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Either the former Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin, has gone mad or President Muhammadu Buhari is protecting the embattled speaker of Nigerian House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara and other principal members of the lower chamber accused of budget padding fraud.
Taking a look at can of worms so far busted by Jibrin, there is no other logical conclusion to draw.
Speaking with journalists in Abuja to commemorate what he dubbed, '100 days of the budget padding controversy in the House of Representatives' on Saturday, he dropped another bombshell.
The suspended lawmaker alerted Nigerians over how each member collects N10million monthly. According to him, it explains why a lawmaker with no money after election could easily afford to buy a car worth N20 million immediately after inauguration as the arrangement in the House allows a lawmaker to be paid the cumulative of that amount upfront.
He said, "Members collect about N10 million every month. In the past from when I came into the National Assembly till date, there has been a situation where N10 million has been collected, sometimes between N10 to about N20 million monthly. There is this joke that everybody knows me with it in the National Assembly that I used to tell them in the house that only footballers and basketballers are known to collect such allowances.
"Then to make matters worse, there is a kind of an arrangement, that ensures that the cumulative of that amount is paid to you upfront. That is why you see someone comes into the National Assembly with nothing, after swearing in, he is already buying a car of N20 million. There is a fraudulent arrangement. For instance, if what you take is from N20 million per month that brings it to about N900 billion for four years. There is a fraudulent arrangement that ensures you could get even up to half of that money instantly. It is such a mess."
Jibrin argued that if alleged corruption in the House of Representatives were addressed, ninety percent of Nigeria' s problems would have been solved, as lawmakers oversight all sectors of the country.
For that reason, he vowed that he will continue with the fight until the issue of corruption in the House of Representatives is addressed.
Jibrin again emphasised that he will not apologise." I will continue with this matter. I have said it repeatedly that I will never apologise. Rapprochement have been made to say whatever you have …… and I said look, it doesn't make sense to me to apologise when I know that the People I am faced with are corrupt. Why should I apologise. Maybe, they feel that the three years that is left for us is like fifty years. But because I have been in the system over and over again, I know that it is just like today and tomorrow. Even if they will succeed in ensuring that I remain suspended, the maximum that they can go is three years".
The latest accusation adds to the list of grievous wrongdoings Jibrin has levelled against his fellow colleagues. But, as typical of our country, it seems that those entrusted with law enforcement, are not listening.
Interestingly, those who called themselves honourables fought tooth and nail to uphold what they termed "ethics" of the House, but had little or no interest in the enforcement of Nigeria law which criminalises fraud. It was quite surprising. This leads so many going away thinking that they only sacrificed Jibrin to save their heads.
It is only in a cassava republic that a former chairman of a committee that oversees the budget would raise allegation of budget-padding fraud against principal officers of the House and no probe would be launched.
Such only lends credence to the accusation against Buhari that he is only prosecuting a selective war against corruption – a war in which his friends are firmly protected, while his so-called enemies are made to face the music to the fullest.
The gestapo-style raid on the house of some judges and arrest of some them accused of corruption is still fresh on our minds. In such cases, the prosecution of war against graft is effective and efficient, according to those who accuse Buhari of double standard – but non-existent when the culprits are friends of the president or members of his party.
We are all witnesses to how US democratic candidate, Hilary Clinton is being dogged by an FBI Email probe despite being a member of the ruling party. That is how democracy works. There is only one law for everybody, no matter how highly or lowly placed.
Mr. President, I see nothing persuasive to draw the conclusion that Jibrin is now a mental health patient. This is why it is imperative to ask the relevant law enforcement agency to conduct a thorough investigation. The allegations are too weighty to be legitimately brushed aside. And, in this case, the motive with which Jibrin is making the accusations is legally irrelevant.
Whether you like it or not, one of the reasons why we have recession is because of the profligacy at the National Assembly. And you cannot be serious about getting the country out of recession without turning off the over-flowing financial tap that runs non-stop at the legislature.
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Economics in the Bible
Manna in the wilderness: a foundational story about economics
Economics means 'the affairs of the household' (from the Greek, oikonomia). It refers to the thousands of interactions we have every day, in work, shopping, recreation, and running our homes.
From front to back, the Bible is a book that is fundamentally concerned with how we live in this world. In the Bible, there is no disconnection between our material lives and our spiritual lives. How we live in this world – especially our economic lives – is a central component of all the big Biblical themes, such as sin, salvation, the people of God, worship, mission, evangelism, justice and poverty. The good news that Jesus talked about cannot be fully good until we rediscover these parts of his message.
Economics as a central thread of the Biblical story
- The strange economics of manna in the wilderness
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- Unmasking Mammon: What is money?
- Money and the Misuse of Scripture: Revisiting the Stewarship Parables
- The Perils of Wealth: Why did Jesus say 'Woe to the rich'?
- Dethroning Mammon: Money in the Kingdom of God
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Turkey is a destination that has it all. If breath-taking mountains, stunning beaches and charming villages weren't enough; the country is littered, quite literally, with history. And the ancient province of Lycia encompasses all of the country's highlights.
Turkey was never high on my destination radar, having become (in my eyes) synonymous with all-inclusive package holidays and 'Brits abroad'. But away from the glitz and sprawling five-resorts is a warm, inviting country that not only surprised me but took my breath away day after day.
The first night and last night of the trip is spent in the fascinating, albeit eerie village of Kayaköy. Despite being just a little over an hour's drive from Dalaman airport and just 5km from the raucous resort of Hisaronu, few independent travellers make their way here.
Once a 10,000 strong thriving community, Kayaköy is a now ghost town. It has lain dormant since 1923 it was abandoned following a population exchange between Turkey and Greece.
Since then the majority of the roofs have been removed from the stone houses which has left behind an eerie skeletal impression which looks far more ancient than the village is. The best time to hike through the village is just before sunset when the sprawling sea of houses is bathed in amber light.
You also get the chance to take in the ancient city of Xanthos. Despite being one of the most powerful cities of its time and the oldest city mentioned in Homer's Iliad bizarrely there is barely an indicator that the city is there. Fortunately, our guide Paul had a wealth of knowledge giving us a crash course in the city's vast and violent history – most notably the Xanthosians twice chose to commit mass suicide instead of surrendering to invading forces.
The real highlights of the trip however, are the activities. If you're looking for a fly and flop holiday, this is NOT the trip for you as downtime is scarce outside of evenings. But if like me, you prefer you time away with a bit of added excitement, you will come away from this trip satisfyingly tired and feeling fitter – although the exercise is easily offset with endless mezze and Turkish delight.
As someone who is most at home on a hilltop, summiting Mount Bozkaya was probably my favourite moment of the trip. The 12 kilometre ascent starts in imposing cedar forest, something more associated with Lebanon than Turkey, despite the latter being home to the largest forest of its type in the world. The final stretch to the peak is challenging due to scree and year round snow, but the jaw-dropping views at the top (at 2,050m) are well worth it.
If you prefer coming down a mountain opposed to heading up it or something to get the adrenaline pumping, mountain biking will tick the boxes.
The route contains a mixture of off road and tarmac routes winding through forest and mountain terrain. Be warned some of the inclines are pretty long and gruelling but fortunately a mini bus is always right behind so you can hitch a lift to the top if your legs can't hack it (or if you just prefer to relax and take in the view).
For those who revel in a physical challenge the feeling of satisfaction you get when you hit the peak, lungs burning, only to fly down the hairpin bends, taking in views over the bay as your reward is like nothing else.
With its hidden coves, sparkling islands and stunning beaches, one of the best ways to explore the area is by water.
The four-hour canoeing trip heads down the Xanthos River, finishing at Patara Beach – an eighteen kilometres stretch of golden sand and a protected nesting area for giant loggerhead turtles. Once you get the hang of it, it's a beautifully serene way to see some of the country's wildlife including terrapins and kingfishers.
There's an early start to head out sea kayaking but it means you set off onto the glassy water ahead before any other boats. Turkey's dramatic Mediterranean coastline combines turquoise water with plunging cliffs that appear all the more incredible from the water. After a few hours leisurely paddling, you pull in to a secluded cove for a dip before heading out again over the ancient and mysterious sunken city of Kekova which has been overtaken by the sea as a result of a series of earthquakes. Add in another stop for meze and grill in Simena, the day is definitely one of the most relaxing and soul-soothing on the trip (necessary after the thrills of the previous days).
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What is your opinion on face painting. It is only mentioned in reference to Jezebel.
Lets look into it! Great amounts of makeup on a Christian ladies face has always been a uncomfortable thing for me to deal with, both scripturally and personally. I guess it reminds me of the old sayings about a painted lady, which refers back to that old gal Jezebel. 2 Kings 9:30 And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window. Jezebels name has always been synonymous with a lady who was out for any and all men, and didn't mind what measures she took to get them.
As for those ladies who put their makeup on thick, there are honestly some who do it because of blemishes, scars, or a skin condition, and there is nothing wrong with that if it makes them feel comfortable. Sometimes it's even a matter of insecurity. But there are some Christian ladies who cake it on with a cement trowel because they want to, and to be honest with you, it just doesn't look right.
- It draws attention to them and not to the Lord.
- They're making themselves look like a woman who professes anything but Godliness.
1st Timothy 2:9 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; 2:10: But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.
Now as an old time preacher said in a sermon once; "It don't hurt nothin to paint the barn a little after it's had a few seasons in the sun". A little makeup never hurt anyone. But if it makes you look like a lady who has on her mind anything but doing God's will, well, you get the picture!


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The Libertarian DysfunctionPosted: May 10, 2011 Filed under: Republican presidential politics | Tags: conservatives, libertarians, Pragmatists, Ron Paul, South Carolina Republican Debates 46 Comments
Every time I have any dealings with libertarians, I always wind up saying something to myself to the effect of what is wrong with this people? Are they the products of a dysfunctional family with parents who don't show emotion? Did they have problems bonding or with the attachment process as infants? Libertarians seem like they were all bred in some kind of petrie dish rather than born of flesh and blood people. They seem so oddly unaware of human nature and empathy. I've recently started wondering if it's not really a symptom of some kind of autism because there seems to be so much emphasis on a seemingly detached self-identity and a desire for a reality that seems straight of a bad science fiction novella where the main plot is alienation rather than aliens.
So, this WAPO op-ed by "conservative" Michael Gerson got me thinking about Ron Paul's truly strange statements in that Republican Presidential-wanna be debate the other day. Gerson was using Ron Paul's thoughts on legal heroin as the basis of the argument that the Republican Party shouldn't treat Ron Paul seriously because he's truly not a serious candidate. Advocating legalized heroin–instead of punishing it as bad boy behavior–evidently gives one a lack of gravitas. I thought this strange.
I have to admit that Ron Paul says things that just makes me think he was hatched from an orphaned egg left in a cuckoo's nest. It frightens me that some one with such serious misunderstandings of economics heads a subcommittee over the nation's monetary policymaker. It's like putting a flat earther in charge of NASA. Paul was so surrounded by other odd birds at that Republican debate however, that he didn't stand out more than any one else to me. However, the legalize heroin comment stood out to many of us including Michael Gerson. For me however, it stood out because it's part of the symptoms of denial of social costs and spillovers that you hear coming from libertarians. Paul really doesn't appear to know what it's like to be around the chaos vortex that is an addict. He has a really odd take on human nature. Gerson started out with a pretty good description of that before he fell back on hellfire and brimstone.
Paul was the only candidate at the debate to make news, calling for the repeal of laws against prostitution, cocaine and heroin. The freedom to use drugs, he argued, is equivalent to the freedom of people to "practice their religion and say their prayers." Liberty must be defended "across the board." "It is amazing that we want freedom to pick our future in a spiritual way," he said, "but not when it comes to our personal habits."
Now, I'm of the personal opinion that other people's religion and practices, can in fact, trample on other people's rights. I will only remind you of the time I went out on Sunday in Nebraska to buy creme de menthe to make grasshopper pie and couldn't. Also, you have no idea what it's like to deal with Christmas hoopla when you're never in the mood. However, when you are near people, they do have a habit of getting in your way all the time. What they do impacts you to varying degrees. So, I didn't think Paul could possibly have much experience with addicts because it's hard to avoid the fallout from the disease even if you're not all that intimately involved with them. If you work with them or live near them, their addiction and its costs will be felt.
Or, as Gerson puts it:
This argument is strangely framed: If you tolerate Zoroastrianism, you must be able to buy heroin at the quickie mart. But it is an authentic application of libertarianism, which reduces the whole of political philosophy to a single slogan: Do what you will — pray or inject or turn a trick — as long as no one else gets hurt.
Even by this permissive standard, drug legalization fails. The de facto decriminalization of drugs in some neighborhoods — say, in Washington, D.C. — has encouraged widespread addiction. Children, freed from the care of their addicted parents, have the liberty to play in parks decorated by used needles. Addicts are liberated into lives of prostitution and homelessness. Welcome to Paulsville, where people are free to take soul-destroying substances and debase their bodies to support their "personal habits."
But Paul had an answer to this criticism. "How many people here would use heroin if it were legal? I bet nobody would," he said to applause and laughter. Paul was claiming that good people — people like the Republicans in the room — would not abuse their freedom, unlike those others who don't deserve our sympathy.
The idea that there are actions that don't impact people on any large scale is a weird one to me. Gerson talks about Paul's attitude of "I don't need laws against heroin because I won't use heroin" as a form of arrogance. What really made me think, however, was this paragraph. This is where Gerson dove off the deep end.
The conservative alternative to libertarianism is necessarily more complex. It is the teaching of classical political philosophy and the Jewish and Christian traditions that true liberty must be appropriate to human nature. The freedom to enslave oneself with drugs is the freedom of the fish to live on land or the freedom of birds to inhabit the ocean — which is to say, it is not freedom at all. Responsible, self-governing citizens do not grow wild like blackberries. They are cultivated in institutions — families, religious communities and decent, orderly neighborhoods. And government has a limited but important role in reinforcing social norms and expectations — including laws against drugs and against the exploitation of men and women in the sex trade.
This is where he lost me completely. The government doesn't need to reinforce Judeo-Christian norms and expectations. To me, that's not the role of government. The government should recognize that the behavior of individuals and businesses impact others. Some times, the impact is quite negative. It doesn't need to replace some absentee parent as an angry, punishing daddy. It needs to be more like a judge, a referee, and a prevention coach. Let me explain that.
No one in Love Canal asked to be sold a home sitting on a lot saturated with toxic chemicals. People actively withheld information to make those business deals and a group of innocents were hurt mightily; both financially and physically. You can read studies dealing with communities that have gambling facilities to determine the social costs of those things. You get pawn shops and paycheck advance loan shops. There are tons of predatory businesses that pop up out of no where. Communities also get crime because once gamblers run out of things to hock and ways to borrow, they will steal. Communities will attract prostitutes with accompanying costly public health problems. Communities eventually wind up with destitute people. As a result, many businesses and homeowners leave and the city is left with only problems and no revenues.
Just like I can't imagine drinking day-in-and-day-out, I can't imagine playing any other gambling games where I don't know the rules, the odds, and have a strategy to know when to hold them and fold them. The deal is that I don't have the addiction gene. Problem is, that there are a lot of people that can't either make good decisions or stop. They become chaos vortexes. They drain resources from families that eventually need public help. They emotionally and some times physically abuse people which infers the cost of the criminal justice system. Relatives of addicts may or may not be able to recover without public assistance or spreading issues further across society.
These behaviors are not just personally destructive, they have social costs. We frequently have to pay to clean up these messes after these folks have spun out of control. I also didn't need the government enforcing 'Judeo-Christian' values for me to recognize destructive behaviors and many of these folks with issues had plenty of it. That's no solution either. Frankly, plentiful and good information on statistics and public health should give most people knowledge to make good decisions about prostitution, substance abuse, and gambling. Neither Gerson or Ron Paul want these provisions either. They prefer that be left to chance, happenstance, or some imaginary Father Knows Best.
This is what bothers me about both the libertarian and the conservative narrative described above. You can't just say let them self destruct and not witness that the fall out from destruction frequently is spread wide and costs a lot of money to a lot of people. You can't just say that if some one sits in a pew and hears some kind of moral spew attached to an angry sky god that they're going to just get in control of themselves. There's a genetic component to substance abuse. Certainly, a faceless corporation that only exists for the purpose of creating profit but yet, is treated as an individual legally, is not capable of full considering the costs of its actions on others. Addicts definitely don't consider the costs of their actions on any one. Gerson and Paul's overly simplistic view of people and reality has to come from some blocked pathway in a brain that doesn't recognize the interconnectedness of people and their actions.
Maybe that's why they both have fairly useless views of economics too because, at its essence, economics is about human behavior and choices.
It's not about becoming a national mommy, or daddy, or nanny or whatever. It's about trying to prevent the problems, first off, by providing adequate information to people. Then, it's about judiciously assessing the fall out and compensating society and others for the cost of the chaos. Then, something should be done to try to stop recurrence.
We keep trying permissiveness and punishment. What we frequently get is recidivism and more spillover costs. Somewhere in between the models of permissiveness and punishment is a more pragmatic mindset. Laws, regulations, and government are necessary because humans and their corporate counterparts don't exist in a vacuum and all of them are not good decisionmakers. Their actions aren't always a reflection of either enlightened self-control or fear of retribution by an angry sky god or parent. Of course, government can't do everything for us. But, it should be able to prevent the fall out from the behaviors and actions of others and the spillover costs they entail. That's the real purpose of regulations. Libertarians seem to disregard a bevy of actions where there are victim's of people's individual decisions. Conservatives appear to think that enforcing some kind of moral code via punishment is all that's necessary. Frankly, I'd rather we use less straight-jacket ideology and use our knowledge to figure out what best prevents a problem.
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It's over-simplistic… and that means what, precisely? In other words, you want to tell us that neither alternative works, but don't seem to have a third ready to hand.
Every action has a spill-over effect. The problem with being pragmatic is that there's no clear way to decide which problem's effect is severe enough. Libertarians provide a pretty clear rule that can't be massaged during the hazy formation of some "consensus" into an excuse for the powerful to do whatever they please, which is pretty much the inevitable outcome of pragmatism. Even the Gerson standard has the admirable advantage of honestly admitting that the inevitable outcome of pragmatic decision making is the outcome for which it aims.
It's quite interesting that you mention Love Canal. I've argued with a lot of people, and they often have the entertaining example of presenting dramatic failures of government as examples of why government is necessary.
Your mention of Love Canal is a bit like the time I was sitting in Dr. Speyrer's class, and she told us about debating with the libertarians at Loyola. Her reason for disagreeing with them, she said, is because some govt is necessary, and then offered the absence of traffic signals after Katrina as an example – the same traffic signals that the government took FOREVER to fix!
Now, for my more important point – in pointing out the gnat of private spill-over effects (what happens if people can get on the bus after running thirty miles and not putting on deodorant?) you TOTALLY ignore the camel, as it were, of government spill-over effects (what if the government, in an effort to win a lost war, starts bombing Cambodia and manages to help bring the Khmer Rouge to power?
In a word, that's why the libertarian answer is the only one that makes a tiny bit of sense – government, not asymetric information, not spill-overs, not public goods left unprovided, is the most severe threat to the life, health, welfare, and safety of hundreds of millions of people around the globe.
Would I trade getting rid of a federal government that has killed circa 3 million people in the last forty years in exchange for not having the NOAA? In a heartbeat.
Libertarianism is the only consistent position that any advocate of peace ought to take. Pragmatism kills.
Just read up on Love Canal. You really should have read about it before you used it to attack libertarianism – the NY state govt and army used Love Canal as a chemical dump (along with some waste from the Manhattan project), before granting a chemical company permission to dump there. About 10 years later, the local school district, with full knowledge of the soil toxicity, forced the chemical company to sell it Love Canal, and then built a school there.
So what's that you were saying? 😉
The most telling part of that crappy opinion piece, IMO, was when Gerson contrasted the wicked Paul with the saintly Bush, who, because he once visited a drug treatment center is surely not responsible for the millions of people "humanely" arrested and sentenced to a life of prison, followed by probation, probably followed by more prison if they miss a call to the PO, followed by a life of vanished opportunities and low-income jobs.
To paraphrase Proudhon, that is his justice, that is his morality.
That should read, "'humanely' arrested and sentenced during his presidency" etc.
Can legalizing, or at least counting drugs as a medical rather than criminal problem be any more harmful that our Insane War On Drugs which has made neighborhoods in our major cities less safe than Kandahar? Will more lives be destroyed than under our current system which imprisons more citizens than any other nation on the planet?
Anyone with a knowledge of our history of alcohol prohibition can see the parallels. From the political corruption, gang warfare, unsafe product, and widespread availability, despite all of the danger.
Gary Johnson has given good rationale for legalization. Especially strong is the economic argument. He also has a much better position on abortion than Ron Paul. 😉
When it comes to drugs, abortion, prostitution, or any social issue, I am not thinking of it in terms of "limiting government." The correct rationale, in my view, is that we own ourselves.
"sick people rarely stop by themselves."
They are not stopped by laws, and even manage to continue their self-destruction in prison.
Many people who have done drugs, even hard drugs, have gone on the live productive lives. Some have even been elected President of the USA, if popular belief has basis. Then again, there's yours truly. 😉
I don't believe that if I had gone through the criminal justice system, that my life would have been enriched, and I did quit on my own by age 22.


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Roberts Space Industries wants to know if fans would like to see Star Citizen take a shot at Kickstarter.
Roberts Space Industries is crowdfunding its new Star Citizen project, but rather than run it through Kickstarter it's raising the money all on its own. The studio explained in the FAQ that by going it alone, it can better connect the "crowd" with the creators.
"By building a crowd funding component directly into our site we can insure everyone who wants to back the game can - we provide multiple payment options to make sure that wherever in the world you are there is an option that can work for you. It means you just have one destination to support the project, read updates, and most importantly participate with other members of the community!" it says. "Kickstarter, as great as it is, can't deliver this experience, which is why we've decided to go it alone."
Flying solo has led to some issues, as the rush to throw money at the new game from the guy who did Wing Commander overwhelmed the RSI servers, but that all appears to be smoothed out now. Even so, it appears that minds might be changing, as a message posted last night on the Roberts Space Industries Facebook page asked fans what they thought of the idea. "The opinion of all of you as a community is paramount to us and we are listening," it says.
So far, over 900 people have expressed their desire to see Star Citizen on Kickstarter by "liking" the post, a relatively small amount compared to the 9300-plus who have already pledged to support the game. Even so, I wouldn't be surprised to see it happen; Obsidian's Project Eternity recently blew past the Double Fine Adventure to become the most successful videogame Kickstarter ever, so that well obviously hasn't run dry yet.


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January 3 2017
Free printed, digital and social resources are now available via Public Health England's Campaign Resource Centre to help health professionals encourage smokers to quit.
The new campaign materials include posters tailored for different health care settings, and toolkits with packs of materials ready-made for use. In addition to ordering via the CRC, the pharmacy toolkit is available through the pharmacy order line on 0300 123 1019, said PHE.
Digital and social resources include:
- leaderboard digital banner (customisable versions available);
- MPU digital banner (customisable versions available);
- skyscraper digital banner (customisable versions available);
- email signature;
- digital TV screen;
- organic Twitter and Facebook posts, with suggested copy (customisable versions available);
- paid (sponsored) Twitter and Facebook posts;
- gifs – a 15sec and 5sec version (download).
This year's Smokefree Health Harms campaign features a new television advert, highlighting the dangers of tar in cigarettes. It shows how poisons from tar enter the bloodstream, spreading around the body within seconds and causing damage to major organs.
There's also a PR video, featuring Dr Dawn Harper and Dragon's Den investor Hilary Devey, showing what happens to blood when smoking tobacco. This can be viewed on the NHS Smokefree YouTube channel.


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President Rouhani: No World Power Can Decide for Iran
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani praised the country's independence after the Islamic Revolution in 1979, saying that today, no world power can decide for the Islamic Republic in the international arena any more.
Speaking in a gathering of commanders and officials of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) in Tehran on Tuesday, President Rouhani emphasized that before the Islamic revolution, global superpowers used to interfere in Iran's internal affairs and decide for the country.
That era is gone, he said, adding, "Today, there is no power or superpower that can decide for (Iran's) Establishment anymore… nor would we allow them to do so."
Elsewhere in his remark, Rouhani described Western sanctions imposed on the Islamic Republic as "cruel".
Pointing to the successful conclusion of nuclear talks with world powers, which will result in the termination of the anti-Iran sanctions, he said the Iranian nation managed to put an end to the embargos thanks to the guidelines of Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei and the bravery of the country's armed forces.
Iran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany) on July 14 reached a conclusion on a lasting nuclear agreement that would terminate all sanctions imposed on Tehran over its nuclear energy program after coming into force.


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I was born on the 1st April 1941 in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England and was raised in Hampstead, London. On the same date an RAF Wellington bomber dropped the first 4,000-pound blockbuster bomb of the war: these two events are not connected.
On completion of my education in 1959 I was employed in various capacities in a wide variety of jobs trying to find my niche in life.
By late 1961 I was becoming increasingly disenchanted with the society in which I lived and learned that assisted passage from England was offered to suitable applicants for employment in the commonwealth. I applied to Bermuda, Hong Kong and Rhodesia. In February 1962 I arrived in Harare to join the British South Africa Police. I served in the force for twenty years, mostly in the various rural communities and, on being commissioned, some five years in Gweru and Bulawayo. During this time I also got married and, with my wife, raised three children.
On retirement from the Zimbabwe Republic Police force I joined a commercial engineering concern with whom I remained until 1994 when an opportunity arose for me to start my own engineering business. In 2014 I disposed of my business and started work for a similar business owned by my son.
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It's Chamber Music Week in Dorset
Musicians from the Caroga Arts Collective (CAC) will collaborate for a week of chamber music, Sunday through Wednesday, August 26-29. Five vibrant performances will include music by Debussy, Mozart, Brahms, Korngold and Massenet. Performances are on Sunday, August 26, at the United Church of Dorset and East Rupert at 10 a.m. and at The Barrows House in Dorset at 6 p.m. ; on Monday, August 27, at the Dorset Village Library at 3 p.m., when they will present a Musical Storytelling Kids Workshop, and at The Dorset School at 6 p.m.; these events are free and open to the public. A final concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, August 29, at the United Church of Dorset and East Rupert; tickets, available at the door, will be $15 for adults and $10 for students. Musicians-in-residence include the KASA Quartet (Andy Liang, Aaron Schwartz, Stephanie Price-Wong and Dr. Kyle Barrett Price); Alix Raspé, harp; Graeme Steele Johnson, clarinet and others. These award- winning musicians have been separately featured on NPR's From the Top; have performed with the American Symphony Orchestra, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, the Seattle Symphony and the Columbus Symphony, on The Late Late Show with James Corden and in major motion pictures. Based in Caroga Lake, N.Y., CAC was founded by Dr. Kyle Barrett Price to create interdisciplinary and inter-arts collaborations among musicians, artists, scholars and their communities. To find out more, go to carogaarts.org, or email [email protected]


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"Homeland" has added Martin Donovan and Shaun Toub for Season 3, The Huffington Post has confirmed.
Donovan will play Bennett, a partner at a DC law firm. Toub will play Majid Javadi, a Middle Eastern intelligence officer. The Hollywood Reporter first reported the casting news.
Donovan's recent TV credits include "Boss" and "King & Maxwell." Toub has appeared on "Lost," "Chuck" and "NCIS."
"Homeland" stars Claire Danes, Damian Lewis, Morena Baccarin and Mandy Patinkin will all return for the third season on Showtime. Diego Klattenhoff, who was a series regular during Season 2, may recur.
The cast of "Homeland" Season 3 will also include Joanna Merlin, Nazanin Boniadi, Amy Morton, Lawrence Clayton and Tracy Letts.
"Homeland" executive producer Alex Gansa revealed some details about the new season in a May interview on ABC's "This Week." "The issue in this season is, what happens if it were learned that a major attack on the United States was sponsored by a state? These are the big concerns that we're going to deal with in the first sweep of episodes," Gansa said. "And then there's the big question about, you know, where Brody is?"
"Homeland" Season 3 premieres Sunday, Sept. 29 at 9 p.m.


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From Seattle Catholic comes news that the White House snubbed Rocco Buttiglione possibly to please "old Europe" on behalf of the State Department. Although this may just be Robert Novak's conjecture, it is worrisome. The EU is doing everything it can to forget its Christian heritage and to push the religion of secular humanism.
We Catholics should hope Malta can continue to fight the good fight within the EU. The small island nation is mostly Catholic and abortion is illegal. This does not sit well with the "old Europe types" in the EU but Malta so far has been able to stick up for itself. Hopefully, "new Europe" countries such as Poland will be able to remind the EU of the Catholicism that is at the heart of its history.
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For the locals: Ed Lowe joins the Long Island Press.
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This weekend was spent getting a Christmas tree, shopping, and wrapping. Fortunately, it ended on a high note: a performance of the Christmas portion of Handel's Messiah at St. Ignatius Martyr Church in Long Beach. One of the tenors was none other than the Recovering Choir Director. A special treat was a performance of Bach's Magnificat in D major and needless to say, there were no backing tracks used at this concert.
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Amica Aspen Woods & the SCA Community Association are pleased to present the first Southwest Seniors Social Dance on Friday, June 21 from 7-10pm! Celebrate the summer solstice with an evening of dancing and the wonderful music of The Silence in B'tween.
"Silence In B'tween" is a professional, musical group of 'fun-loving' and passionate musicians who love blending classic musical genres of many generations! From the 40's era to the modern scene, they play Foxtrots, Rumbas, Waltzes, Cha-Cha's, 3 steps, Polkas and contemporary dancing styles from a repertoire of Yesteryear Pop/Vocal Greats, 50's Rock & Roll/Do-wop, Swing/Jazz, Traditional Country and 70's Soft Rock music.
We hope you will join us for a fabulous evening of music, dance and community spirit to kick off summer! No partner necessary. Cash bar. $10 per ticket.
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"My times are in thy hand…" – Psalm 31:15
David trusted God with each day, and with all his days. The individual days and the collected days of his life he knew rested in God's hands. David, who had been a somewhat forgotten son but chosen of God and anointed by His prophet. David, who had carried cheese to the battlefield for brothers but then became the warrior of Israel. David, who went from shepherd in the fields to sovereign over a nation. This David surely knew change.
David found comfort in times of trial by resting in the knowledge that the One outside of time held his times in His hands. David could know, as one writer puts it, that change does not rest on chance.
This understanding lends weight to the Psalmist's declaration in Psalm 31:5, "Into thine hand I commit my spirit…"
Some 1000 years previous Moses expressed this truth in Psalm 90, that the Timeless and changeless One cared for those who live under the rule of time and change. Nearly 1000 years after David lived, when the sinless Son of God, Jesus Christ, approached the cross and suffered for mankind, He too found comfort in this truth. As Jesus approached His final moments under the duress of time He voiced the words of verse 5, "Into thy hands I commend my Spirit." As Spurgeon expressed,
"These living words of David were our Lord's dying words…"
Some embrace change, others resist it, but what no one can achieve is to avoid it. Much of human existence revolves around the restless nature of time, and with that may come confusion, fear, excitement, bitterness, and countless other reactions and emotions.
But the knowledge that our times rest securely in the Sovereign hands of God should be a soothing balm to the believer's mind.


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Glycine is a colourless, sweet-tasting crystalline solid. Glycine is not essential to the human diet, as it is biosynthesized in the body from the amino acid serine. Glycine is an inhibitory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system, especially in the spinal cord, brainstem, and retina. Glycine serves as a buffering agent in antacids, analgesics, antiperspirants, cosmetics, and toiletries. Many miscellaneous products use glycine or its derivatives, such as the production of rubber sponge products, fertilizers, metal complexants.
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Wedgwood (SIGNED FIRST EDITION)
New York: The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1948. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 7 1/2 X 10 1/4 Inches. 118 PP. Very Good. Item #725
Signed and inscribed first edition in the original decorative boards. Front cover in "Wedgwood" blue. Signed and inscribed by Hensleigh Wedgwood (date Nov. 13th, 1956) on the ffep. A history of the family and the famous pottery. Slight toning throughout. Boards a bit yellowed and worn at the edges.
Price: $15.00
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No morning meeting means an earlier email! Also, forgive me if Monday is boring, but there's just so much good stuff today….
In downtown news:
More Edison news – new renderings!
There's a new restaurant in Oakwood
That gas station on Hillsborough Street
Shots of the pool at 222
Downtown apartment news
In Raleigh news:
Race for the Cure is tomorrow
We are keeping the Hurricanes until 2024
That's so Cary…
In local-ish news:
You wanted luggage?
A 92 year old man is not allowed to marry is 17 year old fiancée
How much radiation is your cell phone giving off??
In irrelevant news:
Friday the 13th may in fact be a safer day…
I really think Amy Winehouse is one of the scariest people in the world
Okay – maybe these guys are…
Traveling Mayhem at 42nd Street tonight
Blue Grass at Capital City tonight
Yoga in the Park tomorrow morning
Cravin Melon will play Downtown Live tomorrow
Capital City is also having some kind of block party tomorrow
Acoustic Sets at Deep South The Bar on Sunday
Fun Stuff:
How rich are you? Sort of cool – sort of a punch in the stomach…
Remarkably/embarrassingly entertaining
I'm with Emily – I don't know why this is so funny to me…but it is. [youtube]
Today's Sign of the Impending Apocalypse:
12 year old cell phone addicts
Happy Friday the 13th!
"tell me how I'm supposed to breathe with nooo aiiirrr" - yeah, I went there :)


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Lost Coast Designs added some fabulous new stamps to the LCD catalogue in December and we're very pleased to see that so many of you have already added them to your collections, YAY! If you haven't seen our fab new designs yet then pop on over and check out our NEW IMAGES page, they are so freaking awesome, you're going to want them all!
The LCDesigners are now super excited to kick off the new year with a New Stamps Showcase where we will share our projects featuring the new stamps every single day for the next 2 weeks so sit back and enjoy all the fab DT inspiration!
Would you like to win one of our new stamps? I'm sure you do so stop by every day of the showcase and let us know what you think of our featured project(s) then on the last day tell us which new stamp is your favourite! Readers who comment every day of the event will be entered into a random draw to win their fave new stamp!!!!
For Day 3 LCDesigner Nikki is sharing 2 projects, a gorgeous ATC and a CAS card featuring these awesome new stamps:
Cracked Bird from Cracked Critters Set One
and our new Nuance Powders
Cracked Party Cat
Thanks for visiting with us again today, now don't forget to come back tomorrow and every day until Jan 31st for tons of "New Stamps" DT inspiration and leave us lots of love for the chance to win your fave new stamp!
ALL stamps of Poe and related imagery by other companies can be used, and one participating blog will be randomly selected to win a $10 gift certificate to spend at LCD/CV! Click HERE for all the info and to grab the Blog Roll code. I hope you'll stop by for loads of Poe inspiration and join the hop too!


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Nice and large extendable dining table model 140 designed by Borge Mogensen and manufactured by Karl Andersson, Denmark 1955. The table is 130×130 cm round and extendable using 2 extension leaves up to a 216 cm long table. The table has nice brass details. The table is made of oak wood and the complete table is refinished and is in excellent condition again. The table can use up to 8 chairs easily when extended, a fantastic large Danish dining table for multiple uses and ready for direct use.
Fully refinished with high quality UV protection lacquer with preservation of authenticity. Also completely structural checked and ready to use.
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Apart of their adorable and beautiful looks skunk may become one of the problems to you especially in your garden.
Skunk is a mammal that is famous to produce a very bad scent in protecting them from any danger. This scent is produced from an anal gland as a defensive weapon when they felt that they are in danger.
This scent can protect them from many dangerous predators such as bears, wolves and foxes. The chemical that they produced not only produces bad smells but can also causing temporary irritation or blindness if the attackers are closed enough with the skunk.
The chemical that produces the bad smell if happened to be in contact with your clothes or properties would be very hard to be cleaned with any ordinary washers.
You need to use special chemical that is specially made to break the chemical molecules of the smell in order to get rid of it.
Besides producing a very bad smell which is the major problem of skunks, skunks can also bring damages to your garden. They can dig around your lawn and vegetables or flowers' beds as they are looking for their food.
They can also even consume your flowers or vegetables directly as skunks are omnivorous types of animal that can eat a wide range of small animals and plants.
If you are having problems with skunks in your area or garden, please do not be worried as there are many ways on how you can keep the skunks away from your garden.
The best news is all the materials and tools that you need to have in order to keep the skunk away from your garden are very easy to find and buy. You can even buy it online and have them delivered at the front door of your house.
To help to ease you, in finding the best method of keeping the skunks away from your garden, i will list some of the easily available tools and materials that you can buy it online.
Without any further delay, below are some of the ways on how you can get rid of skunks in your garden.
a) Expel® Natural Animal Repellent & Mice Repellent
As you can see from the picture given, Expel Natural Animal Repellent is a type of spray product.
To use this product you need to spray this product to the place where you think the animals would go. Places such as your trash can and plants that are often attacked or any other places that are usually being targeted by the skunks are the places where you should use this product.
This product uses only natural ingredients and will be totally safe for the environment, human and even to the animals that you want to repel. The chemical used to repel the animals will not harm them; the chemical will only act to keep the animals away from your properties.
The chemical acts by irritates the smell senses of the animals.
With a few attempt, the animals will be tired of the irritation caused by the chemical and will eventually give up to ever come again to your properties.
If you would like to know more about this product and read what previous buyers said about this product please click here.
b) Havahart Critter Ridder 3142 Animal Repellent Granular Shaker
Unlike the above said products that uses liquid to be sprayed at the targeted area, this product comes in granular form. To use this product you just need to scatter them around the area where you think the skunks would go.
This product will irritate the body of the skunks and also the smell senses of the skunks when it got into contact with them.
The irritation will make the skunk to feel uneasy and will eventually make them to leave your properties and never come near you again.
Same as the previous product, this product is also made from natural ingredients and will irritate the targeted animals. It is totally safe to the environment as well as human too.
According to the manufacturer this product is also compliance with the organic gardening requirements.
If you would like have further reading about this product's description and how it works please click here.
c) Aspectek Predator Eye Nighttime Solar Powered Animal Repeller
The way how this skunks repellent works is very different from the two products mentioned earlier.
This product does not use any chemical to repel the skunks that is going to invade your properties but instead it uses the flash light to scares the skunks so that they don't come near and eventually run away from your properties to other places.
This product uses battery power to operate. With one charging this product can operates up to 30 days without any problems. The great thing is that you do not have to worry about to charge the devices regularly as it is equipped with automatic solar charging technologies that will automatically recharge during the day.
This product is also water proof; therefore you do not have worry about it become broken because of the rain. You just need to set it where you want it to be, to repel the skunks.
Quite impressive ratings were given by its previous buyers to this product.
If you are keen to know more about this particular product, please click here. You can also read what other people wrote about this product there.
d) DR.OWL Mole Repeller Outdoor Solar Powered Ultrasonic Animal Repeller With PIR Sensor Protect Your Yard Lawn Garden
This product works almost the same as the above mentioned skunk repellent.
It will produce flash lights that will scare away the skunk that are coming to your properties.
Compare to the product mentioned before this skunk repellent gained a very impressive customers rating.
This can be an indication for you that this device works very well and buyers are very satisfied with its performance.
Please click here if you would like to know more about this device.
e) Havahart 1090 Easy Set Collapsible One-Door Cage Trap for Rabbits, Skunks and Squirrels
This is another great way on how you can get rid of skunks that are invading your garden.
This is a trap that you can catch the skunks alive and then you can release them far away from your area.
Please click here if you would like to know more about this trap.
f) Spray – proof Skunk Trap
This is another type of skunk trap. The good thing about this trap is it can protect you from the skunk spray as it is equipped with enclosed body.
This is a great way to catch a skunk as skunks tend to excrete or spray chemical that can produce a very bad smell when they feel threatened.
To catch the skunk with the trap you have to put bait in the skunk's trap to lure them to get into the trap. The trap's door will automatically close when the skunk tries to eat the bait.
If you interested in buying this product and would like to know more about it please click here.
To conclude this article, there are actually many ways that you can use to keep skunks out of your garden.
You just need to choose one that can suit your requirement. You can also try multiple ways in your properties to keep the skunks away from your garden instead of using one method.
If you have suggestion or other ways on how to get rid of skunks in your garden I would be grateful if you could share it in the comment section below so that it can help other people to solve their problem.
Lastly, should you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask me in the comment section below. Thanks you for taking time to read this.


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Thanks to all of your for your great feedback on my last blog post on airframe selection. There has been a lot of interest and misinformation about NDVI images on here recently, so I thought the topic deserved its own post. Briefly, I explained a little bit of history, why NDVI may not be the best index for UAVs, and showed some ground-truthing we did with NDVI maps. It ended up being a little too long to summarize here, but check it out at http://agribotix.com/blog/2014/6/10/misconceptions-about-uav-collec...
I would encourage anyone interested in the topic to check out some of Compton Tucker's original papers on the subject as they are really illuminating as to how the index came about. There is a lot of home research on Public Labs dedicated to making NDVI work with different systems, but NDVI was never a golden standard and different equipment may require different image processing metrics.
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Thanks Daniel, that all makes sense.
DroneCon sounds great. Unfortunately, I'm currently 14,212 km from Boulder, Colorado.
I love the hot stove idea. Great application of physics in household appliances!
Wow - 80% is huge. I knew there was some contamination of NIR in the blue channel, but assumed it was small. It seems then, that using the BG3 and and calculating NIR-VIS using the blue channel for VIS, you're actually getting something like:
NIR - (Blue+0.8NIR)
= 0.2NIR - Blue
i.e. not good.
Hence your idea to use a different filter, and green for VIS, where less NIR is present.
(Let me know if my reasoning is wrong here.)
The only thing that I didnt understand was when you said:
"...if you play with my script, you'll see there is really no difference in between using the blue or the green as the visible channel, so it probably doesn't matter which one you choose."
Based on what we've talked about, surely there should be a difference, and green should be better?
I'm also curious about what you and others think about the various options for creating Vegetation Index imagery. There's ImageJ of course, but is anyone using Pix4D or AgPixel? My trial for AgPixel expired before I received my BG3 filter so I was unable to test it with any of my own images. Pix4D's latest version appears to have good options for Vegetation Indices, but it's not in everyone's budget :-)
P.S. I just thought of this:
Since the Blue channel absorbs a lot of NIR, you could install a Blue-cut filter, and use the Blue channel for NIR, and Green for VIS.
I expect it would give similar results to the method we were talking about in the previous posts: namely a Red-cut filter, allowing you to use the Red channel for NIR, and Green for VIS.
I wonder if this is being done, and what would be the pros and cons of these two approaches?
I used ImageJ
The same photo with AgPixel, nice program but too expensive
Hi Richard,
Your reasoning is spot on. So much NIR light leaks through the blue channel that theoretically using the green should deliver better results. However, I just don't see that practically. Generating a DVI image using the blue yields an almost identical result to using the green. I believe its because there is a much greater difference between the NIR and either the blue or the green than the blue and the green.
We use Fiji for the calculations. I don't think it makes much sense to buy Pix4D unless you also need it for the stitching. I've never used AgPixel.
Hi Richard,
This is the other common way to collect NIR images and there are a few posts on Public Lab about using this technique. You end up with NIR, green, and NIR+red channels. Before I figured out that DVI images were groundtruthing very well (I will post a bunch more examples in the next week or so), I was a little frustrated with NDVI and was planning on trying this out. Imaging is going very well now, so I'm sticking with our current setup, but I want to play with this this winter when things slow down to compare the two. I suspect they are equivalent, but it would be nice to know for sure.
Hi all - In case anyone is still following this I wanted to let you know that I updated the Photo monitoring plugin and guide for ImageJ/Fiji to add DVI and NDVI in a drop-down menu. I posted a research note on the Public Labs site about that with a couple examples of DVI and NDVI comparisons. My hope is that this will make DVI and NDVI comparisons easy to do.
Excellent work, thank you Ned for these great tools.
Very interesting discussion, am I too late to participate? My back ground is in remote sensing - lots of hyperspectral data processing so I admit my bias is for lots of narrow bands. :-)
I think I can help address some issues here. You mention that you don't see a lot of difference in using either the blue or green channel to make a DVI. I think the main thing that contributes to that is the fact that bands are so broad in a camera or GoPro - the blue band also detects a lot of green light and vice versa. Look at the spectral plots of various cameras - maxmax has several plots. The bands overlap severely. I'd wager you would see more difference in DVIs if your blue and green channels were much narrower - say 20 nm or so - like they are on a multispectral sensor. That's why I prefer narrow bands - they allow you to focus on specific spectral features.
There has also been some discussion about getting anomalous NDVI or DVI values in shadows. I agree with Ned in that there is no reason why either NDVI or DVI show give you more anomalies. John Stuart in his post on 6/12/14 showed a set of images where the NDVI showed some vegetation signal in a few shadows. If you look at his NIR image you do see some red in this area so I would suspect there is indeed veg there - possibly weeds sucking up water between the crop rows.
OK, so why are there anomalous NDVI or DVI values in some shadows? It's because healthy plants with a good leaf structure reflect NIR light so efficiently - more so than any other wavelength. It's the leaf structure that reflects the NIR. This is to help the plant stay cool. So where does that scattered NIR light go? It goes everywhere! Including the shadows. So if we follow the path of some NIR photons, they would scatter from a nice healthy plant, into shadows, maybe some absorbed but others reflecting back up to the sensor. The effect is that you are contributing to the NIR apparent reflectance from the shadows. And since there isn't much signal coming from shadows anyway, it doesn't take much to get an increased NIR signal from the shadows and that would account for your anomalously high NIR-vis signal in dark areas.
I learned all this in class but was really struck by this when I was working with some low altitude hyperspectral data where there were some bushes and grass next to a road. I converted the data to reflectance and then extracted a reflectance spectrum from the center of the road. I was amazed by how much that road reflectance spectrum looked like vegetation reflectance! There was a strong NIR signal. I was 4 or 5 pixels away from any veg but the scattered NIR light from the veg contributed strongly to the signal of the dark road. Same would happen with shadows as there is not much signal coming from them either.
For accurate work you should convert your images to reflectance so you don't have variations due to sensor sensitivity differences, scattered light, solar irradiance curve, etc. That's not to say you can't get a good DVI product from a camera to GoPro. You can, it's just that you can't really compare one collection to another unless you go to reflectance and normalize the vegetation index to account for illumination variations. That's why the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) is so widely used.


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The Mushroom Men are mutant mushrooms. They are loyal to their leader Fungus Humungous!
The Mushroom Men first apperared in the episode Fungus Humungous. They attacked the Turtles, April, and Casey. They sprayed them with a toxin that made them see their greatest fears!
Leonardo managed to come over his fear and defeated them (along with their leader) with sun light.
But one of the Mushroom Men can be seen on Mikey's pizza... and it's twerking! This final Mushroom Man was presumably killed in the destruction of the Sewer Lair by the Kraang.
- They spray a toxin that makes you hallucinate (Much like a drug).
- The panic-induced toxin from the Mushroom Men is a reference from Scarecrow's poison in "Batman Begins".
- They look like creatures that made roles as main enemies in few levels of the 1993 SNES videogame Zombies Ate My Neighbors.
- It's still unknown if they will return. Rather unlikely, however.
- It's still unknown that one of them will mutate into Fungus Humungous or not.
- It's unlikely a toy will be made.
- The music they dance to before knocking Leo into Fungus Humungous' lair is a slightly sped-up version of Tchaikovsky's Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy.
- It's still unknown what happened to the one that twerking on pizza of Mikey. (Probably he just threw it away into the trash).
- The only survivor of them might grow in the numbers again. (If it can escape from Mikey).
- Like Newtralizer, they were named by Donatello.
- They most likely came in contact when a stray mutagen canister it most likely fell into the sewers and splashed over a fungi colony.
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Prairie Lights Bookstore (Iowa City, IA)
Bookstore, Shop, University
Iowa City has long been a literary haven of the Midwest, thanks in large part to the famous Iowa Writers' Workshop of the nearby University of Iowa. Seventeen Pulitzer Prize winners and six US Poets Laureate have been graduates of the program, attracting international literary fame to Iowa City. This culture is best represented at Prairie Lights Bookstore, a massive four-story independent shop that has serviced the local literary community since 1978. Check out great recommendations from their resident book buyer at Paul's Corner or take in an art exhibit at their on-site café.


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Southwest Black Bean Pasta
Total TimePrep/Total Time: 15 min.
Makes2 servings
- 1/2 cup uncooked spiral pasta
- 1/3 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 1/3 cup frozen corn, thawed
- 1/3 cup black beans, rinsed and drained
- 1/4 cup chopped celery
- 1/4 cup chopped carrot
- 1/4 cup salsa
- 1/4 cup Western salad dressing
- 2 tablespoons sliced ripe olives
- 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and finely chopped
- Cook pasta according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine the remaining ingredients. Drain pasta and rinse in cold water. Stir into bean mixture. Chill until serving.
Editor's NoteWear disposable gloves when cutting hot peppers; the oils can burn skin. Avoid touching your face.
Nutrition Facts1 cup: 254 calories, 6g fat (3g saturated fat), 13mg cholesterol, 738mg sodium, 41g carbohydrate (11g sugars, 5g fiber), 11g protein.
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Aug 25, 2012
Needed something quick and easy to make for my son's peewee football after-game tail gate. Couldn't find Western Dressing, so i made some from this link http://www.food.com/recipe/western-salad-dressing-117023Turned out great, I hope I still have some left for the tailgate... it's so good!
May 30, 2011
This was yummy. I tripled the recipe and used a whole can of black beans so I probably had more beans than the recipe called for. I used a southwest ranch/chipolte salad dressing, although not as much as was callled for in the recipe as I did not want it dripping in dressing. Will definitely make again.
Jul 9, 2009
western dressing is a red dressing similar to Catalina but maybe not as sweet.
Jul 9, 2009
I don't recognise Western Salad Dressing. Can some one tell me what it is? Like Miracle Whip or? Thanks!
Jun 25, 2009
One of my favorite recipes. I like to use Southwest Ranch dressing instead.
Jun 24, 2009
This recipe is one of the best pasta dishes that I have had in a long time and it is even better a couple days later


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Supporters of long-term social change should not just be providing resources to organizing campaigns. They should also be focusing on helping decisionmakers become more able to hear the messages that social change campaigns are sending.
What good is funding campaigns to send faxes, emails, tweets, phone calls and letters to legislators who are already overwhelmed by unstructured incoming messages? Why not also work on tools to help the legislators track and manage inbound communications more effectively, so that they can actually hear the voice of organized people over the din of organized money?
Why not invest in providing government with the tools to run proper community engagement processes that bridge traditional in-person public meetings with online technologies? This probably requires some interesting innovation in online discussion tools.
Most social change advocates believe fundamentally that government works. Why don't we systematically invest in helping it transform itself so that it can be more open and responsive to our advocacy?


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'Radlett 4' is ready for the decoration! We have recently completed another stage of heavy works on this project and we strive for further progress.
Major structural works on Radlett 4 project have been finished by the end of 2015. Recently, High End Builders were busy on underfloor heating installation and floor screed on the ground floor. Windows and bi-folds have been fitted in and electric and plumbing first fix has been successfully completed. Ground floor will be now covered with plasterboards and plastered afterwards. First floor is now being painted. Upper floor bathrooms will be soon neatly tiled with stylish floor and wall tiles.
'Radlett 4' project has started in 2015. Two-storey building has been demolished and prepared to be fully refurbished. House is being provided with new electrical, plumbing and heating systems. Decoration process has just started. At the final stage of this project, we will be implementing bespoke bathrooms and wardrobe units.
Amazing Radlett
Radlett is really special for High End Builders. We have 4 ongoing amazing projects in this lovely area and we can now reveal that it is not over! There are at least 2 more properties in this neighbourhood which will be soon redesigned and refurbished by our amazing team. Radlett itself is one of the most prosperous places in the UK. The population in Radlett is approximately 8,000, the town mainly consists of detached and terraced houses with large gardens. The town centre is surrounded by picturesque countryside which gives a great opportunity for leisure activities. A couple of years ago Radlett has become a property hotspot because of the good transport links and its proximity to the capital of the country.
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Online consultations: no substitute for face-to-face appointments
Technology is everywhere. Google processes 40,000 queries every second and Facebook has over two billion active users. A third of the world's population carry a highly sophisticated and powerful computer in their pocket (it's called a smartphone). Even autonomous cars are no longer the sole preserve of a 1980s David Hasselhoff. But technology is also now trying to revolutionise the way we practise medicine


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Did goe to the Western Australian Hot Rod, Street Car, And People Dressed Badly Spectacular at the Claremont Showground today and was greatley entertained. The entertainment is aptly and accurately named as I saw several hot rods, a number of street cars , and a vast horde of…
I believe that there must be a lack of mirrors in the houses of Perth. Perhaps there was a drought on the mirror farms – it might have been a general government ban – perhaps midnight thieves have removed all the mirrors…whatever, the effect has been to deny men, women, and young people the chance to look at their appearance before they leave their houses. Before they venture out in the street – before it is too late.
Today, as far as the general dress of the show-goers…it was too late.
I have been rinsing my eyes with boracic acid and patting them dry with cotton wool and hope to be recovered enough to venture out again tomorrow. I am contemplating a reverse burqa – everything open except the eyes.
Moving onward from this, here are three pictures of something that startled me today -an Allard motor car. It startles me because it is an Allard, it is in Western Australia, and it is in a hot rod show. I would have thought the bird rare enough in its native land – the United States – and so far back in time – the 1950's – as to preclude ever being seen elsewhere. Perhaps there was enough mining or pastoral money accumulated to import it. Or perhaps it was just spores that drifted in on the wind – whichever it was, I am delighted to see the beast.
Unfortunately behind a barrier, and unattended, but I hope to do more research – it is a marvellously blended style – reminiscent of someone's memory of pre-war art deco streamline styling. Please note the suicide doors provided for scooping up cyclists in the back streets of Nedlands after dark.
The portholes are too small to be functional but do act as punctuation marks for the marvellous bonnet line. I look in consternation at the provision of a marvellous grille covering a small bonnet opening and wonder if it is a mis-alliance of two designs. Likewise the marriage of a sweeping French front end with a pedestrian British back end. This odd jointure is not exclusive to Allard – we can see it time and time again in other designs – almost as if two teams worked on a body shell and were compelled to weld their ideas at about the front pillar line.
One thing I can certainly applaud is the colour chosen – a plain cream shade with echo in the wheels. I hope the owner never gives in to the urge for flames or ghost skulls along the side. Or turns his baseball cap backwards and puts sunglasses on the top of it, for that matter…


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When it comes to starting a family, nothing is more special or important. Many people's dream is to have a family, and for some people that option is not available, here is where adoption comes in to play. Whether you want a baby, toddler, kid, or teenager, adoption makes this life dream into a reality.
Many people of all ages choose adoption as a factor when it comes to expanding their families. Older couples and younger couples alike choose adoption to help a child in need, or because they are not able to have children of their own. Adoption is truly a beautiful and wonderful thing, as it allows families to help children in need, as well as fulfilling a void in their own lives.
There can be a long waiting list for adoption, as well as a lot of paperwork to fill out, and it is also a long process. All of this is worth it, when your new adopted child comes home to you to join your family. The whole process of adopting can be, fun and scary at the same time. With adoption agency Las Vegas NV, this process can be a truly fulfilling life event.
There are also many options when adopting, people can choose from open or closed adoptions, giving the birth mother rights or no rights when it comes to your adopted child. There are also professional social workers that will come and check on you and your adopted child from time to time, making sure everything runs smoothly. When it comes to adopting, this journey can be life fulfilling.
Professional adoption agencies are all over the world, people can reach out to any one of them to get the ball rolling. These agencies will assist in clients adopting preferences, as well as help and encourage you along the way. There is a special bond when it comes to adopting a child, and you can be this child's life saver.
At adoptimist.com you can search for babies and kids that are in need of adoption. Opening your home to a child in need, is a blessing in itself. There are also programs and specialists you can talk to while on this journey of adopting. The joy and the way your life will change once you adopt a child, has no words.
There are so many children out there that need homes, and so many families that need children that adoption is becoming very popular these days. People looking to adopt, can also go to comparezaz.com to see the many open and closed adoption choices there are. Children are a true joy in life, and by adopting you can fill your child's and your own hearts.
There are many adoption agencies, that will work with individual children to ensure the parents and child are a true match. By doing this, it ensures that all members involved in this adoption are truly happy and satisfied with each other. Open your home to a child in need.


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Yang Yang Tu's Maze and Cube Educational Toy
Yang Yang Tu Discloses The Maze and Cube Educational Toy
Yang yang Tu, the project leader of the highlighted work Maze and Cube - Educational toy by Yang yang Tu says, Maze and Cube is an educational toy which combines 3d maze with 3-orders Rubik's cube. The maze will change when children rotate the cube. It creates a variety of possible status. There are three ways to complete the game. Children can roll the ball in the cube reach the terminal point, restore the Rubik's cube or make them at the same time. This toy provides a motivation for the development of right brain and memory ability. It can train children's eye-hand coordination and space thought..
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Constructors champion Red Bull Racing have decide to pay every member of its staff with a bonus $16,000 after winning the Formula One Drivers' and Constructors' championships for a third, consecutive time in 2012, the Telegraph reports.
This will cost the energy drink-owned squad millions, but not as much as the financial windfall of winning the title as spelled out in the Concorde Agreement brings them. According to Telegraph's Tom Cary McLaren failing to leapfrog Ferrari for second place in the constructors' standings in Brazil cost them about $12 million.


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We established the 66 Ranch in 1979. Ranching, cows & horses are bred into us. Our grandparents and great grandparents came to Montana at the turn of the last century and established their homesteads. Our families started with herds of herefords, Bim's family in the Augusta area and Janas' in the Larb Hills & Loring Mt area.
We have developed a Red Angus herd of cattle that must perform in our harsh Montana environment. We expect our cattle to excel in the feedlot as well. Our bulls calves are selected for calving ease, growth and maternal instincts while not over looking carcass values. They are fed to gain 2.5 pounds daily and have to do so here in the North country. Our bred heifers are expected to breed up in a 45 day time frame. Our mother cows work for a living.
The hand full of horses we raise get their first job working cattle. They learn to handle their footing, work a cow and learn the overall patience expected from a ranch horse. We have used a lot of running, performance lines in our breeding choices. Our entire family enjoys working with horses.
Family horse gather 1944
66 Ranch
Our Home on the Range


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Saaho Movie Trailer, Release Date, Wiki – Prabhas, Shraddha
So, big release coming up on 30 August i.e. Saaho featuring Prabhas, Shraddha Kapoor in the lead role. Check out the Saaho movie trailer, Release Date, wallpaper, wiki, cast details. After ruling the box office for a long time with Baahubali series, superstar Prabhas is coming with a crime thriller, Saaho. Saaho is action film … Read more


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Injured? The Law Offices of Larry H. Parker will fight for you as your car accident attorney in Stanton CA
Are you suffering from injuries due to a car accident? Assuming you were not at fault for the accident, you deserve compensation to cover your medical bills and help you through the recovery period. However, getting this compensation can be challenging. You will have to file a car accident injury claim with the insurance company or possibly even go to court to get the money you need and deserve.
Don't Go It Alone
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Most people understand that they need to contact the insurance company after a car accident. But they may not understand the value of contacting an attorney for help with the insurance claim process. Remember, the insurance company always wants to limit the amount of compensation they pay out. Your auto accident attorney in Stanton CA, on the other hand, will fight aggressively to help you maximize your compensation. As your attorney, The Law Offices of Larry H. Parker will:
- Help Prove Liability: Determining who caused a car accident sometimes requires research to collect all available evidence and then detailed analysis of that evidence. Because the insurance company wants to limit their costs, they may not be motivated to do this. They may even find a convenient reason to accuse you of causing your own accident. The best way to protect yourself is to have a skilled auto accident attorney in Stanton CA from The Law Offices of Larry H. Parker on your side. We know exactly where to look for the evidence needed to prove liability, whether you have been injured by another driver or by a manufacturer's defect in your own vehicle. We will even call in experts like accident reconstructionists as needed.
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For 2019 I am going to make a conscious effort to use my papers, revisit my dies and stamps and get the most out of them. Otherwise I'll be found drowning in crafty stock! I am going to be very good in what I may order this year, I'm saying that because I love 'Heartfelt Creations' products and they have some products that I've been looking at for a year at least!
The above statement brings me to today's card....
The top panel on this card was in one of my project files and I 'found' it whilst looking for something else
A Couture Creations embossing folder was used, named Ambrosia, along with white card
Once embossed I gently coloured it using a Distress Oxide Ink Pad in broken china
Working backwards the panel was adhered to royal blue card, then white and finally the base card also using the royal blue cardstock
I added 3 lengths of string and held it in place on the inside of the card
The birthday wishes was die cut 6 times and glued together
Here's the tip: if you want a gorgeous sheen on your sentiment and don't have 'glossy accents' or similar, remembering that you have to wait until the glossy accents dries completely, dab a clear stamp pad, such as VersaMark, onto the sentiment then sprinkle clear embossing powder over it, remove excess and heat set
You can see on the above photo how it shines
For the inside of the card I have only added plain paper until I know where the card is going
Now for the first card winner of 2019
Random Name Picker
Your card will be in the post on Monday
- white card - The Range
- royal blue card - Creative Expressions 41041
- Ambrosia e/f - Couture Creations
- Distress Oxide in broken china - Ranger
- Birthday Wishes die set - CE CED5426
- VersaMark Clear Stamp Pad - Tsukineko
- clear embossing powder - WOW
Until tomorrow
June x


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There's nothing like reading a book that stirs and moves you, that inspires change. A book that you can relate to, one that has you nodding your head in agreement the entire time you're reading it. One that makes you want to meet the author and become fast friends.
When you're feeling fat —which is typically code word for an array of emotions — when you feel your recovery is tenuous, when you want to improve your body image, when you want to read a good, inspiring story, these books can help. I've either read these books, will be reading them shortly or have heard wonderful things about them.
What are your favorites?
You'd Be So Pretty If…, by Dara Chadwick, is a great resource for moms, moms-to-be and really anyone with body image issues. Part memoir, part practical guide, this book delves into Chadwick's own body image issues and offers advice to moms on being a positive role model. Stay tuned for an upcoming interview with Dara!
50 Ways to Soothe Yourself Without Food, by Susan Albers, Psy.D, explains why we emotionally overeat and how we can curb it. I just purchased this book, and it offers a wealth of great advice. Other valuable books by Albers include: Eat, Drink and Be Mindful:How to End Your Struggle with Mindless Eating and Start Savoring Food with Intention and Joy and Eating Mindfully: How to End Mindless Eating and Enjoy a Balanced Relationship with Food. I'll be featuring an interview with her, too.
Goodbye ED, Hello Me: Recover from Your Eating Disorder and Fall in Love with Life, by Jenni Schaefer. An amazing eating disorder advocate, Schaefer has written an honest, hopeful book that talks about her own recovery, focuses on enjoying life and gives readers the tools to help them with theirs.
Another book I've heard great things about is Schaefer's first book, Life Without ED: How One Woman Declared Independence from Her Eating Disorder and How You Can Too.
Health At Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight by Linda Bacon, Ph.D. Think everyone can (and should) be skinny if they just work hard enough at eating right and working out? Bacon debunks many myths about weight using today's science and offers practical advice. I'll also be interviewing her in January for Weightless. A lot of great interviews planned, for sure!
100 Questions & Answers about Anorexia Nervosa, by Sari Shepphird, Ph.D.
Here, Shepphird, who has over 20 years working with individuals with eating disorders, offers a complete, straightforward guide about anorexia and debunks many pervasive myths. Whether you'd like to find out more about anorexia or have a loved one with the illness, this is a great read. I've interviewed Shepphird before about eating disorders and her book here and here.
Love Your Body, Love Your Life: 5 Steps to End Negative Body Obsession and Start Living Happily and Confidently , by Sarah Maria, lays out an inspiring, spiritual guide to overcoming poor body image. Sarah Maria talked to me about her book and building a healthy body image here and here.
Feed Me: Writers Dish About Food, Eating, Weight and Body Image, edited by Harriet Brown, consists of a collection of beautiful, heartbreaking (and so relatable!) essays by great female writers, including Magali Amadei of the blog 5 Resolutions, who writes about her bulimia, and Kate Harding of Shapely Prose. This one is on my to-read list!
Does This Pregnancy Make Me Look Fat? , by Claire Mysko and Magali Amadei, is a body image guide for moms and moms-to-be. Today, many women are terrified about how their bodies will look during and after pregnancy, and our culture happily fuels these insecurities, promoting an insidious pressure. I've heard great things about this book, which surveyed over 400 women.
This Is Who I am: Our Beauty in All Shapes and Sizes, photographed by Rosanne Olson, is a beautiful collection of photos of women of all ages, shapes and cultures. Each picture is accompanied by a story, told by the woman portrayed.
Crave: Why You Binge Eat and How to Stop by Cynthia M. Bulik, Ph.D. The Director of the Eating Disorders Program at the University of North Carolina, Bulik has extensive experience in treating eating disorders, including binge eating disorder. In her book, Bulik discusses why individuals binge eat and gives us the tools and techniques to stop.
Again, I'd love to hear about your favorites below. What books have inspired you?
Also, if you have any questions for the authors I'll be interviewing, let me know below. Just leave your questions in the comments or send me an email at [email protected]