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Editor's Note: First, let me note that this is a very long blog post. I probably should have chopped it up into a few blog posts, but I didn't want to lose the stream of thought.
Getting a bit more practical, one of the themes in the Four Hour Work Week is the idea that you can have a nice source of passive income from a short investment in time called a Muse. Hilarycat posted recently on what constitutes a Muse (or in her words, a Passive Income Generator [PIG]). But the gist is that it's not necessarily your main "day job", but rather something that allows you to earn the income needed so that your main job doesn't consume you. You can be free to pursue the things you want because the lights can stay on and the kids can stay fed.
As a way to get things started, blogs themselves can be nice sources of revenue and could potentially be muses if they turned into something bigger. That does not mean that it has to consume lots of time, but you should definitely thing about all the ways to generate revenue from a blog and related media. Here's what I've come up with so far. If you know of other ways to turn blogging and writing activity into muse-worthy income, let everyone know by posting some feedback in the comments.
Most folks who think about generating revenue from their blog think of the advertising business model where you post ads on your site and get paid for every click through. This is certainly one of the best ways to generate passive income from a blog, since you're simply leveraging the traffic that comes whether you are working (or even awake) or not. The general formula for increasing advertising revenue is: Increased profit = increased traffic + increased visibility/placement of ads + increased quality / pay-out of ads + increased relevancy of ads.
- Google AdSense — The Obvious One. Of all the advertising brokers on the web, Google is the King of them all – with over 60% of total context-based advertising around. It's hard to beat, and so that's why most bloggers use Google AdSense for their advertising revenue base. The problem is that making money on Google Ads has been getting harder recently. There are thousands, if not millions, of sites that place ads, meaning that you're sharing in a very small percentage of the total ad traffic. Some more comments and thoughts on Google ad revenue for bloggers here.
- Text-link-Ads — Another possibility for advertising revenue is getting paid to put text links into your blog. Not quite the same as Google Ads,but Google definitely frowns on it and penalizes sites that use it, so see it as as no-go if you want to use Google AdSense and Text-Link-Ads together
- Chitika,WidgetBucks, Azoogle Ads, Intelli Txt, DoubleClick, Tribal Fusion, Adbrite, Clicksor, AdHearUs, Kanoodle, Pheedo, TextAds, Bidvertiser, Fastclick, Value Click,MSN Adcenter, YPN, and BlogAds . Yes there are a bazillion ways to get ads on your site and get paid on a per-click or per-results basis. Much has been said about the above, but given that most are sharing the remaining 35-40% of the market amongst each other, you'll be sacrificing the visibility that Google has for the wider base of potential advertisers. That being said, I don't have much experience with the above. Can someone in the blogging world point me to a comparison of the above and state whether or not they can happily co-exist with each other and/or Google AdSense?
- Kontera — Another contextual ad system, but this one is different. It finds keywords on your page and automatically creates an advertising link that becomes a pop-up "ContentLink" that refers readers to additional opportunities. There's some conflicting evidence as to whether Google allows it or not, but I'll try it on this blog and let you know.
- Feedburner RSS ads — As you might already know, FeedBurner powers this site's RSS feed. It not only syndicates it for wider distribution through a variety of formats, but also allows me to manage, audit, publicize, and even monetize the feed. FeedBurner now allows you to insert ad links into your RSS feeds and collect when they've been clicked. I'm trying it, so let me know if it annoys you.
- Blog Networks — A blog network is a group of blogs that team up to increase their mutual traffic and thus share in the increased ad revenue. I haven't really done much research here, but I hear this can be quite lucrative. Anyone have any feedback?
- Sell your own advertising — Who says you need to get your ads thrown at you by a third party? If you think you can get significant traffic, sell your ads direct! Offer a permanent spot on your blog for a 125×125 ad (or whatever size you like) and sell it for whatever you think you can get. This will really only work for high-traffic blogs, but it really is a better way to go. You have to promise a certain amount of visibility, but you're getting a fixed monthly income without any surprises or variability. I suggest this is something you can do when you get a few hundred thousand hits per month or a tens of thousands of dedicated readers. Not as hard as you would imagine…
- Get your site sponsored –Another take is to have your site be exclusively sponsored by someone. The same tack as selling your own advertising, but perhaps you offer to brand your site in a specific way or do some joint activities with the sponsor. Either way, a nice way to make some real passive income.
If you have merchandise closely affiliate with your site, then you can sell it online as a way of earning passive income.
- Cafepress — One of the most widely known merchandising site. Allows you to sell shirts, mugs, hats, books, bags, baby clothing, lingerie, lots of stuff emblazoned with your key IP and identifying marks. I've tried to put together some DHFW related items and merchandise here, but of course, the quality of the goods will determine how well they sell!
- Write eBooks – Another way to earn passive income is to sell content online. Write an eBook about a topic related to the blog or something else that suits your fancy and sell it on your blog, eBay, and even Amazon. Another possibility is to turn the blog itself into an eBook and sell that. How's that for passive income? I'll try writing a few eBooks myself and I'll let you know how it goes!
Affiliate Programs
Have products that you are genuinely happy with and want to refer others to? Would you like to make a commission helping to sell products and/or services that you already support? Affiliate programs are there to help reward referrals for sales. I would suggest doing this only if you would have made the recommendation for those products and services anyways. Why ruin the reputation of your blog (and thus your traffic) pitching stuff that doesn't interest you or your readership? But if the products do indeed help and stuff you are legitimately using already or supporting, then why not? Get the passive income that comes from easy referrals.
- Amazon Associates — Probably the best-known affiliate program is Amazon Associates, which rewards you from 4% to over 6% for selling books and other items on your site. I have been running Amazon Affiliate advertising on this site since I started to promote the FHWW book and the shredder that I love so much. It's a great way of generating passive income, especially if you're already recommending the products!
- Commission Junction — One of the largest networks of affiliate-based revenue streams and offers. From their site: "Commission Junction's network, the CJ Marketplace, provides publishers with opportunities to partner with leading advertisers while having access to millions of links and offers. The publisher is paid a commission by the respective advertiser when a visitor takes a specific action such as filling out a form, subscribing to a service (both lead examples) or making a purchase (a sale)." I am not sure how to use CJ effectively, but I am sure I will learn soon.
- Linkshare — Similar to CJ, LinkShare "runs the largest pay-for-performance affiliate marketing network on the Internet" and coordinates the relationship between advertisers and publishers (that's you, the blogger).
- Clickbank — Similar to the above affiliate programs, but with one big difference — the products that you are referring visitors to are exclusively digital products. So, if you want to make referrals to music, eBooks, etc. that are available for immediate purchase and download, or if you have an eBook that you want to promote, ClickBank might be the way to go. I'll let you know if it works with my eBook ideas!
- Affiliate Sensor — This one is a unique idea which combines the way Google Ads work (automatically placed ads based on contextual relevance) with the revenue generation of Affiliate links. So, you're getting random affiliate links placed on your site that you will get paid on a Click-per-Action (CPA) basis. Hmm, not the best idea if you want to control your content. And, I'm not sure what Google will think of another context-based ad/revenue generation system on your site.
- ShoppingAds — Monetize your site with live merchant listings that display (supposedly) relevant products and pay you through good click-through rates. Because the ads are non-contextual, they don't compete with or violate any Google Adsense Terms of Service. However, there have been a number of complaints about their business practices and timeliness of pay-outs.
- Roll-Your-Own — There are literally thousands of affiliate programs out there. If you have a product you like, see if they have an affiliate program, and go forth, promote and profit. But be careful and remember to promote only that which you'd recommend anyways!
Get Paid to Blog
Just like the affiliate programs, you can seek revenue for posting on blog topics that are of interest to you and your readership. There are a number of programs that will pay you to write about stuff. But, just like the affiliate programs, you have to be careful with these. The small amount of money you can make in posting a paid advertisement can be counter-productive to ad revenue since it could drive away readers. No one likes obvious advertising shills, and you'll ruin your credibility, which means reduced readership, which means reduced advertising revenue and all the other sources of revenue. So, post only on what your readers will legitimately care about so that the little bit of revenue from posting itself doesn't bite you in the end. You should post only on things that compliment existing writing and make it clear that while the post is sponsored, you support the content and are responsible for the results.
- PayPerPost — A somewhat controversial concept in which advertisers will pay you to post a topic on your blog. If the topic is of legitimate interest to your readers anyways and you can write it in a way that's genuine then go for it. I believe it's potetna revenue for work you are already planning on doing. But if it's going to be clearly advertorial content that edges on authenticity, don't risk your traffic and diminish all the other revenue streams for a few bucks. I'm undecided on this one. Thoughts?
- ReviewMe -A slightly different twist on the get-paid-to-blog concept. This site will pay you at least $25 per post to review advertiser's products. Supposedly you can be quite candid and honest (even negative) in your reviews without penalty. But a word of mention here — ReviewMe will only accept blogs and websites that already have significant traffic and visibility. My site got rejected as being too lowly in the Blogosphere. So, the paradox is that if you already have plenty of traffic, you're probably getting it without having to be paid to post. And you're probably already making tons of $$ through other revenue sources. So, why would you want to sacrifice your traffic and ad earnings for earning just a few bucks on reviews? ReviewMe should see their opportunity to help fledgling bloggers get a market and traffic, not help the already well-established blog players.
- Blogsvertise, SponsoredReviews, BloggerWave — The same ideas as PayPerPost and ReviewMe. A review of all these pay-to-blog providers can be found here. You can also see a more comprehensive list of pay-to-blog sites here. I might give Blogsvertise a try, but they require you to post about them on your blog (interesting marketing technique), so you might see a post on that shortly. I'll let you all know the results of these activities!
- Blogging for Hire — Finally, there are a number of sites that will pay you to post on their blogs. Now, I don't really consider this as passive income cause you're basically doing the writing for someone else and getting paid for your work. Maybe in that regard, all of these pay-to-blog services aren't really passive income either. And if you're working to get paid, you have to really see how much time it's taking up. In which case, is it really a muse? It's only worth it if you can generate significant income for very short amount of time. I'd only consider being paid to write a new blog post if I can do it in 10-15 minutes and get paid at least $25 for the effort. This makes my time worth $125 an hour (do the math – 12 minutes or 1/5 of an hour – for $25). So, in general, I wouldn't really consider any of this section truly passive income.
- Another key consideration: Google is really smacking down pay-t0-blog sites. This might serve as warning to folks who want to get paid for posting. Since it doesn't really back up the idea of passive income (it's just another way to get paid for work), I'm not sure that it's going to be a good idea in the long haul for folks looking at blogs as muse-worthy businesses.
Blog Applications
Perhaps better and more valuable to readers than being paid to blog stuff you might not otherwise post is the idea of creating applications that run on the blog and are automated. These little applications can generate one-time or recurring revenue that requires little, if any, upkeep.
- Job Boards — If you are in a business niche that can attract job seekers as well as job posters, then running a job board on your site makes a lot of sense. You can automate both the posting functions as well as the seeking functions and charge a few hundred dollars for the post, and provide it for free to job seekers.
- Personals – Some high-traffic blogs that cater to a specific personality / cultural niche can do the personal equivalent of the job-board: personals. A few blogs generate hundreds of thousands of dollars this way, charging either for the post or a recurring fee for retrieval of messages, etc. If your blog caters to such audiences, then this might be a good idea for passive income generation.
- Other ideas – Do you have other application ideas that can generate one-time or recurring fees? If so, let me know and I'll post it for a future update.
- Vizu — Make money by posting polls. There's the free polls that cost nothing and generate no revenue, and then there's the Vizu Power Polls that allow you to earn money by posting market-research type questions. I'm going to give it a try. Let me know what you think.
- Say you don't want to blatantly advertise but still want to turn your blog into a muse. Say you advertise, but you would rather get the support of your community. Yes, your readers might have sympathy (or support) for you and want to support your efforts. If you have a blog that champions a cause or is worthy of support, you can simply ask for money. In fact, the only reason I'm running this blog myself is to turn it into a muse so that I can focus my time on other things. Indeed, if I can generate $150k a year from this blog, I can focus my efforts (and time) on things that are not so urgently related to making money. If you want to see what a donation page looks like and donate to the Help Rex Get a Muse Fund, please check it out on the sidebar to your right. If you want to download and install your own, check out ChipIn, the one I'm using on this site.
Of course, the key to any of the above revenue streams is traffic. No one will come to your blog and thus allow you to monetize that traffic if it isn't interesting. And without traffic, there's no revenue. So, how do you get traffic? The best way to do that is to make your site interesting. Increase the quality of the content and make it remarkable (in the words of Seth Godin) and you'll see the results come in. All the rest of the above is just gravy. After all, your muse should be fun. If it's just work, it ain't a muse. But then again, if it's not making money, it ain't a muse either.
There are a few ways to go about increasing blog traffic organically (that is, without pulling shenanigans). One way is to keep writing good content and encouraging your readers to share it with others. Another way is to make your blog more search-engine friendly (where most of the readership will first come from) as well as make it easier to allow people to share content. This means never delete old posts, archive individual posts, incorporate the title of the post into the tags of the post, link a lot externally and allow people to link in a lot, make your blog slim and trim (something I probably have to do), and wrap hypertext around words. Another thing you can do to increase your blog traffic is to register it on blog registries like Blogowogo, Blogshares, Globe of Blogs, Eaton Web, and other places.
Other methods are to have Forums / Discussion Boards, Chat Rooms, Polls, Guest Maps, and Newsletters. Each serves as a way of either increasing the amount of good content or spreading the good content you already have. I might start a few forums and newsletters for Four Hour a Weekers if I can do it in a way that is passive and contributes to the overall value and traffic of the site.
To help with the above, getting accurate figures on how your blog is performing is key. I suggest Google Analytics as a key step to getting the sort of ongoing traffic numbers you need to determine if your blog is a PIG or just a Hog.


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The purpose of the Chaplaincy to provide crisis and community care through a diverse team of First Responder Chaplains.
Crisis Chaplains are a comfort in crisis, delivering citizens emergency on-scene response through emotional and spiritual first aid.
Community Chaplains are a presence of peace, promoting unity, reconciliation, and resiliency for a collaborative community.
Care Counselors are a hope for healing, providing pastoral care to first responders, and a continuum of care for survivors.
The Chaplaincy is a spiritually ecumenical organization that works closely with all law enforcement and emergency agencies to provide assistance during emergency situations. These include murders, suicides, shootings, fires, including the fire at the Sofa Super Store on June 18, 2007 where nine Charleston firefighters died, and similar critical events. From its beginning with one Chaplain, the Coastal Crisis Chaplaincy has grown to its present strength of two full time Chaplains and some 30 volunteer Chaplains that provide pastoral care and counseling 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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Looking for a creative way to use leftover chicken? These kicked-up, easy-to-prepare enchiladas come out of the oven hot and bubbly for a flavorful dish the whole family will love.
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- 6 enchiladas
- Active Time
- 15
- Total Time
- 55
- 1 can (10 3/4 ounces) Campbell's 98% Fat Free Cream of Chicken Soup
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 cup mild salsa
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 2 cups chopped cooked chicken
- 1/2 cup Monterey Jack cheese
- 6 (6-inch) flour tortillas, warmed
- 1 small tomato, chopped (about 1/2 cup)
- Sour cream
- Optional add ins:
- small can of green chilies (in mix)
- small can of black beans, drained
- 1. Heat the oven to 350°F. Stir the soup, sour cream, salsa and chili powder in a medium bowl. 2. Stir 1 cup soup mixture, chicken and cheese in a large bowl. 3. Divide the chicken mixture among the tortillas. Roll up the tortillas and place seam-side down in an 11 x 8 x 2-inch baking dish. Pour the remaining soup mixture over the filled tortillas. Cover the baking dish. 4. Bake for 40 minutes or until the enchiladas are hot and bubbling. Top with the tomato and sour cream. I added more cheese on top in the last 5 minutes for the people not dieting. We all topped them with fat free sour cream. Can add avocado slices on top.


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April 10, 2010
Welcome to Kid Power Radio. I'm your host Max and each week I review what's happening what's happening on TV, at the movies, books and music I like ….You get the ideaThe quote of the week…
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A proposed land swap involving Camp Easton, a historic Boy Scout camp, can proceed, according to a judge's decision handed down Thursday.
Judge John Luster reaffirmed his earlier ruling to dismiss a lawsuit filed against the Inland Northwest Council of Boy Scouts seeking to block the deal.
Inland Northwest Council leaders were pleased with Luster's conclusion.
"This allows the council to evaluate and pursue all options that will enhance and secure our long-term ability to provide a great Scouting experience for youth in the Inland Northwest now and in the future," INC officials stated in a press release.
Camp Easton Forever, Inc., in conjunction with the other plaintiffs from the case, filed an appeal in June of Luster's dismissal of the group's suit to prevent the camp's sale or trade.
Camp Easton Forever had filed a lawsuit against the Inland Northwest Council of Boy Scouts last year to block the proposed land swap of Camp Easton at Gotham Bay, and Luster's original ruling was issued in May. The INC is in negotiations with Discovery Land Company over exchanging the camp property for a new camp at Sunup Bay and an endowment for maintenance of scout camps.
Thursday's press release said the INC is discussing with Discovery Land Company terms for a new Camp Easton on Lake Coeur d'Alene.
"If we reach an agreement, then the final proposal will go to our executive board and foundation board for approval or rejection. If a satisfactory agreement cannot be reached or if our boards do not approve an agreement, Camp Easton will remain at its current location," the release said.
Council leaders say the proposed camp would offer advantages including year-round facilities, new program facilities, and improved safety and security and seclusion without a highway dividing the camp.
"Our goal is to serve more youth in the Inland Northwest with the best Scouting program possible," said Tim McCandless, Scout Executive & CEO of the Inland Northwest Council.
The potential agreement would also provide a $2.5 million endowment to INC.


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UC Irvine
Pediatrics department receives $5 million anonymous donation
A $5 million gift from an anonymous donor is earmarked for the Department of Pediatrics, representing the largest gift in the department's history.
Dr. Feizal Waffarn, chair of the Department of Pediatrics, said in a statement he would like to establish endowed chairs for new programs to attract research talent and improve care for Orange County's children. The Department of Pediatrics has earned national recognition in neonatology, genetics and child neurology.
Under Waffarn's tenure as chair, federal and other research grants have more than doubled over the past six years to $17.7 million. In 2005, the Department of Pediatrics, together with community partners from Orange County, received $14.6 million to establish one of seven Vanguard Centers in the nation to conduct the National Children's Study. This comprehensive study will track 100,000 children nationwide to determine the impact of environmental, medical and social factors on development and health from birth to age 21.
Chemist wins Japan's Nagoya Medal
Larry Overman, who is known as the "maestro of molecules" for his skill in manipulating the tiny particles, has been named this year's winner of Japan's prestigious Nagoya Medal in organic chemistry.
The prize, whose previous recipients include Nobel laureate Robert Grubbs, is being awarded to Overman for his pioneering work in synthesizing chemicals, some of which might be useful in fighting cancer.
The announcement drew praise from UCI chemist and Nobel laureate F. Sherwood Rowland, who has worked with Overman since 1971. "It's a distinguished honor; the competition for the medal is all the organic chemists in the world."
The soft-spoken Overman said that he's very honored to receive the medal, which will be bestowed at a ceremony in Japan in November.
Overman is known as the "maestro of molecules" because of his gift for building unique molecules and perfectly duplicating existing ones. The chief goal: new chemical means to help the pharmaceutical industry discover and produce drugs, especially those that fight cancer.
Overman also is well-known for cultivating talented young researchers, such as Curtis Campbell, who helped Chevron develop the fuel additive Techron. Overman was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1996. He also received the 2003 Arthur C. Cope Award, the highest honor the American Chemical Society bestows in organic chemistry.
– Gary Robbins, Orange County Register
Biologist to lead top neuroscience society
The world's largest society for the study of the brain and nervous system will soon be led by Tom Carew, a UCI biologist widely known among colleagues for his insights about short- and long-term memory.
Carew was recently elected president of the Society for Neuroscience, whose previous presidents have included Nobel Prize winners Eric Kandel, Torsten Wiesel and David Hubel, and Bruce McEwen, who is famous for his studies of how stress affects the brain.
In research largely done on sea slugs, Carew has helped figure out what's going on at the cellular and molecular level as short-term memories become long-term memories. His work led to his appoint as chair of psychology at Yale University. UCI recruited him from Yale in 1999, appointing him to an endowed chair in the School of Biological Sciences. He has since been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Scientists, the 227-year-old honor society. AAAS members have included Albert Einstein and Winston Churchill.
Carew will formally become president of the Society of Neuroscience in November.
– Gary Robbins, Orange County Register
Three experts in abrupt climate change are aboard
UCI, which is already home to such well-known climate scientists as Nobel laureate Sherry Rowland and former Bush administration adviser Michael Prather, has hired three assistant professors who specialize in abrupt climate change.
"This group … was hired as part of a 'cluster of excellence,'" says Susan Trumbore, chair of the Department of Earth System Science, where the new scholars will hold their appointments.
The department began as a program under Ralph Cicerone, the current president of the National Academy of Sciences. ESS' full and joint faculty include Rowland, Prather, Trumbore (a leading figure on carbon), and Charles Zender, who recently published a paper in Science that says that up to one-third of warming the Arctic could be caused by "dirty snow," or snow tinged with soot and other pollutants.
The three new climate experts are Claudia Pasquero, Kathleen Johnson and Todd Dupont. Trumbore provided the following mini-bios:
•Pasquero is an oceanographer who studies how the oceans act to influence the distribution of energy and therefore climate at the global scale. The mechanism she studies include tropical cyclones (i.e. hurricanes and typhoons), and the deep overturning circulation, including how these might be altered by and participate in climate change.
Dr. Pasquero's research combines data analysis, theoretical models, and numerical models of the ocean-atmosphere system. Dr. Pasquero's PhD is from Politecnico di Torino, Italy, and she has did research at the Weitzman Institute, UCLA and Caltech prior to joining UCI.
•Johnson is a geologist who studies abrupt changes in past climates as recorded in cave (speleothem) deposits. Her current research uses cave deposits from China to study abrupt changes in the Asian Monsoon. Prof. Johnson's PhD is from UC Berkeley and she comes to us from Oxford, where she was a Lecturer in Earth Science.
•Dupont studies the behavior of ice streams and ice shelves, in particular how fast large ice sheets like those in Greenland will respond to climate warming, and the consequences for future sea level rise. His PhD is from Penn State University.
– Gary Robbins, Orange County Register


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Our company structure are for the moment been registred and will have the following structure and setup.
Our main company and also the company where you can be an investor in as a VIP Share investor is a US Delaware LLC company by the name Mining Sweden LLC (5690094).
This company will have 4 main shareholders from the beginning. As a VIP Shareholder you will not be a legal owner of the company but you will take part of 25% from the company profit once a year.
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Heyward has been servicing our vehicle for years. I strayed away once and tried someone else, but quickly returned. I think you get what you pay for and I have never had a problem with any work done at Black Forest. Not sure what the other person's issue was with the receptionist? There are few different ladies in the office, in addition to a cool German Shepherd.
Pats Superior Auto Repair 1 ReviewsPat's fixed my Mercedes for 2 dollars
The steering on my 2003 Mercedes CLK 500 was getting noisy. I checked the power steering fluid and it was very low. In a Google search for Mercedes repair shops in my area I found Pat's in Bala Cynwyd, PA at Rt. 23 and Rockhill Road. I called ahead to see if they had the fluid I needed. They said that they did so I drove over during lunch expecting to buy a bottle. The guy in the office waited on me immediately. I told him my power steering fluid was low so he grabbed a funnel and the proper fluid, checked the level, poured in a few ounces of fluid and checked the level again. That silenced the annoying squeal. He charged me only $2. I handed him a 10 and told him to keep the change...
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These gents will try to fix your car, before they even think about new parts! Take their time, and get it right. I drive over 20 miles when I am not sure about something on my car, and they get it right the first time.
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This guy is the real deal. He eats, breathes and lives German automobiles. I have a 1963 Beetle and a 1997 GTI and he is just as knowledgeable and helpful with both the air and watercooled cars. He is a true aircooled guru.
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Walt and his sons have taken good care of my car for a fair price. This has been a very refreshing experience especially after some poor service experiences from my dealer.


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Issue Number 1 - Released 18th July 2012
Written by Senior Lead Officer Zachary Wilson, Senior Lead Officer Noah Wagner and Police Officer III Wade Tucker
This is the first of what is planning to be many newsletters, brought to you by the Public Relations Division, within the Los Santos Police Department. In the middle of this month, we decided that the people of Los Santos need to be made more aware of us, what we do, how we do it, and what our plans are. In this month's issue, you will read about the rising battle of graffiti in Los Santos, which often leads onto bigger, more dangerous crimes. We shall also be informing you of the prostitution problem, around the Idlewood area and what we're doing to enforce the law. On top of this gift of information, you will be taken on a tension filled roller coaster when you read through the high speed pursuit section. Finally, you will have a chance to win a cash prize, when you participate in our ultimate crossword challenge of the month.
Graffiti has always been a major problem in the city of Los Santos. Over the past few months the Los Santos Police Department has seen a great rise in the number of tags being sprayed in gang infested neighbourhoods. Removing the illegal artwork costs the city council thousands of dollars each year and the graffiti is an unsightly reminder of the gang crime in Los Santos. The Los Santos Police Department deals with thousands of complaints each year from residents complaining of the tags surrounding their homes. The drawings are usually found in gang infested neighbourhoods such as Ganton, Idlewood, Willowfield and Crenshaw. We surveyed people living in the affected
To combat against the rise of graffiti the Los Santos Police Department has stepped up proactive patrols in gang neighbourhoods and is cracking down on those who have previously been convicted of vandalism. As a department we are also discussing ideas to keep young offenders out of graffiti related crimes which could include graffiti walls and such in the future. As a department we aim to work with young people to keep them out of trouble and teach them how to be a good citizen in Los Santos.
Within the past six months, prostitution within Los Santos has become a major battle within the streets, and the department has been pulling out all the stocks to stop this ongoing explicit behaviour. The main area that appears to be affected by is around Idlewood, due to it's "often large population of suitable clients", said one anonymous female informant within the work trade. Statistics shows us that an average female worker can earn anywhere between six hundred to fifteen hundred dollars in one night. When we think about where this sort of money could be spent elsewhere, it becomes clear why Los Santos has economic difficulties around the city.
The peacekeepers quickly had to bring this pursuit to an end as it was very dangerous for all those involved. The vehicle was pursued out into the county; a perfect place for a PIT from the lead unit to occur. Officers put their life on the line as they performed the technique on the Palomino Creek highway. The cabbie was instantly immobilized, the PIT was a success and officers quickly swarmed the suspect, detaining him. The dangerous suspect who endangered the lives of many civilians had finally been brought to justice and sentenced to four years in Los Santos Prison. For all officers involved that night, they were extremely lucky that the suspect was caught before he caused injury to either themselves or a member of the public.
This dangerous mistake brought a conclusion to the high speed pursuit, but only unfolded a situation just as high risk. The criminal exited his vehicle and made off on foot, with a small handgun visible in his hand. He then turned to shoot at officers, in an attempt to take them down. The brave hearted peace keepers returned fire, whilst remaining in the cover of their patrol vehicles. Therefore, the suspect was swiftly took down, with three gunshot wounds to the chest. The Los Santos Fire Department was immediately called on scene and officers began treating him with their Basic Life Support Kits. Despite the hardest efforts of everyone, he unfortunately passed away on scene. Although a life was lost on this day, many others were saved due to the sheer bravery and professionalism of the officers involved.
One big thing that the Public Relations Division's Events Team has organised for this month is the Los Santos Community Meeting. The idea of this is to allow the public to come and speak to our officers, and raise issues they have with the department, find out about the department's different roles and much more. You are free to come along and ask the questions you feel need answering. With this, our relationship with the Los Santos Community can unfold into a trust-worthy unbreakable bond, so that we can work together in tackling crime within the city. The chosen date for this is the 21st July 2012, taking place at 6pm and shall be held right outside our very own headquarters, in Pershing Square. Everyone is invited to come along, so see you there!
In the newsletter, we feature the divisional highlight. This section goes over a specific division and explains what they do, the people in charge and much more. This time, we have the Advanced Medical Unit featured.
The main task that the Advanced Medical Unit is there for is to issue medical attention during situations that go on for a period of time. For example, whilst in the battlefield of a shoot out, they will be issuing medical attention to anyone injured, preparing them for the Los Santos Fire Department. They are trained to issue certain drugs to assist them in their role, as well as use other equipment, such as an automated external defibrillator, or AED. On top of this, they are obviously able to issue medical attention when not in such large scale situations. By introducing the Advanced Medical Unit, many lives have already been saved and this will definitely continue throughout the years.
This month, to give the department an idea on people's general views of the LSPD, we have gone out and surveyed ten randomly picked people, from a variety of different neighborhoods all over Los Santos. Below shows our results, that we are reasonably pleased with, but will still be working to improve them further.
Do you think the response times from the LSPD are acceptable?
Yes: 9
No: 1
Would you rely on the LSPD?
Yes: 7
No: 3
Do you trust the LSPD?
Have you ever confidentially reported a crime to the LSPD? If no, have you heard of the new LSPD crimeline?
Yes: 6
No: 4
Do you think the LSPD's best interest is public safety?
Yes: 8
No: 2
Based off these results, the Los Santos Police Department will be working closely with its officers to make changes for the better. This includes community events and making sure all officers follow the CPR code (Courtesy, Professionalism, Respect). The Public relations division would like to thank all those who participated in the survey and we hope you realise that you can trust us, you can rely on us and we are here to serve and protect.
The Sergeant was a dedicated, hard working member of the New York Police Department up until November 2011, when she successfully transferred to the Los Santos Police Department under the rank of Staff Sergeant. However, Carla Hurst is now a Sergeant II, due to the rank name changes several months back. Her hardest efforts are conducted under the Office of Metropolitan, where the Sergeant leads Platoon B, The Crime Suppression Division, and takes a heavy role within Platoon D, SWAT, as a Command Member. Sergeant II Carla Hurst is especially known for her professional driving and exceptional leadership skills. Above this, there's also one role in which she takes that people often forget about.
1. What makes a good leader?
There are many qualities that someone needs to have in order to be a leader. The first most important one in my opinion is courage. The leader needs to have the guts to make the decisions and call the shots, even when others may disagree with it. A leader who doesn't have courage simply isn't a leader, there a team member.
Second of all a leader needs to have respect from his peers, they should be a role model and the team looks up to them. This is important because it lowers the chances of team members questioning the leader's decisions.
Thirdly the leader needs to be able to handle pressure, in the LSPD when we're handling situations they do not always go as planned. New factors can pop up at any time and change the entire plan, leaders need to be able to quickly think on their feet and formulate a new plan and execute it without cracking under pressure.
2. From your understanding and point of views, what do the public think of the LSPD?
I think the public have mixed views on the department. Some may think we're all corrupt officers who enjoy going around arresting random people and generally harassing innocent people. I think this is the main view on the department unfortunately; however this is not the case from my view. The department has lots of regulations and policies on enforcing the law and interacting with civilians. The public will mostly see us in action when we're involved in dangerous tasks, and we don't always have time to explain fully what's going on which leads the public to question our motives.
3. Do you think that officers keep a good level of 'CPR' when talking to the public?
The majority of officers represent the department excellently by their usage of CPR when interacting with the public and other officers. However the department is not perfect, there are a small minority of officers who do not use CPR properly, and are swiftly dealt with.
4. How about yourself, do you feel that you hold a good level of 'CPR'?
I believe I do, I'm not perfect but I always ensure that I'm enforcing CPR when interacting with the public. It can be very hard at times when we're dealing with heated situations and officers are under stress, and being provoked by members of the public. But it really comes down to professionalism and the amount of self-control you have.
5. What's your highlight of your career within the Los Santos Police Department?
No doubt it would be Metropolitan. Ever since I joined ETF new doors have been constantly opening for me, and my time in Metropolitan has taught me so many new things which have helped me progress not just in Metropolitan but the department.
6. What would you say to someone who is thinking about joining the LSPD, but isn't sure?
Take a ride along, see what it's like. The LSPD is a very rewarding, but challenging and a dangerous career. You will never know what's around the corner, and need to be prepared for anything. Many people have joined the department and resigned or transferred because this career just doesn't suit them. Try to get a ride along, speak to officers about their experiences, read up on the department's public press releases and see what we've dealt with in the past. But ultimately it comes down to you, ask yourself this; could I see myself in this department?
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the Chief of Police for the Los Santos Police Department. All content in this Public Press Release has been signed and approved by
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The Ministry of Health (MOH) has reiterated the importance of handwashing and working to rationalize the use of antibiotics, as well as commitment to hand sanitizing to prevent 50% of infection acquired cases in facilities.Read More
Gene-based research suggests that, instead, early stage disease might cause weight lossRead More
It could mean arthritis is comingRead More
Scientists have been able to keep premature lambs alive for weeks using an artificial womb that looks like a plastic bag.Read More
If beta-amyloid plaques are present in the brain, process is even faster, study findsRead More
Thanks to Allah, the Maternity and Children Hospital in Najran has successfully managed to handle a case of a lady in her third decade of life with vaginal bleeding for two days, given that she had given four previous births. She had undergone pregnancy test, which showed positive result and high level of pregnancy hormone in blood, and the abdominal CT scan also showed intrauterine pregnancy and a mass in the left side of the uterus. The transvaginal ultrasound revealed the existence of an intrauterine pregnancy bag, as well as extrauterine or ectopic pregnancy in the left fallopian tube, with blood pooling in the pelvis, and the case had been diagnosed of a joint pregnancy (inside and outside the uterus, with internal bleeding. Immediately, a diagnostic operation was performed on the abdomen, the left fallopian tube was removed, the bleeding was controlled, the abdomen was closed and the uterus was emptied. Besides, the case was monitored until she has been discharged from the hospital, may Allah be praised.
People with a non-O blood group have a slightly increased risk of heart attack and stroke, research suggests.Read More
The Ministry of Health (MOH) has completed its Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) across all health sectors in Asir region at a rate of 100%. The survey was conducted by 60 teams, who visited 3,154 households and families representing the targeted number of the DHS in the region.Read More
Researchers suggest they're a potential target for treating the diseaseRead More
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This morning we found an elephant hawkmoth roosting on a wall in the front garden.
Yesterday saw the first Gatekeepers of the year in the garden. A walk through Denny Wood to Frohawk Ride produced large numbers of Silver-washed Fritillary, Ringlet, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper and Large Skipper with a few Red Admiral, Brimstone and Green-veined White. Goldcrests were one of the few species of bird singing and a solitary singing Chiffchaff seemed to be mixing up his "chiffs" with his "chaffs".
Conservatory butterfly list
The list of species of butterfly entering the conservatory in 2017 is slowly increasing with Small Skipper yesterday and Silver-washed Fritilliary today.
Painted Lady
Rescued a Painted Lady butterfly from the conservatory this morning, that's the third in the garden so far this year. Looks like it could become a bumper year for the species.
Emperor Dragonfly
On the same day that the blue-tailed damselfly was laying eggs underwater, we had our first visit from an emperor dragonfly. A female was laying eggs on the water lilies and water hawthorn at the edge of the pond.
Underwater damselfly
Yesterday, I was surprised to see a female damselfly in my pond under the water laying eggs on the stem of water plant. Currently, I have three species of damsel regularly visiting the pond: large red, azure and blue-tailed. Like most UK damsels, large red and azure lay their eggs while in tandem, as evidenced by the myriad of azure in tandem around the pond. But checking my edition of Smallshire and Swash, I find the in blue-tailed the female lays eggs alone. It does not say, however, that she may to this underwater. Hence, I presume this is a female blue-tailed damselfly, but it is hard to tell from the quality of the images.


text: After that difficult first week, I have been very pleased with the new ED program that Tigger is in. We had our big meeting to get everyone on the same page and the new school really hustled to get the accomodations in place that we decided on. Tig has a tent in the classroom that he can crawl into if he feels the need to cool down. He has had positive peer interaction opportunities each day - some with the MMR kids, some with the Learning Disability (LD) kids and some with gen ed friends. He is also (are you sitting down) doing academic work and even doing homework with me! They've started him with work that is pretty easy for him to give him some success (i.e. only 5 spelling words at a time, 4 he already knows and 1 new one). We added Buspar to his medications so that is helping with his anxiety. He is also enjoying the warm weather to play outside with the neighborhood kids. So far so good. Some girls were being silly/picking on him but he just ignored them!! husband has been making Saturdays "boys day" and hanging out with the two boys. They are loving the attention.


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Sports Injuries That Will Haunt Your Dreams
Hope you're not eating right now because we're about to cover some of the worst…
We all know that every night you come home from working all day and the commute back home can be exhausting, but don't fret because you have Netflix. Netflix can be your safe place and in this case, it surely can guide you to stay safe or at least be aware.
Most documentaries feed off from global issues in every aspect of the word and most of them guide us through some situations which we were not aware of in a traditional manner or in a playful way that'll stick to you like glue.
Now, let's start with a few recommendations for your self inflicted seclusion from the outside world.
The world has never been a safe place for women but we think that in such an educational environment things would go perfectly, well think again. "…But two of us were sexually assaulted before classes had even started", stated Annie E. Clark in the very beginning of this documentary. The film itself is a statement, a call to all institutions to fight against rape adequately. Director Kirby Dick follows the journey of two former students who dedicated their time in and outside of school to use the law (Title IX) in their favor to try to end this rape crisis.


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We were happy to have hosted the Times-Picayune/Nola.com to introduce our shop and concept to their readers. The Times-Picayune's food writer, Todd Price, calls us a "serious coffee shop" and the "latest destination for quality caffeination." The article also gives a nice nod to our tea program, which we believe to be among the best in New Orleans.
Also, the photos are gorgeous!
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Gai Waterhouse's exciting colt Vancouver starts off Golden Slipper week as the clear cut favourite and top ratings experts around the country can't see any other runner challenging him for the top position.
Renowned ratings expert Vince Accardi rated Vancouver's win in the Group 2 $300,000 UNSW Todman Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on March 7 as the best Golden Slipper trial he has ever seen.
"This is the best Slipper lead-up I've ever seen," Accradi told The Daily Telegraph.
"He's done something you just don't see from two-year-olds."
"Without going deep into the numbers world, he's basically run figures that would see him finish three lengths off Terravista's career-best performance."
Vancouver recorded the fastest time in history for the Randwick 1200m by a two year old in the Todman Stakes and bookmakers had no choice but to place the Medaglia D'Oro colt at the top of the market order for the Group 1 $3.5m Tooheys New Golden Slipper (1200m) at Rosehill on Saturday.
The undefeated colt is currently at $2.80 with Ladbrokes.com.au ahead of the John O'Shea trained Exosphere at $4.60, one time favourite Headwater at $10 and Melbourne colt Ready For Victory at $11.
Accardi can see some improvement in Exosphere as well as stablemate Furnaces who ran second to Vancouver in the Todman Stakes, but said there was too big a gap between them and Waterhouse colt to make up.
"But Exosphere also looks an improver and we'd probably suggest he's slightly in front of Furnaces but there's not much between them," Accardi said.
Vancouver kept his unbeaten record intact with his Todman Stakes win following victories in the Listed $100,000 NSW Thoroughbred Breeders' Plate (1000m) at Randwick on October 4 last year and the Group 3 $150,000 Canonbury Stakes (1100m) at Rosehill on January 31.
Waterhouse is chasing her sixth Golden Slipper trophy which would equal her legendary father Tommy Smith's record after wins with Ha Ha (2001), Dance Hero (2004), Sebring (2008), Pierro (2012) and Overreach (2013).
The First Lady Of Racing could have up to four runners in this year's Golden Slipper and as well as Vancouver could saddle up Encosta De Lago filly English, Stratum filly Flamboyant Lass and last Saturday's Magic Night Stakes winner Speak Fondly.


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I had to take last week off from blogging because my school work had to take priority. My professor/advisor told me October would be the hardest month of the semester and she was exactly right. Two tests a week on average, large projects due throughout the month; it was non-stop!
In all honesty, October kicked my booty and completely exhausted my brain. I finished the hardest few weeks today and I've felt slightly deliriously relieved ever since. Even though I only took a week off from the blog, I really missed writing it! And because I am all about keeping it real, just so you know, this entire month involved lots of coffee and sugar and probably not enough sleep or yoga. I feel as though I fell, hard, into the student slump. But that's okay; no one is perfect right? I'm certainly not. Lets just say, I can't wait for yoga tomorrow!
So I know it's Fall, but it's still super nice in San Francisco. And, throughout this busy month, on days where I wasn't making the greatest food choices, I found myself trying to sneak in greens via my smoothie. Ya'll know I love smoothies. They are super quick. And can be super nutritious. And it's still just warm enough to enjoy them.
It's got lots of greens from the frozen spinach and added (optional) Vega One powder. I buy frozen organic spinach for my smoothies now for both cost and texture purposes. As I've mentioned in the past, sunflower seed butter is best used in smoothies, in my humble opinion. But what I love about this smoothie is it is loaded with healthy fats. It will sustain you for a long time, with or without the protein powder. Have I mentioned I love fat? This smoothie is all about the coconut + healthy fats.
I hope you love it as much as I have been loving it! I thought of it as my brain food on days where I just couldn't comprehend any more information on neurotransmitters or organic chemical equations.
And I served it in a fancy wine glass because sometimes, a girl who's studying in workout clothes at her kitchen table just wants to feel fancy.
Coconut Dreams Green Smoothie
Gluten-free, vegan, hydrating, delicious.
1 1/4 cup coconut water
1 heaping cup frozen spinach
1/3 frozen banana
1 tablespoon coconut oil
1 heaping tablespoon sunflower seed butter
3/4 scoop Vega One Vanilla powder, or greens/protein powder of choice, optional (recommended - a Vanilla flavor)
Blend all ingredients together, serve in a fancy glass if you choose, and enjoy!


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I love Mehendi give me a high five if you are in love with Mehendi too. A beautiful Mehendi design is not less than a beautiful sight to our eyes. We take all the efforts to make our Mehendi look darker and stay longer. But once your Mehendi starts fading, it is not less than a disease. Usually it takes 2 weeks for henna color to fade completely. If you want to make this process a bit faster, than you can try some of these home remedies.
Lemon and baking powder
Take small quantity of baking powder in a bowl and add few drops of lemon to it. Make a thick paste and apply this all over your Mehendi and keep it for 10 minutes. Exfoliate your hands well and wash it off with Luke warm water. You may feel dryness on your hands, it is normal don't worry. You can apply some moisturizer later.
Though I don't want to encourage anyone using chlorine, but this is also an effective method to remove henna effectively. You can buy chlorine from medical store and add it to water. Dip your hands in chlorinated water and keep it for 15 minutes. Pat your hands dry. During these two minutes, your hands will itch and irritate you a bit but will not harm you.
Hair conditioner:
You can simply use hair conditioner to remove henna from your hands. Take a small quantity of hair conditioner and rub it all over your hand. You can repeat this process two times a day for better result.
Olive oil:
The mother of all oil, olive oil also helps in removing henna. Take a small quantity of olive oil in a bowl. Take a cotton ball and dip it in the oil. Place the cotton balls all over your Mehendi design. Salt can also be added to get better results. Salt helps to speed up the process of fading Mehendi Read More
Toothpaste can also help you to fade your mehendi.
Take a lemon and cut it into two pieces. Rub it all over your hands and wash with Luke warm water View More
If you know swimming, than you can take a dip into chlorinated water twice or thrice. Chlorine will help you to fade the color soon.


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Ayesha Nazir Jutt in Imran Khan /PTI Jalsa Lahore (Pics)
Lahore (Sunday, September 4, 2016) – Today PTI held a rally at Charring Cross Lahore. Candidate of PTI from PP-232 Burewala/Gaggo Mandi was also present behind the Imran Khan, She was smiling behind the Chairman Imran Khan.
Pictures of Some PTI Girls Who participated in Mall Road / Punjab Assembly Hall Rally on Sept 3-4, 2016.


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Chat Room – News Excerpts & Highlights
loop says():Iraqi forces are engaged in street fighting and facing Daesh suicide bombers and explosives aircraft carrier
Writings Friday , 30th December 2016
Iraqi forces are muddy streets of the war against Sunni Islamist al Daesh in southeastern Mosul suicide bombers to confront him down and drones to receive explosives.
And the forces of Baghdad militarily superior in terms of firepower and many in Mosul, but can regulate Islamic state ambushes and placing bombs in the city and try to make slow and expensive battle the biggest way possible.
During more than two months to start the process of control of the city, Iraqi forces recovered a large part of eastern Mosul, but the extremist organization is still in control of some neighborhoods, as well as on the entire west side.
In southeast Mosul, pay a small explosion behind the front line to one of the elements of the rapid reaction squad of elite units to fall into the muddy ground and shrapnel wounds in the legs. Soon , their rifles towards the security elements and machine guns into the sky, and fired a barrage of bullets
On a plane without a small white pilot dropped an explosive device apparently.
He says the commander of the regiment in the squad rapid response provided Hisham Abdul – Kadhim said Aldoaash "firing aircraft to monitor the carrying explosive or a grenade." He adds , "is to drop its load the watch of soldiers."
The elements of the band 's leg to heal wounded colleague and then tearing Almkhaddb military uniform with blood from the other leg to be addressed.
And it expands the injured patiently on a black stretcher , leaving behind a trail of blood when they are taken to a Humvee armored evacuated from the scene.
After that, the plane returned without the white pilot to fly over the area.
And alerting one federal police officers involved in the battle of Mosul , soldiers with the rapid response flagrant band "No Ttjmawa."
Band planes and owns its own without the pilot being sent periodically to explore the road in front of the soldiers.
More serious threat either on the ground, there is a much more serious threat with a suicide car bomber monitoring and heading towards Iraqi forces.
And elements of the security forces are quick to take shelter behind a dirt barricade while preparing Humvees equipped with anti-tank missile fire.
Abdul – Kadhim explains that " a car bomb tried to get closer. We have to drag items that cover the front so that he became able Cornet missile deal with it." But the suicide bomber apparently walked out and did not run the missile.
Turabi and the curtain that covers the security forces is part of a strategy of divide and then combing the area during the offer.
He continues , the officer "divide the area into squares" Then they combed houses and put snipers in place and weapons to deal with car bombs and move forward.
And moving bulldozer camouflaged in blue and gray slowly in the mud that coats the street after the recent rain, and then you collect amounts of dirt until the street cut, what constitutes protect troops from suicide bombers who roam the city.
At the expiry of troops combing the area, the bulldozer make their way through the wall Turabi and moving to the farthest distance in the street to establish a new Satara, and so the process is repeated. This leads to slow ongoing process, but it provides more security.
And supports strikes by US – led and Iraqi air forces in Mosul, as well as the shelling.
Throughout the day, reflect sky Mosul , missiles and billowing dust when they explode. And put three of the rockets in the back of a truck in the direction of their goals. And it puts the security personnel at the tip of the rocket detonators and wires at the other end of the launch.
People moved away from the area surrounding the truck and began to mobile phones registration as a shot rockets that disappeared behind the rooftops with a tail of flame.
He says Jassim Abbas , who helped prepare the rocket for launch , "whenever there is a gathering of terrorist gangs, we receive information about them. We then bombing them according to the coordinates."
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loop says to Dinar Dave():Sistani has reservations on the settlement project and refuses to receive Hakim
Writings Friday , 30th December 2016
Hamid Ahmed pumice officials announced the foremost authority of Ayatollah Ali al – Sistani and his representative and his agent 's office said on Friday that al – Sistani has no interest in a political settlement presented by the National Alliance project.
The delegation from the ruling Shi'ite National Alliance in Iraq , headed by its leader Ammar al – Hakim had traveled yesterday to the holy city of Najaf and met with the references there except Sistani as it rejected the latter to meet them for the decision from an earlier position not to meet with political figures and government officials in Iraq.
He pumice in a statement distributed to the media Friday that " the presidency of the National Alliance and the accompanying delegation asked for an appointment to meet with Sayyed Sistani , who apologized for their meeting ,
as is his habit years ago for the same reasons that invited him for a boycott of the political forces, and I mentioned the foremost authority in a famous statement during the demands movement first and re – replicated repeatedly during the recent demands of movement but to no avail. "
He pointed out that the pumice "National Alliance wanted thrown reference on the subject of the settlement and Sayyed Sistani sees interest in it."
And display the delegation headed by al – Hakim , the political settlement project , the auditor has received the blessing, but al – Sistani 's position , which is the supreme authority of the Shiites in Iraq, the National Alliance 's efforts may miss the fact that the owner of the upright Sistani chapter the children of his community in the country.
Since about a month, it adopted the National Alliance led by Ammar al – Hakim, put an initiative within the project of "political settlement" which aims to reset the internal and external crises, creating the country 's post – expulsion of the organization "Daesh" terrorist.
The introduction of the settlement file after warnings launched by internal and external parties of the danger of post – expulsion of state regulation "Daesh" of Mosul, Nineveh province, due to the absence of political consensus on key issues related to the civilized, including the nature of the administration in light of the political and nationalist and sectarian pluralism in the province witnessing a military operation against Daesh since October 17 last first.
subgirl says():Turkey: Erdogan Abadi put all its possibilities with Iraq and look forward to a victory is very close in Mosul [extended]
2016-12-30 20:29 [In Baghdad] Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, by telephone with Prime Minister Haider Abadi, his support for the unity of Iraq and its sovereignty.
According to a statement by the Prime Minister received all Iraq [where] a copy of it, "Prime Minister Haider Abadi had received a telephone call Friday evening President Recep Erdogan drum,
here the Turkish President victories achieved by our heroine in the fight against gangs of ISIS in Mosul operations expressing Turkey's support of Iraq and reaffirmed the sovereignty and territorial integrity and Turkey put all its possibilities with Iraq in its fight against this category that offend Islam."
Erdogan said, according to the statement that "Turkey looks forward to an Iraqi victory is very close in Mosul and would be a message to whoever wants to target the brotherly relations between the two countries, stressing the importance of continuing to combat terrorist organizations in Iraq and Syria through solidarity and cooperation for the unity and stability of neighboring countries is our top priority."
Abbadi stressed "the importance of Iraqi sovereignty and removing the causes of tension and overtaking quickly and solved by roads leading to focus efforts on combating terrorism and constructive cooperation at various levels according to the brotherly and good-neighbourly relations and mutual respect for sovereignty."
He noted "the importance of the cooperation of the peoples of the region against terrorism that wants to destroy the region, indicating that the Iraqi Constitution does not allow the use of Iraqi territory for anyone.
And between Abadi "we're working to provide security and prosperity for all components of the Iraqi people and that all areas under the control of Iraqi security forces."
The statement noted that "during the call to review Iraqi efforts to edit and prepare for the reconstruction phase and showing his willingness in Turkish President serious reconstruction, investment and joint ventures."
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Security Council Authorizes Continued Maintenance of Iraq Escrow Account, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 2335 (2016)
The Security Council today authorized the Secretary-General to continue to maintain the escrow account authorized by resolution 1958 (2010), and to retain the funds contained therein until 30 June 2017, at which time all remaining funds would be transferred to the Government of Iraq.
Unanimously adopting resolution 2335 (2016) under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, the 15-member Council also requested that the Secretary-General continue to pursue implementation of paragraph 7 and other relevant aspects of resolution 1958 (2010).
Paragraph 4 of resolution 1958 (2010) authorized the Secretary-General to ensure the retention of $20 million from the Iraq Account in the escrow account until 31 December 2016, exclusively for United Nations expenses relating to the orderly termination of the residual activities of the oil-for-food programme.
Paragraph 5 authorized the Secretary-General to ensure that up to $131 million of the Iraq Account were retained in the escrow account for the purpose of providing indemnification to the United Nations, its representatives, agents, and independent contractors for a period of six years with regard to all activities in connection with the Programme since its inception.
Michele Sison (United States), whose delegation submitted the text, said that the short-term extension brought the United Nations a step closer to closing the book on the programme and to tying up a few outstanding issues.
The Government of Iraq and the United Nations had made progress in several areas, including some legal issues, she said, adding that the Government of Iraq should see today's extension as the Council's unwavering support for closing the file once and for all.
The Security Council also took note of a letter (document S/2016/1126) dated 29 December 2016 from the Secretary-General to the President of the Council.
The meeting began at 10:02 a.m. and ended at 10:05 a.m.
The full text of resolution 2335 (2016) reads as follows:
"The Security Council,
"Recalling its resolution 1958 (2010),
"Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations,
"1. Reaffirms its call in paragraph 2 of resolution 1958 (2010) for the Government of Iraq to provide without delay payments referred to therein;
"2. Authorizes the Secretary-General to continue to maintain the escrow accounts authorized in paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of resolution 1958 (2010) and to retain the funds in those accounts until 30 June 2017, at which time all remaining funds are to be transferred to the Government of Iraq;
"3. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to pursue implementation of paragraph 7 and other relevant aspects of resolution 1958 (2010);
"4. Requests the Secretary-General to report on implementation of this resolution no later than 30 March 2017 and with a final report three months after the transfer of any remaining funds pursuant to paragraph 2 to the Government of Iraq, unless otherwise authorized by the Security Council;
da58 says():"5. Decides to remain actively seized of the matter."
7shelia says():What does that news mean da58??? In short version??
da58 says():sure – but I'm trying to figure out what that 'extension' to 6/2017 is about..
da58 says():HAHAHAHA – 7sheila – where's rcookie!! or someone!!
da58 says():(lol)
7shelia says():LOL Ok I understand.
da58 says():yeah – please do! I think this is important.. I posted in my skype room and am waiting for the braniancs to respond.. (lol)
da58 says():I'll be real interested to see what the opinions are of the Security Council doc today are..
da58 says():HAHAHA
da58 says():HAPPY NEW YR ALL!
da58 says():I'm just guessing, but that 6 mth extension – could that be to complete pmts to Kuwait… I recall they were paying about 1 bill a mth.. just wondering here.. but for that complete release from ch7 of the UN.. was the only remaining item.. Possibly – 'this' IS that resolution? ok – gonna wait for the brainiacs to decipher this!! (lol)
da58 says():COULD IT BE: that – the maintenance of these accounts expires 12/31… and this is a typical sort of resolution type thing, like automatic extension that must be done – normal days business, in order to be able to maintain biz as usual for the protection of the funds?
so as not to have to dispurse the funds as of 12/31 since they are still in bankruptcy?
I DO think that is what it is.. and extensions wouldn't be set at '20 day extensions'.. no – they'd be 3 mths, 6 mths, a year.. whatever is 'plenty of time'… You notice the extension wasn't for a year?
why not.. so – spin that one in your mind for a while.. we're gonna finally have a super new year!
da58 says():that makes sense to me.. whew..
subgirl says to da58():yes we are and thank you so much for your thots on this! 🙂
da58 says():sure subby.. I'm exhausted now. (lol)
da58 says():We'll see what the brainiacs have to say! They're probably snoozin… I dont think they are watching bank screens. (lol) hahahah
subgirl says to da58():nope but i have a feeling it is a ball game! lol
subgirl says():from 1bobby 🙂 Nasraoui announced completion of a service project in Basra 100 through 2016
2016-12-30 22:26 {Baghdad: Euphrates news}
Nasraoui, Majid, the Governor of Basra on Friday, about 100 completed a service project in Basra through 2016.
Nasraoui said in a statement, the Agency received a copy of {Euphrates news} today "in 2016 we perform more than 100 tiling project for roads and side streets and lighting.
"These projects are carried out by a grant from the Iraq Ports Corporation and the implementation of relevant departments".
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Kesi is an orphaned orangutan, cared for by the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation. Since her rescue, Kesi has been learning skills which may enable her to live independently one day. Meike, one of her carers, tells Kesi's story.
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The US, in close coordination with the IOM, began resettling Bhutanese refugees residing in eastern Nepal in 2007.
Kathmandu: As many as 60,000 Bhutanese refugees have been resettled in the US from Nepal where they had taken refuge in the 1990s after being forced out of their country.
On September 04, the 60,000th Bhutanese refugee, departed from Nepal to USA. The 28-year-old woman will start a new life in Columbus, Ohia, with her husband and young daughter, said a statement from the US embassy here.
The US, in close coordination with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), began resettling Bhutanese refugees residing in eastern Nepal in 2007.
Besides the US, which has accepted 60,000 refugees, some 11,000 have already settled in Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, New Zealand, and the UK, as part of the third country resettlement programme initiated in 2007 in association with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
"The US is committed to considering for resettlement as many Bhutanese refugees as express interest," said the US embassy.
Initially, the US government had expressed interest to accept a maximum of 60,000 Bhutanese refugees.
Over 100,000 Nepali-speaking Bhutanese refugees have been residing in various camps of eastern Nepal since early 1990s after the Bhutan government introduced the `One Nation One People` policy to resurrect the Bhutanese cultural identity.
After many rounds of bilateral talks held between Nepal and Bhutan failed to repatriate even a single Bhutanese refugee, Nepal government agreed to resettle them in third countries at the initiative of the UNHCR.


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