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Finding the 'lost generation' of Bougainville
Eddie Kenai is a husband, a father and a youth leader in his hometown of Buka in Bougainville. In 2011, as a volunteer with the UN, he organised the first Bougainville Walk for Peace to mark the 10th anniversary of the signing of the Bougainville Peace Agreement and acted as Programme Coordinator for a Youth Forum facilitated by the UN, but entirely owned and run by the youths themselves.
"We wanted to have the forum at that very time (the 10th anniversary), so it would also become an educational week for the youth, because a lot of young people in Bougainville don't have an idea of what the peace agreement even is," noted Eddie. "There are a lot of issues in Bougainville affecting the youth and we realised that we do not have a voice in the parliament to address these. So we talked about the peace agreement and about issues such as HIV/AIDS and stigma and discrimination."
Eddie's rise to a leader of his community, and a champion for change, was not an easy one. As a member of Bougainville's 'lost generation' - those young people who failed to receive basic education and employment opportunities during the crisis years – he overcame many obstacles to become the man he is. "The crisis started in 1988 and for four years I received no education. Then I went back in 1991 with the help of the Red Cross, who sent me to school in Rabaul. I should have been in Grade 11 or 12, those of my age group were already ahead of me, but I started Grade 8 again. I found it difficult when I went back to class because I had been away, in the jungle, and in the war, but I caught up and finished Grade 8, and then Grade 9 and finally Grade 12. That is how I built myself and then I became a motivational speaker, encouraging the young people of Bougainville," said Eddie.
The UN identified youth development as a pressing priority in the region and since 2008 the UN has supported youth mobilization under the concept of 'responsibility for peace'. Findings from a 2009 regional survey conducted by UNDP on youth and substance abuse indicated that amidst the challenges of post-conflict trauma, arms proliferation, law and order, alcoholism and drug abuse, youth are the key perpetrators, with negative effects on the entire region. At the same time, the young generation is the one that can give ARB a major impulse for post-conflict recovery.
"We want youths to be very much involved in a lot of decision making, in politics, and in the Bougainville political journey. I think a lot of the time the fathers plan for the children, but then the children don't know what the fathers are planning. So when it comes to implementation, the young people are left out. So with the situation in Bougainville, we want young people to get involved in the peace building efforts," suggested Eddie.
The youths that have benefitted from this support started to organize themselves around jointly identified social projects, including an advocacy initiative against the use of arms and drugs, GBV and human rights abuses as well as community service activities. Staff from the UN office in Buka mentor the groups and provide capacity trainings and network building.
"These future leaders represent the most powerful agents for change in Bougainville. As we support the ABG to increase the social and economic opportunities for these young people, the UN is supporting the development of the entire region and ensuring it has a stable and prosperous future," said PNG Resident Coordinator, David McLachlan-Karr, at the time of the Youth Forum.
The Buka Town Council, a UN partner in the programme, now subcontracts youth that are organized in a cooperative for projects such as the town beautification - known as the 'Go Green Initiative' - and sanitation. The UN supports the ABG in expanding this Youth Programme by hiring youths for other services, such as office cleaning and security. The programme also seeks engagement with ABG and parliament on issues of quality education, youth employment and sexual and reproductive health, as well as HIV and AIDS. These youths have become a source of motivation for their peers and act as agents of change for ARB's post-conflict recovery.
"With the Peace Walk, the youth were involved in the planning, and the actual coordination of it, and so they were very enthusiastic, excited, and passionate about making it happen. What the UN has done is help in building capacity. In fact, a lot of young people come from different backgrounds, but since getting involved with the UN, they have built their capacity to plan, to do, to coordinate - these are small things, but it has contributed a lot to helping everyone in Bougainville," explains Eddie.


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Complaints against Eduardo Braga threaten application Marcos RottaMilitants fear that Rotta name is associated with complaints against Braga.
The plans of Congressman Mark Rotta (PMDB) to apply for the Manaus City Hall has been threatened by the blunders of his mentor and leader of his party in the Amazon, Senator Eduardo Braga, that after completing mismanagement in front of the Ministry of Energy Mines, was cited twice in vigilantism the Federal Police, suspected of receiving bribes, one of R $ 30 millions, distributed between him and the Senate Renan Calheiros (PMDB-AL), and Romero Juca (PMDB-RR).
Backstage, the party activists fear that voters associate the recent allegations against Braga, the pre-candidate Mark Rotta, and end up invalidating your application, forcing the party to support or even launch another candidate.
Understand the case
Braga was appointed one of the beneficiaries of a transfer of $ 30 million in plea bargaining Nelson Mello, former director of Institutional Relations Group Hypermarcas. The Senator was also cited in the accusation of the Andrade Gutierrez executive, for accepting bribes of about R $ 30 million in the Amazon Arena works, and more 10% bribery in all the works performed by the company in the Amazon.
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Another point that goes against Rotta plans is its performance ahead of Inquiry Parliamentary Commission (CPI) investigating irregularities in the loans of the National Economic Development Bank (BNDES). Rotta barred the requirements that called for meeting with key people, suspected irregular conduct banking transactions, most of them linked to the PT, or PMDB party that was allied na time. The CPI was completed without complaints or indictments.


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Have you ever found your self looking back into your glory day's wondering what could have been only if you had gone onto college? A recent survey showed that over 67% of the American population alone is known to drop out of education after receiving a high school diploma. The two main reasons behind this figure being so high were due to financial constraints and other important responsibilities. Most of these responsibilities included taking care of their family and kids which meant getting a job at a very early age; in some cases by eighteen. Even though you may feel deprived of your opportunity to become successful that is no longer the case.
Due to advancements in technology such as the internet and video calling, a new era of education has been developed which is commonly referred to as online graduate programs. These programs have been designed to help those that missed out on an education for what ever reason, to be able to complete what they had left incomplete. The great thing about online graduate programs is that it is not only targeted towards those that had no choice but to leave their education but also to those that feel studying online would be much easier in relation to their other daily commitments and responsibilities.
Now you may be asking your self as to how do online graduate programs work. An online graduate program is like any other degree that you would normally be awarded if you had attended university. The only major difference between the two is the fact that one is not required to attend any lectures at a university campus. All the notes and information that is required can easily be obtained by logging into a unique web portal to which access is granted upon admission to the graduate program.
There are a number of benefits of opting for an online graduate program in comparison to obtaining a traditional degree by applying at a university campus. One of the first things that you will realize about an online graduate program is the amount of money that you will end up saving. Not only will you save on the tuition costs, but you will also see your self making savings in accommodation, travel and books. These things alone can amount up to in the thousands giving you a rough idea of how much money you could end up saving.
The other benefit that many people tend to over look with online graduate programs is the fact that you are no longer limited to apply for degrees that are solely in your country alone. Seeing as you would be studying online through online tutorial notes and lectures, one is at liberty to study from any university across the globe. It is important however to make sure that one does enough background research on the online graduate program before committing themselves to it. Even though there are a large number of options to choose from, this does not necessarily mean that all are worth the dime.


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Seeing that tomorrow is Easter or as I like to call it Resurrection Day I thought this would be a good topic to write about.
So What does Easter Sunday mean to you? First I will start by telling you what it means to me.
It means that I have been blessed with a beautiful life, even when I hit rock bottom. I have been blessed with eternal life, a companion/best friend/father forever, my sins are washed away with his blood.
I am greatful that his love was so great for this world, that he was willing to sacrafise his one and only son to a horrible death. His blood was shed for us. There is no greater love than God's love.
Because of his love, I have been blessed richly with wonderful friends and family in my life. I have a beautiful family I thank him for everday.
My favorite quote is "Tomorrow is never promised." That is why each day I wake up and thank God for another day with my loved ones. To many people take the simple things for granted in life everday. For starters have you been blessed with another day to take the world head on? What about the flowers, the sun, the rain, food, home, love, etc.
Do you ever complain when your children whine or do not want to listen?? BE GREATFUL! Some are never able to have kids, some people's children grow there wings very young, and your kids grow up so very fast.
Having a bad day? Be greatful for that bad day, because some do not have another day.
Easter Sunday is important in so many ways. Because of his love and death for me I know that i get eternal life in heaven with my loved ones. That to me is the greatest love of all.
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Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead...
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead...


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Carlie Butler: Butler turned pro in 2006 and has had 5 career hole-in-ones. In 2003, Sports Illustrated voted her as one of the "20 Sexiest Female Athletes" in sports.
Cristie Kerr: an American professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She has 16 wins on the LPGA Tour, including two major championships, and over $13 million in career earnings.
Dana Lacey: first contestant on the Big Break from Australia, Lacey had a successful amateur career, winning the Australian Junior Championship at age 17. Continue reading


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Here's some of the various interesting and amazing use cases of 3d printing at the consumer and even small enterprises level, as compiled by the wonderful folks from ATOM 3D Printer!
It's actually quite a broad spectrum of 3d printing applications which one may not think about at first glance!
(PS: You may need activate Adobe Flash in order to view the eBook below, and you can zoom into full screen mode by clicking on the booklet)


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How to avoid travel delay on your trip to New Zealand
Whether you're travelling by air, road or even by boat, you don't want to miss out on the beautiful scenery of New Zealand because you're stuck in traffic.
Whether you're travelling by air, road or even by boat, you don't want to miss out on the beautiful scenery of New Zealand because you're stuck in traffic or you've missed a connection. So how can you make your trip as seamless as possible and avoid travel delay?
Plan ahead
This is pretty self-explanatory, but bear with me. Your trip could easily be ruined simply because you haven't planned ahead. Even thinking through your plans the night before you travel could save you serious time and hassle later. If you're heading to the airport to fly domestically or internationally, make sure you factor in travel time, potential traffic and other factors that could impact your ability to make it to your flight on time. Similarly, if you're due on a cruise ship or even a regular-sized boat, don't cut it too fine. Make sure you've planned your commute so that it's as seamless as possible and you don't risk missing out.
Consider traffic
If you're planning on driving or taking a bus or taxi anywhere, it's really important to think about potential traffic. Traffic can slow your trip by hours, so it's definitely worth avoiding it where possible. Think about what time you're planning on making the drive. If you're going to be driving either mid-morning or afternoon, you may want to alter your plans. Leaving early in the morning or later in the evening will give you a much better chance of a seamless trip.
Check your flight time as early as possible
Christchurch Airport posts regular flight status updates so that you can check your scheduled flight. As early as you can, jump online to see whether it's been delayed or even cancelled. If it has been, know what you're covered for and make the most out of your travel insurance.
Know your rights
Typically, if a flight is suddenly cancelled or delayed by a significant period of time, it's the airline's responsibility to provide compensation. In this case, make sure you contact the airline as soon as possible and ask for a replacement flight or even accommodation if you need to stay overnight. However, in the case of a shorter delay, your airline has no obligation to provide you with reimbursement, as their promise is to get you from point A to B within certain (loose) time limits. This is where travel insurance comes in. If a flight is delayed by over six hours, and it's caused you to miss out on accommodation, activities or anything else, your travel insurance policy should cover you.
Know your airline
Government bodies often release reports on domestic airlines and airports and their performance. You can head online and check out the frequency of delays and cancellations for a particular airline or airport if you're interested. That way you can avoid the smaller airports and budget airlines that are more likely to push a flight back.
With these tips, you can avoid travel delays and have a seamless trip, making your time travelling around New Zealand stress-free and lots of fun. Enjoy!


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Anyway, I don't make up the questions, you can find the link to the woman that does all this here.
I think it's just random enough to be sort of fun.
1. How close to your childhood dreams is your life now?
When I was a child I liked to dream about living in a boxcar like the orphaned kids in that Boxcar Children series....so I would say pretty damn close, but with a commercial stove/oven and I rarely find my food in the woods. I'm still holding out hopes of being adopted by a rich grandfather though, it could happen.
I also was dead set on a convertible, which I would totally have if I chopped off the top of my kick ass minivan.
2. What is one must have item for the summer?
White wine.
I have a glass of wine nightly either as I start to cook dinner (Gwenyth Paltrow recommends always drinking wine while cooking, and I think it's important to always do as celebrity's tell us since they have things completely figured out,) or I have one right after putting the kids to bed. It all depends on how hard the day has been, logistics of actually being able to drink if holding a baby, needing to feed someone immediately, etc.
During the rest of the year I am almost entirely a red wine drinker, but there is something refreshing about a chilled glass of white when it reaches the unnaturl and close to living in hell 500 degrees here in Austin.
3. Do you have your kids stay up on school stuff during summer vacation? (Or, if you don't have kiddos, did your parents make you keep up on school stuff during summer?)
My kids are all still preschool age so keeping up on things pretty much involves us still reading books, coloring and talking about letters, shapes, numbers and whatnot so yes, we do. I don't make a concious effort to do this though, my oldest is just really inquisitive and brings these types of learning opportunities up naturally, thank goodness. I'm not sure how I will be once he starts kindergarten in the fall. I like to think that once my baby is a little less baby, I'll be better at organizing this type of thing.
I also like to think I'll have a clean house some time soon though too so I'm pretty sure everything isn't going to pan out exactly as I would like.
4. Do you can or freeze fresh produce?
Not really. I freeze strawberries or spinach as they start to get a little unsavory and put them in smoothies. Does that count?
I like the idea of canning though.
Can that count too? I'm an imaginary canner.
5. Do you get ready for the day first thing in the morning?
If I know I am not going to the gym, then I try to get up when my husband does and I get dressed and put on a little makeup. If I am going to the gym then I try to wake up and get my workout clothes on to insure that it happens.
I am a much happier person when I get the day going like that rather than staying in my pajamas while making breakfast and packing lunches. I loathe lounging all morning with my kids around. If I were alone it might be different, but I need my clothing to make me feel like I have some purpose.
After yesterday's post, I know you all are dying to hear how my new found easy, breezy attitude is going today. To be frank, not well.
I wrote my vows of relaxing and not freaking out on my children last night around 10. A mere 15 hours later, 7 hours of which I was sleeping, only 4 hours of kid time, here is a run down of the types of things I have been doing:
- Threatened to never allow Aiden to go to a friend or relative's house again for more than an hour. The sheer lunacy of this should exemplify how frustrated I felt.
- Told Cole I was going to the bathroom so that I could get away for a few minutes to read Twitter.
- Informed Aiden and Cole that I would never allow them to chew gum or have any form of breath mint in my presence again.
- I started texting babysitters to see if anyone could come over and give me a break for a few hours, some I haven't used in over a year and possibly do not know who I am. I am now scaring young girls as a part of my misery.
- Witness my boys having a screaming match over if Cole was chewing with his mouth open or closed. There was so much screaming and tears. We're good at keeping things in perspective here....obviously.
- After no success with babysitters I took to Facebook to see if any of my friends there wanted my children for a mere hour and a half so I could regroup. Surprisingly, no takers.
- I pretended to clean the kitchen for the last 45 minutes to avoid playing any more tee ball outside in the ball of fire heat here in Texas. I have wiped the counters over and over and over again. I'm not even using a clean rag.
- I told my kids that we weren't leaving the house, even to go outside again until they left me alone for the full rest time and cooperated with my directions.
I think I might just set the alarm for 5 tomorrow morning and leave before my husband wakes up. He'll have no choice but to embrace them and give me my time away!


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RYE, N.Y. – A New York eatery with a Southern kick has made a lasting impression to residents of Rye according to Westchester County Business Journal .
The Rye Roadhouse is well known for their Gator Nuggets, or Gator Bites, as most patrons call them, and restaurant-goers can be assured that the Gator Nuggets really are made out of alligator meat, which comes from Louisiana farm-raised alligators, according to the report.
Co-owners Tom Codispoti and Kevin Campbell were featured on the Cooking Channel's "Road Trip with G. Garvin" that featured an inside look at the restaurant and its signature menu items, the report said.
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Perched on the top of a hill, Montefalco lies at the centre of the Clitunno, Topino and Tiber Valleys. From its third century walls, from the towers and from the ancient palaces, you can enjoy a wonderful view, besides Perugia and Spoleto.
In the middle ages the town was called Coccorone; this name derived from its presumed founder, the Roman senator Marco Curione. In 1249 the town acquired its present name of Montefalco, which is probably linked to the falcons of the Emperor Frederick II of Swabia, expert in the art of falconry.
The town's medieval walls form a solid circle punctuated by towers and broken by gates. The 'main street', Corso Mameli, and the narrow medieval alleys lead up from the main gate, porta Sant'Agostino, with its tower crowned with ghibelline merlons, to the charming, round paved square, at the top of the town, the Piazza del Comune. This is the true heart of the city, with its Communal Palace built in 1270, the deconsecrated Church of San Filippo Neri, which is today a theatre, and the Oratory of Santa Maria di Piazza.
The Church of San Francesco, situated in Via Ringhiera Umbra, represents a synthesis of the history, culture and traditions of the city. The former church, which is today a museum, is famous throughout the world for its frescoes of the life of San Francesco, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli in 1450-52; the museum also houses a Nativity by Perugino and frescoes by umbrian artists of the fifteenth century.
In Corso Mameli, the Church of St. Agostino, built between 1269 and 1285, is one of the most beautiful, well-preserved churches in Montefalco, example of Gothic style of central Italy. The most interesting works include a large fresco attributed to Ambrogio Lorenzetti, the Crowning of the Virgin, and a frescoed niche by Bartolomeo Caporali painted in 1522.
In the same road, in a historical building near the main square, is situated the Hotel Degli Affreschi . This is the ideal place for a quiet holiday in an authentically medieval atmosphere and an excellent starting point to discover interesting touristic, cultural and gastronomic itinerary.


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October 31, 2011
Global consumer confidence remained weak in the third quarter with more than 60 percent of consumers saying it was not a good time to spend, and one-in-three North Americans saying they have no spare cash, a survey showed on Sunday.
The economic outlook, followed by job security, became consumers' biggest concern in the third quarter, overtaking worries about rising inflation, according to the quarterly survey by global analytics and information company Nielsen.
The Nielsen Global Consumer Confidence Index dipped just 1 point in the third quarter from the second quarter to 88 points, but it was shored up by a surge in confidence in emerging economies Brazil and Saudi Arabia, which masked weak confidence in major developed economies.
A reading below 100 indicates consumers are pessimistic about the economic outlook for the coming months.


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Here's another one-pot wonder - my favorite kind of meal. Not only does it make clean up faster, but it's also easier to put together in my opinion. You can make this Tex-Mex meal with almost anything you have around the house, and if you don't have it all, the ingredients are fairly inexpensive.
This recipe calls for a pound of lean ground beef, but of course you can use ground bison, turkey, chicken, lamb and even ground pork, although it has a little more fat in it.
And since we've all probably got some leftover meat from the holidays (turkey, prime rib, ham), you could use a pound of that. Just make sure it's shredded pretty small, or put it in your food processor and chop it so that it's close to the texture of ground meat.
I like this recipe because it has veggies in it. If you don't feel like eating veggies, or if you want to fool your kids into eating more veggies, try this dish because there's a variety of vegetables in it, and they are all flavored with a scrumptious Southwestern flavor.
You can serve this on its own, with a side of tortilla chips or pita chips, or in a tortilla like a burrito or taco. Since I love this kind of stuff for breakfast, I mix a bit of it with scrambled eggs and it really powers my day.
Southwestern skillet
1 pound lean ground meat
1 T olive oil
1 onion, diced (about a cup)
2-4 garlic cloves, minced or grated (less if you don't like garlic as much as I do)
1 bell pepper, diced, with ribs and seeds removed
1 zucchini, peeled, sliced, cut the slices into quarters
1 yellow squashed, diced the same way as the zucchini
About 3 cups or three handfuls of fresh spinach, baby kale, spring mix or other dark greens
1 can of Ro-Tel tomatoes with green chilis (or a 14.5 oz. can of petite diced tomatoes and a small can of diced green chilis)
Taco seasoning
¼ t each of salt, pepper, ground cumin, chili powder, paprika, oregano
NOTE: You can use a whole packet of taco seasoning from the grocery store but it's loaded with salt. It's simple to make your own for this recipe. As you make this recipe, taste it, and add more seasonings if you prefer. It may need more chili if you like it hotter, more paprika if you like it smokier and more salt or more cumin.
1 to 1 ½ c shredded cheese like cheddar, Monterey Jack, Pepper Jack or a mixture of all
Chopped green onions and fresh cilantro for garnish
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1/3 cup walnut oil
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1/3 cup pure maple syrup
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 cup sweetened dried cranberries
1/4 cup raisins
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Hi Sweet P's!! WOW, this past Thursday was so surreal for me!! Probably one of the greatest nights of my life. It was actually the 5 year anniversary of my elimination night! And not only did I perform, I also released TWO new singles, so everything was a bit full circle!
That week leading up to the finale was a roller coaster of emotions & slightly overwhelming at times! I just wanted to soak up all the laughter, singing, and reminiscing with the Idol Alums, yet prepping for not only one single, but two single releases meant lots of promo, never-ending rehearsals, and no sleep! Nonetheless, I am so proud of these records, both "PyRo" & "You'll Be King"! It's been five years since I released my last single & the fact that it all happened to fall on the night of the last American Idol show ever was very emotional & full circle for me.
Many of you don't know that I suffered from extreme anxiety when I was on American Idol. It was something I battled for years, but it became much more present in my life during my time on Idol. A lot of fans commented on my lack of connection to the songs I would sing, yet they weren't aware of this battle. At that time, performing me gave me so much fear & that interfered with me being able to connect. I felt like I had to be a soldier on stage so that I wouldn't melt into tears on stage in front of millions of viewers. I wasn't yet okay with revealing the vulnerable and emotional side of me. So I kept it tucked away.
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To close, now that the show really over, I am feeling kind of numb. I thought I'd be more emotional because I had been getting teary eyed in rehearsals when we were running through the closing number, "A Moment Like This." I guess reality just hasn't set in that the show is not coming back, but I know when it does, it's going to hit me like a ton of bricks.
American Idol, thank You a million zillion times for giving me a chance. Thank You for making my dream a beautiful reality! Thank You for blessing me with an incredible group of fans that I call my lil SweetPs! Thank You for letting me use my voice to reach people! Thank You for a lifetime of memories & incredible friends. And most of all thank you for preparing me for this very moment today, allowing me to share my music with the world!
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Activision has announced new sixth generation car downloadable content for NASCAR The Game: Inside Line. Available in February on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, the new content will bring Gen 6 cars to Inside Line for the first time.
New cars include the new Chevrolet SS, Ford Fusion and Toyota Camry models, which "now accurately resemble each manufacturer's showroom models like never before."
According to developer Eutechnyx, "the NASCAR Gen 6 cars further Eutechnyx and Activision's shared commitment to continue to deliver an unparalleled NASCAR experience. Players will be able to put these new cars through their paces online and in selected single player modes, as well as with the upcoming Inside Line Highlights (sold separately), a series of in-game DLC packs that utilize telemetry data from actual NASCAR races to let players relive and rewrite race events just as they unfold for real."
The new cars will be available for purchase using Tickets within the game, or as part of the Inside Line Highlights pack. For an early look at the cars, see them in action in our image gallery.
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This is a primitive or folk art frame. The design is hand-carved (called whittling in the day) with notches. The corners are crossed giving the frame support and stability. Three of the corners still have the square nails as seen from the back. The wood and finish are very dark. The frame measures 13 1/2" x 12". The inside measurement is 7" x 9". Note one side (the top with the present hanger) does not have the inside groove for the glass or picture insert. It does not appear there ever was one. There are chips on two of the corners. There possibly were decorations on all 4 corners. None of these are currently on the frame. This is a nice piece for the primitive collector.
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HELLBOYMedium: Comic books
Published by: Dark Horse Comics
First appeared: 1993
Creator: Mike Mignola
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According to the comic books where he appears, Hellboy was brought into this world by someone so evil, he masqueraded as a Nazi scientist so nobody would suspect how bad he really was. The operation he was working on was called "Project Ragna Rok", and was designed to bring about the event of that name, as described in Norse mythology (but usually spelled as one word). Modern
conspiracy buffs refer to what he was doing as "immanentizing the Eschaton". Ordinary people would call it causing the end of the world.
In the real world, Hellboy was brought into being by cartoonist Mike Mignola, who had worked only on other people's properties, such as DC's Phantom Stranger and Marvel's Cloak & Dagger, before introducing this one in San Diego Comic-Con Comics #2, given out at the 1993 comic book convention in that city. It was a four-page story, done to promote the character's upcoming four-issue mini-series, Hellboy: Seed of Destruction, which was published the following year by Dark Horse Comics (The Mask, Concrete). After it was over, Dark Horse collected it into a graphic novel, and has kept in print ever since.
The mini-series first dealt with Hellboy's origin. In 1944, with Hitler increasingly eager to reverse the tide of war, a man with occult leanings and a murky past gathered a team of high-ranking Nazis for an experiment which, he assured Hitler, would make it all better. They performed the experiment on December 23, but it seemed to accomplish nothing — only Herr No-name knew that hundreds of miles away, a demon-child suddenly appeared from who-knows-where. A chance remark on the part of a witness, Professor Trevor Bruttenholm (pronounced "Broom"), gave the tyke, who didn't remember a thing before that moment, his name.
For the next half-century — just enough to bring the story to the comic book's publication date — Bruttenholm functioned as Hellboy's foster father. When he grew up, Hellboy became an operative for the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense, whose other agents, such as Elizabeth Sherman and Abraham Sapien, are also gifted, if that's the proper word, with occult powers. Together, they function as a team of superheroes who operate in a dark world inhabited by supernatural horrors.
The rest of the story dealt with the re-appearance of the man who had summoned Hellboy, but readers didn't find out much more about where he came from — or about Hellboy's own early life, assuming he had one. More mini-series/graphic novels followed — Wake the Devil (1996), Box Full of Evil (1999), Conqueror Worm (2001), more Three prose novels came out between 1997 and 2001. Hellboy has had crossovers with Batman, Savage Dragon, Starman (son of the 1940s Starman) and others. 1999's Hellboy Jr., by Bill Wray (Ren & Stimpy) was to Hellboy approximately as Hot Stuff the Little Devil was to Tchernobog, from the "Night on Bald Mountain" sequence of Fantasia.
Hellboy's movie premiered in Los Angeles on March 30, 2004, with its general release three days later. Ron Perlman (whose voice is heard in Teen Titans and Phantom 2040, by the way) played the title role, with John Hurt as Trevor Bruttenholm, Selma Blair as Liz Sherman and Doug Jones as Abe Sapien (but with David Hyde Pierce doing Abe's voice, uncredited). A video game is planned for 2007.
And the Hellboy comics, too, continue to appear on a regular basis.
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I met Suri Cruise.
She's an adorable little baby. She has dark hair, and looks remarkably like Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes — her famous parents.
The whole time I was visiting her, she never left her parents' arms — except of course when I was holding her.
My recent visit puts me in a very close-knit and exclusive celebrity group. I mean, to be invited to the mansion and to get to lay eyes on this baby is to breathe rare Hollywood air, ranking me up there with Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, Leah Remini and Katie Holmes' parents.
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L-R: Ashley Bijster (BPA President for 2014-15), Patrick Troy (BPA Chief Executive), Robert Goodwill MP and Helen Crozier (BPA Past President, 2013-14).
Parkex 2014, Europe's largest dedicated parking exhibition, was held in London at the National Hall, Olympia on 10th - 11th June, and it proved to be a tremendous success.
Total attendance was 2,021 over the two days, which is an 8% increase on the previous London Parkex event. Attendees were able to meet 120 global suppliers, who showcased the latest parking technology. Visitors also exchanged fresh ideas with experts at the highly-popular Parkex Hub (a new initiative for 2014, which featured a dynamic, evolving conversation at the very heart of the exhibition). At the Parkex Hub, attendees discovered innovative ways of improving efficiency and reducing service costs. The programme for the Parkex Hub was co-developed by the BPA and the Association for Town and City Management, and it revolved around the theme of 'Future Proofing Parking.'
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The exhibitor-list at Parkex read like a who's who in parking, and included: APT Skidata, NSL, WPS Parking, Parkeon, Scheidt & Bachmann, Designa, Metric Group, ACS, Ringo, Parkmobile, New Park, Mouchel, Marston, Nagels, Capita, SWARCO, SEA and ICES.
Robert Goodwill MP, Under Secretary of State for Transport, gave the opening address at the Parkex Hub. He said that the vast majority of parking is managed in a proportionate way and that effective parking management is essential for business survival and growth, and is critical for an expanding economy. The Minister also praised private parking operators for their successful efforts at self-regulation. He was delighted with their professional response.
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So GM, et al, are "too big to fail." What about the millions of small businesses in the U.S.? You know, the so-called "backbone of America," aka Main Street. We're not hearing so much rhetoric these days from the pols on this, maybe because small business is paying for the sins of big business? That's the question we posed for the first episode of our new program, "Political Graffiti." We'd been hearing smatterings of trouble early in the year--colleagues in New York who had small companies that were barely making money or just barely behind, suddenly having lines of credit revoked.
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Kuo Yu Chang accepted the challenge under one condition; instead of money, Kuo asked to strike the horse with one slap of his palm. The Russian owners of the circus accepted his conditions.
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Cotton Belly and Golden Bell
Training in Internal Iron Shirt involves a number of methods, to an outsider; some may seem contradictory.
It is usually easier to flow Chi (Qi) through healthy muscle tissue, so weight training is used; not to build muscle bulk, but to tone the tissue. This type of training is not classical weight training in that the push is started in the Lower Dan Tien and moves to the arm or leg muscle. Normally, for most people, the only emphasis is in the contraction of only the immediate muscle between the joint that is moving.
Strenuous exercise is complimented with the stretches so as to minimize the effects of over pumping and stiff rigid muscles.
This integrates full body movement and energies so the body can respond flowingly and evenly to transmit combined power of all the parts involved.
Internal energy can be developed in many methods. For preliminary internal toning of the abdominal area and internal organ's area of the body, one may use hundreds of pushups, sit-ups and meditation. This brings the Qi flow to a high enough level to proceed to higher levels of Qi Gong, Internal Iron Shirt and Internal Iron Palm. Others methods attain a strong internal energy flow through months doing Grand or Small Circulation Qi Gong or Iron Shirt Qi Gong Massage and beating.
Using the techniques in the book Axe Hand; Hsing-i & Internal Strength Workout , will strengthen internal energy so it is fit for combat, and use in everyday life. Qi will be used and felt like any other tool. This also lays the foundation for Iron Shirt, Cotton Belly, Golden Bell and Internal Iron Palm.
I have demonstrated Cotton Belly to many karate schools, weight lifters and boxers in California and Alaska, and no one can hurt my abdominal area with any combination of blows or kicks.
Internal Striking has been demonstrated by me likewise, by having a soft material such as a four inch thick phone book placed over a volunteer, who will feel the strike through the material. No one has asked for more force.
Before studying martial arts, as a young man, Grandmaster Joe Greenstein once was shot between the eyes with a .38 - .40 caliber revolver by a man jealous of his wife. He walked out of the hospital the same day. Joe became very interested in the powers of the mind, since he survived this shot at the 'third eye' used in Buddhist meditation.
Martial meditation can bring the body's internal energy to a high level, so a basic background in meditation is presented along with specific martial consciousness concepts. …
Feeling Abdominal Qi
Place hands, with arms extended, in front of your Middle Dan Tien, palms facing inward, fingertips pointing up, then:
Move your palms 2-4 inches apart, adjusting according to feel.
This is analogous to setting the gap in a spark plug, or ignition point; and do the following exercises:
Pay close attention to the feeling between your hands. I suspect that then sensations might have something to do with one Qi's properties; magnetic resonance.
Now lower your hands to the abdominal area.
Testing For Abdominal Qi
To be safe, place a four inch thick piece pliable material; such as a thick paperback phone book to a large city, over the abdominal area. Pliable material is used to avoid the kinetic transfer of energy associated with the billiard ball effect. This effect causes the momentum of the striking ball to be transferred to the struck ball, which is sent moving.
Get a trusted friend to hit you; first without stepping or moving their shoulders. Start with a small testing blow, then go to ¼ strength; then increment after that.
Do not: deflect, move, push back, jerk or react to the blow.
Have your friend watch to see that you do not tense your muscles.
Internal Iron Shirt Method
There are a number of methods for taking a blow:
1) flexing the muscles of the area to be hit
2) twisting the area targeted to deflect the martial trajectory and penetration
3) yielding to the blow and being moved back
4) using Chi in absorbing the strike (Cotton Belly) or resonating with it (Golden Bell).
The only method I have used and seen to protect oneself from multiple blows, from multiple directions, seen or not; is Internal Iron Shirt.
I have gone to Karate Schools, boxers, warehouseman, and weight lifters to let them try my internal Iron Shirt here in Juneau, Alaska. I will let them do flurries, but keep it confined to my stomach and abdominal area, kick and/or punches. Sometimes they miss and I have taken it in Solar Plexus without harm, by mistake.
I do not deflect, block or move, but might get forced backward as I absorbed the blow. In California I would get knocked across the room with Tae Kwon Do abdominal kicks without injury, and with current conditioning, no bruises.
Only the internal methods Iron Shirt (Cotton Belly and Golden Bell) are effective passively, with multiple strikes from different angles to different areas of the body!
© 2010 Greg Hayes,from Axe Hand; Hsing-i & Internal Strength Workout.
A student of the famed Chang Chao-tung on the mainland, Wang's Hsing-i and Pa-kua were orthodox, and machined to perfection. With his bulk, hands the size of small rosebushes, and his surprising speed, the goal of Hsing-i-to occupy the enemies territory-was adroitly done. The internal system stresses the cultivation of chi, deep breathing, and a drastically different approach to the mechanical aspects of fighting ... . like Shao-lin it has many advocates who can withstand with impunity a foot or fist to the midriff. Wang not only has this skill, but can actually use his vast stomach against one's fist on impact so as to produce a broken wrist. Throughout Asia he has been tested , and no one comes close to hurting him. Leading Japanese karate masters have bowed to him after failing on his punch.
But this alone cannot make a fighter. Frank "Cannonball" Richards, the carnival performer, and various other "marshmallow gut" types in the United States have the capability to take a stomach attack. Indeed, Harry Houdini died as a result of his inability with this feat. After ineffectually Wang's belly once, I asked if he could take a solar plexus strike. "Try it," he said. I did-several times, with no effect. But beyond this special skill Wang could do something beyond the ability of all the fighters I saw. He could take any kick to the lower extremities(excluding, of course the groin). I kicked him repeatedly on his knee, calf, and ankle until my feet ached, all with no effect.
" How do you do it?" I asked.
His answer: "Chi."
Such skills do not connote anything more than defensive ability. Coupled in Wang, these skills left an attacker only two targets, the head and groin, both very mobile and difficult to hit. But one still might properly ask, could he fight?
He could and did. He has spent much of his time in recent years in Japan and has fought several high-ranking karate men. No one has come close to defeating this seventy-year-old warrior. In the process he has come to a supreme depreciation of karate. He feels that the original forms borrowed from China have been distorted and that the nonsensical high kicks and vigorous body hardening avail nothing when confronted with real technique.
And technique he has. He uses Hsing-i fist with a corkscrew twist from one inch out with more effect than most men get form a full-stance strike. John Bluming, Dutch amateur judo champion and Mas Oyama's prize foreign karateka, even though he had hurt his wrist on Wang's stomach, disparaged him to me once when I was visiting Tokyo. "What else can he do?" asked John. I took John to Wang and asked that he be shown the corkscrew, but to keep it gentle. Wang put his relaxed fingers on Bluming's stomach, curled them into a fist and screwed. Bluming bent over in agony and has since been a believer.
Chinese Boxing, Masters and Methods, by Robert W. Smith, pages 72-74, published by North Atlantic Books, Berkeley, CA, 1974, 1990
"Kuo Yun-Shen
Ta Mo developed a teaching to change the sinews and to wash the bone marrow. He believed that this would permit the body to return to its pre-natal state. In the Sung Dynasty [960-1279], Yue Fei added to Ta Mo's doctrine that of changing the bones. The Five Fowl exercise and Eight Part exercise reflected these teachings. After concerted practice, the dispersed ch'i is concentrated at the navel, and all parts of the body are coordinated. This is called Little Heaven.
The next stage is concealed energy. It is free, relaxed, soft, and natural. However, do not be misled by the word soft. It is not soft like grass; rather, it is elastic. This stage deals with changing ch'i into spirit and concomitantly changing the sinews. It is called Big Heaven."
Chinese Boxing, Masters and Methods, by Robert W. Smith, page 93, published by North Atlantic Books, Berkeley, CA, 1974, 1990
At nineteen, Sun Lu Tang started to study with Kuo Yun-Shen.
An external medical description of a limb that has firmness, without muscular tension is called 'muscle tone'. This allows for some 'definition' of the body's non-skeletal areas.
Internal Iron Shirt allows the body to take physical blows without muscular contraction or movement. 'Cotton Over Steel' allows the arms and legs to move, and not be damaged or significantly move by an attackers force or blow.
This concept of 'Cotton Over Steel' at the highest level, is something that can be felt. I experienced this feeling of 'Cotton Over Steel' when I pushed with Grandmaster Wong Jack Man and the late Grandmaster Joseph Greenstein.
This feeling is similar to the feeling of rubbing Jadeite Jade which slides like silk, yet is as strong as steel. Jadeite Jade has internal properties, such as its feel of cotton over steel, and warms up with bodily contact; it is very Yang. Quartz feels cold, like glass; and Nephrite Jade feels greasy.
Footage of Cannonball Richards showed the enormous man take a cannonball right in his mighty abdominals, only staggering back a foot or two, followed by a piece called "Edge" in which STREB performers whammed themselves frontally against a wall of Plexiglas placed between them and the audience
From: Seattle Union Record
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Vaccine Therapy and GM-CSF in Treating Patients With Low-Risk or Intermediate-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00513578
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified February 2009 by National Cancer Institute (NCI).
Recruitment status was: Active, not recruiting
First Posted : August 8, 2007
Last Update Posted : January 6, 2014
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|August 8, 2007
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|January 6, 2014
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|January 2007
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|January 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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|Immunologic response after four injections of vaccine formulation as determined by an increase in the absolute PR1-HLA-A2 tetramer count by at least 0.5/μl
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|Vaccine Therapy and GM-CSF in Treating Patients With Low-Risk or Intermediate-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome
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|Phase 2 Study of Proteinase 3 PR1 Peptide Mixed With Montanide ISA 51 VG Adjuvant and Administered With GM-CSF in Low Risk and Intermediate-1 MDS
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RATIONALE: Vaccines made from peptides may help the body build an effective immune response to kill cancer cells. Colony-stimulating factors, such as GM-CSF, increase the number of white blood cells and platelets found in bone marrow or peripheral blood. Giving vaccine therapy together with GM-CSF may kill more cancer cells.
PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving vaccine therapy together with GM-CSF works in treating patients with low-risk or intermediate-risk myelodysplastic syndrome.
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Patients will receive proteinase PR1 leukemia peptide vaccine (TVC-PR1) conjugated with incomplete Freund's adjuvant administered subcutaneously with sargramostim (GM-CSF). Patients will receive a series of four vaccinations at 3-week intervals. Non-immunologic responders after 4 doses of vaccine are eligible to receive 4 additional doses of TVC-PR1 vaccine with the same dose and same dosing intervals. Patients who mount an immunologic response after 4 doses will not receive additional doses of TVC-PR1 vaccine.
After completion of study therapy, patients are followed monthly for up to 6 months.
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For cancer patients who have been prescribed the bisphosphonate drug Zometa, the battles may have only begun. Not only are these individuals forced to battle prostate cancer or myeloma; now, they've been socked with a new kind of problem related to their new medication.
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