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Stefanie Mullen is the co-author of Chicken Soup for the Girlfriend's Soul and owner and founder of Ooph.com a well known resource for parents of tweens and teens. She is a wife and mother to two teenage boys and another son who is fast approaching the tween years. Stefanie has been featured in the New York Times and has appeared on NBC, Fox, KUSI and NPR. She is an active social media personality.
I believe if you stay in front of your teens, keep yourself informed, pay attention to their music, stalk them on Facebook, occasionally pry their phones out of their sleeping hands to read their texts and force them to talk to you by locking them in the car and driving so fast they couldn't possibly jump out, then the teen years can be downright fun.
I am a fan of all things tween and teen. Do you have a product that I must know about? Send me an email stefanie (at) ooph (dot) com. I have enjoyed working with such products as American Express, iVillage, Bill My Parents, and more. If you are interested in working with Ooph you can view my media kit.
I am married to an incredible man and am the mother of three wonderful boys, two teens and a 1st grader. My home might smell like yesterday's boxers (which are still lying on the floor) but it's more fun that you can shake a lacrosse stick at.
Are you still here? Want more? Ok. Let's get personal.
I live in a locker room with four belching, farting, balls and penis joking, no table manner having boys. Three are my children. The other. My husband.
I have no problem telling you my age, but I'm not going to.
I am extremely competitive, but I'm working on it. (I'm not really working on it.)
My teens have cell phones. But. I refuse to get one for my six year old. Don't laugh, I live in southern California. He wants one and many of his friends have one.
My girlfriends are my everything. I am married to a man that gets this. He has seven sisters. He let's me play often. It's necessary. Two words. Locker. Room.
One final thing to note. I have an ex-husband. He has a wife. We live a mile away from each other. Enough. Said.


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Hawke's Bay police have gone from investigating money-fleecing scams to finding themselves involved in one after a Tutira woman was contacted online and asked to pay a $250 fine for allegedly downloading copyright material.
"It looked perfect - it was the actual New Zealand Police website logo - everything," Deb Scott said as she pondered how she was going to get her locked computer up and running again.
It had frozen since the official-looking police email popped up on her screen early yesterday.
"I can't get rid of it now."
Mrs Scott had only been on her computer, which she uses a couple of times a week for rural mail and Hawke's Bay Today deliveries, for a few minutes when she spotted an email she did not recognise.
She found it contained a pdf file which could not be opened.
"I'm thinking now that was the trigger to this - it opened the way," she said, adding that a short time later the "official looking" New Zealand Police email arrived.
It informed her she had been detected downloading either copyrighted music or films and that she faced court action if she did not pay a $250 fine within 48 hours.
Her first reaction, given that it carried the official police logo, was that it was genuine, although she was not aware there had been any downloading.
"It's a good one all right and I can see how it might catch some people out," she said.
It was the method of payment though which alerted Mrs Scott that all was not as it might have seemed.
The "police" wanted the payment made by online cash method U-Kash, which is a voucher system featuring a multi-digit and confidential personal card number.
They can be bought at a range of retail outlets, and it was suggested she call at Whitcoulls to get a $250 one.
She was then to enter the voucher's serial number which is used for making on-line purchases.
The message indicated her computer system would remain locked up until the money went through.
"It's a scam but it's also a virus - it has locked it up," she said, adding she would sit out the 48-hour "pay up" period to see if it cleared.
"If it doesn't it's probably going to cost me more than $250 to get it sorted."
Eastern Region Police Crime Prevention Officer Paul Miller said he had heard of similar scams emerging overseas - one using a "perfect" Metropolitan Police logo and also seeking money credit via the U-Kash system.
"But this is the first one I've seen here with the New Zealand Police logo being used - so it is unlikely to be the last."
His advice to anyone receiving an email from an unfamiliar source is to be wary.
"Police do not request money or fine people via computer," he said. "It is a scam but it is likely to catch some people out."
For more articles from this region, go to Hawkes Bay Today

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My mother was in town this weekend, so I found myself hoofing it around our charming neighborhoods more than usual. And let me tell you: it's spooky out there—our historic manses are decked in their ghoulish best right now. It's definitely worth a drive at dusk to check out all the bone-chilling décor. Bonus? Halloween's a great reminder that no matter the neighborhood, Charlestonians know how to have fun behind our garden gates.
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LiverKick Throwback: Buakaw vs. Masato K-1 World MAX Finals 2004
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The world of kickboxing has a rich history to fall back upon so we here at LiverKick figure, why not? Why not give a glimpse into some of the fights from the past that have made up this wonderful sport and tie it all in to the present. The kids on the Instagram and Twitter like to call Thursdays "Throwback Thursdays," I'm just going to say that this is a LiverKick Throwback.
Let's travel back in time now, all the way back to 2004. Yes, 2004, almost exactly ten years ago to the day, on July 7th, 2004. The K-1 World MAX Finals were the hottest ticket in town since Masato's win in the first ever tournament back in 2002 and Buakaw Banchamek (formerly Por. Pramuk) vs. Masato was the fight that everyone was clawing to see. They were the best of the best; Masato representing the Japanese bushido spirit and Buakaw the best that Thailand had to offer (regardless of your opinion, he was the best in kickboxing at the time).
This fight was everything that K-1 was meant to embody; Japan vs. Thailand, the foreigner vs. the hometown hero and it delivered in spades. We can look back upon this fight and marvel at the display, the heart and fortitude shown and how K-1 saw Buakaw as a threat to their Japanese-centric MAX brand. This fight was the poor kid from Thailand against the groomed mega-star of Japan and it is beautiful.


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Since 1892, The Nutcracker has been mesmerizing audiences across the globe. This December, the highly acclaimed Moscow Ballet grand jetés to North Charleston for the 20th anniversary of their take on the holiday classic. Listen to Tchaikovsky's brilliant music and keep an eye open for familiar faces. As part of this year's tour, Moscow Ballet is featuring local children in the performance. North Charleston Coliseum, 5001 Coliseum Dr., North Charleston. Sunday, 3pm & 7pm. $89-$29. (843)529-5000, www.northcharlestoncoliseumpac.com


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I'm now buying posters and books rather than figures mainly because distribution is so awful. Tycho just texted me about how he hasn't been able to buy anything lately because of Hasbro's distribution issues on SW and Transformers, and I realized I was in the same boat, using that collecting-mojo to pick out McQuarrie artworks and books, as well as looking into Gentle Giant stuff and Kotobukiya... all of which I actively didn't want to collect because they were too expensive, but now they're getting my collecting dollars because Hasbro absolutely has failed my collecting yen.
Up until this year, I could at least look to Clone Wars to carry me when the mainline was in short supply, but now Clone Wars is nearly all dried up, Movie Heroes isn't working out so well, and the later waves of TVC are nowhere to be seen.
The worst part is that that I almost feel lucky about not finding new Hasbro product because if I did, I'd have to struggle to decide whether or not it'd be worth the heavily overpriced pricetags it now carries.
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The Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show in Las Vegas is full of show-offs. Aftermarket companies show off vehicles packed to the gills with the latest doo-dads. OEMs display their newest rigs, and models show off their, um, assets to help sell parts and stay off the brass poles a few blocks away.
The Commander is the latest addition to the Jeep family, and you may have expected to see lifted versions of the SUV in every off-road booth, but maybe it's too soon (if it ever happens at all). Instead, there were a few of the boxy XKs up in the air, a bunch of street versions with shiny grilles, plenty of TJs flexing on fake rocks, and at least one XJ that had to park outside. There were a couple admirable Jeeps but most look as though they'd been attacked by a six-man marketing team hyped up on enough caffeine to make an elephant hover. Next year we're praying for fewer gaudy crap-magnet Jeeps. Less is more! For more SEMA Jeep pictures go to our Web site at: www.jpmagazine.com/eventcoverage/154_05sema/.


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text: CDD> Transportation> Street, Sidewalk and Path Projects> Accelerated Bridge Program Charles River Accelerated Bridge Program The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is overseeing the reconstruction of the bridges in the Charles River Basin between Boston and Cambridge over the next 8 years. The Accelerated Bridge Program (ABP) is the Commonwealth's eight-year, $3 billion program to repair bridges across the Commonwealth that are currently structurally deficient or would otherwise become structurally deficient during the next eight years. As part of the recent transportation reform legislation, ownership of the bridges in the Charles River Basin has been transferred from the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) to the newly created MassDOT. MassDOT is now responsible for the design and construction of bridges in the Charles River Basin that are included in the ABP program. Bridge Status More Information Craigie Bridge (Museum of Science) Complete (new pavement markings to include bicycle facilities yet to be painted). MassDOT web page Boston University Bridge Complete (some final landscaping needed as well as thermoplastic lane markings). MassDOT web page DCR presentation June 30, 2010 Magazine Beach Footbridge Complete Summer 2012. MassDOT web page Anderson Memorial Bridge Construction is on going through Fall 2014. MassDOT web page Longfellow Bridge Phase I (early action) Phase 1 complete. MassDOT web page MassDOT Presentation November 5, 2009 Longfellow Bridge Phase II Under design. Construction expected January 2013 through the end of 2016. MassDOT web page MassDOT Presentation March 2012 River Street and Western Avenue Bridges Under design. Construction expected Summer 2014 through Fall 2016. MassDOT web page Sequencing Study The Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, the Department of Conservation and Recreation, and the Massachusetts Highway Department commissioned Beta Group, Inc. to evaluate the transportation impacts of concurrent construction schedules on bridges over and near the Charles River. In 2008, Phase I of the sequencing study was completed and of empirically determining which bridges required work, their readiness, the corridors of travel, and traffic analysis for 42 intersections to determine the impact of concurrent projects. It provides a baseline from which to compare future changes to the assumptions and sequencing. Phase II is expected to be released in Fall 2010, and will indicate the recommended sequencing of the construction of the remaining bridges in the area (Longfellow, River, Western, and Anderson.) Bicycle/Pedestrian Path Access As part of the Accelerated Bridge Program, MassDOT has hired a consulting team to conduct a Bicycle/Pedestrian Path Access Study to address connections from neighborhoods, institutions, and business districts to and from the path network along the Charles River Basin. The consulting team will make recommendations on bicycle and pedestrian designs for each of the bridges and intersections on each side of the bridges, as well as improvements to the path network itself. Click here for MassDOT's report documenting pedestrian and bicycle counts along the river. Click here for a presentation MassDOT delivered at a series of public meetings held in October 2011 about improving access to the path network. For More Information To be added to MassDOT's public information distribution list, individuals can contact: Stephanie Boundy, Public Outreach Coordinator, Massachusetts Department of Transportation, Accelerated Bridge Program, 617/973-8049, email@example.com. Within the city, those seeking additional information should contact Tegin Teich Bennett in the Cambridge Community Development Department, at firstname.lastname@example.com, or 617/349-4615.


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National Wildlife
August/September 2000
By Michael Tennesen
When It Comes to Pestering Pests, Some Bugs Bug Other Bugs Best
Jake Blehm raises killers for a living. The killers are half-inch-long insects known as green lacewings. In the larval stage, lacewings must be kept in separate cardboard compartments or they'll eat each other.
To keep them mean and healthy, Blehm feeds them beef liver, chicken and other ingredients that he mixes in a blender.
"Lacewings love it," he says. "We call it our meat smoothie."
What makes these little cannibals worth raising is the way they devour aphids, mites, whiteflies, mealybugs, caterpillars and many other plant pests. To protect their crops from these pests, commercial farmers and home gardeners pay Blehm $15 for a carton of 5,000 lacewings. Blehm, president of Buena Biosystems, raises 250 million lacewings each year in his Santa Paula, California, insectary.
Blehm's insectary--a place for growing beneficial bugs--currently grosses more than one million dollars a year from the sale of lacewings and other pest-eaters. And demand for products from his center--one of several in the country--is growing at about 20 to 25 percent a year. Though worldwide revenue for insectaries is only a fraction of the income for the pesticide industry (less than $100 million a year vs. $9 billion a year), conservationists cheer the surging interest in beneficial insects as an alternative to the use of chemicals.
Beneficial creatures come in a wide variety: lacewings, ladybugs, predatory mites, tiny wasps and nematodes, among others. They eliminate pest insects in one of two main ways: They either parasitize them or prey on them directly. To demonstrate an example of the former, Blehm leads a visitor into a refrigerated room filled with large cartons of fly mummies. These are fly pupae, hard cocoons in which maggots metamorphose before emerging as flies. A closer look reveals tiny wasps stinging the mummies and depositing their eggs inside. These beneficial wasps eat dozens of species of flies that are known to bite humans and animals. So ranchers and farmers buy wasp-laden fly mummies from Blehm, which they then spread around their barns. The beneficial wasps feed on the fly pupae and emerge from the mummies, "Sort of like little aliens," says Blehm.
Blehm's insectary is just one of eight such facilities in Ventura County, making this part of California the mecca for beneficial bug businesses in the United States. Among the other businesses in the area is Novartis BCM. Novartis' most popular product is Persimilis, a predatory mite used by strawberry and ornamental plant growers. This tiny creature can eat as many as seven adult spider mites or 20 eggs per day. Spider mites feed on the leaves of strawberries and ornamentals.
Persimilis became popular among California strawberry growers in 1987, when Plictran, a pesticide for spider mites, was suddenly withdrawn from the market because it was considered dangerous to human health. "There was a valuable crop just sitting out there that needed to be protected," says Dan Cahn, president of Novartis BCM. "And beneficials were the only option."
Cahn is a proponent of integrated pest management--mixing beneficial insects with the careful use of newer pesticides that aren't as harmful to nontarget species. According to Cahn, one of the benefits of such a system is that pests don't develop resistance to chemicals as rapidly. Then if the farmer is forced to spray, the spray is more effective.
Other beneficial bug businesspeople in California take a dimmer view of chemical use. For example, Dorothy Neva, the founder of the Ladybug Company in Berry Creek, doesn't believe in pesticides at all. In fact, she blames pesticide use in California's Central Valley for the decline of ladybird beetles, which she and her daughter Julie catch wild in the foothills of the nearby Sierra Nevada Mountains.
The beetles, or ladybugs as they are commonly known, are famous for their voracious appetite for aphids: One adult ladybug can eat 100 aphids in a day. As a result, they are the best-sellers among beneficial bugs in the country. Neva gets her ladybugs from secret beds of leaf litter in the mountains near her home. (The majority of the ladybugs sold in the United States are wild caught.) The Ladybug Company is one of the largest distributors of ladybugs in the country, selling about 400 million of the beneficial beetles each year.
Neva, 72, practices what she preaches. In her own garden, she uses all of her company's products (which include green lacewings, trichograma wasps and praying mantises as well as ladybugs) to handle insect pests. And she is the envy of the neighborhood: "My neighbors all talk about how good my garden looks," says Neva.
To avoid pesticide use and get the neighbors talking about your garden, you need to watch your plants, keep track of the insect populations and learn to anticipate problems. "The trouble with most home gardeners is they do nothing until they start noticing the pest. But by then it may already be a major outbreak, and it's too late for beneficial insects," says Carol Glenister, president of the Association of Natural Bio-control Producers and owner of IPM Laboratories in Locke, New York.
One of the best ways to avoid pest outbreaks is to create your own insectary. Neva recommends growing a variety of flowering plants including sweet alyssum, dill, coriander and marigolds. The nectar of these flowers attracts traveling beneficial insects and gives them a reason to stay. Fill a dish or birdbath with water and you'll give beneficials a place to sit and slurp. Leave one corner of your garden wild and you'll help ensure insect diversity.
If it's not possible to create your own insectary, or you need to supplement your roster of beneficial insects, you'll need to do some research. A good place to start is the University of Vermont Extension Service's Web page on biological pest control: http://ctr.uvm.edu/ctr/pubs/apc817.htm. This site provides a helpful overview of beneficial insects, a list of commercial insectaries and a bibliography of key reference books on the topic.
Once you've received your shipment of beneficial insects, handle them carefully. Ladybugs can be stored in the refrigerator for as long as two months; lacewings can't be stored at all. Exposed mailboxes and closed cars on hot days can be fatal to beneficials. They may be killers, but they still need to be treated with kindness.
California writer Michael Tennesen visited several insectaries near his home while researching this article. To learn more about attracting beneficial bugs to your garden, write: Backyard Wildlife Habitat Program, NWF, 11100 Wildlife Center Drive, Reston, Virginia 20190-5362 (Web address: www.nwf.org/habitats).


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Here we go again. After setting new records pretty much every day in January before taking a pause, the junk-bond market is back at it. The average yield across the speculative-grade market fell to a new all-time low 5.5% at day-end Thursday, according to a benchmark Bank of America Merrill Lynch index. 5.5%! That's for ostensibly the riskiest bonds around. And a market that, until last summer, had rarely ever dipped its toe below 7%, and that was during market peaks. Such is Fed-fueled life today. And good luck finding sustainable bond income elsewhere.
The high-yield market has already returned 3.64% year to date, not even four months into a year that began with an average market yield of 6.1%. Yes, this must end at some point. But try to time this market at your own risk.
The average junk-bond price, meanwhile, hit an all-time high 105.7 cents on the dollar. I'd pause here to point out how preposterous this is, particularly given how many junk bonds can be called early at 103 cents on the dollar, except that it's somehow not. It's the norm these days. And it may well keep on moving higher. The high-yield default rate remains negligible at 2.9%, so at least there's little risk that your bonds are going to default en masse, but at some point markets tend to revert to means. Except that this isn't a normal market, it's a market propped up by unprecedented central bank liquidity injections.
Checking in with the main high-yield EFTs Friday, the iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond Fund (HYG) is down 12 cents to $94.60, and the SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond ETF (JNK) is down 4 cents to $41.13.


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As a child, you were probably told to stand up straight. That's still great advice. Standing erect and sitting properly can help reduce stress on joints, ward off muscle pain and improve balance to prevent falls.
You'll feel the price of poor posture. Painful, achy joints steal your sleep and lead to irritability and fatigue. Hunching or tilting to one side makes you vulnerable to falls. Unbalanced pressure on spinal disks can cause neck, back and shoulder pain. Improper alignment can contribute to musculoskeletal diseases such as osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis, herniated disks and degenerative disk disease.
Today's older adults are far more active than previous generations—and they have the aches and pains to prove it. In fact, sports injuries like tendonitis and bursitis have become so common among the over-50 set, there's a name for the condition—boomeritis.
Some injuries result from years of overuse or repetitive movements. Others happen when out-of-shape weekend warriors try to get back in a game as they did when they were younger. You can stay active and pain free and avoid getting sidelined by boomeritis by following these tips from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons:
Physical changes that occur with age and lifestyle habits conspire to allow slouching. With passing birthdays, people typically experience the following:
The result? Your body loses correct alignment, putting you at risk for musculoskeletal disorders and pain.
The way you hold your body—standing and sitting—is key to proper posture. Examine your alignment with these assessments:
Maintaining good posture through the years calls for conscious effort. Exercising regularly to keep your muscles strong and flexible and to maintain good balance is key to holding and carrying your body correctly. In addition, practice these exercises from the American Physical Therapy Association and the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases to help you improve and maintain correct body alignment:
Many people with chronic pain, particularly back pain, can trace their problem to faulty posture. Self-care efforts to improve alignment may not be enough to undo years of slouching and bad habits like carrying an overloaded shoulder bag, but you can keep poor posture from getting progressively worse. See your healthcare provider if you have back pain that is severe, doesn't improve with rest, is accompanied by numbness and tingling or occurs after a fall or an injury.
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UTSA hosts March 23 teach-in on abortion issues
(March 22, 2005)--Pro-choice, pro-life or somewhere in the middle -- abortion has been hotly debated since long before the 1973 Supreme Court Roe vs. Wade decision.
The UTSA community has a chance to weigh-in on the issue with a teach-in from noon to 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 23 in the University Center Retama Auditorium (2.02.02) at the 1604 Campus.
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A panel of two pro-choice and two pro-life proponents will offer informed perspectives on the abortion issue before a moderator opens the floor to audience questions. The moderator will be Richard Gambitta, chair of the UTSA Department of Political Science and Geography.
Judge Tom Rickhoff, Bexar County Probate Court 2, and Dr. Rudy Urby, president and CEO of Community Medicine Associates and clinical professor of family and community medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, will discuss the pro-life side of the debate.
Dr. Deborah McNabb, obstetrician-gynecologist, and Jeffrey Hons, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of South Central Texas, will offer the pro-choice side of the issue.
The speakers will touch on the legal, medical and political aspects surrounding the abortion issue in general and as it affects Texas.
The forum is sponsored by the UTSA Progressive Student Organization, University Center, Office of Student Activities and the Department of Political Science and Geography.
For more information, contact Amy Jasperson at (210) 458-5431 or John Kaulfus at (210) 458-4740.


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Libya: Revised Appeal seeks $408 million to respond to crisis
ERC Amos today launched the Revised Regional Appeal for the Libyan Crisis in Geneva. The UN called for an additional US$233 million to assist as many as 2.1 million civilians affected by the conflict in Libya, and warned of a potential worsening of the humanitarian situation both within and outside the country.
The initial flash appeal issued on 7 March was seeking $160 million, based on projections of up to 400,000 people fleeing Libya and another 600,000 needing help within. As of today, more than 803,000 people have left, and new focus is being placed on the crisis within the country - where up to 1.6 million people require assistance.
"The conflict, the breakdown of state infrastructure, and shortages of cash and fuel are causing serious problems for the population of Libya," ERC Amos told Member States today in Geneva. "Humanitarian agencies are most concerned about the people living in areas where fighting continues. In Misrata, which remains at the forefront of our concern, shelling and fighting has been ongoing in parts of the city for over two months," Ms Amos said."Widespread shortages are paralyzing the country in ways which will gravely impact the general population in the weeks and months ahead; particularly the poorest and the most vulnerable".
While in most of the country the situation is not yet critical, it is likely to worsen, with food, fuel and medical stocks running low, and an emerging shortage of personnel in key sectors such as health. The crisis is also taking a toll on nearby countries. Niger and Chad, two of the world's poorest countries, face the burden of reintegrating thousands of former expatriates, whose remittances from Libya had been essential to the survival of their communities at home.
In her statement today, Ms. Amos reiterated UN calls for a pause to hostilities in Misrata, to allow further delivery of essential medical supplies and other relief items, as well as the evacuation of third country nationals, the wounded and others who require emergency medical assistance. In a press conference held yesterday in Geneva, the Humanitarian Coordinator for Libya, Panos Moumtzis stressed that ERC Amos' repeated appeal for temporary cessation of hostilities is not a political act, but a request driven by humanitarian values and principles to ensure aid can reach those in need of assistance.
UNHCR reports that to date around 14,000 people have arrived by boat in Italy and Malta from Libya. At least 1,200 people have died or gone missing during the journey. Also, according to UNHCR, third county nationals leaving Libya on unseaworthy boats continue risking their lives during the journey.
Fuel scarcity and high fuel prices in the west of Libya continue to be a concern. "80% of the Libyan population lives in the western part of the country and what we saw during our visit there is a source of concern in terms of lack of fuel, food and medical supplies running low and the lack of liquidity that is affecting everybody," HC Moumtzis said yesterday. Fuel scarcity is also affecting Benghazi due to problems in the supply chain, though stocks are expected to be replenished soon. Residents are queuing for days in Tripoli to get petrol. Libya's biggest oil company, the Arab Gulf Oil Company, reports that it will not resume production until the crisis ends. Insecurity, cash shortages, departure of migrants and the general situation compound an already precarious economic situation in the whole country.
"The current situation will contribute to a continued need for humanitarian assistance in Libya in the months ahead," ERC Amos said today. "These structural vulnerabilities need to be addressed to ensure that the adverse affects on the civilian population are minimized. The next two to three months will be a critical period for Libya".
More>> OCHA Press Release - ERC Statement - Revised Regional Appeal (Download PDF) - OCHA Situation Report #37


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It's Showtime Japan countdown-2/REBELS.12 Results: van Opstal, Hinata Win
- Written by Dave Walsh
With It's Showtime prepared to make their first full venture into Japan in little over a month and a half, It's Showtime Japan countdown-2 and REBELS.12 took place earlier today at Differ Ariake in Tokyo.
In the main event, Team Souwer's Henri van Opstal improved to 5-0 against Japanese competition with a majority decision over It's Showtime Japan 70kg champ Hiroki Nakajima on scores of 30-29(x3), 29-29 and 30-28. Nakajima scored early to the body, but his lack of defense allowed van Opstal to find openings throughout the fight and pick apart his opponent. van Opstal (18-3-0) has now won two in a row after a loss at It's Showtime 55, most recently stopping Hinata in the 3rd round at RISE 88. He could find himself fighting on the main It's Showtime Japan card, but with a Shootboxing event the same day, it is hard to know if he will compete on either card. Nakajima (15-6-0, 10 KO) recently ended a 1-5 run with a win over Danilo Zanolini to win the It's Showtime Japan 70kg title, but it's the same story for him; until he develops some sort of defense, he is extremely limited. While he has power and a dynamic offense, he just gets hit too much and guys at van Opstal's level will be able to expose him with ease. He is set to fight on the It's Showtime Japan card in September, but let's hope he's put in a rematch with Yuichiro Nagashima and not in a fight with Andy Ristie or Robin van Roosmalen.
In the co-main event, Hinata bounced back with a quick 1st round knockout of Korean Kang Jung-woo at 1:24 with a high kick. Hinata (23-12-1, 8 KO) is just 3-3 in his last 6 bouts, with two of those three wins against mediocre competition and the third against a guy fighting 10 pounds above his natural weight. While his losses did come to Giorgio Petrosyan, Andy Ristie and van Opstal, his only quality wins since 2010 are over Yuya Yamamoto, who looks worse with every outing, and Artur Kyshenko. If he wants to be considered a competitor at 70kg, he needs to start fighting top competition more regularly and get some wins, rather than lose to a top fighter and bounce back with an easy win.
In a fight to determine the first It's Showtime Japan 65kg champion, MA Kick Super Lightweight champ Mohan Dragon and Zen Fujita fought to a majority draw after 5 rounds on scores of 48-47 and 48-48(x4). In what seems to have been an exciting fight, as most of Mohan Dragon's fights are, Mohan Dragon started very strong, hurting Fujita in the first and carrying that momentum into the second round before tiring in the bout's closing stages and allowing Fujita to come back and secure a draw. Fujita is now 1-1-1 in 2012, with a loss at 70kg to Hinata back in April and a win over Junichi Maruyama back in June at 65kg. Mohan Dragon is now 2-0-1 on the year, defending his MA Kick title with a knockout of Hidekazu Tanaka and edging out J-Network champ Yusuke Sugawara at RISE 87. This fight likely could have been to determine Lim Chi-bin's opponent in the It's Showtime 65kg World title fight, but the draw likely cost both men that opportunity.
In a fight to decide the inaugural It's Showtime Japan 55kg champion, J-Network Super Bantamweight champ Hiroaki Mizuhara took a unanimous decision over Taisuke Degai on scores of 49-48(x3), 48-47 and 49-47. Mizuhara is now 2-1-1 on the year and could potentially rematch Yuki Noro, the man he defeated to get this fight, in his first title defense as Noro recently upset TO-MA in a bout billed under the It's Showtime banner. This loss snaps a 4 fight win streak for Degai.
Finally at 61kg, Kizaemon Saiga scored a unanimous decision over Tatsuya Inaishi on scores of 30-29, 30-28(x2), 30-27 and 29-28. Saiga (10-5-1, 2 KO) is now 3-1 on the year with a close win over Katsuya Goto, a close loss to Koya Urabe and most recently a KO of Arita Tsukahara back in May. Saiga was expected to fight for the It's Showtime Japan 61kg title at this event, but with Masahiro Yamamoto winning the It's Showtime 61kg World title and a 61kg title fight scheduled for the September event, I wouldn't be surprised to see Saiga slotted in against Yamamoto for the first all-Japanese It's Showtime title fight.
It's Showtime's main branch makes its first official venture into Japan on September 17th at Pacifico Yokohama in Yokohama. Only one fight is announced for the card, with It's Showtime 85kg champ Sahak Parparyan taking on It's Showtime Japan 95kg champ Toshio Matsumoto, but a 61kg title showdown between current champ Masahiro Yamamoto and Kizaemon Saiga is possible with both men slated for the event and Lim Chi Bin will be participating in an It's Showtime 65kg World title fight against a yet to be named opponent. Also expected to compete are Daniel Ghita, Robin van Roosmalen, Andy Ristie, Hiroki Nakajima and Yuichiro Nagashima.
REBELS.12 results and quick results after the break
In the main event of the REBELS portion of the card, WBC Japan and WPMF Japan Featherweight champ Yosuke Morii defended his WPMF title for the first time in a rematch against Hiroki Nagashima by unanimous decision on scores of 49-48(x2) and 48-47. Morii scored a knockdown in the 1st and cruised from there, holding off Nagashima for his first defense against the same man who he defeated to win the title. After a one-sided loss to Genji Umeno and a loss in Thailand, Morii has now put together 3 straight wins, winning the WBC Japan title over Heihachi Nakajima in April, taking a decision over J-Network champ Masato Sato and now defending his WPMF title against Nagashima. Nagashima most recently KO'd Yuji Umehara to earn the right to face Morii and is now 2-1 on the year.
In a 67kg bout, WPMF Japan Welterweight champion T-98 pushed his win streak to 6 with a 3rd round knockout of Buakaw Weerasakreck at 2:54. T-98 has quickly become one of the top fighters in Japan at 67kg, going 6-0 in the last year and winning the WPMF Japan Welterweight title. He is set to defend his title against Hideya Tanaka in the future. Buakaw had burst onto the Japanese scene with a pair of stoppages over Hayato Hatekayama and Hidekazu Tanaka earlier this year, but just wasn't big enough for the WPMF Japan champ. Buakaw usually fights at Super Lightweight (63.5kg), so this isn't too bad of a loss for him. I would like to see him against Mohan Dragon in MA Kick.
Finally, former AJKF Lightweight champ Hiromasa Masuda made his return to competition after an almost 9 month layoff, but came up short again with a TKO loss to Kongenchai S Gym at 47 seconds into the 2nd round. Kongenchai hurt Masuda bad with elbows and was able to drop him, but when Masuda returned to his feet, the fight was called due to a nasty cut over his cheek. This is a tough loss for the 39 year old Masuda who is 0-5-1 in his last 6, most recently losing to Jomthong Chuwattana, with the draw coming against Kongenchai's brother, Yogenchai S Gym.
Quick results
It's Showtime Japan countdown-2
70kg Fight: Henri van Opstal def. Hiroki Nakajima by 3rd round Majority Decision (30-29, 30-29, 30-29, 30-28, 29-29)
70kg Fight: Hinata def. Kang Jung-woo by 1st round KO (left high kick) at 1:24
It's Showtime Japan 65kg Title Fight: Mohan Dragon and Zen Fujita fought to a 5th round Majority Draw (48-47, 48-48, 48-48, 48-48, 48-48)
It's Showtime Japan 55kg Title Fight: Hiroaki Mizuhara def. Taisuke Degai by 5th round Unanimous Decision (49-48, 49-48, 49-48, 48-47, 49-47)
95kg Fight: Koichi Pettas def. Ryuta Noji by 1st round KO (3 downs) at 2:59
61kg Fight: Kizaemon Saiga def. Tatsuya Inaishi by 3rd round Unanimous Decision (30-29, 30-28, 30-28, 29-28, 30-27)
70kg Fight: Takuma Konishi def. Hiroshi by 3rd round Unanimous Decision (30-25, 30-25, 30-25, 30-25, 30-25)
58.5kg Fight: Ryoma Hasumi def. Mitsutoshi Kurata by 3rd round Unanimous Decision (30-28, 30-28, 29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
WPMF Japan Featherweight Title Match: Yosuke Morii (c) def. Hiroki Nagashima by 5th round Unanimous Decision (49-48, 49-48, 48-47)
67kg Fight: T-98 def. Buakaw Weerasakreck by 3rd round KO (right high kick) at 2:54
61kg Fight: Kongenchai S Gym def. Hiromasa Masuda by 2nd round TKO (cut) at 0:47
55kg Fight: Sota Ichinohe and Hidemaru fought to a 5th round Majority Draw (49-49, 49-49, 48-49)
WPMF Japan Welterweight #1 Contender Fight: Hideya Tanaka def. Atsushi SASAYA by 5th round Unanimous Decision (49-47, 49-47, 49-47)
67kg Fight: Shinya Hikifuji def. CAZ JANJIRA by 3rd round Unanimous Decision (30-28, 30-28, 30-28)


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Edit: link no longer works that I posted with this. Arrest today but the man may have no connection with the plant explosion. Too early to get much info on him. Sorry.
Far too many explosions wether they are planned or just bad accidents.
On another note a Bartlesville school student set off "something" in a school parking lot today. Don't know yet what that was.


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This is a very easy tote to make. I have made several. Thank you.
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That's an awesome tote! With your tute, I think I'll try this. Thanks!
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LaQuita (aka) - Yai-Yai to the most precious grandbaby around of course I'm partial! LOL
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Wow -thanks. Maybe I'll make one today!
Thank you for posting the tutorial. Very clear and easy to understand
Great tute. This is what i'll use for my holiday totes (gifts). Just in time for Easter Thank you!
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Thread: Pregnat Oscar??
12-11-2005, 01:12 AM #1Junior Member Guppy
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Pregnat Oscar??
I think my female oscar is pregnant but unsure how to tell. She is very fat on her underside from chest area to just before her tail, she has been getting fatter and fatter, is she pregnant, if so when will she lay her eggs and is there anything special I should do to the tank for her to lay her eggs? :?:
She might very well be developing eggs and getting into spawning conditions. This doesn't however necesserly mean she is going to spawn and it is hard to say when.
Please answre the questions below and I should be able to be of more assistance.
Do you have any male Oscar in the aquarium? Any more females?
Have she formed a pair with it/one of the males?
How is your aqurium decorated?
12-11-2005, 08:36 PM #3Junior Member Guppy
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There is one male in the tank, and only the one female. They have formed a pair. The aquarium has sand and gravel on the bottom, a couple of rock structures, one is tall and coral like the other is round tunnel like but the exterior is flat and smooth. She gets larger daily. Today she is looking rather like a rather overdue pregnant woman. She eats very well but seems to breath heavier than normal at this point. thanks for your info. Hammer
Have your read breeding Oscar fish which contains some info that might be of use for you.
I still can't tell you when she is going to spawn. You will notice that they will start cleaning a flat rock or similar surface together and than you will know that there are only a few days (2-3) left until she spawns. You will also notice her egg laying tube expanding a few days before the actually spawning. Other than that there is real no way to know for sure. Sometimes they don't even spawn despite that fact that the female is in spawning condition.
I would recommend adding a large flat rock to the aquarium to give them a good place to spawn and to remove the coral from the aquarium since the coral causes the pH level to rise unless you have fish that prefers a higher pH. Oscar are quite tolerant and accept pH 6-8 but I still advice against decoration that can have such a strong effect on the pH as coral unless you monitor your pH frequently.
12-13-2005, 12:47 AM #5Junior Member Guppy
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Thank you for your help, will put in a flat rock today. Have checked the PH and it is fine, there is no real coral in the tank it is a coral look-alike rock. They have removed all sand and gravel from a section of the bottom of the tank, so we shall see. I will let you know the outcome, will also ask your advice again as I am sure I will need it.
Feel free to do so. I am sure a spawning isn't that far away if they have built a crater like you say. .
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Award-winning writer Peter Ho Davies will read from his work at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11, in the Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.
Davies is the director of the MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of Michigan and the author of the story collections "The Ugliest House in the World" (1997) and "Equal Love" (1999). His work has appeared in The Atlantic, Harper's, Granta, The Paris Review, Ploughshares, Story, The Washington Post and The Chicago Tribune and has been selected for Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards 1998 and Best American Short Stories, 1995, 1996 and 2001.
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The Vietnamese are descendants of nomadic Mongols from China and migrants from Indonesia. According to mythology, the first ruler of Vietnam was Hung Vuong, who founded the nation in 2879 B.C. China ruled the nation then known as Nam Viet as a vassal state from 111 B.C. until the 15th century, an era of nationalistic expansion, when Cambodians were pushed out of the southern area of what is now Vietnam.
A century later, the Portuguese were the first Europeans to enter the area. France established its influence early in the 19th century, and within 80 years it conquered the three regions into which the country was then divided—Cochin-China in the south, Annam in the central region, and Tonkin in the north.
France first unified Vietnam in 1887, when a single governor-generalship was created, followed by the first physical links between north and south—a rail and road system. Even at the beginning of World War II, however, there were internal differences among the three regions. Japan took over military bases in Vietnam in 1940, and a pro-Vichy French administration remained until 1945. Veteran Communist leader Ho Chi Minh organized an independence movement known as the Vietminh to exploit the confusion surrounding France's weakened influence in the region. At the end of the war, Ho's followers seized Hanoi and declared a short-lived republic, which ended with the arrival of French forces in 1946.
Paris proposed a unified government within the French Union under the former Annamite emperor, Bao Dai. Cochin-China and Annam accepted the proposal, and Bao Dai was proclaimed emperor of all Vietnam in 1949. Ho and the Vietminh withheld support, and the revolution in China gave them the outside help needed for a war of resistance against French and Vietnamese troops armed largely by a United States worried about cold war Communist expansion.
Vietnam Splits North and South; America Enters the War
A bitter defeat at Dien Bien Phu in northwest Vietnam on May 5, 1954, broke the French military campaign and resulted in the division of Vietnam. In the new South, Ngo Dinh Diem, prime minister under Bao Dai, deposed the monarch in 1955 and made himself president. Diem used strong U.S. backing to create an authoritarian regime that suppressed all opposition but could not eradicate the Northern-supplied Communist Viet Cong.
Skirmishing grew into a full-scale war, with escalating U.S. involvement. A military coup, U.S.-inspired in the view of many, ousted Diem on Nov. 1, 1963, and a kaleidoscope of military governments followed. The most savage fighting of the war occurred in early 1968 during the Vietnamese New Year, known as Tet. Although the so-called Tet Offensive ended in a military defeat for the North, its psychological impact changed the course of the war.
U.S. bombing and an invasion of Cambodia in the summer of 1970—an effort to destroy Viet Cong bases in the neighboring state—marked the end of major U.S. participation in the fighting. Most American ground troops were withdrawn from combat by mid-1971 when the U.S. conducted heavy bombing raids on the Ho Chi Minh Trail—a crucial North Vietnamese supply line. In 1972, secret peace negotiations led by Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger took place, and a peace settlement was signed in Paris on Jan. 27, 1973.
By April 9, 1975, Hanoi's troops marched within 40 miles of Saigon, the South's capital. South Vietnam's president Thieu resigned on April 21 and fled. Gen. Duong Van Minh, the new president, surrendered Saigon on April 30, ending a war that claimed the lives of 1.3 million Vietnamese and 58,000 Americans.
Border Clashes With Cambodia Continue
In 1977, border clashes between Vietnam and Cambodia intensified, as well as accusations by its former ally Beijing that Chinese residents of Vietnam were being subjected to persecution. Beijing cut off all aid and withdrew 800 technicians.
Hanoi was also preoccupied with a continuing war in Cambodia, where 60,000 Vietnamese troops had invaded and overthrown the country's Communist leader Pol Pot and his pro-Chinese regime. In early 1979, Vietnam was conducting a two-front war: defending its northern border against a Chinese invasion and supporting its army in Cambodia, which was still fighting Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge guerrillas. Hanoi's Marxist policies combined with the destruction of the country's infrastructure during the decades of fighting devastated Vietnam's economy. However, it started to pick up in 1986 under doi moi (economic renovation), an effort at limited privatization. Vietnamese troops began limited withdrawals from Laos and Cambodia in 1988, and Vietnam supported the Cambodian peace agreement signed in Oct. 1991.
Relations with America Improve as the Vietnamese Economy Reforms
The U.S. lifted a Vietnamese trade embargo in Feb. 1994 that had been in place since U.S. involvement in the war. Full diplomatic relations were announced between the two countries in July 1995. In April 1997, a pact was signed with the U.S. concerning repayment of the $146 million wartime debt incurred by the South Vietnamese government, and the following year the nation began a drive to eliminate inefficient bureaucrats and streamline the approval process for direct foreign investment. Efforts of reform-minded officials toward political and economic change have been thwarted by Vietnam's ruling Communist Party. In April 2001, however, the progressive Nong Duc Manh was appointed general secretary of the ruling Communist Party, succeeding Le Kha Phieu. Even with a reformer at the helm of the party, change has been slow and cautious.
In Nov. 2001, Vietnam's national assembly approved a trade agreement that opened U.S. markets to Vietnam's goods and services. Tariffs on Vietnam's products dropped to about 4% from rates as high as 40%. Vietnam in return opened its state markets to foreign competition.
The government highlighted its efforts to crack down on corruption and crime with the June 2003 conviction of notorious criminal syndicate boss Truong Van Cam, known as Nam Cam. He was sentenced to death, along with 155 other defendants, and executed in June 2004.
Prime Minister Phan Van Khai visited the United States in June 2005, becoming the first Vietnamese leader to do so since the Vietnam War ended. He met with President Bush and several business leaders, including Microsoft chairman Bill Gates. The U.S. is Vietnam's largest trading partner, buying about $7 billion in Vietnamese goods each year.
Corrupt Leadership is Forced to Resign, but Reform Continues
A corruption scandal rocked Vietnam in April 2006. Transport minister Dao Dinh Binh resigned amid allegations that members of his staff embezzled millions from the country and used the funds to bet on soccer games. His deputy Nguyen Viet Tien was arrested for his role in the scandal.
President Tran Duc Luong and Prime Minister Phan Van Khai resigned in June 2006, making way for two younger leaders, President Nguyen Minh Triet and Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. Luong and Khai had led Vietnam since 1997 and were instrumental in Vietnam's two-decades-long transition to a market economy, called doi moi, or renovation.
Vietnam became the 150th member of the World Trade Organization in January 2007, after waiting 12 years to join the group.
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TweetZombie — eating your brain. one tweet at a time.
TweetZombie is a site that does some very basic vocabulary analysis of an individual's Twitter messages. It will tell you the size of the vocabulary that the person uses and provide a vocabulary rating (v-rating). The exact rating calculation method is of course a closely guarded trade secret. :) (And yes, you can try to game it with antidisestablishmentarianism if you really want to do so. You wouldn't be the first.)
A handy pie chart shows you at a glance how often the person replies or retweets. Last I looked the highest rating was 51,801 and the biggest vocabulary was 1,240 words.
Applying new technologies
Development of TweetZombie was an exercise in integrating and learning more about a number of technologies. It was originally developed using Django, jQuery, the Twitter API (via tweepy) and sqlite but then ported to run on Google App Engine with Google App Engine Helper for Django and a side order of Google AdSense. (What do you mean assimilated? :) )
The porting exercise was interesting as developing for the App Engine DataStore with its non-SQL approach to queries was an exercise in changing how one thinks about data retrieval. The main change to thinking was pre-calculating more values up front.
I also took a brief look at making use of the Python Natural Language Toolkit for more sophisticated vocabulary analysis (e.g. n-grams) but have not integrated it yet.
Related Wiki Updates
During the development process I added a few related pages to my Wiki/Notebook:
- Learning About Google App Engine
- Learning About Django
- Learning About Twitter API (with Python)
- Learning About NLTK (Python Natural Language Toolkit)
- Project Log: TweetZombie
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Head to TweetZombie and try it on your own account or on the accounts of your friends and then brag about how superior your intelligence must be. Or something.


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|Bolton Ct Mulgrave, Melbourne, 3170 Melbourne, Australia
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**Only 5 minutes drive from Monash Uni, Clayton Campus, and also 5 minutes drive to Brandon Park Shopping Centre and Waverley Gardens Shopping Centre.
**Close to bus stop that goes to Glen Waverley station and Springvale station.
**Easy access to Monash Freeway - Wellington Road entrance/exit, and about 30mins on freeway to the city.
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**Can provide meals for extra costs. Negotiable.
**Excellent value for money. If you're looking for something simple, new, clean and lots of privacy, this is the room for you!!
House rulesNo pets allowed and no smoking inside. Please keep noise to a reasonable level.
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I had a very nice stay at Yvonne's backyard bungalow.
You'll get a small, but quit and tidy room and access to the bathroom next door.
Also you can always ask Yvonne if you need something, she was always very corteus when I needed her help.
The place is in a very nice neighborhood. Make sure you plan some time for the public transport as you'll need about one and a half ours to Melbourne CBD.
All in all a very nice stay.
I really enjoyed the stay at Yvonne's accommodation, it was clean and cozy. If I had any questions to ask she was very happy to help. She understood my needs and she is very service minded. I felt like I was literally at home! If you ever visit Melbourne or the surrounding area, book in at Yvonne's property. You won't regret it! Perfect Holiday! Wonderful backyard bungalow.
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Ideally located close to public transport and shopping facilities. Made to feel welcome by host Yvonne and family. The accommodation, separate to the house, was excellent and very peaceful.The bungalow and furnishings were in "as new" condition. Parking was also made available. Highly recommended and affordable accommodation.
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it is a very nice home for this stay in Melbourne. We felt very comfortable. Yvonne and her family are really hospitable. I can only recommend this property. Thank you Yvonne & Co
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Really comfortable and quiet place
Extremely nice hosts, even gave us a ride several time when we needed it.
Absolutely recommended!
This accommodation is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!! It is true value for money, high quality rooms for everyone.
We had a very nice stay in Melbourne, and it was made possible by Yvonne and her lovely family.
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The room is very tidy and properly organized.
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And most importantly: the friendliness, hospitality, and helpfulness of the Host.
I didn't encounter any issues on using the public bus in that area because the Bungalow was so close to the bus stop and Yvonne was very helpfull in giving me directions. It's a feel at home experience as Yvonne will always be there to help and support you during your stay.
I will definitely go back and stay again in any of the rooms in this Mulgrave Bungalow on my next visit to Melbourne.
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Its a clean tidy and comfortable small room to stay and good price as well. thanks
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Saki vs. Schilt On Tap For Istanbul in October
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Gokhan Saki is clearly next in line for a shot at Semmy Schilt, who currently holds Glory's Heavyweight Championship, after his impressive win over Daniel Ghita. Originally we had heard that this bout was slated for June in New York City, then the announcement for GLORY 9 has came and went already with Tyrone Spong being the marquee fighter, no mention of Saki vs. Schilt anywhere. The question is; what happened to this fight?
LiverKick has heard from a reliable source that Gokhan Saki was having issues getting a visa for the United States and that the idea of Saki vs. Schilt in the United States has been scrapped altogether for the time being. Instead, the fight will take place at a GLORY event in October in Istanbul, Saki's hometown. One has to wonder how many fights that Semmy Schilt has left in his career at this point and if Saki might be one of his last fights, but nothing is clear yet.
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010
As of last Monday, Metro Manila was under storm signal no. 1, which meant that only pre-schools would not have classes; everybody else would have to prepare for school or work. Yesterday, Metro Manila was still under signal no. 1, so I got ready for work.
Yesterday, at around 10 am, with constant rain coming down from early morning onwards, the DepEd announced that classes were suspended as of 12 noon, which brought both joy and consternation to students and teachers alike. For the students, there was joy tempered with the worry about how they would get home with the sudden announcement. For the teachers, the announcement meant that lessons and tests had to be rescheduled, although there was still a feeling of joy since a day-off is still something to look forward to.
At the same time, the suspension meant that students who commute or walk to school would have to be exposed to the elements, or, worse, have to wade through flood waters.
I can't help but feel sore at the DepEd's inconsistency. If there was a possibility that classes would be suspended due to heavy rains, then Bro. Luistro shouldn't have announced that we should simply follow the PAGASA bulletins. By making that announcement, Bro. Luistro was divesting himself of the responsibility of properly informing students and parents regarding the status of classes during stormy weather.
It should also be noted that not a word of his inconsistency was in the newspapers this morning. Maybe the editors thought that it was not newsworthy?
The DepEd's inconsistency in dealing with such situations would have been disastrous had there been an "Ondoy"-type deluge; it should be remembered that, when "Ondoy" dropped a month's worth of rain in a day last year, Metro Manila was only under storm signal no. 1. The DepEd should be more proactive in dealing with situations like these, instead of the hand-washing that happened.
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- Dino said...
Just a thought: I think it's better if they go back to the old system regarding suspension of classes in the grade school in cases of storm signals. In the past, signal no. 1 included grade school in the suspension of classes. They just changed it three to five years ago, for a reason I still do not understand up to today.
Off-topic: Incidentally, while Typhoon Juan dominated the news, last Tuesday was the third anniversary of the Glorietta "bombing" or "gas explosion" (depending on who we believe). Regardless of the true cause, it seems that this case has been added to the list of forgotten unresolved cases. The Arroyo administration did file cases against Ayala. What happened to those, I wonder?
- Frederick Tomas said...
Regarding the cases against the Ayalas, it's likely to have been buried under a ton of litigation.
That's an idea, though, for a post. What are the various issues that have cropped up over the years which remain unresolved?
- Dino said...
Some unresolved/not yet fully resolved issues I can think of for the moment:
Marcos admin. - still pending cases against the Marcoses; although they're being slowly dismissed one by one
Aquino admin. - land reform issues, particularly in Hacienda Luisita: According to some, the recent settlement is still unjust overall for the farmers. Although this issue is a bit technical in terms of the business and agrarian reform aspects. Some links discussing it are here and here.
Estrada - Dacer-Corbito Murder Case: Sen. Lacson, where art thou?
I'll separate Arroyo's, since there's lots. Regarding the Ramos administration, I don't have much idea about it.
- Dino said...
ARROYO ADMIN: (I might be wrong, though, some may be solved already)
(1) Nani Perez scandal
(2) Macapagal Highway scandal
(3) Fertilizer Fund Scam
(4) Hello Garci scandal
(5) NBN-ZTE scandal
(6) Bribery in the Palace scandal - the big headlines before the Glorietta blast contain this
(7) Euro Generals scandal
(8) Extra-judicial killings - for this one I think we should talk about real militants and NPAs disguised as militants separately. In any case, though, ideally the government should not take shortcuts in dealing with criminals. At the same time, though, thanks to our flawed legal system, influential criminals get away because of technicalities.
(9) Maguindanao massacre - still no verdict
(10) Coup attempts - still no verdict, but there's an amnesty anyway
- Dino said...
Others I'm interested in:
(1) Villar's C5 Scandal
(2) Glorietta blast and who was really guilty: regardless of the true cause, though, I believe the Ayala Corp. is in some way liable. If it's a bomb, then it's because of their security lapses. More in the wikipediaarticle related to the case.
- Dino said...
Not really political in nature but interesting anyway because debates never seem to end:
There's the issue of adding years to education. Of course it's nice, but only if they can fix the shortages and corruption problems in government.
There's also the one on opening of classes. I think they should just keep things as it is. Milenyo, Reming, Ondoy, Pepeng, and now Juan all happened after September.
And speaking of typhoons, when will they ever learn to suspend classes on time if needed?????
To scrap or not to scrap the Oil Deregulation Law? I just wrote about this in my latest facebook note, actually. Got inspired to do so because of the recent oil price hike and the firms' seemingly insensitivity to the situation in Northern Luzon. Though the discussion about this can get technical, my simple personal opinion would be not to scrap the law. If they scrap the law and regulate the oil firms again, that would mean the government would need to subsidize oil prices.
Discussion on the RH bills are heating up again. Personally, I disagree with people who say overpopulation is not a problem. First of all, children don't become useful human capital until they become educated. More importantly, the Earth's resources are not infinite. Therefore I think populations should grow at a normal pace only.
It's debatable though if the Philippines is overpopulated. Metro Manila definitely is overpopulated, but I think they may have a point when they say the provinces aren't. As for the methods, that's another debatable aspect of it. Although reading more about it, I'm inclined to believe that ideally, natural methods are still best, i.e. no sex when couples can't afford children yet. Although that's difficult for sexually active people, of course. That's where the debate begins really.
- Dino said...
There we have it. At least those I can think of for the moment.
For the political/crime-related issues, the most common themes are Filipinos' short term memories, the tendency of news headlines to change over time, and the slow slow justice system.
For not really political issues, the most common theme is Filipinos' never ending debates.
As for the most interesting as of the moment, where is Ping Lacson? I thought he was merely hiding from GMA??? hehehe
And of the things from the Arroyo administration, the most forgotten seems to be the Euro Generals case and the Bribery in the Palace scandal.
- Dino said...
And oh, almost forgot. There are some issues in sports too.
Who shot Mac Baracael of FEU and why? The case is still a mystery to date. Although it must also be emphasized that some sore losers use this issue to attempt demolition jobs on winning programs such as Ateneo's. Again, watching the UAAP over the years tells me that game-fixing is done by gambling syndicates (not by the teams themselves). And two, game-fixing affects the point-spread in a game, not directly the teams themselves.
(2) Corruption in Philippine sports - This is the primary reason why we can't join the World Cup or win an Olympic gold. To make matters worse, Filipinos aren't interested in sports other than basketball, boxing, and billiards. So our sports agencies in other sports seem to be free on sleeping on their jobs. Rick Olivares wrote some nice pieces on the Philippine Football Federation. Some links are on my Facebook account.
Again, almost forgot. Was the Jose Pidal issues resolved already?
There's indeed too many. I'll try writing too, some other time.
- Frederick Tomas said...
Throw in the Ozone fire tragedy (I'm not sure if that case has been resolved), and the Princess of the Stars, and there's enough material for a lot of posts. :D
- Dino said...
I forgot the Princess of the Stars issue indeed. Although that's probably not getting resolved anytime soon, because there's no boat sinking incident lately, and maybe also because our Coast Guard seems to be getting the job done on strictly not allowing ships to travel even if it's just signal#1.
It appears that the Ozone Disco Club fire is also unresolved:
- Dino said...
Some more I see, although they're floating in the news lately:
(1) Did Dinky Soliman benefit from PEACE bond float issue?
(2) Is Hubert Webb really guilty?
(3) Should Ombudsman Gutierrez be impeached? (slightly offtopic: it's interesting to note how she claimed credit regarding the country's slightly improved corruption rating)
(4) Bar Exam Blast - appears to be slowly but surely progressing
- Dino said...
Some interesting links:
(1) Dinky Soliman:
(2) Ombudsman's "accomplishment":
- Frederick Tomas said...
Yeah, I read about the Ombudsman's strutting. I'm not one to believe that it was Gutierrez who was responsible for the improvement in our corruption rating; if anything, our rating improved despite the Ombudsman's efforts.
- Dino said...
More on the Glorietta blast - the Inquirer wrote about it in its editorial.
At first it's kind of logical to believe in the cover-up angle. Considering that before the Glorietta blast, the headlines were filled with the bribery in the Palace case and NBN-ZTE cases. So who had the motive to divert public attention?
But, the Inquirer failed to mention this: that the government claimed that they consulted foreign experts on the matter, such as people from the FBI, who helped investigate and conclude about the methane gas angle. If this is true, then I don't see how a cover-up can be done.
Problem is, the Ayalas also claim that foreign experts (this time I think from Malaysia) were consulted. This time, they proved the bomb explosion angle. The Inquirer also cited the arguments of two UP professors regarding this.
So, who's telling the truth?


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