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University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University and the South Asian Canadian Histories Association (SACHA) has created a series of free, public exhibits called "Trauma, Memory and the Story of Canada" that runs Sept. 29 - Dec. 15. It is housed in Vancouver's Market on Main Street. It explores how the intersections of art, migration and storytelling can facilitate coming to terms with difficult pasts.
"The show is part of a series of public art events that explore experiences of trauma as neglected and yet foundational parts of the story of Canada," says curator Raghuvendra Rao. "The theme for Trauma, Memory and the Stories of Canada emerged out of a project on the theme of trauma based on my own experience of being in an earthquake and finding ways to 'heal' in the face of disability."
The public art show features the work of Canadian artists Vikky Alexander, Sonny Assu, Jason Baerg, Sameer Farouq, and Hyung-Min Yoon; Indian artist Umesh Maddanahalli Shivanna; and rare archival photographs from private and public collections. Each artist engages with experiences of turbulent pasts that are a part - directly or indirectly - of the Canadian experience.
Artist Vikky Alexander's mural size photograph is displayed at the Frontier Cloth House building. Her display is inspired by ceiling-to-floor image of a backlit curtain made from brightly colored silk.
First Nation's artist Sonny Assu's installation at All India Sweets engages with themes of borders and welcoming that re-imagine the shared histories of South Asians and Indigenous communities. Hyung-Min Yoon's 45 feet piece is based on research into the Komagata Maru episode, in particular the experiences of women whose lives were shifted dramatically in the new land.
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Devon Ka Dev Mahadev Written Update For 28 November 2012
Parvati's Leela
Sanakadi Kumars, tells Shivji, we don't have any Guru, without Guru our life is incompelete, please accept us your Shishyas. Shivji agrees. Brhamaji appears tells his sons to return Shivji to Paravti. They tell him, they can't return what is given in daan. Mata Paravti should have thought about it first. Brhmaji asks them won't they return him? Shivji tells him not to worry, whatever is destined will happen. He leaves with them. Brhmaji says now Parvati will only do something.
At Swarga, Indra is making fun of Paravti's way of giving daan of Shivji getting backfired, which had worked for him. Brihaspati scolds him, says this is very problematic if any problem arises who'll protect us? Shiv-parivar has always protected us. Indra thinks now with Shivji not in picture, Devsena's work will be easy to distract Kartikeya.
Sanakadi Kumars are discussing about forgetting to ask Shivji for water or food, in hurry of reaching their aashram. They spot a hut & some people, which is Paravti, Nandi & Ganas in disguise. Shivji smiles seeing Paravti. They asks Paravti in disguise, they have been travelling since long, can they get some food & water. She tells the Ganas to make arrangements for them. One of the Kumars tells Shivji to sit. Parvati in disguise tells them where is Shivji, since childhood she has given her life to Shivji. Sanakadi Kumars are trying to convince her he is Shivji only given to them in daan by Paravti, it is not possible. They tell her he is Shivji only, you must apologise to him. She asks them to prove he is the same Mahadev who is hers. She tells Nandi in disguise of sweak to get some flowers, if he is Shivji then will accept flowers offered at his feet, atleast that much they can do. All 4 of them offers flowers one by one at Shivji's feet which turns into sand. Parvati & Nandi are smiling. They are shocked. Shivji is watching this quietly.
Sanakadi Kumars are wondering Shivji is here only then why did the flowers turned into sand. They see Paravti & Nandi in their real form . Sanakadi Kumars are surprised seeing Parvati. She tells them, she has realized her mistake of considering Shivji as only hers & wanted to stop them from making that mistake. They tell her whatever they get in daan is kept by them. She tells them Shivji is God, she made the mistake of personalizing him, he is everyone's, he needed for the welfare of the World. That's why he was not accepting your flowers. She is aware of the pain of loosing him after getting him. To make you realize that truth, this leela was needed. Please do not keep him for yourselve only, return him.
Sanakadi Kumars are sad for loosing Shivji, after getting him, they go to him, are crying. Shivji is sad too. Nandi tells Paravti seeing them so sad he feels they will not return him. Even Paravti feels so, says now entire World will have to pay for her mistake.
Precap: Under Shivji's guidance Gautam rishi starts creating Nyaay shastra. Indra sees this, disguises as a rishi. Paravti seems angry. Shivji is shown thinking.
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Ahalya was Gautama rishi's wife who was cursed by him and was turned into a rock. Lord Rama was the one who freed her of this curse. Ahalya has been talked about in the Ramayana. According to Ramayana, Lord Rama along with Laxman and Vishwamitri was going to visit Mithilapuri. He saw an isolated place on his journey and asked Vishwamitra about it. Vishwamitra tells him that the place was Gautama rishi's asylum where he stayed with his wife, Ahalya.
Once when Gautama rishi was not in the asylum, Lord Indra visited the place in his disguise and met his wife, Ahalya. Gautama rishi saw him when he was coming back. He understood everything when he looked Lord Indra in his disguise. He thus cursed Indra.
Later, he cursed his wife that she would become a rock. He then left the place and went to the Himalayas to offer austerities. Ahayla could only be freed from the curse by Lord Rama's touch and was freed when Lord Rama touched the rock with his feet.
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Thanks shruti, seeing Indra in disguise thought of discovering what he is upto & got this Ahilya story. Indra was cursed that he will loose his kingdom will land in disaster & his reign will come to an end. Due to this sin his reign was disturbed often. He repented later & asked Brhmaji for cure.
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So I'm in a pickle. My sensor is horribly dirty as can be seen in the below pic.
I did say horribly, didn't I?
So anyway, I've got a wedding coming up this Saturday and I really don't feel like cleaning up dust post process afterward and went looking for a cleaning solution locally.
No one had any nor do they offer sensor cleaning services.
Is there a safe way to do this at home without the help of a kit and blower?


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We loved this old fairground arcade 'game' at Bressingham. Put in one old penny and have your fortune told. As reliable we fear as Mystic Meg but great fun. And such a helpful resource…remember to avoid a street with a workhouse when moving house if you want eternal happiness!
Today the sun is out bright, hot at 6am and streaming in to TheBigForest hut. We could fill this day with lovely things to do twenty or thirty times but we must edit. We want to relax but we can't chill out doing nothing! There is huge list of things we want to talk about and photos to share with you on the blog. I love writing so that would be a nice thing to do, siting in the shade of the tree in the garden. But a walk through the forest would be good too, or gardening, or baking bread, or sitting and knitting or simply lying here for the whole day with cups of tea and dipping in to the pile of unread vintage design and photography books that are being moved from workspace to living room and then back to the workspace.
But we are going to savour the expectation. The windows are wide open, the blind gently moving in a warm breeze. The birds have woken long ago and we can hear them going about their business. A plane passes high overhead on its way to Gatwick or Heathrow airport. The passengers looking down on England full of their own expectations – a wonderful holiday, seeing family, back home and work on Monday…. We listen to the edges of the silence, a car in the distance, the trees moving, a bee, a fragment of childs laughter somewhere across a field, a white noise silence that tells us all is well with the world around us.
How do you relax, we would love to know. Do stuff – different stuff from the working week – sleep, sports, read………What is your idea of relaxation heaven (and relaxation hell!)?


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Saturday, April 14, 2012
More thoughts about Philly - East Cost Trip Part 3
When we left off, it was evening and I was walking around center city. This was on a Monday, and things were oddly quiet. Certainly not the hustle and bustle of NYC.
I noticed an oddly placed sharrow for bikes.
The city has great signage for pedestrians. Lots of signs and even maps. This was was oriented so the top of the map is "forward" making it very useful for pedestrians. My one complaint was the location up there makes it hard to read for those with poor eyesight.
Philly has much more extensive bike infrastructure than I was expecting. When bike lanes didn't fit, they had bus/bike lanes. One thing is that they could do a better job painting them.
One thing that caught my eye was the almost complete lack of pedestrian signals. Instead, pedestrians use the standard traffic signals. This was especially interesting because most streets are one way, but there are traffic signals facing every single direction, for use by pedestrians. Boston should certainly take this into consideration.
Note the location of this signal, far to the right of the intersection, and facing the "wrong" way. Its exclusively for use of pedestrians. There is no countdown, but the streets are narrow enough that yellow is all that is needed. No stupid flashing hands here.
Construction never looks like this in California.
Lots of bike lanes, including buffered ones.
Philly has many great small alleys. Look at the signs, this is for two way traffic.
They make for great spaces, but the one biggest failing is how pedestrians are treated when the alley breaks the sidewalks. Instead of raising the alley so that drivers must enter (and yield) into a pedestrian space, people are forced to step down to cross.
This is very pad for the disabled, as wheelchair ramps are very poor. This must also be a huge hassle in the winter, as these look like prime puddle grounds.
Why not construct them more like driveways instead of streets? Take note of the ramps, one is facing diagonally, and one is straight. Fail.
These streetcar tracks appear to be abandoned.
The parking signs are very informative, and easy to read. They are not ambiguous at all. You can see an older model hiding underneath.
Only the historic area has cobblestone, all cities need more cobblestone.
Sidewalk dining makes everything look nicer, even in the winter.
More of those pedestrian signs.
Unlike Boston, Philly actually sees fit to provide a night network of public transit. The signs are also very useful to tourists.
9:30pm and this subway stop looks desolate. I wonder why that is?
One thing I didn't get into but should mention is the many instances of terrible drivers. Haven't seen anything like it before.
In a five minute span, I witnessed the following while being a passenger in a car.
1) We were waiting at a light to make a left onto a small one way street. The street was only one car wide. Except a car was stopped there, driving the wrong way. We were signalling our intention, and honked, as this idiot had to get out of the way. He didn't move. Eventually, we said screw it and decided to just continue to the next street. As we did so, the light changed, and the guy driving the wrong way had the nerve to honk.
2) 2 blocks away, we were on a two way (2 lane) street, driving behind a slower moving car. Suddenly, another car is driving along next to us, in the wrong lane, as if it were a one way street. ignoring the double yellow line, this driving continued cruising with as if nothing was wrong. We slowed down to let this idiot merge into our lane. Instead, he made a right turn directly across our path into the next street. WTF.
Anyway, it was fun to visit Philly, and I hope to be back.
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Glad you enjoyed your visit, nicely documented. You mention about the drivers, last summer a guy bike toured all the major league baseball stadiums across the country, thousands of miles and never had a problem until he got to the city of brotherly love. He was hit but only a glancing blow. His facebook tour link below.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the link. The oddest part about the driving behavior is how little traffic there was. There was almost no wait at any traffic light, so I couldnt see a reason for road rage and such.Delete
Philly drivers are truly horrible. This also extends to the 'burbs. Be lucky you never tried to drive on Lincoln or Kelly Drives--35 mph-signed roads treated like Interstates.ReplyDelete
I'm a little surprised that your impressions are those of a quiet city. The parts of town you were in are usually extremely busy. Did you have a chance to visit some of the outlying neighborhoods? Northern Liberties, Fairmount, Passyunk Square? Manayunk, with its old world charm? Roxborough? East Falls? Victorian-era Chestnut Hill? Mt. Airy? Southwest Center City, with its oodles of brand-new housing? Some of the older settlements on the Main Line? Most of those places are a subway or train ride away.
BTW the reason the 11th St. El stop is so quiet at 9:30 is because Market East closes down around 8:00. It's stupid and the absolute worst way to entice shoppers to what is supposed to be your main street.
I wish you'd told me you were coming to town. We could've met up in Manayunk...Replies
Nope, all I got to see is what you see in the pictures, here and in part 2. It was a very short trip.Delete
- AnonymousMay 27, 2012 at 1:05 PM
Most cities didn't realize that the ADA applies to sidewalks and crosswalks until the "Sacramento Sidewalk Case" of 2003, over a decade after the passage of the ADA.ReplyDelete
A number of major cities resisted until they were sued, including Chicago:
As a result, most sidewalk and crosswalk infrastructure predates the ADA rules and was done in a haphazard manner. You'll generally only find "good" curb cuts where the sidewalks were redone less than 10 years ago. This is true even though "best practice" advice for accessible sidewalks and crosswalks dates to 1961 or earlier.
Some cities, and the California state government, are still trying to evade the ADA requirements:
Philly has actually been behaving itself since the Sacramento case, but practically all of Philly's sidewalks were last repaired long, long before 2003.
Thanks for those links, Im going to be writing soon about how Fresno apparently completely disregards ADA when it comes to crosswalks all over town....and brand new ones too.Delete


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Pop! Goes the World! featuring DJ Epitone
It's no secret that I love K-pop. Actually, I simply love music and it's one of the many genres I listen to but it does make it to the top of my play list most often. I call it my "happy music" because if I'm in a funk, listening to K-pop cheers me up. Plus it's super fun to dance to and I love dancing. ^^ So I'm always up for any chance to head to a club for a night of dancing to K-pop.
Which is why I was super excited when I heard Pop! Goes the World! – my go-to VJs/DJs for anything K-pop in Toronto – had teamed up with DJ Epitone for their December party. Now DJ Jaybe and VJ Gee – the duo from Pop! Goes the World! – rock all on their own. I've been to several of their events and always had a blast. Plus they always play Big Bang so how can I not like them! ^^ Add another amazing DJ to what is already a fabulous party and I have a feeling it's going to be one of those nights when I want to use my super special adjective – it's going to be fantabulous! My feet are already itching to dance.
Don't know who DJ Epitone is?
DJ Epitone, whose real name is Peter Kay, is a DJ out of New York City and he'll be spinning in Canada for the first time at Pop! Goes the World!'s party on December 28th. You really don't want to miss the chance to check him out. Wear comfy shoes because he's a high energy DJ and you won't be able to stay off the dance floor. It'll be the perfect way to burn off some of those holiday cookies and eggnog. But that's not all, I've heard he has just produced his first single which will be released soon on iTunes, and apparently has some pretty big news coming in 2013. Cool! Want more info about DJ Epitone, check out his website.
Check out some of his remixes!
Sorry, as a Big Bang fan… you knew I had to share one of DJ Epitone's Big Bang remixes. ^^
One remix isn't enough to form an opinion so here's a 2NE1 remix for you too.
And his remix of Girl's Generation's The Boys makes me want to move! If that wasn't enough to whet your appetite, DJ Epitone has tons more on his YouTube page. Check it out!
And that's not all…
Pop! Goes the World!'s main DJs – DJ Jaybe and VJ Gee – will be rocking the dance floor for the rest of the night. Three fabulous DJs spinning K-pop all night long… I'm going to be in heaven!
Just the facts
- What: Pop! Goes the World! presents DJ Epitone
- When: Friday December 28t, 10pm – 2:30am
- Where: The Annex WreckRoom (794 Bathurst St, Toronto)
- Who: DJ Epitone, DJ Jaybe & VJ Gee
- Why: Umm… because you want to rock out one last time to K-pop
- How much: $15 (special event pricing)
- This is a 19+ event! You must bring your ID or passport.
- For more details: check out the Facebook event page


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text: On Thu, 16 Dec 2004, mdcooper wrote: > I am trying to get a corrolation between a large number of variables and for > many similar equations : > (Ca1 * xa^2) + (Ca2 * ya^2) + (Ca3 * za^2) + ... = ta > (Cb1 * xb^2) + (Cb2 * yb^2) + (Cb3 * zb^2) + ... = tb > > which is solved to get: > (C1 * x^2) + (C2 * y^2) + (C3 * z^2) + ... = t > > where the submitted values of x,y, and z should give the correct t > > and I am using the code to get C1, C2, C3, .... These constants are not > allowed to be negative and the submitted equations are such that there > is no reason for the values to be negative, and although a good fit may > allow them to be negative, another good fit will be found if they are > all positive. Hi Matt, Ok. I have to admit that my mathematical maturity is actually a little low, but I'll try to follow along. But this really doesn't sounds like a problem specific to Python though, but more of a math problem. So you may actually want to talk with folks with a real math background; I would not be mathematically mature enough to know if your code is correct. I'd strongly recommend talking to folks on the 'sci.math' or 'sci.math.num-analysis' newsgroups. I haven't seen your code, so I'm still in the dark about how it works or what its capabilities are. I'll make a few assumptions that might not be right, but I have to start somewhere. *grin* Does your code provide a way at getting at all possible solutions, or only one particular solution? If so, then you can just filter out for solutions that satisfy the property you want. For example, we can produce a function that generates all squares in the world: ### >>> import itertools >>> def allSquares(): ... for i in itertools.count(): ... yield i*i ... >>> squares = allSquares() >>> squares.next() 0 >>> squares.next() 1 >>> squares.next() 4 >>> squares.next() 9 >>> squares.next() 16 >>> squares.next() 25 ### I can keep calling 'next()' on my 'squares' iteration, and keep getting squares. Even though this can produce an infinite sequence of answers, we can still apply a filter on this sequence, and pick out the ones that are "palindromic" in terms of their digits: ### >>> def palindromic(n): ... "Returns true if n is 'palindromic'." ... return str(n) == str(n)[::-1] ... >>> filteredSquares = itertools.ifilter(palindromic, allSquares()) >>> filteredSquares.next() 0 >>> filteredSquares.next() 1 >>> filteredSquares.next() 4 >>> filteredSquares.next() 9 >>> filteredSquares.next() 121 >>> filteredSquares.next() 484 >>> filteredSquares.next() 676 ### This sequence-filtering approach takes advantage of Python's ability to work on a iteration of answers. If your program can be written to produce an infinite stream of answers, and if a solution set with all positive coefficients is inevitable in that stream, then you can take this filtering approach, and just capture the first solution that matches your constraints. Similarly, if your program only produces a single solution, does it do so through an "iterative" algorithm? By iterative, I mean: does it start off with an initial guess and apply a process to improve that guess until the solution is satisfactory? For others on the Tutor list, here is an "iterative" way to produce the square root of a number: ### def mysqrt(x): guess = 1.0 ## initial guess while not goodEnough(guess, x): guess = improve(guess, x) return guess def improve(guess, x): """Improves the guess of the square root of x.""" return average(guess, x / guess) def average(x, y): return (x + y) / 2.0 def goodEnough(guess, x): """Returns true if guess is close enough to the square root of x.""" return abs(guess**2 - x) < 0.00001 ### (adapted/ripped off from material in SICP: http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book-Z-H-10.html#%_sec_1.1.7) If your program tries to solve the problem through an iterative process, then, again, does it inevitably produce a solution where all the constant coefficients 'Cn' are positive? If so, maybe you can just continue to produce better and better solutions until its satisfactory, until all the coefficients are positive. Otherwise, without looking at your code, I'm stuck. *grin* And even if I do see your code, I might be stuck still. If your code is short, feel free to post it up, and we'll see how far we can get. But you really may want to talk with someone who has a stronger math background. Good luck to you!


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THE TM Pick n Pay Challenge Cup, the richest one-off football match ever played on Zimbabwean soil and the NetOne OneWallet Cup have combined to push the money that has been injected into the domestic Premiership, in the past four years, past the landmark US$10 million mark.In 2010, when Motor Action were crowned champions of Zimbabwe football, the league was unbranded and the Mighty Bulls, who have since collapsed, did not receive even a cent for their heroics in defying the odds and lifting the premier prize in the game in this country.
Only one sponsor, BancABC, stood in the trenches of a league that no other corporate partners wanted to be associated with and their Sup8r Cup, which was won by Dynamos after a 3-2 victory over bitter rivals CAPS United, was the only silverware that offered prize money.
The Glamour Boys pocketed US$40 000, for their success story, while the Green Machine took home US$15 000.
But given that the Mighty Bulls pocketed nothing, for winning the league championship, the US$15 000 that CAPS United picked for finishing as runners-up in the
BancABC Sup8r Cup, represented substantial earnings for a club in the domestic Premiership back then.
But four years is a long time in football.
In the first Saturday of next month, at the National Sports Stadium, Dynamos and Highlanders will battle in a US$110 000 TM Pick n Pay Challenge Cup, the richest one-off football match ever staged in this country, with the winners picking US$60 000 for 90 minutes of work.
The losing team will also pocket a cool US$50 000. The two giants of Zimbabwe football will, together, be earning US$1 222 for every minute that they will spend on the pitch at the giant stadium on September 6.
The prize money doesn't include costs, which are substantial in nature, which involve the importation of a top-of-the-line Adidas kit, for both teams, from Germany for the special occasion, cash incentives for the outstanding player on the day and other Match Day-related costs.
Although the PSL board of governors had outlawed challenge matches from being played during the main calendar, the league had to provide a special dispensation, for the TM Pick n Pay Challenge Cup, after it emerged that there was a good chance this could be the start of a good and long-term relationship between the top-flight league and the retail giant.
"We hope this is the start of a long, happy and prosperous association (with) our organisation TM Pick and Pay as they join your growing list of corporate partners," Onias Mukamba, TM Pick n Pay group finance director and acting chief executive, said in a statement.
"The Premier Soccer League has agreed to assist in any way necessary to ensure that this day and indeed the promotion, is a success."
With NetOne pumping US$500 000 into their eight-team OneWallet Cup, whose semi-finals will be played at Mandava in Zvishavane on Saturday and Sunday, the financial injection that has been pumped into the domestic Premiership, in the past four years, has now passed the US$10 million mark.
Twine Phiri, the PSL chairman, deserves a lot of credit for the way he has turned his league into a sponsor-friendly organisation, whose magnet continues to woo a number of corporate partners into their fold, after having taken over as leader, in 2010, when the championship was unbranded.
Phiri, who was retained this year with an overwhelming majority to lead the PSL for another four years, has mainly focused on building a league that offers their sponsors a return for value and after getting the backing of corporate giant Delta, who bankrolled the league championship in 2011, he has found it easy to bring others on board.
Although the PSL have had their controversies, such ugly episodes have been few and far between with a lot of focus being thrust on making the Premiership attractive to the sponsors and this convinced SuperSport to also come on board and become their broadcast partners.
The PSL signed a six-year broadcast rights deal with SuperSport International (Pvt) Ltd in 2012 for the matches in the domestic top-flight league to be screened live on SuperSport television channels throughout sub-Saharan Africa and islands on the Indian Ocean.
SuperSport International said there was tremendous potential in Zimbabwe football and they were excited to be part of the journey into a future that looks very bright and they paid an initial USS$400 000, into the Premiership's coffers, in the first year of the deal that will run until the 2017 football season.
They are also footing the costs related to production, which are separate from the money for the rights they are paying to the league to disburse to the clubs, and in the first year of their operation, last year, their financial outlay was more than US$1 million.
The direct money that has been pumped into the PSL coffers, including the funds which will come from league sponsors Delta, through their Castle Lager brand for the next two years, has now passed the landmark US$10 million mark.
"Delta is simply playing its part in promoting the sustainable growth of sport in the country. The new PSL sponsorship package covers a period of three years — that is the 2014, 2015 and 2016 seasons," Delta marketing director, Maxen Karombo, said at the unveiling of their new three-year deal with the league this year.
"There will be evaluations conducted by Delta Beverages and the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League at the end of each season to ensure that we both meet our stated objectives.
"Part of the sponsorship covers the PSL's administrative costs. However, the promotion of administrative costs has been reduced from over US$200 000 to US$150 000 in order to direct more money towards the clubs. We are also in the final stages of planning a coaching clinic to be conducted by coaches from (Spanish football champions) FC Barcelona during the course of the season this year.
"Delta Beverages' level of investment has gone up from US$600 000 to US$1,2 million per season, therefore, doubling the investment. Although our agreement is subject to review every year, Delta Beverages will invest a total of US$3,6 million in direct cash investment in the Premier Soccer League for the next three years.
"We hope that this level of commitment to our beautiful game will bring a lot of excitement in the league and will yield resounding success, one that makes all of us proud stakeholders.
"We would also like to acknowledge the PSL who have worked hard to build a strong and healthy working relationship with Delta Beverages."
By the end of their current deal in 2016, Delta Beverages would have poured more than US$5,4 million into the PSL coffers since 2010 while Mbada Diamonds, who have been bankrolling the flagship Mbada Diamonds Cup since 2011, have also poured more than US$4 million into their tourney.
Organisers of the Bob Super Cup have also pumped in a significant amount, in the four years that the tournament has been running, with more than US$500 000 sunk into the tourney while BancABC, through their Sup8r Cup, and NetOne, have all played big parts in supporting the PSL.
Maybe, it's a sign that the good times are well and truly back in the Premiership when the iconic Chibuku Super Cup makes a comeback, after having disappeared from the radar for about a quarter-of-a-century.


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Join us Live, this Saturday July 14th at 2:30pm central for the next edition of PuckChatter~Radio, the official podcast of TheThirdManIn.com
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Unfortunately I am unable to attend any of the on-ice sessions or scrimmages at Johnny's IceHouse this week, but TTMI.com contributor Brad Gardner has been on hand all week and he'll join me to discuss all the Blackhawks prospects and recap this summer's camp.
I never do this and probably should make a bigger deal of it, but checking the BTR stats, last week's show with Al Cimaglia was our second-most downloaded show in history.
Also, TTMI/PuckChatter~Radio is now the 2nd most popular hockey show on Blog Talk Radio. And those numbers don't include those of you who access our shows directly through this site, which represents roughly 40% of our total listenership.
Its pretty incredible, and humbling, to have such a loyal base audience that has stuck with us. We don't advertise, pimp or spam our show. We just do it and lay it out there. And even when we disappear for awhile our listeners don't seem to forget about us.
I just wanted to say Thanks to everyone who has ever listened. Whether you are new; an intermittent listener or a loyal one – its very much appreciated. Even when I get annoyed and yell at emailers or a random caller, it is humbling to have so many people listening and chiming in. Its fun to do when we have the time and I hope to keep doing it for the foreseeable future.


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Ripley's Game (110 mins, 15) Directed by Liliana Cavani; starring John Malkovich, Dougray Scott, Ray Winstone, Lena Headey
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (121 mins, 18) Directed by Chan-Wouk Park; starring Ha-Kyun Shin, Kang-Ho Song, Du-Na Bae
Bringing Down the House (105 mins, 12A) Directed by Adam Shankman; starring Steve Martin, Queen Latifah, Eugene Levy, Joan Plowright
Trembling Before G-d (84 mins, 15) Directed by Sandi Simcha DuBowski
The novels of the expatriate American writer Patricia Highsmith have not yet attracted the attention of American filmmakers. So far their astringent, amoral (or supra-moral) tone has only appealed to European directors, starting with Hitchcock ( Strangers on a Train ) and followed by René Clément ( Plein Soleil based on The Talented Mr Ripley ), Claude Chabrol ( Le Cri du Hibou ), Wim Wenders ( The American Friend, a version of Ripley's Game ) and Claude Miller ( Dites-lui que je L'aime adapted from The Sweet Sickness ).
Most recently, Anthony Minghella chose to follow up The English Patient with a second movie version of The Talented Mr Ripley, and Liliana Cavani has returned to Ripley's Game. Which means that four notable actors have played Highsmith's cool, ambitious American psychopath, Tom Ripley - Alain Delon, Dennis Hopper, Matt Damon and now John Malkovich. Although he's not in the best film, Malkovich is the most impressive Ripley, bringing to the role the chilly, manipulative detachment he brought to the scheming Valmont in Dangerous Liaisons and to the calculating connoisseur Osmond in Portrait of a Lady .
Cavani and her co-screenwriter Charles McKeown have updated the book to our mobile phone era, changed the principal settings from Fontainebleau and Hamburg to the Veneto and Berlin, but generally they've been more faithful to the novel than Wenders was. Ripley is now living on his ill-gotten gains in a Palladian villa with his wife, an Italian musician (Chiara Castelli), when an old associate, Reeves (Ray Winstone), turns up. Reeves, a vulgar petty criminal, is now a successful club owner and racketeer in Berlin but wants a hit man to dispose of a Russian mafioso who's muscling in on his business. Ripley is no stranger to killing, though as Highsmith tells us in a freezing aside, 'Tom detested murder unless it was absolutely necessary'.
So instead of volunteering for the job, he suggests they recruit an Englishman, Jonathan Trevanny (Dougray Scott), living nearby with his wife and young child and working as a picture framer. Trevanny has insulted Ripley by casually impugning his good taste, and is dying of leukaemia. Could he be tempted to carry out the hit for a sum of money that would provide for his family after his death? This is Ripley's game - a form of amusement that will end in the corruption of a decent man. But Tom becomes involved with Jonathan more than he intended. A bond springs up between them, and the psychopath takes interest in his victim's welfare when the killers come to call.
It's a clever plot and psychologically interesting if not exactly plausible. Who after all would hire a man who had never fired a gun in his life to carry out a major killing? Unfortunately, though the action set pieces are well enough managed, Cavani doesn't handle the actors with much skill. Winstone (reprising his cockney menace - he even has the threadbare line 'This scumbag is totally out of order'), Scott and Lena Headey turn in clumsy performances.
But Malkovich doesn't need much direction, and he dominates the film with his terrifying cool. His villa is decorated with trompe l'oeil rococo frescoes in the style of Tiepolo, and at one point he lovingly strokes one of them as a way of confirming that nothing is as it appears. There is also a resonant coda in which Ripley, his terrible deeds done and forgotten, arrives in time to hear his wife perform at a concert in Vicenza on a harpsichord he has had restored for her. The venue is Palladio's Teatro Olimpico, that perfect combination of reality and artifice.
Chan-Wook Park's Sympathy for Mr Vengeance is the second ultra-violent thriller from South Korea this week and sets out to expose the troubles emerging from fault lines in a divided country. Its hero, Ryu, a deaf-mute with green hair, has a sister who needs a kidney transplant and an anarchist girlfriend who belongs to a terrorist cell. To help his sister he gets involved with a gang trading in black market organs and kidnaps a little girl whose father owns the company from which he has recently been made redundant.
Everything goes wrong for everyone, and the blood flows as freely as the Yalu river in flood. As a variation from beatings with steel baseball bats and stabbings, there are a couple of electrocutions. The story is flawed and not always coherent, but the underlying anger, the characters' desperation and the often sadistic action scenes come at you like a demented kick boxer.
There have been a number of American movies recently in which uptight honkies are liberated by learning to chill out under the benign influence of cool brothers and sassy sisters from the hood. The best by some way is Warren Beatty's Bulworth, the worst is Bringing Down the House. In this coarse comedy the conventional bourgeois life of a prissy, divorced corporate lawyer in Los Angeles is invaded by an enormous in-your-face escaped female convict from South Central LA in need of his professional services. They meet in a legal chat room and he believes she's slim and white. He's played by Steve Martin and she's played by the rap artist Queen Latifah. By the end he has had no effect upon her, but his life, as well as those of his children and his ex-wife, have been transformed.
It's an embarrassing parade of stereotypes and features a violent, racially motivated fight between Queen Latifah and a white woman in a ladies' lavatory at an exclusive country club. The expressions of prejudice come mainly from the white side. For instance, a neighbour of the lawyer's says: 'I thought I heard Negro.' To which he replies: 'No. No Negro spoken here.' But the black characters are presented as feckless, work-shy, hedonistic, drug-taking and criminally inclined.
Prejudice and liberation are the themes of a very different movie - Trembling Before G-d, a disturbing and informative documentary about gays and lesbians attempting to reconcile their sexual proclivities with the tenets and traditional intolerance of Orthodox Judaism. Made over several years, the film is a work of self-discovery and reasoned propaganda by its director, Sandi Simcha DuBowski, a lesbian and Orthodox Jew. Her co-producer, Mark Smolowitz, the son of an ultra-Orthodox Hasidic rabbi, was thrown out of seven yeshivas for his homosexual activities and is now HIV-positive. The central question is whether it is possible to re-interpret the words of Leviticus 20:13: 'If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be on them'; and the code of Jewish law, the Shulchan Aruch, that says: 'For women to rub against each other in the position of sexual intercourse is forbidden... It is fitting for the court to administer lashes for this transgression.'
Trembling Before G-d introduces us to a variety of people in Israel and America from the first openly gay Orthodox rabbi and members of a radical group called the Orthodykes, to some pretty obnoxious Hasidic Jews waving placards and chanting abominations against homosexuals. There are many brave and tormented men and women in this film, but one wonders why they don't opt for a more liberal form of Judaism or become secular Jews.


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Indiana, Indianapolis (August 2, 2016) - Fuelicious will excite the senses by delivering a distinct environment, a premium culinary experience, a distinct collection of automobiles, and a premier audience of committed automotive enthusiasts that combine to create an unmatched, exclusive social entertainment experience supporting the work of Indiana Children's Wish Fund. Fuelicious will feature 50 distinct collector cars hosted at the Lucas Estate in Carmel on Friday, August 28th from 7:00pm to 11:00pm.
The venue of the Lucas Estate is perhaps one of the most unique, and storied, residences in the Midwest. Set on 33 acres in Carmel, the Lucas Estate delivers the perfect environment to indulge in automotive and culinary excellence, discover the offerings of the supporting sponsors, and explore the distinct amenities of the estate, including the exterior grounds, pool house, entertainment area, gardens and sport complex bar.
An unmatched experience is in-store for both VIPs and Premier Guests of Fuelicious. VIP Guests will enjoy on-site valet service and exclusive access to the grounds during the 6pm "Happy Hour" hosted in the Rear Veranda, Pool House and Sports Complex Bar. Premier Guests will enjoy dedicated transportation service to the Estate. Everyone will equally enjoy browsing through decades of automotive excellence and indulging in the exceptional culinary offerings of Chef Anthony Puma.
Participants will enjoy atmosphere of relaxed elegance and celebration, delivering a unique environment for pairing a discerning audience and unique sponsors. Guests will include a variety of automotive enthusiasts, business and community leaders, and local personalities recognizing and supporting the work of Indiana Children's Wish Fund. Sponsors will host VIP and Premier Guests in an exclusive estate environment and engage guests with a distinct and relevant product and service offerings.


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Pregnant Jessica Simpson has developed a big craving for salty macaroni and cheese, revealing she can happily gobble a packet a day.
The actress/singer and TV personality is expecting her first child this spring and admits there's one comfort food she simply can't get enough of.
She tells Access Hollywood, "I'm a big fan of Kraft Mac N' Cheese… That keeps me happy. That keeps me sodium happy.
"I, like, wake up swollen because I put Lowry's seasoning salt all over it."
Simpson has also become a fan of desserts during her pregnancy and much of the food she's craving take her back to her youth.
She explains, "I'm craving a lot of things I had when I was a kid, like, this morning I buttered a Pop Tart. I haven't done that in years."
Simpson doesn't need to worry too much about piling on the pounds while pregnant – she has signed a big deal with diet firm WeightWatchers and hopes to lose the weight using their healthy tips after her baby is born.


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The mother of missing student Megan Roberts has said the disappearance of her ''beautiful daughter'' appears to be the result of ''a tragic run of events with no one to blame''.
York St John University student Miss Roberts, 20, has not been seen for more than a week since she disappeared during a night out with friends in the city.
North Yorkshire Police have said they believe the most likely explanation for her disappearance is that she got separated from her group while under the influence of alcohol and fell in the River Ouse near to York's Lendal Bridge.
Her mother Jackie Roberts has posted a message on a special Facebook page dedicated to finding Megan.
Mrs Roberts said: ''Thank you for all your support and kind thoughts.
''The police have been amazing, they are doing all they can to find her. We've been given as much information as the police can give us and all evidence does point towards this being a tragic run of events with no one to blame.
''Until we know for certain, we all have hope, but whatever the outcome, we are all carrying Megan in our hearts.
''This is a very difficult time and, as a family we will always be thankful for everyone's love and support and caring thoughts for my beautiful daughter.''
Divers from the regional police underwater search unit spent the weekend searching the River Ouse for Miss Roberts, who is from Wetherby, West Yorkshire.
A spokesman said the team was using sonar equipment to scan the water from Lendal Bridge downstream to Naburn.
Miss Roberts was last seen on CCTV on the corner of Rougier Street and Lendal Bridge at around 2.20am on January 23. She was reported missing a week ago today.
A week after her disappearance, Superintendent Phil Cain said: ''The strongest and most probable line of inquiry being pursued by police is that Megan, affected by alcohol, has entered the river.''
Mr Cain stressed that there was ''no evidence to indicate foul play''.
Miss Roberts was with a group of friends who had been drinking ''for several hours'' before leaving the Popworld nightclub, in York city centre, at around 2.10am on Thursday morning.
Police said the group were spread out and some of them ran down a street called Tanner's Moat, past The Maltings pub, where Miss Roberts - the last in the group - was spotted bumping into a row of cycle racks.
There is no CCTV footage of her returning up the hill.
Miss Roberts is described as around 5ft 6in and of medium build with long dark brown hair. When last seen, she was wearing a cream knee-length dress which had large brown and orange flowers on it and black plimsoll-type shoes.


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This mini pencil pack has to be the cutest thing ever! They are simple to make and you can probably make them with supplies you already have at home. These would make great pencils for a dollhouse or just a fun thing to take to school. Anything tiny is so cute and when you can DIY it for almost nothing then its a winner. Grab some straws and a few other supplies and make your own miniature pencils. You can follow this tutorial on how to make them:
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Apples and Bananas From Dave and Ava
Apples and Bananas 2 – Kids Songs & Nursery Rhymes Fun Kids Songs from Dave and Ava. Sing along to Apples and Bananas. This fun and catchy tune is sure to be a hit with the kids. This is great music for the kids to listen to. Find lots of kids songs and nursery rhymes on Dave and Ava's channel on YouTube.
DIY Miniature Toothbrush and Toothpaste
Have fun with this DIY Mini toothpaste and toothbrush. Fun craft for kids to make for their dollhouse. Easy to make and fun to play with. Binkybee Miniatures is a fun place to go when you want to learn how to make tiny things. Great craft channel for kids. Plenty of DIYs to spend hours looking at.


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There is no other way to say this than… Khan got Knocked the Fu*k Out!
Amir Khan lost his titles to Danny Garcia last night at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
Khan started the fight well, clearly winning the first two rounds, but then Garcia came out swinging and knocked Amir to the ground at the end of the third. He just couldn't recover after that, and the fight was stopped in round four.
He has blown every shot he has gotten to move up and fight the big names like Mayweather. Some are even saying that he should consider retiring.
Khan asked for a rematch, but Garcia's camp said,
"If the fight went the distance and it was close then they maybe, but this was a clear win. If the roles were reversed, Khan wouldn't offer us a rematch."
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Right, I will be very honest and say I've not really done any exercise apart from walking/gardening since I was at school which is over twenty years ago. I have some problems with my balance/feet, but otherwise I'm generally healthy. But not at all fit. I'm not overweight but I have flabby bits round my midriff and bum which I would love to get rid of. I want to get fitter so that I can run a bit and keep up with the children and my bf who is very fit. I am thinking of cycling but as I work f-t I think I will wait until the weather is better and evenings are lighter before I start on this one. Plus I need to buy a bike.
My big question is, where do I start? Should I join a gym? Exercise classes and if so what's suitable for a complete beginner? Should I do something to "prepare" for going public with exercise so I don't look like a total lazy article? And how do I keep motivated? I am very fired up about this all in theory but not sure how it will all work in practice. And - what do I wear?
Thanks for any/all advice. I'm really serious about doing this but have no idea where to start and don't want to end up making a complete fool of myself.
Try the 30 day shred. Gillian Michaels.
It's 20 mins, every day for 30 days, with three levels so you can gradually increase the difficultly (you can also d this by adding heavier weights). It is really effective and at the end of the 30 days if you join a gym you will feel more confident.
Have a look on utube before you buy.
Motivation is a tougher one - I am motivated by results, but they don't happen quickly. I remember someone posting on MN that the treated The Shred like brushing their teeth, like there was no choice.
Over time excercise becomes addictive, and enjoyable.
Good luck.
Shred is a great dvd to do at home and it will definitely get you to a level of fitness where you could join in a class no problem, but I wouldn't let being a complete beginner put you off starting classes or a gym straight away, there are always one or two beginners everywhere, many more at this time of year! Just make sure you have an instructor who knows you are new to it all so they can keep an eye on your technique and make sure you aren't overdoing it.
Ideally your training should include some cardio to work heart/lungs and burn fat and also some resistance training, ie weights, but this can be done purely with body weight exercises (eg push ups, planks, squats, lunges), a body pump class would also cover this if you prefer a class to the gym. Lots of people, women in particular, don't do enough resistance training but it is very important for maintaining bone health and metabolism as we age.
IMO the real key to maintaining motivation and routine is finding something you really enjoy. For me its kickboxing and I also go to the gym and run/ swim, but regard the weight training etc as ways of improving my kickboxing iyswim. So think about any sport you could picture yourself enjoying and give it a go, you may discover a passion or talent!
Running - try couch to 5k programme, on a treadmill before it gets warmer?
Dance- zumba or ballet?
Team sports, netball?
Martial arts/boxing
If you join a gym could you afford a few sessions with a personal trainer? This would be ideal but if not make sure you use the gym staff as much as possible for showing you machines/exercises, drafting a programme for you.
Good luck, it definitely does become addictive over time, especially if you find your "thing"!
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Things got awkward and sweaty on tonight's all new episode of Scandal, while new sparks emerged between a fan favorite couple on The Vampire Diaries. Plus, catch up on the small screen's biggest moments from Grey's Anatomy, Suits, Reign, and more!
Scandal: Too much tongue! Tonight's Scandal kind of made us gag and we still don't really know how to process it. Quinn, on B613's orders, met up with Huck to find out why OPA is digging into things that they obviously shouldn't. It only took about 2.5 seconds for Quinn to lick the side of Huck's face, and then the dysfunctional duo to started slobbering and slurping all over each other. (We think they were making out, but we're not fully sure.) When Quinn came home she was surprised to see that a very overbearing Charlie had decided to move into her place without telling her first. Run, Quinn!
Meanwhile, sh-t hit the fan with the first family as Karen, the first daughter, saw mommy on her knees with "Uncle Andrew" in one of the spare bedrooms. Wowzers! And of course all of this happened in the minutes leading up to a live sit-down interview with the entire family. When Fitz found out, we saw that the POTUS wasn't really mad, he was mostly just hurt and confused. For the past ten years, he and Mellie have not tapped into the intimate side of their relationship because Mellie claimed that childbirth "changed her." In the heat of the moment, Mellie was thisclose to revealing that the reason she never wanted sex was because her father-in-law forced himself on her, but she didn't.
Reign: Surprise! Kenna and Bash got married! King Henry fully embraced his crazy antics on tonight's episode of Reign and he forced his mistress to marry his son, despite the fact that Kenna was crying throughout the entire ceremony. Meanwhile, the entire castle found out about Greer and Leith, so to side step the humiliation, Greer agreed to marry the surprisingly sweet Lord Castleroy.
Parenthood: Mark—aka the former Parenthood star that we all desperately miss on our TV screens—returned tonight! So what did he want from Sarah? Another chance? One last night together? His CD collection? Well the answer was D) None of the Above. Turns out, Mark is now engaged and he wanted to be the one who told Sarah before she heard it from somewhere else.
Suits: On tonight's all-new installment of the hit drama, Louis had a heart attack in the middle of court! Ouch. Not to worry, he's okay. However, our strong-willed lawyer managed to try and a make the best of a bad situation when he popped the question to his girlfriend Sheila. But before they popped the champagne, Sheila and Lois realized they both have very different desires when it comes to kids (she doesn't want any.) Looks like the engagement is already off!
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The Vampire Diaries: It was quite a lovely episode for all the Steroline shippers out there! After Caroline and Enzo found Tom, Stefan's equally handsome doppelganger, the former Miss Mystic Falls was ready to let the EMT live a long and happy life, but Enzo stuck with the plan and snapped his neck. Aww, man! Caroline reunited with her SHBFF (super hot best friend forever) and the two of them cuddled in a mini van while the Travelers performed a mega-mass suicide. (It was a lot more romantic then it sounds, we swear!)
The Travelers used their intensely wicked powers and multiple murders to bring back their leader, Markos, through Bonnie from the other side. Meanwhile, Jeremy decided to move out of Casa Salvatore and into Matt and Tyler's place. BRB, we're about to by the house next door. And Elena? Liv tried to kill her! It turns out that Live and Luke are part of a group of witches and they are looking to stir up some serious trouble!
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Grey's Anatomy: It's a Cristina-centric episode and it's just as dark and twisty as one could hope to see in a what-if hour starring Ms. Yang. Cristina performed a medical miracle on a patient (yay!) however, the man, Jason, will now live the life Cristina just saved as a quadriplegic. As we await to see what the patient will decide to do with the rest of his life (stay alive or pull the plug), Cristina imagines two very surreal and very different lives she could lead.
If Jason decided to die, Cristina would have professed her love to Owen, got married, moved in together and adopted a puppy before ultimately popping out babies. Seems like a pretty sweet life until you see that work-obsessed Cristina has missed out on Harper Avery Award. However, if Jason had chosen to live, Cristina and Owen would have become regular hook-up buddies but ultimately a toxic combination. Hey, at least Cristina would have won her fourth consecutive Harper Avery Award!


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1. What are the resources at stake that we want to lay claim to?
2. Why are they at stake? (This helps elicit the market based society's threat to our common resources.)
3.Who is the community, who is the we?
4. Who has something at stake? ( State why we get to have a say.)
5. What would have to change for people to be able to act on that stake together?
6. What would the nature of relationships need to be and how could they act collectively?
7. What would managing the resource in a collective/shared way look like?
8. What would it mean to manage the resource collectively?
9. How could we insure equitable access and use?
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Did you vaccinate?
Hi everyone,
I have been reading several articles about how the measles virus has come back in the United States and spreading around NYC. The articles associate the rise on the previously epidemic disease as a result of parents who are not vaccinating their children against it.
Just wondering, does this make you angry if you have vaccinated your children and now your younger children are at risk? If you haven't vaccinated, will you now?
though the cases have not reached epidemic rates, the disease now how potential to spread and become very dangerous.
We did vaccinate. Our son has severe autism but we do not think it was vaccine related.
I vaccinated. I didn't see a reason not to.
Its not my business if someone vaccinated their children or not. Its their children.
I don't know about the effects for babies without vaccines and unvaccinated children. I am not sure I have enough information to have an opinion.
I don't have a problem with those who don't vaccinate, and I'm not worried about my kids since they are mostly vaccinated. I do have an appreciation for herd immunity, since I have a compromised immune system. I'm aware that vaccines aren't completely effective, but it's not something I spend time worrying about.
I vaccinated. My son has ADHD, dyspraxia and has been diagnosed (though conflicting) with ASD. I do not believe there is a connection between vaccines and what he has.
Do I worry about the outbreak? Not for us personally, but I do think there is cause for concern.
I didn't vaccinate my children and they are all grown now. The one I am expecting I will not vaccinate either and my grandson is not vaccinated. The fear of outbreaks has been there since I chose not to vaccinate my children and it will always be there. I don't see why I should pump chemicals into my child if they don't prevent them from getting the disease which these outbreaks prove they do not prevent it.
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I didn't vaccinate my children and they are all grown now. The one I am expecting I will not vaccinate either and my grandson is not vaccinated. The fear of outbreaks has been there since I chose not to vaccinate my children and it will always be there. I don't see why I should pump chemicals into my child if they don't prevent them from getting the disease which these outbreaks prove they do not prevent it.
Weird. I'm from Iceland with 95% vaccine rate for the routine vaccines and there are never any outbreaks of these diseases. One and one case once in a while. There is however reoccurring outbreaks of chicken pox every single year, which is not routinely vaccinated for. Also humanitarian workers, anthropologists and other people that work with poor populations have reported that vaccines have decreased the numbers of outbreaks and people affected after vaccines are implemented. What are they gaining for lying about that?
Why would governments in countries with universal healthcare pay for vaccines for every citizen if they didn't work? Why does the majority of drs and scientists in the world say that vaccines work if they don't? Not every single one of them is getting paid from the pharmaceutical companies, that's for sure.
The argument against all vaccines is very, very weak.
It was not until i started using CM just over 7 years ago that I realized people can even opt out of being vaxed. When we immigrated here in the 70's we forced to be vaxed, when me and my husband went to Home land Security to apply for his Green card in 08 he was forced to be vaxed, when my daughter started school she had to show verification that she had been vaxed. We didn't have a choice. I never would consider not having myself vaxed or my child anyways but we still had no choice. I was even vaxed before I came to USA as we all were but we were told by then immigration now Home land Security that those vaxes from back home were for different diseases so we has to get vaxed again in USA.
That must be true about the different diseases because shortly after we got here I got the measles when I was 3 and damn near died from it.


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PROTECTING consumers from excessive price rises is supposed to be Ofgem's top priority.
Second on the energy regulator's to-do list is ensuring gas and electricity firms do not abuse their monopolies.
But today, Ofgem are accused of being patsies for the power moguls.
The average household power bill is £1400 a year. And 40 per cent of us spend 10 per cent of our incomes on energy.
Yet yesterday, the toothless wonders led by chairman Lord Mogg made a grand announcement that energy bills were set to rise as if that was an inevitable fact.
Instead of telling customers that bills were about to go through the roof, they should have taken the energy barons to task.
Alistair Buchanan, Ofgem's chief executive, makes a valid point about a lack of replacements for outdated coal and nuclear stations this side of 2020.
Yet in the same breath he says he is encouraged by the reforms the enrgy giants are carrying out. What reforms?
And whatever they are, they will come as cold comfort to the thousands of Scots facing fuel poverty.
They deserve watchdogs that bark, not toothless poodles fobbed off by firms who can't believe their luck to be governed by such a weak regulator.
Failing us all
REPORTS compiled by bureaucrats are usually full of complicated language that can hide or water down the author's real meaning.
So when the chief inspector of prisons describes the findings of one of his own inspections as shocking and demands it acts as a wake-up call, you know something has gone terribly wrong.
And Brigadier Hugh Monro's report into Polmont Young Offenders Institution is a damning indictment of the Scottish Prison Service's failure to help turn around the lives of young offenders.
During his visit to the institution he found poorly trained staff, inmates allowed to lie around in bed all day and a regime that does little to encourage aspiration.
The criticisms are particularly disturbing as Polmont was lauded as a showpiece after a recent £65million makeover.
The SPS have accepted the findings of the inspection and promised to act on them.
A radical overhaul is needed.
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TEENAGER Chloe Jarvis owes her life to a stranger – and yesterday she got to say thank you in person.
German Roland Hauessler donated his stem cells to a transplant bank – and they turned out to be a perfect match for the 13-year-old leukaemia patient.
Roland met Chloe at the launch of Delete Blood Cancer UK in London. There were tears of joy, hugs and immense gratitude.
Chloe's dad Craig, of Shotts, Lanarkshire, said: "Roland is now part of the family."
A simple act of kindness has given a girl a future, and we applaud him and others like him for their selfless acts.


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SecretSoftware wrote: Basically integrate .NET with Directx libraries, so you can use them natively in the .NET framework and leverage these right there into your applications.
Isn't that WPF?
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Healthy Burrito Bowl Stuffed Peppers are a delicious dinner that tastes exactly like a chipotle burrito bowl in pepper form! Also paleo, vegan and whole 30!
*Pictures and recipe updated 6/28/2016*
Today we are re-sharing one of our favorite and most-recipes of all-time: Burrito Bowl Stuffed Peppers!
We love (and many of you do too!) this recipe so much, so we knew it was time for an updated recipe and pictures for this easy dinner recipe. I'm pretty sure we have made these stuffed peppers over 10 times since we first posted the recipe back in June of 2014 and for a good reason. These peppers are not only delicious, but they are extremely easy and simple to make.
The inspiration for these stuffed peppers came from our favorite chain restaurant, chipotle. Who doesn't love a good burrito bowl? #amirightoramiright. So it's basically like a burrito bowl stuffed into a pepper instead of tortilla which saves carbs but who's complaining? It's got all the goods of a burrito bowl.
One of the biggest reasons, besides taste, of why this burrito bowl is so popular is that it can be adapted to meet any diet. Wanna make it paleo/whole 30? Just leave out black beans and corn. Wanna make it vegan? Just use a meat replacement such as tempeh or tofu! Don't have any dietary restrictions? Than make the original recipe. No matter what your diet is, you can enjoy a healthy and delicious meal!
Burrito Bowl Stuffed Peppers
These burrito bowl stuffed peppers are so easy to make and are made with real and healthy ingredients. They are a complete meal filled with nutritious veggies, healthy fats and lean protein. Anyone who loves chipotle's burrito bowls and Mexican food will absolutely love this hearty lower carb dinner that can also be paleo, vegan and whole 30 friendly!
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For me, the word 'story' in relation to business and marketing is somehow one of the most teeth-clenching. Not because it has little meaning, but because it can be, and IS, misunderstood tremendously.
Let me explain.
The moment we all hear the word 'story' in any context, we start feeling that we need to get extra creative, go beyond the wall into the pink foggy fantasy land, have some great 'drama' happening, or have some main heroic character, blah blah.
Not all of us are creative or entertainers or excellent writers (except me, I am!)
People get so carried away by these high false expectations that they forget the actual goal.
And what is the actual goal? Do you know? Can you answer?
Often, it is not just the story but also the narration of it that matters. So if you're trying to render it in a way that is not you, stop.
Or, if you have been sitting at your work table for 5 days trying to come up with a creative story for your business that will lasso in wonderful customers, stop.
Start with this
This will get you going.
This will smoothen up your first steps.
And then, see where it's going.
Don't try to start writing anothe Harry Potter book in your drive to get a creative business story. Start simple.
Because simple is sexy. And it's what you need right at the beginning to get started.
And then, once you'v got a clear picture of what your initial business identity is turning out to be, think of a flowing narrative.
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The governor's office on Monday confirmed Scott's decision.
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Spencer Seton writes longhand in a well-thumbed journal. His printing is neat, straight, even tidy. Sometimes, he scribbles out words and replaces them with new ones. It's like he's putting together a puzzle. Every piece must have its place.
Seton, who goes by the moniker Smooth Sailing, has a dream. He wants to be a writer.
He's a 19-year-old Denver street poet with a turbulent childhood behind him. An underdog, an almost-forgotten, Seton often sports solid black or beige shirts and a dangling, gold chain around his neck.
He has designs on success today, because his failures of yesterday are long gone.
"There's some people that progress and some people stay the same, no matter what you do," Seton said.
On the streets, people used to call him Smooth.
The journey from Smooth, a troubled kid from Montbello, to Smooth Sailing was a rough one. Seton chose his new name, he said, because no matter how difficult the journey has been "It always comes out smooth."
Seton said he was taken from his home at the age of 4 and bounced around foster care for years. At times that went well, but mostly, it went bad. Seton blames a lot of the bad on himself. He chose the wrong friends in his neighborhood. He got in trouble at school — Seton went to both Montbello High School and Cherokee Trail High School before getting his GED at 16, he said — and he "just didn't know how to deal with stuff."
Later, Seton found himself in deeper trouble.
Until mid-April, Seton was housed at the Ridge View Academy in Watkins, a private youth services center that partners with the Colorado Department of Youth Corrections. Seton spent two years "locked up" there after committing an armed robbery at 17 — a crime that became the crossroads in his young life. Seton had at least one prior conviction for which, he said, he served six months.
Seton provides sparse details about the armed robbery. Local police issued an order for Seton to surrender himself. He did so and was arrested. That much is certain. Seton claims to have used a gun in the robbery, but Denver Department of Safety records say the weapon used was a Taser. Nobody was hurt physically in the robbery, but Seton hints that he wasn't the only person involved in the crime. Though only he did time for it, he said.
Sentenced to serve up to two years at a juvenile facility, Seton thought he'd be back on the streets soon enough. It didn't work out that way. Days turned into weeks, and weeks became months.
While in the correctional facility, Seton read Don Miguel Ruiz's book " The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom," and some other motivational works. His day-to-day mindset — that of a young man with no future and very little purpose — began to shift.
Maybe, Seton thought, if he could just get his mind together his life would turn around.
"I'm in here for two years and I don't want to come out of here with nothing done. I said, you know what, I'm going to write five pages a day."
So he did. His self-published book of poetry, " Whatever you want to call it," is the result. Seton said he sunk $1,100 into his book, all of it money he earned during a work-release period at Ridge View.
"I took a risk — a big risk," Seton said.
That money, pretty much all that he had, covered production costs and distribution placement on booksellers' websites. Seton said he finished writing his book while inside Ridge View and planned its publication to coincide with his release.
It wasn't easy. The days at Ridge View are carefully structured, and time in the computer lab is hard to wrangle. Seton said Mike Razo, a group leader and supervisor at Ridge View, helped him find extra time to write and send poems off to the book's publisher, a Web-based self-publishing operation called Outskirts Press.
Mood turned the pageRazo said Seton came into Ridge View with a bad attitude and a quick temper. That changed when Seton decided to write a book, but he faced skepticism and discouragement from his peers and some staff members.
"Everybody who ran into Spencer Seton — they kind of laughed him off," Razo said.
Seton's girlfriend, Arzhale Thomas-McClendon, 21, wrote him letters while he was at Ridge View — two or three at a time about "what our lives were gonna look like when he came home."
She thought Seton's book would be a good thing, despite the cost, and told him to go for it. Those letters kept Seton positive. A lot of people said they would write to him, but his girlfriend's letters really did keep coming.
"All those homeboys that said they knew me …," Seton said, their letters slowed to a trickle. Then they stopped altogether. Seton stopped writing certain people back, too. He found himself trying to nix negativity from his life — a young man removing puzzle pieces and putting a different picture back together.
Now, Seton is searching for stability in himself and in the world he inhabits: The near-empty apartment, save for a bed, TV and primer-gray bicycle. The North Denver pizza place where he works and the Anythink Perl Mack Library down the street from his apartment.
In his poem, "I'm a Tree," Seton writes: "I'm a tree I will not budge, try cutting at me with an axe; my/leaves will make a fuss./Through hail or rain I will take a stand because I am not a/coward."
Seton's shifted perspective, from fatalist to optimist, isn't hard-wired. He cultivated his point of view through his detention, through his readings and through his own poetry.
Seton writes every morning now, starting at 6 a.m., and he's starting to read other poets like Langston Hughes and Mary Oliver. Seton writes poetry because he views most hip-hop as "redundant" and negative. For him, poetry is more important and lasting.
"I want to be distinguished," he said. "I want to be the person that stands out."
Seton has a dream. He imagines himself writing books for his career. He imagines himself off parole and free to travel where he wants. He imagines being completely independent and "able to make it."
He no longer focuses on the 'why' in his life. The long chain of events and troubles that led him to commit a crime are over with and gone.
Instead, Seton focuses on the 'how' — he is searching for that last piece of his personal puzzle. The one piece that completes the picture and unlocks his dream.
"If this 19-year-old kid could go out there and do something after getting out, not having nothing, from doing two years, then I think that anything is possible," Seton said. "And that's my main point in the book. Anything is possible if you put forth the work effort."
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My Boots
by Smooth Sailing (Spencer Seton)
My boots are judged mostly on their looks.
On the outside they're dirty, but on the inside they're new.
My boots are judged on their texture and their type of shoe.
My boots have walked many miles, but my boots have
always stayed true.
My boots are colorful but they're covered in stains.
My boots have walked many nights and many days.
My boots will never leave a day off my feet.
I love my boots forever and I don't care if they stink.