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The company is also helping to make crop identification easier. Each seed bag for the 2000 planting season will feature peel-off tags that can be adhered to field ID markers. Tags will be preprinted with the product name, added traits (if any) and planting year information.
Set once, drill any size seed The S.I. Belt Meter is the first change to a drill meter in almost 100 years, according to its manufacturer, and it's a simple solution to an aggravating problem: seed population control. The meter for Deere, Great Plains or Case IH drills keeps seed of any size flowing with just one setting.
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Drats, it's rats It all comes down to rats again. A study to prove that genetically modified (GM) foods may cause health problems was recently published in the prestigious British medical journal Lancet. In the study, conducted by Arpad Pusztai at the Rowett Research Institute in Scotland, six rats were fed GM potatoes and six were fed potatoes that were not genetically modified. The six rats eating GM potatoes for 10 days had intestines with some thinning and thickening, compared with rats not fed the GM potatoes. The researcher suggested that the gene may have made the potatoes poisonous.
Like the monarch butterfly research, this study is being hotly contested. Even the reviewers for Lancet reported the study was weak but said it should be published to counter criticism that its news was being suppressed.
Most of the criticism centers on the small number of rats used, possibly too few to draw any conclusions. Another criticism was that the rats were fed potatoes. Apparently, both groups of rats disliked potatoes and lost weight. Starvation or known toxins in raw potatoes may have caused the intestinal changes, the critics charged.
This study points out the difficulty in testing toxicity of GM foods in animals. It is nearly impossible to get animals and even rats to eat enough of a food to properly test for differences in modified and unmodified foods.
Eating GMOs If you eat a steak, are you also eating genetically modified organisms (GMOs) that were in the feed that the cow ate, therefore posing a health risk?
That question may be on consumers' minds. But Bruce Chassy, head of the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at the University of Illinois, says the benefits of the new technology outweigh the hypothetical food safety risks associated with GM foods. He explains that natural toxins and bacteria found in foods pose a far greater health risk than recombinant DNA and added proteins found in GM foods. He adds that the foreign proteins introduced into GM foods are similar or identical to proteins already present in the human diet and they are inactivated by food processing, cooking and the digestive process.
"The safety of GMOs has been affirmed by every professional and scientific society worldwide that has looked at the issue, including the National Academy of Sciences and the World Health Organization," Chassy states.
Customized corn Between 80 and 90% of U.S. domestic corn production including byproducts from grain processing ends up in livestock and poultry, according to Jerry Weigel, director of ExSeed Genetics, Decatur, IL.
"Maybe we ought to think more about the animal [when developing hybrids] than some other things, but not forget the wet millers," he suggested recently at a meeting of seed certifiers.
Corn breeding for feed is an area ripe for improvements. For example, Weigel says Japanese consumers want white pork, which comes from feeding white corn. Hogs do not like white corn because it is too hard and unpalatable. If seed companies developed a feed-grade white corn, the U.S. could fulfill the Japanese consumer demands.
Looking ahead, Weigel believes the business of seed development for livestock is on the verge of a boom. "In the next couple years, we will see hybrids bred specifically for poultry, swine, dairy and beef cattle," he says. And companies will take it even further. Hybrids will be developed for specific livestock producers.
"Will we see a Tyson wanting its own seed corn? Absolutely," he reports. "It is being done as we speak."
Keeping track of the different seeds will be easy, too, because the seeds will be identified with unique colored dots on the actual kernel. Weigel says the industry will see this occur in the next few years.
Bt corn cuts mold A new study shows Bt corn reduces the growth of fungi that produces dangerous mycotoxins and aflatoxins. Some mycotoxins are fatal to hogs and carcinogenic to humans. Aflatoxins can be passed into milk if the dairy cow eats contaminated grain. Bt corn apparently discourages the growth of fungi that produces these toxins, according to a study by Gary Munkvold, plant pathologist at Iowa State University. The researcher adds that hybrids genetically modified to control disease and insects do offer distinct health benefits to the public.


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Earth and Environmental Sciences
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An inspirational new creative writing competition has been launched in Sefton as part of the regional You Can Foster campaign.
The aim of the competition is to encourage children and young people in foster care and fostering families to tell their stories and encourage a new generation of adults to sign up as foster carers.
And the entries, across five age categories, will be judged by an auspicious panel of childrens authors and poets including childrens author and screenwriter Frank Cottrell-Boyce, poet Tony Walsh, childrens authors Cathy Cassidy, Livi Michael and Dan Worsley.
The Inspiring Stories competition, aims to explore the ambitions of the thousands of children and young people who are in foster care across Sefton and the Liverpool City Region.
It is hoped that the stories will reveal the real sense of value and motivation that foster carers have along with the profound way in which they can help to shape young lives for the better.
Liverpool-born childrens author Frank Cottrell-Boyce said:
Stories are how we make sense of our lives. The only way we can hope to understand another person is by listening to their story. The only way we can hope to understand ourselves is by finding someone who will listen to our story. When we hear other peoples stories we discover we are not alone in our troubles. And we learn that there are solutions to our problems.
As G K Chesterton said we dont read fairy stories to learn that dragons are real. We read them to learn that dragons can be defeated.
Stories submitted can be a personal account of a fostering experience or an inspirational tale that needs to be told. Entries can be fiction, non-fiction, written or even drawn so that all ages can engage with the competition.
Children and young people can visit youcanfoster.org/competition to find out more and submit their stories which should be no longer than 800 words. The deadline for entries is 5pm on Friday November 17, 2017.
The You Can Foster campaign brings together a number of local authorities to highlight the need for foster carers in Sefton and across the North of England and includes a number of TV adverts and social media promotion. Local Authorities particularly need to recruit foster carers for certain groups of children including:
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Today will take a look to OCZ's latest PSU designed for gamers. The OCZ Fatal1ty 750W borrows the name of professional gamer Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel in order to underline its gaming roots and convince us that it has been designed to meet the specific needs of fellow gamers in performance, stability, and ease of integration to reduce system downtime.
The power supply unit s featuring a sleek look, glowing LEDs, and modular cable design in order to keep your case tidy and maximize airflow while showing off your rig during gaming events. It has a single +12V rail and according to OCZ, it is capable of delivering continuous power up 45°C for a demanding multi-GPU gaming rig and stable power for Intel Haswell -based gaming rigs. Its 80 Plus Bronze certification denotes that the PSU operates at a 85% efficiency under real world operating environments to lighten your energy burden.
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The Fatal1ty gaming PSU series comes backed by a 3 (550W) and a 5 (7750W) year warranty. The 750W version we will test today retails for about $90.


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Pocket Watches
Although early sundial prototypes were used back in Ancient Rome, first mechanical pocket watches appeared around 1503 when Peter Henlein replaced weights and pendulum with a spring. The change was duly appreciated by aristocracy and gentry. Pocket watches defined a wearer's social status, taste, and fortune. Soon after, jewelers took the opportunity to create a new type of luxury items with use of precious metals and original shapes. In Russia, first watch factories appeared in 1769, but it would be a long wait for those who did not have access to Imperial Court. Only with the Molnija factory launch in 1931 could regular people afford to own a pocket watch. Since most were commissioned by the Soviet military, Molnijas were very durable and reliable. Today, any such piece is considered vintage as the factory ceased operations in 2007. Luckily, traditions live on thanks to Poljot - another legendary Russian brand - that produces beautiful pocket watches with classic and skeleton dials.
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Vikings Ink Defensive Tackle Early In Free Agency
The Minnesota Vikings agreed to terms with defensive tackle Linval Joseph Tuesday afternoon just hours after NFL free agency opened for 2014. Joseph, 6'4" and 323 lbs, played previously for the New York Giants.
According to ESPN, Joseph signed for five years and $31.5 million. The former East Carolina tackle had three sacks and 59 tackles last season.


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Non-Destructive Techniques
Non-destructive techniques (NDT) describes a variety of analytical techniques used to evaluate the properties of a material. Common methods include ultrasonic, magnetic-particle, liquid penetrant, radiographic, remote visual inspection (RVI), and eddy-current testing. NDT is regularly used in forensic engineering, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, systems engineering, aeronautical engineering, and medicine.


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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York has expanded a quarantine on ash wood products across much of upstate to slow the spread of the invasive emerald ash borer.
The beetle's larvae have destroyed tens of millions of trees as it has moved steadily east from Michigan, where it was first discovered in 2002.
State environmental regulators have banned untreated firewood from entering New York and forbidden moving it more than 50 miles from its source within the state since 2008 as they have tried to hinder the beetle and other pests. They also imposed local quarantines regulating movement of ash products by loggers and other forest product businesses.
On Wednesday, regulators replaced the local quarantines with a single ban covering all or parts of 42 counties from western New York to the New England border. The Adirondacks, other parts of the North Country, New York City, and Rockland, Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk counties aren't included.
The Department of Environmental Conservation said newly discovered infestations added a number of counties to the list and helped drive the decision to create a blanket quarantine.
Eric Carlson, executive director of the Empire State Forest Products Association, said Thursday that the industry worked with state and federal regulators to unify the ban, which he said eliminates a patchwork that made it more complicated for companies to comply with the rules for handling logs and bark.
He and state officials said the infestations are widespread, but still cover only a relatively small part of the state's ash stands. Companies like True Temper and Rawlings Sporting Goods haven't had a problem getting wood for their garden tool handles and baseball bats, he said.
Loggers can't move ash during the insect's summer flying season and infested logs can be used, but the bark must be put through grinders twice to make sure the beetle larvae are destroyed.
"It's unfortunate that the pest is moving faster than the scientists expected," Carlson said, noting that all the states around New York now have confirmed infestations.
Robert Davies, New York's state forester, said crews continue to use a variety of techniques in efforts to combat the borer, including establishing colonies of predatory wasps from China that attack the larvae. The first beetles are believed to have arrived in shipping material from China.
But he said those countermeasures will take time and the expanded quarantine was important because the beetle has spread beyond what they used to refer to as "satellites" to larger swaths of forest.
An infestation along the Hudson River in Ulster and Greene counties remains the largest documented, he said, but there are also large areas in Monroe and Steuben counties.


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Reading my posts over the past few months, you might come to the conclusion I think self-publishing and going it alone is the right -- and only -- way to go.
Not so.
Leaving aside issues of ego and desire, where some authors will only feel validated and complete when they see their physical books on physical shelves in their hometowns, let's examine the business side of traditional vs self publishing, and why going traditional is still a viable option -- for some. Interestingly, it wasn't that long ago when this examination would have been between print publishers and digital-only publishers. Consider for a moment how the very definition of "traditional" has changed in a few short years.
The publishing models today are varied:
- The Big 6 with (potentially) aggressive print and digital distribution
- The mid-size publishers (think Harlequin) with equally (potentially) aggressive print and digital distribution that caters in general to a more niche audience
- Small print-first publishers that concentrate on print distribution and supplement (often heavily) with digital
- Small digital-first publishers that concentrate on digital distribution and supplement with print-on-demand for select titles
- Small digital-only publishers that operate virtually
- Publisher coalitions that assist members primarily with digital publishing, which includes many of the recent agent/publisher models
- Self-publishers with a primary concentration in digital
- Vanity publishers that pretend to be author-friendly coalitions but aren't (and we'll be leaving these folk out of the discussion)
So which way is best? For argument's sake, let's assume you have a genre book that's marketable across all models, so it has the potential to be picked up and published across the spectrum. Which way to go from a business perspective?
Traditionally published authors tend to be secretive about their advances and earn-outs (sometimes out of contractual obligation, sometimes not), so anecdotal and often anonymous data is all we have to go by. One of the most comprehensive polls I've seen is for the Romance genre, conducted and maintained for several years by Brenda Hiatt. The data cited here will be referred from those results. All the caveats of the poll results being self-selective, yadda yadda apply.
Big 6 and Mid-Size Publishers
Obviously a powerhouse company has the potential to put your book in front of many readers and rocket it to bestsellerdom. And yes, it happens. There's also the potential they midlist your debut novel, give it little to no promotion, and it fades quietly and quickly away from the public eye.
For many, a contract with one of the Big 6 or with Harlequin is still the Holy Grail. The reality, though, is that unless you have a contract that guarantees in writing your book will get lead-title treatment in terms of promotion and placement, your title could end up performing little better than it would at a smaller house.
Advances do tend to be larger from the bigger houses. How much larger depends on how lucrative they think your book will be and, if your debut book is a lead title, odds are you'll make more through a Big 6 publisher than through any other models. Plus, if you don't earn out and/or don't get picked up for a second book, you can always pursue any of the other publishing options later.
On the flip side, only a small percentage of aspiring authors get picked up by a Big 6 or mid-size publisher, and the time between when you first start submitting to agents (because most require submission through agents) to when your book hits the shelf could easily be 3 years.
Average advances for first books tend to run $10,000 - 20,000.
Average royalties continue to be pretty dismal, at 8-10% for print and 17.5% for digital.
Small Print-First Publishers
These are the true Indies of the publishing world; start-ups that compete in the same arenas as the larger guys. Scaled-down versions of the majors that often cater to more niche audiences.
Competition to get in with these publishers is often as fierce as with the Big 6, with agents again providing much of the gatekeeping. They usually offer smaller advances but more personalized promotion. Their reach isn't as great as the larger pubs, but they're often more forgiving when a single book doesn't perform to expectation.
Advances of $1000-5000 isn't much to get excited over, however. And if advances are in any way a realistic expectation of how a book will perform in the marketplace, then $5K is a pretty small return on the investment of time you have in your book.
Small Digital-First and Digital-Only Publishers
With advances of $0-1000, these publishers operate on thin per-book margins. The successful ones (and there have been a lot of start-ups and failures in the last 5 years) make money on the quantity of titles in their inventory, not necessarily by optimizing profit on any given book.
Competition doesn't feel quite as fierce with the smaller digital publishers because there are so many that have cropped up in the last couple of years. While your chances of being picked up by any one individual small publisher might be only marginally better than being picked up by a print-first publisher, your chances of being picked up by one of them at all are much higher (assuming a marketable book).
It's at this level, especially, where decisions about how best to publish your book become more complicated. More about that below.
Publisher Coalitions
In direct competition with the small digital-first publishers are the increasing number of not-really-quite-publisher models that have been springing up. These are generally boutique groups that cater to a small number of authors and that provide publishing support that ranges from editing, covering and formatting to possible marketing either for a flat fee acquired up front or deducted from earned royalties, or for a percentage of royalties for a set time (optimal) or in perpetuity (run away).
A number of agents are moving to this type of model; I consider Steel Magnolia Press to fall under this definition as well.
Like with digital-first publishers, the coalition model has its appeal, but only for a certain population of authors.
Which Model Is Right For You?
Keep in mind this is an editorial post and the opinions are my own.
If you're a new and unproven author determined to see your book on the shelf of your local bookstore, by all means go the agent query route and/or submit directly to the limited few major and mid-size pubs who accept unsolicited material. If, however, you're offered a contract, make sure the terms are worthy of the size of the publisher. A small advance (under $10K) and no contractual guarantee that your book will be treated as a lead title should give you pause. I fully understand that heart will often win out over head for your first book, but I'm only talking the business realities here.
If you're a savvy business person with the time and inclination to keep up with the fast-changing digital and print markets and you're willing to be aggressive with your career as a writer, I would strongly suggest that you eschew any model that doesn't offer solid, guaranteed advances coupled with a strong marketing plan agreed to in the contract. (Anecdotally, the most heart-rending pub stories I've heard are of authors who were verbally promised lead-title status when they signed their contracts only to have enthusiasm for their book wane and be launched with little to no publisher-supported promotion.)
This means if you, the savvy author, can't get a lead-title deal through a major or mid-size publisher, skip the small publishers completely and self-publish. Why? Take a look at the average advances (many offer no advances) and average earn-outs authors with small publishers make and compare against average earn-outs for self-publishing (there are several threads at the Kindleboards forum where authors candidly discuss their earnings). Do keep in mind production costs (cover, editing, formatting) have to be deducted from the self-publishers' totals before the earn-out figures can really be considered profit.
In my opinion there is little a small publisher can offer a savvy author with the time to produce and market their own book that the savvy author can't provide on their own for a higher return on their investments.
So all small publishers are predatory vermin and should be shut down, right?
Of course not. There are a lot of savvy authors who simply don't have the time to study the market to the extent needed to make the studied decisions necessary to capitalize on rapid changes in the marketplace. And there are authors who are understandably overwhelmed by all those changes and find it difficult to decide what their best course of action is. For these authors, an astute partner in the publishing business will likely earn them more than they could earn on their own. In fact, I daresay many authors who jumped without looking into self-publishing and have been met with poor to modest sales despite having a marketable book would be better served with a smart digital-first publisher or publisher coalition.
And there-in lies the proverbial rub. Which small publishers are the smart ones who can maximize the profit on your book at a fair cost of doing business with them? I'll detail some of what I think a smart publisher has to bring to the partnership table in my next post.
In general, though, smart publishers will work with their clients, they will absolutely know how to work best for their clients, and they will be ready and willing to provide real-world examples of what they've already done to make their clients successful.
Please note that Steel Magnolia Press is not currently seeking new clients and these posts are not endorsements for our imprint.


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C21 Literature: Journal of 21st-century Writings (ISSN 2045-5216) is a new journal devoted to examining the genres, forms of publication and the circulation of 21st-century writings. Published by Gylphi, C21 Literature is a logical development of the explosion of interest in 21st-century writings, seen in book groups, university courses, and the development of online publishing.
Transgressive Culture (ISSN 2043-7102 print; ISSN 2043-7110 online) is a new international journal. It concerns the limits – in all of their guises – and what lies beyond them. The journal aims include: (1) questioning the meaning and significance of transgressive culture; (2) understanding more deeply how this reflects on contemporary culture; and (3) offering an opportunity for transgressive culture to be more widely known through analysis of existing work and through generating new creative work.
Transnational Subjects (ISSN 2045-5232, print; ISSN 2045-5240, online) is a new international journal. It covers cultural history post-1500, with a particular focus on urban/transnational subjects. It also offers a venue for the growing number of scholars working in digital history who wish to present digital aspects of their work.
The Journal of British and Irish Innovative Poetry centres on the poetic writings that have appeared in Britain and Ireland since the late 1950s under various categorizations: for example avant-garde, underground, linguistically innovative, second-wave Modernist, non-mainstream, the British Poetry Revival, the parallel tradition, formally innovative, neo-modernist and experimental, while also including the Cambridge School, the London School, concrete poetry, and performance writing.


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Santa Clara Mag Blog
Leon Panetta, Cover Man
Monday, Jan. 9, 2012
For anyone with an interest in our country's politics and military, there are few people who you'd want to have a conversation with at this point in time than Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta '60, J.D. '63. Which is what Santa Clara Magazine brings in the next issue.
Steven Saum's January cover story on Panetta looks back at the life and career of the alumnus (and former SCU professor) who has served in Congress, as chief of staff to President Bill Clinton, and until this summer as CIA director. Panetta discusses his vision for the military and shares stories from his days on the Mission campus. You could say his reputation as a rocker of boats began when he stood up to a Jesuit professor. On the subject of theology.
If you can't wait to get inside the head of our Secretary of Defense, try this cool interactive feature from the New York Times, which allows you to play Panetta and find $450 billion worth of cuts in the defense budget.


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Is there any need for Robin van Persie to start at the Emirates on Sunday afternoon? Manchester United's number 20 scored the excellent hat-trick that sealed the club's 20th league title on Monday night against Aston Villa, and might be given a guard of honour by the Arsenal team that sold him last summer.
But Van Persie still has an affection for Arsenal, respect for their supporters (see his non-celebration in the reverse fixture) and has constantly underlined his gratitude towards Arsene Wenger. There's no particular reason for Van Persie to be involved this weekend, and it wouldn't be a surprise to see him left out of the starting XI.
Van Persie's hat-trick against Villa also saw him move ahead of Luis Suarez in the race for the Golden Boot and with the Uruguayan suspended for the rest of the season (even an appeal is unlikely to cut the ban in half), Van Persie has effectively secured that award, which was probably the only reason he might've wanted to play.
While the Dutchman has largely remained injury free over the past two campaigns, he's still a player that needs to be rested whenever possible.
Besides, Ferguson might prefer to give playing time to squad members that haven't been regulars this season: Javier Hernandez has been a brilliant supersub but insists he prefers to start matches, while Danny Welbeck's tactical intelligence has been useful, but he needs to score more. He hit the winner in this fixture last season, and is probably a more logical starter than Van Persie.
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Recently, local and national news outlets have presented stories of violent domestic situations that have resulted in death. The tragic story of Jovan Belcher, a professional football player with the Kansas City Chiefs, who killed his partner and died by suicide highlights that no one is immune from mental illness.
Research has shown us that 90% of people that die by suicide have symptoms of a mental illness. Mental illnesses are medical conditions that disrupt a person's thinking, feeling, mood, ability to relate to others and his/her ability to carry out daily activities that we take for granted. Just as diabetes is a disorder of the pancreas, mental illnesses are real medical conditions that often result in a diminished capacity for coping with the ordinary demands of life. Mental illnesses can affect persons of any age, race, religion or income. They are not the result of personal weakness, lack of character or poor upbringing.
Just as with many other medical conditions, mental illnesses are treatable. Even those diagnosed with a serious mental illness can experience relief from their symptoms by actively participating in treatment. If you or someone you know is experiencing a mental illness, please reach out for support and assistance. You can contact your primary care physician or your local Community Mental Health Center (Community Partners if you are in Strafford County).
During this season of joy keep in mind that there are many in despair with heightened emotional needs. Together we can prevent suicide. Knowing the warning signs of suicide can prevent a tragedy. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline lists these warning signs:
— Talking about wanting to die
— Looking for a way to kill oneself
— Talking about feeling hopeless or having no purpose
— Talking about feeling trapped or in unbearable pain
— Talking about being a burden to others
— Increasing the use of alcohol and/or drugs
— Acting anxious, agitated or recklessly
— Sleeping too little or too much
— Withdrawing or feeling isolated
— Showing rage or talking about seeking revenge
— Displaying extreme mood swings
If a person is showing more than one of these signs, the risk is increased. If you or someone you know exhibits any of these signs, seek help as soon as possible by calling the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255. Other steps you can take to keep a suicidal person safe include not leaving the person alone, removing any firearms, alcohol, drugs or sharp objects that could be used in a suicide attempt, and take the person to an emergency room or seek help from a medical or mental health professional.
If a suicidal person, friend or family member identifies the warning signs and use the resources available, it can make all the difference in the world. Learn the signs and reach out for help for yourself or a friend in need. You can save a life.
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TOKYO, April 11 (UPI) -- The Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade agreement may hurt Japan's farming and other interests, a group of Japanese university professors has warned.
The academics' warning comes as Japan moves closer to joining the U.S.-led free trade negotiations, currently involving 11 nations.
The professors, in a petition to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Farm Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, warned Japan may not be able to protest its national interests once its joins the talks, Kyodo News reported.
University of Tokyo Professor Emeritus Satoshi Daigo and Keio University's Masaru Kaneko said the TPP may harm Japan's farming as well as its medical system and food safety standards.
The warning came as Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto ended his four-day Japan visit Wednesday.
Mexico, one of the countries involved in the TPP negotiations, has supported Japan's participation. The United States is expected to complete its talks this weekend on Japan's participation. Japan also needs to win the support of Australia, Canada and New Zealand.
The government of Abe last month announced its decision to join the TPP talks, although there remain concerns the free-trade deal's tariff elimination provisions could harm Japan's protected agriculture sector through cheap imports. Kaneko warned there is no guarantee Japan can win sanctuaries or exceptions to the TPP's tariff elimination through bilateral dialogue.
"We won't know until the very end how (many sanctuaries) we can secure," Kaneko told reporters.
Kyodo reported Japan has agreed to allow the United States to retain its tariffs on Japanese car and truck imports, effectively in exchange for the tariffs Japan imposes on sensitive agricultural produce.
At his news conference in Tokyo, the Mexican president was guarded in his response to Japan's efforts to retain tariffs on rice and some other farm products, Kyodo said.
"For items each country wants to withhold (from tariff elimination) and differences between countries, separate negotiating tables have been set up, and they should therefore be dealt with there," Pena Nieto was quoted as saying.
He also said he supported Japan's bid to join the TPP talks based on gains from an existing free-trade agreement between Japan and Mexico.
The Wall Street Journal reported with Japan facing strong opposition from its farmers, its participation in the TPP talks may come too late to influence their outcome. Japan's participation also is opposed by its doctor groups, which fear the TPP might harm Japan's universal healthcare service.
"Mexico's endorsement may put pressure on the United States to speed up bilateral preparatory talks with Japan for TPP negotiations," Junichi Sugawara, a trade expert at Mizuho Research Institute, told the Journal.


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The Atmospheric Dynamics Mission Aeolus will provide global observations of wind profiles from space to improve the quality of weather forecasts, and to advance our understanding of atmospheric dynamics and climate processes.
A precursor satellite mission, Sentinel-5P aims to fill in the data gap and provide data continuity between the retirement of the Envisat satellite and NASA's Aura mission and the launch of Sentinel-5. The mission will perform atmospheric monitoring and was launched in October 2017.
The primary objective of Sentinel-3 is marine observation, the mission studies sea-surface topography, sea and land surface temperature, ocean and land colour. Composed of two satellites, the mission's primary instrument is a Radar Altimeter, but the polar-orbiting satellites carry multiple instruments, including optical imagers as well. The first Sentinel-3 satellite was launched in 2016.
The objective of Sentinel-2 is Land monitoring, and the mission is composed of two polar-orbiting satellites providing high-resolution optical imagery. Vegetation, soil and water cover, inland waterways and coastal areas are among the monitoring objectives. Sentinel-2 also provides disaster monitoring for emergency services. The first Sentinel-2 satellite was launched on 23 June 2015.
With the objectives of Land and Ocean monitoring, Sentinel-1 is composed of two polar-orbiting satellites operating day and night, and performs Radar imaging, enabling them to acquire imagery regardless of the weather. The first Sentinel-1 satellite was launched on a Soyuz rocket from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on 03 April 2014.
A constellation of three satellites, the Swarm mission aims to provide the best survey of the Earth's geomagnetic field and its temporal evolution, as well as discovering new insights into our world's interior and climate.
The Proba-V mission provides multispectral images to study the evolution of the vegetation cover on a daily and global basis. The 'V' stands for Vegetation. This mission is extending the data set of the long-established Vegetation instrument, flown as a secondary payload aboard France's SPOT-4 and SPOT-5 satellites launched in 1998 and 2002 respectively.
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This is an imaging test that uses a special contrast material to view the spinal cord. The contrast material used in the x-ray can help your doctor clearly outline the space containing the spinal cord and nerves.
Reasons for Procedure
This is used to detect problems in and around the spinal cord, such as:
- Spinal tumors
- Herniated discs
- Stenosis—narrowing of the spinal canal
Possible Complications
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- Headache
- Allergic reaction to the contrast
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- Inflamed or infected spinal cord
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Prior to Procedure
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- Ask about your medical history
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- The night before, do not eat solid foods after midnight. You should continue to drink liquids.
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- Take the sedative before the exam as directed by your doctor.
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How Long Will It Take?
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Post-procedure Care
- If you took a sedative, do not drive, operate machinery, or make important decisions until the sedative wears off.
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Europe has a very diverse hydrological background, reflecting its varied climate
and topography. In the south there is very significant variation in flow through
the year, with long, dry summers. To the west there is less extreme variation,
and in catchments underlain by absorbent aquifers flows remain reasonably constant
through the year. In the north and east, much precipitation falls as snow, so
much flow occurs during the spring snowmelt period. Major rivers such as the
Rhine, Rhone, Po, and Danube distribute water from the water tower of the
Alps. Superimposed on this varied hydrological base is a wide variety of water
uses, pressures, and management approaches. A succession of floods and droughts
has illustrated Europes vulnerability to hydrological extremes. There are many
other water-related pressures on Europes environment, however (see the Dobris
AssessmentStanners and Bourdeau, 1995), such as increasing demand for water,
particularly in the south, and subsequent increases in abstractions. River ecosystems
and wetlands are increasingly at risk. The quality of Europes rivers, lakes,
and groundwater is being threatened by the discharge of sewage and industrial
waste (often a legacy from past industrial development) and by excessive application
of pesticides and fertilizers. At the same time, the institutional aspects of
water resources management are changing. There is a shift in many countries
from supply-side solutions to a demand-side approach, aimed at reducing
demand for water or exposure to risk. Water managers in many European countries
have adopted (at least in principle) a sustainable approach, and forthcoming
EU directives are likely to encourage this further. Environmental demands are
being taken increasingly seriously across most of Europe. Climate change adds
another set of potential pressures on European water resources and their management.
Climate and land-use change influence the structure of the water balance (Ryszkowski
and Kedziora, 1987; Ryszkowski et al., 1990; Olejnik and Kedziora, 1991). Calculations
at the European scale (Arnell, 1999) indicate that under most climate change
scenarios, northern Europe would see an increase in annual average streamflow,
but southern Europe would experience a reduction in streamflow. In much of mid-latitude
Europe, annual runoff would decrease or increase by about 10% by the 2050s,
but the change resulting from climate may be smaller than natural multidecadal
variability in runoff. To the south and north, it may be substantially larger
(Hulme et al., 1999). Table 13-1 lists catchment-scale
studies into potential hydrological changes in Europe that have been conducted
since the IPCCs Second Assessment Report (SAR).
The consequences of climate change for the variation of flow through the year
vary across Europe. In Mediterranean regions, climate change is likely to exaggerate
considerably the range in flows between winter and summer. In maritime western
Europe, the range also is likely to increase, but to a lesser extent. In more
continental and upland areas, where snowfall makes up a large proportion of
winter precipitation, a rise in temperature would mean that more precipitation
falls as rain and therefore that winter runoff increases and spring snowmelt
decreases. The timing of streamflow therefore alters significantly. Further
east and at higher altitudes, most of the precipitation continues to fall as
snow, so the distribution of flow through the year is altered little (Arnell,
1999). The substantial projected change in flow regime resulting from reduction
in snowfall and snowmelt across large parts of CEE has been noted widely (e.g.,
Hladny et al., 1996; Kasparék, 1998; Hlavcova and Cunderlik, 1998; Starosolszky
and Gauzer, 1998).
Low-flow frequency generally will increase across most of Europe (Arnell, 1999),
although in some areas where the minimum occurs during winter the absolute magnitude
of low flows may increase because winter runoff increases: The season of lowest
flow shifts toward summer. An implication of simulated changes in streamflow
is that riverine flood risk generally would increase across much of Europe and
that in some areas, the time of greatest risk would move from spring to winter.
Effects on groundwater recharge (a major resource for many Europeans) are less
clear because the general increase in winter rainfall may be offset by a reduction
in the recharge season. Studies in the UK (Arnell and Reynard, 1999) and Estonia
(Jarvet, 1998) indicate that groundwater recharge could be increased by climate
Implications of climate change for river water quality have been less well
studied, but an increase in water temperature and widespread reductions in flow
during summer are likely to lead to deterioration in many determinants of water
quality (particularly dissolved oxygen concentrations). Jansons and Butina (1998)
estimate nitrate and phosphate loads in a catchment in Latvia from streamflow;
they use the relationships to infer an increase in nitrate and phosphate loads
in winter (when flow increased) and a decrease in spring. Their model, however,
did not account for possible temperature-related effects on nitrate and phosphate
concentrations. Higher water temperatures are likely to increase the risk of
blue-green algal blooms in rivers and lakes (e.g., Zalewski and Wagner, 1995).
The impacts of climate change on European water resources and their management
depend not only on the change in hydrology but also (perhaps more particularly)
on characteristics of the water management system. In general terms, the more
stressed the system is under current conditions, the more sensitive it will
be to climate change. Table 13-2 summarizes the
key potential impacts on European water resources. These impacts should be considered
against the background of other pressures and drivers on European water. Most
of the potential impacts are self-explanatory.
Changes in the water resource base affect many sectors within Europe, including
agriculture, industry, transport, power generation, the built environment, and
ecosystems. Similarly, changes in many of these sectors will affect hydrology
and the resource base. Changes in agricultural practices resulting from climate
change, for example, will affect volumes and, more likely, quality of streamflow.
In many European countries, industrial water use has declined as a result of
legislation, environmental protection, and economic change. The warmer climate
may lead to significant increase in water demands in southern Europeleading
to possible overexploitation of groundwater resources, decrease of baseflow,
and environmental degradation. Climate change is but one of the pressures facing
European water managers. They will be played out against varying socioeconomic
backgrounds, political demands for environmental improvements, and new trends
in integrated water management. More detail on this and the foregoing conclusions
appear in the water chapter of the European ACACIA report (Arnell, 2000).
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About 25 minutes into Compliance, I wanted to reach into the screen and slap everyone in the face. The urge did not dissipate over the movie's running time; in fact, it only got worse, as they proceeded along the same path. I don't know that writer-director Craig Zobel (Great World of Sound, which I loved) would consider that an insult, as the intent is clearly to provoke a strong reaction. But once that is elicited, what's left? Not enough for my liking. Then again, "liking," per se, isn't what you're supposed to do here anyhow.
The premise is very simple: a busy fast-food restaurant, called Chickwich, gets a phone call from an Officer Daniels (Pat Healy, super-scuzzy and unrecognizable from The Innkeepers). When the overworked manager Sandra (Ann Dowd) picks up the phone, she is told that one of her employees has been accused of theft. She is asked to hold the girl in question, Becky (Dreama Walker), until the cops can get there… oh, and to strip-search her.
You don't really have to get to the strip-search part to realize something's up – anyone paying attention will notice pretty quickly that "Officer Daniels" fishes for information and then says it back to people like he's known it all along, plus he sometimes changes subtle details from his end of the story. He is revealed to the viewer (but not the other characters) as a fraud relatively quickly, but anyone who can identify a sales call will figure it out sooner. That these characters do not – even as he ups the humiliation stakes in a most un-policemanlike way – is the point, and lest you say it couldn't happen, the movie has the statistics to back up the fact that it did, multiple times.
At the height of the popularity of the Saw series, people liked to inaccurately toss around the term "torture porn," despite the fact that Saw's fast-acting traps don't really fit the definition of torture. What are we to make of the fact that this film wants us to watch, for an hour and a half, as ordinary people, one after another, are manipulated into abusing the same beautiful young woman, which is certainly torture and verges on porny in its theme? Zobel is not asking us to enjoy it; he seems to want to be Neil LaBute here, but LaBute usually includes more ambiguity and forces the viewer to make the moral judgment by offering none himself. Zobel will quickly elicit a judgment: this is wrong, and someone should have realized it was a con. But we get that in fairly short order, and still have to sit (or not – walkouts are apparently quite common) through that same point being intensified.
The implied issue that arises from all of this is that you, the viewer, think you would know better, but it has happened so often that there's a better-than-average chance you actually wouldn't, and you're kind of a dick for judging these people. Who can say – I got phone-scammed badly out of $300 quite early in my writing career, and have had a keener ear for BS ever since; in other words, there's a time I might have fallen for it. And what does it all say about our willingness to submit to authority – are we just suckers for anyone saying they're in charge, or do we actually believe cops are so corrupt that they will ruin our lives if we don't do exactly what they say, even if such is illegal?
Were this a horror movie, there would be catharsis. Escaping from the ordeal, Becky would find the guy responsible and beat the holy hell out of him. Maybe there'd be a shocking reversal and it would turn out she just mutilated the wrong guy, but you would have had that moment, which is often the reason so many people put themselves through scary movies, just for that release. Zobel doesn't want you to have that release, which is fair enough. But then you have to ask yourself if you want to be punished by a movie relentlessly pushing an uncomfortable point you rather quickly sussed out.
A fair reviewer is often hard-pressed to penalize a movie for being exactly what it seems its creator wanted it to be. One can, however, warn that it's thoroughly unpleasant, and not in any fun way.
Compliance opens in theaters today.


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The nonprofit organization is looking to hire over 30 new staff and will be accepting applications and conducting interviews for full and part-time sales associates and shift supervisors. The anticipated opening of the new store is mid-December. For more information, please visit www.goodwillnne.org. Goodwill Industries of Northern New England is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.


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Chrissy wrote:The anthology that my first EC would have been published in was basically dropped from the list. My 2nd EC, well, that remains to be seen...
Love, Chrissy
What do you mean dropped from the list? Where did you find a list?
Book date estimate?
Information and announcements about new Mixed Blessings Anthologies which are a compilation of the Editors' Choice winning Writing Challenge entries.
Moderator: Deb Porter
Re: Book date estimate?
What do you mean dropped from the list? Where did you find a list?
Catrina Bradley
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Same question here Cat and Chrissy; what list? I'm also waiting to find out whether or not my 2 EC stories will be included in an anthology, someday.
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I'm guessing she's talking about the Heroes book that Deb's been having trouble with. I'm not sure it will never be published, but Deb said many of the stories weren't on topic so she was giving those authors a chance to rewrite their stories. I have four in that book.
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Do you have connections to inside information? Any chance of actually getting more of that
from Deb?
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Amy, that's a bummer! I'm so sorry! Deb is such a sweetheart, tho, to give authors a "second chance".
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I understand all the reasons to be part of the Challenge. I agreed with all of them, which is why I was very active for several years. I enjoyed the road from the Beginner to Master Level. It was a privilege and joy to be a judge. All the relationships I've made have been such a blessing. However, the publishing aspect was also an important reason to be in the Challenge.
For me, in May 2011 when my mother died I cried over her body, apologizing for not keeping my promise to her and my father (who died in Sept 2007). They wanted so much to see my ECs in print. They told friends, family, and customers their daughter was being published. They patiently waited to show everyone a real published book with their daughter's stories and name in print. My heart is broken that regardless if the anthologies ever materialize my mother and father will never see them. This has become such an emotional issue for me I haven't written since.
Over the years I've forgotten which stories won and what the quarter was, so I wouldn't even know what titles to be looking for. That goes for my husband's EC stories too. It's not that I'm unsympathetic to the difficulties FWs has run into, but previous books were published even though they also had their share of roadblocks to overcome, and it didn't take them this many years.
I will always have a special place in my heart for FaithWriters but I'm just not sure if I still want to have a place at FWs.
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^^^^^ This.
Ok, I'm going to step in here and also say (my mod hat is deep in the closet for this) - Why are so many sounding so selfish and unChristian in this thread?
The former books were published by an outside company. Deb decided to start her own business and publish them. That's not an easy task. She's a busy women, not only with what she does for FaithWriters and her family, her ministries at home, not to mention health issues, both hers and her husband's.
I have an EC waiting to be in one of the books as well (and one already published) and it will get there, eventually. Deb wants them to be the best possible. She's ONE WOMAN and there are several books to be published. She's editing each and every one of them. The really early books I believe were printed "as is", warts and all. I'd rather wait another 10 years to see my book and have it done right.
Instead of criticizing her and FW, pray for her and encourage her. How many of you could honestly do all that Deb does on a daily basis? I know I couldn't. She amazes me.
The FW forum has almost been a ghost town, with a few of us still here regularly. I miss seeing everyone here. There are only a few little pockets of activity in a couple sections. That's a shame.
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Each of us in our own way is expressing a love for and an interest in the continued success of Faithwriters. I do not see selfishness expressed here, but disappointment and sadness. As a relatively new member ( two years), I appreciate every comment. Perhaps, if the questions about book publications had been posted earlier, with an immediate answer to the questions, as you Shari and Amy have attempted to do, we could have avoided the "ghost town."
I, for one, am more puzzled by the absence of answers from the Administrators than I am by the absence of the published anthologies. It is not selfish or non-Christian to expect an answer/reason when promises are not kept. We are a forgiving and understanding community of believers, but no one likes to be kept in the dark. It's important to address the issue and/or change the policy, especially for new Faithwriters who come aboard expecting to be published. Eventually, they too will become disillusioned.
To speak the truth in love is a Biblical command. We should never quench or try to deny honest discussion that's done without malicious intent.
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As an administrator, I'll speak to this. The books are Deb's 'thing', and they are her top priority. But she is very ill, and has had health problems on and off for quite a while now. I'd implore you all to be humble and patient.
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Oh my. What a hornet's nest I've stirred up, when all I wanted was an honest, straight forward answer. I still do not think it's too much to ask. I was given a semi concrete answer about the books. It didn't happen. That's okay. I know things come up, but I was only asking again, two years later, to see if there was any change.
If you all could see into my heart, you would see my intentions. And furthermore, if you all knew what was going on in MY life at the present, you would completely understand.
We ALL have problems, challenges, illnesses, whatever. I am not running anyone down, nor am I making judgements upon anyone. All I ask is the same from each of you.
Wow, I wish we could all sit down together and have a loving discussion about this. I meant no harm. Really.
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Betty, I know, it's just the direction the thread was starting to take and I didn't like it.
Deb has given updates at the conference and occasionally on the forum. Posts that don't get a response after a certain period of time get eaten. We've lost a lot of threads. So it's quite possible you, and others, who aren't here often simply missed the times Deb has updated us on the books.
Again, there's only so much one woman can do, Deb is no exception. I wonder from time to time about the books, but they really aren't a high priority.
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Betty, my plea for humility and patience was not aimed at you specifically, but at everyone who is anxious about the books, on this thread and in private. I know you to have a tender and loving spirit.
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I don't think it's anyone's fault that the FW forums have become a "ghost town". I used to spend a fair amount of time here and at other special interest boards, especially parrot and companion bird boards, but most of them are pretty much dead now.
People seem to enjoy Facebook and Twitter and other "social" sites. Could be they just don't feel the need to go to other sites or just don't have the time. That's how it is with me. "Everyone" is on FB. I don't have to surf all over the internet to find them. Maybe it's just progress and the FW types of forums have outlived their usefulness.
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Hi guys.
I'm sorry I haven't responded to this yet. I'll be honest, I haven't even read the thread (but I will). At the moment, I can only cope with very small amounts of on-line time before I start to feel nauseas. I'm sure it's the medication I'm on right now, which will be easing off in the next seven days.
All I can say is that the books are happening. Mike has given me full control of them (praise God), so we're right to go.
However, as I've mentioned somewhere else, they may not all be in order, and they won't all be going to physical print versions (some will go straight to digital). It will totally depend on whether that theme worked well or not. Most will probably make it to dead tree books though.
So they will happen (honest). Please keep me in prayer. All the doors are open for me to walk through, but it seems the enemy loves to trip my feet out from under me on a regular basis (like now).
Love, Deb
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Yay! ( I just got a Kindle, so I'm ready for the digital, too! )
I'm sorry if I sounded bitter, I'm not really - just feeling a bit down about my writing being at a standstill - and this was part of it. I knew you were over-whelmed with stuff, Deb, and I have been praying for you.
((hugs and prayers))
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MIAMI SHORES, Fla. -- Barry University has waited and travelled for a month for the opportunity to play when it counts at home.
That time has arrived.
Barry's volleyball team will host Lynn at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Buccaneers' home opener at Health & Sports Center. The Bucs (6-4, 1-1 Sunshine State Conference) are coming off a split on the road to open conference play over the weekend. Barry beat Saint Leo before falling to Florida Southern.
Lynn comes to Miami Shores with an 8-1 overall, 1-1 SSC record, after also losing to FSC.
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Lynn's Brittany Brown has 80 kills, while starting in all nine matches. Lizzy Raffa is one kill behind her. Abby Brokop has 184 assists, and Mandy McIntosh has 113. Brianna Cox has 42 blocks, and Michelle Jordan has 105 digs.
Barry's Tania Torres leads the Bucs with 118 kills, starting in all 10 matches. Ashley Carrero has 86. Mima Hajdukovic has 345 assists, and now ranks 10th all-time in school history with 1,062.
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Barry is averaging 11.92 kills per set, while its opponents are putting away 12.57 per set this season. The Fighting Knights are averaging 12.5 kills per set, and giving up 8.53. The Bucs have 55 aces, compared to the opposition's 63. Lynn has 76 aces, while its opponents have served up 39.
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Mr. R's content appears to not have been updated since 1997 to 2003. The requirements have changed since then. It appears Mr. R has not updated links in some time either and some are no longer valid. Many of the best links that are still functional have been added to meritbadge.org directly. Meritbadge.org does offer the current requriements. If there are links that are missing from meritbadge.org, we should add them here. We can't keep the external sites updated.
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ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - A singer from Iraq's Kurdistan region has made it through to the semi-final of an Arab talent contest, igniting heated debates over Iraqi identity and politicizing the popular TV show.
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"If before you were a singer, now you bear a great patriotic responsibility," one Facebook user called Kurdistani Kurdan wrote on Parwaz's page.
Numbering more than 25 million, the non-Arab Kurds are often described as the world's largest ethnic group without a state and regard national borders as an historical injustice that has led to their systematic oppression.
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At her first audition, Parwaz, who speaks broken Arabic, was accompanied by a translator so she could communicate with the judges. She has sung in both Arabic and Kurdish.
Unlike two other Arab Iraqi contestants who were described as being from Iraq, Parwaz's origin was referred to as "Iraqi Kurdistan". On Saturday night's show, one of the judges took issue with the distinction.
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The comment provoked an angry response among Kurds, who said it was evidence of Arab racism towards them.
"Tell Ahlam we are not Arabs," said Ako Aljaff on Parwaz's Facebook page. Others said that as a Kurd she should not have entered a competition called "Arab Idol" in the first place.
Ahlam later apologized on her Facebook page, but many Kurds said they would not accept the gesture unless it was broadcast on television. Some Arab nationalists took umbrage at that.
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