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( June 2, 2014, Dhaka, Sri Lanka Guardian) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi appointed a brilliant police officer, former Intelligence Bureau chief Ajit Doval as a national security adviser (NSA). Indian media covered it with a very highly praise and they mainly highlighted that he would do tremendous job for Indian home land security. But The Times Of India wrote " Doval is not likely to confine himself only to internal security matters. In fact, his belief has been that security threats from the neighbourhood, whether from Pakistan or Chinese funding northeast insurgents, threats originating in Myanmar or Bangladesh or even growth radical Islam in Sri Lanka and Maldives, are all aspects of internal security."
A partial echo can be made with Times of India and describe that, Insurgency of North East India and the radical Islam of Myanmar Muslim Royingyas and Bangladeshi Islamic terrorist those who are guided and funded by Pakistani Inter Service Intelligence (ISI) are a security threat for Bangladesh and India. The Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina is an extraordinary brave fighter against terrorism and in favor of regional security. She is doing it with taking a towering life risk. What she has done for the regional security is very much known to Mr. Doval, the brilliant security adviser of Indian Prime.
Pakistan is the major security issue to India but Bangladesh is not too much less than Pakistan because North East India is linked with Bangladesh. Mr. Doval served a long time in Mizoram against the insurgency so he knows better regarding North East India. For this reason, he obviously knows what Sheikh Hasina, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh has done regarding the security measures for North East India even in her country. Sheikh Hasina is the only leader of the world who has to face more than five Islamic terrorist parties that are recognized political party in her country. It is very crucial for a country because common people cannot understand that they are terrorist party and they also think that they are only religion based party.
After the appointment of Mr. Doval, Firstpost wrote, "Doval's appointment should send jitters to Pakistan, particularly the likes Dawood Ibrahim, Hafiz Saeed and Sayeed Salahuddin." Interestingly, Dawood to Sayeed all are doing the notorious job through underground world but in Bangladesh Tarique Rahaman, the senior vice president of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and son of the party leader Khaleda Zia, is the close ally of Dawood Ibrahim. Besides, when BNP was in power Al-Qaeda leader Al- Zawahiri stayed in Bangladesh more than couple of months were. BNP's main ally or the mother organization is Bangladesh Jamat-E- Islam and Tarique Rahman is the close ally of Al- Qaeda also. Simultaneously when BNP was in power then they had a close tie with the insurgent group of North East India. They gave shelter and arranged all type of training by the ISI and the Taliban trainer. Under the leadership of Tarique Rahaman all the intelligence organizations chief of Bangladesh, had to work in favor of arms smuggling with Paresh Barua, the ULFA leader, who is now in china. The then time his head quarter was in Bangladesh. Sheikh Hasina has demolished all the training center of North East insurgent group and their head Quarter. She Not only demolishes that shelters but also has deported most of them to India.
Despite, all the efforts of Sheik Hasina, in the security ground, Bangladesh and India are not in a secure position yet. Therefore, Bangladesh can hope that a brilliant NSA of Indian Prime Mr. Doval will give a hand to Bangladesh. Because ISI has made Bangladesh a fertile ground for entire terrorist, and they made some route of arms smuggling. Some are identified routes such as Coxbazer deep sea, Teknaf sea and Teknaf Mynmar border and the southwest Sundarban. Some sources said, Bangladesh Jamat-E-Islam and the men of Tarique Rahaman are involved with this smuggling. Besides Rajshahi and Mursidabad border in Bangladesh and West Bengal also a small route for the terrorist. Sources are correct, because in 2013, when Jamat and BNP were doing a massive violence in Bangladesh then they did more violence in Chittagong, Rajshai, and Satkhira, near to southwest part of Sundarban.
We know that, in security measure Pakistan is the main issue for India but a brilliant security authority like Mr. Doval knows better than us, the importance of working together with India and Bangladesh on that issue. People of India and Bangladesh want security not only for a peaceful life but also for a prosperous economy. North East India has huge resources, and it may be an economic hub in future in this region but Bangladesh has to be a mediator of it and its all kinds of future are depending on the security ground of this region. So now, it is Mr. Doval's duty to give a hand to Bangladesh for working together to stop all the route of the arms smuggling and Mr. Doval's appointment should also send jitters to Bangladesh who are the allies of Dawood, Al- Zawahiri and othere terrorists.
We know the professional life and success of Mr. Ajit Doval. In his carrier, he touched the rose from the very beginning; so in this new era of his life, he must touch the top of the hill. He is hundred percent professional and he knows how to deal with the terrorist, and how to establish security. His belief is clear that until you cannot secure or stop the security threat from the neighborhood you cannot establish security in your country. Bangladesh and India has been fighting against terrorism shoulder-to-shoulder for last five years. Now the era of Mr. Doval, so all the people of India and Bangladesh can hope they will see a better sunrise through the extraordinary security personalities Mr. Doval.
Swadesh Roy, Executive Editor, the Daily Janakantha,Dhaka, Bangladesh.


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Political Wire has the goods on Jack Gilchrist of Gilchrist Metal Fabricating, who wants you to know that it was he and his family, not the government, and certainly not Barack Obama, that built his company. But he received $800,000 to get his business off the ground, as the Union Leader reports: "In 1999, Gilchrist Metal received $800,000 in tax-exempt revenue bonds issued by the New Hampshire Business Finance Authority 'to set up a second manufacturing plant and purchase equipment to produce high definition television broadcasting equipment,' according to a New Hampshire Union Leader report at the time."
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Home Insurance is a requirement, but its also a welcome protection for your most prized purchase. When getting insurance, you probably want a good deal on it. Your aim might be to try and save some money. Theres much more to insurance than cost, however. You need to know that whatever policy you choose will cover what you need and provide the right amounts of protection for those items.
Theres so many different parts to an insurance policy that indicate the coverage you can have for your home, it can be dizzying. At its most basic form, home insurance protects your home from risk. This includes fire and robbery. Keep in mind that a less expensive policy will provide less coverage for you. Different types of coverage that you should be aware of are:
These different pieces of a home insurance policy allow for a wide variety of damages things including: Rebuilding your home, coverage that will allow you to rebuild fences, sheds and screen houses, protection if someone is injured on your property, and the insurance of your personal property contained within the home. Some policies will even cover you to live in an alternative place should your home become uninhabitable.
A deductible is how much youll need to pay before the insurance company picks up the rest of the bill. Policies with higher deductibles are less expensive to purchase. Yet, if your home does face damage, youll have to come up with a lot more upfront to have your home repaired. When youre comparing home insurance policies, youll need to make sure that you have the same deductible amount selected for each separate policy that youre getting a quote on. The deductible amount that you choose should be one that youd feel comfortable paying when and if something happens to your home.
While shopping by price is a good place to start, you need to compare much more than that. You want to be sure that when you purchase a home insurance policy that youre actually getting your moneys worth. You need to be mindful of the type of coverage that you get and the amount of deductible that youll need to spend in order to get that coverage. It would be tragic for something to happen to your home, only for you to find out that its not covered. You pay home insurance for protections, so its a great idea to know exactly what youre paying for and where the safety net is surrounding your home and belongings.


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The ATM/MA london Branch was treated to on of Peter Ransom's barnstorming performaces last Saturday. A big message that we share with our PGCE students is that teaching is a performance art and ensuring that your lessons have a good dose of theatre will bring students in to your message. Well, Peter brings avery big dose of theatre. Right down to the brilliant stand-up touches … is he really going to drop the cannon ball? Well, yes, naturally. We got through transformational geometry, force functions in suspension bridge chains, cannon ball stacking sequences and the destructive impact of cannon balls by linear and quadratic scaling. So, no messing maths. Please come back soon to see the photos … and come to our next session which will be 10:30 Saturday 24th March (King's College London, the Franklin Wilkins Building on Stamford Street, SE1, just down from the IMAX cinema), which is the Danny Brown maths Workshops. Read all about it at Danny's site: www.makemaths.com
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At higher level GCSE, it is possible to get a grade B having got 60% of the paper wrong. Since this is the benchmark for moving on to an A level course, there could be a concern that students could decide, say to avoid learning algebra and concentrate on geometry and statistics in order to get the B (or vice versa). In the main, the questions that they choose will have one or two steps at most to a solution, or if more are needed then guidance will be offered in the form of question structuring. In these circumstances, more extended A level questions, where the mathematics required may cover more than one area, would prove a significant culture shock. Continue reading Maths Puzzles: Sustaining Activity


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The conference aims to bring together the researches working on fields image processing and telecommunications. This Conference will be an important event and will provide us with a unique opportunity for disseminating the latest advances, applications and future trends in the field image processing and communications.
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UPDATE: looks like there is more than one Michelle Moore so you may be asked for my birth date-5/9/1970.
I know it has been a couple of weeks since I have posted here. Most of you come to read my ranting about politics and I appreciate that. We have a lot of fun around here and I have always done my best to be informative and let you, the reader, know what is happening in the world. Some of you know me personally, or feel you do at least. We might interact here, on Twitter or Facebook-in the age of the interconnected web and social media our friends and families have expanded far beyond our neighborhoods or communities.
With that in mind, the majority of you already know I have experienced two major health issues in the last couple of weeks. For those that read here regularly and didn't know.....well now you are in on it too. On December 13, 2010 I was taken in to the emergency room at a local hospital in excruciating pain. After a long drawn out ordeal and exploratory surgery, the doctors determined I had an ovary that had twisted on itself and ultimately died. This was the cause of my pain. However, in the normal course of testing upon admittance it was also discovered my kidney function had severely deteriorated over the last 5 years. Dialysis and transplant were words I had always expected to hear during my lifetime, but I thought it would be at 60 or 70 not 40. Alas, the wait, as they say, is over. With numbers falling somewhere in the 9% function range, there is no more putting off the inevitable-my non-invasive health issue has now become extremely invasive and must be dealt with.
It is my plan then, to return to blogging as usual. There will be politics and Face Punching, but from time-to-time, when it's interesting, I will also share my journey-hopefully resulting in successful kidney transplant-with you. Right now, I don't know exactly what to expect and I would assume that most regular, average, everyday, folks don't either. I have questions and I know you guys will be curious too. I have never been ashamed or particularly secretive of my illness so I'm happy to take you along for the ride. Be warned, just like my opinion on politics, I will surely have opinions about this journey and when the going gets rough or I am unhappy with how it's playing out, things might get ugly around here. Honesty and forthrightness are two qualities I possess, sometimes to the embarrassment of others, but rarely to the embarrassment of myself. There are already things that are happening that are making me unhappy, but, such is the way of things like this I suppose........we'll just have to wait it out, won't we :)
For starters we'll have a few statistics about me-what are we beginning with? Well one major number the Nephrologists look at is your creatinine . My creatinine as of the Monday I was admitted was 7.9. With the aid of re-hydration and drugs that number is now down to 5.8 at the last reading. This number is frowned upon when it goes over 1.1......I get more blood work on Monday.
In addition to this poor number, I am almost completely anemic. I have almost no iron in my system and basically no ability to produce my own. Because of this, I am also making little to no new red blood cells. Doctors don't like that. For this condition, more drugs, one of which is a shot 3 times a week.
Another thing they discovered is the size of my kidney has shrunk about half its size in the last 5 years. The last time it was measured it was around 13, now it is 7. This loss of muscle mass in the kidney is very bad. The bottom line is, my one good kidney is working way to hard and atrophying at the same time.
There were some other tests that didn't bode well for me while I was in the hospital, but it doesn't really add anything to the story to bore you with those numbers too. Let's face it, the fact is, the only thing that matters is my kidneys are crap and I need a new one.
When I woke up on December 13th I was taking no medicine on a daily basis and was feeling pretty good; at the end of that same week, I left the hospital with 12 different prescriptions and feeling as though I had been hit by a truck.
3 of the medicines they prescribed for me were for high blood pressure. When I first went to the Urgent Care my blood pressure was 179/120. Later, in the hospital it was 184/somethingequallyoutrageous. At various times in the days before they took out my ovary it stayed high pretty consistently. The docs convinced themselves I have high blood pressure. I disagree, so at this time I am not taking those prescriptions. Once I have recovered from surgery fully and have no more pain I think that will be a much more accurate reading of my blood pressure. I have never had high blood pressure. In fact it has always been unbelievably low (if you know me, you know why I say that *wink*) running 110/50-60 very reliably. I experienced some very undesirable side effects from those medications and I really hope to avoid taking them. For one the dry mouth was so bad I couldn't sleep because I would wake up choking. Not pleasant.
I am taking 4 medications several times a day that are supposed to improve my kidney function. I won't know for sure until Wednesday if they are doing their job. I will tell you the side effects of these are also quite unpleasant but I just don't feel I can stop taking them in good conscience at this time. Something I am taking is causing me severe gastrointestinal distress and making me feel nauseous most of the time. They better be working, that's all I can say.
I return to the doctor on Wednesday to get results of the upcoming blood work and find out what the next step is in this journey. I know I will get instruction on diet. I will sit with a nurse who will go over the two types of dialysis with me and I will choose which one I want. I will find out how often I have to see the doctor and how long I have until I start dialysis-which at this time I believe to be basically only the amount of time it takes to prepare me for it. I will also get all the info I need about transplant. It would be great if I could avoid dialysis and go straight for the transplant, but I don't know if that will be possible. I know the first and most major criteria for going on the transplant list (besides all the testing) is function consistently under 20%......I would say I have that beat by a mile. Other than that I don't know much.........
I have only questions right now. I'm facing my mortality in a striking, god-smack kind of way. I didn't know I was this sick and I scares me to think how different this story might have been had I not had ovary troubles-I am exhibiting no other symptoms of kidney failure. Would I have gone on like this until it was too late? Has my body learned to adjust so well to its short-comings it would have let me go into total failure with no warning? What does my future hold and what will it look like? It is hard for those around me who haven't had to face an issue like this to relate to all the emotions I am going through right now. I am exhausted, yet hard pressed to waste one more minute of my life. I am happy to know about my deterioration and that the doctors are taking steps to protect me, yet so angry to be in this situation. I want to live, but I am pissed that I have to deal with this.
I am quite a bag of tricks right now I am sure.
So there you go faithful reader. This is where we are now and you can go along for the ride if you wish....wherever that may be.


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An ambient, full colored, Arduino based Wall Light. The case is based on a cheap IKEA ceiling lamp. The color of the light can be changed through a simple serial bluetooth protocol.
This Project is fully open source and publicly released on github under the MIT License. Any further contribution to this project is highly appreciated
I started this project 2 days before we went to France for a 2 week holiday but since this is a really quick project the lamp worked fine after 2 days. Now when we came back I gave it the last touches and finished some bugs in the software.
Initially this lamp should be a replacement for a lamp in our living room but I was way too greedy with the WS2812B LEDs. Eventually, the lamp wasn't bright enough so I'm going to mount it now in the sleeping room as one of those morning, sun imitating lamps. As a controller I'm going to use a Raspberry PI with a node script that will also control some other devices in my house like my Wall Clock.
The case of this lamp is based on a really cheap (around 2€) IKEA ceiling lamp that I had lying around for a while. After cleaning off the dust and remove the high voltage socket I was really happy with the space that I had left and the diffusion of the glass.
The board is quite simple and was constructed in eagle. I still had an old board lying around with an ATMega 8 so I chose it as the main processor.
To reduce costs and complexity I've tried to only use one Layer and as less jumper wires as possible. I fitted the boards outline and drill holes to match the case of the IKEA lamp.
After several optimizations and double checking the pinout (would not be the first time that I accidentally Placed an IC upside Down on the board) the board was ready to be manufactured. Thanks to my CNC machine this process only took 20 Minutes.
Surprisingly everything went right the first time while milling and I was really happy with the outcome. Until now I always had to run the GCode a second time with a lower Z Axis.
I like to spray my boards with Bungard Green Coat. It gives the board a professional look, protects from corrosion and works as an excellent flux.
Unfortunately you have to let it dry quite a long time and im not really that patient. So I got green Fingers and you can see some stamps on the board.
The board itself was assembled real quickly but I didn't had the Bluetooth Modules yet. When they arrived I noticed that my Dealer didn't ship the right model and this one had a different Pinout. At first I tried to fix this by cutting the traces on the board and resolder them. This soon became a mess so instead I soldered some dupont wires to the traces and connected them to the module.
To keep the board away from the case I cut 5 spacers out of aluminum.
I wanted to use the Arduino IDE and the WS2812 Library from Adafruit, so I had to burn the Bootloader. This worked perfectly fine but I couldn't program the chip over the Serial Connection afterwards. After a long research I discovered, that I need to manually reset the Chip or use a 10pF Capacitor connected to the RTS line of the adapter and the reset Pin of the Chip. DUH! A first test of the LEDs worked perfectly.
At this time also my first DSO arrived and immediately became helpful. As it turned out one of the Bluetooth Modules wasn't working correctly and couldn't receive anything. Luckily I ordered 3 of them so I could replace it quickly.
The sketch is also really simple and just runs a rainbow pattern on the LEDs until it gets a color over the Serial Bluetooth Connection. Colors can be send in a hex scheme (e.g.
#ffffff). This color is displayed until a new color command or the command
r arrives wich puts the light back into the rainbow mode


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Where Are They Now?: NYC Subway Kittens Rescued!
Since their rescue last week from under the electrified third rail of an above-ground express track in Brooklyn, the gray-striped and black kitties have found themselves the stars of Steven Liu's website, Scratching Pad.
Read kittens August and Arthur's entire update on People Pets.
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Thought I would write today a little about a common theme that is running through both my life here and perhaps also yours. It's an election year here in Tanzania and the country which is scheduled to go to the poll every 5 years will vote for its new president and parliament on October 31st. Back home in Ontario, voters went to the polls to elect a new mayors and city councils on Monday, Oct 25th (really Toronto? Rob Ford? Maybe I'll stay abroad 3 more years…) and then there are my American friends who have their mid-term elections coming up next week on November 2nd. For the political junkies out there, it's a fine time to be alive.
I must admit, while I do not claim to be any kind of expert or really hold anything much beyond common knowledge about politics, I do find myself somewhat hooked every time an election is in the news. So, perhaps not a political junkie – more of an elections junkie. During the American presidential primaries in 2007, I had a Super Tuesday reminder in my Outlook calendar and stayed in to watch Barack and Hilary duke it out as the live results came in on CNN. I have been known to closely follow foreign elections of which I should really have no interest in at all and can't pronounce the candidates' names properly. I find advanced polling numbers addictive and analyzing campaign strategies strangely attractive. Should I stop now? Anyways, as such, I've been quite interested in this weekend's election here in TZ and thought I might bring you up to speed on the unpredictable world of my first Tanzanian election campaign.
As I often do, I'd like to add a disclaimer in here for any readers I might upset with anything I write – I know everyone always says avoid talking about politics, religion, and sex – but, frankly speaking, the weather and the local sports teams make for boring posts– so, pole sana, I'm just an outsider looking in and giving my particular perspective! (stay tuned for future posts on sex and religion I guess).
Let's start out with a inadequate 30 second history lesson. Tanzania gained independence from the UK in 1961 and as with many other of these fledging states, turned to its independence leaders and founding political party to lead the nation. Tanzania was fortunate to have the strong leadership of Julius Nyrere during this formative time and has escaped much of the government-military merry-go-rounds and ethnic group divisions that have famously marred many of its neighbouring states. However it was not until 1985, when under pressure from foreign governments and donors, that the country agreed to abandon it's founding one-party political state. Even with the introduction of multi-party politics and elections in 1985, the ruling CCM party has never had a serious challenger for the business of running this country – winning the elections thus far without serious challenge (capturing 81% of the vote in the 2005 election.)
Here we are in 2010 and against what I certainly seemed to expect (another runaway victory for the incumbent Jakaya Kikwete's CCM) we might just have a real race on our hands. Despite what seems to be an outspending by the ruling CCM of their nearest rivals by at least a 10:1 margin (if not 10x that amount) – a party which last election only garnered 5.8% of the vote called Chadema and their presidential candidate Dr. Wilibrod Slaa are gaining a strong following with their anti-corruption and change message (but more on that later). A huge CCM advertising campaign is underway and has absolutely covered the entire city of Dar es Salaam – I would estimate their green and yellow billboards must cover close to half of all available advertising spaces in the city.
Back home we are inundated with a barrage of data and predictions from political experts throughout a campaign. Daily polls are released tracking the fortunes of each party/candidate and a person can quite often have a very solid idea of who will win their particular election long before they get the chance to cast their vote (I'm still waiting to vote in an election where my riding isn't already a foregone conclusion). Exit polls and the vast amount of data available are often allow television channels to make their 'calls' on the victor moments after the last polls close and even then only in the closest of races are the results unknown before you go to sleep that same night.
Here in Tanzania, there have been polls conducted for what I can tell seems to be one of the first times, and the published results have been causing quite a stir. For much of this race the anecdotal evidence (seems as though number of people showing up at a public rallies was the #1 barometer ) seemed to point to Chadema gaining some very serious traction. However, when the first opinion poll came out it at the end of September it predicted the usual CCM victory by 71% to Chadema's 12%. An October 10th poll by another organization had CCM pegged at 61% with Chadema scoring 16% again causing much controversy. Then a new poll was released by a third organization on October 16th which just threw everything off balance again as this one predicted a 45% victory for Chadema to CCM's 41% – a swing of 30%+ in the results in two weeks time! Of course, there has been little information made publicly available on the statistical methods or validity in any of these polls and so everyone is left to question the means and motives behind them… which only adds to the mystery surrounding Sunday's vote.
I must say, for me anyways, there is something very refreshing about the mystery and certain unknown before Sunday's vote here. Purely as an election-watcher, it is kind of nice to not know in advance for once which direction the election will go. On a more serious note though, with some limited occasions of campaign violence, fraud allegations, and trouble already occurring before the voting – here is to a sincere hope that whatever the results, the losing side can be gracious in defeat and no violence will mar the proceedings and the results. Here is also to hoping that whichever party and whichever officials get elected, they take their mandate seriously and look out for the progress of all Tanzanians. At a minimum, its always good to know there is strong competition this year – because a strong opposition keeps everyone on their toes and everyone wins from more accountable government.
Well, this post is long enough already and since this all probably isn't as interesting as I think it is…I'll wrap it up. Hope you enjoyed this little glimpse into what is surely a soon to be extinct phenomenon…a political election with a little remaining mystery before the votes are counted.


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David Geffen Buys Courtney Sale Ross' East Hampton Estate
The media mogul pays just over $50 million for the property, which was originally listed at $75 million.
David Geffen has purchased Courtney Sale Ross' East Hampton estate for just over $50 million, reports Page Six. The mega estate, located on an ultra-exclusive private lane between Georgica Pond and the ocean, was originally listed for $75 million last year.
Geffen reportedly paid in the low $50 millions for the 5.5-acre estate that includes a 7,500-square-foot, seven-bedroom main house, a three-bedroom guest house and more than 460 feet of frontage directly on Georgica Pond. There is also a dock, a pond-facing swimming pool and the ability to subdivide the grounds into four separate parcels. Neighbors include Steven Spielberg, Kelly Klein and Harry Macklowe.
STORY: Michael Bay's Bel Air Home, Listed at $13.5 Million, Sells to New York Developer
This marks the second major real estate sale for Ross of late. In 2012, the philanthropist and widow of late Time Warner CEO Steven Ross, sold her mega-duplex in Manhattan's 740 Park for a then-record-breaking $52.5 million.
The purchase comes amid another potential Hamptons real estate deal. Page Six also reports that Christie Brinkley may soon put her 21-acre Tower Hill estate, designed by architect ex-husband Peter Cook, on the market. The Bridgehampton property has been on and off the market for several years with a $30 million price tag.


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When you think of soda, you probably also think that the phrase "healthy soda" is something of an oxymoron. After all, sodas are typically thought of as carbonated drinks that tend to give rise to health dilemmas like obesity, type 2 diabetes, cavities and nutrient levels that are insufficient. If people want to drink something healthy, they more commonly reach for water--whether from the tap, filtered or bottled--or some nice fruit juice. However, in the last few years, two of the biggest soda drink companies on the planet--Coca Cola as well as Pepsi--have already launched types of soft drinks that they have been marketing as healthy. These types of soft drinks contain more minerals and vitamins than they would otherwise.
Efforts by Both Coca Cola and Pepsi
The soda drink makers, Coca Cola and Pepsi, have been the victim of many years worth of allegations and suspicions that their soft drinks contribute to health problems, especially for children. Certain studies have even established a connection between drinking the soda of Coca Cola and Pepsi and obesity in kids. To combat this hurtful perception of their brands, both companies have in the last couple of years emerged with specialized products.
Coca Cola has emerged with Diet Coke Plus in 2007, and Pepsi has emerged with Diet Pepsi Max and Tava. While Tava stopped production in 2009 due to unpopularity, Diet Coke Plus and Diet Pepsi Max are still on the market. The former is fortified with minerals and vitamins and topped off with the calorie-free sweetener called acesulfame potassium, while the latter is calorie-free, carbohydrate-free, sugar-free and infused with ginseng.
Critical Reaction
Advocates of health foods are almost instantaneous in their derision of such attempts by big soda drink makers to market supposedly healthy sodas. Their opinion is that the whole business of passing off soda drinks as healthy--no matter how many added vitamins and minerals they have--is still not going to be anywhere near as healthy as getting real nutrition and nutrients from natural foods such as fruits and vegetables.
Professionals such as dietitians are also skeptical, and they, too, are quick to dismiss these plans of both Coca Cola and Pepsi as being nothing more than marketing. No matter how much of these so-called "healthy" sodas you drink, you still will not be getting anywhere near what you require to meet your nutritional demands.
Natural Sodas
A type of soda that is considered more legitimate than the so-called "healthy" sodas from the big manufacturers is the concept of natural sodas. Brands like Blue Sky, Santa Cruz Organics and Izze have always included organic sugar and real fruit juices in their soda varieties. These types of more accurately called "healthy" sodas are growing more popular in recent years, and their popularity has been such that they have even pressured the big soda drink makers to move closer to their direction in terms of what they put in their drinks.


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Proceedings of the 2005 Puget Sound Georgia Basin Research Conference
How many of you are from out of town? Raise your hands. Wow, that's the most movement I've seen all morning. Welcome to Seattle. Have you ever noticed in these marketing shots, like this one of Seattle or this one of Vancouver…That they always like to show the water? Now, I'm not a marketing expert, but I think they show the water because water inspires us. Water, mountains, wildlife, wild places, these things inspire us. They are what draw people to this area and keep us here. As Brad pointed out, over the next 20 years, these things are expected to draw another 1 to 2 million people into the Salish Sea region. These people are coming here for an unparalleled quality of life that is inextricably linked to our amazing geography and the natural resources it supports.
These people are going to be moving to the Great Pacific Northwest, not the Chesapeake Bay. You know, as a kid I spent about 7 years of my life on the Chesapeake Bay. If you've never been there, the bay is generally a nice warm muddy brown color. In school, the teachers used to tell us that once upon a time, that water ran clear, just like the Puget Sound. I never saw it. A few years back there was a former Maryland state senator Bernie Fowler. Bernie used to be a crabber and fisherman in the bay before his political career. After retiring from the Senate, he noticed, hey, when I was a kid we used to be able to wade in to our chest and still see our feet. Now Bernie is no scientist, but he's invented a little monitoring program where the on the second Sunday in June he wades out as far as he can until he can no longer see his white sneakers through the water. He then measures the water line on his overalls. This is the Bernie Fowler sneaker index. And you know what, those 2 million people moving to the Puget Sound Georgia Basin don't want to participate in the Bernie Fowler sneaker index.
The people moving here want to see clear water and know that when their little daughters take their clothes off and go for a swim, they can see through that water and that water is clean and safe to swim it. Now they don't want to know about it when she's 16 and on her first camping trip with her boyfriend, but that's a different story. Those 2 million people are going to want outstanding outdoor recreational opportunities; places where they can go for renewal, beautiful scenic vistas, and wild experiences.
And those people moving here, they're going to want to have close up encounters with wildlife; animals like river otters that we often consider nuisance species. Isn't it funny that how we always want things we don't have, but often when we do have them, even things that other people want, we take them for granted? Do you know that river otters were extirpated in 11 states and reduced to remnant populations in 9 other states? And right now, 17 of those 19 states as well as the Province of Alberta are spending millions of dollars to re-introduce river otters and restore decimated populations. We complain about the smell and mess when they leave their scat on our dock lines.
Now I have to be honest and say that probably not many of the 2 million people moving here are coming for the SCUBA diving, but I have met 2 people who have moved to British Columbia because of the abundant recreational SCUBA diving opportunities. They're fanatics, but the reality is, this region has the world's greatest coldwater SCUBA diving. This is a sustainable economic resource I still think we have not completely tapped and developed. And even for those people who move here and never dive, they will enjoy knowing that they live on the shores of such a resource that draws people to the region.
And you know, most of those 2 million people who are moving here are going to want to catch a fish, or have their kids catch a fish, or at least catch some crabs. And you know as these resources become limited, our high quality of life will be eroded. As resources become scarce, resource competition develops. Resource allocation is not an issue when there is plenty, but as it becomes scarce, that's what leads to conflict: conflict like the historical salmon wars between Washington and British Columbia, conflict like water rights, conflict like road rage. And if you don't think we're already experiencing resource-limited conflict, I invite you to attend the May 14th special hearing for the Washington's Fish and Wildlife Commission. This special meeting is being held to allow private citizens to voice their concerns about allocation of Dungeness crab between the Tribes, State Commercial Fisherman, and the recreational harvest.
And you know that of the 2 million people that are moving here, most will drive cars, and want a place to live. And the resources we are already finding scarce, will become even more so.
Two years ago over 800 people including many of you that are in this room, met in Vancouver for the 2003 Georgia Basin /Puget Sound research conference. Held in Canada and drawing nearly equal participation from both sides of the boarder, the 2003 conference represented the beginning of this conference's role in supporting transboundary efforts to better understand and restore our shared Basin. And if you haven't noticed, when that conference is held in Canada it's the Georgia Basin / Puget Sound research conference, when its in Seattle it's the Puget Sound Georgia Basin research conference.
And as that last conference closed, Eric Karlsen and bunch of other people reviewed some of the highlights of the event. Over and over, talks, posters, keynote addresses and break-out sessions recognized that:
Global climate change occupied several sessions at this conference two years ago. We learned that in 15 to 20 years, temperatures in the region are expected to increase 1 to 2.5º Celsius. This is expected to reduce annual snow pack by 70%. We also can expect increasing extremes. We also learned about the need to reduce emissions and plan for the impacts of decreasing snow packs. Just recently, Seattle Public Utilities recently sponsored research in the University of Washington's Department of Civil Engineering to assess the potential impacts of climate change on SPU's water supply. Meetings in the region have examined impacts of climate change on salmon and other resources and Newspapers have been highlighting multi-tiered impacts of climate change. And hybrid gas / electric cars are becoming more available. For those of you that don't actively monitor the hybrid - mega SUV wars, you'll be happy to know that Northwest Environment Watch reported that in July 2004, Washington State was winning the battle between fuel-efficient, less polluting hybrid vehicles and mega SUV vehicles. Score, registered Hummers, 1,100, Hybrids, 6,200.
At the last conference we learned that by the year 2015, the pollution from increases in diesel marine vessels alone, will off set all of the gains made by improving on current automobile technology and that new technologies are needed to reduce diesel engine pollution. Since that conference, bio diesel has become a viable option for owners of private diesel automotives and boats in many regions and the Washington State Ferries is investigating the economics of switching to this domestically produced fuel source. Bio diesel reduces pollution emissions from diesel engines up to 90%, is cleaner burning, and helps reduce super tanker transport and other expensive and unsustainable practices in the region.
Also since the last PSGB research conference - The Pew Ocean's Commission and US Commission on Ocean Policy, both released their findings. And both of these commissions re-iterated what was discussed at the 2003 Georgia Basin / Puget Sound Research Conference
At a recent meeting of the California Ocean Protection Council, Leon Panetta, said, "Once in a while we get a nexus of an issue, interest, money and leadership to deal with a major issue- this is one of those times." And I hope that if this becomes known as the decade of the Ocean, the Puget Sound Georgia Basin will be seen as a leader in that movement.
The 2001 Stockholm Convention proposed to eliminate the top 12 persistent organic pollutants around the world. Although banned in our Basin, at the 2003 GB/PS meeting we learned that because they are still be used in other countries in Asia, many of these chemicals still rain down on us through transatmospheric transport. Since that meeting, the Stockholm Convention entered into force on May 17, 2004 after ratification by 50 states. It is a monumental step in the right direction.
So how DID science become a key player in finding solutions for the problems facing our region? This man was born in Pisa, Tuscany in 1564. His parents called him son, but we know him as Galileo Galilei. Riding on the backs of new found information that bucked current Catholic doctrine, Galileo helped usher in what we now call the scientific revolution of 17th Century. He's well known for his development of the telescope. But what he really did was teach us that observation and reasoning would tell us about how things work on an everyday basis; and that any human could learn these things if he or she worked hard enough. A total heretic, this thinking didn't win him any awards during his Catholic school science fair, but he did set the stage for Renee Descartes and the political revolution of the 1800's.
And following Galileo, came other great minds. This man, Anton van Leeuwenhoek, created of the first microscope. He actually created about 500 microscopes, which were really magnifying glasses that were later developed into compound microscopes by a man named Hook, but even with his early prototype, Leeuwenhoek discovered bacteria, sperm cells, blood cells, and numerous other things we accept as common knowledge today.
And so, from its start, science has grown into a well accepted tool and means for better understanding and managing our world, including the Puget Sound Georgia Basin ecosystem. And while we're on Joe's study of biographical sketches, let me tell you about a small girl that was born in a rural town in Pennsylvania. Now I guess that all children are born small, but my point is that even when this girl was small, her parents and people around her recognized her keen observation skills and ability to reason. She was an marine biologist at heart, but I believe she became better known for her book examining our inappropriate use of pesticides, Silent Spring. But for all the things she's done, I love Rachael Carson's quote, "The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction." You see, it is science that gives us that information that inspires us to know and love the world around us.
Recent work by Thomas Ebert and John Southen studying enhanced radiocarbon in the marine environment has shown us that red urchins can live to be well over 100 years old in our marine waters. Now you might love the way urchin taste when prepares for sushi, but to know such facts like how long a red urchin can live is what inspires us to ensure that they survive for generations to come.
And I believe that science will show us that while we are surrounded with an ocean of inspiring facts from this Basin, that we still don't know but a fraction of the amazing things out there and each time we teeter on losing a resource, we also stand to loose countless books of inspiring information. A case in point. A 4 meter seal can yield almost 325 liters of fine oil. Because of this, commercial exploitation in the late 1800's reduced these seals that once bread from northern Baja to San Francisco, to a herd of 100 animals. Fortunately, the population has rebounded and science has shown us that, while its an obligatory air breather, the northern elephant seal can dive to almost a mile deep, and while at sea, probably spends more time under water than above water. And good science that showed us that annually, these animals make a full double 6,000 mile round-trip migration from San Miguel Island to the eastern Aleutian Islands and back. And to think a century ago we were 100 animals away from ever learning any of that about such an amazing creature.
Can science recover the Puget Sound Georgia Basin and its fish and wildlife? In 1967, the bald eagle was listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Preservation Act and later the federal Endangered Species Act. It was good science that informed mangers that bald eagle populations were still declining precipitously, despite the 1940 Bald Eagle Protection Act that prohibited killing or selling of bald eagles. It was good science that showed that DDT and other organochlorine pesticides were causing the shells of the bird's eggs to thin, reducing nesting success. Science also disclosed that loss of good nesting habitat also was contributing to the population's decline. These important data provided a solid foundation for management and policy actions that ultimately resulted in the recovery of the bald eagle.
But science isn't free and to conduct research, one needs money. This is a picture of Mercury astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr., suited in full Mercury suit. His 1962 flight in the Mercury Atlas 6 "Friendship 7" spacecraft marked America's first manned Earth-orbiting space flight. The cold war with the Soviet Union was at its height. That same year, on September 12 during a speech given at Rice University, President Kennedy made it a national priority to develop a space program that would put Americans on the moon. From this modest technological starting point, Kennedy challenged NASA to send a man to the moon by the end of the decade.
To pay for this accomplishment, in 1961 dollars the nation was investing around $5B annually, or some 50 cents per person per week. This amounted to around 5% of the Federal Budget at the time. The successes of Apollo showed that given the motivation and funding to back it, we can do the science needed and not even the sky proved to be the limit.
These are new laser-guided smart bombs as seen here being dropped from a F-15 Strike Eagle. They are designed to hit within 3 meters of their designated target. According to the US Department of Defense, strategically placing such bombs reduces non-target human mortality and keeps US forces out of harms' way. Now I had several uncles who were bomber / navigators during World War II. At that time, such technology was not even a component of science fiction.
Why do we have such technology? Because somebody felt it important enough to put the money into developing it. Each one of these bombs cost about $250,000 to make. What did R & D cost? The Defense Advance Research Projects Agency or DARPA approximates that there is usually a 15 year split between a Broad Agency Announcement for technology and use in the field. I don't know what that 15 years of research and development cost but I imagine the annual budget was more than the ballpark $25 million dollars a year that is coming in from Environment Canada and associated partners to enact the Georgia Basin Action plan.
To achieve a vision of improving the health of the Puget Sound Georgia Basin Ecosystem, we're going to need to increase our spending. But I caution you, science and the money to perform that science alone will not fix our problems. Just as science is linked to money, POLICY is linked to the use of science.
Scientists at the US Geological Survey released a 29 page report by Griffith et al. entitled "The Porcupine Caribou Herd" in which the authors used 5 published hypothetical development scenarios to estimate the potential effect of oil development on calf survival during June for the declining Porcupine caribou herd. Using 15 years of data on concentrated calving areas for the heard and modeling displacement scenarios by the minimum distance needed to provide 4km clearance from the roads the authors predicted a reduction in calving success as displacement increased and concluded that allowing North Slope oil development to expand onto the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge would 'most likely' restrict the area available for caribou calving, leading to impaired reproduction and calf survival for the porcupine caribou herd. This work echoed an earlier report by the Porcupine Caribou Management Board. This large, migratory herd moves between the U.S. and Canada is vital to the traditional subsistence cultures of numerous native villages in both countries.
Despite this science produced by her own agency, the Secretary of the Interior Gail Norton wrote to Congress, "I believe that we can ensure that any exploration and development of the oil and natural gas reserves in the 1002 Area of ANWR can be conducted in a manner that is protective of the environment and minimizes impacts on wildlife in the area."
You see good science that is not used or a political agenda that turns its back on science will not result in good decisions. Now I'm not a student of politics, but just for kicks I would like to give you my translation of Secretary Norton's response in light of observations I have made about our current administration's use of best available science. What she meant to write to congress was, "God wants us to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, so science or no science, by God we're going to do it!"
In addition to science, and the money to conduct that science, and the political will to use that science, recovery of the PSGB region will also require broad based community education and support for required action. You see, no matter what some people think, you can't legislate morality.
Unlike the Pacific Northwest, people no longer travel to England to catch Salmon. Scotland maybe, but not England. But they were there once upon a time. And in David Montgomery's book, King of Fish, he gives a nice example of what I'm talking about; the importance of stewardship. In the early 1700's George the First recognized the need to protect salmon. Being the king he in 1714 he enacted a law to prevent blocking salmon from their spawning grounds in seventeen English rivers. Six years later the first modern factory, a water-powered silk mill, was built along a salmon stream in Derby. By 1868, all seventeen rivers protected by George I were either blocked or poisoned by pollution.
But you see, something I've forgotten to bring up so far today is that for over 8,000 years, the Puget Sound Georgia Basin has been inhabited; inhabited by people who for 8,000 years didn't need Galileo to tell them that they needed to just observe to learn. And for 8,000 years these Coast Salish people have been developing a knowledge of our ecological systems that is so complete we are remiss to NOT learn from it and incorporate it into planning for a sustainable future.
And these people also give us a great example of the value of stewardship. For years, a Canadian Geologist named John Harper had been seeing these apparent man-made structures from the sky as he mapped the region's shoreline. And after years of study, he's come to realize that these, like you see here from the Broughton Archipleago, northern Vancouver Island, are clam gardens. Removing the cobbles & boulders makes it easier to clam next time, and moving them down toward the water is easier than moving them up onto land. It also creates more calm habitat as small clams don't grow well under cobbles and boulders. By creating a ridge, sand and shell fill in creating a sand terrace that is EXACATLY the right height for clam growth so you're creating more clam habitat at exactly the right elevation. Now this is one on Valdez Island in the Canadian Gulf Islands. AND probably most importantly, according to Dr. Harper's theories, the stone walls designated ownership. And with ownership, comes an incentive for a family to have a sustainable yield and not over-harvest. This is really the earliest form of stewardship.
Ecologically, the Puget Sound Georgia Basin is as complex as it is unique. Within an ecosystem, there are uncountable numbers of variables that interact. If we add social, political, and economic interactions into trying to understand our region, the complexity dwarfs our ability to comprehend. But what we do know is that science and observation, including traditional ecological knowledge, provides us with information upon which we can base management and personal stewardship decisions. But as I've shown you, it takes money to conduct science and a political will to use that science for the long-term betterment of the resource and the population and not the short term interest of an administration or a special interest group that stands to benefit from over-exploitation. And finally, the data produced needs to be translated and shared with the general population so that they may be inspired to know and care, and utilize the information in their daily decisions.
But remember, science and attitude shifts occur slowly. In the not too long distant past Fisheries department personnel in British Columbia were encouraged to opportunistically shoot killer whales. In a 2001 paper by Hoit, the overall whale-watching industry was estimated to be $13.6 million dollars in Washington and $69 million in British Columbia (Canadian dollars). A regional flagship conservation species, we not have well coordinated transboundary efforts to recover the southern resident killer whale population. Why the change? Science, political will, stewardship and education. No longer viewed as wolves of the sea, science taught us we could identify them individually and soon people became enamored with their complex close-knit social structure as well as their physical beauty. Close monitoring and scientific studies alerted us to declines in the population, high levels of persistent organic pollutants, and other issues. Political will has produced money to better understand problems and restore the population. We haven't succeeded yet, but we must celebrate that we now see killer whales as a flagship conservation species and not a target for high powered rifles.
So as you enjoy this weeks research conference, please take a look around and enjoy that although this research conference started as a science conference and stands as the region's premier science conference, it also has evolved to fill our need to lobby for more money, for political support for all of the efforts going on in the region, for education and stewardship of the population, and for our interest in working closely with our transboundary partners as well as the Coast Salish peoples that are now sharing the basin with us.
And as a final note, I urge you, don't forget to celebrate the small victories. In a time where pending crisis seems eminent, we must remember to step back often and pat ourselves on the back. In the 1970's lingcod populations in Puget Sound proper were low, prompting an almost complete moratorium on fishing from 1978 to 1982. Re-opening of the fishery with minimum and maximum size slots and a one fish daily bag limit have continued to grow the population. In the North Sound area, populations seemed healthy in the 70's and early 80's, but declined in the late 80's and early 1990's. A nine-month fishery with a daily bag limit of 2 was restricted to a 6-week fishery with a daily bag limit of 1. Since 2000, ling cod fishing has substantially improved in the San Juans. And WDFW dive data, while showing increased populations at both fished and unfished sites, have shown phenomenal lingcod densities within no-fish reserves in North and South Puget Sound!
I hope you enjoy the conference and continue to work on the multi-faceted effort to improve the health of the shared Puget Sound Georgia Basin. While you're here this week, please take note of all the good work going on and take the time to pat yourselves and others on the back and celebrate the small victories.
Thank you!
Joe Gaydos


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Viacom Q4 profit falls
Redstone says near deal with creditorsNEW YORK -- Viacom and CBS Corp. controlling shareholder and chairman Sumner Redstone is getting close to a deal with creditors of his holding company National Amusements and reiterated Thursday that he expects NA won't have to sell additional shares of the two entertainment conglomerates.
A deal to restructure $1.6 billion of debt at National Amusements, which also houses the movie theater chain of the same name, is "within reach," Redstone said during Viacom's quarterly earnings call. A final agreement could be announced by the end of the month and is likely to involve the planned sale of some of the 1,500 cinemas in the NA circuit.
Viacom shares closed up 3.9% at $17.70 on Thursday despite a mixed fourth-quarter earnings report.
Redstone said the country was in "the most pronounced economic trough in generations," joking that he was likely the only participant on Thursday's call to remember a recession as bad as this one. But he expressed hope it could be "short-lived."
Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman, meanwhile, warned analysts that the advertising market slump is likely to get worse before improving, citing weaker ad trends in the current first quarter. He also said ad visibility remains "very limited."
Viacom reported a fourth-quarter profit of $173 million, down 69% from $559.5 million in the year-ago quarter, driven by restructuring and other charges after recent layoffs, weaker advertising and DVD trends. Profits at the cable networks and film units fell 44% and 81% to $509 million and $22 million, respectively.
Revenue was unchanged at $4.24 billion as the company's media networks division saw a 1% increase and the film unit dropped 2%, fueled by a 6% home entertainment decrease amid an industrywide DVD sales slump.
Asked if the current DVD weakness has been caused by the recession or other, secular reasons, Dauman said it was and will continue to be "driven by the economy." He emphasized that major new releases still perform solidly on DVD, and this encourages Viacom to focus more on tentpole releases.
For all of 2008, U.S. ad sales ended up flat amid weakening trends. In the latest quarter, global ad revenue was down 3%, better than some analysts had expected.
Dauman lauded the MTV and VH1 networks for showing promise thanks to recent programming changes, which have stemmed their ratings declines. "While cable TV ad trends in the first half are likely to deteriorate, we believe Viacom's network specific ratings declines at MTV and VH1 have likely troughed," Barclays Capital analyst Anthony DiClemente said.
On the film side, the CEO touted the continued rebuilding of Paramount and its "strong" 2009 slate, including "Monsters vs. Aliens," "Star Trek," the "Transformers" sequel, "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra" and "Shutter Island."
Hit video game "Rock Band 2" should be a rare highlight in 2009, management said, although executives admitted that sales have been weaker than expected amid a sudden dropoff in consumer spending.
Dauman also signaled that the recession makes original programming on the Web less viable.
To reduce costs, Viacom is not giving merit pay increases to senior executives. This and layoffs will save the firm about $200 million this year, Dauman said.


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Characters (TTOTT)
In Harvest Moon: The Tale of Two Towns there is an assortment of new characters. Like most Harvest Moon games, some of them are eligible marriage candidates. Twin Villages is rather unique, having the characters living in two separate towns.
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[edit] Male Protagonist
With his curious personality and love of nature, it's no wonder he grew up longing for a life as a farmer. He loves taking challenges, even if the odds aren't in his favor.
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A kind and caring person, she loves looking after animals and crops. She's amazingly spirited, and has been wanting to become a farmer.
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[edit] Bluebell (Bachelors)
[edit] Ash
Your farming rival! He gets along with everyone, and thinks that men should look after the weak. As a result, he's very kind towards children and women. He helps out with is mother and sister by taking care of the livestock. He loves animals, even though he does not have a favorite.
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He's a skilled florist, and dreams of winning the Grand Flower Arrangement Exhibit. He's very quiet, and doesn't really talk much about what he does.
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A very popular person in Bluebell, Lia is a very happy and witty girl. She loves making tea and snacks, and dreams of owning her own shop, selling her sweets.
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A very well mannered girl who has a bit of a short temper. Even though she's lived in Bluebell since she was little, she still has the accent of a previous village.
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Kana is a friend to anyone, but especially his horses. You could say he is obsessed.
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Nana is the "older sister" type with an adult-like patience. She helps her grandparents and can be very determined.
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A botanist. That means she likes plants. In fact, she studies them while living with her uncle, Mako. Much of what she speaks about includes plant-life and nature.
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A very 'go-with-the-flow' kind of guy. He is very kind and polite, but also very private. He hates when people try to pry into his personal life. Loves to make music, plays the violin.
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by Marvin X
The black culture police are at it again, lead running dog is Rev. Jesse Jackson, perhaps the most hypocritical culture policeman on the scene--especially after leading president Clinton in prayer over Monica while himself engaged in extramarital shenanigans.
The culture police continue to focus on the N word as in Nigguh or Nigger, depending on whether one is into Ebonics or Euronics. Now Nigguh/Nigger has become a billion dollar word, thanks to rappers. It is used around the world on the rap scene and used by the multicultural hip hop generation. Yes, a white boy, Asian, Latino or others can be called nigguh. Language is fluid and dynamic, not static, thus, definitions of words, connotations and denotations change with time. The conservative cultural police are stuck in a time warp, suffer cultural lag and other psycho pathologies. They want to deal with surface structure rather than deep structure issues. They abhor the term motherfucker while they fuck their mothers and daughters, even sons. They abhor the term nigguh because they are the real nigguhs, faking like they black. As James Brown says in one of his songs, "Talkin Black but living negro."
As a writer, I am opposed to censorship in any way, for any reason. Nigguh is one of the most powerful words in the American language, certainly in the language of North American Africans, and it's silly to think we are going to stop using the N word--I am not, so Nigguh please tell the culture police to kiss my black nigguh ass.
If there were people in my audience talking or heckling me, I would/will tell them to get their black nigguh asses out my concert, or come up to the mike and take over, since it is obviously their show and they have something important to say to the audience.
It is time for political correctness to enter the dustbin of history. Call a spade a spade and stop tweeking. How in the hell can we get mad at the white boy when we use nigguh every day of our lives. And when we ain't using nigguh, for sure we are acting like nigguhs, talkin loud, saying nothing--or more precisely doing nothing.
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The Topanga Cafe was opened in 1978 by Helen Zallen with her 3 sons, Joe, Tom and Morris all from Los Angeles, California. Living in Vancouver, they missed the California style Mexican food they loved. At the time, there were no restaurants in Vancouver serving this style of food. So, without any previous restaurant experience, they decided to open up their own restaurant.
The original recipes and sauces were developed by two cooks, one from Mexico and one from California. Albert Waldron, the main cook since 1980, still oversees and maintains the standards and quality of these original recipes. The restaurant was designed by Dick Allen and Susan Kelso, who also created the iconic menu picture that customers have colored and are framed and displayed on the restaurant walls.
The Zallen family owned and operated The Topanga Cafe until 2007 when Andrew Pyatt, a longtime employee, took over ownership. Andrew continues to run the Topanga serving fresh and delicious meals according to Tom Zallen's motto: "Good, hot food fast".


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I've seen the topic of fat loss posted on a lot recently, but more specifically regarding fat cells. I think this is defiantly a topic that's important to educate oneself in. The most noteworthy point being that dieting does not change the number of someone's fat cells so much as reduce the size. Your total number of fat cells seems to be a combination of genetic predisposition and determined in childhood. So yes, it is in fact true that getting lean and staying lean is somewhat more difficult for adults who were overweight in their youth. While keeping this in mind with regards to dieting this is why starving yourself and living off diet coke and salad doesn't work. The less you eat, your fat cells learn to converse energy more efficiently, but don't reduce in number. So each time you diet, it gets more difficult for your body to respond, which a common problem seen in competitors or chronic dieter. Recently an old work college messaged me about creating him a diet plan, based on his workout regime, goals and schedule I put together what I would consider a moderate fat loss diet utilizing carb cycling. As with all my clients I told him to check in daily the first week and we'd adjust from there. Day one the first text I got was "there's so much food, I feel full and my energy is great"! To lost people this would seem counterintuitive to a fat loss program. It's really Important to keep in mind that if you lower your caloric Input too low too soon your metabolism will slow down drastically which only sabotages your weight loss attempts. In addition, this will harm your ability to build and retain muscle, which as we know only helps to increase your fat burning capabilities. My best advice is to lower your calories as little as possible and see how your body reacts and adjust over time. Methods I personally like to utilize are playing with my carb rotation. I recently with from a 4 high 3 low to a 3 high 3 low as I'm approaching my show date. This allows me to have carbs throughout the week, never doing more than a day, keeping me nice and full and energy levels high. This also staves off the insomnia, zombie like demeanour and what I like to call "diet brain" that comes with carb depletion. It's all about utilizing your energy systems effectively and keeping up your workout intensity. And common, what's the point if you can't keep crushing those workouts, right?!
Your fitbetch,
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|Civil Alphabetical Index
The Circuit Civil (CPRALPH_Circuit_Civil) and County Civil (CPRALPH_County_Civil) Alphabetical Index files provide a cross-referenced index of plaintiff and defendant names for all active and closed Circuit Civil cases which are currently stored online in the Civil Courts database. All plaintiffs and defendants are listed in alphabetical order. Every plaintiff on a case is cross-referenced with the first-named defendant. Every defendant on a case is cross-referenced with the first-named plaintiff.
|Realauction Mortgage Foreclosure Balances
The Realauction Mortgage Foreclosure Balances provides a report for all divisions in the Circuit Civil and County Civil departments. It lists all money in escrow.
|Registry and Trust Accounts Balances
The Registry and Trust Accounts Balances provides a report for all divisions in the different court areas. It shows registry and trust accounts with credit balances.
|Civil Bulk Data Files
The Civil Bulk Data Files reports are for Circuit and County Civil cases filed within the time period of each report. The records are in case number order. The report is run monthly and will be available for one (1) year. The files are in CSV format.
|Court Calendars
This directory contains Court Calendars for the Traffic, Misdemeanor (County Criminal), and Felony (Circuit Criminal) Departments. Each department has their own sub-directory containing their respective Court Calendars. The Court Calendars are available five days before the scheduled court date with add-on calendars made available one day before the scheduled court date. The files within each department's directory are categorized by Department Name, Assigned Division, Hearing Type, and Date of Hearing. If the calendar is for Add-On cases, the Hearing Type will be replaced with Add-On.
|Criminal Name Index
This sub-directory contains the latest Circuit Criminal and the County Criminal Name Index files that are created weekly. The files include all Circuit and County Criminal cases filed after January 1988 or that have had any court action since 1988 to the present date. The Circuit Criminal Name Index file, FF1020CF.WP, and the County CriminalName Index file, FF1020CM.WP, provides an index of defendant names for all Circuit Criminal cases and County Criminal cases (both active and disposed) which are currently stored online in the Criminal Courts database. The listing order for defendants is by year of file date and then alphabetical defendant last, first name order.
|Hillsborough County Official Records Index
There are three files produced for every business day. These are the ''D', 'P' and 'M' files, described as follows; 1) the 'D' file contains all documents recorded in the official records on a given day, as well as any records that were modified that day, 2) the "P" file which contains the related party records and 3) the "M" file which maps the doc codes to the FACC standard doc types. Files are named by type and then by the recording date of the data they contain (in YYYYMMDD format) or by the correction date. The date is followed the number of the exports for the day. It will normally be '01'. This is followed by id.29. The document file for recording day Jan 5, 2007 would be D2007010501id.29. At least two months of files are available online at all times.
|Citation History DDS
The DAILY Citation_DDS_YYYYMMDD Traffic file includes Civil and Criminal traffic violations. Due to Legislative requirements we DO NOT include ADDRESS information for Criminal citations. The file contains information for citations Added to the Traffic System for the prior day.
|Civil Traffic Name Index
The YEARLY Civil_Traffic_Name_Index_Files does not include criminal traffic violations. This file is created weekly on Saturday, from our Traffic System. The file contains information for Civil Citations Added or Updated in the Traffic System for the specified YEAR.
|Criminal Traffic Name Index
The YEARLY Criminal_Traffic_Name_Index_Files does not include civil traffic violations. Due to Legislative requirements we DO NOT include ADDRESS information in this file. This file is created weekly on Saturday, from our Traffic System. The file contains information for Criminal Citations Added or Updated in the Traffic System for the specified YEAR.


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A backwards compatible Forza Horizon game has been released on to the Xbox One alongside Mickey Mouse's Castle of Illusion, ahead of the Games with Gold period that would have seen the game available on both the Xbox 360 and now the Xbox One for free, if you're an Xbox Live Gold member.
Forza Horizon originally came out in 2012, a short time before the Xbox 360 was pushed aside to make way for the Xbox One, which would come out the following year. Despite coming at the tail end of the 360's run, Forza Horizon still got favorable reviews, enough to spawn Forza Horizon 2 in 2014, and the upcoming Forza Horizon 3 this year.
A backwards compatible Forza Horizon game could also help to drum up more excitement for Forza Horizon 3, which releases in late September and has already gotten praise for its graphics and variety of cars.
Forza Horizon and Castle of Illusion are only the two most recent games to make it onto the Xbox One backwards compatibility system, which has brought over 200 games over to the Xbox One in just one year ever since the service was announced at the Microsoft E3 2015 conference.
A previous gem that was put onto the Games with Gold list earlier this month was Beyond Good and Evil, a critically acclaimed title that has had people clamoring for a sequel for years.
Forza Horizon 3 comes out on September 27, so you won't have very long to play the backwards compatible Forza Horizon title before it comes out. Whether you like racing games or not, the game will help to get you excited about Forza Horizon 3 and might even influence you to buy it.
Or, you can pick up one of the other games available with the Games with Gold package, including the original Mirror's Edge, Earthlock: A Festival of Magic, and Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China.


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Yellow Jacket (YJ) nests are typically underground in a vineyard. The base of a vineyard post seems to attract them. Unless you used a post driver, the soil was loosened when you put the post in the ground. Even with the post driver, any subsequent motion of the post caused by wind and/or freezing and thawing creates a convenient entry for YJ's to get beneath the surface. If you find a nest in or near the vineyard, getting rid of it is a simple task ---
at night. Don't attempt to deal with the problem in daylight.
After dark, they're all in the nest. Don't be afraid to illuminate the entry so you can see what you are doing. Pour about one litre of kerosene into the entry. That's it. You don't have to ignite the kerosene. You may see one or two kerosene soaked Yellow Jackets crawl out of the hole, take a few unsteady steps and then expire.
Now what if you see a lot of Yellow Jacket traffic in the vineyard area but are unable to locate the nest? We asked our friendly entomologist that question and he explained that YJ's are very interested in meat during the late spring and summer. They take the meat to the nest to feed the young. If you put a piece of meat where you observe traffic, they will start working on it. Use soft meat, as their mouths are not very strong. They will set up a pattern of flight between the meat and the nest and if you're lucky, you'll be able to mark the location and follow the procedure outlined above.
We followed our friend's advice and placed a good old American hotdog on top of a vineyard post. The hotdog was sliced lengthwise to expose the soft interior. For two days, we saw no activity, nor any evidence of YJ feeding. On the third day, we looked up from our work just in time to see a beautiful Coopers Hawk swoop down and steal the hotdog on the fly.
Oh well, maybe you'll have better luck.
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Cornell Collins - aka Matthew Lltoyd Davies - has done a fantastic job, following on from making it Personal which came out last year.
The blurb is below, but this is the important bit. I'm having a giveaway!
If you'd like to get the code for this audio book, please leave a comment below. Have you read the series? Are you waiting for the final novel, Personal Challenges, due for release on April 7?
For some reason best known to themselves, Audible have put this one under the category of Erotica. Not Gay and Lesbian. Not LGBT. All of which makes it a little difficult for fans of the genre to find it. And yes, I've told them this - three times now - but so far, nothing has changed.
Rick Wentworth has had enough of one night stands and quickies in clubs. It takes a night of uncharacteristic hedonism to make Rick admit what he really wants - someone to love him. But for that to happen, he needs to make some changes. Rick can do that. After all, what's the alternative? And when he meets a guy who ticks all his boxes, he can't believe his luck. His boss Blake Davis, and Blake's fiancé Will Parkinson, however, aren't convinced. They want to know more about Mr. Perfect, and their instincts are keener than Rick's. Both men want to protect him. As it turns out, they needn't have worried. Rick has a guardian angel...
When Angelo Tarallo sees Rick for the first time, it's a match made in Heaven, as far as he's concerned. And when he rescues Rick from danger, it gives him the opportunity to get to know the man who has captivated him. Before long, it's plain to both men that this could lead somewhere. But when Angelo's traditional Sicilian family finally discover what he's been hiding from them for so long, an ultimatum spells heartache for the lovers - and worse.
Also contains a MMM scene.
Also contains a MMM scene.
So... get commenting!