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Himanta Biswa Sarma likens Assam Congress lawmaker to Pakistan
Addressing a public rally at Barkhola in support of BJP candidate Rajdeep Roy, Sarma said voting for Dev would drag Silchar backwards by five years.lok-sabha-elections Updated: Apr 14, 2019 10:20 IST
Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday likened sitting Congress MP and candidate for the Silchar Lok Sabha seat Sushmita Dev to "Pakistan", and said there is no work for her here.
Addressing a public rally at Barkhola in support of BJP candidate Rajdeep Roy, Sarma said voting for Dev would drag Silchar backwards by five years.
"PM is Modi, CM is Sonowal, I am the minister, Kishor Nath is MLA here. In between this, what is the job of Sushmita Dev? This is India, but there is a Pakistan in between.
Will it work? No work will happen," the NEDA Convenor said.
Voting in favour of Modi will be for development of the country, the state and Silchar, he added.
"You can see that Sushmita Dev is very nervous. First, she brought Rahul Gandhi, then Pakistan PM Imran Khan's friend Navjot Singh Sidhu. Tomorrow (Sunday) again, she is bringing Priyanka Gandhi. She knows that she did nothing in the last five years and is sure to lose," Sarma claimed.
He alleged that the Congress does not have any ideology and keeps changing its version on the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, while the BJP is firm on its commitment that all the refugees will stay in India.
Sarma also asserted that the BJP will win all the five seats that went to polls in the first phase, "with a margin of two lakh votes each".
Voting for the Silchar Lok Sabha constituency will take place in the second phase of general elections on April 18.
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I examine the political consequences of prison development in the United States. I theorize that the prison apparatus not only upholds a system of racial hierarchy and class stratification, but also links the economic stability of lower-class, rural whites to the continued penal confinement of poor, urban minorities. Analysis of an original dataset suggests that local reliance on existing prison infrastructure throughout many economically-depressed rural communities strengthens political support for harsh criminal punishments and militates against reform efforts. Political representatives have powerful interests in protecting rural prison investments, regardless of their actual economic impact in host communities. The evidence indicates that rural prison development contributes to the perceived economic viability and political power of rural areas, while reinforcing forms of punishment that destabilize poor urban neighborhoods and harm politically marginalized populations.
In the last decades, the American state has radically enlarged the array of policy instruments utilized in today's governance of the poor. Most recently, through a process of outright "seizure," the state now exacts revenue from low-income families, partners, and friends of those individuals who in very large numbers cycle in and out of the nation's courts, jails, and prisons. In an analysis of legislation, judicial cases, policy regulations, blog, chat-line postings, and survey data, we explore this new form of taxation. In doing so, we endeavor to meet two objectives: The first is to document policies which pressure individuals (mostly men) entangled in the court and prison systems to rely on family members and others (mostly women) who serve as the safety net of last resort. Our second objective is to give voice to an argument not yet well explored in the sizeable incarceration literature: that the government is seizing resources from low-income families to help finance the state's own coffers, including the institutions of the carceral state itself. Until now, no form of poverty governance has been depicted as so baldly drawing on family financial support under the pressure of punishment to extract cash resources from the poor. This practice of seizure constitutes the very inversion of welfare for the poor. Instead of serving as a source of support and protection for poor families, the state saps resources from indigent families of loved ones in the criminal justice system in order to fund the state's project of poverty governance.
Recent political science scholarship examining the institutional features of the rights revolution has highlighted the importance of the private enforcement of civil rights. This article discusses a less well-known line of Supreme Court cases concerning government liability that have undermined effective private enforcement of constitutional rights. I examine the impact of the Court's "procedural assault" on private civil rights enforcement and possible responses to the recent protests in Ferguson, Missouri, and elsewhere across the country regarding police use of force. After identifying the ways in which the Court has undermined a core strand of the rights revolution, I assess the challenges confronting the Obama administration and civil rights leaders as they respond to these developments.
In contrast to sterile forms of apology or the evasions of color-blind political discourse, calls for reparations explicitly link the realization of democratic ideals to a history of antiblack violence and exploitation. I explore three dimensions of Ida B. Wells's antilynching writings that anticipate and enrich contemporary demands for reparations for slavery and Jim Crow. First, Wells's commitment to truth-telling, a centerpiece of reparations efforts around the world, models how to criticize received understandings of both past and present and revise them in the service of more democratic ways of life. Second, her gender- and sexuality-conscious analysis of the political and economic causes and effects of antiblack violence adds a dimension that is missing from many reparations arguments. Third, Wells both advocates an active citizenry and demands collective responsibility for the protection of black citizenship; in so doing, she reveals the racial and gendered underpinnings of contemporary disavowals of responsibility for racial justice, dressed up as "personal responsibility," and offers a powerful rebuttal.
Over the last decade, the impact of emergencies on the American state has become the subject of renewed interest. While early literature in the post-9/11 era often overlooked the historical development of crisis governance in the United States, many scholars have begun to uncover the precedents that continue to shape modern emergency management. In an effort to clarify the main analytical assumptions of the existing scholarship, I construct three models of emergency statebuilding: permanent emergency state, national security state, and contract state. The models each share an underlying framework of historical institutionalism, which defines the state as a stabilized material institutional structure that is disrupted by emergency conditions—exogenous shocks that cannot be incorporated into the normal statebuilding processes or legal order. Yet this perspective is ill-equipped to explain institutional change. I propose discursive institutionalism as an approach that emphasizes how discourse and ideas construct emergencies as objects of government management—in different ways, at different times. I then illustrate the utility of this perspective by demonstrating the influence of national planning ideas on efforts to prepare the state for emergencies before they occur.
In this Praxis Reflection, I reflect on the relationship between teaching and imprisonment. I describe a college program at a prison in Jessup, Maryland, and argue that liberal arts-style college classes should be widely available in prisons even as we work to dismantle the current system of mass incarceration.
Since 2012, the Deportation Research Clinic, part of the Buffett Institute for Global Studies at Northwestern University, has been pursuing research on government misconduct under the rubric of what Jacqueline Stevens calls "forensic intelligence." The Clinic uses law and publicity, including scholarship, to create new realities, which in turn produce new facts and knowledge. Stevens draws on scholarship by S.M. Amadae, Noam Chomsky, Philip Green, Chalmers Johnson, Kenneth Osgood, Ido Oren, Michael Rogin, and Frances Saunders to explain the relation of "forensic intelligence" to the "national intelligence" paradigm now organizing mainstream political science research. The article concludes by describing how U.S. government and economic elites distort research and teaching priorities, and provides examples from Northwestern University.
Over at least the past quarter century, observers, historians, and journalists have painted a damning picture of the treatment that African Americans have received from their government and fellow citizens, not only during slavery and the era of segregation but far into the twentieth century. Yet many of these observations and reports have simply been ignored and, although others received some attention for a time, none has become part of the country's standard public history. My premise is that the continued failure in the United States to incorporate these observations and reports into its standard history has a profound effect on its political culture. I therefore begin by briefly recalling some aspects of post-Civil War African American history and consider the American antipathy to confronting this history by looking at Charles Mills's account of "white ignorance." While some theorists have tried to supplement Mills's realist framework with a more sophisticated one indebted to Critical Theory, I move in a different direction, drawing out some of the implications of the distinctive approach known as philosophical hermeneutics. By doing so, I hope to demonstrate how a hermeneutic perspective can contribute to serious discussion among U.S. political scientists and political educators about the links between racial inequality and historical understanding and its absence.
The legitimacy claims of liberal democratic states are typically couched in the
language of individual rights and the rule of law. But contemporary liberal
democratic states increasingly appeal to a logic of security, law and order, and
the need to combat "political extremism." This logic plays
out in Ukraine, Egypt, and Turkey, and in Greece and Germany, but also in the
U.S., France, and the UK. It is an increasingly important feature of politics in
societies that may be experiencing a rough "transition to
democracy," but also in societies that are conventionally regarded as
"consolidated democracies." The normative and practical
challenges presented by this situation are fundamental. Alexander S.
Kirschner's A Theory of Militant Democracy: The Ethics of Combatting
Political Extremism offers one interesting take on these issues, which cut to
the core of political science as a discipline. We have thus invited a range of
political scientists from a variety of subfield and methodological perspectives
to comment on the book and on the broader topic the book engages—the
ethics of combatting political extremism and indeed the very political
construction of "political extremism." —
Jeffrey C. Isaac
The legitimacy claims of liberal democratic states are typically couched in the
language of individual rights and the rule of law. But contemporary liberal
democratic states increasingly appeal to a logic of security, law and order, and
the need to combat "political extremism." This logic plays
out in Ukraine, Egypt, and Turkey, and in Greece and Germany, but also in the
U.S., France, and the UK. It is an increasingly important feature of politics in
societies that may be experiencing a rough "transition to
democracy," but also in societies that are conventionally regarded as
"consolidated democracies." The normative and practical
challenges presented by this situation are fundamental. Alexander S.
Kirschner's A Theory of Militant Democracy: The Ethics of Combatting
Political Extremism offers one interesting take on these issues, which cut to
the core of political science as a discipline. We have thus invited a range of
political scientists from a variety of subfield and methodological perspectives
to comment on the book and on the broader topic the book engages—the
ethics of combatting political extremism and indeed the very political
construction of "political extremism." -- Jeffrey C.

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Viktor Frankl, a path-breaking psychiatrist, once told the story of a woman who called him in the middle of the night to calmly inform him she was about to commit suicide. Frankl kept her on the phone and talked her through her depression, giving her reason after reason to carry on living. Finally she promised she would not take her life, and she kept her word.
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Horrible True Stories Left Out Of Biopics To Make The Person Look Better
List Rules Vote up the omissions that most dramatically change your impression of the real people.
So you know how movies aren't real? The same goes for biopics. Nobody's perfect, and if all biopics presented totally accurate portrayals of their subjects, then we wouldn't have a lot of feel-good stories in Hollywood. Would anyone have wanted A Beautiful Mind to win the Best Picture Oscar if they thought Russell Crowe's character was a racist deviant? Wait. That actually literally happened. That wasn't a good example. But the truth stands: biopics have to cut corners to tell well-rounded stories, and it's often easier to leave out the less-appealing story beats. No one is going to get chills when they're told that their movie hero is a child molester.
Historical inaccuracies in Oscar-bait movies are nothing new, and the list of things biopics omitted for convenience ranges from ex-girlfriends to genocide. To be fair, not everyone on this list was mind-blowingly horrible to the people around them. Some were just portrayed in a mildly better light in order to etch out a clear-cut hero/villain narrative for dumbed down American audiences. Read on to see if that includes you.
History - and popular culture - remember the Tibetan monks as victims of Communist China's cruel mid-century takeover of Tibet. The reality is much more complicated. Before China invaded the Tibetans' homeland, the 'peaceful' monks often kept and tortured human slaves. They also overtaxed and mistreated most Tibetans under their rule.
Martin Scorsese's Kundun, which follows the life of Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th and current Dalai Lama, paints Tibetans as nonviolent victims for the sake of story. Before the 1997 movie arrived, this myth had already been promulgated by the monks themselves in an effort to curry national favor.
Everyone, including the Oscar-winning Gandhi, assumes that Mahatma Gandhi was morally pristine because he was starving all the time. Not the case. As it turns out, the brave, peaceful hero of Colonial India was actually kind of a pervert. As a 'test' of his piety and purity, he would sleep next to young girls - including his grand-niece - and force himself not to touch them or become aroused.
This disrespect for women fell in line with his documented assertion that menstrual blood is a "manifestation of the distortion of a woman's soul by her sexuality." Oh and he also believed that black people are sub-human. But Ben Kingsley's acting (and brownface), tho.
There's no way that The Miracle Worker, a 1962 film about tutor Anne Sullivan teaching Helen Keller about friendship, self-confidence, and hope, was not going to make audiences feel good. Helen Keller is considered to be one of the most heroic people of all time, and for good reason: though blind and deaf from a young age, she went on to receive a Bachelor of Arts and inspire people across the country through lectures and writings.
Despite her own disadvantages, however, she still didn't believe that other disadvantaged people should be allowed to coexist with normal citizens. In the early 20th century, as the international public began to embrace eugenics - AKA the process of filtering out undesired traits from the gene pool through breeding and genetic experiments - Keller was one of the first to write:
"It is the possibility of happiness, intelligence and power that give life its sanctity, and they are absent in the case of a poor, misshapen, paralyzed, unthinking creature."
She also added that allowing a "defective" child to die was simply a "weeding of the human garden that shows a sincere love of true life."
Apparently, Helen Keller didn't want any competitors for the title of "most inspirational blind/deaf person in history."
The 1962 biopic, Birdman of Alcatraz, tells the story of the mild-mannered first-Leavenworth, then-Alcatraz prison inmate, Robert Stroud. In the film, Stroud, played by Burt Lancaster, is certainly rebellious (he's in prison for something, after all), but his overall tenor is one of care and affection; after all, he nurses and breeds sparrows and canaries in a specially designated area of the prison. In the film, Stroud's rebelliousness peaks in his penning of a critique of the US prison system.
In real life, though, this overwhelmingly gentle, mild-mannered version of Stroud is far from accurate. In fact, Stroud remained incredibly violent and aggressive throughout his prison sentence, and some of his fellow inmates have even characterized the film as a "comedy" because it's portrayal of Stroud is so far from the truth.
The real "Birdman of Alcatraz" once viciously assaulted a hospital orderly, stabbed a fellow inmate, and constantly created "chaos and turmoil and upheaval" while behind bars. Conveniently, most of this behavior didn't make the biopic.


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I moved to Jackson because I love the sport of skiing. Growing up ski racing has allowed me an excellent foundation for skiing, but ski racing was never "my thing" per-say. I could never manage to be the fastest one down the mountain, and here lies my motivation to compete in freeskiing. I love to compete, I'm a competitive person by nature and I love to ski. I think this sport could be for me.
I have been training since May with determination to compete in this years FWT. I reorganized my work schedule to accommodate 4 nights a week at Mountain Athlete with coach Rob Shaul. I've motivated, pushed myself and fought through mental and physical exhaustion. Now working 6 or 7 days a week, saving as much as I can for the winter months and throwing every last bit of energy into work outs at the gym or on the single track mountain biking, with the hopes of being a solid competitor this year. Regardless of results just being a competitor and having fun with it, doing the thing that I love to do-- Ski.
Mountain Sports International (MSI) has announced the first stop of the Freeskiing World Tour this year to take place at Ski Arpa, right in the shadows of the highest peak in the Americas, Cerro Aconcagua. It's now time to make the decision with the help, support and motivation from my family, friends and motivators (especially my Mountain Athlete cohorts), do I take this opportunity by the horns and go to Chile? This is the best opportunity for new athletes in the tour to earn points, to qualify and to be able to move past their first competition jitters.
So, do I empty my bank account, take some time off work, pack up my skis and buy the plane ticket to Chile?
To learn more about the FWT or the Ski Arpa event, check out the press release: here.


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The nano/micro-scale Transport Engineering Laboratory (nTEL), under the direction of Prof. Jeffrey L. Moran, investigates the fundamental physics underlying nano and microscale transport phenomena in fluids, especially involving interfaces and electric fields. Our work will enable design of better sustainable energy systems, more energy-efficient and affordable wastewater treatment methods, and even improved treatments for diseases like cancer. See our publications page to learn more, and contact Prof. Moran for details.
Research snapshots:
Heat Transfer enhancement using active particles
As they move through fluids, self-propelled particles stimulate the fluid around them, engendering fluid flows that can be complex. We are interested in the capacity of these flows to lead to convective heat transfer enhancement in the fluid. Initial Molecular Dynamics simulations show that indeed self-propelled particles can enhance the effective thermal conductivity of particle suspensions by 10% compared to conventional particle (nanofluid) suspensions. Next steps are to scale these results up to larger particles, different particle shapes, and faster swimming speeds. This research has the potential to change the course of heat transfer fluids in the coming decades.
Self-propelled Particles in Biomimetic Gels
Despite the much-touted promise of using nanoparticles to deliver targeted therapies for cancer, the vast majority of these carefully-engineered drug-laden nanocarriers fail to reach their intended targets (i.e., tumors). We are developing self-propelled nanoparticles that will navigate through the extracellular matrix surrounding a solid tumor, guided by magnetic fields and tracked using ultrasound imaging, to deliver payloads in and around tumor sites.
Ultra-Insulating Gel Materials for Garment Applications
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"I want to show you how he lived..."
Say what you will about Tom Cruise, this is by far a masterpiece in regards to showing us how the Samurai truly worked. The scenerey, costuming and casting really bring you into the era in a way very few movies can anymore.
It's a great movie to watch, it's a great movie to have as background noise. I've watched it a few times in the past couple of weeks.
I haven't done this segment in a while, I needed to dust off the cobwebs!


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Genome data as well as biochemical studies have indicated that – as a peculiarity within hyperthermophilic Archaea – Thermoproteus tenax uses three different pathways for glucose metabolism, a variant of the reversible EMP (Embden–Meyerhof–Parnas) pathway and two different modifications of the ED (Entner–Doudoroff) pathway, a non-phosphorylative and a semi-phosphorylative version. An overview of the three different pathways is presented and the physiological function of the variants is discussed.
Abbreviations used: EMP, Embden–Meyerhof–Parnas; ED, Entner–Doudoroff; GAP, glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate; GAPDH, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase; GAPN, non-phosphorylating, highly allosteric GAPDH; GAPOR, ferredoxin-dependent glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate oxidoreductase; KDG, 2-keto-3-deoxy gluconate; KDPG, 2-keto-3-deoxy-6-phosphogluconate.
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South Wales Dairy Technical Officer
Farming Connect
Farming Connect is a high profile, integrated project which supplies focussed training, support and advice, delivered through a pan-Wales programme of knowledge transfer activities, specialist advice and support for innovation. A key objective is to increase the emphasis on business-focused behaviour, therefore improving profitability, competitiveness and environmental performance of farm, forestry and food businesses in Wales.
Farming Connect is funded through the Rural Development Plan (RDP) 2014 - 2023, which is funded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the Welsh Government.
Aim of the Role
To provide dairy specific expertise in the development and implementation of trials for the programme's three tier model of demonstration sites in-line with the Farming Connect Strategic Advisory Board's priorities.
Main Responsibilities
Support the Technical Development Manager in ensuring technical development targets are achieved and the service provided is of the highest standard
Ensure that Welsh Government's strategies and policies are incorporated into the delivery of the programme
Work as part of the Technical Development team providing expertise in the Dairy Technical Officer specialism within own region and across other areas, according to the demonstration site specialism requirements and locations
Lead on at least one other key sector, priority or cross cutting theme to be determined by the Farming Connect management team
Continually develop knowledge and understanding of other specialisms, ensuring the provision of a holistic service to the customer; with a commitment to carrying out any research and learning and development required to meet these needs
Research the priority areas to explore which have been identified by the Strategic Advisory Board, Knowledge Transfer Sub Group, Knowledge Exchange Hub and Development Officers
Proactively identify new opportunities for research and trials
Assist the Technical Development Manager in the development of quarterly Knowledge Transfer Delivery Plans for approvals by the Knowledge Transfer Sub Group, taking consideration of all sectors and cross cutting themes
Regularly and systematically liaise with the Technical Development Manager in disseminating themes, research findings and programme content via the quarterly Delivery Plans, ensuring core industry project findings are incorporated into day to day responsibilities as necessary
Support the effective performance of the Knowledge Transfer Sub Group, ensuring the careful management of the balance between top-down strategic aims and bottom-up industry led demands
Plan, implement and evaluate on-site trials and projects
Lead on the development of Demonstration Site projects, trials and events with the relevant Development Officer, ensuring there is no duplication, but rather enhanced complementarity, between projects and that they meet the needs of the local community
Work closely with the relevant Regional Development Manager and Development Officer, ensuring the effective planning and implementation of Innovation, Demonstration and Focus Site events within a specific area
Work closely with the Marketing and Communications team to ensure that events are promoted according to the integrated marketing and communications strategy to the target audience in an effective and timely manner
Ensure that the Farming Connect website is updated regularly with all reports and updates form projects and best practice events
Ensure that event registration and attendance at events are recorded according to the Service Centre's innovative registration and attendance recording methods; and that these are submitted to the Service Centre in a timely manner
Ensure that accurate and relevant reports are regularly provided to the Technical Development Manager to facilitate the process whereby Farming Connect technical development outputs are accurately monitored, reviewed and reported to the Contract Manager and Welsh Government in-line with contract requirements, and in order to satisfy relevant Audit requirements
Collate statistics on Farming Connect's Dairy activity and contribute to reports for the Technical Development Manager
Attend meetings as requested by the Farming Connect management team
Ensure standards for quality, customer service, equality and diversity, health and safety and biosecurity are met
Accept other reasonable duties and responsibilities as required
Represent Menter a Busnes as required
Skills and Experience
Educated to degree level, or equivalent, in dairy, agriculture or related subject and/or demonstrable experience of working in the agricultural industry in Wales
Thorough knowledge of the agricultural and forestry sectors in Wales, with the ability to identify the latest information and research work relevant to those sectors
Able to disseminate themes, research findings and programme content in a practical and clear manner relevant to the audience
Recent experience of working with academic organisations and institutions
Extensive awareness of agricultural policy development, as well as Welsh Government strategies and policies
Experience of organising events
Strong project management skills
Able to produce qualitative and quantitative reports in a timely manner
Able to develop and integrate new services in an effective and timely manner
Able to make difficult and timely decisions for the benefit of the business and/or service, including raising appropriate concerns regarding service delivery, budgets and staff/sub-contractors
Advanced presentation and interpersonal skills
Able to be proactive and drive things forward effectively, both independently and as part of a team
A self-motivator, accepting responsibility for setting and reviewing priorities for achieving targets, with a clear focus on quality
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Advanced standard of IT skills, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Email, Databases and Internet
Full driving licence and use of a car (this role may require travel across Wales)
Oral and written bilingual (Welsh/English) communication skills
Knowledge of the Farming Connect Programme
Aberystwyth, Caerfyrddin, Caerdydd neu/or adref / home.
More Information
If you'd like more information about this post, please contact:
Dewi Hughes
01970 631412
How to Apply
Applications for this post can be made by downloading and completing the application form and the equal opportunities monitoring form below.
Please return these forms either
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Closing Date
The closing date for applications is: 14 October 2019 at 10:00
Equality and Diversity Policy
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I searched all around for the best way to wish you happy holidays and then it just came to me. All I needed was the perfect song, so here it goes.
Have a great holiday from Happy Place Design and Wham! :)
Man that song will always be awesome. heh
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2.2 The Rental Period cannot be exceeded unless Boutique Retreats give written approval. The Customer will be liable for any cost of whatever nature incurred because of an unauthorised extension.
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I forgot to add something to my prior post about the Bush press conference. What the heck is all this nonsense about freedom being a gift to the world's people from The Almighty and it being America's obligation to spread freedom? Well, George, if you're intent on a crusade, you're looking for the Sangrail in the wrong place. If your true motives are securing freedom for oppressed people (and not securing cheap oil for Americans and more no-bid contracts for Halliburton), can I suggest a few other places you might want to launch a crusade?
How about the Sudan, where the Janjaweed militia is killing upwards of 1,000 innocent people a week? Or how about all those other countries in the Middle East where torture is commonplace, like Egypt and Saudi Arabia? Or maybe we should start on the homefront, where I don't feel particularly free with schmucks like Colin Powell Junior and Asscroft running around trying to censor content that I like, or with seizure laws that allow police officers to legally steal my car if they think I smoked a doobie in it?
No, Mr. President, we don't need a crusade here. As much as we like it, we can't say with a straight face that western democracy equates to freedom. Nor can we assume it's a moral imperative to spread our values all over the known world in the name of God-given freedom. And stop acting like Sir Galahad trying to track down the Sangrail at all costs - not only is it not feasible for us to free the entire oppressed world, but it's not appropriate. So quit the crusade language, will you?


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Preah Vihear
A. Cash For Works and Civil Work (CFW/CWs) Scheme
I. The PPMU, PDRD & PDOWRAM participated in a two days CFW training workshop conducted by CPMU at Siem Reap to disseminate the updated CFW guidelines and to train the line department officials on the requirements for a CFW sub-project implementation (proposal preparation, implementation and closing out). An exposure visit to a completed CFW and Civil Works road and canal sub-projects was also organized. A total of 5 officials from PPMU, PDRD and PDOWRAM participated in the workshop.
II. There are 6 CFWs sub-project proposal (5 roads and 1 canal rehabilitation) have been submitted and approved by the CPMU. All the approved CFWs road and canal rehabilitation sub-project have been completed. The disbursements were already made to 233 households including with 41 are female head. Total beneficiary of CFW roads was 881 households including with 416 females. Total length of completed cash for work roads is 3.9 km . They connect to national roads, local schools, villages to villages, rice fields, and health centers.
The potential of the completed cash for work canals is able to irrigate 400 ha including lands of 537 beneficiaries household with 288 female headed.
Table 1: Status of Cash for Work Sub-projects in Preah Vihear
III. Pre-works for 14 Civil Work Sub-projects (11 roads and 3 Irrigation System rehabilitations) were conducted. Fourteen (14) proposals (11 roads and 3 canal/dams) have been submitted to the CPMU for approvals. All the fourteen (14) proposals (11 roads and 3 canals) were approved by CPMU.
Till date, seven (7) civil work contracts were finished (5 roads and 2 tertiary canal/dams).
Evaluations of the civil work contracts were made by CPMU with PPMU permanent secretary, CPs technical staffs and local authority.
There are seven (7) new civil work contract which are ongoing. Six (6) of them are roads and one (1) is irrigation system rehabilitation.
Total length of CWs road being rehabilitated is around 38 Km covering 6 communes (Kulen Cheung, Kulen Tbong, Thmey, Pour, Puttrea, and Yeang). Total irrigate potential areas of CW tertiary canal rehabilitated is around 2700 ha covering two communes (Thmey and Kulen Cheung commune).
Table 2: Status of CWs Sub-projects implementation in Preah Vihear
IV. Civil work proposals for construction of 11 Commune Dissemination and Training Centers were prepared and submitted by each of all the target communes. The bids for selection of contractor were opening on Wednesday July 8, 2015 at Central Project Management Unit.
B. Nutrition and Health
V. Together with the CPMU, the PPMU coordinated with the Plan International Cambodia (PLAN) to conduct a provincial workshop to kick start the implementation of the nutrition and livelihoods activities. The workshop was conducted on 06 June 2013 and participated by 59 participants from commune council and district authority, line department's officials (PDA, PDH, PDRD & PDOWA) and local NGOs.
VI. PPMU collaborated with PLAN and its partner to conduct a joint provincial workshop for three provinces (Kampong Thom, Kampong Cham and Preach Vihear) in Kampong Thom province for a Field Needs Assessment. The workshop was held on 8-9 October 2013. The participants were from PPMU, PDRD, PDAFF, PDOWA, PCDM, PDOH and Fishery Administration. The workshop helped the participants to understand the project and to develop plan and conduct the field need assessment more effectively.
VII. PPMU collaborated with PLAN and its partner to conduct a joint provincial workshop for four provinces (Kampong Thom, Kampong Cham, Preah Vihear and Prey Veng) in Kampong Cham province for the training of trainer. The workshop was held on 17-21 February 2014. The participants were from PCDM, PDRD, PDA, PDOWA, PDOH and Fishery Administration. The workshop helped the participants to understand and building capacity on the community training assessment.
VIII. The PPMU in collaboration with PLAN and its partner to conducted a Phasing-out workshop at Kampong Thom province on February 28, 2015. The participants were from PCDM, PDRD, PDAFF, PDOWA, PDOH and Fishery Administration.
A. Seed and Fertilizer
I. CPMU conducted Provincial seminar/meeting in the province on 28 March 2013 to train local authorities on (i) identification of beneficiary households eligible to get seed and fertilizer, (ii) assessment of demand, and (iii) conduction of open village meeting (OVM) to validate eligible beneficiary households and demands. A total of 30 participants (including 02 females) from commune councils and district authority together with PPMU officials participated in the workshop.
II. CPMU conducted a Provincial seminar/meeting in the province on 06 June 2013 to disseminate the Procedure of Subsidized Sale of Rice and Vegetable Seeds and Fertilizer to target beneficiary households in project target communes in wet season 2013. A total of 59 participants (including 18 females) from commune councils and district authority together with PPMU officials participated in the workshop.
III. PPMU with supports from CPMU, conducted wet season subsidized sale of seed and fertilizer to poor farmer household in respective target communes on 12-15 August, 2013. As a result, the subsidized distribution was conducted successfully as planned and 477 beneficiaries including 74 women-headed households bought the inputs.
Table 3: Status of Subsidized Sale of Good Quality Seed and Fertilizers Wet Season 2013
IV. The amount of inputs sold included 13,775 kg of rice seed, 19,375 kg DAP, 26,925 kg of UREA, 142 bags of string bean, 146 bags eggplant, 104 bags cucumber, 239 bags sweet corn, 219 bags glutinous corn and 47 bags of tomato. The total cash collected was 70,396,000 Riel.
V. PPMU with the supports from CPMU, conducted dry season subsidized sale of seed and fertilizer to poor farmer household in respective target communes on 3-6 December, 2013. As a result, the subsidized distribution was held as planned and successfully with 154 eligible beneficiaries included 32 women-headed households receiving the inputs from the project.
VI. The amount of inputs sold included 5460 Kg of rice seed, 5400 Kg of DAP and 8325 Kg of UREA. 94 bags of string bean, 56 bags eggplant, 55 bags cucumber, 58 bags sweet corn, 80 bags glutinous corn, 31 bags of tomato.
Table 4: Status of Subsidized Sale of Good Quality Seed and Fertilizers In Dry Season 2013
VII. To prepare for wet season 2014 subsidized sale of quality seed and fertilizer, CPMU had conducted provincial meeting at PPMU on January 10, 2014 to provide presentation and instruction to local authorities on (i) Disseminate experience got from 2013 subsidize sale campaign, (ii) identification of beneficiary households eligible to get seed and fertilizer, (iii) assessment of demand, and (iv) open village meeting (OVM) to validate eligible beneficiary households and demands. A total of 31 participants (including 05 female) from commune councils and district authority together with PPMU officials participated in the workshop.
VII. Refresher training on OVM procedure was conducted at each target communes a day before OVM campaign. The capacity on OVM procedure of 62 trainees including 8 female from commune council and village leaders was strengthen on 20-21 January, 2014.
VIII. OVM to validation of eligible beneficiary for wet season 2014 was conducted from 22-23 January, 2014. There are 657 eligible poor household were registered to buy rice seed vegetable seed and fertilizer from the project during the OVM. Among that 111 are female headed.
IX. PPMU with the supports from CPMU, conducted wet season subsidized sale of seed and fertilizer to poor farmer households in respective target communes from 6-10 May, 2014. As a result, the subsidized distribution was conducted successfully, on time and right to the procedure with 529 beneficiaries including 99 women-headed households came to buy the inputs.
Table 5: Status of Subsidized Sale of Good Quality Seed and Fertilizers Wet Season 2014
X. The amount of inputs sold included rice seed (Sen Kra Ob) 15,200 Kg; Fertilizer (DAP) 12,200 Kg; Fertilizer (UREA) 18,625 Kg; String Bean 84 Bags; Egg-plant 79 Bags; Cucumber 43 Bags; Sweet Corn 218 Bags; Glutinous Corn 209 Bags; Tomato 26 Bags and Amarantus 23 Bags.
XI. OVM to validate eligible beneficiaries for dry season 2014 was conducted from 6-7 August, 2014. In totally, there are 128 eligible poor households including 26 female headed were registered to buy rice seed vegetable seed and fertilizer from the project during the OVM.
XII. On November 1, 2014 PPMU with the supports from CPMU, conducted dry season subsidized sale of seed and fertilizer to poor farmer households in respective target communes. As a result, the subsidized distribution was conducted successfully, on time and right to the procedure with 78 HHs beneficiaries including 15 women-headed households receiving the inputs.
Table 6: Status of Subsidized Sale of Good Quality Seed and Fertilizers Dry Season 2014
XII. The amount of input sold included rice seed (Sen Kra Ob) 3,200 Kg; Fertilizer (DAP) 2,950 Kg; Fertilizer (UREA) 4,525 Kg; String Bean 27 Bags; Egg-plant 17 Bags; Cucumber 13 Bags; Sweet Corn 8 Bags; Glutinous Corn 18 Bags; Tomato 9 Bags and Amarantus 7 Bags.
XIII. On June 20, 2015 seed and fertilizer free distribution to strong community and self-help group were conducted and led by H.E project director. There were 12 strong community/self-help groups with a total of 362 members receiving seed and fertilizer from the Project.
Table 7: Number of input free deliver to strong community/self-help group in PVH
B. Emergency Preparedness and Mitigation in Agriculture
XIV. Basically dissemination of improved cultivation practices was done through distribution of leaflets during 2013 and 2014 wet and dry season subsidized sale.
XV. Training on the improved rice cultivation to poor farmer households who received the inputs was conducted by PDA with the supports from GDA of MAFF. The training was finished as scheduled from October 21, 2013 to December 14, 2013. There were 10 classes in 10 target communes. Total number of trainee is 288 including 197 females.
XVI. On October 16-17, 2013, the CPMU Agriculture Specialist with support from PPMU conducted a scoping study on Identification of Community Projects. The activity was aimed at improving rural livelihoods of poor particularly women through:
- Community problem identification
- What problems have been solved and what have not yet been solved?
- The requirements to solve the remaining problems; what, how, when?
- Who will respond to those remaining problems? by group or individual?
- The observation on rice crop yield and fertilizer application
Three communes have been selected for the study and the interviews were conducted involving commune chief, commune council members and beneficiary households in each of the selected communes. A total of 14 participants (including 07 females) participated in the study. The community needs were identified and reported by Agriculture Specialist.
XVII. Training on improved vegetable cultivation to poor farmer households who received the inputs was conducted by PDA with the supports from GDA of MAFF. The training was finished as scheduled from March 10, 2014 to April 8, 2014. There were 11 classes established in 11 target communes. Total of number of trainee was 328 person including 259 females.
XVIII. Training on natural fertilizer preparation (Campos) and the instruction on Pesticide using to poor farmer households who received the inputs was conducted by PDA with the supports from GDA of MAFF. The training was finished as scheduled frm April 27, 2014 to May 17, 2014. There were 11 classes established in 11 target communes. Total number of trainee was 299 including 199 females.
XIX. Training on pre and post-harvest to poor farmer households who received the inputs was conducted by PDA with the supports from GDA of MAFF. The training was finished as scheduled from April 30, 2014 to May 27, 2014. There were 11 classes established in 11 target communes. Total number of trainee was 300 including 198 females.
XX. Workshop to disseminate agricultural congress/training preparation was conducted by CPMU on January 12, 2015 at Cambodiana Hotel. The workshop was chaired by H.E project director, GDA deputy director and International Project Team Leader. Five people from Preah Vihear attended workshop with 3 people from PDA one from PPMU and one provincial facilitator. The workshop was led by H.E project director and instructed by GDA skilled officer, CPMU finance officer and facilitate by international project team leader. Draft work plan was proposed in the workshop and technical officers from all the target provinces complete their plan.
On January 26, 2015 technical meeting on agricultural congress/training arrangement was conducted and led by H.E project director at CPMU office. The meeting is focused on the identification of number of participants/events, number of courses/congress, location and financial matters.
On March 6, 2015 meeting on advance clearance for agricultural congress/ training and format documents to be use was conducted at CPMU with presentation provided by CPMU financial officer. The PPMU financial officer and facilitators were also invited to join the meeting. Financial supporting documents along with technical instruction were provided during meeting.
Till date, 21 mushroom training and 36 demonstrations have been conducted and finished with total participants of 1020 poor farmer households including 645 female headed. There were 21 training courses and 30 demonstrations on compost making conducted and finished. The number of participants in the training on compost making and demonstration was 1003 poor farmer households including 654 females. A total of 32 Farmer technical congress have been conducted and finished. There 7225 farmer households including 4996 women-headed.
Table 8: Agricultural Event Data by Month, 2015
Mainstreaming Food Security and Nutrition
I. On October 10, 2013, a consultation meeting with Food Security and Nutrition Specialists was held at PPMU office with participation from PPMU Manager and two PCDM focal staff. The meeting aimed to discuss with PCDM focal points on capacity need assessment, information sharing mechanism of PCDM with NCDM as well as with CARD FSNIS and how EFSP-AF intervene to improve performance of PCDM.
II. Training to improve capacity to mainstream of food security and nutrition was conducted by Council of Agriculture and Rural Development (CARD) from 17-20 December, 2013 in Preah Vihear provincial hall. The training focused on the coordination structure for emergency response and FSN, Information and data management for emergency response and FSN. The trainees were from PPMU, PCDM and line departments. Total number of trainees was 35 including 5 females.
III. National Trainer Pool for FSN and DM data collection lead by CARD, with the support from the (EFAP-AF) has conducted one day training at the provincial hall on March 20, 2015 and June 26, 2015. A total of 53 Provincial Government officials from distrct/ communes including with 7 women officials participated in the training. The main objectives of the trainings are: to make awareness provincial officials about the basic concept of Food Security and Nutrition; to build capacity and methodology on how to collect data regarding to FSN and DM in their areas (Village/commune/districts).
Project Management
I. The CPMU conducted a sensitization workshop in the province on 03 December 2012. The main objective was to disseminate information related to the Project, and to train local authorities on identification of beneficiary households. A total of 41 participants from commune councils and district authority together with PPMU, PDRD, PDOWRAM and PDA officials participated in the workshop.
II. CPMU conducted a Project launch workshop at Raffle Le Royal Hotel, Phnom Penh on 24 December 2012. A total of 5 staffs from Preach Vihear participated in the workshop.
III. A consultation meeting on subsidized sale of seed and fertilizer was conducted at PPMU Office with participations of H.E Project Director and staffs from PPMU, PDA and CPMU. The meeting discussed the preparation for the next subsidized sale of rice and vegetable seed and fertilizer to beneficiaries for dry season 2013. With instruction from the Project Director, the PDA staff was assigned to do research and determine the target communes and villages for dry season subsidized program. The Project Director expressed his high appreciation for the project team who tried their best for the success of the first subsidized sale.
IV. PPMU and CPs officials attended a series of training workshops on project financial management, CFW implementation, etc. organized by the CPMU team.
V. The PPMU conducted several meetings and provided on-the-job training to CPs teams to build their capacity on the development of work-plan and budget, implementation, reporting, CFW proposal development with support from the responsible provincial facilitator. In addition, the PPMU provided refresher trainings on subsidized sale of seeds and fertilizers to commune council members and village chiefs, etc.
VI. PPMU also facilitated other project activities guided by CPMU management. They include the conducting of baseline survey, making comments on PPMS for monitoring project implementation and assessing project performance, and updating the gender action monitoring sheet.
VII. PPMU together with the provincial facilitator monitored all CFW sub-project sites to ensure all were in compliance with the CFW procedures.
VIII. A two-day basic GPS training was conducted in Preah Vihear on October 14-15, 2013 with participation from 3 PPMU and 2 PDRD staffs. After the in-class training, a field practice was also conducted at the project sites. In addition, the PPMU Office internet network was also installed.
IX. A three-day training on Baseline survey and Impact Assessment Results Preparation and How to use Baseline database, Data entry and analyst by using of SPSS program took place from 10 to 12 February 2014.
X. A two-day training and practice on project progress monitoring sheet (PPMS) was conducted at PPMU office. The instruction and explanation on how to filling of PPMS was presented by CPMU skilled officers. Provincial facilitator was proposed to responsible in consolidating all data received from involved sector and submitting to CPMU per quarter.
XI. A one-day training workshop on assessment of dry season 2013 input distribution and the guiding on how to do data entry for wet season 2013 impact assessment and DS-2013 survey instruction was held at Hotel Raffle Le Royal, Phnom Penh, chaired by H.E project director and facilitate by International Project Team Leader.
XII. A one-day training cum workshop on cash for work impact assessment was conducted at Hotel Cambodiana. Workshop was chaired by H.E project director and facilitated by CPMU international team leader.
XIII. On December 26, 2014 PPMU staff joint workshop on Farmer Technical Congress, Mushroom and Compost making at the PPMU. The workshop was chaired by H.E project director and the CPMU International Team Leader. The purpose of workshop were to present project progress/results, collect information regarding to commune statistics, ID poor I&II in each communes and to discuss on farmer technical congress, mushroom and compost making training preparation.
XIV. On December 30, 2014 a joint workshop on project progress and 2015 plan was held at Hotel Le President and chaired by H.E project director. The internal workshop was aim to show the project progress, results, award and next activity planned.
XV. On March 31, 2015 a project hardware handover ceremonywas held and chaired by H.E Minister of Ministry of Economy and Finance at Phnom Penh, Hotel. The ceremony was participated by all EFAP-AF target commune (100 communes), and district (33 districts).
XVI. On April 7, 2015 a project motorcycles hand-over ceremony was held at the provincial hall. The motorcycles were handover to 11target commune chiefs and 5 deputy district governors. XVII. On April 20, 2015 a workshop on input free distribution and community strengthening was held at provincial hall. The workshop was led by H.E project director and participated by district/commune officers. There were 34 people including 5 females participated in the workshop.


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The Type of Sweater That's Least Likely to Pill
Sweater pilling: We all know it, we all hate it, and we've all heard various means of fixing it once it's already occurred. In fact, we recently shared an easy, 30-second way to de-pill your sweaters, which got us thinking: What about prevention? What kinds of sweaters don't pill? Or do they all?
Naturally, in search of answers, we turned to our favorite place: the Internet. What we found—according to this Wall Street Journal investigation of sorts, as well as almost every online fashion forum under the sun—was that while the majority of sweaters will pill (no matter the quality or price), the least likely material to do so is merino wool. This is because merino wool "tends to be strong and when used in a tightly wound sweater would be less likely to pill." The good news here is that merino wool sweaters are not only easy to find but also available in a range of styles and price points.
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Bella Freud 1970 Intarsia Wool Sweater ($420)
Gap Merino Crewneck Sweater ($50) in Plum Heather
Madewell Merino Ribbed Sweater Vest ($60) in Night Vision
H&M Merino Wool Turtleneck Sweater ($50) in Black
Ma'Ry' Ya Merino Cable Pullover ($443) in Dark Grey
J.Crew Factory Merino Turtleneck Sweater ($43) in Heather Saddle
Proenza Schouler Superfine Merino V Neck ($318) in Light Grey Melange
Richard Nicoll Blue Wool Knit ($119)
T by Alexander Wang Lightweight Merino Pullover ($275) in Heather Grey
Wilfred Montpellier Sweater ($165) in Heather Birch
Won Hundred Coral Sweater ($270) in Tan
The Kooples Merino Wool Sweater ($195) in Grey
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Great reasons to start juicing!/
"Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food"
Hippocrates, "the father of western medicine" understood it all- centuries ago. Food has wonderful healing powers. I am amazed every time when I look for benefits of fruits, vegetables, nuts & grains and even spices and how much nutrients they contain and how they can help you fight against infections, disease and just bring you health. Nature is beautifully done. A lot of people take pills to heal from headaches to insomnia automatically without even wondering why it happens. I'm not saying to stop taking them but being more aware of your own body and needs is essential to understand the mechanism for a healthy life. When we pay more attention and listen to our body, we realize it is trying to warn us and give us signs through symptoms that something is wrong. Treat your body as a temple, it is the most precious gift you own. The better nourished and took care of, the better it will shine for you. Juicing is one way to bring health and glow to your life.
Juicing has been a wonderful discovery for me and it improved my health and my whole being on so many levels. I drank fresh juices before, but mainly fruits or carrots, not on a weekly basis and never juiced myself besides orange juice. I learned about juicing through my yoga classes and Internet. I started to be really interested and curious in nutrition and health. When you taste a fresh home made juice for the first time, you will directly see the difference with bottled juices and will never want to go back! It feels like a health potion! I can feel all those super vitamins and all the goodness they contain going through my body. I love that you can improve your health, your wellbeing, your mood with juicing. It really is part of my lifestyle now and couldn't live without it! I really recommend to everyone to start juicing and add those super vitamins and see for yourself how it can improve your energy and health. You don't have to change your diet, just add a juice once a week or every few days, with your meal or in between. You'll surprise yourself wanting more! ;)
I've seen positive changes on friends who added juices to their diet. They felt great and saw it on their skin, mood and diet afterwards and started spreading the love for juices! ;)
"Juicing is the 15 minutes nutrient express to health"
Jason Vale, Hungry for Change Film
Benefits of juicing
1. Daily dose of fruits & veggies
Vegetables are usually a side dish, something you add to your meal and sometimes it's not even there. If you are busy and don't have time to prepare a healthy meal or if you're not a veggie fan, juicing is a perfect way to add your daily dose of fruits and vegetables into your diet and you'll get even more than the usual recommended size.
2. Energy
I think this is one of the best reason to start juicing and one of the best benefits you'll see. It gives you energy. At the time I started juicing, I was juicing a lot, drinking green smoothies and eating lots of raw food. I never had that much energy. I was in great mood from the minute I woke up until evening when I was working out and didn't want to stop! All the vitamins and nutrients are a great source for your level of energy. Juicing gives a rest to your digestive system as it goes directly to your bloodstream and is digested in 15 minutes. The vitamins and minerals are directly active in your cells. So all the extra energy that isn't used for your digestion can be used for exercise.
3. Detox
Thanks to those vegetables, specially the green leafy ones packed with chlorophyll, which are full of nutrients, are good to detox your body. It energizes the cell in your body. It cleanses the liver, purifies the blood, prevent cancer.
4. Happy state of mind
Since it will give you more energy, the happy mood will show up! There's also this good feeling about being healthy that comes with juicing.
5. Weight loss
It can be a good start to pay more attention to what you are eating and could help you with losing some weight. Your cravings will disappear and you'll be soon choosing healthier choice. Starting your meal with a juice is a good way to eat/drink more of the good food as you might be less tempted with junk food after drinking it. Don't think as you need to avoid certain kind of foods, just add juices and vegetables and your body will see the difference and will ask for more.
7. Boost your immune system
Fruits and veggies are packed with nutrients, vitamins, minerals, enzymes, antioxidant and phytonutrients, which are mainly alkaline food and strengthen the immune system against infections and colds.
8. Skin & Hair glowing
Your skin will start glowing! For real!;) I can see the difference on my face and whole body.
What you need:
- a juicer (if you don't have one, you can use a blender and a strainer to remove the pulp- it won't be the exact same texture though). There's different types of juicer with very different prices. Go with the juicer you can afford at the moment and you can always change later if you feel like it. It's better to start juicing instead of waiting for the perfect juicer.
- fruits & vegetables (organic is better if you have the budget for it)
Juicing can be quite expensive and a lot of people can be influenced by that. You don't need to be juicing every day or every week. It's always better to juice once in a while than never, right?! I see this as an investment for my health.
Happy juicing day!
- "Les meilleurs jus de fruits et de légumes", Sonia Tybergien, 1993
- http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-5197/4-Reasons-Why-You-Should-Try-Juicing.html


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This is a family I cannot get enough of. They are so cute and sweet and I absolutely love when I get to work with them. I got to photograph their brand new baby girl last year [I can't believe it has been a year!!] and now to celebrate her birthday and her older sister's birthday, we did family photos again. This time we wanted to be a little more "DC" and had some fun down by the capitol. It was, again, hard to narrow it down to just a few photos.
Hope you all enjoy!


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Jyothika is a highly famous Indian cinema artist. Though she belonged to Tamil Industry, her skill and talent have gone viral to Bollywood and Telugu movie industry as well at one point. She is a winner of one award from Filmfare and three awards from Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. She has also received Kalaimamani award.
Jyothika started her career in Tamil industry with a movie called ' Vaali' in 1999. However, she got her first hit as a leading heroin through the movie ' Kushi'. After this film, she had successful hits in a row. 'Mugavaree', 'Dumm Dumm Dumm' and ' Snegithiye' are few in that series. In most of her movies, she was never an arm candy who would just show up in songs, next to the hero. Her movies are all carefully chosen where her role is in equal importance with the hero. She acted in a movie called ' Thenali', opposite to Kamal Haasan. In 2003, she did a movie by name 'Kaaka Kaaka' with Suriya Sivakumar. This movie had gained her immense credits in terms of commercial success and popularity. She gave several hits along with Suriya Sivakumar, whom she dated for many years before finally getting married to. Her acting ability was recognized nationwide and spread to the world, through the movie ' Chandramukhi'. She received several awards for her exceptional performance in this film. According to Hindu, she was the "virtually the undisputed queen of Kollywood" then.
After dating for more than seven years, Jyothika married her co-star Suriya Sivakumar. Though their religions are different, the couple stands as the best couple even today, after 9 years of marriage. They are blessed with two children, Diya and Dev. After the marriage and family life, she made a comeback into the industry through a movie by name ' 36 Vayadhinile'. She was a brand ambassador for RmKV silk sarees. She promoted Aircel, Nescafe along with husband Suriya.
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Jyothika Saravanan, an actress, born on 18th October 1978 is known for her roles in Tamil films like 'Chandramukhi', ' Mozhi', and 'Kushi'. Apart from Tamil films she also acted in Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi films.
Jyothika was born in Mumbai to ChanderSadanah. She has done her schooling from learner's academy situated in Mumbai. She has also done a master's degree in psychology at Mithibai college, Mumbai.
Jyothika got married to actor Suriya Sivakumar on 11th September 2006 after being engaged to him. She starred opposite to him for an extended period of time and screen space in movies like 'Poovellam Kettuppar', 'Uyirile Kalanthathu', 'Kaaka Kaaka', 'Perazhagan', 'Maayavi', 'June R' and ' Sillunu Oru Kaadhal'. The couple has two children, Diya, and Dev. She also has a brother Suraj who is an assistant to director ' Priyadarshan'.
Jyothika debuted in the film "Doli Saja Ke Rakhna" which was directed by 'Priyadarshan'. It was also rumored in India today magazine that she had lapsed into depression after her film flopped. However, her first acting role was that of a cameo in 'Vaali' (1999). The success of the movie 'Kushi' was a turning point in her career.
She worked alongside with Mani Ratnam for the first time by appearing in his production house, Madras Talkies' romantic comedy 'Dumm Dumm Dumm' and shared the silver screen with ' R Madhavan'. The film won positive critic reviews and became a success not only in Tamil Nadu but also in Andhra Pradesh with its dubbed version.
She won her first Filmfare for the film 'Vaali' in 1999. She made a comeback recently with the film '36 Vayaddhinile', which got an encouraging critic and audience response from the public. Her most successful film till date is the ' Rajinikanth' starrer 'Chandramukhi' (2005) in which she portrayed the title role.


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In the L298N Single Motor project we configured the L298N and a single motor, this project will take this a stage further and allow you to use 2 motors and use the project like a remote-control car. In this project we will be using the Car Chassis and 2 DC motors to then make a moving robot. This is the foundation level of nearly all robotic systems, they start very simple and then develop with additional hardware and software into very complex systems. A robot is defined as a complex machine able to complete tasks automatically, usually with either the aid of sensors or specific commands, robots can take many forms and can fulfil a range of tasks only limited by your imagination. There are robots that understand how to walk and jump (like the Boston Dynamics robots), we send robots to explore space and the ocean and we are even creating robots small enough to enter the human body for medical research.
Each of these robots are the union of hardware and software with a processing controller like the Raspberry Pi at the heart of them. The Raspberry Pi not only stores the code but also possesses the processing power to quickly execute the code. While the STS-Pi doesn't have as much processing power as the Boston Dynamics robots it is also a fraction of the price, allowing anyone interested in computers access to make their own robots. It would be possible using this chassis as foundation for other peripherals that could be connected and integrated into the code. Could you think of any other sensors that could be connected that could make this project autonomous?
Suggested Year Group
The suggested age group is 13+, due to the nature of this project and the skills it is developing.
Learning Outcomes
Use Python to code instructions for a Raspberry Pi controlled Car;
Assemble the Car using 2 motors and the L298N Motor Controller;
Understand how breaking down steps of a project is the foundation of good code.
Hardware Required
Component Number (Box Case)
Slot 1
Slot 11
In-between levels
Slot 11
Slot 7
Slot 11
Slot 11
Slot 11
Slot 11
Slot 11
Slot 11
Slot 11
Slot 11
Slot 11
Slot 12
Slot 13
Raspberry Pi + Case
Raspbian SD Card
Car Chassis
Battery Holder
DC Motors
Male Male Wires
Male Female Wires
Flathead Screwdriver
4 AA Batteries
Stabilizing Wheel
Nuts and Bolts
Wireless Keyboard
Wireless Mouse
Power Bank
This project was designed to show how more complicated physical and digital projects are assembled. Were there issues with putting all the components neatly in place? How did you overcome this issue? This project also shows you how limited robots can be when broken down to this level. This project can move but it isn't aware of its environment, what kind of sensors could you attach to this project that would make it aware if it was going to hit a wall? What code would you require to make that work? It is from these simple foundations that more complicated robots are created. These robots have many diverse applications including surgery, exploring oceans and space. 100 years ago, we had no concept of where robotics would be today, by pushing the boundaries of development we can create more projects that can do even more.


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Opportunities for Backwater Paddling
Backwater Canoe Trails
There are several Mississippi River backwater canoe trails above and below the Lock & Dam 5A. Blackbird Slough, across the channel from the campground is the most accessible and easiest.
If you are interested in a longer adventure, however, the Verchota Canoe Trail could be an option. The length of this trail makes it a more difficult adventure and you will be going against the current in the beginning. Recommended for experienced paddlers. However, you can put in at Bass Camp and go with the flow of the river following the canoe route signs to Verchota Landing instead of doing the entire loop from Verchota Landing. Trail length: 11.3 miles.
Bird watching
Located in the heart of the Mississippi Valley Flyway, Winona is a natural destination for birds and bird watchers. Both the city and the region host a great variety of birds who nest here, are year-round residents or pass through the area during migration. Over 280 species of birds have been identified in the bluffs, valleys and backwaters of the Winona area
Be a part of those who are monitoring wildlife species within our ecosystem through your phone.
Ecosystem monitoring
The backwaters of the Mississippi are home to diverse animal and plant species. Be a part of the information gathering team through observing and monitoring the wildlife and environmental conditions with the hope of preserving and enhancing the beauty that we all call home.


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We're launching WIP, a new Projectplace developer blog Here's what to expect.
If you're not satisfied with how you work with your team – from planning to execution and validation – we're not. That was the reason Projectplace was founded in 1998 (and as a consequence launched the world's first Software-as-a-service). That is also of course still the reason why we continuously develop our enterprise platform and release new tailor-made tools for pros such as Todo. Cloud technology is optimal for making our work-life smarter.
The purpose of WIP, the Work in Progress blog, is to facilitate a platform were we connect our most curious users, or users of other collaboration and productivity tools, directly to our developers. It is a stand-alone part of the Project lab blog, were we want to elaborate on new ideas, features and functionality to further develop the benefits that you get from using collaboration tools. We will post updates, thoughts and surveys and try what might work and what not.


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Kurt and his Violators have just been announced for the first ever Jabberwocky Festival – taking place at London's Excel Centre on August 15 & 16. The new festival is a co-promotion by ATP, Pitchfork and Primavera and the lineup is looking pretty, pretty great. Kurt is in fine company on the bill alongside the previously announced DARKSIDE and Iceage as well as Matador family favourites, Thee Oh Sees.
Get your tickets here and for more info take a look at:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/atpfestival
Twitter: www.twitter.com/atpfestival
Instagram: @atpfestival
Website: www.atpfestival.com
Jabberwocky 2014 | August 15th & 16th | Excel Centre London | Presented by All Tomorrow's Parties, Pitchfork & Primavera
And here's a reminder of where else you can find Kurt over the Summer:
Monday 31 Dudingen, EN Bad Bonn
Tuesday 01 Athens, NS Gagarin 205
Thursday 03 Milan, AN Biko Club
Friday 04 Rotterdam, AM Motel Mozaique
Saturday 05 Hamburg, RG Hafenklang
Sunday 06 Berlin, IN Hebbel Am Ufer 2
Monday 07 Dublin, IN Whelans
Wednesday 09 Cork, RK The Pavillion
Thursday 10 Paris, IS Cafe de la Danse
Friday 11 Gent, NT Vooruit
Saturday 12 London, ON St James Piccadilly
Sunday 13 Brighton, ON All Saints Church
Monday 14 Copenhagen, EN Bremen Theater
Tuesday 15 Oslo, LO Rockefeller
Wednesday 16 Istanbul, UL IKSV
Friday 23 Boston, MA Boston Calling
Saturday 24 Boston, MA Boston Calling Festival
Sunday 25 Boston, MA Boston Calling Festival
Friday 30 Nelsonville, OH Nelsonville Music Festival
Friday 06 New York , NY Governers ball
Saturday 07 New York, NY Governors Ball
Sunday 08 New York, NY Governors Ball
Friday 04 Seattle/George, WA Sasquatch Music Festival
Thursday 10 Keflavik, IK ATP Iceland
Friday 25 Philadelphia, PA Mann Center for The Arts
Saturday 16 London, UK Jabberwocky
Sunday 17 Powys, UK Greenman Festival
Wednesday 20 Zürich, CH Rote Fabrik
Friday 22 Bilbao, ES Kafe Antzokia
Saturday 23 Paredes de Coura, PT Festival Paredes de Coura
Sunday 24 Madrid, ES Joy
Monday 25 Barcelona, ES Apollo


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'There've been 53 to 55 volcanoes that formed in the Auckland Volcanic Field over the past quarter of a million years. They haven't occurred regularly … it looks like there were a few eruptions in the beginning and then ... in particular around 30,000 years ago it seems there were quite a number of eruptions occurring within a period of just a couple of thousand years. After that it got quiet again.' - Jan Lindsay, volcanologist
Our largest city is built on top of an active volcanic field that has erupted at least 53 times over the last 250,000 years, often in devastating explosions that felled forests and spewed fountains of fire.
Geologists expect that more volcanoes will erupt beneath Auckland in the future, and that each new explosion will emerge through a completely new vent. What that prospect means for the metropolitan area is the focus for the seven-year DEVORA project, which brings together geologists, city planners and civil defense staff to work out a strategy to protect people and infrastructure.
University of Auckland volcanologist Jan Lindsay, a co-leader of the DEVORA project, looks at Auckland's landscape through the lens of the city's volcanic history. Along the beach at Ladies' Bay, in the suburb of St Heliers, she studies deposits of a violent explosion that happened more than 50,000 years ago, firing boulders from the Glover Park volcano.
"When the magma reached the surface and came into contact with groundwater or shallow surface water, or just muddy sediments, it caused a big explosion," she says. The magma and the surrounding rock were blasted into millions of pieces, ranging from a few centimeters to a metre in diameter, including huge "chunks of the basement rock that have been ripped out by the magma and thrown out of the volcano".
Glover Park exploded in what geologists know as a phreatomagmatic eruption. "The word phreatomagmatic means steam and magma essentially. When magma comes into contact with water, the eruptions are often far more explosive than if magma just emerges passively at the surface. So the water acts as a catalyst."
These powerful blasts not only shatter everything in their way, but also drive destructive base surges that can travel up to five kilometres from the vent. "That's the worst case scenario in an Auckland situation," says Jan Lindsay.
The size and nature of the deposits at Glover Park suggest that this was an average eruption and probably ran out for about two kilometres in radius. "But it would still have been devastating. Don't forget, the vent itself is about a kilometre wide – that's a hole in the ground that wasn't there before."
The Glover Park volcano erupted during a period when sea levels where much lower than today and Jan Lindsay says that given changes in Auckland's geology since then, it makes it even more likely that a future eruption would be explosive.
'Looking at past deposits in the Auckland Volcanic Field, we know that about 80 to 85 per cent of all of the eruptions had a phreatomagmatic component, so an explosive base surge … usually at the start of the eruption. Sea levels are now much higher and hydro-geological conditions have changed, with groundwater concentrated in many parts of Auckland close to the surface ... . It's safe to say that we're in a wet period of the Auckland Volcanic Field so any future eruption we would certainly expect to have a phreatomagmatic component.'
Auckland's youngest volcano Rangitoto seems to be an exception. Geologists thought that it formed during an eruption some 500 years ago, but by analysing sediment cores from the nearby Lake Pupuke, University of Auckland geologists Phil Shane and Paul Augustinus have discovered that the volcano erupted intermittently or almost continuously from about 1500 to 500 years ago.
Last year, the team drilled deep into Rangitoto Island's lava to piece together its eruption history in more detail.
As the DEVORA project is about to wrap up, Jan Lindsay says the team now has a fair idea of what a future volcanic eruption would mean for Auckland. Unlike earthquakes, volcanoes are likely to give some warning, and there are 11 seismometers throughout the city, all part of GNS Science's GeoNet project, that monitor underground tremors.
The magma below Auckland is generated in the mantle, probably about 100 kilometres below the city, and the mantle is ductile. "It will have to travel quite a distance through the ductile mantle before it reaches brittle rocks to generate earthquakes. It may not generate earthquakes until it's at 30 to 40 kilometres depth so it may well travel half of its distance before we pick up on it. But then, we hope that we'll start seeing little earthquakes at depths and we should see them shallowing, and we can tell when and where the magma will reach the surface."
Jan Lindsay says that although a volcanic eruption in Auckland would be a massive challenge, it is likely going to affect only a relatively small area. "It's just that that particular area might well be in a built-up environment so it becomes obviously very important to get everybody out in time and we fully anticipate that we'll have enough warning to be able to do that."


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Monday, April 21, 2008
New comics and signings coming up soon.
"This crossover of dark and demonic dimensions continues as Eva and Jackie Estacado are drawn together by mysterious forces and when they meet - darkness meets darkness and you can bet there's gonna be a fight"
As you probably already know, the Bristol Comics Expo is next month, running from the 9th until the 11th. It's probably the single most important yearly event in UK comics and, naturally, we will be there (along with pretty much everyone else involved in British comics).
We'll be signing both Saturday and Sunday from 1-2pm and generally lurking around the Accent UK table for much of the rest of the weekend. Please come and say hello and maybe get you hands on a signed Raise the Dead hardback or two. ;)
Before Bristol however, we will be doing a little signing back in Leah's hometown of Northampton at Phoenix Comics.
The signing will take place on the afternoon of Thursday the 8th of May at
Phoenix Comics
29 Abington Square,
If you're in the area then please do pop in and say hello.
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Haunted Liverpool special edition pre-orders
I am very pleased to write that we are now taking pre-orders for the the special edition of my forthcoming book 800 Years of Haunted Liverpool (limited to 26 lettered and 24 numbered copies) featuring an exclusive bookplate by artist Mo Ali, signed by myself (I'm John Reppion by the way - you knew that didn't you?).
Also included is a special bonus article "The Underground Empire of Joseph Williamson" in the form of a handmade booklet signed by me and its illustrator Leah Moore.Each volume costs £9.99 (plus postage and packing).
Click on the banner above to reserve your copy (books will ship in early July 2008).
If you would like to add a banner to your own website, weblog or message board you can find the code below (please email me and let me know so that I can return the favour and link back to you on the Haunted Liverpool Blog).
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Monday, April 07, 2008
Tori Amos' Comic Book Tattoo - first press
Apart from our good selves, collaborating with Pia Guerra on Hey Jupiter, the book features work from mega talented folks such as Elizabeth Genco, Carla Speed McNeil, Mike Dringenberg and many, many more. With more than 50 stories in the book, all based upon/inspired by different Tori Amos songs, this is obviously going to be an amazing and diverse volume.
We're certainly looking forward to seeing it.


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Someone, close to me, said this to me shortly after I'd been retrenched.
The air left my lungs (better places to go), my brain tried to crunch the words, my sense-of-self hauled out the giant "WTF?" poster.
People like me don't retire. OK, maybe we do, officially, like when Old Mutual says we have to do something with that pension. But, really, like, retire?
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