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The Daily Mail is reporting that the greatest Bond villain of all time might be making a return: It's been more than 30 years since James Bond faced evil Ernst Stavro Blofeld, his most feared adversary.
But now the intimidating baddie – famous for his trademark white cat and for gruesomely disposing of his failing underlings – is back. Django Unchained star Christoph Waltz is tipped to play the evil genius in a new 007 movie which is due to begin shooting next month.
The 58-year-old double Oscar-winner will join an elite band of stars who have previously played the role. Donald Pleasence starred as Bond's nemesis in You Only Live Twice in 1967, followed by Kojak star Telly Savalas in 1969's On Her Majesty's Secret Service. The smooth-voiced British actor Charles Gray took the part in Diamonds Are Forever in 1971.
Blofeld had previously featured in From Russia With Love in 1963, and in 1965's Thunderball – but the character's face was not shown and only his lower body was visible as he stroked his white Angora cat.
The villain made his last appearance in an 'official' Bond film in 1981 when he featured in For Your Eyes Only. In a nail-biting opening scene Blofeld is hanging from an helicopter which is being piloted by Roger Moore's James Bond. The scene ends with Blofeld being dropped down a huge brick industrial chimney close to the River Thames in London.
Waltz's involvement in the new film – which has the working title 'Bond 24' – will be confirmed at a press conference to be held in the first week of December. Eon productions, which owns the James Bond film franchise, will announce the star is playing an unknown character called Franz Oberhauser, son of the late Hans Oberhauser, a ski instructor who acted as a father figure to Bond.
But senior sources believe the casting is a double bluff worthy of 007 himself and that Waltz is actually playing Blofeld. One Hollywood source, who asked not to be named, said: 'Christoph Waltz is playing Blofeld in the next Bond film. The tone of the 007 films has changed significantly in recent years and the producers have changed the character to fit in with the new-look 007.'
Blofeld's return is now possible because of the settlement of a long-running legal dispute involving Eon Productions and the estate of the late Kevin McClory – a film producer and former friend of 007 author Ian Fleming – over who owns the right to the character and his evil empire SPECTRE.
Blofeld, who was also known as No 1, quickly established himself as the archetypal Bond villain when he made his big-screen debut in From Russia With Love. His sinister one-liners and increasingly ingenious methods of dispensing of his underlings made him an instant hit.
But Bond villains have an almost superhuman capacity to cheat death, and there was no close-up shot of Blofeld's body when he was dropped down the chimney in For Your Eyes Only.
In any case, the character reappeared alive and well in the 'unofficial' Bond film Never Say Never Again when Max von Sydow played Blofeld.
The name of the villain was inspired by Thomas Blofeld, a schoolmate of Fleming at Eton. His son is Henry Blofeld, the cricket radio commentator.
Sources say the new Blofeld will be just as sinister as earlier incarnations but will be more sophisticated and less 'campy'.
Blofeld remains one of the most popular villains in cinema history and his influence is obvious in the Austin Powers films which spoof the Bond franchise. Powers's secret agent has to do battle with the bald headed Dr Evil and his cat Mr Bigglesworth.
Pre-production work on 'Bond 24' has already started in Austria, and Waltz's co-stars will be Naomie Harris as Moneypenny, Ralph Fiennes as spymaster M and Ben Whishaw as Q.
Michael G Wilson, who co-produces the Bond films with his half-sister Barbara Broccoli, last night declined to comment on the return of Blofeld. A spokeswoman for EON productions also declined to comment.
Source: The Daily Mail


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The Guide to Exquisite Self Care
I used to think of self-care as a special treat — something I only bought myself occasionally. Back then it took the form of a massage or a much anticipated spa day.
I couldn't afford it, I always told myself. Anyway, I had children to take care of, mouths to feed and a business to run. Self-care seemed like a low priority and a big, fat indulgence.
Then my life fell apart. I lost my business, my marriage ended, I moved to the other side of the country and my daughter suddenly died, all in short order.
That is when I discovered that true self-care doesn't require untold sums of money. What it requires is willingness.
Self-care is all about learning to listen deeply and then trusting the answer that comes, no matter what.
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You'd think that after driving recklessly while behind the wheel of a $1.7 million Bugatti on South Beach and then failing a field sobriety test last summer, Flo Rida would want to squash his reputation as one of hip-hop's wild ones. Instead, the 32-year-old Carol City native turned that rep into Top 40 radio's 2012 party anthem.
Since December 2011, Flo Rida's infectious "Wild Ones," a collaboration with up-and-comer Sia, has been chiseling its catchy hook into your memory bank and playing on a never-ending loop in your subconscious. Whether you're mindlessly crunching numbers at your cubicle or stuck in the sandwich line at Publix, "Hey, I heard you were the wild one/Oooh, oooh, oooh" inadvertently slips from your mouth and breaks the silence when you least expect it, much like Cee Lo's "Fuck You" did last year.
At the office, a co-worker slides out from behind his desk after hearing you sing the chorus, peeks around the partition, and says, "Now that's stuck in my head, dammit!" He has unwillingly accepted the proverbial baton in the seemingly inexhaustible relay race that is popular music.
Flo Rida, Cee Lo Green, and B.o.B.
Flo Rida, Cee Lo Green, and B.o.B.: As part of the R U on the List tour. 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 3, at the BankUnited Center, 1245 Dauer Dr., Coral Gables; 305-284-8686; bankunitedcenter.com. Tickets cost $49 to $129 plus fees via ticketmaster.com. All ages.
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"We can't rebuild the public sphere without addressing the issues which divide us… Understanding where and how racism manifests in the food system, recognizing it within our movement, organizations and within ourselves is not extra work for transforming our food system; it is the work." – Eric Holt-Giménez
CFF is excited to be working with Eric Holt-Giménez, Executive Director of Food First, to host a presentation and discussion on the global food system, food movements, and the role that race plays in each. Eric is a food system researcher, agroecologist, and author of several books including Food Movements Unite: Strategies To Transform Our Food Systems and Food Rebellions: Crisis and the Hunger for Justice. Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy was among the first to point out that the cause of hunger is poverty and injustice—not scarcity—and has been exploding myths and inspiring change in our food system for 40 years. Eric was also recently announced as the keynote speaker for the 2015 Just Food Conference.
The following description was written by Eric for the purposes of this meeting:
The modern food system, dominated by global monopolies, has been shaped by the privatization of public goods and the deregulation of corporate capital, leading to the highest levels of global inequality in economic history. The staggering social and environmental costs of this transition have hit people of color the hardest, reflected inter alia in the record levels of hunger and the massive northern migrations of impoverished farmers in the Global South, and an epidemic of diet-related diseases and high levels of unemployment, incarceration and violence in underserved communities of color in the Global North.
Globalization has also crippled our capacity to respond to these problems by destroying much of the public sphere. Consciously or not, in many ways the community food movement, with its projects for a fair, sustainable, healthy food system is rebuilding our public sphere from the ground up. But as many organizations have discovered, we can't rebuild the public sphere without addressing the issues which divide us. For many communities this means addressing racism in the food system. The community food movement itself is not immune from the structural injustices that it seeks to overcome. Because of the pervasiveness of white privilege and internalized oppression in our society, racism in the food system can and does resurface within the food movement, even with the best of intentions. It does no good to push the issue to the side because this undermines the trust we need to be able to work together. Understanding where and how racism manifests itself in the food system, recognizing it within our movement and our organizations and within ourselves is not extra work for transforming our food system; it is the work.
Easily digestible background material from the Food First Backgrounders collection
- This Land is Whose Land? Eric Holt-Giménez (Spring, 2014)
- What the Black Panthers can teach the food Movement, Raj Patel (Summer 2012)
- Beyond Voting with your Fork, Josh Viertel (Spring 2012)
- Grabbing the Food Deserts, Yi Wang with Eric Holt-Giménez and Annie Shattuck (Spring 2011)
- Youth and Food Justice: Lessons from the Civil Rights Movement, Anim Steel (Fall 2010)
- Food Workers-Food Justice: Linking food, labor and immigrant rights, Eric Holt-Giménez, Zoe Brent & Annie Shattuck (Summer 2010)
- The Last Plantation, Anuradha Mittal with Joan Powell (Winter 2000)
And additional suggested reading materials supplied by Eric Holt-Giménez
- Building the Case for Racial Equity in the Food-System, Center for Social Inclusion (2014)
- Food Justice: What's Race got to do with it? David Billings and Lila Cabbil (2011)
- Reform or Transformation: The Pivotal Role of Food Justice in the U.S. Food Movement, Eric Holt-Giménez and Yi Wang (2011)
- On the personal problems of racism and allyship, Ricky Sherover-Marcuse (collected writings)
- Structural Racism, Poverty & Race Research Action Council (2006)
- Structural Racism and Our Food: understanding the problem; identifying solutions, Center for Social Inclusion (a presentation)
- Dismantling Racism Through The Food System: Basic Readings, Growing Power (a collection)


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What's Been Happening with EPR Lately?Posted: October 19th, 2011
Urban Impact has been front and centre at recent Packaging and Printed Paper EPR consultation sessions. The BC Ministry of Environment is currently in the middle of a fall consultation tour, travelling around the province providing information on the new EPR regulation and engaging stakeholders.
The largest event thus far was held in Richmond in September, co-hosted by the Solid Waste Management Association of North America's Pacific Chapter. This session was very well attended and included delegates from various local governments, the recycling and retail industries, as well as a wide variety of consultants and one citizens' initiative.
At some of the more recent events, including one held last week in Burnaby, the Ministry of Environment has been been accompanied by Allen Langdon. Mr. Langdon is the chair of the new Multi Material British Columbia industry stewardship agency, which is taking the lead on the new EPR regulations as a representative of packaging and printed paper producers in BC. At the session, he has been presenting information on MMBC and its role, as well as fielding questions.
The consultation sessions have shown that there is a lot of stakeholder interest in EPR developments, particularly from local governments and the recycling industry, who are concerned about how their roles might change under the new 100% steward-run program.
It is interesting, and perhaps somewhat concerning, that although the aforementioned stakeholders have been out in full force, regular citizens – all the people who actually put their recyclables in the Blue Box and help keep the program going – have been notably absent. It is important that their voices be heard in this debate, as they are really the biggest stakeholders of all.


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The uprising changes everything.
From Terry Glavin in his Tyee column, "Iran: Whose Side Are We Really On?":
The uprising changes everything, and not just inside Iran. No matter what happens next, the uprising will cause convulsions in contested fields of struggle from Afghanistan to Palestine.
Already, the spectacle of angry masses thronging the streets of Iranians cities is holding out the promise of a great awakening in "progressive" politics from Berlin to Seattle. In Canada, what was once unspeakable is now unavoidably central to any serious discussion of the Iranian cause and what it demands of us.


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The European Federation for Hunting and Conservation (FACE), the International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation (CIC) and the European Landowners Organisation (ELO) condemn the recent decision of the Environmental Minister of Romania to unilaterally suspend evidence-based management of large carnivores.
Large carnivores represent one of Europe's greatest conservation challenges. However, the Carpathian Mountains boast one of the largest and densest large carnivore populations in the western world-including Europe and North America. This widely acclaimed conservation success story demonstrates that decisions over the last several decades have resulted in reduced conflict and improved coexistence between local communities and large carnivores in the region. It may come as a surprise to some, but these management systems include the controlled, regulated and legal hunting of game, including large carnivores, such as brown bear.
Tolerance and acceptance of large carnivores is critical to having abundant populations like that which is in the Carpathians; therefore, local communities must be involved in the conservation and management of these species. Controlled legal hunting plays an important role in management and conservation, and without it, the risk of erasing the social tolerance for these enigmatic species will grow exponentially. In this context, evidence shows that in the absence of legal hunting, small-scale farmers and other land users, which are in permanent conflict with carnivores, may revert to solving management issues by themselves. Nobody wants to be part of a decision which leads to a rise in the levels of illegal killing anywhere in Europe.
Effective large carnivore conservation requires cooperation between all stakeholders that share and live with the populations. Therefore, all decisions, including decisions to restrict hunting, should be informed by the best available evidence and support from local communities. It is important to point out that research on large carnivores in Romania is 60 years old.
New decisions in Romania and elsewhere must not unintentionally and permanently harm the delicate balance between humans and wildlife - particularly large carnivores in Romania and the Carpathians in general. It is the opinion of FACE, CIC and ELO that this major new decision in Romania should be immediately revisited and re-evaluated based on sound science and recommendations according to peer-reviewed standards by recognized scientific institutions and through extensive input by the local communities.
With the forces of modernity marching through Romania and the Carpathian region, there is indeed a reason to examine and modify the wildlife conservation strategies of the region, but only after exhaustive scientific and community engagement. Wildlife conservation, and particularly that of large carnivores, has both ecological and social dimensions. All stakeholders should come together to ensure that modern land uses and new infrastructure development do not impede the movement of wildlife populations and/or exacerbate human-wildlife conflict.


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The Okavango Delta (or Okavango Swamp), in Botswana, is a large inland delta, formed where the Okavango River reaches a tectonic trough in the central part of the endorheic basin of the Kalahari. The area was once part of Lake Makgadikgadi, an ancient lake that mostly dried up by the early Holocene.
Every since Andy Biggs, a professional photographer who specializes in African Photo Safaris, made a presentation at my photo club several years ago, I wanted to photograph Africa . . .the people, the landscapes, but mostly, the wildlife. At first my husband, Jim, was hesitant; but one fateful day, he gave me a copy of a flyfishing e-magazine so that I could peruse the beautiful photography. I noticed an article on fly fishing for tiger fish in Botswana . . . and that's how I got to Africa. We signed on with Andy Biggs African Workshop, put together by Eyes on Africa. And, so our adventure of a lifetime began . . .
Just a side note: I highly recommend Eyes on Africa, and owner, Nicky Glover. She arranged for our fly fishing side trip at the Nxamaseri Island Lodge and all the logistics involved to get us from our safari tent camps to Nxamaseri without a hitch.
On November 21, 2012, we left Houston aboard the new Lufthansa A380-800 for Johannsburg, South Africa (Jo-berg) via Frankfurt, Germany, with a ten-hour layover. Because this was a special event for us (but mostly because we are OLD), we splurged on Business Class seats. This wide body aircraft holds about 500 passengers. The services were excellent but the seats were most uncomfortable. Usually the seats recline 180° for the "lie-flat" position. These seats only reclined 168°. Consequently, I always thought I was slipping to the floor. United has the BEST Business Class "lie-flat" seats.
We decided to come in a day earlier to relax and rest (mainly getting adjusted to a new time zone). We stayed at the PEERMONT MONDIOR – Emperor's Palace, which is connected to the Emperor's Palace Casino. Unfortunately for me, but not for Jim, no nice shopping areas could be had just a movie theatre and a variety of restaurants, albeit, very nice, especially "Tribes." When I come back (you notice I said when), I will stay at one of the hotels in Sandton or at the International Hotel right across from the airport.
We landed in Maun, Botswana, fighting off the film crew and contestants in the next season of "Amazing Race." Our group leader, Andy, sat with two very beautiful young women from Austin, TX, who were contestants. Supposedly, it was a secret but they told us they were racing into the Kalahari Desert. Andy was lapping up all the attention he was getting as he flipped through his iPad showing the "racers" what he did. I believe I counted the use of the word, "awesome," at least 50 times. At one point lights and cameras were rolling on us as the two women were admiring Andy's work. There just might be a chance that I, yours truly, will be in a small segment of next season's, "Amazing Race." Note to self: watch new season premier beginning Feb. 19, on CBS.
I cannot write this post on Africa without expressing my feelings toward the people of Botswana. Without a doubt, these wonderful people are full of life and happiness. They were a gracious host and ambassador of their country. Their music filled the night air with songs of their native traditions. Botswana is a beautiful country filled with exciting but dangerous wildlife. Its borders are safe and stable. I have never felt so at home and comfortable than I did in Botswana.
We flew on a large "bush" plane from Maun to a dirt landing strip where our game drivers were there to meet us, load luggage and supplies, and drive us back to camp. I was so excited, not like when I flew across the tundra of southwestern Alaska, that was pure anxiety and fear. As we were circling, I saw a G I R A F F E, drinking at a watering hole! WOW! It's No Zoo, Kandace, you're in their territory now. And, to think, there were lions out there too.
Sandibe Safari Camp, a private concession, is located on a small channel near the clear waters of the Okavango Delta. We were next to the Moremi Game Reserve, which lent us to a variety of animals. You must keep in mind that there are no border fences. These animals of the plains roam freely. The camp has no electric fence so we were escorted back to our thatched cottage each night by one of the field guides. Andy had us up by 4:30 am or earlier, breakfast at 5am, and on our game drive by 5:30 am. We were a group of 14 photographers in Land Cruisers . . . four to each Cruiser. The roads, if that's what you want to call them, were rough. My body got a lot of jostling around, both up and down as well as sideways left and right. The drive from the airstrip and the first full game drive day riding in the third row took its toll on my back. By the second day, I could barely walk. The pain in my lower back was becoming unbearable. I borrowed an umbrella to use as a cane. And, as fate would have it, the day I decided to rest my back, was the day the rest of the group got the amazing shot of the leopard lounging on the tree branch with both legs dangling and beautiful morning light flowing on her face. This shot is on Andy's Facebook Page. Note to self: screw the pain, and get out there. I did start taking Celebrex on the second day and felt better 24 hours later. Andy permanently stationed me in the front seat next to the driver, which seemed to do the trick along with DRUGS!
The first day game drive . . . and what a beautiful morning. Luckily, we were experiencing strange weather for the Delta at this time. November is Africa's late spring, early summer, and the beginning of the rainy season with temperatures ranging as high as 114° but with less humidity and nippy cold nights. What do you expect for pete's sakes, your in the desert!
However, what we got were beautiful sunny days with temperatures no higher than 75° and cool nights.
My first time to see a leopard. She had dragged her kill, a baby impala, up into the tree. So we spent a few hours photographing and waiting to see if she would come down. Andy told us to look for more creative angles and shots so I decided to focus on the paw.
But the highlight of our first day was what the Africans call, " A Sundowner." Just before sunset, we gathered at a fairly large pond loaded with a group of hippos. The hippos were bellowing their displeasure of our appearance, and boy was it LOUD. Our guides broke out the tables with tablecloths, no less, put out nice hors d'oeuvres, and proceeded to serve cocktails on the savannah as the sun slowly sunk in the sky. One thing while writing this blog . . . hippos come out of the water at sunset to feed on the grass. I don't think I would have stayed around knowing that little tidbit.
The second day we saw elephants, zebras, impalas, giraffes, and my most prized animal, a male cheetah, relaxing on a termite mound under the shade of huge tree. Andy told us that we were very lucky to see and photograph a cheetah. Although they are daytime predators, they are elusive and hard to find. Unfortunately, I did not get "a cheetah in action," I still felt lucky to have had the opportunity to capture this sleek and beautiful animal, even if he was in a state of rest.
But, God does see to it that for every missed opportunity, you do get a second chance . . . and that happen on the second day's afternoon game drive when we came upon a female leopard nervously eating a warthog under a tree. She looked around constantly as she ate with her focus on the distance bush. And after watching a nature program on leopards, I understand why. These cats are what they call, "opportunists," meaning that they are more likely to steal prey from another animal than actually hunt themselves if the occasion arises. Leopards will leave the kill when danger is sensed. Their motto, "It is better to eat another day than to fight."
I was surprised to learn that a leopard has more enemies than any of the other big cats . . . baboons, lions, tigers, hyenas, and other leopards. But, they have managed to outnumber the lions, tigers and cheetahs all total in numbers living in the world today.
As I kept my finger on the shutter, my thoughts were flying . . . "what an amazing place, in the land of eat or be eaten. How lucky I was to observe and photograph this natural event of animal behavior as it unfolds before my eyes."
Our guide told us that she had probably stolen the warthog kill from a lioness who left to get her cubs. And, as expected, the lioness returned to reclaim her kill . . .
Suddenly, the leopard stopped eating, ears perked, staring at the bush. She was in that tree before I could even think about snapping a shot. The lioness emerged from the bush staring up at the leopard. We were all thinking that the lioness might try to climb the tree after the leopard. But, instead, she dragged her kill away from the tree, and beckoned her cubs to a feast. And, all before our eyes, the lioness and her two cubs were indulging in her bounty. I just couldn't get over how close we were.
Another lioness came out to drink at the pond as well so we had great opportunities . . . two beautiful and playful cubs, and reflections of a lioness at the watering hole.
Sandibe Concession is large, spreading out over 67,000 acres of land. Each cruiser took off in a different direction, however, if something good was spotted, the guides communicated to each other via radio, then all vehicles converged. On our third morning out, our tracker spotted a male leopard in a tree. We had the best spot, best angle and the best light. In photography, you should always move around for a better position, angle, light, etc. In a safari truck, that's almost impossible because your moving your truck not your body around. The logistics become complicated . . . you have to deal with other trucks, road conditions, very tall weeds and sticks, all the time not scaring off the animal. One thing for sure, these animals completely ignore you as long as you stay in the truck. We got so close to these large predators. And, in all actuality, they have the ability to leap into the truck but they don't.
Pushing the ISO as the light close down, I was losing shutter speed so it was time to go. BOO!
Day Three, our tracker found a male leopard in the tree with beautiful light and background. After the "photo shoot," he tired of us and decided to hunt. What does a good game driver do . . . follows the "hunt."
After searching for two hours, we finally found two male lions. According to Andy these were two old brothers. I would say really old, one had a broken fang, which brought to mind a video I purchased and watch called, "The Amazing Cats," narrirated by Morgan Freeman. It is a story of two cats . . . a cheetah and a lion pride. The pride's leader was called, "Fang," and he was missing a lower canine tooth. They had been snoozing under baobab tree in the late afternoon light.
"Fang" decided it was time for a little snack so he stretched, yawned, stared at us photographers all happily snapping away just like the paparazzi surrounding a celebrity. As he began his walkabout, we followed him on his journey. At one point, he walked straight to the Land Cruiser, straight at me, then proceeded around it. Jim could have reached out and touched his mane.
As he walking through some tall grass, he spotted a herd of zebra grazing quietly on the soft, green grass. A baby zebra was lying near his mother. As I watched through my viewfinder the events playing out in the land of "eat or be eaten," I was praying . . . "oh no, not the baby." Luckily for the zebra, the mother gave out a quick sound to alert the herd, and off they went with baby in tow. Life on the Botswana plain in the Kalahari Desert is harsh. I'm reminded of a quote I read once, "Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn't matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle . . . when the sun comes up, you'd better be running."
Hi Kandace, Thanks so much for sharing your "Big Cats" photos. These animals are truly amazing…and beautiful! You are quite the photographer!!!! I am impressed!
I just reviewed this on a new iMac computer with a 27″ monitor. The photography is fantastic! I love the lighting on the leopard.
The blog post is great new look at Africa or should say Botswana.
Keep up the good work.


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Singapore to Batam, Indonesia
Decided to visit Batam, Indonesia since it's just 20km from Singapore and I thought I can get a cheaper flight to Jakarta from Batam. Went to Harbour front and took the 2.50pm ferry, Penguin Express to Batam Island (SD$23, an hour ride).
Indonesia time is an hour slower so arrived at the same time as I left.
Singapore has one of the most active ports in the world and there are quite a number of ships around Singapore coast.
I am pretty excited to visit Indonesia because it's so close to Malaysia yet I have never been there. Indonesia is the 4th most populous country in the world with 250 million people. It has 17,000 Island which 6000 is unhabited, with 300 ethnic groups. From the Northern tip of Sumatera, Acheh to Papua, it's around 4000km long, roughly the same horizontal distance between LA and NYC..
The largest ethnic groups are the Javanese (45%) of central and eastern Java, the Sundanese (14%) from western Java, the Madurese (7.5%) from the island of Madura, and Coastal Malays (7.5%), mostly from Sumatra. The rest are Acehnese and Minangkabau of Sumatra, the Balinese, the Iban and Dayaks of Kalimantan and many more.
Wasn't able to find a public bus from Batam center to the city center so had to take a cab (45,000 Ruppiah~USD$45, USD$1~10,000 Ruppiah).
There isn't any hostel in the city so I asked the cab driver to drop me off at a cheap hotel, Hotel Bahari (16,000 Ruppiah)
and booked a flight to Jakarta for tomorrow (303,000 Ruppiah )
Batam is similar size to Singapore and is considered like the special economic zone of Indonesia with factories, shopping malls and is also considered as the sin city for Singaporeans. Even the taxi driver was asking if I wanted to rent a girl for the day. There isn't much to see at Batam, it's just like another typical small city. There aren't public buses around so it's hard to move around city since I usually avoid taking cabs.
Nagoya Hill which is the biggest mall here.
Lunch Mie Soto and GadoGado Siomay(14,000 Ruppiah~USD$1.40)
Nasi Padang for dinner (24,000 Ruppiah)
Took a ride with an Ojek (Motorcycle taxi) and the rider drove me around and went to the beach front.
With the Indonesia motorbike rider
I just bought him a drink and paid for his gas.
Singapore Day 3
March 7
Took a train to Punggol, a residential area which is located at the North East side and crashed at Vin's place.
Punggol has some new HDB which looked very well planned. Only local citizens can buy newly issued HDB flats and needed to have a monthly income below SD$8000 if I am not mistaken. PR can buy HDB flats at the used market but even 2 bedrooms HDB flat in the north east part cost more than SD$350,000.
Singapore has quite a lot of church goers and a few megachurches. On the front page of strait times there is news that one of the megachurch is going to invest SD$310 million to co-own Suntec city. I don't consider myself religious but decided to check out a mega church with 18,000 people in Suntec City.
Had lunch with my aunt at Orchard road
and catch up with XiaoRui in the afternoon.
Went to Harbour front and took the Sentosa train (SD$3) to the newly opened casino, Resort World.
For Singaporeans and PR holders, they will have to pay SD$100 to go in because the government discourages the locals from visiting the casino.
Some expensive shopping place in the casino
Met up with cousin Ling and she drove me around the city at night and bought me to Mustafa centre, a 24 hours mall which has a good variety of products.
Singapore Day 2
A typical HDB flat, behind is the highest HDB flat, the 50 storeys Duxton.
Walked to Red Dot Design Museum.
Award winning utensils and Tupperwares with ergonomic design.
Self standing umbrella, how useful is that.
Just right across is URA (Urban Redevelopment Authority) office. On the second floor there is a city gallery which shows how Singapore has developed over the past years as well as showing how the urban planning was done.
Singapore is divided into few districts such as West, North, North East and Central.
Model of the Central district.
Model of Singapore Island.
Singapore has the 2nd highest density of population after Monaco. The population has grown almost 20% for the past 5 years. Even though the land size of Singapore has grown from 580sqkm to 710 sqkm now by landfilling, Singapore is still a more crowded place than before.
Singapore is a well planned city and is runned like a private enterprise with a Concept Plan which is to guide development in the next 40-50 years and is reviewed every 10 years. While the Master Plan is used to guide development for the medium term in the next 10-15 years.
Singapore's Master Plan 2008
Challenges for the expanding Singapore, the country needs land for water catchment needs, there is a limit to building higher buildings because of height restrictions around airport areas and need more land for self defenses training. Singapore air forces do their practical in training base overseas because the country air field is too limited.
The solution is to build cities underground in the future. 50 meters below ground is the sewage system so the underground city will be just above it.
A bird eye view of the business district
It's quite educational visiting the URA office.
Took bus 80 from Chinatown to Kowan towards the North East directions passing by the city.
Took the metro back to Little India. Indian Food (SD$4)
Visited Geyland which is famous for food and also a legal place for prostitution in Singapore. Then met up with a friend and visited Club Attica (SD$28 including 2 drinks) at Clark Quey area.
Met Chim in the morning in the new Merrill Lynch office at Harbour front area. Chim is a great guy and gave me some helpful info.
Visited a friend's landscape designing office. Designers do have to dress well even at work.
Singapore is a pretty clean and well planned city
Raffles place which is also the financial district
Had lunch with Jason and his friends at Raffles area. It's pretty crowded because it's lunch hour, noticed that tissue is a necessity to get a seat during lunch time because Singaporeans use tissue to claim their seats.
The new marina bay still under construction.
Got a day pass for public transportation (SD$8 a day).
Took bus 678 to YinChu which is the last stop then got on bus 171 to Orchard road.
Ion, a new mall at Orchard road.
Had dinner with KuoWen and then dropped by his friend place for a visit.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Singapore
After spending slightly more than 2 weeks in Malaysia celebrating Chinese New Year with friends/relatives and doing some errands such as getting a new passport/applying for visas, it's time to get back to the travel mode again.
Felt a little lazy after having a stable life for the past 2.5 weeks. Spent the past 3 days in Kuala Lumpur, getting back my new passport (RM300~USD$88) with a multiple entry Chinese visas (RM148~USD$44), US visa (RM492~USD$145), finally got on the 3pm Aeroline bus from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore (USD$79~USD$23, 5.5 hours bus ride). There are other buses to Singapore which is cheaper but got on theAeroline bus since it's just across MCA building in KL city center and is more convenient for me.
Arrived at Singapore at 8.30pm. Today Singapore has a population of around 5 million but the city just had 3 million people 20 years ago. The government policy has been immigrant friendly to attract talented professionals to the workforce.
Singapore is a city state and the island is just around 700 square kilometers. The city is 45km from West to East and 25km north to south.
Singapore merged with Malaya in 1963 to become Malaysia but was explused from Malaysia in 1965 to become an Independent country because of disputes between Singapore's ruling People's Action Party and Malaysia government then. Singapore is considered as the only country in the world that gained independence unwillingly.
Because of the competent government of the country, even without much natural resources, the country has been growing on a sustainable path and become the richest country in South East Asia. An example is to compare Singapore dollar to Malaysian ringgit which is exchangeable
at par until 1973 but today 1 Singapore dollar ~ 2.4 Malaysian Ringgit.
Since the country doesn't have much natural resources, the country economy needs to diversify into different areas in manufacturing, services, biomedical, tourism and is also one of the biggest port in the world.
Singapore is considered a democratic country but with a strong government controlled by PAP party. Even though there is election but the PAP has been in power since independence and controlled around 90% of the parliment seats since independence.
Arrived at Harbour Front in Singapore at 8.30pm. Took the metro to Tanjung Pagar area and crashed at Jason's place.
Inside the metro, I heard not only Singlish but also noticed that Singapore has a lot of immigrants from China, India and South East Asian countries from the way the people speak. There are also quite a lot of expatriates and tourists as well. Read that there were 10 million tourist visiting Singapore in 2007, twice the number of the country population.
Met up Sunny whom I have not seen for a while for dinner at Bugis area.
Had hotpot buffett for dinner, SD$20 per pax.


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Graham Greene includes the detail about the nine year old boy for several reasons. Greene uses it to remind the reader that these are not hardened criminals in the story taking down an old man's house, but rather children. His use of this detail highlights their youth and makes a point about this gang. At times in the story, especially consdering the speed and efficiency of the demolition, it becomes easy for the reader to forget that the perpetrators are in fact children.
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I have been very happy and comfortable with the quality of my health care. I live near Boston the home of many world class hospitals and the quality of care available in the area is very good. Or so I thought. HealthGrades.com just released their latest list of top cities for health care. So I wanted to see where Boston was on the list. Its not. Neither is New York City.
I was surprised to say the least.Then I started thinking - a very dangerous proposition at times. This is a classic example of how statistics can be misleading. These numbers are looking at the level of care across an entire metropolitan area. While this includes the leading hospitals, it also includes small and large medical centers that may be underfunded or serving a sicker population who are going to have statistically worse than expected outcomes due to their overall health.
So I went through and looked up where I am treated and feel slightly better. Then just for the hell of it I looked up Dana Farber. They have all sorts of physicians listed, many of them have no ratings. And they had no surgical procedures listed. Hmmm.... So what is their rating? I don't know.
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KABUL, Afghanistan — An Army officer in Afghanistan is very lost this afternoon, Duffel Blog has learned, and is hoping to find his security detail as soon as possible.
"Ermm … Yep. Fuck. I don't know where I am," Maj. William Spencer reports, scratching nervously under the shoulder strap of his empty plate carrier. "This place is real big."
Spencer, a requisitions officer out of Ft. Bragg, is on his first deployment to Afghanistan. "To anywhere, really," he adds. He is tasked with assisting civilian contractors with providing arms and equipment to the Afghan National Army 201st Corps. The assignment involves bi-weekly trips out of his office to an ANA compound on the outskirts of Kabul. For those trips, he is assigned three infantry gun trucks with six dismounts as a personal security detail. Today, he is unsure where his protection detail has gone.
"I haven't actually seen any Afghans," he says. "I ride in the back of the truck so I can't really see out. But there's been a lot of green-on-blue stuff going on. So it's good to be safe."
Spencer inspects the padlock on a shipping conex, trying several of the loose keys he keeps in his cargo pocket before giving up and moving on to a different container. He taps on the next padlock with his clipboard, says "mm hmm" and moves on.
"But seriously, where the fuck are those guys?" Spencer stares, obviously shaken, down a long line of shipping containers. "They're always telling me not to go too far, but I've got so much work to do sometimes I forget. And I don't think this radio they gave me has any batteries." He gestures at the Harris radio in his other cargo pocket. "Err… I guess I turned it off after I spilled coffee on it. Didn't want to get electrocuted."
Returning briefly to the previous padlock to write down a number on his clipboard, Spencer wonders aloud where he might have put down his helmet and walks in a different direction to "check something real quick."
"Yeah, he's right behind that conex," Spc. Eric Hernandez, a sniper-qualified paratrooper from an infantry scout platoon says. "This place is totally walled off, and we have crew-served [medium machine guns] with overlapping fields of fire on every entrance and exit. Sometimes he'll start wandering toward the street like an autistic kid, so we'll have someone run up and kind of shoosh him in a different direction. Easiest deployment ever."
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Linux device design gains crypto memoryJun 25, 2007 — by LinuxDevices Staff — from the LinuxDevices Archive
A hardware reference design vendor specializing in ultra-thin ARM-based CPU modules plans to add support for encrypted memory. Unicon says enhancing its designs with Atmel's "CrytoMemory" will provide a secure place within the system to store sensitive data, such as digital certificates or… encryption keys.
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Atmel's CrytoMemory (AT88sCxxxxC) devices are EEPROMs (electronically erasable programmable read-only memory) that attach to host processors via a serial interface clocked up to 1.5MHz. Available in capacities from 1Kbit to 256Kbits, the parts are typically used in smart cards, as well as biometric, medical, and media playback devices.
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There were contenders aplenty during the grueling process of determining the Insomniac Magazine Top Ten this week. Despite so many incoherent rappers gaining mainstream followings through lowest common denominator appeal, true lyricists and beat-smiths are practicing and honing their craft and keep making gems worthy of your attention. Insomniac Magazine's editors have been curators of authentic Hip Hop for well over two decades. The artists you find on our top ten represent the tenets of Hip Hop that we experienced first hand during the golden era as kids in The Bronx and Harlem. Real recognize real; Hip Hop is Hip Hop regardless of the decade. Enjoy and spread the word.
1) Talib Kweli X Styles f/ NIKO IS, Jadakiss, Sheek Louch – "Nine Point Five"
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2) WestSideGunn, Mach Hommy & Keisha Plum – "Easter Gunday 2"
We typically don't include tracks from Sunday posts on that same day's top ten, but we made an exception for this Griselda banger. If you're one of the true heads who have been up on the GxFR camp since the days before they were rockin' wit' Shady Records, you'll remember last year's "Easter Gunday." Now WestSideGunn, Mach Hommy and Keisha Plum hit ya with a sequel! Our holiday's officially made!!! Check out the illest poet alive, The FlyGod and the Haitian Superhero on the Daringer laced "Easter Gunday 2!"
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Mach-Hommy unleashes a lyrical assault on this minimalistic street sonnet produced by The Alchemist. "Warning Shot" is straight Hip Hop heat off of the anticipated "5 O' Clock Shadow" full-length featuring production from top talent.
5) Daniel Son X Saipher Soze – "Task Force"
Daniel Son X Saipher Soze are killing it on the Vinyl Villain produced "Task Force." Don't you dare sleep on pure and raw Hip Hop.
6) Chief Kamachi X Junior Makhno – "Code of the Guru"
Philly lyricist Chief Kamachi and producer extraordinaire Junior Makhno show and prove on "Code of the Guru." DJ Djaz brings the precision cuts on this dose of pure unadulterated boom bap. Proceed to check the steez, then pick up Makhno's "Party Discipline" album.
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Now, before people start saying that because the eye is Obito's that he is indeed Obito, stop and think about the logic. If the fact that Tobi has Obito's eye is what makes him Obito, then you must be forgetting that he has enough Sharingan back in his crib to run an eyescream parlor big enough to put Breyer's out of business. To say that his eye makes him Obito is like saying that Tobi is Nagato due to his Rinnegan. Not to mention that he also had another sharingan in his fight with Konan. It's much more logical to assume that he is trading eyes the way Orochimaru traded bodies than it is to jump to conclusions. Therefore the identity theories are still uncertain. It's too early to say who exactly Tobi is.
It's like he is holding some sort of personal grudge against Kakashi. And it is that very fact that makes me lean toward the fact that it isn't Obito. Obito was completely at peace with what happened. I think that if he had been upset and angry then he wouldn't have given his eye to Kakashi. Tobi is a complete 180 degree turn around from Obito. The things Tobi says are the polar opposite of what Obito felt and expressed. In fact, Kakashi has even compared Naruto to Obito before, saying they were a lot alike. I haven't completely written off that Tobi could be Obito. I'd think it's more feasible that, like someone said earlier in the thread, Obito's body is being used by whomever or that Tobi stole Obito's other eye. Tobi's age is all wrong if he were to be Obito. Going on the fact that Kakashi and Obito were about the same age when Obito died, and by calculating how old Kakashi was when we were first introduced to him in Part 1, we can assume that Tobi's attack on Konoha with the Nine-tails happened a short time after Obito died. Kakashi and Obito were both 13 when Obito was killed and Kakashi was 26 in Part 1 of the manga, meaning he would have still been 13 at the time of the attack on Konoha. Obito would not have been able to grow up that much in such a short period of time.
I really do enjoy the chapters where its all out chaos and battle. I think we finally get to see a bijuu mode lasting more than 5 mins. I heard someone said kakashi closed his eye before naruto charged of in bm, possibly another kamui? Will naruto's raw bijuu power and Senju Will be enough to stop tobi? I'd like to see some more techniques he can do besides rasengan and tb in bm. Without hope there would be nothing to strive for. You have to have hope if you want to accomplish anything. Naruto always HOPED to be acknowledged by the people in his village and now the entire village recognizes him as a person and they respect him. Itachi HOPED to protect the village and, in most ways, he did. Gaara HOPED to be accepted and not feared by his village and he became Kazekage, not because villagers feared him but because they grew to love him. Naruto HOPED to become friends with Kurama one day and it's plain to see that they've become that. So, as you can see, hope can be a very powerful thing.
I believe it was Madara who discovered and rehabilitated Obito's crushed body, and I also believe that it was Madara not Obito who fought Minato! I reckon under Madara's supervision, he became Madara's pupil and begin to learn all the forbidden jutsus and gaining full control of his sharingan. And if it's one thing Kishi has taught us is that whoever your sensei is, their ideals and goals becomes your own. And after Madara died I believe it was then that Tobi decided to finish what Madara started, started wearing that same exact mask Madara wore whe he faced Minato, and even went to the point where he wanted to be refered to as Madara himself. I think Black Zetsu was always a part of Tobi since he always knows so much and hes the one who always goes missing when Tobi enters. But this is just a guess, if theyve been in the same place at once then I might be wrong. But, Tobi is somehow connected to Obito and Black Zetsu for those reasons at the moment. However, he might have used another body previously at the 9 tail incident, not sure exactly who but it could have been Kagami Uchiha since he was missing at the time. Also, if you look at page 13, there are two dialogue boxes over each of Tobi's eye. http://www.cwmalls.com
Madara does know how to raise people and raise himself or teach others to raise them selves from the dead. He made a statement saying if he knew before hand that these generation of kage were gonna be weak he would've taught Hashirama to raise himself from the dead befor hand. Zetsu being able to record things automatically removes all of the obito shouldn't know this and that. Because no one should be able to know everything that Tobis knows. Tobi knows everything about everyone. Even gain. But I Do no5 believe this is even an uchiha. Unless he can fight blindly.


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My week at the Maui Photo Festival was more than amazing. More on that soon, as I still have a good number of photos to post online.
As luck would have it, the week also happened to fall during a new moon and the skies were clear almost every night. On our last night there, I took the chance to shoot those amazing skies with one of the many new friends I made on the trip.
Taking advantage of a great spot near the Hyatt, I decided to setup a shot of me sitting at the edge of the lawn looking up at the Milky Way. I thought it came out nice.


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By day, dedicated students and a brave service member, by night recording musicians.
Oswego punk band Afterthoughts' debut release, "Where You Belong EP," is anything but the title of the intro track's name, "One-Dimensional." "Where You Belong" has a little bit of everything that punk fans love.
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"It's an obviously biased opinion, but I love it." Steve Radford, guitarist and vocalist said. "I'm happy with the exposure it's getting and the positive responses we've been receiving."
The band includes Oswego State graduates Michael Beshures (bass and vocals) and Kyle Wodzicki (percussion). Joined by them is Stefan Goins (guitar), who is in the Navy and stationed in Hawaii and Radford (guitar and lead vocals), who is the only member remaining on the Oswego State campus.
The first song, "One-Dimensional," opens with a short guitar intro that sets the tone for the rest of the EP. The song hits home for anyone who has ever felt wronged by someone who was close to one. The song ends with gang vocals repeating the powerful verse, "If you were my real friend, you wouldn't betray me in the end/ I've taken time to realize these were wounds I never wanted to mend."
Many of the lyrics are a personal expression of how Radford felt when he wrote the EP, which he felt was relatable to most people.
"A lot of the lyrical content deals with my relationships with certain people or certain groups of people I have met since I came to college," Radford said.
Open Mic Spotlight interview with Radford
The two strongest moments on the album are in the songs "Circle of So-Called Friends" and "The Person Inside Us." Ted Winkworth, formerly of the Lifestyles Center on the Oswego State campus, is featured on "Circle of So-Called Friends" with a screaming vocal part in the end of the song. It was great to hear the band incorporate a different genre of music and it made its music more versatile. "The Person Inside Us" ends with the most beautiful part of the EP, where the music slows down, highlighted by a clean-picking guitar part and bassist Mike Beshures singing one of the best lyrics on the album: "This time, it's going to be different/ I'll be making a difference in me."
There are very few negatives about the "Where You Belong EP." The only ones that stand out are in the vocals. Sometimes one wishes some of the vocal melodies would be different, as they do not always go with the rest of the song and the band should take advantage of having two solid singers in Radford and Beshures. There were many parts in the EP where two vocalists playing off of each other would have brought the songs to another level.
Radford hopes this successful release is only the beginning for Afterthoughts.
"Right now, Stefan and I have been writing for a full length that we hope to start recording this winter," Radford said.
The band will be playing an acoustic set at WNYO's "Acoustics in the Quad" on Saturday, Sept. 28th which starts at noon in the Oswego State academic quad.


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Style and Technique
(Comprehensive Guide to Short Stories, Critical Edition)
The first-person narrative point of view of "You Can't Get Lost in Cape Town" creates a powerful effect on the reader. The narration is highly sensual, beginning with the touch of the cardboard lining in the narrator's cheap handbag and continuing with the sight of the women on the bus, the flutter of the fetus in the womb, the pain of the abortion, and the morning after when she smoothes back the wet black hair of the fetus before depositing the newspaper-wrapped bundle in the garbage. All of this makes the internal viewpoint highly visual and visceral rather than intellectual. The dialogue between the two women on the bus, which dominates the central section of the story, is related as heard, without editorial comment from the narrator, although she does, in the style of stream of consciousness, at times relate the external events with her own internal symbolism and the reader sees more clearly what is driving her.
Cape Town itself plays a minor role in the story, as details of it are relayed while the narrator moves through it to her date with the abortionist. The imagery of the surroundings, the mountains and the ocean, as well as the remembrances of the veld of the narrator's childhood, play off the images of the city, the buildings, shops, roads, and trains: the fertile veld and the city of dustbins, where God has left but the trains run on time.
Interestingly, the tone is on the whole detached. It becomes clear that throughout...
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I Had Harmed Myself
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St. Louis Cardinals: Power Ranking Prospects Based on Spring Training ResultsMarch 10, 2013
With spring training beginning to wind down, the Cardinals have had a chance to get a good look at the future. The Cardinals have been labeled as having the best farm system in baseball, according to Keith Law of ESPN. (Insider Required)
Here is a look at five of the Cardinals' top prospects and what they have done thus far in spring training.
1. Michael Wacha
Since being the Cardinals' first-round draft pick in 2012, Wacha has done nothing but impress. He cruised through three levels of the minor leagues in 2012, ending his season in Double-A Springfield. He posted a combined 0.86 ERA with 40 strikeouts in 21 innings in 2012.
Wacha has continued to impress as he faces major league competition in spring training. In his appearances this spring, Wacha hasn't allowed an earned run in 9.2 innings pitched. He has struck out 13 and batters are only hitting .167 against him this spring.
With such a small minor league pedigree to his name, Wacha will almost certainly start his season in the minor leagues. But if nothing else, Wacha has given Cardinal fans something to yearn for in the very near future.
2. Oscar Taveras
When someone compares you to Albert Pujols, as Taveras has been, the pressure to perform has got to be a difficult burden to bear.
But Taveras hasn't seemed bothered by the expectation to perform. He has blistered the ball the minor leagues and is doing his best to make the Opening Day roster of the Cardinals.
Taveras has two home runs, a grand slam included, and nine RBI in his 11 spring training games. He is also batting .286 in his 35 at-bats.
With Shane Robinson giving Taveras all he can handle in the chase for the fourth outfielder spot, it'll be fun to watch the last few weeks of spring training to see where Taveras starts the season. That said, it should not surprise anyone to see Taveras on the team when the Cardinals break camp in late March.
3. Kolten Wong
With Matt Carpenter getting close to assuming the everyday role at second base for 2013, Kolten Wong will most likely find himself at Triple-A Memphis to start this season.
Wong has hit well in spring training, posting a .333 average with a home run and three RBI in his 18 at-bats. But with his highest level of experience completed being Double-A Springfield, Wong could stand to benefit with a full season at the Triple-A level.
He has shown consistency at the plate at the minor league level and at spring training this year. So, it shouldn't be too long until Wong is manning second base for the Cardinals on a regular basis.
4. Shelby Miller
As Shelby Miller continues to audition for the fifth spot in the Cardinals rotation, he hasn't answered the bell fully.
Granted, there hasn't been a huge sample size to analyze, but Miller has a 5.40 ERA in his five innings pitched thus far. To his credit, he does have four strikeouts in those five innings. In his start against the Nationals last Friday, Miller showed flashes of his potential.
I watched as he blew Bryce Harper away with a runner on third and one out with a high-90s fastball. He showed no fear and has the confidence needed to be a big league pitcher. That is what Cardinal fans are hoping will be a regular occurrence when Miller hits the mound for the Cardinals.
No doubt Miller will get another start or two before the spring is out. Hopefully he will tune up his stuff and make the decision for Cardinals' Mike Matheny a lot easier when it comes to naming a fifth starter.
5. Trevor Rosenthal
Now that his fate has been determined, Trevor Rosenthal can concentrate on his new role as a member of the bullpen.
Perhaps that is what happened on Sunday when Rosenthal struck out the side in his one inning of work against the Mets.
Until his performance on Sunday, Rosenthal hadn't pitched well. He has allowed five earned runs and nine hits while posting a 5.63 ERA in his eight innings pitched this spring.
But with Sunday's encouraging performance and his role settled, I expect big things this season from Rosenthal. With Rosenthal in the seventh, Boggs in the eighth and Motte to close the door in the ninth, the bullpen should be a strength this season for the Cardinals.


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I love the 1984 and Matrix references in this video. The animators at Taiwan's New Media Animation, have once again produced a delicious roast of the news of the day.
By the process described in detail in the Mashable tech blog, I have already started trying out the timeline. It seems perfect for uploading ancient pictures taken in the 70s and 80s, and putting them in context.
But, it seems that it will be a lot of work to get my timeline looking decent. I think most people won't bother, and might stampede away. This doesn't necessarily mean G+ will easily acquire the defectors. They will probably be averse to social networking, and no more likely to trust scary Google than scarier Mark Zuckerberg.


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PITCH is a conference for high school entrepreneurs that connects high school entrepreneurs from across the country for a weekend of competition and discovery. Pitch your business idea to top judges and venture capitalists to compete for the prize and title.
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Tea Review – Jalam Tea – Zhang Lang and Ba Ka Ngoi
Company Name: JALAM TEAS
It was such a delight to receive these teas and I'm excited to share them with you. Jalam teas also offer a tea subscription with a new tea and new story every month. Make sure to check out their website there is a wealth of information about their teas.
Interesting Highlights:
Stong tea as with all CRC teas, tiny particles of tea prepared for it's intense flavor.
Green unfermented Puerh
The Scent or Aroma:
Dark, Earthy, Strong Scent.
This tea and the ones to follow are strong teas, bitter and a dark brew. I added milk and it really mellowed this tea out. So you can enjoy it both ways.
Cost: $24.00 / 100 g cake
Price may vary according to the amount purchased.
Interesting Highlights:
Very dark tea made in the familiar CTC way
Fermented (black, cooked) puerh
The Scent or Aroma:
Strong tea with a strong connecion to the earth.
Adding milk to this tea really mellows it out and brings out a slightly different flavor and leaving it black it's a strong and would give anyone moving from coffee an amazing choice.
Cost: Unavailable at this time/ Sold Out
Price may vary according to the amount purchased.
Company highlights, notes and more:
One of the globe's most timeless and vital commodities, tea, has inspired words, thoughts and deeds like few other plants. We celebrate its ability to both bring people together and to enhance the solitary moments. We also find inspiration from tea's understated and eternal role as one of the planet's great-unpolluted fuels.
JalamTeas concentrates on Yunnan's teas, with an emphasis on the heralded Puerhs. From years of sourcing, writing and sipping the teas from southern Yunnan, we have selected teas based on taste, production, history and geography. We select teas that are not only 'originals', but also teas that are rarely, if ever, available to palates beyond Asia. Teas that are classics in their own rights with their own stories.
With each tea we offer, we will delve into not only the teas themselves; we will present the adventure and tale of each tea. Our own tea journey will trace and source teas from some of planet's original tea strongholds gifting a view and taste into the places, people and of course the tea itself.
Read more and visit the website: CLICK HERE.
I hope you all are enjoying and sharing our tea reviews. I love our tea loving community and as tea continues to grow and flourish so will our reviews. I plan on keeping us all informed on what is going on, what is new, what is bad and simply what is.
Please take a moment to sign up for our newsletter and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. So much more to share and the newsletter gives us discounts, giveaways and tea company's inspirations. Don't be left out of our community.
Below I have included an instructional brewing chart to help you brew your teas.
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These are common instructions for brewing teas, however if the company suggests other brewing I will include it in the review section.
Time and Temperature Guide:
Tea Temperature Minutes
Black 95°C / 205°F 3 – 5
Oolong/White 85°C / 185°F 3 – 4
Green/Yellow 80°C / 176°F 2 – 3
Herbal/Tisanes. 100°C / 212°F 5 – 15
** As always stated by My Tea Vault, we think you should enjoy tea the way you like it, I like mine very strong with no sweetener, these are just guidelines and I suggest you use the guideline then adjust for your own tastes.


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|Professional Automotive Repair Technical Discussions for January 6, 2007
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|2000 Cadillac DeVille 4.6L Excessive Emissions VIN: 1G6KD54Y4Y
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|1998 Saturn SL2 1.9L lost pwr after shift VIN: 1G8ZK5275W
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|2007 Cadillac escalade 6.0L tpms VIN: WE56TR6798
thanks for the help on this one . the left front sensor was bad out of the box so thats why the systen would not beep and reconise the sensor. I did up date the tips tool and yes it does work $50 seems a [...] much for the update but this was the first time i...
|2000 GMC Savana 3500 5.7L No Start VIN: 1GDJG31R2Y
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What Municipal Officials Can Do
Find the resources and tools you need to learn where pollution originates, provide education and address water quality concerns.
Identify the Hot Spots
Where are the concentrations of older septic systems, high-impact commercial areas and farm operations within buffers? Where are these in relation to closed clam flats?
Communicate Concerns
One of the most important tools to communicating concerns is GIS mapping. These and other WCCOG member services help municipal officials understand the scope of problems and target potential solutions.
Support Upgrades to Wastewater Treatment Plants
When heavy rain events occur, older systems will often discharge combined sewer and stormwater into waterways. Sewage is a major source of bacteria.
Clam flat closures from 2001-2009 in Machiasport due to the Machias Wastewater Treatment Plant resulted in substantial cumulative impact, based on preliminary conclusions in a recent study by Dr. Kevin Athearn (2010 dollars, inflation adjusted):
- 2.3 million pounds in lost clam sales
- $3.2 million dollars in lost value to diggers
- losses to Washington County of $5.15 million in total lost output from direct and indirect impacts
Municipal Toolbox
Encourage land management techniques that can greatly change the impact on water quality. Find out more about:
- The Decentralized Wastewaster Systems: Resource Manual for Municipal Officials and Developers
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When choosing window treatments for large windows consider the dimensions of the window. Horizontal blinds and cellular shades are an ideal choice for tall windows, and faux wood blinds work best for tall skinny windows. Vertical blinds or panel track sliding blinds usually works best on wide windows, and add height and formality to any room.
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I swear I'm not daschund/weener obsessed…this post isn't about stuff for your pooch at all. Three different friends who went to three different craft/art faires over the summer brought me the business card from Weener Ware and told me that I should blog about it. So, here goes! Weener Ware has little bits of art in a bottle cap. Any of their designs can be made into pins, necklaces, ornaments, magnets and {my fave} rings. I love the Frida and Corazon designs the very best…oh, maybe the bicycle. Can't decide. The photos don't do them justice, by the way. Cute stuff!
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He is not just England's captain but their bedrock, the man around whom they will construct their whole innings. They know that he tends not just to book in for bed and breakfast, as the inimitable Ken Barrington used to say, but for lunch and tea as well. He is a 'Cook' after all.
They will also know that his average against them, 33.2, is considerably lower than against any other country and that four of his five dismissals in the recent series in New Zealand were to left-arm fast bowlers. They will field two of that type - Trent Boult and Neil Wagner - at Lord's on Thursday.
Closer analysis reveals that two of those four dismissals were what one might call freaks - a long-hop thrashed to cover, and a tame poke to mid-on.
But two others were caught behind, with the England captain playing a sort of indeterminate prod outside off stump. Mitchell Johnson has also got him out like this. It is not a major weakness but it is a tiny chink in his defence and bowlers will home in on any little thing they can find.
In fact left-handed batsmen often struggle against their bowling equivalents. In Andrew Strauss's case, for example, it became a genuine affliction.
Batting, you see, is a branch of geometry. It is all about angles. Batsmen are mainly conditioned to facing people bowling right arm over the wicket. Left-handed batsmen know that, from this angle, most deliveries hitting the wicket are pitching outside leg-stump therefore, making them easy to work to leg, using the pad as a second line of defence, confident that - unless the ball is very full or swings back in - they cannot be out leg before. Balls pitching on the line of the stumps will generally be angling past the off-stump so can be safely left alone or, if short or full, attacked.
But the geometry is different if the bowling is left-arm over, or right-arm round. The stock ball from this angle is pitching outside off-stump but heading towards the wicket so cannot be left, or attacked, so easily. It makes a leftie a little more uncertain. He may end up changing his guard but will still sometimes prod at balls he could actually let go, just as Cook did to Boult in New Zealand. A little late swing results in a simple catch to the keeper.
Such deliveries also do not give the left-hander the room he is looking for. Playing the cut-shot can be dangerous as the ball slants in towards the body, cramping the stroke. The bat ends up coming down at 45 degrees rather than horizontal, and top, or bottom edges, can be the result.
Cook's most productive stroke, apart from the cut, is the nudge for two into the leg-side. This is also harder to play against the left-arm seamer. The left-hander may try and work balls he thinks are sliding down the legside but, because the batsman's stance is slightly further across, he may not realise that they are actually still hitting the stumps. The angle can cause them to overbalance and attempt to hit the ball too square. Miss it, and they are gone.
If this all sounds absurdly complicated, it is meant to. Especially with the advent of the all-seeing Hawk-Eye monitoring every ball from six different camera positions, batting is a precise science. Left-arm fast bowlers are, to left-handed batsmen, like advanced maths teachers.
Get the co-sine of the hypotenuse minutely wrong - i.e miss or edge the ball - and you are off at a tangent. In other words, back to the pavilion. Extra revision is usually required.


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|Professional Automotive Repair Technical Discussions for October 20, 2007
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|1994 Mitsubishi 3000GT SL 3.0L No Start, Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: JA3AM64J6R
Car starts for 12 seconds then the SES light comes on (kicks in code 22-crank signal &23-Cam signal) runs for 3 more seconds then shuts down and will not restart unless you turn key off for 10 seconds then restarts and does same thing.doesnt matter if you hold... Trouble codes: 22 (no Crank Signal), 23 (no Cam SIgnal)
|1995 Toyota Camry LE 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 4T1GK12E9S
to all toyota techs, i have this camry that the mil light is on and the o/d light is flashing. i tried to pull the codes by jumping the e1 and te1 connectors but the check engine light will not flash the code. does the flashing o/d light have anything to do w...
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|1995 Honda Odyssey EX 2.2L shifting VIN: JHRMA1878S
thank to all that responded i replaced the shift cable and so far customer happy thanks again steve
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Thanks for the help on this one. It was indeed the fuel tank shield. There was a large rub mark on the bottom of the floor where the shield had been hitting, so two pieces of canopy tape and a couple of holes in the shield and tie strapped to the hand brake ca...
|1995 Mitsubishi 3000GT SL 3.0L No Start VIN: JA3AM54J4S
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