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UNITED NATIONS (AP) – The U.N. secretary-general says an estimated $1.2 billion worth of cocaine transits through West Africa each year, and the Security Council is expressing "deep concern" about the drug trade's increasing links to terrorist groups.
The council issued a presidential statement Wednesday after Ban Ki-moon briefed it on the widespread risks to stability in a region where borders are porous, governments are poorly funded and extremist groups are active.
West Africa's recent rise as a route for cocaine and other drugs from Latin America to Europe has startled the international community.
Diplomats now point out that the region is producing its own drugs, including methamphetamine.
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Fedotov also noted that the links between drug traffickers and extremist groups in the region are becoming "more obvious."
The presidential statement urges the countries in the region to work together to strengthen their borders and improve the fight against trafficking.
Ban contrasted the "weak intergovernmental coordination" in the region with the tight links among drug traffickers there.
Fedotov said the total amount of cocaine going through West Africa in 2010 was close to 33 tons, with 18 tons destined for Europe alone.
The U.N. special envoy to the region, Said Djinnit, stressed that outside help in fighting the increasingly interwoven problems of drugs and organized crime is needed.
"Indeed the West African and Sahelian states cannot bear alone the political and financial weight of this fight against criminal organizations, which are sometimes better equipped and resourced than the national institutions mandated to combat them," he said.
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I know its a bit belated at this point, but we had quite an eventful St. Patrick's Day this year and I wanted to share with friends & family.
We spent the morning out at the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure 5K on "Team Pam" (one of my friends from school who now has a job up at Weber State in Utah – she was recently diagnosed with breast cancer). It was the babys' first 5K and since we walked with a bunch of other stroller Moms (the DJ announcer dubbed us the "Stroller Derby") we finished in a whopping hour and 20 minutes.
Here we are crossing the finish line (above)
And a big group shot before the race began. See all the stroller-babies!? : )
I told the girls we can only get better from here! (It's my not-so-secret hope that we'll be able to run 5Ks and 10Ks together when they get older!) : )
It was absolutely gorgeous weather and the babies really enjoyed being outside. It was a lot of fun – lots of pink everywhere!
After the race we came home, changed into our St. Patrick's Day finest and headed to a friends' house. One of our friends is Irish and she does a big, traditional St. Patrick's Day meal every year (which was incredible, by the way!). I didn't get pictures at their house, unfortunately, but I got plenty of pictures of the babies' adorable outfits!!!
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As classrooms across the United States enter the final homestretch, educators pause to reflect on the school year. Some teachers discovered new instructional strategies in 2017-2018, while others invested in a teacher and served as a mentor. "If you want to make discoveries, if you want to disrupt the status quo, if you want to make progress and find new ways of thinking and doing, you need to ask questions" (John Maxwell, Good Leaders Ask Great Questions, 2014). Continuous improvement should be about answering questions, rather than checking off goals.
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PICES/IMBER Theme Session at the IMBER 2014 Open Science Conference
Timing: June 23-27, 2014
Location: Bergen, Norway
Thomas Therriault (PICES; email@example.com)
Ian Perry (IMBER; firstname.lastname@example.com)
Theme Session Description:
A vast array of anthropogenic activities are stressing and altering marine ecosystems, especially in coastal systems. Further, significant environmental changes are occurring in the world's oceans due to climate variability and change. It is unclear if interactions between multiple stressors and climate variability will result in additive or multiplicative impacts on the provision of marine ecosystem services. However, it is recognized that ecosystem changes are occurring and are directly or indirectly influencing the human societies that depend on them. The complex interaction between multiple stressors and climate variability creates increased uncertainty for managers and policy makers trying to achieve the sustainability of marine resources and their ecosystem services. A key question of the Forecasting and Understanding Trends, Uncertainty and Responses of North Pacific Marine Ecosystems (FUTURE) program of PICES is how human activities affect coastal ecosystems and how societies are impacted economically, socially and culturally by changes in these ecosystems. This question overlaps considerably with the goals of IMBER's Theme 4, dealing with the interactions and feedbacks occurring within complex social-ecological systems. We intend that this session will provide a forum for sharing of approaches and results on this topic from multiple regions and types of social-ecological studies that will lead to shared knowledge and more rapid progress in this developing activity of both organizations. We invite contributions dealing with predicted ecosystem changes due to multiple stressors, potential societal responses to changing marine ecosystems, adaptive management strategies and/or adaptation strategies for sustainable use of marine ecosystems. Contributions from major programs exploring these questions are especially welcome.
Proposed Outputs: PICES will provide a co-convenor and invited speaker for this proposed joint session. Session participants will be invited to contribute a paper to be published as a special peer-reviewed collection of papers or discussion paper depending on submissions.
Expected number of participants: 75-100
ICES/PICES Theme Sessions at the 2013 ICES Annual Science ConferenceSession A, Session B, Session E, Session M
Timing: September 23-27, 2013
Location: Reykjavik, Iceland
ICES/PICES Session A
Marine Litter
Francois Galgani (France; firstname.lastname@example.com)
Thomas Maes (UK; firstname.lastname@example.com)
Thomas Therriault (Canada/PICES; firstname.lastname@example.com)
Dick Vethaak (Netherlands; email@example.com)
Marine pollution represents one of the most significant environmental
problems facing mankind. Over the past decades quantities and types of
marine litter went up dramatically following the trends in use. The accumulation
of synthetic debris in marine and coastal environments is a result of
the intensive and continuous release of highly persistent materials like
plastics. Most of the field research takes place on the back of existing
fisheries cruises and the effects of marine litter encompasses a wide
variety of impacts across marine environments. Marine litter will kill
or harm marine life through entanglement or ingestion and thus put an
even higher strain on those systems that are already under stress from
overfishing and other anthropogenic influences. Around 267 different animals
have been reported to suffer from effects of marine litter. The debris
also creates new habitats for micro-organisms and other species, allowing
would-be invasive species to hitch rides to new areas of the ocean. Other
threats to wildlife are, for example, smothering of the seabed or environmental
disturbance. Furthermore it causes damage to people, property and livelihood.
In addition the presence of marine litter along shorelines can lead to
serious economic problems for regions that are dependent on tourism. The
marine strategy framework directive requires member states to take measures
to achieve or maintain Good Environmental Status (GES) by 2020. One of
the descriptors (D10) is related to marine litter and thus information
from ongoing national and international initiatives and experience gained
from this session, can be used to assess the extent to which key evidence
gaps are being addressed through existing programmes of work.
Papers are welcome on the following topics: marine litter monitoring (sediment,
water, biota…), distribution, modelling, impacts and effects of
marine litter, microplastic types and quantities, polymer degradation
and breakdown, chemical sorbance and leaching.
ICES/PICES Theme Sessions at the 2013 ICES Annual Science Conference
Location: Reykjavik, Iceland
ICES/PICES Session B
Responses of living marine resources to climate change and variability:
Learning from the past and projecting the future
William Cheung (Canada; firstname.lastname@example.com)
Ken Drinkwater (Norway; email@example.com)
Anne Hollowed (USA/PICES; firstname.lastname@example.com)
Myron Peck (Germany, email@example.com)
Vincent Saba (USA; email@example.com)
Anna Gårdmark (Sweden; email@example.com)
Jason Link (USA; firstname.lastname@example.com)
R. Ian Perry (Canada/PICES; firstname.lastname@example.com)
Michele Casini (Sweden; firstname.lastname@example.com)
The world-wide occurrence of abrupt shifts in marine ecosystem function
and structure, trophic cascades in exploited food-webs, and altered species
interactions preventing recovery of depleted fish stocks, show the importance
of accounting for food-web dynamics in the management of human activities
in marine systems. While there has been much recent progress in the understanding
of food-web dynamics in marine ecosystems, however, the application of
this knowledge in marine management is still scarce. Overcoming this 'application
gap' is essential to advance marine management using an ecosystem approach
as well as sectorial approaches like ecosystem-based fisheries management
(EBFM). Using EBFM as an example, bridging this gap would require knowledge
on (1) How can food-web responses to exploitation be monitored and predicted?;
(2) How do food-web dynamics mediate the impacts of fisheries on marine
ecosystems, and the effects of system productivity on fisheries?; (3)
Which aspects of food-web dynamics are necessary to account for in fisheries
management to ensure sustainable use of marine ecosystems, and which are
not? Applying such knowledge into advice for management will require evaluation
of existing advice and management performance, as well as development
of new decision support tools highlighting, for example, how food-web
interactions affect trade-offs between management objectives, determine
the time and probability to achieve management objectives, or provide
guidance on the robustness of the advice.
We welcome papers on the following topics:
Conveners: Emanuele. Di Lorenzo (USA/PICES; email@example.com)
Arthur Miller (USA/PICES; firstname.lastname@example.com)
Marc Hufnagl (Germany/ICES; email@example.com)
Climate variability and change in the ocean is now recognized as a significant
driver of marine ecosystem response, from primary production to zooplankton
composition, and through the trophic chain to fish, marine mammals and
other top predators. Past studies have often relied upon existing datasets
to draw correlative conclusions (associated with indices and discovered
time-lags in the system) regarding the possible mechanisms that may control
these linkages.
In the proposed session, we focus on studies that seek to identify and
model key processes that enable us to succinctly and quantifiably explain
the mechanisms underlying the correlative relationships in physical-biological
datasets, both in the North Pacific and North Atlantic. The description
and modeling of these key processes may (a) involve few or several variables
(but not full complexity), (b) use dynamical (e.g. eddy-resolving ocean
models, NPZD, IBM, etc.) or statistically based methods (e.g. Bayesian,
linear inverse models, etc.), (c) explain variability in low or high tropic
levels (although we seek to emphasize secondary and higher producers),
and (d) include uncertainty estimation.
We also solicit ideas and hypotheses concerning new mechanisms of physical-biological
linkages that can only be tested by establishing novel long-term observational
strategies, where the harvest of understanding will eventually be reaped
by future generations of ocean scientists, as well as by developing creative
modeling datasets, where ecosystem complexities can be effectively unraveled.
The session builds on the co-sponsored GLOBEC/PICES/ICES workshop WKECOFOR
on "Forecasting ecosystem indicators with process-based models"
held at Friday Harbor Labs in September 2012.
Workshop on Development and application of Regional Climate Models-II
Timing: September 10-12, 2013
Location: Novotel Ambassador Busan, Busan, Korea
Registration: Please fill in the registration form and send to email@example.com (Kyung-Il Chang) until July 31, 2013
Submission of extended abstract:
All invited and contributing speakers are requested to submit extended abstracts of 5 up to 10 pages including figures. There is no specific format for the abstracts, but they should be produced using MS Word so that we can edit the abstracts. We may also request to submit original figure files.
Send your abstract to firstname.lastname@example.com (Kyung-Il Chang).
The deadline for abstract submission is August 15, 2013.
Travel arrangement for overseas invited speakers:
A Korean travel agent will contact each invited speaker to arrange flight schedule. If you have any difficulty in the arrangement with the travel agent, please do not hesitate to contact the local organizer (firstname.lastname@example.com). Your final destination from your countries will be the Gimhae International Airport in Busan, Korea (http://www.airport.co.kr/mbs/gimhaeeng/).
OCCAPA Program funded by Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Korea
Research Institute of Oceanography (RIO), Seoul National University
North Pacific Martine Science Organization (PICES)
Invited Speakers (total 18 as is on May 18, 2013; will be a couple of more):
Downscaling Session
Sub-mesoscale Session
North Pacific Climate Variability
Other ocean climate-related issues
Regional Ocean Climate Projections: Status and lessons learnt
North Pacific climate vartiability and change from models and data
Ocean sub-mesoscale
General information
We have the pleasure of announcing the Regional Climate Modeling Workshop II following its successful first workshop in Seoul, Korea in 2011. The workshop was motivated with the realization that physically-based regional climate projections are the starting point for many socio-economic impact and adaptation considerations to future climate. While the global coupled models capture large-scale climate behavior, they have limitations for regional assessment due to their coarse spatial resolutions and lack of regionally important physical processes. As was the case in the 1st workshop, we invite presentations that discuss the regional climate projections based on ocean or coupled models, novel downscaling techniques including implementation of surface and lateral boundary conditions, and existing roadblocks. We also encourage papers to consider both physics and biogeochemistry.
Extending the scope of the workshop, we also invite presentations for the 2nd workshop that discuss some pivotal physical and biological processes important to climate projections focusing on ocean's sub-mesoscale motions. There is considerable current interest in motions in the ocean on the sub-mesoscale and their impact on the marine ecosystem. Understanding the fundamental physics of these motions, their influence on lateral and vertical transports, and how they influence the functioning of the marine ecosystem is necessary in order to be able to assess likely changes and shifts to the system under a changing climate. The presentations will discuss the following key questions; How much do we know? Do we know enough to be able to say with confidence how conditions at these scales may change? What are the major unanswered questions? Other oceanographic processes important to the regional climate projections will also be addressed.
Also invited are presentations on the climate variability of and changes in physical and biogeochemical properties in the North Pacific based on long-term observational data and climate models.
Details on Novotel Ambassador Busan
Address : 1405-16, Jung-Dong, Haeudaegu, Busan, Korea
Tel : 82-51-743-1234 Fax : 82-51-743-1250
From GIMHAE International Airport (http://www.airport.co.kr/mbs/gimhae)
A. Limousine Bus:
Cost : Adult-KRW 7,000, Kid-KRW 4,500
Operation Hours : every 20 minutes
To Hotel 7:10 ~ 21:40 Airport 5:10 ~ 19:50
B. Bus No.: 307
C. Taxi:
1hour, Fee: About KRW 25,000
PICES/ICES Workshop on "Global assessment of the implications of
climate change on the spatial distribution of fish and fisheries (WKSICCME-Spatial)
Timing: May 22-24, 2013
Location: St. Petersburg, Russia
Agenda / Presentations / Breakout group assignments
Workshop Report
List of Participants
Conveners: Anne Hollowed (USA/PICES), Suam Kim
(Korea/PICES) and Myron Peck (Germany/ICES)
Workshop Description:
Climate change will impact the spatial distribution of fish and fisheries
around the globe. These changes are expected to disrupt current
fisheries, alter species interactions, and may result in conflicts over
quota allocations. Previous studies have demonstrated that fish
and fisheries are responding to shifts in environmental conditions in
selected regions. Future projections from bio-climatic window models,
individual based models and coupled biophysical ecosystem models show
climate change will impact spatial distributions of fish and fisheries.
An Atlas of observations and model projections is needed to develop a
global synthesis of the implications of climate change on fish and fisheries.
Participants will review the available observations and model output
to: 1) develop and test analytical methods for detecting changes in distribution;
2) assess the skill of different modeling approaches; 3) develop methods
for quantifying uncertainty in projected changes; 4) produce design specifications
for a global database of marine observations; 5) evaluate the influential
factors governing vulnerability to shifting distributions. Products
of this effort will be used to develop regional and latitudinal differences
in the vulnerability of species or species groups to climate change induced
shifts in ocean conditions. The synthesis will be used to inform
future decisions regarding the governance and management of marine resources.
PICES Workshop on "Radionuclide Science and Environmental Quality of Radiation in the North Pacific"
By Invitiation Only
Timing: March 14-15, 2013
Location: Xiamen, Fujian Province, P.R. China
Host Institute: Third Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration (SOA)
Workshop on
"Forecasting Ecosystem Indicators with Climate-driven Process Models"
Timing: Sept 8-10, 2012 Location: Incheon, KoreaPlace: Friday Harbor Labs, WA, USA Sponsors/Organizers: Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynaics (GLOBEC), PICES, The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) URL
Workshop on "Introduction to Rapid Assessment Survey methodologies for detecting non-indigenous marine species"
Place: Nagasaki, Japan
Sponsors/Organizers: PICES, The Fisheries Research Agency (FRA), Northwest Pacific Action Plan (NOWPAP), IOC sub-commission for Western Pacific (WESTPAC)
Details: pdf
Workshop on "Development and application of Regional Climate
program and detailed information
Timing: October 11–12, 2011 (immediately prior
to the 2011 PICES Annual Meeting)
Location: Incheon, Korea
Conveners: Kyung-Il Chang (Korea), Michael Foreman (Canada),
Chan Joo Jang (Korea) and Angelica Peña (Canada)
Workshop Description
Both global and regional numerical climate models are important tools
in understanding physical mechanisms involved in and controlling climate
change and variability at multiple spatio-temporal scales. They may also
provide the unique possibility to construct physically based future climate
projections, the starting point for many socio-economic impact and adaptation
considerations to future climate change. Global and regional modeling
complement each other. While the global coupled general circulation models
(GCMs) may be capable of capturing the large-scale mean climate behavior,
especially those related to anthropogenic forcing, they often cannot be
directly used for assessing regional climate impacts mainly due to their
coarse spatial scale. Furthermore, they are usually not successful in
capturing regionally important physical processes and reproducing higher
order statistics and extreme events. Regional climate modeling has been
introduced to fill the gap between the GCMs and the growing demand of
climate predictions and scenarios on highly-resolved spatio-temporal scales.
Various approaches and parameterizations have been adopted in existing
regional climate models (RCMs). This two-day workshop will provide a platform
to discuss various aspects of regional climate modeling such as different
approaches, downscaling, parameterizations, and coupling to the GCMs.
It will also encompass the coupling of RCMs to ecosystem models.
Joint ICES/PICES Theme Session
for the 2011 ICES Annual Science Conference:
Title: Atmospheric forcing of
the Northern Hemisphere ocean gyres, and the subsequent impact on the
adjacent marine climate and ecosystems
Conveners: Jürgen Alheit (ICES/Germany), Hjálmar
Hátún (ICES/Faroe Islands), Emanuele Di Lorenzo (PICES/USA)
and Ichiro Yasuda (PICES/Japan)
Description: Recently, it has become apparent that the
dynamics of the North Pacific and Atlantic subpolar and subtropical gyres
have considerable impacts on the adjacent marine ecosystems:
The theme session aims at bringing together marine scientists from the
Pacific and the Atlantic, respectively, to compare results from both oceans
in order to gain a better understanding of the apparent gyre-ecosystem
linkages. We invite atmospheric scientists, physical oceanographers and
biologists to present papers on (1) the atmospheric driving mechanisms
of these basin-scale gyres, (2) the internal dynamics of gyre systems,
and (3) the impact of the gyres on the adjacent marine ecosystems.
Title: Atlantic redfish and Pacific
rockfish: Comparing biology, ecology, assessment and management strategies
for Sebastes spp.
Conveners: Benjamin Planque (ICES/Norway), Paul Spencer
(PICES/USA), Christoph Stransky (ICES/Germany) and Steve Cadrin (ICES/USA)
Description: Redfish in the Atlantic Ocean and rockfish
in the Pacific Ocean (Sebastes spp.) are closely related and
commercially important species. Active research is taking place in both
oceanic basins but, despite the similarity of Sebastes species, little
work has been done to compare the current state of knowledge for Atlantic
redfish and Pacific rockfish. Recent genetic studies have identified new
species and provided novel insight in populations' spatial structure.
Observation methods are being developed on the habitat use of rockfish
for various life-history stages, and new survey methodologies involving
both trawl and acoustic gear are being investigated to address the occurrence
of Sebastes in untrawlable grounds. The objective of this theme
session is to review current progress and key questions on the biology,
ecology, observation methodologies, assessment models, and management
approaches of Sebastes in the Atlantic and Pacific basins. The synthesis
of information from these areas would not only enhance our knowledge of
Sebastes populations, but also provide an opportunity to address practical
issues such as survey techniques, assessment methods, and management strategies.
Title: Recruitment processes:
Early life history dynamics – from eggs to juveniles
Conveners: Richard D.M. Nash (ICES/Norway), Ed Houde
(ICES/USA), and Rick Brodeur (PICES/USA)
Description: Variability in recruitment success remains
a significant issue in understanding the reproductive dynamics of marine
organisms. The issue has been prominent since the days of Hjort in the
early 20th century. Recently, there has been resolution of many questions
related to recruitment variability and its causes, but the roles of life
stages in control and regulation remain largely unresolved. Recruitment
processes determine numbers of individuals surviving from eggs through
to the stage joining the adult stock. Survival rates vary widely among
species, within a species, between stocks and over temporal and spatial
scales. While the preponderance of 'recruitment research'
emphasizes fishes, there is opportunity and need to compare recruitment
processes in marine vertebrates and invertebrates. Pre-recruit survival
rates and processes differ during ontogeny in both groups. Nevertheless,
until recently research and understanding have been focused on the earliest
life stages, primarily eggs and larvae, rather than early life history
as a whole. In the sea, variability in reproductive dynamics is initially
generated by the adults through variable egg production or quality, which
then is amplified or dampened through the egg-larval pelagic phases, during
metamorphosis/settlement, and through the juvenile stage on the nursery
ground. In addition, survival through the first winter can be critical
in determining recruited year-class size. The relative importance of density-independent
and density-dependent processes acting on early life stages continues
to be poorly understood.
The theme session will welcome contributions on:
Workshop on "Biological consequences of a decrease in sea ice
in Arctic and Sub-Arctic Seas"
Timing: May 22, 2011
Location: Seattle, U.S.A. (in conjunction with the 2nd
ESSAS Open Science Meeting (http://www.pices.int/meetings/international_symposia/2011/ESSAS/default.aspx
Conveners: Anne Hollowed (PICES/USA) and Harald Loeng
Workshop Description
This workshop will review life history information and habitat associations
to assess the risk of immigration and settlement of new biological populations
in the Arctic and surrounding shelf seas in response to the retreat of
sea ice. Criteria necessary to establish new species in the Arctic Ocean
and surrounding areas will be developed and compared to expected conditions
based on climate scenarios. Ways for cooperation in information sharing
between groups charged with managing the Arctic will be explored and the
results of the workshop will be reported to both PICES and ICES scientists
working on these issues.
on "Comparative analyses of marine bird and mammal responses
to climate change"
Conveners: Rolf Ream (USA), William J. Sydeman (USA)
and Yutaka Watanuki (Japan)
Workshop Description
This workshop will focus on how to best integrate ongoing and new research
on marine birds and mammals into long-term PICES and ESSAS programs and
objectives; the overarching goal is to produce a strategic vision and
plan for activities of the PICES MBMAP over the next 5 years. Specific
workshop objectives include (1) producing an outline of potential new
goals reflecting climate change impacts on marine birds and mammals in
the northern hemisphere, (2) design and implementation of sub-groups to
work on specific areas of interest including (i) models of climate impact
(e.g., NEMURO.BIRD), (ii) conservation of threatened and endangered species,
and (iii) communication, and (3) initial writing of strategic plan documents.
The workshop will include some oral presentations, but the emphasis will
be on discussions leading to planning documents.
Workshop on "Reaction of Northern Hemisphere ecosystems to climate
events: A Comparison"
Timing: May 2–6, 2011
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Conveners: Jürgen Alheit (ICES/Germany), Christian
Möllmann (ICES/Germany), Sukgeun Jung (PICES/Korea) and Yoshiro Watanabe
Workshop Description (more on goals
and description, methods)
Regime shifts have been observed, espcially during the late 1980s, in
several northern hemisphere marine ecosystems in the Atlantic and the
Pacific such as the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, the Mediterranean Sea,
Gulf of Alaska/Northern California Current, the Oyashio-Kuroshio System
and the Japan/East Sea which all have important small pelagic resources.
A respective multi-authored manuscript has been drafted by an earlier
joint ICES/PICES workshop describing the associated climatic teleconnection
patterns between these ecosystems which are widely separated from each
other. The present workshop will extend this descriptive exercise in a
quantitative way. Long-term time series of physical, chemical and biological
variables from these regional ecosystems will be compared and analyzed
by a team of experts from PICES and ICES countries using multivariate
statistics. These studies will yield further insight into how ecosystems
change state, as, for example, the rates and magnitudes of change are
not the same for the different systems reflecting regional specific differences
in the forcing factors. In any one geographical ecosystem the expression
of changes resulting from climatic forcing may take on different patterns
reflecting the detailed mechanisms and local processes that are influential
within the constraints of the larger scale forcing. However, there is
growing evidence that although climate forcing appears to be a significant
trigger for many regime shifts, those ecosystems subject to high levels
of human activity such as fishing pressures appear to be at greater risk
to this phenomena).
This workshop will conduct a meta-analysis of changes in ecosystem structure
and function over several northern hemisphere ecosystems in relation to
climate and other anthropogenic drivers. The goals of the workshop are
a) Assemble multivariate data sets of long-term time series of physical,
chemical and biological variables from regional ecosystems;
b) Identify trends and abrupt changes (i.e. regime shifts) in the regional
data sets using multivariate statistical and discontinuity analyses;
c) Identify the region-specific importance of climate events relative
to anthropogenic forcing factors such as eutrophication and exploitation;
d) Conduct a meta-analysis of ecosystem trends and their potential drivers
over all northern hemisphere ecosystem.
Science Board meeting (ISB-2011)
Closed meeting
(for PICES Science Board Committee Members)
Timing: April 29–30, 2011
Location: Honolulu, HI, U.S.A.
This meeting will be held at the Ala Moana Hotel, tentatively we have
different rooms on the two days: Carnation Room on April 29 and Plumeria
Room on April 30. (This SB Meeting includes a meeting of the Joint PICES/ICES
Study Group on "Developing a Framework for Scientific Cooperation
in Northern Hemisphere Marine Science", structure and details to
be announced.)
Travel: The airport code of Honolulu is "HNL".
Other than domestic flights from many cities in the US, there are also
international direct flights from Canada, Japan and Korea.
Dinner: A group dinner for the SB Meeting is planned
for April 30. Details will be announced later.
and Visa
of Status and Change within North Pacific Marine Ecosystems: A FUTURE
(by invitation and application only)
Timing: April 26–28, 2011
Location: East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.
This workshop will be held in the Asia Room at the East-West Center (EWC)
on the University of Hawaii campus, bus transportation between the Ala
Moana Hotel and the venue will be provided.
Conveners: Thomas Therriault (AICE-AP; Canada), Jacquelynne
King (COVE-AP; Canada) and Sachihiko Itoh (Japan)
Workshop Description
Ecosystems are affected by a number of natural stressors and, more recently,
an increased number of anthropogenic ones. Ultimately, these stressors
result in changes to ecosystem structure and function, which in turn can
affect their overall productivity and the societies that depend on them.
Metrics of ecosystem status are required to measure impacts of stressors
and monitor change. Ecosystem indicators also could be used to identify
systems that are resilient or vulnerable to stressors.
One of the themes of the PICES FUTURE Science Plan focuses on ecosystem
resiliency and vulnerability to stressors and how these attributes might
change in the in the future. In order to ensure scientists have the ability
to detect ecosystem-level changes in a consistent and standardized way,
common metrics must be developed. Further, in an attempt to understand
the amount of inherent variability in marine ecosystems, these metrics
also need to incorporate measures of uncertainty that can be conveyed
to end users, including managers and policy makers.
The goals of this workshop will be to identify:
1) means of determining ecosystem resilience or vulnerability;
2) ecosystem-level indicators of status and change, including but not
limited to fisheries-based indicators;
3) methods to characterize uncertainty in these indicators;
4) common ecosystem indicators to be used for regional comparisons by
the PICES' community.
Please review the FUTURE Science Plan prior to this workshop (http://www.pices.int/members/scientific_programs/FUTURE/FUTURE-main.aspx).
It outlines the key research questions (on pages 3-4) that underlie the
objectives of this workshop.
of participants
Supporting Information:
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Getting the chance to play for Missouri's Four State team again gave Brooke Cusumano the chance to help bring the junior girls golf championship back home.
Cusumano, a recent Westminster Christian Academy graduate, and Jordan Chael, of Overland Park, Kan., were the holdovers on this year's team. But their experience and superior play helped Missouri capture the victory by winning the 2013 Junior Four State Championship Cup. Missouri has won 12 titles since the inception of this event in 1969.


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"Our climate is too cold to grow some crops"
Jayne Dyas, of the British Growers Association, said, "We have to import some produce, such as lettuce, courgettes and broccoli, during our winter months as our climate is too cold to grow such crops then. Many UK farmers have land or contracts with growers in Spain to supply fresh produce in winter. There are seasonal alternatives and, of course, frozen vegetables are also available."


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Austin, Texas (PRWEB) January 28, 2012
Planet Amazing has a new online storefront, according to Justin Douglas, expert researcher for the company. Mr. Douglas says "Planet Amazing is committed to providing 100% environmentally friendly products, and now we have a new online store that anyone can access 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. The storefront at Amazon.com features many of the products that Planet Amazing has become known for. All products are non-toxic and have a money back guarantee, as well as solid customer support."
The company focus is to provide family-friendly, non-toxic solutions, Mr. Douglas says. "The Planet Amazing mission is to improve the health and well-being of families everywhere. To fulfill this goal, we must protect the environments in which we work and live. A healthy planet and a healthy community go hand in hand."
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Any person with a conscience will inevitably feel guilt for the people they have hurt as a result of their anger. Even if they feel the anger is justified, guilt will arise. Guilt leads to depression. Depression is basically anger turned inwards. Nothing good can come of it.
But why are people like me prone "losing it" more often than not? Why can't we look the other way, ignore what makes us unhappy and move on. I am no psychologist so I am not going to attempt to rationalize or answer that. But I certainly need to change before I strain more relationships in my life.
"Anyone can become angry - that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way - this is not easy."
Aristotle said that in his book, The Nichomachean Ethics.
Anger really is a useless emotion. It solves nothing, it doesn't make you feel better, and it causes you to lose control of your behavior. And it's worse than useless, it's dangerous. When in the grip of anger, people make poor decisions, hurt themselves and others.
It has been said that better communication and the use of humour helps. Thinking before you speak and listening before you respond defensively will certainly go a long way. But how often will I remember that when I need to?
Buddhist mindfulness is another thing that I read about. It is a technique that advocates non-attachment to angry thoughts that arise. Basically, one is asked to simply observe one's anger with disinterest and focus on breathing. In a best case scenario, the anger will dissipate.
Thoughts only acquire force, say Buddhist teachers, when we attach ourselves to these thoughts. Since our inflated egos are our own worst enemies, it pays to think of ourselves as ego-less Buddhas full of infinite compassion, even for the people we attribute our anger to.
Modern psychology borrows heavily from Buddhist mindfulness. Though we may lack the capacity to mindfully dissolve our worst thoughts, we can buy ourselves a few precious seconds before we do something irretrievably stupid. In essence, we can recognize our destructive thoughts as they occur, and then work with them.
I really need to keep a journal of what makes me angry- that would be a very long book I'm sure- perhaps a few dozen volumes. After that I need to find a way to distract myself based on mindfulness. That is my new resolution.
Anger can never be used to get your way. In fact most of the time nobody gives a shit if you are angry or not. At the end of the day you just end up hurting yourself and feeling depressed, or worse perhaps the other way around.
Control the inner beast. If you are thinking of mowing down your boss with a machine gun, for instance, it might be better to take a couple of deep breaths and resolve to take up your grievance at a later time.
If only I can heed my own advice...


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Moving on? What are you moving on from?
Today, I'm making the change from zoom lenses to prime lenses. For those who don't know, zoom lenses allow you to zoom without moving your feet, whereas prime lenses require you to zoom with your feet.
Wait… So why would you want that?
The main advantage of prime lenses is that they are sharper that their zoom brothers, and they give you a more dreamy and blurred out background. So what's not to like? Versatility? Meh… I dont mind.
So 5D mk ii… Meet your new brother… the 35mm f1.4L


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I love little tastes. I love the stores that have samples. I am going to one tomorrow, so I decided to give you some little tastes. I hope you enjoy these and learn some things, as well! The following aspects are for the natal chart.
1. Chiron Oppose the Moon may be freaked out by her own emotions. They may feel like aliens. They may feel scary and uncomfortable, as if they could bite her, if they get out of their cage. Her relationship with her mother was, likely, painful. However, she, likely, did not give up on it, but had eternal hope that it would resolve.
2. Venus Conjunct Mars is, always, very sexy. Period end!
3. Pluto Conjunct the MC has a powerful presence. He exudes a sense that he is in charge and he expects respect from others.
4. The asteroid Mania Conjunct the Descendant likely, chooses/finds partners who have mental/emotional issues. One of my clients has this. She is one of my most beloved clients and she knows who she is. We discovered this together.
5. The asteroid Chaos is what it suggests. That which it touches will, likely, be a chaotic sphere of life. If Chaos conjuncts Venus, the native will, likely, have storms/hurricanes in his love life.
6. Tantulus conjunct Venus. I was thinking about this the other day. The person I know who has this greatly desires true love, but it seems to be elusive. Tantulus tantalizes but does not allow obtainment of the desire.
7. Mercury in Scorpio loves to delve into the mysteries of life. They would, likely, read books, such as detective novels, crime novels or FBI Profiler books.
8. Venus in Gemini is, always( or always as I have seen) a flirt.
9. Venus in Virgo cannot stand offensive smells and tastes. They can make him physically ill.
10. Moon Conjunct Pluto, likely, had a smother mother.
11. Uranus trine the Sun is a genius.
12. Uranus Oppose Jupiter may like to shock people.
13. Many, many hard aspects to Jupiter may show lack of conscience.
14.Kaali Conjunct the Ascendant may get very drained in social situations.
15. Saturn Conjunct the Ascendant may have dental or bone problems.
16. Neptune square Venus may fall in love with the frog and think he is a prince until she is married and has two children and a mortgage. If you have this aspect, find people whom you trust and let them give their opinions of your prospective spouse BEFORE you marry.
17. Pluto Conjunct Venus may be too, too, too overwhelmed when in love. If he gets rejected, it may be very hard to cope.
18. The Unaspected Mars is Mr Temper Tantrum. This is worse in cardinal signs.
19.Mars in Scorpio is, always, sexy. I don't care what else he has( You know I had to add that)
20. Uranus in the 12th House, likely, has hidden kink of which he is ashamed.


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Music and festivals around Africa this year
Saturday January 20 2018
For those interested in sounds, rhythms and cultural events, Africa offers a number of them annually.
For music from across the continent, do not miss the Sauti za Busara (February 8 to 11), at the Old Fort and Forodhani Gardens, in Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania.
The 19th edition of the Cape Town International Jazz Festival will be celebrated from March 23 to 24, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre in South Africa. The festival is famous for its star-studded line up of local and international jazz artists from around the world.
The Harare International Festival of the Arts is set for May 1 to 6, in Harare, Zimbabwe. Famed for showcasing the best local and international artistes, the festival features visual arts, music, theatre, street and dance performances.
The 21st edition of the Gnaoua World Music Festival — June 21 to 24 — will be held in the 18th century coastal town of Essaouira in Morocco. Gnaoua musicians (descendants of slaves from sub-Saharan Africa), who play their ancient rhythms and traditions, are joined by artists from the rest of the world.
The Biennale of Contemporary African Art will be held in Dakar, Senegal from May 3 to June 2. Known as Dak'Art, the exhibition is of contemporary work by artists from all over the world.
The Fes Festival of World Sacred Music will run from May 12 to 29. Held in Fes, the medieval, political and intellectual capital of Morocco, sacred music from around the world is performed in ancient palaces and garden courtyards, among other venues.
The 12th edition of the MTN Bushfire festival will be held from May 25 to 27, in the Malkerns Valley in Swaziland. Activities include music, dance, visual arts, poetry, theatre and film.
The AfrikaBurn festival will run from April 23 to 29, in Tankwa Karoo, South Africa. Participants will create their own art work like burning structures, costume, performance, theme camps, music and mutant vehicles, among others.
The Zanzibar International Film Festival, also known as Festival of the Dhow Countries, will take place from July 7 to 15, in Stone Town in Zanzibar.
ZIFF, one of the largest multi-disciplinary art and cultural events in Africa, is dedicated to films, music and different forms of art, culminating in an awards night on the final night of the festival.
The Lake of Stars Music Festival will hold its 15th anniversary celebration from September 28 to 30, on the shores of Lake Malawi. Malawian musicians play alongside visiting artists.


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I came across this visually appealing network/star diagram which does a pretty good job at revealing Europe's major financial crisis regarding debt owed between the major European economies. The creator's of this visualization did a good job at representing the data presented by this graphic by using proportion mapping correctly. IE> The size of each of the circles and arrows grow and shrink according to the amount of debt owed to the other countries. This visualization also does a good job with use of colors in that each of the 5 different European countries are presented as different colors, which helps with easy identification of the 5 different countries. The text presented on this diagram is also easy to distinguish and view because of the good combinations of text colors meshed with background colors. Overall, I'm pretty satisfied with this visualization and the way it presents the data.
Figure 1: Europe's Web of Debt


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I've come to terms with the fact that deadlines are a necessary evil. Deadlines are daunting to me, but I realize that without them, I would probably remain in an invisible cocoon of protection from the world.
Last week, I was scheduled to send a short story to an already published writer for some helpful feedback. I was excited, contemplating the importance and value of her help. The sample only needed to be two to three pages long; not much, really. I already knew the topic, the conflict, the setting, and the characters involved. Parts of the dialogue played in a loop inside my head. I even had a rough draft.
However, the thought of putting the elements together and making this fragmented idea into something cohesive and enjoyable filled me with terror. Writer's block, one might say, but what is writer's block if not an amplified fear of inadequacy?
The minutes ticked away. The deadline came closer, but I wasn't ready. It was one hour before the agreed time of submission, and suddenly, I had an uncomfortable feeling in my stomach.
At first, I thought I was getting sick. Great! I had an honest excuse not to submit anything. I could ask for an extension, and I didn't have to feel guilty. After all, I had come down with a bug. Sure, what could go wrong?
I would be letting myself down.
I have come to know myself well enough to understand that the uncomfortable feeling in my stomach had nothing to do with illness. It was familiar to me, and I had endured this feeling many times before in the last four years. The gnawing in my stomach was a manifestation of my fear.
So, I ignored the little voices in my head telling me to hide and submitted the short story. It wasn't perfect, but I had finished it. Worrying about perfection, inadequacy, and likability was (is) only going to hinder my growth. Vulnerability and art often come hand in hand. How can we learn to walk without falling once in a while?


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Obama has demonstrated no desire to make tough choices. Americans demand a more efficient, effective government, but his budget calls for more taxes and more spending. It employs deceptive accounting gimmicks but does nothing to tackle long-term entitlement problems, nothing to save Medicare or fix Social Security.Send Quote
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About Me
I grew up with a No. 2 pencil in one hand and a comic book in the other. The thick-thin lines from the inker's pen, the boldness of the colors, the drama in nearly every frame, all held my attention and fascination: I let The Lone Ranger and Silvertip and Lash La Rue teach me to draw. Today, that influence can still be seen in some of my paintings.
Time went on and Realism reared its head, and I had to know whether the tip of my brush carried in it the weathered age of an old barn or rusty truck or a bar patron's face. After a span of artless years, and while I can once again smell the memory of paint, a camera has been a more recent and constant companion.
As you look at these samples of my work, you will see some straightforward photos and others that have been digitally manipul — well, let me say digitally played with — because that's what I think the making of any kind of art should be: no matter how seriously we take it, we must remember art comes from our spirit at play. ~Lane Aldridge
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I lay awake at night, unable to fall asleep
Looked at the clock every 5 minutes
But the time still dragged on slowly…
I closed my eyes trying to clear my head of all the thoughts
And found myself praying to fall asleep.
A few minutes later, I was still awake with my eyes closed in prayer.
And I prayed…
For the faith to see me through difficult times
For the strength to face my fears
For the courage to not give up
For the hope that everything will be ok
For the loyalty to stick by You even when everything is going great
For the eyes that see what You want me to see
For the ears that hear what You want to say to me
For the heart that longs for Your will
For the mind that gives You control
For the awe that glorifies You
For the kindness You modeled for us
For the forgiveness You granted willingly to those who hated You
For the grace and mercy that made me Yours
For the love that brought You into this world
For the love that You so freely gave asking for nothing in return.


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As I worked up to changing photographic horses I turned to Europe, especially Wetzlar, Germany. My first experience with a "really good" camera was a Leica III F, loaned to me for 3 months by a college classmate. When I could afford film I photographed with it, grayscale. Years later, when I got back from Vietnam the person who taught me darkroom was a Leica enthusiast. Consequently my opinion of what is "good" is Leica. Frankly, I've used Nikon and Canon cameras for years and been very satisfied with the results. But those camera systems have gotten heavier and heavier. I appreciate some of their "features" but I'm glad to let go of the weight.
I'll dispense with the "… it has this and this" stuff and move on to following the generations of photographers who have used Leica almost by default as a reason, in part, for considering the move. The reason I 'm talking about this at all is that I'm beginning to look at global photographers and learning to appreciate their work. This round in Europe brought some people into view; Gabriele Basilico, Fulvio Bugani and Maik Scharfscheer. I'll leave it to you to go on the web for their work. They're worth it. There are many others, not hard to find… rounds out one's view.
Franca and I also made contact with Projectspace 70, in particular Patrizia Castano in Glorenza, Italy. Projectspace 70 is a physical space and effort directed toward modern design.
From their website…
"A space for Art, Design and much more. // Projectspace70 was conceived in October 2013 as an innovative space centered principally on contemporary art and design, but available to anyone seeking to present their own cultural project or to promote unique products of excellence. Our intent is to initiate an exchange of ideas in diversified areas by creating new contacts. Our program showcases established artists and designers, but especially emerging and innovative ones, from Italy and around the world.
Projectspace70 is purposely located in a small medieval village in northern Italy, South Tyrol, far from modern urban centers and large cities in which programs of contemporary art usually develop. The idea is to capture the attention of the viewer of art outside its usual context because today's environment of museums and galleries has become a form of trendy social gathering: places to "be seen" rather than a platform for appreciation of personal expression and the creative process of artists. This space is isolated and exclusive; a rare treasure for true art lovers and for anyone looking for something distinctive and innovative.
Projectspace70 is located in the "Schallerhaus", a building dating back to 1500, restored in 2013, situated in Via dei Portici in the picturesque hamlet of Glorenza, a few kilometers from Switzerland and Austria. The location and its rich historical environment create an extraordinary contrast with contemporary art, a unique experience for the visitor."
I hope to find some exposure there. I think they may be more open to color exploration and alternative applications in photography than American galleries who (IMO) tend to go with fads and often exhibit questionable craft.
There's a line of thought I'm following which will show up here for a while, I think. Not to beat a dead horse but where does photography stand in the overall scheme of art? I keep thinking these issues are simpler than most allow and I know many of the viewpoints expressed on the subject are by those who "need a job." I'm reading a book now on color photography and the "givens" of perception are so jaundiced by comparisons to painting I find it almost unreadable.
Photography has no ax to grind. Sure, I look at painting with interest because painters can choose their point of view, orchestration and degree of inclusion from the stuff that's out there (or in there). And I make decisions occasionally based on a "painterly" idea, but the involvement ends with suggestion not dictation. I also don't believe photography "works" as art unless the photographer has an almost totally eclectic point of view. I think "projects" or "series work" are often temporizing moves, one can get stuck temporizing. The whole point to photography is intercepting what appears not necessarily mechanically but as a candidate for interception in a prepared consciousness, in actuality taking many forms. If the craft of the discipline is treated with respect, utilized properly, craft disappears. The work becomes an extension of the artist's eye and senses. The only possible expansion beyond that is what the viewer brings to the mix. And that's true for any art.


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Zine Review:
The Support Worker of Emile Durkheim House
The Support Worker of Emile Durkheim House is a novella about the infamous Canadian group home for the mentally ill. Despite it being a work of fiction, author Jon Rowland claims that the routines and procedures described in the story are a realistic portrayal of life in a group home, especially one that houses those suffering from schizophrenia.
More specifically, the story is about Adam, a support worker who commits suicide by blowing his brains out with a pistol. The narrator of the story is a friend and fellow coworker of Adam's, who recounts his last days almost like snapshots or fleeting episodes. Sometimes he shares the day-today activities, sometimes he reminisces of specific memories of Adam and the other patients, triggered by something that had happened during the day. Some make you laugh (patients crashing AA meetings for the free coffee and donuts), while others break your heart (Adam shaving his pubic hair because he knew he'd be on a stainless steel tray the next day).
The Support Worker is a pretty dark piece and the outlook on life of both the workers and patients is interminably bleak. The narrator is bitter, the patients are erratic and moody, and they're often left to their own destructive devices without any professional attendance. To put it simply, Rowland makes the joint sound like a real hellhole. With every sentence, the reader can't help but feel a heaviness leech into their lungs and weigh heavy on their chest. It's suffocating, it's merciless and and most of all, it's depressing.
Nevertheless, the story rarely lags and easily maintains the reader's interest. Rowland's deviation from the typical linear narrative structure is reminiscent of the unpredictable, volatile behaviour of a patient suffering with schizophrenia and the reader never really knows what each block of text will reveal.
The use of circularity in the piece is also interesting; an underlying theme of the work is that self-deception is the only path to happiness in life; in other words, living in your own delusions. The narrator says that's likely the reason "we're (the support workers) so miserable." The ironic twist is that the narrator says near the end that Adam's death was like something that happened to him in a movie; that it wasn't real. Furthermore, the narrator says that Adam always wanted to be an actor and that he was obviously quite the talent — wearing a smile one day and offing himself the next.
It appears that self-deception can't help one escape the gloom of Emile Durkheim House after all.
Ultimately, The Support Worker is an embittered piece that plays on the reader's curiosity about Rowland's intentions. What is most saddening is that it is likely based on some level of personal experience. If that's the case, this story is a very necessary and vital read for anyone who gives a damn about what's going on within our healthcare institutions. (Amy Greenwood)
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Just a sampling of business workshops I could be taking…
Poet: Principles of Effective Thinking
Creating Forward – Thinking Drama Workshops for the Business World
Leadership Skills: Is leadership a top down, white, male, professional class prerogative?
Mountain Survival is the ultimate business adventure and an incredible opportunity to mix outdoor fun into a business context
The Artistry of Change: Why add something as flakey sounding as artistry to the workplace?
Anxious to Please: Seven Practices for the Chronically Nice
Leadership Skills Through Stand Up
The Gettysburg Leadership Experience brings executives to the Civil War battlefiled to learn timeless lessons on leadership
Singing Workshops For Business
Leadership Safaris in Africa: Overcome Challenges of the Business Jungle
Laughter Yoga For Business World: Take Your Work Seriously But Take Yourself Lightly


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The film revolves around a typical middle class family of Bengal. Ananda (Rajatava Dutta) is a very meek guy and is scared of confronting people. He is a peace-loving man and very shy in nature. He works as a clerk in a government office. His wife Seema (Rupa Ganguly) is however a spirited woman and remains tense about him and her family. They have a college-going daughter Dolon (Sanchita) and a son, Suman who studies in Class 9 and stays in the school hostel. To get rid of their daily ordeal, Ananda asks for help from a small-time goon Tota a.k.a Ganesh Halder (Saswata Chatterjee). Tota is the leader of the club in their locality. The club members call themselves as 'saviors' but are engaged in anti-social activities. Ananda is scared of the rowdy members of the club, so he decided to satisfy them by paying a very high amount of money for the Saraswati Puja celebration. In return, Tota promised Ananda to help him if he ever gets into trouble. But Tota gives evidence of his dishonest intentions by coming inside Ananda's house in his absence on the pretext of asking for a glass of water. After that, Seema no longer wanted to live in the locality. Meanwhile, Dolon needed a tutor and Sudeb (Bhaswar Chattopadhyay) is the chosen for the job, who later developed intimate relationships with her and eventually went through a physical relationship caught by Seema. Enraged Ananda asks Tota to stop Sudeb to visit her daughter and in return Tota wants to meet Dolon privately in the club . Sensing something may go wrong Seema insists Ananda to take Dolon to her grandmother's house for some day in stead of Ananda being afraid of being killed by Tota. At that night Tota attacks the family and in order to protect Ananda her wife Seema seduces Tota and Tota being invoked rapes her in the house as Ananda stayes outside and repents for the incident.
The camera work is mostly shows the old tele-film way rather than shiny movie way but that quite expect-able as the movie talks about the middle class value and conspiracy. On the acting side Saswata did a great job as usual with his continuous effort to be in any character, same with Rajatava and Rupa Ganguly. In a small roll Bhaswar justified the character but Sanchita's characterization was ok sort, mainly because she became a sandwich in between all the good actors.
The music by Cactus fame Sidhu is just an average, Aye Ghum Jay Ghum by Rupankar is good, Hey Kallu (by Bandage) reminds us the Hindi song Kallu Mama.
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This is a scrapbook about my adventures in paper crafts. Mostly scrapbooking but also other items made using paper. Sometimes I use mixed media but not a lot.You can always find Close To My Heart papers,stamps and embellishments on this blog. If you would like to make any of these items or need the materials from Close To My Heart let me know!
Monday, October 3, 2011
Times Square
These are some pictures of Times Square in NYC that I scrapbooked. I did use some Close To My Heart irresistible letters. I colored them using Close To My Heart ink pads in Olive and Barn Red.
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Those who hate against religion do not comprehend the true meaning. They only understand the aspect of religion that they see in modern-day churches.
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Everyone has a digital camera these days, and people's hard drives are overflowing with image files, some of which (in my case) aren't the world's greatest photographs. What is needed is a digital image editing program to crop the image in order to frame the picture nicely, adjust the exposure, remove the dreaded "red eye", etc.
In the good old days (i.e. a couple of versions ago!), Ubuntu had a great image editor – GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) – built right into the distro. One reviewer called this program "One of the most powerful general-purpose image editors around… eminently comparable to Photoshop."
Now, while GIMP is no longer part of the initial installation of Ubuntu, it is readily available from the Software Centre. Navigate to: Applications – Ubuntu Software Centre – Graphics – Painting & Editing. Now, just click on GIMP Image Editor and then the Install button.
The program is fairly intuitive to use, but it does have a lot of functionality, and hence a large number of menus and controls. Fortunately, there is lots of good advice on-line. Google is your friend in locating how-to's and tutorials on just about anything that you might want to do to edit your edit digital images.
One little annoyance that I have with the current version is easily fixed. By default, the GIMP's two default toolbars are now docked (fixed) on the left and right sides of the screen, rather than being "floating" as in earlier versions of the program. It turns out that you can change this behaviour; however, procedure is not very intuitive.
You need to go to Edit – Preferences – Window Management and change the options for both "Hint for the toolbar" and "Hint for other docks" from "Utility Window" to "Normal Window". Now, check "Save window positions on exit". Arrange the windows the way that you wish them to appear and close GIMP. Next time your start the program, the window layout will be customized to your preference.
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Claire McKaskill (R-MO) recently did something relatively decent for voters, introducing a bill to help some families get the same health insurance options that pampered politicians from the Heartland get.
But like a Democrat, she just couldn't wait to screw it up with something outrageous and stupid.
McKaskill is now blaming the failure of Obamacare, signed into law by Democrats almost a decade ago, on the Trump Administration.
Her logic is that removing the individual mandate (an unconstitutional measure in the 1st place) has caused insurers to become timid.
"Once this administration said they weren't going to pay the risk-sharing costs that were supposed to be paid by the government" the insurance companies began backing out, McKaskill is quoted by CBS News.
Hmm. Hold on a second, so she's saying Obamacare is really just a handout to medical insurance giants, who are likely to abandon ship if the gravy train ever threatens to dry up? Because that's what conservatives have been saying for 8 years.


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it would appear that a surprising number of people use webcam conversations to show intimate parts of their body to the other person," one document states, according to the Guardian.
"Also, the fact that the Yahoo software allows more than one person to view a webcam stream without necessarily sending a reciprocal stream means that it appears sometimes to be used for broadcasting pornography." Yahoo responded "furiously" when informed of the Optic Nerve program, the Guardian reported, denying knowledge of the program and calling it "a whole new level of violation of our users' privacy that is completely unacceptable." "We strongly call on the world's governments to reform surveillance law consistent with the principles we outlined in December," a spokeswoman said.
Their logic for doing so is hard to argue with, too. Agents were given very strict rules governing access to these images, so it's not like they sat around forwarding them to each others' self-destructing smartphones using Snapchat.
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If you have seen the national weather reports, you know that the country is in the throws of a deep freeze. Houston is no exception.
In a quest to bring warmth to our insides, I have been in the kitchen cooking warm, creature-comfort foods. Earlier in the week I fixed a tasty soup that I have been enjoying for lunch every day since.
Next up was a cheater beef stroganoff. What makes it a cheater stroganoff?
Instead of the usual sliced tenderloin or sirloin I use ground bison. Our family is a big fan of the bison. If you haven't tried it, I highly recommend it.
It's very low in calories and fat. It's even leaner than chicken. And it doesn't taste "gamey".
This cooks up quicker and there's no slicing. Gotta love that.
The other cheat? Pre-sliced mushrooms and bottled minced garlic (the roasted variety has a much better flavor). It costs a bit more but it's worth it.
Throw these in the skillet with a chopped onion and your foundation is complete. Cook until the onions are soft.
The sauce is just as simple. A carton of lite sour cream, a couple tablespoons of whole wheat flour, and a few teaspoons of beef bouillon granules. Stir to combine and add to the beef. Simmer until heated through and the flavors blend.
I served the stroganoff with some whole wheat egg noodles and roasted green beans.
Really. Really. Good.
The next night I made a split pea and bacon soup that I saw at Mixing Bowl Kids. The links are here in the menu.
I baked the bacon in the oven. 425* for 20 minutes. No mess.
Whoever came up with this form of bacon preparation...brilliant. Truly brilliant.
This was insane. I mean...it had bacon. That alone scores points.
My house had the aroma of a French bistro. Earthy. Smoky. Rich.
I served the soup with a side of very crusty beer bread sprinkled with some Parmesan.
Dip this into that soup and you have a true taste of heaven.
These meals were so good and plentiful that we had enough for leftovers tonight.
Double bonus.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Baby It's Cold Outside...
If you have seen the national weather reports, you know that the country is in the throws of a deep freeze. Houston is no exception.