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March 31, 2016
March 21-April 19
You'll truly be in your element this week, and perhaps a tad impulsive, too. If you want to get your work completed in a timely manner, you'll need to concentrate, and this could be easier said than done. You may be distracted by new ideas, opportunities, knowledge, or the Internet. However, you'd be better off tackling your responsibilities than pushing them to one side, simply because other people are relying on you and your image could suffer if you don't.
April 20-May 20
You'll need to make up your mind whether you want something or you don't. Powerful influences showing up at this time could see you hesitating, which may prove fatal. If you're at all uncertain, let your instincts be your guide. However, trusting your intuition may not be as easy as it should be. In that case, confiding in a trusted friend may be your best alternative. He or she might be able to spot certain flaws or special benefits that you've missed.
May 21-June 20
There's a very sociable quality to the week ahead, with plenty of opportunities for mixing and mingling. And you might find yourself involved in both formal and informal events. Even so, your connections with others should be charged with a lot of energy, encouraging you to swap business ideas, make bold plans, or perhaps enjoy a little romance. On the home front, entertaining can be fun, though it helps to choose your guests wisely.
June 21-July 22
How will you know if you're making the right decision this week? It's possible you may not! It's said that the proof of the pudding is in the eating. Bearing that in mind, you'll need to get involved personally before you can make an informed decision. Even so, there's a tendency right now to mistrust your instincts. If this is true, the next best thing is to look at the results you're getting. If they're all you hoped for, then you're good to go.
July 23-August 22
You may be enthralled by all kinds of adventures and opportunities. Even so, try not to get too carried away. With Mars in Aries and your zone of travel and exploration, sticking to one plan or idea may not be easy because boredom could set in fairly quickly. However, if you're to get anywhere at all, you'll need to make a decision and abide by it. Perhaps you may not be so tempted to jump ship if you involve others in your plans.
August 23-September 22
This could be a time of plain speaking, when you're unlikely to beat around the bush. This week's energies could see you being a little bit harsh with someone, particularly if you feel you've been wronged in any way. Nevertheless, the more sensitive qualities of Venus and Neptune in Pisces enable you to put yourself in their shoes, if you're willing. If you can do this, you'll understand why they did what they did and what your next move should be.
September 23-October 22
This can be an exciting time for your relationships, with new ideas and opportunities helping to enhance your bond. There will be a lot to talk about in the days ahead, and some of it could be a bit uncomfortable, particularly midweek. It's important that you stand your ground. Don't feel you have to cooperate if you don't want to. However, you also have a great opportunity to clear the air and rewrite the script concerning your connection with a significant other.
October 23-November 21
Money matters may not have been easy for some time, particularly with Saturn encouraging you to be more responsible for your finances. You may have found it necessary to cut back and recycle certain items rather than buy new. Nevertheless, this week brings opportunities for more work, whether temporary or long-term. An offer that comes out of the blue could be the answer to a prayer and provide much-needed cash. Ideas for enhancing your income could also show up.
November 22-December 21
It may be difficult to stay on track regarding your commitments, particularly when there's so much to do and so many places to go. You could be lured by adventure or perhaps the thrill of a new romance or an opportunity to go to a place you've long wanted to visit. However, it is possible to fulfill your responsibilities and enjoy yourself if you're prepared to think outside the box. Also, you may be doing more than your fair share of work at home.
December 22-January 19
You may find it difficult to reconcile your hopes and plans with those of family members. While you may have opted to let them have their way, a part you could feel a bit resentful. The coming days and weeks can be excellent for letting go of emotional baggage that might prevent you from getting the most out of a heartfelt talk. If you need to discuss matters with a trusted friend first, it might give you a fresh perspective on your issues.
January 20-February 18
Collaborating on plans and projects can give you a great feeling of being part of a team, and that's something you find very exciting. There's plenty going on this week that you'll want to be involved in. However, if you're discussing sensitive issues, it helps to tread with care. Aside from this, you can make plenty of progress this week so long as you're willing to cooperate. But this could be an issue, as harmonizing viewpoints may not be an easy process.
February 19-March 20
You're geared up to make progress now and in the weeks ahead. And even though Saturn is currently retrograde at the top of your chart, your ambitious side is very much in the fore. Although your best-laid plans may be delayed, don't put them off altogether. Spurred on by Mars, this is the time to explore new possibilities and make those vital connections that could help you achieve your dream. Your finances could improve if you make the right moves.


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Extremadura is a large patch of wild Spain, covering over 16,000 square miles (over 41,000 square kilometres). Its wildlife fame is rooted in its avifauna – which includes plenty of Old World vultures, Iberian Imperial Eagles,Golden, Booted, Bonelli's and Short-toed Eagles and other birds of prey, including bustards and sandgrouse. Most wildlife tourists come for the birds but there are other winged things to draw them in – butterflies of course, as well as the objects of my particular passion, dragonflies and damselflies.
I am witnessing the agonising death throes of a male Marsh Harrier. As the vet's overdose of anesthetic pulses through its veins, this majestic bird of prey's wings spasm violently before he finally, mercifully drifts to sleep, out of pain at last. Welcome to Malta.
My last post, "Birding Extremadura: It has always been Spain," described what a great experience can be had while birding this beautiful and "birdy" region of Spain. Now let's focus on its spring birding. We covered multiple sites per day over the course of nine days, which gave us a generous overview of the variety… Read more
Fresh from Oman, Mike Watson recounts the successful Birdquest Omani Owl Expedition, which took place last week.
With a huge variety of resident and migratory birds, there is plenty to see in all seasons, and some very charismatic mammals too if you know where to look. Add to that a pleasant climate and superb food and wine, not to mention aeons of culture, it's definitely a top destination in Europe.

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Today, mobile phones are very good about getting a signal so long as you are in a place that is: somewhat inhabited, not an elevator, and not too far above/below ground. While those latter circumstances are difficult to overcome, satellite communications will help if you are out of range of standard 2G/3G/4G radio signals. After all, tower-based signals are great for blanketing large swathes of populated area, but once you get out into the backcountry they aren't a feasible solution. DeLorme, and companies like it, have enabled consumer-level satellite communications for years and with the inReach they will include support for Apple's iOS.
The DeLorme inReach is a two-way satellite communicator that can do thing like send SOS messages if you are in trouble. It has some cool perks that older satellite communication devices don't, a primary one being that it's two-way. For example, the Spot Connect (from early 2011) could bring GPS and satellite communications to your Bluetooth-enabled smartphone, but it could only send out information. This was useful for telling people you were in trouble and where you were, but they could not confirm that they were coming. It was able to send emails, text message, and post to social networks, so long as you paid the monthly service.
The DeLorme inReach does all that, but it can also receive communications. This means it can handle two-way satellite messaging and interactive SOS. So you can distinguish between "I'm going to be late for dinner because I twisted my ankle" and "I'm stuck up a tree, surrounded by angry badgers". The inReach has been able to work with Android phones, if you want to use something more advanced than the communicator alone, but version 1.5 will bring iPhone compatibility as well. So for $9.95 a month you'll be able to text from your iPhone or send SOS messages from anywhere in the world, pole-to-pole (again, no elevators).
Keep in mind that the subscription plans means that this isn't for emergency use only. The $9.95/month "Safety" plan gets users SOS support, 10 texts a month, and leaves out track support (essentially a breadcrumb trail of your latest movement in case someone has to find where you are and how you got there). After those 10 texts you have to pay $1.50 a pop. There are more robust plans, like the Recreation and Expedition, if you spend more time in the backcountry.
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Trick 'r Treat is one of my all time favourite horror films,
Sam has been on my list of cakes I've wanted to make for years so this Halloween he was one of two cakes I made.
(The other one will be up soon)
If you haven't seen Trick 'r Treat and you like horror films then what are you waiting for go buy it and watch it now!
so here are a few photographs of my little cakes Sam.
He is of course Gluten Free & Vegan
I hope you like him as much as I do.
Happy Samhain from us all at LCD HQ.


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Presidential Race Gets Much Verse
Good news today for Calvin Trillin fans. The Nation's (and probably the nation's) most amusing political versifier is hard at work on Deciding the Decider: The 2008 Presidential Race in Rhyme. Random House says he has promised to pen his final stanzas within three days after the election so the book can be in stores in early December. Trillin's previous efforts in this vein -- A Heckuva Job (2006) and Obliviously On He Sails (2004) -- were bestsellers.
According to the publisher, Trillin's current work-in-progress is a narrative poem in rhyming couplets, punctuated by shorter poems, a few of which have been published over the past year. Here are some samples:
- -- Of Fred Thompson's misadventures in the South Carolina Republican primary, Trillin writes:
The pros said, 'That's a state he'd have to take' / And he just might, if he can stay awake.
- -- Following Mitt Romney's flip-flops on abortion and gay rights, the poet notes that social conservatives were troubled by
Those Massachusetts views he once embraced / The views that had been totally replaced / By views designed to make a case and vector it / Directly to the heart of this electorate.
Random House says Trillin also throws in a few ditties, including:
- -- A country song about John Edwards called "Yes, I Know He's a Mill Worker's Son But There's Hollywood in That Hair"
- -- And one for Sarah Palin, to the tune of a Barbra Streisand number: "On a Clear Day, I See Vladivostok."
Got any suggestions for this poet just trying to make a living in hard times, what with all the comedic competition from late-night television? Brother, care you spare a rhyme?
For my part, here's all I have to say:
Don't know what he'll fill in
Just that thrillin' it'll be.
Palin's for drillin'
But, baby, Trillin's for me.
--Alan Cooperman
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October 31, 2008; 2:58 PM ET
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The Truth About Bruce Jenner?
Rumors about former Olympian Bruce Jenner have been swirling for months upon months about what his public transition has really meant, and it seems that the truth has finally surfaced — or so it seems. Bruce has partaken in multiple procedures that have feminized his appearance in multiple ways, like simply growing out his hair to going as far as getting his Adam's apple shaved down. After finalizing a divorce with ex Kris Jenner, it seems that Bruce views this as a perfect opportunity to turn over a new leaf and start doing things for himself, rather than other people, and sources say Bruce is finally going to be making the transition from male to female. One of the executives I work for, Igor Cornelsen actually knows Jenner.
"He doesn't want Kris profiting from his life anymore, so that's why he won't do it on Keeping Up With The Kardashians." a source said.
"In Touch Weekly" a famous tabloid had a source come to them and talk more in depth about what's really going on with Bruce. After many facial feminization procedures, it's on to the next step for the 65 year old dad, "He's tired of living a lie and wants to finally be himself. He has been taking hormones and will get his boobs done."
He's also thinking about getting his name changed in the new year.
Louis van Gaal Delighted with Form of Robin van Persie
It is not often that managers need to defend their world class players. However, there were a lot of questions about Robin van Persie's form and fitness a few weeks ago. Fans and pundits thought the soccer player was finished. He looked slow, lethargic and out of form.
Fast forward three weeks and Van Persie looks to be at his very best again. He has scored four goals in his last three appearances, along with providing an assist. This is the kind of form United fans expect from Van Persie. His manager Louis van Gaal is delighted that the star striker is back in form.
Many fans like myself and my good friend Flavio Maluf questioned the reason why Van Gaal kept playing Van Persie. They thought he was playing the striker because of favoritism. After all, Van Persie was the Dutchman's captain for the Netherlands at this summer's World Cup.
Van Gaal can now point to the forward's return to form as justification for his continued selection. The coach believes that Van Persie needed to play games in order to get out of his rut.
Robin van Persie was also helped by the injury sustained by Radamel Falcao. When he was playing badly, Falcao was on the treatment table. If Falcao had been fit, Van Gaal may have had no choice but to bench Van Persie.
Cubs and White Sox Enhance Pitching Staffs
It has been quite a week in the windy city. Both of Chicago's baseball teams made transactions to improve their respective pitching staffs.
Things started off quietly when the Cubs re-signed free agent Jason Hammel who they had traded to the Oakland Athletics last year in a deal that also included their then ace Jeff Samardzija. The Cubs netted the A's top prospect Addison Russell in that deal and as pointed out by Darius Fisher they seemed set with developing their young players and begin a rebuilding process. Well, that rebuilding kicked into high gear when they successfully wooed top pitching free agent Jon Lester by offering the lefty a six year contract worth a rumored $155 million dollars.
The team on the south side of the city was not content to watch the Cubs have all of the fun. The White Sox jumped headfirst into the free agent market themselves by securing relief pitcher David Robertson to a free agent deal ensuring that they have someone in the bullpen with closing experience. They then worked out a trade with the Athletics to bring Jeff Samardzija back to Chicago. The lanky righty always felt at home in the Mid West he went to school at Notre Dame and spent his entire career in the Cubs organization.
With this much activity this early in the off season, it's hard to imagine that the Cubs and White Sox are done reconstructing their squads.


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mom bought me one of those sing along albums (yes in the days of 33 RPM records) for children. It had the usual assortment of songs (On Top Of Old Smoky, John Jacob Jinkelheimer Schmidt) but the title song on the album always hit deep with me. It was Puff The Magic Dragon. I had this weird bittersweet feeling every time I heard the song. To be honest I hated hearing it, but still listened to it over and over. When I hear it today it brings me back to my childhood days sitting in my bedroom listening to that album.
Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee,
Little Jackie paper loved that rascal Puff,
And brought him strings and sealing wax and other fancy stuff.
Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee,
Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee.
Together they would travel on a boat with billowed sail
Jackie kept a lookout perched on puffs gigantic tail,
Noble kings and princes would bow whenever they came,
Pirate ships would lower their flag when puff roared out his name.
First, I'll address the cynical side of the song. Peter Yarrow, who wrote the song clearly states that it is not about drugs. He is pretty adament about it. I know it's cool to find hidden meanings in things, but also I think it goes to our need for controversy. I'll take him at face value on this one. The best interpretation I've heard is that Puff is actually a dragon kite that sparks Jackie's imagination to pretend he goes to exciting places with his magical friend. What could be cooler for a kid then to have these adventures with this fierce magical creature as your friend? As a kid, it sparked my imagination to what those castles and places would look like. It also speaks to the love of boys have for powerful and fierce things. Who wouldn't want a friend like Puff?
A dragon lives forever but not so little boys
Painted wings and giant rings make way for other toys.
One grey night it happened, Jackie paper came no more
And puff that mighty dragon, he ceased his fearless roar.
His head was bent in sorrow, green scales fell like rain,
Puff no longer went to play along the cherry lane.
Without his life-long friend, puff could not be brave,
So puff that mighty dragon sadly slipped into his cave.
The last verse then takes a turn towards a harsh reality. Jackie grows up and forgets about Puff. New things fascinate him and he moves on in life. Likely, Puff the kite is stuffed in a closet to be forgotten. As a five year old this is a tragedy! Why would Jackie forsake his awesome friend? The moral has a tragic side: we all have to grow up and put away childish things.
What complicates things for me (even today) is that there's a fine line between childish and child-like. I still don't like that Jackie leaves Puff. There's something important that Jackie leaves behind: child-likeness. Yes, we are not to be childish and live completely in a fantasy world. There are responsibilities and maturity to be accomplished. Yes, the kite has to at some point go into the closet. But for some reason, as adults we completely kill the child in us. Christ himself desires for us to come to Him as little children. Christ calls The Father daddy. In all this pressure to grow up we missed something? I think so!
I believe we all still need to imagine, play and laugh. We should fly kites, run through grass and roll down hills. I feel in our stiff theology we miss out on the God that plays, creates and imagines.
Back to Jackie Paper: I've read that Peter Yarrow actually wrote a third verse to the song. He somehow lost the words along the way, but it tells us that Jackie does eventually return to find Puff. Jackie, now a grown man, then introduces Puff to a little girl (implying that it's Jackie's daughter). The little girl and Puff then go on magical adventures and Puff once again has a friend! Given this part of the song I see that Jackie has not lost his child-likeness and has passed on the beauty of adventure, play and imagination to his little girl! I wish at five, this verse was on that album! This for me, heightens the great message of this song. Grow up but don't lose your sense of play, wonder and laughter; that we are to be child-like and live life full of both responsibility and play.
So today, I will take care of my responsibilities and then I am going to go out and play and pretend I'm in the land called Honah Lee.


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Staff and officers of emergency services have been congratulated by Police and Crime Commissioner, Katy Bourne, today.
Mrs Bourne visited the touching tributes site on the footbridge near Shoreham Airport following the Shoreham Airshow disaster that saw a Hawker Hunter crash onto the A27 on Saturday.
Today a crane has been on the site to remove parts of the wreckage that is believed to have now killed up to 20 people.
In a statement, Mrs Bourne said: "The tragic events at Shoreham Air Show have touched each and every one of us and will, no doubt, continue to do so as more details emerge of those who have been caught up in this terrible incident.
"My thoughts and prayers remain with all those who have been affected; especially the families we know that have lost loved ones and those who remain unaccounted for.
"I will be meeting staff and officers from the emergency services today who are working tirelessly at the site of the crash and at dedicated facilities across the county to coordinate the Sussex-wide response.
"Their extraordinary professionalism and courage in the face of such devastation should not be underestimated.
"My thanks also go out to everyone assisting the emergency services and supporting the families of those who have been affected. It is has been heartening to see the local community pull together under such shocking circumstances and we must all continue to give support to those that need it."
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Or, my WEDDING BIBLE as I like to call her. I debuted it before during the November Wedding Update Video, but when we started meeting with our invitations lady, caterers, and DJs I realized she just wasn't up to par! Originally, I had simply put all of my vendor information into one place, organized it with dividers, and that helped...but I didn't realize how much I didn't have in there that I absolutely needed! I really wanted to start carrying around a notebook that reflected our wedding filled with pictures, print outs and ideas to help show our potential and current vendors what the heck we're talking about! First, I wanted to just go out a find something that looks a little more like me and that would keep me more organized...but I quickly realized that a new wedding notebook would be an unnecessary expense, and I could easily make a great and personalized notebook myself! So, I took it upon myself to jazz it up a little and use my wedding notebook to her full potential...
Here is the cover I actually designed myself with the photo we used for our Save the Date magnets!! Now that I've done this, I kind of wish we used THIS for our Save the Dates - but oh well. I still loved those too! :)
Creating your own Wedding Planner & Organizer may seem a little tricky, but it's a lot easier than I thought it would be and it turned out better than I'd imagined! All you need to do to create your own wedding organizer is have the following materials:
- 3 Ring 1 1/2' Notebook - I got it in white, but you can get it in a different color if you wish!
- Divider Tabs - I got a 10 tab organizer complete with a table of contents in the front
- Ribbon to accent and decorate with - I used 3 different kinds
- Scotch tape - I used regular and double sided
- Scissors
- Pen and Sharpie ...THAT'S IT!
When I sat back and looked at it...I thought it was cute, but that it was STILL missing something. So, I got the lime green ribbon out and decided to add a big green bow to the left side! PERFECT!!!!
So the cover was complete!!! And, I LOVED it! Next, I wanted to make the side of the notebook reflect what the front looks like by adding a strip of the black and white ribbon down where you would put a vertical label. I used the white and black ribbon, as opposed to the clear and black ribbon for this because it was a little sturdier and easier to slide down.
OMG...this is so FUN and easy! Now, it was time to start the harder part: organizing this baby. I already knew tabs were the way to go with this, but it hit me to use the perfect amount of 10 tabs after I sat down and wrote out exactly what I wanted to go in each section. I had looked at Wedding Planners online and had finally picked out what categories would work best for me. So, I created a Table of Contents, and labeled the sections as follows:
- COORDINATION: checklist, budget, calendars
- CEREMONY and ATTIRE
- STATIONARY and RECEPTION
- FLOWERS and DECOR
- PHOTOGRAPHY and VIDEO
- DJ/MUSIC and BAKERY
- TRASNPORTAION and RENTALS: accomodations
- BRIDAL PARTY and PARTIES: registries
- HONEYMOON and MISCELLANEOUS
To explain further, let's start with COORDINATION. I'm obviously not going to go into every tab with you, but I wanted to mention a few things about this one. First, this tab is the key to keeping my entire notebook and planning process on track. I printed out a calendar for each month remaining so I can write in appointments and deadlines, a budget spreadsheet, and a TO-DO checklist for each block of time left. you can find printable versions of all of these things just by googling it, but here are a few options to help get you started:
OR, you can make your own spreadsheet in excel to make it as accurate to your personal needs as possible! Follow this video, this lady from about.com makes it so easy!
You can go on any wedding planning website like weddingwire.com or weddingwindow.com and sign up for an account if you want to handle all of your budget analysis and to-do lists on the computer. Example: http://www.weddingwire.com/wedding/UserMyChecklist Otherwise, there are plenty of printable timelines for you to go off of to get ready for your big day.
Example: http://www.your-printable-planner.com/wedding-planning-checklist-calendar.html
http://wedding.weddingchannel.com/planning/checklist/12-10months.asp and there SO many more out there! Simply google "wedding checklist timeline" and you're bound to find something that suits you.
Also under the COORDINATION tab, is where I keep all of my wedding coordinator's information. Not only her contact info, but also her preferred vendor list, wedding checklist, and anything she has sent me so far. I feel like this tab keeps the entire Notebook organized!
OK - moving on to what I really created this new notebook for: PICTURES!!!!! Now, I can't share TOO much with you because obviously that would give too much away. What I can show you though, are some pages I printed out and put together to keep in my notebook. First, I wanted to have a screen shot of our website printed out so I can show our vendors what that looks like, as well as in this page in particular, the feel of our reception site:
This way, even from this page they can tell a little bit about what we're going for. Next, of course I have TONS of pictures printed off and stuffed throughout this thing of ideas for floral, decor, invitations, and everything else. I can't really show you all of that, but I can show you one of the floral pages. Originally, Mr. Hess and I were planning on using more white mixed in our floral, so I pulled and printed all of these pictures up. We have changed our minds since then, and you'll see what we're talking about when the day finally gets here! For now, this will do:
Also, you can use the pockets in the front and the back of the notebook to display magazine pictures, or other ideas you want to keep with you in your notebook. And of course, I have to include a page from the BAKERY section...this is an easy way to keep the business cards you would actually use straight. Here, I made a "dessert" or "bakery" page filled with all of the companies we are contacting:
One thing I found A HUGE help to myself that I can't believe I didn't to all along is printing out e-mails. I am always putting e-mails together and sending them to myself, my groom, my mom and sometimes members of my bridal party for ideas, meeting times, notes, and questions. When I put something together that has a lot of useful information - like catering company information - I print it off and stick it in that section of the notebook!
I'm sure you get the idea. I mentioned before in the February Focus Video - I am a bit of an Organization Freak! Can I spell it out any more than this? lol...sheesh! I have always had a thing for using different fonts, colors, highlighters, tabs, and pictures to organize EVERYTHING. Anyone who has ever sat next to me in any class from middle school on, knows this about me and are probably laughing to themselves about this one. But you know what?! I AM IN LOVE with my new Wedding Notebook, and I'm very proud of her! :)
So, as you can probably tell from the catch up on blogging I've been doing...I've actually had some time the last couple of days to put some hours into planning. Good thing because the rest of the week and weekend is NUTSO! I hope you enjoyed the posts this week, I'm not sure when more will come out, but I have much more to share along the way so stay tuned.
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It may be surprising to know that the virtual reality system has come up and it worked. There is always a room for improvement in this sense. There are teams which may be considered to this.
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There are tons of ways in order to use virtual reality. As a matter of fact, 3D and virtual reality environments could be a part of training methodology. This would allow workforce or the students to experience a whole new level of training. This is the kind of technology which can somehow breathe back to life. This may be on traditional computer. Normally, this could be based on learning. This is done so that enthusiasm can be re-awaken. End users can enjoy technology and this may be carried out even outside the training. This may involve trainers with their trainee point of view. There are many benefits that may be associated to this.
In order for a full training experience to be realized, virtual reality scenarios may always be combined. There are solutions that may assist to this. The use of e-learning may be a way to impart the understanding of theories and knowledge. This may arise with the presence of virtual reality scenarios. Through this, the information obtained may be learned. This may be anchored in a life-like situation which can provide users with complete package. Competency may be viewed through virtual reality. This is a chance to see the learners even more. The decisions can be made from these. Knowing how to react from the consequences may also be a result to this.
Solutions may also be directed towards the simulation of real-life situations. These are normally intended for the creation of interactive scenarios. The idea is for the scenarios to reflect any real-life situation there is. Learning through VR is just too common these days. With this, it will be possible to have an idea on how the equipment can respond. This may also emulate machinery works. As this takes place, the replication of soft skills including human actions and behavior may happen a lot. Anything is always possible with this. The imagination of users would really go wild in here.
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How Divali became a public holiday
Ladies and gentlemen, once again the very revered fwatival -- Divali or Deepavali, the Festival of Lights -- is being celebrated, and we do puja to Lakshmi Mata (the Goddess Lakshmi) giving thanks for her blessings in the past and craving her continued guidance and blessings in the future.
This year's celebration, however, is perhaps very significant in that our Maha-Sabha celebrated, its fifteenth anniversary and we mark the second occasion since the day was declared a national holiday by our Government.
The origin of the festival is as old as Hinduism itself, for in our sacred books we read that Lakshmi Puja was observed even during the Sata Yuga (golden age).
But whatever the original significance of the festival -- whether it is to commemorate "the coming of light into the universe" or Lakshmi Puja or the return of Lord Rama -- from his 14 years of exile from Ayodhya -- Divali should have a practical significance to us in this age.
Apart from its sacredness and festivities, it is a day for stock-taking. A day to be reminded that we must endeavour to shed that true "Light -- the embodiment of the Supreme Being -- wisdom, knowledge, truth, honesty and forgiveness, virtues that truly make man the ideal being and consequently the world a better place for all.
Divali is, therefore, unique in that it provides us with the opportunity to check our journey along the road of time.
The year 1952 was a very eventful one, as far as Hindus are concerned. The bitter controversy between the "Board of Control" and the "Association" came to an end, when on the 8th of May that year, the then Minister of Education and Social Services, Mr. Roy A. Joseph, introduced a Bill in the Legislative Council for the merging of the two bodies, which gave birth to our present organisation.
The names of the late Sir Courtney Hannays and Mr. Alan Storey, with who I had the honour of serving on the committee, must not be forgotten. The new organisation -- Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha of Trinidad and Tobago Inc. -- was recognised as a school building authority on July 25 of the same year.
Permission was granted to us to build state assisted schools on August 21 of the very year, and the first six schools, with Government's blessing, opened their doors to the children of the country on September 2, of the eventful year. Two months later, another six schools were established and all these buildings at no cost to the Government then.
During the 15 years (1952-1967) 40 primary and three secondary schools were established. Our schools carry a total enrolment of approximately 17,000 pupils and nearly 700 teachers. In addition to this, I am pleased to record that many new temples were established as centers for worship, and numerous study groups in the form of Ramayan goals and Kirtan Mandalis (Puja groups). Lakshmee Sabhas have been organised. The community spirit has developed much more and community yags, such as Bhagwats, Ramayan and Sandhias, are widespread.
With all the "achievements", however, many problems remain to be solved, and it is with concerned efforts on your part that we could shed the "light to make life more meaningful.
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I wish, also, to pay my
To the teachers of our schools and other dedicated workers of the Maha Sabha, I say:
On this great day, you the people along with your children, will join in family prayer -(puja) and spiritual festivities.
It is my sincere prayer and fervent hope that you will keep the sacredness of the festival where it belongs; that Lakshmi Mata will bestow her richest blessings on all of us and on all peoples of the world, so that light will dispel darkness, and the present world tension will be removed, and all peoples, instead of fighting with each other, will join hands to fight ignorance, poverty, disease and dirt.


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Square Enix has recently released a new update (Version 1.2.0) for the iOS version of Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions. In this update, the graphics have been redrawn in high-resolution, which includes the character sprites and interface. The previous version was also prone to a sluggish framerate and many crash bugs, and Square Enix has replaced this with the "quickest, smoothest abilities effects and animations to date!"
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Back in June in Birmingham, England, a rather large man died suddenly, a death the coroner has said was caused by an epileptic fit. Given the victim's love of video games, they were linked to the death during a hearing, although the deputy coroner investigating the matter stopped short of citing them as a cause.
Francis Haydock, 23, also weighed more than 160kg, had an enlarged heart and zero history of epileptic seizures, according to his family. But the bite marks that a pathologist discovered on Haydock's tongue, and his tightly clenched jaw indicate a seizure.
Coroner's inquests are performed in a courtroom hearing in England. The victim's sister testified that Haydock would play video games daily; but deputy coroner Elaine Ormond-Walsh said only that "It is a possibility," that a game triggered the fatal seizure. "I am not going to make a conclusion and I do not think [the pathologist] made a conclusion in relation to that."
Haydock's death, officially, was of natural causes, then.
Video games could have caused Aston man to have fatal fit [Birmingham Mail]


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Hello! Finally back on the blog today, sharing the layouts that I made with the gorgeous Acorn Avenue kit from Like For Ever. It was comprised mostly of goodies from Pink Paislee's Cedar Lane collection, and I absolutely loved it. I couldn't photograph some of my projects properly, but you can find them all in the video at the bottom of this post. In the video, I also share all the bits that I had left from this beautiful kit.
This first layout documents how grateful I am for two of our dogs. Tilly and Bramble were stolen on the 1st October but thanks to a huge social media campaign, we managed to get them back very quickly. The ephemera pack included lots of bits and bobs that talked about being grateful, so that was perfect. I love the paper strips sewn on each side, and the little embellishment cluster at the bottom of the page. This was actually a scraplift of a beautiful layout that I saw on Pink Paislee's facebook page. (You'll soon discover that October was the month of scraplifting!)
My next project was a pocket page, Week 40 of my Project Life album. I absolutely love this page, which is a big deal for me as I'm so, so critical of my PL (in fact, I made another one this month which is not going to be included in this post lol. I hate it!) I cut down the 12x12 papers, used some of those gorgeous glittery thickers and lots of the embellishments. You can see this page in it's entirety in my Kill a Kit video.
I just love this layout. My motivation was running a little low, so I scraplifted a beautiful layout by Nicola Mardlin, the talented owner of Like For Ever. I fussy-cut the large flowers, used up some of the ephemera pack (because when else am I ever going to use fox die cuts!) and used one of those stunning glitter thicker words. It's not massively clear from my terrible photography skills, but the layout is sewn onto a black cardstock background.
Ah, my first
failed attempt at gesso and gelatos! I got a new bunny in October (technically I'm fostering him) and it took weeks to decide on a name, hence this layout. I actually really like the gelatos now but you can see in the pink section that it all went a little gloopy. I used arrows from the ephemera pack, and the wooden arrows, to draw more attention to the photo; layering in some stamping too. I love the title and the watercolour splatters.
Another bunny layout and another scraplift! Again, this was heavily inspired by a page on the Pink Paislee facebook page, I love the tags layered with the wreath behind the photo, and the way I watercoloured some of the phrases on the patterned paper. I later added some sewing to this layout, after I'd taken photographs (typical!)
As you can see, my layouts for October were very pet-heavy! This page documents my dog Ruby's favourite pose... so graceful right? Haha, not much. I used my gelatos again, but other than that the layout is just made up of simple layering, a few embellishments from the kit and another one of those mixed-alpha titles. As usual, I sewed the white cardstock onto a sheet of patterned paper.
Last bunny layout, I swear! I finally decided on the name "Rufus" for my foster bunny, so I made a layout to document it of course. More sewing and layering as usual, and I also went back to my July kit and used some of the Pinkfresh wood veneer stickers.
This layout is kind of an extra; it was made primarily with my Acorn Avenue kit, but I made it after I filmed my Kill a Kit video. I used my final 12x12 sheet for the background, and used up pretty much all my scraps for the layers behind the photos. The cardstock and chipboard stickers are from an old My Mind's Eye collection, and I also used texture paste for the first time! I really like it, especially the background and the glittery thicker words.
So that's pretty much everything! Here is my Kill a Kit video;
Please don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions, and I will be back again soon!


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Judging Obama by His Critics
I know that does not properly address all of the serious questions raised about the Obama presidency by progressives, myself included, and as of today we must now add offshore oil drilling to the list. But it is somewhat reassuring that the surviving father of the neocon movement should be left so totally unglued. He is joined in this embrace of the Palin rage by Bill Kristol, whose late father, Irving, was Podhoretz's comrade in the long march from the far left to the far right. That shift brought the neoconservatives to the pinnacle of power in the Bush administration before they flamed out over the distortions of fact and logic they peddled as justification for the invasion of Iraq.
Among other things--and this was particularly important for Podhoretz, who for thirty-five years had edited Commentary, a leading journal in the Jewish community--the elimination of Saddam Hussein was supposed to leave Israel more secure. Instead, just the opposite has occurred as a consequence of the vastly increased power of Iran in the region, thanks to the elimination of its most feared local adversary. Any effort to contain the power of Iran has been compromised by the leading role of the disciples of the Iranian ayatollahs in the politics of Iraq.
Obama had opposed that war, but he has certainly done his bit to carry on the Bush policy and has furthered it in Afghanistan as well. There is no sign of Obama abandoning those failed adventures, and his fitful efforts to contain Iran while negotiating a much needed settlement of the Israel-Palestine conflict are quite consistent with those of previous administrations. Indeed, the US policy agenda for the region seems to be set by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who, as her warm reception at the recent AIPAC conference indicates, has long been regarded as a fervent friend of Israel.
Indeed, from healthcare, the banking bailout and on to Mideast peace, it is difficult to find a single policy proposal from Obama that Bill and Hillary Clinton had not both previously embraced. So why the particularly strident animus toward Obama? The answer lies in that fear so common to the tea party core--that Obama is a false prophet leading the good God-fearing folk astray. Since Podhoretz claims to be writing out of the Jewish tradition he does not embrace the possibility of Obama being the Antichrist, but his language is as descriptively bizarre.
In a WSJ article from last September headlined "Why Are Jews Liberals?" which is also the title of his latest book, Podhoretz complained bitterly, "One of the most extraordinary features of Barack Obama's victory over John McCain was his capture of 78% of the Jewish vote." What followed was a self-hating tirade against his own: "Jews are by far the most liberal of any group in America." In support of that view he quotes the sociologist Nathan Glazer, who argued that Jews, as opposed to any other immigrant group in America, have ignored their improving economic status and instead consistently supported "increased government spending, expanded benefits to the poor and lower classes, greater regulations on business, and the power of organized labor."
What a great testament to the enduring decency of Jewish values that they have proved so capable of embracing social goals that transcend narrow class interest. What a wonderful refutation of historical anti-Semitism that Jews so consistently ignore personal economic gain to serve the larger good. Not so in the eyes of Podhoretz, who was immensely disappointed that the commitment of Jews to those enlightened views did not dissipate with the nomination of Obama but rather increased somewhat.
He bemoans the fact that the vast majority of Jews did not share his fear that Obama was too liberal or anti-Israel, but instead of chalking that up to an honest disagreement he invokes the language of the devil's deception: "I am hoping against hope that the exposure of Mr. Obama as a false messiah will at last open the eyes of my fellow Jews to the correlative falsity of the political creed he so perfectly personifies and to which they have for so long been so misguidedly loyal."
So what does that make Sarah Palin--the true messiah?
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Huge Reversal For Stocks
I had to leave before the market closed, so I was thrilled when my colleague texted me in my meeting and told me the SPX recouped all of its losses.
I though the action in the market was meaningful today. I am seeing tons of upsided reversals in stocks and etfs on enormous volume. This is usally meaningful technical action. Look at some of the price-volume action in the likes of: ITA, IAI, IDU, IYE, MXI, EFA, EEM, etc. They all look like exaustion selloffs to me. I would go so far as to say that I believe the market put in a solid, near-term bottom today.
Notice that I did not say "the" bottom. That is something we will only know in hindsight. But today's action should lead to a tradeable bounce. From there we will have to see how the market holds up on any future retest of today's lows.
But there was certainly panic selling in the air this morning, as the Dow shed more than 300 points but fully recovered by the close. The SPX endured a +3.3% intraday swing. The volatility index (VIX) hits its highest level since the bear market bottom in October 2002, before revesing lower into the close.
It was the financials that led the way today, with the bank index rising +4.7% and the brokers bouncing for +3.9%. (Hard hit Bear Stearns spiked +13%) I'm sure this was mostly short covering, but that is how many rallies start after big declines.
Last, I noticed that there were 1080 new lows on the NYSE (according to Yahoo Finance). That is most I have ever seen, even during the bear market. I recall seeing Gerry Jordan of Hellman Jordan speak back when I lived in Chicago. He said that if you ever see 1000+ new lows on the NYSE, you can go long on margin and coin money over the next year. I wonder if he was buying today?
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Night was falling on the Ypres salient late on April 22nd, 1915. After the first large scale use of poison gas in war, the German army had completely overtaken the French trenches and put the allied line into disarray. The Canadians, who had not been in direct line with the initial gas attack, were still intact as a fighting force, but they were now in grave danger. German infantry had got around their left flank and held positions behind their lines. If the Germans held this ground when the sun came up the next morning, they would be in a position to launch a maelstrom of deadly fire onto the Canadian trench line.
One of these positions was in a copse of trees called Kitcheners' Wood—so named because in months previous it had been used to house the French field kitchens. The Canadian Divisional commander, Edwin Alderson, could not allow the wood to remain in German hands. To do so might jeopardize the entirety of his defensive line. He ordered two battalions (the 10th from Alberta and 16th from British Columbia) to launch a night attack on the wood. It was madness. Attacking a prepared defensive position is a risky maneuver at the best of times. To do so at night, without proper reconnaissance, rehearsals, or even a clear idea of how many enemy occupy the ground was fool-hardy to the point of insanity. And yet, the situation seemed to demand it.
The men formed up in the darkness just before midnight. Canadians from Alberta and British Columbia stood shoulder to shoulder, massed in waves designed to cover ground quickly. This formation left them vulnerable to artillery and machine-gun fire, but it couldn't be helped. They would have to rely on speed and surprise for protection. The men fixed bayonets in preparation for the assault.
At 10 minutes to midnight, the Canadians began their advance across the few hundred metres of open ground between them and Kitcheners Wood. The 10th Battalion war diary says, "… not a sound was audible … but the soft pad of feet and the knock of bayonet scabbards against thighs." The approach to the wood went smoothly until the noise of the approaching Canadians alerted the German sentries. John Matheson, a soldier with the 10th Battalion, writes:
"When we got to 100 yards of the trench the 'Huns' opened fire on us. The wood seemed to be literally lined with machine guns, and they played upon us with terrible effect. Our men were dropping thick and fast. However those remaining sailed right ahead and cleared the wood with a vengeance." (1)
The engagement was chaotic and brutal. In the dark, the fighting quickly devolved into a savage hand to hand contest with little quarter given on either side. Matheson added, "A few Huns' were taken prisoners, but damn few." An unnamed soldier from the 16th Battalion wrote:
"I vaguely saw some Germans, and rushed the nearest one. My bayonet must have hit his equipment and glanced off, but luckily for me, another chap running beside me bayoneted him before he got to me. By this time I was wildly excited and shouting and rushing into the wood up a path towards a big gun which was pointed away from us. Going through the wood we ran into several Germans, but I had now lost confidence in my bayonet and always fired." (2)
By morning, the Canadians had driven the Germans off and taken control of the wood. Unfortunately, this victory had come at a high cost in lives, and the 10th and 16th Battalions were skeletons of what they were just hours before. Roughly half of the 1600 men who attacked the wood were killed, wounded, or missing after the sun rose. Despite a hard won victory, they were now undermanned and in an untenable position. They were ordered to withdraw back to a more defensible line—a bitter pill to swallow for men who had just paid such a heavy price.
But the battle was not over. On the 24th of April the Germans unleashed another gas-attack—this time it was aimed squarely at the Canadians, and was launched in conjunction with an artillery barrage. This attack could easily have had the same results that had occurred two days before when an entire French-Algerian Division had been routed, but the Canadians had an advantage. They had been able to identify the agent as Chlorine gas based on the distinct smell, and because several officers and men in the ranks had a background in chemistry, they knew how to counter it. A Canadian soldier from the 8th Battalion explained:
"Well, I knew that due to the fact that I'd served my apprenticeship as a plumber and had put [a wetted scarf] on previously, you know, in civil life whenever gas got strong. Now, whether there's any neutralizing effect in the urine, I couldn't tell you but we were run out of water." (3)
As the gas rolled over their positions, many Canadians urinated on scarves or handkerchiefs and tied them around their noses and mouths creating a kind of crude respirator, and defeating, to a certain extent, the full effect of the chlorine gas. It wasn't comfortable, nor was it entirely effective, but unlike the French-Algerian troops, the Canadians were able to hold on and survive the attack. When the Germans came across no-man's land in massed files—expecting to find all the defenders dead or fleeing—they were surprised to encounter a stiff resistance coming from the gassed trenches. Canadian machine guns, artillery, and rifle-fire met the oncoming Germans and ripped their neat ranks into pieces.
And yet, the Germans came on. They used their superior numbers of troops and artillery to batter the Canadian defenders mercilessly. As the day wore one, the Germans smashed through several Canadian positions, cutting them off from one another and surrounding them—forcing them to fight not as a Division or Battalion, but as isolated groups of soldiers desperately clinging to their positions and fighting to the last man. Some units had to repel attacks coming from all sides. In this crucible, many Canadians displayed almost superhuman courage. None more so than Lieutenant Edward Bellew, a soldier of the 7th Battalion (British Columbia), who continuously raked the Germans with machine gun fire despite the fact that he was wounded, alone, and surrounded. After he ran out of ammunition, he disabled his machine gun and charged the oncoming Germans with his bayonet.
Finally, on the 25th of April, after a dogged resistance, British reinforcements entered the line and relieved the exhausted Canadians. Most of them hadn't slept in 48 hours, and had been involved in combat almost continuously during that time. The Canadian Battalions had been forced to bend, but the heavy German attacks failed to break them. A combination of resourcefulness and stubborn ferocity had allowed the Canadians to check the German advance long enough to stave off the complete destruction of the Ypres salient.
Though the Canadians were mostly relieved on the 25th, the Second Battle of Ypres would rage on for a month. During that time, the Germans would squeeze the salient ever tighter, but would ultimately fail to destroy it completely. A large part of this was due to that fact that German Generals did not expect the gas-attack to be as successful as it was on the first day, and didn't have the necessary reserves to exploit their advantage. However, another part of this failure was due to the unexpected and heroic defence put up by the volunteers of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. This battle was the first of many that would begin to cement the reputation of the Canadian soldier.
In the aftermath of the fighting around Ypres, a Canadian Major named John McCrae would write one of the most famous poems of the war. In it he extolled the living to "take up our quarrel with the enemy". His plea did not fall on deaf ears. By the end of the war, the Canadian Army would swell to over 600,000 men. For a fledgling nation with a pre-war military of only a few thousand, this growth was monumental—a symptom of the general intensification of the Great War.
The Canadians had survived their baptism by fire, but the war was far from over; and as the German use of poison gas illustrated, the gloves were going to come off before the end.
1. N.M. Christie, Gas Attack: The Canadians at Ypres, 1915 (Nepean, Ont: CEF Books, 1998), 15.
2. Christie, Gas Attack, 15-17.
3. "Oral Histories of the First World War: Veterans 1914 – 1918." Library and Archives Canada, last modified August 27, 2010, www.collectionscanada.gc.ca.
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An incident that began in the Walmart parking lot on FM 1640 in Richmond, ended with the arrest of the suspect by Sugar Land police at Hwy. 90 and US 59. The suspect identified as 30-year-old Joey Ray Diaz of Rosenberg, has been charged with numerous felonies.
The incident began shortly before 3 p.m. on March 7 when Diaz took a purse from a lady in the Walmart parking lot. Diaz began running with the stolen purse only to be confronted by another woman who grabbed the purse as Diaz ran by. Diaz dropped the purse and entered the second woman's vehicle and demanded that he get her keys. The woman pepper sprayed Diaz and refused to give up her keys.
After several people came to help, Diaz exited that vehicle and ran to Murphy Oil in front of Walmart. At Murphy Oil Diaz pulled a man from a vehicle as the man was getting gas. Diaz took the man's vehicle and drove away.
Diaz crashed the stolen vehicle in the 4500 block of South Main Street in Stafford and took another vehicle by force. Diaz crashed the second stolen vehicle and attempted to take two more vehicles before he was apprehended by Sugar Land police at the intersection of Hwy. 90 and US 59.
Diaz is facing charges from Richmond, Stafford, and Sugar Land police departments. Diaz was placed in the Fort Bend County Jail facing three counts of robbery and one count of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle from Richmond. Diaz could face more charges as the investigation continues.


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Putin's Russia has taken over Crimea which is a major part of Ukraine, a neighbouring sovereign state. Russian forces have gained control of Crimea, which looks as if it will vote to secede from Ukraine.
If the big fear is that Moscow is planning a full-scale annexation of Crimea, with its majority ethnic Russian population, it may also be the case that Russia may primarily trying to secure its naval base and to destabilize the Ukrainian government.
This is Russia's response to three months of protest, with 82 people being killed in clashes with riot police and thugs deployed by Viktor Yanukovych's corrupt authoritarian regime; a response to a classic popular revolution that was pro-Europe in orientation. The opposition demonstrators in Kiev were ordinary citizens who were fed up with the corruption and misrule of President Viktor Yanukovych and his clique, and who were opposed to the country's slide into an outright dictatorship.
It was a bottom-up revolution. The Euromaidan 'protesters were armed with little more than homemade shields, rubbish helmets and molotov cocktails. The Euromaidan protests appear to have been essentially pro-democratic, pro-European and multicultural whilst including far-right nationalists and neo-fascists.
The trigger appears to have been the enormous Russian political and economic pressure on Ukraine, combined with the pro-Russian policies of Yanukovych, and his grotesque corruption, coupled to Ukraine's inequality, economic stagnation and poverty.
Now there is an interim government with new presidential elections in May. Ukraine is facing default on its various debts and the transitional government has to deal with only two major problems in new Ukraine: (1) the Kremlin-backed separatism and (2) the economic crisis.
Ukrainians are deeply divided about European integration largely along an axis between the largely Russian-speaking east and south and the traditionally nationalist western Ukraine.
Ukraine's economy is in a mess as it was beggared by the neoliberal shock therapy and mass privatisation of the post-Soviet years. The country does not have the resources to pay for a major economic change programme. The interim president has said that a return to the path of European integration is his priority. This means that the EU needs to set out the conditions Ukraine would have to meet in order to become a member of the Union. Some of those conditions would involve significant economic reform and loans for austerity, as part of a German-led drive to open up Ukraine for western companies.
It is highly unlikely that the US, Britain or France will respond militarily to Russia's invasion of Crimea and Crimea's secession. NATO likewise, rhetoric notwithstanding. Ukraine is not a member of an expansionist NATO, and Russia is very resistant to Nato's undisguised ambition to continue two decades of expansion into what used to be called "post-Soviet space".
Putin's post-Soviet Russian nationalism sees the borderline states ---Moldova, Armenia, Belarus Georgia--- as being within Russia's sphere of interest/influence in eastern Europe and a part of Russia's planned economic integration in the post-Soviet space. Russia lost an empire and the vacuum is being filled by Putin's geopolitical project, which is the creation of an Eurasian Union. Russia sees Ukraine, given its strategically important location, as the lynchpin to establishing its Eurasian Union. Without at least parts of Ukraine integrated into the Customs Union (a single market bloc) Putin's Eurasian Union won't really work.
If the ostensible purpose of Putin's new integration project for Eurasia is economic, then its primary objective is geopolitical to be achieved in large part by economic means with Russia ruling supreme. A crucial question in relation to the concept of regional hegemony, in the form of a Eurasian economic union, is whether the wider public in post-Soviet countries, where opposition to Russian domination, and a sense of grievance and injustice, remain strong, will passively accept Putin's scenario.
Memories of the seven-decade experiment in totalitarianism that was imposed on them by Russia are bound to resurface and the wider public would be understandably be wary of an economic union becoming a vehicle for the reduction of their political sovereignty by the Kremlin.
I was in Kiev in sept last year as tensions were rising in the populace. The people were tired of the corrupt nature of the presidency, and are reluctant to realign with mother Russia. There was such extraordinarily sad oppression under Russian control that I can understand that reluctance. I hope those in Crimea do get to choose, freely.
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rojo |
March 2, 2014 6:47 PM
Against this, hasn't there been a fair bit of conjecture as to the role of the West in a destabilisation of the Ukraine in the cause of pro western regime change to further isolate Russia?
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paul walter |
March 3, 2014 1:19 AM
I am waiting for Abbott + Co to denounce Russian aggression, to suggest that NATO flex its military muscle to protect Ukraine, and to call Putin a wimp.
Posted by:
Pauline |
March 3, 2014 9:08 AM
"The people were tired of the corrupt nature of the presidency, and are reluctant to realign with mother Russia. "
Very true. Every poll in Ukraine since independence has also shown a majority of Ukrainians against Nato membership.
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Peter S Stock |
March 3, 2014 9:15 AM
" It was a bottom-up revolution."
This liberationist mass action of civil disobedience against President Viktor Yanukovych included significant neo-fascist elements that have since been partly integrated into the new interim government and state bureaucracy.
The far right parties in Ukraine have a popular support.
Posted by:
Steven |
March 3, 2014 9:46 AM
A big fault line in Ukraine is between those who are pro-EU and anti-Kremlin, and those who are anti-EU and pro-Kremlin.
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Pauline |
March 3, 2014 10:00 AM
"The fear is that Moscow is planning a full-scale annexation of Crimea, with its majority ethnic Russian population."
It could be a 'soft annexation' which gives Russia de facto control over Crimea.
Russia pulls political, economic, and military levers to exploit ethnic conflicts in countries that used to be in its orbit. The goal is to leverage these tensions so as to gain influence in former Soviet states, while preventing these countries from moving closer to the West.
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Pierre |
March 3, 2014 11:49 AM
Russia will retain control of Crimea and a pro-western government will govern Ukraine.
Posted by:
Geoff |
March 3, 2014 2:37 PM
Many countries are nervous about the many "people rising up" incidents around the world. Russia has deep pockets and so does China. It will be a different world if they decided they are like minded.
Posted by:
Les |
March 3, 2014 2:54 PM
Peter S, NATO isn't quite EU in the scheme of things. Nor have Ukrainians fared well historically in dealings of a military nature.
Posted by:
rojo |
March 3, 2014 8:13 PM
The US concedes that Russia has "complete operational control of the Crimean peninsula".
What now?
Posted by:
Nan |
March 3, 2014 8:29 PM
"What now?"
Putin could aim to wreck Ukraine economically – to disable it as a genuinely independent state.
Posted by:
George |
March 3, 2014 8:30 PM
very true.
But NATO since the end of the cold war has been expanding ever further eastwards. President Clinton pushed to expand the Nato alliance to the very borders of Russia. It has been angling over the years to draw Ukraine into Nato.
That shows Nato is not interested in co-operation with Russia. I am sure that Putin sees what Nato is up to in terms of geopolitical strategy.
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Peter S Stock |
March 3, 2014 8:57 PM
The Kiev provisional government will be replaced by a "European Austerity" model and result in a government of technocrats from the west. This will be more efficient than the plutocracy that has been thrown out, sure. Look at Greece. And whatever happens in the thermidor. "blame Putin" will be the cry.
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Bob |
March 4, 2014 8:21 AM
Russia has stopped the chaos and death. Good on them. Lots of media speculation as to why they have moved in is rubbish/story stirring. I think the USless country should keep its mouth shut about whats right and wrong.
Lets just sit back and watch Russia do what the UN pretends to do.
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Les |
March 4, 2014 10:03 PM


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Based on the play and film 'Calendar Girls', Gary Barlow and Tim Firth's musical 'The Girls' enters the West End after a long journey. From a workshop in Burnsall Village Hall near Skipton, North Yorkshire, to six weeks in Leeds and a transfer to The Lowry, Salford in 2015; the musical finally had its press night in the West End on 21st February 2017 at the Phoenix Theatre. During its two year journey into town, the show certainly developed a following of loyal fans on route, and as a result the buzz surrounding its West End opening was extremely positive. The plot follows the true story of a group of women who, following the loss of one of their husbands to leukaemia, decide to raise money to buy a settee for the local hospital by posing for, and subsequently selling a nude calendar. To date, these very women continue to raise a great deal for the charity, known as Bloodwise.
I am always wary of work that has been recreated across many genres, in that so often each version has less to offer, and I was guilty of coming to the Phoenix fairly sure I knew exactly what I would be getting. This worried me as a piece of work that addresses such an important subject matter, personal to so many, really needs to have that quality of genuine emotion and honest humour. It's a delicate thing, right? That confession out of the way, I will say I may have known the plot, but this musical is so much more than a familiar story. In its current incarnation, "The Girls" is both heartwarming, uplifting and extremely moving.
Robert Jones' set provides a beautiful background, which is used early on to establish the rolling Yorkshire Dales. As the story unfolds, the stacks of kitchen cupboards serve a more symbolic purpose, tracking the emotional journey the ladies go through by the musical's conclusion. Somehow the closed cupboard doors we see as the piece begins seem to be thrown wide open by the end; the more private elements of the village's community gradually making their way out into the open, whilst the central characters overcame their individual personal demons as the day of shooting the calendar drew ever closer; at one stage literally climbing to the top of the hillside for a joyous release.
This is a production brimming with heart; written, directed and performed with healthy doses of love and laughter, and as a result, it's impossible not to leave the theatre with an overwhelming sense of happiness. An absolute joy.


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Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Percutaneous Laser Revascularization Does Not Equal Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization
Author + information
- Published online December 5, 2006.
Author Information
- Keith A. Horvath, MD⁎ (khorvath{at}nih.gov)
- ↵⁎Cardiothoracic Surgery Research Program, National Institutes of Health, NHLBI, 10 Center Drive—MSC 1454, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
The recent results of a trial of percutaneous laser revascularization (PMR) (1) are noteworthy for their confirmation that this technique does not appear valid; however, these findings cannot be extrapolated to other forms of laser therapy. Although Leon et al. (1) are to be congratulated for performing this study, they have also peformed a significant disservice by equating results from a 3- or 4-mm subendocardial laser divot placed under remote control using an unapproved laser device with results documented in thousands of patients with a Federal Drug Administration-approved laser in which channels are placed under direct vision and treat the full thickness of the myocardium as is performed with surgical transmyocardial laser revascularization (TMR). The researchers dismissed the TMR results as being largely placebo because their results with PMR were equivalent with a placebo group. Whereas the placebo effect plays a role in any treatment, to dismiss objective data, including improved perfusion as noted by single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography (PET) scanning, and improved function as noted by echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) (seen with TMR), is wrong. Such improvements cannot be willed by the patient regardless of the strength of the placebo. The symptomatic benefits seen with TMR have lasted longer in more patients than has ever been seen from any placebo.
Furthermore, to equate surgical TMR with internal mammary artery ligation is unfair at best. In addition to severe angina, all of the TMR patients had angiographic evidence and objective demonstration of malperfusion. It is not known whether the patients who underwent mammary artery ligation even had coronary artery disease.
The primary conclusion that can be drawn from this study is that PMR does not work. To extrapolate that to other laser techniques is akin to stating that, like calcium channel blockers, beta-blockers are ineffectual after a myocardial infarction because both are "blockers."
- American College of Cardiology Foundation
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- Leon M.B.,
- Kornowski R.,
- Downey W.E.,
- et al.


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Anthony Sullivan and Richard Adams were spending a quiet evening watching television in their Tujunga home when Johnny Carson joked about some liberal county clerk in Colorado who had done the unthinkable: issued a marriage license to two men.
It was 1975. Adams and Sullivan had been together for four years and knew they would stay together. They hopped a flight to Boulder, witnesses in tow, were granted Colorado Marriage License No. 1860 and got married.
"When we came home from the wedding, Richard bent down to put the key in the door of our place, and I just remember looking at him and having never felt such love as I did at that moment," Sullivan recalled. "I thought, 'This dear, sweet, wonderful man has gone out on this tremendous limb for me.' I just remember feeling completely full."
But that newlywed joy, as they expected, was quickly tempered by a world that wasn't ready for them.
Shortly after they married, Adams filed a petition with the Los Angeles office of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (as it was then called) seeking permanent residency for Sullivan, an Australian citizen. For heterosexual married couples, the request was routine.
The agency, on official letterhead, responded with one sentence: "You have failed to establish that a bona fide marital relationship can exist between two faggots."
A year ago, the Supreme Court struck down a key part of the federal Defense of Marriage Act, making legally married gay couples eligible for green cards. But Sullivan is still fighting an old battle because his marriage — one of the first legal same-sex marriages in the country — pre-dated the abolishment of DOMA.
Sullivan is 72 now, with a soft voice and shy smile. His beloved Adams died in December 2012, just months before the Supreme Court's rulings on gay marriage.
This spring, Sullivan asked Los Angeles immigration authorities to reopen Adams' petition so he can be granted residency as the surviving spouse of a U.S. citizen.
He's decided to continue to push for his green card for a simple reason:
"The story's not complete."
They met by accident.
Sullivan was in the U.S. on a visitor visa in May 1971 when he stopped at a Sunset Boulevard bar called The Closet. He mistook Adams for someone else and rushed up to him, thinking he was a friend from London. Sullivan quickly realized his mistake but was too polite to admit it and walk away.
"We got to talking," he said, "and I discovered in that conversation someone who was a very rare person indeed."
They fell in love fast.
"It was a day and age in which anything was possible," Sullivan recalled. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks had shaken the country's consciousness during the civil rights movement; Cesar Chavez had led the grape boycotts in California. Young people were protesting the war in Vietnam.
"We really felt at that point in time that people could achieve the world they wanted and the life they wanted," he said. "If two men were in love, why shouldn't they be able to stay together?
Still, they didn't take marriage lightly.
"We knew that if we took a stand, we would be coming up against a government," Sullivan said. "It was no small thing."
Boulder County Clerk Clela Rorex issued marriage licenses to six gay couples, including Sullivan and Adams, in the spring of 1975 after the Boulder County district attorney's office advised her that nothing in state law explicitly prohibited it.
After getting their marriage license from Rorex, Sullivan and Adams exchanged vows in the First Unitarian Church of Denver.
The marriages garnered headlines nationwide, including: "He Marries Lover ... Another Man" and "Is the Country Ready to Accept a Male Bride?" One man, in protest, took a horse named Dolly to the Boulder County clerk's office and applied for a marriage license. The clerk retorted that the horse was only 8 years old and could not prove parental consent.
Rorex issued the licenses for about two months, and "all hell broke loose, of course," she said in an interview. She stopped issuing the licenses and soon afterward resigned. The six marriages were never legally voided, and "people just thought they would go away," she said.
Rorex, then 31 and a self-described new feminist, had been in the elected office for only three months before the first gay couple came to her seeking a license.
"To me, it was simply, here's someone else who's marginalized," she said.
Boulder made headlines again last week when County Clerk Hillary Hall issued licenses to several same-sex couples in the wake of a federal appeals court ruling on gay marriage. Hill issued the licenses despite the court immediately issuing a stay — and despite a warning from the state attorney general that the licenses were invalid.
Although he and Adams always planned to stay together, Sullivan said, they hoped the marriage would be able to guarantee that he wouldn't be deported. His visitor visa, issued in 1971 by the U.S. Consulate in Perth, Australia, expired in March 1975, said his attorney, Lavi Soloway.
When they received the derogatory letter from the INS denying the green card, Sullivan was shocked. "I thought the American government had more dignity," he said.
But Adams was hurt. Born in Manila, he immigrated to the U.S. when he was a child and became a naturalized citizen.
"He had great belief in his country," Sullivan said of Adams. "He believed in social progress and in his civic duty. He religiously voted.... [The letter] profoundly affected him."
The couple sued the INS, challenging the constitutionality of the denial. It was the first federal lawsuit demanding recognition of a same-sex marriage. A federal judge in Los Angeles upheld the denial, and, after years of litigation, the couple lost subsequent appeals.
Australia had already rejected Adams' request for residency. The Times, in a 1984 headline, called them "Men Without a Country."
Facing deportation in 1980, Sullivan asked federal officials that he not be sent out of the country because being away from Adams would constitute an "extreme hardship." In response, the Department of Justice's Board of Immigration Appeals wrote: "We do not find that the respondent's separation from his 'life partner' will cause him hardship, emotional or otherwise, sufficient to rise to the level of extreme hardship."
After losing that case, the couple spent a brief time in Europe before coming back to Los Angeles. They lived quietly in Hollywood to avoid drawing the attention of immigration officials but, in the last few years of Adams' life, began appearing at rallies supporting gay marriage.
Sullivan, in immigration limbo, missed his mother's and brother's funerals in Australia.
"Whilst there are all these terrible things that have happened," he said, "on a personal level, it's all been very rewarding."
Sullivan filed his request to have the green card petition reconsidered at the Los Angeles field office of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on April 21 — what would have been his and Adams' 39th wedding anniversary.
It was the same downtown building where they had applied for a green card in 1975.
Since then, Sullivan had avoided driving down that part of North Los Angeles Street because it was too painful. Asked how he was treated during their initial trip to the office, he replied softly: "Ugliness. Ugliness. I just want to leave it at that." Soloway, his attorney, said that by continuing to push for a green card, Sullivan is "giving the agency the opportunity to right a historical wrong."
Claire Nicholson, a spokeswoman for the agency, said she could not comment on Sullivan's current case "because of privacy laws."
Hiroshi Motomura, an immigration law professor at UCLA, said widowers' petitions for green cards are common and that people have up to two years after a spouse's death to file a petition.
Motomura has taught Sullivan and Adams' case in his class for years, calling it an "unusual, pioneering case" that brought same-sex marriage into the public consciousness. A documentary about their marriage, "Limited Partnership," premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival last month.
"The world has developed alongside the case," Motomura said. "Now, it's a case for the way people used to think."
A few days before Adams died of a brief illness, the Supreme Court announced that it would take up the case challenging the Defense of Marriage Act. Sullivan said Adams died knowing that, soon, a decision on marriages like theirs would be made.
"When my time comes to go," Sullivan said, "I can think I've been made a good accounting of our lives because Richard and I fell in love — and our love, because it was honest, it was romantic and pure and all that, our lives contributed to the freedom of other people who love each other."
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