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The oldest evidence of human existence in the Ryukyu islands was discovered in Naha and Yaese. Some human bone fragments from the Paleolithic era were unearthed, but there is no clear evidence of Paleolith remains. Japanese Jōmon influences are dominant in the Okinawa Islands, although clay vessels in the Sakishima Islands have a commonality with those in Taiwan.
The first mention of the word Ryukyu was written in the Book of Sui. This Ryukyu might refer to Taiwan, not the Ryukyu islands. Okinawa was the Japanese word depicting the islands, first seen in the biography of Jianzhen, written in 779. Agricultural societies begun in the 8th century slowly developed until the 12th century. Since the islands are located in the center of the East China Sea relatively close to Japan, China and South-East Asia, the Ryūkyū Kingdom became a prosperous trading nation. Also during this period, many Gusukus, similar to castles, were constructed. The Ryūkyū Kingdom had a tributary relationship with the Chinese Empire beginning in the 15th century.
In 1609 the Satsuma clan, which controlled the region that is now Kagoshima Prefecture invaded the Ryūkyū Kingdom. Following the invasion the Ryūkyū Kingdom surrendered to the Satsuma and was forced to form a tributary relationship with Satsuma and the Tokugawa shogunate, in addition to its previous relationship with China. Ryukyuan sovereignty was maintained since complete annexation would create a problem with China. The Satsuma clan earned considerable profits from trades with China during a period in which foreign trade was heavily restricted by the shogunate.
Though Satsuma maintained strong influence over the islands, the Ryūkyū Kingdom maintained considerable degree of domestic political freedom for over two hundred years. Four years after the 1868 Meiji Restoration, the Japanese government, through military incursions, officially annexed the kingdom and renamed it Ryukyu han. At the time, the Qing Dynasty of China asserted sovereignty over the islands of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, since the Ryūkyū Kingdom was a tributary nation of China. The Okinawa han became a prefecture of Japan in 1879, while all other hans had became prefectures of Japan in 1872.
Following the Battle of Okinawa and the end of World War II in 1945, Okinawa was under the United States administration for 27 years. During the trusteeship rule the USAF established numerous military bases on the Ryukyu islands.
In 1972, the U.S. government returned the islands to Japanese administration. Under the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security, the United States Forces Japan (USFJ) have maintained a large military presence. 27000 personnel, including 15000 Marines, contingents from the Navy, Army and Air Force, and their 22,000 family members are stationed in Okinawa. 18% of the main island was occupied by US military bases and 75% of all USFJ bases are located in Okinawa prefecture.
85% of the Okinawans oppose the large presence of the USFJ and demand the consolidation, reduction and removal of US military bases from Okinawa. Repeated accidents and crimes committed by U.S. servicemen have reduced local citizens' support for the U.S. military bases. The Japanese and the US government consider the mutual security treaty and the USFJ absolutely necessary and neglected the awkward situation in Okinawa for decades. The rape of a 12 year old girl by U.S. servicemen in 1995 triggered large protests in Okinawa. As a result, both the U.S. and Japanese governments agreed to the relocation of the Marine Corps Air Station Futenma and other minor bases. However, at present, the closure of the bases has been indefinitely postponed. These disagreements also contribute to the relatively recent anti-Japanese sentiment and subsequently Ryukyu independence movement.
The set of islands belonging to the prefecture is called Ryūkyū Shotō (琉球諸島). Okinawa's inhabited islands are typically divided into three geographical archipelagos. From northeast to southwest:
Okinawa Prefecture includes eleven cities.
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The island is largely composed of coral rock, and rainwater filtering through that coral has given the island many caves, which played an important role in the Battle of Okinawa. Gyokusendo, an extensive limestone cave in the southern part of Okinawa's main island, is a popular tourist attraction.
Okinawa is said to have the most beautiful beaches in all of Japan and normally enjoys temperatures above 20 degrees Celsius for most of the year. Okinawa and the many islands that make up the prefecture boast some of the most abundant coral reefs found in the world. Rare blue corals are found off of Ishigaki and Miyako islands as are numerous species throughout the chain. Many coral reefs are found in this region of Japan and wildlife is abundant. Sea turtles return yearly to the southern islands of Okinawa to lay their eggs. The summer months carry warnings to swimmers regarding poisonous jellyfish and other dangerous sea creatures. Okinawa is a major producer of sugar cane, pineapple, papaya, and other tropical fruit, and the Southeast Botanical Gardens represent tropical plant species.
Having historically been a separate nation, Okinawan language and culture differ considerably from that of mainland Japan.
Another traditional Okinawan product that owes its existence to Okinawa's trading history is awamori—an Okinawan distilled spirit made from indica rice imported from Thailand.
Other prominent examples of Okinawan culture include the sanshin—a three-stringed Okinawan instrument, closely related to the Chinese sanxian, and ancestor of the Japanese shamisen, somewhat similar to a banjo. Its body is often bound with snakeskin (from pythons, imported from elsewhere in Asia, rather than from Okinawa's poisonous habu, which are too small for this purpose). Okinawan culture also features the eisa dance, a traditional drumming dance. A traditional craft, the fabric named bingata, is made in workshops on the main island and elsewhere.
Okinawans eat low-fat, low-salt foods, such as fish, tofu, and seaweed. Okinawans are known for their longevity. Five times as many Okinawans live to be 100 than the rest of Japan, and the Japanese are the longest lived nationality in the world.
Okinawa has many remains of a unique type of castle or fortress called Gusuku. These are believed to be the predecessors of Japan's castles.
Whereas most homes in Japan are made with wood and allow free-flow of air to combat humidity, typical modern homes in Okinawa are made from concrete with barred windows (protection from flying plant matter) to deal with regular typhoons. Roofs are also designed with strong winds in mind, with each tile cemented on and not merely layered as seen with many homes elsewhere in Japan.
Many roofs also display a statue resembling a lion or dragon, called a shisa, which is said to protect the home from danger. Roofs are typically red in color and are inspired by Chinese design.
Because the islands are close to China and Taiwan, the United States has large military bases on the island. The area of 14 US bases are , occupying 18% of the main island. Okinawa accounts for less than one percent of Japan's land, but hosts about two-thirds of the 40,000 American forces in the country. Two major bases, Marine Corps Air Station Futenma and Kadena Air Base are located near residential areas. One third (9,852 acres) of the land used by the U.S. military is the Marine Corps Northern Training Area in the north of the island. 85% of Okinawans oppose the presence of the U.S. military due to noise pollution from military drills, aircraft accidents, environmental degradation, and crimes committed by U.S. military personnel. The Okinawan prefectural government and local municipalities have made various withdrawal demands of the US military since the end of WWII, but any fundamental solution was never performed by both of the Japanese and U.S. governments.
It has been claimed that some US soldiers raped Okinawan women during the Battle of Okinawa in 1945. While the number of Okinawan women raped by US troops is not known, historian Peter Schrijvers states that an Okinawan historian has estimated that the number may have exceeded 10,000, and that this is consistent with the incidence of reported rapes during the first 10 days of the Occupation of Japan. In 1998 the remains of 3 executed presumed rapists from the occupation forces were discovered in a cave.
In 1955 Isaac J. Hart was accused but not convicted of the rape and murder of six-year-old Yumiko . This is known as "The Yumiko Incident". Forty years later, on September 4, 1995, two U.S. marines and a sailor abducted and raped a 12-year-old girl. At the time of the incident, Japanese police could not arrest the men known to be involved because they had to remain with the United States Military until charged in a court, see U.S.-Japan Status of Forces Agreement. Anti-military base emotions erupted in some of the largest protests in recent history. Eventually through political pressure, the soldiers were tried and convicted in early 1996. As a result of this incident the Status of Forces Agreement, which was criticized for being too protective of U.S. servicemen involved in crimes, underwent revision. A movement to reduce the size of US military presence on Okinawa gained popularity. In November of 1995, a group called "Okinawan Women Act Against Military Violence" was organized to raise awareness of crimes alleged to have been committed by U.S. military personnel on the island. Sentiments against the United States military presence in Okinawa were inflamed further by the Michael Brown Okinawa assault incident, in which a Marine Corps major charged with attempted rape (and later convicted of the reduced charge of attempted indecent assault) was not turned over to the Japanese authorities at their request. Okinawa authorities pressed for a modification of the Status of Forces Agreement in an effort to remove the military's unilateral right to determine whether it would turn over a servicemember charged with a serious crime.
Tensions increased even more following allegations of an assault committed by an American servicemen against a minor, a restriction was imposed to all U.S. military and Status of Forces Agreement eligible personnel at bases in Okinawa and Iwakuni in February, 2008. It has since been lifted.
In April 2008 the U.S. Military charged a Marine with raping a 14-year-old girl in Okinawa, pressing ahead with a case that spurred protests against the U.S. presence on the island. U.S. military charges against Staff Sgt. Tyrone L. Hadnott include rape of a child under 16, abusive sexual conduct, making a false official statement, adultery and "kidnapping through inveigling," or trickery. Hadnott was later cleared of the charge of rape and kidnapping and convicted on the assault charge with a prison sentence of three years.
There are wide range speculations that not all the weapons were removed from Okinawa. Edwin O. Reischauer, former US ambassador to Japan, in an interview with the Mainichi Shimbun in 1981, said that US naval ships armed with nukes stopped at Japanese ports on a routine duty, and this was approved by the Japanese government.
In the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists in early 2000, Robert S. Norris, William M. Arkin, and William Burr wrote that the United States has placed nuclear arms on Okinawa. This is disputed by the American government.
The legality of the proposed heliport relocation has been questioned as being a violation of International Law, including the World Heritage Convention, the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in an article titled "Boundary Intersections of UNESCO Heritage Conventions: Using Custom and Cultural Landscapes to Save Okinawa's Dugong Habitat from U.S. Heliport Construction" The article even questions whether the current use of Camp Schwab for amphibious training violates these three conventions.
As recently as 2003 the US was considering moving most of the 20,000 Marines on Okinawa to new bases that would be established in Australia; increasing the presence of US troops in Singapore and Malaysia; and seeking agreements to base Navy ships in Vietnamese waters and ground troops in the Philippines. Under plans on the table, all but about 5,000 of the Marines would move, possibly to Australia.
As of 2006, some 8,000 US Marines were being removed from the island and being relocated to Guam.
Okinawa has many types of private schools. Some of them are cram schools, also known as Juku. Others solely teach language such as the famous English school, Nova (eikaiwa). Since Nova's collapse, more and more people are favoring small language schools . Japanese language schools for foreigners are also becoming popular in Okinawa.
There are 10 colleges/universities in Okinawa including the Asian Division of University of Maryland University College (UMUC).
In addition, various baseball teams hold training during the winter in the prefecture as it is the warmest prefecture of Japan with no snow and higher temperatures than other prefectures.


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Talking to your daughter about her menstrual period is a great way for her to feel comfortable with the changes that occur both physically and emotionally during this time in her life.
Prepare by brushing up on your female anatomy. That way, she'll see you as a trusted source of information, help and support. Here are some menstruation biology basics.
Most girls get their first period between 11 and 13 years old, though it can start anywhere from ages 8 to 16. Generally, a woman has about 480 periods (fewer if she has pregnancies) throughout her adolescence and adulthood until she reaches menopause (often around age 51), at which point her periods stop.
This may come as a surprise, but your daughter's monthly cycle doesn't necessarily take place once a month. The average cycle time for most girls is 28 days, but her cycle may last from 21 to 35 days and still be normal. In her cycle, day one is the first day of her period, or the first day she begins to bleed.
If she has a short cycle, it's likely that she will have a menstrual period more often than once a month. However, if her cycle lasts longer, she's one of the girls who will have fewer periods in a year.
As you explain your daughter's menstrual period, it's helpful to remind yourself what parts make up a woman's reproductive organs.
The woman's reproductive system includes:
Each month, a woman's reproductive system repeats a regular pattern of events that are controlled by hormones
Hormones are substances produced by her body that control her body's functions. As your daughter approaches puberty, a part of her brain called the pituitary gland begins releasing more and more of some specific hormones.
These hormones stimulate her ovaries to produce oestrogen and another part of her body to produce other hormones called androgens. These hormones cause many of the physical changes that take place during puberty and over the phases of her monthly menstruation cycle.
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Why do chicks look towards the ground when I pass them?
Is it because I'm butt ugly? Or are they shy? Or what? What's up with that girls? Help me please!
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People--not just women will look down when they are simply feeling self-conscious. Once a person passes a certain range of proximity they sometimes get uncomfortable with making eye contact with a person.
The next time you're out walking, try noticing how many men as well as women look at the ground before passing you. You'll probably see that it's about 50/50.
It probably has nothing to do with how you look. And anyway, how would we know why they are looking away from you if we have no idea what you look like? :P
If you weren't attractive at all, girls likely wouldn't look at you *at all*. So chill out and don't think about whether or not girls are noticing you. It's when you stop noticing them that they'll start noticing you.
Thanks :) Awesome answer. Yea I forget that people are self-concious, and I should keep that in mind.
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JC2001 You seem really angry over a unimportant subject. Oh and learn to read the questions before you answer, I was asking girls for help. Or maybe you like wearing skirts
Now you know what I look like :P I just put up my profile pic :)
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I look towards the ground because I like to see where I'm stepping. I also don't like make eye contact with strangers, I'm weird like that.
:P Yea but what I mean is they will stare me out for ages and when I finally look at them they look down. Go figure.
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Maybe :) Thanks for the feedback.
yeah, I'm not stepping on any rocks. pff
Agree with the best answer. But also if you have a habit of making direct eye contact with people, it may be that they're trying not to reciprocate and indicate they're interested. Chances are a girl isn't going to start flirting with a guy she's just walking past in the street, and/or doesn't necessarily want him to hit on her and start thinking she's interested when she isn't, or she's just being friendly. I definitely do that lol - I always try not to make eye contact with any guy I pass in the street, because whenever I do, they almost always come up to me with a string of questions ending in 'where's your boyfriend?' or at least make a pointless remark. Sometimes they're irritating and sometimes they're decent guys, but in all cases, I'm not looking. So I avoid, um, looking. Lol =P
It's really a product of how women have been brought up over the generations. Until recently, it was disrespectful for a woman to make eye contact with a man on the street. We can't help it if we do it...it's a learned habit. On the other side, though, I also do it more when I think a guy's good looking and don't want him to catch me staring. :)
well I have to say this but I don't know that all girls are like me because some girls are a lot more outgoing and daring than what I am . But when I pass a guy that I like, I feel kinda shy...yeah I'll eye him out when he's kinda faraway,but when he's real real close I "freak out" and look somewhere else. As if like because of some super power force I can't look at the guy! Weird huh?
If I see someone ugly I don't usually look towards the ground, I do that more with hotter guys, but I still don't look at the ground maybe just not directly at them all creepy haha. More often then not, it's because the girl is shy. You're looking into it way too much so I wouldn't stress out about for one more minute :)
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Lucky Dragon Dumplings
Celebrate Chinese New Year with yummy dumplings, perfect for small Sproutlet hands!
- Large mixing bowl
- Baking paper
- Steamer
- 8 ounces ground chicken
- 2 green onions, sliced
- 2 teaspoon fresh ginger, grated
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 egg
- 1 packet wonton wrappers
To make the dipping sauce:
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
- Combine ground chicken, green onions, garlic, ginger, sesame oil and egg in a mixing bowl.
- Put a teaspoon of mixture in the center of the wonton wrapper and wrap to enclose the sides.
- Put dumplings in a steamer lined with baking paper.
- Put steamer over simmering water for approximately 10 minutes or until cooked through.
- Serve with dipping sauce. Combine soy sauce and rice vinegar.


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Linked heavily with a move away from Chelsea towards the end of the summer transfer window, Ba seems to be heading towards the exit door.
Jose Mourinho seems to view Ba as a second-choice striker at best, and with Tottenham and perhaps more pertinently Arsenal sniffing around, a January move seems a very realistic prospect.
Everton, Newcastle and West Ham have all also registered some sort of interest in the Senegalese striker, and it could be that at the next available opportunity, Ba is the subject of a bidding war between a host of Premier League outfits.


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Kite k
Kite K is a very classic letter of the week activity, not my most creative but my son enjoyed it. We decided on it because the wind has been strong and even caused some power outages last week in our area. So we talked all about it and when deciding on a letter craft to make settled on Kite k! If you want to make this activity last longer you can add bows along the strings, and wind swirls on the blue paper! Don't forget to take the time when you are making this to brainstorm K words with your child. Ours this week were Key, Kick and Kitten.
- Gather your materials. You will need a 2 pieces of construction paper, some paint, scissors, some yarn/string or thin ribbon, glue and a marker.
- Start by writing a lowercase k on your paper, also make some diamonds for the kites.
- Invite your child to paint the k and the kites however they want.
- Cut the k out and glue onto the 2nd piece of construction paper.
- Cut the yarn into 2 strings.
- Add glue for the strings and kites
- Add the strings on.
- Add the kites
- Let dry.
Books About Wind
The Very Windy Day by Elizabeth MacDonald is a funny story about how everyone walking on North, South , East and West streets had their belongings mixed up by the wind! Hats , blankets and even food gets passed along from one person to the next in this silly story about a windy day. My son was entertained by this book but didn't ask to read it again after our initial reading.
How the Ladies Stopped the Wind by Bruce McMillan is a charming story that is reminiscent of a folk tale, about ladies in Iceland ( with the help of their trusty chickens) who decide to plant trees to stop the wind. Unfortunately it's not as easy as just planting some trees as they soon discover. There is some fantastic bits of humor for parents and amazing illustrations! This was a great library find that I laughed my way through.
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Miraflores is the name of one of the three locks that form part of the Panama Canal and the name of the small lake that separates these locks from the Pedro Miguel locks upstream. In the Miraflores locks, vessels are lifted (or lowered) 54 feet (16.5 m) in two stages, allowing them to transit to or from the Pacific Ocean port of Balboa (near Panama City). Ships cross below the Puente de las Américas (Bridge of the Americas) which connects North and South America.
As of 2005, the following schedule was in effect for ship transit through the locks. From 06:00 to 15:15, ships travel from the Pacific towards the Atlantic. From 15:45 to 23:00 ships travel from the Atlantic towards the Pacific. At any other time, travel is permitted in both directions.
A modern visitor centre allows tourists to have a full view of the Miraflores locks operation. Binoculars are recommended to also see the Pedro Miguel Locks, visible in the distance. As of 2010, admittance for adults to the visitors centre costs US$5 (observation terrace) or $8 (supporting exhibits and video show added) with lower rates for children, senior citizens, and Panama residents free. Viewing a transit operation at the centre can take more than 30 minutes. A souvenir shop in the base level sells related merchandise. The centre closes at 17:00.
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9 Responses to Miraflores Locks – My Shot of the Day – January 21, 2013
Steve Collins January 21, 2013 at 4:08 pm #
Doesn't look like there's a lot of room to spare there. I guess when they make them now, they make them as wide as will fit. Great shot!
Jim O'Donnell February 6, 2013 at 1:16 am #
Steve, they were saying there that that particular ship had ONE foot space on each side. ONE freaking food. That is amazing. It is no wonder they are building an expansion.
Jim O'Donnell February 6, 2013 at 1:17 am #
James Baker, did you go all the way thru? What was it like? How much did you pay?
Gary Storch January 21, 2013 at 4:14 pm #
I love it when the giant Japanese Totota Auto cargo ships travel through…with inches to spare. More fun being in a small boat right behind those big ships. Amazing view.
Jim O'Donnell February 6, 2013 at 1:19 am #
Did you do that Gary? I'd really like to go through next time I'm down there. And yes…I'm for sure going back.
Marcia Stamp-Clarke January 21, 2013 at 5:15 pm #
Great shot, so many memories of my childhood spent visiting the locks and the Panama Canal Zone. My mom worked in the Administration building for many years. I just saved this picture as my desktop background. Thanks!
Jim O'Donnell February 6, 2013 at 1:21 am #
Thank you Marcia! I had no idea that was your background. On my last day there I ran the stairs of the admin building. Amazing. What a building. Bizarre too…especially with the McDonalds sign so tall right there…. What are your memories? Just one? You have a very unique experience!


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Benefits of a baby swing
A baby swing can be a parent's life saver. Sometimes babies are inconsolable; too restless to sleep, to eat, or to play. This can be one of the toughest situations for a parent, especially if you have things you need to get done. This is why a baby swing is a realistic essential for every household, and here are a few of the benefits and how the swing works:
A good baby swing can help your baby feel relaxed
The Graco Silhouette swing in Edgemont is an entertaining baby swing. It has around 15 songs and sounds to amuse and soothe babies. The 2-speed vibration relaxes the baby. The 6 swing speeds are ideal to soothe the baby according to its different moods. This Graco swing has a 3-position reclining seat that helps your baby to feel cozy. Featuring removable and plush infant body support, this one has a machine washable cloth seat pad. for comfort and convenience.
A good swing can help your little one sleep
Horizontal angled swings help babies sleep both during the day and night. Check out the Graco Sweetpeace that offers soothing multi-sensory options to help the baby sleep. The seating positions are close to how you actually hold the baby. The patented MomMotion is made to simulate the real rocking motion. The swing comes with a range of soothing baby sounds, a removable plush head support and a rotating canopy to block sunlight.
The right swing can entertain the baby
Pick a baby swing with musical features and animal or other mobiles so that the baby doesn't feel bored in it. Mobiles on swings help baby's eye hand and eye coordination and improve their motor skills. Swings with music are a source of great entertainment for babies. Music lulls them into a pleasant, dreamless sleep. All these add-on features keep the little ones happy while you work in the kitchen or clean the house.


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In another example of why drilling for oil in the Arctic is such a monumentally bad idea, Shell's drilling rig, the Kulluk, has run aground off the island of Sitkalidak, near Kodiak in Alaska.
The ancient rig was being towed back to harbor after a spectacularly unsuccessful summer drilling season when it ran into serious trouble and hit the shore.
Last Thursday the Kulluk was being towed from the Arctic by Shell's brand new $200 million tug the Aiviq when it hit heavy weather that caused the 400 foot towing line to break and the rig to drift free.
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Mascoma Corporation, a renewable fuels company, and Lallemand Ethanol Technology, a leading supplier of fermentation ingredients to fuel ethanol producers, announced today that they have entered into a commercial agreement with Pacific Ethanol Columbia, LLC, the owner of the ethanol production facility located in Boardman, Oregon and operated by Pacific Ethanol, Inc., (NASDAQ: PEIX), the leading marketer and producer of low-carbon renewable fuels in the Western United States. The agreement provides terms and pricing for any purchases of the Mascoma Grain Technology, or MGT™, yeast product for use at Pacific Ethanol Columbia, a facility with annual production capacity of 40 million gallons, and also provides for the extension of these terms and pricing to three additional plants operated by Pacific Ethanol. The four Pacific Ethanol plants have a combined annual production capacity of approximately 200 million gallons.


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From Poverty to Prosperity: Intangible Assets, Hidden Liabilities and The Lasting Triumph over Scarcity
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ISBN 1594032505Economics is not what it used to be. For years, conventional economists told us an incomplete story, one leaning on the comfortable precision of mathematical abstraction and ignoring the messy complexity of the real world, with all of its uncertainties, unknowns, and ongoing evolution. Economics 2.0 tells a big picture story about huge differences in the standard of living across time and across borders.
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1. Addiction: A Disorder of Choice, by Gene Heyman. This book overstates its claims, but if you wish to see a non-economist defending a (broadly) Beckerian model of addiction, here you go. I couldn't put it down!2. Jodi Picoult, Handle with Care.


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National Singing Star is Coming to Columbus, OH! Make a Difference With Your Voice!
By. Adam Bankhurst
Kelly Clarkson. Ruben Studdard. Carrie Underwood.
What do all these names have in common? Sure, they've all won American Idol, yet deeper than that they were all just like you; a singer with a dream.
A talented individual with a gift worth sharing and a passion to entertain the entire world. This could be your start.
Why can't you be next?
Let me ask that one more time.
Why can't YOU be next?
The National Singing Star Competition is coming to Columbus, OH this weekend and we are looking for the best voice to represent our great city. Not only will you have a chance to show Columbus how truly great you are, you will be helping children in need.
The National Singing Star Competition has already raised over $21,000 around the country, and now we are coming to Columbus to raise an unprecedented amount of money for Nationwide Children's Hospital!!
What more can you ask for? Singing and helping the kids. It's perfect!
Who can enter?
Yes, you heard that right. Where American Idol and some of these other shows have restrictions on who can compete, we welcome one and all. Singing talent does not end when you turn a certain age. When you have a gift, it is with you and is a part of you, and we believe age should not be a barrier you need to cross.
How do I enter?
Come join us at Tuttle Crossing Mall this weekend. Open calls are Sunday, March 30th from 1-5pm and Money, March 31st from 3-8pm.
There are no fees to tryout. Come out, have a great time, and be a part of the next big thing in Columbus.
What if I make it?
After the open calls, we will have three showcases;
Preliminary Showcase – Quaker Steak & Lube Polaris – Tuesday, April 1st from 1-9pm
Semi-Final Showcase – Quaker Steak & Lube Polaris – Monday, April 7th from 4-9pm and Tuesday, April 8th, from 4-9pm
Finals Showcase – Quaker Steak & Lube Polaris – Monday, April 21st from 4-9pm and Tuesday, April 22nd from 4-9pm
Finals – TBA – Friday, April 25th
There is no entry fee for competitors, and general admission is $10 per guest. That $10 also includes 10 vote tickets which you can use to vote for your favorite singer!
How will I be raising money for Nationwide Children's Hospital?
One of the best parts of the National Singing Star is all the money from vote tickets ($1 per vote) goes directly to Nationwide Children's Hospital!
So, if you make it through to the showcase, bring your friends and family to increase your chance to go home victorious as the people's choice!
What can I win?
$500 cash prize, a Singing Star award trophy, a television appearance, and professional booking opportunities!
We are here for you and will help you every step of the way.
We all know that life can be crazy and tough at times, and sometimes all you need is that one opportunity, that one moment to shine and become who you were always meant to be.
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The eMDS is a secured internet banking facility developed for the Bank's National Government Agencies (NGAs) clients that allow them to do selected MDS transactions Online.
All National Government Agencies that have an existing MDS Sub-Accounts with LANDBANK can enroll in the eMDS facility:2. What types of MDS Sub Account can be enrolled in eMDS?
The following MDS sub accounts can be enrolled in the eMDS:
Enrollment in the eMDS is free of charge.4. How do we enroll in eMDS?
Coordinate with your LANDBANK servicing branch and comply with the required enrollment forms and other documentary requirements.5. What are the documentary requirements for enrollment?
a. Submit to your servicing branch the following documents:
You shall be notified through your enrolled email address regarding the status of your enrollment in the eMDS.
You can perform a wide range of MDS transactions, such as:
Your personal computer must, at least, have the following specifications:
Yes, eMDS facility is available anytime, during the service period for each module.4. Who can transact in eMDS?
Only the enrolled maker(s) and authorizer(s) can transact in the eMDS.
Maker is a person given access to a particular MDS sub account(s) and initiates the banking transaction(s) in the eMDS.
Authorizer is a person given access to a particular MDS sub account(s) and authorized to implement (approve, disapprove) the banking transaction(s) initiated by the maker.5. How many users (makers/authorizers) can we enroll?
There is no limit as to the number of makers and authorizers that can be enrolled in the eMDS as long as they are authorized by the Head of the Agency.6. How do we log into the system?
Using your enrolled User ID, and system-generated (in case of initial login) or nominated (for succeeding logins) password you can now perform MDS transactions.7. What if our company's internet connection is down, can we perform our transactions at internet cafes?
Yes. You can do your MDS transactions thru the eMDS facility at internet cafes.8. How can we prove that transfers are made?
At the end of each transaction, a Transaction Acknowledgment Receipt is displayed indicating the transaction's unique reference number. The status of each transaction made is shown in the "View" sub-module.9. Can we generate a proof or receipt of our transactions?
At every submitted transaction, an acknowledgment screen is displayed which can be printed.10. How will we know that there is a transaction for authorization?
Authorizers shall log in and proceed to Pending Transactions Menu.11. When will our transactions be processed?
Your transactions will be processed immediately. Debit/s and credit/s from/to your funds will reflect in your balance correspondingly except for transactions done during holidays or weekends which will be reflected on the next banking day.12. When will our transactions be posted?
eMDS offers a real-time processing of your transactions and your actual balance can be viewed immediately.
a. The eMDS website is authenticated and certified by the Verisign digital certificate authority. VeriSign is the leading Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Certificate Authority enabling secure e-commerce, communications, and interactions for Web sites, intranets, and extranets (Fig.1).
b. The Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the eMDS has an additional "s" string, which signifies that the website is secure. (https://www.lbpemds.com). Refer to Fig.1.
c. The lower-right portion of the eMDS login page screen has a lock icon which also indicates that the website is secure (Fig.1).
d. The eMDS webpage has a clickable Verisign icon, which links you to the Verisign digital certificate.2. How will we know that we entered the right eMDS's website?
From the login page, click the VeriSign icon found at the lower-right portion of the screen to verify the website's authenticity (Fig.1). You should be redirected to the Verisign digital certificate (Fig.2).3. How can we check if somebody is trying to use our User ID/s or Password/s?
After login, from the right panel of the "Welcome Page" screen, click the Access Log Control sub-module in the Administration module.
Look for the status "Failed - Invalid Password" on the dates that you did not enter your User ID/Password incorrectly. Or, look for the date and time from the "Login Time" column when you did not make any emds transaction.4. How frequently should we change our password?
You will be prompted by the system to change your password every 90 days. However, you may change your password from time to time by accessing the Change Password sub-module in the Administration module.
You can not reuse your password successively. Your 1st used password can only be reused on the 11th time.5. How will we know what transactions were made for a particular MDS Sub Account?
Transactions made for a particular mds account, for a specific date/s can be viewed through the Transaction History sub-module in the Administration module.
Make sure you key in the correct User ID, Password. Please note that the password is case sensitive.
If you input the wrong password three (3) consecutive times, you will no longer be able to login. If you still remember your password, you can go to your servicing branch and request to have your User ID unlocked.
If you forgot your password, submit a written request (noted by the authorized signatory/ies of your institution/agency) for password resetting to your servicing branch.2. What should we do when we encounter problems using eMDS?
Try referring to the FAQs for your particular problem. You may also call your servicing branch. You may also email us at email@example.com.
Let us know how we may help you or how we can improve our service, please call your servicing branch for assistance or email us at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Molotov's Magic Lantern is a worthy addition to the growing canon of Russophile literature.
The students flung their helmets, bottles, and Molotov cocktails into the water before finally giving up.
Local media had been reporting that the arsonist was using some kind of Molotov cocktail to smash through the car windows.


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Had the creamy roasted vegitable soup and the clam chowder with a piece of warm apple pie on a cool fall day. All were delicious. Worth a stop for sure.
The service was slow, but the food was good. Prices will not break the bank. Seating is limited. Staff was friendly.
Three of us visited Sept 2014 and had a very warm welcome. The new owners know how to treat customers. The food was wonderful and the portions large. Two of us had the reuben sandwich one had the haddock fish sandwich. We enjoyed the food and great service. We will be eating there when we visit Shelburne Falls in the...
Have eaten at this restaurant previously and really enjoyed it. This time just purchased the home made bread.....so wonderful! Definitely worth a try!
Visited Shelburne Falls, MA on Memorial Day to see the Bridge of Flowers. A perfect New England day. Lots of visitors, but sadly only one restaurant was open ! Fortunately for us, we were a party of 2 and were quickly seated and orders were placed. A haddock sandwich and a burger, both came with lettuce and tomatoes and shoestring...
An ordinary American restaurant with standard comfort foods, moderately well done. Not great but you won't go hungry either. If you like no surprises and home style food, this will satisfy.
I loved the hash and poached eggs. I asked for soft and they were perfect. Great value---.65 c for an egg. Come on!!! Great service and no rush as we lingered over a couple of cups of delicious coffee . I highly recommend for the hungry weary leaf peeper.
I prefer restaurants that do not microwave portions of there food ingredients and have some local organic selections, so I go elsewhere in town. I prefer homemade breads, no soy ingredients mostly organic without much processing, like homemade dressings.
I was in town and needed a hot lunch.... let me tell you....BEST TURKEY dinner EVER!!!!!! WOW...I felt I was 6 years old again and sitting at my Grandmothers table!!!! Best gravy, best turkey, best mashed potatoes!!!!! Best lunch menu EVER!!!!
After an afternoon at Berkshire East Canopy Tours my girl and I decided to eat a late lunch. We both had the Haddock sandwich. It was great, be sure to get it with the cornmeal coating.
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Cooking and Baking
cooking with frozen rhubarb
recipes call for x number of cups of chopped rhubarb for pies, sauce etc. I assume they mean fresh not frozen.fresh and frozen have the same dimensions,but if you thaw out frozen rhubarb and drain the liquid (there is lots) the approx. 1 inch pieces (same as fresh) have now reduced to a third or less of the original size.how does one calculate the proper amount of rhubarb and ingredients to use.(what about the missing juices vs whats in the fresh pieces)???.cooking rhubarb sauce is not so much a problem, but a pie is an other issue.would appreciate some input.
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Another blow came to the piracy movement with a UK court ruling that all ISPs in the country must ban thepiratebay.org. Fortunately one can still access The Pirate Bay using VPNs and proxies. Find out why the Pirate Bay was blocked after the break.Read More
Steam, the video gaming digital distribution client may soon see the light of day as a Linux program. After many years of denial, Valve has finally thrown open the gates to Linux. Read on to find out more about Steam on Linux.Read More
Notch has made a new MMO game called 0x10c where players control a space ship and program a 16 bit computer on the go. 0x10c is based on hard science fiction. The details on 0x10c are as yet unclear. Read on to find out more!Read More
Fallout is free on GOG.com. Every other news item in this post about GOG.com is secondary. Seriously, read this article, click on the link to Fallout (it's right at the end because I want you to read the entire article) and play one of the finest video games in mankind's history.Read More
Speaking to Eurogamer, the head of marketing of PC Role Playing Game developer CD Projekt RED, Michal Platkow-Gilewski, said that on Thursday at around 5PM GMT the Witcher developers will announce a giveaway of a "legendary" PC RPG. However he said that there is no announcement of a new game at the time of the CD Projekt Spring Conference where this announcement will be made.Read More
Blizzard came up with some hard hitting April Fool's jokes. However these April Fool's jokes by Blizzard were not exactly for its fans, but for competitor EA and Bioware for their atrocious antics with Mass Effect 3. Some of Blizzard's April Fool's jokes were also aimed at Ubisoft's draconian DRM.Read More
GOG.com has undergone a sea change to add many new features. GOG.com will be releasing Good New Games as well. These new games are indie "classics" and will feature on GOG.com at a different price block. Read on to find out more!Read More
Mass Effect 3 is receiving a large amount of negative fan feedback. The GM of Bioware, creators of Mass Effect 3, has a blog post up in which he expresses surprise and dismay at the feedback. Mass Effect 3 may get some new content in April to alleviate the endgame problems fans are having.Read More
Apparently the seizing of assets of internet mogul Kim Dotcom was unwarranted. A New Zealand judge has claimed the seizing of Kim Dotcom's assets by the police null and void. Kim Dotcom is embroiled in the court case against his website MegauploadRead More
Baldur's Gate is getting a remake! Overhaul Games have announced Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate 2 Enhanced Editions. Read on to find out more about the enhanced edition of Baldur's Gate!Read More
Mass Effect 3 received a lot of flak for its day 1 DLC. This led to many people boycotting Mass Effect 3 entirely. In this post we show how you can get the Prothean character in Mass Effect 3 without buying the premium DLC.Read More
Counter Strike: Global Offensive has been updated with a new game mode. The Arsenal: Demolition mode of Counter Strike: Global Offensive is very similar to the Gun Game mod. Read on to find out more about the Arsenal: Demolition mode of Counter Strike: Global OffensiveRead More
Swedish Police have acquired warrants to secretly raid noted torrent sharing platform The Pirate Bay. However, The Pirate Bay came to know of this information and leaked it to the public. Moreover, The Pirate Bay operates several public servers so effectively shutting down the site is next to impossible.Read More
NASA and Samsung have teamed up to promote Angry Birds Space. Angry Birds Space is an upcoming casual title from Rovio. It features the same birds from Angry Birds and Angry Birds Rio in a Space setting. Find out more about Angry Birds inside.Read More
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Miley Cyrus's Home Swarmed By Police in Elaborate Kidnapping Hoax
Last night, Miley Cyrus's Los Angeles home was swarmed by fire and rescue squads, a chopper, and a swarm of LAPD officers with guns drawn — but she wasn't even there.
"We responded to a call of a kidnapping in progress, one person shot," Sgt. Jim Parker told Good Morning America. "We checked the residence; there was nobody home. We believe it was a prank call at this time."
This dangerous version of a prank call, known as "swatting," is a surprisingly common occurrence. According to Good Morning America, there are hundreds of cases in which "bogus calls are made in an attempt to get SWAP cops to bust down doors of innocent people."
And while Miley is currently safe and sound with fiance Liam Hemsworth on the Philadelphia set of his new movie, the prank caller won't be so lucky.
"It's not just bad, it is a crime," one police officer explained "And if we find out who it is, we will arrest them and prosecute them."
Source: Good Morning America
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text: The annual Casino Night fund-raiser to benefit the Mathews Youth Center will be from 6:30-11:30 p.m. Saturday at the Piankatank Ruritan Club in Hudgins. A goal of $15,000 is set for this year's event. Andy's Barbecue has once again donated hors d' oeuvres for the event. Three new gaming tables have been added this year. Grand prizes will include airline tickets donated by Southwest Airlines and a week at a resort donated by Resort Condominiums International. A silent auction will feature a P. Buckley Moss print and other items. Tickets are $15 per person and can be purchased at the Youth Center, Chiefs, the Seabreeze Restaurant, Twice Told Tales and Mathews Veterinary Services. For information, contact Jonathon Putt at 725-4388.


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Sun poised to take open-source Solaris step
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The company is expected to start sharing some source code of the Unix version and to detail its OpenSolaris plan on Tuesday, moves it hopes will help build an active programming community around the software.
Developers are a key link in a growth cycle that connects students, new projects, customer purchasing and software-partner support. And developers could help Sun amplify its effort to expand Solaris from its niche on computers using Sun's own Sparc processors to the vastly larger market of machines using x86 processors such as Intel's Pentium and Advanced Micro Devices' Opteron.
What's new:
Sun is poised to open a new front in its war with Linux by making Solaris open-source software, a move it hopes will bring in new customers and revenue.
Bottom line:
Sun has begun attracting some developers--but the company faces enormous challenges in building a vibrant and broad open-source developer community.
"Sun is clearly trying to recapture mind share with developers that in some cases are looking more toward Linux as a reference platform for new application development," said Meta Group analyst Brian Richardson.
Linux leader Linus Torvalds and others believe Sun has its work cut out for it. Take the example of Brian Gilman, president of Panther Informatics, which helps clients deal with computing systems for biotechnology tasks such as drug discovery.
"I just hired a cheap kid to do stuff for me. He's from MIT, so he's supposed to know everything. They're getting trained on Linux," Gilman said.
To see the magnitude of the challenge Santa Clara, Calif.-based Sun faces, though, you don't have to look farther than Red Hat, the top Linux seller.
Its core Red Hat Enterprise Linux product is built with the help of countless outside programmers in a broad and deep open-source community, and the company itself contributes to numerous open-source programs. Yet Red Hat still is struggling to build its own programming community, called Fedora.
"If Red Hat is having trouble developing any kind of community around
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Johannesburg — Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (Harmony) advises that an underground fire has broken out at the Doornkop gold mine, west of Johannesburg, Gauteng Province. Contact has been made with eight employees in a refuge bay; efforts continue to reach these employees and to establish the whereabouts of a further nine employees who are currently unaccounted for.
The fire was reported to have occurred in a stope adjacent to 192 level haulage (some 1 733 m underground) at around 18:00 on Tuesday, 4 February 2014. Rescue teams were immediately dispatched underground, but access to the affected area is being hampered by smoke and a subsequent fall of ground.
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Falsifiability of evolution
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The falsifiability of evolution is an important part of establishing evolution as a scientific theory on the principles of falsifiability. Creationists and others sometimes claim that evolution and common descent cannot be falsified and consequently are not science.[1] In other cases, intelligent design advocates insist that there is no way to falsify evolution because any new evidence just becomes "evolution in action" anyway.[2]
This, however, is simply not the case as there are numerous pieces of evidence that could falsify evolution. The assertions made by creationists may be due to a misunderstanding between the concept of "falsifiability" and "has been falsified". More intelligent criticisms of the falsifiability of evolution focus on how new evidence (such as new fossil or climatology data) always leads to evolution and never towards design, even when theories about specifics of a species' development are changed significantly in light of evidence. However, this is a case of the science was wrong before gambit, and has little to do with falsifiability itself.
[edit] What would falsify evolution?
A central characteristic of science is that it must be falsifiable; this feature of a theory is attributed to Karl Popper, who mentioned it in a criticism of darwinism.[3] Scientific theories cannot be proved outright – they can only fail to be disproved, and this means pointing out what evidence could disprove the theory. If a theory cannot be disproved, such as with Russell's Teapot, it makes no difference whether it is true either way.
Disproving evolution first requires to look at what the theory predicts and see where it can be shown to make incorrect predictions. It is easy to be side-tracked by specifics of the theory, such as individual evolutionary pathways of certain features, and confuse these with what would falsify the overall theory of evolution by natural selection. Indeed, many creationists do this whenever a new discovery is made in biology that causes scientists to rethink some pieces of evolution. To avoid this problem, it is best to be clear what evolution is. It is based on three main principles: variation, heritability and selection. Given these three principles, evolution must occur, and many features of evolution appear given only these three guiding principles.[4] If any of these were shown to be flawed then the theory would be untenable.
Consequently any of the following would destroy the theory:
- If it could be shown that mutations do not occur.
- If it could be shown that organisms with identical DNA have different genetic traits.
- If it could be shown that when mutations do occur, they are not passed down through the generations.
- If it could be shown that although mutations are passed down, no mutation could produce the sort of phenotypic changes that drive natural selection.
- If it could be shown that selection or environmental pressures do not favor the reproductive success of better adapted individuals.
- If it could be shown that even though selection or environmental pressures favor the reproductive success of better adapted individuals, "better adapted individuals" (at any one time) are not shown to change into other species.
Charles Darwin made the case a little differently when he said, "If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down. But I can find out no such case."[5]
[edit] What would falsify common descent?
Common descent is the theory that all life evolved from one common ancestor, or groups of ancestors (although it is slightly more complicated than the straw man version of "one day a cell appeared and everything is technically its descendent"). Morphological and, more recently, genetic evidence puts common descent pretty close to being outright proven, but there are still ways to falsify it. Common descent could easily be disproved (without even seriously challenging the theory of evolution) if we discovered a form of life that was not related to all the life we know - most simply, by finding life that does not use the nucleic acids (DNA and RNA) for information storage and retrieval as known biological life does. This would be exemplified in the situation of a second genesis, where two different forms of life began at two completely different points.
Also, if we were ever to discover life elsewhere in the universe, the odds lean towards it not having a common ancestor with life on earth. This would really only require that "common descent" be modified to "life on earth", and similarly, the second genesis on Earth would signify that two forms have two common descents.
[edit] What about a Precambrian rabbit?
J.B.S. Haldane famously stated that "fossil rabbits in the Precambrian" would disprove evolution - and this has been a talking point in philosophy of science for some time. This phrase is reported to be a rebuttal to the accusations that evolution is not falsifiable. However, the reality of disproving evolution in this manner is quite complicated. As science is based on an interplay between theory and evidence a single point of data is not enough to completely destroy a theory - just as much as an excellent theory can't win out against overwhelming data. Such a thing as finding fossilised rabbits wouldn't cause scientists to throw the theory of evolution out completely and immediately, so a little more explanation is needed.
First of all it must be remembered that the fossil record is supporting evidence for evolution. This is contrary to the ideas put forward by creationists that state the gaps in the fossil record prove evolution to be false. If the fossil record simply did not exist it would make no difference to the validity of the theory of evolution - indeed, natural selection was initially formulated without the aid of fossil record, and subsequent DNA evidence can stand completely without it. The simple truth is that a single strange fossil would probably not make much difference. In practice, the evidence in the fossil record which supports evolution is so overwhelming that a single fossil would be regarded as curious certainly, but compared to the mountain of evidence in favor of evolution it would probably be regarded as an anomaly while more data was awaited. Imagining the fossil rabbit in the Precambrian as disproving all of natural selection would confuse the specifics of an individual evolutionary pathway with the falsification of the whole theory itself, as mentioned above.
However, the existence of entire groups of anomalous fossils would be a different thing - Haldane did say rabbits after all. Again, in practice an effort would initially be made to fit the new data into the existing framework - this is not cheating but simply the way that science works. But still, in principle some quite major revisions to the theory may be needed to explain them. Such a situation would not immediately and conclusively prove a special creation over a naturalistic evolution, however, a key point that creation proponents tend to overlook. Eventually, a new theory would develop to include these oddities, but this isn't necessarily a special young Earth creation as this assertion would also require supporting evidence. Perhaps this anomalous group was due to a now extinct second genesis, which would be a remarkable find, but unlikely to disprove evolution outright. Regardless of what it was, this new theory would explain both the evidence we have now and the hypothetical rabbit fossils and would indeed be science fully supported by evidence.
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That's right. Ty and his lovely wife Heather finally got to meet the gang, rub elbows, and pose for this picture while doing that very! excited! hand thing that scares me a little. They all look really happy, though.
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An interesting factoid from a talk I have seen today: an ActRIIB antagonist slows down cancer cachexia and increases survival.
Something else puzzles me. The two consequences have been linked for long. Cancer-induced muscle loss is a major cause of death, or so the generally-accepted wisdom goes. By this logic, anabolic steroids would be also useful. Some (rare) trials do show that. But even an increase in burger intake would help. For some reason, the medical community prefers to extend patients' lives by three weeks, only if they suffer and pay as much as they would in three years. What is ActRIIB adding? If survival is increased by muscle mass increase, why not go for burgers?
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The Manifesto Antropófago (Cannibal Manifesto in English) was published in 1928 by the Brazilian poet and polemicist Oswald de Andrade. The essay was translated to English in 1991 by Leslie Bary; this is the most widely used version.
Its argument is that Brazil's history of "cannibalizing" other cultures is its greatest strength, while playing on the modernists' primitivist interest in cannibalism as an alleged tribal rite. Cannibalism becomes a way for Brazil to assert itself against European post-colonial cultural domination. The Manifesto's iconic line is "Tupi or not Tupi: that is the question." The line is simultaneously a celebration of the Tupi, who practiced certain forms of ritual cannibalism (as detailed in the 16th century writings of André Thévet, Hans Staden, and Jean de Léry), and a metaphorical instance of cannibalism: it eats Shakespeare.
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The subject is Torstein Dale Sjøtveit, a Norwegian citizen who is the CEO of Sarawak Energy, the Malaysian firm that is building several dams in the state of Sarawak. The hydroelectric projects are controversial because they require the forced displacement of indigenous communities and will flood large tracts of rainforest. Furthermore there is currently little demand for the electricity that will be generated, raising suspicions that the primary purpose of the projects is to generate lucrative contracts for politically well-connected firms.
The Sarawak state government says the dams will attract heavy industry to the region, generating jobs. But many indigenous Penan are opposed to the projects, which they say will destroy their traditional way of life as well as their forest home. Accordingly, the Penan are putting up significant resistance in the form of protests, road blocks, and court cases. Now, in a letter signed by the heads of eight villages and over 600 tribesmen from Sarawak's Baram region, they have appealed to Norway's King Harald V.
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