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Quarq has added another option to their crank spider based power meter offerings. Already stocking units for a variety of SRAM cranksets (including the new XX1 mountain bike version) Specialized and Cannondale, now you can add Dura-Ace DA9000 to the mix.
The unit gets all the new technology introduced with the XX1 model, including the multipoint temperature calibration to keep it accurate from 0º to 130º F (-17C to 54C) and accelerometer based cadence measurements. Those combine with their usual features – OmniCal (maintains accuracy regardless of chainring selection) and Power Balance (captures left and right side strokes independently).
You will have to swap to their ExoGram hollow carbon crank arm, but if you've already got the Shimano crankset, then at least you won't have to buy new chainrings. Yes, SRM has offered 11-speed DA power meter cranks since last fall with a version of Shimano's crank to maintain the aesthetic, but they're double the price…
The other difference between this and the SRM option is the Quarq gets a replaceable battery.
The accelerometer based cadence capture is claimed to be accurate up to 160rpm, and all older models can be updated to capture that data without a magnet on the frame. It's a firmware update, and now they've made it easier than ever to perform it through their Qalvin software. Now available on more platforms, Qalvin 1.5 updates to add Windows and Mac desktop compatibility, and is still a free download and still available as an iOS or Android app, too.
SRAM/Quarq also had the best USB drive we received at Eurobike.


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It is very obvious that Robert Plant has remained an artist with every intention to continue to explore new artistic avenues in music and grow as a composer, singer, and song interpreter. It would have been much easier to continue to sing Led Zeppelin style songs in that same voice and swagger and to sell out show after show in some connotation of Led Zeppelin. However, some artists refuse to continue on as an oldies act and wish to explore new musical adventures. Most fans wanted Zeppelin, but Robert Plant didn't care. He did his own thing and has continued to be an artist.
You don't have to buy a Robert Plant album, just like Robert Plant doesn't have to reunite Led Zeppelin. However, I have always followed Robert Plant's solo career and brought every album the singer has released. In the post Led Zeppelin years Robert Plant has released a catalog of music that has presented fans with an abundance of material. Here are ten of our favorite Robert Plant songs that represent various time periods during Robert Plant's thirty eight year plus solo career
# 10 – Rainbow
Opening up our top 10 Robert Plant songs list is the beautiful track "Rainbow." The song was released on the 2014 album Lullaby and the Ceaseless Roar. The album was Robert Plant's first record in which he composed most of the music after ten years of releasing albums that consisted of mostly covers. "Rainbow," is such a gorgeous song that defines the blues in Robert Plant's soul that the singer has always expressed is what he searches for in every performance.
# 9 – Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down
On the haunting "Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down," Robert Plant finds that blues note on the opening quarter note. The down-home Delta Blues guitar riff set up tantalizing Robert Plant vocals that are both chilling and earnest. This is great stuff. "Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down," is a traditional song. Robert Plant's version was used as the theme to the Starz television show Boss starring Kelsey Grammer.
# 8 – Fat Lip
The first two Robert Plant solo albums define Robert Plant's search for a new sound outside his Led Zeppelin persona. It is interesting to listen to Robert Plant's back catalog from a distance because the first two albums sound so much closer to his Led Zeppelin vocal performances now than they did when we first heard the albums upon initial release. But one can also hear the movement towards the commercial sound he becomes very successful with in the mid to late 80's. However that 80's sound was defined by overproduced records and too much reliance on technology, a fact that even Robert Plant has agreed with.
The song "Fat Lip," presents fans with some great Led Zeppelin style vocal phrasing by Plant that would soon disappear in the coming years. Along with the great guitar riff, and Plant's signature vocals, "Fat Lip," was a no-brainer for our Top 10 Robert Plant songs list.
# 7 – Hurting Kind (I've Got My Eyes On You)
The song "Hurting Kind (I've Got My Eyes On You)," is the perfect representation of the overproduced Robert Plant sound that we wrote about in the last segment. In the mid 1980s, companies like Yamaha, Roland, Korg and many others were changing the sound of music with the development of high-end synthesizers, effects gear, and recording technology. Musicians, artists, and engineers were blown away by the onslaught of cool gear being released every few months. Of course, the gear became overused at the expense of the basic concepts of songwriting and musicianship for many artists.
Artists that were still composing great songs and performances overused the gear in ways that masked their talent instead of highlighting it. Robert Plant's "Tall Cool One," was a perfect example of those issues. "Hurting Kind," wrapped up Robert Plant's late 1980s period. It was released on Robert Plant's Manic Nirvana album which was released in 1990. Fans loved that song. Hurting Kind (I've Got My Eyes On You) spent six weeks at the number one spot on the Billboard Mainstream Rock charts. However, that sound that was still reminiscent of the big 1980s would soon give way to something much darker as the Seattle scene would soon break into the mainstream, and bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden would force Robert Plant to shift gears on his next album.
# 6 – Little by Little
The most famous synthesizer of the 1980s that changed the sound of music was Yamaha's DX7 . Utilizing what the company termed FM technology, the Yamaha DX7 showcased a bright metallic marimba-type sound that was used in countless records throughout the 1980s. Musicians would hear these sounds and actually right songs based on the synthesized patches. You can hear that distinct Yamaha DX7 sound all throughout Robert Plant's "Little By Little."
The song "Little by Little," was released on the 1985 Shaken 'n' Stirred album. The album was a departure from the sound of Robert Plant's first two solo albums and represented the transition to that big 80's sound that would define Robert Plant's work until the end of the decade.
# 5 – In The Mood
The great Robert Plant song "In The Mood," was the second track on Robert Plant's second solo album The Principle of Moments. The song was augments by an unforgettable guitar hook played by guitarist Robbie Blunt. The song was written by Robert Plant, Robbie Blunt and bassist Paul Martinez. One can hear from the great bass groove and guitar lick that both of those musicians were very instrumental in the writing of the songs.
The track has a very distinctive early 80's feel and almost sounded a little like David Bowie. It was a very successful song for Robert Plant as it stayed in the number one spot on the Billboard Mainstream Rock charts for weeks.
# 4 – Slow Dancer
The song "Slow Dancer," was released on Robert Plant's first solo album Pictures at Eleven. This was as close to the Led Zeppelin sound that Robert Plant ever produced during his solo career. And that makes sense since it had only been two years since Led Zeppelin had broken up. The Pictures at Eleven album was the only solo Robert Plant album to be released on Led Zeppelin's Swan Song label.
The album featured two legendary drummers in the names of Cozy Powell and Phil Collins. Cozy Powell who had played with Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Jeff Beck, Keith Emerson and many others was the drummer featured on "Slow Dancer." The songs' heavy groove and Jimmy Page like guitar licks echoed Led Zeppelin tunes like "Kashmir," and "Achilles Last Stand." For many it was the standout track on Robert Plant's first solo album and one of our favorite all time Robert Plant songs from his solo career.
# 3 – Please Read The Letter
The beautiful heartfelt song "Please Read the Letter," was written by Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Charlie Jones, and Michael Lee. The original version of the song was written for the Jimmy Page Robert Plant album Walking into Clarksdale which was released in 1994. At this point in time, Robert Plant had been yearning to get away from the big arenas and focus on working more in with the music in small clubs. You can hear it in the music he was writing and in his vocal phrasing. And that all made sense. Robert Plant had basically ruled the world as the biggest rock star of all time, he was a God in the eyes of millions of fans. Any human being who had been through all of what Robert Plant had been through both on a professional and personal level would undoubtedly want to escape into a smaller universe of time and space. That escape was fully represented in the work that he was attempting to compose.
While "Please Read the Letter," was a beautiful track on the Page Plant album, the version Robert Plant recorded with Allison Krauss was simply breathtaking. On the Raising Sand album, Robert Plant seemed to find what he had been searching for. His voice seemed at ease and at its most earnest since his Led Zeppelin days. Critics responded to the song with intensely favorable reviews, The song "Please Read The Letter," won a Grammy for Record of the Year in 2009. The Raising Sand album was released in 2007 and also won a Grammy as album of the year at the 2009 Grammy Awards.
# 2 – Other Arms
Led Zeppelin albums always had great one-two punch opening tracks on their albums. Led Zeppelin IV had "Black Dog," which segued into "Rock and Roll." Houses of the Holy had "The Songs Remains The Same," dripping into the "Rain Song." On Robert Plant's second solo album The Principle of Moments, the iconic singer followed Led Zeppelin tradition with the great one-two punch of "Other Arms," into "In The Mood." I can remember being in a club in the Bronx one night in the early eighties when someone dropped a dime in the jukebox and played B17. As soon as Robert Plant's vocals began howling out of the giant jukebox speakers, the entire club began singing the lyrics to "Other Arms." I realized at that point in time while still mourning the demise of Led Zeppelin, we still had Robert Plant and that the sound of that voice continuing on through good times and bad times would still be a part of our daily lives forever.
# 1 – The Greatest Gift
Robert Plant's Fate of Nations released in 1993 was a complete departure from his late 1980s catalog of albums. Gone was the overproduction and big 80's sound. Rober Plant had returned with an album more focused on songwriting and authentic instrumentation and arrangements. It's not to say that the sound wasn't big, it was just more organic. The entire album was mesmerizing. However, the one song that we thought stood out was the beautiful track, "The Greatest Gift."
Fate of Nations was an album of brilliant prose and a step back into Plant's past. In 1993, Robert Plant had come full circle and then lifted off into a new phase of his career. From the Fate of Nations album onward to the present day Robert Plant has released a string of brilliant albums all focused on authenticity in art and creativity. Plant has cherished and respected the Led Zeppelin legacy in the most respectful fashion by leaving it be for what it was. He found his true solo voice on Fate of Nations and his continued to explore his calling in the most impeccable fashion.
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The European Court of Justice set out the general rule for these decisions in 2014: the search engine which lists results leading to information about a person must balance the individual's right to privacy against Google's (and the greater public's) right to display / read publicly available information.
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The bigger issue though is the – almost deliberate – lack of clarity. Each person's details need to be considered on their own merit, and a decision made based on this balance between the rights of the individual and the rights of the wider society, based on a subjective consideration of the original crime, the persons actions since and the benefit to society as a whole. This is further complicated by the fact that different rules will apply in different countries, even within the EU, as case law diverges. The result: Google is likely to face challenges if it takes anything other than a very obedient approach to those requests to be forgotten which it receives.
–Google or Gone: UK Court Rules on 'Right to be Forgotten,' Data Protection Representatives (DPR), by Tim Bell, April 16, 2018


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Fresh new Remix of 'Keep On' transforms a positive message into an Electro Reggae club sensation
Kingston, Jamaica – It was the dance remix of Bob Marley's Sun is Shining in 1999 that brought a positive reggae message to the attention of a new age of young club goers and now in 2008 Cezar is doing the same. Under the direction of his new management RHH Music Corp., Cezar's award winning single Keep On has now been remixed by German house music production duo Peter Spencer and Josh Hill aka Spencer & Hill, transforming Cezar's pure reggae message into a Reggae Electro remix and new club sensation.
Rodney Hill, CEO of RHH Music Corp. and Cezar's manager, explains the rationale behind the remix: "This remix opens the door to having a reggae soul artist heard in house clubs throughout the world where at any given time there are thousands of clubbers, creating a new fan base. The sky is now the limit for Cezar."
The remix was commissioned by Ultra Records, a leading independent electronic label based in New York, who bought the licence for the original reggae version in 2007. The original reggae version of Keep On, written by Cezar and produced by David Kennedy, caught the attention of Ultra Records after copping 2nd place at the International Song Writing Competition in May of 2007.
With nearly 15,000 hits on YouTube in just 2 months, the remixed track has been getting incredible attention internationally not just because of the club appeal but also because of the international message. With lyrics like: "You just got to keep on trying, and keep doing the best with the hand that you get. Don't give up that fight! You can't stop you can't weep, can't keep on crying. Keep doing your best you know life is a test. It's gonna be alright!" Keep On is an uplifting anthem of perseverance, hope and 'active optimism'.
Keep On, an ideology for all ages, has now been remixed to attract a new Electro Reggae fan base, taking Jamaican music and its positive message to a new generation of music listeners and club goers. The remixed single has already been receiving heavy club rotation in the US and Europe especially making a sensation in Russia, Hungary and Brazil.


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'Grow Community – Sopwell' is a group of volunteers in Sopwell ward, St Albans who want to encourage and enable local residents to grow their own food at home and in community spaces, to reduce food waste and to share surplus food in the community and with local charity groups. See the delicious Pumpkin soup recipe at the end!
They also aim to promote local wildlife conservation and restoration projects, connect ongoing initiatives and bring the community together through these activities.
In this week's blog we talk to Kate Swindells, a Sopwell resident who has started this new local growing project – Grow Community – Sopwell – which is supported by Sustainable St Albans and the growing project FoodSmiles.
Why have you started Grow Community Sopwell?
Having set up an eco Facebook group for mums in St Albans (SAMs eco team) I can see so many people wanting to do better with plastic-free and low carbon emissions living.
"Growing your own fruit and veg is a great step to being 'greener' and is pretty easy once you've got started."
Knowing our local community pretty well and being into gardening myself, it made sense to start off a community growing group in the area where I live. Luckily for us a similar group Foodsmiles have already set up the Incredible Edible community gardens in the city centre, and we are gaining advice and support from them about how to set it up!
Are there any local groups who want to get involved?
We've got the support of our local councillors, churches, and some of the local youth groups already. The local primary schools are also very happy to be supported in what they are already doing and we have strong links with the local allotment society. In the wider St Albans community, we have support from Sustainable St Albans and Foodsmiles which we're really pleased about.
Do you grow food in your garden at home?
I love to grow food at home, it's my escape! This year we've grown potatoes, loads of leafy vegetables, beans, peas, tomatoes, leeks and pumpkins, and we've just bought a miniature apple tree. A lot of the veg is grown in our old recycling boxes! They're a good size, deep, and have drainage holes already.
Find out more about Grow Community – Sopwell
There will be refreshments, kid's activities and a pumpkin soup demo as part of Hubbub's #PumpkinRescue food waste campaign.


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Jamia Millia Islamia has been my home for the last 5 years. In 2014, I came to Delhi as a naive 20-year-old who had never gone out of his city or lived without family, many of you might have had the same experience living in a new city. But Jamia made me always feel at home, the people, the canteens, the library, the roads and the lush gardens where winter mornings were spent for classes. The attack on Jamia was not only a politically relevant event for me, but it was also a personal trauma caused even in absence. I was not inside the campus when the incidents transpired, but from what I have heard from friends, it violated the right to safety and equality. As I write this, news coming in on the fact-finding report on Jamia violence and just reading about it makes one shiver. The maximum force used to exert maximum destruction. I heard from an acquaintance inside campus who was present on the night of violence. As he narrated the eyewitness account, my insecurity inside the campus kept increasing. All I could think of was, it could have been me. I could have been there inside the library when all of it happened. I could have been detained, beaten up and psychologically traumatized for years to come. It was apparent from his narration that he felt insecure too. He said they came inside the library using abusive, discriminatory language, exerting force through lathi and teargas and affected a generation of readers to be afraid of the library. In my opinion, this is not a singular effort, this is an effort to erase our intellectual capabilities because that way, they would make inroads in every mind and imprint the thought of a fascistic idea of nationhood. An idea of nationhood quite different from what our forefathers had in mind for our country. An idea of nationhood we never grew up with, since we never thought of it along the religious lines. I grew up in a syncretic culture where Muslims, Hindus, and every other religion lived amicably, where the puja sounds do not silence the azaan, where the Christmas carols resound in Hindu colonies.
Now let's get back to Jamia, it all started with CAA/NRC and the protests against it. Our university has maintained that the students were protesting peacefully, but teargas and lathi charge was used irrespective. It was not something new. Students have been targeted in this regime and also in regimes before this. The students are an easy target, but they are also the most active voices of society. You silence one group, three others raise their voices. And that's what has happened in the aftermath. Many colleges, institutions, and universities have raised voices and continue to do so across the world. This is not a revolution that should stop, it should bring some results, otherwise, the whole purpose and intent of the violence would be justified. You will move on, they will move on, but we, students of Jamia, AMU, and others won't be able to so easily. The last time I went to my campus, I felt unsafe, insecure. As I walked onto the road towards my department, the broken glass on the floor, the red liquid dried up, the footprints from their shoes were all an indication of the tragedy that they went through. The whole campus is laden with Graphitis now, a form of art that is anti-establishment, anti-authoritarian. My friends and co-workers are afraid to speak about things inside the campus because as they say, even walls have ears. There was heavy deployment nearby the campus, and one could not negate the chances that violence could've transpired. Jamia and others would take years to recover, years to make its students feel safe, years of yearning to be a safe space.
What is CAA/CAB?
The Citizenship Amendment Act, now, Citizenship Amendment Bill, seeks to provide shelter and citizenship to people from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh based on their religion. The Central government has made it clear (including a tweet by our honorable Home Minister Shah) that everyone who follows Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism, Sikhism, and other religions, except for Islam, would be provided citizenship owing to their minority status in the countries mentioned. They argue that since these countries are Muslim-majority countries, Muslims don't need citizenship in India. But, hardly do they know, that persecuted individual isn't persecuted only based on their religion. A case in point is the Ahmadis in Pakistan.
What is NRC?
National Register of Citizenship seeks to identify illegal migrants, but what is so dangerous about NRC is the fact that in Assam, where it has been implemented, most of the 'illegal migrants' are poor, trans-people, women and disenfranchised communities who have no access to proper paperwork. If NRC on its own can wreak such havoc among the poorest and marginalized communities of the country, imagine what NRC and CAA would do together. It would not only render poor people state-less but will target one particular community and make them non-Indians based on bureaucratic what-foolery!
Are NRC and NPR the same?
National Population Register is not the same as NRC, but it might be called the stepping stone of NRC. NPR, under the current regime, has included clauses that seek to identify you based on religion, caste, etc. This again goes against the fabric of the secular and socialist nature of our country.
How does it affect you?
Today, it seeks to bar one religion, tomorrow it will come for others! Remember that this is all being done in preparation for the creation of a Hindu Rashtra based on the ideologies of Hindutva/RSS. Any and every disenfranchised community, be it queer, Dalit, tribal, OBC, Muslim, Christian, non-savarna Hindus, etc, would come under the lens someday or the other. Once they are done with the Muslims, they will come for the Dalits, then for the Queers, then for the Trans, then for others, in no particular order. Reports of the detention center, mob-violence, etc should shake everyone to the core, because that resounds Nazi Germany, and no one would like to be in a country like that. If we don't raise our voice to stop this blatant disrespect to the secular nature of our country, then they will be able to go ahead with their plans of making this country a majoritarian fascistic nation, where anyone who is not high caste would be persecuted. Anyone who questions would be silenced. Anyone who fights will be jailed! To end it, as I was writing this article, there came the news that Faiz Ahmed Faiz's Hum Dekhenge was being examined by a panel in IIT Kanpur for being anti-Hindu! I wish people would understand the threat to freedom of speech, expression, and opinion this regime throws onto the public. I wish people would open their eyes to the politics of hate and raise their voices. If you can't take to streets, take to your social media. Make your presence felt and make your voice count! Azaadi is not a given condition; it must be fought for and won!


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Some would call it a catch 22 – respect the privacy of high school students' records or adhere to Open Records Act obligations? The Oklahoma State Board of Education has opted for the latter.
According to the Tulsa World on Thursday, Oklahoma's state board posted private educational records to the state's website following a hearing of seven students' appeals for exemption from end-of-the-year testing requirements. The posted information was from a closed-door discussion at the board's special meeting Monday.
The current rule states high school seniors are required to pass four of seven end-of-instruction exams to earn a diploma. Under a new law – ACE, Achieving Classroom Excellence – students may appeal their final grades in order to graduate.
The seven students, who had their names, grade point averages, learning disabilities and test scores go public, appealed to the board after failing their final exams.
Before the appeals process, the students were required to sign a Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) waiver so their records could be discussed openly by the board. Board officials, however, said the waiver doesn't cover posting the students' information on the Internet.
Department spokesman Damon Gardenhire also told the Tulsa World that the board is responsible for providing board materials to reporters and to the public. Within the last few years, it has provided this public information online.
"Appeals of every kind filed with the department are an open record, and ACE appeals are no exception," he said in the report. "Students, parents or legal guardians are not obligated to sign the FERPA waiver or to bring the student's academic record into the public eye."
But many local administrators and parents are still making noise about the post, saying it would have been common courtesy to redact the information or leave it out altogether.
Frank LoMonte, executive director of the Student Press Law Center, said the board's posting may not have been in good judgment, but, legally, it's fair.
"It's probably not a FERPA violation for a number of reasons," he said. "The main one is that once a waiver is signed, confidentiality is waived. Beyond that, FERPA is binding on schools, but if the information comes from a source other than a school's central office, it's not FERPA information."
LoMonte said if the student submitted the information for the appeal, it's no longer the school's problem.
"FERPA is about the protection of records, not facts," he said.


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MakerDAO publishes 5-phase roadmap featuring funding for open-source AI projects
MakerDAO, the decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) behind the Dai stablecoin and its related Maker governance token, recently announced a slew of planned updates to its ecosystem, including a heavy focus on artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and the planned development of a new blockchain.
Beginning with an upgrade to unify the organization's brand, the new roadmap details a five-phase project called "Endgame."
5 phases of Endgame.
Endgame has been defined as an update that employs AI tools and open processes to enhance efficiency, resilience, and participation.
A new publication on the Maker Forum outlines its roadmap, which includes the introduction of 5 major launch phases. pic.twitter.com/8GOkIfFADi
— Maker (@MakerDAO) May 12, 2023
Per an official forum post written by MakerDAO co-founder Rune Christensen, the first phase of Endgame will involve a "full rebrand" to unify the Dai (DAI) and Maker (MKR) brands.
"Crucially," writes Christensen, "Dai and MKR will not be altered." MakerDAO intends to preserve both tokens in their current form. However, the organization does intend to add two new tokens with updated features which are being temporarily referred to as "NewStable" and "NewGovToken."
Christensen elaborated on this in a reply to a comment on the post:
"Dai will remain and will be the undisturbed OG stablecoin with no flashy features, and its liquidity will always be bootstrapped by the unlimited 1:1 conversion to NewStable."
Going forward, the "key product launch of Endgame" will include the eventual launch of six "Maker SubDAOs" and accompanying NewStable token farms.
The subDAOs will be split between facilitator and allocator DAOs and, per Christensen, their purpose will be to streamline the "workload and complexity that Maker Governance needs to manage."
Related: MakerDAO launches Spark Protocol, a new DeFi lending solution for DAI users
Phase three of the roadmap is all about AI. MakerDAO intends to launch several internal AI tools to optimize governance tasks such as monitoring and data siloing.
Alongside the planned launch of the AI tools, MakerDAO intends to enter the open-source AI development space with a project entitled "The Purpose Fund."
Chistensen wrote that this initiative will promote and fund "free, open source AI models and free AI tools to help socially impactful industries and projects tap into the efficiency gains of AI and use it to achieve more self-sustainable impact."
The fourth phase of Endgame involves the development of an incentive program for ecosystem denizens called the "Governance Participation Incentive." The program will involve gamification and rewards to incentivize interactions on the MakerDAO platform.
Finally, the organization intends to create a proprietary blockchain currently referred to as "NewChain." Rather than replacing the Ethereum blockchain currently underpinning the MakerDAO platform, NewChain will be bridged.
According to Christensen, "This means that on Ethereum, NewStable and NewGovToken, as well as Dai and MKR, will continue to function as normal, and the only change will be that they will be protected by a governance backend that operates through a secure, state of the art bridge."
Listed as the key feature driving the implementation of the new blockchain is the ability to use hard forks as a governance mechanism in the event of power attacks or abuse by majority holders.


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This is how Wang Tong people collect their mail. You can buy your own mailbox--cheap!--at the local hardware shop. One size fits all.
If you live near one of the main footpaths you'll nail it up next to your front entrance. But people who live way uphill along narrow, winding lanes--in other words, where the postman won't bother--either hammer their mailbox to a tree near the bottom of the path or, in this case of neighborhood solidarity, find a plank of discarded plywood large enough to accomodate the entire block.
Some people paint theirs, but why bother? On a rainy day your letters are going to more resemble wood pulp than the bank statement or property tax bill they started out as.
Notice that Number 50 says "Mang Tong". Several houses in the village are officially listed that way. Where did the "Mang" come from? The Chinese name is clearly pronounced Wang Tong. My best guess is that someone not very proficient in English had to fill out a government form and wrote the W upside-down. Then others even less proficient copied him. (If you think that's funny, and you don't know Chinese, imagine having to fill out a written form in Chinese characters from memory.)
Our current house was originally listed as Mang Tong, so I did what I thought was the right thing and contacted the Survey and Mapping Department, explained the situation and convinced them to change it. They were supposed to send notices about the change to all the relevant authorities, but those relevant authorities must all have mailboxes nailed to trees, even in the city, and the notices were probably delivered during a rainstorm.
The Water Department refused to connect our water, since the existing water meter was registered in Mang Tong, but now my property tax bill, used as proof of ownership, showed Wang Tong. It took three angry months before we got the water connected. The telephone company claimed that our location was still listed in their records as Mang Tong. But since I'd written Wang Tong on the application, the installation crew assumed I meant another village on Lantau Island, also named Wang Tong, accessible only by a 40-minute hike on an unpaved trail. The phone company men called me from there, out of breath. It took nearly a year to get all the various addresses to match.
Now you understand all the reasons why I have my mail addressed to a post office box, the waterproof kind, inside the post office.


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So after a hectic few days organising our 'Thank You Art Day' event we had a more chilled out day in New Brighton on Saturday.
But first, a bit of excitement as the morning post brought us a certificate from Companies House to say we are now a Community Interest Company hoorah!
Of course this means more incredibly boring paperwork, accounts etc. and I have to put our company number and contact details on the website (new regulations) but, hopefully, it well help us expand and 'do more stuff'.
So we had our first board meeting at Bobby's Bar and Grill on New Brighton front and made our first major decisions. After much debate I finally decided to go for the veggie burger and chips while Mrs J opted for the veggie baguette and potato wedges. This was a unanimous decision and was duly minuted and the ensuing result was delicious. I could get used to these business lunches.


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Hospitals considering upgrading to newer technology-based defibrillators should heed this report in LA Times in which the American Heart Association(AHA) admits its recommendation back in 2000 to move to more sophisticated defibrillators with an automated function was not based on enough evidence. Subsequent evidence has suggested that the move has not yet worked, older generation defibrillator use not seemingly adversely affecting patient survival… in fact the opposite as recent research suggests that as many as 1000 patients a year have not been saved by the newer versions when they would have been by the older generation devices.
The LA Times article can be found here. In an excerpt it states:
In crafting the recommendation, the (AHA) committee acknowledged that research had not yet proved that the new devices improved survival rates for hospital patients. Instead, committee members said, they relied mainly on evidence that the simpler version of the new devices — often known as automated external defibrillators, or AEDs — saved lives in public settings such as airports. The committee even scolded hospital administrators for failing to stock up on the new defibrillators.
Purchases of the devices zoomed after the guidelines were released. U.S. hospitals bought close to 100,000 of the basic automated models from 2000 to 2010, according to the consulting firm Frost & Sullivan.
So what's going on? Well it seems reliability issues are the core of the problem with devices frequently failing or simply not turning on, which has reportedly resulted in tens of thousand of the units being recalled by manufacturers.
Added to this is the problem that so called "hands-off" time between shocks is longer for automated devices, meaning again a delay in administering the necessary stimuli.
Companies are reportedly working with FDA to improve the safety of these devices.
medlatest will watch this space.
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February 19, 2015 – EAA's B-17 bomber Aluminum Overcast will be part of the biggest flyover in the nation's capital in decades when the "Arsenal of Democracy" event takes place in Washington, D.C., on May 8. This unprecedented event will commemorate the 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe (V-E) Day that marked the end of the World War II conflict in the European Theater.
Many members of the EAA Warbirds of America will also be participating in the flyover, which will feature 15 historically sequenced warbird formations representing the major battles of WWII, from the attack on Pearl Harbor to the end of the war. This flyover is also part of the year-long "Spirit of '45" festivities throughout the country to mark 70 years since the end of the war.
"We are honored to have our B-17 participate in this flyover, which will be seen by thousands of people in Washington that day and by millions around the world via television and online video," said Sean Elliott, EAA's vice president of advocacy and safety, who is responsible for EAA's air operations. "Our B-17 makes annual tours to honor the people who sacrificed during the war and to present the nation's flying history. It is fitting that this aircraft also participates in this unprecedented event that has the same goal."
Many of the aircraft flying in this salute will also attend EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2015 on July 20-26, which is the nation's largest annual warbirds gathering. At Oshkosh, attendees will not only see the airplanes fly, but can get up-close to them and hear from the veterans and aircraft owners themselves during the popular Warbirds in Review program.
"We fully support all events that recognize these aircraft and, more importantly, the people of The Greatest Generation who built, flew, and maintained them," said Bill Fischer, executive director of the Warbirds of America. "In addition, we encourage the owners of all warbirds aircraft to participate in the Spirit of '45 activities throughout the year, whether it's participating in their hometowns or here at Oshkosh."
The Spirit of '45 activities will peak on August 15, when all warbird owners are encouraged to fly in honor of the end of all WWII hostilities. EAA and Warbirds of America will continue to release information on ways to be involved in the coming months and especially during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2015.


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Mooshka doll from her Gramma. That was it! She fell in love and spent her Christmas gift cards buying more Mooshkas to add to her hoard...errr, I mean....collection. She came up with the idea of having a Mooshka Tea Party...totally on her own! I was so proud of my little party planner - lol!
My plan was to create a lot of the decorations using paper crafting materials because the Mooshkas are paper dolls that came to life! Plus, Harper was able to help with a lot of these projects as well, which made it even more special and fun.
Three Little Monkeys Studio, created for me! I just printed them out on card stock at our local printer, punched each one out and added them to the banner pieces. We strung these up in the window during the party, but it was impossible to get a good picture of them there with the back light :)
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Fields of Plenty
Fields of Plenty: A Farmer's Journey in Search of Real Food and the People Who Grow It is the memoir of respected farmer, writer, and photographer Michael Ableman as he and his son travel from his own farm in British Columbia across the United States in search of innovative and passionate farmers who are making a difference in what we eat and how we experience food.
"The chronicle of a farmer's journey to the frontiers of American agriculture today, Fields of Plenty is a book of rare beauty and hope. American agriculture is in the process of being reinvented by the farmers Michael Ableman introduces us to here, and to overhear these pioneers in conversation with one of their own is exhilarating." – Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore's Dilemma


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in this issue
- Editorial
- Life in a Reykjavik Suburb
- Streaker Disrupts Iceland v. Albania
- Writing in Shetland
- Orkney's George Mackay Brown
- David Constantine of Scilly
- Josefine Ottesen
- Charlotte Blay
- Tove Jansson
- Children's Literature in Finland in the 1990s
- Contributions
Transcript is a
David Constantine of ScillyThree poems by David Constantine
Sorlingues (translation Yves Bichet)
The Quay at St Martin's, Scilly
Keeps with its dead
Shows off by the bare facts of its dead
How hard it was
Living and how it triumphed and all winter
Among its own dead grizzle
Little moist lips of it go on muttering light.
It's the dead I've come for
Put in my naked hand among the spines and feel for
Anything springy I let be
To come on again and add its sparks to the rush of Easter and Whitsun
But the dead snaps off
There and then it can he broken up hearthsize
Lengths straight as flutes
Or curving open like welcomes
Or twirled like dance
For nothing burns like the limbs of gorse
So thoroughly dead
Twisted for breathing space
Drilled and cankered
Host to the hungers of other kinds of life
How they burn
All without fat and flesh and blood
Without dribble or mewling
So much flame in every stub of gorse
Millions of Easters and Whitsuns
The scent and yellow fume under blue skies
All that as flame
With the lights off
Rain and fog over the bit of terra firma
And on the hearthrug
Aquarius and Pisces
Mother has linen from the Minnehaha,
I bought the ship's bell for half a sovereign
From Stanley, our dumb man.
Everyone has something, a chair, a bit of brass
And nobody wakes hearing a wind blow
Who does not hope there'll be things come in
Worth having, but today
Was a quiet morning after a quiet night.
The bay was coloured in
With bobbing oranges. What silence
Till we pitched into it
Knee-deep the women holding out their skirts
And the men thrashing in boats
We made an easy killing
We took off multitudes
And mounded them in the cold sun.
When Matty halved one with his jack-knife
It was good right through, as red
As garnet, he gave the halves
His girls who sucked them out.
The beams we owe the sea
Are restless tonight but every home
Is lit with oranges. They were close,
She says, or else the salt
Had eaten them Whose popping eyes.
I wonder, saw them leave
Roaring like meteors
When the ship in a quiet night
Bled them and they climbed
Faster than rats in furious shining shoals
In firm bubbles and what
Will tumble in our broken bay tomorrow?
The launch is late, we wait on the hot quay.
Our farewell conversations are giving out.
That little shark from yesterday
How white it looks, how sad its mouth;
A team of crabs is operating on it.
Crabs are the stupidest among the living down there.
Netted with shrimps they never mind the net
But crunch like fun. You can haul them anywhere
On anything edible. Stag's littlest daughter
Is gouging a limpet out. End of the season,
They will be gone home soon. With his father,
The Drowner, mothers used to shush their children
And some still do, with him: his one eye,
His black appearance. Hunched in his tractor
He is thinking he will kiss that holiday woman goodbye
If she looks his way once more.
His girls have landed a crab on the hot concrete.
It sidles and fences, bubbles at a vent;
Black in the sun. They squeal for their bare feet.
Its scratchy legs pick at our nerve-ends.
The launch rounds the point like sudden death.
Clatter of starters, the tractors edge down.
We shall leave, we shall be over and done with.
Stag's girls are screaming, that crab has gone to ground
The last place it should: under his wheels
And he is on hands and knees searching the shadows
With his head's one eye and his hand crawls
Under the racket of the engine after the claws.
His shirt rucks up, we see his white backbone
And are glad when he surfaces, though the black lid
Over his eye has slipped. His hand has won.
He fits the crab snugly under the tractor's tread.
Oh, we have time enough to interfere
And look a fool. The crab merely waits
Folded between the concrete quay and the tyre
And nobody moves. We wait. I see its
Eye. Then Stag backs over the carapace.
His girls giggle. The woman, in tears,
Comes through the mêlée from her rightful place
And bruises his mouth with hers.
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Sobel Edge Detector - 3×3 gradient edge detector
Canny Edge Detector - non-maximal suppression of local gradient magnitude
Compass Edge Detector - 3×3 gradient edge detectors
Zero Crossing Detector - edge detector using the Laplacian of Gaussian operator
Line Detector - line (as distinct from edge) feature detector
The operators included in this section are those whose purpose is to identify meaningful image features on the basis of distributions of pixel graylevels. The two categories of operators included here are:
Detectors for other features can be defined, such as circular arc detectors in intensity images (or even more general detectors, as in the generalized Hough transform), or planar point detectors in range images, etc.
Note that the operators in this section merely identify pixels likely to be part of such a structure. To actually extract the structure from the image it is then necessary to group together image pixels (which are usually adjacent). A verification stage also commonly occurs after the grouping stage (e.g. an examination of the residuals of the best fit line through a point set) and then the extraction of parameters of the structure (e.g. the equation of the line through the point set).
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A man with ties to Laredo and San Antonio has been added to the Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offenders list.
According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, 46-year-old Raul Alejandro Martinez is wanted on seven felony warrants from the Laredo Police Department, Webb County Sheriff's Office, the U.S. Marshals and Texas DPS Special Agents.
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People change positions, get promoted or move to other companies. Portada is here to tell you about it.
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R/GA has promoted Julie Benevides from Senior Content Producer to Executive Content Producer. In her new role, Julie will partner with the Chicago office's business and creative leadership and tap into the R/GA Studio's network of makers and storytellers.
Adolfo Segura will step down from his current role as Vice President of News for Telemundo 60 in San Antonio to become Vice President of News for Telemundo 33 / KCSO and Telemundo 51 Fresno / KNSO, effective July 22. In his new role, he will be responsible for overseeing the stations' newsrooms, including all multi-platform news operations and performance.
IAB has promoted veteran Sheryl Goldstein to the role of Senior Vice President, Marketing and Member Investment. She will be responsible for the trade group's marketing and sales teams, effective immediately. Goldstein has filled senior sales, marketing, and strategy roles at some of the digital sector's most prominent companies, including Yahoo, AOL, and About.com.
Mike Tasevski is now Vice President, Global Sponsorships at Scotiabank. Previously, he spent almost 10 years at Mastercard, where he served as VP, North America Sponsorships and later as VP, Market Development.
Reebok's Global Head of Marketing and Brand Management, Melanie Boulden is leaving the company to become President and General Manager of Coca Cola's Venturing & Emerging Brands (VEB) division. Boulden will be tasked with overseeing investments into companies, entrepreneurs, technology, and products.
Michael Roca is the new Director, Multicultural at PHD. Roca comes from Hearts & Science, where he spent the last 2 years as Director, Total Market Strategy for Procter & Gamble.


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Fishing Hook is a game for people who like fishing but cannot go out in nature to perform their favorite activity due to various issues – winter being one of them as of now. The game resembles many other apps in the same genre but comes with great graphics, intense gameplay and various nice features and options so we think that it definitely deserves a look.
Fishing Hook starts with a short tutorial that shows you how to play and when you finish it you are on your own. The game does come with really nice 3D graphics but you cannot change the camera angle or move around so you will have to enjoy these visuals while staying in one place. Despite this the game scores high – it has very dynamic gameplay and intense fish-angler fights so you are not guaranteed to win. You cast your hook and then you have to watch it and then pull it when a fish bites the bait. Then an intense fight follows and here you have to watch how you pull so that the fish won't escape. You can also cause damage to the fish and weaken it before you pull it out of the water but this requires advanced skills. In addition to this Fishing Hook comes with really nice sound effects, which makes it a great all-around fishing game.
Fishing Hook rates high on our charts because of the great combination of excellent graphics, nice sound and very intense gameplay. The app will surely keep you occupied for a long time, especially if you like fishing and do we have to say that it is free? So if you are bored, try Fishing Hook – we are certain that you will enjoy this very nice Android game.
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Do you remember when you first came to Jesus? There was passion, determination, excitement, love. You were on fire. I'll never forget the day I gave my life fully to Him.
In the Bible, our relationship with God is often compared to a marriage relationship. Whether you've been married or not, dated or not, we see a picture of our relationship with God through this even if it's from a distance. It's not something beyond what we can understand, it's not based on a certain criteria or points system, it's love, it's personal.
When I first gave my life fully to God, you couldn't stop me from thinking about God, talking about Him, spending time with Him. Then slowly and gradually it started to fade. I would find myself concerned about what I was 'doing' for God, I would get wrapped up in how much I 'knew' about God, and I all of a sudden I found myself lukewarm, bitter, and at a distance. As Rev 2:4 says I 'left my first love.'
Beyond anything we can do for God, He has first called us to Love him. In fact, it's the greatest commandment (Matt 22). I love how in Luke, Chapter 10, Jesus comes for a visit.Martha is in the kitchen, 'getting things done,' but Mary is just sitting at Jesus' feet.Martha is upset and probably thinking 'Why isn't Mary helping me?' 'I'm the one who is truly serving Jesus.' Jesus' response is powerful. He says, "Martha, Martha, … You are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed — or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her." I believe Jesus' words are reaching far beyond that moment in time and grabbing our hearts today to remind us of what is important. May our hearts come back to our first love, may we never lose sight of what matters, may be set on fire and burn for Him!
Related Scriptures:
John 15:5 "I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing."
Rev 2:4 "But I have this against you, that you have left your first love."
Matt 22:36-40 "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law? Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.'"


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Waxing will leave your skin super smooth and you feeling a million dollars.
© The Beauty Refinery. All images and videos are copyright protected.
What is waxing?
Waxing is the process of removing hair from the root by using either warm wax or hot wax.
What to do prior to the treatment?
If you have previously shaved then please allow 2-3 weeks so your hair is at a good length. Please don't trim any hair.
If you're visiting us for an eyebrow wax, then please avoid tweezing them before and in between your treatments.
On the day of your treatment, avoid wearing tight clothing and applying moisturiser in the area to be treated.
What are the benefits of waxing?
- One of the best benefits of waxing is that your skin will feel ultra smooth and even.
- When waxing, you're not only removing unwanted hair, but it also removes dry and dead skin cells in the process.
- You will have less regrowth in between appointments.
- Your hair will grow back progressively finer and sparser.
- Your skin will get gentle exfoliation.
- Your skin will be less prone to inflammation.
- You will have less annoying itching and prickliness.
- You will avoid the risk of nicks and cuts that you get from shaving.
- You will have less chance of ingrowing hairs.
- Your skin will feel super smooth and you'll feel a million dollars :)
What is difference between cartridge wax and spatula wax?
Cartridge wax is the quickest way for waxing large areas such as the legs, arms, back and stomach.
Our cartridges are one use only so we dispose of them. Some salons reuse them by filling more wax in the used wax.
All our waxes are premium quality and are made in Italy.
A special wax heater is been used to warm cartridge wax and because these cartridges are disposable their heads are really firm and secure.
There's no chance of dripping as the head is fixed. These cartridges glide along the skin very easily and that's why it's the quickest and cleanest way to wax. We dispose of our cartridges after every use.
Spatula wax requires a pot wax heater where we use a wooden disposable spatula to apply wax on the client's skin which we dispose of after every application. We use different sized spatulas for different parts of the body.
We also cut the strips to smaller sizes to target the smaller areas.
In both procedures, disposable paper strips are required to remove wax and the hair from the skin.
What is the difference between warm wax and hot wax?
What is the difference between waxing and shaving?
Waxing and shaving are totally different treatments.
Wax swiftly pulls hair directly from the root, whereas shaving is more of a trim that only cuts the hair leaving the root intact.
After Wax Advice
- No hot baths or showers (cool to lukewarm water only).
- No saunas, hot tubs, massage or steam treatments.
- No tanning (sunbathing, sunbeds or fake tans).
- No sport, gym work or another exercise.
- Avoid scratching or touching the treated area with unwashed hands.
- Wear clean, loose-fitting clothes.
- Avoid swimming in chlorinated pools.
- Do not apply deodorants, body sprays, powders, lotions or other products to the area, other than those recommended by your therapist.


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Prosecutors will review more than 1,400 criminal cases that involved a Houston officer who the police chief has accused of lying in an affidavit justifying a drug raid on a home in which officers shot and killed two residents, authorities said Wednesday.
The FBI also announced that it is opening an investigation to determine whether any civil rights were violated as a result of the raid and shooting last month.
Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said at a news conference that he welcomed the FBI investigation "in the spirit of transparency."
Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said her office's review will look at cases spanning decades that involved Officer Gerald Goines, a 30-year department veteran. Twenty-seven of those cases are active.
"Although the criminal investigation of Officer Goines is ongoing, we have an immediate ethical obligation to notify defendants and their lawyers in Goines' other cases to give them an opportunity to independently review any potential defenses," Ogg said in a statement.
Goines was one of the four officers who were shot in a gunfight that killed 59-year-old Dennis Tuttle and 58-year-old Rhogena Nicholas, who both lived in the home where the raid occurred on Jan. 28. A fifth officer injured his knee during the shooting.
Police investigators now allege that Goines, who's been suspended, lied in the search warrant affidavit, saying a confidential informant had bought heroin at the home. But the informant told investigators no such drug buy ever took place.
The latest news from around North Texas.
Goines' attorney, Nicole DeBorde, said Wednesday that Ogg's review is necessary.
"It's exactly the right thing for her to do," DeBorde said. "We welcome that."
DeBorde has said Goines is innocent of any crime. She said partial information that has been released about Goines has painted a "very one-sided picture of (Goines') character."
The FBI's probe will look at the "totality of everything that went down" with the drug raid and shooting to determine if someone was deprived of their civil rights, said agency spokesman Connor Hagan.
Hagan declined to comment further on the case, citing the ongoing investigation.
Acevedo said the FBI's involvement doesn't mean the federal agency will be taking over his department's investigation into the drug raid and shooting and whether any state charges will be filed.
The police chief also asked residents to not let the actions of one officer represent the department.
"The majority of our men and women are honorable, dedicated professionals," Acevedo said.
No timeline was given for how long the various investigations will take.
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner asked residents to be patient and allow for a "complete, thorough, honest and credible investigation."
DeBorde said a neutral review of the raid, and of Goines' police work, is necessary but that the effort has been undermined by Acevedo's public comments criticizing Goines.
Acevedo also announced that his department on Wednesday formally changed its policy to restrict the use of "no-knock warrants," which was the kind used in the deadly drug raid. Under such warrants, police can enter a home without giving any notification. Acevedo said he or someone he designates must now approve all such warrants.
The police chief also announced that body cameras will now be worn by SWAT team members and by officers who execute search warrants. Officers involved in the drug raid did not wear body cameras.


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The sporadic musings of a middle aged man who isn't exactly happy with the direction America is taking today....
"Who will protect us from those who protect us?"
Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. ~ Thomas Jefferson
"None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free." ~~Goethe
12 January 2013
Gun control is your index finger...
Former Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) said gun control comes down to the finger you pull the trigger with, calling the larger discussion on gun violence part of a "political agenda."
"This is your gun control, this finger right here -- your index finger," West said in an interview with Newsmax TV. "Nothing happens with that gun until you put that finger into the trigger well and you pull it. So my concern is that we're not talking about the real issue, we're talking about a political agenda."
Read the rest here.
Stay safe.
6 comments:
- chinasyndrome said...
A Politician who gets it! Cool.. Reminds me of the scene in Black hawk down where the Officer told Hoot to safety his weapon.Hoot held up his index finger and said this is my safety!
- 12 January, 2013 21:56
- Blue said...
Damn, China, how do you remember all that shit? :)
- 12 January, 2013 21:59
- chinasyndrome said...
Dunno I am a fount of worthless trivia!
- 13 January, 2013 05:53
- Blue said...
You're a good man, Bro...
- 13 January, 2013 09:14
I've read the Second Amendment several times, and it does not mention "gun control" at all.
People tend to forget that the states' constitutions composed at that time clearly provide that all citizens have the right to bear arms.
No doubt about that.
- 13 January, 2013 11:50
- chinasyndrome said...
Tino,you are so Right Bro! I had a lady argue that the Army is our Militia. I proceded to Correct her as politely as possible. and yeah my patience is starting to run out! I informed her by the letter of 2a written in plain English,we the people are the Militia and as such should have access to the same weapons (arms) as our Govt!!!
- 13 January, 2013 16:23


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Monoecious or dioecious erect, few-branched shrubs, subshrubs or woody herbs with a simple indumentum. Leaves alternate, petiolate, stipulate, simple, sinuate-dentate or lobate, 3-5-nerved from the base, otherwise penninerved, with a pair of glands at the base of the lamina. Inflorescences axillary, unisexual or bisexual, racemose or paniculate, dense or lax, ♂ many-flowered, ♀ few-flowered. Male flowers: sepals (4-) 5(-6), ± orbicular, imbricate; petals 0; disc annular, lobate or composed of (4-) 5(-6) free glands; stamens 10-30, on a convex receptacle, the outer opposite the sepals, filaments free, anthers introrse, longitudinally dehiscent, connective broad; pistillode minute or 0. Female flowers: sepals 5-6, imbricate, sometimes toothed, sometimes accrescent ;petals 0; disc annular, entire; ovary 3-celled, with 1 ovule per cell; styles 3, stout, recurved, shortly bifid. Fruit trilobate, dehiscing septicidally and loculicidally into 6 valves; endocarp woody. Seeds ovoid, testa crustaceous, albumen fleshy; cotyledons broad, flat.
A genus of 7 species extending from Pakistan to China and Indonesia (Sumbawa). One species only in Pakistan.
Lower Taxon
Baliospermum montanum (Wild.) Wuell. Arg.
Related Synonym(s):
Baliospermum axillare Bl. = Baliospermum montanum (Wild.) Wuell. Arg.Jatropha montana Willd. = Baliospermum montanum (Wild.) Wuell. Arg.
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ed FitzGerald on Wednesday told reporters he supports the death penalty — a position that aligns him with his Republican opponent, Gov. John Kasich.
The debate over the death penalty recently re-ignited in Ohio after state officials took 26 minutes to kill Dennis McGuire, a convicted killer and rapist, with a cocktail of drugs never tried before in the United States. It remains unclear if the drugs prolonged McGuire's death or if other factors are to blame.
Asked whether the state should place a moratorium on the death penalty in response to the botched execution, FitzGerald said state officials should investigate McGuire's execution.
"I think they have to go through a very thorough and exhaustive review of how that unfolded and if it can be done in a way that meets the commonly accepted standards," he responded.
FitzGerald said he based his support for the death penalty on his experiences as a special agent for the FBI and assistant Cuyahoga County prosecutor.
"I understand there's … legitimate moral concerns about it, and I respect people that have a different opinion on that," he said.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Ohio on Sunday called on Kasich to halt the death penalty following McGuire's prolonged execution.
McGuire's family also announced on Friday it would file a lawsuit claiming McGuire's death constituted "cruel and unusual punishment."
The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction plans to carry out five more executions in 2014. It remains unclear if the agency will use the same cocktail of drugs used to kill McGuire.
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Mr. Subur a senior guide on Top Rinjani
Explore Mount Rinjani and Lombok Tours 2023 with an experienced and professional team.
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Lombok Green Nature Is a local travel company located in Sembalun Village, Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia. We offer packages Tour from rural tourism and exploring mountains to marine tourism. We invite you to know more about Sasak cultures and heritage sites on Lombok Island.
We have a strong relationship with a local community called Sembalun Community Development Centre that focuses on local community empowerment in the Slope of Mount Rinjani precisely in Sembalun Valley. Our company donates 10% of the total profit to each group that uses our service and the donated is used to support local community organizations ( SCDC ) and support environmental conservation in Rinjani.
Guaranteed! you will get the best experience with our team because your comfort and satisfaction are our priorities.
Protecting the environment is a must In running a business in Rinjani
So far, Mount Rinjani has always Been associated with the presence of garbage problems because many climbers and Business people as Trekking Organizers don't think it's important so they left trash in the Rinjani National Park area.
We have a strong commitment to create Mount Rinjani clean with bringing our rubbish back from the Rinjani National Park area. This is a form of our responsibility as Trekking Organizers for the natural preservation of Mount Rinjani. Our team is required to bring the rubbish down without exception, then we hand it over to the garbage officer.
Our business respect for human rights
Porter are workers in the field in the Rinjani ecosystem, beside porter there are guides and trekking Organizer. In running the business, we respect Human Rights in treating them carrying out their profession namely by guaranteeing their right to be treated well.
According to the trekking standard operational procedure in Mount Rinjani that every porter maximum carries 25 Kg. but, the facts on the field still many the businessman don't apply the rules where is the porter load between 30-40 kg. this is clearly a detriment to porters because have to expend extra energy to carry a very heavy burden through a steep trek which will have a bad impact on their health in the future.
We consider this part of human exploitation so it's not appropriate to do. It happens as a result of businessmen that sell the Rinjani package not in line with the operational cost so it uses less porter. Because of that, buying tour packages at low prices is not a solution, but it's a part to support human rights violations.
Mount Rinjani Trekking & Tour Lombok Packages
Browse our unrivaled selections of Mount Rinjani Trekking and Lombok tours. Our expert team will create your perfect Tours experience
3D-2N Sembalun – Torean: Mount Rinjani Trekking (For Expert Climber)
This tour package is designed for people with the best level of fitness or expert climbers who are able to walk up and down the hill for 7,5 hours a day. from Sembalun 1.150m to crater rim Sembalun 239m, summit 3726m, Lake 2000m and finish at Torean 700m above sea level. The Torean hiking trail is the newest route to Mount Rinjani in the northern part of the island of Lombok, which is included in the administrative area of the North Lombok Regency. This route is usually traversed by pilgrims to Lake Segara Anak, both Hindus and Muslims.Take Me There
4D-3N Sembalun – Torean: Climbing Mount Rinjani Package (For Beginner Hiker)
The Torean hiking trail is the newest route to Mount Rinjani in the northern part of the island of Lombok, which is included in the administrative area of the North Lombok Regency. This route is usually traversed by pilgrims to Lake Segara Anak, both Hindus, and Muslims. The Torean route is the most sloping path to Lake Segara Anak. Departing from an altitude 750 meters asl (start trekking point) to Lake Segara Anak 2000 meters asl.Take Me There
2D-1N Rinjani Summit 3726m
Enjoying the most beautiful mountain in Indonesia with friendly local people who live in Sembalun village ancient caldera 2 Days 1 night Rinjani summit over the moon.
3D-2N Rinjani Summit & Lake
Hiking 3-days 2-nights Summit and Lake Segara Anak start from Sembalun to the crater rim Sembalun, summit, Lake and Torean village.
4D-3N Trek Summit & Lake
Trekking 4D-3N Mount Rinjani peak and Segara Anak lake start from Sembalun to the crater rim Sembalun, summit, Lake and return to Torean.
2D-1N Crater Rim Senaru
Trekking Package to Crater-rim-Senaru 2-days 1-night package start from Senaru to the crater-rim. The second-day down to Senaru village.
2D-1N Hiking Rim Tetebatu
One of the best trip to the volcano beside from Sembalun and Senaru is hiking from Tetebatu to Crater-Rim 2-days 1-night. Spent a night in Tetebatu and start in the morning
2D-1N Trek Rim Timbanuh
Timbanuh-Trekking to climb Mount Rinjani from Timbanuh at 950 meters above sea level to crater rim 2.800 meter and in the next day back to TimbaNuh and Tetebatu.
Tandem Paragliding in Kuta
The best Paragliding sites In Lombok, fly from beautiful beach views to amazing mountain paragliding sites.
Paragliding Tandem Sembalun
You will fly with a professional pilot that has high flight hours and guaranteed you will be save.
Daily Tour Pink Beach Lombok
Tangsi beach or famous as Pink Beach is one of popular tourism destination in Lombok. located in Sekaroh
Pergasingan Hill Sunrise Trip
Sunrise trip package for you who have limited time or do not want to over-night at top of Pergasingan Hill.
Camping on pergasingan hill and hiking on tiu kelep waterfall
If you arrive in Sembalun Village in the morning or arrive in the afternoon you can continue with the program.
Hiking and camping on Pergasingan Hill and Gili Kondo
Overview: Pergasingan Hill, Sembalun Village, and Royal Rinjani Trek Center, Labu Pandan and Gili Kondo.
Mount Rinjani Trekking Tour Guides
Are you looking for information about climbing to Mount Rinjani, or planning to climb in the near future. You are in the right place. Because we are from Lombok Green Nature provide complete tour package information related to exploring the nature of Mount Rinjani National Park.
Tours and trekking to Mount Rinjani Lombok are the attractions that are most interested by tourists, both domestic and foreign tourists who have a hobby of exploring nature on the island of Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara Province.
The Mount Rinjani track is 25 km long, counting from the entrance to the Mount Rinjani National Park area through Sembalun to the trekking gate of Senaru Village, North Lombok Regency.
Meanwhile, from the Summit campsite (Plawangan Sembalun) to the top of Mount Rinjani. The distance is 3 km. if calculated from the field to the peak and from the peak of the back to the Plawangan Sembalun the total is 6 km. Then the full package trekking program journey departs from Sembalun and finishes at Senaru for a total of 32 km.
The terrain of the Sembalun route, from the starting gate to post III, the track is relatively not too hard because there are still many tracks that are flat and not too uphill. Hiking from an altitude of 1150 masl to 1800 masl, and from post III the track is more challenging. Which is known as the hill of regret to Pelawangan Sembalun which is 2639 meters above sea level.
Along the Sembalun route, savanna forests are dominated by savanna from the entrance gate to the Mount Rinjani National Park area to Post III. Meanwhile, from post III to the summit campsite (Plawangan Sembalun), there are savanna and cypress forests.
Unlike the Sembalun route, the Senaru route is more challenging and tiring where you start the ascent from the gate which is 601 meters above sea level to 2641 meters above sea level. In terms of numbers, the Senaru route is steeper than the Sembalun route. In contrast to the Sembalun route, which passes through most of the Savanna Forests. The Senaru route is dominated by dense timber forests from the boundaries of the National Park Area to post III. Walk 500 meters from post III to Pelawangan consisting of savanna and fir forests.
Both the Sembalun and Senaru routes down to the lake are relatively the same, namely the tracks are both steep and rocky, so you have to be extra careful when passing through these two routes.
How long does it take to climb Mt Rinjani?
Trekking to Mount Rinjani usually takes 2 to 4 days and is required to use a company engaged in official tour operator services registered at the Mount Rinjani National Park Hall.
We from the Lombok Green Nature company provide all your travel needs starting from professional mountain guides, porters transporting goods as well as cooks during your adventure exploring Rinjani. Not only that, shuttle transportation and climbing equipment are also provided by the company.
Use services of a tour operator because the route along the journey in the Mount Rinjani is quite dangerous. Many of the paths are steep and steep, especially at certain points.
When is Mount Rinjani open?
In general, trekking to Mount Rinjani usually closes in early January and opens in early April every year. The closure was carried out because the weather was unfriendly, namely the intensity of the rain was very high and efforts were made to conserve the area.
The best time to climb Mount Rijani is from April to June. At that time, the weather was still cool and the nature around it was still green even though it usually rains in April. Meanwhile, starting in July-October the weather began to heat up and along the hiking trail it started to get dusty.
The peak of the high number of visits to Mount Rinjani both foreign tourists and domestic tourists is also between July, August, September and October.
Especially for domestic tourists, it is usually crowded in August on the Long holiday to celebrate the independence day of the Republic of Indonesia on August 17. Event centers are located at several points at Pelawangan Sembalun, the peak of Mount Rinjani and at Segara Anak lake.
Meanwhile, for now it is not possible to travel to Lake Segara Anak through the Senaru gate because the descending path starting from Pelawangan has a landslide so that it cannot be passed. Thus climbing through the Senaru gate can only reach Pelawangan.
For tourists who want to visit Segara Anak lake, they must pass the Sembalun climbing route which is relatively still possible and good to pass. Then you have to go back through the same route considering that the path to the Senaru field is completely covered by landslides.
What to bring to climb Rinjani?
Camping equipment such as tents, mattresses, sleeping bags are included in the packages we provide. However, there are some important items that you must bring yourself, such as head lamps, warm jackets, trekking shoes, trousers, shorts and sandals. Which are also very important to use when visiting hot springs near the Segara Anak lake area.
If you have a history of special allergies such as allergies to flowers and other plants. It is advisable to bring your own medicine.We only provide certain medicines such as first aid, fever and stomach aches that can be used without a doctor's prescription.
Don't forget to also bring a raincoat when climbing in April and May. For other personal needs such as clothes and others. Bring enough and what is important according to the list of needs during the climb.
Don't forget to bring a camera or cellphone to capture the journey and nature of Mount Rinjani.
Food needs, water, snacks, soft drinks and fruit are provided by the company. You may bring your own food so that it is not too heavy.
Before leaving for the climb, you will be given a large bottle of water as a necessity on the trip.
Royal and team are very experienced and customer-oriented. They will go the extra mile to make you feel safe and satisfied. I would definitely plan my climb up Mount Rinjani when the time comes!
Justin Soh


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My host family are very good people and demonstrated genuine interest in making my stay convenient, as well as simply having me present. The apartment complex is nice, comfortable, and felt pretty secure. I can't think of anything that it lacked, even for a longer stay like mine (~11 weeks).
It was my second time visiting Korea, so there were not a large number of learning experiences for me, but participating in their home life occasionally and frequently interacting with them and their friends gave me a feel for the more authentic and daily life of a Korean. They also generously offered to take me with them in various trips to the coast on the weekend, but I declined in favor of hanging out with friends.
I found the service generally very good. As we mentioned in our meeting, the website is not perfect, and the exact process by which someone needs to request a homestay family is not entirely clear. However, these are not obstacles to using the service in my opinion.


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06: Cruising: The Caribbean
Speed Tourism
It's the latest trend, created by and us and practiced probably only by us: Speed Tourism. Because you can't see everything and some things require less time than others.
10:15am – snorkel
11:35am – praise Stéphane for the amazing photos he took atop the crumbling walls of the lighthouse.
noon – back in boats and off to St. Thomas


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Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Mirleft By Barnaby Goode///// firstname.lastname@example.com//// www.barnabygoode.tumblr.com/ This is a photographic essay about a small town in Morocco. As presented in this zine, the landscape in this area appears barren and unforgiving. The photos of empty dirt roads, lawn-less yards, and flat concrete buildings in various states of disrepair with a smattering of people and livestock scattered about are reminiscent of some generic Mexican village in an old western movie. The people look to live simple, dedicated lives. This is the impression I got from viewing these photos and knowing nothing about this town previously. Because I'm naturally curious about everything, I looked Mirleft up online after viewing this, and it's actually a strikingly beautiful coastal resort town surrounded by absolutely stunning beaches. That's the beauty of this essay and perhaps art in general; the idea of perspective and how it varies so much from person to person in everything. This is one person's perspective as documented through his camera. I'm not sure I did the essay justice by utilizing 21st century technology to investigate that perspective further. Regardless, Mirleft is a truly wonderful photographic series, that transforms this small village, which is surely a tourist destination full of all the dirty deficiencies and shortcomings of those types of places, into a place with a pulse, a living breathing community of steadfast residents eking out a living in a desert climate with an incredible beach.
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