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Congrats SoonmrsD and Welcome!! You are gonna love this site.
Any other 2014 brides here getting an early start?
Posted 25 March 2013 - 06:52 PM
Posted 25 March 2013 - 07:00 PM
Originally Posted by Cherina
They are all in the wedding as a flower girl, jr brides maid and, jr best man. We are going back and forth about the sand ceremony as they are all bio ours.
That's great that you are including them in the ceremony.
Posted 25 March 2013 - 08:13 PM
They have been included in everything from the theme, to the colors, the destination to the resort; my daughters 1,8,10 picked my dress and vail and the BMs dresses... The have a stamp all over the place.
That's great that you are including them in the ceremony.
2.14.14 I can not wait to marry my very best friend ... Again!
Posted 25 March 2013 - 08:27 PM
Posted 25 March 2013 - 08:51 PM
I'm DR July 2014.
Exciting, everyone!
Posted 26 March 2013 - 06:47 AM
Ya I managed to get mine for 1475 which is still more than I wanted people to pay but a lot lower than the other quotes I had received. The only problem with early march is that is when march break is for the public schools. Good luck and I hope you get your family to help find lower prices.
Aww Jackie, you're getting married on my mommy's birthday!!!! That's why i decided early March lol. I haven't had difficulty in getting quotes...they're just ridiculously sky high for the rooms when I know good and well what the rooms really should cost! It's so annoying, I've enlisted my family in DR's help to get me "dominican" prices on this resort. If they can't do any better, I'm letting people know to wait until like October and just book air/hotel packages on one of the many websites. I thought having a TA would be helpful b/c there's payment plans and stuff but I feel like my guests are going to be cheated.
Posted 26 March 2013 - 06:50 AM
But Easter 2014 is in April. It doesn't make sense, schools here in NYC go on break whenever the Easter break is.
Posted 26 March 2013 - 06:51 AM
Posted 26 March 2013 - 10:07 AM
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SoonMrsD...I'm getting married in Punta Cana in March 2014. Have you chosen a resort yet? I'm getting married at the Barcelo Bavaro Palace Deluxe. My biggest headache right now are the room quotes I'm getting back from certain TAs. I'm about to just tell everyone to book their packages through bookit.com or cheapcaribbean.com when they can. Seems like too much work! I'm Dominican so I know there's no way that charging over $200 a night for a room in DR during March when Holy Week is in April next year is ok! SMH
We are looking at places right and will prob use the link below for help planning because even looking is giving me a headache ha ha:
I will definitely look into this one! Congrats!!!! He is Dominican too and we need to figure this out!
Posted 26 March 2013 - 10:08 AM
Originally Posted by Jackie86
I too am getting married in Punta Cana march 22,2014 at the majestic colonial resort. I too was having trouble with quotes and this was the best a available time/price I could find in feb and march.
It seems like everyone gets married in the Spring in DR ha ha
I will look into this resort too but I might use the website I just posted to help me plan!
Congratulations to you too
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Signing Ceremony – Top 5 Performers - Remarks by UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative, Mr. Lamin M. Manneh
Distinguished representatives of civil society organizations,
It gives me great pleasure to be here today and I would like to express my gratitude to Professor Shyaka and the Rwanda Governance Board for hosting this signing ceremony.
Because of our strong belief in civil society, we have embarked on the journey to strengthen our ties with civil society in Rwanda. This has led to a Joint Program which specifically targets local civil society organizations, and which you all know very well. A strong partnership has been established between the One UN and the Government of Rwanda, and RGB more specifically.
As we started up this work about 2 years ago, you have been part of this journey since the very beginning. Your organizations were among the best ones which were selected in the first round through a competitive and transparent process.
Ever since, we have been closely monitoring your activities. I still remember very well the Joint Field Visit which we undertook last year and where I got to see the concrete results achieved by some of you.
Following a detailed assessment of all the projects, we have concluded that your projects were among the very best in terms of relevance, results achieved but also the potential to scale up. You all reach out to the most vulnerable persons in Rwanda and this is where your assistance is most needed.
So I would like to warmly congratulate you with these results. This is no easy achievement and should not be underestimated. Therefore we are very pleased to extend our support for a new grant agreement with your organizations.
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Seductive and mysterious, Merlyn was the laird of Ravensmuir - never had a man so stirred my body and soul. I gave myself to him - willingly, trustingly, passionately - and we soon wed. Then a horrible revelation emerged, shattering my innocence and my marriage...
Five years later, Merlyn returned to my doorstep, desperate for my help. The scoundrel swore he was haunted by memories of me, that a treasure locked in Ravensmuir could clear his name. Yet I could not surrender to his will again. Now he is said to be murdered and Ravensmuir has fallen into my hands.
But even as I cross the threshold of this cursed keep, I hear his whisper in the darkness, feel his caress in the night, and I know that Merlyn has told me but part of his tale. Should I do as is right and expose his lair? Or dare I trust my alluring but deceptive spouse - the rogue who destroyed my heart?
©2002, 2011 Claire Delacroix, Inc. (P)2014 Deborah A. Cooke
"Passion and intrigue test the boundaries of love and honor - The Rogue is medieval storytelling at its best!" (Terri Garey, RITA Award winning author of Dead Girls Are Easy)
"An engaging tale of lost love found." (Booklist)
"A beguiling medieval romance from Delacroix... readers will devour this rich and compulsively readable tale." ( Publishers Weekly)
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"An intriguing blend of love, betrayal, & mystery!"
Yes! The book was very well done and enjoyable. Both the narration and the story were excellent. The plot twists kept the story exciting and kept the reader guessing as to who to trust and who was behind the attempted murder.
Merlyn. He is a devilishly handsome rogue who is not at all what he seems. I loved the depth of his character and the way the author skillfully showed more and more of him to the reader as the story went on. He's a strong hero who is very easy to be both fascinated with and to admire.
I have not, but I enjoyed this one and would be glad to listen to more.
I was moved by Merlyn's true relationship with his father and his love for Ysabella. Merlyn's side of the story is fascinating!
Here is my summary of the story (no spoilers)
Ysabella cannot abide lies. Of all things, she values honesty above all else. When the devilishly handsome man who sweeps her off her feet and marries her turns out to not be who she thinks he his, she'll be forced to make the toughest decision of her young life. In order to maintain her integrity, she'll have to run from a life of fortune, grandeur, and passion with the man she is beginning to love.
Life on her own with her young siblings to care for is challenging. Without being either single or divorced she cannot seek the protection of another man and she cannot get a license to begin business on her own. The ale brewing work is hard labor, but she is determined to do what it takes to provide for her small family. Five long years have gone by when she hears a horse with silver bells approaching in a prance. She would recognize that sound anywhere and both hopes and fears that it brings the rider she most longs to see and simultaneously wishes never to encounter again - her estranged husband Merlyn.
Merlyn's visit to Ysabella is a strange turn of events. Is he angry with her? What does he want? He couldn't have possibly discovered her most closely held secrets, could he? As strange as the initial visit is, what follows after will turn Ysabella's world upside down. After all the pain and lies between them, is there any hope for a future together? With a villain on the loose will Ysabella loose what is most dear to her heart?
With lives on the line and uncertainty on who to trust, this book has a fascinating plot that will keep readers enthralled. The Rogue contains a perfect blend of romance, love, betrayal, and mystery. The story is incredibly detailed with great depth of character and history. It's beautifully written.
"Love, mystery and intrigue mingle in medieval Scotland."
The Rogue by Claire Delacroix is the first book in the Rogues of Ravensmuir trilogy. Originally published in 2002, it received a glorious upgrade in the form of an audio edition narrated by Ashley Klanac. It features a mysterious hero, an opinionated heroine and a mystery subplot - all set in medieval Scotland. What's not to love?
The story centers around Merlyn of Ravensmuir Castle and his feisty wife Ysabella. After just a few weeks of marriage, she discovers his family is involved in a not so legitimate business and she leaves him, returning to her maternal home in Kinfairlie village. Flash forward five years and Merlyn needs Ysabella's help because someone is trying to kill him. Ysabella agrees to help him only after he tells her the whole truth of what he's been hiding all these years.
This story is Gothic in tone, told in the first person from Ysabella's viewpoint. If I have any complaint about this book is that it took more than half the book before we find out what was so terrible that made Ysabella leave Merlyn. But, I really enjoyed the mystery and intrigue of the story as the two lovers uncover the secrets of Ravensmuir. With both of them keeping secrets from each other until the very end of the story, they are a perfect match for each other!
"Great story"
Ashley Klanac does a wonderful job of bringing Ysabella and Merlyn's story to life. The mistrust and misunderstandings these two experience in their tumultuous relationship lends tension to story, begging the reader to keep on reading (and listening) to see what happens next. Will they ever get past their trust issues long enough to realize they are meant to be together? I've listened to a number of audiobooks and must say Ashley is one of the best narrators I've ever heard.
"Better read the book, not listen to it"
I started reading the book found it interesting so thought, ok I'll get the AUDIO...
Tried twice to listen to it, half way through I was about to just give up on the whole deal but knew that I had like what I had read so went back and finish reading the e-book and DID like the story...A lot!
The narrator makes it sound much to much dramatic/theatrical, don't know why she does.
One thing for sure she won't be on my favorite narrator lists.
Reading and listening turned out 2 different stories in my own opinion.
"A great story"
Merlyn definitely burrowed himself in my heart. He is mysterious, smart, a bit of a rogue, but with a heart of gold. Ysabella is a perfect match for him, outspoken and feisty. Loved their story which begins with mystery and deceit from all corners, slowly unravels and the truth comes to light with a bang. Quite a few twists in the story that kept me glued to it.
Ms. Klanac's voice is enjoyable especially where there is dialogue, action or a build up to a twist, but where Ysabella recounts her story I found it too much like a lament, to much melancholy and affectation in the voice. I almost gave up after the 3rd chapter, I kept listening because the story is really good and I am so glad I did.
"This is an all nighter"
This is my first time reading this author and I have to say I am impressed! This was a really great story exciting to the last chapter and the narrator just topped it off! Will DEF be reading more from this author.
"A Spellbindingly Told Gothic Romance"
Of course, and probably this time follow it along with the book.
When Ysabella finds herself lost in the tunnel, enclosed in darkness. The fear is palpable from the narrators voice. Most excellently done.
I was entirely enraptured with Claire Delacroix's spellbinding gothic medieval romance between Merlyn and Ysabella. Ashley Klanac's voice with its fiery portrayal of Ysabella sharpened the enjoyment of an already remarkable sensual story, taking me beyond myself and thrusting me into the castle of Ravensmuir with its secrets and dark, damp passages hidden within its walls and floor.
This is one of those stories which I shall happily read or listen to again. The descriptive detailed scenes, the conspiracy within, and eloquently phrased dialogue with wonderful dialect and thought put me in awe of the author and this production. She has entranced me.
Ashley Klanac's flexibility in the numerous voices needed in dialog held me rapt in the telling. Merlyn's voice simply oozed with sensual desire. I was never confused who was speaking for the personality of the character flowed through the voice timbre and dialect.
The story itself was an interesting one. Ysabella had come upon hard times, in fact, the five years previous and been years of extreme poverty, but by her own choice. Once she had learned who her new husband was–not but a scoundrel and liar– she left him and the splendor she had married into, returning to Kinfarlie and to her mother and sister.
Her mother had been different from the rest of the folk living in Kinfairlie. She was well-spoken and had always insisted her daughters speak correctly. Many people had thought Ysabella's mother a witch. She had lost her mother from illness. She would not lose others she loved. She would continue working making ale that only eked out a bare existence, but enough to at least feed them.
After these five long years, her husband, Merlyn comes to the village seeking Ysabella's aid. Not her forgiveness. The narrator shows with her pithy dialog the hatred she had of Merlyn at the same time how her body responded to his very voice. Ysabella's remarks were extremely sarcastic while Merlyn tries to defuse her wrath. He wanted her to return to the castle and bring her siblings. Could she be so cruel as to deny additional food and clothes to them? And yet she did. The following day, she gets word she is a widow. Merlyn has been killed. Additional, he has left his castle to her. She readily takes what providence has offered. She moves to the castle.
So many secrets had lain between Merlyn and Ysabella. Within the story telling, we learn of these secrets and the lies and half-lies untold which slowly become known.
This story was fast-paced, with inner layers of intrigue and mystery which keeps the reader from knowing the villain and when all appear to be telling the truth, are they yet telling lies? This was a read/audiobook that I'm glad I could listen to and delightedly recommend it. It had the happily-ever-after ending with justice, so satisfying to my revengeful soul! I'm eager to see what book 2 of the series holds, titled The Scoundrel
No, because I haven't read the print version, although I really enjoyed the audio!
I never compare books!
She just add another dimension!
No, I prefer to savor each chapter!
I recommend this audio!
"A great listen"
I LOVE this story. There were places where the storyteller seemed to ramble, but I have read this book previously and don't recall the story itself being that way. Overall, this was a very enjoyable listen and the story of Isabella and Merlyn quite a beautiful one. A must listen for all!
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The Newton Township Cemetery Association met at the Newton Township Administration Building on November 21, 2013.
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Election of officers and committee chairpersons was held and the following were elected for 2014.
President-Lois Wynkoop
Vice-President-Phillip Beer
Secretaty-Mary Lou O'Lear
Treasurer-Elsie Whetzel
Gifts and Bequests-Robert Pittman
Membership-Louanne Dubos
Publicity-Rosemarie Smith
The association will participate in the Community Craft Show to be held December 15, 2013 from 10:00 until 5:00 at the Community Center in Newton Falls.
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The 2013 calendar featuring shops on the south side of Broad Street is also available for purchase.
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The celebration of Passover today encompasses many things. Although the requirements given in Torah are really quite simple, over time many different facets have been added to the celebration. It's important to understand that these added things are man-made and not requirements given in Torah.
The Scriptures that pertain to the observance of Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread are listed below (not including those pertaining to the sacrifices made in the Temple):
Note also in Exodus 12.1-2 the actual Biblical beginning of the new year — the God-ordained Rosh HaShanna (head of the year).
- The Ipuwer Papyrus
- This is a document written by an Egyptian named Ipuwer which appears to be an eyewitness account of the effects of the Exodus plagues from the perspective of an average Egyptian. This site provides excerpts from the papyrus, together with their parallels in the book of Exodus.
- Pesach - Aish HaTorah
- A very comprehensive Web site covering many the many different aspects of Passover.
- Passover (Educational Resource Center)
- A great resource for teaching children and young adults about the Passover
- The Passover Story (Video)
- This short video (6.25 minutes), is very powerful. It only has one word in all of it; the music says it all. [You can also view it below.]
- Passover Haggadahs
- This site has a selection of haggadahs (and they're free!). Download your own copy (PDF format) and give copies to your guests.
- 20 Things To Do With Matzah
- This music video will show you 20 different things you can do with all that leftover matzos. Great music too!
- Passover in a Union Camp
- Reminiscences of a Passover seder from the Civil War.
- A Hebrew lesson on the rootword: s-d-r (seder)
- A short tutorial showing how the root word seder is used within the Hebrew language.
- Passover with the Irgun
- A very interesting telling of the celebration of Passover by the Irgun in 1948, just before Israel became a state.
- A Pictorial Visit to a Hand Made Matza Factory
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Stamford Bridge, London
August 21, 2013; 19:45 GMT
Chelsea got off to a perfect start on opening day by defeating Hull City without breaking a sweat, and now face Aston Villa on Wednesday, in a rescheduled game that would have otherwise taken place on the 31st of August were the West London club not supposed to play Bayern Munich in the Super Cup. Aston Villa are fresh from mauling Arsenal at the Emirates and would look to bag another big London scalp before the next weekend.
Chelsea scored early courtesy goals from Oscar and Lampard, before shutting up shop in the second half, leading to a dull second half performance. The day, however, belonged to Jose Mourinho, who received an overwhelming response from the home crowd on his return. On the other hand, Christian Benteke scored twice from the penalty spot to gives Paul Lambert the best possible start that he could have hoped for. In a fiesty affair, which saw as many as 9 bookings and Laurent Koscielny being sent off, Aston Villa came from behind to take the three points and leave Arsenal in turmoil.
On Wednesday night, both teams would look to continue with the good work.
Team News & Tactical Brief
Jose Mourinho, as per his own admission, wont be able to call upon the services of David Luiz against Villa, as the defender is yet to regain full fitness. While, Juan Mata is slowly regaining his fitness and has started training again, but Chelsea might have to wait until the trip to Manchester at the weekend to see their Spanish playmaker in action right from the onset.
In a 4-2-3-1 formation, Chelsea are likely to field the back five of Cech, Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry and Bertrand, but if Azpilicueta has fully recovered from his midweek travel on international duty, Mourinho might rest one of the central defenders and use Ivanovic in the middle. With one eye on the fixture against United, Chelsea may decide to give Ashley Cole the night off, using Bertrand in his stead.
In the first game, Lampard and Ramires had started in the pivot ahead of the defense and were the given the freedom to break away from the deep and join the attack. Marco van Ginkel and Michael Essien are expected to replace them in the starting line-up, but whether they'd be given that kind of tactical freedom remains to be seen.
The attack is again expected to comprise of Eden Hazard, Oscar and Kevin de Bruyne, but in all likelihood will have Romelu Lukaku leading the line in place of Fernando Torres. Hazard will start on the left and his compatriot de Bruyne on the right, with Oscar continuing from where he'd left off against Hull.
Probable Starting Line-up (4-2-3-1): Cech; Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, Bertrand; Essien, van Ginkel; Oscar, de Bruyne, Hazard; Lukaku
Aston Villa
Natthan Baker injured his ankle against Arsenal in the first half and unlikely to feature at Stamford Bridge, but Lambert will be able to call upon fit-again Yacouba Sylla, in case he so desires.
Paul Lambert isn't expected to make too many changes to his 4-3-3 system after such a moral-boosting victory last weekend. Brad Guzan will start in goal, with Lowton at right-back and Luna on the right. Ciaran Clark, who'd replaced Baker against Arsenal, will hold onto his place in the centre of defence alongside Vlaar. The midfield triangle will comprise of Westwood sitting behind Fabian Delph and Karim El Ahmadi. Christian Benteke will again be their man man, and will have the support of in-form Agbonlahor from the left and Weimann from the right.
With Lukaku expected to start at the other end, Benteke would be eager to win this battle of the Belgian forwards by putting the reputation of Terry and Co. to the test. Furthermore, it would be absolutely essential for Villa to keep Chelsea's attacking midfielders in check. Against Hull, they interchanged positions, took turns to drag their markers out of place and linked up so effectively that the opposition might have felt helpless at times. The Villa defence and even Westwood would have to closely follow their movement in and around the box, denying them space between the lines if Aston Villa are to take anything from this match.
Probable Starting Line-up (4-3-3): Guzan; Lowton, Vlaar, Clark, Luna; Westwood, Delph, Ahmadi; Weimann, Agbonlahor, Benteke
Key Facts
- There have been over 2.5 goals scored in Aston Villa's last12 away games in the Premier League.
- Chelsea have won 8 of their last 9 home matches in the Premier League.
- Chelsea have scored at least 2 goals in their last 6 home matches in the Premier League.
- Chelsea have seen over 2.5 goals in their last 4 matches against Aston Villa in all competitions.
- Chelsea have won their last 3 matches against Aston Villa in all competitions.
Player To Watch Out For
Romelu Lukaku (Chelsea)
Despite a much longer preseason and performing better than Fernando Torres over the summer, the veteran striker got the nod to start against Hull City. Lukaku came on eventually and brought back an otherwise dull affair to life, but he'll surely want to rise above Torres in the pecking order. After scoring 17 goals for West Brom last season, he has already hit 4 in preseason and will be looking to add to his tally against Villa at Stamford Bridge, announcing his return to his parent club.
Chelsea 3-2 Aston Villa
Chelsea have never lost a Premier League match at home under Jose Mourinho, and that record will not be broken this midweek. Christian Benteke will prove to be a handful for the Chelsea backline but eventually their overall quality all over the pitch will prevail.


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Wisconsin DA Says Sex Education "Promotes Sexual Assault"Posted by PsiCop in American Religio-Politics, Christianity, Fuzzy Thinking, Metaphysics, Religion
This story is simultaneously shocking — in its scariness — and unsurprising, given how things are in this country. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports on this (WebCite cached article):
A district attorney is telling Juneau County schools to abandon their sex education courses, saying a new curriculum law could lead to criminal charges against teachers for contributing to the delinquency of minors.
Starting in the fall, the new law requires schools that have sex education programs to tell students how to use condoms and other contraceptives. Juneau County District Attorney Scott Southworth said such education encourages sex among children, which is illegal, and could lead to charges against teachers.
The new law "promotes the sexualization – and sexual assault – of our children," Southworth wrote in a March 24 letter to officials in five school districts. He urged the districts to suspend their sex education programs and transfer their curriculum on anatomy to a science course.
It's not clear to me how following an explicit state statute can also be a crime that Southworth could prosecute, but I'm not sure that little things like that really matter to him. He's been brainwashed by the usual Religious Right spew on the matter:
"Forcing our schools to instruct children on how to utilize contraceptives encourages our children to engage in sexual behavior, whether as a victim or an offender," he wrote. "It is akin to teaching children about alcohol use, then instructing them on how to make mixed alcoholic drinks."
Southworth claims, rather incredibly, that he's not motivated by religion:
"If I'd wanted to be ideological, I would have said in the letter you shouldn't have sex before marriage because that's the Christian perspective. I'm an evangelical," Southworth said.
Sorry but this isn't going to fly. Not with me anyway. When you do something that just happens to coincide with your own religious dogma, you can't argue you weren't motivated by that dogma, merely because you didn't throw in something additional which is also derived from your dogma.
If you want to read his ridiculous letter, I've got a copy of it for you to read … in all its sanctimonious, hyperreligious baselessness.
OK, residents of Juneau county who elected this guy your district attorney … what have you got to say for yourselves? And when do you plan to start the process of removing him from office? Or are you going to approve of what Southworth has done, by choosing to do nothing about him?
Hat tip: Religion Dispatches.Tags: abstinence-only, christian, christian right, Christianity, christians, evangelical, evangelical christian, juneau county, juneau county WI, mauston WI, public school, public schools, religious right, scott harold southworth, scott southworth, sex education, sexual assault, wisconsin


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Arabinoxylane, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, AX, BioBran®, cinnaman AX, Cinnamomum cassia, Ganoderma lucidum, Hyphomycetes mycelia, kawaratake mushroom, MGN-3, rice bran, shiitake mushroom, suehirotake mushroom.
Altering the outer shell of rice bran using enzymes from Hyphomycetes mycelia mushroom extract produces Arabinoxylan compound. The product called MGN-3 (or BioBran® in Japan) is a complex containing arabinoxylan as a major component.
Arabinoxylan has been found to improve immune reactions in diabetes and cancer patients. MGN-3 may also be of potential value in treating AIDS patients or those patients undergoing chemotherapy. However, there is currently a lack of strong human scientific evidence to support the use of arabinoxylan for any indication.
Although presented by manufacturers as a generally safe substance without side effects at recommended doses, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ordered a permanent court order in 2004 against the marketing of MGN-3, charging that it has been promoted as a drug treatment for cancer, diabetes and HIV.
EvidenceDISCLAIMER: These uses have been tested in humans or animals. Safety and effectiveness have not always been proven. Some of these conditions are potentially serious, and should be evaluated by a qualified healthcare provider.
Cancer (various types):
Arabinoxylan has been studied in the treatment of cancer. Additional study is needed in this area.
Diabetes (type 2):
There is currently a lack of scientific evidence investigating the role of arabinoxylan in diabetics. More study is needed before a firm recommendation can be made.
TraditionWARNING: DISCLAIMER: The below uses are based on tradition, scientific theories, or limited research. They often have not been thoroughly tested in humans, and safety and effectiveness have not always been proven. Some of these conditions are potentially serious, and should be evaluated by a qualified healthcare provider. There may be other proposed uses that are not listed below.
Asthma, cardiovascular disease, chemotherapy adverse effects (adriamycin chemotherapy gastroprotection, cisplatin chemotherapy gastroprotection), chemotherapy-induced leucopenia (abnormally low white blood cell count), chronic fatigue syndrome, hepatitis, herpes zoster, high cholesterol, HIV, hypertension (high blood pressure), immune system deficiencies, insomnia, neurasthenia (nervous exhaustion), poisoning, post-herpetic neuralgia (nerve pain), respiratory disease, stress reduction, tonic (kidney), ulcers.
Adults (18 years and older)
In general, 600 milligrams a day in a divided dose has been used for daily health maintenance. The following doses have been used in scientific study, but are not proven effective or safe. For cancer, 3 grams of MGN-3 has been taken daily for up to six months in patients with different types of malignancies (such as multiple myeloma, leukemia, and cancers of the prostate, breast, cervix). Doses of 15, 30, and 45 milligrams per kilogram of MGN-3 have also been taken daily for two months.
For diabetes, 1-12 grams of arabinoxylan-rich fiber has been used daily.
Children (younger than 18 years)
There is currently a lack of available scientific evidence to recommend the use of arabinoxylan in children.


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Dear Chris,
Where are you coming from?
Because your "View from Nowhere" gets fuzzier by the day…
Chris Johns: "[Photographer Stephanie Sinclair] has no agenda. She does not judge. … Her photographs are honest. They reflect her insatiable curiosity. … Stephanie understands that others may want to pass judgment, but that is not her role. She photographs what she sees and provides the opportunity for insight. The rest is up to the reader.
In a world full of shrill voices and agendas, we at National Geographic are committed to an unbiased presentation of facts. … It's what we've been doing for more than 120 years." (source: Chris Johns' Editors Note, February 2010)
Jay Rosen: "I could be wrong, but I think we are in the midst of shift in the system by which trust is sustained in professional journalism. David Weinberger tried to capture it with his phrase: transparency is the new objectivity. My version of that: it's easier to trust in "here's where I'm coming from" than the View from Nowhere. These are two different ways of bidding for the confidence of the users.
In the old way, one says: "I don't have a horse in this race. I don't have a view of the world that I'm defending. I'm just telling you the way it is, and you should accept it because I've done the work and I don't have a stake in the outcome…"
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Jewel Candle Review.19:29
Jewel Candle are a company who make handmade scented candles but that's not all. Every single candle contains a hidden surprise. There is jewel worth between £10 and £250 in every single candle. As you burn the candle, the jewel will be revealed. You have the choice of either choosing a candle that contains a ring or a candle that contains a pair of earrings. There is a choice of six scented ring candles to choose from:
- Sweet Cupcake
- True Love
- Pink Cherry
- Happy Birthday
- Pina Colada
- Passion Fruit
Also there are nine different scented candles, that contain earrings.
- Happy Birthday
- Lemon Grass
- Watermelon Wedge
- Strawberry Cupcake
- Vanilla Apple Pie
- Cuddle Candle
- Ice cream Vanilla
- Creme Brulee
- Hawaiian coconut
I picked the Pink Cherry (ring) candle to review.
As soon as it arrived I couldn't wait to open it and get it lighted. The aroma is absolutely beautiful and very relaxing. It really did smell like cherries and filled my room with a fruity cherry scent. I lit it for a few hours and then I could see the ring inside. The ring is wrapped in a heat resistant foil, so the heat doesn't damage the ring. I couldn't wait to get the ring out so I used a spoon - I know, I know, totally inpatient! In my candle was a silver ring worth £35! What a good deal! And the ring is gorgeous, too. It fits perfectly on my finger! Not only have I got a beautiful scented candle that makes my home smell all cherry-licious but I also have a new ring. What more could one want?! Well actually... I already want another one, lol! I know what's going on my Christmas wish list ;)
If your stuck for a gift idea Jewel Candles would make the perfect gift 'for her' whether it be your mum, girlfriend, wife, sister, best friend, mother-in-law, auntie, grandma etc, I think that most ladies would love a Jewel candle. I know my mum would love one of these! And at just £24.95 for a ring candle and £16.95 for an earring candle, I'd say it would make the perfect unique, special gift, you really can not go wrong. In my opinion Jewel candles are really worth it. So please head over to http://jewelcandle.co.uk for more info and a browse of there website (which is very easy to get around, I might add!) you can also follow Jewel Candle on facebook. You can read more about Jewel candle here.
Thank you to Jewel Candle for giving me the chance to review this amazing candle.
Sarah. xXx
Note: I was sent this jewel candle for the purpose of this review.
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Really good idea - my wife absolutely loves candlesReplyDelete
I'm not sure the scent options really appeal to me - they all sound very sweet.ReplyDelete
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I had one of these - the Pina Colada and have to agree with you, these are a fab idea and smell amazing.ReplyDelete
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Cute and a wonderful gifts, all girls love candles, and rings!! lol xxxReplyDelete
I had no idea this company existed. what a wonderful gift idea !ReplyDelete
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- It's Really Not That Complicated
While I do not completely agree with Noah Forrest's take on the Nancy Meyers' Romantic Drama-dy, It's Complicated, I do agree that Meyers does take some easy-way-outs to facilitate the story, rather than any sort of realism. As a bonus there is some interesting 'Best TV of the Decade" stuff tacked on at the bottom of this column. While the film isn't really complicated, it is still a very solid genre entry and easily the directors best film to date. BONUS: There is a tid-bit of interesting 'Best TV of the Decade" commentary tacked on at the bottom of Noah's column.
- DVD in awards season could be the trigger for The Hurt Locker
"Though audiences seemed unwilling to trust the 97% positive rating from film review site RottenTomatoes.com, the awards season may help The Hurt Locker turn a corner in the fight for moviegoers."
- Sony on Spider Man Reboot
Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire are done. Brand new take on the character is aiming for 2012. Sony issues press release.
- Lost in the Air: Jason Reitman animates the press corps
Here's a short depicting Reitman's recent press tour, edited together from iPhone images.
- The Oscars, Australian Government, and You: A Guide to Oscar Nods
The final list of ten nominees is actually pruned down from a few hundred potential films (274 this year) by preferential voting rather than by a plurality. That way, a movie needs more than 10% of the total votes to be nominated. Preferential voting essentially lessens the chance of a wasted vote by giving each voter a series of fall back choices instead of one all or nothing shot. Here's a full breakdown of the system.
- The Curse Of Harrison Ford
Look at all of the careers Ford has destroyed simply being on screen together that one time.
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Senator Nozzolio Continues His Fight To Keep Auburn Memorial Hospital Open
Auburn— Continuing his crusade to keep Auburn Memorial Hospital open, New York State Senator Michael F. Nozzolio today announced that the 2007-2008 State budget contains $500,000 for the hospital. This announced funding will bring the total amount of State aid that Senator Nozzolio has helped secure for AMH in the last year to $5.9 million.
"This is another victory for Auburn Memorial Hospital, the residents of the City and the surrounding communities," said Senator Nozzolio. "The services provided by Auburn Memorial Hospital are vital for the critical health care needs of the community and I am proud to continue to lead the fight to keep Auburn Memorial open for the residents and families in our region."
Throughout the years, Senator Nozzolio has been an ardent supporter and advocate for Auburn Memorial Hospital. Last year, Senator Nozzolio worked to successfully secure $4.4 million in HEAL-NY funds for the hospital as well as $1 million for equipment upgrades to emergency room operations.
Robert K. Bergan, President of the Auburn Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees, said, "This is more good news for the continued revitalization of Auburn Memorial Hospital. Because of the Senator's hard work, we are turning around our finances and this State funding will help to ensure a brighter future for the hospital and all of the people that it serves."
"It is important that New York State continue to make wise investments to strengthen area hospitals and ensure the viability of health care services in Cayuga County. The funding contained in this year's state budget will strengthen the operations at Auburn Memorial Hospital to help ensure that it continues to provide the highest quality services possible," Nozzolio concluded.


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So what do I think? Well being the consummate skeptic that I am, when I first heard about these challenges to his eligibility I saw them as strictly partisan right wing attacks. As time has gone on though it does raise your ears a bit on why Obama has not come forth and produced what the lawsuits are calling for - his "vault copy" of his birth certificate and not just a Certificate of Live Birth (which is not the same thing).
Now on top of all of this is the continued corruption that is Illinois politics and the whole Governor Blagojevich affair. This is the political system that Barack Obama has made his way through to attain state senator, US senator and then President of the United States and it has to make you wonder how corrupt Obama had to be to get where he is in such a system. How much "pay to play" was Obama involved in? He certainly has played the game, he had four of his opponents in the Democratic primary for his state senate seat disqualified. He has played the game hard.
Obama's response to the FBI arresting of Blagojevich and that he was "saddened and sobered" that it occurred also made me perk my ears up. Was he saddened that he didn't have an "in" to get who he wanted appointed to his vacated senate seat? Was he sobered that it could have been him that got caught? I was simply disgusted with his response. Any true patriot would react by being "outraged and angry" at the Blagojevich corruption, not "saddened and sobered".
What does that have to do with his Birth Certificate though? Well a ton. When someone is as ambitious and driven as Barack Obama to win at all costs you can be sure that he will do everything in his power to win. He has literally millions and millions to combat all of those who challenge him. That doesn't make him guilty, but past actions certainly speak to one's character.
So this leads my skepticism over lawsuits on the Birth Certificate issue to decline a little. What is so hard about producing it? These cases have been ongoing for months and months and while not producing one is not proof of guilt, it is required by law that you prove you are a Natural Born Citizen of the United States in order to be eligible to become President of the United States and that is all that should matter in this case. This is something that Barack Obama has not done as of yet. Following the laws should be the number one priority of a President and I would expect no less of "president-elect" Obama.
Below is a recent email circulating from Neil Turner, who is a plaintiff in another lawsuit against Obama demanding he prove citizenship. While the tone of the message is "outrage and anger", the demands being made don't seem unreasonable to me for one who wants to be president. Unless of course you're okay with a president willing to hide things as basic as their citizenship status and base qualifications to become president.
We are all well aware of the many abhorrent violations of our Constitution in recent years that have gone unchallenged:
And for those who have the knowledge, skills, talents, and/or position to address some of these Treasonous acts that have gone unchallenged in the past to say that 'it has happened so many times in the past that they won't participate in challenging it now' is, in my humble opinion, a complete "cop-out".
'Silence in the face of evil is itself evil. God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.' - Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
Bonhoeffer said those words in 1944 as the horrors of the holocaust were being perpetrated. He knew what Abraham Lincoln meant when he said: "To sin by silence, when they should protest, makes cowards of men."
To say that Senator McCain should be leading the charge against this, the greatest fraud ever to have been perpetrated on our nation in over 200 years, because he was the most harmed by having to run against a Constitutionally ineligible and non-qualified (for President of the United States: POTUS) imposter, rings hollow in the face of the millions of American citizen voters who have also been disenfranchised, and thereby harmed. (NOTE: McCain's birth outside the U.S., even though born of two U.S. citizen parents, actually renders him ineligible - by laws in effect at that time. I am sure that if he were to run in new elections, which MUST be held - to save our Constitution, his eligibility would most assuredly be challenged. Remember, Mr. Barack Hussein Obama (aka Barry Soetoro) helped Congress to 'approve' McCain's citizenship issue, thinking it would get him off the hook to have to produce any documentation himself. And it has worked so far.)
The challenges should have been led, firstly, by all the other Presidential candidates (and their teams of lawyers): Baldwin, Barr, Huckabee, McKinney, Paul, Romney, & Tancredo, and even the Democrat challengers Biden, Clinton, Edwards, & Kucinich! Only candidate Alan Keyes has chosen to act, by filing a lawsuit in CA, against the Secretary of State, for certifying names on the ballot that had not been vetted for eligibility. ("Nancy Pelosi said that Obama was OK", said Secretary of State Bowen.)
Time is short, because once the Pretender-Elect (a fictitious made-up office to keep us at bay and mollify the masses until January 20th) is installed and begins to mobilize his unconstitutional 'standing army of youthful activists' (larger than our military, he says); and once Amnesty is given to 20+ million illegal aliens and our hospitals collapse; and once our $US dollar is converted to the North American 'Amero'; and once we citizens begin answering to foreign courts and governments; and once Martial Law is declared, - then it will be much more difficult indeed to remove the 'Ruling Potentate' from power.
Because we are a Nation founded on Laws (not 'Edicts' or 'Majority Rules'), lawsuits are being filed every day to STAY the:
Mr. Obama/Soetoro has committed blatant acts of fraud upon We The People by:
And he has steadfastly refused to provide his employer (We The People) the proof that he is not, in fact, an illegal-alien! (by law, we are required to ask for proof of legality before even hiring a Day Laborer, never mind a POTUS).
We have asked for:
Any employer would be justified in asking for these details to be in the resume or history of anyone being employed for any important job, never mind POTUS.
And, We The People, as the Employer, are demanding these disclosures before he begins day one of the job. Without them, the job interview is hereby terminated, and we will seek another QUALIFIED applicant. (Oprah may be quite disappointed, but so be it.)
New lawsuits are being written and filed almost daily. e.g. Ex-military personnel, subject to recall up to age 50, will be filing a lawsuit to prevent being asked to serve under a Commander In Chief who cannot, as a usurper to the office of POTUS, issue a single lawful order to the members of the military.
But you don't need an attorney to file a lawsuit. Each and every patriotic American citizen can file his or her own lawsuit, since each and every American citizen is being 'harmed' by this blatant act of fraud.
All Presidential Candidates, Governors, Senators, Representatives, Mayors, Council-members, and citizens alike - this is a call to arms; to step up to the plate and do whatever you can to save our Constitution. We will also be working on a simple universal form for each and every concerned voter to file a suit on behalf of themselves.
I will end with the words of Judge Roy Moore, former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, when he said, 'We can survive four years of any president; we cannot survive without a Constitution.'
This is the 'Capstone grievance' of abuse and violation of our Constitution, the Straw That Will Break the Constitution's Back.' It must not be allowed to stand.
God Bless and Godspeed;
Neil Turner
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Posted by Digger on December 16, 2008 02:57 PM (Permalink)
Since the Supreme Court has now prevented itself from acknowledging the question of whether Barack H. Obama is or is not an Article II "natural born citizen" based on the Kenyan/British citizenship of Barack Obama's father at the time of his birth (irrespective of whether Barack Obama is deemed a "citizen" born in Hawaii or otherwise) as a prerequisite to qualifying to serve as President of the United States under the Constitution -- the Court having done so three times and counting, first before the Nov 4 general election and twice before the Dec 15 vote of the College of Electors -- it would seem appropriate, if not necessary, for all Executive Branch departments and agencies to secure advance formal advice from the United States Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel as to how to respond to expected inquiries from federal employees who are pledged to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States" as to whether they are governed by laws, regulations, orders and directives issued under Mr. Obama during such periods that said employees, by the weight of existing legal authority and prior to a decision by the Supreme Court, believe in good faith that Mr. Obama is not an Article II "natural born citizen".
Posted by: Ted on December 16, 2008 09:40 PM
I do not understand how this legal document has not been provided yet somewhere to someone ----doesn't he have to show a Birth Certificate to get a Drivers License - to be a Senator?? I find it hard to believe that there would be such a massive cover-up that a legal Birth Certificate has NEVER been produced or ignored if not produced.
We honestly MUST get to the bottom of this and soon.
Posted by: Sabrina on December 17, 2008 02:23 PM
One correction: The grandmother who recently died is his maternal grandmother in Hawaii. It was his paternal step-grandmother who stated she was in the delivery room in Kenya when he was born.
I agree with Sabrina, the questions about Obama's eligibility for the presidency MUST be answered! Write your U.S. Senators and Representative to ask them to address this matter when Congress meets to certify the Electoral College vote. Objections to the vote signed by 1 Senator and 1 Representative may be filed before the vote is certified. Visit http://drorly.blogspot.com/2008/12/do-not-be-discouraged-we-need-to-fight.html for more suggestions.
Posted by: CalifGirlInMaine on December 17, 2008 09:20 PM
Since the Supreme Court has now prevented itself from acknowledging the question of whether Barack H. Obama is or is not an Article II "natural born citizen" based on the Kenyan/British citizenship of Barack Obama's father at the time of his birth (irrespective of whether Barack Obama is deemed a "citizen" born in Hawaii or otherwise) as a prerequisite to qualifying to serve as President of the United States under the Constitution — the Court having done so three times and counting, first before the Nov 4 general election and twice before the Dec 15 vote of the College of Electors — it would seem appropriate, if not necessary, for all Executive Branch departments and agencies to secure advance formal advice from the United States Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel as to how to respond to expected inquiries from federal employees who are pledged to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States" as to whether they are governed by laws, regulations, orders and directives issued under Mr. Obama during such periods that said employees, by the weight of existing legal authority and prior to a decision by the Supreme Court, believe in good faith that Mr. Obama is not an Article II "natural born citizen".
Posted by: Ted on December 17, 2008 11:20 PM
It's a testament to the hard-headedness of some people that they're still hanging on to this argument.
Posted by: Ralph on December 20, 2008 04:58 AM
I find it amazing that anyone would call it "hard-headedness" to wish to protect The Constitution of the United States. It is the responsibility of every citizen to speak up when violations of the constitution are seen.
Posted by: Glen on February 1, 2009 03:24 PM
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Doctors studying hard on the beaches
Published 4:00 am, Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Doctors at Santa Clara County's Valley Medical Center are working hard to stay up to date in their fields - spending hundreds of thousands of dollars a year at taxpayers' expense to attend conferences at five-star beach resorts from Maui to Barbados, according to a new county audit.
The 289-page report, prepared for county supervisors by Harvey M. Rose Associates, found that the county's public hospital has shelled out an average of $654,000 each of the past three years for physician travel.
Valley Medical Center grants its 350 doctors as much as $4,500 apiece per year for training, and puts few restrictions on how they can spend the money.
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According to the audit, it is being spent very well - at least as far as doctors at the San Jose hospital are concerned:
-- Doctors have taken at least 77 "study" trips to Hawaii in the past three years. One physician - whose name is not divulged in the audit - billed the hospital $5,434 for nine days in Maui, for a conference that lasted just five days.
-- More than half the 179 trips that doctors took to attend conferences were out of state. One in 5 was to an international destination, which included Cancun, Puerto Vallarta and the Bahamas, plus Europe and Asia.
-- Doctors stayed in a four- or five-star hotel on more than 80 percent of the trips.
Then there was the physician couple who doubled their fun by renting two condos in a Maui complex, apparently so they could bring along relatives on the taxpayers' dime. The hospital has since asked for a partial reimbursement.
Valley Medical officials, who did not return our call seeking comment, told the auditors they view the training money as an employee benefit that helps them recruit and retain doctors.
County Supervisor Ken Yeager, who asked for the audit, said he wants stricter rules placed on doctors' trips to Hawaii and to other countries.
"We need more nurses and better hospital equipment," Yeager said. "I just don't think it's right for someone to be flying off to an unnecessary conference in Hawaii."
Smoke this: Oakland advocates of legalizing marijuana aren't going to be picking through stems and seeds to finance next year's state ballot campaign.
They've already spent upward of $1 million, including $10,000 donated by Men's Wearhouse founder George "I Guarantee It" Zimmer.
Richard Lee, whose Oaksterdam University is leading the push to expand legalized pot beyond medical use, said 90 percent of the money spent so far has come from his S.K. Seymour LLC, whose $4 million-a-year holdings include the Oaksterdam school on pot and politics, plus a medical marijuana supply operation and pot dispensary.
Pot advocates have even hired a prominent marketing and polling firm, EMC Research, to hold focus groups in suburban environs. The idea is to find out how to sell soccer moms on letting localities allow pot sales for in-private use by people over 21 and tax the proceeds.
Voters in the 'burbs, whom backers see as crucial to the measure's success, "have some worries about the whole issue," Lee conceded. "They aren't sure the government will do a good job of regulating it."
They also don't like the idea of more people driving under the influence.
Wrong number: From the log at San Francisco's Taraval police station:
A Daly City woman pulled into a gas station on Junipero Serra Boulevard early Dec. 8, and two men in a van drove up next to her.
One of the men shoved her away from her Dodge Magnum, jumped in and sped off.
As the woman and the station attendant were on the phone with 911, the van driver walked up and started talking as if nothing had just happened.
Then he tried to leave, only to be nabbed by the arriving police officers.
Meanwhile, our carjacker was attempting to evade police in the Ingleside neighborhood at speeds of up to 90 mph.
Finally, he lost the officers. A bit later, the van driver's cell phone - sitting on the van's dashboard - rang.
Officer Braden Todaro picked it up and listened as the breathless carjacker - clearly under the impression he had reached his buddy - asked to be picked up at Florida Street and Precita Avenue.
Which is just what the cops did.
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TEL AVIV (Dec. 28)
Six visitors from the Soviet Union, including the chief rabbis of its two largest cities, praised the policies of President Mikhail Gorbachev on their arrival here Tuesday night, but painted a dismal picture of Jewish religious life in their country.
The visitors are Chief Rabbi Adolph Shayevich of Moscow; Chief Rabbi Haim Levitis of Leningrad; Aharon Litvan, head of the Jewish community in Odessa; and three other Jewish representatives from those cities.
They are in Israel for a two-week stay at the invitation of the Great Synagogue in Tel Aviv. The invitations have been extended for years, but this is the first time they have been accepted.
It is also the first time since the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 that the chief rabbis of the two most important Soviet cities were allowed to come here on a visit.
They credited this to Gorbachev's "glasnost" (openness) policies. The Foreign Ministry welcomed the visit as "opening a narrow channel of direct contact between Israel and the large Jewish community of the Soviet Union."
But the visitors despaired of the state of religious life in that community.
They attributed the situation to ignorance of Judaism on the part of most Soviet Jews, and 70 years of anti-religious indoctrination by the Communist regime.
Litvan said an entire year can go by without a single Bar Mitzvah being celebrated at Odessa's one synagogue.
He said the synagogue can accommodate 800 people, but that no more than 30 to 50 worshipers attend Sabbath services.
There is also no mohel in the city, and when their services are needed, one is brought in from Riga, Chernowitz or Leningrad to perform the ritual circumcision, Litvan said.
Levitis said he recently received permission to teach Hebrew and Jewish studies in Leningrad, but only to adults and not to children.
"The adults are like children," he said, in their knowledge of Jewish subjects.
He said the Leningrad synagogue has a minyan every morning, between 50 and 100 worshipers attending Sabbath services and more on holidays.
Shayevich said synagogue attendance was larger in Moscow.
Both rabbis were ordained at the rabbinical seminary of Budapest, the only one in Eastern Europe. Both speak Hebrew, and Litvan also speaks Yiddish.
Shayevich is a controversial figure here because he was a member of the government-sponsored Anti-Zionist Committee of the Soviet Public.
Asked on his arrival if he was still a member of the Jewish group, he replied, "The committee no longer exists."


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Shirley Juanita Adams, 74, passed away on June 20, 2011.
Mrs. Adams was born in Sullivan's Island, SC on October 13, 1936. She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers and one sister.
Mrs. Adams was a member of Ladies Auxiliary F.R.A. Unit 99, F.O.P.A. #8 and D.A.V.A.
Survivors include her husband of fifty-six years, Edward S. Adams; five daughters, Laura Pedigo and husband, Preston; Pamela Walchock and husband, Stan; Julia Adams-Dillard; Sandra Kirby and husband, Lee; Martha Sanders; six grandchildren, Nicholas Pittman, Jason Adams, Amanda Todd, Tiffany Dillard, Samantha Sanders and Jeremy Pedigo, three great grandchildren, Matthew Todd, Jr., Jazaih Wright and Jordan Adams; one brother, Olin Avinger and four sisters, Minnie Anderson, Betty Case, Elsie Martin and Celeste Damewood.
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Mr CAMPBELL(12.34 p.m.) —This Primary Industries and Energy Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) contains some very important stuff. I think one of the problems we have with the committee system is that it can very easily get buried. I did not realise just how important this was until this morning.
I want to touch on aspects of the bill. The first part of the bill seeks to deal with the Offshore Minerals Act 1994. What it tends to do is to guarantee the integrity of leases when they are affected by changes to the boundary between Commonwealth and state lands. I entirely support that. The bill does not make it quite clear whether this is retrospective. I believe that it should be retrospective to the enactment of this bill. I know of a couple of places where new surveying has changed the state-Commonwealth boundary, with significant detrimental effect on people, and I would hope that they would be protected by this very essential amendment here.
The member for Dobell (Mr Lee) spoke at some length on AQIS and quarantine matters. I cannot find it in the bill—and, of course, it is not in the bill—but it does deal with the chicken industry. I entirely support the member for Dobell. I believe that AQIS and the government should take a very hard line with respect to entry of disease into Australia and I believe that we are lessening resolve in this area.
I do not mind if we are taken by competitors to the world authorities on GATT because I have always believed that GATT is, in fact, a very corrupt document and it is not the way for Australia to go. Every time there has been a significant amendment to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade principal traders have gone out and simply found a way around the new agreement. The French have been notable in this regard and I take my hat off to the French. I think that the French have always acted in the interests of their citizens and that is what governments are for. I believe that this is something the government of this country should certainly consider.
I now want to talk about wool. It must be remembered that basically this bill comes from the previous government. I find it passing strange that the new government has so enthusiastically embraced it because I think it is a very flawed document indeed. It is true that this government has made amendments to the part relating to Wool International Holdings, which is what I wanted to talk about. I think that this has made the act better but in my view it is still not good enough.
This was a proposal that arose from minister Collins who, I can say now, never understood the wool industry and never really cared about it. It was a very dangerous move indeed. The member for O'Connor (Mr Tuckey) has spoken at length about this and I agree with a lot of what he has said. I want to foreshadow that I will be dissenting from this bill and I will be seeking a division on the matter in the chamber. I do so for very good reasons.
I see no reason at all why anyone would be giving Wool International Holdings $24 million of growers' money. I see that it has done nothing to justify it and, if it wants to justify it, I believe that it should be putting out a prospectus. There are many companies floated on the stock market with a capitalisation of less than this. If Wool International Holdings thinks that it has a saleable commodity, it should be putting out a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Australian Securities Commission and seeing what support it gets from the market. I am sure that it would not get support from growers; it may get it from elsewhere. To say that it is going to initiate changes in marketing is a very dubious proposition. All the things that it talks about are in place already and growers can use them.
I would suggest that futures selling was probably something which originated with the wool industry. It has been used very successfully by the gold industry. I think the reason is that the gold industry has used it as an insurance scheme, not as a gambling scheme. I believe that farmers and wool growers use it as an insurance policy, not as a casino. It is a very useful tool. If they use it as a casino they are inevitably going to get burnt because the house always wins in that scenario.
The member for Wannon (Mr Hawker) was talking about the history of the wool industry. I thought that he was rather harsh on John Kerin. The truth is that had John Kerin opposed raising the wool price under the madman, David Asimus, he would have been hounded and condemned. Fortunately, Asimus was not allowed to put it to 1,000c as he wanted to but it went to 870c, which was fine. That was the floor; it went above that.
I was one of the people who fought for the establishment of a floor price back in the very early 1970s. While it was a price set just below the cost of production, it probably did not do a lot of damage, although, faced with the same decision, I certainly would not support it again. When these people, led by Asimus, decided to make a price leader they were doomed.
It is true that John Kerin dropped the price to 700c. It is also true that anyone who knew anything about the industry knew that it was unsustainable. I used to go into committees and argue with John Kerin, who would dump on me, then he would say to me in the corridor, `Of course, you are absolutely right, but I have to hold the line for the government.' He knew, because he was a competent economist, that the 700c was untenable. I believe he should have spoken out about it and said so at the time, but he was under enormous pressure.
He certainly was not helped by the people who run the industry—the clowns that have encompassed the Wool Corporation and the various people who have been elected to the Wool Council. I think the former member for Wannon and his relation, Hugh Beggs, should come in for a fair amount of criticism with respect to the debacle that was wool marketing.
The truth about wool is that there is nothing that Wool International Holdings will do that is new or an initiative. If there is, it certainly has not been spelt out. If it believes it has something new, then it is its duty to tell us what it is. There is certainly nothing in the published material. I believe there are other people in the market who can do it as well.
What the member for O'Connor said is absolutely true. Even if you could trust Wool International Holdings to keep an arm's length agreement with Wool International and that stockpile, even if it was trustworthy in that regard—and believe me, it is not and it will not be able to isolate it—nobody out in the industry believes that it will. That confidence will not be there.
I think that the member for O'Connor did touch on a very important point. There has been an enormous loss of confidence in wool marketing and it has been brought about by Wool International. It has been selling wool at discounted prices. It says, `Nobody complained when we were selling forward at high prices.' The truth was that any mug can sell forward in a rising market at a higher price. I do not believe it maximised the price on those occasions, but anyone can do that. But then to say that the corollary is to sell down in a falling market is absolutely absurd. It is my view that if the government is going to maintain sales for the stockpile, that wool should be dispersed through the auction system, with no reserve price at all. I am not convinced, as the member for O'Connor seems to be, that we need to do that. But certainly, if it going to be disposed of, it should be through the auction system, with no reserve price.
I believe that we do have to be very careful about the future of wool because it is in our capacity to destroy the wool market. The truth is that nobody in the world needs wool anymore. It is simply replaceable. But we do have a marketable commodity in Australian wool. I would argue that Australian wool is one of the few things—and perhaps the only thing—in Australia that is unique.
The CRA said in the paper today that if we mine coal, the Americans will mine it cheaper. If we grow wheat, the Americans will dump theirs on the market. Australian merino wool is the unique product that we have, yet what have we seen? We have seen Australian wool growers' money used to promote wool generically. In a shop, any garment can wear the wool label if it comes off a sheep. It does not really matter that the sheep has more in common with a wire-haired fox terrier than a merino, it is still wool and it comes under this generic promotion which is paid for by the Australian wool growers. We should be selling Australian merino wool. It is a unique quality product.
I was in China some time ago on a committee. We asked to go to a store where the Chinese people shopped. We did not want to go into a Friendship store. We got into this place and up on the fifth floor they had a lot of the stuff that was commercially available. I was amazed at the high prices that people were paying. They had a bespoke tailor in there with a big sign which said, `Only the best British cloth used.' I was actually looking for cashmere, but I said to the sales assistant, `Do you have any Australian wool?' `Oh no', she said, `we stock only the very best British wool.'
I saw some jumpers on the counter and asked if could I have a look at one. It was a Pringle garment from one of those great mills along the English-Scottish border that produce quality woollen knitwear. It did not have the woolmark on it at all, but it did have a label saying, `Guaranteed pure botany wool. Made in England.' So I said to the girl, `Look, this is Australian wool,' and she grabbed it from me, quite irate, and said `No, no sir, made in England.' That was to her British wool; a triumph of marketing of our product. I think we have been duped enormously by wool marketing.
When I finished wool classing—I think in 1956—the instructor said to us, `Every one of you will now go out and overclass the clip,' and of course every one of us did. He also said, `If you want a job in 50 years time, you have got to do something about the American market which is the highest fibre user in the world and the lowest consumer of wool.' Those statistics are very much the same today as they were then, despite $2 billion worth of Australian wool growers' money put into a failed attempt to increase promotion there. If you look at Zegna, they have been extraordinarily successful and North America is now one of their big markets. Their marketing approach was to send Jonathan Todhunter in there with a month's wages and say, `After that you are on your own,' and he was extremely successful. We spent $2 billion basically for nothing.
Quality is going to be the name of the game, yet we have seen in recent times the quality of our wool threatened by blending. I asked a question in the House about the blending of Russian wool with Australian wool. I was told firstly that it was not happening, then I was told it had already happened and we really could not do anything about it. There is no doubt the Russians decided to put their 20 micron wool on the market, looking for cash. The Russians do have some 20 micron wool and it is usually very badly faulted. I actually had documents showing where Australian buyers had been asked to get sound 24 micron Australian wool to blend with faulty 20 micron wool to make it 22 micron filament.
I know of one case of a very large spinner in Europe who recently went through this blending exercise. It produced a lot of thread using the Russian wool blended with the very good quality Australian wool, only to find the whole lot was radioactive. Imagine what that would have done, had it become general knowledge, to confidence in the wool market—to confidence in what we are promoting as a pure product.
The time has long passed when we should have been right out of generic wool. We should be selling not Australian wool but wool from various areas of Australia. I think we should be selling specialised lambs' wool from Albany, for instance, and quality wool from other areas. It should be a promotion of Australian wool—a unique fibre which is very free from impurities and a fibre which the world can have faith in.
If we actually believe there is going to be a future in wool, we have to take steps to protect our investment now. This means that we must put a ban on the export of our genetic material. It is crazy to do otherwise. I went to a lot of effort to get the agreement through the Labor Party caucus—by every appropriate means—that it ban the export of Australian genetic material. It took me 12 months. In that time I went to New Zealand and I consulted with New Zealand stud farmers who said they would be very happy to see a ban applied. They did it only because if they had not someone else would have done so. I got unanimity amongst the major wool studs and enormous support from growers.
The opposition came from a few greedy, grubby, second-rate studs associated with the Australian Merino Breeders' Association. Those are the people who got to Collins. Collins, massively ignorant of the industry, marched into caucus and with very little effort got the caucus to roll the decision it had made and we did not get what was in Australia's interests. Some people say it is too late: not so. The great users of genetic material in the past have been the Soviet bloc, China and Russia. Through incompetence they wasted it. They put a ram out here and a ram out there, instead of putting them into breeding stations.
I believe the threat now comes from South America. The Italians are moving in there in a big way. Benetton is buying up large properties in South America. The Italians are not fools and they will not make the same mistake. I believe that we should act `yesterday' to ban the export of this genetic material. The Labor Party had the opportunity and through what I see as the perfidy and stupidity of Senator Collins it was lost. I certainly hope that, if this government seriously considers the future of the industry, it will move quickly to bring in that ban on genetic material. If it is not done I believe that the present system of allowing 900 rams a year will be our demise because, with new technologies, it might as well be nine million as 900. I sound that warning and urge the government to do something about it.
In the brief minutes left to me I want to talk about wool marketing. I believe we have to return more money to growers. Commodities throughout the world have been under pressure and the only way I can see out of this for growers is to move further down the production chain and retain ownership of their wool, perhaps down to the single white thread stage, maybe even beyond that. That is going to need some organisation. There is not just one way; there are many ways it can be done. I believe that we should look at doing the very fine wool in Australia.
For the 20, 22 and 24 micron fibres I suggest that India is the place to look. I believe that India has an industry more competent than that of the Chinese. It has labour costs that are comparable and it has a structure which I think is much easier to deal with than the Chinese. If this is pursued I think we could see a greater return to wool growers. It is quite clear that if there is not a greater return, what we are going to see in a very short time is growers in the great Australian wool industry—what was the largest small business in this nation and is an industry that is absolutely vital to the wellbeing of the hinterland of Australia—reduced to the status of peasant shepherds. That is not a future for the wool industry that I want to see.
I believe there is a future for the wool industry. I have great faith in it, but Wool International is not part of that future—Wool International is part of the problem. Garnaut's north-east Asian ascendancy and the fools on both sides have led us down this mad chase into Asia—the Garnaut report in respect of the wool industry was another very flawed document—and I think it is about time we got a lot more commonsense and commitment into making sure that the wool industry survives as the viable industry that it should be. It should be remembered that if we can increase the value adding process to wool it will very quickly become Australia's biggest single export, exceeding coal. (Time expired)


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In fairness, most events during the Leipzig Bachfest are of interest only to those keen on Bach's music in particular or classical, baroque, or choral music in general. However, there's still attractions for the less die-hard fanatics. There's usually some Jazz gigs (typically in Markt square), various open air and indoor lectures and performances, concerts of other classical works, as well as some modern and avant-garde interpretations of Bach's work by younger musicians. Despite the pleas to buy tickets for this or that, plenty of the Bachfest is actually free.
Leipzig's Bachfest is held every year now around the end of June and has been held most years since 1904. It is a major landmark in the city's cultural calendar. If you miss the Bachfest itself, not to worry as the legacy and history of Bach can still be explored at any time. The interactive Bach Museum, which also houses the Bach-Archive, has much to see and is well worth a visit any time. Likewise the wonderful Notenspur walks are a great way to combine a very pleasant city tour with some discovery about Leipzig's musical history.
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