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A bloc of 134 developing countries, including China and India, warned at United Nations (UN) negotiations in Bonn that the failure of wealthy nations to deliver on short-term climate commitments could hinder the rollout of a landmark treaty. The diplomatic spat has underscored the difficulty of reaching a consensus at the 196 nation talks. China's senior negotiator Chen Zhihua,, referring to long-standing pledges by rich nations to enhance financial support and "revisit" targets for curbing greenhouse gas emissions before 2020 said that "If we do not respect decisions that we have made, then how can we build trust among the parties?". He added at a press conference, flanked by diplomats from India, Iran, Nicaragua and Ecuador, that "And how can we lay a good foundation for the implementation of the Paris Agreement?".
The treaty, inked in 2015 outside the French capital, calls on the world to cap global warming at "well below" two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), and even 1.5 degrees Celsius if possible. With one degree Celsius of warming so far, the planet has already seen an increase in drought, deadly heatwaves and superstorms. The pact rests on voluntary carbon-cutting pledges from virtually every country in the world.
Nicaragua's chief negotiator at the talks Paul Oquist said that "The science is clear: if we don't get our act together before 2020, you can forget about the 2 degrees Celsius and 1.5 degrees Celsius targets. There has been a failure to comply with existing commitments".
Under the terms of the UN's core climate convention, the burden for action before 2020 falls mainly on wealthy countries historically responsible for the rapid rise of greenhouse gases. China is the world's top carbon polluter, followed by the United States (US), the European Union, India and Russia. Developing countries including Bangladesh sought to have a "pre-2020 agenda" formally added to the negotiating process. But the move was shelved at the start of the 12-day talks. Efforts to resolve the issue have been fruitless.
However, the European Union (EU) agrees to reform world's largest carbon market. The EU struck a deal to overhaul Europe's emissions trading scheme after 2021, hailing it as a key step toward meeting its commitments under the Paris climate agreement. But environmentalists complained it will be years before the effects make themselves felt from the overhaul of the world's biggest carbon market, which was tentatively agreed by the European Parliament and the member states. The EU Climate and Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Canete said in a statement that "Today's landmark deal demonstrates that the European Union is turning its Paris commitment and ambition into concrete action". The deal must still be formally endorsed by the European Parliament and the member states.
The EU Emissions Trading System puts a cap on the amount of carbon dioxide allowed to be emitted by large factories and other companies. The firms can trade in quotas of these emissions – the idea being to provide a carrot to improve energy efficiency or switch to cleaner sources so that they keep within the ceiling. However, critics said the carbon market, which covers about 40 percent of Europe's industrial emissions, has proven ineffective. Carbon allowances were too generous, resulting in a carbon price too low to encourage savings. Members of the European Parliament had pushed for more ambitious changes than those proposed by the commission – the executive arm of the 28 nation EU.
In order to speed up emissions reductions and strengthen the Market Stability Reserve (MSR), the commission said that it accepted "significant changes" to the system. The MSR is designed to help ensure that carbon dioxide prices spur innovation in the field of energy efficiency. The moves aim to reduce the oversupply of allowances on the carbon market. The commission also agreed to new safeguards for European industry if needed to reduce the risk of carbon leakage. To help the industry and power sectors make the innovations and investments needed to transition to a low-carbon economy it also backed ways. The European Parliament said two funds will be set up to spur innovation, including one to modernise energy systems in poorer member states. The Manufacturing Extension Partnerships (MEPs) pushed to ensure the latter fund is not used for coal-fired projects. This is except for district heating in the two poorest member states, provided that they offset the emissions by "using an equivalent amount of free allowances".
The tentative deal makes the EU's pledges to the Paris climate pact "look meaningless" by paying heavy industry to continue polluting said the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) activist group. The WWF's Sam Van Den Plas said that it was "a relief" for the EU to lower the supply of Educational Testing Service (ETS) allowances but regretted it will take "at least five more years" to take effect. The director of Climate Action Europe Wendel Trio echoed those concerns. Trio said that a few member states were able to push through substantial improvements to the original proposal from the European Commission, but these will bring positive impacts only in the long term.
Markus Beyrer, who heads the industry group Business Europe, said the deal was a step in the right direction. However, Beyrer added that unfortunately, the deal does not deliver on securing sufficient free allowances for industries exposed to investment leakage. He then called on EU negotiators at climate talks in Bonn, Germany to step up "efforts to bring to their industry a global level playing field". Under the Paris climate deal, the EU plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent by 2030, compared against 1990 levels and make renewable energy account for 27 percent of energy use.
As far as Bangladesh is concerned, though it is highly vulnerable to climate change it has no obligation for taking mitigation measures while dealing with climate change issues. Bangladesh is just producing only 0.4 metric tons (mt) of carbon per annum while a developed country is producing 20 mt per annum. Their responsibility is just 40 times more than that of Bangladesh. Bangladesh, however, can do something in the adaptation part of the climate change issue. Bangladesh's power and energy sector's main objective is not dealing with the climate change. Rather, the solution of power and energy problem has been the main target. Bangladesh feels consumers' sufferings have to be taken as the first priority. It is expressing its disagreement on setting a target to generate 35 percent of electricity from coal, maintains the power sector should rethink about such target because of the hazard in coal handling. The power sector should give more priority to power generation by LNG as the whole contemporary world is taking such move.
The writer is a retired Professor of Economics, BCS General Education Cadre


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STARTERS: Very early command sub-indicator changes
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It's still way too early to put heavy stock into early-season skills, especially aggregate measures like strikeouts and walks. But looking into the components that drive them can be a helpful early-season exercise, since they contain a larger volume of data points. We call those components command sub-indicators as they have a strong correlation with the metrics that comprise a pitcher's command (K/BB) ratio.
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Joan Speaks to the Army
Joan had an amazing visit to Redstone Arsenal near Huntsville, Alabama. Joan was the keynote speaker for their Women's History Month celebration. You'll laugh and you'll cry as Joan tells her story. You'll also be reminded that we all go through hard times. We need to support and encourage each other along the way and stay close to God no matter what.
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Posts Tagged 'Yes Fran Eaton of Illinois Review really did eat two dinners at the Michael Steele event
The problem wasn't Michael Steele…the problem was the Cocktail Party GOP establishment in every state who are too busy being the doomed Romney '12 campaign to focus on anything good for the GOP or the country
Last year, I got to spend some time with Michael Steele, Gentry Collins, Angela Sailor, and other RNC leaders here in Chicago, when Steele held an event at the Union League Club as part of his national listening tour, not long after becoming Chair of the RNC.
I feel about Michael Steele today much as I felt that day: he is a great guy, an energetic presence, and I believe he honestly and truly does understand what is wrong with the Republican Party that keeps it stuck on stupid and ensures it keeps making the same disastrous mistakes while expecting different results.
After his speech that day — boilerplate stuff about Republicans needing to stand tall and hit back against Obama and the Left's agenda, back when the lamestream media was still insisting Democrats had wiped the GOP out for generations — Steele spoke again at a private dinner that I also attended (sitting near Fran Eaton of Illinois Review, who ate not only her dinner, but the dinner of someone next to her after asking "Are you going to finish that?". She also took home that person's, and another tablemate's, chocolate cake when she left. If security had stopped her, they would have probably found rolls in her purse, too).
Steele ran a Q&A session after that dinner and I had the chance to ask him about why the GOP establishment types seemed to cave to the Left at every turn, always calling it "bipartisanship" when it was forever the opposite of what the country wanted and needed.
This is before I came up with the phrase "Cocktail Party Republicans", but back when I realized the main problem behind all of this was the "Romney Guys" in the GOP who were already planning on losing in 2012 by running Mittens Romney against Obama. Because it was "Romney's turn" and "he's wanted to be president since the 70s". Those are, honestly, the most salient and persuasive reasons these people give for a Romney candidacy.
I asked Steele about the GOP at the state and city levels and all of the people who seemed more interested in their Grand PooBah titles and cocktail parties than actually winning elections. This didn't win me any friends in the room — and it was the last private big league GOP event I was invited to, coincidentally enough — but I flat-out asked Steele why the GOP spent so much time in elitist bastions like the Union League Club and so precious little time in actual reality.
Steele responded to me in a genuine, straightforward, and energetic way…fired up to talk about the Cocktail Party establishment that wanted to keep doing things the way they always did them, because that was easier than doing actual work. He avoided taking a punch at Mittens Romney and the many "Romney Guys" who were in the room. In truth, that dinner was packed with these people, right down to Fran Eaton at her table, eating other people's dinners and sucking up as much free swag as she could get her mitts on.
There is a cultural problem in the Republican Party and Steele clearly knew it.
He answered my questions by saying this was something that had to be addressed….but, disappointingly, he told me that the GOP is not the national organization people think it is. It is very much a collection of state parties that nominally call themselves Republicans, but some states are more together and with it than others.
He didn't spell it out directly, but I could tell he saw the Illinois GOP as a problem child.
This was back when Andy McKenna was still the Chair here in Illinois and was much more interested in playing his own personal games than winning elections. I will never forget the sick feeling I had back in the fall of 2008 when I realized that McKenna and most of the GOP in Illinois had zero interest in actually working hard to elect McCain/Palin. They were just going through the motions, because they didn't like McCain, so they wanted Obama to be a Jimmy Carter of a president and then run Mittens Romney in 2012 to replace him.
These people openly talked about "just letting McCain lose" so they could "be rid of him already".
"It's Mitt Romney's turn next," they resoundingly said. "So, let Obama have it. How much damage can he really do, anyway, and when Romney's the nominee he promised me I get to be the Regional Director of Sparkles and Awesomeness, and I really want to put that title on my business card because it sounds impressive".
THIS is what Michael Steele was up against from Day One as RNC Chair.
Yes, he fumbled at times in the position and because he is so energetic and lively a presence he is prone to more interesting gaffes than a man who is dull and sticks to a prepared script (which is the norm for the GOP).
But in sizing up Steele — a day before his likely announcement that he won't run again as RNC Chair — you need to be fair to the man.
I don't know who could have wrangled the spoiled fat cats of the GOP state parties and done a better job than Steele did.
If the Illinois GOP is any indication of what the Republican Party is like on a coast to coast basis, then I am seriously amazed Democrats don't win every election. These people are not just the Washington Generals, on purpose, because it's easier, but are more concerned with getting as much cake as possible at dessert than actually figuring out ways to take down the Left once and for all.
Steele was up against a weird, nepotistic, tiered system in GOP circles where every 4 years or so a whole new crop of sycophants and hangers-on graduates to demand their own "It's His Turn!" candidate become the new party leader…so he — and it is ALWAYS a he — can dole out cushy patronage positions and titles to his loyalists.
The problem is that the GOP attracts a great many young guys in blazers who know how to smooth talk rich donors, look great in their tight little khakis, and who don't much want to be little fish in office settings…instead choosing careers in politics over corporate gigs so they can bask in glamor and attention while taking shortcuts to the top. These guys are not in politics because they believe in anything more than the simple fact that they should have a big office, fancy letterhead, and the very best business cards that other people's money can buy. It is very much a boy's club, where after fancy events like the Steele dinner these guys head out for drinks in the priciest bar they can find, where they can still smoke cigars, and they can tell tales of how they seduced such and such lonely, wealthy cougar and got her to be the "sugar momma" writing big checks to their respective political group.
It's funny, but this doesn't happen on the Democrat side of the aisle.
I know, because I was a Democrat for my entire life, up to that 2008 election. Democrats have problems of their own, but it's not this "It's His Turn" brigade of self-promoters and leeches. Democrats, for all the bad things they do, must be acknowledged for being able to strategically stick to messages while keeping an unwieldy coalition of identity-bloc interests in line through coercion, fear, and any number of other Alinsky-approved tactics.
In the GOP, things are much different. Winning elections is item #599 of a 600 page prospectus flipped through at meetings like the one Steele spoke at in Chicago. At the top of the agenda is "How do we keep having fancy parties like this?", "How do we make sure the guy who will give me the best job is the next presidential nominee?", and "Are you going to eat your dessert, because I really want it. It's just so delicious".
And, yes, Fran Eaton of Illinois Review really and truly did do that, because I saw her with my own eyes.
Maybe someone out there can explain how this happened, how the GOP became this weird sort of prep school for young posers and ambitious, thoughtless, brown-nosers. Taking 2008 as an example, the "McCain Guys" had been the ladies-in-waiting through the entirety of the Bush Era. When George W. walked off the scene leaving no political heir, without elevating his own crop of eager beavers into positions of authority, the "McCain Guys" took over the GOP, aided of course by the national lamestream media who love promoting "moderate" Republicans because they are the ones most likely to do whatever the Left wants them to do, since this means they'll continue to enjoy all that delicious cake at all sorts of wonderful cocktail parties.
Immediately after Election Night 2008, the "Romney Guys", still smarting from not having "their turn" in the general election that year, embarked on their mission to install themselves as the new GOP power center. They feel entitled to this because they were the underlings and interns in the McCain campaign, so that means Mittens Romney needs to be the 2012 nominee so these guys can be the Grand PooBahs the next time around.
It looks like there are embryonic "Pence Guys", "Pawlenty Guys", and even "Jindal Guys" who hope to be the "It's His Turn!" beneficiaries in 2016, assuming an expected Romney loss to Obama in 2012.
Guys in their mid-20s to mid-30s are the "Romney Guy" crop…and the ones still in college are gearing up to be Romney 2012 underlings and PooBahs in their own right under some other cucumber and mayonnaise candidate's banner an election or two in the future.
All of these people detest Governor Sarah Palin and the Tea Party Movement because both are a direct threat to the "It's His Turn!", Cocktail Party, "Are you going to finish your cake?" mentality that is the heart and soul of the Republican Party.
That's why they also hate conservatives…and I mean REAL conservatives, not just people who say that's what they are so they get invited to the conservative parties…or that's what they need to say to be invited by the local media to give token "conservative remarks" on the news in cities like in Chicago just so they can say to people at the next fancy Union Club event, "Did you see me on the news last night? That's right. That was me. I am the go-to conservative commentator here in Chicago".
Governor Palin clearly hates all this garbage and terrifies these people.
I can't help but thing of the Bible story about Jesus entering the temple and becoming so angry at all the goings-on there that he overturned tables and yelled at all the fools inside, who were only there for personal profit and were in fact making a real mockery of the place.
THAT is Governor Palin in the eyes of the Cocktail Party GOP establishment….her very existence is a threat to their livelihood and "Are you going to finish that cake, because it's my turn to eat a lot of it?" attitude.
THAT is what Michael Steele promised he would be that night in Chicago when I met him; he said he would be a skull cracker and would drive the point home to the various state GOP organizations that they had to get off their butts and stop doing business as usual if they wanted to defeat the Left and win elections.
I know for a fact that Steele tried to do this.
He actually inspired a new generation of plain-speakers in the GOP who have repeatedly been trying to take the party back, at the city, county, and state levels, from the Cocktail Party establishment blue bloods who have their mouths stuffed with so much free cake and their purses full of so many of other people's rolls that they might as well just be Democrats.
Here in Chicago, there is an ongoing war between the Cocktail Party GOP establishment like Pat Brady and Lee Roupas and people like Eloise Gerson (Chicago GOP Chair) who want the Republican Party to confront its bad elements and start booting hangers-on and parasites out of power positions.
No, Michael Steele did not achieve what I hoped he'd accomplish as RNC Chair…but he sure as heck did more than any Chair before him. He made a lot of people uncomfortable and grumble. He scolded them for not working hard enough, and they hated them for that. He looked people in the eyes and told them they had enough cake and that they should get off their butts and do work, and so he was backstabbed and maligned for saying what needed to be said. Steele became a lightning rod because instead of sitting back and being as quiet and reserved as possible he told he as he saw it and never minced words.
It is a grave mistake to think this is NOT what the GOP needs.
Though I have no idea how the Republican Party can purge itself of the Cocktail Party establishment blue bloods with that "It's His Turn!" mentality that's driving the Romney 2012 express train to nowhere.
My only hope is that by continuing to write about this I can inspire some of you out there to question why "Romney Guys" feel so entitled to 2012…and why city, county, and state GOP organizations across the country are staffed by out and proud "Romney Guys" who use these GOP offices as de facto Romney 2012 campaign machines.
Mittens Romney has no chance of defeating Obama — certainly not with the albatross of Romneycare around his neck — and just about everyone I talk to knows it…and yet, here in Chicago, just about every GOP figure is hellbent on making Romney the 2012 nominee…because that means they will get the best seats at all the Romney 2012 events, with as much cake as they can eat and as many rolls as they can stuff into their purses. And not just any rolls. The really GOOD kind of rolls. The kind with the asiago cheese baked right in, like they have at Red Lobster.
Michael Steele is a very tall, very nice, very inspiring man who was put in charge of getting the Washington Generals to win a game against the Harlem Globetrotters when the Generals don't have winning games in their DNA, apparently.
When he announces tomorrow that he is not going to seek another term as RNC Chair, I know most conservative sites are going to talk smack about Steele and dish up all sorts of recriminations against him.
So I hope if you've read this you will keep in mind that Steele was never the problem with the RNC…and the men before Steele weren't the problem either.
The problems with the RNC and the GOP at large are the Cocktail Party establishment blue bloods and their never ending quest for more cake, party invites, and their hunger to be on staff for the next "It's His Turn!" candidate, no matter who that man — and it always must be a man — may be.


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Gaussian Mixture Models
The present tutorials covers the basics behind the use of Expectation-Maximization (EM) algorithm, in order to perform the estimation of Gaussian Mixture Models. First, we will lay down the problem of measuring from unseen groups. Then, we will develop the expectation, in order to perform the MLE on our data. Finally, the maximization step will allow to update the parameters in order to obtain a full classification model for the data.
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- Expectation Maximization
- Mixture models
Expectation Maximization (EM) is a powerful technique for creating maximum likelihood estimators when the variables are difficult to separate. Here, we set up a Gaussian mixture experiment with two Gaussians and derive the corresponding estimators of their means using EM.
8.1 - Unseen groups
Suppose we have a population with two distinct groups of individuals with different heights. If we randomly pick an individual from the population, we don't know which group the individual belongs to. The goal is to estimate the mean heights of the two distinct groups when we have an unlabeled distribution sampled from both groups.
Both groups are normally distributed, around two different means
Note that we fix the standard deviation to be the same for both groups, but the means () are different. The problem is to estimate the means given that you can't directly know which group you are picking from.
Then we can write the joint density for this experiment as
where if we pick from group and for group . Note that the comes from the 50/50 chance of picking either group. Unfortunately, since we do not measure the (latent) variable, we have to integrate it out of our density function to account for this handicap. Thus,
Now, since trials are independent, we can write out the likelihood:
We recall that the independent trials assumptions means that the joint probability is just the product of the individual probabilities. Usually, maximum likelihood allows to maximize this as the function of and based on all . However, here we do not know which group we are measuring at each trial so we can not just estimate the parameters for each group separately.
- Simulate the experiment by sampling two populations
- Try different means and see how overlapping regions could be solved.
8.2 - Expectation maximization
The key idea of expectation maximization is that we will pretend to know the hidden value and use a maximum likelihood estimate (this is the maximization part), by computing an expectation (guess) over the missing variable (in this case, ).
As usual, it is easier and more stable use the
log of the likelihood function. It is useful to keep track of the incomplete log-likelihood () since it can be proved that it is monotone increasing and provides a good way to identify coding errors.
Expectation step
We denote as the set of parameters and the datapoints. The density function of and can be written as the following
For the expectation part we have to compute
- Compute the expression of the expectation
- Implement a function that computes it given a set of parameters
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Since , the expression of simplifies easily
Now, the only thing left is to find which we can do using Bayes rule:
The term in the denominator comes from summing (integrating) out the items in the full joint density
and since , we finally obtain
Maximization step
Now, given we we have this estimate for , , we can go back and compute the log likelihood estimate of
by maximizing it using basic calculus.
- Derive the maximization of the log-likelihood
- Implement a fonction that performs maximization on a set of data
Solution [Reveal]
The trick is to remember that is fixed, so we only have to maximize the parts. This leads to
and for
Now that we have both the maximization step and the expectation step (), we can simulate the algorithm and compute the estimates for both and .
Expectation maximization is a powerful algorithm that is especially useful when it is difficult to de-couple the variables involved in a standard maximum likelihood estimation. Note that convergence to the "correct" maxima is not guaranteed, as we observed here. This is even more pronounced when there are more parameters to estimate (a much more detailed mathematical derivation is available here).
- Fill the main loop of the EM algorithm
- Plot the evolution of the values for both and
- Plot the corresponding incomplete likelihood function
- Analyze the speed of convergence for the EM algorithm
- Plot the error surface (in terms of parameters)
- Test your algorithm for different initial values.
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8.3 - 3-dimensionnal GMM
The previous toy examples can easily be generalized to any given number of gaussians and any dimensionnality. We are given a data set where is a -dimensional vector measurement. Assume that the points are generated in an IID fashion from an underlying density . We further assume that is defined as a finite mixture model with components
where the are mixture components, ie. distribution defined over , with parameters and are mutually exclusive binary indicator variables representing the identity of the mixture component that generated and finally the are the mixture weights, representing the probability that a randomly selected was generated by component .
We can compute the "membership weight" of data point in cluster , given parameters as
The membership weights above reflect our uncertainty, given and , about which of the components generated vector . Note that we are assuming in our generative mixture model that each was generated by a single component
Mixture model For we can define a Gaussian mixture model by making each of the components a Gaussian density with parameters and . Each component is a multivariate Gaussian density
with its own parameters .
We define the EM algorithm for Gaussian mixtures as follows. The algorithm is an iterative algorithm that starts from some initial estimate of (e.g., random), and then proceeds to iteratively update until convergence is detected. Each iteration consists of an E-step and an M-step.
Denote the current parameter values as . Compute (using the equation above for membership weights) for all data points and all mixture components.
M-Step Use the membership weights and the data to calculate new parameter values. Let , i.e., the sum of the membership weights for the -th component—this is the effective number of data points assigned to component . Specifically we compute the new mixture weights
The updated mean is calculated in a manner similar to the previous exercises
Finally, we also the update rule for the covariance matrix identical to how we would normally compute an empirical covariance matrix, except that the contribution of each data point is weighted by
After we have computed all of the new parameters, the M-step is complete and we can now go back and recompute the membership weights in the E-step, then recompute the parameters again in the E-step, and continue updating the parameters in this manner. Each pair of E and M steps is considered to be one iteration.
- Fill the expectation step in the
- Fill the maximization step in the same function
- Test your implementations by running the
- Test your algorithm for different initial values.
Expected output [Reveal]


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So far, it's been a year since Hikane Uzumaki (CastleFalcon) was born; both Naruto Uzumaki (CastleFalcon) and Hinata Hyuga (CastleFalcon) being 21 years of age. Having to go through college and work at the same time has been aquired to the daily lives of the two, and sometimes, they take Hikane over to work with them.
As Hinata comes to the table with a pan full of scrambled eggs, she tells Naruto, "Naruto-kun, are you going to get promoted soon..?". Naruto, who has been working in a hospitality business for almost an entire year, would respond, "I'm not quite sure..anyways, do I take the baby with me, or does it stay here with you..since you have the day off..".
Hinata simply tells Naruto not to worry, that she'll keep the baby for the day, and that he should begin eating breakfast.
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Dressed up in a button-down shirt, and dressy pants, he grabs his car keys and walks over to his brand-new Jeep withlist holding a cup of coffee. Setting down the cup into the cupholder, he would grab his phone, and make a call as he starts the car, and drives from capus to work.
The voice of his boss is quite strange, yet soft; much like Gaara (CastleFalcon)'s; "Naruto, I was expecting your call....you're 10 minutes late..". Naruto urgingly responds, as if he were in a hurry, "Sorry, Shino Aburame (CastleFalcon), the baby was crying this morning!". Shino would seem annoyed, which brings him to reluctantly say, "You're lucky that your new to parenting. Otherwise, the outcome of you being late once a week wouldn't be so pleasant. Anyways, hurry it up. Bye.". As Shino hangs up, Naruto arrives at work.
As for Hinata, she is with Matsuri (CastleFalcon) and Gaara (CastleFalcon), practicing her vocals for a late-night event she has at the Konoha Theater. As Matsuri plays the piano, she instructs Hinata in her notes/scales, "Remember, don't rush yourself. From the top!".
The small Hikane falls asleep after just 10 minutes of watching Hinata practice.
Upon entering the door, and signing in, Naruto would walk into his office, only to begin recording the amount of visitors comming in by the day. After about an hour full of updating, he is given the responsibility of showing a family around their hotel room, to which he would return to his office shortly afterwards to begin making phone-calls and filing his records.
After about 8 hours, Naruto gets into his car, and returns over to campus, to which he walks over to his dorm, exhausted. Hinata, who is in the Kitchen making dinner happily greets Naruto, "Hi hun, welcome back!". Naruto kisses Hinata, and seemingly waits with Hikane for dinner on the couch.
Soon, dinner is served, and talkitivley eaten, to which Hikane is put to sleep shortly afterwards. Hinata begins to get excited, especially since she's alone with Naruto.
The thoughts of what had happened to them in the past don't even register in through their heads; instead, they walk into their bedroom and begin taking action once more. Such an act releaves Naruto of his stress and anxiety, while Hinata is too relieved of her tension.
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This picture was taken on Feb. 7th, the first night we talked in several years. Two weeks later, we were completely in love.
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For reasons of family tragedy Swan Point has closed and is not expected to reopen except under new ownership. The rating reflects current reality not its level of service during its community friendly run.
For reasons of family tragedy Swan Point has closed and is not expected to reopen except under new ownership. The rating reflects current reality not its level of service during its community friendly run.
We were headed to one of the popular eateries for dinner when we stumbled across Swan Point. The restaurant was clean and quaint and since we wanted to socialize we sat at the bar. We were promptly greeted by a friendly bartender Chris? The house...More
The service here on Sept 4 was wonderful! The two servers could not have been more efficient and friendly. Three of our party ate the rockfish platter. They all said the fish was a little dry, but tasty nevertheless. I had the "Crab Dabs" appetizer....More
Clean courteous and cute! I would like to start out by saying this was a great find...the staff was super friendly from the initial phone conversation. Cute little bar and restaurant and the staff was super helpful and friendly. The lady said the room was...More
We stayed in the Swan Point Inns rooms above the restaurant. The room was clean and quaint. The restaurant was our main destination. They boast about the prime rib. Well it was sumptuous, cooked exactly as my husband requested, served with fresh made horseradish. I...More
The bad news: We waited 90 minutes to get our food, and saw no manager to offer apologies or offer a free dessert. I felt bad for the wait staff who were in the position of apologizing every 20 minutes for how long the food...More
I nice find just a bit off the beaten path. Food was great. I recommend their Salmon w/ maple glaze.
Had an enjoyable dinner at the Swan Point Inn, the menu was full and the food was very good. Good location in a great little town with plenty to do. There are some great places to eat in Rock Hall, MD, and the Swan Point...More
was not open on most days during the weekday. We were on vacation and had limited places to go out to eat. Very disappointing.
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About This Tea
Ingredients: Sencha Green Tea, Wakame Seaweed, Mate, and Lemongrass.
Brewing Technique: 80°C, 2-3 Minutes
Supplier: The Gilded Teapot
Wakame is an edible type of seaweed, that is literally packed full of vitamins and minerals. Let's be clear, when I say literally... I mean it. It's stuffed with vitamins A, C, E, K, D and B2, as well as some added iron, magnesium, calcium and iodine. I mean come on, Wakame would basically be the next IT super food, if only it got the media traction it deserved. Remember me when you're famous Wakame! Joking aside, I don't know why more people don't rave about this "sea vegetable". Although I've never eaten it, apparently it's a little savoury, with a subtle sweetness. But how does it taste in tea?
The packet is full of strong, brittle citric notes that contain a punchy lemon scent and a little twist of something indistinguishable… Mysterious!
First taste, disappointing. I think I know what went wrong though. I built Wakame up too damn much and my gurl just let me down! Despite containing wakame (this is where I stop capitalising and pretending this is an old z-list celeb friend on the rise to fame), there's little excitement in the actual cup, no exotic pzazz. It's a little savoury, sure, but mostly, it's all lemony, citric boring blah!
All following tastes, were not so saddening. I now know what to expect and admittedly the flavour isn't half bad, starting with those classic sencha notes, hopping quickly into a stronger lemon zing, before circling back to the first note. The flavours feel organic and pleasing. All this is coming from someone who isn't super into sencha and hates hot lemon!
Getting Creative
Although I did try this iced, I didn't much like it...Shocker. So, classic me, I added it to a smoothie instead. Note two things. First, add ginger to taste. I love ginger, but I didn't add the whole thing! Second, these ingredients made for a tasty smoothie, but if you're after Instagram-able drinkage, neglect either carrots or spinach, because that combo of colours WILL NOT look pretty.
Want more inspo? Check out my Recipes section.
Final Thoughts
For me, personally, I am so adverse to lemon, particularly when it's hot, that Sencha Seaweed Wakame is really not a tea I would ever come back to. BUT. It's so well created that I can completely appreciate the notes of the tea. The Gilded Teapot has turned a tea I would normally gag at the thought of, into something I could, almost happily, sip at. Obviously, they've not done this specially for me, my point is just that there doesn't seem to be any of that synthetic awkwardness to the blend. The natural feel of the flavours are exactly what's appealing about this tea, for that reason most tea heads will love this brew, not just lemon lovers.
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The PCL has completed play for 2012 and round robin play will pick up again Wednesday January 9th, 2013! I hope all of you have a great holdiay season! We have just one round robin game remaining before the playoffs begin. This year's playoffs will include six teams and a tie-breaker week is scheduled should […]
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Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney
How CFS Alters the Self and Everyday LifeIn this poster, self-reported changes in the self and everyday life of those suffering from CFS are compared with a control group. Those with CFS were more likely than controls to report negative changes for a number of dimensions of their self and everyday life following the onset of CFS, although for some dimensions it appears that the onset of CFS may have had a positive effect. We will describe how and why changes in the self and everyday life occur following the onset of CFS and the potential impact of these changes.
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Monday, 7 May 2012
A Speakers' Corner event on the 25th Anniversary of the Marxist Conspiracy
The below is an event organised by the former detainees of the Marxist Conspiracy. This is a positive move towards educating our young about our own history. A pity that the speakers won't be the detainees themselves but more opposition and opposition-linked personalities. This would have its dangers of running into a discourse drawn along political lines rather than one that seeks to inform the public of the historical significance and debate surrounding the use of a law that allows detention without trial, whether it is the form of the Internal Security Act (ISA) or otherwise.
Note: This event has been postponed to 2nd June. Please see here.
Come join us at an open air exhibition from 4pm to 7pm on Saturday 19 May 2012 at Speakers' Corner, Hong Lim Park to remember the 25th anniversary of the 1987 "Marxist conspiracy".
Ruminate with social activists Alfian Saat, Braema Mathi, Jeannette Chong Aruldoss, Jolovan Wham, Martyn See, Siew Kum Hong, Vincent Wijeysingha and William Yap as they share personal thoughts on the 1987 "Marxist Conspiracy" and its effect on civil society.
Participate in guided tours through a unique open-air exhibition detailing the lives of the 1987 survivors before and after their ISA detentions.
Walk through mockups of Whitley Road Detention Centre and go back in time with original artifacts and memorabilia from those ISA arrests a quarter century ago.
"Lim-kopi" with survivors of the 1987 "Marxist Conspiracy", ask questions and get answers directly from activists who had been silenced 25 years ago.
Buy a host of newly published books by social activists who has never-before-told public stories of how they slipped the ISD dragnet, left the country, and are now in exile.
3pm to 4pm: Arrival and informal chit-chats.
4pm to 5pm: Sharing and reflections by speakers from various sections of Singapore
society. All speakers do so in their individual capacities.
5pm to 6pm: Guided tour of open-air exhibition and exhibits
6pm to 7pm: "Lim-kopi" with survivors of the 1987 "Marxist Conspiracy"
Come and help raise awareness on the potential abuse of the ISA.
Your presence will help reconcile past hurts and unify Singapore again.
Desired outcomes
We hope these activities would:
a. Raise awareness on the misuse of the ISA in the past;
b. Raise awareness of the danger on the continued existence of the ISA which may lead to complacency of the authorities in dealing with real security threats to our country;
c. Work towards the abolition of the ISA; and
d. Press the government to welcome the return of those who have been forced into exile because of the ISA, such a move being the first step towards national reconciliation and healing for all parties.
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Walter Johnson, CPA, is Chairman and CEO of Johnson Brothers, a Heavy/Highway construction services firm founded by his grandfather more than 80 years ago.
Walt started working with Johnson Bros. at an early age, starting as a laborer on jobsites and eventually becoming group VP, leading the underground operations in the western states and special projects.
Walt earned a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Tri-State University in Angola, IN.
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There are heaps of these guys located all around Rocky, no address required just your eyes peeled. I only took one picture because they're normal sized bulls! I'm not sure who started the 'Big Thing' bull rumour and hopefully I'm not spreading it further :P I hereby remove all Rockhampton bulls from the Big Things of OZ, Big list! As for a funny fact, the Rockhampton council after constantly having to re-ball the bulls (testicles being a favourite amongst thieves) eventually resorted to bolting them down using metal rods, ouch!
Address: All around the township of Rockhampton, QLD.
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Resisting Those Social Media Urges
With all the privacy stuff going around, I thought it would be a good time for me to start making more effort into investing into my own social network of Rosie.
Social network of Rosie means my websites. If you ever need to reach out, you can be sure to find me here on rosiesherry.com (a bit more professional focused) or on MessyTimes, personal and family focused. I also have unschool.me which I've neglected and wish to turn into a bit of a longer term research project.
I'm not quitting social media. For now am still very much active on Twitter. And I am on Testing Slacks (Testers.chat and MoT one) that are out there too. I'm mostly avoiding posting anything to Facebook, though my Instagram photos get fed into there. I will be checking FB for messages and I kind of rely on some Facebook groups for things.
I'd like to find a better solution to my photos, both backing them up and also sharing selected ones. I will get there in time.
I use to blog and write much more, since social media has had a direct impact on that, I would like to change the habit.
So, for now, I will be doing my best to resist my urges to post to social media and instead try to post what I would normally post on one of my 'web properties'.


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Castle's pint-sized fashionista will join this week's installment of Secrets of the Red Carpet, airing on emPOWERme.tv, where she'll give a "Comic-Con intensive."
As most of you already know, Secrets of the Red Carpet was created by Castle's resident costume designer, Luke Reichle, to help regular, everyday people bring out their inner beauty through fashion.
Prior to joining ABC's hit crime procedural, Luke created collections for a wide range of American apparel icons, including Calvin Klein, Alexander Julian, The Arrow Shirt Company, Levi-Strauss, and Harley-Davidson. [Read More…]


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Four things on earth are small, yet they are extremely wise. Ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in summer … Proverbs 30:24-25
Today you are invited to consider the wisdom of the ant – which works hard in the summer when food is plentiful but slows down when the time is right. How much time do you give to your work? What balance is there in your life for work, rest and play? When do you work? When do you relax? When do you play? How often do you take a Sabbath and do no work at all? What does God say to you about these things? Tell Him how you feel – especially about the demands made on you by your work and any struggles you may have to find balance in your life.
May God bless you with a balanced day when you find time to work, rest and play today.


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Finding or Marketing Property should be a GOOD Adventure!
Finding a Perfect Property… should be a GOOD Adventure!
My background includes being part of a "Football Family" comprised of four daughters. We moved around the U.S. and had the opportunity to observe how people lived in different regions of the country. Most of the time we built our own homes and I viewed that process over and over again.
Following that time, many years were spent raising a family and doing volunteer work. This included equine assisted therapy for the physically and mentally challenged individuals. Duties included documentation, lesson planning, and volunteer training in handling of horse and client.
Prior to Real Estate, I was involved with a company that repurposed shipping containers. We created office space, guesthouses, and many other custom projects. I ran the office, research and development, managed employees, and maintained records. Sometimes I was lucky enough to do some construction work on the container projects.
My husband is involve in custom home sales and a background in running his own business. I was also involved in custom home sales and construction.
Which brings me to why I joined Real Estate. My desire to learn the process of start to finish including fiduciary responsibility between parties involved in real estate transactions.
After completing the course and acquiring my license with the Texas Real Estate Commission, I decided to pursue Real Estate full time. Someone once told me that their Agent didn't have time for them and could I look into a listing. If you contact me, I will find the time to help you with your real estate needs.
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"Along with stress reduction and relaxation, there is a clear level of healing facilitated through Nicole's work."
John R. Lindt, MDiv. MA LMFT
Relieving Your Stress Through Reflexology, Reiki, and Raindrop Therapy
Welcome! Thank you for visiting my site. I want to assist you in finding peace in your overall well-being and your space! I offer many services to get you moving in the right direction.
I have a BA in Human Development and offer a wide range of services to assist in improving one's overall well-being:
• Positive self talk
• Breathing techniques
• One on one coaching to improve one's self image
• Inner child work to release trauma
• Learning self love
I am well versed in balancing color and texture in order to bring harmony to your environment or personal office space. I can assist you in refining your arrangements and rooms in order to bring peace and harmony to your surroundings.
Reflexology involves applying pressure to the hands and feet using thumb and finger techniques. I am certified in this scientific art which is based on the premise that there are reflex areas on the hands and feet which correspond to the entire body.
Reflexology helps the body to relax and may help with depression, anxiety and stress. Reflexology may also reduce pain and increase clarity.
A Raindrop session consists of using a variety of essential oils on the body. The oils may assist with boosting the immune system and reducing inflammation. A feather-like technique is administered on the individual's back, along with Reflexology on the hands as well as the feet.
Reiki is a healing practice that promotes an overall balancing of the mind and body. The recipient receiving Reiki may experience reduced pain and stress throughout the body, feel much more relaxed, more clear and focused with an increase in vitality.
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Browse recent items at Jackie's Antique Mall on Brown, LLC:
See something you like? We can take your order over the phone. Jackie's Antique Mall on Brown, LLC accepts VISA, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover. Jackie's Antique Mall on Brown, LLC is pleased to offer 3 business days of free storage from the date of purchase. A storage fee of $10 per day after 3 business days will be applied to any item that has not been picked up. Any applicable storage fees must be paid in full before treasures will be released.


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*Currently, Adipose Stem Cells are not approved by the FDA, as a result, we do not provide Adipose Stem Cells here at Regenerative Sports Spine and Spa
As the very foundation of every cell in your body, the primary role of stem cells is to maintain and repair the tissue in which they are found. Stem cells have the ability to develop — through a process called differentiation — and self-renew (make copies of themselves) into many different types of cells, such as skin cells, brain cells, lung cells and more. Stem cells are a key component of regenerative medicine, as they create opportunities for new clinical applications. developing completely new ways to treat and manage chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart failure, and degenerative nerve, bone and joint conditions.
There are four different types of stem cells – they originate from different areas of the body, and they have different healing functionalities:
Traditionally, medicine has only treated the symptoms that disease, illness and injury cause, rather than treating the root cause of these conditions. Regenerative medicine is a game-changing frontier, and takes a different approach altogether- it holds the promise of being able to actually heal a patient's body from within. Regenerative medicine is the ability to use the latest in medical technology to help restore structure and function to damaged tissues and organs within the body.
At Regenerative Sports, Spine and Spa our quality control program ensures that our Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) preparations are consistent and high quality, and our PRP preparations can be individualized to meet your specific therapy needs.
Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) has been in the news and written about in scientific and medical journals regarding its potential effectiveness toward treating injuries. Several famous athletes such as Tiger Woods, tennis star Rafael Nadal and several others have received PRP for knee and chronic tendon injuries, and many of them credit PRP therapies toward returning them more quickly to their sport. Here are a few of the questions surrounding PRP, and how it works as a treatment:
Within regenerative medicine stem cells are being used and studied to help heal tissue. Exosomes, (which are extracellular vesicles – or small structures within a cell – released from cells), are showing exciting promise – they are demonstrating great ability to provide therapy benefits. Exosomes are released from cells in response to injuries, and research is showing that exosomes play a key role in coagulation – when blood changes from a liquid to a gel, forming a clot. One of the most promising uses of exosomes within orthopaedics involves rheumatoid arthritis (RA), an autoimmune disorder in which inflammation leads to pain and degradation of joints.
The future of regenerative medicine is quickly evolving to become a reality, and at Regenerative Sports, Spine & Spa, we offer cells for therapeutic use in patients, and will tailor your therapy to meet your specific needs and goals.
At Regenerative Sports, Spine & Spa we're well-versed on sports injury therapies, and offer treatment for back, shoulder, knee, hip pain – as well as spinal injuries. Our goal is to get you back to feeling like yourself, so that you can resume your normal activity level quickly. We understand that a sports injury can be anywhere on the spectrum of annoying to a catastrophic event – they can effect even the most seasoned athlete or the novice weekend warrior. Serious athletes must understand that managing their injury effectively is part of the game they must play to achieve continued success, also that rehabilitation skills are similar to sports skills.
There are four factors which influence recovery:
A spinal cord has four sections, and each section protects different nerve groups that control the body. Spinal cord injuries vary in severity, and the severity can depend on the spinal section that is injured. The four different spinal sections, and the areas they affect are:
Spinal cord injuries can vary in severity – and can be classified as either a complete spinal cord injury, causing permanent damage to the area of the spinal cord affected, or an incomplete spinal cord injury, which is partial damage to the spinal cord, but still retains the ability of movement and feeling, depending on the area of spinal injury.
At Regenerative Sports, Spine & Spa, our goal and passion is to get people back to their lives, whether they are derailed by injury, they are not feeling like themselves, or if the natural aging process has slowed them down. We help our clients get back to work, sports, daily activities and beauty, so they can enjoy their lives again.


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Immediate release of 225 political
detainees pressed
November 30, 2008
TAGBILARAN CITY – At least eight
political detainees at the Bohol Detention and Rehabilitation Center (BDRC)
called on President Arroyo's administration to release "without conditions" all
225 political detainees who are still languishing in various jails nationwide.
In a handwritten but short press release in vernacular received by this writer,
the eight detainees said they are still suffering from unfair persecution of the
crimes that are "invented" against them by the state.
"Two of them, Antonio Sanchez and Elpidio Tagsip, are still under medication and
recovery from tuberculosis," said Karapatan chairman Msgr. Feliciano Nalzaro,
parish priest of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Barangay Taloto in this city.
Sanchez and Tagsip, who are members of the militant Hugpong sa mga Mag-uumang
Bol-anon (Humabol), have been detained for five years already on a "double
murder" case in spite of the fact that the said charge was "publicly admitted by
the New People's Army (NPA)."
They were then known as one of the "Buenavista Five," of Buenavista town, where
the murder took place.
Other detainees, who signed the press statement, include Federico Bugash,
Rodrigo Mejias, Ruben Bosalanan, Proculo Tandog, Jr., Julian Canono and Edwin
"Padayon pa gihapon ang politikalnga pagpanglutos nga miresulta sa pagbilanggo
sa 225 ka tawo sa tibuok nasud tungod sa ilang political nga baruganan ug
pagtu-o." (Running after the political prisoners just because of their political
beliefs that resulted to their detention still continues, according to the eight
political detainees.)
They argued that they should be freed pursuant to section 18, Article III of the
Philippine Constitution and the Comprehensive Agreement on the Respect of Human
Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL), of which RP is a
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Rumor has it, at one time the scent of this delectable Italian dish wafting out of brothels would entice prospective customers. That may or may not be true, but I think there could be a point to the lore. This was the most pleasing pasta dish I've eaten since Bucatini Carbonara. It certainly does smell amazing and tastes delicious. The wafting aroma of this Spaghetti Puttanesca should certainly be enough to make the neighbors jealous!
slightly adapted from: Extra Virgin
serves: 4
1/2 pound tomatoes
kosher salt + freshly ground black pepper
1 1/2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for serving
1 garlic clove, sliced
2 anchovy fillets, or 1/2 teaspoon anchovy paste*
pinch of hot red pepper flakes
1 ounce Gaeta or Ponentine black olives, pitted and sliced
1/2 tablespoon capers, rinsed and chopped
1/2 pound spaghetti
finely chopped Italian parsley, for garnish
Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Submerge the tomatoes in the boiling water for 1 minute, then remove and peel them. Slice the tomatoes in half, remove the seeds, and cut into small cubes.
In an 8- to 12- quart pot, bring 6 quarts of salted water to a rolling boil for the pasta.
In a large skillet, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat until hot. Add the garlic, anchovies, red pepper flakes, olives, and capers and sauté for 3 to 4 minutes, so the flavors can meld. Use a wooden spoon to break up the anchovies. Add the tomatoes and cook over medium-low heat for 10 to 15 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste, being mindful that anchovies and capers play a big role in flavoring your puttanesca.
Meanwhile, add the spaghetti to the boiling water and stir the pasta so it won't stick together. Cook until al dente. Drain and add to the skillet with the rest of the ingredients. Toss well over medium-high heat for up to 2 minutes.
Serve in a large bowl with a sprinkle of parsley and a drizzle of olive oil on top.
* Anchovy paste is a salty paste made from ground anchovy fillets. I find it easier to use than actual anchovy fillets. It is sold in tubes which are kept in the refrigerator. (Kind of like tubes of tomato paste.)


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Read about - Goondiwindi Holiday Park below.
Would you like to enter your own description & more? It's free, click HERE.
Contact details36 Old Cunningham HighwayGoondiwindi QLD 4390 E: email@example.com: 07 4671 2900P: 1300 725 915
Goondiwindi Holiday Park is a member of Family Parks and is
situated close to the intersection of the Leichhardt and Cunnigham Highways - very convenient. It is managed by Southern Cross Parks and Family Park discounts apply,
is a very welcoming park and our choice when we called into Goondiwindi for a few days during our last trip through Queensland. It has lovely drive through sites that are suitable for large rigs and motor homes. Each of the sites in the centre of the park were separated by trees or palms which provide shade.
One and two bedroom cabins are provided at Goondiwindi Holiday Park with lovely gardens around those near the entrance. There are several amenities including some
unisex bathrooms with a toilet and shower in the same room. Unisex bathrooms are great and I understand very useful for those travelling with partners who need assistance in the shower. Keys are required for the amenities.
Don't be
put off staying at this park if the train goes by while you are looking around or checking in – it only
passes once a day. The caravan park has an artesian pool and spa with the water
trucked in and kept at about 37 degrees for comfort of visitors. This park is pet friendly and has a country style camp kitchen located near the pool. There are barbeque facilities available and a dump point with a pull off area so you can stop and empty the toilet on the way out without blocking the road.
Sausage sizzle was held at the caravan park on Wednesday night around a
campfire pit. All guests are invited and
asked to donate a gold coin to the RFDS. You can enjoy a sausage (beautiful
and purchased form the local Foodworks), bread, onions, and sauce. This was a great opportunity to meet other
guests - we thoroughly enjoyed chatting to the staff and meeting fellow caravanners.
My star rating for this park also includes the welcoming friendly greeting on arrival.


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Missha's 'Super Aqua Cell Renew Snail Cream' contains 70 percent snail slime extract. Korean women are known for their willingness to experiment for the sake of beauty, often causing headlines around the world for their extreme cosmetic daring.
Missha's 'Super Aqua Cell Renew Snail Cream' contains 70 percent snail slime extract.
The latest beauty trend to hit Korea isn't the most invasive, but it may be the grossest yet.
Korean cosmetics companies are now touting snail guts as the new heaven-sent ingredient for skin care. Creams containing large amounts of snail extract have been selling fast in Seoul.
Although Korea is hardly the first market for snail creams — European cosmetics companies have been selling snail cream for a number of years and a Chilean snail cream hit the market in 1995 — snail skin-care products have exploded in popularity among Korean women over the past year.
Rich ingredients
Snail extract "soothes, regenerates and heals skin," says Jeong Chang-hyun, deputy head of product planning for cosmetics company 'Able C&C.'
'Able C&C' owns beauty brand 'Missha,' which released a snail cream in June 2010.
'Super Aqua Cell Renew Snail Cream' contains 70 percent snail extract, and the company says it pays great attention the quality of that 70 percent.
The snails, the same kind that can be found on menus in French restaurants, are fed red ginseng while being raised in Korea in order to ensure quality slime.
Cream d'escargot
After 'Cream d'escargot' ads featuring Nichkhun hit television in February, a whopping 70,000 creams were sold in March.Korean brand 'It's skin' also has a snail cream line — 'Prestige Cream d'escargot' — which has seen huge success since it went on the market in 2009.
The snail cream, made from 21-percent snail extract, is currently the company's best-selling product.
"I had severe adult acne," says fan Mina Oh, 26, who began using snail cream last winter when her boss introduced her to the product.
Oh says that the snail cream is so sticky she has to slap it onto her face with a spoon. That doesn't bother her at all.
"I could feel my skin getting much better," she says. She plans to continue using snail-based creams.
"If you say snail cream, some people ask if whole snails go into it," says 'It's skin' PR chief Hong Min-jeong ruefully.
According to Hong, the desire for good skin outweighs potential ick factors. Adding a K-Pop idol advertisement into the mix helps make the case.
Ads starring boy band 2PM member Nichkun spurred snail cream sales after they started airing in February. In March alone, 70,000 creams were sold.
"We are still seeing a boom from those ads," says Hong.
The brand's snail line features everything from blemish balm to toner to body lotion.
Jean Oh is a Seoul-based freelance writer who has been covering food and entertainment for over three years. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from UC Berkeley and a master's degree in Korean Studies from the Graduate School of International Studies at Seoul National University.


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Christopher Porter
December 11, 2008
THE SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR may be a Christian group from South Africa, but you need not be saved to enjoy its music.
"We don't only perform for Christians," said Shimmy Jiyane, assistant music director and choreographer. "You don't have to be a Christian to enjoy our show; you just have to come to our show and enjoy yourself."
After all, South Africans been forced to figure out ways to get along despite the many different ethnicities, religions and cultures that comprise the nation.
"In our country, we have 11 different official languages, and we have 20 to 40 cultures that are different," Jiyane said. "We mostly sing a capella, but we're open to any other kind of culture to bring their culture into our culture."
You can hear the group's multi-ethnic, multi-tongued approach on the group's recent CD and DVD, "Live at the Nelson Mandela Theatre" (Shanachie), which was just nominated for a Grammy in the best contemporary world music album. That's a strange designation for a CD that's made up primarily of "songs taken from the hymn books, which have been done for a long time by our elders," Jiyane said.
But the Soweto Gospel Choir does mix in a few contemporary tunes, including Bob Dylan's "I'll Remember You," Vusi Mahlasela's "River Jordan" and Bob Marley's "One Love."
"'One Love' is a song that talks about unity, it's a song that speaks about peace, it's a song that deals with the human spirit," Jiyane said. "We do songs with a strong message, so when we do it and we put our African feel on them, we make sure people can feel the spirit of Africa — and the spirit of unity and love."


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Former All Black coach accepts university job
ESPN Staff
January 23, 2014
John Mitchell's latest coaching jobs did not end well for the New Zealander © Getty Images
The fall for former All Blacks coach John Mitchell has been considerable, and he has just accepted a role as coach of the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban.
Mitchell held arguably the top job in rugby from 2001 to 2003 before he was sacked after losing in the semi-finals of the 2003 World Cup. Since then he has held a number of jobs but his style has not always gone down well. He was briefly suspended in 2010 after players at South African side the Lions complained about the way he treated them.
Mitchell, who has most recently been working as a TV analyst, said he would "put his ego aside" to lead a side in South Africa's second-tier Varsity Shield competition that involves just five teams.
He added he wanted to put something back into the community after living in Durban for 18 months, even if the role was a considerable step down from his previous jobs. " "I have been living in Durban now since June 2012, and my wife is from there as well," he said. "I was with Supersport and took the opportunity to put something back into the community on my own back doorstep.
"Ultimately we coach because we want to serve young men in terms of teaching them and inspiring them to become winners in life."
He has assembled three assistant coaches at UKZN, including former Springboks playmaker Butch James. "I haven't watched [UKZN] at all so the past means nothing to me. It is all about sticking to the formulas that I have used in my past and making sure we have got enough depth."
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Nipphon Ichi's Disgaea will be heading to the Nintendo Switch with Disgaea 5 Complete out in Spring. It will be available digitally and at retail in North America and Europe. Pre-order and Standard editions are also available for pre-order.
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Zahar worked as written press journalist for several years after obtaining his Bachelor degree in Journalism and Mass Communication. He holds a Master degree in ESST, which he defended with a thesis titled "The role of non-human actors in the management of innovation processes in firms: A case study in a large service provider in Norway". Since then he worked as researcher at Radboud University Nijmegen in a Horizon 2020 project on the role of sustainable energy technologies, particularly smart grids, in society. In September 2017 he embarked on his PhD trajectory in Maastricht University STS group.
The focus of Zahar's PhD project is on the fate of discredited and/or phased out technologies. He aims to investigate the dynamics of technologies after their development or application has been (thought to be) discontinued. Examples are digital peer-to-peer networks, CFCs, various pharmaceuticals, full human cloning, eugenics, and geo- and climate engineering. Such technologies, or their versions, have been discredited and/or phased out at different times and in different parts of the world. What happens with technologies such as these? What happens with the knowledge base, the proprietary regimes, the professional communities, the user involvement, the governmental stakes? Do these find a backdoor back into research, applications and novel markets? How? Do they get divided into less recognisable components? How do the components travel to other parts of the world and how are they taken up? The dynamics of discredited technologies raises questions about the efficacy of future bans on technologies and the possibility of alternatives to bans.
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It is great that you are blogging for business. However, it is not enough to merely write your blogs. You need to promote your blog posts as well so that you get the most mileage out of them and so that you are able to leverage them effectively.
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Open Funds
xxth April 2018
Markets at a crossroads
few interesting charts
Trump tariffs tomorrow and potential trade wars w/China and EU. Dismissal of Tillerson and resignation of Cohn may signal the nationalist agenda has now the upper hand – stark difference from when it was Bannon to leave. Agenda may this time have momentum.
Tech sector woes just started
Trade wars are problematic for companies like AAPL, and indeed yesterday's the stock was the biggest decliner in INDU (down 2%) / TENCENT down 5% this mornin
Yesterday, the EU laid out framework for the tax reform for US Tech companies operating in Europe – interim tax, revenues taxed where produced (
Idiosyncratic difficulties w/Facebook creating momentum for long overdue regulatory backlash (other momentum is Uber, to a lesser extent)
Next month potential for breaking Iran deal, chain-effect on potential flare-up of NK tensions, but more importantly impact on oil, and therefore interest rates
Rates can adjust upward anytime to 3.5%/4% on 10yr Treasuries (backed by tight job market, economic strength, tax cuts and fiscal stimulus, in adj to tariffs/trade wars)
If rates do not rise, still bad as there is potential for curve inversion – Taylor rule at 4% on Fed funds
OIS-libor spread continues to widen– now at 56 bips – doubled-up ytd –Citi research
. Impact on banks like Deutsche bank visible
HYG weaker than in January and on slippery slope, next to critical levels. Spread to nearby asset class from equities VIX/VAR shock in February has just begun
DXY can swings both ways from here and cause volatility – (i) downward, continuing the trend but now provoking US equity/bond outflows (interesting such thesis
) or (ii) upward in reference to OIS-libor and potential for USD shortage / liquidity squeeze
On March 26, the Shanghai International Energy Exchange is introducing a crude oil futures contract denominated in Chinese yuan, to allow oil producers sell their oil for yuan. China knows most oil producers don't want a large reserve of yuan. So producers will be able to efficiently convert it into physical gold through gold exchanges in Shanghai and Hong Kong. Trend and implications to watch.
More readings:
10th Jan 2018 -
"Edge of Chaos"
20th Nov 2017 -
"Positive Feedback Loops"
11th Oct 2017 -
"Market Fragility"
17th Jan 2018 -
"Stocks are now in complete bitcoin territory"
22th Nov 2017 -
"MacroVoices Interview - PFL"
OIS_libor: too easily dismissed as a potential risk indicator (as happened to February VIX-shock)
OIS-Libor vs TED Spreads
OIS-Libor vs US High Yield
OIS-Libor vs CDX HY spread
US High Yield on a slippery slope
Widening of credit spreads, cost of leverage rises, need to deleverage arise
US Default rates may soon adjust upward and follow debt/GDP historical correlation
When it comes to the outlook for Deutsche Bank, the bond market isn't listening to the equity market – BOND VIGILANTES
$HYG Is in danger of forming a large rounded/H&S top. Signals in the credit cycle are beginning to pop up all over the place - Raoul Pal
Curve inversion or spike in US long rates: both bad
Either long rates follow short rates upward, or spike in a curve steepening (feeling for a FED behind the curve, or adjusting to oil prices if Iran deal falls apart), or the curve inverts: hard to see a positive outcome out of US rates in the near term
Curve flatness/inversion has historically coincided/preceded recent large adjustments: 00 and 07
Oil testing highs, in isolation to other commodities (hence: bad inflation/ unfavorable rise in rates), right ahead of next month potential break of the Iran deal
Oil rise often pushed US Dollar weaker, historically. Which may now spur outflows from US equities
VIX vs PMI: what's next for the real economy if weakness persists


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