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(a) If any licensed person is convicted of violating any of the provisions of this title, or of chapters 6, 10, 34, or 45 of title 11, or §§ 11-2-1, 11-9-13, 11-9-15, 11-11-5, 11-18-2 11-18-4, 11-20-1, 11-20-2, 11-23-4, 11-30-1 11-30-11, 11-31-1 or 11-37-2 11-37-4, or pleads guilty or nolo contendere to any complaint or indictment under any of these provisions, or if his or her license is revoked, his or her bond shall be put in suit by the town or city treasurer of the city or town where the bond is given, and by due process of law, the penal sum of the bond shall be recovered for the use of the town or city.
(b) If any licensed person permits the house or place where he or she is licensed to sell beverages under the provisions of this title to become disorderly as to annoy and disturb the persons inhabiting or residing in the neighborhood, or permits any gambling or unlawful gaming to be carried on in the neighborhood, or permits any of the laws of this state to be violated in the neighborhood, in addition to any punishment or penalties that may be prescribed by statute for that offense, he or she may be summoned before the board, body, or official that issued his or her license and before the department, when he or she and the witnesses for and against him or her may be heard. If it appears to the satisfaction of the board, body, or official hearing the charges that the licensee has violated any of the provisions of this title or has permitted any of the things listed in this section, then the board, body, or official may suspend or revoke the license or enter another order.
(c) In case the license is revoked, the licensed person after the revocation shall cease to have any authority under the license and shall be disqualified from holding any of the licenses provided for in this title for a period of five (5) years following the revocation.
(d) The revocation of a license shall not interfere with, or prejudice the right of, recovery upon the licensee's bond for the full amount of the bond.
(P.L. 1933, ch. 2013, § 30; G.L. 1938, ch. 163, § 10; P.L. 1948, ch. 2124, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 3-5-23; P.L. 1987, ch. 78, § 10; P.L. 1996, ch. 100, art. 36, § 7; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 3; P.L. 2016, ch. 512, art. 2, § 42.)


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After collecting lots of shells and drift wood at the beach last weekend I brought them into Kindergarten, printed off some images of shells and as a small group I discussed with the children what we could do with all these beautiful natural resources. There were some great conversations, lots of listening to others ideas and opinions but in the end it was a unanimous decision – we were to make a shell wind chime.
Sorting and classifying the shells by shape and size.
We had a plan to work to, but we still had to do a great deal of problem solving and planning as a group. Our first problem occurred when the wood was much to hard for us to drill in a hole for the string to fit through. Plan 'b' was to make a hole by hammering in a nail and then pulling it out, this was unsuccessful too! Our children are very resourceful however and decided that plan 'c' should be using one of their favourite tools, the hot glue guns. This worked a treat; we wrapped the string around the wood several times, and then glued it into place – great thinking.
Plan 'a' - unsuccessful.
Plan 'c' - success!
Next we all patiently started looping, threading or tying the shells onto the string – different children had different techniques which all worked really well. This kind of intricate and detailed work is fantastic for improving our dexterity and for strengthening the small muscles in the hands and fingers (fine motor skills).
Encouraging the awareness of the natural resources in the area.
As we worked we looked carefully at the shells and talked about about their shape, texture, colours, the sea and the beach. All the shells I collected had holes through the middle – how were these holes made I wondered out loud to the children? Aimee told me, "They look like rings, jewels for the beach".
Experimenting with ideas and materials helps develop creative confidence.
Finally it was finished and ready to hang. All the children wanted it outside so they would be able to hear the wind moving the shells and the gentle noise they make. I think it looks fabulous – well done everyone!
Dihansa, "It's so beautiful"
Jivahn, "I like those shells. I love it!"


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Grocery shopping doesn't have to bust your wallet. You can still eat healthy and save money on groceries. Some will tell you that you'll need to use coupons to save cash (not true!) Or the hype that tells you organic and healthy foods are so much more expensive. That's certainly not true either! With 6 to feed in my family and only one full-time income, these are tried and tested money-saving tips. Here are my 10 practical ways we save money on our groceries.
Save Money on Groceries (and Still Eat Healthy!)
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Don't Use Coupons (with One Exception)
I used to spend hours each week clipping coupons from the newspaper mailers and driving around to several different stores to redeem. So much work! Sure there were some times where I'd get a great deal (25 cent tube of toothpaste! 75 cent box of cereal!) however those really great deals weren't the norm. Most of the time I was purchasing things I didn't need just because I had a coupon.
I remember looking in my storage cabinet and bemoaning that I didn't have any more space because it was already stuffed full of about 5 years worth of deodorant, mouthwash, hair conditioner and macaroni and cheese! And my kids didn't need to be eating all that sugary cereal, whether I got it on sale or paid full price.
Here's my one exception to using coupons: If you flip through the mailer and see something there that you already use and plan on purchasing in the near future, then by all means clip and use the coupon.
If you can save 50 cents off your favorite brand of pasta then yes, you should definitely use the coupon. But if you find that you're making purchasing just because you have the coupon, it's time to step away from the mailers.
Make a Price List
It can be hard to remember which store has the best prices on the top 20 things you purchase each visit so I recommend creating a price list. Jot down the price on your list next time you're at the store so you'll know which store has the best price on bananas, peanut butter and milk, etc.
Our local Sprouts has the best prices on fruits, veggies and dry bulk bin items but prices for dairy and cereal are considerably higher. Keep track so you'll know where to shop for certain items and aren't spending more than you have to.
Recipe for Cast Iron Skillet Cornbread
Don't Shop at the Grocery Store
Grocery stores notoriously mark up the price of certain "convenience" items that you might pick up when you're there grabbing fruit and veggies. Items in the health and beauty department are usually at a higher price than somewhere like Target or Walmart.
But I've found that other items can have a higher cost at the grocery as well. Things like canned tomatoes, pasta and cereal are often found cheaper at Target. You might find that your options are limited at the "big box" stores but that might not matter if you always purchase the same brand.
Shopping Apps
Certain grocery stores have special shopping apps that you can pull up on your smart phone before checkout to save you a few bucks. I personally use Cartwheel when at Target, Shopkick at many locations in my area (just open the app at the front door), and Ebates when I'm shopping online. I've received gift cards and cash just by using these apps and it doesn't take me more than a minute or two.
And of course, if I'm shopping at Target I use my Target Red Card (debit) to save me 5% off my total purchases!
Buy in Bulk
Yep, we're Costco shoppers and buying in bulk is definitely one way we save money on groceries for our big family. But don't load up that enormous shopping cart just yet. You'll need to make sure you can get through that 5 lb bag of mixed greens before it goes bad! And do you really need a giant tub of coconut oil? Knowing how much your family can eat and balancing that with the product's expiration date is a must-do before bulk buying.
Dry goods in bulk bins that you scoop and weigh yourself can give you a great deal. Just be sure to compare the weight per pound of the bulk bin versus purchasing the item prepackaged. A 1 lb bag of beans may run me about $1.25 but only 75 cents a pound if I scoop it from the dry goods bin. Consider purchasing your own oats, flour, sugars, beans, lentils and nuts from the bulk bins and storing them in your own containers at home.
Price Per Ounce
I can't tell you how many times I've looked at the price per ounce listed on the shelf label and noticed that it's actually more cost effective to buy the product in a small size. See, groceries often "trick" you into thinking the bulk size is more economical! So be sure to check out the price per ounce (or pound, or whatever) to make sure it's really the best bargain.
Hidden Tip: Foods like pizza are cheap and easier than you think to make at home. Skip the frozen box pizza and make a quick dough, smear with pasta sauce and top with a few slices of mozzarella. For just over $1.00, I made this pizza for lunch in about 15 minutes! What other foods are you buying that you could be making yourself for pennies on the dollar?
Go Shopping More Often
What was the last item you had in the fridge that went bad before you had the chance to eat it? You might be purchasing too much upfront and then it spoils before you can cook it. Certain foods move quickly through my house, like onions, bananas, garlic and apples so I can purchase them in large quantities. But we can never seem to eat enough of the giant bag of spinach before it starts to smell funny.
Rather than bulk buying some items, we purchase smaller amounts and shop more frequently. We might spend a bit more on our greens upfront but if we aren't tossing out half the package when they're slimy, then we're probably making out better on the cost in the end.
Pricing Organic VS Non-Organic
If you usually avoid organic foods as a rule because you believe they are more costly, take a look again because that's not necessarily so. Yes, for sure there are some products that are more costly than others because they are organic but not always. At our local Sprouts, many of the organic fresh veggies are cheaper in cost than their non-organic versions! Some canned goods (like beans and tomatoes) are similarly priced organic versus non-organic.
Isn't that a gorgeous loaf? Bake your own artisan bread with the book, The New Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: The Discovery That Revolutionizes Home Baking. The beauty of making it yourself is that you know what ingredients you're adding!
Shop the Outside Aisles
Visualize your grocery store. Generally stores are designed with produce, meats, grains and dairy on the outside aisles and canned and processed foods in the middle. Gone are the days when I purchased pre-seasoned rice and pasta mixes. Commercials will have you think that you're saving time and money buying these types of products but it's really not that much more time-consuming and definitely not more expensive to cook your own rice and add your own seasonings.
By avoiding processed foods, you'll not only save yourself money but save your health from excessive preservatives, sodium and unpronounceable ingredients. Think about the foods you've been purchasing in the middle aisles of the grocery and how you could prepare them yourself instead.
Avoid Boxes & Bags
I'm working towards feeding my family more "real food". By following Lisa Leakes' book 100 Days of Real Food. I'm aiming to choose foods that have 5 or less of the "approved" ingredients. That means a lot of items that come in boxes and bags are off-limits. Avoiding foods that come packaged in boxes and bags (unless they follow the 5 approved ingredients or less) will save you money and help your health as well.
What are the ways YOU save money on groceries? I'd love to hear your tips…share them in the comments!


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Call me Scrooge, but I'm not the biggest fan of Christmas. Something about its scale just seems to odd, in a country that is hardly religious anymore. That said, I do love the whole 'warmth' of it; the pretty lights, the indulgent food and coming back home from uni (and literally being warm, of course - I've never appreciated heating so much).
Just thought I'd write a short post to share some of my Christmas snaps, which I hope get across that certain Christmassy 'je ne sais quoi'. Including one of my old piano duet books, complete with instructions on which finger to use - cute!
Anyway, I hope everyone is having a lovely Christmas and that school/uni/work isn't getting in the way of having a good time!


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Monday, February 24, 2014
One Room Challenge Now - My Kitchen
This Wednesday, February 26, Linda at Calling It Home is having a One Room Challenge Now linking party with all all the participants of the past One Room Challenges invited to show our rooms as they look today. Likely many of us have made changes to our rooms since the reveals. As I have participated in three challenges, I thought I would do posts today, Tuesday, and Wednesday on my three rooms now.
For my first One Room Challenge, I chose my kitchen. You can follow the entire process here and see the final reveal here. The pictures you see here were taken this Christmas with the room decked out for the holidays. I love what I did with my kitchen. I broke lots of kitchen "decorating rules" in the process like -
*a dramatic crystal chandelier in a room with eight foot ceilings
*a gallery wall
*lots of pink
*lots of Chinoiserie
*high end fabrics like Quadrille and Brunschwig & Fils
*and I adore it - I smile every time I walk in
The only big change in this room is the new refrigerator. The space would only allow my replacing my old smallish refrigerator with a new small refrigerator, but I don't cook, so it's just fine. There's more than enough room for wine and Perrier.
The accessories on the breakfast counter are always changing for holidays or depending on my mood.
Tomorrow we will be looking at my One Room Challenge powder room as it looks today.
16 comments:
- Vikki said...
I have a similar barstool and would like to know how you reupholstered the seat. Love the fabric and your different decorative touches. Pretty kitchen.
- February 24, 2014 at 10:52 AM
- Linda {Calling it Home} said...
This kitchen makes me smile, too. Thanks for the mention, I am excited to see all the rooms now. Because of you, I purchased one of those Nespresso Frother's...and I love it.
- February 24, 2014 at 11:14 AM
- home before dark said...
Love your nerve and your verve, but I knew in my cook's heart a person who loves to cook did not live here. Although you may not be like my neighbor who kept her magazines in her oven to keep her reading space with a sink nice and tidy. I say go and do what makes you happy. Still love the art gallery and the happy pinks.
- February 24, 2014 at 11:21 AM
- The Pink Pagoda said...
Your kitchen makes me happy too!
- February 24, 2014 at 11:59 AM
- Andrea said...
Such a happy kitchen, Beth! I love it!!
The Glam Pad
- February 24, 2014 at 1:43 PM
- Kristen @ Pursuing Vintage said...
So fun! I love all of your accessories and accents!
- February 24, 2014 at 8:42 PM
- Terry Dierschke said...
Beth, love your ORC kitchen how it looks now. Would you please give the shopping info. for the monkey "Things to Note" on your kitchen island. I love them and would like to order several sets for gifts. Thank you so very much!
- February 24, 2014 at 11:54 PM
- Teresa Hatfield ~ Splendid Sass said...
The kitchen looks fabulous, and I am in love with the pink nutcrackers!
- February 25, 2014 at 11:32 AM
- Nancy {at} powellbrower at home said...
You have an amazing accessories collection and I love that chandelier! Its a lovely space. xo Nancy
- February 26, 2014 at 6:21 AM
- mrs. V | Chez V said...
I'll come over and cook for you all the live long day just so I can hang out in that beautiful space. Still love it!
- February 26, 2014 at 7:42 AM
- StagerLinda said...
It is a happy place! That chandelier is de bomb!
- February 26, 2014 at 9:44 AM
- Vel Criste said...
Still looks wonderful as before! Truly love the pops of pink all around!
- February 26, 2014 at 10:04 AM
- House of Pemberley said...
Beth, I absolutely adore your kitchen. It is so wonderful and unmistakably you! :)
- February 26, 2014 at 5:51 PM
- stephanie at Stephanie Kraus Designs said...
This is the happiest kitchen I have ever seen with all that pink -- love that crystal lighting piece where did you get?
- February 26, 2014 at 8:38 PM
- Sanghamitra Bhattacherjee(Mukherjee) said...
What a beautiful kitchen! Love that
Thanks for sharing.
Hope to see you on my blog:)
- February 26, 2014 at 9:08 PM
- kate@willowinteriors said...
Okay, repetitive of everyone one else, but happy is definitely the word that applies here! Or course you can't go wrong w/blue and white (love that lamp) and is that tiny garden stool i spy?? Adorable! Love the pink nutcrackers for christmas!
- February 27, 2014 at 4:16 PM


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I can't remember what the trigger was, but the other day I was reminded of a highschool history teacher of mine, who had a very peculiar tactic for managing anger at the class. (Coincidentally and tangentially, Izzlepfaff! has a humorous look at some gradeschool memories today)
So, this teacher was known to be one of the toughest, strictest and scariest history teachers in the school.
His classroom was the very last one, at the end of hallway, automatically giving him a few more scary points. The first day of his class, he would stand behind his podium (he was one of the few teachers who used a podium) and he would give an almost non-stop, rousing lecture, punctuated occsionally by the slamming of his heavy ring down on the wooden podium. This was incredibly effective at immediately waking you up if you ever even started to think about dozing off. Also, on the first day of class, he would explain the little toy truck that sits on his desk.
The little toy truck represented his patience. Whenever the class' misbehavior began to upset him, he would slowly walk over to his desk and push the truck forward a few inches. On the first day, he always warned, "don't ever let the truck reach the edge of the desk."
One day, the class was working on quiet individual assignments and the teacher was at his desk. A couple kids were whispering when they shouldn't have and suddenly we all heard the teacher loudly clear his throat to get our attention. We looked toward his desk, where we saw him put two fingers on the truck and slowly move it forward a couple inches. Somebody giggled at this, which caused him to again move the truck forward. Just as he took his hand away, another giggle or whisper burst out. This time, after moving the truck again, he did not take his hand off, and just stared down at it. Again, someone had the nerve to whisper about what was going on and thus the vicious cycle had started. As people's giggling compounded, the teacher began moving the truck in a slow continuous path right up to the edge of the desk. When it reached the edge, a few people "ssshhh"-ed the noise down and the room was silent. The teacher pulled his finger back and with one last push, sent the truck off the edge of his desk. We all sat there in silence, and so did the teacher. But nothing happened. We sent the truck of patience over the edge and that was it. We sat for the remainder of the class period, in silence, and so did he.
We were the first class to do this? Did he not have a plan for when the truck actually made it off the edge? Maybe he knew the psychology of the truck/teacher/student dynamics would get us to all shut up once the truck fell. Maybe he was just a cool history teacher.


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This is a bustling street right in the centre of Manhattan, a few blocks away from Times Square. Its nearest subway stops are Herald Square and Penn Station. I found this amazing site where you can see the full directory of all the shops on the street, including their addresses! But these ones listed below might be the ones you're looking for, presuming you're a young woman. Oh, and in that case, the three-storey Victoria's Secret store will also be a must see even if you aren't going to buy anything in there! The world's largest Macy's store is something you shouldn't forget to check out if you step in New York. Especially before Christmas the little decorations and jolly lights in the showcases are just dazzling.
It was funny how we only had about one hour until our departure to the airport and I realized I had only seen Macy's from the outside! Off we went to the crowded undergr- I mean subway and so we were moving forward slow but steady. Apparently there was a track construction ahead, which was slowing down our speed significantly. Just our luck! I already thought we wouldn't make it to Macy's and back at time. We did get to the store and I even bought a pair of shoes because they felt amazing even though they had heels. Must have been one of the most random things during our trip. Well, at least visiting Macy's for the last time wasn't in vain.


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Indeed, for all the critics, bashers, and second-guessers who have spent a decade or more congratulating each other on their complete and utter inability to ferret anything of substance or depth out of the prequel trilogy, a book revealing all the themes, motifs, symbols, and philosophies contained within it is probably one of the blackest heresies imaginable …
To begin with, Lucas himself very clearly delineates between two types of criticism. The first is scholarly, studied, and refined; the latter is mostly personal opinion and knee jerk reaction. More often than not, Star Wars has been subjected to the latter – especially the prequels – while Lucas tellingly identifies the former as the most important. As we will see, this is where Star Wars really lives and breathes.
For another, the format of the films practically demands scholarly interpretation. As much as Star Wars was influenced by the matinee serials and space opera comic strips that Lucas devoured as a child, it is also heavily based on mythology, owing a particular debt to the works of one scholar.
This connection has been documented to the point of cliché, so much so that it is difficult to read an article or editorial about that galaxy far, far away without said connection being pointed out. If the journalist or reporter in question has done any homework whatsoever, he may toss the name "Joseph Campbell" around. If he is even more well-versed on the subject, he might even mention the "Hero's Journey," Campbell's oft-quoted phrase that refers to the sequence of events the archetypal characters of myth eternally enact.
While all these connections are accurate, it's rare that they are ever pushed any further, or that their implications are deeply explored. Everyone has heard a thousand times how George Lucas created Star Wars to fill the void left by the absence of modern myth. Everyone likewise knows he consulted the classic book by famed mythologist Joseph Campbell, The Hero With a Thousand Faces. Those paying closer attention realize that Campbell and Lucas enjoyed their own master and padawan relationship, with Bill Moyers' hit PBS series The Power of Myth even being filmed at Skywalker Ranch.
Still, Joseph Campbell's work in comparative mythology encompassed far more than tracing the similar threads that mythic heroes followed. Its implications for how we view Star Wars are likewise far more reaching than simply drawing comparisons between the Skywalkers and various characters out of Greek or Arthurian legend. Perhaps Campbell's finest contribution to the understanding of myth and religion was his insight that such things were poetry, not prose, and should be read accordingly.
Campbell felt that to interpret the epic stories of East and West alike as ancient newspaper reports chronicling long ago events was to miss the point entirely. Throughout The Power of Myth series, he led the conversation back again and again to the idea that the fantastic language of myth is the language of poetry, a language evoking inner dramas and mysteries rather than outlining outer realities and history. For Campbell, myth was almost synonymous with metaphor, a vocabulary of symbols and images pointing to a living experience perpetually playing out in the collective unconscious of every human mind.
When Star Wars is read as poetry rather than prose, the saga has a remarkable tendency to open up into something far richer and more profound than usual. One of the classic examples I like to use is the scene from Episode II: Attack of the Clones when Anakin Skywalker is searching for his mother who has been captured by Tusken Raiders on Tatooine, and he is framed on the side of a cliff overlooking their encampment. Crouching against the backdrop of a night sky filled with stars, he suddenly dives down to the desert below, his black cloak billowing in the wind. Moments later he will be consumed by the dark side, as his mother dies in his arms and he slaughters the Tusken Raiders in a blind rage.
The poetic imagery is ripe for anyone familiar with the Western tradition. In one brief scene, Lucas shows us Anakin – potentially the Jedi Knight who will shine the brightest – literally and figuratively falling out of heaven.
Entire dimensions of new meaning can be teased out of Star Wars by reading it like this, by taking this "first step into a larger world," as Obi-Wan Kenobi said in Episode IV: A New Hope. This isn't as revolutionary as it might seem. As Campbell pointed out, poetry is a language that has to be "penetrated," because it offers "implications and suggestions that go past the words themselves." A competent poet uses his verse to echo beyond itself, doing in words what a painter does when he uses a vanishing point to give the illusion of three dimensions on what is really a flat surface.
Too many critics dismiss Star Wars without taking this step, and so never come to terms with everything the saga has to offer. This is equally true of a lot of things in the Western cultural canon, particularly poetry. Despite modern resistance to verse, however, it really is the language humanity has been speaking since the dawn of civilization.
Myth has almost always been expressed in poetry, dating back to Gilgamesh, the Mesopotamian epic credited as the world's first story. When Homer told the story of the Trojan War and its aftermath, poetry was his vehicle of choice, and that's true of his imitator Virgil as well when he spun his tale of Rome's founding. Our own English tongue produced its original Beowulf in the verse of an unknown bard. This is to say nothing of Dante and Milton who, like Lucas, told their own myths of love and war, fall and redemption.
Regardless of criticisms of Lucas' writing, it seems only logical that if Star Wars is going to be regarded as modern myth, which everyone seems eager to do, it's only half a step away from being regarded as poetry. This isn't therefore a book arguing about the prequels' execution, as much as their intent and style.
It seems relevant to point out that Lucas himself identified with this kind of analysis on a great DVD documentary. While in preproduction for The Phantom Menace at Skywalker Ranch, he informed his film crew that young Anakin's destruction of the Trade Federation ship is purposefully juxtaposed with his son Luke's direct hit on the Death Star. "It's like poetry, they rhyme," Lucas explains, saying of the films that "every stanza kind of rhymes with the last one." This nicely demonstrates that the archetypal beats and mythic rhythms of Star Wars are intentional, particularly the parallel images that mirror what has or will happen between one trilogy and the next.
In The Two Hands of God, philosopher Alan Watts offers one of the best interpretations of myth that I've ever heard: "The point is, I think, that myth is to be distinguished from religion, science, and philosophy because it consists always of concrete images, appealing to imagination, and serving in one way or another to reveal or explain the mysteries of life. Yet there is a sense in which both the poetic and the mythic image at once reveal and conceal. The meaning is divined rather than defined, implicit rather than explicit, suggested rather than stated."
To again put this into a Star Wars context, its like when Obi-Wan tells Luke about his father's fate in A New Hope. When he remarks that Vader "betrayed and murdered" his father, he was of course speaking poetically. During the conversation on Dagobah in Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, he makes the metaphor explicit by admitting that when Anakin adopted the mantle of Darth Vader, the good man who was Anakin was "destroyed." The literal-minded Luke clearly didn't get the memo that he was in an epic poem, hence the shock of the "I am your father" proclamation.
In other words, Star Wars really calls for a certain creative interaction, an imaginative interpretation, with and from its audience. This book is meant to establish that foundation as something both relevant and fascinating.


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When I was in Berlin, I couldn't help but notice this amazing electric scooter company. It is different than a regular electric scooter, because the battery is totally portable. It charges easily and you can charge it wherever you want. That's right, you don't need to find one of those weird charging parking spots or garages, you can drive and till your battery is dead, and then you can plug your battery in it any power outlet. You don't need some charging station to recharge your unit, you take the Innovative battery out of your unit and then you can charge it anywhere. You can charge it at your home, it only takes a few hours to get fully charged, or you can charge it even at a coffee shop or something if you must. It is not hard to carry around. The battery is not very large, and it only weighs 9 kilograms. It is totally portable, which is amazing. It also is powerful enough that there needs to be no oil or gas used in the system. That's right, there's absolutely no fuels other than the electricity, and there are no fumes at all. That means you can drive around your hometown and not spread any pollutants. I think that this is an amazing option. Personally, I don't know what else to say to encapsulate the immense amount of excitement and I feel about this product, I think it's absolutely amazing. Head to the site to check it out: https://unumotors.com/de/, I bet you will be as impressed as I am!


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So you are walking around the city of Saint Petersburg after you visited Grand Maket and all of the sudden you see an image that you think you saw on a puzzle before. I was looking around because I do that.
I am not sure if we were walking to a station, or waiting for a bus, or what the circumstances were. The poster behind the lady all trimmed in furs, was very intriguing to me. What is it advertising, I don't know. It seems like one of those Cirque du Soliel esque programs. It was in town during 2/8-24 so there was a possibility we could have gone to it. It had interesting characters on the poster, the puppet master guy, the protagonist, the love interest.
Then I noticed the Moscow gate, which I didn't know exactly what it was or why it's in this location. Underneath, or around the gate runs a street trolley, taking up the middle of the street. Most of the buildings in the photo are residential.
So this was the rare occasion that Loki actually had on tennis shoes. Sergey has jeans on, but would wear fleece "long underwear" under the pants. Sergey normally didn't wear gloves, Larisa doesn't have gloves on and Loki has his hands tucked into his jacket.
This was the trolley that runs in the middle of the road. Not this particular section, but other sections of trolley, drivers will drive on the trolley path north or south to get around cars etc. Also yes, that's a Carls Jr over there to the left of the screen. Everything above the Carls Jr is residential.
So here is my picturesque view of the Moscow Gate. The cars are driving in three or four lanes, depending on where you can squeeze and what time of day it is. The "billboard" on the bottom in the "shelter" 80000 is in Rubles so that would be about 2600 USD. To the left is a real estate sign. I think they are saying either the price is 1.3 million rubles or thirty thousand dollars. The middle sign is for Gazprom, which is the national oil industry. Gazprom provides natural gas for homes, and gasoline for automobiles. It's been around for 20 years only because it was created post communism collapse. The third sign is a transit sign. Each is different and makes absolutely no sense. If you speak Russian you are good to go.
Oh and the signs constantly flip/change.
This is one of the few subway images I could collect. We had purchased the stroller at this point, but because we were taking the taxi we didn't bring it with us.
Sergey and Larisa frequently "debated" the taxi/subway/ walking conundrum. Generally I preferred the underground or bus transportation because driving on the streets is ridiculously scary.


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Serbia - Election Day
250 seats, 20 political parties, 3 favourites and a democracy that has serious problems in standing on its legs. Those are the ingredients for today's general elections in Serbia, the first after the division from Montenegro. Among the voters also Serbians abroad and from Bosnian Republika Srpska, the region where some of 1990s ethnic cleansing worst chapters were written with Muslim blood.
Voting is expected to be split between President Boris Tadic's Democratic Party (DS), conservative Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica's Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) and alleged war criminal Vojislav Seselj's nationalist SRS.
Belgrade looks like a cyberpunk capital, one of the cities described by Bruce Sterling in Globalhead, where the future stopped in an undefined past.
It used to be the capital of Tito's Yugoslavia, a lively cosmopolitan European city. Yugoslavs could travel everywhere, passing through the iron curtain, then Milosevic came to power and many people in Serbia did not realize what was happening in the rest of what once was a country. War hit Serbia and Belgrade only after the horrors were perpetrated in the other regions and Belgrade suffered mainly for political repression, some economic difficulties and a few bombings – compared to what happened in Bosnia Herzegovina. Ethnic cleansing was dismissed as propaganda and many citizens believed that it was just a way to justify the killings of Serbs.
Diaspora brought the brightest young minds outside the country, in places like South Africa, USA, Western Europe. Some of them remained abroad but most are back in a country where almost everybody has a gun and knows how to use it.
Serbs know that they lost, the bloody dream of a Greater Serbia crashed against a present of poverty. They have no power anymore, and the spotlights are not on them after Slobodan Milosevic's death. Montenegro and Kosovo do not want to be part of Serbia, nationalism is strong and the denial of the crimes committed during 1990s wars is normal, no mea culpa, no requests of forgiveness, nothing. Just a sense of emptiness for the many who were outside the country and now have to live side by side with war criminals and people who are still convinced that Serbs have to be united and rule over the Southern Slavs, no matter how.
The sense of emptiness that burns the stomach and takes life away from bright eyes, that feeling of uselessness, impotence and daily nightmare hidden behind the usual happiness and joie de vivre of Balkan people is a peculiarity of so many that have to face an uncertain present in a post punk capital.
Today Serbs will vote and democratically elect the people that will represent them in the Parliament, some Europeans will check that rules are respected.
Europe is barely concerned about what's going to happen after the elections in a country that is European, but-is-not-but-maybe-should-be-considered-as-such-but-who-knows-and...in-the-end-who-cares?
The chances of a new war seem far away, the only possible solution seems to be the democratization process towards the integration in the European Union. Nobody, though, can take away from my eyes and my skin the images of a trip in the past future, a place where space and time melted in an undefined dimension of suspended dust.
Once I arrived to Belgrade on a bus, another time I entered that city through the magic door of the almost dismissed central station. I was coming from Thessalonica, a night trip on a train that made me realize that Kusturica makes realistic movies, I was going to Timisoara but I stopped in Beograd to say hello to some friends. A song from a non suspect past, the late 1970s, was invading the sound space.
The weather was not that cold, Milosevic died a few days earlier, and the air was metallic. I walked around waiting to meet my friends and waking up from the trip. I bought a pair of sneakers and entered some art galleries full of broken dolls, blood and various horrors. Outside business as usual, happy faces and Balkan happiness, when I met my friends I forgot everything but that metallic feeling remained under my skin as well as the idea that democracy is not necessarily the option the people would democratically choose.


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Online store: Aritzia
Online store: ASOS U.K. & International
Online store: AE Canada
Online store: Zara Canada
Canadian online store: Topshop @ The Bay
UK online store (Canadians can't order off U.S. site): Topshop U.K. & International
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FRIDAY MORNING - - MRI showed that everything is fine. No major damage, just a little swelling from some soft tissue damage from the fall. Great News! She continues to improve, had a shower this morning and has just sent me on an errand for her makeup :)
THURSDAY NIGHT - - Hi, just wanted to touch base with you.. Today (Thursday) was a little challenging . Jamie had a great night and once the morning came she had developed some pain in her lower back and down her hamstrings, which caused her some difficulty doing her therapy. It seems like one step forward and one little step back. But, she charged through the day and was able to do some great therapy even though she was in pain. At 6:00 she was sent down to get an MRI and make sure that there were no significant problems. We are waiting now for the results and are praying it is just some sciatic pain from spending so much time in bed. So, the day prior went great and today was just a little depressing because of the new pain issue, however, we are all optimistic that its a simple fix and that tomorrow will bring great rewards. Please continue to pray. THANK YOU!
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If you haven't planted your okra yet don't worry. You still have plenty of time to get them started and producing before the end of summer. They'll grow nice and healthy as long as you keep them watered. The love the heat.
If you've never tried okra this is the year to do so. You can enjoy them in soups, pickled, fresh, fried or any other way you want to eat them. Being in the south I wouldn't be normal if I didn't like fried okra. You can fry them whole or cut up but either way they're pretty good. You can dip them in ranch dressing if you like or catsup.
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In his native South Africa, science whiz Elon Musk struck his first business deal when he made $500 selling the code for a "Space Invaders"-style video game he invented.
He was 12. It took only another decade or so for him to make some real money: By age 23 Musk had his first significant company in Web software maker Zip2. He banked $22 million when he sold it in 1999 to Compaq Computer.
And last year, he pocketed about $150 million in EBay Inc. shares when the Internet auction giant acquired PayPal, the online payment firm he co-founded three years earlier in Silicon Valley.
Now, the tall, soft-spoken Musk is on to his third major venture, risking much of his fortune -- along with his reputation as an entrepreneur with a golden touch -- by setting his sights once again on space. But this time it's no game.


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It's good to end a climbing trip with some business still unfinished. It gives one the excuse to dream, to train, and to go back. Where the spray cave behind Helmcken Falls is concerned, given its potential for serious fun, it's hard to see how one could ever tie up all loose ends. All the same, walking out of the canyon at the end of my first visit there, I could have definitely used another day - or three.
Take the enduro pitch of Wolverine for example: only a few metres left of Spray On, but without the kneebars, stems and solid ice of the latter, it felt noticeably harder. As I watched Klem Premerl and Tim Emmett figure out intricate, powerful sequences through the initial roof, I didn't think I would stand much of a chance on it. But after an afternoon of trying out the tool matches, stein pulls and deadpoints for myself, the wolverine turned into more of a honey badger: still nasty but not completely unreasonable. And so when on our last morning in the cave, before the ass-numbing drive back home, I pulled through the roof on my first redpoint go, I though I had it in the bag. I should have known better. All around me giant ice feathers ominously dripped in the humid warmth, and thin ice turned to mush. Already on easier ground, with just a few moves to go to fat ice, a placement ripped and I was off. So was a big icicle somewhere, except it made a lot more noise as it crashed to the ground, a reminder that the cave is not a good place to be when temps rise above freezing. But I could not leave now that I was so close. On my second try, when another placement ripped ejecting me once again within spitting distance of good ice, my screams of frustration drowned out the sounds of collapsing ice. Now it was really time to get the hell out.
Outrageously fun as spray ice climbing is, I doubt I would have returned just for a one-pitch test piece. But in the meantime Klem and Tim had completed Spray On Top, a multi-pitch adventure all the way to the canyon rim. Before seeing the cave for myself I might have been able to shrug off Tim's enthusiastic emails as so much hyperbole. But now I knew better. His talk of hanging daggers, wild moves and pitch after pitch of overhanging mixed climbing had me scanning the forecast for Wells Gray Provincial Park daily, hoping for cold temps. With highs just above freezing, I managed to convince Jerome Yerly (and - at least partly - myself) that another nine-hour one-way drive was worth it. Still, descending into the canyon on our first morning, my first thought was that we drove all that way for nothing. Where before all was ice and rime, now only bare, black rock remained. Fortunately closer inspection revealed that while a lot of ice had certainly disappeared, there was - hopefully - enough left to climb.
Helmcken Falls seen from the tourist viewpoint. Spray On and Wolverine climb the iced up wall behind the waterfall; Spray On Top finishes up the rock to the right of the waterfall. Photo: Jerome Yerly.
Climbing in the Helmcken cave is a weird mixture of sport and alpine climbing - like carefully downclimbing an exposed slope with a stick clip on one's pack. Photo: Jerome Yerly.
The Plan
With only a long weekend at our disposal, a good plan was of the essence. On day one we would hang the draws on the bottom pitches of Spray On Top and generally try to remember what spray ice was all about (or in Jerome's case, making his first visit to the cave, try to figure out what it was all about). On day two we would rap in from the top and replace some of the bolts on the last two pitches (running out of proper hardware, and without a climbing shop for hundreds of kilometres around, Klem and Tim had been forced to resort to some sub-standard anchors near the top). Then, on day three, we would have a go at the whole route.
Day One
That was the plan. But once I found myself on the spray cone behind the waterfall, I could not resist having another go at Wolverine. I knew that getting distracted from the task at hand hurt our chances for a send on Spray On Top, but I have a hard time letting go of unfinished business. My first redpoint attempt of the day was a replay of the earlier ones: getting through the roof crux and having a tool rip on the easier, though still pumpy climbing above. With the ice even thinner than it had been, I did not think there was much point in trying again, and prepared to strip the draws from the route. But Jerome encouraged me to have one last go and I thought, Why the hell not? Perhaps the honey-badger-don't-care attitude was the key, as I managed to find all the good sticks, all the way to the anchor.
The ultimate ice climbing playground? Photo: Jerome Yerly.
Trying to believe the next placement will hold bodyweight on Wolverine. Photo: Jerome Yerly.
Day Two
Exposure is a funny thing. When we start at the bottom of a route, the way we normally do, it builds slowly and we have ample time to get used to it. But rapping over the lip of the cave next to the roaring waterfall, there was no gradual transition. One moment I was standing on flat ground among snow-covered cedars, the next I was dangling over a whole lot of air with the river pounding into a giant crater in the spray cone far below. But I had a job to do, so I tried to put the void below my ass out of my mind, as I swung around trying to spot construction ringbolts and slings cinched down over protruding studs on the overhanging, ice-glazed volcanic rock.
Overhangs of ice-covered vegetation present their own unique challenges. Rappelling into the last pitch of Spray On Top. Photo: Jerome Yerly.
Day Three
The night before trying the complete route I had trouble sleeping for the excitement. As a result in the morning we overslept the alarm, and we downed the usual massive breakfast at the lodge as quickly as our protesting stomachs would allow. The familiar descent into the canyon with its couple of short rappels went quickly, and shortly after eight o'clock we were lacing up our fruit boots at the base. With no time for a proper warmup, we started up.
Finding a creative rest on pitch one of Spray On Top (i.e. more or less the original Spray On). While it is possible to break this long pitch into two (or more!) shorter ones by belaying at some marginal rests, I strongly believe in a ledge-to-ledge approach to free climbing on multi-pitch routes. As a bonus, it makes belaying a lot more comfortable, too. Photo: Jerome Yerly.
Starting pitch two (a.k.a. the Space Invaders' Traverse, Part I). It's funny how relaxing even overhanging ice feels after a nearly horizontal ropelength. The traverse heads for the base of the big dagger. Photo: Jerome Yerly.
Jerome on the second pitch, hanging out over the mini-glacier below...
... and squeezing up an ice chimney below the anchor.
The Space Invaders' Traverse, Part II. With rope drag threatening to pull me off, I broke the traverse into two shorter pitches (at a small ledge, I hasten to add!). And I was glad I did, as the friendly ice blobs soon ran out, giving way to tenuous drytooling. Photo: Jerome Yerly.
Jerome pulling into a small cave below the dagger, swinging into some honest-to-goodness waterfall ice for a change. The spray ice at the top of the first pitch can be seen over his right shoulder.
From the stance below the big dagger we enjoyed a great view into the depths of the devil's punchbowl the Murtle River drops into.
Pitch four was like something out of the Rockies: chossy drytooling to a hanging dagger. Photo: Jerome Yerly.
Positions don't get much better than this. As a bonus, the few metres of vertical ice provided welcome relief from the unrelenting steepness.
While pitch one provides the ice-climbing crux, pitch five supplies the dry-tooling crux. It also requires that one commit to topping out the route, as rappelling from above it would be rather complicated. Photo: Jerome Yerly.
The first half of the pitch five consists of steep but juggy drytooling on chossy rock. Then, within a few moves, the character of the climbing changes. It stays steep, but the rock gets much better and the holds much smaller. I was not good enough to hang on while feeling around for the tiny hooks. Abandoning my on-sighting ambitions, I shamelessly hangdogged my way to the anchor. Unfortunately there wasn't enough time for another go. Next year! Photo: Jerome Yerly.
The overhanging and traversing nature of the climbing means that once you fall off, you are off.
From the top of pitch five two more devious ropelengths remain. In keeping with the character of the route, pitch six traverses more than it ascends. Photo: Jerome Yerly.
The climbing, while no longer intensely physical, becomes mentally engaging, with widely spaced protection. Torquing tools into cracks, hooking unseen edges, swinging into rime the consistency of styrofoam, even placing the only screw on the route: the pitch had my full attention all the way. Photo: Jerome Yerly.
One more to go! Pitch seven begins with some tricky mixed climbing, but quickly turns into a romp to the top, complete with tunnelling through overhangs of iced-up shrubs. Photo: Jerome Yerly.
Helmcken Falls through felling snow from the last belay before the top. Photo: Jerome Yerly.
As the saying goes, close counts only in horseshoes and hand grenades. It most certainly does not count in free climbing. Spray On Top is one of the most unique, varied and fun mixed routes I have ever been on. I will be back next year to climb it properly.


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Paraķso Tropical is a modern-day urban story that takes place in Rio de Janeiro, where Antenor Cavalcanti has his luxurious hotel company headquarters. Despite his vast fortune, Antenor is bitter for not having an heir to his empire. The search for a successor provokes the beginning of a clash between two young and talented executives of his group: Daniel Bastos, a lad of simple origins and excellent character, who is not only handsome and charming, but also intelligent and skilled, and Olavo Novaes, an ambitious and unscrupulous man who is ready to fight for the position, at any cost. To fight against Olavos treacherous plans, Daniel will have the help of the sweet and sensitive Paula, a young lady raised as an only child who founds, on the eve of her mothers death, that she is adopted and has a family. What Paula does not know is that she has an identical twin sister, the wicked Taķs, who is as ambitious and unscrupulous as the man who becomes her main ally, Olavo Novaes.Antenor, for his part, decides on having an heir when he meets the headstrong and honest Lścia, a woman who will make this cold businessman find true love is and a real reason to live. Tropical Paradise is a telenovela that shows the battle between good and evil, with a whimsical glamour and a right dose of humor to win over your audience.
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United Methodist general agencies engage in a variety of research initiatives and data collection that serve the mission and ministry of their program areas and the entire United Methodist Church. Below are links to agencies that make their research findings available through their websites.
General Board of Global Ministries
The Research Office of the General Board of Global Ministries provides data and explanations that help The United Methodist Church keep in touch with the communities among which we live, and the opportunities for mission right outside our sanctuary doors.
General Board of Higher Education and Ministry
At GBHEM, research is conducted on issues important to the work of the board and the denomination on topics affecting United Methodist-related Higher Education and United Methodist ordained ministry. The role of research at GBHEM is to provide empirical evidence for use in decision making, program design, and strategic planning.
General Board of Pension and Health Benefits
The Center for Health, with its dedicated team within the General Board of Pension and Health Benefits, seeks to improve multiple dimensions of health and well-being—physical, emotional, spiritual, social and financial—of clergy and lay workers of The United Methodist Church and their families.
General Commission on The Status And Role of Women
GCSRW engages in research to fulfill its mission, which is to challenge The United Methodist Church at all levels to work for full and equal participation of women in the total life of the denomination, including ordination of women, equal access to policy-making and recognition that Jesus Christ calls men and women alike to salvation, liberation, discipleship and service in church and society.
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handcarved eraser stamp by Eberhard Seifried (Germany). Donation to the TAM Archive 1996.
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The TAM Rubberstamp Archive started in 1983 by sending out the first sheets into the network Ruud knew then, and is now over 35 years old. Still more contributions come in and only rarely the normal public can get a glimpse of what the archive contains. Several documentations about this archive are previously made, and online a large catalogue is available. (You can find an overview of all important details mentioned in previous publications (see also www.iuoma.org).
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Air India Flight Crashes in Mangalore
An Air India flight crashed after overshooting the runway Friday night, killing as many as 160 passengers, airline officials confirmed. Some 165 passengers were aboard the flight, and officials estimate that only six or seven of those aboard survived the crash. After departing from Dubai, the flight crashed during an attempt to land in Mangalore.


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CEPHEID (CPHD) established a new 52-week low yesterday, and could be a company to watch at the open. After opening at $27.48, CEPHEID dropped to $26.22 for a new 52-week low. By the closing bell, the company's stock was at $26.66 a share for a loss of 4.79%.
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Instant Guitarby Tomo Fujita
available from Amazon.com
Learn to play the guitar instantly!
This revolutionary new book will have you jammin' right away. No matter what your level of musical knowledge, this is a simple fun method for students of all ages who want to start playing the guitar. Pop in the accompanying CD and jam with the band in a variety of musical styles, including rock, blues, country, and funk.
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Whether you are learning to play the guitar as your first instrument or adding it to your line-up, this Berklee method is the fastest way to learn the guitar. It will set you well on your way to becoming a highly skilled player.
About the AuthorTomo Fujita
Tomo Fujita earned his degree from Berklee College of Music, where he has been teaching since 1993. He has developed a great reputation as a master private teacher, as well as a crowd-pleasing performer who has shared the stage with the likes of Phil Collins, bassist Darryl Jones (Miles Davis, Sting, Rolling Stones), Ronnie Earl, and Mighty Sam McClain, just to name a few. He has also enjoyed a stint in the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning musical RENT. Tomo tours and teaches clinics annually throughout Japan and is the author of the instructional video, Accelerate Your Guitar Playing (Berklee Press, 2001).
"A handy start-up kit for beginners looking to unleash their inner rock stars. Just add fingers and strings, and voila-instant tasty riffs!"
- Chris O'Byrne, Associate Editor, Guitar One magazine
"This book breaks down guitar playing to the absolute simplest form and gives you the gratification of actually playing music from day one. With this totally logical approach, even people who feel they 'don't have the knack' for playing guitar will find themselves playing and actually understanding in a surprisingly short time."
- Marty Friedman, Solo Artist, Former Lead Guitarist of Megadeth
"Tomo Fujita combines the harmonic complexity of a jazz player with the groove of a funkmeister, all played with the soul of an old bluesman. With Instant Guitar, he translates this knowledge into an easy-to-understand form and creates an instructional guide that will appeal to beginning guitarists. I highly recommend this book."
- Joe Stump, Shred Guitar Master, Assistant Professor, Berklee College of Music
"Incredible! To be able to privately jam with a tight, smokin' band right from the start is truly phenomenal. I wish this book had been around when I first picked up the guitar."
- Scotty Johnson, Guitarist (Paul Gilbert), Assistant Professor, Berklee College of Music
"There are plenty of riffs and funky grooves that beginners can learn. Jamming with the CD is a blast! Anyone can learn to play quickly and competently with this book!"
- Wes Wehmiller, Duran Duran


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Four villagers from Boeung Kak lake were arrested and six were reportedly injured during clashes with municipal police yesterday at a protest at which they demanded that officials hasten the process of granting them land within an onsite relocation area set aside by the government.
Village 22 residents Tep Vanny, 31, Bu Chorvy, 37, and Heng Mom, 55, from Daun Penh district's Srah Chak commune, were arrested yesterday morning after they gathered outside city hall with about 50 other villagers to seek an explanation as to why they had not yet been issued land titles.
Village 24 resident Kong Chantha, 55, was arrested that afternoon.
"I dare to die here if authorities do not provide a proper solution for our people in the Boeung Kak area," Kong Chantha said shortly before her arrest.
Protestors caused a traffic jam on Monivong Boulevard, where police beat and stomped on a number of residents. One woman from village 22 cut her left hand with a razor, while a resident of village 24 tried to swallow pills in attempts to pressure authorities into resolving the issue.
The protest dispersed briefly before forming again outside the French Embassy in the afternoon.
Sia Phearum, secretariat director of the Housing Rights Task Force, said yesterday that six protestors were injured by police during the demonstration and that the arrested villagers were still being detained.
At about 6pm, Tep Vanny told the Post via phone from the police station that she and the other three villagers may be held overnight at the municipal police station.
Municipal police chief Touch Naruth could not be reached for comment yesterday, while deputy police chief Pen Roth declined to comment. Hi Prou, deputy municipal police chief in charge of public order, also declined to comment.
Residents from villages 1, 6, 22 and 24 were initially cut out of a 12.44-hectare onsite relocation area granted by Prime Minister Hun Sen to 746 families facing eviction to make way for a real-estate project being developed by Shukaku Inc, a firm run by ruling party senator Lao Meng Khin.
Last week, municipal officials told village 22 residents that they would begin the land titling process last Wednesday, but residents claimed that officials have not yet begun.
Heng Mom's husband Tong Heng, 67, told the Post yesterday that municipal officials said last Monday they would provide land titles to all villagers, but so far they "did not follow their promise".
Last week, villager Chea Dara reportedly committed suicide amid her despair over what she believed was her pending eviction from the lakeside.
Council of Ministers spokesman Phay Siphan said that it was government policy not to permit violence during peaceful demonstrations, but that he was not aware of the details of what occurred at the protest yesterday.


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Ten rail capacity solutions that don't cost the earth
September 1, 2015 1 Comment
- Introduce more flexible pricing to flatten the peak. Passengers would have greater financial incentives to travel during the 'shoulders' of the peak, or indeed off-peak, thereby making more efficient use of existing infrastructure and rolling stock.
- Phase out government subsidies and price controls so that fare levels better reflect industry costs.
- Convert first class carriages into standard class carriages to accommodate more passengers.
- Introduce high-capacity 'economy class' coaches with more standing room instead of seating (offering lower fare options).
- Lengthen trains by adding more carriages and extending platforms. Double-length trains could even be used on busier sections and then split part-way through the journey.
- Deploy improved signalling technology etc. to reduce the necessary gap between trains.
- Consider using double-decker trains where the engineering costs would not be prohibitive.
- Address bottlenecks by re-engineering junctions: relatively expensive but still much cheaper than building brand-new infrastructure.
- Divert freight onto quieter routes, enhancing loading gauges where necessary. For example, intermodal traffic from Felixstowe to the Midlands and North can be sent via the Ipswich-Nuneaton route rather than the southern West Coast Main Line.
- Allow full vertical integration to end the artificial separation between track and train, and between different franchisees and open-access operators. This would improve the financial incentives to make more efficient use of spare capacity.


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If you love the look of leather but hate the cruelty factor (or price), then the new ethical clothing line (Minus The), coming in from retailer Express, may be for you.
According to PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals):
Animals who are killed for their fur are commonly electrocuted, poisoned, or gassed. Cows who are killed for their skin endure painful mutilations and physical abuse on factory farms and a violent death. Exotic animals fare no better: Snakes have a hose rammed into their mouths and are pumped full of water so that workers can more easily cut off the animals' tightened skin while the animals are still alive. Lambs who are raised for wool endure "mulesing," a painful mutilation in which farmers use gardening shears to cut chunks of flesh from lambs' backsides.
But you don't have to support these methods to get the look.
The leather and shearling coats, dresses, pants, and more are 100 percent synthetic and much better priced than their "real" counterparts.
The coat pictured above is only $99 and there are more:
A shearling coat can cost hundreds (and thousands) of dollars, but the one pictured above is only $148.
At $108, these faux suede shoes are to die for and no animal actually had to do so for you to wear them.
This skirt is $48 and just as sexy as "real" ones.
At $148, these boots are priced comparably to real leather ones, but they are fierce and come replete with good karma, so if you've got the cash, buy these instead.
Would you wear this line?
All images via Express.com


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Friday PM Hot Clicks, March 13, 2015; lovely lady of the day
Offbeat Photos of the Week
From John Daly's lastest fashion statement to a hole's eye view of a golf game, the above gallery is a compilation of the week's most offbeat photos (click here for full-size version). And when you're done with that, check out the wackiest photos of the college basketball season.
Definitive Ranking of Every American Gladiator
I love this piece, though I think Gemini got a raw deal.
NHL Jersey Fouls
The Caps fan with the customized "Man Juice" jersey is my favorite. Speaking of jersey fouls, if it didn't sink in when we mentioned it in Thursday's P.M. Hot Clicks, it bears repeating that the Sabres finally retired their hideous "Turd Burger" jerseys.
P.M. Lovely Lady of the Day
Melanie Clarke is ready for the NCAA Tournament. That kind of dedication earns her LLOD honors (click here for full-size gallery).
Sports Figures and Their Oversized Cell Phones
We searched our photo archives for sports figures using comically large cell phones and the results speak for themselves (though I realize it's hard to stare at anything but Ken Griffey Jr.'s amazing Jheri curl).
The Future of Archery
Meet two-year-old Dolly Shivani Cherukuri, a rising young archer in India who will make an attempt to put her name in the India Book of Records when she tries to record 200 points in five- and seven-meter distances later this month. I'm not sure what that means either but this video made me a Dolly fan.
Old Bolts Become Works of Art
Norway-based artist Tobbe Malm has created a whole new type of art.
Need a Gift For Your Girlfriend/Wife?
My wife is going to love her b-day gift. pic.twitter.com/SBS37FZ6ZV— Jason Gallagher (@jga41agher) March 13, 2015
The Top 1% For Every State
This Made Me Laugh
Otto Porter blocked by the rim. Paul Pierce couldn't believe it.🏀😂http://t.co/Bryau80wjc— NBA SKITS (@NBA_Skits) March 13, 2015
Odds & Ends
Take SI's sports quiz and test your knowledge of this week's events ... Dan Patrick and Josh Elliott are among the rumored replacements for Alex Trebek on Jeopardy ... Photo Gallery: Will Ferrell's Baseball Whirlwind ... Always fun to see a 7-foot-6 center get posterized by someone who is 6-7 ...A 54-year-old man from Corpus Christi set the world record for most pull-ups in a 24-hour period ... This is some serious sportsmanship ... I've never linked to Marie Claire in Hot Clicks before, but it has a good profile on the NBA's first female coach, Becky Hammon ... The Kevin Love situation in Cleveland continues to confuse me ...From the "this is crap" department, a visually-impaired runner may not be able to compete in a mini marathon because she needs to bring a male guide to assist her ...The 101 hottest celebrity Instagram pics of the week ... Eight artists who could sue for Uptown Funk on the same grounds as Blurred Lines ... Pam Anderson has an 18-year-old son. I feel old.
Help Will Smith (the baseball player) Meet Will Smith (the actor)
This is similar to my quest to meet the other Andy Gray.
CHAMPS: The New Boxing Documentary
SI scored an exclusive clip from CHAMPS, which looks at boxing through the lens of Mike Tyson's, Evander Holyfield's and Bernard Hopkins's careers.
Bad Moments in Jeopardy
One of the uglier sequences in the game show's long, illustrious history.
Heavy Metal Drummer
Today's random song I can't get out of my head, courtesy of Wilco. Have a great weekend!