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Merry Christmas and God Bless all of you!
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The rich West has become used to cheap clothes. Walk into several high street stores and you can find T-shirts for £4 and pairs of jeans for £10.
Much of the cotton used in these garments is grown in India, the second largest producer of cotton in the world – the weather is well suited, labour is cheap and environmental regulations are less stringent (and less stringently enforced) than many other parts of the world.
Unfortunately cotton has many pests, and in order to maintain yields Indian farmers have been resorting to using ever larger quantities of pesticides, particularly as pests have become increasingly resistant. As a result cotton production accounts for more than half of India's pesticide usage, even though it occupies only 5% of its agricultural land !
this reliance of large quantities of pesticides causes problems, but not only because of the volumes – it is often inappropriately applied by illiterate farmers – often at the wrong times of year, in the wrong weather or using ineffective techniques. Workers are often left unprotected, and regularly exposed to direct contact with high levels of pesticides, with many significant health consequences.
The organochlorine pesticide endosulfan, in particular, is in common use in Indian cotton growing, years after it's widespread banning throughout most of the rest of the world. Agreement to phase it out was finally reached in 2011, as a result of increasing health concerns.
As with many of the things we buy in the globalized market, we tend to be ignorant of the effects of our consumption on the environment, and most vulnerable around the world – and cheap clothing is no exception. If we want to avoid our clothes being responsible for such far off impacts, we need to research our purchases carefully, buy organic cotton garments more often, buy second hand, or perhaps just consider buying fewer clothes overall . . . just a thought.
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In The Brothers Grimm, Terry Gilliam invites us into the woods to witness the murder of Little Red Riding Hood in a setting of such breathtaking allure that we experience a double jolt—one administered by the girl's terrifying death and the other by the magnificent landscape in which she perishes. The dark blend of horror and fantasy on-screen is enough to make adults wonder anew just what were, and are, the "uses of enchantment," as Bruno Bettelheim called his book about why children need fairy tales. In an age when beauty has been separated from art, when horror has migrated into lowbrow entertainment, when cynicism has driven out wonder, and when the grand narrative style has given way to postmodern pastiche, we still hunger, especially in times of social and cultural crisis, for the primal and unforgiving emotional experience delivered by narratives like the ones told by our ancestors. There is transformative power in terror, as life has lately taught us, and we count on stories to keep us from forgetting that—a kind of story that has become harder, not easier, to find.
A film about fairy tales and about the two men who collected the traditional German tales that migrated across the Atlantic to become part of our folklore, The Brothers Grimm delivers a startling reminder that the narratives started out as adult entertainment—violent, bawdy, melodramatic improvisations that emerged in the evening hours, when ordinary chores engaged the labor of hands, leaving minds free to wander and wonder. Fairy tales, John Updike has proposed, were the television and pornography of an earlier age—part of a fund of popular culture (including jokes, gossip, news, advice, and folklore) that were told to the rhythms of spinning, weaving, repairing tools, and mending clothes. The hearth, where all generations were present, including children, became the site at which miniature myths were stitched together, tales that took up in symbolic terms anxieties about death, loss, and the perils of daily life but also staged the triumph of the underdog. There Jack could slay the giant and escape with his treasured hen, Rapunzel could use her tears to restore the sight of the man who fathered her children, and Puss in Boots could outwit an ogrelike monarch to advance the fortunes of his humble master. Beneath the horror was always the promise of revenge and restitution, the exquisite reassurance of a happily-ever-after.
Beauty, horror, wonders, violence, and magic have always tumbled thick and fast through fairy tales. Folk raconteurs gave their audiences what they wanted, indulging the desire for audacious eroticism, hyperbolic fantasies, and casual cruelty. For those gathered around the hearth, Little Red Riding Hood was not necessarily an innocent who strays from the forest path. In tales that formed part of an adult storytelling culture in premodern France, she unwittingly feasts on the flesh and blood of her grandmother, performs an elaborate striptease for the wolf, and manages to escape by telling the predatory beast that she needs to go outdoors to relieve herself. Firmly rooted in the familiar, she introduces us to the great existential mysteries, in a miniature and manageable form. Her irreverent behavior, effortless mobility, willingness to take detours, and daring resourcefulness modeled possibilities for those lingering at the fireside.
In the great migration of fairy tales from the fireside to the nursery that was finally accomplished in the course of the 19th century, "Little Red Riding Hood" was twisted, pretzellike, into a cautionary tale, warning small children not only about the dangers of straying from the path but also about their own unruly desires. Charles Perrault's version of 1697 shows us a Little Red Cap who never emerges from the belly of the wolf, and her story becomes a platform for teaching children many lessons, among them the fact that "tame wolves / Are the most dangerous of all."
Framing fairy tales with platitudes about obedience (those efforts continue today in the anthologies of children's literature produced by William J. Bennett) and settling them in the nursery could not strip them entirely of their power to shock and enthrall. If the Grimms took pains to eliminate raunchy folk humor from the narratives, they insisted on keeping the violence, in some cases intensifying it and surrounding its effects with an intoxicating verbal shimmer. J.R.R Tolkien was fascinated by the "Juniper Tree," one of the more ghoulish tales in the collection, and referred to the scene in which a stepmother decapitates her stepson as "exquisite and tragic." He was not alone; P.L. Travers, the author of Mary Poppins, found the story "beautiful," even though what follows the scene of decapitation is a description of how the boy is chopped into small pieces and served up to his father in a stew. Disavowing the notion of fairy-tale whimsy, Tolkien and Travers are stirred by childhood memories of how the violence in the stories can tear us apart but also restore us to life through the knowledge, wisdom, and experience they impart.
Fairy tales once elicited what Richard Wright has described as a "total emotional response." In Black Boy, an autobiography of growing up in the Jim Crow South, Wright evokes the memory of having "Bluebeard and His Seven Wives" (a fairy tale whose implied audience is clearly adults) read to him by a schoolteacher named Ella: "My imagination blazed. The sensations the story aroused in me were never to leave me. … I hungered for the sharp, frightening, breathtaking, almost painful excitement that the story had given me." Like so many young fairy-tale protagonists, Wright found himself experiencing a shudder of pleasure and fear, standing "at the gateway to a forbidden and enchanting land." And it was literally forbidden: Ella, who was boarding at his house, sneaked the story in, but this was long before Bettelheim had enlightened Americans about the therapeutic power of fairy tales to strengthen young superegos. For Wright, the maturational effect was a sound beating (Wright's grandmother denounced the tale as "devil's work") and a lifelong engagement with stories, whose power to change us—not least by frightening us into imagining alternate realities—had once overwhelmed him. Wright's experience gives us pause about our endless efforts to invent child-friendly fairy tales. Were our ancestors on to something when they included children in their communal storytelling practices?
Fairy tales have not vanished from the world of adults, but today they often take the form of cultural debris, fragments of once powerful narratives that find their way into our language to produce colorful turns of phrase. In the media, we read about a Goldilocks economy, about the Emperor's new clothes, and about Sleeping Beauty stocks. In popular sendups of the classic plots, the purpose is usually to mock the values found in the earlier variants, whether it is the virtue of selfless industry or a lack of vanity. Julia Roberts plays a latter-day Cinderella who moves from rags to Rodeo-Drive riches in Pretty Woman. Anne Sexton gives us a Snow White who is described as both "dumb bunny" and "lovely virgin" as she falls into her comatose state. Not surprisingly, a parodic idea of wonder also gets enlisted to promote consumerist fantasies. Kim Cattrall makes her way through the cobblestone streets of Prague, wearing a red dress, red hooded cape, and red heels in search of a man with the good taste to drink Pepsi. This modern "use" of fairy tales depends on undercutting precisely their original power to give us a bite of reality, to confront us with monsters that seize us, and sink their teeth into our most vulnerable parts. In The Brothers Grimm, Gilliam gets us back to the raw emotional power of the originals, with his mirror queen, whose beautiful face shatters into pieces before our eyes, and with his gingerbread man, a gob of primal muck that emerges from a well to revel in chthonic glory as he swallows a child.
In a scene from To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf captures the elusive hold that fairy tales have on modern sensibilities. When Mrs. Ramsey reads the Grimms' "Fisherman and His Wife" to her son, the tales of old are likened to "the bass gently accompanying a tune, which now and then ran up unexpectedly into the melody." The plots are still there, tugging on us as reminders of the hard-won wisdom that enabled our ancestors to cope with their collective anxieties and fantasies. They continue to haunt us, yet we never quite embrace them or abandon them completely.
Too anxious about the trackless future to trust in the clarifying energy of wandering in "once upon a time," we are in danger of losing our willingness to resurrect wondrous narratives that first transfix us with the terror they arouse, then engage our intellectual powers, provoking forms of curiosity that lead us to consider possibilities—what could be, what might be, what should be. These tales reveal the double face of wonder, restoring the pleasures of fascination, yet at the same time inciting us to reflect on the dark fears and desires embedded in that fascination. In returning us to the gnarled roots of the Grimms' tales, Terry Gilliam opens a gateway that takes us back to the enchantments of a long time ago but also leads us forward into the mysteries of the here and now, this time with an ancient road map in our hands.


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Joan, thanks for posting.
For some reason the link didn't work for me, so I googled. Maybe it's this one? Vandana Shiva?
"The desire to save seeds comes from an ethical urge to defend life's evolution" says Vandana Shiva, activist, author and scholar.
150,000 farmers in India have committed suicide in areas where seed has been destroyed...where they have to buy the seed every year from Monsanto at a very high cost"
Is that true - 150,000 farmer suicides? It's a mind boggling number!
This year I'm doing more seed saving than in previous years. Seems trivial compared to worldwide food issues, but it's something I like to do. My yellow wax bean seeds are dry now, and some snow peas. Also some chives and garlic chives. Not seeds, but I save starts of multiplier onions and garlic, which I've been doing for a decade. Since I replant the ones that do the best here, and they seem to be getting bigger, maybe there is some somatic mutation involved for adaptation. I don't know about that.
My attempt at getting garlic to bloom failed. Always experimenting.
In the past I saved tomato seeds. Maybe I should this year too. My varieties are not super-unusual but the Lemon Boy and Cherokee Purple are very good open pollinated varieties. I don't have tomatoes widely separated so the varieties might wind up as unintended hybrids. Not a prpblem for me, but obviously not wanted in any seed savers exchange.
I also saved some plum seeds and have one growing that was sent by another member. The growing one is a native American plum the size of a sweet cherry. If it's like the ones I've tasted here, it's quite tasty. I will try to help it survive the winter, then plant it in the ground in the Spring.
Then there's the many ginkgos I've grown from seeds. I'll collect more this year.
I also saved some flower seeds. Most of those are hybrids I'm playing with creating - Daylilies and Bearded Iris.
Thank you for inspiration on this topic. This is the perfect time of year to get going on saving seeds.
Yes, I agree,
Farmer Suicides Rising in India as GM Bt Cotton Crops Fail
"The record suicide rate among farmers in India continues to rise, with one farmer now committing suicide every 30 minutes. Many media reports blame failed GM Bt cotton crops for the crisis.
"More than a quarter of a million farmers have killed themselves in the last 16 years in what is the largest recorded wave of suicides in history. An article for Sky News reports that one farmer who committed suicide "had been persuaded to use genetically modified seeds by the possibility of a better harvest. What he wasn't told was that they needed more rain than the region provided."
GMO, India suicide funeral pyre
Too horrible. If the Monsanto execs know that their policies and products have led to 150,000 suicides and they can still sleep at night, then they are not the same Homo sapiens that I am. How do they sleep?
Tonya, these were not crop failures due to natural causes. Monsanto sold treated seed, it required more water and fertilizer and the seeds had to be purchased each year because they were not able to act as new seed stock. When the treated seed came into bloom, pollen drifted by wind or insects to fields with untreated seeds and those heritage seeds became pollinated by Monsanto pollen and Monsanto sued and won from those farmers. Not only were farmers who planted Monsanto seed but also farmers using heritage seeds were bankrupt. Whether Monsanto knew that before selling the seed is deniable. All in all, Monsanto bankrupted those farmers, not weather or poor farming techniques or lack of water or lack of good soil. The farmers had no options.
Vandana Shiva has been reporting about this for at least five years; I shall try to find an old video of her interviews with farmers, but it was a long time ago.
Vandana Shiva on Farmer Suicides, 2006
"VANDANA SHIVA: Indian farmers have never committed suicide on a large scale. It's something totally new. It's linked to the last decade of globalization, trade liberalization under a corporate-driven economy. The seed sector was liberalized to allow corporations like Cargill and Monsanto to sell unregulated, untested seed. They began with hybrids, which can't be saved, and moved on to genetically engineered Bt cotton. The cotton belt is where the suicides are taking place on a very, very large scale. It is the suicide belt of India."
The video is no longer available, but the transcript is there.
A nice homey video of making chicken poop compost. Not rocket science, but then most things we do and need to do are simple.
Sounds like the camera girl is a bit squeamish about chicken poop.
Ya! not everyone is comfortable with gardening chores.
Composted chicken manure is one of the best for gardens. It has the right mix of plant nutrients. It's "brown gold" as far as I'm concerned.
Could get any better!
I worded that wrong. Let me restate, I agree, "composted chicken manure is brown gold".
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August 16, 1859: The birth of the Swedish pastor, Carl Boberg, who wrote the original poem "Oh Great God" which was then set to music and eventually translated by Stuart K. Hines into the very well-known hymn "How Great Thou Art".
Oh, Great God.
When I the world consider
Which Thou has made by Thine almighty Word
And how the webb of life Thy wisdom guideth
And all creation feedeth at Thy board.
Then doth my soul burst forth in song of praise
Oh, great God
Oh, great God.
The rest of the story is here - http://www.mannamusicinc.com/hgta.htm
August 17, 1775: "Anglican clergyman and hymnwriter John Newton wrote in a letter: 'It is no great matter where we are, provided we see that the Lord has placed us there, and that He is with us.'" (StudyLight.org)
August 18, 1688: "John Bunyan, author of Pilgrim's Progress preaches his last sermon, in London" (see issue 11: John Bunyan). (ChristianHistory.net) Of all the books I read over the years, the message in Pilgrims' Progress has stayed with me better than perhaps any other.
It was a sermon describing the nature and effect of the new birth, making apt comparisons to the natural event of childbirth. You can read it here -
http://truthinheart.com/EarlyOberlinCD/ ... ermon.html
August 19,1662 : "Death of Blaise Pascal, French scientist and Christian apologist, famous for his apologetics and his argument that it makes more sense to wager on the existence of God than against him." (ChristianHistory.org)
August 20, 1527: " Diet of Odense allows Lutherans in Denmark." (CHO)
http://www.christianity.com/church/chur ... 29941.html
August 21,1732: "Count von Zinzendorf commends Leonard Dober and David Nitschmann to God as the first Moravian missionaries." (CHO)
August 22, 1433: " Paul Craw (Pavel Kravar) Bohemian Hussite is burned to death in Market Street before St. Andrews in Scotland, the first martyr so burned. A brass ball has been placed in his mouth so he cannot testify to the crowd." (CHO)


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This dish is a refreshing summer salad, which can be also used as a side dish to accompany fish or meat.
If there are some ingredients you don't care for, leave them out or substitute with any you prefer.
You could adjust the amount or use a different dressing and spices to your taste. I made this salad with Israeli Toasted Perl Couscous, Bulgar wheat and other grains and pastas. The Lemon-Saffron dressing is also very delicious for roasted new potatoes salad.
This dish is a refreshing summer salad, which can be also used as a side dish to accompany fish or meat.
Serves: 6-8
For the Lemon – Saffron dressing
• White part of 6 scallions, chopped
• 1/2 cup dry white wine
• 1/2 cup chicken stock
• 1/2 teaspoon saffron threads
• Zest and juice of 1 large lemon
For the salad
• 1 cup Whole Grain rice, cooked in chicken stock
• 1 Red bell pepper cut in 1/4-inch long strips
• 1 Yellow or Green bell pepper cut in 1/4-inch long strips
• 2 medium carrots, cut in thin matchsticks pieces
• 2 large plum tomatoes, cut in 1/4-inch long strips
• 6 Scallions, white and green chopped separately (reserve the white part for the dressing)
• 3 garlic cloves finely chopped
• 1/2 cup Kalamata petted olives (in brine with extra virgin olive oil) halved lengthwise
• 1/2 cup frozen peas thawed (optional)
• 1/2 cup golden raisins soaked in warm water and drained (optional)
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
• 1/2 cup fresh parsley and mint leaves coarsely chopped
- To make the dressing: Combine white part of scallions, dry white wine, chicken stock and saffron in a small saucepan.
- Simmer sauce over medium heat until reduced to about 3/4 cup, 8 to10 minutes. Cool to room temperature, mix-in lemon zest and juice. Cover tightly and refrigerate if preparing ahead.
- To make the salad: In a large mixing bowl combine all prepared vegetables, add olives and raisins, salt and pepper; gently mix in rice, herbs and the Lemon Saffron Dressing just until well mixed.
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Dish in the Raw
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Branding police.
Even spectators will not be allowed to wear clothing with a logo not of an official sponsor. All competing logos removed from the area.
And like all these insane actions, the government provides the enforcement muscle. Corporate state at it's craziest.
[BTW The author of that blog post is no MJ reading, anti business leftie]
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Jay, I'm blaming you for the carpet burn on my chin. It is five minutes later, and I am still having a hard time closing my mouth.
That's nothing. Here's some observations from quite possibly the best sportswriter you never heard of, Dave Zirin:
Can you say security overkill?: http://www.edgeofsports.com/2012-05-14-729/index.html
It's not cheap, but there still will be protests. Don't expect coverage from NBC: http://www.edgeofsports.com/2012-05-22-730/index.html
And a final warning: The London Olympics may be in trouble: http://www.edgeofsports.com/2012-05-30-731/index.html
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for the Olympics and their ideals. I'll be watching pretty much constantly for those two weeks in July and August. But I'm also aware of their cost and the corporatism that's been taking over. Avery Brundage was a complete and utter asswipe (not to mention elitist and racist, among other things), but I doubt he'd allow what the Olympics have become today.
Wow. That's all I got.
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Using Line-level Logging Effectively
The implementation of this framework will be greatly simplified by using the new C++0x standard. Some of the features that are of interest here are implemented in the
std::atomic<T> class, so there is no need to use the atomic_ops library anymore (memory barriers). Also the fact the static variables can be safely initialized dynamically, and the resulting code is thread safe is a big help.
I also compared the previous version of log FILE_LOG versus LOGMAN to see how big the overhead introduced by this mechanism is. The code executes same disabled log statements 100,000,000 times:
#include "logman.h" int main(int argc, char* argv[]) { LogMan::Set("main3.cpp", 15, LogMan::DISABLED); const int count = 100000000; FILE_LOG(logINFO) << "Start file log"; for (int i = 0; i != count; ++i) { FILE_LOG(logDEBUG) << "this is not executed"; } FILE_LOG(logINFO) << "Start log man"; for (int i = 0; i != count; ++i) { LOGMAN(logINFO) << "this is disabled too"; } FILE_LOG(logINFO) << "End"; return 0; }
The test produces the following results:
$> log2-test3.1 - 18:34:38.796640 INFO: Start file log - 18:34:40.199079 INFO: Start log man - 18:34:42.191984 INFO: End
It took 1.4 sec to execute the first loop and 2.0 sec to execute the second loop. This means the overhead introduced by this mechanism is low, albeit measurable.
While this sample can be used for measuring the overhead, it is actually not a very good example of usage. Instead of enabling/disabling logging statements using
Set() functions calls (which are very sensitive to the line number where the statement is located) it is better to directly change the logging level of the log statement itself (and perhaps recompile the code).
A better use of this framework is in conjunction with a means that efficiently enables/disables at runtime individual log statements. This can be done by starting a separate thread that periodically reads (for example every second) a file that specifies the file names, line numbers that identifies the log statements, and the corresponding values. That thread has a very low CPU load, since most of the time it does nothing and it sleeps. For example:
$> cat enabler.txt file1.cpp,30,1 file2.cpp,49,0 file3.cpp,100,-1
By passing these values to the
Set() function you can dynamically adjust the logging level of any individual log statement, and enabling the log statement at file
file1.cpp:30 and disabling the log statement in
To help generate this
enabler.txt, file the
Init() function could be print in the logfile itself the file names and the file numbers for all the local static variable added into the global map. It is then a simple task to create a simple GUI that parses the log file and extracts this information, and then gives us a way to create the
enabler.txt file by just checking some buttons.
This article presents a simple way to change the logging level of an application at the line-level granularity. The method employed is efficient, and the interface presented to the programmer is easy to use. The upcoming C++0x standard will simplify the implementation and it will make it even simpler.
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Part 1 of this article can be found here.
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Yesterday was my last important day at university - my final of the four oral diploma exams! The last hurdle I had to take was an examination in palaeontology. It was one of two final exams that one may chose freely. In hindsight it was a very good decision dispite my extreme nervousness in the last days and week. I never considered palaeontology to be my strong side but there was no going back anymore. The exam lasted maybe 40 minutes and felt, surprisingly to me, quite comfortable. That is probably because it started with a questioning about reef-building organisms and corals - my favorite part of palaeontology. With that good starting feeling the rest of the exam was not easy but doable without any big problems. I have a good grade in all four final exams now and a very good average. My final average may be a bit different because I do not yet know my official grades of my diploma mapping report and my diploma thesis, yet. Anyways, all that remains is some paperwork about my official graduation and receiving my certificat (which usually takes 2 to 3 months) that allows me to carry the German academic title of Diplomgeologe. I am a real geologist now from top to bottom! Mission accomplish!
I will be taking some free days in october to visit friends. Also in the middle of october is the largest geological congress for some years in Germany. The GeoDarmstadt2010 congress. I will be attending hoping to meet some interesting people, learn a bit here and there and looking for some PhD or job opportunities for a young geologist like me. Now that my nervs calm down slowly and there are no more acute worries blogging might pick-up a little pace again, too. We will see.


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Sleeve: Superb! Next to no wear. NEAR MINT condition.Vinyl: Looks to be virtually unplayed! Just some very light sleeve rubs which can only be seen under a strong light, & one tiny hairline mark. EX condition. Plays near perfect! The labels are lovely and clean and show next to no spindle wear. The insert is in mint condition.
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Condition = As good as a copy you would buy from a shop, immaculate!
Condition = Very nearly mint just slightly under, maybe a couple of
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clean & tidy copy that shows virtually no defects. Maybe one or two
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Figure drawing sessions... (25)
Todays work in figure drawing turned out inspiring and it helped me to try to get in confidence again, as I've felt a little lost in with drawing lately and without being able to keep concentrated and inspired. Here the model was nice and professional and the light conditions good which makes the whole thing much easier, and I really like to draw when the model is dressed too.
I thank Tom, who make this possible, for accepting me in his drawings sessions!
The poses here were 20 and 10 minutes.
I'm sorry for the bad quality of the images, the drawings are too big to fit in my A4 scan and the result isn't so good then.


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Dana 60, Dana 44, Ford 8.8, Ford 9-inch; chances are you've read those names in Jp magazine or heard of them before when talking about Jeeps. Chances are also good that you have at least thought about swapping one of these axles under your Jeep. If not, you've probably drooled on one wishing it was yours, or hell, maybe you've rebuilt and installed one. Unless you bought your Jeep fully built, and we mean built like a brick poop shack, you have, or will, work on your Jeep's axles. What to do when that Dana 25 front axle just won't cut it, or you are scared of hearing that Dana 35 go pop? How does one find the right axle, get all the little parts that they need to swap a junkyard-fresh axle under their Jeep? Luckily, that's what we at Jp are here for—to tell you what you want, what you don't want, and what you might also forget. We'll go over some of the more common axles that people swap under Jeeps, where to look for them, what to pay, and what else to grab.
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Researchers say the outbreak of the H1N1 flu provided a rare opportunity to evaluate the performance of state and local health departments during an actual emergency.
"We found that the capability to conduct basic crisis and emergency risk communication is quite good at the state level, but there remains significant variation at the local level," said Jeanne Ringel, lead author of the report and a senior economist at RAND, a nonprofit research organization. "We concluded that there is room for improvement at all levels, particularly in the area of providing information in languages other than English."
Since 2001 federal, state and local governments across the United States have invested heavily in preparing for public health emergencies and measuring how well the nation is prepared. RAND researchers examined health agencies' use of Web-based communications directed to the public because crisis and emergency risk communication is one of the central components of emergency response.
While 46 of 50 state health departments posted some information about the outbreak within 24 hours of the federal announcement, the performance of local health departments was inconsistent. Just one-third of the 153 local health departments studied posted information to their Web sites within 24 hours of the announcement.
A majority of the state health departments posted content judged to be high in quality, according to the study. Most state departments (43 out of 47) provided information about how individuals could protect themselves or their family, although fewer provided information about when to seek treatment (36 out of 47) or who should take antiviral drugs (27 out of 47).
In addition, 30 states provided information for healthcare providers. Slightly more than half posted a news release and nine states provided information in languages other than English. Spanish is particularly important because the virus emerged in Mexico and much of the initial discussion in the media was about border and immigration issues.
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Friday, March 02, 2012 - Street Hunting - Martin Kase - GONZO
Street Hunting Martin - GONZO
We sent our Gonza guy out on the hunt for a likely candidate to bring in for a shoot. He starts on a bridge over the river, interviewing a few passers-by about their view on being paid for sex. Then he finds a couple of guys and does a brief interview with them, persuading them to kiss each other as they leave him. Next he comes across another guy on an island in the middle of the river. It seems that the guy has been practising for a fire-eating show. The cameraman persuades him to give a brief demonstration of his act. He does this, giving a very nice demo, swinging a couple of firesticks very well indeed. He explains afterwards that he could eat the fire too if he wanted to. He is then persuaded to do that too. As he finishes a man comes up to him to ask him about the act. The cameraman then gets on to the topic that really interests him, whether he could get the guy into the studio, for some photos if he pays him. After some discussion the guy agrees. We get a brief glimpse of the Gonzo cameraman and see that it is none other than Rudy Bodlak. The guy he has found for us is called Martin Kase,and Rudy interviews him and then asks him to show his muscles. Martin removes the shirt and then strips down to his undies. At that point he has to be persuaded to remove them. Eventually he agrees and removes the undies, showing a very nice package. On the proviso that the video is only for Rudy. Martin says it feels strange to be naked like this. Rudy notices that Martin has a nipple ring and wants to touch it, but Martin tells him no. Rudy is very persuasive and does manage to reach out and gently touch Martin's body. Martin is still feeling a little strange about it all but Rudy persists and touches him again. As his hand gets close to Martin's groin it is grabbed and moved away. Rudy doesn't give up though and manages to wank on Martin's cock and get's it hard, very quickly. Even though he tells Rudy to stop it he is hard and his hand pulls on it a few times. Rudy tells him that he can see his likes it, and takes hold of the cock again and begins to wank it. He has the ice well and truly broken now and is soon sucking on Martin's hard cock. Rudy has Martin lay on the bed and sucks him some more, then he gets naked himself and gets Martin to suck him too. Martin does it very well, as Rudy films him and wanks him at the same time. Then Rudy gives the camera to Martin and starts sucking him again. His cock is certainly very hard, and for his first time with a guy he is doing very well indeed. Rudy really wants to push Martin as far as he can and puts him on his knees and begins to finger his ass. Martin seems to be enjoying the feeling and wanks his cock very fast as his hole takes that finger. He likes it very much indeed and turns over, to lay on his back. He wanks that cock hard and fast and shoots a lovely squirting cum shot as Rudy fingers his hole. Rudy then passes him the camera and kneels over him to shoot his own creamy load. What a great shoot this is, and what a find Martin is, he seems to be very amenable to persuasion and enjoyed it all very much.
... more about Street Hunting Martin - GONZO further in this newsletter
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Zdenek Zimola and Ruslan Tarovsky are to very good looking guys who are always ready for action. So it seemed natural to pair them up for a scene. Ruslan Tarovsky wants a massage and so he visits Zdenek. He is told to remove his clothes and then lay on the massage table. This he does, down to his underwear and awaits the start of the massage. Zdenek then arrives, with his massage oil and gets to work. He oils his hands and begins to work them over Ruslan Tarovsky's back. Ruslan Tarovsky is very relaxed, eyes closed, as Zdenek's hands manipulate the muscles in his back. Then they get to work on Ruslan Tarovsky's arms as well, before moving down and massaging his big footballer's thighs. Zdenek massages the legs completely and moves on to do the feet, paying attention to each toe. He then removes Ruslan Tarovsky's underwear and cannot resist a quick sniff of them before he discards them. Ruslan Tarovsky's ass is so white and perfect that Zdenek wastes no time in getting to work on it. His hands run up the legs and start to squeeze those perfect cheeks. His hand slips into Ruslan Tarovsky's ass crack and then he spreads the cheeks apart to look at his hole. it looks so inviting that Zdenek cannot resist slipping a finger a little way inside. He has come prepared and takes a vibrator and runs it up and down Ruslan Tarovsky ass crack before getting him to ove up on his knees. Then he pushes the vibrator into that tight hole. It fits very well and Zdenek leaves it in place as he begins to play with Ruslan Tarovsky's big cock. Soon it is swelling very nicely, under his touch. The foreskin is closed over the head of Ruslan Tarovsky's cock and Zdenek bends over to take it in his mouth. He sucks on that cock, savoring the thickness and taste. Then he allows Ruslan Tarovsky to wank it and climbs on the table himself, opening his pants and pulls out his cock, which he present to Ruslan Tarovsky for sucking. He fucks his cock into Ruslan Tarovsky's mouth and feels the hot lips closed around his throbbing cock. The sucking gets Zdenek so horny he soon moves back to Ruslan Tarovsky's ass and slides his cock deep inside, and fucks him nice and deep. Zdenek's cock fucks in and out of Ruslan Tarovsky's ass, stretching it wide and then they change to missionary so Zdenek can fuck him some more. The full length of Zdenek's rock hard cock works Ruslan Tarovsky's ass and they switch to a spoon position, with Ruslan Tarovsky's cock nice and hard as he takes Zdenek in his ass. Ruslan Tarovsky loves that cock and wanks himself to a massive climax as Zdenek fucks him real deep. Zdnenek then moves to Ruslan Tarovsky's face and shoots a big load too. Ruslan Tarovsky sucks on the spent cock, draining it completely to end a really great scene. Two very hot guys who really know how to enjoy themselves.
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Over the weekend, I'll be splicing together some sneak previews of the newest Wank Party and will be posting them to the Blog as soon as they're completed. Consequently, Mr. Geoff will be subbing for me again today
Hi Everybody, Bill has been busy today, attending the Wank Party shoot in the studio. Since it will be a long shoot, and wont finish until late, he has asked me, Geoff, to sub for him again today.
We have a great selection of shoots today. Firstly is a wonderful Street Hunting scene, with Martin Kase, gonzo'd by Rudy Bodlak. We also have Tomas Coubal's erotic video, Scene 2 of The Jan Dvorak Story, full remastered, with the Bartok Twins. We also have a very good session stills shoot with Tomas Strasak a very good new model.
Our castings today are Radim Bacik, Anton Zejda and Petr Jarol. All three look good to me, but on the basis of a nice hard cock I will go to Petr Jarol.
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Air Jordan 1 "Denim"
Following the release of the Air Force 1 Denim in February, Nike is giving their popular model, the Air Jordan 1, the denim treatment as well.
The Air Jordan 1 "Denim" is perfect for the summertime with its multicolor eyelets, white midsole and light blue outsole. The shoe also features both the swoosh emblem and the Air Jordan insignia in leather.
The kicks come with an extra pair of red and royal blue-colored laces, which is a good thing because those yellow shoestrings are a no-go with this silhouette (nice try, Nike).
There's no word on when the Air Jordan 1 "Denim" will hit stores, but in our opinion, this is a cool pickup for the warm weather months.
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In this lesson students investigate the effects of black carbon on arctic warming and are introduced to a mechanism of arctic warming that is not directly dependent on greenhouse gases in the atmosphere: black carbon deposition on Arctic snow and... (View More) ice. It can also be used to introduce the concept of albedo. Prerequisite knowledge: students understand the concepts of absorption and reflection of light energy. This lesson is designed to be used with either an Earth/environmental science or chemistry curriculum. It may also be used as an enrichment activity in physics or physical science during a unit on energy. Includes suggested modifications for students with special needs and low technology option. Requires advance preparation, including freezing ice samples overnight. (View Less)
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Dynasty Warriors 7: Empires release date announced
Tecmo Koei has helpfully assigned a calendar co-ordinate for the latest entry in its hack, slash and faff about on maps series, Dynasty Warriors 7: Empires.
The PlayStation 3 exclusive hits the US on February 19; Australia on February 21; and Europe on February 22.
Empires is a spin-off to the core Dynasty Warriors series which serves as both a stand-alone title and an expansion of sorts; players can import their save data. Instead of battling through a narrative-driven sequence, players take control of a force and attempt to conquer the whole of China, in specific historic scenarios or random maps, choosing when and where to attack and managing resources in between mashing the controller and squealing in delight.
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Ouch! Corn prices dropped 70¢/bu. within a two-day period following the release of USDA's March crop report. Welcome to the wild world of global economics! Are commodity prices being affected by weather and adjustments being made in planting, or are there other concerns on the economic horizon? Let's examine the emerging BRICS nations to determine how this major driver of the commodity super cycle is performing economically, which could impact long-term commodity price outlook.
Of all the BRICS nations, Brazil, the initial letter of the BRICS acronym, was most affected by the recent global slowdown. The Brazilian economy was growing at a 7.5% rate in 2010. Its GDP growth slowed to just less than 1% in 2012, and is expected to bounce back to 3% in 2013, still well below the 5% growth rate needed by emerging nations to remain vibrant economies. Brazil has been impacted by limitations on capital inflow to the country and a perceived increase in government intervention in the economy, while business and industry have been impacted by higher costs, rising wages and weak productivity gains. Their government, however, is making efforts to stimulate the economy, so time will tell.
Russia is the fastest-growing of the large economies in the European region, but it is also slowing down. GDP growth is near zero, well below the 5% growth rate desired by the government. Changes in leadership at the central bank may result in a softer stance on inflation, growth, and investment, specifically in the military.
India's high-growth economy in recent years has slowed to a crawl. Major reforms by the finance minister relating to privatization of businesses and increases in foreign investment incentives may result in a GDP growth rate of 5% for the globe's second-largest population country. Reform of labor and land laws is not moving rapidly enough to revert back to the high-growth model in the previous years.
China is the fulcrum of the BRICS, since it is bigger than the other BRICS nations combined. GDP growth rates of 10% have slowed to 7.8% in 2012, the slowest pace since the year 2000. China is attempting to reduce the country's dependence on export led growth to an internal focus or Asia regional focus. Expect China to grow at about 7-8% rather than 10-12% like over the past three decades. According to the OECD, China could overtake the U.S. economy by 2016.
South Africa's economic performance has slowed since 2008, growing at about 2.5% in 2012. The economic strength has been reduced by domestic labor issues, lack of infrastructure, overall government direction and the slowing of the European economy, since South Africa exports many of its products. However, South Africa remains in the BRICS because of Africa's role as a great source of natural resources.
Overall the BRICS nations are slowing. It will be interesting to see how their economies impact commodity markets as we go through the summer, fall, and into 2014.
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Sauteed Kale with Garlic and Onion (Melting Tuscan Kale)
This recipe for cooking kale until it's so tender it seems to be "melting" is adapted from The Italian Country Table by Lynne Rossetto Kasper, one of the cookbook authors I'd most like to meet. Lynne says home cooks all over Italy saute their greens using this method, and this kale was a delicious side dish for some fish that I cooked on the grill. I served my kale with a sprinkling of Spanish Sherry Vinegar which is definitely optional; you could also sprinkle the cooked kale with balsamic vinegar, rice vinegar, or even apple cider vinegar which is what my mother always used over cooked greens when I was a kid.
Add the chopped kale to the pan with the onion/garlic mixture and let it wilt.
Sauteed Kale with Garlic and Onion (Melting Tuscan Kale)
(Makes 2-3 servings, recipe adapted slightly from The Italian Country Table by Lynne Rossetto Kasper.)
1 lb. dark green kale leaves, stem removed and leaves chopped, then washed and dried
1 T extra virgin olive oil (or slightly more, depending on your pan)
1 red onion, chopped in small pieces (or use about 1/2 cup chopped shallots)
2 cloves fresh garlic, very finely minced
1 1/2 cup – 2 cups water, added 1/2 cup at a time
Optional: Spanish Sherry Vinegar or other vinegar of your choice sprinkled over the cooked kale
Add chopped kale leaves to the browned onion/garlic mixture, season generously with salt and fresh ground black pepper, and let the kale wilt for 2-3 minutes, then add 1/2 cup water, stir, and let the kale cook in the water until the pan is almost dry, about 5-10 minutes.
Add 1/2 cup more water and cook kale 5-10 minutes more, then add a third 1/2 cup of water and cook kale 5-10 minutes more. After you've added water and cooked it off three times, taste to see if the kale is tender; if not, add water one more time and cook a bit longer.
When kale is melt-in-your-mouth tender and the pan is nearly dry, season as desired with vinegar and serve hot or warm.
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I really hate when I see what I read in your post..."learning" from television shows. Remember this...would you want someone to operate on your brain after watching a brain surgery done on a medical show? Of course not. YOU CAN"T LEARN FROM ENTERTAINMENT. Sorry don't want to come off as brash at all but want to drive the point home.
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