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Press release: BT opens nominations for the information security journalism awards 2014
DC14-299 (08 July 2014)
Annual award in its eighth year opens to all UK and International journalists
Entries are now open for the eighth annual BT Information Security Journalism Awards. Created in 2005, the awards recognise and reward journalists working in the prominent field of information and cyber security.
Following the success of last year's International Category, this year's awards will once again be open to journalists from outside of the UK, acknowledging both the growing popularity of the awards and the increased focus and importance of information security in the global market place. (See full instructions on how to enter below.)
Celebrating the high quality of security journalism, the winners of the BT Information Security Journalism awards 2014 will be announced at an awards lunch to be held at a central London venue in November 2014. Awards will be presented in the following categories:
- Information Security Journalist of the Year - £2,000 prize
- BT Enigma Award - £1,000 prize
- Best Information Security News Story of the Year - £500 prize
- Best Security Broadcast Feature/News Story of the Year - £500 prize
- Best Overall Information Security Feature Article of the Year - £500 prize
- Best International Feature/News Story of the Year - £500
- Individual Feature Article Awards for:
• Best Privacy Feature of the Year - £500 prize
• Best Cybercrime Feature of the Year - £500 prize
• Best Investigative Feature of the Year - £500 prize
The deadline for submissions is 23 August, 2014. Shortlisted awards entries will be announced in September 2014.
Last year, the expert judging panel commented that the quality of entries was outstanding. A broad range of entries were received from news outlets including The Guardian, BBC News and Channel 4.
This year the awards will again be judged by an expert panel, chaired by Ray Stanton, vice president, BT Advise, and made up of leading independent figures from the security industry including (in alphabetical order):
- Dr. Robert Coles – Chief Information Security Officer, GlaxoSmithKline
- Ron Condon – Freelance Journalist
- Graham Edwards – Head of Group Information Risk, Centrica Plc
- Professor Dr. Hannes P. Lubich – University of Applied Sciences, North-Western Switzerland
- Malcolm Marshall – Global Leader, Information Protection Services, KPMG
- Professor Fred Piper – Information Security Group, Royal Holloway, University of London
Ray Stanton, said: "These annual awards should be firmly in the calendar for all information security journalists, particularly given the explosion of interest in the field over the last couple of years. These awards reflect the increased prominence of information security and the valuable work that the media does in this field."
Follow this year's awards online on Twitter at @SecureThinking or through the hashtag #BTISJA. Regular updates will be posted on the BT Let's Talk Security blog www.bt.com/letstalk/security , Facebook and LinkedIn.
Award submission instructions
All entries must have been published or broadcast between 01 July 2013 and 30 June 2014. With the exception of the Best International Feature/News Story of the Year category the awards are open to journalists working for UK-based publications/news outlets. Entries can be accepted from journalists, their editors or publishers.
For the Information Security Journalist of the Year category, entrants must submit five articles written by an individual journalist to be eligible for this award.
The BT Enigma Award is decided by the judges and awarded to the journalist who, in their opinion, has made an outstanding and consistent contribution to information security journalism. This is based on submissions to the other categories.
For the Best Security Broadcast Feature/News Story of the Year category journalists, editors or producers are asked to submit the relevant file on a DVD, CD, or file transfer. This can include broadcast packages/reports that have been featured on broadcast news or on news websites.
The new Best International Feature/News Story of the Year category is open to journalists writing for non-UK based publications/news outlets. Articles submitted must be written in English or translated into English.
For the remaining categories journalists, editors or publishers are asked to submit one article per category. Entries can be made to multiple categories but an individual article can only be submitted once (however, articles submitted for the Information Security Journalist of the Year category can also be submitted into other categories).
Entries must be accompanied with the following information:
- Award Category:
- Journalist name:
- Publication:
- Date of article:
- URL (if applicable):
- Phone:
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Please make sure a URL or an attached copy of the article/s for judging is provided.
Please email entries to email@example.com or send by post to Sarah Evans, Porter Novelli, 31 St Petersburgh Place, London, W2 4LA, England by 23 August 2014.
We are delighted to announce the launch of the eighth year of the BT Information Security Journalism awards. Security has really entered the mainstream media in the last few years, emerging on the front pages of national newspapers and 24/7 coverage on broadcast news. Terms like "hacktivism" and "firewall" are no longer alien to the general public. High quality journalism has been intrinsic to the journey that the industry has come on and these awards will rightly reward those journalists who have played their part in this process over the past 12 months."
- Mark Hughes, President of BT Security
About BT
BT is one of the world's leading providers of communications services and solutions, serving customers in more than 170 countries. Its principal activities include the provision of networked IT services globally; local, national and international telecommunications services to its customers for use at home, at work and on the move; broadband, TV and internet products and services; and converged fixed/mobile products and services. BT consists principally of five lines of business: BT Global Services, BT Business, BT Consumer, BT Wholesale and Openreach.
For the year ended 31 March 2014, BT Group's reported revenue was £18,287m with reported profit before taxation of £2,312m.
British Telecommunications plc (BT) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT Group plc and encompasses virtually all businesses and assets of the BT Group. BT Group plc is listed on stock exchanges in London and New York.
For more information, visit www.btplc.com.
BT Security
BT Security is building on 70 years' experience of helping organisations around the globe and across all sectors get ahead of the threat curve and reduce the uncertainty and complexity of security. We provide an end-to-end capability to help organisations enjoy higher levels of security at a time when security budgets are not keeping pace with the threat landscape.
The sophistication of our security operations means that we think about the assets, the people, and the processes, and combine these with both network and security intelligence to help our customers stay ahead of the security risks. BT Security protects both BT and its customers. These customers are advised by a global team of 1,300 security practitioners, 600 global security specialists and a professional services team of approximately 4,000.
The BT Security Assure portfolio covers:
- Assure Managed Firewall
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- Assure Cyber
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To find out more about BT Security, visit www.bt.com/btassure/securitythatmatters.
List of 2013 winners:
- Information Security Journalist of the Year: Tom Brewster (Freelance)
- Best Information Security News Story of the Year: Nick Hopkins (Guardian)
- Best Overall Information Security Feature Article of the Year: Aasha Bodhani (Engineering & Technology)
- Best Privacy Feature of the Year: James Temperton (Computeractive)
- Best Cybercrime Feature of the Year: Ryan Gallagher (The Guardian)
- Best Investigative Feature of the Year: Danny Bradbury (Infosecurity)
- Best International Feature/News Story of the Year: Danny Bradbury (MATTER)
- Best Security Broadcast Feature/News Story of the Year: Gordon Corera (BBC Radio 4)
- BT Enigma Award: Wendy M. Grossman (Freelance for publications including Infosecurity and NewsWirelessNet)
For further information:
Dennis Doodeman
Sr. PR & Corporate Relations Manager, Benelux & Nordics
Tel: +31 (0)88 212 51 94


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The bulls stayed in command on Wall Street Thursday, extending the week's gains and doing it without much participation from the financial sector.
Investors were wary of pushing banks, brokers and insurers any higher, on a day when Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner appeared on Capitol Hill to push the Obama administration's plan for tighter regulation of financial markets. Among the proposals are a system that would grant regulators the authority to unwind critically important non-bank institutions, like
Technology stocks showed leadership, lifting the Nasdaq 58 points, or 3.8%, to 1,587, and bringing the index into positive territory for the year. The S&P 500 added 19 points, or 2.3%, to 833. For the week, the Dow and Nasdaq are each up 8.9%, and the S&P has tacked on 8.3%.
Trading pointed higher from the open, after the Commerce Department's latest revision to fourth-quarter GDP was milder than expected, showing the U.S. economy contracted 6.3% in the last three months of 2008, just a touch worse than the prior estimate of 6.2%. (See "Signs Point To Ease In Slowdown.")
In a repeat from Wednesday, the Treasury Department's latest bond auction represented an inflection point for the session, but in this case it led stocks to build on their gains rather than erasing them. A $24.0 billion offering of seven-year notes went off without a hitch, easing worry that demand for U.S. debt was ebbing the prior day's five-year note auction, which drew lukewarm interest. The benchmark 10-year note yield was little changed at 2.75%, down from 2.77% a day ago; the
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From a group of 20 street performers at its beginnings in 1984,Cirque du Soleil is now a major Quebec-based organization providing high-quality artistic entertainment. The company has close to 4,000 employees, including 1,300 performing artists from close to 50 different countries. Cirque du Soleil has brought wonder and delight to more than 155 million spectators in more than 300 cities in over forty countries on six continents.
Varekai is Nol van Genuchten's baptism of fire as lighting designer for a Cirque du Soleil show. It is also the fulfilment of a dream he has pursued since the age of 14, when he followed a neighbourhood theatre troupe on its tour of the Netherlands . "I am a child of the circus," he says jokingly. Nol van Genuchten has been a member of the Cirque du Soleil family for over twelve years, working in French, English, Dutch and German.
Initially hired in 1994 as a lighting technician for the European tour of Saltimbanco, he subsequently joined the team as lighting co-ordinator, a position he held until the end of the tour. In 1996, he became the assistant to lighting designer Luc Lafortune. "Luc has been my mentor, my enabler, and my guru. It is to him that I owe the privilege of being a full participant in the Cirque du Soleil creative process." Nol van Genuchten collaborated on the creation of "O", La Nouba and Dralion . In 1999, he also had a hand in the renewal of the lighting concepts for Saltimbanco, Alegría and Quidam.
Since 1999, Nol van Genuchten has designed the lighting for several special events organized by Cirque du Soleil. But he views his participation in Varekai as a precious gift. "It's a fascinating journey, in that the designers on the team come from a variety of backgrounds, including circus, theatre, visual arts, and music. But it also gives me the jitters at times, because I've had to discover the designer within me and make my own way."
In order to stretch the possibilities of light, Nol van Genuchten strives to develop a close relationship with the artists. Their universe is one he already knows well, having studied acting and directing at Rijkshogeschool Maastricht, a prestigious theatre school in the Netherlands . After a year of training, he went back to his first love: lighting for live shows, notably those of Dutch humorist Paul Haenen.


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I wish I Had __________'s Tea Cupboard
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Probably Auggy, takgoti, and Carolyn. Just because they have tons of tea and choices!
Hey, get your grubby little mitts off my tea pantry! :P
Actually, I vote we join forces and raid takgoti's.
ooh ooh, i want to raid takgoti's too! one samovar tea for me…one for you. two rishi teas for me…two for you!
I like this idea! I say we just steal her entire stash of Samovar and then see what happens.
Death. Death to you all.
I will incapacitate all of you and then raid all of YOUR cupboards.
I wish I had steepster's cupboard. Hey, that should be a feature. Steepster's cupboard will compile every user's teas and show the total number.
I wish I had TeaEqualsBliss 's cupboard!!!!
I don't have fun or interesting enough teas to even consider swapping with you!!:(
Nah!!!! Never say that! It's ALL good! BUT…even if you don't want to swap – down the road – I'd like so send ya some :) If you want! I LOVE making the Tea Travel! :)
Well maybe i might have SOME you've never tried before, I'll have to look! But you can always make tea travel my direction!!! ;)
I want mrmopars cupboard cuz of all the puerh!!! And Geoffrey from Verdant and David Ducklers and Stacy from Butiki. Amy Oh would be interesting and varied.
I want TeaWings cupboard because it's so nicely organized with many different shaped tins. Ever since I saw a picture of that cupboard I've been wondering how to re-organize mine.
It's beautiful, isn't it! I especially like the multilevel shelves on the countertop.
Ha thanks ;) You know it's all just little bits of surplus shelving from the local hardware store held together with some glue and scotch tape.. it was basically around 10 bucks! (the sylvania LED lighting strips were a bit more though, there's about 6 feet worth of them back there)


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The many reinventions of Pablo Schreiber
When an actor does a lot of things well, it can take a while for his image to come into focus. In Pablo Schreiber's case, he hasn't just nailed a crazy variety of roles, he's also mixed his mediums: Cable junkies who know him as hunky stevedore Nick Sobotka on The Wire may be unaware of his superb New York stage work—seven plays in the past seven years. And theater fans who caught his Tony-nominated Broadway debut in the Odets masterpiece Awake and Sing! may not overlap much with the audience for the skater-dude flick Lords of Dogtown.
But now, at 32, Schreiber is having a career convergence that may prove to be the moment his images snap together in the public eye. On TV, he's the wound-tight business manager of a retired boxer in the FX series Lights Out. In next month's film Happythankyoumoreplease, which won the Audience Award at Sundance, he's a floppy-haired slacker on the verge of adulthood. And at off-Broadway's Second Stage Theatre, he'll star in a new play by Rajiv Joseph called Gruesome Playground Injuries as a man who ages from 8 to 38.
At 6'4", with bold features and a crooked grin, Schreiber is not the type you'd think could melt easily into so many characters and ages. But he uses his intense physicality differently in different parts, varying his weight as much as 45 pounds to morph from Depression-era clerk (Awake and Sing!) to Iraq War grunt (Dying City). Binding the characters, he says, is their "deep, burning insecurity"—despite considering himself, in real life, "a fairly confident guy."
If so, it's the kind of confidence that comes from managing big emotions, not from avoiding them. As Happythankyoumoreplease dramatizes, the acceptance of adult responsibility—often pictured as a nightmare—can instead be a relief and a joy. For Schreiber, it was the birth of his son two years ago that changed everything. "Nothing can be as important," he says, "as this little guy who's learning something new every day." Which is, in a way, the same hopeful quality he's always brought to his characters, even when they're about to be overwhelmed (if not actually pummeled). "They spend so much energy damaging themselves," Schreiber says. "But the possibility for redemption is always there."


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I find it semi-odd that the UE9 would be similar to the 780, when the 780 uses the gold plated driver.
That was my surprise as well when I first heard them. I thought this must be some mistake but it has that sound profile. Again it is not exactly the UE9 but surprisingly close for me. The difference between the PRO 650 to 750 is just the gold plated driver to the Ti plated driver. That was a huge step up! I thought it would be as well but maybe not, maybe this just shows what the right earcups and pads do for the sound since they are now much nearer the design used in the Edition 9s. Some of the posts on here might be spot on with the "drop the Ti driver in" idea!! Again I am not sure it will be worth the effort to do this with it sounding the way it does already. But this is an opportunity for more discovery. |
I specifically ask Ultrasone about the new Pro series and they do not have anything other than an update visually. No new pads or mu-board material like the new HFI 680 and 780 does.
Practical question: do these HFI-780 have the detachable / replacable cable that the PROlines have?
I'm really eager to hear multiple comparisons against this cans...
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Thank you very much for the reply. This seems a tendency to differentiate more the Pro's design and sound from the HFI/E9's. I'm willing to read further comments about the 780/E9's similitudes and differences, specially using them with well recorded live music, jazz, orchestral works...
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Gisele Bundchen Snuggles With Baby Vivian In Sweet Snapshot
Tom Brady's got some competition! In a sweet snapshot shared via Instagram, Gisele Bundchen snuggles close with her 7-month-old daughter, Vivian. "The best love in the world!" the Brazilian supermodel captioned the mother-daughter picture.
PHOTOS: Gisele's beautiful body
The former Victoria Secret's angel, 32, is also mom to son Benjamin, 3, who she welcomed with husband Brady. (The New England Patriots player, 35, is also dad to John, 5, from his previous relationship with actress Bridget Moynahan.)
PHOTOS: Gisele and Tom's most romantic moments
The beauty, who recently posted a picture of herself doing yoga with her little girl, is no doubt happy to have another female in the household.
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As Brady told ESPN, "I grew up in a house with three sisters. I think it's great for my boys to have a girl in the house, just to understand at least a little bit about what makes a woman tick -- not that I can certainly figure that out, because I can't." Of Vivian, the proud dad shared, "She's a beautiful little girl."
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Arizona GFC to Interview 5 Applicants for Commission The Arizona Game and Fish Commission Appointment Recommendation Board decided at its Friday, Nov. 12 public meeting that it will interview five applicants for the Governor's next (2011) appointment to the Arizona Game and Fish Commission. The interviews will be held at the Appointment Recommendation Board's public meeting on Monday, Nov. 15, 2010, beginning at 8 a.m. at the Arizona Game and Fish Department headquarters, 5000 W. Carefree Highway, Phoenix, AZ 85086. |
Iowa Voters Create Outdoor Trust Fund Voters in Iowa overwhelmingly voted to approve last Tuesday a constitutional amendment to establish the Iowa Outdoor Recreation Trust Fund. The amendment passed with 62.66% of the vote, and will establish a permanent revenue flow for natural resources and outdoor recreational programs in the state. As approved, the measure requires that if the Iowa Legislature approves a sales tax increase, then 3/8ths of one cent must be used in support of the fund. Estimates report that about $150 million per year would be generated and devoted to the Fund. |
Vermont FWD to Hold Meetings on Deer and Moose Regulation Changes The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board will hold three public hearings on January 3, 4 and 5 to discuss proposed changes to deer and moose hunting regulations. "The public is encouraged to attend to learn more about these proposals and to provide their input," said Vermont Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Wayne Laroche. "They also can read the current wording of the proposed regulations by going to the Vermont Fish and Wildlife website." |
Utah Pushing for Federal Delisting of Wolves The Utah Wildlife Board wants gray wolves removed from the Endangered Species list through federal legislation. The board consists of seven citizens appointed by the governor. Setting polices that guide the management of wildlife in Utah is their main responsibility. Members of the board want Utah's wolf management plan to guide the management of any wolves that make their way to Utah from surrounding states. But that can't happen until wolves are removed from federal protection. The board approved the management plan in 2005. |
Iowa Firearms Coalition 2011 Legislative Agenda Election Day has come and gone and this year was marked by some of the bloodiest election battles we've seen to date. While the elections have come to a rest, IFC has not. Since the close of the 2010 legislative session we have worked daily with the NRA on multiple pieces of freedom driven legislation. |
Kansas WPC Approves Turkey Permit Increase in Unit 4 At the public hearing portion of the October 14 meeting in Goodland, Kansas Wildlife and Parks commissioners approved a variety of proposed regulation changes. Commissioners voted to approve a proposal to increase the number of spring turkey permits in Unit 4 to 500. Unit 4, which is the southwest corner of the state, is the only unit with limited permits. Three hundred twenty-five permits were authorized in 2009, and biologists feel the turkey population can sustain a higher harvest. |
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Takes Over Wolf Management in Idaho The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has taken over wolf management in Idaho and plans to open a 24-hour, toll-free line for calls related to endangered gray wolf management within Idaho. The action comes in response to Idaho Gov. C. L. "Butch" Otter's announcement that the state would no longer manage wolves as a designated agent under the Endangered Species Act. |
California DFG Seeking Comments on 2011 Hunting Regulations The Department of Fish and Game (DFG) is holding a meeting to solicit public input regarding the development of hunting regulations for 2011. The meeting will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 18 in the Wildlife Branch Conference Room, 1811 9th St., Sacramento. |
Utah Wildlife Board Pushing for Removal of Wolf From Endangered Species List The Utah Wildlife Board wants gray wolves removed from the Endangered Species list through federal legislation. The board consists of seven citizens appointed by the governor. Setting polices that guide the management of wildlife in Utah is their main responsibility. |
Missouri Conservation Commission Approves Elk Restoration Plan The Missouri Conservation Commission approved an elk restoration plan that includes health protocols, herd management guidelines and habitat management recommendations. Releases of elk could begin as soon as early 2011. The plan calls for releasing wild elk in a 346-square-mile (221,509 acres) elk restoration zone in parts of Shannon, Carter and Reynolds counties. The Conservation Department selected this limited restoration zone because of extensive public lands, suitable habitat, low road density, minimal agricultural activity and landowner support. |


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The words "sacrifice brings forth the blessings of heaven," from the hymn "Praise to the Man," 1 always stir my soul. Sacrifice is defined as "the act of giving up something valued for the sake of something else more important or worthy." 2 Sacrifice comes in many forms and may not always be convenient. Latter-day Saints make a covenant with the Lord to sacrifice. By doing so, we surrender our will to His, dedicating our lives to building up His kingdom and serving His children.
For those who faithfully sacrifice through an honest tithe, the Lord has promised that He will open the windows of heaven. 3 Not only does such sacrifice bless the individual and the family, but those voluntary contributions to the Church provide the energizing resources that help the kingdom of the Lord to perform miracles every day. King Benjamin said: "Consider on the blessed and happy state of those that keep the commandments of God. For behold, they are blessed in all things, both temporal and spiritual." 4 The faithful contribution of tithes is an outward expression of an inner commitment to sacrifice.
Obeying the law of the fast is another form of sacrifice. The Lord asks us to set aside one Sunday a month to fast for two meals. We are invited to contribute the money saved on the cost of those two meals to the Church so it can assist those in need. Fasting and contributing a generous offering have a refining effect upon the soul. President Spencer W. Kimball stated, "Upon practicing the law of the fast, one finds a personal well-spring of power to overcome self-indulgence and selfishness." 5
Temple and family history work is a sacrifice of love. Faithful Saints contribute millions of hours compiling family history. They research microfilms and records, and with pens and computers they record dates and events. In the temple they perform sacred ordinances for their precious ancestry. Like the Savior, this is an expression of sacrifice—doing something for others which they cannot do for themselves.
A few years ago, while on a Church assignment in St. Petersburg, Russia, my wife, Mary-Jayne, and I had the unique opportunity to feel the blessings of family history work. We visited the vital statistics archive to view the Church's efforts to microfilm some of the records of western Russia. As I watched the archivist photographing pages of moldy old books from the city of Pskov, the names became real people. They seemed to leap right off the page and say: "You have found me. I am no longer lost. I know that someday, somewhere, someone in my family will take my name to the temple, and I will be baptized and endowed, and my wife and children will be sealed to me. Thank you!"
Joseph Smith's life was an example of unselfish sacrifice for the gospel of Jesus Christ. Though the Prophet Joseph suffered greatly, he remained optimistic and overcame many persecutions. Parley P. Pratt tells of a heartrending experience of being with the Prophet in jail in Missouri in the winter of 1838–39. Those six months of suffering and confinement tutored this foreordained, preeminent Prophet.
In the jail the Prophet and his brethren had listened to the boasting and the despicable abuses the guards had committed among the "Mormons." Finally the Prophet could abide their sordid cursing no longer. Suddenly, he stood and in "a voice of thunder" said: " 'SILENCE, ye fiends of the infernal pit. In the name of Jesus Christ I rebuke you, and command you to be still. …'
"He stood erect in terrible majesty. Chained, and without a weapon; calm, unruffled and dignified as an angel. … [The quaking guards shrank] into a corner," dropped their weapons, "begged his pardon, and remained quiet till a change of guards."
Brother Pratt writes further: "I have seen the ministers of justice, clothed in magisterial robes … ; I have witnessed a Congress in solemn session … ; I have tried to conceive of kings, of royal courts, of thrones and crowns … ; but dignity and majesty have I seen but once, as it stood in chains, at midnight, in a dungeon in an obscure village of Missouri." 6
Some weeks after that event, in another dark hour, Joseph implored the Lord for guidance. The Lord answered, "My son, peace be unto thy soul; thine adversity and thine afflictions shall be but a small moment." 7 Then the Lord said these intriguing words to the Prophet: "The ends of the earth shall inquire after thy name." 8
Five years later, looking back on the incomplete construction of the Nauvoo Temple, Joseph knew his journey's end was near and that he was going "like a lamb to the slaughter," yet he was "calm as a summer's morning." 9 With assurances for his protection, he submitted to one more arrest. However, his trust was dishonored. On June 27, 1844, he and his brother Hyrum were savagely murdered in Carthage Jail.
The ends of the earth have inquired after the name of Joseph Smith, and today the sun never sets on the worldwide membership of the restored Church of Jesus Christ. These words about the martyred Abraham Lincoln also describe the majesty of the Prophet Joseph Smith:
There can be no sacrifice greater than the atoning sacrifice of the Savior Jesus Christ. His Atonement, though incomprehensible and without equal, was this world's crowning event. Gratefully, because of His supreme offer of charity, there is no sting of death, and the grave has no victory.
Our challenge is to unselfishly sacrifice all that we have been given, including our will. Elder Neal A. Maxwell rightly said: "The submission of one's will is really the only uniquely personal thing we have to place on God's altar. The many other things we 'give' … are actually the things He has already given or loaned to us." 11
Sacrifice is ultimately a matter of the heart—the heart. "Behold, the Lord requireth the heart and a willing mind." 12 If we are caring, if we are charitable, if we are obedient to God and follow His prophets, our sacrifices will bring forth the blessings of heaven. "And ye shall offer for a sacrifice unto me a broken heart and a contrite spirit." 13
In an unusual way, I experienced a glimpse of our Savior's sacrifice of love for me. While in Jerusalem on Christmas Eve, my wife and I visited several of the sites where the Savior walked and taught. The agony suffered by the Savior brought deep sorrow to us as we stood in the dungeon below the palace of Caiaphas. It was there that our Lord was flogged and scourged. We saw the chain holes in the wall. With tears we sang "A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief." 14 He was so alone amongst vile perpetrators. With heavy hearts we prayed for courage to be His worthy servants.
Shortly thereafter, we visited the empty Garden Tomb. The words from the scriptures "He is not here: for he is risen" 15 resounded through our hearts. Eliza R. Snow penned:
The Savior's Atonement was the greatest act of charity known to mankind.
We sing these words from President Gordon B. Hinckley:
I sorrow that a single drop of His blood was shed for me. I pray that someday I will meet the Savior. I will kneel and kiss the wounded hands and feet, and He will wipe away my tears. I pray that He will say, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant." 18 Because of His mercy, we have hope, brothers and sisters. He is the "fount of every blessing." 19 Of this I testify in the name of the greatest example of sacrifice, even Jesus Christ, amen.
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Hymns, no. 27.
The Oxford Encyclopedic English Dictionary (1991), "sacrifice," 1272–73.
See Mal. 3:10.
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In Conference Report, Apr. 1978, 121.
Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt (1985), 180.
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Edwin Markham, "Lincoln, the Man of the People," in Louis Untermeyer, comp., A Treasury of Great Poems (1955), 994–95.
"Swallowed Up in the Will of the Father," Ensign, Nov. 1995, 24.
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Hymns, no. 29.
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"Behold the Great Redeemer Die," Hymns, no. 191.
"My Redeemer Lives," Hymns, no. 135.
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West Indies was spearheaded by Kirk Edwards, who looked rock solid before heavy rain at Barbados provided an opportunity for visitors New Zealand to regroup and make a comeback into the Test match. The Windies dominated the morning session through their openers, Chris Gayle and Kraigg Brathwaite, who built on the good platform that they had set in the final exchanges of Day One.
Gayle had switched on his attacking gears and Brathwaite was finding the boundary ropes at will. Pacer Tim Southee, in particular was dispatched with utmost glee by the right-hander. Mark Craig, who has been in the thick of everything good for New Zealand with the bat and ball in this series, outsmarted Gayle. The Jamaican stepped down the wicket but the delivery stopped on him and Hamish Rutherford took a safe catch after it spend an age in the skies.
Then Edwards made good use of the good batting surface with some confident strokes and Brathwaite had also brought up his half-century. With Trent Boult and Southee being ineffective in the first session, it was left-arm pacer Neil Wagner who struck for the Kiwis. It was a rather tired shot from the well-set Brathwaite and Southee took a commendable diving catch. Darren Bravo had just come to the wicket and beginning to get his eye in before a cloudburst halted play.
Brief scores:
New Zealand 293 (Ross Taylor 45, Jimmy Neesham 78, Mark Craig 46*; Sulieman Benn 5 for 93, Kemar Roach 4 for 61) lead West Indies 169 for 2 (Chris Gayle 42, Kraigg Brathwaite 68, Kirk Edwards 42*; Neil Wagner 1 for 11) by 124 runs.


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ChievoVerona will present its reproduction of Cangrande I Della Scala's suit of armour at 5:45pm, before the Roma match.
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In reference to Jennifer Wittlinger's letter to the editor headlined "Ranchers had horrible disregard for nature." That is really sweet of you to have such a high regard for poor little rattlesnakes. Of course, there is a place in God's world for all creatures. However, I feel that there are times when some of these creatures should not cross my path.
I don't believe that Mr. Knaack, nor his horse, intentionally provoked the snake. You apparently feel that the men from Sombrero Ranch were cruel in their method of killing the snake, and you would have apparently preferred that they let the snake go on its merry way.
Most of the time, a snake is not easily discovered until the passerby is well within striking distance. All venomous snakes should be considered dangerous. I would have been grateful that the men from Sombrero took action and killed the snake before it had a chance to bite an animal or person. I can hear the other side of the fence squalling if the ranchers had done nothing to prevent a victim (whether human or animal) from getting bit.
Maybe you've never seen the horrible effect a rattlesnake bite causes an animal with the inflection of its venom. Snake venom affects the nervous system, blood and blood vessels. It causes severe pain, cell death, numbness, tissue destruction, kidney complications, loss of a limb and even death.
I've seen my parents' dog go through agonizing pain from a snakebite, and barely survive after several doses of anti-venom, and then die a year later from continued complications.
Horses and cattle are often bitten on the nose and can die from swelling, which blocks their air passages, causing suffocation.
Communing with nature is anything but a controlled environment. So I have to say, if I was thrown from a horse because it was spooked from a snake, I would kill it, too, with a rock, stick or maybe a rope if that's all I had.
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BaoBao Festival
BEST BETDATE: March 8 2016, 4:30 PM to March 12 2016, 9:00 PMCost:Ticket prices vary.CATEGORY: Performing ArtsVENUE INFORMATION:King Center855 Lawrence St.Denver, CO 80204
The Ghanaian people have long gathered around the baobab tree to share stories, music, and dance; this festival seeks to bring that same concept to the Centennial State. Take in the traditional performing arts of West Africa at this five-day event, from drumming and song to storytelling and dance. Local artists such as the Mokomba dance troupe take the stage. Days, times vary.
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Rock the Runway
Its not quite a million-dollar event, but its damn close: this years Rock the Runway at Santa Anas Art Institute of California will put established high-couture designers such as Maggie Barry and Michael Costello alongside student designers for an avant-garde runway show bookended with performances from OCs BLOK and Denmarks the Raveonetteswhose calculated Lux-and-Nico cool will match the mood of the evening perfectly. Oh, and then theres the awarding of $700,000 in scholarships for the next academic quarter. And the Kogi BBQ truck will be giving out free tacos to the first 1,000 customers! And its all free with RSVP! And theres more, but the company physician said to quit piling this on because the average person can only handle up to $999,999 worth of excitement in any 24-hour period. Just trust us that this is a class act in every possible way.
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TIPTON, Iowa — Just a week after racing to his first IMCA Late Model tour victory, Nate Beuseling celebrated his second.
Beuseling led all 40 laps of the Tuesday Deery Brothers Summer Series feature at Cedar County Raceway, taking the $2,000 win in a frenetic finish that had scorers checking and rechecking their re¬sults.
Four lapped cars were mixed in with the frontrunners crossing the stripe. Point leader Andy Eckrich was second, while hard charger Justin Reed, defending champion Ray Gus,s Jr. and "B" qualifier Justin Kay completed the top five.
Beuseling had also led the distance in winning the Knoxville Deery show on July 26, but after a couple early cautions at Tipton he was never able to pull away in a feature that stayed green the last 35 circuits.
The 13th of 18 events in the 25th annual tour is Monday, Aug. 15 at the Iowa State Fairgrounds Speedway in Des Moines.
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MALDEN — Monte "Myron" Ewalt, 68, of Malden passed away Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012, at his home following a short battle with cancer.
Born March 6, 1944, in Princeton to Monte and Erma (Walch) Ewalt, he married Mary Ann Brumley May 11, 1984. She survives.
He was a retired farmer and construction worker.
He was a member of the Malden Methodist Church, the Princeton Moose Lodge and the Laborers International Union of North America.
Also surviving are two children, John (Tracy) Miller of Arlington and Shirley Miller of Arlington; three grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; two brothers, Jerry (Suzanne) Ewalt of Galesburg and Reese (Myrna) Ewalt of Malden; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in the Fiocchi-Jensen Funeral Home, Princeton, with Rev. Gary Brooks of the Malden Methodist Church officiating. Interment will be in the Malden Cemetery.
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Defining the Legal Boundaries of Export Restrictions: A Case Law Analysis
It is widely recognized that the World Trade Organization (WTO) law on export restrictions is an area of 'under-regulation'--as it neither defines the circumstances that justify quantitative restrictions nor regulates export duties. There are also additional legal uncertainties due to the 'WTO-plus' commitments imposed on a few new Members. In the absence of legal clarity, it is crucial to have a consistent interpretation of the existing law and the jurisprudence. In this context, by analysing five relevant cases which have been brought before the WTO/General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) Dispute Settlement Body (DSB), including the recent China -- Raw Materials, this article attempts to shed light on the legal boundaries of export restrictions. It examines the panels' interpretation of the definition of the relevant legal terms, such as 'critical shortage' of 'essential products', and 'temporarily applied'. It reviews the accession protocols of the new Members, and analyses how the emerging case law might constrain their policy space. It also scrutinizes the panels' interpretation of GATT Article XX in examining the relationship between the design of export restrictions and their intended environmental objectives. It is envisaged that the case law analysis of the legal scope of export restrictions could inform the future reform efforts in this field. The Author 2012. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved., Oxford University Press.
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San Diego Symphony season revealed
The 2017–2018 season at San Diego Symphony
Garrett Harris 4 p.m., March 28
Gary Lee Ernst: Guitar (acoustic), Guitar (electric), Vocals | Anthony Valenzuela: Drums | Bill Brubaker: Bass guitar | Greg Kappes: Guitar (acoustic), Guitar (electric) | Lyonel Padilla: Guitar (acoustic), Guitar (electric)
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"Drugs used to do for me what a phone booth did for Superman," says Gary Lee Ernst, singer and guitarist for Christian rockers In the Midst 777.
"I was in and out of jail about a dozen times for meth-ing around, until I was sentenced to a three-year prison sentence and sent off to Donovan prison."
It was there the former Helix High stoner says he had his religious conversion. During a lengthy stint at a Vista rehab center where he took part in the Casa Bible study program, Ernst says, "I started sponsoring some of the men in the program. That's where I met our drummer Anthony Valenzuela. The second person I sponsored also graduated and is now our lead guitarist, Greg Kappes."
Three years later, along with guitarist Lyonel Padilla and bassist Bill Brubaker, the band has played over a hundred gigs.
Valenzuela says that his drug addiction started in high school. "After that, it was all downhill, without a clue. After countless times in and out of jail, and then prison, something needed to change. For me, the only thing good that came out of prison is that I got baptized."
Kappes, whose convictions involved meth and probation violations, says, "In 1999 I was sent to Chuckawalla Valley State Prison for several years…I was released, but my issues with addiction were never properly addressed. I ended up back in prison in 2006."
After meeting Ernst and deciding to form the band, Kappes says, "There were a lot of obstacles in the early going. As residents, we weren't allowed to have instruments at the program."


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Another day, up early, in Rome and the goal was to walk from our hotel to the Vatican City. We got a bit off track, ending up crossing a different bridge than we intended, but it worked out great to give us the best view of St. Peter's Basilica, with smooth green water trailing towards the great city's dome.
Once we had crossed into the Vatican City, we settled for a moment to get our bearings, and gazed up at this museum (the line to get in was long, but the building itself was awesome – a mix of newer looking and finely sculpted carvings ringed the exterior that was sitting on a crumbly old base. There was also a merry go round, tinkling music and a street lined on both sides with giant oak-like trees that were patchy brown and very tall.
We passed lots of little booths and vendors selling goods, postcards, purses, magnets, and more, into the steady stream of people all heading in the same direction – towards St. Peter's square. In hindsight, we should have forced ourselves to wake up early again, rather than take our time and walk down leisurely and end up at the square around noon, when the sun was at it's hottest and the crowds at their fiercest, and this kind of took away from the experience. I suppose any Saturday (or Sunday) is going to be a madhouse, but I have never seen so many people in my life, anywhere. We got as close as we could to the basilica, and admired the great buildings, pillars, fountains, and statues crowning the stone, but the crush of hot, sweaty people was a bit too much to handle. There was some kind of parade going on through the square, and a choir singing and band playing right up under the dome, and it must have been tens of thousands of people, waiting in three hour longs line to enter the church for a closer look. Not for me!
I'm glad we went, and it was definitely a memorable sight, but there was no way I wanted to wait all afternoon in the blistering sun to gain access to the basilica or even the museums (I'd hoped to have a bit of a walk through and check out the Sistine Chapel) so we walked slowly back through towards Rome, back over a different bridge, and wound our way towards the Spanish steps, bustling with people, and then a pizza at a nearby eatery while sheets of rain started to fall.
That night, I'd hoped to walk down to the Trevi fountain and maybe check out the Coliseum at night, but the steady rain vetoed that plan so we tried to go back to the trattoria we'd eaten at the night before (Tyler wanted to order the exact same pasta since he loved it so much) but it was closed (at 7:30pm on a Saturday night?) so we went to another restaurant close by, called Il Golfo, and enjoyed another great meal – the server greeted us with a fried seaweed appetizer on the house, then I had homemade gnocchi with tomatoes, and wine. This place was fairly empty but the food was delicious, well-priced, and probably the quickest service we have had in any city in Italy so far.
After, we sought out a gelato joint called I Caruso and oh my god. The ice cream was unbelievable. They make it freshly in house (you can see the steel tubs and machines to the left through glass) and the lad there explained each flavour to us – they had interesting ones like amaretto, liquorice and pistachio, and I settled on a chocolate/ hazelnut cup while Tyler had strawberry and banana with a dollop of handmade whipped cream. This was by far the best gelato we had on our while trip. The strawberry especially was so, SO good!
Next morning found us packing up and eating one last Italian breakfast (pastry and 2 cappuccinos each) before we set out to walk to the Roma Termini train station from our hotel. The amazing I Caruso place was closed, or I would grabbed one last delicious icy treat on the way! The sun was bearing down and we got to the station, walked around looking for the shuttle bus to the right airport, went to a couple of info stops, then finally bought bus tickets. We made our way to Via Marsala and waited in front of the Best Western hotel there, and look around for the SIT bus that we wanted to take. We were accosted by 5 women as we walked down the sidewalk, one with a blank cardboard sign and 3 of them pregnant, asking for money I think, but after we shook our heads politely they started grabbing at us, kissing their hands and trying to touch us and Tyler finally bellowed out, "NO!" as I trundled my luggage right over someone's foot trying to move past. In hindsight I think they were actually trying to distract us and try to pick our pockets but our wallets were wedged tightly at the bottom of my big yellow purse and clamped under my arm so, no luck for them. We'd seen quite a few beggars and peddlers throughout our trip, but these ones were the most aggressive for sure.
The bus to the airport took about an hour, and stopped in Vatican City giving us one last look around as well as some time to reflect on all we'd seen and done. Once we found the right terminal, then the check in desk, got our boarding passes and went through security, we shared one last caprese salad while we waited.
I love you, Italy, with your bubbly prosecco, your bidets to soak my aching feet after a long day of walking, the continual games of chicken trying to cross your streets with no traffic lights, your wine in all shapes, sizes, and variations of flavour, your crispy, chewy, cheesy pizzas and your delectable pastas, the indescribable beauty in the trees, carvings, monuments and landscape, and your art, buildings and ruins steeped in history and meaning. My only consolation as I sit here in the airport is that I am heading to another country with a few more days of adventure awaiting me: Paris, here I come!


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The polling for 10 municipal corporations across Maharashtra, including Mumbai, began this morning and there is still some time before it ends. Bollywood celebs have taken to Twitter urging folks to go out and cast their vote
There seems to have been a rise in awareness about the power of their vote amongst Bollywood people. Many B-town celebs not only went out and cast their votes, but also encouraged others via micro-blogging site Twitter to do so. Shabana Azmi posted, "Mumbaiites cast your vote on 16th feb for municipal elections. Corporator is your 1st contact with d system directly impacts quality of life," and followed it up with "Cmon go out n vote Your corporator has d greatest influence on your everyday needs dont moan abt woes of d city if u cant b bothered 2 vote."
Music composer Vishal Dadlani tweeted, "Bombay, if you don't vote today, you lose the right to whine and complain about bad roads, bad infrastructure, bad politicians. VOTE, now!" Actor Priyanka Chopra, who is away, posted, "Wish I was in mumbai today to vote..every year I do..I implore all of u to..we r the future n make this country what it will be for our kids." Actor Kunal Kapoor said, "Please go out and VOTE.. Its not a holiday, don't treat it as one pls.. A wise man told me "khuda bhi us kaum ka khyaal nahi rakhta, jis kaum ko krud apna khyaal na ho." Anupam Kher posted a naughty update: "Mumbai walo… Ungali dikha ke Ungali karo! Come out and vote. :)" Filmmaker Kunal Kohli, tweeted, "Idiot in Greek means,one who didn't vote." Alerting people about the closing time of the polls, Dia Mirza said, "Apparently 5:30! So there! Don't be lazy. Just Do It 🙂 #Vote #bmc #civicpoll." After casting her vote, she said, "Cast my vote have you?#bmc #civicpoll"
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PENANG, Malaysia -- Buoyed by a string of recent campaign successes, consumer groups around the world are now demanding mandatory labelling of genetically modified (GM) food as they mark World Consumer Rights Day on Mar 15, reflecting growing concern about the unregulated production and trade of GM food crops.
Mandatory labelling, insist the groups, would enable consumers to make informed choices a basic consumer right. It would also protect their right to safety by allowing any subsequent health problems to be properly identified and traced back to source.
Genetic engineering takes the DNA of genes from one organism (animals, plants, bacteria) and inserts them into a completely different organism (e.g. food crops) to transfer a desired trait. Plants are genetically modified to improve resistance to pests and weed-killers. But activists worry about the long-term effects of tampering with nature.
Creating herbicide-tolerant crops is like ''giving one plant a radiation suit, then dropping a small nuclear device to wipe out all other plant life in the area, as well as the animal life that depends on it, along with any hope of sustainable agriculture,'' wrote Andrew Simms of Christian Aid.
Consumers are reacting with growing concern, says Julian Edwards, the director general of Consumers International, a federation of over 250 consumers' organisations in 111 countries.
Foremost is the fear that GM crops might be dangerous to eat in some way, he points out, saying that consumers face risks from the unintended effects of GM foods.
Edwards was speaking here at the launch last week of a CI campaign kit to heighten awareness of consumer rights using the theme 'Our Food, Whose Choice? Consumers Take Action on GM Foods'.
Genetic modification can transfer allergies from foods that people know they are allergic to to foods they think are safe. About 2 percent of adults and 8 percent of children have true food allergies and about one quarter have reacted adversely to some type of food.
''Failure to label GM foods,'' says the CI campaign kit, ''would mean that people with allergies have no way of knowing whether they are eating potentially risky foods or, in the event of problems, what ingredient provoked the reaction.''
Activists also highlight the uncertain long-term effects on nutrition and health posed by GM foods. They point to the use of antibiotic- resistant genes as ''markers'' (to track the gene carrying the trait being transferred) in GM crops, which, they say, could add to the problem of antibiotic resistance. Genetic manipulation, argue the activists, could also increase levels of natural plant toxins in foods or create entirely new toxins in unexpected ways.
''The testing has not been as rigorous as it is with medicine,'' says physician Nadine Gusman, a World Health Organisation consultant. Gusman wondered who was carrying out the research. Were they the same firms developing the technology, she asks.
The other major risk, notes Edward, is the impact GM foods will have on the environment: ''Do they support sustainable agriculture in the long run?''
Critics say genes from GM crops could contaminate wild plants, which could then become resistant or toxic to certain plant pests. The wind, birds, and insects could carry pollen from GM plants and once released may cause permanent gene pollution. Crops engineered to resist herbicide and pesticides may pass their traits on to their wild relatives and create pesticide-and herbicide-resistant super-weeds, they say.
GM organisms also threaten to diminish biological diversity, say the activists. The cultivation of GM organisms, they add, could lead to the wiping out of weeds and insects. If that happens, the species that depend on them will also suffer.
There is also the question of seed ownership by big firms through patenting and terminator technology. ''Farmers in the South are angry because they don't feel that anyone should own their seeds,'' says Jennife r Mourin, the Safe Food Campaign Coordinator of the Pesticide Action Network's Asia-Pacific office in Penang.
The main commercially cultivated GM foods are soya, maize, rape seed (canola), potatoes and tomatoes. GM soya is present in about 60 percent of all soy derivatives, including vegetable oils, soy flour, lecithin and soy protein. GM corn can be found in 50 percent of all corn products and derivatives, such as corn starch, corn flour and corn syrup.
Over 90 percent of these processed foods are excluded from European Union labelling norms, the most stringent in the world.
Other GM foods expected soon include rice, sugar, and beets. Animal feed is the principal market for GM crops. Some 98 percent of global transgenic crop acreage is accounted for by just three countries: the United States, Canada, and Argentina. The US has by far the largest acreage at 20.5 million hectares or 74 percent of the GM fields as of 1998.
The Rio Declaration of the 1992 Earth Summit stated that governments have to take a ''better safe than sorry'' approach to potential environmental and health risks. This means that the burden of proof for a product's long-term safety falls on its producer.
According to the Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI) in Canada, the top five Gene Giants account for nearly two thirds of the global pesticide market, about a quarter of the commercial seed market, and virtually all the GM seed market. The five are AstaZeneca, DuPont, Monsanto, Novartis and Aventis. Monsanto alone controls nearly 90 percent of the GM seed market in the U.S., where farmers plant roughly half of their corn, cotton and soyfields with GM crops.
The biotech industry and many regulatory agencies argue that the composition of GM food is not chemically different from conventional ones in ways that could jeopardise their safety or nutritional value. Using this concept of ''substantial equivalence'', they argue that GM foods require no special safety testing or labelling.
''This is being strongly resisted by us and other national governments,'' says Edwards.
Some activist groups would prefer an outright ban on GM foods, saying that labelling would be meaningless for illiterate people, especially in developing countries.
Although its backers say GM foods are the answer to world hunger and can produce more nutritious food, critics feel otherwise. ''Are the big gains promised actually there?'' asks Mourin. With GM crops, Mourin argues that pesticide use will actually go up with disastrous impact for consumers and the environment.
Consumer groups are fighting back. In a David vs Goliath battle in Brazil, the 'Instituto de Defesa do Consumidor' (IDEC) and its allies, using a campaign slogan 'GM Foods: Don't Swallow that Stuff', stopped the commercial planting of GM seeds in a country where 25 percent of the world 's soya is grown. The federal court ruled in June 1999 that Monsanto had to present an environmental impact assessment before any GM soya could be planted and sold commercially.
Although some groups want a total ban on GM foods, most consumer groups recognise the strategic value of pressing for mandatory labelling. ''Labelling is the key issue,'' conceded a spokesperson for a Monsanto subsidiary to the press. ''If you put a label on genetically engineered food, you might as well put a skull and crossbones on it.''
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Brandon Weeden threw for 438 yards and ranked Oklahoma State earned a 30-29 comeback ranked Texas A&M in the Big 12 opener for both teams.
Oklahoma State trailed 20-3 at the half, but Jeremy Smith, Justin Blackmon and Tracy Moore each scored a third-quarter touchdown for the Cowboys (4-0, 1-0 Big 12), who notched their seventh consecutive road victory.
Blackmon finished with 11 catches for 121 yards, while Josh Cooper and Hubert Anyiam had 123 and 92 receiving yards, respectively.
Ryan Tannehill threw for 309 yards and two touchdowns, but was intercepted three times, the last of which coming with under two minutes remaining and the Aggies (2-1, 0-1) trailing, 30-27.
Blackmon took a safety as time expired to seal the final margin.
The game was the first top-10 matchup at Kyle Field in College Station since No. 2 Texas A&M defeated No. 5 Texas, 20-10, in 1975.
Early on, the Cowboys, who dismantled Tulsa, 59-33, in a weather-delayed drubbing last Saturday, didn't appear worthy of the high-profile billing.
They sputtered and wheezed their way to a considerable halftime deficit, but emerged from the locker room rejuvenated and opened the third quarter with an 80-yard touchdown drive. Smith's 13-yard scoring run capped the march, making it a 20-10 contest
"At halftime we didn't change anything," said Weeden. "We just started executing and things started going our way. Our guys did a great job up front. In the second half things started clicking."
After a Texas A&M punt, Oklahoma State's offense stayed in rhythm, pulling within 20-17 on Blackmon's 11-yard touchdown catch.
Blackmon snared the pass from Weeden and tiptoed the sideline. He was initially ruled out of bounds, but the call was overturned following a review.
Justin Gilbert recovered Kenric McNeal's fumble at the Oklahoma State 44-yard- line on the second play of Texas A&M's next drive to set up the go-ahead score.
Weeden converted a 3rd-and-1 with a seven-yard pass to Anyiam, then, two plays later, found Moore in the back of the endzone for a four-yard scoring strike. Moore leapt to snare the high pass and landed in bounds, giving the Cowboys a 24-20 lead.
Oklahoma State was poised to add to its advantage following Brodrick Brown's interception at the Aggies 10-yard-line. Weeden found an open Blackmon sprinting towards paydirt, but Blackmon let the ball fall out of his hands and roll out of the endzone for a touchback.
The Cowboys' defense bailed Blackmon out, as Tannehill was again intercepted, this time by Gilbert, in the waning moments of the third quarter.
For the second consecutive year, Oklahoma State outscored Texas A&M 21-0 in the third quarter en route to victory. Last September, the Cowboys used a dominant third quarter to defeat the Aggies 38-35.
In the fourth, Quinn Sharp hit field goals of 24 and 18 yards to give Oklahoma State a 30-20 advantage.
Tannehill and the Aggies finally awoke with a 15-play, 80-yard touchdown drive. Jeff Fuller sealed the march with a four-yard touchdown snag to pull Texas A&M within a field goal, but only 2:20 remained.
The Aggies then forced a punt, but Tannehill was intercepted by James Thomas two plays into the ensuing drive to squander any hope of a comeback.
"That was disappointing," said Texas A&M head coach Mike Sherman. "I fully thought we had played the clock right, the timeouts right, and with the amount of time we had on the clock we were ready for that. The kid broke on the dig...and made a great play."
For Tannehill, the game had a more fortuitous start. He reeled off a 65-yard touchdown run on the Aggies' opening drive for a 7-0 lead.
Oklahoma State countered with Sharp's 27-yard field goal, but Randy Bullock's 43-yard boot gave the Texas A&M a 10-3 lead and Tannehill hit Fuller for a 17- yard scoring strike early in the second quarter to pad the advantage.
Bullock's 35-yarder midway through the quarter gave the Aggies a 20-3 lead. They couldn't maintain the edge, however, and fell in what may be their last conference meeting with the Cowboys, if an expected move to the Southeastern Conference next year is fulfilled.
Game Notes
Oklahoma State has won four in a row over Texas A&M...Aggies linebacker Sean Porter had two sacks...The Cowboys' game against Tulsa last week was pushed back from a 10 p.m. (et) start to 1:16 a.m. and did not finish until 4:35 a.m.


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at MOUNTAIN GARDENS
These workshops take advantage of our unique combination of diverse habitats, extensive plant collection, extraordinary library and well-equipped herb shop, plus my forty years of study and experimentation.
As a 'botanic garden of useful plants', one of our purposes is to introduce and promote new useful plants, for gardeners, growers, herbalists and chefs. Areas of special interest include wildfoods, medicinal herbs, (native and oriental), health-boosting (tonic, adaptogenic) plants and east-west parallels in botany and pharmacy.
Seeds and plants of most of the species discussed will be available for purchase; additionally participants will have the opportunity to purchase freshly dug, bare-root plants at a considerable saving.
Half-day workshops cost $50, all-day $100 (bring your own lunch). Some workshops will include valuable handouts. For information on driving, lodging, and refunds, click here.
To Register for an event, please either call: 828-675-5664
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Learn to identify, propagate, cultivate, harvest and prepare medicinal herbs and other useful plants
Classes taught at Mountain Gardens, North Carolina's premier demonstration garden of medicinal plants, with herb shop / pharmacy, extensive research library, seed collection & plant nursery, adjacent to Pisgah Nat'l Forest
Half day classes are 1:00 – 5:00 pm Cost: $50
All day workshops are 9:30 am – 5:00 pm Cost $100
Cost includes handouts, seed and plant distributions and samples of herbs and preparations as appropriate
Each session will include: a plant walk in the garden and/or adjacent National Forest, lecture/demonstration, hands-on practice, resources and bibliography for further study.
Tentative schedule for 2016:
April 17th Sunday ( ½ Day): Spring useful plants
April 29th – May 1st we will be selling plants at Asheville Herb Festival
May 7th Saturday ( ½ Day): Spring useful plants
May 8th Sunday ( ½ Day): Making a woodland garden of useful plants
May 15th Sunday: Pao zhi / Chinese herb processing
May 22nd Sunday: How to grow Chinese herbs
June 3rd Friday: Free Tours of our medicinal plants garden
June 4th – 6th we will be attending and selling plants at Medicines from the Earth Conference, Black Mtn, NC
June 11th Saturday ( ½ Day): Perennial vegetables
June 12th Sunday: Eclectic Pharmacy
June 19th Sunday: Using western herbs in Chinese Medicine
July 2nd Saturday ( ½ Day): How to grow wasabi
July 3rd Sunday: How to grow Chinese Herbs
July 24th Sunday: Pao zhi / Chinese herb processing
Aug 4th Thursday: Paradise Gardening Workshop in conjunction with Permaculture Gathering)
Aug 6th Saturday Afternoon: Free garden tour for Permaculture Gathering at Arthur Morgan School, Celo NC
Aug 14th Sunday: Making Chinese herbal preparations
Sept 11 Saturday (1/2 day) Seed saving
Oct 9th Sunday: (1/2 day) Tonic wines
Oct 16th Sunday: (1/2 day) Tonic foods / Bupin
To Register for an event, please either call: 828-675-5664
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Actually, if i was serious about trying to pin down the best cover artist ever, i'd probably have to throw Linda Ronstadt and Sinatra into the mix.
Wyngate comes up with some interesting covers.
i think this cover is better than the original:
Believe it or not, i like this one even better –
I have to say I like the original for nostalgic reasons – it fit with the music of the time, but I bet TFF and their producers are gutted that they never thought to slow it right down and perform it as it is in this version, a requiem. This is better. By a million miles.
gutted all the way to the bank.
Can't see or hear the vids on my phone but have we thrown the Tops' Light My Fire into the mix? Notable for the "sizzle sizzle sizzle me baby – light my fire!" backing vocals. Not actually sure if it might advance or damage the original hypothesis but I like it anyway.
When it comes to covers, I think an artist like Sinatra (or Elvis, Ella etc), whose main job was to interpret songs, doesn't provide a fair comparison with groups who wrote their own or (like the Motown acts) had them written for them.
Bobby Womack did some good covers. I'll have to dig a bit for fuller evidence but his takes on Fly Me To The Moon and California Dreaming would be exhibits A and B.
Here it is –
I really can't say which bands or artists are really good or not on the whole, but my choice has done a lot of covers. I wouldn't know how she would rate in a list of great cover artists, but this one is one of my absolute favourite songs ever… and none of the other versions I've heard even come close. First released by the song's writer Ron Davis (and he's been covered a lot).
OK, got another couple of names for the fray:
Aretha – think the arse-shaking funk of The Weight; the swelling epiphany of Spanish Harlem; the soaring, almost Coltranish take on Bridge Over Troubled Water; oh, and I believe she did versions of Otis Redding's Respect and Carole King's Natural Woman that were well-received. Thing is, with Aretha, Paul Simon rated her version of Bridge… as what he heard in his head when writing it, but some might think she oversang some of these, cranked it up to 11 regardless of what the song needed. I'm not of that opinion but it's a viewpoint.
The Ramones – Street Fighting Man, Do You Wanna Dance, What A Wonderful World, Baby I Love You – all completely wrapped within their own sound yet completely faithful to the spirit of each original.
Both excellent calls! I have someone else kicking around the back of my brain, but can't put my finger on it yet. It's not Rod Stewart though, he does some good covers, but he's better at stuff written for him, or his oldies or blusier stuff.
Still, there was Handbags and Gladrags, and this – (ducks)
btw, i love that cover, if i didn't make it clear.


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The student debt crisis continues to grow larger and more dangerous with each passing school year. The skyrocketing price for a college degree is causing an epidemic with student loans as more people rack up unsustainable amounts of debt to further their education. Using debt to obtain a degree can be beneficial if done properly, but there are certainly some states worse off than others when comparing debt to earnings.
With lenders handing out loans like candy, the amount of student loan debt in America has nearly doubled in the past five years, from $550 billion in late 2007 to $986 billion in the first quarter of 2013. In fact, two-thirds of recent graduates have student loans, with an average balance of more than $27,000, according to a new report from the Joint Economic Committee.
The report was released by Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) in an effort to bring awareness to the issue and prompt Congress to block the scheduled interest rate hike for student loans. If Congress fails to take action by July 1, interest rates on federally subsidized Stafford loans will double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent. The change would increase the cost of a college education by $4,500 for a student borrowing the maximum amount.
"Allowing the interest rate on subsidized Stafford loans to double at a time when the government's cost of borrowing is so low undermines the public policy objective of providing affordable loans to students," the report explains. "The increasing debt burden presents challenges for recent graduates just beginning their careers and poses a potential risk to the economy, since individuals who shoulder heavier debt balances may delay purchasing a home, buying a car, starting a family and saving for retirement."
Although there are many variables to consider during the college process, here's a look at the 10 worst states if you are a recent college graduate with debt and a job:


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How to dump garbage in a systematic manner that causes the least inconvenience to citizens is something that has to be learnt by most. In Faridkot, the municipal council is also allegedly dumping the garbage it collects in an unscientific manner, on the roadside and in thickly populated areas. Stray animals are thus a permanent sight and so are stink and flies. On Kameana Road, the locals have followed the MC and dumped garbage at two places.
"The dumping of garbage has led to the blockage of a sewage pipe. The sewage water spills on to the road, leading to its crumbling," claims Paramjeet singh, a resident of Dashmesh Nagar, near the Kameana Road.
"How can the MC allow garbage to be dumped at such a prominent place, even if it is an empty plot. A large number of residents live near the area and it is an arterial road," said Dhanna Singh, a shopkeeper.
He claimed that the MC employees removed garbage from the spot every two-three months.
Unthinking residents claim that the garbage was being dumped along the sewage channel, which carries most waste water from the city. Plastic bags are thus falling into the sewerage water channel.
Another sore point is the piles of garbage near the New Bus Stand and Ambedkar Chowk, prime locations of the city. Residents claim that there has been no solution to the problem for years.
When contacted, Faridkot SDM Nacchatar Singh Brar, who is the administrator of the Faridkot municipal committee (whose term has expired) claimed that only Faridkot municipal committee executive engineer can answer any question related to the matter.


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A climate-change plan Republicans could love
In his most forceful language to date, President Obama made it clear at his second inaugural that he will devote much of his energy to "reduce the threat of climate change, knowing that failure to do so would betray our children and future generations."
If legislative action is not forthcoming, it appears Obama will reach for every tool at his disposal, using executive authority to circumvent a recalcitrant Congress.
One way or another, America will respond to the threat of climate change. The question is whether that response is through expansion of government regulations or through the power of the marketplace.
Republicans, who abhor the former, should embrace the latter with a revenue-neutral tax on carbon.
Rather than wage a futile battle with Obama over EPA's authority to regulate greenhouse gases – for which the Supreme Court has already ruled in favor – the GOP could answer the president's climate challenge with a free-market solution, embraced by a number of conservative economists like Art Laffer and Greg Mankiw: A revenue-neutral tax on carbon that gives proceeds back to consumers.
Here's how it works: Place a steadily-rising tax on the CO2 content of coal, oil and gas at the first point of sale.
Start at $15 per ton of CO2 and increase the tax $10 a ton each year. As a result, the cost of energy will go up. To prevent the tax from being a drag on the economy, return the revenue to consumers, preferably as direct payments.
This clear and predictable price on carbon, which begins to reflect society's true cost of fossil fuels, will motivate investors to shift away from fossil fuels and toward clean sources of energy like wind and solar. The need for government subsidies to prop up renewables will eventually disappear.
The appeal for Republicans here is a solution that does not expand the size and role of government.
Instead, it uses the power of the free market to solve one of civilization's greatest problems.
An argument continually made against U.S. efforts to reduce CO2 emissions is that other big emitters, like China and India, will thwart our initiatives to curb greenhouse gases. If, however, a carbon tax is coupled with border adjustments on imports from countries that lack a comparable policy, we accomplish two things:
Protecting American businesses from unfair competition.
Providing a strong incentive for other nations to follow the U.S. lead (Why enrich the U.S. Treasury when they can keep carbon tax revenues in their own countries?).
So, Republicans, is it going to be regulations or free market?
This isn't an issue where one party has to claim victory over the other.
If we succeed in saving the world, there will be plenty of credit to go around for everyone.
Mark Reynolds is the executive
director of Citizens Climate Lobby.
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