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Asian scene: Taguchi wins light-fly unification
Marcus Bellinger
11/01/2018 9:02pm
In Marcus Bellinger's latest round-up, wins for Ryoichi Taguchi, Hiroto Kyoguchi, Naoya Inoue and Ken Shiro were among the most significant action in Asia in December...
Mark John Yap retained his OPBF bantamweight title for the second time as he recorded a tenth-round stoppage over Seizo Kono in Osaka on 3 December.
On the same day, also in Osaka, a crossroads battle of once touted prospects Kazuki Tanaka and Hikaru Marugame saw the former overcome the latter via seventh-round stoppage.
After his world title defeat to Kal Yafai in May, Suguru Muranaka returned to take on Ken Achiwa at the Korakuen Hall on 6 December. Muranaka scored a knockdown in the opening stanza but was then drawn in to an all-out war and after eight rounds the knockdown proved to be the difference with all three cards reading 76-75 to Muranaka.
Super flyweight Aston Palicte moved closer to a world title shot as he took out former world title challenger Jose Alfredo Rodriguez in five rounds on 8 December in Texas. It was a crunching uppercut to the body that brought a halt to proceedings and capped off an excellent display from the Filipino who got rid of Rodriguez quicker than Jerwin Ancajas and Kazuto Ioka.
Kenichi Ogawa pulled off a sizable upset in claiming a split decision over Tevin Farmer for the vacant IBF super featherweight belt in Los Vegas on 9 December. Ogawa got off to a positive start in the opening round before Farmer's superior speed, movement and skill set took over for the rest of the first half of the bout.
Ogawa finally had some more success, landing the right hand in the seventh and it was the man from Japan who was trying to make a fight of it until the final bell. Farmer looked to have done enough despite coasting for much of the second half of the contest but it was Ogawa who prevailed with cards of 116-112, 115-113 cancelling out a 116-112 tally for Farmer. The verdict caused a huge amount of debate with many thinking that Farmer was robbed whilst others favoured the come forward approach of Ogawa.
Undefeated prospect Masayoshi Hashizume faced his biggest test in a while as he was up against Kota Fujimoto in Osaka on 10 December. Hashizume was in charge for the first couple of rounds before being put down in the third and after eight rounds he had clung on for a majority draw with score totals of 77-77, 76-76 and 77-75 to Fujimoto. It's clear that facing a string of Thai novices has stunted the growth of Hashizume and going forward he needs to be matched far more appropriately.
Mark Anthony Barriga chalked up his eighth straight victory as a professional, winning a ten-round unanimous decision versus Glenne Calacar at the Makati Cinema Square Arena in Metro Manila on 16 December. Barriga scored a knockdown in round four but was happy to box his way through the rest of the encounter and won by scores of 97-92 (twice) and 98-91. The 24-year-old is set for a big 2018 with a world title eliminator a distinct possibility and a tilt at a world strap certainly not out of the question.
Genesis Servania put his loss to Oscar Valdez behind him as he blew away a Thai foe in just 37 seconds in Ishikawa on 17 December. Hiroki Okada moved a step closer to a potential world title shot as he recorded a sixth-round stoppage over Jason Pagara for the vacant WBO Asia Pacific 140lbs belt at the Korakuen Hall on 19 December. After coming in overweight and being beaten comprehensively Pagara is at a real crossroads in his career whilst Okada should be in line for a world title eliminator some time in 2018.
TJ Doheny put himself in the mandatory position for Ryosuke Iwasa's IBF super-bantamweight strap by taking a 12-round split decision over Mike Tawatchai in Thailand on 20 December. The scores were 117-111, 116-112 and 113-115.
Hinata Maruta bounced back from his loss to Hidenori Otake on 21 December as he won via first-round KO over a Thai debutant in Thailand.
Vijender Singh capped off a solid 2017, winning a shutout ten-round decision over Ernest Amuzu at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaypur on 23 December.
Reiya Konishi retained his Japanese strawweight title, claiming a lopsided points victory over Kenta Matsui in Kobe on Boxing Day. The judges' totals read 99-90 twice and 99-92 and Konishi has stated his intentions to vacate the belt and pursue a world title crack up at light flyweight.
The main post-Christmas action from Japan began at the Bunka Gym in Yokohama on 30 December as Naoya Inoue and Ken Shiro blasted out their overmatched foes to retain their respective world titles.
Inoue brutally dismantled Yoan Boyeaux in three rounds in what was his last defence of his WBO super-flyweight strap. The Frenchman attempted to box on the outside in the opening round but, after a fairly quiet three minutes, Inoue detonated a big right hand and then a beauty of a left hook dropped the challenger hard with the bell coming just in time.
Having felt the power, Boyeaux wanted no part of Inoue and played keep away in round two whilst the champion hunted down his pray. A sickening body shot saw Boyeaux take a knee early on in round three and, despite his brave efforts to continue, two knockdowns later and a relentless drubbing of the midsection brought proceedings to a halt and Inoue had prevailed in emphatic fashion.
After his failure to entice any of the other top fighters at 115lbs to face him, Inoue is now moving up to bantamweight and has Zolani Tete in his sights in what would be a fascinating encounter.
Click here to watch Inoue vs Boyeaux
Shiro got the impressive performance he desired on his terrestrial TV debut as he took out Gilberto Pedroza in four rounds to retain his WBC 108lbs strap. The champion was happy to fight at range in the opening stanza as the challenger swung for the fences but was made to miss wildly.
Shiro began to target the body in round two and open up more offensively and this continued into the third as the man from Japan really began to show off his full array of combinations. A counter right hand shook Pedroza early on in the fourth before the Panamanian was down from a cracking body shot. A follow-up attack saw the contest come to a finish and the BMB Gym fighter had really shined to viewers in Japan who were seeing him for the first time.
2017 has been a breakout year for Shiro after scoring high level wins over Ganigan Lopez and Pedro Guevara and hopefully he will be given more live TV appearances in 2018.
Click here to watch Shiro vs Pedroza
Also on the Ohashi bill, Satoshi Shimizu scored multiple knockdowns on the way to a seventh-round stoppage win over Eduardo Mancito to retain his OPBF featherweight crown for the first time and Takuma Inoue won a ten-round decision over Kentaro Masuda by scores of 98-92, 97-93 and 96-94.
Attention then switched to Tokyo on New Year's Eve as a light-flyweight unification between Ryoichi Taguchi and Milan Melindo headlined a world title triple header from the Ota-City General Gymnasium.
Melindo looked sharp from the off and narrowly edged the first couple of rounds. Taguchi began to find his range in round three before the first of a number of head clashes left Melindo cut. After an untidy fourth Taguchi built on his success in the fifth, especially with the right hand, before Melindo responded well in the sixth as things were warming up nicely with it all to play for going into the second half.
Taguchi then took control over the next two rounds, using his extra height and reach to great effect and Melindo was becoming more and more frustrated, possibly as a result of the cuts. After a scrappy ninth which Melindo may have just took, Taguchi went up another gear in the last three rounds as we were treated to some fabulous toe-to-toe action as both men poured out their last reserves.
Although at times the contest was messy, there were enough thrilling exchanges to make it a captivating affair and at the final bell the right man was declared the winner with Taguchi taking a unanimous decision with scores of 117-111 twice and 116-112.
Next up for the now unified champion is a clash with South African Hekkie Budler which should take place sometime in the first half of 2018. Despite the loss, 2017 was a memorable year for the Filipino who can certainly come again in a crowded 108lbs division.
Click here to watch Taguchi vs Melindo
Sho Kimura defended his WBO flyweight strap for the first time against mandatory challenger Toshiyuki Igarashi. The challenger got off to a bright start as he outboxed the champion over the first two stanzas. Kimura's aggression finally had an impact in round three with body shots slowing down the legs of Igarashi whose eyes were showing visible signs of damage after round four.
Igarashi managed to create some space for himself and make Kimura miss in round five, but the Teiken southpaw was soon dragged back into a close quarters battle in round six. Despite fleeting moments of success Igarashi was now being broken down by a relentless Kimura and after narrowly surviving round eight things eventually came to an end in round nine with Igarashi being saved by the referee.
Kimura is one of the more remarkable and overlooked stories of 2017, having caused one of the biggest upsets by defeating Zou Shiming in China and backing it up with a victory over a former world champion who had never been stopped before - the 29-year-old is now a significant figure at 112lbs. Igarashi, meanwhile, subsequently announced his retirement.
Click here to watch Kimura vs Igarashi
Hiroto Kyoguchi made a real statement in stopping talented Nicaraguan Carlos Buitrago in his first defense of his IBF strawweight bauble. Kyoguchi was immediately on the front foot taking the fight to Buitrago who was landing but simply didn't have the power to prevent the champion from continuing to march forward.
After four rounds Buitrago needed to change the pattern of the fight but Kyoguchi never relented and was landing with more and more regularity with hard hooks and uppercuts. Buitrago was becoming more and more ragged and it was now only a matter of time until Kyoguchi got the stoppage and in round eight the referee rightly intervened.
One last piece of news emerged on New Year's Eve as Kazuto Ioka officially announced his retirement just before midnight local time. The announcement had been long rumoured due to a major falling out between Ioka and his father. It ends the career of one of Japan's biggest boxing stars from the last five years and Ioka regularly headlined shows in Osaka, pulled in big live crowds and TV audiences and was one of the main spearheads of the now regular end of year cards from the land of the rising sun.
Now on to the early fight schedule for 2018 and Jorge Linares and Lucas Matthysse headline a bill from the Forum in California on 27 January although neither bout looks appealing on paper. Linares aims to keep his lightweight trinket against Mercito Gester who at one point was highly touted but has done nothing to justify those claims. The Filipino was widely outpointed in his previous world title attempt by Miguel Vazquez back in December 2012 and at 30 this could be his last shot at the big time. Matthysse faces Teerachai Kratingdaenggym who is taking a giant leap up in class despite his glossy looking 38-0 record and the 25-year-old Thai hasn't previously beaten anyone near the calibre of the heavy-handed Argentinian.
Jerwin Ancajas enjoyed a fruitful 2017, scoring three knockouts on the road and his feats saw him earn a two-year six-fight deal with promotional powerhouse Top Rank. His first fight for the US outfit comes on 3 February from the Bank of America Center, Corpus Christi, Texas when he faces Israel Gonzalez. The defending IBF 115lbs champion should have few issues with his Mexican challenger, whose best victory on paper was against a completely faded Ramon Garcia Hirales.
The next day sees a homecoming for explosive flyweight king Daigo Higa who squares off against Moises Fuentes for the former's WBC flyweight title in Okinawa. Higa lived up to the lofty expectations placed upon him by many in 2017 and the 22-year-old is aiming to equal the Japanese record of consecutive KOs set by Tsuyoshi Hamada which stands at 15.
After a brief reign as WBO strawweight champion, which included a KO win to bring down the curtain on the career of Ivan Calderon, Fuentes moved up three pounds north and held Donnie Nietes to a draw in March 2013. He was then hammered in nine rounds by Nietes in their May 2014 rematch and on the last day of 2016 the Mexican was destroyed in five rounds by Kosei Tanaka in five rounds for the vacant WBO 108lbs belt. The 30-year-old avenged a split decision loss to Ulises Lara but going up against Higa who is without doubt one of the most destructive fighters in the game looks an impossible task.
Ryo Matsumoto finally gets a shot at world hardware when he faces super bantamweight titlist Daniel Roman at the Korakuen Hall on 28 February. The hard hitting Ohashi southpaw has overcome hyperthyroidism, avenged his only loss and is now chomping at the bit to prove his credentials at the world class level and a win would open up a number of intriguing all-Japanese dust-ups. For Roman it's a return to the scene of his biggest triumph when he broke down Shun Kubo in nine rounds and he'll be brimming with confidence when he heads off to the land of the rising sun.
The rematch for the WBC bantamweight title between Luis Nery and Shinsuke Yamanaka has been set for the Kokugikan in Tokyo on 1 March. Nery travelled to Japan last August and snatched the title away from the long reigning champion but then failed a drugs test. A subsequently investigation from the WBC allowed the Mexican to retain his title as an intake of tainted meat was given as the reason for the failed test however, this explanation drew much cynicism from many fans.
A second world title bout on the bill sees Ryosuke Iwasa defend his IBF 122lbs trinket for the first time against Ernesto Saulong. Iwasa will be aiming to build on a career best display which saw him emphatically snatch the title away from Yukinori Oguni last September. Saulong has had some decent wins on the Filipino circuit but the 28-year-old simply hasn't fought at this level but sparring in the build up with Jerwin Ancajas should help him.
Stay tuned for my 'ones to watch' article very soon in which I identify five Asian fighters to keep an eye on in 2018.


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July 23, 2007
Think Of The Animals We Don't Protect
With all the attention on Michael Vick and his dog fighting and dog killing activities, many of us, myself included, forgot momentarily that far worse than this goes on day after day, hour after hour, year after year, on farms and in slaughterhouses all over the country.
As a nation we tend to divide ourselves into distinct categories, and choose beliefs and traditions meant to define us culturally and ethically. I wrote before that animal fighting was a tradition in my family, and in fact my great grandfather won the seed money to open his hardware store from running cock fights. His children though distanced themselves from animal fighting, preferring the image that went along with owning and store and a house, to that of the opportunistic vagabond who blew in on the west wind to gamble, sleep in gutters, and fight animals. They only touched birds who were cooked and served on plates. They didn't gather and place bets in dark alleys. Of course they saw nothing wrong with hunting or farming though, occupations that they saw as denoting a higher social class.
I am not proud of this family history, but I find it informative. This tangible connection from me through a generation still living, to more blood thirsty traditions. Traditions that are looked down on by most of society. It's easy to cry out against practices done by the few, conducted underground, that smack of backwardness and open cruelty. But meanwhile we don't often question where our food comes from. We deplore obvious blood lust, but tolerate covert cruelty done for our convenience.
As horrorific as I find dog fighting and cock fighting, I have to remember that the torture behind all those neatly packaged Styrofoam trays of flesh in the grocery store is equally terrible. That the suffering of animals kept alive to produce milk and eggs, only to be killed when their production drops, is much like the suffering of dogs bred and forced to fight, and killed when they lose. Intensive confinement, painful tail and ear docking (as well as debeaking and amputation of toes), electric shocks, open wounds, all of these are found in animal agriculture. Rape racks are not an invention of dog fighting rings, they are part of animal agriculture, designed to force reproduction on animals so traumatized and deprived that they would no longer reproduce on their own. Even on small family farms, reproduction is not the choice of the farmed animals, but is carefully planned and implemented to maximize profit for the farmers.
We don't want to legislate dog fighting to make it more humane or less lethal. Instead we want it stopped entirely. Maybe we should start thinking about other animals, equally innocent but totally unprotected, in the same terms.
May 29, 2007
Birthday Blues and Other Mistakes
So before anything else, everyone should go check out Harold Brown's article entitled "The Dynamic Between the Animal Industry and the Animal Movement" which appeared in this edition of UPC's Poultry Press. Sometimes we need to just ask ourselves what we're doing and why!
My birthday is coming up really soon and this is always a bad time of year for me. We passed the anniversary of my being attacked, and it came and went without real notice, because it's not a day I observe. However the ghosts came too, all the nagging self-doubts that sometimes tell me I should have died years ago and it's only some cosmic accident that I'm alive.
I don't mean to say that in any kind of suicidal way. I'm thankful for each and every day, and all those moments of beauty that shower down on me. I just think of people I've known who aren't here any longer and I miss them. And I think on my own mortality and the line between my being here and not being here seems so thin and so easy to cross over, and I boggle at the randomness of my existence.
My birthday kind of sucks because it is always the reminder that I'm a trusting moron. It might be dangerous to call myself such on my vegan blog. But actually I think in a way this makes me more right about veganism, because I recognize this tendency in myself. So I definitely did my homework on all aspects of veganism. If someone tells me something, I look it up. If I'm wondering about something, I look it up. And one source isn't sufficient, I have to double and triple check. And I like to look at the methods and size of the actual studies, because I know not all studies are created equally.
At first I was not so open to the idea that vegetarianism and ultimately veganism might be a good idea. I thought: Why would my family feed me meat if it weren't the right thing to do? The environmental issues were the wedge that started to separate myself from the "eating animals is right" view. Because the environment is changing, and our damage to it is snowballing. So, if things are changing, then "what's right" might be changing too.
After years of doing this, my thinking has changed in many ways. I've come around to thinking that if I don't need to eat or wear or abuse animals to ensure my survival that probably means I really shouldn't. IE, I don't need to hurt others, so I shouldn't hurt others. I've read more and learned more. But it's always there, the need to research and give myself a little sanity check.
But anyway, trusting moron…
See, I was born in June. My brother was born in May, on the Sunday just before Memorial Day, Memorial Day Sunday, part of the long holiday weekend. And growing up, my parents always told me that I was also born on Memorial Day Sunday, and so every year my family would observe our birthdays together, on the Sunday before Memorial Day. My mother didn't believe in holding birthday parties for children, she didn't let us invite our friends or anyone our own age, but we still had cake and some family there, and maybe even a gift or two. As I got older I asked why we often celebrated on my brother's actual birthday, but never on my actual birthday. My parents told me that Memorial Day used to sometimes take place in June, but after I was born Congress passed a law to decree that Memorial Day would now always occur in May, and so it would never be on my birthday again.
So, all through school when I told people that I was born on Memorial Day Sunday and that's why my family observed my birthday then, people would look at me like I was nuts. They'd tell me plainly, no, you were not born on Memorial Day Sunday, to which I'd happily reply that the year I was born Memorial Day really did happen in June, but then Congress passed a law… And people laughed at me, but I kept on insisting.
Fast forward to me being an adult and married and still believing this story, and my husband told me that he hated to be the one to break it to me, but this was all entirely fiction. We looked it up. No, I was not born on Memorial Day Sunday. Any law regarding Memorial Day was passed long before I was born, and even so Memorial Day had never been in June. I told my sister about this, and noted that I was a little disappointed to learn this after so many years. She passed it on to my parents. The end of the story is a rather annoyed phone call from my mother to tell me that it was no big deal and she couldn't understand why I was being so childish as to talk to my sister about my birthday not happening when we all thought it did. Still she insisted that she always thought I was born on Memorial Day Sunday, but she'd really been in too much extreme agony risking her life giving birth to me to notice what day it was.
Which I guess I can accept for what it is. It doesn't matter. Though I will note that my family was never confused about the birthdays of either of my siblings. I looked it up and my brother really was born on Memorial Day Sunday. The only thing that really bothered me about it was all the times I'd made an idiot out of myself insisting against all evidence and all really good arguments to the contrary that this myth was real.
If there's any point to this story, it's to refer back to something my therapist said: I have a gift for loving and believing in people even when they haven't earned it. I have to be careful with my trust and my belief. And though my impulse really still is to trust and love everyone, I have to be able to look at things with a critical eye as well. I can like someone, but I don't have to accept everything they say as gospel. If nothing else, even the best intentioned people are sometimes mistaken.
Lately in the animal rights movement I've noticed a tendency of those in positions of power to take any questioning as a direct insult. "Don't you know how hard I work; don't you know how many hours I put in for the animals?" Honestly I really do. It's just that my loyalty isn't to the person, it's to the movement. I can know how absolutely sincere someone is in every possible way, and still sometimes wonder if they have all their facts straight. It's not a desire to hurt anyone on my part; it's a reflex now: Check the facts and then check them again. With it comes the innate distrust of anyone who demands belief without providing solid evidence or logical backup. Sorry, I can like you without following you off a cliff, and I can like you without believing you're infallible.
Sometimes it's not so bad to question everything. I've even had those moments where I go back and review the reasons I'm vegan and note how my views have changed over the year. Because it's my compass and my road map to understand where my convictions come from. Because without questioning I'm just happily rattling off something someone else told me, and it might be that I'm saying something really silly and everyone else knows it, except me. So I have to review. I have to ask if what I'm doing is helping or hurting.
I think about the protests I went to when I was younger, organized and attended often by fairly prominent people in the movement. We were babies really, and so, so angry. The sight of a full length fur coat in a shop window, sent me to tears and then to shouts of rage. I saw the footage over again in my mind of animals in traps, and multiplied it over hundreds of times to produce that coat. And I was one of the calmer people there, really. So you can imagine those protests were a little on the frightening side. So now, years on I have to look at that and ask if that was helping or hurting. Was I indulging my emotions or was I reaching out to people and educating them on the issues. I don't think anyone was really listening then, when our shouting reached the upper decibels.
So I have to ask myself: Is this something I really understand, or do I have to go back and do my own research and get a better grip on it? Am I acting in a way to further compassion or am I loose cannon? Am I simply repeating things that I've been told without any of my own knowledge?
Where does that leave us? Simply here: It's not wrong to ask the hard questions, it's in fact absolutely vital to our movement. Don't let anyone ever tell you otherwise.
February 9, 2007
Tradition vs. Veganism
In many ways I feel strangely qualified to address the issue of how we can honor and uphold family traditions while still being vegan. I grew up in a family with farming roots, my father and grandfather hunted. My great grandfather made his original money, the seed money for his hardware store, off of cock fighting. Which in a way makes my very existence now dependent on cruel cock fights that took place 90 years ago or more.
When I first decided that I had to become a vegetarian my mother felt I was turning my back on my heritage. Much moaning and wailing ensued. Apparently she felt I was rejecting her values and giving up everything that made our family unique. I've heard similar statements from others, like "I would go vegan, but I'm descended from farmers; it's part of who I am."
Another weird logical trap I've seen people fall into is the "I wouldn't be here" trap. For example, "if it weren't for dairy farming, my grandparents would have starved, and I would never have been born. So it can't be wrong." But the wonderful thing about becoming vegan today is that it is only a commitment from this day forward to try to live with compassion toward animals and practice a more environmentally sound diet. I don't own a time machine and I'm not going back in time to wipe your grandparents or mine off the face of the earth. I'm only talking about the choices we make right now, today, and how those choices affect the world around us.
I don't want to take a revisionist view of history; I'm not going condemn my departed family members for having eaten meat. I like to think that if they'd been exposed to the idea of veganism they would have tried it, but I don't know that for certain. What I can know is that while what I choose to eat is an important ethical decision for me, for my ancestors it was largely a matter of convenience and availability, not an issue of conscience. This gives me a lot of wiggle room to honor tradition and keep in touch with my heritage while still being vegan. I just pick and choose the traditions to keep. Amazingly, I've realized that's what everyone does, vegan or not.
For example, I cook and eat black eyed peas and collard greens every year for New Year's day. This is a long standing tradition in my family and in most families from the Southern United States. It is a tradition about abundance, simple foods, warmth and sharing, and it encompasses our hopes for the coming year. My great grandmother cooked hers with bacon grease, I cook mine with olive oil and herbs, but still every year when I cook them I think of her and my great uncles as I stir the pot.
I was closest to one of my great uncles and I've found a couple of important traditions that I can honor in his memory. First of all, he loved dogs and never had less than ten dogs at any given time as far as I know. Many of his dogs simply showed up at his door begging for food and stayed. He wasn't wealthy, but since there were never any puppies or any fights, it seems he got them all altered. One of his dogs he found trapped in a leghold trap while hiking in the woods. He freed her and carried her home and from then on she was the most pampered of his dogs. So even though my great uncle would never have thought to protest anything, when I protest or write letter against leghold traps I'm honoring his belief that they were cruel and should be outlawed. When I rescue homeless animals I'm honoring his compassion and generosity. When I educate people on companion animal care or push for spay/neuter programs I'm honoring his devotion to canines.
But you don't have to have a leghold trap-hating great uncle to honor family traditions. For most of us our compassion for non-human animals didn't come out of thin air. We had family members who liked cats or dogs for example, or a nature-loving aunt, or whatever. We simply built on the values expressed by those family members and took them to the logical conclusion given the world we live in, that exploitation must end and compassion is the ultimate goal.
Like I said, everyone picks and choose the family traditions they follow. My very own mother, who thought my veganism was turning away from my heritage, hid from me the fact that many of my older relatives were avid tarot card readers. That was a tradition my mother didn't like, but it sits fine with me. A lot of my ancestors made their way through prison at one time or another, a tradition that my parents, grandparents, and my siblings and I have all turned away from. Though my parents felt hunting was a great family tradition, nobody was proud of the cockfighting done by my great grandfather; they considered it low class and degrading. When it comes to food though, I think my grandfather said it best of all.
"When I was little my momma would send me down to the creek with a bucket of pig intestines, cause she didn't want to wash them by the house. It was awful. I had to wash and wash them in the creek, all the while trying to keep the sand out of them. I'll never forget that smell. Finally I'd take them home and she'd put them in a pot with seasoning and cook them all day long to make chitlins. When I grew up I moved out of the South and joined the Air Force and I'm never going to have to eat chitlins again in my life and nobody can make me eat them."
Interestingly enough though, chitlins were not a favorite, cherished recipe carried here from the old country. They were an effort by our ancestors to not waste anything and to make use of every resource available to them, even if it was distasteful. Perhaps the tradition to honor is this case is the frugality and creativity that led our forbearers to make this Southern dish, and not the dish itself. As we're faced with unprecedented strains on our environment, maybe the take home message is "make do with less and waste nothing."
We all pick the traditions we'd like to keep; it's not so hard to pick the compassionate ones to honor and keep.

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I'm running a bit late today, as I've been out to a fab card class this morning, then I've gained lots of extra children after school - not sure how that happened, but the house has turned completely chaotic. It's a good job I have blogland to escape to.
Anyhow its time for another challenge over at Fab 'n' Funky, and this week it's...........
No DP
This was a bit of a toughie for me, as I hadn't realised how much I have come to rely on papers. The card I finally came up with is ready for my Uncle's birthday on Sunday, as he keeps Koi. The image was made by passing a Dream Weaver stencil through my Cuttlebug to emboss the image, then I chalked through the stencil to colour it in. It was then simply matted and layered using red and black to add to the oriental feel. The card was completed with the addition of a Chinese coin (from my shop). I hope he will like it :o)
I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges;
Crafts 4 Eternity - anything goesAllsorts - oriental
OSAAT - emboss it
Cupcake Crafts - beginning with C (Chinese style)
Polly Craft Monday - anything goes
The Crazy Challenge - cards for men


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Boy committed suicide after being questioned by police.
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To no one's surprise, PM Lee has emphasised that the National Conversation is NOT about slaughtering sacred cows. He said this at the end of the APEC leaders' summit in Russia.
As I've stressed many times before, the core value of the ruling regime is one of repression. Many things like the law against peaceful assembly and association as guaranteed in our Constitution, gerrymandering, GRC, control of the unions and newspapers and so on emanate from this core value of repression.
PM Lee did not specify which sacred cows he was referring to but Singaporeans and the world knows so there wasnt any need to be coy about it
For instance, the whole world knows of the lack of press freedom in Singapore. This is one very sacred cow that the regime will never let go.
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Every morning, in a daily language, we have a word that is always out of date in the pages of newspapers: "GLOBAL WORLD"
Christopher Columbus did not only discover a new continent when he reached America. At the same time, he discovered a new market. Because every discovery, every accessible person, every country actually comes to the meaning of a new market in trade.
In the past people used to produce for themselves. The aim was to meet needs, to feed your wife and to cover your head. Over time, people have begun to trade goods and services that they produce and supply them from more different products by producing more of the same goods or services. When the Lydians find the means of exchange called money, the trade is completely different. Now everybody has begun to buy what they want with the money they have made by selling what they have produced, producing more and producing more of their needs, selling more necessities and purchasing better products with better products.
More and more, our close customers are nowhere to be found, and it was imperative to find new customers in order to sell more of what we produce. As technology has developed, the amount of products produced as the industry grows has begun to overtake consumption in some sectors. Each company had to cut costs and produce profit margins at minimum levels by producing more to sell their products more comfortably. Now the goal is not to meet the demand, but to try to find the demand we produce.
It was essential to find new markets at this point. Since the new market has come to mean new customers for us, the more companies can reach the market, the more successful they are.
Businesses that have closed themselves to the world and have not exerted effort to reach out of their borders have been left with the danger of diminishing from day to day. In order to be able to survive, each firm must first recognize the export clause, then understand it and finally realize it.
Export is a welcome word to the ears, everyone should do it. He must export for his own business, and he must apply it to bring foreign exchange to his country as a patriotic enterprise.
EXPORT means finding new customers. A company that starts to export can find new potential customers in addition to its existing customers. Its products may have the potential to sell 6 billion potential customers instead of 77 million potential customers surrounded by borders. The company, which produces a good quality product in Turkey, may have the chance to earn higher profits by selling goods to the higher European countries and the United States.
EXPORT reduces the dependence on the local market. We all know that putting the eggs in the same basket is as dangerous and dangerous as even our elementary school teachers tell us. If the eggs are carried in different baskets, even if one of the baskets falls, we have a chance to have a solid egg. If we sell in a single country, it will negatively affect any economic or even political crisis in this country. A national firm that does not sell products abroad may have difficulty in surviving due to the student's fall in any economic crisis that may occur in Turkey. The slowdown or decline in either of these two points will threaten the future of operating directly, as businesses are able to survive by providing cash flows and sales. Not only economic, but any political or social crisis will also pose a risk for the future of the business. Since a foreigner working in a foreign country is in separate baskets, a demand contraction in any of the countries it sells will affect the limited amount of business and will have a chance to plan for the business future according to this falling student.
Exporters in the 2001 crisis received more than twice as many orders from ready-made export customers as new customers found due to increasing foreign exchange rates. Only 57% of the companies that sell nationally have come to the point of closing and bankruptcy.
EXPORT increases our competitive power. The competitiveness of companies that have met with exports caught international standards in a short time. The companies that have met new customers have started to produce better quality products by bringing their standards to the international level without being aware of the demands coming from abroad and the sales graphs of the domestic market have increased due to these increasing standards and this has increased the profit margins by providing more production.
EXPORT means lower costs and more to gain through more production. Firms that have gotten acquainted with exports make more profits by calculating their fixed costs by increasing production capacities to respond to increasing student demand. As we all know, doubling is not costing twice as much, so you can see the cost per product


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Zee & Dovi on June 28, 2006
Hi Y! Thank you! Thank you for pointing our attention to the circles! We knew that something was wrong, but we could not find out what was happening. Only after looking at the map we realized that the car is pulling to the left. Our left wheel is smaller!!!! :)))))) Anyway... Will you come to party with us in Chile or in Argentina??
Labas Vilmi! Gandus del Afrikos privalome paneigti. Taciau Andu virsunese padejome nauja Nissano testavimo programa - ziurime ar masinyte sugebetu iveikti Aliaskos kelius. Katik issiaiskinome kad tokiam klimatui turetumem smarkiai padidinti vyno ir kitu sildanciuju medziagu talpas. Dabar montuojam viksrus... O programa - senas geras Photoshopas. Kaip visada, buckiai ir glamones is lotynu Amerikos.
To Dylan -
We carry only one spare. We thought about taking two (Pathfinder has space for 2 full size spares), but then decided against it due to extra weight. We do have a regular foot pump and a can of the slime that is supposed to seal a leaking tire. So far we've had only one flat - knock on wood! There are plenty of tire repair shops even in the smallest villages. We put new Yokohama Geolandr H-TS tires just before the trip and they still have about 5-6mm of thread remaining. If your spare tire is outside, put a lock on it!!
We did not go to any language schools during the trip. We are trying to get by with what we've learned in the university and ca, and... so far so good :) But sure a language school is a good idea, we've heard tons of positive feedback from people who went to one of those in San Cristobal, Mexico or Antigua, Guatemala. Most importantly, you will enjoy the trip much much more if you speak the language!
And here are some recent discoveries -
1. Take more than one spare oil filter, coz you never know how long the trip will last (ours was supposed to be a 3-month trip :)).
2. Cheap windshield wiper refill blades quit working in 3 months - invest in something decent, and do not forget the rear one if your car has it.
3. Spare drivers license is a real money saver. If the police get you for speeding, illegal turns, etc, they will say that your drivers license must stay with them, you must go and pay huge fine at a bank and collect your license in 3 days, etc etc... just to get some cash from you on the spot. Their attitude changes really fast when they see that you do not care - most likely you will be free of the hook or with minimal damadge if you know you can leave your dl for them as a souvenir :) Just get a replacement for your 'lost' dl from the local DMV and also get IDP from AAA.
Preparation is a lot of fun, almost as good as the trip itself! Enjoy ;)
Vilmis on June 27, 2006
o su kokia programa jūs pirmame puslapyje tą emėlapiuką braiotę ?
> www.transglobalhighway.com
tai gal jūs i karto į Afriką kelsitės ? :)
igal on June 26, 2006
Dear friends
I see you start driving in circles
hoping you enjoy your great trip
see you !!
Dylan on June 25, 2006
Z & D, Hi guys! Your recent posts are making me want to extend my central american road trip even further south. My girlfriend and I are set to leave in late July and are still making the final preparations. A couple of questions if you have time: How many spare tires do you have? Do you have a repair kit/inflator pump? Also, we're hoping to spend 3 weeks at a language school North of D.F. at the beginning of our trip. Do you know of any particularly good schools? Keep writing those Diarios de Pathfinder!
Z on June 24, 2006
To the Apollo girls: the news have been posted, more coming up some time soon :) we miss you too!
To Chrigu: thought you might want to know that we saw two (not one!) new Subarus in Lima a couple days ago, but have not seen a service center yet. In the worst case, you might be able to trade parts with the owners of the two Subarus once you reach Peru :))
Erika, Marta & Kristina on June 20, 2006
Hola Amigos!
Just checking on you to see if you have any current trip postings. Glad to hear that you are still enjoying your long...long....long....trip. ; )
We still miss you both!
Hugs & Kisses!
Gorka on June 19, 2006
Check your mail, we need some more details on the Galapagos :)
Zee & Dovi on June 17, 2006
Since this trip is kind of turning towards the end, we started thinking of new ideas. Here´s a good one - http://www.transglobalhighway.com/
Feel free to use it, before we do :)))))


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Social networking giant Facebook has deleted the profile pages of 30 convicts who were using their Facebook profiles to taunt victims and their family members, says Justice Secretary Jack Straw.
Facebook was made aware of the offending profiles and these were removed within 48 hours of reporting.
Lately, several incidents have been reported in which prisoners have been caught accessing social networking sites from mobile phones that are illegally smuggled into the prisons.
The issue has emerged as a critical security threat and has given rise to doubts about the level of security within the prisons.
Speaking after a meeting with Ofcom's Chris Wolard, Richard Allan, Facebook's European Director of Policy and several members of Families United, the Justice Secretary told the BBC that the government needed to form a proper system with social networking sites like Facebook in order to deal with the situation.
Mr. Straw also confirmed that the ministers were working on methods and policies in order to prevent the 'deplorable' use of social networking sites by prisoners.
He also added that laws need to be formulated, which prevent prisoners from using social networking sites. According to the current laws prisoners have access to the internet only for educational purposes.
Our Comments
The true question now is whether some prisoners are going to say that their human rights are being violated and that they "need" the internet. Which brings forward another fundamental question? What is the purpose of a prison if not to remove some rights from someone who has committed a crime.
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Today, Holly and I finished up three classic black corsets. Two bespoke broche pieces and one embellished, customised, Little Bird. The Little Bird is a relative of the Phoenix, with 12 panels per side, a shorter line to the hip, and a higher line to the centre-front. The Phoenix and Goldcrest, they're both trial designs which I have been tweaking and refining over the past year, in collaboration with many lovely clients who jumped on the opportunities with passion and excitement! It is, as ever, lovely to know that there are corsetry clients out there who care about innovative and creative corsetry, and who love to accompany me (and others) on these journeys and experiments.
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Well, I intended to see Not Animals at Neutral at 10pm. When I got to the venue at a quarter to the hour, they were setting up. And not much else was going on. When they weren't even in the bar at 10:10, and nobody else was either, I bailed.
I'm glad I did though, because I really liked Savoir Adore. They were kind of like what I wish Stars were — as in, I didn't only like one of the singers. They were dream-poppy without being wimpy and electro without being pretentious. I'll definitely be getting some of their stuff.


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Building a better brain.
A new UK study found that older people with higher levels of vitamin B12 were six times less likely to experience brain volume loss, leading the researchers to suggest that the vitamin may protect against brain shrinkage, which is linked to reduced cognitive function. Vitamin B12 deficiency is a recognized public health problem, particularly among older people, so increasing B12 intake could help to reduce the problem.
Institute for Progressive Medicine carries a sublingual B12 in the highly absorbable methylcobalamin form. Each sublingual tablet provides 5000mcg of methylcobalamin.
An editorial entitled Oral Cobalamin for Pernicious Anemia, Medicines Best Kept Secret, appeared in the Jan. 2, 1991, edition of JAMA. This states that oral therapy produces reliable and effective treatment, even in severe cases of pernicious anemia in patients without intrinsic factor. 64 patients with pernicious anemia and other B12 deficiency symptoms were treated with 1000 mcg of oral B12 daily. In all patients studied over a 3 year period, the researchers observed complete normalization of serum levels and liver stores for Vitamin B12 as well as full clinical remission.
Vitamin B12 status and rate of brain volume loss in community-dwelling elderly.
Berlin H BR, and Brante G. Oral treatment of pernicious anemia with high doses of vitamin B12 without intrinisic factor. Acta Med Scand. 1968; 184:247-248.
and how about improving the brain power of our newborns.
Both higher fish consumption and longer breastfeeding are linked to better physical and cognitive development in infants, according to a study of mothers and infants from Denmark. Maternal fish consumption and longer breastfeeding were independently beneficial. The children whose mothers ate the most fish during pregnancy were more likely to have better motor and cognitive skills. Longer duration of breastfeeding was also associated with better infant development, especially at 18 months. Breast milk also contains omega-3 fatty acids. The benefit of fish consumption was similar among infants breast fed for shorter or longer durations.
Note: In the US, pregnant women are told not to eat fish during pregnancy to avoid consumption of PCBs (mercury being a problem too of course). Fish oil supplements are a reliable alternative since they are cleaned and screened.
The Institute for Progressive Medicine carries several high potency, pharmaceutical grade fish oil supplements. Our Mega Omega contains 720mg of EPA/DHA per capsule and Mega Omega Pearls are chewable gel-caps with a mild orange/berry flavor made especially for children.
Source: Associations of maternal fish intake during pregnancy and breastfeeding duration with attainment of developmental milestones in early childhood: a study from the Danish National Birth Cohort.
Breast cancer rates and family history A recent study shows that a family history of breast cancer does not give a useful indication of the likelihood that a woman will develop it herself at an early age. According to Geertruida H. de Bock, a lead researcher for the study, "Due to the low prevalence of early breast cancer in the population, the predictive value of a family history of breast cancer was 13% before the age of 70, 11% before the age of 50, and 1% before the age of 30."
These numbers are much lower than most women would probably expect. As the authors explain, "Applying family history related criteria results in the screening of many women who will not develop breast cancer at an early age." Given the psychological harm that screening visits can cause, more stringent criteria should be applied to early screening. The researchers recommend that these results be used to reassure a large number of women regarding their personal breast cancer risk."
Source: A family history of breast cancer will not predict female early onset breast cancer in a population-based setting.
We may have another reason to supplement with fish oils instead of eating fish.
Farm-raised tilapia, one of the most highly consumed fish in America, has very low levels of beneficial omega-3 fatty acids and, perhaps worse, very high levels of omega-6 fatty acids, according to new research. Researchers say they have revealed that farm-raised tilapia, as well as farmed catfish, "have several fatty acid characteristics that would generally be considered by the scientific community as detrimental." Tilapia has higher levels of potentially detrimental long-chain omega-6 fatty acids than 80-percent-lean hamburger, doughnuts and even pork bacon, the article says.
The study goes on to say that the recommendation by the medical community for people to eat more fish has resulted in consumption of increasing quantities of fish such as tilapia that may do more harm than good, because they contain high levels of omega-6 fatty acids, also called n-6 PUFAs, such as arachidonic acid.
The Institute for Progressive Medicine recommends supplementing a healthy diet that is high in fruits and vegetables with a medical grade fish oil such as our Mega Omega.
Source: The content of favorable and unfavorable polyunsaturated fatty acids found in commonly eaten fish.
All vitamin Ks are not the same.
The vitamin K2 form of vitamin K has been shown to decrease the risk of cardiovascular disease by reducing coronary calcification more effectively than vitamin K1.
The Institute for Progressive Medicine carries a liquid vitamin K2 suppelment, making it easy to reach higher doses often prescribed by integrative physicians.
Source: High dietary menaquinone intake is associated with reduced coronary calcification.
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Greetings Sober Blog Citizens! It is I, your resident church lady, come to judge your beverages choices.
So we're at the beach this weekend. Even though I had yesterday off (Veterans Day) we were a bit late in leaving town due to an UNFORTUNATE CAT SITUATION. Whereby one of my cats had gotten himself a gash (possibly another cat, however our squirrels are quite militant, so one never knows) and had to be patched up at the vet, an all day gig.
So we arrive in downtown Florence at about 7, in plenty of time to listen to the Piano Lady at one of our favorite restaurants, playing the sweet sounds of the 70s and 80s in a way that really makes you want to sing along. I didn't. I wanted to, but in deference to other guests dining I held back.
Aaaand we're finishing up our delightful meal of crab-stuffed mushrooms, fish and chips (trio of halibut, cod and salmon), and brulee cheesecake and then we get the bill. Guess what?? It's tiny because we don't buy booze. BOTTOM LINE. No hooch. Small check. End of story. So of course I've been watching the other diners swill their various beverages and I'm here to tell you THERE WERE MANY ALCOHOLIC ONES. So I'm gloating over our microscopic check and I said (to Mr. Betty):
Me: "If we had been drinking booze this tab would be double."
Mr. Betty:" Yep."
Me: "Cuz look at all these people who have had at LEAST 2 drinks each- see that lady, right there, two cocktails and her husband had a glass of wine and NOW he's having an Irish coffee. And see there??? A BOTTLE of champagne and beers aaaand, yep, an Irish coffee."
As I'm adding it up in my head, Mr. Betty says:
"Thank you, Alcohol Monitor."
And just like that, I turned into the Church Lady. Isn't that special???
Also there was couple next to us who were having a lovely time (at least one Irish coffee, check!), and asked us to take their picture and text to them (they left their phones in the hotel, not sure how you do that when phones are OBVIOUSLY ADHERED TO ONE'S HAND….) and I heard the husband tell the bus girl who was refilling his water glass that he was driving. As if he had to explain why he was sober and not swilling like everyone else. And- I don't know this so I'm just making shit up- one can imagine that he may possibly felt he wasn't having as good of a time since he was relegated to H20-only (I happen to know that this place has several nice NA options but who would think to ask when they consider themselves punished??) "Ooohh noooo, that's okaaayyyy, I'll just suck on a dishrag, thanks…" For two dollars, you can get totally jacked up on bottomless Coke (including/but not limited to cherry coke, ala "Roy Rogers"). Maybe he did not know that.
So apparently I'm ever-so-slightly judgmental… And I'm certainly not advocating judgy-ness (um, well, maybe just an itty bit..) But don't you think it's odd that Mr. Betty and I are odd humans out because we don't drink? Don't you find it a bit puzzling that non-drinkers are questioned and, in some cases, ridiculed for their choices? And more importantly don't you AGREE that the fish and chips trio (tres pescados!) is the way to go as opposed to the hazelnut encrusted halibut??
I understand that quitting drinking when it's entrenched in your lifestyle and social circle can be very tricky. Here are some common concerns and my response to them:
"Our friends that we used to drink with are coming over– what will they say if we're not drinking too??" I'm guessing they'll say MORE FOR ME, that's what I would have said when I was drinking.
"My friend has an important birthday/anniversary party, will I ruin it by not drinking?" No, you will ruin the party by getting too drunk on, say, whiskey and Guinness, and puking in the homeowner's only bathroom (ask me how I know this!)
"I don't want them to feel bad that I'm not drinking with them." By all means, let us set set ourselves alight such that others may TOAST A FUCKING MARSHMALLOW.
So I'll continue watching what others consume – silently totting up their bar tab and estimating their impending hangovers on the IHO (International Hangover) scale of One to KILL ME WITH A ROCK–partly because I'm sober and alert, largely because I'm a bit of an asshole. Meanwhile I'll sip my (non-Irish) coffee and wallow in my gratitude that I will never have to drink alcohol again. Nevahhhh! Isn't that special??


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By Andrew Mitchell
The first phase of the If Ullr Was a Girl contest wrapped up last week, with 10 professional skiers and snowboarders receiving invites to phase two, along with three pro contenders and three amateur contenders who will be taking part in the second phase of the contest.
Hundreds of girls submitted videos, photos and bios to the Whistler-Blackcomb contest, with people voting online for their favourites. On March 1, six girls were chosen to go head to head with the pros named last week. At that point the voting reopened with all 16 finalists, and will remain open until the contest wraps up on April 18 during the Telus World Ski and Snowboard Festival. New votes will count for a portion of the participants' overall scores, along with their performances in Stompede, a WSSF event, the Ullr Unleashed mountain culture exhibition, and a big mountain competition held in-bounds.
The winners of the open category are eligible to win a $25,000 prize purse, while the top amateur will win a professional photo shoot, inclusion in a DVD, new gear and a Whistler-Blackcomb season pass.
The pro skiers added to the roster are Sarah Burke, Grete Eliassen, Lynsey Dyer, Michelle Parker, and Jess Cumming, and the pro snowboarders are Leanne Pelosi, Silvia Mittmemuller, Bev Vuilleumier, Dominique Vallée, and Mercedes Nicolls.
The three finalists in the open category are Whistler's Vanessa Stark, Joanna Dzierzawski of South Lake, Tahoe, and Pip Hunt of Crested Butte, Colorado. The finalists in the amateur category were Angie Seeley of Sun Peaks, Ash Crist of Snowbird, Utah and Meredith Eades of Dewittville, Quebec.
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A snowboarder has filmed himself going airborne with the help of a one-of-a-kind drone specially built to carry his weight.
US filmmaker and video-blogger Casey Neistat shared the video of his custom-designed device to YouTube today.
"No one in the world sells a drone that can lift a human being, so we built our own," the video caption explains.
The video shows him pulling off an array of snowboarding stunts with the help of the giant drone, which is covered in bright LED.
Footage shows Mr Neistat – who is dressed as Santa Claus – being pulled up and down slopes, and then being lifted into the air at an estimated height of 7.6m.
The video, apparently filmed as a promotion for a Samsung 360 degree camera, has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times.
Mr Neistat has previously filmed himself snowboarding down a New York city street while tethered to a jeep.
READ MORE: 'Aussie legend's' drone video receives international acclaim
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Zvezdana Kovac - Can television build bridges?
Vicinities: can a TV show build bridges across borders?
In previous editions of this Media Brief, we have had as our main feature examples of commercial broadcasters and media companies doing what they do best: innovating in new digital media services, and investing in great European content. These examples illustrate the importance of our sector to the EU in the global digital economy, and the vital role of the EU's modern, flexible copyright regime.
Innovating, producing great content and providing economic growth are important aspects of the role of television. But our medium can do even more than that. So in this edition we are changing the subject somewhat, to remind ourselves and our readers of the powerful positive impact of the medium of television by featuring the extraordinary success of the show 'Okruzenje', or 'Vicinities'. Produced on a shoestring budget by NGOs and volunteers, this show is now broadcast across the Balkans, facilitating a direct dialogue among peoples who, only 20 years ago, were at war with one another.
ACT: So, what is the Vicinities project? Kovac: 12 shows and two special reports broadcast on eight TV stations across the Balkans (and we just added two more channels for next season!). The idea is that we bring together guests from around the region (four from Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Slovenia, Albania, Kosovo or the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) and discuss issues that affect life in the region.
ACT: But there are presumably some subjects from recent history that are too sensitive? Kovac: No, not at all. There are no taboos on Okruzenje – we've covered unemployment, gay rights, the region's relationship with the EU and language (which is a really sensitive subject in the region). And even the history of War Crimes and the recent rise of nationalism. We can do this because there is no hidden agenda, rather we are helping restore ties among neighbouring countries who in some cases still share a common language, and in all cases, many common concerns.
ACT: How has it been received by broadcasters and audiences? Kovac: We receive grants to produce the series and then offer it to partner broadcasters who must broadcast the show in its entirety, without any further editing. I signed a deal with an Albanian partner last month which means Okruzenje will now be broadcast in all the countries of the former Yugoslavia and in Albania. Audiences like the show and it keeps growing, up to 18 episodes this year, which means we can make a bigger impact. But already the impact on reconciliation and cross-border communication in the region has been significant, in fact very exciting! People from the region are talking with one another. And that is the point -- to get people talking. You can see our most recent promo, which has English subtitles and will give you a feel for our show, on our YouTube channel
"Working on this project, I can't help but feel motivated and inspired by the fact that countries which were in a bloody war until recently are ready to share a news TV programme!" Zvezdana Kovac, Editor in Chief, Okruzenje
"We have had very favourable reactions from viewers who asked when the season was over whether we would broadcast the show again." Hamid Rasiti, Programme Director, ALSAT-M Television, Skopje
"We do not have such a TV show in Europe. Vicinities contributes to reconciliation, changing people's mindsets."
Ulrike Lunacek, MEP and lead sponsor of a Parliament event praising Okruzenje
"What you are doing is much more than we can do from the European Parliament." Eduard Kukan, MEP and Chairman of the Delegation for Albania, BiH, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo
"It is that kind of (dis)course, the sorely needed breath of fresh air in our current TV news programmes, which the Vicinities series succeeded in establishing." Branka Otasevic, prominent TV critic, Belgrade
Coming Soon: Vicinities EuropeLater this year, the team behind Okruzenje will produce two pilot issues of Vicinities Europe, aiming to bring the Okruzenje format to a pan-European discussion, again among guests from four different countries and typically different walks of life. These shows will be produced in English, with guests discussing important issues which transcend national borders: migration, youth unemployment, climate change, etc. The idea arose from a presentation of the original Okruzenje show to Members of the European Parliament.
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Mike is CEO of Artem, a physical special effects company that is also involved with 3D scanning, 3D printing and robotic machining. Artem was established in 1988 and operates from workshops in West London and Glasgow so Mike has an appreciation of the issues outside the London area. He's a great enthusiast for the wider industry and can see a time where all its many facets work and co-operate more closely for the benefit of all.
He is a passionate believer in relevant training and its establishment with recognised standards, and sees a dialogue with the educational establishment and Skillset as critically important.
Mike sits on the British Screen Advisory Council and the Court of The University of Hertfordshire, as well as the Board of UK Screen and has been involved with the association since its inception.
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Potential students encouraged to enrol for Curtin Malaysia's degree intake, now extended to 15 August
Miri – 1 August 2018 – Curtin University, Malaysia (Curtin Malaysia) has extended its current mid-year (Semester 2) degree programmes intake to 15 August 2018 to cater to A-Level and other school leavers keen to enter its undergraduate programmes.
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17 thoughts on "Mother Earth, Ancient Mother."
Both this Mother Earth and your post are beautiful. I love the thought and dedication you've put into every detail. Truly, this is among the most lovely things I've ever seen. (:
She is stunning Christina! I love all the symbols you have incorporated into her. Such a beautiful work of art. Is she for an exhibition? or a shop? I cant stop looking at all the little things that surround her xx
You do great faces.
Such depth in that little character. Shows your heart I think.
Thank you to all who have been so kind to comment. Rather overwhelmed.
Breathtaking! I love all of your fine details. I have attempted needle felting and that is definitely one fiber art that I can't get the grasp of. I've had those needles pierce me one too many times.
She made me awww, such a beautiful piece. Your are so very talented. Thank you for sharing.


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Our customer's iMX508 board battery charge has problem when battery's voltage lower than 3.4v. Their PMIC is MC13892. With USB adapter connected, the board will boot up, u-boot will check battery's voltage, if battery's voltage lower than 3.5V, it will set charge current to 400mA. And then check real charge current whether higher than 300mA, if not, that mean MC13892 in trickle charge mode, which means charge current is about 80mA. It is MC13892 default setting for handling dad battery. At this situation, u-boot will shut down system and MC13892 will charge the battery in trickle charge mode. When battery voltage higher than 3.4V, MC13892 will turn on system, u-boot will check battery voltage and charge current, at this moment, the battery voltage is lower than 3.4V and charge current is still 80mA. And u-boot shut down the system again and MC13892 will power on system when battery voltage higher than 3.4V. It falls into infinite loop.
I got information from MC13892 expert, we should wait for 2 seconds to measure the charge current after we set 400mA charge current in u-boot code. I add 2 seconds delay between setting charge current and get charge current. I got two result. If I shorted D+/D-, after 2 seconds, I can see charge current increase to 400mA which let u-boot run and load kernel, every thing works find with battery charge function. But if I keep D+/D- floating, I cannot see charge current increase to 400mA after 2 seconds, it keep 80mA.
I dump all 64 PMIC registers which two conditions. Only one meaningful difference in reg[6], bit 10 CHRGSE1BS is "0" when D+/D- shorted, CHRGSE1BS is "1" when D+/D- floating. So that is the key point. I checked MC13892 spec, there is description:
"No distinction can be made between a USB Host or a wall charger. Therefore, when attaching a wall charger, the CHRGSE1B pin must be forced low as a charger attach indicator. The CHRGSE1B pin has a built-in weak pull-up to VCORE. In the application, this pin is preferably pulled low"
So if the CHRGSE1B is high, the charge current will limited to no more than 100mA which consider USB current limitation. Let's check customer's SCH.