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The Rajputs
In spite of the Muslim rule up to Punjab, the Rajputs gained control of the heart of North India. The Rajput (from Raj-Putra i.e. prince or literally "king's son") who held the stage of feudal rulers before the coming of the Muslims were a brave and chivalrous race. The Rajput legend traces their ancestry to Bappa Rawal - the legendary founder of the race who is said to have lived in the 8th century. In actual fact although they were Kshatriyas in the Hindu caste hierarchy, they seem to have genetically descended from the Shakas and Hunas who had invaded north India during the Gupta period and had subsequently settled down in North India and due to their war-like atttiudes and been absorbed as Kshatriyas into Hindu society. It is they who held the banner when the first Muslim invaders reached the Indian Heartland in the 12th century i.e. around 1191 C.E.
The Rajputs who till the 10th century were mostly local feudal lords holding the status of revenue collectors for their Gurjara-Pratihara overlords, asserted themselves as independent rulers, after the Ghaznavid storm had blown over, and took over the earlier kingdoms of the Gurjara-Pratiharas. The main Rajput kingdoms in the 11th and 12th centuries were that of the Cahamanas (Chouhans) in East Punjab, Northern Rajasthan and Delhi. The Gahadwalas (Rathods ) ruled the Ganges valley today's UP. The Paramaras ruled Malwa in Central India and the Tomaras ruled from Gwaliar. The most powerful kingdoms were hose of the Chouhans and the Rathods - both of which unfortunatley were incessantly at war with each other when the Muslim raiders appeared again in the 1191 C.E. The Rajputs, (from Raj-Putra i.e. prince or literally "king's son") who were a brave and chivalrous race, held the stage of feudal rulers before the coming of the Muslims.The Gahadwalas (Rathods)
In the 11th century i.e. in the post-Mahmud Ghazni era, the most powerful Hindu Kingdom in North India was that of the Gahadwalas or Rathods who were a Rajput clan.The founder of the Gahadwala line was Govindchandra Gahadwala. He was an astute ruler and ruled from Kannauj. Most of North India, including the university town of Nalanda was a part of his kingdom. He stoutly defended his kingdom from further Muslims incursions. He instituted a tax for this purpose which was called Turushka Danda (i.e. tax to fight the Turushkas or Turks). His grandson was Jaichandra Gahadwala (Rathod) who played a tragic role in Indian History.
The Story of Prithviraj Chouhan and Mahmud Ghori
In Jaichand's days, a rival Rajput clan had established itself in Delhi (Pithoragarh). The ruler there was Prithviraj Chouhan. Pritiviraj was a romantic, chivalrous and an extremely fearless person. After ceaseless military campaigns, Pritiviraj extended his original kingdom of Sambhar (Shakambara) to Rajasthan, Gujarat, and Eastern Punjab. He ruled from his twin capitals at Delhi and Ajmer. His fast rise caught the envy of the then powerful ruler Jaichandra Gahadwala and there was a lot of ill-feeling between the two.
Prithiviraj's Love for Sanyogita - Jaichandra's Daughter
The story of Prithviraj's bold exploits spread far and wide in the country and he was the center of much discussion in the circle of the nobility. Sanyogita, the daughter of Jaichandra Gahadwala fell secretly in love with Prithiviraj and she started a secret poetic correspondence with him. Her father the haughty Jaichandra got wind of this and he decided to teach his daughter and her upstart lover a lesson. So he arranged a Swayamwara (a ceremony where a bride can select her husband from the assembled princes. She had the right to garland any prince and she became his queen. This is an ancient Hindu custom among Royalty). Jaichandra invited all the big and small princes of the country to Kannauj for the royal Swayamwara. But he deliberately ignored Prithiviraj.
To add insult to injury, he even made a statue of Prithiviraj and kept him as a dwarpala (doorman).
The Elopement of Sanyogita with Prithviraj
Prithviraj got to know of this and he confided his plans to his lover.
On the said day, Sanyogita walked down the aisle where the royals had assembled and bypassed all of them only to reach the door and garland the statue of Pritiviraj as a doorman. The assemblage was stunned at this brash act of hers. But what stunned them and her father Jaichandra was the next thing that happened.
Prithiviraj who was hiding behind the statue, also in the garb of a doorman, whisked Sanyogita away and put her up on his steed to make a fast getaway to his capital at Delhi.
Chouhan-Rathod Warfare Leads to Weakening of both Rajput Kingdoms
Jaichandra and his army gave earnest chase and in the resultant string of battles between the two kingdoms fought between 1189 and 1190, both of them sufferred heavily. While this drama was being enacted, another ruler also named Mahmud who was from Ghori in Afghanistan had grown powerful and had captured Ghazni and subsequently attacked the Ghaznavid Governor of Punjab and defeated him. The kingdom of Mahmud Ghori now stretched up to the domains of Prithiviraj Chouhan. A clash was inevitable.
The 1st Battle of Tarain 1191 C.E. - Victory of Prithiviraj Chouhan
Mahmud Ghori threw the gauntlet by laying siege to the fortress of Bhatinda in East Punjab which was on the frontier of Prithiviraj's domains. Prithviraj's appeal for help from his father-in-law was scornfully rejected by the haughty Jaichandra. But undaunted Prithviraj marched on to Bhatinda and met his enemy at a place called Tarain (also called Taraori) near the ancient town of Thanesar. In face of the persistent Rajput attacks, the battle was won as the Muslim army broke ranks and fled leaving their general Mahmud Ghori as a prisoner in Pritiviraj's hands.
Mahmud Ghori was brought in chains to Pithoragarh - Prithviraj's capital and he begged his victor for mercy and release. Prithviraj's ministers advised against pardoning the aggressor. But the chivalrous and valiant Prithviraj thought otherwise and respectfully released the vanquished Ghori.
The 2nd Battle of Tarain 1192 C.E. - Defeat of Prithiviraj Chouhan
The very next year Prithiviraj's gesture was repaid by Ghori who re-attacked Prithiviraj with a stronger army and guilfully defeated him by attacking the Rajput army before daybreak. (The Hindus incidentally followed a hoary practice of battling only from sunrise up to sunset. Before Sunrise and after Sunset there was to be no fighting- as per a time honoured battle code).The defeated Prithiviraj was pursued up to his capital and in chains he was taken as a captive to Ghor in Afghanistan.
The Blinding of Prithviraj
The story of Prithiviraj does not end here. As a prisoner in Ghor he was presented before Mahmud, where he looked Ghori straight into the eye.Ghori ordered him to lower his eyes, whereupon a defiant Prithiviraj scornfully told him how he had treated Ghori as a prisoner and said that the eyelids of a Rajputs eyes are lowered only in death.On hearing this, Ghori flew into a rage and ordered that Prithviraj's eyes be burnt with red hot iron rods
This heinous deed being done, Prithiviraj was regularly brought to the court to be taunted by Ghori and his courtiers. In those days Prithiviraj was joined by his former biographer Chand Bardai, who had composed a ballad-biography on Pritiviraj in the name of Prithviraj Raso (Songs of Prithviraj). Chand Bardai told Prithiviraj, that he should avenge Ghori's betrayal and daily insults.
The Blind Prithviraj Avenges the Injustice done to him
The two got an opportunity when Ghori announced a game of Archery. On the advice of Chand Bardai, Prithviraj, who was then at court said he would also like to participate. On hearing his suggestion, the courtiers guffawed at him and he was taunted by Ghori as to how he could participate when he could not see. Whereupon, Prithiviraj told Mahmud Ghori to order him to shoot, and he would reach his target.
Ghori became suspicious and asked Prithviraj why he wanted Ghori himself to order and not anyone else. On behlaf of Prithiviraj, Chand Bardai told Ghori that he as a king would not accept orders from anyone other than a king. His ego satisfied, Mahmud Ghori agreed.On the said day, Ghori sitting in his royal enclosure had Prithiviraj brought to the ground and had him unchained for the event. On Ghori's ordering Prithviraj to shoot, we are told Prithiviraj turned in the direction from where he heard Ghori speak and struck Ghori dead with his arrow. This event is described by Chand Bardai in the couplet, "Dus kadam aggey, bees kadam daey, baitha hai Sultan. Ab mat chuko Chouhan, chala do apna baan." (Ten feet ahead of you and twenty feet to your right, is seated the Sultan, do not now miss him Chouhan, release your baan - arrow)
Thus ended the story of the brave but unrealistic Prithviraj Chouhan - the last Hindu ruler of Delhi. Delhi was to remain under Muslim rule for the next 700 years till 1857 and under British rule till 1947. Those few Hindus who came close to liberating Delhi during the seven centuries of Muslim rule were Rana Sanga in 1527, Raja (Hemu) Vikramaditya in around 1565 (2nd battle of Panipat), and Shrimant Vishwas Rao who was the Peshwa's son and was co-commander of the Maratha forces in the 3rd battle of Panipat in 1761. Metaphorically speaking, the next Hindu ruler to actually preside over Delhi was to be Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first President of Independent India (and Jawarharlal Nehru - who was the President's first Minister).
Establishment of Muslim Rule in Delhi and the Ganges Valley
But before his death at the hands of Pritiviraj Chouhan, Mahmud Ghori had once more attacked India and defeated the haughty Jaichandra Gahadwala at the battle of Chandwar in 1194 and captured Kannauj. The Rajput princes had refused to unite and had gone down one after another leaving the field open to the Muslim Aggressor, who now established himself in the heart of North India by 1194 C.E. Mahmud Ghori, himself did not settle in India, but he left his slave named Kutub-ud-din Aibak to rule by proxy. Kutub-ud-Din Aibak, asserted his independence soon after Mahmud Ghori's death in Afghanistan and formed his own dynasty - the Slave Dynasty or the Gulam Saltanat. The word Gulam occurs frequently among Muslims both as a first name and a family name. This indicates that many of them descended from slaves captured from the subjugated people.
Thus in the period from 715 C.E. to 1194 C.E. we see the gradual establishment of Muslim rule over all parts of North India, which in the following 120 years spreads itself over the whole of India with the campaign of Malik Kafur, the general of Alla-ud-din Khilji in 1324 C.E. overrunning the kingdoms of the Yadavas at Devagiri in Maharashtra, the Kakatiyas at Warangal in Andhra, the Hoysalas at Belur-Halebid in Karnataka and the Pandyas at Madurai in Tamil Nadu. This invasion marked the eclipse of Hindu sovereignty for the next 753 years from 1194 C.E. till 1947 C.E.
The Rajput Resistance to Muslim Rule - Man Singh Tomar
In spite of the establishment of Muslim rule in Delhi and UP (Uttar Pradesh) in the former kindoms of Prithiviraj Chauhan and Jaichand Rathod, the Muslim invaders could never overrun the entire country. The Rajput dynasties like the Tomaras of Gwaliar and the Ranas of Mewad still continued to rule central India. One such Rajput ruler was Man Singh Tomar the king of Gwaliar. Man Singh put up a stout resistance to the Lodis and he succeeded in halting the Muslim ruler Sikandar Lodi's southward march at Gwaliar. While the Tomaras of Gwaliar held back the Muslims from advancing into Malwa, the Ranas of Mewad held up the banner of Indian independence from Mewad in those trying times of Muslim aggression in India. In South Rajasthan especially, the Rajputs had defiantly preserved their writ by resisting the Delhi Sultans. The center of this Rajput resistance was the kingdom at Chittor.
The Story of Rani Padmini
In the 12th and 13th centuries, the Sultanate of Delhi - the kingdom set up by the invaders was nevertheless growing in power. The Sultans made repeated attack on Mewad on one pretext or the other. Here we may recollect the story of Rani Padmani who was the pretext for Allah-ud-din Khilji's attack on Chittod. In those days Chittod was under the Rule of King Ratansen, a brave and noble warrior-king. Apart, from being a loving husband and a just ruler, Ratansen was also a patron of the arts. In his court were many talented People one of whom was a musician named Raghav Chetan. But unknown to anybody, Raghav Chetan was also a sorcerer. He used his evil talents to run down his rivals and unfortunately for him was caught red-handed in his dirty act of arousing evil spirits.
On hearing this King Ratansen was furious and he banished Raghav Chetan from his kingdom after blackening his face with face and making him ride a donkey. This harsh Punishment earned king Ratansen an uncompromising enemy. Sulking after his humiliation, Raghav Chetan made his way towards Delhi with -the aim of trying to incite the Sultan of Delhi Ala-ud-din Khilji to attack Chittor.
On approaching Delhi, Raghav Chetan settled down in one of the forests nearby Delhi which the Sultan used to frequent for hunting deer. One day on hearing the Sultan's hunt party entering the forest, Raghav-Chetan started playing a melodious tone on his flute. When the alluring notes of Raghav-Chetan flute reached the Sultan's party they were surprised as to who could be playing a flute in such a masterly way in a forlorn forest.
The Sultan despatched his soldiers to fetch the person and when Raghav-Chetan was brought before him, the Sultan Ala-ud-din Khilji asked him to come to his court at Delhi. The cunning Raghav-Chetan asked the king as to why he wants to have a ordinary musician like himself when there were many other beautiful objects to be had. Wondering what Raghav-Chetan meant, Ala-ud-din asked him to clarify. Upon being told of Rani Padmini's beauty, Ala-ud-din's lust was aroused and immediately on returning to his capital he gave orders to his army to march on Chittor.But to his dismay, on reaching Chittor, Ala-ud-din found the fort to be heavily defended. Desperate to have a look at the legendary beauty of Padmini, he sent word to King Ratansen that he looked upon Padmini as his sister and wanted to meet her. On hearing this, the unsuspecting Ratansen asked Padmini to see the 'brother'. But Padmini was more wordly-wise and she refused to meet the lustful Sultan personally.But on being persuaded she consented to allow Ala-ud-din to see her only in a mirror. On the word being sent to Ala-ud-din that Padmini would see him he came to the fort with his selected his best warriors who secretly made a careful examination of the fort's defences on their way to the Palace.
On seeing Padmini, the lustful 'brother' decided that he should secure Padmini for himself. While returning to his camp, Ala-ud-din was accompanied for some way by King Ratansen. Taking this opportunity, the wily Sultan treacherously kidnapped Ratansen and took him as a prisoner into his camp.
Ala--ud-din showed his true colours and demanded , that Padmini be given to him and in return Ratnanen was to get his liberty. Word was sent into the palace about the Sultan's demand.
The Rajput generals decided to beast the Sultan at his own game and sent back a word that Padmini would be given to Ala-ud-din the next morning. On the following dat at the crack of dawn, one hundred and fifty palaquins (covered cases in which royal ladies were carried in medieveal times) left the fort and made their way towards Ala-ud-din's camps The palanquins stopped before the tent where king Ratnasen was being held prisoner. Seeing that the palanquins had come from Chittor; and thinking that they had brought alongwith them his queen, king Ratansen was mortified. But to his surprise from the palanquins came out, not his queen and her women servants but fully armed soilders, who quickly freed ; Ratansen and galloped away towards Chittor on horses grabbed from Ala-ud-din's stables.
On hearing that his designs had been frustrated, the lustful Sultan was furious and ordered his army to storm Chittor. But hard as they tried the Sultans army could not break into the fort. Then Ala-ud-din decided to lay seige to the fort. The seige was a long drawn one and gradually supplied within the fort were depleted. Finally King Ratnasen gave orders that the Rajputs would open the gates and fight to finish with the besieging troops. On hearing of this decision, Padmini decided that with their men-folk going into the unequal struggle with the Sultan's army in which they were sure to perish, the women of Chittor had either to commit suicides or face dishonour at the hands of the victorious enemy.
The choice was in favour of suicide through Jauhar. A huge pyre was lit and followed by their queen, all the women of Chittor jumped into the flames and deceived the lustful enemy waiting outside. With their womenfolk dead, the men of Chittor had nothing to live for. Their charged out of the fort and fought on furiously with the vastly Powerful array of the Sultan, till all of them perished. After this phyrrhic victory the Sultan's troops entered the fort only to be confronted with ashes and burnt bones of the women whose honour they were going to violate to satisfy their lust.
These women who committed Jawhar had to perish but their memory has been kept alive till today by bards and songs which glorify their act which was right in those days and circumstances. Thus a halo of honour is given to their supreme sacrifice.
Rana Kumbha
Rana Kumbha who ruled from Kumbhalgad also put up a stout resistence to Muslim incursions into Rajputana in the 14th century. His capital Kumbhalgad which is a formidable fortress in densely forested Aravalli Ranges facilitated his resistance to the Muslims. This was one of the few times when the Rajputs used guerrilla tactics against the Muslims.
The Resistance of Rana Sangram Singh (Rana Sanga)
The next chapter of Rajput resistance to Muslim aggression was in the year 1527 when the Timurid ruler babar invaded India. Babar first struck at the ruler of Delhi who at that time was Ibrahim Lodi. At a battle fought at Panipat, Babar defeated and killed Ibrahim Lodi and captured Delhi. Babar next turned his attention to the most powerful Hindu Kingdom in North India. This was the kingdom of Chittod ruled by Rana Sangram Singh. The clash of the Rajput and Muslim armies took place at Sikri. The Rajputs fought bravely and many perished in the cannon fire which Babar was using. The battle of Sikri gave Babar his second victory in India and saw the establishment of the Mughal Dynasty (the last Muslim dynasty to rule India).Rana Udai Singh
Despite the defeat of Rana Sangram Singh in the battle of Sikri, the resistance of the Ranas of Mewad to Muslim rule continued for the next 100 years. Rana Sangram Singh's son, Udai Singh was an infant when his father died after the battle of Sikri. His uncle tired to kill the child and crown prince Udai Singh. But the supreme sacrifice of his nurse Panna Dai who misled the uncle by offerring her own son for being killed, saved Udai Singh. Udai Singh was brought up secretly till he attained youth. He subsequently defeated his uncle and assumed the throne of Chittod. He continued his father's legacy of preserving the independence of Chittod from the Muslim invaders. The city of Udaipur in Mewad bears his name.
Maharana Pratap
Udai Singh's son was Maharana Pratap who lead the Rajputs against Akbar's armies and preserved Rajput rule in Mewad. Rana Pratap was faced with the formidable challenge of renegade Rajput princes like Raja Todar Mal and Raja Man Singh who had joined forces with the Muslim rulers.
The Battle of Haldighati
In the Battle of Haldighati fought between Maharana Pratap and the Mughals; the Rajputs were not able to overcome the combined strength of the Mughals and the renegade Rajput princes who had played the role of traitors. But Maharana Pratap who was badly hurt in the battle, was saved by his wise horse Chetak, who took him in an unconscious state away from the battle scene. Although Maharana Pratap was not able to thwart the Muslims successfully, the saga of Rajput resistance to Muslim rule continued till the 17th century when the baton of the struggle for Indian Independence from Muslim tyranny was taken up by the upcoming power of the Marathas, who brought about an end to Muslim domination of India.
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After adopting two Malawi orphans herself, Madonna has plans to start caring for a whole lot more.
While filming an episode of Ovation docu-series "American Revolutionaries: The Hitmakers," the 52 year-old revealed that she is hard at work putting plans together to help the African nation.
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The dream-scape thriller, Inception starring heartthrob Leonardo DiCaprio, took home the No. 1 spot at the box office for the third-straight weekend, raking in $27.5 million. To date Warner Bros. studio estimates the summer blockbuster has brought in $193.3 million, reported the AP.
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You Have Nothing to Lose but the Nukes, and a Solar Future to Gain!
Stephen Comley addresses the Clams on the World Fellowship lawn.
Ever heard of the "bathtub curve?" It's a principle of reliability engineering that illustrates the failure rates for technology. When a form of technology is new, it has a high failure rate. As the bugs get worked out, failure rates decline. But as the products age, failure rates rise again.
Paul Gunter says the bathtub curve is useful for understanding nuclear reactors. Disasters at Three Mile Island and Chernobyl represented catastrophic failures of relatively new reactors. Fukushima would be an example of failure for an aging reactor. The aging of the US reactor "fleet" means "this is the most dangerous time," Gunter said.
With backing from the Cheney and Obama administrations, the industry promised a 21st century nuclear renaissance and promoted itself as a replacement for fossil fuels. Former NRC Commissioner Peter Bradford says "the renaissance story line was hard to resist."
"By early 2009," he writes, "applications for 31 new reactors were pending at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The promises came garnished with tales of remorseful changes of heart from oft-obscure nuclear converts. With few exceptions, the news media – especially television with its thirst for the short and the simple – fell for the renaissance story line."
In a foreword to The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2013, Bradford writes of the supposed renaissance, "It is all in ruins now. The 31 proposed reactors are down to four actually being built and a few others lingering on in search of a license, which is good for 20 years. Those four are hopelessly uneconomic but proceed because their state legislatures have committed to finish them as long as a dollar remains to be taken from any electric customer's pocket. Operating reactors are being closed as uneconomic for the first time in fifteen years."
Or as Paul Gunter put it, industry has gone from the "too cheap to meter" line of the 1950s and '60s to the reality of "too expensive to matter."
Gunter, a Clamshell founder who is now co-director of Beyond Nuclear, was one of several speakers at last weekend's Clamshell Alliance Reunion, held at World Fellowship in New Hampshire's White Mountains. The annual event is part social, part educational, part planning and plotting for a community of activists who met in the No Nukes days of the 1970s and 80s.
Other speakers included Doug Bogen, who's been promoting the potential of offshore windpower from floating turbines in the Gulf of Maine; Naoto Inoue, a solar entrepreneur from Arundel, Maine; and Stephen Comley, who woke up to the dangers of nuclear power when an NRC official told him to stock upon potassium iodide pills for the the residents of his Rowley, MA nursing home, 12 miles from the Seabrook reactor.
Spurred to action, Comley organized 80% of town residents to sign a petition for Seabrook to be shut down. As a long-time Republican activist, he even delivered the petitions in person to President Ronald Reagan. He is still talking about nuclear dangers, especially his allegation that counterfeit, substandard parts were installed at 72 reactors, a fact revealed to him years ago by an industry insider. Comley started a group, "We the People," to collect such stories and try to get action from people in high places. At this time he's trying to communicate with Michelle Obama in hopes that she can get through to her husband.
Paul Gunter said "climate change needs to motivate all of us." That's why it was great to hear from Naoto Inoue, who heads Talmage Solar Engineering in Arundel, Maine. From installing photovoltaic (PV) systems at homes on the coast of Maine, Inoue has taken the plunge into large-scale solar generation with a 2.2 megawatt PV installation in Sharon, Vermont. With support from Vermont's pilot "feed-in tariff" program, the solar array can economically provide enough electricity for the entire town.
Doug Bogen says offshore wind is another viable alternative. The state of Maine has a commitment to support 5000 megawatts of capacity in the next 20 years, by coincidence the date the Seabrook reactor's license is due to expire. We can't rely on wind for 100% of our energy needs, he said, but the potential is there to replace New England's aging nuclear plants and phase out fossil fuel plants as well. Bogen is promoting the idea that the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, a massive industrial facility sited on a deep water port, would be the perfect place for the massive wind turbines to be manufactured.
The Clams also heard some words of wisdom from Peter Kellman. Whatever struggle you're in, says the veteran organizer, never forget "the big picture."
I was also grateful to spend some time with Sukie Rice, a former American Friends Service Committee staff member who conducted nonviolence training workshops for early Clamshell demonstrations at Seabrook. She recalled meetings in the spring of 1976 at which Clamshell organizers agreed to adopt nonviolence as a guiding principle for direct action. "If what they wanted was for New Hampshire residents to see them as legitimate, they would have to act in the manner of nonviolence," she recalled. It was Elizabeth Boardman, she said, who introduced the Quaker principle of consensus decision-making. The use of affinity groups and "spokes" meetings came from the experience of the Cambridge-based Nonviolent Direct Action Group, an anti-war project of the early '70s. From early on, she said, "I knew it was the start of something big."


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Back in November of last year I wrote about the travesty that was the UK government's white paper 'Natural Choice' that completely omitted geology from the natural world. Whilst lapses regarding the abiotic component of nature are unfortunately far from uncommon, removing (and it was in an earlier draft) geology, geodiversity and geoconservation from the document was an act of stunning ignorance by the mandarins in Whitehall.
Anyway, perhaps it is darkest before the dawn. Perhaps even, some of the shouting that the geoconservation community engaged in was to of good effect. The government has now published its long awaited revision of planning guidelines – National Planning Policy Framework (for England). The was a lot of concern about this document as the government had pre-announced that it wanted to rationalise the existing thousand pages of planning regulations to around fifty (actually it is 47 plus appendices). There was a worry that it would be heavily revised in favour of developers and to the detriment of the environment.
In the end, after some useful revision of the draft, it is much better for geoconservation than has expected. Although the original planning document relevant to geoconservation "PPS 9: Biodiversity and Geological Conservation" is superseded by the new Framework, the guidance is retained, as is the 2006 "Local Sites – Guidance on their Identification and Management". This is extremely encouraging and goes a long way to addressing the omission of geoconservation from "Natural Choice" as it restates the importance of Local Geological / Geomorphological Sites (LoGS) in the planning process.
Specifically the NPPF states that …
The planning system should contribute to and enhance the natural and local environment by:
… protecting and enhancing valued landscapes, geological conservation interests and soils (11/109)
Local planning authorities should set criteria based policies against which proposals for any development on or affecting protected wildlife or geodiversity sites or landscape areas will be judged. Distinctions should be made between the hierarchy of international, national and locally designated sites, so that protection is commensurate with their status. (11/113)
To minimise impacts on biodiversity and geodiversity, planning policies should:
… aim to prevent harm to geological conservation interests. (11/117)
All of which is quite encouraging.
Now, dear government, about geology not being designated as a "strategically important" subject when successive governments have abused North Sea oil revenues for their nefarious purposes for the last forty years …


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MARTINSVILLE, Va. (Oct. 17, 2008) - Ryan Newman, driver of the Penske Racing No.12 Alltel Dodge Charger, will start 16th in the Tums QuikPak 500 at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday after rain washed out practice and qualifying today. It is the ninth time that qualifying has been rained out in the NASCAR Cup Series this season.
Per the NASCAR Rule Book, the field was set by the 2008 owner points. The No. 12 Alltel Dodge team is currently 16th in NASCAR Cup Series owner point standings.
"I wish we would have been able to get a chance to get on the track today," Newman said. "It seems like we have really been hit hard by rain on qualifying day this year. We weren't that happy with our run at Martinsville in the spring, so we are looking forward to improving on that and working on our setup tomorrow in both of our practices."
Newman has five top-five and six top-10 finishes in 13 starts at Martinsville. He finished 19th at the Martinsville track in the March race.
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At a crucial time when students must make decisions regarding which college to attend, many are forced to face the financial reality of their educational goals. In many cases, students are forced to lower their expectations or choose career paths that they hadn't intended because of limited funds to pursue a college education.
A 2013 study conducted by Sallie Mae and Gallup found that while 70% of parents say a college degree is more important than ever in this economic climate, half of the families polled admitted they have no plan for how they'll pay for it. When the dream of attending college is set, it is important now more than ever to have a road map to achieving that dream. By searching for additional funding, students can pursue a college education without incurring overwhelming debt.
Despite the skyrocketing cost of college, it can still be made affordable. There are many options to help you achieve the dream of completing college and ways to make many choices fit your financial situation.
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Community colleges offer a broad range of high-quality courses at an average tuition cost of about $3,130 annually — about 35% of the cost of attending a public four-year college, and at 10% or less of the cost for a private four-year college. People attend community colleges for many reasons, including reduced tuition, which helps them save money and acquire less education-related debt. As the cost of higher education continues to grow, this may be an appealing option for many.
According to a report from the College Board Advocacy and Policy Center, "the increase in total fall enrollment in the public four-year sector was much smaller than that in the public two-year sector." However, students continue to choose four-year colleges for many reasons like increased social experiences and specific degrees and careers they are working toward.
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Like public institutions, prices of private colleges are soaring. Some differences between public and private schools are obvious. But deciding what's right for you requires shedding light on the subtle distinctions. At private four-year schools, the average published tuition and fees were $28,500 in 2011-2012, an average 4.5% increase from the year before.
In general, private schools have a more rigorous acceptance process. The listed tuition is the highest at private schools, however, what students actually pay for tuition can be lower when a student is interested in a private university and the school is interested in the student. In this case, both parties can begin negotiating tuition by way of grants, merit scholarships and other financial incentives.
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MANY people have lost more than their job at the deadly delta of the Zambezi River, but after the events of recent days, Africa's third biggest river can claim the career of Tom Albanese among its scalps.
February and March are among the most dangerous months in this part of Mozambique, with tropical cyclones creating devastating floods for the people who live along the Zambezi's banks.
It was around March last year that Albanese, the Rio Tinto chief executive, got the first indications that this mighty river was starting to pull him under, too.
The 55-year-old geologist turned corporate leader had wanted Rio Tinto to use the Zambezi as a transport route for coal coming out of proposed mines upstream.
The idea to dredge and barge the Zambezi was not conceived by Albanese; the plan had been developed by Riversdale Mining, the Australian junior that Rio acquired in early 2011.
But by approving and pursuing that $US3.8 billion acquisition of Riversdale, Albanese and his lieutenant Doug Ritchie had taken ownership of the plan, which was soon to strike trouble in the form of Paulo Zucula.
Zucula, serving as Mozambique's Transport Minister, stunned Rio in March 2012 when he declared that the river barging plan was not acceptable.
"As proposed, it is not do-able," he told Reuters at the time.
"Every four years we have problems with flooding and killing people. So if you are going to dredge the river (and) expand the banks, we will be in trouble."
Rio remained confident that the impasse could be resolved by talks with the government; it believed the plan to export 25 million tonnes of coking coal from Mozambique by 2020 was still feasible.
But right there and then the "end game" for Albanese's tenure as chief executive had begun.
Reflecting upon the Mozambique blunder, Pengana Capital's resources fund manager Tim Schroeders said Rio should have been alert to the transport challenges from day one.
"The coal was there, there wasn't really conjecture about the coal," he said. "The big issue in the market, and why they got Riversdale at the price they got it, was always around transport and getting that coal out to market in sufficient quantities to ensure economies of scale.
"Clearly the i's weren't dotted and the t's not crossed."
Albanese's troubles were not confined to Mozambique. He committed a far more expensive blunder on the eve of the global financial crisis in 2007 when he approved a $US38 billion acquisition of Canadian aluminium business Alcan.
Albanese claimed that the purchase would create $US1.1 billion in "annual synergies", and Rio would enjoy rising profit margins from a sector that was about to face high cost pressures.
He was right about the cost pressures, but he didn't pick that China would soon flood the market with cheap aluminium by running scores of smelters at a loss for years, killing off rivals in the developed world that are hamstrung by the inconvenience of needing to make a profit.
Not only would the Alcan deal fail to deliver benefits, it weighed Rio down with up to $US40 billion in debt, which became a much bigger problem when the financial crisis struck in 2008.
After flirting with the idea of a controversial deal with Chinese state-owned business Chinalco, Rio eventually escaped its troubles by raising $US15 billion through a capital raising.
Many pundits have expressed amazement that Albanese wasn't sacked after the Alcan debacle, which led to write-downs of $US7.9 billion in 2009 and a further $US8.9 billion in 2012, and is set to cause impairments of close to $US11 billion when the next lot of reports are revealed next month.
Most believe Albanese survived only because his chairman at the time, Paul Skinner, did not.
Skinner was replaced by South African Jan du Plessis in mid-2009, and the new chairman indicated at his first public outing in Australia that he intended to give Albanese a second chance.
"If, in the world today, we are going to be holding accountable every single director and every single investor who bought assets or who made mistakes at the height of the market, there won't be much left of us," he told Rio's annual meeting in 2009.
While many people saw that as a "get-out-of-jail card" for Albanese, Schroeders said that it was more like a first warning.
"Du Plessis coming into that role as chairman really supported Tom Albanese and put to rest conjecture around his longevity as CEO. But by coming in and backing him he drew a clear line in the sand," he said this week.
"Anything beyond that point was going to be on his watch, and he was going to deal with any indiscretion severely, and that is clearly what has happened.
"The Mozambique disaster is probably the straw that broke the camel's back."
But it would be wrong to cast Albanese's 5½ years in charge as a period of failures alone.
Under his watch Rio managed to avoid BHP Billiton's acquisitive clutches in 2008, and the company's most important and lucrative division – iron ore – performed brilliantly.
Emboldened by the backing of his new chairman, Albanese set about increasing the company's exposure to a Mongolian copper deposit called Oyu Tolgoi, which was held by Canada's Ivanhoe Mines.
He had initiated Rio's initial investment in Ivanhoe while serving as Rio's global resources chief in 2006, and he grew that stake until the company had majority control of Ivanhoe and Oyu Tolgoi in 2012.
"He had the balls to take on the Oyu Tolgoi deal and internally [at Ivanhoe] we felt that him doing that deal saved his bacon the first time around," said Peter Reeve, the former chief executive of Ivanhoe's Australian offshoot.
"A lot of other people wanted it: BHP Billiton wanted it, the Chinese wanted it, loads of other people wanted it because it's a great project. But he got it, he nailed it."
After growing up in New Jersey, Albanese studied geology and finance in Alaska, and Reeve – the new boss of explorer Havilah Resources – said the pursuit of Oyu Tolgoi showed just how good Albanese's grasp of exploration was.
"If you are a good minerals person you understand that the only way to create real wealth is to get the discoveries done – he has a deep understanding of exploration because he came from that as a source," said Reeve.
"He bought along a very cloistered and dud system – that being the dumb part of the Rio Tinto bureaucracy – he bought that along and made them do that deal with Oyu Tolgoi.
"He was still thinking as an explorationist.
"There was a view within Ivanhoe that Tom did a lot of very good work getting that deal done and I know [Ivanhoe founder Robert Friedland] had the opinion that it was a good effort to get a big systematic company like that over the line."
Oyu Tolgoi is due to come into production in June, and some speculate that it could produce copper and gold for a century.
But success in one part of the developing world couldn't offset Rio's problems in Africa over the past 12 months, as Mozambique and an iron ore project in Guinea [Simandou] began to fall apart.
A recent audit of the coal resource in Mozambique reduced the volumes that Rio now believes are recoverable from that site, compounding the existing problems around a transport solution.
Rio warned in November that its annual review of asset-carrying values was likely to lead to impairments, and those numbers were delivered to the board at its meeting in Rio's offices in the London district of Paddington this week.
The temperature in London has barely climbed above zero this week, but the combination of problems in Mozambique would have left Albanese feeling even colder. Du Plessis is believed to have conveyed the decision to Albanese on Wednesday with a heavy heart that reflects the strong bond that has developed between the men.
Officially it was dubbed a "mutual agreement", but there is little doubt it was a sacking.
The news was published before the start of London trading on Thursday, which was shortly after 6pm on Thursday on Australia's east coast.
Also in London this week was Sam Walsh, the man who was announced as the new chief executive.
The 63-year-old grandfather will relocate from his home in Perth – where he runs Rio's iron-ore unit – to the UK, where he will begin one of the most demanding jobs in world business.
"You have to sell your beautiful house in Perth with your lifestyle and move to London with all these pissant analysts chasing you," said one veteran of the Australian resources scene, who has known Walsh for years.
Albanese, speaking through a Rio Tinto press release, expressed confidence that Walsh's "calibre and values" would ensure he would conduct himself in "outstanding fashion".
"While I leave the business in good shape in many respects, I fully recognise that accountability for all aspects of the business rests with the CEO," he said.
The original release of this article first appeared on the website of Hangzhou Night Net.


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The past 12 months were marked by major events in computer and network security. The Stuxnet worm demonstrated that malware could cripple an Iranian uranium enrichment plant, while managers of SCADA systems worldwide began to discover and patch unsuspected vulnerabilities. Security researchers scored success in taking the Coreflood and DNS Changer botnets offline, but the botnet threat remains high. Hackers from the Anonymous collective took major banks offline and threatened critical infrastructure installations. Mobile telephones emerged as tempting targets for intruders. Sophisticated, coordinated malware outbreaks spawned fears of government-sponsored cyber attacks.
Things couldn't get much worse, right? Well...maybe. For a preview of the year ahead, we consulted a senior analyst from FortiGuard Labs, whose research suggests that we will see eight major developments in computer and network security in 2012. Here is a quick overview of the trends:
Ransomware on mobile devices: Ransomware an infection that takes control of a system until a ransom payment has been delivered is a significant threat on laptops and desktop systems. The malware is poised to spread to smart phones and other mobile devices. Ransomware is typically bundled with social-engineering tricks to give hackers root access to infected devices, affording attackers more control and elevated privileges. Look for ransomware to begin infecting mobile devices this year.
Worms to target Android platform: Android systems have so far not suffered from many worms, which propagate quickly from one device to another. This is likely to change in 2012. Unlike previous malware targeting mobile devices, future outbreaks will likely come from poisoned SMS messages containing links to rogue applications, or through infected links on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter.
Polymorphic malware on Android: Malware targeting the Android platform continues to grow more sophisticated. During 2011, Android users suffered from attacks employing encryption, exploits, emulation detectors, and botnets. It is only a matter of time before this list includes polymorphic malware, which mutates over time. Polymorphic applications are extremely difficult to detect and destroy. So far, hackers have targeted only Windows-based mobile phones with polymorphic malware. As Android grows more powerful and more widely used, however, it becomes a more tempting target.
Progress against money launderers: For years, cybercriminal syndicates have conducted money laundering operations and committed fraud with relative impunity. It is very difficult, after all, to track funds that are routed through networks of mules and illegitimate payment processors. Anonymous fund-transfer services, human networks, and payment-processor safe havens have made money laundering pretty safe. That is about to change, however, as government gains access to more sophisticated technologies for tracking criminals and transactions. The recent arrest of ChronoPay CEO Pavel Vrublevsky, who is accused of hacking Aeroflot's website and preventing visitors from buying tickets, is a harbinger of prosecutions to come.


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Different types of surgery require different home care instructions. Your surgeon will give you specific instructions to follow after your surgery. This includes learning about your medicines, diet restrictions, wound care, showering or bathing, and finding out when you can return to your regular activities. Your surgeon may think that you understand more than you really do about what you should or should not do when you return home. If you have any questions about your discharge instructions, be sure to ask your surgeon.
Your surgeon will want to talk to you if you:
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The more of these symptoms you have, the more likely it is that you're having a heart attack. Chest pain or pressure is the most common symptom, but some people, especially women, may not notice it as much as other symptoms. You may not have chest pain at all but instead have shortness of breath, nausea, or a strange feeling in your chest or other areas.
Shock is a life-threatening condition that may quickly occur after a sudden illness or injury.
Adults and older children often have several symptoms of shock. These include:
Shock is a life-threatening condition that may occur quickly after a sudden illness or injury.
Babies and young children often have several symptoms of shock. These include:
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With severe bleeding, any of these may be true:
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Neurological symptoms—which may be signs of a problem with the nervous system—can affect many body functions. Symptoms may include:
Symptoms of infection may include:
Urinary tract infections may occur in the bladder or kidneys. Symptoms may include:
Symptoms of a pulmonary embolism may include:
If you have pain when you are breathing, you may be at immediate risk for a pulmonary embolism if you also have:
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Based on your answers, you may need care right away. The problem is likely to get worse without medical care.
Based on your answers, you need emergency care.
Call 911 or other emergency services now.
After you call 911 , the operator may tell you to chew 1 adult-strength (325 mg) or 2 to 4 low-dose (81 mg) aspirin. Wait for an ambulance. Do not try to drive yourself.
Sometimes people don't want to call 911 . They may think that their symptoms aren't serious or that they can just get someone else to drive them. But based on your answers, the safest and quickest way for you to get the care you need is to call 911 for medical transport to the hospital.
Based on your answers, you may need care soon. The problem probably will not get better without medical care.
Call 911 or other emergency services now.
Sometimes people don't want to call 911. They may think that their symptoms aren't serious or that they can just get someone else to drive them. But based on your answers, the safest and quickest way for you to get the care you need is to call 911 for medical transport to the hospital.
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If you have had surgery:
Do not smoke or use other tobacco products. Smoking slows healing because it decreases blood supply and delays tissue repair. For more information, see the topic Quitting Smoking.
Write down your symptom or problem. It may help you become more aware of your specific symptom or problem or give you ideas about its cause. It will also help prepare you to talk to your surgeon about what you are experiencing.
Call your doctor if any of the following occur during home treatment:
You may be able to prevent problems after surgery by taking steps beforehand to improve your health.
Be sure to follow all of your surgeon's instructions after surgery to prevent problems. You may be instructed to:
To prepare for your appointment, see the topic Making the Most of Your Appointment.
You can help your health professional diagnose and treat your condition by being prepared to answer the following questions:
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Aircraft Survivability Equipment Market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 7.25% during the next five years, according to a newly added report by Stratview Research. Substitution of legacy systems with progressive combat systems, rise in asymmetric warfare, and the threat of sophisticated infrared (IR) and radio-frequency (RF) targeting systems are the major factors that are expected to underpin the global aircraft survivability equipment market during the forecast period.
The report offers detailed insights into relevant market segments, their growth rates, latest market trends, forecasts, and other important details. The market has been segmented in four ways and the report has more than 150 figures and tables providing the most comprehensive information about the market segments and their growth prospects for the forecast period of 2020-2025.
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As per the report, among different sub-system types, the electronic support segment comprises systems that sense incoming threats to an aircraft, such as surface-to-air missiles, air-to-air missiles, rocket-propelled grenades, shoulder-fired missiles, and anti-aircraft artilleries; and the segment's demand is driving the growth of the market in the coming five years.
The forward fit is projected to register the largest share of the market in the coming five years, in the segment of fit type.
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Europe is expected to remain the largest market for aircraft survivability equipment in the coming five years, according to the analyst. North America and Asia-Pacific are also expected to offer substantial growth opportunities during the forecast period.
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The report further mentions the key manufacturing players Aselsan A.S., BAE Systems plc, Chemring Group, Elbit Systems Ltd., Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd., Northrop Grumman Corporation, Orbital ATK Inc., Ruag Holding AG, and Thales Group who are emerging fast and their roles in the growing market. It also portraits the important mergers, acquisitions, and other current happenings in the aircraft survivability equipment market that can be helpful for interested clients in analyzing the market and making the right decisions accordingly.
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Eleven-year-old Melody has a photographic memory. Her head is like a video camera that is always recording. Always. And there's no delete button. She's the smartest kid in her whole school—but no one knows it. Most people—her teachers and doctors included—don't think she's capable of learning, and up until recently her school days consisted of listening to the same preschool-level alphabet lessons again and again and again. If only she could speak up, if only she could tell people what she thinks and knows . . . but she can't, because Melody can't talk. She can't walk. She can't write. Being stuck inside her head is making Melody go out of her mind—that is, until she discovers something that will allow her to speak for the first time ever. At last Melody has a voice . . . but not everyone around her is ready to hear it.From multiple Coretta Scott King Award winner Sharon M. Draper comes a story full of heartache and hope. Get ready to meet a girl whose voice you'll never, ever forget.
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Some say "if you love something, set it free; if it's meant to be it will come back. For thirty-one year old Pueblo, Colorado native Cipie Romero, his approach is quite the opposite. In fact, his motto is more along the lines of "if it doesn't come back, go and get it." His theory stems from the time when a fellow club member built a clean, custom '84 Cadillac Coup De Ville. Cipie instantly fell in love with the body style, but was shocked to learn that the owner had decided to sell the Caddy and move onto a different project. As a body shop manager of Solano Paint & Body in Pueblo, Cipie knew that if there was a way to somehow get the Coup back, he could personally transform it to a car show top winner.
After months of negotiations, the Caddy's new owner decided to trade the car in for the price of a complete paint job. Cipie agreed and was elated as soon as he became the owner. Within the next six months, the Caddy was brought into the shop where Cipie removed the previous suspension and added a two-pump, four-dump Showtime setup. The next step was Cipie's forte; a complete frame-off paintjob. Cipie masterfully weaved a coating of House of Kolor Kandy Organic Green with a mixture of Kandy Teal, and then added a custom mix of Lime Green and Silver over a silver metal flake basecoat. His friend, Pedro, was brought in for a full mural on the trunk, while Chuckie, from Colorado Springs, added intense pinstriping work throughout the Caddy.
Cipie sent out everything he could remove in the engine bay and had all the parts chrome-plated by Alert Plating in Denver, Colorado. Raul's Autoworks in Denver added a full custom interior, using green and white velour with buttons. Cipie added custom engraved 13-inch Masterpiece wheels purchased from his friend, Chuck, which fit the Coup perfectly. Taking a step back, Cipie couldn't help but to smile as he had achieved the perfection he had envisioned the first time he saw this Caddy. After only six months, the car's transformation was complete, and he was able to display his new project for the first time during the Denver Lowrider Show.
Cipie first learned about the Lowrider culture from his father; and with two young sons at home, he wants to show them how rewarding it can be. As a member of one of the most prestigious car clubs, Rollerz Only, he embodies the integrity and passion that makes "Flaked Out" a Caddy that won't be forgotten. "I want to thank my lovely wife Niqua, my boys Angelo and Diego, all my brothers in the Southern Colorado chapter, Jerry from Denver, and the Solano family," Cipie says with gratitude. "With all my friends and family behind me, I was able to maintain the level of excellence that my car club deserves."
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Flaked Out
Owner: Cipie Romero
Vehicle: '84 Cadillac Coup DeVille
City/State: Pueblo, Colorado
Club: Rollerz Only C.C.
Engine/Drivetrain: The V8 4.1 liter engine was coated in high quality chrome. The plating was done by Alert Plating in Denver, Colorado.
Body/Paint: Cipie handled the painting personally at his shop, Solano Paint & Body where he coated the Caddy in rich layers of House of Kolor Kandy Organic Green over a solid silver metal flake basecoat. The Kandy Teal, custom mix of lime green and silver graphics were laid throughout the body. Pedro from Pueblo added a custom mural on the trunk, and Chuckie from Colorado Springs added the custom pinstripe work.
Setup: The two-pump, four-dump Showtime setup was added by Cipie using the lift of the 8-inch Showtime cylinders to the front and 10-inch cylinders to the rear. Four Interstate Workaholic batteries power the movement from the six-switch box in the front.
Wheels: 13-inch custom engraved 100-spoke Masterpiece wire wheels
Tires: P155/80R13 Cornell 1000 rubber


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SAKURA HOTEL IKEBUKURO > Local Attractions
With easy access to Tokyo and the rest of Japan, Ikebukuro station is the second busiest station in world. As you might expect, the city is equally lively! Packed with interesting places to eat, drink and shop, Ikebukuro has something to suit everyone, whether you are in Tokyo for business or as a tourist.
One of the most popular Japanese products is its electrical appliances. Although Akihabara is well known as a big electric town in Tokyo, Ikebukuro is now becoming the bigger electric town. In Ikebukuro, "Yamada Denki" has opened the largest electrical appliance store in October, 2009 with more than 1,500,000 items. There are also various big electrical appliance shops, like "Bic Camera," "Yodobashi Camera," and etc. for you to visit and shop!
An astonishing range of items at low-low prices! It is a 5-story building right next to Ikebukuro Station, stocking a wide range of the latest appliances from Sony, Panasonic and many others. All kinds of credit cards are welcomed. If you pay using a Unionpay Card, it is additional 5% off from the original rate.
Tokyo Metro's Echika underground mall is recently opened in March 2009 inside Ikebukuro station. There are 40 shops, including many specialized delis in this mall. Check out Tokyo's newest gourmet!
New Ikebukuro shopping Building Esola opened in November, 2009. There are 40 individual & high-fashioned shops on 10 floors. I recommend you to browse and shop around in this building for Tokyo's trend.
"Lumine" has opened a new branch in Ikebukuro. "Lumine" is one of the favourite shopping malls adjacent to JR stations in Tokyo which is very popular among young generation. There are many fashionable clothing and accessory shops, including the trendiest items in Tokyo. Just 5 minutes from our hotel!
If you are looking for Japanese anime merchandise, come and check out "Animate"! Animate Ikebukuro is the flagship store of the 90 Animate stores across Japan, specialized in anime, comics, and games. Enjoy Japan's largest anime stores!
There are many All-100 yen stores in Ikebukuro. "Daiso" is one of famous 100 yen stores, located in "Sunshine City (on the first basement level)". Don't miss fine quality goods at amazingly reasonable prices! Also, Great for souvenirs!
"Tokyu Hands" is a department store which focuses on hobby, home improvement, and daily necessities. There are numerous products; toys, games, gift cards, gift wrappings, costumes, bicycles, travel products, hobby materials, tools, do-it-yourself kits, Japanese calligraphy, painting and drawing supplies, furniture, lighting, home appliances, and storage products. You can find many goods that are available only here in Japan. At Cats' House, "Nekobukuro" on the 8th floor, about 20 cats walking freely in this area (admission fee required). This store is also good for finding Japanese products for souvenirs!
In 1979, Japan Traditional Craft Center opened an exhibition hall to display the objects that represent the Japanese traditional crafts, designated by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry. Various projects are carried out to deepen everybody's understanding of the traditional craft products.
Regular Exhibition: about 130 crafts officially designated as "traditional craft products" are always on display. The items from various regions are displayed continuously.
Special Exhibitions: Exhibitions of various categories are displayed for 2 weeks. You may be able to see craftsmen's demonstration in the exhibition.
Located on the 60th floor, the Sunshine 60 "Sky Deck" is Tokyo's highest observatory inside a building. From there you could enjoy a complete panorama of Tokyo or even Mount Fuji if the weather is fine. Besides, there are viewing spaces on each side of the observatory which give you a down right view of the streets, just like an action thriller movie. In addition, the "Shining Elevator (Elevator speed 600m/min)" that connects the 1st and 60th floor is a ride of fantasy which is surely a memorable one.
(A Japanese famous Mystery author's house) Tarō Hirai, better known by the pseudonym Edogawa Rampo was a Japanese author and critic who played a major role in the development of Japanese mystery fiction. Many of his novels involve the detective hero Kogorō Akechi, who in later books was the leader of a group of boy detectives known as the "Adolescent Detective Gang". Rampo was an admirer of western mystery writers, and especially of Edgar Allan Poe. His pen name is a playful rendering of Poe's name. His house is next to Rikkyo University in Ikebukuro. We can see the inside on every Friday.
From Ikebukuro it is very easy to get to many interesting places across Tokyo. Below you will find information about some of these places:
Located roughly 30 minutes north-west of Tokyo on the Tobu Tojo line, Kawagoe city is a trip into Japan's past. A must for those wishing to explore traditional Japan, this historic place was once a bustling castle town but still retains its charm through the surviving streets and wooden buildings. Part of this traditional atmosphere is kept alive by the famous "Bell of Time" that hangs in the town's clock tower. This huge bell rings four times daily, as it has done for 350 years!
Kawagoe is also home to a popular sweetshop street where you can indulge in a selection of traditionally made Japanese sweets and even sample a local beer brewed from sweet potatoes!
|Ikebukuro stn.
Tobu Tojo Line
(31 min.)
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The twin theme parks: Disneyland and the more recent DisneySea make up Tokyo Disney resort, located roughly one hour from Ikebukuro station. The first Disney resort to be opened outside of the United States, Tokyo Disneyland is popular nationwide due to its fun seasonal shows and attractions. Tokyo DisneySea (opened in 2001) is an independant water themed variation of the main park with an extensive recreation of Venetian canals that leads into the different "ports of call". These themed areas house the park's rides and attractions. Popular attractions include Journey to the Center of the Earth ride and the "Tower of terror".
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Yurakucho line
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JR Keiyo line
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From Shibuya's 109 building to Omotesando Hills to Harajuku's Takeshita doori, this extensive area is without doubt the centre for Tokyo's fashion and pop-culture. Home to the famous road crossing seen in movies such as Lost in Translation, Shibuya is the perfect place to shop and a popular place to meet before a night on the town.
The glitzy Aoyama and Omotesando districts are packed with brand-name goods and high-class restaurants and the Oriental Bazaar is a great spot for souvenirs to remind you of your time in Tokyo.
If you are looking for something a bit more alternative however, Harajuku is unbeatable. Popular with Tokyo's fashion-conscious youth and home to Sakura Group's Design festa gallery, Harajuku is a melting pot of pop-culture. On Sundays you can take a break from shopping to see amateur bands and dancers in nearby Yoyogi park.
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JR Yamanote Line
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Famous for its high number of low-price electronics and computer stores, Akihabara is also home to a huge number of shops specializing in manga, anime and figurines so whether you are looking for the latest high-tech PCs and mobile phones or memorabilia from your favourite anime, you will most likely find it here.
If Shibuya is the centre for fashion, then Akihabara is the centre for electronics and Otaku culture. Several shops in Akihabara also feature special reduced prices for foreign tourists.
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JR Yamanote Line
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Home to the busiest station in the world, Shinjuku is one of Tokyo's must-visit night spots. Dinner, bars or karaoke, whatever you are after, you will be truly spoilt for choice in Shinjuku. By day however, Shinjuku is a great place for a spot of shopping with its fair share of brand-name goods and electronics stores.
The Takashimaya times-square department store is a great place to buy presents and the top floor of the Kinokuniya book store sells foreign language books should you need to stock up before your journey home.
If you have the time, a trip to the top of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building is also highly recommended as the panoramic views of the city are nothing short of spectacular. You can even see Mount Fuji on a clear day!
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JR Yamanote Line
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"Ameyoko" is a very busy market street located under the Yamanote Line tracks between Okachimachi and Ueno stations. This market street used to be one of the most well-known black markets in Tokyo after World War Two.
"Ameyoko" means "Ameya Yokocho" (candy store alley), as candies were traditionally sold there. Besides, "Ame" can also relate to "America" because a lot of American goods were very popular on the black market.
Nowadays, various products such as clothes, bags, cosmetics, fresh fish, dried foods and spices are available there. Especially towards the end of a year, people will flood to Ameyoko to buy festive foods and products to celebrate the New Year.
"Ameyoko" is a really fun and interesting spot to check out. Opening hours and closing days depend on different stores, but they usually open at around 10:00 and close at around 19:00. Moreover, since many stores will be closed on Wednesdays, so it may be a good idea to go there on the rest of the week.
|Ikebukuro stn.
JR Yamanote Line
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Built around the Tokyo Dome (the world's largest covered baseball stadium), Tokyo Dome City is a popular entertainment district. In this area you can find many souvenir shops and restaurants and nearby is a large spa and shopping mall complex, LaQua. LaQua also features ride attractions such as the Big-O centre-less ferris wheel and "Thunder dolphin" rollercoaster. Tokyo dome itself is home to baseball games and from time to time is also used as a concert and exhibition venue.
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Subway Marunouchi Line
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NOVI, Mich. – Pediatrician Dr. Jeffrey Dembs faces charges of criminal sexual conduct involving a child under the age of 13.
He worked at the My Kid's Doc office located on 12 Mile Road in Novi.
Watch: Pediatrician to face charges of criminal sexual conduct with child.
Most of the alleged sexual incidents are said to have happened in the West Bloomfield home of Dembs.
The boy told police he and his family were good friends with Dembs.
They would go there for dinners, jet skiing and boating.
In a report a detectives wrote the boy in 2009 "decided to sit on Dr. Dembs bed and watch some TV."
The boy claims Dembs fondled him there and again during a five day trip to Las Vegas, where they saw a prize fight.
Dembs would tell the victim not to tell anybody about what happened.
According to the report, the boy drew a diagram of the bedroom of Dembs.
A friend of the doctor described the bedroom as "James Bondish" with a round bed.
The detective wrote that the boy "stated to me that these incidents would happen almost every weekend for over two years." Police believe there were about 70 incidents in all.
The last one allegedly involved oral sex. The reports says the boy "told Dr. Dembs that he did not want to see Dr. Dembs anymore. He states that the doctor told to him, 'I know you will be back, you'll always come back over.'"
Employees at My Kid's Doc say he's on a leave of absence. Under terms of his bond Dembs is to have no contact with children.
~Home where alleged abuse took place.~


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You know that old style axiom, the one that states that once you've put your outfit together you should always assess the outfit in the mirror and select one accessory to remove?
Emilia's never heard that one:
(She was going to go as a witch for Halloween, but then she decided that she would rather invent her own costume, and so she did. What you see above is Jumbo Rainbow Craft Robot, and it is entirely her own creation. So, yeah.)
(That's "Baby Sally" on her shoulder. You might remember Baby Sally from some of Emilia's previous experiments with installation art. It's probably best if we don't give Baby Sally too much thought.)
(BABY HEADS: The Latest Thing In Shoulder Pads.)
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