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This past weekend, professional and college-level bass anglers on Toledo Bend made it clear that this East Texas lake is still one of the best in Texas. They caught bass — big bass and lots of them. Could it be global warming in February? Or maybe it's just that Toledo Bend is and has been a great bass fishing lake for decades. Whatever the explanation, one thing is certain – bass on big T-Bend are definitely not in a winter cold-water stupor.
Kevin Burks of Kountze won the co-angler division of this EverStart tourney on Saturday, Feb. 16, with a three-day total of 14 bass weighing 36 pounds, 6 ounces. He took home a Ranger boat, motor and trailer.
Del Rio angler Denny Brauer weighed in a five-bass limit totaling 17 pounds to win the pro division of this EverStart Series Texas Division event with a three-day total of 15 bass weighing 56 pounds, 8 ounces. Brauer earned $27,137 and a Ranger boat with a 200-horsepower outboard motor.
Brauer says his win was definitely a struggle.
"I went through a lot of different emotions wondering if I was going to end up with enough weight to win," said Brauer. "I am totally elated."
This was Brauer's first victory in FLW competition but he is no stranger to fishing success," said Brady Bolin with the FLW tournaments. "Brauer recently retired from an outstanding career with the Bassmaster Elite Series and moved south to his present home in Del Rio. This is his second season fishing the EverStart Series and he is currently sitting in fourth place in the Texas division Angler of the Year race."
Becoming one of the top professional bass anglers in the world is no easy chore. But it's one that Brauer has accomplished over the past 30 years. It's also helpful to be a little sneaky.
"All three days I fished boat docks and pretty much stayed on the lower end of the lake," said Brauer. "I was covering a lot of docks but catching most of my fish where there was 5 to 10 feet of water underneath. I was pitching a 1/2-ounce Strike King Denny Brauer pro model jig in black and blue color on 25-pound-test line.
"I really didn't see a lot of people out there doing what I was doing. That's the neat thing about Toledo Bend. It's such a good lake and there is so much cover that boat docks are not the premier player here. Most people ignore the docks. The fact that I had them all to myself probably enabled me to win the tournament."
Finishing second was Dustin Grice with 15 bass weighing 53-12. Hemphill angler and Toledo Bend guide Stephen Johnston took third place with 11 bass weighing 46-6.
The heaviest bass in the pro division weighed 10 pounds, 6 ounces.
The heaviest bass in the co-angler division was caught by Casey Martin. She weighed 13 pounds, 1 ounce.
The FLW College Fishing Southern Conference tournament was also held last weekend on T-Bend. The LSU team of Richard Murdock and Beau Hadskey won this contest with five bass weighing 20 pounds, 13 ounces. The win earned the club $2,000 and advanced the team to the FLW College Invitational tournament, according to Bolin.
"Last weekend my partner and I had some really good pre-fishing action going," said Hadskey, a petroleum engineering major. "We were fishing up north and catching them pretty good. But today there were waves out there that were 4 feet tall. We chose to stay down on the south end of the lake where it was calmer and ended up doing all of our fishing between Mill Creek Bay and Six Mile Bay.
"We caught all of our fish in 6 feet of water or less today," said Hadskey. "It wasn't necessarily a grass bite, but we were mainly focusing on the side of points. It really didn't matter where we were on the lake. We were catching them in the main lake and back in the coves. The key to our success was fishing the shallow areas along the sides of points. We didn't catch many fish out on the points themselves, but once we got along the sides, we started getting bites.
"We were swimming a jig and using a lipless crankbait," Hadskey added. "We looked for water that was a little bit off color because we weren't getting as many bites in the clear water. The main baits that were producing for us were brightly colored chartreuse and crawfish patterns."
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– Editor's note: Due to overwhelming reader requests, we are reprinting this Remember When column, which was originally published in the Nov. 19, 2006, edition of The Lancaster News. The story of Jim the turkey has indeed become a Thanksgiving tradition at The Lancaster News.
I don't know if it was tradition or custom, but a couple weeks before "Big Thursday" or Thanksgiving Day, me and Daddy journeyed down to Tradesville to pick up our big ole gobbler.
This tender, moist cake uses pureed pumpkin to replace much of the fat and is delicately seasoned with classic Thanksgiving flavors and can be made ahead of time.
Glazed Chocolate-Pumpkin Bundt Cake
1 cup all-purpose, flour
3/4 cup whole-wheat pastry flour
1 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, (not Dutch-process)
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
Editor's note – The Lancaster News recently asked readers on Facebook to share the names of some of the county's best foodies. One of them is Cathy Ardrey.
Cathy Ardrey's family thinks she's a great cook, with good reason.
From vegetables to wild game and seafood, Ardrey has an arsenal of dishes, many of which she's developed herself or adapted from recipes found in her cookbook library.
Stuart Barfield, 18, was awarded his Eagle Scout badge during a court of honor Sunday at First Baptist Church in Kershaw. A member of Boy Scout Troop No. 74, he is the son of Sandy and Doug Barfield. Eagle Scouts must earn 21 merit badges; Stuart has earned 58. He had to also complete a community service project of lasting value as an Eagle badge requirement. Stuart built a walking trail, constructed a bridge over a small creek, created a picnic area and built a picnic table at Stevens Park in Kershaw. A senior at Andrew Jackson High School, Stuart will attend The Citadel.
What turns a dish into a comfort food?
There is no simple answer.
Scientists who study happiness theorize that it happens whenever nostalgia meets nourishing food in a nourishing environment.
With comfort food, it's never about the amount of money that is spent.
For some, it may be when we are surrounded by family and friends enjoying a no-frills meal that includes old-fashioned meat loaf, macaroni and cheese or a green bean casserole.
Some things don't need fixing and can't be improved on.
Take country ham, for instance.
I'll wager your mouth is watering right now.
To me, country ham is the ultimate ingredient of Southern cuisine. Molasses finishes a close second.
Forget the macaroni and cheese, peanut butter and jelly, meatloaf and mashed 'taters. I'll take country ham every time.
After Saturday's inaugural charity run, Elaine Adkins is a believer in new math.
Because 117 miles plus 44 riders equals $4,526.56 and 3,000 pounds of food.
Those totals – thanks to the hard work of the Widows Sons Masonic Riders Association and 11 local masonic lodges – refilled the food pantry at HOPE in Lancaster.
The Native American studies program and the Catawba pottery collection at the University of South Carolina Lancaster is getting some coast-to-coast exposure.
It is being featured as one of three segments in a national television commercial for the University of South Carolina that is getting airplay during Gamecocks sporting events. It is also broadcast during "The Steve Spurrier Show."
Name: Rev. Randy Mellichamp
Age: 40
Address: Potter Road
Family: Wife, Michelle (give her age – are you kidding?); three sons, Nathan, 13, Andrew, 8, and Caleb, 3
Job: Minister of Camp Creek Baptist and Haven Creek Baptist churches
Hobbies: Golf, family and church
One of the best way to showcase the delicious flavors of early fall is with a homemade apple pie.
What makes apples and apple pie so all-American?
"It brings people together," said Ken Haedrich, author of "Apple Pie: 100 Delicious and Decidedly Different Recipes for America's Favorite Pie."
"It's the closest thing we have, food-wise, to a universal symbol of goodness and contentment."
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Braves rally past Strasburg and Nats for 6-2 win
WASHINGTON (AP) With the sound of fireworks going off in the distance, the Atlanta Braves lit up Stephen Strasburg.
The pyrotechnics were part of Washington's annual Cherry Blossom festival. The Braves beating the Nationals in the spring is also becoming a tradition around here.
Julio Teheran allowed two runs in seven solid innings and had two hits, and Atlanta knocked out Stephen Strasburg in the fifth inning, as the Braves beat Washington 6-2 on Saturday night.
Atlanta is 7-0 against the Nats the last two Aprils.
"That's our goal, to win every series. We've put ourselves in a position to sweep now," Dan Uggla said.
Uggla had a two-run single for the Braves and Freddie Freeman reached base five times with two hits and three walks.
"I don't even want to talk about last year," Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "When you pitch and catch the baseball it's a really good combination to win baseball games."
Teheran (1-1) limited Washington to three hits, including a two-run home run by Adam LaRoche. The Braves right-hander was aided by a spectacular throw by B.J. Upton, who caught a liner to medium center by Bryce Harper and threw out Jose Lobaton at the plate for an inning-ending double play in the fifth.
Strasburg (0-1) allowed eight hits, three walks and three earned runs in 4 1-3 innings.
Teheran walked four and hit a batter, but he compensated with six timely strikeouts and two solid singles to right field, the first of which drove in the tying run with two out in the bottom of the fourth inning and contributed to the early exit for Strasburg.
"He's resilient," Gonzalez said. "I don't worry about him anymore. When he gets his back up against a wall he seems to elevate his game a little bit."
Atlanta always seems to elevate its game against Strasburg, who has a 3-5 record against the Braves. No other team has handed the right-hander more than three losses in his career.
It was the second shaky outing of the year for the Nationals right-hander. Strasburg allowed a pair of home runs in a no-decision in Washington's 9-7 opening day victory over the Mets.
Against the Braves, Strasburg had a 2-0 lead in the fourth inning, but third baseman Ryan Zimmerman's two-out, two-run throwing error paved the way for two unearned runs.
"I don't really feel like I got out of my game plan or anything," Strasburg said of Zimmerman's error. "I really feel like I was going out there, giving it everything I had and battling. I just left some pitches up."
Zimmerman left the game with a sore shoulder. It's the same shoulder he had surgically repaired in October 2012.
In the next inning, Strasburg was sent to the dugout after allowing a walk and four straight singles. The hits were supplied by Chris Johnson, Justin Upton, Uggla, and Ryan Doumit. Andrelton Simmons brought home the final run with a sacrifice fly off reliever Aaron Barrett.
It was a rough night for the Nationals' other former No. 1 overall draft pick as Bryce Harper went 0-for-4 with a pair of strikeouts, watching his average drop to .143 and his frustration rise.
"I'm pretty lost right now actually," Harper said. "I'm trying everything right now so we'll see where I'm at tomorrow, give pops a call and see what he says."
Notes: In the final game of the series on Sunday, Braves lefty Alex Wood (1-0, 1.29 ERA) will oppose Nationals right-hander Taylor Jordan, who gets his first start of the season. . Nationals P Doug Fister, who is out with a lat strain, may get some throwing in on Sunday for the first time since he was placed on the 15-day disabled list on March 29. "Through exercise he feels pretty good," manager Matt Williams said. "The test is going to be throwing and extending in a controlled environment." … Illness is going around both clubhouses. Braves C Evan Gattis, who homered on Friday, was out with flu-like symptoms, but was available to pinch hit. Nationals P Gio Gonzalez is battling illness. His next start is set for Tuesday against the Marlins. .. Wood is the first left-hander the Nationals will face this year.


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August 22, 2013 3:03 pm ET - by Carlos Maza
Following the announcement that former Army private Bradley Manning identifies as female and wishes to be referred to as Chelsea Manning, cable news outlets continued to identify Manning as a male.
During the August 22 edition of NBC's Today, co-anchor Savannah Guthrie read a statement from Bradley Manning - who was recently convicted of leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks - announcing the former Army private's desire to live as a female and be identified as Chelsea Manning:
In the statement, Manning specifically stated a desire to be referred to using female pronouns:
As I transition into this next phase of my life, I want everyone to know the real me. I am Chelsea Manning. I am a female. Given the way that I feel, and have felt since childhood, I want to begin hormone therapy as soon as possible. I hope that you will support me in this transition. I also request that, starting today, you refer to me by my new name and use the feminine pronoun (except in official mail to the confinement facility).
Despite Manning's request to be identified as a female, cable news outlets continued to incorrectly refer to her as a male.
During the August 22 edition of Fox News' America's Newsroom, host Greg Jarrett repeatedly used male pronouns to describe Manning:
The same was true during the August 22 edition of CNN's Legal View with Ashleigh Banfield, even after Banfield and Pentagon correspondent Chris Lawrence acknowledged Manning's desire to be identified as a female:
On MSNBC's Jansing and Co. host Chris Jansing alternated between referring to Manning as a male and female:
The GLAAD Media Reference Guide calls on outlets to refer to transgender people by their chosen pronouns, stating:
Always use a transgender person's chosen name. Often transgender people cannot afford a legal name change or are not yet old enough to change their name legally. They should be afforded the same respect for their chosen name as anyone else who lives by a name other than their birth name (e.g., celebrities).
Whenever possible, ask transgender people which pronoun they would like you to use. A person who identifies as a certain gender, whether or not that person has taken hormones or had some form of surgery, should be referred to using the pronouns appropriate for that gender.
Fox & Friends Takes On Manning's "Bizarre" And "Confus[ing]" Gender Transition
"Dangerously Uninformed": Fox News' Fact-Free Campaign Against Protections For Transgender Students
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Earlier this month, Arun Shenoy Music Publishing (ASMP), Singapore, announced a GRAMMY® Award nomination for Singaporean artist, producer and composer, Arun Shenoy, and his album titled Rumbadoodle in the Best Pop Intrumental Album field. Soon after, the artist was surprised with a second honor, as the local media confirmed he was the first Singaporean ever nominated for a GRAMMY® Award.
Shenoy released Rumbadoodle, a Flamenco-flavoured instrumental album and accompanying video, in August 2012. Throughout the large scale production process that was recorded across the globe, he shared the project's progress from afar with industry contacts around the world, which garnered critical acclaim for his work, and eventually landed him in company with fellow Pop Instrumental nominees Chris Botti, Larry Carlton, Dave Koz and Gerald Albright & Norman Brown.
The album is a labor of love, Shenoy says, recorded over several years from Spain to Pakistan, from the UK to Canada, India to LA and New York, and of course in Singapore. Combining elements of the traditional Gypsy Rumba Flamenco with a myriad of popular music forms across the aesthetics of pop, rock and jazz, Shenoy describes the record as an exploratory journey, doodling across genre boundaries as we know it today, creating a unique and true masterpiece along the way.
"I am delighted that Rumbadoodle has been embraced by the music community and recognized at this pinnacle of excellence. I am humbled by this recognition for my work," says Arun Shenoy soonafter the results were announced.
Shenoy is one of three Indian-born artists to be nominated this year, joining Anoushka Shankar and her recently-deceased father, Ravi Shankar, who were both nominated in the Best World Music Album category. Shenoy recently paid homage to the elder Shankar in several media outlets, stating, "To say Pandit Ravi Shankar is merely an 'influence' would be trivializing the importance of him. Thinking back, the sound of the Sitar was always around me growing up, and it was almost always him playing it. There are two things for which I admire him: First of all, that he was unique and original. He never tried to be someone else, he developed a style which was unique from his contemporaries, and -- whether it was influencing The Beatles or even playing at Woodstock -- he never lost his own aesthetic. And, secondly, the fact that he lived and breathed music 'til the end is inspiring. He was 92, the oldest nominee on this year's list, quite possibly. Seeing myself on the same nominee list as him put me into a sense of disbelief. He dedicated his life to music, and I hope I can do the same. It's a great loss to music and to the world. May his soul rest in peace, and his music continue ringing in our ears."
While Singapore is his adopted home, Shenoy stays connected with his birthplace, dedicating 100% of album sales to Milaap.org, a micro-loan organization serving India. He notes, "The funds raised with this campaign will be put towards an education fund setup for under-privileged in India. Folks say the truth will set you free. We like to believe that education will. So please join us and make a difference."
Shenoy says he will make the long journey from Singapore for a round of L.A.-based meetings and The Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, the 10th of Feb 2013, broadcast on CBS at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
One can stream the full album and watch Rumbadoodle's animated music video - produced in conjunction with NY-based Actuality Films - online at www.arunshenoy.com.
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About Arun Shenoy
Arun Shenoy is a Singaporean songwriter and record producer originally from Bangalore, India. His production style weaves through the genres of rock n roll, worldbeat and new age music. Arun writes and produces music released as solo productions under his own name, as well as for other bands and solo artists. He broke into the limelight in 2010 with the debut EP of American rockers Tanadra that was co-written and produced by him and that yielded the hit single "Danny". This was followed in 2012 by Rumbadoodle, a solo production under his own name. He is currently busy with his follow up record slated for release in the summer of 2013. He is a showcase artist of SONY for their audio production suite and endorses PreSonus, the premier American manufacturer of live and studio sound equipment. Visit http://www.ArunShenoy.com
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GRAMMY-Nominee ARUN SHENOY Makes History as the First Singaporean nominated for a GRAMMY Award
Earlier this month, Arun Shenoy Music Publishing (ASMP), Singapore, announced a GRAMMY® Award nomination for Singaporean artist, producer and composer, Arun Shenoy, and his album titled Rumbadoodle in the Best Pop Intrumental Album field. Soon after, the artist was surprised with a second honor, as the local media confirmed he was the first Singaporean ever nominated for a GRAMMY® Award.


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LG Electronics just announced the release of two Cinema 3D monitors series – D41P and D42P – using LG's new Film Patterned Retarder (FPR) 3D technology (passive polarization filters) that was just recently announced in the new line of LG Cinema 3D HDTVs. LG claims that with their FPR 3D technology, the 3D monitors offer brighter and clearer images, and a "Flicker-Free" certified 3D picture that according the company makes 3D viewing more comfortable and eliminates the "occasionally caused dizziness and nausea among viewers" when watching 3D monitors using shutter glasses. You should however consider the fact that the flicker with shutter glasses is not the only thing that may lead to side effects and unpleasant feeling in the viewer, badly made stereo 3D content is actually the most usual cause.
Out of the first four monitors from the new D41P and D42P series – D2341P, D2242P, D2342P, D2542P, only the first one comes with just D-SUB and DVI-D connectivity (D2341P) and the other 3 models also feature support for HDMI 1.4. The LG D2341P is a 23-inch Full HD 3D monitor, the LG D2242P is 21.5-inch Full HD 3D monitor, the LG D2342P is 23-inch Full HD 3D monitor and the LG D2542P is 25-inch Full HD 3D monitor. All of them use TN panels with LED backlight, meaning more affordable price, have 5ms response time, 1000:1 contrast ratio (5 million to 1 dynamic) and provide up to 250 cd/m2 maximum brightness in 2D mode and 100 cd/m2 in 3D mode. The LG Cinema 3D monitors will be launched in Korea today and will be rolled out globally early June starting in Europe.
All four new models from the D41P and D42P series will be bundled with DDD's TriDef 3D software that will be ensuring the stereoscopic 3D support for games, as well as 3D video playback and the 2D to 3D video conversion functionality. The TriDef software is universal, meaning it will work with both AMD/ATI and Nvidia-based GPUs and the models with HDMI 1.4 interface should be compatible with consumer 3D electronics such as PS3 consoles or Blu-ray 3D players. Have in mind that these monitors are not compatible with either 3D Vision or the 3DTV Play software from Nvidia and will not be made compatible in the future as well.
The main advantage of the use of passive polarizing filters is that it brings down the cost of the display and makes the glasses much more affordable as they do not need any electronics, just two plastic filters with different light polarization. The drawbacks are mostly the limited vertical resolution (the halved number of horizontal lines per eye), as each eye perceives only 1920×540 pixels, something that could bring some issues with distinguishing finer details and small text in 3D, as well as the significantly limited vertical viewing angle of the display when in 3D mode as compared to the angle in 2D.


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University of Michigan Health System & Allegiance Health announce intent to affiliate, to strengthen ability to serve Jackson County and surrounding communities
Dec 03, 2013, 12:15 ET
Proposed broad-based affiliation would build on existing relationships in key specialties and position both systems for new health care environment
ANN ARBOR and JACKSON, Mich., Dec. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The University of Michigan Health System (UMHS) and Allegiance Health have signed a letter of intent to affiliate, with Allegiance Health becoming a member of the UMHS network. Combining their expertise and services would create better health and well-being at every stage of life for the patients served by Allegiance Health.
For nearly 100 years, the people of Jackson County, Michigan and the surrounding communities have turned to Allegiance Health for high-quality health care. With the proposed affiliation announced today, Allegiance Health will strengthen its ability to continue this tradition by joining UMHS.
The proposed affiliation would expand on existing collaborations between the two health systems. Over the coming months, the full details and terms of the proposed affiliation will be announced, in consultation with key stakeholders and in compliance with regulatory requirements.
At the successful conclusion of the process, Allegiance Health would become part of the University of Michigan Health System and of the University of Michigan. The new relationship would position both institutions to better and more efficiently serve patients and the community in a rapidly changing health care environment.
"Together, UMHS and Allegiance Health will build on our non-profit legacies of quality care to provide even greater value to patients and sustainable health improvement for all, including underserved populations," said Georgia Fojtasek, R.N., Ed.D., president and CEO of Allegiance Health. "In UMHS, Allegiance Health has found a partner that shares our commitment and vision. By joining one of the state's premier health care systems, Allegiance Health is building on our long-standing commitment to become a more effective and efficient organization, resulting in even higher quality and cost-effective health care for our community."
Ora Hirsch Pescovitz, M.D., CEO of UMHS and executive vice president for medical affairs at U-M, believes the proposed relationship between Allegiance Health and UMHS will help patients receive care in the location best for them, which is often close to home.
"We know how important Allegiance Health is to the Jackson community, and how dedicated its staff and physicians are to the health of their neighbors," she said. "Ultimately, our proposed partnership would provide enhanced and efficient care locally whenever possible."
Allegiance Health and UMHS already successfully work together to provide high-quality radiation oncology services to cancer patients and heart care for both adults and children. A U-M Medical School faculty member serves as medical director for the clinically integrated network that includes Allegiance Health and community-based physicians.
The proposed affiliation will give Allegiance Health enhanced access to new state-of-the-art technologies and data-driven care models, and enable physicians and other clinicians from both systems to work together to develop innovative approaches to patient care. It will also help Allegiance Health expand its services strategically, and coordinate care across the continuum of each patient's needs. Allegiance Health would be able to achieve new efficiencies in operations and have better access to capital funding.
By working together with UMHS, Allegiance Health can make more efficient use of resources, thereby generating additional funds that will stay in the Jackson community. These funds, and others that will be made available to Allegiance Health through this affiliation, will enable UMHS to commit to $100 million in new strategic initiatives investment at Allegiance Health over the next seven years, in addition to satisfaction of routine maintenance and replacement capital requirements.
Under the proposed new structure, Allegiance Health leaders and local community members will continue to represent local interests on governance committees and influence the future of Allegiance Health, together with leaders from UMHS.
The new proposed affiliation is the latest in efforts by UMHS to collaborate with other health systems across the state – though the proposed relationship with Allegiance Health would be the first time UMHS has sought to bring another health system entirely into its structure.
"Through these local partnerships, patients receive higher value, because they receive the right care, at the right time, in the right place, and in the most cost efficient manner," says Pescovitz. (For information on other UMHS affiliations, see http://umhealth.me/partaff.)
Throughout the U.S., health systems are seeking affiliations and alignment with other health systems and physician groups in order to prepare for new insurance payment models that require high quality of care for large populations of people.
With this proposed affiliation, Allegiance Health and UMHS will participate more effectively in new federal and state programs, such as accountable care organizations (ACOs) that incentivize health systems to provide better and more coordinated care for entire populations of patients while minimizing costs.
The University of Michigan Health System is a national leader in advanced patient care, innovative research to improve human health and comprehensive education of physicians, health professionals and medical scientists. UMHS includes the 990-bed hospital complex and 40 clinical care locations of the U-M Hospitals & Health Centers, which attracts patients from every county in Michigan as well as from other states and nations. It also includes the U-M Medical School with its 1,700-physician Faculty Group Practice, and numerous research laboratories and projects funded by more than $430 million in research grants. UMHS has earned many recognitions for quality & safety from U.S. News & World Report, Truven Health, the Leapfrog Group and beyond. More information: www.uofmhealth.org
Allegiance Health is a 480-bed community-owned health system in Jackson, Michigan. Allegiance complements traditional acute care services with mission-based services to support the care continuum for all members of the community. Through its Health Improvement Organization (HIO), Allegiance is also a national leader in forming community partnerships that innovatively address wellness and prevention needs in the community. Allegiance Health was named among America's 100 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades. As a recipient of the Healthgrades 2013 Patient Safety Excellence Award, Allegiance places within the top 5 percent of all hospitals for its excellent performance in safeguarding patients from serious, potentially preventable complications during their hospital stay. As a recipient of the CareChex 2013 Patient Safety Award, Allegiance ranks in the top 10% in the nation for patient safety related to heart attack and heart failure treatment. More information: www.allegiancehealth.org
SOURCE University of Michigan Health System & Allegiance Health


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Hoa Lu Tam Coc day tour Hanoi offers a trip to visit the Hoa Lu and Tam Coc of the most beautiful landscapes of Ninh Binh province. It is just 120 km to the southeast of Hanoi. Hoa Lu was the ancient Royal capital during the Dinh and Pre-Le dynasties which lasted for 41 years (from 969-1009). In comparison with Hoa Lu's cultural significance, Tam Coc is considered as "Ha Long Bay" in land because its location and formation. You will boat cruising through Hang Ca, Hang Hai, and Hang Ba with the scenic beauty of huge rocks standing along river and scattered green rice fields. You feel the tranquility, peace and the nature combines with life of locals to form a poetic romantic painting of the countryside.
Trip itinerary
07:45 Picking up from hotel/stay.
08:15 Starting drive to Ninh Binh province
10:00 Arriving at Hoa Lu Ancient Capital
10:15 Visiting King Dinh and King Le's temples.
11:30 Arriving in Tam Coc Wharf.
11:45 Having buffet lunch with Vietnamese Cuisine.
13:00 Getting on Sampan boats through caves and visiting countryside landscape
15:00 Back to Tam Coc Wharf to chill out.
15:15 Biking to Bich Dong on country road
16:00 Getting on shuttle bus to go back to Hanoi
18:30 Saying goodbye to you at your hotel/stay. Trip ends
What to bring:
Sun glasses, Sun cream
Camera and film
Pair of Shoes and short trousers for biking around country road.
Go on a bamboo boat in 1,5 hours with local boat person to visit Tam Coc Cave.
Trip price
|Group size
|1 – 5 pax
|6 – 10 pax
|11 – 15 pax
- Pick up from hotel/stay in Hanoi Old Quarter to Hoa Lu – Tam Coc and Return
- All entrance tickets to sites indicated in Itinerary
- Complementary bottles of water on bus
- Buffet lunch with Vietnamese Cuisine
- English Speaking Tour guide during the trip
- Bike
Trip excludes:
- Pick up and drop off outside Hanoi Old Quarter
- Beverages, Tax, Insurance.
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Why are these elections important?
Iran: On June 12, incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad defeated his main challenger, Mir Hossein Mousavi, by an official margin of 2 to 1 – a vote that has been bitterly, and sometimes violently, contested on Iran's streets. The turmoil has underscored deep rifts in Iranian society, raising questions about the Islamic republic's long-term viability.
Israel: In January elections, Benjamin Netanyahu came to power as prime minister of a center-right coalition government. Arabs were less than pleased, believing Mr. Netanyahu's hard-line approach would slow progress toward peace with the Palestinians and Syria.
Lebanon: On June 7, the US-backed March 14 coalition narrowly beat the opposition, which is led by the militant group Hezbollah. That means March 14 will retain the upper hand in parliament – essentially preserving the status quo.
US: The 2008 election was widely anticipated in the Middle East, with many hoping for a new US approach that would restart the Arab-Israeli peace process, stabilize Iraq, and explore engagement with Iran.
How do they change the region?
The most significant change could come from Iran, which is a strong supporter of Hezbollah and the Palestinian militant group Hamas – both of which Israel sees as threats. Mr. Ahmadinejad has famously said the Jewish state would be "wiped off the map" – part of a hard-line foreign policy that has raised suspicions about the goal of Iran's nuclear program.
"The election in Iran is the most important," says Rami Khouri, director of the Issam Fares Center of Lebanon at the American University of Beirut, "not because of the result, but because of the manipulation. Elections in the Middle East, other than in Israel, are not usually the mechanisms that make policy. They are interesting for reflecting the political culture in which they occur."
The results of the four elections shore up some US goals in the region, while complicating other initiatives.
The Middle East today is largely shaped by the struggle between two opposing camps. Iran, Syria, and allies such as Hezbollah and Hamas make up the "resistance front." The other camp includes the US, Israel, and Arab states such as Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Jordan – a Sunni trio uneasy about the growing influence of Shiite Iran.
The vote in Lebanon, which is a microcosm of various Middle East forces, was seen as critical in determining the regional balance of power between these two camps. Washington applauded the March 14 bloc's win, but Hezbollah remains the country's most powerful political force, restricting the bloc's ability to maneuver.
President Obama's willingness to take a firm stand with Israel on certain issues, meanwhile, marks a distinct departure from the Bush administration. He and Netanyahu aren't exactly two peas in a pod. Even if they were, the Israeli leader would have to consider the demands of his right-wing allies or risk having his government fall apart.
What does it mean for Arab-Israeli peace?
Though faced with the immediate challenges of a global financial crisis and two wars, Mr. Obama has confounded expectations by emphasizing the importance of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. In his June 4 address to the Arab world in Cairo, he spoke at length about the conflict.
But Arabs are looking for action. The initial test of Obama's resolve, many say, lies in his ability to freeze Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
In a nod to Obama, Netanyahu promised in a major speech June 14 that no new settlements would be built in the West Bank and said he supports the creation of a "demilitarized" Palestinian state. But the Palestinians, he added, must recognize Israel as a Jewish state. That condition is unlikely to be accepted by Palestinians, offering little hope for rapid progress in peace talks. Other obstacles: the lack of Palestinian unity and the collapse of Palestinian political and economic institutions.
Under the former government of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Israel held indirect peace talks with Syria for almost a year. Damascus broke off the talks in December in protest of Israel's offensive against Hamas in Gaza. Netanyahu has shown no inclination to resume those talks.
Obama, meanwhile, announced June 24 that he would send an ambassador to Syria after a four-year hiatus. The Bush administration had cut ties in 2005, accusing Damascus of abetting violence in Iraq and Lebanon. Now, Washington hopes to secure Syria's help in stabilizing Iraq and undermining groups such as Hezbollah.
Will Lebanon's election bring calm after three years of violence?
While the result was a disappointment for Hezbollah and its allies, both sides appear to favor a consensus approach to the formation of the next government, which could help sustain a period of calm. On June 25, lawmakers reelected a pro-Hezbollah speaker of parliament, while March 14 leader Saad Hariri was appointed the new prime minister days later. Mr. Hariri is tasked with forming a new government – a process he says is under way – but Saudi Arabia and Syria, which have engaged in a series of talks recently, also have significant sway on the future of power sharing in the country.
One reason Lebanon has been roiled by political crisis for the past three years is that the rival camps are backed by Syria and Saudi Arabia, which have been at odds. The Syrians and Saudis now are engaged in a rapprochement that has helped ease tensions in Lebanon and facilitated a generally calm election. So long as the spirit of conciliation remains, analysts say Lebanon could be stable in the months ahead. But the duration of that calm depends largely on developments elsewhere in the region.
How do the protests in Iran affect possible engagement with the US?
The consequences of the protests will be felt for months or even years to come, and are likely to put a temporary cap on Iran's regional reach, while limiting dialogue with the US.
"The United States and the international community have been appalled and outraged by the threats, the beatings, and imprisonments of the last few days," said Obama late last month, adding that he "strongly condemn[ed] these unjust actions."
The disputed vote – after which hundreds of thousands of Iranians took to the streets and battled riot police, charging massive fraud against Mr. Mousavi – has exposed deep divisions among Iran's top clerics, and widened Iran's cultural divide.
Protesters once again clashed with security forces Thursday after Mousavi's supporters called for large marches on the 10th anniversary of the 1999 student uprising. The protests arose despite government threats that they would be met with force.
With Iran so focused on affairs at home, it is unlikely that there will be any significant changes soon to foreign policy – whether a new nuclear policy or responding to Obama's overtures – apart from blaming the US and the West for all the violence.
"At the moment nothing is going to happen, because Iranians are so gripped," says Ali Ansari, director of the Institute for Iranian Studies at St. Andrews University in Scotland. "In Washington, they won't like this. But basically the Iranians are very insular, and everything is dictated by the internal dynamic. So the American part of it [is subsumed by] this battle of power. [Ayatollah] Khamenei has to consolidate power in Iran. The Americans can wait ... it's a secondary concern."
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the savages
'the savages' has a joke for a title, in that it implies we haven't progressed much as a race since the prehistoric times when throwing bones in the air was the height of creativity, or even more recently, when the european medieval homicide rate was 50% in some places (you had a one in two chance of being murdered by someone you knew in the days of the black plague, the early inquisition, and orlando bloom's inter-faith dialogue). 'the savages' is about siblings trying to care for the elderly father who didn't treat them well, and whom they don't like very much. in that sense, it is about living and dying, and, in the context of contemporary medical culture - which can keep people alive far longer than ever before, leading to the inevitable fact that one day, someone is going to have pull the plug. savage indeed. or at least potentially so.
there are dozens of movies about 'dying well' - from 'stepmom' to 'terms of endearment'; and even though these have a reputation for over-egging the sentimentality, i don't mind them that much. we all have to deal with the death of loved ones; this is hard enough without taking away the comfort that a 'soft' movie might bring to the bereaved. though, of course, in these movies debra winger and susan sarandon don't exactly die like we do in real life.
'the savages' wants to present something more honest; and in philip seymour hoffman and laura linney's brother and sister pair, and most especially philip bosco's father, portrays a painful little play. these are characters with whom you sympathise, rather than like. they make bad decisions. they are self-centered. they have a little bit of heart. it feels like real life.
no magic solutions present themselves; but facing the death of a parent does in some sense help the children grow up, if only a little. and the movie ends with a motif that some may find grating, but i think is one of the most honestly life-affirming images in the movies.
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Various types of acclaim cards are accessible in the market. They accept acquired from their aboriginal canicule into adjustable cyberbanking accoutrement for a lot of types of spenders and savers. But with so abounding types of acclaim cards on action it can be somewhat overwhelming. Few examples are Airline acclaim card, Antithesis alteration acclaim card, banknote abatement acclaim cards etc.
- How to accept the Appropriate Card?
There are actually tens of hundreds of acclaim cards on action in the USA, and the account is growing daily. So, which is the best on offer? It actual abundant depends on how anniversary being affairs to use their card. The acknowledgment lies in allurement one simple question; "What do I wish to use a acclaim agenda for?"
- Applying For Acclaim Cards Online
This advantage is simple and a lot of convenient. Added and added humans are applying for acclaim cards online. Along with online auctions, and shopping, signing up for acclaim cards, loans and allowance has been one of the fastest growing bartering activities on the net.
- How to adjudge which acclaim agenda is acceptable for me?
Aboriginal adjudge what YOU are searching for again seek the web. There are some bigname acclaim cards that ability allegation the apple for you to accept the advantage of accustomed their name in your wallet. A lot of of them are not account the added fees. But what makes a agenda account its salt? And what accomplish should you yield in allotment the appropriate card?
- Rate Tart Are You One?
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- Quick Antithesis Transfer
Antithesis transfers acquiesce agenda holders to alteration the money they owe to their absolute acclaim agenda to another, usually at a appropriate amount of interest. The new acclaim agenda aggregation pays off the old acclaim agenda debt and transfers it to the new card.
- 0% Antithesis Transfers What's The Buzz?
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- Cash Aback Acclaim Card
It seems about too acceptable to be true; a acclaim agenda aggregation giving aback money to the user just for spending it in the aboriginal place! However, as with all acceptable deals, there are agreement and conditions.
- The Value Of Accepting Branded USA Acclaim Agenda Loyalty Programs
Anyone who has taken even the briefest of looks at the USA acclaim agenda industry will anon apprehension that there are able-bodied over a thousand acclaim agenda providers. However, even in this badly aggressive industry, there are still alone two capital types of agenda accessible – the Visa agenda and the MasterCard.
- Secured or PrePaid Acclaim Cards
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- Airmile Acclaim Cards
These canicule a lot of above USA acclaim agenda providers action a all-inclusive arrangement of accolade programs to try and attract abeyant new barter to administer for a card. Back the birth of accolade packages, one of the a lot of accepted bales that applicants go for is airmile acclaim cards.
- Business Acclaim Cards
If you are either the buyer or Chief Cyberbanking Officer (CFO) of a business and do not accept business acclaim cards, again the afterward 10 affidavit ability accomplish you wish to amend your business acclaim agenda strategy.
- How To Manage Your Abundance Card
Abounding above outlets action abundance cards. These accommodate an simple way for consumers to adjourn transaction for purchases. Abundance cards are answer over accessible abode systems in shops and by boutique administration at checkouts. So it's no abruptness that there are millions of abundance cards accounts in the USA.
- Identity Theft
Character annexation is a above affair in the USA, and with acceptable reason. It has been estimated that it can yield up to sixty hours of plan to balance a baseborn identity, and in the affliction cases, amount up to bags of dollars to put right. But what can be arch to anticipate this?
- Payment Aegis Awning For Your Acclaim Agenda Is It Account The Cost?
Transaction aegis awning states absolutely acutely what it is but what are the ins and outs of the action and its account because demography out transaction aegis awning on your acclaim card.
- Credit Agenda Charges
Acclaim cards arise to accept alone one amount to a user – the absorption answerable on purchases, but there are a accomplished bulk of hidden accuse just ambuscade beneath the surface. So, some cards action an anniversary transaction advantage in acknowledgment for assertive benefits. What is the best option, and in what circumstance
- Smashing The Acclaim Rating Myths
It acclimated to be said that there were two certainties in action – afterlife and taxes. Today you can add a third – credit. Today, it is about assertive that at some point during your action you are traveling to allegation to administer for credit. This acclaim may be either be in the anatomy of a acclaim card, allegation card, appoint purchase, claimed loan, home loan, etc.
- Credit Building Tactics
Abundant is accounting about acclaim ratings, the account adjoin an individual's name, that ante their accommodation for credit.
- Credit Reports
Every time a chump applies for a cyberbanking artefact such as a acclaim card, the acclaim aggregation will argue that customer's acclaim file. This book annal all their cyberbanking action in agreement of acclaim applications and cyberbanking activity.
- Credit Agenda Options For Humans With Bad Credit
There are abounding items that you can alone pay for with a acclaim card. If you wish to book a anniversary on the Internet, a acclaim agenda is a defended way to pay. And if you wish to appoint a car if you get to your destination or booking a auberge room, a acclaim agenda is your alone option.
- Do You Allegation To Accept Added Than One Acclaim Card?
Deciding whether or not to accept added than 1 USA acclaim agenda can be a difficult accommodation to make. On the one hand, you wish to accumulate a accurate ascendancy on your claimed affairs and accepting abundant creditors makes this difficult. On the added hand, it can be acceptable to accept added than one acclaim card, for archetype in an emergency. So, you should accept added than 1 acclaim card.
- Credit Agenda Disadvantages
Acclaim cards are everywhere; abstracts appearance that the boilerplate agenda user has over 4 acclaim cards in their wallet, and there are added cards consistently in circulation!
- Common Acclaim Agenda Mistakes
With acclaim cards now outnumbering humans in the USA you would be appropriate to accept that not anybody in this country uses their acclaim cards either accurately or wisely. But what are the a lot of accepted mistakes that acclaim agenda holders accomplish if application their acclaim cards?
- Are PreApproved USA Acclaim Cards A Scam?
Appropriately apperceive as clutter mail, every now and again you may acquisition a nice bright letter on your chump allegorical you that you accept just been 'preapproved' a USA acclaim card. With your beating racing, you alpha to accept again advertising of what a admirable chump you are and how abundant your custom is valued. Hold on tiger – you may able-bodied be falling for one of the better acclaim agenda scams going!
- Visa or Mastercard?
The two capital acclaim agenda types accept battled it out back the mid 1960s, but the acclaim agenda anarchy was started in ardent by American Express, in 1958. Soon, their agenda was the best to pay at hotels, airlines and restaurants.


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As the bread-and-butter crisis continues to unfold, the cyberbanking annual industry faces austere challenges. The crisis is abiding in connected imbalances, including continued periods of low absorption rates, rapidly ascent asset prices, and massive acclaim and accumulation imbalances. The 2007 and 2008 Letters from the Apple Bread-and-butter Forum predicted these changes as connected accident to the market.
Earlier decades of aberrant advance and commercialism at its best accept now acquired the bazaar to acclimate to tighter credit, growing government intervention, slowing clip of globalization, and no bread-and-butter growth. With accretion regulations in the United States and abbreviating availability of credit, the industry faces a cogent accident of bantam growth. The all-around recession is aswell affecting the cyberbanking area because of basic markets and decreased accumulated demand, according to Max von Bismarck, Director and Head of Investor Industries.
This commodity will board leaders, advisers and investors in the cyberbanking annual industry with 5 altered and appropriate trends to accumulate in the beginning of their advance strategies for the next 5 years. These 5 key trends will appearance the column cyberbanking crisis in a holistic and analytical manner.
GLOBAL BANKING. According to the Apple Bank, although abounding banks such as American Express, Citibank and JPMorgan Chase conduct business in assorted countries, they are almost bounded in the United States. In adjustment to grow, the cyberbanking industry will accept to admission arising markets. For companies that accept a added advancing advance strategy, the advance to arising markets such as Africa and Asia presents unparalleled opportunities for accumulation and added bazaar share.
IT PLATFORM SHARING. Network Apple confirms that cyberbanking annual firms' business strategies accept to be adapted for the new dynamics and intricacies of today's market. Immediate admission to advice and affiliation forth artefact curve and cartography are a accept to for approaching success. With the charge to accumulation advice to a all-around market, firms accept to abatement cost. One amount able action is the use of belvedere sharing; like corpuscle buzz companies that coact with bounded companies in adjustment to abatement amount and admission access, cyberbanking firms can do the same.
E-BANKING. A appropriate address from The Economist sees that with 3.5 billion humans with corpuscle phones and an accepted 10-20% year over year growth, claimed and business cyberbanking affairs are conducted through corpuscle phones added and more. Thus, E-banking adequacy is bound acceptable an accretion claim in adjustment to attempt in the marketplace. E-banking capabilities board companies with capital adaptability and adverse in the bazaar through Internet-based annual applications.
MOBILE MONEY. The admission of adaptable buzz acceptance in arising markets makes adaptable money a safe, low amount action for the cyberbanking sector. It is an easier way to alteration money to ancestors and friends, money is sent, and payments and withdrawals can be fabricated after anytime traveling to a concrete coffer or transaction center. M-Pesa, an aboriginal developer of adaptable money, assured that adaptable money "has astronomic amusing and bread-and-butter benefits."
SELF-SERVICE. Self-service and the chump should be a primary focus for firms in this new cyberbanking annual world, according to IBM. AppViewXS is a self-service aperture firms can purchase, so barter can analysis the cachet of their annual and accretion burning admission to accessible services. Chump questions and apropos are addressed added quickly, states an IBM representative. This technology automates abounding processes; the aftereffect is that agents workload is bargain while assembly accomplish faster and added efficiently.
Financial annual firms charge to accept sustainable, abiding amplification in the arising markets in adjustment to abound in the future. Deloitte and Touche Research letters that cyberbanking annual firms accept not positioned themselves to capitalize on added geographically broadcast opportunities. Added than 93 percent of the admiral interviewed for this address accustomed that their firms "are not operating in a globally dent fashion."
The aforementioned address states that cyberbanking firms charge to advance abroad from adept or complete markets and against arising markets because "by 2025, adept markets will be rivaled by added markets with faster growing economies and added adult cyberbanking artefact appetites." USA based firms can attending against Japanese and African markets for amplification opportunities. Kennedy Consulting analysts accept that the bazaar will backlash from the all-around cyberbanking crisis in 2011, but there will not be any acknowledgment to the able-bodied levels above-mentioned to 2007 until abundant after in the decade; hopefully, the 5 key trends in this address will advice the leaders, advisers and investors in the cyberbanking annual industry to attending against a able-bodied complete future.
In accession to advance strategies, in the 2002 Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing, Henson and Wilson altercate the acute changes that accept occurred in the cyberbanking annual industry and how abounding firms are aggravating to advance and assassinate acknowledged strategies based on avant-garde technology and customers. Aside from the approved ups and downs of the cyberbanking world, technology and addition will consistently abound as the win-win for the cyberbanking annual industry. Because online cyberbanking has become the barometer for a lot of customers, technology will be actual important in these firms' strategies.
With the chump at the centermost of a lot of trends in cyberbanking annual firms, creating new ethics for their accepted and abeyant audience above accepted expectations will be a top priority. The charge for accessibility alloyed with technology makes adaptable money a abundant action in the arising as able-bodied as the developed markets. Abounding firms accept acceleration pay, the adeptness to pay after annexation the card, as allotment of their acclaim agenda services. An anchored dent in the acclaim agenda enables payments to be fabricated by putting the agenda abutting to the transaction processor. Adaptable money will be an amplification of transaction and money transfers after the charge for a card, the charge to go to a concrete bank, or to use Internet banking. Payments, transfers, deposits and withdrawals can be fabricated with a corpuscle phone.
The Apple Coffer concurs that avant-garde technology and an admission in e-business strategies will advance to abundant lower costs and greater antagonism in cyberbanking services. Internet and accompanying technologies, the Apple Coffer affirms, are added than just new supply channels; they are an inexpensive, different, and actual able way to board the aforementioned services. Since cyberbanking annual firms accept to abound organically, body chump loyalty, and board the customers' accretion needs for casework and convenience, partnerships with new technology businesses will acquiesce them to lower their costs and be competitive.
Established firms such as Amex, Citibank, and others can accomplice with groups such as the active tech adeptness Google Alumni who are not afraid to accident and who own apprentice technology businesses that are about-face the industry with a new beachcomber of avant-garde products, address Spencer Ante and Kimberly Weisul of Business Week. Adaptable Money Ventures is one such apprentice aggregation that is a provider on the beginning of another cyberbanking annual products. Small companies such as these are able to board acclaimed cyberbanking firms the adequacy to accessible in arising markets area there is a charge for cooperation with added firms in adjustment to attain again access the bounded chump base.
Today's antagonism is fueled not just by assisting customers, but aswell by the firms that are the a lot of able and amount effective. Procedural and cultural affray will aftereffect from accretion into alien markets as apparent by the history of Citibank in Asia Minor. But in the continued run, tighter regulations, new technology and bigger business processes will could cause accretion in arising markets not alone to change the demographics of the audience (both geographically and amount clients), but aswell to bigger the all-around abridgement and the approaching of the cyberbanking casework industry. Keeping the antecedent trends at the beginning of managers' cardinal plans, cyberbanking firms will backlash bigger and bigger than ever.


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The men came for Bothwell Pasipamire just after midnight on Dec. 13, armed with pistols. With his wife screaming, they pushed him into a brand-new white Toyota pickup truck, and took the young newly elected councillor of a small rural town on what he thought would be the last drive of his life.
For the next three days, Mr. Pasipamire would be beaten, tortured, and forced on camera to beat a mutinous Zimbabwe army soldier, and then confess to various crimes against President Robert Mugabe's government, until he was finally allowed to escape by sympathetic intelligence officers.
His story – told to reporters from the safety of Johannesburg, South Africa, as civic activists and fellow members of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) face trial for treason this week in his native Zimbabwe – speaks volumes about the brutal lengths to which Mr. Mugabe's ZANU-PF party is willing to go to stay in power, nine months after losing national elections to the MDC.
"The ZANU-PF, they are trying to cause fear within the people of Zimbabwe," says Mr. Pasipamire, speaking with the Monitor at a Johannesburg hotel. "For example, I am a town councillor. People will say, 'If a councillor is abducted, eh! What about myself?' "
Three months after agreeing to share power with the MDC in a coalition government, Mugabe continues to rule his impoverished and famished country with an iron fist.
While neighboring African nations urge Zimbabwe's contending parties to set their differences aside, and are putting extra pressure on MDC leaders to reach a deal, any deal, Mugabe's security agencies are sweeping the country, arresting, beating, and then charging rivals with crimes punishable by death. In such an environment, experts say, peaceful negotiation is nearly impossible.
"This diminishes the prospect of a functional coalition government," says Ozias Tungwarara, an expert on Zimbabwe for the Open Society Institute in Johannesburg. "ZANU-PF has never been serious about reforming the political environment. Their only interest is holding on to political power at all costs."
Mugabe's campaign of terror – coming at a time of complete economic collapse, growing famine, and a cholera epidemic as water and sanitation systems break down – began almost as soon as he agreed to a power-sharing deal with the MDC on Sept. 15.
The MDC, whose president, Morgan Tsvangirai, defeated Mugabe in the first round of elections on March 29, reports that some 40 of its members have disappeared from their homes since Oct. 25. Eleven of these abductees, like those abducted during the presidential campaign earlier this year, have never surfaced and are thought to be now dead.
The MDC's numbers are slightly higher than those kept by rights groups, such as the Harare-based Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights. According to that organization, eight non-MDC activists have been detained along with Jestina Mukoko, the founder of the Zimbabwe Peace Project; seven MDC activists soon joined them at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison and Chikurubi Female Prison.
"Behind the political crisis and health emergency, there is a worsening human rights crisis in Zimbabwe, with the most recent development being this unprecedented spate of abductions of human rights defenders," said Irene Khan, secretary general of Amnesty International's branch in South Africa. "This shows the audacity of a regime that is desperate to stay in power…. The only way out of this problem is through unified pressure from outside, in particular of African leaders."
While Zimbabwe police first denied having MDC members and civic activists like Ms. Mukoko in custody, they later admitted the activists were under arrest, and charged them with recruiting young men to train in guerrilla warfare and sabotage in alleged training camps in neighboring Botswana. Activists under trial have testified that they were tortured, like Pasipamire, into signing false confessions.
Mukoko, in her sworn court testimony, and Pasipamire, in his recorded statement before legal counsel, have both alleged that officers of Zimbabwe's feared Central Intelligence Organization beat them on the feet with heavy rubber cords.
In Pasipamire's case, a CIO warrant officer named Mabhunu also allegedly sexually assaulted him, and tried to force him to kill a mutinous Zimbabwe army soldier with a crowbar, in front of a TV camera.
"I don't want you to suffer, but we do need your help," Pasipamire recalls Mabhunu telling him during an interrogation. "All I want you to do is to kill one of the soldiers we have here at the camp. The soldiers have already been beaten; they won't fight with you. But I need you to hit one of them on the head with this and kill him. Can you do that for me?"
"I have never killed anyone in my life. I can't do that," Pasipamire recalls saying.
"OK, can you pretend to do it?" Mabhunu allegedly replied.
The next morning, Pasipamire and other men were "made to pretend" to beat a young soldier in camouflage uniform, while a TV camera filmed them. He then confessed on TV to having beaten soldiers and murdered at least one, on the order or Mr. Tsvangirai.
Afterward, he recalls, "one of the officials patted me on the shoulder and said, 'Don't worry if it is true or not. It's what we need, nothing more.' "
After four days, Pasipamire escaped from the torture camp, assisted by sympathetic members of the CIO.
"There are some inside ZANU-PF and CIO who do not believe in what they are doing," he says, adding that he cannot say more without endangering those who remain in Zimbabwe.
Pasipamire also thinks that Mugabe's tactics will not hold down Zimbabweans forever. "People see if you don't do anything, then there [will be] no change," he says. "But if you push, then things will change. I can't say when, but someday, I'm sure everything is going to be OK in Zimbabwe."


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Yes, dear readers, just because we can… I want to initiate something new called: What's the Buzz? This is a repository for the fun and bizarre.
Got something you want me to add? Send me a message with a link to the file and/or photos you want included and WE'LL GET THE BUZZ GOING!
Part 2 of my interview with K D Grace.
Click on the KD Grace logo to view the interview.
Audio interview with Benic Way.
Click on the ELM Avenue logo to view the interview.
Part 1 of my interview with K D Grace.
Click on the KD Grace logo to view the interview.
Dr Dick on SEXIS Facebook Page:
Click on the SEXIS logo to view the interview.
Dr Dick on Good Vibrations Magazine:
Click on the Good Vibrations Magazine logo to view the interview.
Dr Dick gets LEATHER BOUND:
Click on the LEATHER BOUND logo to listen to the podcast.
Matt and Weegie have their way with Dr Dick:
Click on the Big Gay Sex Show logo to listen to the podcast.
Dr Dick is in the NEWS:
"There are a lot of things that militate against people being comfortable in their own skin," says Dr. Richard Wagner, aka Dr. Dick, a practicing clinical sexologist for more than 25 years and host at DrDickSexAdvice.com. Dr. Dick also carries a master's degree in theology from the Jesuit School of Theology, Berkeley, along with a list of other impressive credentials. "People who are comfortable with their bodies make better lovers," he says.
Click on the Weekly Volcano icon to read the whole article.
Robert Black does Dr Dick!
That's right, sex fans; my favorite porn star, Robert Black, stoops to interview lill' ol' me.
Click on the Sexual Heroes logo to listen to the podcast.
Polish monks performing "YMCA" outrages monastery officials: "Starting with Gregorian chant, the video explodes into "YMCA" as the monks discard their traditional brown hooded cloaks. 'I know who did this clip,' the 'Przeor' of the Dominican monastery in Krakow Adam Sulikowski told the daily newspaper, Gazeta Wyborcza. 'It was very wrong.' However, many Polish people are reported to have thought the video to be very funny. But some Polish politicians from the League of Polish Family Party have said the film is 'scandalous and promotes homosexuality inside the Catholic Church'."
OMG! a film that MAY promote homosexuality inside the Catholic Church? Get otta here! Do they really need to promote? Seems to me these seminarians already know their way around HIGH gay camp! You go, girls!


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This deal has expired and may no longer be valid.
First-time Aldi shoppers, you'll need to bring a quarter (not 25 cents, but a quarter) for the refundable deposit on your cart and bring your own grocery bags. They take cash or debit card, but not credit card. Find an Aldi near you.
If it helps you appreciate Aldi a little more, read Wikipedia's article about them and learn that Aldi is owned by the parent company that owns Trader Joe's. Don't forget Aldi's double guarantee too, where you will get a replacement product AND a refund if you are not 100% satisfied.
Your turn: What else will you pick up this week at Aldi?


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Affordable, Quality Bay Window Glass Replacement
Bay windows are a wonderful aesthetic feature for any home. They flood your rooms with natural light and add an interesting design element that's noticeable inside and outside of your home. If you discover that your bay window is broken and needs to be replaced, call a glass expert to determine the best solution.
Bay Window Replacement: Can I Do It Myself?
Replacing a bay window is most likely going to require a professional because of its size. You can follow the steps below to replace it on your own, but we recommend calling the experts at Glass Doctor to get the job done quickly and efficiently.
Keep in mind that the following steps should be used only with a window that has a wooden frame. The glass in vinyl-framed bay windows are sealed in place, meaning it will need to be replaced entirely.
- Carefully scrape away the putty around the broken pane and remove it from the wood frame.
- Remove all of the pane's shards and fragments from the area.
- If the pane is cracked but still intact, remove it from the frame.
- Replace the pane with glass that's been precisely measured to fit the space. Use putty and glaze to reseal it.
Here are some other reasons to replace your bay window glass:
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If your entire bay window needs to be replaced, we will determine the right glass for your new window. We offer a variety of insulated glass units (IGUs), including double or triple pane windows.
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it's been a long week. a long, exhausting, trying week. i have been covered in pee, puke and poop and have been averaging about five hours of sleep a night, which is thrilling let me tell ya. the big kids have been bickering non-stop and birdie has been throwing tantrums. it was a little cold outside for like a minute and now we are wearing shorts and blasting the a/c. this texas winter has been a real bummer. it does not feel like christmas, but we are going with it. no matter how difficult this week may have been and all of it's ups and downs, i look back on these photos and i smile. one day i will miss these days. the days of chaos and juggling babies and burning dinner and mountains of laundry and feeling lucky if i get to take more than two showers a week. my friend elise and i were just laughing about this over the phone tonight. i love this crazy life.
1. our first dragon fruit. it tastes a little like kiwi, only not as sweet.
2. my chubby baby.
3. an intense game of chess.
4. i didn't create an advent calendar like last year, instead i wrap up a new or used book every night for the kids to open, share and read together each morning.
5. say hello to miss frances farmer.
6. only the top half of our tree is decorated this year.
7. sequential spelling.
8. birdie lunch.
9. morning chores.
10. a little table and chairs.
11 & 12. hanging out with the ladies.
13. a little backyard nap.
a couple of things: check out these cute handmade mobiles by drea. she takes custom orders for any of you who are interested. aaand check out my pal susan's awesome new e-book, a hip handmade holiday. have a great weekend!


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Max Dupain on Assignment Qld
Event Information
4 Mar 2010 1:30pm - 15 May 2010 2:30pm
- Cairns Regional Gallery, Abbott St
- Cairns
- Queensland
Other Information
- Cost: Adults $5, children up to 16 yrs are free.
Max Dupain (1911–92) is widely considered to be one of Australia's greatest photographers. The National Archives of Australia and the Noel Butlin Archives Centre at the Australian National University are fortunate to hold in their collections some of the best examples of his commercial work, a selection of which is presented in this exhibition.
Reflecting the documentary style for which he was famous, Dupain's photographs of Australia after World War II are important records of a changing society. Most of the images in this exhibition were taken by Dupain while on assignment for the Australian Government and were used to promote Australia to domestic and international audiences. Also featured are photographs taken by Dupain over many years for one of his earliest clients, CSR Limited (then known as the Colonial Sugar Refining Company Limited).
Dupain's photographs evoke a strong sense of time and place, from the capital cities and rural scenes he captured in the 1940s and 1950s, to the striking images of architecture and industry he produced in the 1960s and 1970s. This exhibition showcases the diversity and longevity of Dupain's commercial career, tracing his development as a photographer and artist during this time.
A Touring Exhibition from the National Archives of Australia.
EXHIBITION LAUNCH is Friday 5 March – 6.30pm
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Three Finalists Named To Be Fairgrounds Manager [AUDIO]
After three years on the job, Missoula County Fairgrounds manager Steve Earle is stepping down. A search committee has narrowed the field of finalists to three individuals, two from Montana and one from Kentucky.
Missoula County Chief Administrator Dale Bickell said on Tuesday that the three come from diverse backgrounds.
"We had 54 applicants, and the three finalists will be in Missoula next Monday," Bickell said. "The finalists are very different from each other."
The first is a name familiar to Missoula, Joe Easton.
"Joe is from Missoula and has a background in events management, minor league baseball, and he put together a very successful airshow in Missoula a few years ago, and he was the interim manager at the Adams Center, and his most recent position was as a manager at the Department of Revenue."
Another finalist is Todd Garrett from Kalispell.
"Todd Garrett is currently a manager in the Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks Department in Kalispell for the fishing access sites division," Bickell said. "Todd will bring a knowledge of government services, is used to our procurement procedures and has a Parks and Rec background from the city of Whitefish, and so brings that different perspective,"
The final candidate hails from Kentucky.
"Our final candidate is Pam Edwards and she's from Kentucky, and she is a certified fair executive," Bickell said. "So, we have someone with private sector experience with Joe, gthe public sector with Todd, and now with Pam, someone with really strong skills from the fair industry."
Bickell said the selection process has three prongs. The staff, the County Commissioners and the public. The finalists will meet the county staff, of which Bickell is the chief administrator, the three county commissioners and then will engage in a public forum next Monday.
"The public interview is at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, July 29 in the commissioners temporary public meeting room, which is room B 14 in the basement of the county administration building."
Dale Bickell, Missoula County Chief Administrator


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U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
Company Must Reinstate Employee Who Was Fired Because She Was Expecting
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Crothall Healthcare, Inc., a Pennsylvania-based nationwide provider of support services to health care institutions, will pay $88,422, reinstate a fired employee and furnish other relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
According to the EEOC's lawsuit, Civil Action No. 4:10 CV 1221 JMM, filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Crothall Healthcare fired a housekeeping employee working at Arkansas State Hospital in Little Rock after discovering that she was pregnant.
Such alleged conduct violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. The EEOC filed suit after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process.
Besides the monetary relief and reinstatement for the employee, the two-year consent decree enjoins Crothall from discriminating against any female employee based upon her sex, including pregnancy, childbirth or any related condition, and enjoins defendant from retaliating against an employee for complaining about perceived discrimination.
In addition, the decree requires Crothall to comply with anti-discrimination laws; amend its equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination policy to include specific reference to pregnancy, childbirth, or any related condition; conduct pregnancy discrimination and retaliation training for all managers and supervisors; and post notices about employment discrimination laws and this lawsuit. The company must also submit semi-annual reports to ensure compliance with the law.
"Employers cannot refuse to allow women to work based on discriminatory stereotypes about pregnancy. They must treat pregnant women just as they would any other employee," said Faye Williams, regional attorney in the EEOC's Memphis District Office, which has jurisdiction over Arkansas, Tennessee and portions of Mississippi. "We are extremely pleased that the parties were able to quickly resolve this matter without protracted litigation and that this employee will return to work in the job she previously held."
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the EEOC is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Agriculture officials say ideal weather conditions in South Dakota have pushed the row crop harvest far ahead of last year's pace and the five-year average.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says in its weekly crop report that 55 percent of corn for grain has been harvested, ahead of the five-year average and last year's mark of 6 percent. About 96 percent of corn was in the mature stage.
Seventy-nine percent of soybeans had been harvested, ahead of the five-year average of 16 percent. Sunflowers were 14 percent harvested, compared to the five-year average of 1 percent.
The report says winter wheat was 50 percent planted.
Range and pasture conditions were rated 44 percent very poor, 34 percent poor, 19 percent fair and 3 percent good.


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ONARCHITECTURE- Float their boat: 'Learning Barge' teaches lessons
They've designed solar houses, affordable green modular housing, projects to help rebuild the Gulf Coast, and are redesigning Campbell Hall, but the UVA School of Architecture's most recent design-build project may be its most unusual.
Recently, Assistant Professor of Architecture Phoebe Crisman and her students scored a $100,000 grant from the Virginia Environmental Endowment to build and launch an experimental barge on the Elizabeth River, which, according to Crisman, is the most polluted river feeding the Chesapeake Bay.
Called the "Learning Barge," the 120-foot-long, 30-foot-wide river boat will be a veritable model of sustainability, handling its own waste, recycling rain water, and powering its lights and heat with solar and wind energy. The barge would function as a floating classroom to teach school children and the general public about the river's ecosystem, Portsmouth's role as an international port, and the ongoing effort to clean it up.
It will also serve as a self-sustaining lab for UVA grad students to conduct research. With room for over 60 people, the barge would feature a floating oyster nursery on its side and an on-board artificial wetland to demonstrate how plants and soil naturally filter and clean river water.
In addition, much of the barge will be designed and built by UVA students with recycled materials. If all goes according to plan– and if additional funding is secured– the detailed designs will be complete in the fall, construction will begin at a Norfolk shipyard in January, and the barge will be launched next August, says Crisman.
The undertaking grew out of Crisman's work with the Elizabeth River Project, a grassroots environmental organization based in Portsmouth that has been trying to clean up the river. Crisman, who specializes in green revitalization, was working on an environmental clean-up project along the river and wanted to help the organization in its outreach efforts.
"With its shipyards and naval yards, it's the economic engine of the whole region," says Crisman. "But the river has borne the brunt of that." Although many areas of the river are flourishing again thanks to clean-up efforts, Crisman wanted to see more people involved in the process.
"It's hard to even get near the water in that area," she says, "because it's so industrialized. So we came up with the barge idea. This is an excellent way to educate people, to have a physical presence on the river."
The final barge design was a collaborative effort between Crisman, her students, the Institute for Environmental Negotiation, and faculties of the Department of Environmental Sciences, the Curry School of Education, and the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
In an elaborate, semester-long studio design process, what began as 11 separate designs for the barge were eventually distilled into one design that represented the best aspects of all the designs. Apparently, it was an exhilarating experience for Crisman and her students, who were more than happy to get their hands dirty.
"This is something we've been doing a lot of at the architecture school," says Crisman, talking about the school's growing number of design-build projects. "It's great to make something happen instead of just talking about it."
Crisman is particularly interested in the barge's ability to educate kids, and is working directly with the Portsmouth school system to develop a curriculum.
"There are kids who live right along the river," says Crisman of the economically depressed region, "and they never get out on it. This is something that kids can really understand. This will not be your typical boat ride. Rather than a ship, it's a floating platform where things happen."
On a grander scale, Crisman hopes the barge will be a place where both kids and adults will be able to see the impact we as humans have on the environment. In the past, says Crisman, it was industry's careless use of the river that led to its pollution, but today the most serious threat comes from urban run-off. In fact, the Elizabeth River still has many heavily polluted, lifeless areas.
"I hope the barge will be a place where people will really understand the connectivity of their actions to natural forces," she says.
River ride: Its designers hope UVA's new "Learning Barge" will be a model of sustainability and a way to connect people to the environment.
Rendering courtesy of Crisman Studio, UVA School of Architecture
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Read about the Learning Barge in article in Lowe's Creative Ideas magazine (Jan/Feb 2008) and want to learn more about "first voyage in August 2008." Is this open to the public? How might I find out more details?
I like to know more, thank´s.


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Running a restaurant can be very similar to working on a movie set, observes producer Gale Anne Hurd, who opened Vertical Wine Bistro in Old Town Pasadena six years ago.
After years in the film biz, the Pasadena resident decided to open a restaurant because she wanted "a place I felt comfortable hanging out."
With Vertical, a stylish wine bar, lounge and restaurant housed upstairs in a historic 1906 brick building, she was aiming for the feel of a neighborhood restaurant in New York or San Francisco.
The movie parallels are unmistakable to Hurd, who functions pretty much as the exec producer of the restaurant, but is better known for shepherding movies such as "Terminator" and "Aliens," and AMC's hit zombie skein, "The Walking Dead." "The chef is like the director, the general manager is the line producer." Like a film crew, the staff has to be very nimble, and like making a movie, the perception is that it's glamorous but actually it's very long hours, stressful and hot.
Executive chef Laurent Quenioux, who recently owned Bistro LQ on Beverly Boulevard, is known for breaking cuisine boundaries with exotic ingredients, but at Vertical, he concentrates on accessible fare like a popular bison burger and grilled cheese nights that benefit from his deep cheese knowledge. Since Pasadena is sometimes pegged as unsophisticated, "I have to respond to what the community is interested in," Hurd says.
But the 400-strong wine list is both deep and easy to sample, with 70 wines available by the glass. "I really do enjoy the opportunity to try different varietals," says Hurd, who also developed a taste for single malt whiskies during a recent trip to Scotland.
It's not easy for restaurants in the current economic climate, so Hurd makes sure the restaurant offers value for diners such as happy hour prices all day Sundays and Quenioux's take on a traditional Sunday fried chicken dinner with Southern trimmings. Coming up is an Oktoberfest menu with different kinds of bratwurst, including a vegetarian sausage.
"Vegetarian food doesn't have to be an afterthought," says Hurd, who makes sure vegetarians can find plenty of options at her bistro.


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MARYVILLE, Tenn. – Birmingham-Southern swept its fifth straight doubleheader, winning 6-1 and 8-3 over Maryville College Tuesday at the Maryville College Softball Complex.
The win was the tenth straight for the Panthers while improving to 15-7 overall.
In game one, BSC scored a run in the first, two in the third and sixth and one in the seventh before yielding a run in the bottom of the seventh for the 6-1 win.
Alyssa Statham went 2-for-3 with a double and three RBI while and Joanna Jernigan was 2-for-3 with two RBI and run scored. Taylor Bassett went 2-for-4 with an RBI and run scored. Danielle Rucker, Bethany Fronk, and Elizabeth Ballew each had a hit.
Fronk picked up her eighth straight win in the circle in game one to improve to 12-5. Fronk struck out eight and gave up one run while scattering four hits.
Lexie Randolph was the pitcher of record in game one for Maryville allowing six runs, four earned, on nine hits with two strikeouts.
The Panthers rallied from a 2-0 deficit in game two, scoring three runs in the fifth and five in the fourth to earn the 8-3 win.
Bassett Statham, Berkopec and Deanna Creps had two RBI apiece to lead BSC. Statham and Berkopec had two hits apiece while Rucker, Fronk, Bassett and Jernigan had one hit.
Creps picked up the win in the circle for BSC, giving up three runs, two earned, on five hits with a strike out to improve to 3-2.
Kayla Alosia gave up eight runs, seven earned, and had four strikeouts to take the loss and fall to 0-7.
The Panthers remain on the road to play Louisiana College on Thursday at 3 p.m.


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Vumba Botanical Gardens and Reserve
About The Vumba Botanical Gardens and Reserve
The Vumba Botanical Gardens and Reserve, located 32 kilometres from Mutare, are established on a portion of the farm formerly known as "Manchester".
The nucleus of the combined area was bought by Government from Mr. F.J. Taylor in 1957 and was proclaimed a National Park in 1958. In 1960, the name of the Gardens was changed to Vumba National Park and again in 1975 to the present Vumba Botanical Garden.
Manchester Farm, situated in the Vumba Mountains, was initially bought in 1926 by the late Mr. F.J. Taylor, a Mutare businessman who at one time was the Mayor of Umtali (now Mutare). He developed it as a weekend proposition and his wife started a garden by removing the raw bush, but preserving the indigenous trees. In 1940, shortly before he retired from business, Mr. Taylor built a dam on the farm. Mrs. Taylor soon converted it to cover about 1.5 hectares. Friends and casual visitors enthused over the Taylor's garden and persuaded them to open it to the public.
Known as Manchester Park then, the Gardens became a tourist attraction and were visited by many thousands during and after World War II. Today several thousand people visit the Gardens annually from every corner of the globe.
On Mrs. Taylor's death in 1954, her husband continued maintaining the Gardens although he had been crippled with arthritis. With the passage of time, he realised that the task was beyond him and he therefore agreed to sell 201 ha of Manchester Park, the remnant of the original Manchester Farm, to the Government. Of the 201 hectares, 42 hectares have been declared a Botanical Reserve and the other 159 hectares a Botanical Garden.
Flora and Fauna
The well-wooded Park includes 159 hectares of landscaped gardens built around perennial streams which form a small lake. Sheltered walks between indigenous fern trees lead to displays of banked hydrangeas, proteas and azaleas, begonias, lilies, aloes, fuchsias, cycads and many other species.
A network of footpaths that enable visitors to explore the interior of the Botanical Reserve has been opened. The Reserve is well endowed with indigenous orchids and ferns. In the Botanical Garden there are sheltered walks between the stately indigenous tree ferns and azaleas.
Strategically positioned flower beds are encountered as one leisurely takes stock of the Gardens. A superb collection of both the winter/spring and summer flowering varieties has been assembled for the visitors' enjoyment throughout the year. To complement the annuals, an herb garden, some roses, proteas, fuchsias, cycads, tea bushes, aloes, camellia, and palm sections have been set up.
The birdlife around the Garden and in the Reserve attracts a number of visitors. Several species of birds can be recorded whilst strolling along the many footpaths. Also found in large numbers is the Samango monkey which is endemic to the Eastern Highlands
The self-catering lodges in the Garden are very popular with visitors to the area.
Camp site
A camp site with ablution blocks with hot and cold water systems is available in the Garden.
Caravan Sites
The caravan sites with beautiful panoramic views and electric power points also have water borne sanitation.
Tea Room
A tea room offering refreshments is found in the middle of the Gardens. The shop is open daily weather permitting. Light meals can also be provided on request including cakes and vegetarian dishes.
Swimming Pool
The swimming pool is located by the camping site.
At nearby hotels, a number of activities can also be carried out. Provisions can be found from the nearby shops or hotels in the vicinity. The Leopard Rock, one of Zimbabwe's finest hotels provides riding, golfing, tennis and other holiday activities.


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News from the world of Maths
August 7, 2014
Our image of the week shows a beautiful surface with many singularities.
August 7, 2014
How do you write numbers as string of 0s and 1s?
August 7, 2014
One of our favourite mathematicians, Marcus du Sautoy, will receive the 2014 Christopher Zeeman medal for the promotion of mathematics to the public.
July 31, 2014
Our image of the week celebrates architect Antoni Gaudí's love of mathematical design.
July 30, 2014
Of numbers, beauty and bizarre animals.
July 24, 2014
Our image of the week!
July 24, 2014
We are very pleased with our new toy demonstrating the curvature of any smooth function – now you can try it out too!
July 18, 2014
One of our favourites images from the book 50 visions of mathematics. It is of a demonstration at Imperial College in 1887 of the mathematical principles behind (or should that be underneath?) the Forth Bridge.