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At the end of 2010, I shared 10 magic moments when someone said or wrote something that surprised or inspired me. Moments that made me say, "aha." Now, as we say so long to 2012, I have 12 more for you:
I unsubscribed from the clock. Dropped my watch right into the garbage. Shut off the glowing green-blue digital clocks that seem to piggyback on every appliance known to man – microwave, stove, VCR. … I'm less stressed. I don't worry about how long things take or even bother considering how long they should take. … I'm no longer chained to the clock. I measure my life in heartbeats and years, the only significant units to me. – Steven Corona, Living Without Time
Plants, it turns out, possess a sensory vocabulary far wider than our perception of them as static, near-inanimate objects might suggest: They can smell their own fruits' ripeness, distinguish between different touches, tell up from down, and retain information about past events; they "see" when you're approaching them and even "know" whether you're wearing a red or blue shirt; like us, they have unique genes that detect light and darkness to wind up their internal clock. – Maria Popova, What a Plant Knows
Micro-publishing means that every person is a publisher. It takes away the whole idea of "us" vs. "them" that comes part and parcel with indie publishing and establishes that there is only Us, all of the people in the world, and we are all publishers. – Christina Katz, "What is What Is Micro-Publishing? A Thorough Definition By Christina Katz"
Idleness is not just a vacation, an indulgence or a vice; it is as indispensable to the brain as vitamin D is to the body, and deprived of it we suffer a mental affliction as disfiguring as rickets. The space and quiet that idleness provides is a necessary condition for standing back from life and seeing it whole, for making unexpected connections and waiting for the wild summer lightning strikes of inspiration — it is, paradoxically, necessary to getting any work done. – Tim Kreider, "The Busy Trap," New York Times
Pushing our children toward adulthood takes us (and them) away from seeing that each of us are whole people exactly as we are. A baby is not an unformed child, a child is not an ungrown adult, an elder is not an age-ruined version of a once younger self. … We don't have to paddle away from the moment we live in toward some ideal age. Doing so doesn't just wish away right now, it also condemns every other age we live in to be something less. – Laura Grace Weldon, What's the Perfect Age?
Focus on your masterpiece. Whatever you focus on, you'll create. Think your project is crappy? Then it will be crappy. Think you'll get it done no matter the odds? Then you'll finish it even if you get hit by a bus. – Joshua Fields Millburn, Create Your Masterpiece, a 16-Step Guide
So began my year of living the shareable life, which I chronicled on shareable.net. … I hadn't thought my blog would make a difference, but I was wrong. My story was picked up by Fast Company, Sunset, and NBC Nightly News, reaching tens of millions of people with the message that sharing is both good for the soul and a savvy financial move. At the end of the day, I reaped the personal reward of sharing with my neighbors. And I have an extra $17,000 in my pocket. – Neal Gorenflo, How I saved $17,000 in one year by sharing
I remember hearing about a book called "How to Parent without Bribes, Threats and Punishments," and I laughed because those were all my discipline tools, and I believed in them. But, 2 years later, I'm orbiting a more peaceful planet and making an occasional smooth landing. … I still value compliance, but not the kind that comes from threats or promise of a reward, because in the long run, I want my children to be motivated to make choices from their intrinsic desire to add to the peace and harmony of our family (and the planet). – Rachel Turiel, orbiting a more peaceful planet
I learned a little trick while practicing meditation that helped me, not only with meditation, but with just about everything I do. I noticed I was reluctant to start the meditation, and paused to wonder why that is. What I noticed was a kind of tightness, in my chest and shoulders and neck, but also in my mind. … I chose to let go of the tightness. – Leo Babauta, The Little Trick to Make Any Moment Better
What if we stopped labeling our children, criticizing our children, fretting over our children, and instead just loved them unconditionally and let them be themselves? I have a theory about this: If we stop trying to change and mold our children and start loving them just the way they are then we have to extend the same courtesy to ourselves. – Jennifer Margulis, Mismatched: When Your Child's Personality Clashes With Your Own
I looked in the other pocket. I looked in my bag. And then I remembered, with dull thud to the gut—I changed trousers before leaving my room. The Fitbit was back at the hotel, clipped to my jeans, motionless, recording nothing. … Part of me wanted to cab it back to the hotel. Cab it back and clip on the Fitbit and do the walk again. … Smiling, I looked out over a Paris glowing golden—caught in a long summer twilight—and enjoyed the day for what it was: a beautiful walk, existing only in my mind, to be forgotten, unrecorded and fleeting, just as it's always been." – Craig Mod, Paris and the Data Mind
Our children don't need us to play with them all the time. It only seems like that because we keep running away from them. … Child development experts say preschoolers need one hour of undistracted play with a parent each day. … But this means one hour when you sit on the floor and don't get up. You don't leave to fold the laundry or start supper. You don't abandon the game to do something more interesting or important. You don't check your email or fiddle on your phone. And the game is one they choose, not something you think is worthwhile or educational for them." – Karen Maezen Miller, momma time


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We love the OPA! It has allowed us to show our daughter we want to continue to be involved in her education. We especially love working on the Homecoming float, walking in the parade, and all the fun of Homecoming! The OPA is a great way to stay involved and show your kids you still care!
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I am proud to be an OPA mom. The first time I met everyone, I knew I wanted to be part of it as much as I could be. The families were nice and a fun bunch. I met two very special families that I will always be grateful to because they knew that I live far away from my daughter. They took her under their wings like a dove and took care of my Paloma. That's the kind of families that are involved in the OPA-- caring, loving and also fun people. The staff is the same way—Great! I will be an OPA mom for a long time. The social events also are great "I call them my vacations". Join the OPA, and you will see what a great Association it is!
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SchallertJeff and Kristi Schallert, Deja and Jeff Jr., announce the birth of a son and brother, Christopher Shae, on Friday, March 11, at Pitt Memorial Hospital in Greenville Maternal grandparents are Carolyn Mooring of Goldsboro and Oscar Mooring of Pikeville. Paternal grandparents are Walter and Kathie Schallert of Goldsboro.
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Bernard Cornwell is another one of my favourite authors. He writes smart, adventurous historical fiction in both stand-alone novels and long-running series, and he does so at a prolific rate: He has put out at least a book a year every year from 1981 up to the present; more often than not he's written a couple, and in 1995, 2002 and 2003 he published three books inside of twelve months! Can you imagine if every author had this kind of work ethic? I can't speak with great authority about Danielle Steel, but I suspect Cornwell has to be within an order of magnitude of her prodigious output, and that's really saying something.
It's easy to get hooked on Bernard Cornwell, and it's even easier to get your fix. Even if you can shoot through one of his novels in a single long day in an arm chair, his current book total stands at fifty. He also does a nice job of jumping between his several series and single passion projects. No matter what you're reading of his, though, you can sense the author's enthusiasm, intelligence, and general good humour. There are an awful lot of authors whose work I admire, but who I doubt very much I'd like as a person. I'd love to buy Bernard Cornwell whatever he's drinking. Let's call it a standing invitation, shall we?
It is with some regret, then, that the first book review I do of his is not a glowing one. Don't get me wrong: A run-of-the-mill Cornwell book is still worth your time and money, but I'm afraid The Burning Land leaves me feeling underwhelmed.
The Burning Land is the latest entry in Cornwell's most recent series, the Saxon Stories, a first-person narrative of the life of Uhtred of Bebbanburg in the time of Alfred the Great, when the invading Danes swept over Britain and shattered all but one of the Dark Ages Saxon Kingdoms. It's been a great series so far, and I suspect it's become his special favourite. He's written all five of them in the last six years.
Cornwell is an unapologetic formula writer, but it's a great formula. He always writes about a fictional male protagonist who finds himself an active participant in the wars and politics of the age he's living in. In the course of his book there is always a couple of brilliantly constructed battles –either imagined and/or well-crafted descriptions of real campaigns– populated with worthy foes, memorable comrades in arms, beautiful women, and some sort of quest or personal mission. With The Burning Land, however, one gets the sense that he's moving from point A to B to C with such haste that the letters get jumbled. I'm left with the distinct impression that The Burning Land is less a stand alone novel in a series than a bridge between its predecessor and its as yet unwritten sequel.
I'd like to get specific to explain myself, and that's going to involve some spoilers. The Burning Land starts off with a great scene, as the elderly Uhtred recounts a time, many years after the events of the current story, when he comes across monks transcribing their version of the Battle of Farnham (Fearnhamme in the novel), and burns it because it does not mention him, despite his place as the true architect of that victory. I think Uhtred is perhaps Cornwell's best done character, and this is him in rare form: Uhtred is an intelligent man driven by his pride, his sense of honour, and very much aware at all times of his reputation as a warlord without peer. He's torn between his love of the Danes and his true identity as the deposed Saxon lord of Bebbanburg, a coastal fortress in Northumberland that was usurped from him by his uncle when he was just a boy. He's a pagan who defends Christians because of an oath he gave to King Alfred of Wessex, even though he is happiest with the Danes who raised him after his father's death. Burning the monks' only copy of the false history of Mercia is absolutely understandable behaviour from Uhtred, and I settled in to read what really happened, expecting Fearnhamme to be the penultimate battle at the conclusion of the book.
I was immediately unsettled when I find in the very next chapter that five years have passed uneventfully since the last book. The first four books of the Saxon Stories have seen Uhtred from the cradle to his late twenties, and now five of his years have gone by without an adventure worth telling. I know from the prologue that Uhtred must live to a ripe old age, but I still begrudge Cornwell taking five years of Uhtred's prime and casting them away untold. With the Sharpe Series Cornwell has gone back and forth through Richard Sharpe's life, filing in the holes, but I doubt very much he'll do that with this gap. He goes so far as to say Uhtred spent half a decade serving as the garrison commander of Lundene (London), and nothing much happened. Those years are gone, and I'll have to accept that.
Several things have changed in the last five years, and not for the better. Alfred, always sickly, is now old and sickly, and he has become shrill to boot. He only gets a couple of scenes in the whole book, despite this being the Age of Alfred the Great, and you get the definite sense that Alfred is being pushed aside gently in the author's mind so his son Edward can take center stage in the sequel. Sunrise, sunset, I guess, but I still think Alfred deserved more page time. Meanwhile, Alfred's bastard Osferth has grown up and become interchangeable with the rest of Uhtred's war band. In the last book he was a young man who wanted to be a soldier despite his father the King wanting him to be a monk, and his clumsy, courageous attempts to earn a place at Uhtred's side gave his character a soul. Now I find him no more an individual than Sihtric or Cedric. Aside from the fact that he looks like a younger version of his father, there's no sign of the well-meaning incompetence that marked him as special before.
Cornwell launches into Fearnhamme early, and it is a satisfying if quick battle. The Danish warlord Harald Bloodhair is disabled before he's really established as a worthy foe, and we all but forget about him by the end of the book, when he's brought back almost as a deux ex machina to dispatch Skade, the femme fetale de jour of The Burning Land that Cornwell made so unlikable that I knew she was destined for a bad end quickly. Meanwhile, Gisella, Uhtred's wife and a major character of the series, is killed off in childbirth while Uhtred is away campaigning. His grief is palpable, but I still felt she deserved a better send off then she got, especially as her death seemed more a vehicle to send Uhtred away from Wessex than for any worthier goal.
The middle of the book sees Uhtred looking for enough gold to raise an army to take back Bebbanburg, which he fails to find despite an interlude with a Frisian pirate who is also Skade's husband. He then falls in with his old Danish quasi-brother Ragnar, and a lot of time is spent up in Scotland setting up what I can only assume will be the plot of the next book. Just when it looks like he's throwing his lot in with the Danes to go Viking against Wessex he is summoned back by the oath he gave to Aethelflaed, Arthur's sister.
I like Aethelflaed, and she was a major player in the last book, but I dislike how Cornwell tiptoes his way towards what is obviously Uhtred's destiny: At some point Aethelflaed and Uhtred will marry, but that doesn't happen in this book. In fact, I can't even say for certain they finally consumate their relationship: There is a scene that is written in such a hazy way that they may or may not be lovers, but if they are, a bigger deal should have been made of it, and if they aren't that should also have been stated clearly.
The final battle of the book is at Baemfloet, which is also where it was in the last novel too. In the last entry it was a worthy conclusion, but this time it feels rushed. Uhtred's spent the entire book looking for an army, and until the last fifty pages he has less than a hundred men. When it comes time to save Mercia with an assault on the Danish camp, though, Alfred sends twelve hundred warriors to Uhtred's aid without ever speaking to him. I'm not saying it's unrealistic. It just felt like Cornwell was taking a shortcut to get to the action a little faster.
My next problem with the Baemfloet finale is that the Danish warlord involved should have been Haesten from the last book, but he isn't there. He's with his army in Mercia, and his position after the defeat of his camp is left hanging out there to be settled in the sequel, I suppose. Instead, Uhtred must take two forts under the command of Skade. The first fort is taken in the rather uninteresting but absolutely believable manner of pursuing the retreating sallying force through the gates. The second fort is meant to seem impossible, and in the end Uhtred resorts to throwing beehives over the walls to clear the ramparts. Again, I'm not saying it's a bad idea, but it feels rushed. A couple of books earlier in the series Uhtred used Kjartan's dogs against the defenders of Dunholm in a similar and much more satisfying escapade.
The conclusion of the book, again, left me feeling flat. The crippled Harald kills Skade so Uhtred doesn't have to, and he is then killed without being allowed to hold onto his sword, denying him Valhalla. Uhtred gives a reason for this, but it rings a little hollow for me: Throughout the series, Cornwell uses Uhtred's reverence for the Danish custom of holding onto iron when you die to be promised paradise to wonderful effect, and to deny his enemy that without a more satisfying build up felt forced. We're left with Haesten at a loose end in Mercia, Ragnar camped somewhere in Devon, Skade and Harald dead and unlemented, and Uhtred and Aethelflaed ready for their next adventure… Which will be published next year, and probably involve Haesten, Alfred, Edward, and the Scots somehow.
The long and the short of it is that this book is a placeholder in the series. It's just there, marking time, without making any real impact on me except in missed opportunities or as a set up for greater things to come. There have been other books by Bernard Cornwell I didn't care for –Sharpe's Devil being the one that leaps immediately to mind– but this one rubs me a little raw because the Saxon Stories are so clearly his new passion, and I wonder what he really wanted to accomplish with this episode.
Was it rushed through at this length because he was in danger of not making the Christmas season? Or is this him setting his standard pacing to one side in an attempt to break new ground? If the former, I lament the realities of the publishing industry that let this book go to press half formed. If the later, then I suppose I need to reserve judgment until I see how his next novel pans out. Violating a template is not a bad thing if it leads to creativity, and perhaps this 'changing gears' book is Cornwell evolving his writing style into something more spontaneous? I'm willing to give him all the time he needs to tell his story: He's earned it.
Bernard Cornwell doesn't write bad books. This one will sit proudly on my shelf, along with everything else he's written. That said, this isn't a story I would loan out to someone and say, "This is what Bernard Cornwell's all about." This novel as it stands is meant to be safely buried in the middle of a series, and I'm sure, within a couple of years, that's exactly where it will be.


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finally concluded with packing. a very long process of elimination. i do however have the gut feeling that unpacking is going to be oh so much worse. this is my last post for a week. see you all next year!
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floral galore. very fitting for summer.
ps - i leave for sydney tomorrow night, getting so excited. i decided to be proactive and made a list of everything to pack to avoid the awkward realisation that you forgot your phone charger, plane ticket or suitcase.
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i have a tendency to over pack so i am wondering how i will ever fit everything into my suitcases and am thus procrastinating packing for sydney..
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Gary Ross, the guy who directed 'Seabiscuit.'
Gary Ross, the director of Pleasantville and Seabiscuit, is looking like he's the guy who's going to get to direct the first film in the Hunger Games trilogy, based on the popular, gripping YA series of the same name. Sam Mendes, David Slade, Andrew Adamson, Rupert Sanders, and Susanna White were all reportedly in the running for the gig, but Ross has emerged as the top choice to direct the series that Lionsgate is hoping will one day be as big as Twilight. So, you know, no pressure. [Deadline]


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Great news everyone! For those of you who want to be first in line to get Ragnarok Tactics, you're in luck! Amazon has it ready on pre-order!
After centuries of Holy War, the Branshaldo Empire and the Aura Republic engaged in an extended war for control of the Grantria Peninsula. The conflict eventually ground to a halt and an uneasy truce was made. Yet, lurking in the shadows is the threat of war.
Against this dark backdrop, whispers of political intrigue and danger draw our protagonist into a conflict that could decide the fate of the Grantria Peninsula itself! Inspired by Ragnarok Online, Ragnarok Tactics weaves an epic new tale together with engaging strategic battles mechanics and beautiful aesthetics! Visit the official site or read the official press release for more information!


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Google Maps has a neat feature that'll let you see back in time for a particular location—so if you want to look at the 2008 Street View of a place, say, you might be able to do just that. We'll tell you how!
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Andrew Orr and John Martellaro join Jeff Gamet to share their ideas on what Apple is doing with the engineers it's hiring away from Intel, plus they look at how much of our Safari browser history Apple retains.
iOS 11: Closing All Open Safari Tabs
Today's Quick Tip is all about how to close tabs in Safari on your iPhone or iPad—without having to interact with each one individually. Yes, you can get rid of all of them at once, and it's simple!
Mozilla Launches Firefox Quantum for Mac, Twice as Fast and More Customizable
Quantum is being seen as a major effort to gain back market share from Google's Chrome with a new "Photon" user interface and a new, speedier engine.
Google Finds a Workaround for Apple's Intelligent Tracking Prevention
Google is deploying a change in its AdWords service that obeys Apple's rules, while still allowing online advertisers to track conversion rates.
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You might not know it, but Safari has some hidden shortcuts tucked behind some of the icons. This will let you perform certain actions a little faster. Safari shortcuts will save you plenty of time. Andrew tells us how he discovered these shortcuts by accident.
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This Quick Tip is about turning off Safari Suggestions, those top results that'll appear within Safari on your iPad or iPhone to offer you, say, App Store content based on your search. Find those as irritating as Melissa Holt does? Then let's stop them!
Opera Reinvents the Web Browser with Neon for Mac and Windows
Opera thinks the current state of web browsers kind of sucks, and they're pretty much right. Instead of just complaining, however, they developed a now browser concept where they can experiment with different interface ideas. They're calling the browser Opera Neon, and it's available for Mac and Windows users to try out. Neon does away with familiar elements like tabs in favor of bubbles that float at the edge of your display. Performance is a little slow right now, but it's a concept platform and not a finished product. You can download Neon for free at the Opera website.
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WASHINGTON, July 15, 2010 - The Open Internet Coalition is trying to bolster its cause with America's Got Net, a user-generated video contest open to small businesses, non-profits and individuals to create short videos to tell policymakers in Washington what the future of the "open internet" means to them.
The effort has enlisted some online gurus such as Craigslist founder Craig Newmark; Susan Crawford, a former special assistant to the Obama administration on science and technology; Jolie O'Dell of Mashable; and Personal Democracy Forum founders Andrew Rasiej and Micah Sifry.
"The open Internet is everyone's printing press, a big deal in the evolution of democracy, and I really want to help promote democratic values," said Newmark. "Everyone should take a look at this competition; it's about using the Internet to save the Internet."
Winners will be selected in the following categories: best small business, best non-profit/charitable and best individual user.
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Salman Khan starrer Sultan has slowed down at the domestic box office, yet it has managed to stay steady.
The film currently stands with a collection of 293.80 crores nett and 411.32 crores gross in India.
Adding its overseas collection – 151.92 crores, the film now stands with a worldwide collection of 563.24 crores. This is Salman's second highest ever worldwide grosser.
Also, Sultan is the third highest worldwide grosser of all time after Bajrangi Bhaijaan and PK.
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One thing that Individuals/organisations can do to support projects like KAL and KURDISTANICA is to ask their friends, colleagues or fellow organizational members to get involve in turning hard copy material into electronic (scanning, typing etc.). If you are conversant in other relevant languages, you can help translate texts from English into Persian, Turkish, Arabic (and vice versa), as well as proof-reading English translations. These types of contribution make the information available to all others whose linguistic knowledge is limited.
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It is unclear whether Arab nationalism is founded on Islam on hostility to the West (or more particularly to Israel or on culture, history, and myths, which are expressed primarily in the Arabic language. There ere many Arab nationalists who are Christian but who speak Arabic (in fact, one of the earliest proponents of modern Arab nationalism, George Antonius, was a Christian). Arabic is the classic vehicle in which Islam, a major ingredient of Arab nationalism, is expressed. However, language is obviously not enough. For if it were, there would be no specifically Syrian, Egyptian, or Palestinian nations, and there would he no inter-Arab conflicts.
Kurdish student and academic association in Sweden (KSAF) is a politically and religiously independent umbrella association which, among other things, aims to promote the Kurdish students and graduates, and strengthen the Community of students at various Universities in Sweden.
The association aims to inform the public of Kurdistan, the Kurdish culture, history and language. The association plans to encourage people with Kurdish background to post-secondary education and serve as a link for them to step into the academic world.
Le layen K. Abdí, Kurdistan, 17/09/2009
Mamosta Hesen Selah Soran, sha'írí nasrawí nawcey Feyzullabegí u mamostay wanekaní Kurdí le zankokaní Éran u zankoy Selahedíní Hewlér, katjhimér 12í níwerroy rojhí cuwarshemme rékewtí 25í xermanan, le mallí xoy le sharí Kerej mallawayí le jhíyan kird.
Mamosta Hesen Selah Soran, le binemalleyekí Feyzullabegí le gundí Saruqamísh ser be sharí Bokan le dayík búwe. Xuwéndiní seretayí u nawendí u duwanawendí le Bokan tewaw kirdúwe u le koléjhekaní Trinity, Saint George le willatí Berítanya zimaní Ínglízí xuwéndúwe u nizíkey 10 kitébí sebaret be Kurd, zimaní Kurdí u shé'r u pexshan be cap geyandúwe u komellék kitébí capnekirawíshí le pash be jéyí mawe.
Book overview
This book describes the ways in which politicians, church leaders, generals, leaders of national movements and others try to influence our use of language. Professor Cooper argues that language planning is never attempted for its own sake. Rather it is carried out for the attainment of nonlinguistic ends such as national integration, political control, economic development, the pacification of minority groups, and mass mobilization.
Kurdish Studies was established in Russia as a special branch of academic Oriental Studies by the activity of a number of forceful scholars such as V.Dittel, V.A.Zhukovsky, V.V.Bartold, V.V.Veliaminov-Zernov, P.Lerkh, A.Zhaba, V.F.Minorsky, and V.P.Nikitin. However, the main role in the organizing and development of Kurdish Studies was played by I.A.Orbeli, the true father of the St Petersburg tradition of Kurdish Studies, the author of valuable papers on the history of the culture, literature, language and folklore of the Kurds.
داخودا ئێوه پێتان وایه که سیستمێکی ڕێنووس وهکوو خهتی یهکگرتوو له سهر بنهمای خهتی لاتینی دهبێته هۆی کوێربوونهوه و نهمانی گهنجینهی پڕبایهخی ئهدهبییاتی کوردی که تاکوو ئێستا له سهر بنهمای خهتی عهڕهبی نووسراوه؟
ئهوه بابهتێکه که زۆر جار له لایهن زمانناسان و زانستکارانی کورد و ئهوانهی که لهمێژه خهتی عهڕهبی بهکار دههێنن قسهی لێوه کراوه. پاراستنی خهتی عهڕهبی بۆ نووسینی زمانی کوردی وهک بنچینهی بۆچوونێکیش هاتووهته گۆڕێ بۆ دژایهتی کردن له گهڵ ههرجۆره ڕێفۆڕم و گۆڕانێک له سیستمی نووسینی ههنووکهی کوردی دا.
Daxuda éwe pétan waye ke sístimékí rénús wekú xetí yekgirtú le ser binemay xetí Latíní debéte hoy kuwérbúnewe u nemaní genjíney pirrbayexí edebíyatí Kurdí ke takú ésta le ser binemay xetí 'Errebí núsirawe?
Ewe babetéke ke zor jar le layen zimannasan u zanistkaraní Kurd u ewaney ke leméjhe xetí 'Errebí bekar dehénin qisey léwe kirawe. Parastiní xetí 'Errebí bo núsíní zimaní Kurdí wek bincíney bocúnékísh hatúwete gorré bo dijhayetí kirdin legell herjore réform u gorranék le sístimí núsíní henúkey Kurdí da.
International Mother Language Day was proclaimed by UNESCO's General Conference in November 1999. The International Day has been observed every year since February 2000 to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism.
"Languages Matter!"
The Kurdish Language Matters to Kurdistan!
AFP - Turkish authorities hope the new station will help erode the ROJ TV.
Turkey's public broadcaster will on January 1 inaugurate a television channel in Kurdish, a language banned in the country until the early 1990s, marking a fresh milestone in Ankara's fence-mending efforts towards the restive Kurdish community.
The new station, which will be Channel Six of the state-run Turkish Radio and Television (TRT), will broadcast round the clock in Kurdish "without imposing the state ideology while offering comprehensive informational programmes," according to TRT director Ibrahim Sahin.


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Commercial vehicle battery needs continue to evolve, notes Todd Biggs, director of aftermarket parts and service marketing for Daimler Trucks North America, supplier of the Alliance Truck Parts line of batteries. "In today's trucks, batteries are obviously still used for cold cranking power," he says. "However, deeper discharge capabilities and cycling characteristics are also needed to operate a growing array of onboard auxiliary equipment."
The expanding number of electronic accessories and systems on vehicles can have a big impact on batteries, relates Maria Orlando-Krick, marketing manager of Specialty Markets at EnerSys, maker of Odyssey batteries. "The small currents that truck batteries have to deliver continuously have a large effect," she says.
"The cumulative amp-hours extracted from a battery can be significant," Orlando-Krick explains further. "For example, if the engine is inactive for a long enough time, parasitic loads will drain the battery to discharge. At that point they are unable to maintain a voltage that is high enough for proper operation of electronic equipment, and the battery will not be able to provide enough power to turn over the engine."
Another demand on today's battery technology is the growing number of idling restrictions across the country that further increase power demands on truck accessories.
According to Exide, batteries with better cycling and greater charge acceptance are needed.
POWER TIMES TWO These needs have led truck battery manufacturers to develop absorbed glass mat (AGM) batteries that offer both cranking power and deep cycle reserve power. AGM technology was used originally in military aircraft because of its reliability and resistance to vibration. Manufacturers point out those attributes, and the ability to provide power even at very low temperatures, make the technology a perfect fit for commercial vehicles.
Johnson Controls says there are attributes of the design and construction of AGM batteries that go beyond starting and deep cycle performance. In commercial truck operation, according to the company, AGM batteries can incorporate features to extend battery life in tough applications, such as reducing corrosion. In addition, there are no restrictions on mounting the batteries, giving vehicle OEMs added design flexibility.
Interstate Batteries also focuses on offering deep cycling, faster recharging and stronger starting products. "New AGM batteries can accept and produce a tremendous amount of current very quickly, reducing the battery's charge time," says Gale Kimbrough, technical services manager. "Additionally, extreme cold and heat challenge a battery's ability to perform, and new AGM batteries with temperature-resistant properties rise to this challenge."
The company is now rolling out its new 810 CCA 31-AGM7 battery for trucks. Featuring the company's Pure Matrix Power solution, the battery utilizes a combination of pure non-alloy lead and an extra-thin plate design.
Johnson Controls, which just debuted a new Eveready-branded truck battery, says its Group 31 dual-purpose AGM provides both starting and deep cycle performance for commercial trucks. The battery is rated at 825 CCA.
Exide's latest offering is the RoadForce AGM 200 battery for trucks, which is available in either 925 or 700 CCA ratings. In addition, the manufacturer says the RoadForce has two times better cycling and 40% greater charge acceptance compared to conventional battery designs.
EnerSys has rebranded its line as the Odyssey Extreme Series to differentiate between existing products and new batteries that offer cranking and deep cycle reserve power. For fleets, the 31-PC2150 model is available with a 1,150 CCA rating.
Alliance Truck Parts makes available a dual-purpose AGM deep cycle battery designed for day cab, sleeper and vocational truck applications. The battery is rated 925 CCA (at 0 deg. F). Trojan Battery's OverDrive AGM 31 is a 730 CCA heavy-duty battery that the company says is designed to provide ample cranking power and meet higher and growing hotel load needs.
"There is increasing acceptance of AGM battery technology," says Patrick Russell, North American sales manager for fleet, rental & OE APU at Trojan Battery. "Fleets are realizing that while the upfront cost may be higher, an AGM battery can provide a broad range of advantages over conventional technologies such as longer life, more run time and less maintenance."
All-makes AGM batteries from TRP Parts include tightly packaged separators that resist vibration for improved cycle life. Fiberglass strands embedded into the plate surfaces lock active materials to the plates, improving cycling and leading to longer battery life, the company says.


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Find out if you can walk a pet rabbit on a leash in this Howcast video featuring bunny lover Amy Sedaris and rabbit expert Mary E. Cotter.
Amy: Mary, can people take their rabbit out on a leash? Because I've seen a lot of people do this.
Mary: Yeah, I have too and it really scares me. It scares me because years ago I started collecting stories from people who sent me emails about why their rabbit got hurt or some rabbits were killed that were taken out on leashes with harnesses.
And people want to be out in public with their rabbit. They love when people stop them and say "oh, look at you, a rabbit on a leash" and it gets the owner a lot of attention. It's really not good for rabbits because rabbits can hear things for example that the owner can't hear. The rabbit could hear a plane going overhead long before an owner can. A sudden lawn mower starting up, a dog barking, a child shouting.
Amy: Anything. Anything. Again, they're prey animals they always think they're going to be eaten so they'll make a jerky, you know, movement and their spines are so sensitive, that boom, dead.
Mary: That's right. There's one rabbit owner whose rabbit was terrified by something, I honestly don't remember what in the environment, but something and the rabbit started spinning around and got completely tangled in this leash and cut off his airway, his own airway in his attempts to get loose. Very sad tales.
Amy: Um-hmm.
Mary: So, bottom line, it's really not the safest thing to do. People will do it, and we know in Europe it's very popular. But if people ask me, my opinion is that it's much safer to keep your rabbit off a leash, off a harness, inside the home really.
Amy: Yeah. Better safe than sorry.
Mary: Yeah. So, yeah.


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JBL Unbreakable brings you 16 of the world's best bboys! Each bboy is selected through a qualifier or by the organization.
They look for bboys/bgirls with the complete package: an original allround dancer with lot's of soul! We're giving a chance to the current heads, the ledgendz and the underdogs! Everybody can win with this carefully selected judge panel. This is what makes Unbreakable one of the toughest competitions on the planet! During the day we select the best 4 bboys out of the crew vs crew battle. They will get a chance to represent their country and crew in The Unbreakable World Champsionship.
Judges: Renegade, Extremo, Niek, Admiracles, Kleju
Competitors: (check this page for more info on the competing b-boys)
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UK families are 'wasting less food' but told to do more
There has been a large fall in the amount of food households throw away, but the average UK family still wastes £680 worth each year, figures suggest.
Results from the government's Waste & Resources Action Programme (Wrap) show there has been a 13% reduction in household food waste since 2006-7.
The amount thrown away each year has fallen from 8.3m tonnes to 7.2m tonnes.
But Wrap's chief executive, Dr Liz Goodwin, said food worth £12bn a year is still being binned.
She said the fall in food being thrown away was "very welcome", but more still had to be done.
"Despite the reduction, the food we waste in homes, which accounts for about half the UK's food waste, is still worth £12bn a year as a result of food price inflation.
"And the food that is being wasted throughout the supply chain is significant at a time when food security is a major global issue," she said.
According to Wrap, high food price inflation means the financial value of food wasted in the UK has remained the same over the last three years, despite less being binned.
It says had the reduction in waste not been achieved, the value of food thrown away would have been at least £2.5bn more - taking the total to £14.5bn.
The advisory body, which used data from about 90 local authorities for its research, about a fifth of all food purchased is wasted and more than half the food that is thrown away, about 60%, could have been eaten.
The organisation said its findings suggested the reduction in waste could be in part due to increased food prices and difficult economic conditions.
Amy Lloyd, from the consumer research analysts Mintel, agreed.
She said: "Consumers are shopping less so there is less temptation to buy extra food that will go to waste and they are actually planning. They are making a shopping list when they're going shopping and they're sticking to that list.
"There's definitely a willingness by consumers to reduce their food waste, to be more organised, to plan ahead, to utilise leftovers and to save themselves money.
"But with time pressures and disorganisation there's bound to be some waste in the weekly shopping basket."
Fertiliser solution
Wrap said the reduction in food waste had saved local councils in the UK up to £80m a year, because by sending less food to the tip they are incurring lower landfill charges.
Some councils have concluded that getting people to throw away less is not the only answer to the problem.
In Oxfordshire, South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC) and nearby Vale of White Horse District Council collect 225 tonnes of food waste a week between them.
They have introduced a scheme to turn it into fertiliser and electricity using an anaerobic digester.
Councillor David Dodds, whose portfolio on SODC includes waste, said it was crucial that councils found other ways of dealing with the problem of binned food.
He said: "It is extremely surprising how much is thrown away. It's not in people's interest to throw away food, it's costing them more and more and it costs us as a council to deal with it.
"A lot of it is going to landfill producing methane and spoiling the environment, the taxes are enormous and that's only going to increase over the years."


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Many people follow the Dr. Robert Atkins low-carb diet plan; in fact, it has spurred an entire line of weight loss books and other products that bear the Atkins name, as of 2015. In addition, weight loss tools such as free apps and recipes are available on the official website for the Dr. Atkins' Weight Loss Revolution plan.Continue Reading
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The diet is also heralded among critics for its ability to reduce cravings for foods. Because dieters on the Atkins plan are less hungry than when consuming high carbohydrate diets, they tend to stay satisfied longer and eat less. Blood sugar levels are also reduced throughout the day, which reduces cravings and eliminates hunger pangs.Learn more about Diet Plans


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"Because you can't hug a tree if you can't find one."
Buy Nothing Day Dance Party
Because it did not seem like enough to just not shop today, instead I went to Union Square for the "Dance Your Debt Away" Dance Party with Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir. Rev. Billy exercised the shopping demons at Starbucks and Barnes & Noble, we danced in a conga line around the Square. The band played and the choir sang.
And a couple hundred people didn't buy a single thing.
5 comments:
- Green Bean said...
I can't believe you did that! How totally cool! I'm jealous though at least I didn't buy a thing yesterday.
- November 29, 2008 at 10:45 AM
- Rejin/Urban Botany said...
It was so much fun, I wish there was a whole month of Buy Nothing Days. I may have to join the Church of Stop Shopping.
- November 29, 2008 at 11:17 AM
- The Garden of Self Defence said...
Permapoesis: meaning-making through active participation with one's local community-ecology.
- April 16, 2009 at 8:03 AM
- The Garden of Self Defence said...
or, as michael pollan now says: don't buy any food that is advertised, as it's likely to be highly processed and toxic. in other words don't get your food from supermarkets.
this can also be extended to: don't buy anything advertised at all, and the chances are you won't have maimed, poisoned, bombed, or stolen anything from other humans or non-humans.
grow it locally and tend to our ecologies! yippeee!
- May 19, 2009 at 8:33 AM
- sewa mobil said...
Very nice, thanks.
- May 2, 2011 at 9:47 PM


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This rainforest trek will take you around the Zoo searching for amazing and unusual animals. To find them you will have to follow the clues hidden in the poems on your adventure sheet. Get ready to explore the Zoo as you track mysterious and exotic animals from around the world.
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In a world where whistleblowers reveal more and more about our overreaching government every day, the president defends his surveillance state and bureaucracy runs amok getting bigger and bigger, it's good to have movies like Red 2 to poke fun at it all.
The film is available on home video Nov. 26, and you will all be better for it if you decide to join in on the laughs.
The first Red film found Frank Moses (Bruce Willis) being marked as Retired and Extremely Dangerous and the CIA coming after him and his band of misfit friends portrayed by Helen Mirren, John Malkovich and Morgan Freeman. There was also a love story involving Mary-Louise Parker. It was all modern day good fun and audiences responded well. Naturally, a sequel was greenlit and the world was rewarded with Red 2.
I could do a run down of the plot, but we all know that it's a MacGuffin. The real fun comes from the cast. Willis, Parker, Mirren and Malkovich are all back and new additions include Anthony Hopkins, Byung-hun Lee and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Yes, it's one of the stranger ensembles to ever be assembled but also one of the most interesting.
In Red 2 Frank Moses finds himself being set up once more, and there's a price on his head … again. Retirement is not kind for this man.
What's so enjoyable about the Red franchise, especially the sequel, is that's it's an action comedy that works in the context of modern day. Meaning that the film is never more than mindless entertainment (as opposed to politically motivated), but the humor comes from poking fun at endless bureaucracy, covert ops, government spying, etc. If you're caught up with the headlines of the day then Red 2 is all the more fun.
For a sequel, Red 2 is surprisingly fresh and well made. The screenplay by Jon and Erich Hoeber contains plenty of lines you won't soon forget including exchanges like one where Moses gets angry at Marvin (Malkovich) for giving Sarah (Parker) a gun to which Marvin replies, "well it is America, Frank." There's plenty more memorable and tongue in cheek moments like that, that people of any political leaning can draw humor from.
Director Dean Parisot creates an extremely entertaining film by finding the right balance between humor and action. Both are treated well enough, and seriously enough, so that Red 2 ends up being the perfect kind of movie you want to watch during a night in. The film's only real fault lies in an overall problem with the franchise. There seems to be an obsession with slow-motion car moments that defy logic and take you out of the moment as you feel like you may be watching a cartoon. The first Red had one of these moments, the sequel naturally has two.
Willis is always game and finds the right tone between action hero and romantic dolt, Malkovich is laugh out loud funny like always, Parker provides a real human touch to the proceedings, Mirren is beyond a joy to watch as she pokes fun at her public image and the new cast members bring a refreshing taste to the film as well especially Hopkins who gives one of his most playful and enjoyable performances ever.
The Blu-ray combo pack is a worthy purchase for fans of the franchise. It includes an informative and fun multi-part making of documentary titled The Red 2 Experience. Also included in the pack are deleted scenes and a gag reel.
Red 2 finds humor in the ways of the modern world. There's action, romance and intelligent situations anyone frustrated with today's politics can find plenty of laughter from.


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We have drunk Soma and become immortal; we have attained the light, the Gods discovered. The Rigveda (8.48.3)
Lately, I've been experimenting with wildcrafted elixirs, tonics and infusions inspired by the mystical legends of Soma, a sacred nectar reputed to grant both immortality and enlightenment. Described as "green-tinted" and "bright-shining" in the Rigveda, soma was made mainly from wild herbs and plants, whose rejuvenating potency or "life giving essence" was strong. And most telling, it was meant to be drunk not from the mouth— but the heart.
Some scholars believe Soma was a single plant, others a group or type of plant (texts like the Susruta Samhita mention twenty-four soma plants and eighteen soma-like plants). Many claim Soma was an entheogenic substance made from mushrooms or a vine, others say it was an inner elixir produced by yoga and meditation. But according to Dr. David Frawley "Soma is not just a type of plants but a way of extracting plant essences, and entire herbal alchemy."
His book Soma in Yoga and Ayurveda: The Power of Rejuvenation and Immortality reflects his forty years of study of Vedic texts, and he concludes that the potent soma was made mainly from wild plants and herbs, which combined with "ojas" the soma or life essence of the body to create "an exhilarating effect that promotes healing and transformative processes on all levels".
From yogic mystics to Taoist sages, to western alchemists, sacred plants have long been entwined with our sacred anatomy. In yoga, the physical and subtle body is likened to a tree with different branches and different plants and herbs interact with these branches to vitalize our chakras and facilitate the life-giving flow of prana through energy channels or nadis. Evidence for the use of soma to energise both the physical and energetic body and expand consciousness is found in countless sacred texts – the Soma Mandala contains 114 hymns praising its qualities.
The rejuvenating properties of soma may be relegated to the realm of myth but science is discovering many of the herbs and plants used in soma preparations affect our telomeres, the caps at the end of each strand DNA that get shorter each time a cell copies itself, causing them to age. Studies show that chemical compounds found in Soma-like plants (Astaxanthin, Polyphenols, CoQ10, Vitamin K, Silymarin, to name but a few) actually help rejuvenate and lengthen our telomeres— suggesting some of these ancient soma preparations may actually deserve the appellation "anti-aging" after all.
The beneficial effects of many soma type plants are also well known to herbalists. Some, according to Dr. Frawley, are "tonic" plants used to increase physical energy, stamina, musculoskeletal function, circulation and coordination. Other plants are known to possess nervine properties which act on the nervous system, stimulating concentration, perception and clarity. Nervines can also be calming, slowing the mind for meditation–and in yogic tradition, they are said to nourish the higher brain centres.
Some yogic traditions tell of a soma chakra or Amrita or Bindu chakra. Located near the pineal gland and Ajna Chakra (third eye) the Amrita Chakra – which means 'the Nectar of the Crescent Moon' it contains the inverted triangle, a symbol of feminine energy, and the great seat of Shiva & Parvati consciousness.
So it was this intriguing mix of yoga mysticism, herbal healing and anti-aging science that inspired me to create my own Soma. But where to begin?
Through my herbalism studies with well-known herbalist teacher Betty Norton, I knew that many plants with soma-like qualities grow in wild abundance right here on Vancouver Island. Many are well-known tonics and nervines with medicinal benefits, like Nettles, Wild Mint and Wild Chicory. Syrian or African Rue is an invasive weed whose seeds are commonly used as a spice but are also slightly narcotic, hence one of it's common names: soma! Wild Carrot (Queen Anne's Lace) flowers and seeds are also psychotropic.
Many of these plants, like Yarrow leaf, Wild Ginger root, Wild Sarsaparilla root, Wild Bergamot leaf are known to contain adaptogens which improve the health of adrenal system helping us cope with stress, anxiety and fight fatigue. Devil's Club is also a native plant with adaptogenic functions and it is still used by local First Nations, who have their own indigenous sacred plants and healing traditions.
And according to Dr. Frawley it was not only wild plants that were best for soma potency, but those growing in particular areas where natural energies were strong. He writes "soma ingredients are most prevalent among plants growing in the mountains, particularly by streams and lakes". So off to the mountainous wet wilds of Vancouver Island I would go!
While inspired by eastern, western and indigenous herbal healing traditions, I decided the wisdom of wild mother nature would be my primary guide. For example, last year our early lush spring brought us nettles in profusion. Bursting with compounds that reduce inflammation, nettle has long been used to treat allergies and hay fever. Because the same climatic forces and natural energies that flow through our landscape flow through us as well, mother nature knows best when it comes to providing the medicines we need to thrive each season.
Another illustration of mother's natures pharmacy is Licorice Fern, which begins to flourish when the cold dank rains of autumn set in. And as First Nations healers well know, Liquorice Fern root is an ideal medicine to treat colds and congested lungs. Coincidence? I think not. There is a balance in nature and we are a part of it.
Finally, as a wildcrafter, I wanted to incorporate a little old fashioned plant magic. There is an the old herbalist axiom that the plants we need "speak to us". On a wild medicine walk Cowichan Medicine Woman and ethnobotanist Della Rice Sylvester, told us – watch for the plant that calls you, you will notice it – it may even "move without wind" to get your attention. So for my Soma, I would go into nature with a trusting heart and an open eye. I would follow the plants that called to me.
In Hinduism, the god Soma (Chandra) is a lunar deity, thus the full moon is the time to collect and press the divine plants. The moon is also the cup from which the gods drink Soma, and a waxing moon meant Soma was recreating himself, ready to be drunk again. So true kitchen witch style, I will be busy harvesting and brewing my soma under the phases of the moon.
And my first creation? A Wild Yogini Elixir, in tribute to the Matrikas, the seven great mother goddesses found in the Rigveda and Mahabharata who were said to control the preparation of soma. Designed to get prana flowing, this wildcrafted elixir will not only fire up the solar chakra, open the heart and ignite the third eye—but bring me into 'healing harmony' with the natural energies of the land I inhabit, body and soul.
I'll let you know how it goes!


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We're been hearing quite a bit from RIM CEO Thorsten Heins in the last week or so and it's good to see him reaching out to the media and setting some things straight. He's been making the rounds the last few days, all on the heels of the announcement that BlackBerry 10 is delayed and won't launch until early 2013.
Our good friend Al Sacco got a chance to talk one-on-one to the man in charge last week. Al is no slouch when it comes to BlackBerry and he certainly knows the right questions to get the right answers. There is some interesting stuff in the interview -- including the fact that much like many of us, Thorsten also uses a 2nd device to keep up with the competition. He also addresses his editorial in The Globe and Mail as well as what's in store for RIM and the future of BlackBerry.
It's a great read that really gives some awesome insight, so grab a snack, sit back and check out the full interview over at CIO.com


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Tuesday, 15 December 2009
Saving Apostolos Andreas
Below is another memorandum provided to me by Bishop Christoforos of Karpasia, this time regarding the condition of Apostolos Andreas monastery, Cyprus' most important religious shrine, located at the easternmost tip of the Karpas peninsula, and which is in urgent need of restoration. The Turkish occupation authorities have been deliberately neglecting Apostolos Andreas monastery, allowing it to deteriorate as part of a policy to wipe out all traces of Greek culture and history in northern Cyprus.
(It's also worth pointing out that a couple of weeks ago on the feast day of St Andrew – 30 November – the Turkish occupation authorities refused to allow Bishop Christoforos to perform the liturgy at Apostolos Andreas. The celebrations were attended by 2,000 of the faithful, who were subject to harassment and petty humiliation by the 'police' of the occupation regime, who put on a show of force at the monastery, searching pilgrims and being present in the church itself, where they insisted on filming pilgrims and the service). [See news story here].
St Andreas Monastery, Cyprus
Apostolos Andreas monastery, built at the headland of the Karpas peninsula, on the spot where the Apostle Andrew is said to have come ashore on his way to Asia Minor and Greece in the 1st century AD, has been a major pilgrimage site for Cypriots. The monastery exists in a unique landscape that preserves its natural beauty and its rare indigenous flora. The monastery's complex is also of unique architectural interest, consisting of a composite central building at the heart of which is the church, and a group of isolated buildings positioned around a spacious square.
At the eastern end of the monastery complex is the smaller and earlier St Andreas church, built during the Lusignan period (in the 14th century). At the south end, there is a small yard surrounded by a tall stone wall for protection against the sea. At the eastern end of the church, lower than sea level, one can find the sanctified water spring, the source of which is a system of underground channels built under the earlier church. West of the earlier church, and at a higher elevation, there is the later church. This is a large building, dating back to 1851 and is a typical example of 19th century Cypriot church architecture. The buildings of this period combine elements from local architectural traditions with neo-gothic, neo-renaissance and neo-classical aspects. Along the south side of the church, there is a broad gallery with five arches.
The Management Committee of Apostolos Andreas monastery could begin immediately with the implementation of a number of restoration operations. The whole project has been designed to take place in two or three phases, while the restoration of the earlier Lusignan-era church could begin as soon as possible.
The committee is in a position to announce that all the necessary restoration and other relevant plans developed by the group of professors and experts from the University of Patras' Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering are ready, having been approved by both the church and state of Cyprus.
However, for restoration work to begin on the monastery, permission is required from the Turkish Cyprus 'authorities'. This permission has been outstanding for 10 years. The University of Patras team that will undertake the work has proven expertise in projects of restoration and has been honoured by Europa Nostra for its previous works, which include the Sinai monastery in Egypt, the Vatopedi monastery on the Holy Mountain of Athos and the Acropolis in Athens.
The following are essential before work can begin on the monastery:
a) The clearance of the monastery precincts from street vendors and traders, whose stalls and tents not only impinge on the sanctity of the site but also present an obstacle to the restoration works;
b) The use of a special drill for the soil and technical research in relation to the medieval chapel;
c) The commencement of the main works on the historic core of the monastery, i.e. the historic temple, the chapel, the adjacent cells and the immediate monastery precincts; and
d) The agreement must be safeguarded and guaranteed on the basis of European principles, so as to make certain that the works will be carried out in accordance with the adopted plan.
The proposed restoration of the monastery has as an immediate objective the protection of the high cultural and historic value of the monument in its natural surroundings, which are of unique environmental and ecological value. The monastery has for generations of Cypriots and over centuries been a holy pilgrimage site and symbol of the common heritage of the island. For the past three decades, headed by the Reverend Zacharias, the monastery has continued under difficult circumstances to try and meet the spiritual needs of Greek and Turkish Cypriots and live up to its reputation as a source of the island's collective memory.
Bishop of Karpasia, on behalf of the Committee of Karpas Communities.
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'White Fang
Jack London (1896 1916) was born in San Francisco in 1876. His family was poor, and Jack left school at fifteen to work in a factory. However, he soon found this boring, so he left home and bought a boat with money that he had borrowed, and lived by fishing. At seventeen, he became a seaman and travelled to Russia and Japan, and wrote about his voyage for a newspaper. When he was eighteen he travelled around America and made notes about his journey, which later became a book. Back in California, he decided to return to school and after that went to university. However, he left after only a few months and went to look for gold in Alaska. After a winter there, he returned with no gold, but plenty of ideas for stories.
He sold his first story in 1899, and wrote a book of Alaskan stories in 1900. The Call of the Wild, also about Alaska, came out in 1903. This was an immediate success, and The Sea Wolf (1904) and White Fang (1905) followed. He soon became one of the highest-paid and most popular writers in the world.
He never stopped travelling, and in 1907 he tried to sail around the world with his wife. However, he began to spend more money than he earned, and this and drinking problems made his last years unhappy. He died in 1916.
Publisher: Penguin Readers
Level: 4 Intermediate (2300 words)
Substance of the book: Almost all this story happens in Canada, most of it in northern Canada. At the end of the story, White Fang lives with his owner, Scott, in California, where Scott actually comes from. The story happens around the year 1898, which is the year of the Gold Rush.
The story starts by describing two gold-diggers, Bill and Henry, who have six dogs and travel many days to the nearest town through the cold snow of Canada. Every night, a pack of 40 wolves grows braver, and each night, one of the dogs disappears. But the men have only three bullets left in their guns.
Henry tries to kill the wolves, but he dies. Fortunately, Bill is found by a group of passing men, and is saved.
The leader of the pack is a she-wolf, Kiche. In the spring, Kiche has five newborn cubs. One of the cubs is White Fang. He is the fiercest of all of the five cubs. White Fang learns about life. He meets and learns about new animals, learns how to fight them; he learns what is dangerous, he learns where to find meat, he learns everything that he will ever need as a proper wolf. "Eat or be eaten": thats one of White Fang's mottos; this is the law of meat.
One day, Kiche and White Fang go hunting. Suddenly, White Fang meets two-legged animals (people) that he has never met before. These people are Indians and they realize that Kiche is a dog they know. Kiche had run away from a group of Indians, when there was a time of hunger, with nothing to eat. Now, an Indian, whose brother was Kiche's owner, is dead, so he decides to keep them (White Fang and his mother) himself, and calls Kiches cub White Fang. The Indian is called Grey Beaver.
So White Fang and his mother live with the Indians. Grey Beaver is in debt, so he has to sell Kiche. White Fang is left alone. White Fang begins to hate people when they separate him from his mother.
Grey Beaver uses White Fang as a leader dog for pulling his sledge.
Grey Beaver and White Fang move to Fort Yukon, where Grey Beaver wants to sell some pelts. Here, a bad man, Beauty Smith (who is ugly) watches White Fangs power and victory in every fight and wants to own him, because he loves his fierceness.
Grey Beaver doesnt want to sell White Fang, but Smith teaches him to drink whisky and Grey Beaver becomes dependent on it. He drinks more and more, and when he has no money to buy whisky, he finally sells White Fang to Beauty Smith.
White Fang hates Smith, and leaves him several times to return to Grey Beaver, but Smith always catches him and brings him back. At last, Beauty Smith ties White Fang in chains. White Fang has to live in a cage, and Smith arranges matches with him. White Fang is such a good fighter that he always wins.
One day, White Fang is obliged to fight with a bulldog (the first bulldog he has ever seen, which means it is an unknown animal for him). As the bulldog called Cherokee (his owner is Tim Keenan) is much smaller than White Fang, he manages to bite White Fang on his chest during the match. White Fang is in danger of dying, but fortunately, two men go round to the match (that was held in a forest so that no one (policemen) could see it, as it is prohibited) and one of them, Weedon Scott (the other is called Matt) buys White Fang for only 150 dollars (as he is almost dying). White Fang begins to love Scott, although for the first few days, he behaves badly and still hates everything around him. But Scott gives him love, which he did not know before, so White Fang starts to love him too. When Scott has to go back to California (where he actually comes from), he leaves White Fang at their (Matts and his house) alone. When he and Matt get to the ship that is supposed to také Scott back to California, to their great surprise they meet White Fang waiting for them on the shore. White Fang jumped through the closed window in their house, only to see Scott leaving. Scott decides to bring White Fang with him to California.
In San Francisco, California, it is very hard for White Fang to get used to his new life.
White Fang catches a thief in Scotts house and is wounded, but survives his serious injuries.
At the very end, a female Collie bears pups. White Fangs pups.
My own opinion of the book: This book is certainly good, mainly at describing White Fangs feelings. Its beautiful how the author could imagine what the wolf (half dog as his mother was a dog, but his father was a wolf) can feel. There arent many people who can think how animals feel. I mean people dont usually mind if they hurt animals feelings and sometimes can even change animals souls to hate everything around (as White Fang did a part of his life, before he found out that some people can be also kind and warm) and to want to destroy it. This was a nice book about what animals can feel, how they think of their life, and how they think of the people. White Fangs story was also sad, but ended well and I liked it.'
Jack London is a wonderful writer, isn't he, Lenka?
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FA Cup Draw 2015-16 Schedule: 4th-Round Fixtures and Dates ReleasedJanuary 11, 2016
Oxford United will get the chance to continue their thrilling run in the fourth round of the FA Cup after drawing the winner of Newport County and Blackburn Rovers on Monday, while non-league representatives Eastleigh host Leeds United if they can overcome Bolton Wanderers in their replay.
Holders Arsenal will face Burnley at the Emirates Stadium, while 11-time winners Manchester United will play away at Derby County.
Chelsea and Liverpool are also among the 15 Premier League sides still in the competition and will take on Northampton Town or MK Dons and West Ham United, respectively—provided the Reds can emerge unscathed from their replay with Exeter City at Anfield.
Last year's finalists Aston Villa are by no means guaranteed a place in the fourth round after drawing 1-1 with Wycombe Wanderers, but if Remi Garde's men can beat them at the second time of asking, they'll be rewarded with the potentially thankless task of hosting Manchester City.
Here is the full list of fixtures for the FA Cup fourth round following Monday's draw:
|FA Cup 2015-16: Fourth-Round Fixtures
|West Bromwich Albion or Bristol City
|Peterborough United
|Eastleigh or Bolton Wanderers
|Leeds United
|Derby County
|Manchester United
|Huddersfield Town or Reading
|Exeter City or Liverpool
|West Ham United
|Wycombe Wanderers or Aston Villa
|Manchester City
|Shrewsbury Town
|Sheffield Wednesday
|Nottingham Forest
|Carlisle United or Yeovil Town
|Crystal Palace
|Stoke City
|Oxford United
|Newport County or Blackburn Rovers
|Ipswich Town or Portsmouth
|Colchester United
|Tottenham Hotspur or Leicester City
|Bury or Bradford City
|Hull City
|Northampton Town or MK Dons
|BBC Sport
Fixtures will be played between Jan. 29 and Feb. 1, 2016.
Sports reporter and commentator Ian Abrahams shared his predictions for the fixtures to be televised:
Ian Abrahams (Moose) @BroadcastMoose
Reckon TV games will be - Arsenal v Burnley, Derby v Man Utd, Villa/Wycombe v Man C, Liverpool/Exeter v W Ham and Mk or N'ton v Chelsea
Oxford's 3-2 defeat of Swansea City was the highlight of the third round as they displayed the kind of fighting spirit often seen in cup upsets, per BT Sport:
The club have history in this competition having reached the quarter-finals in 1964—playing in English football's fourth tier just as they do now.
The Mail on Sunday's Oliver Holt believes the U's are one the verge of something special:
Oliver Holt @OllieHolt22
Terrific afternoon at the Kassam Stadium today. Feels like good times coming back fast at Oxford under Appleton and chairman Darryl Eales
Indeed, a good cup run can only improve the already positive atmosphere around the club, and after dispatching the Swans, Oxford have little reason to fear fellow League Two side Newport or Championship strugglers Blackburn—particularly with the match taking place at the Kassam Stadium, per Squawka Football:
Squawka Football @Squawka
Oxford United have lost just one of their last 21 home games in all competitions. Fortress Kassam Stadium. https://t.co/fCJvFDKjrM
As for the Gunners, the Premier League will likely be their focus as this season represents their best shot at the title in years, but they'll also be bidding to become just the third team to lift the FA Cup on three consecutive occasions after Wanderers and Blackburn Rovers did so back in the 1800s.
Derby will no doubt be eyeing Manchester United with relish after the Red Devils scraped through the third round thanks to Wayne Rooney's last-minute penalty against League One's Sheffield United.
While in the past United's stature ensured they were arguably the team those outside of England's top-tier most hoped to draw in the cup, they're now likely a desired draw as they're more vulnerable than ever to a giant-killing.
Per Samuel Luckhurst of the Manchester Evening News, United have a strong record at Pride Park but could struggle:
Samuel Luckhurst @samuelluckhurst
#mufc have lost just once at Pride Park (2009 League Cup). Tricky tie, though. United struggled against a good Championship side in Boro.
Indeed, with Derby flying high in the Championship and United so toothless going forward, the Red Devils are ripe for the plucking if the Rams can get past David De Gea and Co., so expect them to really go at Louis van Gaal's side.


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Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen: My Lords, perhaps my noble friend would give way. It is not that we do not want to hear the arguments, but some of them go over our heads. That is why I was shaking my head.
Lord Wedderburn of Charlton: My Lords, I shall try to make the arguments clearer. I deeply apologise to my noble friend that she does not understand. Perhaps I may try to explain again. Let us suppose that the Bill allows the Secretary of State to make an order imposing contractual terms of employment and that the firefighters say, "We're not going to have it". My noble friend Lady Gibson and I know how that can happen. They may say, "We're going to ask our union to back us"backing which the postal workers failed to obtain at some pointsand the union may say, "Yes, we'll have a ballot" and on that they take action. If that is inducing workers to break their contracts because of the way the order applies, that is protected as a trade dispute. But if the order applies a duty directly from the statute without going through the contract of employment, that is not protected. It is as simple as that. I do not know how to make it any simpler, but if the noble Baroness wishes me to I shall try.
Lord Campbell of Alloway: My Lords
Lord Wedderburn of Charlton: My Lords, perhaps I may just complete the sentence. We want the Government to make clear that no statutory duty arising from such an order displaces the normal protections of trade union law. I give way to the noble Lord.
Lord Campbell of Alloway: My Lords, I shall be very brief. I think that the noble Baroness shares the same difficulty with me. I did not quite understand what the noble Lord was saying. Surely, it depends on how one looks at the matterfrom which end of the telescope. The amendment states,
Lord Wedderburn of Charlton: My Lords, the noble Lord has made my next point very well. If there were no trade union legislation, inducing a breach of contract would be unlawful and thus all strikes would be unlawful. We say that that should apply here. Let us not make new illegalitiesrightly pointed out by the
The same is true under Clause 1(1)(b). It is important that noble Lords should understand this. Let us take the case where an order made under Clause 1(1)(b) gives directions for the fire stations in rural area A to be closed and all the equipment moved to another area. Perhaps I may summarise the view of my noble friend Lord Rooker in debates in Grand Committee and on Report. He accepted that, although the main thrust of the direction was the disposal or use of property in a transfer from one place to another, it would incidentally affect the working conditions of the firemen. Nothing can affect working conditions more than having the place of work moved away; anyone knows that. Therefore a statutory duty under Clause 1(9) imposed by the Bill on a fire authority to carry out the order would impose that statutory duty. If the operation of such an order were opposed by the firefighters, on a ballot in a trade dispute, who then took industrial action on the matter, that action would be illegal. At the moment, industrial action taken against the closure of a station is lawful.
The Earl of Onslow: My Lords, would the noble Lord be kind enough to give way? Two or three days ago, the Government Front Bench complained that my noble friend Lord Mancroft went on for 29 minutes in Committee on the Hunting Bill. It was said that that was too long. The noble Lord, Lord Hoyle, is nodding his head in agreement. Surely 22 minutes on an amendment at Third Reading of a Bill is, with respect, a gross abuse of the procedures of this House.
Is this a private fight or can anyone join in? However, while I do not normally come to the rescue of the present Government, on this occasion it appears that the noble Lord has been banging on for far too long.
Lord Wedderburn of Charlton: My Lords, perhaps the noble Earl would like to listen and appreciate that the rights of firefighters are a matter of intense concern to some. When we reach the last stage of legislation and it is based on legal error, you have an obligation to say something. It may not be within the noble Earl's ancestral conventions, but with the greatest respect, some of us feel that a legislature is for making good law. I want the Government to save the normal industrial rights of firefighters.
I come to my last point. This marks a parallel with 1906 when, by an amendment moved by Sir Charles Dilke, the protection for inducing breach of contract in trade disputes was put into the Bill of the great Liberal government of the day. I hope that those who sit on the Benches which claim descent from that government will do the right thing in remembering that tonight.
This is a matter of human rights. It may amuse people to think that human rights include trade union rights; it may bore some people to think that human rights include trade union rights, but it does not bore most of the workers outside this House. If we want the
It is a matter of conscience and not, I think, a party matter. I genuinely put forward that view. Many parties have voted for industrial rights and the Lords of England who are now abed or in the bar will think themselves accursed that they are not here to listen to the reasoning on this matter, because this day will be remembered as the day when Parliament, at the last gasp of this Bill, deprived a group of honourable workersthe last dispute showed that; I am not concerned with the union's positionof their liberties. This group of workers does not deserve to have its liberties infringed by a Bill that does not encapsulate clearly, on its face, Ministers' subjective intentions.
Ministers' subjective intentions are not what are interpreted by the courts. The courts interpret what is on the face of an enactment. All we are asking is that the Government come up to scratch in respect of their own intention and accept an amendment of the kind we are suggesting to put the Bill into a proper state. I beg to move.
Lord Davies of Coity: My Lords, I have not participated in the debate during the passage of the Bill and I was certainly very critical of the dispute that provoked its introduction. But I have a real and deep-rooted concern about one element of the Bill. My experience in the field of industrial relations is not academic and it certainly is not legal, but it goes back to 1963, some 40 years ago. I know all about In Place of Strife, Ted Heath's Industrial Relations Act 1971 and the draconian legislation introduced under Margaret Thatcher.
I am not interested in the legalities, in the technicalities or in an academic argument. I am interested in safeguarding the interests of working people. That is precisely the position from which I am arguing. If workers decide to go on strike, they take industrial action which is legally permissible by way of an industrial ballot. Although they breach their contract of employment, they are protected under the legislation. However, my understanding is that if a statutory instrument, a regulation, is introduced, they will not necessarily have the same safeguards as those who breach their contracts of employment.
If my noble friend the Minister can assure me that, under the terms of the Bill as proposed by the Government, that protection is copper bottomed and there is no possibility whatever of a statutory instrument being introduced which jeopardises their employment rights and safeguards against dismissal, I will support him. But the assurance has to be copper bottomed. I do not want to be left in a situation where it is not likely to happen; it may never come; the Titanic will not sink. We do not need to put enough lifeboats on the ship because that will never happen. But the Titanic did sink, and I do not want to be in a
Lord Campbell of Alloway: My Lords, how can the proposal be copper bottomed? If there is an actual or threatened terrorist attack you have to have immediate directions, with instant effect, which cannot be challenged and which are not part of ordinary trade union law. We are talking about a statutory instrument direction. You cannot copper bottom that and say it does not exist because there is another law. That is nonsense.
Lord Davies of Coity: My Lords, my clear understanding is that the movers of the amendment believe that the Government cannot produce a guarantee of protection for workers if a statutory instrument is introduced. That is why the amendment has been tabled. If the amendment will provide a belt and braces situation, I am bound to support it.
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Trump personally asked Tim cook to Apple move production from China to the US, promising tax breaks
The US President-elect Donald trump spoke about the call of the head of Apple Tim cook, who called him to congratulate c win the election. Edition of the New York Times became known, what did you talk about the two leaders.
"I got a call from Tim cook from Apple and I said, "Tim, you know one thing that will be a great achievement for me if Apple will build a large plant in the United States or many plants in the US and instead go to China, Vietnam and other places, where you go, will start to produce it, – told the trump.
According to the journalists, the answer Tim cook was very evasive. "I understand," said the CEO.
"I think we'll give you incentives and you will make it. We are going to very significantly reduce taxes for corporations, you will be satisfied," added trump.
Earlier it was reported that Apple was in negotiations to move production of the iPhone in the U.S., but the supplier Foxconn, such a scenario is considered extremely unlikely, as in this case, the price build iPhone will double.
Apple also discussed the possibility of moving the production of iPhone in the US with the other contract manufacturer, Pegatron, but the latter almost immediately rejected the offer because it is unprofitable. And it is not in the different wages in the United States and China. In the past, Tim cook has repeatedly stressed that China simply is the center of world production.
To move production from China to the United States without negative consequences for Apple, the necessary government subsidies and major tax breaks. If trump will keep his promise, it is possible that in the near future for your iPhone will show off the label "Designed by Apple in California. Assembled in USA".