, just a few houses for people who really want to live "way out" (as if Dillingham isn't out enough). Other than that, there are no roads connecting Dillingham to any other cities or towns--the only way in is by plane. A little more than half way to Alekgnagik is the dirt road leading up to Snake Lake mountain, a few other hikes, and Snake Lake itself. We arrived around at the trail for Snake Lake mountain at around 11:15. Even though it wasn't dark, clouds covered the sky and we knew any remaining light would quickly be dwindling. We scrambled up a ways, keeping our eyes peeled for bears or moose. As we made our way up, we began to feel more and more wary with the thought that a bear could literally be in the very brush we were making our way through. I'm telling you, there's nothing quite like hiking in bear country. Eventually we came to a clearing, which made us relax a little since we had a better view of our surroundings. Once we had settled a bit, we proceeded to make some photos, of course. What else would you do at midnight in the wilderness of Alaska?


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This issue has been a bit delayed. Oh! For various reasons. Let me just say, I am relieved and thrilled at the same to say that it is now available!!! WOOT!
Working to finish this issue amidst the chaos of the last few months, has been a rather stabilizing force. I longed to complete it and set it out and yet at the same time, life pulled me away from it. Even more, I felt an yearning to draw it out, to know that it was there to ground me. Ha! I know it sounds silly. But, until this weekend, I hadn't realized how much I was holding on to it like an adrift sailor to a piece of drift wood. It was then I had the epiphany! There is always the next issue!! ;-)
Autumn... Bring it on! In the meantime, I present you the Summer issue! As always, you can download is for FREE. You can download directly using the link on the right sidebar or have a peek inside the issue first by clicking below!
Many a time, catching a few moments of introspection, whether at the beach or the park, I find myself looking up at the clear blue sky that occasionally was streaked by the grace of a winged creature, gliding effortlessly. In those moments, were truly captured, the essence of this Season and the inspiration for this issue.
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They aren't necessarily household names, but these ten employers are helping change the 1950s work model.
Today, Families and Work Institute (FWI) and the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) announced the winners of the When Work Works Award, and the top ten provide a blueprint for employers around the globe looking to make work work better for employees and employers.
Here's an overview on some of what they're doing:
1. Point B Inc. – Phoenix, AZ (Consulting)
Employees have control over the hours they work, and those who overwork receive a call from a manager who works with them to better manage their time or offer additional support.
2. Arizona Foundation for Legal Services and Education – Phoenix, AZ (Education Services)
Employees can work compressed workweeks, and flexible work schedules allow some employees to pursue non work related dreams, such as one employee starting a dance troupe.
3. Rose City Mortgage – Portland, OR (Finance)
Employees are offered unlimited paid time off (PTO) for any reason, and they can set their own schedules to help them manage work-life fit.
4. Springfield Nephrology Associates Inc. – Springfield, MO (Health Care, Social Assistance)
Employees are provided flex time to attend classes for those pursuing advanced degrees, and are coached by physicians to learn the clinical side. Leaders in varying areas must spend 80 hours a year learning about operations outside their job scope.
5. 5AM Solutions – Rockville, MD (Service-Professional, Scientific, Technical)
Employees work flexible hours so they're able to avoid traffic, and they can work remotely 1 to 2 days a week. And managers hold weekly check in with employees to keep abreast of how they're doing personally and professionally.
6. Architecture Technology Corporation – Minneapolis, MN (Service-Professional, Scientific, Technical)
Employees dealing with ailing loved ones can use an extended leave bank to take paid time off (PTO) or telecommuting options to handle care responsibilities. And software engineers choose the projects they want to work on.
7. Ultimate Staffing Services – Portland, OR (Business Support Services)
Employees are offered a 9/80 flexible schedule that enables them to work nine longer days in two weeks and have every other Friday off. And there are appreciation programs known as "shout outs," which are company-wide pop-ups that recognize employees for doing great work.
8. Mantyla McReynolds LLC – Salt Lake City, UT (Finance)
Employees and their families get 100% paid health insurance premiums; are provided with regular wellness challenges; and there is a company cycling team. There is also intensive one-on-one mentoring and ongoing training and counseling to create opportunities for advancement.
9. Noble-Davis Consulting, Inc. – Solon, OH (Business Support Services)
Employees no longer receive employee evaluations and get coaching sessions instead with managers. They also have the option to work from home to deal with work-life issues.
10. CWS Inc. – Rochester, MN (Service-Professional, Scientific, Technical)
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Avnish Bajaj of Matrix Partners on why he thinks the "Web 2.0" paradigm won't work in India:
"People talk about the Internet being convenient, but it is not so in India. You need to go to a cyber café or you have to dial up a telephone line or use a slow broadband connection. Whereas in the US, 150 million households have broadband access all around the clock, sitting at home. When you have such a situation you can do social networking, but where is that happening in India? Do you think a person will go to a cyber café or any public environment to discuss everything about their life?"
"…there is a cultural barrier, as not many individuals will express themselves as in Myspace.com. Also, there are infrastructural barriers. Fundamentally it is not about social networking but about community building. In India one needs to first create a product according to people's needs and subsequently a community will form around it."
While I'm glad Bajaj has debunked the Web 2.0 craze, I'm not so sure about the cultural part. While MySpace is a little extreme, Orkut is very popular among young adults (between 15 and 22) in urban India (and no, "urban" now includes Tier-2 and 3 cities from the Hindi heartland too). 75% of India's Internet users surf from a public location (cyber cafes). I don't see a reason why either culture or lack of a personal, home computer ought to dissuade users from socializing on the Internet.
After all, it's happening. Right before us. See what your kid brother/sister/nephew/niece means when he/she wants to "check mail". They mean they want to check their scrapbook!


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Michelle Obama's New 'Do!
Check out Michelle Obama's newest hair cut: she got bangs! The First Lady's new twitter account @FLOTUS (First Lady of the United States) posted a picture of Michelle dressed in a beautiful Zac Posen dress, meeting Inaugural citizen co-chair David Hall earlier today, and we just about squealed with delight. Now this is how you celebrate a birthday: start the year off with a new you!
Her long-time stylist Johnny Wright keeps our First Lady looking fresh and always stylish. He hasn't let us down yet! We think she looks incredible (though we seriously think she could pull anything off) - what do you think of her new style?
Tweet us @StyleList to let us know how you feel about the FLOTUS's new style!
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Hypocrites said, "Food is Medicine."
In ayurvedic medicine there is proverb that says, " With the right food medicine is of no use and with the wrong food medicine is of no use."
There is still truth in this ancient wisdom and science is confirming the same.
Studies comparing Rural Chinese diet with USA diet shows what we eat matters if we want to avoid ill health. In the USA it was noted that the fat intake was twice as much, fiber intake was three times lower and animal protein (beef, pork, lamb) was ninety percent higher when compared with the Rural Chinese diet. In the USA the heart diseases was 16 times higher in men, five times higher in women and higher Diabetes, Osteoporosis, Cancer and Hypertension when compared with Rural Chinese. These differences in the diseases were attributed to the difference in the food people eat in the two countries.
Scientists are now also discovering how these foods affect and change our physiology when we eat them. High fat meal for example can impair the blood flow to the heart muscle for up to six hours, in addition to the long term narrowing of the blood vessels. Its is not uncommon that if someone has a poor blood supply to the heart muscle they will get heart pain or a heart attack after a high fat meal; because the fat doesn't allow the blood vessels to dilate up to six hours.
Red meat and cured meats are linked to colon cancer according to one study completed in 2010. Other evidence comparing indigenous Africans with USA Africans shows that African living in Africa who eat very high fiber diet have 1 in 100 000, where as USA Africans the cancer rate is much higher, 1 in 2000. This is linked to having higher red and cured meats; and low fiber in the USA diet.
Another study in 2010 showed women who were diagnosed with ovarian cancer and were on high red and cured meat diet had poor clinical outcome compared with those who were on low red meat diet.
There is also some evidence linking obesity to having more cancer. The obesity is related to eating too many simple carbohydrates and sugars in the North American diet.
The good news is that there are foods that keep us healthy. Study done on people who already had coronary artery heart disease and who were put on Mediterranean diet for five years showed seventy percent reductions in cardiovascular events, eighty percent reduced spread of cancers and people developing cancer later in life was also reduced. The Mediterranean diet consists of more beans, veggies and lentils. To use canola oil or olive oil, eliminate saturated fats from beef, pork, and lamb and also eliminate butter and cream.
Other research confirms the above findings and healthy eating is never too late to start. Another study shows benefits in older people, from age seventy to ninety year olds who were told to follow Mediterranean diet and walk one to one and half miles a day; there was fifty percent reduction in cardiac events and mortality.
Science is discovering what is in the Mediterranean diet that makes it so good for us to eat. It has to do with the right fats, right carbohydrates and the right micronutrients. We will look at these in more details in the future post.
In Defence of Food – by Michael Pollan
The Science of Natural Healing – by Dr Mimi Guarneri


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Keep it in the family
Two families: one based in the Adelaide Hills the other in the Mornington Peninsula. Both make good wine, and importantly care deeply for the land under their care. Need more be said?
Paradigm Hill Mornington Peninsula Riesling 2016: Light on the nose but clean. A couple of questions come to mind: would I buy this wine for drinking in 2017? No is the answer; it's high in acid and any flavour it has remains hidden. Would I buy it for drinking in 2018 and beyond? Yes is the answer; there are hints, a glimpse here and there, showing what is to come. A mean 91 points now but more will come. It's a high price at $39.
Paradigm Hill 'Transition' Mornington Peninsula Rosé 2016: This is made from shiraz, and the nose is wonderful. It's may be a strange description, but it is uplifting, and made me take note instantly. Why bother with fruit, vegie or herbs and spices when the nose simply brings forth: wow. Very tasty across the palate, nipping about like a terrier at a set of heels. A lovely sour edge brings it to a smart finish. 94 points and a top-end price but worth its $39.
Paradigm Hill 'L'ami Sage' Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir 2015: Good PN nose: bit of earth, bit of fruit, bit of feral, with a pinch of this, that and the other. It's a light style of pinot. Being picky, perhaps a little more weight wouldn't go amiss, but it's true to the house style, and though light, has gorgeous flavours that play and dance across the palate, delighting whenever they caress a pleasure point. The return is a little short, but overall it's a wonderful wine. 94 points, but the price is high at $72.
Paradigm Hill 'Les Cinq' Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir 2015: Earthy, mouldy leaf, stinky nose that can only indicate good pinot noir. Drinking very well now, but lacking in fruit. I thought it could be going through a dull period, but putting the fruit aside, it's damn good pinot, doing what pinot does best: delighting and confusing at the same time. 95 points and within PN bounds at $85.
Paradigm Hill 'Col's Block' Mornington Peninsula Shiraz 2014: It quite surprised me on the nose, as I thought cherry to begin with, and cherry is not a shiraz nose. Putting it aside, on return it was showing darker, earthy notes. It's a tricky number as it's light on entry, and starts its journey with no fuss or fireworks, but comes alive mid-palate, never heavy, but with a multitude of flavours fighting each other for space. It's rather delightful. 94 points and a high price at $49.
Tomich Woodside Park Adelaide Hills Chardonnay/Pinot Noir NV: This is an attractive salmon colour, and on the nose shows all the delight one should expect from a sparkling wine: hints of bread/yeast with light fruit character coming through. The pinot comes through on the palate, giving some punch to the wine. It's very attractive and I've tasted less quality at almost twice the price, which makes it outstanding value at $20. If there is a drawback it's the shortness of the wine; great going across the palate but little on the return. What the hell, 92 points.
Tomich 'Winemakers Reserve' Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Banc 2016: Defined sauvignon blanc nose, and the expected cut grass, clear-cut SB flavours in the mouth. Well made and variety defined. 93 points but pricey, I think, at $28.
Tomich 'Single Vineyard' Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc 2016: All it should be and at an acceptable price. Can't ask for much more, really. 93 points and $25.
Tomich Adelaide Hills Pinot Grigio 2016: Very attractive ripe pear nose. Texturally rich, with flavours leaning towards the opulent. It's a full style PG, but not over the top. 94 points and worth $25.
Tomich 'Winemakers Reserve' Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2016: Attractive green/gold and a clearly defined chardonnay nose. Crisp on the palate and a touch unbalanced, but that is its youth. There is smooth quality below the youthful bumps; it should be showing much better by Christmas. 93 points now with one or two more to come. An OK price at $39.
Tomich 'Woodside Park' McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015: Deep garnet centre leading to a pink rim. A nose of ripe plum. The wine spreads to all parts of the mouth, giving delight all the way. Sound, enjoyable McLaren Vale shiraz. 93 points and good value at $20.


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HARRISBURG - The Corbett administration and an environmental group said Friday they struck a deal that will prevent a loss of funding for the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources while the group's lawsuit seeking to stop natural gas drilling in state-owned parks and forests goes forward.
The Pennsylvania Environmental Defense Foundation and Gov. Tom Corbett said the foundation was backing off its pursuit of an injunction to stop new leases and the administration has agreed to not sign any new leases.
The deal is designed to keep in place some $120 million in drilling-generated revenue that is subsidizing the state parks and forests agency's operations while litigation continues in Commonwealth Court.
'PEDF is bringing their case to support DCNR's ability to protect our parks and forests, not to shut them down,' said a release from the group's lawyer, John Childe.
Corbett said the agreement was necessary to avoid what he said would be a decimation of the state's natural treasures.
'We cannot allow our commitment to protecting Pennsylvania's state parks and forests to be held hostage during the duration of the lawsuit,' Corbett said.
The Pennsylvania Environmental Defense Foundation sued in 2012 to stop the state government from allowing more gas drilling on publicly owned lands and then diverting the drilling proceeds away from a land conservation fund, the Oil and Gas Lease Fund.
Hundreds of millions of dollars have been diverted in recent years to prop up the state's general operating budget under Republican Corbett and his predecessor, Democrat Ed Rendell.
Budget legislation signed last week by Corbett establishes the state's authority to enact a new round of leasing of publicly owned lands for natural gas drilling and authorizes the diversion of another approximately $215 million from the fund into the state government's operating budget.
Of that, $95 million is supposed to come from new leases, but the agreement puts them on hold while the litigation plays out.
The sides agreed to an expedited court schedule that could result in a ruling by the end of the year. The administration said it would prepare for leasing in the meantime.
Childe said a judge signed off on the agreement on Thursday.


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Spent a night in a USFS Lookout Tower recently. Was one of those life experiences that, once you've done it, you wonder why it took so long to do it. Very, very amazing night. Highlights include finding surprisingly (and refreshingly) cool weather on top of a mountain, 360 degree views, doing laps on the wrap around porch, never-ending sunset, and scratching another "first" off the list.
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Dead Rock West did an admirable job. Overall, they have a country roots rock sound with some of that vaguely defined "Americana" feel, which complemented the Peacemakers. My first impressions bounced around bands like the Beat Farmers, X, and maybe a touch of early REM. Of all these, X was the most obvious, with Cindy Wasserman and Frank Lee Drennen providing nicely contrasting vocal harmonies over a punky/rockabilly jam. Okay, the music angle is well covered but what about the mood?
Dead Rock West, the more I could pick up a mid-60s' rock vibe, like the Animals or early Rolling Stones. Simple parts came together to create something rich and interesting. I bought their CD, Honey and Salt, and recognized several songs from their show. The energy is fairly different than their live show, maybe a little more down tempo. It wasn't as hot as their live show, which is typical, though the songs are tight and compelling. Rocket From the Crypt was my favorite of what I heard them do live. This song drives strongly and has that wailing guitar I mentioned. The CD also has their cover of X's Burning House of Love, which features harmonies that are a little sweeter than X's. Check out some of the links and give them a listen.
Roger Clyne is because of the mood he creates. There's a kind of openness and acceptance that Roger personifies and the crowd takes on as their own. It's a diverse mix of people. Frat guys, older hippies, bikers, cowgirls, and more co-mingle and the shared ritual of the show transcends the labels. Don't think of it as a hippy Be-In love scene. There's a deeper layer of pragmatism that recognizes that we are all flawed and that's okay, maybe even desirable.
The crowd is just as important as the band. We all sing along with every song. Roger turns the microphone to the audience and acknowledges that these have become our songs, too. The songs talk about Mexico as an idea (Mexico, Nada, Banditos), flawed relationships (Preacher's Daughter, Down Together, Girly), and the true love buried in those relationships (Green and Dumb, Your Name on a Grain of Rice, Mercy). Then there are the drinking songs (Mekong, Jack vs Jose). Roger takes on all of these characters and the whole band throws themselves into each song. This is deeply sincere music.
The first 45 minutes passed in a blur with no real break between the songs. Then the pace let up a little and the party was well underway. The setlist favored the Refreshments era more than some of his shows, but there were still plenty of songs from the recent CDs. Roger surprised us with a cover of Tom Petty's American Girl. Normally, he doesn't play a lot of songs by other artists. Another treat was pulling out Feeling, a real old Refreshments song that I hadn't heard in a very long time.
After the band wrapped up Nada and walked offstage, the crowd chanted, "uno mas" until they came out for a final encore (Tributary Otis). Feeling wrung out and purified, we all walked into the night. It was a fine evening for cerveza y tequila.
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Cursed Toysbydaddyduckett©
It was early morning as the woman entered the daycare through the window. She smiled and set up her things for her voodoo. She sat down and cursed the owner to a humiliation like no other. The owner had fired her for no reason and she was not pleased. She said the sacred words and stood up. She packed all her things and heard a noise.
She turned as a toy jumped at her and tackled her to her back. She was instantly pinned down by a spider-man toy that had webbing. He had sprayed her wrists and ankles and skinny waist line. Kayla struggled as a toy tow truck came up and tossed its hook to her tight jeans. She looked down as it popped the button and the zipper opened up. The hook grabbed the end of the zipper and continued peeling her jeans off and revealing her black, lacy thong.
"This was not intended for me damn you!" She cried as a helicopter flew above her.
A hook dropped between her perky tits and two little army men dropped down. She wiggled as one slipped down the collar and between her 20 year old breasts. She watched as he took his knife out and cut a hole in her tee shirt and pulled the hook through. She felt him move her bra and realized, her top was coming off. He reappeared and stopped and jumped onto her mouth and humped her a few times she spit as he sprayed green cum into her mouth. He smiled and grabbed the rope and both were lifted up. She saw the rope with the hook start to wind up and felt the tug of her bra. She watched as her bra straps gave and the helicopter pulled her black bra and shirt off leaving her ample tits bare.
Kayla felt the hook of the tow truck again. It had gotten to the waist of her thong and attached to it. She saw the truck rush forward and the thong tore with little hesitation. She laid completely naked and wide open. Kayla tried to think as she saw a large, green tank moving between her legs with the barrel aiming for its target.
"No stop! You can't do this to me! It was for that bitch Angie!" She said as it sank into her body. "OH no!" She said as it backed up and rammed again.
Over and over the toy raped her hot body. She had spider man sucking and squeezing her left tit as she began to cum. On the right tit, a Barbie doll was doing the same as spider man. Kayla's curse for the daycare had gotten her. They had to test their abilities before the owner showed. Kayla began to orgasm again and got off. She was weakened. The toys had screwed her now for about an hour. She fainted and went limp. They retreated and spider man untied her webs. He took a minute to expose his plastic dick and ram inside her, barley felt by Kayla; he finished by squirting his cum inside her. He smiled and ran to the toy box.
Kayla sat up and looked at her nude body. She looked at the clock and got her clothes back on. She tripped and fell to her face and looked as a large teddy bear grabbed her head and force his cock into her mouth. She fought as he forced her to suck. After about five minutes, he got off and pulled out, hosing her face with his cum. He laughed and grabbed her still bare tits.
"Thanks bitch!" He said walking away.
Kayla had to escape her own curse. She stood up and got the jeans on. She found her torn shirt and bra and looked for another one. She found one that was about two sizes too small. She barely fit in it as the bottoms of her nice C cups hung out the bottom a bit. She grabbed her bag and got out the window. She heard a noise as she walked down the alley. Her bag moved and then the zipper opened. A stuffed snake jumped out and slid up between her tits. She screamed and it slid down her jeans and rammed its tail into her still wet pussy. Kayla closed her eyes and fell to her knees as the snake fucked her. He laughed as she cummed herself. Cum dripped from the seam between her legs. The snake finished and slithered out her pants leg. Kayla sat on her knees still getting off of at the snakes expense.
A van pulled up and Angie got out. It was time to open the daycare. She unlocked the door and went into her office area. The toys eyed her skin tight jeans showing her nice ass and tight, low cut top showing her nice cleavage. She was the one they were supposed to attack, Kayla was just practice and they passed. Angie sat behind her desk as the army men snuck in for recon.
They ran in and surrounded Angie's chair. They snuck under the desk and scaled the back of it and got to the main desk part and watched. They reported what they were seeing to the toys in the box. Her low top showing her cleavage and the tight jeans showing her nice hips and ass was reported. Army men stood by her feet awaiting orders as their tank and helicopter awaited orders also. She stood up and went to the kitchen for some coffee; a small army jeep followed her feet. She got the mug and went back to her chair. They waited as she did paper work and sipped the coffee. The captain ordered the strike. He called two F-16's in for the strike, and ordered the helicopter, tow truck and spider man as pin down.
Angie stood up as she heard a noise. She looked as the two jets flew in and they had hooks attached to them. She looked as the hooks grabbed her top and tore it off and revealing her red bra. She turned as they came back and she was cloth lined. She fell to her back as the others swooped in. She looked as spider man webbed her wrists and waist and ankles down. She struggled as he smiled and felt her tit up. Angie looked as the two tow trucks pulled her feet open wide. Spider man webbed her legs down and crawled up her pants leg and then to her crotch. She felt his hand move her thong and he was rubbing her pussy as the tow trucks ripped her jeans off. Her red thong was reveled and they saw spider man slipping his dick in and out of her, she didn't really feel it. He felt her as he got off. He hooked the tow trucks hook to her thong and it too was torn off leaving the sexy woman naked. Angie looked down at her nude body and went to scream as the teddy bear appeared and shoved his dick into her mouth.
He forced the woman to suck him as he smiled and grunted. The tank backed away as the big boss walked in. He smiled at the nude human and stepped between her legs. He stood close to her pussy with the hard cock prodding her. He smiled as she sucked the bear off.
"Angie, we are here to fuck that hot body and to deliver a message. We are now the living toys of the house and we rule. First with you then the block, then the town. Now, I am going to enter and fuck you silly bitch!" He said laughing as the army men watched for her helper to arrive.
He was the biggest stuffed toy there and nobody denied he was the boss. He was about three foot tall and had a nice ten inch dick for her. He was just a stuffed rabbit, but was horny as hell. He smiled as her pussy was ready for the taking. He rammed into her and held her tits as he pounded her tight pussy fast and hard. Angie closed her eyes and was trying to fight it. Her body betrayed her after a few minutes of the rape and her cum began to flow. She moaned as she blew the bear and her pussy was invaded. The dick was big and she loved the feeling of it deep inside her.
She was invaded for almost an hour as they noticed her weakening. She swallowed the bears cum and felt the rabbit filling her pussy up. She looked down and saw him smiling at her as he removed his cock. She fainted and was left in the office tied down and naked. They heard the door open and saw her helper walk in.
They hid as she walked into the main room and eyed her hot body. Stacy was about twenty one and just gorgeous. She had blonde hair, blue eyes, a cheerleader body and long, sexy legs. She was wearing a tight, short jean skirt, tight white tank top showing her nice rack and high heels. She went to the kitchen and put her stuff in the fridge. They knew she was going to be easy to get. She bent over showing her nice ass as the bear smiled and rammed his dick into a Barbie. She turned and bit it; he growled and smacked the blonde toy. Stacy heard the growl and stood up looking around. She dismissed it and got some coffee and leaned on the counter drinking it.
Stacy finished her drink and went to find Angie. She walked into the office and found her naked body. Stacy stood holding a hand over her mouth and she backed up slowly. She felt something brush her leg and lost her balance and was falling. She landed on her ass and something soft. She looked down at her open legs and saw the rabbit smiling up at her. He shot his tongue out and slid her pink thong over and licked her shaved pussy. She screamed as the teddy pulled her to her back by her hair. She fought as he drove his cock between her lips and forced the blonde to suck. The rabbit pulled himself from beneath her firm ass and the tow trucks held her legs wide open.
Her top was removed but the jets and the second pass made her bra rip showing her perky tits. The rabbit smiled and fondled them as he sank into her wet pussy and began to rape her. Stacy had streams of tears running down her cheeks as the enormous cock pounded into her almost virgin like body. The rabbit held her tits and just rammed in and out of her. Stacy closed her eyes as the orgasm hit and her cum began to seep out around his cock.
Angie's hot helper needed help as she was pinned to the floor and violated by the stuffed toys. Her tight body was there toy for the moment. Stacy felt the rabbit fill her up as she swallowed the teddy bears cum. She was left unconscious and naked. They went and rested, three hot women, all within a matter of hours.
Kayla came back and stepped inside. She saw Stacy and looked into the office at Angie. She smiled and took pictures as the toys attacked and got her on all fours. Once again, she struggled as they stripped her and raped her. Kayla was left beside Stacy. They laughed as they left the daycare and went to find more women to attack.
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Special Teams Spotlight: Shadowing Ovechkin
Welcome to Special Teams Spotlight. This is a series of shorter posts where I will comment on something I notice while tracking games. I will utilize video or gifs and combine numbers whenever possible
Over the last couple of years, there has been some discussion about whether — considering his lethal one-timer — it makes sense to shadow Washington Capitals winger Alex Ovechkin on the power play. During my time in DC, I saw numerous teams attempt the feat, notably the Detroit Red Wings under Mike Babcock, the Toronto Maple Leafs under Randy Carlyle and the Colorado Avalanche under Patrick Roy. The results were very mixed. At times the Caps looked flummoxed by the change and indecisive in their play and resolve.
I believe that decisiveness is one of the most important qualities of a power play. If a unit knows going in where each player will be rotating to and shooting from, it leads to better timing and more confidence. A unit should have a good idea of which two or three players are most likely to score goals, and how they're going to do it.
With the Caps it's very clear that Ovechkin is that guy, and his office is the left faceoff circle. I wrote about Ovechkin on the power play prior to this season.
So far this year, three teams have made obvious attempts to shadow Ovechkin: The Avalanche, Pittsburgh Penguins and New York Rangers. It's important to note that the sniper only has one power play goal on a one-timer so far this year, on upwards of 70 such attempts as of last weekend. The upshot to shadowing a player on a 5-on-4 is that it effectively turns into a 4-on-3, and with less players involved on a big ice surface, the greater chance a player gets wide open. Each of these teams were likely to leave one player relatively open. For the Avs, as you will see, it ended up being slot-man T.J. Oshie. For the Pens, for a portion it was Marcus Johansson on the goal-line, and for the rest it was John Carlson at the point. For the Rangers, it was…well…just about everyone at one point. But to be fair, Dan Girardi does a pretty good job shadowing Ovi (if you don't count the play where he handed him a goal), the rest of the unit had some issues. Check out some snippets of all that below.
The Avs appeared to be the most committed to the shadow, over a number of power plays. Overall, in 102 seconds in a shadow, Ovechkin only managed to get one shot off, a one-timer where Nathan MacKinnon didn't quite guard him closely enough. In that time, however, Oshie registered three dangerous one-timers from the slot. He was unlucky not to score. In nine seconds of formation time where Ovechkin wasn't subjected to a shadow, he registered two one-timers, and Oshie had another one. So either way, the Avs appeared to lose. I'm really not sure this is the answer to the Caps' power play
It's interesting that the two players that seemed most reluctant to stay close to Ovi were MacKinnon and Sidney Crosby. It's not surprising, considering they don't want to be blocking his shots, and you don't want him blocking his shots, but if your plan is to shadow, maybe don't put those guys out there for those PKs.
So should teams shadow Ovechkin? The jury's still out, but I certainly wouldn't do it at the expense of covering a slot-man as dangerous as Oshie. I would be surprised if we see the "hockey stick formation" from Roy's squad again.


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36th European Conference on Information Retrieval
The annual European Conference on Information Retrieval is the main European forum for the presentation of new research results in the field of Information Retrieval. ECIR encourages the submission of high quality research papers on a variety of topics reporting original, previously unpublished results.
The the 36th ECIR conference will take place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, from the 13th to the 16th of April in 2014. The conference is organised by the Intelligent Systems Lab Amsterdam (ISLA) at the University of Amsterdam.
Aside from the main conference, which will last for 3 days, EICR offers workshops, tutorials and an industry day. Proceedings are available at this site http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-319-06028-6 where a preview of each paper can be accessed.


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It's been a while since I wrote anything. In fact for the last few years, I even let the domain name expire. But that changed about a month ago.
I was at a baby shower where I met a young man from Japan who is here studying sustainability in design. I found him to be intelligent, well spoken, and thoughtful. Although his program has a grounding in the "sexy" elements of "green design," he understood very quickly when I spoke up about "deep sustainability." I was inspired by his openness to new ideas.
The more I talked, the more I realized that I'm still very passionate about deep sustainability. I have a lot to share. And also that there aren't enough voices talking coherently on this critical topic.
Since my last post, some years ago, I've traveled to some interesting places, including rural Japan, and seen firsthand examples of the practices of deep sustainability. I'd like to write about that.
And incidentally, while on a flight I enjoyed a fictional Japanese movie called Survival Family about the power going out–for a long time–in all of Japan.
In fact Puerto Rico is going through this experience right now. San Francisco and the "Peninsula" are pretty close to an island if all of the bridges were to close due to a large earthquake. We could have our own Puerto Rico experience. I will be writing about that.
Although my energies are currently focused in other areas, I continue to hold passion for deep sustainability, and I look to spend more time getting hands on, and of course, writing.
If you're reading, let me know. It'd be nice to know that there is an audience, although I'll write either way.


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