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The Jewelers of America (JA), the Diamond Manufacturers & Importers Association of America (DMIA), the Jewelers Vigilance Committee (JVC) and other U.S. jewelry associations and companies have jointly developed and launched a new voluntary approach intended to strengthen the ethical sourcing and management of both rough and diamonds as they move through the diamond pipeline. The new Diamond Source Warranty Protocol aims to help individual businesses work toward a higher level of assurance and control by excluding diamonds from questionable sources, as determined by them.
"There is increased pressure in certain markets, including the United States - from the public, human rights groups and government - to bring greater transparency and accountability to the supply chains of jewelry and other products," says Matthew A. Runci, President and CEO of Jewelers of America. "The new Diamond Source Warranty Protocol is designed to be an effective tool to help businesses manage these issues and challenges in the context of their relationships with business partners and stakeholders."
The protocol is not meant for consumers, though retailers who obtain protocol warranties may choose to use such warranties as the basis for providing further assurance to their customers.
'Subject Sources'
According to the U.S. trade groups, retailers and their suppliers who choose to incorporate the protocol in their commercial arrangements will take the first steps toward gaining greater assurance that rough or polished diamonds used in their products were not obtained from questionable sources, referred to in the protocol as "subject sources."
Since the protocol does not specify what is or is not a subject source, individual companies that use the protocol must specify those sources they deem subject sources and inform their vendors.
The trade groups explain that individual companies may base their decision on what is considered subject sources on a number of factors, such as: protection of consumer confidence; concern over negative media attention; human rights abuses; and government action that bans or limits the use of products from a particular country or person(such as national or international sanctions).
Specified countries or persons can be indicated as subject sources in the protocol - even if rough diamonds from these sources can be exported and imported with KP certificates, notes the groups in a joint statement.
The Protocol and the KP
The Diamond Source Warranty Protocol will work alongside the Kimberley Process (KP), and industry participants may elect to incorporate the protocol into their contractual arrangements with vendors.
"The Kimberley Process has demonstrated its effectiveness in dealing with issues around conflict diamonds. It is unreasonable, however, to expect it to be a panacea for all issues and challenges throughout the diamond supply chain. As an industry, we share the legitimate concerns of consumers and governments and have a responsibility to work closely with them to develop solutions that are practical," says Ronald Friedman, President, DMIA. "While governments participating in the Kimberley Process continue to work to improve it, businesses that feel the need for additional assurance can now use the Diamond Source Warranty Protocol and begin to work with their suppliers to obtain that assurance."
Background on Protocol Development
Work on the protocol began in 2011. Several retailers provided significant input in the belief that the industry must work together to devise practical approaches that address the need for greater transparency and accountability in the diamond jewelry supply chain. The UK-based consultancy, Sustainable & Responsible Solutions Ltd, also contributed to the development of the protocol.
In August and September, retailers began discussions with select suppliers about use of the protocol in order to confirm its feasibility. The feedback has been positive, says the trade groups, with both retailers and suppliers recognizing that the protocol can be "a key tool toward continuous improvement of supply chain practices."
The Protocol and an accompanying Q&A are available for use by all industry participants, regardless of whether or not they are members of any particular trade organization. To download the documents, click on the links below:


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Today's rally
Went pretty well. It was nice to meet up with our neighbors on such a beautiful summer morning.
There was a lot of press there. Maria del Carmen Arroyo was there. She's the daughter of the Assemblywoman who sponsored the bill which alienated the park. I rudely and incorrectly attacked her for sponsoring the bill. My bad.
But, still. She has a lot of gall defending her efforts to try to work with community when it was her MOTHER who sold us out!

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Style Crush: Hailey Baldwin
Hello! My first post are gonna be a style crush: Hailey Baldwin! Cause she's a young, beautiful. talented and fashion killer.. I personally start to love her when she start to hang out with Justin Biber. And i discover her style i was (shocked in good way) impressed.! Her street style are so on point, they are to die for. Especial her edgy-gangsta look.
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Control Associates announced it has formed a joint venture with Proconex called Atlantic Valve Services.
This joint venture was created to complement the expanded product lines both companies now offer as a result of Emerson Automation Solutions recent acquisition of the Valves & Controls business unit of Pentair. Both Proconex and Control Associates recently expanded offerings extend beyond well-known brands like Fisher, Bettis, Virgo, EIM and Enardo, and added significant brands in pressure relief and isolation such as Anderson Greenwood, Crosby, Keystone, Vanessa, Clarkson and Yarway.
In support of the newly acquired product lines, Control Associates has expanded its ability to provide local access to Comprehensive Valve Services. Having recently obtained both the VR and T/O certifications from the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors, Control Associates is authorized to conduct repairs and modifications to pressure relief devices. The team recently developed a fully functional service trailer which allows field service technicians to pull directly up to a customer site and perform testing repair on safety relief valves from any manufacturer.
Included with the launch of Atlantic Valve Services is the acquisition of the former Pentair Service Operations and Factory Repair center located in Bridgeport, NJ. This acquisition adds to the service delivery capabilities of both Control Associates and Proconex, and provides Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern customers with 24-Hour Service, Pickup and Delivery, and Factory Trained Technicians. When combined with the already established capabilities of the Emerson Instrument and Valve Services operations in Burlington, NJ, Atlantic Valve Services further expands both companies ability to service any valve, anywhere.
Atlantic Valve Services will remain in the current 22,500 square foot facility in Bridgeport, NJ. The size and location enables a large local inventory of isolation and pressure relief valves to remain in stock. Additionally, support team personnel can work with customers to develop a customized list of spares to hold in inventory and make them readily available.
Test capabilities at the service center include, High Pressure Air Testing, Liquid Relief Valve Testing, Hydro Testing, Pressure/Vacuum, Pilot Valve and Rail Tank Car Relief Valve Stand.
We are excited to announce the launch of Atlantic Valve Services, and look forward to serving our customers with these expanded service capabilities said Terry Spaeth, President of Control Associates, Inc.
By working together with Control Associates on the formation of Atlantic Valve Services, both companies have been able to expand their service offerings and leverage our existing sales teams abilities to deliver Comprehensive Valve Services to our customers throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic market said John Otte, President of Proconex.
About Control Associates
Control Associates is the leading provider of automation, measurement, valves and process control in the NY metropolitan area. For over 80 years, Control Associates has provided customers with high performance solutions, industry expertise, lifecycle support, and technical training.
Our automation solutions are used in all process industries including pharmaceutical, specialty chemical, oil and gas distribution, pulp and paper, power, refining, pipeline, and municipal industries. We are dedicated to providing an exceptional customer experience in which expertise and collaboration come together 24/7, 365 days a year. www.control-associates.com
About Proconex
Founded almost 70 years ago, Proconexthe exclusive Emerson Impact Partner for Emerson Automation Solutions is a leading provider of automation, integration, and instrument services throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. This partnership connects our customers with world-class solutions, technical expertise, and factory certified personnel. Proconex operates three strategically located offices with a deep dedication to its 200 employees, a sharp focus on engineering excellence, and the drive to deliver a premier customer experience. For more information, visit www.proconexdirect.com
About Emerson Automation Solutions
Emerson Automation Solutions, with a strong leadership position in critical industries such as Oil & Gas, Chemical, Refining, Power and Life Sciences, is actively helping companies achieve top quartile performance in uncertain times and rapidly changing market conditions. www.emerson.com/en-us/automation-solutions


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... when I hit the superfecta. It's getting harder and harder to actually use those tens of thousands of airline miles accruing in our accounts. Extremely few seats are made available for award tickets, and some routes never seem to have award availability. Of course, when those seats are released, they're snatched up right away.
It's not like the good old days. I had one of the first Continental OnePass accounts back in the 80's — my account number begins AB — and you could always upgrade from Coach to First for 5,000 miles — any seat booked in any fare bucket. Once I was armed with a Continental MasterCard, I never flew Coach on Continental. Though the ability to use miles slowly tightened, I was always successful using miles to sit up front and pay coach prices. I could call an airline's 800#, give them my dates, and ask how I could use miles to upgrade my desired city pair. If all else failed, my favorite fallback was a 50% discount off any US Airways fare for 30,000 miles.
These days, awards seem to be few and far between. I have seriously reconsidered my strategy of using airline-branded credit cards to collect miles. Would it be better, I wondered, to get a 2% cash-back credit card? And then, when I was about to switch directions, I hit the superfecta. Like a pusher aware that his customer was about to break free from an addiction, the mileage gods conspired to give me four pure hits of success cashing in miles.
#1 — United/SAS to Oslo. I was scheduled to fly to Oslo on SAS this past October - an award ticket for 1 pax, one-way, in business. The morning of my departure, I checked the inbound flight and learned it was over 4 hours late. No good! I would misconnect and miss the beginning of my tour of Norway. I called United's Mileage Plus desk — it was the morning of my flight — and for 15K additional miles, UA flew me to LHR in First, then onward to OSL in business.
#2 — British Airways to London. My wife and I are traveling to England next fall. I've been checking British Air, Virgin Atlantic, and United possibilities on a periodic basis but without much hope; award space on nonstops from SFO to London is extremely rare. Delta Vacations was a more realistic hope, but their great bulk fares still aren't showing up for my dates for non-stop Virgin America flights.
Then I hit success with BA and its poorly designed award booking engine. Oh to be able to search award flights between any San Francisco area airport (SFO, OAK, SJC) and any London airport (LHR, LGW) in one search, but alas you cannot. I hit pay dirt by doing a search by month for OAK-LGW. I found a pair of business award seats for a set of dates close enough to my preferred dates that they would work. I was even able to use a Companion Certificate for my wife. Of course, BA socks award customers with a crazy amount of taxes and fees — and then charges for seat selection — but at the end of the day, we're flying to London in lie-flat business class for about the cost of flying Premium Economy on Norwegian.
#3 — Paris to Vienna. I'm doing site inspections in Paris for four days in April, then joining the Brownell 1887 Club trip to Vienna and Budapest. With my over-the-pond flights already taken care of. I just had to get from Paris to Vienna. My desired AirFrance flight was $157 in coach, $547 in First. For a 2-hour flight (gate-to-gate), I was planning to pluck down the $157, but on a lark, I checked Delta's award booking engine. I could book a Coach flight for 15,000 miles + 40€ tax. Then I checked First ... and it cost 25,000 miles + 40€. After transferring a few AMEX points to Delta to top off my account, I was immediately able to make the booking in First. SOLD!!!
#4 — San Francisco to Baltimore. I'll be traveling to Baltimore next May for Ourisman Travel's annual meeting of our team of nine travel professionals. I was surprised to learn that Alaska Airlines now flies this route non-stop (yay!). Though the round-trip fare in First is extremely reasonable, award seats were available for 130,000 miles round trip. I had to transfer some Diners Club points to Alaska to top off my account (it took 3 days with expedited service for the miles to appear), but I made that award booking this morning. (With just two rows in First, looks like this flight will be on Virgin America metal).
What's the moral of this story? I frankly don't know, but I guess I'll be playing the mileage game again in 2018.
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We had some family over to visit for the weekend recently. Over aglass or two of wine we were discussing kids, the news, health, work, the usual stuff. The couple both happen to be police officers. My wife's cousin told us about a particular incident she'd attended in which a teenage boy had hanged himself. It was her and her fellow officers duty to inform the boy's parents of this terrible, tragic news.They arrived at the house to let the parents know what had happened and offer support. When the door opened the parents were clearly distraught and in floods of tears. They already knew what had happened to their darling boy.Later it transpired that the parents had found out the news not only of their son's death but also the circumstances via their neighbour, who had in-turn found out on Facebook.Sometimes I think the Internet is the most wonderful of things. Other times I think it's the most terrible of things.
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- Nikkor AF-S 14-24mm ƒ/2.8G ED review
- Nikkor AF-S 200mm ƒ/2 ED VR review
- Nikkor AF-S 400mm ƒ/2.8G ED VR review
- Nikkor AF-S 500mm ƒ/4G ED VRII review
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Four new lens reviews by Thom Hogan
Thom's been rather busy, posting four lens reviews in pretty quick succession. The lenses he focuses on are exotic long telephotos, with one exception, the Nikkor 14-24mm ƒ/2.8 ED. The long teles are in keeping with his annual safari trips. Hit the links below for his excellent, honest reviews:
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Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology (ICT) Minister Mustafa Jabbar on Friday said Bangabandhu-1, the country's first satellite project, will be launched in between March 26 to March 31 from Cape Carnival Launch Pad in Florida, USA.
The minister came up with the deadline while addressing as the chief guest at a programme at BCC Auditorium at Agargaon Tower in the city over the development of the ICT sector in last four years.
Mustafa Jabbar also said the government will work to increase internet speed and reduce the price of internet data and ensure safe internet browsing.
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Oh! to spend a quiet afternoon just lazily fishing, with no mobile phones and a case of bottled beer sunk up to the neck in the chilled running river. The gentle babble of the interrupted waters as they weave their winsome way towards the rivers end. Is there anyone else who enjoys the twiddling of a bright feathered fly, the whirring of a well aimed cast and the sudden plop as it hits it's mark in that deeper place over there between those guarding rocks while swilling beer and waiting, waiting, waiting. Get a life Huckleberry there's always reruns of the X Factor and if the bottom falls out of your world…..televised cricket!
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Just a thought but the proposed date given for the
Freedom of the city parade 20 sept , not only clashes
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Guys, I have had an idea to get some photos together to prepare a reminiscence folder for visiting, to give men with dementia something to focus on and trigger their memory, would appreciate if you could either bring them in and I will scan them or email them to me. The gentleman I was talking about is in a care home in East Kilbride and he and his daughter would be grateful for a visit and if we could arrange a visit from the Padre also. I have facebooked Waring the information as I do not want to put any further personal information on here as it is an open site! Thanks guys! Lx
Just to let you know, I reported the dodgy lot collecting for Help for Heros to Helen Street Police Station, their conduct was absolutely out of order and one that I very much doubt would be the kind of image that Help for Heros would want to be connected with them! On another note I received a £20 donation tonight while visiting a friend Lorraine Wilson, Thanks Lorraine, very much appreciated. I will bring it back to the unit next week and we can add it in to the collection! I'm off, no time to waste need to get back to my training for the ropes!! Lx
Your very welcome Laura a mere £20 is nothing compaired to what these brave men & women sacrifice in order that I may live a free & safe life. God Bless them all xxx


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The second trimester is when you may start seeing an increase in low back pain, particularly around the SI Joint. This is due to relaxin's effect on the SI joint, causing it to loosen and become less stable as well as later in this trimester the postural shifts in the low back due to increased load of baby.
But wait, what is my SI Joint? This is the joint between the sacrum (the heart shaped bone at the base of the spine) and the illium bones (the pelvic bones that come around and meet either side of the sacrum in the low back). This is considered a joint because it is held together my connective tissue (tendons and ligaments) and the sacrum can move slightly in relationship to the pelvic bones.
Are you returning to your yoga practice postpartum? We recommend waiting till you get clearance from your care provider before returning to your regular fitness routine. And even after you get clearance you may find it takes some time to have that time, energy and drive to get back on your mat. Not to worry, start when you like and know that you have the support of short online postpartum yoga videos that can help support you get back into the swing of things and also do so with the small snippets of time your little one may be allowing you. Ready to go back to your regular yoga class? If you can, find a postpartum yoga class to attend in your area. If you can't, here are some tips for ways to modify your yoga practice to support your body.
Yoga is not something that requires fancy pants, or tops or a yoga mat really. Yoga is something you can do anywhere with very little. The great thing? There some wonderful yoga poses that you can do using the support of your wall. And guess what? Everyone's got one of those. You can do these with or without a yoga mat. Just make sure that if you're on a slippery surface you're in bare feet so you don't slide. Yoga at the wall during pregnancy can help give us that added support for balance that we most definitely need as baby gets bigger. It can also allow us to go deeper into poses we might not necessarily go into away from the wall. Whether you have a regular prenatal yoga practice and just want to change things up or are looking for some great poses to get your started for the first time in a prenatal yoga practice, these 5 poses are for you (p.s. do in them in order for a nice mini practice to start or end your day)!
Waiting for baby to arrive can be hard, waiting for baby to arrive after we've passed our due date can be even harder. I always like to tell students to think about it as a "due month" rather than a "due date." Anywhere from three weeks before to two weeks after your due date baby can arrive. This can take some of the pressure off that magical due date (on which only about 1% of babies are actually born!). With that in mind, once we pass our due date our care providers may start to encourage us to do things to get labor going. There's tons of tips and tricks out there but here are 3 quick things you can do that can help baby drop into position if that's what is keeping labor from starting.
Many mamas come to yoga for the first time during their pregnancy. Yoga is recommended by a care provider or a friend as a way to address some of the common discomforts that go along with inhabiting a pregnant body. It can also provide much needed mind-body practices that can help address stress and anxiety and potentially prepare one for childbirth. There are many folks though who have had a regular yoga practice up until the point of their pregnancy and want to continue doing their regular yoga classes. My advice? Definitely check out a prenatal yoga class or pregnancy yoga videos online this will give you an idea of what you can and can't do. And will also give you inspiration for modifications when you're in a class that is doing something not recommended for the pregnancy body. There are some general guidelines you can keep in mind in your practice:
Prenatal yoga core practie
Alright mamas, so we may all notice that as baby gets bigger and bigger we lose more and more of our abdominal support. It makes sense right? The abdominal muscles are stretching to make space for baby and can no longer support us in the same way the used to be able to. This means that finding other parts of our core for support becomes increasingly important in order to help support our backs during this time. This yoga practice for pregnancy is perfect to help teach you to engage your side waist (your obliques) and also your glutes to help give you core support and stability at this time. Give it a try!
New mamas, have you noticed how sore and tight your neck and shoulders are postpartum? This practice is for you! Hours upon hours of nursing/feeding our babies, rocking and holding and simply carrying them around wreaks havoc on our neck and shoulders. This quick little practice is the perfect daily practice to help unwind some of that tightness and help you manage some of the discomfort you're feeling. The great thing? This practice is also great for your partners too, because guess what? They're doing the same exact thing you are and I'll be they also are experiencing tightness in these areas. So make it a date! Sit down and do this practice together (once you finally get baby down to sleep!).
Let's face it, sometimes we are exhausted when we're pregnant...sometimes its hard to get up and down from the floor...or we may have limitations on the exercise we can do during our pregnancy...or maybe we work all day at a desk and need a practice we can bring to work to help us address the discomfort we're starting to feel from sitting all day. If any of these apply to you, this practice is for you! This is a prenatal yoga practice that you can easily do from your chair, whether sitting at home or sitting at work. All you need is you and a chair and 5 minutes. Got that? Let's go! Looking for other gentle practices to support you during your pregnancy? Visit our online yoga video subscription for more.
Have you ever gotten baby to FINALLY fall asleep and you realize you've got your hand, writs or arm in an awkward position? You don't want to move baby so you stay and then notice your hand or arm start to fall asleep. Sound familiar? I know this happened to me a lot especially in those first few months. We find that wrists get sore from holding, nursing, rocking and feeding our babies and then as our little ones get bigger we begin lifting and carrying them in ways that irritate our wrists. Its amazing how sore our wrists can be int he postpartum period. You'll love this 3 minute quick practice to help you address some of these issues and you'll find your wrists feeling better in no time (want more? visit our online yoga videos)!
A pelvic floor practice for new mamas
Let's face it, whether you've had your baby vaginally or via c-section, your pelvic floor will need attention postpartum. The simple fact that baby has been growing inside your belly for 9 months and gradually adding weight, and, therefore more pressure, to the pelvic floor means that pelvic floor muscles will be weak postpartum. Then if you had a vaginal birth with extended pushing or other trauma to the pelvic floor there is even more work to be done. The best thing you can do is start early, and practice often (and see a PT who specializes in pelvic floor!). This practice, once you have gotten clearance from your provider to being exercise, is a great one to add to your daily routine. Best thing? It takes just a few minutes. Need some more quick postpartum practices to add to your routine? Check out our series of online yoga videos!
Wisdom and insight with a dash of humor to help guide you on your journey through motherhood.
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The Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) uses the strategic planning process to establish a vision and mission and then to create a plan to fulfill that mission. Along this path ACBSP uses the process to formulate strategy, implement the strategy, evaluate progress, and make adjustments. Neither the plan nor the process is static.
Brief History
While there were elements of a strategic plan prior to 2004, the launch of the current strategic planning process began in 2004, with a newly formed taskforce, a relatively new management team, and the consulting services of Steven Worth, Plexus Consulting. The process started by asking attendees of regional meetings held during 2004 to help identify the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, weaknesses, and potential threats for ACBSP. Once a consensus was reached, the taskforce met in January 2005, to develop the first plan, comprised of a mission and vision document, which was released and distributed to the ACBSP membership. A companion action plan document was provided to members upon request.
In 2006, this taskforce became a standing committee and has met annually to review and update the plan. In 2008, the two separate documents were merged into one planning document. In 2010, the committee, which now had a number of new members, began the process of creating a new planning document, again using the services of Steven Worth, Plexus Consulting. The previous plan was used only as a reference.
The plan begins with a vision statement and a mission statement. The following are the current statements:
Vision: Every quality business program worldwide is accredited.
Mission: ACBSP promotes continuous improvement and recognizes excellence in the accreditation of business education programs around the world.
To accomplish the mission, ACBSP commits to ensuring that a series of guiding principles is reflected in any and all of the programs and initiatives it undertakes. The principles, listed in no certain order include:
The plan is further advanced by the development of goal statements. ACBSP currently has three goal statements:
I. Global Presence: Significantly increase ACBSP's presence worldwide
II. Accreditation: Continually improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the accreditation process
III. Awareness: Increase ACBSP's visibility in educational and business communities worldwide
All three were developed with deliberate thought and extensive discussion during the strategic planning process.
For each goal statement a series of strategic objectives are developed and action plans are established that will lead to the accomplishment of the strategic objectives. For instance, Goal I for Global Presence has five strategic objectives and one reads as follows:
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE A: Develop a long-term plan for accommodating worldwide growth and take actions to strengthen human resource needs, organizational focus, governance structure, and organizational infrastructure.
The final component is the development and reporting of action plans. The 50 action plan statements included in the current plan that describe the specific steps to implement the Strategic Objectives include separate components stating the individual or the group that is accountable for implementation, the resource requirements, a deadline for implementation, and a statement on how the results will be measured.
Each year the Strategic Planning Committee meets in Kansas City for two days as current ACBSP staff leads the standing committee through a review of the plan, setting aside components that have been completed or are no longer obtainable. Other components are updated and revised.
Following action by the Strategic Planning Committee, the plan is presented to the ACBSP Board of Directors for approval.
Following this approval, the different action plans in the approved plan document are divided into single units and released to various staff, governing boards, committees, and other groups for their comment or action during the year. The content of the individual action plans appears on the agendas of various meetings and is incorporated into the annual budgeting process.
A report of the actions and comments is provided to the Strategic Planning Committee each year at the beginning of their deliberations and as the first step in creating a revised and updated strategic plan. This process ensures the strategic planning process is not a static one.
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Animal Feed additives (AFA) are the materials of nutritional value that are fed to animals. It acts as vitamins for farm animals that get insufficient nutrients from regular meals.
The international market for AFA is growing tremendously because of the growing demand for meat and related products within the past few years.
Asia Pacific is expected to lead the international AFA Industry attributed by more number of farm animals in this region.
Major contributors in the Asian market include emerging markets like India and China. Europe is expected to remain at second place after Asia Pacific in terms of revenue generation. India, China, and Brazil contributed around 23% share in 2011 in the global market. This share is expected to rise to 39 percent by 2018. If you want to know more about animal feed visit http://www.kmuch.com/.
Increasing demand for protein rich meat and dairy products, industrialization in meat production, increasing rate of meat consumption, an outbreak of livestock diseases, and growing awareness about meat safety and quality are some critical factors driving the growth of the AFA market. By exploring http://www.kmuch.com/ you can find more about the fermented animal feed.
Regulatory structure and increasing cost of raw materials are a few significant challenges restraining the growth of this business. However, rising cost of natural feed products is creating some opportunities for the AFA.
The Worldwide AFA marketplace is categorized into two major classes:
• Nutritional feed additives
• Non-nutritional feed additives
Amino acids, minerals, and vitamins fall under the category of nutritional feed additives while hormones, antibiotics, enzymes, prebiotics and probiotics, immunomodulators, and feed acidifiers fall under the non-nutritional feed additives category. Nutritional feed additives provide essential nutrients in appropriate proportion.
Leading manufacturers in the AFA market are focusing on growth of business across areas and are setting up new plants for increasing the production capacity and product lines.


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Marco Tozzi - Fancy - Navy.. Fancy are a beautiful court shoe by Marco Tozzi. In a rich Navy Patent colour, Fancy will certainly get everyone talking. With a 7.5cm heel and a small platform sole at the front of the shoe, Fancy will give you the height, without taking away from the comfort.
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Another shot of the wonderful Becca.
A fairly run-of-the-mill headshot, but with such a wonderful subject each shot becomes extra-special.
This is quite a small section of a much wider shot, but hopefully the resolution doesn't detract from it too much.
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BC-SPCA Vancouver: Snow
By ArbutusWest, on Wednesday, January 20th, 2016
Allow me to introduce myself! I'm SNOW – a 5 Year old male Domestic Short Hair Cat, currently sheltered at the VANCOUVER SPCA.
Snow here! This silly boy entertains everyone he meets. He has an infectious purrsonality that is sure to keep you laughing and have your heart melting simultaneously. When we tell you that he's special needs, you probably won't believe us. Snow is completely deaf and significantly vision impaired. He's likely been this way since birth, so he's well-adapted. In fact, he chases those pesky pipe cleaner toys around better than the average feline. When his bum gets wiggling he almost always lands on his unsuspecting pipe cleaner target. Snow was transferred on our "Drives for Lives" program from Abbotsford in hopes of finding the purrfect home where he can knead to his heart's content. Our boy needs a safe indoor home with no other pets or small children as these can be scary for him since he might not see or hear them coming. His guardians will beed to find other ways to communicate with him. With Snow not being able to hear, his vocal abilities are quite impressive and his meow "hello" might be a little louder at times. Drop by the Vancouver SPCA and visit Snow today!


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Plummeting sales of anemia treatment Aranesp seemed to be slowing, but the year-over-year change in the fourth quarter increased again.
Year-over-year (decrease) in Aranesp sales
Source: Company press releases.
*Returns adjustment of $54 million removed from year-over-year comparison.
Despite the lower sales of the former big seller, revenue for the quarter remained flat as anti-inflammatory Enbrel, a top seller, managed a 6.6% increase -- that beat Johnson & Johnson's
The bottom line looked better, but it takes a moment to figure out what's going on. On a GAAP basis, diluted earnings per share were $0.91, up 19.7%. Taking out various non-cash charges related to past acquisitions, adjusted EPS were $1.04, up 7.2%. Further taking out stock option expenses, adjusted-adjusted EPS were $1.06, up 6%. Amgen provided all three numbers. For the year, GAAP-diluted EPS was up 28.3% to $3.90, and "double-adjusted" EPS was up 6% to $4.55.
You know, it would be so much simpler if companies didn't try to show how things would be if you take out various charges mandated by generally accepted accounting principles.
Next year doesn't look quite as good. Earnings are expected to be between $4.04 to $4.31 (GAAP) or $4.55 to $4.75 (double-adjusted). That's not very much growth, no matter what you do to adjust the numbers.
While the company's revenue and earnings numbers are fun to analyze, Amgen's share price this year is likely to be determined by a drug that's not even on the market yet. Its osteoporosis treatment denosumab has blockbuster potential, as long as it can get by the Food and Drug Administration in October -- or perhaps earlier, if the company can get a priority review. It's also looking for an international marketing partner and is expecting data for using the drug to treat bone loss in cancer patients later this year. Both situations could give shares an added boost.
Amgen's anemic growth won't last forever, but investors who buy now are going to have to be patient.
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The first week of February has traditionally been a very interesting week a little event known as the Mobile World Congress used to start in the middle of the month back then (not at the end like now) and the rumor mill went in overdrive those few days.
Come back in time with us to look at the rumors from back in the day through eyes that have the benefit of hindsight.
The infamous Burning Platform memo had been published and Nokia's path was clear drop Symbian, bet the house on Windows Phone. Eventually in 2012 it became clear that the fan-favorite smartphone OS will be discontinued, but at least rumors promised one last great hurrah.
That same week we saw the silhouette of a Nokia 803 and heard plenty of talk how it will have the biggest camera sensor of any mobile phone. We remember chalking off the talk of a 41MP camera to wishful thinking. And we also remember the geek chills we felt when Nokia actually trotted out a 41MP cameraphone on stage, the Nokia 808 (close enough).
The Nokia 808 PureView will always be one of our favorite camera phones, but Symbian's path was nearing its end.
That week back in 2012, Nokia was rolling out the Belle update for Symbian^3 devices, but the battle had already been lost. Windows Phone 8 appeared on video giving us the first taste of Nokia's current hopes and dreams.
The smartphone OS that put an end to Symbian's domination and currently far outstrips Windows Phone was going through changes of its own Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich was out and Google just announced that it had secured 1% of the market. ICS marked a turning point in Android's interface design by introducing Holo, but the old school Gingerbread had a massive 60% share of the market.
Going back one year further to February 2011, we find an excited GSMArena team handling the LG Optimus 2X for the first time. It was the first phone to feature a dual-core processor and LG used that new found power to enable 1080p video capture on a phone, another first.
Could it have been so soon? These days we get octa-cores and UHD video, but back then the Tegra 2 chipset was a big deal. A bit later on we found that 720p video shot with the Optimus 2X was better than the 1080p video. Oh well, first steps.
This week in February is something special for cameras the Nokia 808 rumors, the Optimus 2X video camera and, of course, the Optimus 3D. The phone boasted a camera that could snap 3D photos and videos and while details at the time were scarce, it fed into the 3D craze started by Avatar. Looking back at it, it's almost surprising (but not really) how quickly this fad died.
Turn the clock back another year and we arrive before Symbian^3 was a thing. Nokia had just finished up buying out all other shareholders in Symbian, open-sourced it and made it available for download.
Maemo was another open source OS Nokia was using at the time and we excitedly expected its next iteration. If only we had known what would happen to Maemo, later turned into MeeGo, then into Tizen.
At least Nokia's Ovi Maps were doing okay, scoring 1.4 million downloads in a week. The Ovi Maps service may have underwent several rebrandings (it's now HERE Maps), but it outlived both Symbian and Maemo.
Do you remember the Toshiba TG01? We do it was the first phone with a powerful Snapdragon chipset with a 1GHz processor (a first), featured a large, sharp screen (4.1" WVGA was really impressive in 2009) and was super slim at 9.9mm.
The concrete numbers sound boring today, but this was the first phone that defined the formula large screen, powerful chipset, thin chassis. Today's oversized flagships owe the TG01 a debt, even if Toshiba never made it big on the smartphone market.
While the Toshiba TG01 set our brains on fire with its awesome specs, a modest HTC Dream was unveiled. Its specs don't even come close to that of the TG01, but it was HTC's first Android phone to bear the company's own logo. It was essentially the T-Mobile G1, which was also made by HTC.
While the company is in a financial pickle now, it has produced some of the best Android smartphones over the years and this is where it all started.
"Talk about big" boasts an Apple ad from early February 2008. An iPhone with 16GB storage was a big jump in built-in storage the Toshiba above came a year later and had only 512MB, while the HTC Dream had even less.
With that in mind, we don't mean to sound ungrateful but very often today 16GB built-in storage is insufficient. You see, smartphone OSes back in 2008 ate a lot less of the built-in storage and the iPhone had no high-resolution camera with 1080p video recording (or any video recording) to dwindle the storage further.
But you have to admit that six years later iPhones still come with 16GB storage by default and upgrades are costly. Flash storage technology certainly did not take nap for half a decade.
Quote: "Nothing will ever be better than Symbian. Just ask the N$A." Wrong. Ask any woman and she'll tell you by dropping the 'm' in Symbian, women can't get better than a Sybian.
And still htc best android phone ever
aah Symbian. I used Symbian on X3,5228 and 700 (Zeta). They discontinued it but still greater platform than WP.


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Rowena Ravenclaw had a Diadem that bestowed wisdom upon the wearer. This diadem was later on found by Voldemort and made into a horcrux. Harry later on found the diadem in the Room of Requirement, which was then destroyed by Crabbe's Fiendfyre. He found the Diadem by talking to the ghost of Ravenclaw's daughter, Helena Ravenclaw, also known as the Grey Lady.


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Introduction to Columbia, Mississippi
Columbia, Mississippi, in Marion county, is 75 miles S of Jackson, Mississippi and 90 miles N of New Orleans, Louisiana.
Columbia History
Columbia was first settled in by Europeans in the early 1800s by John and William Lot. It was originally named Lott's Bluff. It was incorporated on June 25, 1819, when it adopted its current name. Columbia is the fourth oldest municipality of Mississippi. In November, 1821, it became the temporary capital of the state, which it held the title of until 1822.
Columbia and nearby Attractions
- Columbia Water Park
- Westerfield Little League Ball Park
- Columbia Country Club
- Paul B. Johnson State Park
- Percy Quin State Park
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The Columbia Country Club is also apt for the golf lovers. The Columbia Valley Methodist Church, North Columbia Baptist Church, Columbia Presbyterian Church and North Columbia Church of God are some of the local churches. The city also hosts the Legends of Bluegrass and Country Music Festival every year.
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Jackson International is the nearest major airport.
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BSB opens back catalogue to encourage bakery youngsters
The British Society of Baking (BSB) is opening up its past papers to all as it launches a new website.
The move comes in a bid to encourage younger bakers to use the information and nurture upcoming talent.
The papers will be free for all to view, and were previously only accessible to members, who pay £60 a year.
Mike Bagshaw, BSB chairman, said: "It is effective almost as of now. It is open to anybody to come and look through the back catalogue and we want youngsters to use them.
"The internet is so good now – you can Google anything – so we said why not make it free?
"We are trying to work hard with other organisations like the Alliance for Bakery Students & Trainees and the Craft Bakers' Association – we are trying to get more commercial to help youngsters."
The website can be found here at: http://britishsocietyofbaking.org.uk/
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I find it difficult to be an atheist, because it indeed is more honest but it's a bit darker and lonelier out there in the universe when you don't have that thought that there's a sky god watching over you. I know there is not a god, and if there is and I happen to be wrong, he does not deserve my worship nor my admirance or fealty.
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The amount of pain in this is obviously clear and even though many of us have different life paths and faiths or beliefs or moral codes and ect, I feel like in some way or another, at some time in our lives everyone will know exactly what these shoes feel like. Not that I wish this upon anyone out there, but sometimes you're better off for it once you've healed and grown from it, y'know? While I believe this is a great way to introduce this feeling, I can't wait to see where it takes you and what new pieces you will create from the growth and ashes of this momentary disappointment and wonder.


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The race to loft a three-person spaceship on a suborbital flight twice in two weeks will be won by the end of the summer, the competition's founder said Wednesday.
Peter Diamandis, chairman of the international X Prize competition to build and launch reusable spaceships, announced that the race will most likely be won in mere months.
"We do expect the X Prize to be captured within three to five months," Diamandis said during a presentation here before the 41st Space Congress.
The X Prize is a competition between 27 teams across seven countries to design, build and develop a craft capable of launching three people 62.5 miles (100 kilometers) into space, returning them safely, then repeating the feat with the same vehicle within two weeks. The first team to make such a flight wins a $10 million purse, though the entrants have spent more than $50 million to develop their vehicles.
So far, the leader appears to be SpaceShipOne, an entry led by aerospace engineer Burt Rutan and his company Scaled Composites. With a launch license already in hand, and several test flights under his belt, Rutan appears poised to snag the X Prize. But Diamandis added that other teams are also well on their way, including the Canadian Da Vinci team headed by Brian Feeney, which has secured a launch license in Canada. Read More
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In case you didn't know, the greatest pipe competition in the history of skiing just went down under the lights in Aspen, Colorado at Winter X Games 13.
In a pipe that Tanner Hall called "one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen," the level of skiing displayed tonight was simply put...too amazing for words.
The 22-foot walls made tonight's event bigger, smoother and wilder than any of the past historical superpipe events in the history of X Games. Not since the first big halfpipe event at X where Candide Thovex and CR Johnson put skiing on the map with their iconic runs was such an incredible night of pipe skiing ever witnessed.
Xavier Bertoni
Cutting straight to the point, tonight was Xavier Bertoni's night. The soft spoken and extremely polite young man from La Clusaz, France (home of Candide Thovex) reigned supreme over all, winning the first major event of his career, which is no doubt going to be a long and illustrious one. Xavier roared down the pipe going faster and bigger than perhaps anyone but Simon Dumont, and in the process took centre stage in the endless back and forth battle between Tanner and Simon that has been so prominent at X Games over the past five years. His combination of left and right 9's, 10's, 12's and seemingly everything else in between along with some of the biggest switch hits ever seen landed him on top of the podium with a smile as big as his airs.
Xavier Bertoni
Right behind him though was the man himself, Tanner Hall, who was throwing consistently massive doubles on his first hit all night, along with left and right 9's, a gigantic 12, his trademark alley-oop flatpin 3's and a switch 7 at the bottom...all with shifties galore. And when it was all said and done, Tanner again proved that he is the most stoked, classy and gracious athlete in the business, by being just as stoked as Xavier and perhaps even more stoked for the Frenchman than tonight's gold medalist was himself. Check out our latest and greatest episode of NSTV below to see what I mean.
Tanner Hall
Rounding out the podium was Simon Dumont, who again and as always was going huger than anyone in the field. The highlight of his run was the most picture perfect 12 ever done, and was so smooth it looked like a 9. The Dumont complemented this feat with a smattering of left and right 9's and a dialed-in switch 10 at the bottom amongst a plethora of other flawless tricks.
Simon Dumont
In a more than respectable fourth place with Justin Dorey, who after putting down a solid first run did his finest to better it, but unfortunately ran into a spot of trouble via popping too hard on his second hits and losing some much needed speed. It is without a shadow of a doubt though that J-Bone will be the man to beat in the future, and with the final Dew Tour stop just around the corner and Dorey in a dead heat with Tanner for overall points, it might be as soon as next month when he may take home the biggest prize of his career.
Justin Dorey
Taking home fifth place was Colby West, who put down some of the most amazing pipe runs of his life with huge airs to boot, proving that he is one of the hardest working and most well-rounded freeskiers on the globe.
Colby West
Right behind him was rookie of year Duncan Adams, whose Stefan Thomas-reminiscent style is more smooth and relaxed than anyone I've ever seen. Needless to say, he continues to be one to watch.
Duncan Adams
In seventh was the turbo consistent and ultra technical AJ Kemmpainen from Finland, who as time goes on will without question prove himself to be one the best pipe skiers in the world, although it wouldn't be too much of a stretch to place him in that category already.
AJ Kemmpainen
And last but certainly not least with Xavier's French counterpart Kevin Rolland, who showed everyone who was boss in practice by learning doubles on the spot, and stomping them in the middle of his runs. To the dismay of all he unfortunately couldn't hold it all together in finals though, crashing on his all three of his runs but going as big as Dumont and Xavier in the process.
Kevin Rolland
That's all from tonight's men's superpipe finals. Keep your eyes glued to the site over the next few days as tomorrow will see another round of practice for slopestyle before the ladies take their turn in the massive stunt ditch at tomorrow night's women's superpipe finals. Hang tight, and check out the newest episode of NSTV below.
1) Xavier Bertoni - 93.66
2) Tanner Hall - 92.00
3) Simon Dumont - 91.00
4) Justin Dorey - 83.33
5) Colby West - 79.33
6) Duncan Adams - 74.66
7) AJ Kemppainen - 72.33
8) Kevin Rolland - 50.00
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These days, financial markets are bigger and more powerful than governments
Garten: Have Financiers and Traders Grown Complacent?
Unless the lessons of history are irrelevant, it's a fantasy to think that markets can police themselves.
By Jeffrey E. Garten/Newsweek
Emotions ran high at last week's meeting of G-7 finance ministers in Essen, Germany. Euro-zone officials were annoyed with their Japanese counterparts because the yen had sunk to all-time lows against the euro, signaling trouble for the Continent's exporters. Tokyo sniped that the euro was buoyed mainly by European Central Bank interest rate rises. U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson pooh-poohed Europe's charges against Japan, attributing the weak yen to market forces. But Paulson then pointed a finger at Beijing for not revaluing fast enough. In other words, everyone was mad at everyone else.
You would have thought that Wall Street, the City of London, and other financial centers would have paid more attention to the fireworks. After all, currency tensions can be an early warning of broader troubles. In the late 1980s, for example, squabbling among the United States, Japan and Germany over the relative values of the dollar, yen and D-mark was a precursor to the 1987 global stock-market crash. Could it be that today's financiers and traders, enjoying several uninterrupted years without a crisis, have grown complacent?
I think it's something else—namely the fact that markets have become so much bigger and more powerful than governments. According to a recent McKinsey study, in 1980 the size of the global capital market was about equal to global GDP. By 2005, the market had grown to roughly three times world GDP, or $140 trillion, and within three years from now it is expected to grow to $228 trillion. Looked at another way, the size of the global capital market is about 70 times the combined foreign exchange reserves of China and Japan, by far the world's two largest holders. Moreover, there has been a dramatic increase these past few years in virtually every asset class including stocks and bonds, foreign exchange, foreign investment, derivatives, private equity and hedge funds.
There's another reason that Wall Street doesn't take government pronouncements seriously: the disconnect between words and actions. The markets know that when public officials bicker over exchange rates, it's just hot air unless treasuries and central banks intervene to prop up or push down currencies. Likewise, when the politicians bang on about the dangers of long-term financial imbalances, it means nothing to traders unless it's followed by legislation to change taxes. Right now, such policy measures aren't being taken, either because of lack of political will, or because ministers are quietly satisfied with the status quo.
It's hard to blame bankers, traders, and institutional investors for discounting what governments say. After all, while politicians have been wringing their hands over trade imbalances, the financial circulatory system has smoothly recycled hoards of savings from Asia to plug America's deficits. As officials scream about protectionism, the markets are integrating China, India and other emerging markets into the global economy quicker than anyone would have imagined.
The problem here is that private and public power are completely out of synch—and getting more so every day. No one really knows what kinds of dangerous liabilities are mounting in the capital markets, in which institutions they reside, or how big the risks are. Complex hedging instruments like default swaps and collateralized debt obligations are multiplying faster than anyone's ability to track them. There is a high probability that in today's desperate search for yield, capital markets are underpricing all manner of new lending, while moving into many areas that are beyond the purview of the effective regulation. Unless the lessons of history are irrelevant, it is a fantasy to think that markets can police themselves.
It doesn't help that national governments have differing views on key questions like accounting standards, securities laws or how to monitor hedge funds. This lack of consensus is a serious deficiency, because it will take more than sound national regulation to oversee the integrated global financial system; in fact, it will require a degree of international collaboration and financial leadership that is nowhere in sight.
If the G-7 meetings are a side show today, they are likely to become even more so in the years ahead. The past implies that only a major economic debacle can motivate governments to reassert their legitimate and necessary regulatory authority. That's what happened after the Great Depression, after World War II, and after the U.S. delinked the dollar from gold in 1971, ushering in an era of floating exchange rates and new monetary arrangements. Sadly, it seems we will have to wait for another calamity to bring public and private power back into balance.
(Garten is the Juan Trippe professor of international trade and finance at the Yale School of Management.)


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HONOLULU — Maya Soetoro-Ng, sister of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, will be making an appearance on behalf of her brother at the Big Island Democratic Party's Grand Rally on Friday at Mooheau Park in Hilo.
Soetoro-Ng is expected to arrive at the event at approximately 6 p.m., Obama campaign officials said.
On Sunday, Sept. 21, at 7:30 a.m., Soetoro-Ng will attend the Democratic Party of Hawaii's Unity Breakfast at Ala Moana Hotel.
Ray Buenaventura, originally a Pledged Delegate for Hillary Clinton from California's CD-12 (including Daly City!), sporting his custom made Filipinos for Obama shirt. We are United for Change! Ray's image was featured on CNN's broadcast of Barack Obama's speech.
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KGMB reporter Keahi Tucker caught up with Kelly Hu & Daniel Dae Kim at the Pepsi Convention Center following Joe Biden's speech.
"The stars have come out in Denver.
People have spotted Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, comedians Seth Meyers and Sarah Silverman.
Ashanti performed at a local club. Oscar award winning actor Richard Dreyfuss even made an appearance live on our sunrise program.
Local-born actress Kelly Hu and current resident Daniel Dae Kim spoke with Keahi."
Watch it here.
Kelly Hu and Daniel Dae Kim Cheer the Convention Speakers with the Hawaii Delegation at Invesco Field on Day 4 of the Democratic National Convention
Listen to Ramey Ko share his thoughts on the final day of the Democratic National Convention in Denver as he heads to the airport to fly home to Austin.
Courtesy of TIME Magazine Photo Essay, Backstage with Barack
Listen to this live report from Invesco Field on Day 4 of the Democratic National Convention in Denver.
Listen to this wrap up of the speakers and convention business on Day 3, including discussion of speeches by President Bill Clinton, Sen. John Kerry, Tammy Duckworth, and our new Vice Presidential nominee, Sen. Joe Biden.
Tammy Duckworth, Director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs, and former Democratic candidate for Congress, will lead off the final hour of tonight's Democratic National Convention program, speaking about military policy and veterans care.
Thai American Duckworth graduated from McKinley High School in Honolulu, the same alma mater of Sen. Dan Inouye, and also from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa.
Duckworth lost both of her legs in November 2004 due to injuries she suffered when the Black Hawk helicopter she was piloting north of Baghdad was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade hit the cockpit.
Her remarks as prepared for delivery are below:
Four years ago, I was co-piloting a Blackhawk helicopter north of Baghdad when a rocket-propelled grenade struck the cockpit. My buddies carried my body out not knowing if I was dead or alive. They knew the soldier's creed: never leave a fallen comrade behind. They lived up to it. They risked their own lives to save mine. Because of them, I am here today, an Iraq war veteran, a female helicopter pilot and a wounded warrior-living in a country where people with disabilities have rights. Because of them, I am here today, an Asian American, a Daughter of the American Revolution as well as a daughter of an immigrant.
Acts of courage like theirs happen everywhere American troops serve. They are happening right now. I know that-so does my family. My father served in Vietnam, my brother served in the Coast Guard, my husband just returned from Operation Iraqi Freedom. We served because we believe in this great nation and the opportunities it has given us. And because our service members support us, we must always keep the faith with them.
The administration of George Bush-supported by John McCain every step of the way-has let our warriors down. Our troops are courageous, strong and fierce. This administration has re-deployed them until they are overstretched, stressed and strained.
Our warriors should fight in Afghanistan where al-Qaida and the Taliban are on the offensive.
But instead of destroying the enemies who attacked us on 9/11, we have diverted our military might to Iraq, which had nothing to do with 9/11. When our warriors come home they deserve the best VA medical care, but too often they get bureaucracy, not benefits. They find inadequate access, inferior facilities and infuriating paperwork.
And now, John McCain wants to ration care. Under his plan, the VA will serve combat injuries, but everyone else gets an insurance card. Barack Obama and the Democrats have a different idea. Barack Obama will live up to their tradition of honor and sacrifice. Barack Obama will use war not as a first choice, but a last resort. Barack Obama understands that for a commander-in- chief to support the military, he needs more than a "Mission Accomplished" banner, more than wearing a borrowed flight suit, and definitely more than four more years of the same failed foreign policy.
President Obama will restore the might of the military, invest in our troops and only send our sons and daughters to war if they have a clearly defined mission and the tools they need to succeed.
I speak from more than a gut feeling on this. I know Barack Obama. I met him when he visited me and other wounded troops at Walter Reed. He came without reporters. He wasn't looking for credit. He just cared about how we were doing. He knew that wherever you stand on the war, you must love the warrior, and he does.
I testified before his committee; I listened to him talk, but then I watched what he did and how he voted. As a Senator, Barack Obama worked to improve the lives of all our veterans. He fought to fix our rundown hospitals. He fought to cut through the red tape. Unlike John McCain, Barack Obama fought for a new GI bill-and won-so that every veteran has the same opportunity to pursue their American dream just like his grandfather had after World War II. So I know what he'll do as president.
An America with President Obama will have a 21st century VA. He'll improve access to health care. He'll speed up disability claims. He'll increase services for nationwide post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injuries as we have already done in Illinois under Governor Blagojevich's leadership.
And Barack Obama will have a simple principle for homeless veterans: zero tolerance, because we are all dishonored when those who've worn the uniform sleep on our streets. But here's what he won't do: President Obama will reject John McCain's plan to privatize the VA system. We won't force veterans to search for medical care with nothing but a plastic card and the promise of payment. We won't have means testing for access to the VA. Why? Because Barack Obama knows this: no one asked us where we lived or how much money we had when we enlisted, and no one should ask us that after we've bled for our country.
Fellow Democrats, fellow Americans: I believe in this nation that I love more than my own life.
Today we have an opportunity to honor our military men and women by living up to that soldier's creed. Today we have an opportunity to give our veterans the benefits they rightfully earned. Today we have the opportunity to change our relations with the world.
I believe that America will elect the leader who has always fought to keep our nation's promise to our veterans. I believe America will elect the leader who can best keep this nation strong.
Barack Obama is right for our military. Barack Obama is right for our veterans. Barack Obama is right for our country. And that's why Barack Obama will be our next commander-in-chief.
God bless you, and always, God bless America.
Below is a short video on veterans featuring Tammy Duckworth that also played at the Convention:
In a widely anticipated procedural move initiated by Sen. Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama was minutes ago nominated by the delegates of the Democratic National Convention to be the party's nominee for President of the United States.
The motion followed a roll call in alphabetical order of our states up to New Mexico, at which point, New Mexico yielded the floor to Illinois, which in turn yielded the floor to New York and Sen. Clinton's motion to approve Sen. Obama as our nominee by acclamation.
"Sen. Barack Obama accepts the nomination," said Speaker Pelosi.
Listen to Ramey Ko's moblog post right below as he calls in while the nomination was being brought to close.
Listen to this latest post from Ramey Ko wrapping up Day 3 of the Democratic National Convention in Denver.
Maya & the Hawai'i delegation on KGMB.
Hawaii teacher Maya Soetoro-Ng took center stage yesterday at the Democratic National Convention, making the transition to sought-after political speaker.
Sen. Barack Obama's half sister profiled him for the party faithful at the Pepsi Center, saying his strength was derived from their mother, Stanley Ann Dunham.
From her, she said, they learned that "with a little imagination, we could dream the improbable, that through hard work, we could accomplish the extraordinary."
Full story here.
"It's an honor to be here tonight, and it's been an honor to meet so many of you across this country and hear your stories.
Listen to Ramey Ko as he shares his thoughts on Michelle Obama's speech and the end of Day One of the Democratic National Convention in Denver.
Ramey discusses speeches by Barack's sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, and Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. from the floor of the Democratic National Convention in Denver.
Listen to this moblog report from the APA Power Hours hosted by the Asian American Action Fund at the Democratic National Convention in Denver.
Listen to Ramey's moblog on the AAPI Caucus meeting on Day 1 of the Democratic National Convention in Denver.
Nice stories leading up to her speech tonight. . .
Reflections on growing up with Obama
Obama relatives to tell his story to the public
Listen to this latest post recorded shortly after arriving in Denver.
Ramey talks about his feelings of anticipation while waiting for his flight to Denver.


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By Robert Kagan
Sunday, January 23, 2005; Page B07
The most significant thing about President Bush's inaugural address was the word he did not utter: terror. Until now the war on terrorism has been the administration's foreign policy paradigm, giving unity and coherence to disparate and morally contradictory policies: promoting democracy in the Middle East, for instance, while ignoring undemocratic practices in Russia and China. One would have expected Bush to make the war on terrorism the theme of his address.
That he did not shows a remarkable evolution in Bush's thinking over the past half-decade. That evolution has gone through three phases. The first was realist retrenchment. Bush came to office intending to pull America back from what he, his advisers, most Republicans in Congress and most conservatives regarded as the moralistic, "humanitarian" excesses of the Clinton years. He would pursue the "national interest" narrowly defined, with a far more selective approach to involvement overseas.
Then came the attacks of Sept. 11 and Bush's second foreign policy phase: the war on terrorism. He led the United States back to global involvement on a Cold War scale and with the Cold War's moral fervor (if not with the Cold War's attention to alliances.) He also came to believe that the struggle against radical Islamic terrorism required democratic reform and even nation-building in the Muslim world. This conviction, bolstered by the successful elections in Afghanistan, blended Bush's earlier realism and his burgeoning idealism. The moralistic policy of promoting democracy in the Middle East derived from hard-headed calculations of American security interests, as did the alliance with authoritarian regimes in Moscow and Beijing.
Bush still asserts that "America's vital interests and our deepest beliefs are now one." But in his inaugural address he has taken a step beyond that. In this third phase he has grounded American foreign policy in universal principles, in the Declaration of Independence and what Lincoln called its "abstract truth, applicable to all men at all times." The goal of American foreign policy is now to spread democracy, for its own sake, for reasons that transcend specific threats. In short, Bush has unmoored his foreign policy from the war on terrorism.
This is where Bush may lose the support of most old-fashioned conservatives. His goals are now the antithesis of conservatism. They are revolutionary. But of course -- and this is what American conservatives have generally been loath to admit -- Bush's goals are also deeply American, for the United States is a revolutionary power. Bush has found his way back to the core, universalist principles that have usually shaped American foreign policy, regardless of the nature of the threat. "The great struggle of the epoch [is] between liberty and despotism," James Madison asserted in 1823, and Americans from the founders onward have viewed the world in terms of that struggle.
Many will take a cynical view of Bush's latest pronouncements, and cynicism is an understandable response. Truman's 1947 declaration that "It must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples" was soon followed by close ties with Spain's fascist dictator, Francisco Franco. Kennedy's inaugural pledge to "pay any price, bear any burden . . . to assure the survival and the success of liberty" did not keep him from supporting friendly dictators in Latin America. And when Reagan announced a "global campaign for freedom" in 1982, he had the Soviet bloc in mind, not Ferdinand Marcos, Augusto Pinochet or the military junta in South Korea.
But presidential rhetoric has consequences. Contrary to his initial instincts, Reagan wound up pulling the rug out from under those friendly dictators, propelled by his own publicly stated democratic principles. Bush may be thinking about Iran and some Arab dictatorships, not China. But the next time China locks up a dissident, or Vladimir Putin further curtails Russian freedoms, people will remind Bush about his promise that "America will not pretend that jailed dissidents prefer their chains."
I believe Bush understands the implications of his universalist rhetoric. In Ukraine, Bush chose democracy over his relationship with Putin -- a first example of a paradigm beyond the war on terrorism. In Asia, too, we may be on the threshold of a strategic reevaluation that places democratic allies, not China, at the core of American strategy.
The fight against terrorists must still remain the overriding focus of American national security efforts, because the price of failing to stop future terrorist attacks is unacceptably high. But the war on terrorism was never a sufficient paradigm for American foreign policy. It was too narrow, too limited and less than ideal for mustering the support of others around the world. Conservatives and realists in America and nervous Europeans will recoil at Bush's new boldness. But the pragmatic virtue of basing American foreign policy on the timeless principles of the Declaration of Independence is that they do reflect universal aspirations. Such a policy may attract wider support abroad than the war on terrorism has and a more durable support at home for an internationalist foreign policy. That is the higher realism that Bush now proclaims.
Robert Kagan, a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, writes a monthly column for The Post.


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Middle School Tours Meant to Put Parents' Fears to Rest
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Posted: Jan 31, 2013 4:19 PM HSTUpdated: Jan 31, 2013 9:54 PM HST
Remember back when you were 11 or 12 years old?
Middle school was much more than just making the grade – and parents can be just as anxious as their children transition from grade school to intermediate. But a fledgling public school program is helping alleviate those fears.
Harald Ebeling wants to find the perfect fit for his fifth grader – who's heading to middle school next year. "We're trying to put ourselves into her shoes and see: 'Would she like it here?'"
Ebeling has toured three intermediate public schools now – looking at the curriculum and extra-curricular activities each has to offer. "You get a gut feeling for what a place is like just by having walked around for an hour or so," he explains.
Today, they're visiting Washington Intermediate.
"We're the oldest middle or intermediate school on Oahu," explains Principal Michael Harano, as he guides a group of parents from classroom to classroom.
The group "Parents for Public Schools of Hawaii", PPSHI, sponsors the tours – along with the schools themselves – to promote public education and soothe any fears parents may have. Statistics show: moms and dads in Hawaii, especially in Honolulu, tend to pull their kids – right before 6th or 7th grade – opting, instead, for private schooling.
"People remember these scary fears and the awkwardness, and they're just afraid," says Lois Yamauchi of PPSHI. "And so, they're afraid both that their child won't be safe, and they're also afraid that they won't get a good education. And it's not true."
This is the second year that they've sponsored this program. Last year, parents took a tour of six intermediate schools. This year, they've expanded it to 10 events.
"We want to try to keep the 6th grade classes in kind of the same area," says Principal Harano – as he continues the full campus tour.
Parents also hear from students about their transitions. Two years ago, 13 year old Eimanie Thomas had all the normal adolescent angst going into sixth grade. "Not a lot of my friends went to Washington Intermediate, so I was afraid that I'd be kind of by myself for all 3 years," the 8th grader told us. "And then, I was just afraid that the teachers, they would be stricter."
Instead, Eimanie has blossomed into Student Body President. Tour organizers say public schools are filled with these success stories – if parents just take a closer look.
Parents for Public Schools of Hawaii is holding more events on the middle school transition. You can head to its website www.ppshi.org for more information.
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The participation in global event such GCARD2, where representatives from a wide range of organizations from more than 100 countries participated, was very exciting. I really felt myself as a member of a big society of researches and policy makers, the society which tries to sort out food security problems in the world.
The discussions were extremely rich, each one had an opportunity to contribute to the decisions made thought expressing ideas and sharing lessons learned. Food security issues were in a focus of all discussions and presentations. How to reach progress, how to implement the GCARD RoadMap in practice to meet smallholder farmers needs - these are the issues discussed and reflected in summary notes. From my point of view one of the most valuable outcomes of the GCARD2 is appreciation of a role of partnership and cooperation in implementation Research Programmes both on regional and global levels. The actions aimed at all aspects of food security including biodiversity sustainable us, technology, information and knowledge transfer have to be developed and agreed based on collective foresight analyses in order to ensure better understand future needs and identify priority needs.
Public, private and civil sectors have to be strongly linked to stimulate investments and returns to ensure their effectiveness.
All ideas and visions expressed on household nutrition factors, gender-based needs, creating attracting environment for young people to be involved into agriculture, linking farmers to markets, adapting to climate change impacts will find a reflection in national and global agricultural research programmes in the coming future to create sustainable and resilient agricultural production systems.
I would like to express to you my highest satisfaction and gratitude for having invited me to the GCARD 2012. Let me thank you all for organization of the global event, for invitation and for the very dynamic discussions in Punta del Este.
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