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WWF: Governments Muster Political Will to Protect Sharks at CITES
- Date March 14, 2013
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- In This Press Release
Dr. Carlos Drews, head of WWF's CITES delegation, issued the following statement in reaction to today's historic vote to regulate trade of several species of sharks and manta rays:
"This is a historic moment, where science has prevailed over politics, as sharks and manta rays are being obliterated from our oceans. This decision will put a major dent in the uncontrolled trade in shark meat and fins, which is rapidly destroying populations of these precious animals to feed the growing demand for luxury goods."
"These timely decisions to have trade in sharks and manta rays regulated by CITES show that governments can muster the political will to keep our oceans healthy, securing food and other benefits for generations to come – and we hope to see similar action in the future to protect other commercially exploited and threatened marine species, both at the national and international level."
Governments on Thursday reaffirmed the stronger protections for three species of hammerheads, in addition to porbeagles, oceanic whitetips, and two species of manta rays. The sharks and manta rays were listed on CITES' Appendix II, seeking to regulate their international trade to sustainable levels.
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NEW YORK >> The monkey business is a good business to be in at the box office.
"Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" roared to $73 million on its opening weekend, one of the summer's best debuts, according to studio estimates Sunday. The 20th Century Fox sequel easily surpassed the $54.8 million opening to 2011's "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," the reboot of the fabled chimp franchise.
In a summer heavy on hype but thin on quality, "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" has proven to be one of the few hits that combined both spectacle and substance. Directed by Matt Reeves ("Cloverfield"), the 3-D "Dawn" has drawn enthusiasm from critics and moviegoers alike, particularly for the motion-capture performance by Andy Serkis as the film's lead ape, Caesar. In the film, Caesar's tribe suspiciously encounters a colony of surviving humans on a planet overrun by intelligent apes.
"When you get the kind of reviews we got and the audience actually agrees, it's the kind of rare thing where critics and audiences come together and say this is a great movie," said Chris Aronson, head of distribution at Fox.
A sequel to be directed by Reeves is already in the works to further extend the franchise that first began with 1968's "Planet of the Apes," based on Pierre Boulle's French novel. Four movies followed in the 1970s, as well as a failed 2001 reboot by Tim Burton.
But "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" will easily dwarf previous installments. It added $31.1 million overseas from 26 markets, for a global opening gross of $104.1 million.
"If every summer movie had this kind of release, that would be amazing," said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for box-office tracker Rentrak, praising the film's intelligence, entertainment value and marketing. "It combines all the elements of what a smart summer film should be."
After two weeks on top, the Michael Bay action sequel "Transformers: Age of Extinction" slid to second with $16.5 million. Its three-week domestic total is now $209 million for Paramount. The Melissa McCarthy comedy "Tammy" came in third with $12.9 million. Though bad reviews have dampened the response to McCarthy's latest, the relatively low-budget release has made $57.4 million for Warner Bros. in two weeks.
The big opening for "Dawn" helped give the summer box office a shot in the arm, but it wasn't enough to stop an overall downward trend. The weekend's box office was down nearly 24 percent from the corresponding weekend last year, according to Rentrak. The summer overall is down 20 percent from last year, which was a record season for Hollywood.
The thinness of the summer schedule is a big reason for the drop. Whereas last year had multiple big-budget releases jockeying for position against each other, many weekends this summer have had little blockbuster competition. Last year's same weekend featured the openings of "Grown Ups 2" and "Pacific Rim," in addition to recent holdovers like "Despicable Me 2" and "The Heat."
Instead, the most notable other new release this weekend was Richard Linklater's "Boyhood," an independent film Linklater shot over 12 years to capture the natural aging of his cast. One of the most acclaimed films of the year, the IFC Films release opened in five theaters for a robust $76,000 per-screen average.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Rentrak. Where available, latest international numbers are also included. Final domestic figures will be released on Monday.
1. "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes," $73 million. ($31.1 million international.)
2. "Transformers: Age of Extinction," $16.5 million ($102 million international).
3. "Tammy," $12.9 million.
4. "22 Jump Street," $6.7 million ($6.3 million international).
5. "How to Train Your Dragon 2," $5.9 million ($34.4 million international).
6. "Earth to Echo," $5.5 million.
7. "Deliver Us From Evil," $4.7 million ($1.4 million international).
8. "Maleficent," $4.2 million ($13.4 million international).
9. "Begin Again," $2.9 million ($750,000 international).
10. "Jersey Boys," $2.5 million ($1.8 million international).
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at international theaters (excluding the U.S. and Canada), according to Rentrak:
1. "Transformers: Age of Extinction," $102 million.
2. "How to Train Your Dragon 2," $34.4 million.
3. "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes," $31.1 million.
4. "Maleficent," $13.4 million.
5. "Old Boys: The Way of the Dragon," $12.4 million.
6. "The Breakup Guru," $11 million.
7. "The Fault in Our Stars," $7.8 million.
8. "22 Jump Street," $6.3 million.
9. "The Divine Move," $6 million.
10. "Les Vacances du petit Nicolas," $4.5 million.


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The name "Bart Lagerweij" is well-known among a certain subset of geekdom: He's a very talented programmer who's been developing outstanding free repair and recovery tools for Windows for many years. We've covered many of his tools in past issues of my newsletter.
The newest version of his latest, greatest free tool deserves special attention: It's a self-contained, CD-based "live" copy of Windows XP. Like the popular "live CD" versions of Linux that can run entirely from a CD-ROM without installing anything, on to making any changes to a system's hard drive, "BartPE" (Bart's Preinstalled Environment) gives you a version of XP that you can boot and run on just about any PC without altering anything on the system itself.
The CD-based version is self-contained--you can think of it as a zero-footprint installation of XP--and yet is, as Bart says, "...a complete Win32 environment with network support, a graphical user interface (800x600), and FAT/NTFS/CDFS file system support. Very handy for burn-in testing systems with no operating system, rescuing files to a network share, virus scan, and so on. This will replace any DOS bootdisk in no time!"
This means that if your PC won't boot from its hard drive for some reason, you can use a BartPE CD to start the system, grab files off the hard drive (even if the drive is formatted in NTFS), ship the files to another PC on the network for safekeeping, and then use the tools either on the CD or on the hard drive to affect recovery or repair of the damaged system.
BartPE lets you start or stop file sharing on the PC you're working on; set or reset the Admin password; or even invoke XP's powerful "Remote Desktop Connection" facility. Combined, these abilities facilitate moving files to or from a distant PC, or using repair and recovery tools located on another system.
And did I mention that BartPE is free?
Bart describes some of the additional functions this way, in his usually enthusiastic style:
Goodbye to all the good and bad dos-based NTFS utilities! Now we can boot from a CD-Rom and have full read/write access to NTFS volumes!
Here are a few things that are possible with PE, and are not possible with any type of dos-based boot disk, even when using network support and ntfsdos:
Accessing very large (>2TB) NTFS volumes or accessing volumes that aren't seen by the BIOS, like some Fibre Channel disks.
Very reliable scanning and cleaning of viruses on NTFS volumes using a "clean boot".
Active Directory support.
Have remote control over other machines, using VNC or remote desktop.
And more... all free!
Later, we'll talk about how to download the tools to build your own copy of BartPE, but first, let's take a look at the tool in operation:


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California Department of Transportation
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Matt Rocco
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April 29, 2010
Sacramento - Today, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) remembered 174 employees who were killed on the job, including two who died this past year.
Donald Lichliter, a tree maintenance worker for over 27 years, was struck by a car and killed in Lodi in July 2009, and Deborah Ross, a tollbooth operator for the past nine years, was killed in Richmond in August 2009.
There were 121 family members at the Caltrans memorial, which featured 174 orange safety cones arranged in the shape of a diamond caution sign.
"Today, we mourn the avoidable loss of life of the brave men and women who gave the ultimate sacrifice," said Caltrans Chief Deputy Director Cindy McKim.
Caltrans also recognized its partners whose workers are also at risk. Attending the memorial were city of Sacramento representatives who continue to grieve the loss of Mr. Tony Pontliana. Tony was hit by a motorist in a work zone in 2004. After spending more than two years in a coma, he died in 2006.
Today's event showcased the National Work Zone Memorial Wall that features the names of all highway workers who have lost their lives in work zones across the nation.
Caltrans also displayed a piece of innovative new safety equipment designed to save lives - the Python 5000, a self-propelled, patching machine that allows the operator to fill potholes from the safety of the cab, shielding him or her from direct contact with oncoming vehicles.
For comprehensive information about the history of the memorial, a list of all Caltrans workers killed on the job since 1924, bios and photos of the four workers most recently killed, and other information please visit: http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/caltrans_memorial_press_kit/
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a summer pre wedding portrait session in Prague with Cecilia & Leong
Without a doubt Prague is simply one of the most stunning locations for a pre wedding portrait session in Europe. You have the wonderful architecture, those amazing gardens and of course you have beautiful weather – especially in the summertime. Cecilia & Leong our latest and very stylish couple who traveled over from Macau wanted to simply soak up the atmosphere, the history the locations and just have a good time – not too many staged or posed images, just simply take in the city and especially enjoy the sites. Of course when you have two good looking and stylish people and this city – well, life isn't too difficult to make them look great.
So with our small crew we did just that, we took in one of the most beautiful cities in the world on a warm, sunny summer day – in Prague. Presented here is a small sampling of beautiful, stylish images from their collection and their time spent here with us.
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Leslie Hardy knows attitude. Not the mental state – although he knows that, too, and has thoughts on the matter – but the word itself. He spelled it wrong 50 years ago, and that sequence of letters is seared into his mind.
A stutterer through elementary school, Mr. Hardy overcame his trouble when his sixth-grade teacher asked him to read the entire dictionary and learn to pronounce every word. In eighth grade, stutter-free, Hardy entered his school spelling bee and won – "the first thing I'd ever won in my life," he says. "I was a very shy person, and I began to develop some self-confidence."
He took first place in that year's citywide competition in Salem, Ohio. But at the state bee, Hardy's first word was attitude. He reversed the double "t" and single "t" – and from then on, he says, "attitude became the watchword of my life." Last month, the Harrisburg, Pa., man participated in his first spelling bee since eighth grade – a statewide contest – and won.
Now he, along with about four dozen other men and women over 50, is heading to Cheyenne, Wyo., to compete in Saturday's AARP Magazine National Spelling Bee. This year's bee is the group's 13th, and its participants have worked as everything from goatherds and calligraphers to police offers and park rangers. For some of them, the senior bee is a lark; for some, it's a chance to conquer; and for some, like Norman Zucker of Sebastopol, Calif., it's a chance to claim the spelling glory they craved as kids. "I have this failed purpose from way back in my past," says Mr. Zucker, who competed in two New York City bees as a child. "Now it's kind of my destiny to try to rise ... to the acme of spelling excellence."
He'll have to clear some hurdles first. On Saturday morning, a written round will winnow the crowd to 15, plus anyone who's tied for 15th place. After lunch, the finalists take the stage for the oral round, with each speller allowed up to three errors.
One word absent from this year's bee may be octogenarian: The AARP spelling crowd has consistently gotten younger, and this year's participants are nearly all in their 50s and 60s. In part, suggests "beekeeper" Joanne Bowlby of the Wyoming AARP, that's because spelling bees have grown in popularity (consider the recent movies "Spellbound," "Bee Season," and "Akeela and the Bee"), and in part it's because the stakes in Cheyenne have gotten higher: Now that the AARP's national magazine underwrites the bee, the grand prize has quintupled to $500, plus a trip to New York to appear on national television. And though many participants will swear on the dictionary that they simply want to have fun, Ms. Bowlby calls their competitive spirit "almost palpable."
Brian Greene feels that tension, too. As the AARP bee's "word wizard," he selects the words to be spelled and creates sample sentences. "Sometimes your hardest words can be your shortest words," he says, citing tricky choices between "ch" and "k," or "ae" and "a," or non and none. On the sentence level, Mr. Greene aims for clarity, a touch of the poetic, a taste of Wyoming, and a dose of humor to keep contestants calm. Take last year's sentence for snickersnee (a large knife): "The slice of a snickersnee can lead to cutting remarks."
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In these final days before the bee, many of the spellers' conversations are sprinkled with words just beyond typical daily parlance – innumerable, erudite, transpose, edification, concur, gnarled, polymath. And no wonder: While some have barely scanned a word list, others have practically nested with their dictionaries.
For the past year, Pam Leininger of Durango, Colo., has plowed through 12 pages of the dictionary each day. "I wake up thinking words; I go to sleep thinking words," she says.
Over the winter, she'd take word lists to the gym and spell to the rhythm of her music on the treadmill. She's studied notecards while her dentist worked on her teeth. On a 13-hour drive to San Diego, she sped across the desert with a list of words beside the wheel. Others help out. One man at church offers a new word almost every Sunday. Ms. Leininger's mother dreamt last week she couldn't spell raccoon.
In the annals of adult bee preparation lurk several legends. There's the man who wrote a computer program that could quiz him on every word. There's the man who recorded tricky words on his MP3 player and listened to some while walking, some while running, and some with background music, hoping to discern which worked best. (In the end, his experiment was a failure or a wild success: He won first place, but had no way to compare techniques.)
Then there's Bill Long, whose website – famous in the adult bee community – has stricken fear in opponents' hearts. Dr. Long, a writer and legal consultant in Salem, Ore., has written 10 books. In the AARP bee, he's placed second twice, third once, and (embarrassingly, for him) 10th in 2007. Long now churns out essays on the meaning of words from intussusception to symphilism.
Ask bee contestants about Long's website, and they shudder with intimidation or sigh admiringly. If they were to exhibit parrhesia (to speak candidly), they might wish that Long's shadow were a little shorter.
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Denise Kantner is sticking to her mode of preparation: She's watched "Akeela and the Bee" 10 times. She remembers from last year's contest how intense some contestants were, hunching over tests to shield their work, lest a neighbor glimpse their spelling of yeuk or chaetognath.
To be fair, Ms. Kantner was nervous, too. When her husband enrolled her in last year's bee as a surprise, she told him, "Honey, I cannot do this. I'm a housewife in a small Midwestern agricultural town." But Kantner, who lives in Saline, Mich., gained confidence with her strong showing, coming within five words of the oral rounds. The Cheyenne bee "let me know I'm not as dumb as I look," says Kantner, who worried about not having a college degree.
Nearly all these contestants speak of words as their lifelong companions. Tony Suschil of Hudson, Ohio, calls the dictionary "one of my best friends." Mr. Suschil, who recently took first prize in the Northeast Ohio Senior Spelling Bee, says that even in middle school, he and his friends challenged one another with new words. These days, he pores over spelling notes he keeps in "a hideous orange folder" that he insists is bright enough to glow in the dark.
With Suschil's folder to guide him, word of Long's website preceding him, and Hardy's flights from Harrisburg to Philadelphia to Denver to Cheyenne, the group will meet for an icebreaker on Friday night, ready to battle phonemes and one another.
Hardy isn't worried. "What I hope to do is intimidate my opponent by showing him that no matter what the word is, I'm going to spell it evenly, clearly, competently, every single time," he says. That, he hopes, is an A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E that will bring victory.


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Revived rivalry? A&M boss up for playing UT 'anytime, anywhere'
COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M President R. Bowen Loftin, a chief catalyst behind the Aggies' move to the Southeastern Conference, wants to make one thing clear: He's still all for A&M playing Texas in football, "anytime, anywhere."
"I said it before, and I value my integrity," Loftin said Tuesday night. "I said it two years ago and I meant it then. There's no reason why we shouldn't play each other, if we want to. I think (Texas) will at some point in time feel like it's the right thing to do, as well, and we'll get there."
During an interview on Loftin's memories as a student of A&M playing at LSU in the late 1960s (that story is coming on Friday, with A&M playing at LSU a day later), talk turned to Aggies-Longhorns.
"I've always said 'anytime, anywhere,' although others (in the A&M administration) are not saying it that way anymore," Loftin said. "I still think that, left to ourselves, we will find a way to get together. We've already played them in other NCAA sports — swimming and diving had a meet with them (this October)."
Loftin, bottom line, believes A&M-UT football in the regular season eventually will happen again (as it did almost annually from 1894 to 2011) as a ballyhooed nonconference showdown.
"Some of the feelings and passions (from the Aggies' 2012 shift to the SEC) are now beginning to get a little bit moderated," said Loftin, who's stepping down as A&M president in January to return to the classroom. "I think over time there will be an engagement ... that will allow us to appropriately play each other as nonconference rivals in a variety of sports."
Earlier this month, A&M senior associate athletic director Jason Cook said regarding the Longhorns, "We hope to play them again in a BCS or playoff game at some point," quite the opposite of Loftin's assertion from two years before.
While Cook offered no further explanation at the time, the message was evident: A&M, under the direction of outspoken Chancellor John Sharp, no longer intended to schedule the Longhorns in football in the regular season, even if UT was up for it.
The idea that the Aggies and Longhorns might someday meet again in the regular season had been sparked by UT announcing it was hiring Steve Patterson from Arizona State to replace longtime Athletic Director DeLoss Dodds.


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That is for Contador but I like the sound of it...
What a great Giro! It is my favourite Grand Tour, perhaps because is not as "big" as Le Tour in a whole but it is almost greater on the roads, the climbs, the folks, and the pasta!!!
I won't write much about it as there are some really good reports in the specialised media, and I have heaps to do... but I will just put down a few words:
Alberto; Alpe di Pampeago and Sella; Benatti; Bertolini; Broken chain; Bruseghin; Cavandish; Corse Rosa; Di Luca; Dolomites; Italia; Maglia Rosa; Marmolada and Sella; Passo di Gavia; Pellizotti; Ricco; Sella and the Aprica; Simoni; Team High Road; Tifosi and Voigt.
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Pre-pubescent boys in Australia, Britain, and across North America will soon be watching Winnipeg wrestlers battling it out at the University of Manitoba alongside former WWE superstars.
Action Wrestling Entertainment, a new Winnipeg-based wrestling promoter, announced yesterday that it has signed deals with former World Wrestling Entertainment stars Rikishi and Jamie Noble, and has secured pay-per-view contracts to broadcast the first event, scheduled for March 11, in four countries.
Jeff Dyck, co-owner of AWE, said he hopes to attract more big names to Winnipeg, where he plans to host monthly events to be broadcast around the world and then released as DVD's.
"We want to be branded as the fourth professional sports team in Winnipeg," said Dyck.
"We're comparing ourselves to WWE like the CFL compares to the NFL," said co-owner Mike Davidson.
Dyck acknowledged wrestling's worst-kept secret -- everything is scripted -- but said he still wants people to treat AWE as a serious sporting organization.
"We're really trying to push that our guys are athletes," he said.
Dyck and Davidson have locked up 20 up-and-coming Canadian wrestlers, including a half dozen from Winnipeg, as well as Rikishi and Jamie Noble for at least two shows. Three other big-name wrestlers will be confirmed for the first show in coming weeks, said Dyck.
While the two shows at the U of M are confirmed, Dyck said a Western Canadian tour will follow this fall, and he hopes to have about one event a month in Winnipeg once things get going.
The first show, called Larger Than Life, will go March 11 at the Investors Group Athletic Centre at the U of M. The event will be taped by a Winnipeg production company and re-broadcast on pay-per-view in Canada, the U.S., the U.K. and Australia on April 10.
It will be the first pay-per-view wrestling event in Winnipeg since the old WWF did one here in 1995.
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Today's Labor Day post is from my favorite writer in the whole world: my husband Andrew. Writing about how parenthood often isn't what you expected, not only was kind enough to take the kids on an overnight camping trip but to then write up the experience as a post for me. It must be true love because who else would do something so nice?
I think we all have those times when we imagine how something is going to turn out with our children, the picture is so clear. Whether it's a perfect camping trip, vacation, help with homework, or whatever the case may be our child is looking at us with those approving eyes telling is in clear terms that we're a great parent.
Then the moment comes and it just doesn't happen with the feeling that, "Ugh, I'm just not a good parent."
The weekend I took the kids up to Independence Mine was one of those moments for me. Spencer turned eleven this year and is now officially a Boy Scout which I'm pretty excited about because it means we get to have some serious adventures together. I realize that the time for these adventures is limited before he's well into his teenage years--in no time he'll be working full time during the summer, will be off to college and things won't be the same--so I want to take advantage of this time and create those memories, have some fun, and be that great parent I've dreamed about.
So here was my vision of the hike I'd planned on the Gold Cord Lake Trail near Independence Mine in the Talkeetna Mountains north of Anchorage:
Spencer can't wait to go on the hike, it's all he can talk about. We get to the trail and have these great father-son talks. He talks about how much he loves to hike with me. We bond and remember the hike forever so when he's an adult he'll say, "Remember that hike?" and we'll both say, "Oh yeah, that was great!"
Here's how the reality goes: It's rainy and dizzly. Spencer doesn't want to wear the rain poncho because he thinks that he looks like a dork in it but he wears it because he knows he'll get real wet. I try to be upbeat and point to the ridge at the top of the mountain where we're going to hike but get no response. We start off and I try to strike up some conversation, but all I see is that dark cloud over his head and Spencer doesn't want to talk so we hike in silence. I can tell that he's miserable, but is only willing to continue to placate me.
We get to the top and the view is a spectacular--we can see all the way down the valley to Palmer, the lake at the top is incredible and so crystal clear and you can see to the rocks at the bottom. Spencer stands at the top and just stares off into the distance, but doesn't say anything. Then we hike back down.
When we returned finally to the car I said, "So, what did you think . . . did you have fun?"
"Oh, it was alright."
At which point I was hit with that feeling of "Ugh, I'm just not a good parent."
Now I know I shouldn't beat myself up, I'm just trying my best, but we all have those romantic notions of parenthood. In those rare moments it can happen but it normally doesn't we just need to keep trying.
Who knows? Maybe one of these days Spencer will turn to me as an adult and say, "Dad, remember that hike at Independence Mine? Well I know I was grumpy, but I appreciate you doing those things for me . . . it meant a lot."
To hike the Alaska Gold Cord Lake Trail drive to the Independence Mine parking lot past Hatcher's Pass then go to the side of the parking lot opposite of the mine. Walk about 50 feet toward the mountain and you'll find the trail. The trail is well marked, has a wide path, and is well maintained--younger children can hike it. The trail is about one half mile to the top to the lake and is moderately steep in parts. Look for marmots poking their heads in out of spaces between all the rocks.
This is still one of my favorite hikes in Alaska.
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Exposing your emotions and showing your appreciation isn't that effortless. Nevertheless, you'll approach this dilemma with a great deal of Creativity and it shall not any longer be a barrier. We actually wish our list can help you over come your shyness! We will discuss some easy (and not that facile) how to inform a girl that is russian adore her. By "telling", we suggest showing your emotions in outstanding multiplicity of means. Plunge in!
1. a letter that is actual an envelope
Yes, within the age associated with online and smart phones, envelopes and paper letters appear outdated and archaic. Nevertheless, Russian girls have another perspective (in reality, Russian literature developed probably the most tragic and intimate epistolary novels as Poor Folk by Fyodor Dostoyevsky). A paper page may become your first rung on the ladder towards a lifetime-long and breathtaking relationship. When a woman gets a page, this means by your that you wrote it hand, place it within an envelope (you can put on some perfume of yours to improve the end result) and deliver it by post. It might seem meaningless however it, for certain, makes sense that is much a girl's heart (while SMS and e-mails suggest much less if not absolutely nothing).
2. Candlelit supper
Ah, exactly exactly just what could possibly be much better than a supper with a hot environment, delicious dishes, and wine that is tasteful? Absolutely Nothing, we agree. Since we have been chatting maybe perhaps not about a proposition, you may possibly go on it easier. But, it must nevertheless be magical. You may possibly include flowers as something special, intimate music (every woman dreamt of the string quintet playing during an enchanting supper). It's also wise to consider A place – it ought to be rather intimate, with soft moody and lighting environment. Continue reading "HOW EXACTLY TO INFORM A RUSSIAN WOMAN she is loved by you"


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Most neighborhood gas stations are just that, places where you fill up your tank, buy a candy bar or Lotto ticket and then go on your way. But not Echo Fuels, aka Magic Gas, the Echo Park gas station that has been in recent years a more consistent source of intrigue, drama and ownership changes than regular unleaded. The most recent chapter in the Magic Gas saga began on Thursday night when police arrived at the station at the corner of Echo Park and Morton avenues as a small bulldozer was being used to rip out the pumps, according to residents. The police left and soon the pumps were gone. By Friday morning all that was left were holes in the ground where the pumps stood and a ribbon of yellow "CAUTION CUIDADO" tape. Inside, Echo Fuels, which had been long known as Magic Gas until it changed hands only about six months ago, looked like it had been ransacked.
It's not clear what happened to the station, leaving many to wonder why the gas station can't seem to attract stable, longtime owners. "I don't get it," said one man today as he walked by the abandoned station. "It's such a perfect corner."
What's next for Magic Gas? A 24-hour 7-Eleven with pumps topped by TVs? A veggie diesel, vegan drive-thru? Stay tuned.
* Correction: A previous version of this story said the station was called Magic Fuels. That's wrong. The correct name was Echo Fuels. (Though it was briefly called Magic Fuel by a previous owner)


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An open letter to the Chestnut Hill Community Assn.
I live at 26 W. Southampton Ave. I am one of the near-neighbors of the Magarity site at 8200 Germantown Ave. My wife, Terry Halbert, presented the Chestnut Hill Community Association's Development Review Committee a petition last Wednesday evening with over 600 signatures of people from Chestnut Hill opposed to the developer's plan. Chairman Larry McEwen response indicated that he had little interest in these people, since they weren't sitting in front of him and since they didn't understand the CHCA process.
At this point, the 600 Chestnut Hill residents who signed the petition do understand the CHCA process, and it is deeply flawed. They know, for example, that the Development Review Committee's process requires all developers to seek and to document the approval of near neighbors. And they know that this never happened.
The negotiating committee had a total of seven members. By what democratic process were they chosen? My understanding is that the three near neighbors on this committee could tell, from the outset, that they would be outvoted. And everyone on the committee knew there was not sufficient time for a good faith negotiation. The developer had promised that he would wait until the CHCA had completed its process.
But the developer did not do this. He caused three zoning ordinances to be placed on City Council's calendar in such a way that he was able to force CHCA to force its various committees to rush their vote. This is why, in desperation, the negotiating committee voted 4-2 in favor of the project. They knew that unless an agreement of some kind was reached immediately, the rezoning which the developer had already lined up with City Council would permit a building up to 70 feet tall on an even larger commercial footprint, eliminating setbacks and buffers entirely.
The petition my wife presented last Wednesday indicates that 73 percent of the near neighbors are opposed to the developer's plan.
By the time you read this, the CHCA will have approved the creation of a titanic building, a Goliath, in the middle of Chestnut Hill. It is true that the developer agreed to a 3-foot setback on Hartwell Lane. He may even permit CHCA to discuss with him a few ideas regarding transparent vs. solid railings on the fourth floor.
What else? Oh yes, there is the Community Development Agreement. CHCA has told the developer what hours it hopes his new supermarket will operate, and the developer promises that he really will ask Fresh Market not to be too noisy in the middle of the night.
Most of the near neighbors, and a great number of Chestnut Hill residents are disappointed with this outcome. The only thing the CHCA can do now is to make certain that the developer and his commercial tenants honor the Community Development Agreement.
Bill Coleman
Chestnut Hill
What can we do now?
Last week I presented the Chestnut Hill Community Association's Development Review Committee our petition, with your signature on it, opposing the rezoning by ordinance of the Magarity site at 8200 Germantown Ave. In essence, the chair of the DRC dismissed the petition and its nearly 600 Chestnut Hill signers, saying if we really cared about the process we would all have been present at the meeting.
The CHCA's Development Review Committee's own rules require a developer to poll the near neighbors. No poll was taken by Bowman Properties for the Magarity site. Our petition demonstrates that 73 percent of the near neighbors are opposed. The DRC approved Bowman's plan anyway.
This week, I am sorry to report, the CHCA's flawed process is likely to complete itself, with its board approving an agreement with the developer allowing the construction of a 5-story building with more condos than the original drawings.
There have been a few minor concessions. For example, there will be a 3-foot buffer along Hartwell Lane, and eight instead of nine townhouses on Shawnee, but the look and feel of the Avenue will be changed for good, and a terrible precedent will have been set.
We believe that, with this agreement having been reached, there will be no impediment to City Council moving ahead to rezone the Magarity site on Thursday.
The Philadelphia Inquirer editorial board also opposes spot zoning, as quoted on Dec. 11:
"Council should open a new era by passing the updated zoning code, and rejecting Miller's zoning changes."
At this point, I urge you write to Mayor Nutter requesting that he veto the legislation.
Thomas Beck
Chestnut Hill
Not the right headline
I was very disappointed that the letter that I sent last week stating very clearly my concerns about the probable negative effect on local businesses of the Bowman Properties plans for the Magarity site received the heading "Not All Businesses are Against Fresh Market." That may indeed be true, but it was completely opposite to the point of my letter. I believe that there is the potential that many will be impacted adversely.
Deborah Cooper
Chestnut Hill
Watch out for Cuban propaganda
Thank you, Lou Mancinelli, for posing important questions at the end of your article ("Local women travel to Cuba and discover two worlds," Nov 24).
It is sadly ironic that the tour was sponsored by a business that describes itself on its website as "an international human rights organization dedicated to promoting social, economic and environmental justice around the world." Don't they know about political prisoner Orlando Zapata Tamayo, who died last year after a hunger strike in jail (BBC News, Feb. 26, 2010 online), or the Ladies in White, or Yoani Sánchez? Global Exchange's "reality tour" presents only the Cuban government's official version of "reality." If they don't want to seem hypocritical, they should learn a few things.
Over the past 52 years, thousands of people have died for speaking out against the Castros' dictatorship or for trying to leave the island; in 2009, Human Rights Watch published "New Castro, Same Cuba," documenting the plight of political prisoners in Cuba. Dissidents continue to be regularly harassed, beaten and imprisoned, not least of whom are women.
According to Amnesty International, "A group of female relatives of prisoners of conscience in Cuba and their supporters were again prevented from organizing a peaceful protest on August 28, 2011. They have been harassed and intimidated by state officials since mid-July for their peaceful activities.
The Ladies in White (Damas de Blanco), a group of female relatives of former prisoners of conscience and current political prisoners, have since mid-July faced arbitrary arrest and physical assault from members of the security forces and government supporters in the south-eastern city of Santiago de Cuba and surrounding towns" (Amnesty International, online).
Another important source of information regarding the hardships of daily life, censorship and the violation of human rights in Cuba may be found at blogger Yoani Sánchez's website, "Generación Y" (translated into twenty languages). The government's fear of free speech is such that in 2010 Sánchez "was denied an exit visa by the Cuban authorities … to travel to the USA to receive the Maria Moors Cabot prize for journalism at Columbia University. She was also denied an exit visa to travel to Brazil following an invitation from the Brazilian Senate to present her book at a conference and address the legislature.
In November 2011, Yoani Sánchez and blogger Orlando Luis Pardo were forced into a car by state security agents and beaten and threatened before being released" (Amnesty International's Annual Report, Cuba: 2010, online).
The great majority of Cubans are not allowed to travel, and thus they yearn for contact with people from other countries. I agree that Americans should go to Cuba. However, it would be wise for those who do so to find out not only what might be right in Cuba, but also what is most definitely wrong and to not be fooled by the relentless stream of misinformation and propaganda that continues to flow from one of the world's longest dictatorships.
Gabriella Ibieta
Chestnut Hill
(A long-time resident of Chestnut Hill, the writer is associate professor of Latin American and Comparative Literature at Drexel University).


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Right on, Tim!(1/16/2014 - 10:25am)
How ironic for a news editor to critique someone about their tweets. She has the freedom of speecch to tweet whatever she'd like and doesn't that right give him job protection as an editor? I think it's awesome that she is using Twitter to voice her story. It is a good outlet for her and it may provide support other warriors may need who are going through the same thing.
I loved Tim's last line, "Disconnecting from a Twitter feed is, I guarantee, a lot easier than going through Stage IV cancer alone."
wholeheartedly agree with you(1/16/2014 - 10:29am)
I love your simple advice: stop reading 'em if they offend you. How cruely insensitive of the editor and his wife to dictate how someone going through this journey should behave. How easy to throw stones when you're not the one going through something like this.
Tim's comments(1/16/2014 - 10:35am)
Tim, you are right on in your comments. Why do people insist on governing other people's comments or blogs? If you don't like it don't read it, delete it, unfriend them. Whatever but you have no right to dictate what they say. As a Mom who survived the loss of our son to Melanoma, I would not have survived had it not been for the MPIP. The people there kept me going and listened to me, many are still friends 15 yrs later. People stop thinking only of You, think of others and what they need.
Agreed!(1/16/2014 - 11:06am)
Perfectly said! Thank you for writing it in such a clear and concise way.
It is a person's own decision how much they want to share & with who they want to share it. Some people choose to be more private with their journey and some people choose to share more publicly. That is THEIR CHOICE and if a person does not want to support that choice, then don't read it! It is as simple as that.
Agree and encourage wholeheartedly!(1/16/2014 - 1:10pm)
My late husband died at 38 years of age due to melanoma. We were told one day after our 9 year wedding anniversary about his diagnosis and he was given a year at the most to live. We dealt with the surgeries, treatments, hospital stays, and grief together for 9 months until he died June 30, 2009. During the 11 months he was undergoing all those treatments I posted on the Moffit Cancer centers' site where we could have family and friends constantly be updated in one forum about what my husband, David Blake, went through and what I was going through. It was cathartic and I even made copies of the enter posting to keep for our son Nicholas who might one day want to know what we went through. Everyone should be able to have an outlet for their grief, anger, and just basic confusion that they deal with each and every day they are going through treatment for their cancer. So what if she is doing it to possibly leave a memorial of herself to others. Don't we all want to go out of this life knowing and thinking that they left some sort of important stamp on it. We leave our imprint on our family and friends and even strangers and what you may not think works for you may actually work for someone else going through the same or similar ordeal. What I find offensive is when killers and psychopaths get more attention and entertainment value out of their life stories and yet they took a life or many lives and now we get to see documentaries and what not about them all the time. People who complain about someone like Lisa with cancer doing what she is doing should stop wasting their time on that and worry more about what is important and that is live your own life and stop trying to control others' lives.
The New York Times & Cancer Survival(1/16/2014 - 2:03pm)
For 20 years my husband, a stage 4 survivor, and I have been facing cancer and it's residual effects on our psyche as well as the physical and emotional scars it has left. Two decades ago there we no outlets for us to share our story or to find support. It was a cold, callous, lonely world that was a virtual chasm of medical journals and foreign studies to navigate alone. Thank God for the internet, for the MRF web site, to twitter and all of the cancer support and resources available today.
No longer must people suffer in silence and shame alone. For anyone to begrudge another human being support during a time of crisis is not only distasteful, but also alarming. We as humans must find it our duty to support those in need, and being a cancer patient or caretaker certainly qualifies as being in need.
At the end of the day I say Lisa is a crusader, as are all of us who refuse to fade into the background in quiet desperation. Yes, we are your family, we are your coworkers and neighbors. We are the outspoken survivors reminding you of your own mortality. We are fighting the good fight for funding, support, education and treatment- and we are making strides for ALL those touched by cancer! Rally my fellow survivors and champions, for when cancer is only a chronic condition, and when the death rate has dropped to near zero, then and only then should we accept such an attitude as that from the Keller's!
Prayers for Lisa Adams and(1/16/2014 - 3:13pm)
Prayers for Lisa Adams and continued support. When my husband was diagnosed with melanoma , I found comfort reading blogs and gaining insight.
Amen!!!(1/16/2014 - 3:18pm)
I survived Stage IV Melanoma in large part due to being able to share my story via social media and ask people to pray for me!!! Also, knowing that i was not alone in my battle and being able to read others' stories of hope was a HUGE blessing to me. The complainers obviously have too much time on their hands and need to find something to do OTHER than bashing a woman who is fighting for her life. I say tweet away all that you want, Lisa, and may God bless you!!!!
Surviving Stage IV Melanoma(1/16/2014 - 6:32pm)
People need to share their story if they want to. I am a Stage IV survivor and have started sharing my story on my blog on Wordpress at mcreyscope.com. I think that, with the people around me supporting me, it helps to sit and write and reflect upon the journey. I have been through a lot over the last six years and I am certain that I face a tough road ahead. If sharing my journey helps just one person be able to better survive their experience, then the work is worth it. So, I say to this person, tweet all you want. You have earned it and who knows how many it may help!
Comment on Comments(1/17/2014 - 9:51am)
I love this dialog, and thank each of you who have posted comments. Candi, your comment on MPIP could be echoed by many, many people I am sure. I know for a fact that your telling your story and your engagement in the stories of other patients and families has helped countless people make it through the melanoma experience.
Tara, your perspective is striking to me--reflecting on the isolation you experienced two decades ago. One of the saddest patient stories I can recall is a Stage IV patient who was diagnosed just after moving to a new city. He was in his early 30's, had no family, and knew no-one in town. He would take a cab to chemo appointments, and come home from surgery with no-one to help him. He finally connected with an online community who followed his story, offered support and advice,and ultimately identified some local volunteers who would visit him and help out.
Dawn, your story reminds me of a woman I knew who was diagnosed with Stage IV cancer one month after the birth of her only child. She was given six months to live, but made it through two years. She spent that time capturing the things she wanted to say to her daughter. She created a video with advice for the first day of school, for when she became a teenager, for when she went off to college, for when she was married. Leaving that legacy behind is a wonderful gift.
I don't know Lisa, but appreciate her telling her story. It will help people in ways she cannot even imagine. This is a good chance, too, for me to thank each of you for sharing your insight and your story. I routinely hear from patients who say, "I have never posted anything, but I read MPIP all of the time and it has given me hope, advice, and comfort." We never know when our words will reach out to a stranger and say just what they need to fight longer, harder, and smarter.
melanoma(3/6/2014 - 8:20am)
my husband saw his gp in sept 2012 with a mole on his back it was partly black, partly a raw pink and intermittently bleeding, his gp told him he was quite happy with it, i was not but my husband said, " he is the gp he should know what he is talking about, i eventually persuaded him to go back and see a different gp but this was 6 months later, he reffered him to a dermatologist, it turned out to be a malanoma, by august 2013 it had spread to his lymph nodes these were removed in the sept, sadly by oct it had spread to his abdomen, bowel and spine, to his familys great distress he passed away early february 2014, he had suffered greatly during this time, his family are absolutely distraught, we feel if he had been reffered when he first saw his gp in sept 2012 we would still have this wonderfull husband and lovely father and grandfather here now, he was looking forward to enjoying his retirement with his family after working so hard and putting money aside for it never to enjoy,we feel we were greatly let down, i wish we had been aware of what an aggressive cancer this is, was his gp not?


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Want to make a really good soup that seems like you shouldn't be able to make it at home?
Then this is your recipe, Veganomicon is your book, and I am your man-boy. Though the authors describe it as "totally inauthentic," this is one of those soups like so many other Indian and other Asian dishes that have a way of captivating the taste buds and whisking you away to an enchanting foreign land. (Disclaimer: Not really.)
This soup was fantastic. Hot and fantastic. Since I don't understand the alchemy that creates such wonderful flavors, I don't have much else to say about it. I will say three things, though:
1. It has tofu in it. If Nasoya hadn't sent me some coupons to try out their tofu for free, I probably would have left it out and made the soup as an appetizer instead of a meal. As it was, I added some noodles to boost the carb count. That turned out to be a grave mistake, since the noodles soaked up all the soup overnight and rendered my leftovers disgusting. (As for the Nasoya, it tasted like—surprise!—tofu.)
2. It's really spicy, in a very good way. The recipe calls for chile oil, and the authors implore the reader not to cheap out and use regular hot sauce. (I had to buy chile oil since I'd never used it, but now I'm hooked. I'm substituting it for hot sauce on everything.)
I actually used only half the amount called for and still found the soup spicy enough to warn Erin and her spicy-food aversion not to come near it. Of course, it just occurred to me that I messed up and used white chili powder instead of white pepper when I made it, so that might have had something to do with the heat.
3. The recipe calls for dried wood ear mushrooms. Aside from sounding weird, these are hard to find: Not even my health food store had them. I substituted shiitakes, as suggested in Veganomicon. Since they weren't dried, I went with 5 ounces instead of .5 ounces.
Sad news: March is over, so this'll be my last Veganomicon recipe for while. If you've enjoyed the recipes, you can use my Amazon affiliate link to buy it, so I get paid and can pimp my ride and such. Thanks to Isa and Terry of the Post Punk Kitchen for letting me share some recipes with you!
I will say nothing else to disturb this perfect, pristine (totally inauthentic) soup. Until after the recipe.
Hot and Sour Soup with Wood Ears and Napa Cabbage
From Veganomicon, posted with permission
- 1/2 ounce dried wood ear mushrooms
- 2 cups boiling water
- 8 leaves napa cabbage
- 4 cups vegetable broth
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1/4 cup rice vinegar
- 3 teaspoons Asian hot chile oil
- 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon ground white pepper
- 1 1/2 cups thick-sliced white mushrooms
- 1 heaping arrowroot or cornstarch
- 1 cup water
- 1 pound extra-firm tofu, pressed and cut into matchsticks
- 1/2 cup shredded carrots
- 1 cup scallions
Place the wood ear mushrooms in a bowl and pour boiling water over them so that they are submerged by a few inches. Cover with a plate and let sit for 20 minutes.
To prepare the napa leaves, lay them on top of each other so that they're spooning. Thinly slice across them widthwise. Set aside.
Pour the vegetable broth, soy sauce, rice vinegar, hot chile oil, sesame oil and white pepper into a soup pot. Cover and bring to a boil. Once the broth is boiling, add the cabbage and the fresh mushrooms. Cook until the cabbage is completely wilted, about 5 minutes.
The wood ears should be ready at this point, so remove them from the bowl, cut into bite-size pieces, and add them to the soup as well.
Mix the arrowroot with the water until dissolved. Add to the soup and stir until just slightly thickened, a minute or two. The soup isn't going to be very thick, just more cloudy than anything else. But the starch gives the soup a little body.
Add the shredded carrots and tofu, and cook just until heated through, about 5 more minutes. Ladle into bowls and garnish with scallions to serve.
More people who are pulling back the curtain on the wizard of java
I don't hate coffee. In fact, I love it. Since I've cut back via randomization, I'm not drinking it most days now. But I've been successful for the past two weeks at enjoying one small cup of full-caf coffee each week, without going apeshit and drinking it every day afterward, like last time I tried to moderate.
I came across two posts recently that encouraged me in my fight against the daily jolt. The first was from Sonal on her blog Keep Running Girl, where she cites a medical review that links caffeine to those scary, seemingly-random, ultra-healthy endurance runner deaths during races that freak out paranoid people like me.
On a far lighter note, Sonal also sent me a picture of her in her NMA shirt.
(Remember all those women's smalls I got in stock? Like 2 left.)
The other coffee post was from Gena at Choosing Raw, in her post Coming Clean About My Daily Cup of Joe. Gena has actually recently started drinking coffee again, so it's an interesting perspective. Speaking of Gena, a little birdie told me you might be hearing more from her in the near future…
Alright, I'm out. Track workout time, maybe with sis Christine, my new roommate. One more thing before I go: If you or someone you know is thinking about going vegetarian but not sure how to make it happen, be on the lookout for a new post about exactly that. Lots of people have been asking me recently, so I figured it'd be nice to have it all in one place.
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Paul is the eighth in a family of ten, the rest still thriving in England. Paul moved to the U.S. when he met his wife Kristine, almost 20 year's ago. Paul's gardening career goes back to his childhood. His mother, Barbara, was a keen gardener, an active member of the RHS, and from her, Paul learned all the basics as a child in large Edwardian Homes. He has been gardening ever since, both professionally and for pleasure.
Presently, Paul runs a garden center in Pennsylvania, Greystone Gardens. It features a unique collection of plants and gardening accessories. The garden center includes a seasonal Cafe. Greystone Gardens can be visited on the web at http://www.GreystoneG.com.
In regards to his TV work
Paul has been featured on Pennsylvania local television in WNEP's successful Home and Backyard TV program for well over 400 episodes now. Paul is now also working with WGBH on the PBS Emmy Award winning program The Victory Garden. In 2003, 2004, 2005 and this year,
Paul has won Garden Globe awards for his TV work The award is given by the Garden Writer's association for work of an outstanding quality. The PBS production is nationally broadcast in all 50 states, and Paul is working his fifth season with the Victory Garden. Paul's Home garden and his garden center have been featured on recent episodes of the show.
Early this year, Paul made several appearances on the CBS Early Show, broadcast nationally out of Manhattan.
Paul's teaching experience is apparent in his succinct "how-to" segments, which help viewers see gardening and their gardens in a creative light. Paul's love of the art of gardening shines through, along with his British humor and energy. He adds a personable touch that makes gardening attractive to those who would never dream of watching such a program!
Paul enjoys all kinds of outdoor activities. Golf, tennis and soccer He particularly loves to ride his snowboard and has been teaching at Elk Mountain for the past few of seasons. Late winter is spent recuperating and reading history books!
Paul was born in London, England on 15th October 1956. He is educated at Warwick University and London University. He holds an honors degree in Psychology and post graduate studies in Education. Paul holds the Royal Horticultural Society's Level 2 Certificate of Horticulture. He has taught in public and private schools in England and the USA. Paul presently lives Clarks Summit, PA with his wife Kristine and two boys Anatoli (12) and William (11). And opps, I almost forgot, Harry Jr, the Irish terrier!


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Farmers whose land was damaged by Missouri River flooding expressed frustration Friday that a missed deadline will keep them from sharing in $215 million from one federal disaster program.
Farmers and communities had to apply for the aid by June 30, but many still had land under water then and couldn't do a required damage assessment. Water didn't recede from many farms in Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri until late September or early October.
The money is part of $308 million in funding the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced last week. It is distributed through the Emergency Watershed Protection Program, which requires a sponsor such as a city, county or drainage district. The money is meant to be used to clear drainage ditches, fix levees and structures and reshape eroded banks.
Officials couldn't say Friday how many farmers missed the chance to apply for help.
About 1,200 of Bruce Biermann's 2,500 acres in northwest Missouri flooded last summer. He said he should be planting this year's crop in about 60 days but that will be tough to do without help with repairs.
"It certainly is disappointing that we can't have access to funds that are basically earmarked for disasters like this," he said.
The flooding started in June when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began releasing massive amounts of water from upstream reservoirs filled by melting snow and heavy rains. The deluge continued for months, overtopping levees and turning farms into lakes. When the water finally receded, farmers found tree limbs, trash and, in some places, a 2- to 3-feet of sand covering their land.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said the application deadline set by Congress led to the money being primarily focused on disasters that happened earlier in 2011 but that didn't mean farmers who suffered later damage wouldn't get help.
"I don't think it's accurate to suggest that the folks in northwest Missouri aren't going to get help and assistance," he said during a visit to Kansas City to tout President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. "We will continue to work with our existing programs to give them as much help as possible."
The deadline for the next round of funding is Jan. 31, but it's unclear how much money will be given and whether it will come in time to help farmers and communities make repairs before this spring's planting season.
The farmers' and communities' best chance of getting some of the $215 million already allocated will be if other communities don't use all the money they requested. Unused money is placed in a pot that could be redistributed, and about $452,000 leftover from past storms already has been used to help farmers in northwest Missouri, where 207,000 acres flooded last year.
David Sieck, who has about 1,500 acres of corn and soybeans near Glenwood, Iowa, said it really bothered him that an arbitrary deadline was keeping some farmers and communities getting immediate access to the money. About half of land is in river bottoms and about three-fifths of that flooded last year.
"Never ever do I remember a prolonged flood for 3 ½ months," he said.
Missouri and Utah shared the bulk of the $308 million in disaster aid announced last week. Missouri received $50 million, while Utah got $60 million to deal with two rounds of flooding.
Along with $35 million from the watershed program, Missouri received $15 million from the USDA's Emergency Conservation Program, which helps clear debris and grade farmland. Much of that money will go to the southeast portion of the state where the corps blew three holes in the Birds Point levee in May to relieve pressure at the height of flooding that threatened nearby Cairo, Ill.
"We appreciate the work of everyone involved in securing it for Missouri and we are glad that farmers throughout the state are going to benefit, but the people in northwest Missouri are not," said Blake Hurst, president of the Missouri Farm Bureau.


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The continued Evolution of Aikido
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If a controversial understanding of aikido also means an evolution let me start with a phrase that aikido contains only 12 techniques. By name: Irimi-nage, kote-gaeshi, kaiten-nage, shiho-nage, ude-kime-nage, tenchi-nage, koshi-nage, juji-nage, ikkyo, nikyo, sankyo and yonkyo. On purpose I do not count a group of techniques called kokyu-nage which I accept for fun, relax and to practice my ukemi. What do these 12 techniques have in common? Their execution does not require putting uke out of balance. Before a throw, uke is supposed to be on his toes. Herein aikido differs from other martial arts.
It is a simple idea. When you raise yourself on your toes, your body stays straight to keep balance and your hands are powerless. If there is a solid grip established, it is easy to throw someone from that body position. It is apparent that it could be a deadly action, since an uke could be thrown directly on his head breaking his neck. Aikido can be a real threat and this why I consider it as a lethal weapon. It is similar to a gun intended to intimidate an aggressor and not to kill.
Let's look at it from another side. It was Founder's intention not to include any offensive techniques in his art. He never considered aikido to be a fighting art, but only a unique self-defense art. In aikido there is no preparation, no advance, no time for thinking but a trained reflex followed by a technique. The most importantly that action must end any confrontation. There are only two options; to intimidate the aggressor or to kill him.
There are consequences of such thinking. In my view Morihei Ueshiba's development is still unfinished. This possibly makes me an outsider to the aikido community.
I have been focusing on six techniques I found most applicable in real life situations. Each one of them is allocated only one attack. It is actually nothing new and it represents Koichi Tohei's Kitei Taigi: shomen-uchi-kokyu-nage (irimi-nage), yokomen-uchi-shiho-nage, mune-tsuki-kote-oroshi (kote-gaeshi), katate-dori-ikkyo, kata-dori-nikyo and ushiro-tekubi-dori-sankyo (katate-kosa-dori-sankyo). I split each technique in 3 parts to practice them independently. In order to perfect each part it is necessary to allot them different times.
I have developed a specific approach to an attack based on the notes mentioned earlier. Uke's attack always resembles a knife's attack made from a static position and from a very close distance. In this case we take in consideration three cuts and three stubs. It is crucial to achieve two goals at the same time - not to be touched and to establish solid contact with the uke. In order to accomplish that I suggest dodging with a small body movement and following with a forearm circulation (ude-mawashi). We want to establish contact with the uke by grabbing his wrist (a thumb and a middle finger). You have to use the same method for all attacks. Please note that it is the only moment when you can use your opponent's strength of attack to your advantage. Your goal is to stretch out the attacking hand in order to be able to bend the elbow and/or the wrist. By the way, in order to practice this way of dodging, I have designed and constructed a self attacking punching robot.
In order to practice the second part of each technique you can start by grabbing uke's wrist from any side. This exercise is similar to judo's uchi-komi. As I mentioned before your goal is to put uke on his toes and to ensure it I had to
slightly modify
the above mentioned techniques. Following the modifications all techniques are finished in the same position. It is important to notice that all pins do not impose any pain to uke, but they cause an expected his subconscious body reaction to joint stretching limitation. The final movement is based on a shoulder's pin.
As a result of the second part of each technique tori grabs uke's arm which looks like he is holding up a sword. It is a very uncomfortable position for the aggressor and gives you an opportunity to make him realize seriousness of the next move consequences. It is also the essence of the art of aikido. You are not going to hurt him and only send him a message; similar to a policeman firing his gun into the air.
I believe that my approach gives answers to some difficult aikidokas' questions: "Why do we call aikido a peaceful martial art?", "How do we use our opponent's strength in aikido?" and finally, "How to deal with attacks by feet, knees, elbows and heads?". The last questions may need some explanations. Without a doubt there is no aikido without a successful dodging, regardless of the kind of attack. Attacks without the use of hands make uke's hands powerless and make it easy for you to raise uke's inactive hand and to pin his shoulder to the desired final position.
Finally, the question remains: "What does aikido mean to me?". Is it a self-defense art? Not really. A self-defense skill is a consequence of practicing aikido, but it does not represent a value by itself. Aikido gives me a sense of responsibility to create calm and peaceful environment and also forces me to prevent any violence around. In its core it is a real face of Pacifism which is senseless without the ability to protect its values.
I think the below video does a much better job of demonstrating, "Reverse Intimidation." It's definitively more comprehensive and applicable. Simple ideas put into motion.
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Most aging adults want to stay in their own homes for as long as possible, but many lack knowledge of programs and services that support extended independent living. To help with the successful aging process, on Saturday, February 9, 2013, the Mountain View Senior Advisory Council is hosting its second annual Aging in Place conference at the Mountain View Senior Center from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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As many as 200 attendees are expected at the February 9 event. Nearly 20 vendors are slated to attend and share free information on a variety of services relevant to seniors' lives, including recreation, health and exercise, nutrition, genealogy and more.
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Mount St. Joseph competes in the Athletic Association of Catholic Academies and Penn Charter is a member of the Inter-Ac League, but the tennis teams from the two schools appeared very well matched when they met at PC last Tuesday afternoon.
Four of the seven contests were decided in super-tiebreakers that were played (in the interest of time) in lieu of a full third set, and the visiting Magic eked out a 4-3 victory. The Quakers regarded the encounter as more of a scrimmage; their league usually starts fall sports practices a week later than the Mount and the PIAA schools.
The early-season encounter had attracted quite a few spectators, happy to be outside in the warm sunny weather following the departure of tropical storm Irene.
PC took to the courts without its talented number two player, eighth grader Danielle Yanowsloky, while on the other hand the Magic's number one from a year ago, current junior Jessica Bonet, suffered an injury before practice even began and may not be back at all this season.
In first singles, MSJ freshman Morgan Weiss won the opening set, 6-4. The hosts' Margaux Losty, a sophomore who also excels in squash, rallied to capture the second set, 7-5, and then won a hard-fought tiebreaker, 10-7. PC also prevailed at the second spot in a bout between juniors, with Erin Lo outlasting visitor Mary Gorman, 6-3, 1-6, 14-12.
Number three Maureen Gallagher saved the Magic from a singles sweep, getting past fellow senior Emily Kurtz (a multi-year starter on PC's softball team) 6-1, 3-6, 10-4.
Most of the doubles matches were decided in straight sets, starting with Mount St. Joe's 6-3, 6-1 win in the first flight. Here, senior Maddie Kohler and junior Allison Murray overcame Erin Lo's senior sister, Alexis, and her tenth-grade partner Emily Barkann, a new student at Penn Charter.
MSJ seniors Kaitlin Kiernan and Maddie Koestler captured a 7-6, 6-3 victory at second doubles against Quakers juniors Ryann Shaffer and Carly Stein. In the third spot, the Mount sent out senior twins Elizabeth and Emily Marley, but the siblings succumbed to Charter sophomore Liza Gendler and freshman Rebecca John in a pair of 6-4 sets.
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