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Not much on the plate
As India prepares to make food a fundamental right, we should look at Brazil's model for eliminating hunger. Samar Halarnkar writes.columns Updated: Jun 19, 2012 18:06 IST
I have never been to Brazil's "beautiful horizon", Belo Horizonte, the country's third-largest metropolitan area and an information and bio-technology hub, but I have followed the city's progress against what was once its enduring shame: hunger.
In 1993, when 11% of its 2.5 million people lived in absolute poverty and a fifth of Belo's children went hungry, a newly-elected government declared that food was a fundamental right of every citizen, much as India will do when it passes the Right to Food Act sometime this year.
These did not remain words. Patrus Ananais, then Belo's new mayor, created a council of businessmen, church leaders, labour representatives and other citizens to launch the battle against hunger. Together, they broke the pattern of reactive government.
Local farmers were, and are, given prime public spots to sell their produce to consumers, thus eliminating retail commissions that reached 100%, a situation not unfamiliar to India. The poor got access to cheap food, and farmers, themselves poor, prospered at a time when farm incomes were declining across Brazil.
In addition, Belo grants entrepreneurs rights to run, on public land, 34 local retail markets, where the government fixes the price, usually about two-thirds of the market price, for about 20 healthy foods. Other food can be sold at market price.
Perhaps the biggest direct cushion against hunger is Belo's series of government-run cafeterias. Each offers people — not just to those officially declared poor — hot meals (rice, beans, salad, ground beef and an apple) for about Rs 50. Homeless people eat next to construction workers, uniformed policemen, mothers with babies and nurses.
The local university is deeply involved in keeping the system honest and functioning. Students survey the prices of more than 40 basic foods, supply these to local media outlets and paste them on walls and bus stands. "Hunger is not caused by a scarcity of food but a scarcity of democracy," writes Frances Moore Lappé, author of Diet for a Small Planet (a 1971 bestseller on meat production and global food scarcity). She recently visited Belo and noted how the hunger programme benefited a fourth of the city's inhabitants and cut the infant death rate by more than half in a decade. Its cost: about Rs 5,000 crore, no more than 2% of the city's budget.
In 2003, Brazil elected as president trade union leader Luiz Inacio da Silva, or "Lula" as he is popularly known. Inspired by Belo's successes, he made hunger a fundamental right nationally and created the Fome Zero, or zero hunger programme. Lula is no longer president, but the programme has expanded into a wide-ranging successful front against hunger and poverty, involving cash subsidies — conditional on things like school enrolment and immunisation — and a range of social services. In a tribute to his vision and ability, Brazil made Ananais, the former Belo mayor, its minister for social development and fome zero.
Belo and Brazil's great strides against hunger and poverty offer critical lessons to India, at a time when the right-to-food legislation is its final stretch and worryingly devoid of a framework that will involve local governments and farmers. It is also without a key provision in the original draft — the cafeterias that have been so successful in Brazil.
Over the last year, there has been a great brouhaha over India's poverty line, and its manipulation by officials keen to talk up progress. But a dispassionate examination of the alleged lies and statistics makes it clear that an upswell of economic growth has indeed floated many boats; the government says about 50 million people have been lifted out of poverty over the last five years. Even if you do not believe these numbers, the great, visible explosion of shopping, housing and telecommunications tells you that India's economic engine has fired. A dysfunctional government is now responsible for slowing the economy, but the fuel for forward movement will ever remain — a surge in expectation and aspiration.
None of this guarantees a healthy, hunger-free India. While India's human development index — a measure of social indicators, such as nutrition, education and health — also rose 21% over the last decade, the progress is so lopsided as to be unsustainable and comes amid evidence that inequality is rising.
Every exploration of India's hunger and malnutrition crisis indicates how state intervention has, thus far, failed. Over the last two years, Hindustan Times and Mint reporters have, as part of the 'Tracking Hunger' project (www.hindustantimes.com/trackinghunger), documented how India's anti-poverty programmes are deeply rotten, ineffectual and Delhi-driven, despite $10 billion (more than Rs 50,000 crore) now spent on them annually. Hunger, they found, endures in every corner of the country. Now, the Wall Street Journal's India Real Time website is running the findings of a nationwide investigation by the Centre for Equity Studies, a New Delhi think tank, showcasing how millions of Indians simply cannot find enough to eat.
Even official statistics show that calorie consumption, an indicator of access to nutritious food, has steadily declined. Every high-income state has millions of people who cannot find a nutritious meal. Heading this list is Gujarat, known for its roaring economy and high per capita income. But the number of Gujarati children who are underweight is below the national average, and the state's rank in a national hunger index is just above India's poorest states: Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand.
"India is the worst performer in terms of low birth weight, underweight and wasting of children in BRIC and SAARC countries," notes the India Human Development Report 2011, released by the Planning Commission. The report, startlingly frank for a government publication, makes a dark evaluation: "If India is not in a state of famine, it is quite clearly in a state of chronic hunger."
The views expressed by the author are personal.
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One of the most influential and widely circulated books on prayer, Kneeling Christian is a powerful and impassioned call to prayer. This unsigned work shows the true working of God through the message of the unnamed author, which challenges the believer to a dedicated life of prayer. Throughout, the author treats these important and difficult issues with clarity and an attentive eye towards the Biblical account of prayer. The author discusses vital issues of prayer in order to provide an all-encompassing guide to a life of prayer. After all, the author encourages, believers can do far more in a life of prayer than in a life devoted to good works. With such encouragement and guidance, Kneeling Christian has changed the way hundreds of thousands of believers have prayed.
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Be foremost in seeking Forgiveness from your Lord, and a Garden of Bliss, as vast as heaven and earth, prepared for those who believe in Allah and His messengers: that is the Grace of Allah, which He bestows on whom he pleases: and Allah is the Lord of Grace abounding. (Surat Al-Hadid, 21)
There will be for them therein all that they wish,- and more besides in Our Presence. (Surah Qaf, 35)
"But for such as fear the time when they will stand before the Judgment Seat of their Lord, there will be two Gardens. Then which of the favours of your Lord will you deny?
Containing all kinds (of trees and delights). Then which of the favours of your Lord will you deny?
In (each) there will be a spring flowing freely. Then which of the favours of your Lord will you deny?
In them will be fruits of every kind, in pairs. Then which of the favours of your Lord will you deny?
They will recline on carpets, whose inner linings will be of rich brocade: the fruit of the Gardens will be near and easy of reach. Then which of the favours of your Lord will you deny?
In them will be maidens, chaste, restraining their glances, whom no man or Jinn before them has touched. Then which of the favours of your Lord will you deny?
Maidens as fair as rubies and coral. Then which of the favours of your Lord will you deny?
Is there any reward for good - other than good? Then which of the favours of your Lord will you deny?
And besides these two, there are two other Gardens. Then which of the favours of your Lord will you deny?
Dark-green in colour (from plentiful watering). Then which of the favours of your Lord will you deny?
A gushing fountain shall flow in each. Then which of the favours of your Lord will you deny?
In them will be fruits, and dates and pomegranates. Then which of the favours of your Lord will you deny?
In them will be fair Companions, good, and beautiful. Then which of the favours of your Lord will you deny?
Companions restrained as to their glances, in (goodly) pavillions. Then which of the favours of your Lord will you deny?
Whom no man or Jinn before them has touched. Then which of the favours of your Lord will you deny?
They shall recline on green cushions and rich, beautiful carpets. Then which of the favours of your Lord will you deny?
Blessed be the name of you Lord, full of Majesty, Bounty and Honour." (Surat Ar-Rahman, 46-78)
"And when you gaze upon that scene, you will behold a kingdom which is blissful and magnificent." (Surat Al-Insan, 20)
"Reclining in the Garden on raised thrones, they will feel neither the sun's excessive heat nor the moon's excessive cold." (Surat Al-Insan, 13)
"There they shall hear no word of vanity" (Surat Al-Ghashiya, 11)
"And beside them will be chaste women, restraining their glances, with big eyes (of wonder and beauty), as if they were (delicate) eggs closely guarded." (Surat As-Saffat, 48-49)
"And they will say: 'Praise be to Allah, Who has removed from us (all) sorrow: for our Lord is indeed Oft-Forgiving and Ready to appreciate service: Who has, out of His Bounty, settled us in a Home that will last: no toil nor sense of weariness shall touch us therein.'" (Surat Al-Fatr, 34, 35)
"But it is for those who fear their Lord, that lofty mansions, one above another, have been built: beneath them flow rivers of delight: such is the Promise of Allah: never does Allah fail in His promise." (Surat Az-Zumar, 20)
"(To the righteous soul it will be said:) 'O serene soul' Come back to your Lord, joyful yourself and pleasing to Him! Enter, then, among My devotees! Yes, enter My Heaven!'" (Surat Al-Fajr, 27-30)
And We send the fecundating winds... (Surat Al-Hijr, 22)
* Newly discovered species may be one that already exist but have never been encountered before. Indeed, the regions where such species are discovered are arid lands, distant oceans or the sea bed, where no research has been conducted before. These species that emerge as new research is performed, are very probably ones that have been around for years but that no one has come across before.
* A second possibility is that these new species have just been created. Allah's creation out of nothing takes place out of human sight, where it cannot be seen. (Allah knows the truth.) Allah creates as a miracle. But unless He wills otherwise, nothing of this kind happens before people's eyes, in a zoo, for instance.
* This is that if it is to be claimed that the species in question have evolved, we should also be able to find species in the course of evolving, alongside these perfectly developed ones. A thousand new species a year is a large number, and the signs of this supposed evolution should be visible. But there is not the slightest evidence of this. All the life forms discovered are complete, perfect and flawless.
* Second, the living things described as new species are usually variations. Darwinists frequently engage in propaganda and describe variations as "species." The fact is that the newly discovered life form carries information of the frog that has been living for 200 million years. This is no new life form. No new information has been added to the frogs we are already familiar with, and they have not turned into a new species somehow different from the frog. This difference is nothing more than that between a white man and a black man.
ADNAN OKTAR: There is currently a Darwinist, materialist intellectual dictatorship in the world. This also manifests itself as a social dictatorship. Darwinism has established a hugely oppressive regime. Although the theory is a deception and a lie, it is officially protected all over the world. Ninety-five percent of countries protect Darwinism. It is under official protection, and this is the first time in the history of the world that such an ideology, a theory, is officially protected all over the world, by around 95% of countries. There are 100 million fossils that prove Creation and show that human beings were created. But Darwinism has not a single example of what they describe as transitional fossils. I have even said I will give 10 trillion [Turkish] lira to anyone bringing a single such piece of evidence. A protein cannot come into being by chance, their skulls are hoaxes, the fossils they use as supposed transitional forms actually prove Creation, and I have proved all this in my book. This is a great deception and imposition. Students who reject it have to repeat the year again, while professors who reject it are sacked and authors find their books banned, as happened with me. A completely anti-democratic dictatorship has grown up inside democracy, the Darwinist dictatorship. This must absolutely be torn down, and that is my first duty. But Muslims' real aim, of course, must be to earn Allah's approval. This is one of my first activities on the way to attaining Allah's approval. But I also have second and third objectives, of course. I also have ideals such as the foundation of the Turkish-Islamic Union, for all Turkic and Islamic countries to join together to live in peace, well-being, security and brotherhood, and these are things that have a 100% certainty of happening, insha'Allah... It is technically impossible for anyone reading my books, any rational person, to still believe in Darwinism. I cannot conceive of such a person. They will definitely abandon it. But some people still insist on and maintain these ideas, either out off pride, or ignorance or because I have not yet managed to reach them. But I believe that these will also come round in the end, that they will see the true path, and will see that Darwinism is a ruse, a pagan religion and a deception.
Say: "We believe in Allah, and the revelation given to us, and to Abraham, Ismail, Isaac, Jacob, and the Tribes, and that given to Moses and Jesus, and that given to (all) prophets from their Lord: We make no difference between one and another of them: And we submit to Allah (in Islám)." (Surat al Baqara, 136)
Age: 95 million years old
Size: 58 millimeters (2.2 in) (if straightened out); matrix: 56 millimeters (2.2 in) by 65 millimeters (2.5 in )
Location: Haqil, Lebanon
Period: Middle Cretaceous, Middle Cenomanian
O you who believe! Have fear [and awareness] of Allah, and let each self look to what it has sent forward for tomorrow. Have fear [and awareness] of Allah. Allah is aware of what you do. ( Surat al-Hashr, 18)
Those who are tight-fisted with the bounty Allah has given them should not suppose that that is better for them. No indeed, it is worse for them! What they were tight-fisted with will be hung around their necks on the Day of Rising. Allah is the inheritor of the heavens and Earth, and is aware of what you do. (Surah Al 'Imran, 180)
Eyesight cannot perceive Him, but He perceives eyesight. He is the All-Penetrating, the All-Aware. (Surat al-An'am, 103)
Put your trust in the Living, Who does not die, and glorify Him with praise. He is well aware of the wrong actions of His servants. (Surat al-Furqan, 58)
Truly Allah has knowledge of the Hour, sends down abundant rain, and knows what is in the womb. And no self knows what it will earn tomorrow or in which land it will die. Allah is All-Knowing, All-Aware. (Surah Luqman, 34)
What He Said
Azerybaijan Ayna Newspaper, August 8-2008
Adnan Oktar: Of course. That is how I have been since childhood. I have never thought the opposite, insha'Allah. There does not seem to be any other solution. WHEN WE ASK "WHO SHOULD BE THE LEADER?" IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD, EVERYONE SAYS THE TURKS, THEY ALL SAY TURKEY SHOULD BE THE LEADER. Nobody says that Egypt should be the leader, or Iran, and they have no such pretensions themselves. THEY INSIST THE TURKS SHOULD DO IT. That is also what our Prophet (saas) says. Turkey is where Hazrat Mahdi (as) will appear; all the portents of the End Times center around Turkey, and they all refer to Istanbul. The hadith about Hazrat Mahdi (as) all refer to Istanbul, by the name of Constantinople, which then assumed the name Istanbul.
What Happened
Akşam, January 3-2009
Turkish formula for peace in Gaza
Star, January 7-2009
Merkel and Blair phoned Erdoğan and said "NOT WITHOUT TURKEY."
Sarkozy EXPRESSED HIS THANKS TO TURKEY FOR THE ROLE IT HAD ASSUMED IN REGIONAL PROBLEMS


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During the most recent Clarence Valley floods SES chaplain Jeannie Pienaar wanted to be there to support crews. But floodwater meant she was isolated in her home for days, until a helicopter arrived.
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Jeannie Pienaar is a chaplain for the SES in the Clarence Valley, providing support to volunteers when they're going through a tough or stressful time.
So understandably when many crews were working long arduous hours to protect homes and lives in last month's floods, Jeannie wanted to be there.
However, with floodwater surrounding her Lawrence house she was confined to her home for four days.
"I was getting quite frustrated, because I wasn't able to help," she says.
After making a phone call to headquarters, she was told a crew would come by to pick her up on the way back from making food and medicine drops to nearby residents.
"They decided that they would ship me out to Maclean, not by ship, but by helicopter. So the helicopter came and landed on my property."
Having never been in a chopper before, it was a frightful trip but one well worth it.
Jeannie spent the next few days with crews, dropping off supplies to the local community.
Along with floods and other disasters, SES crews are often called out to serious - and sometimes fatal - road accidents.
Jeannie says her role is to just be a listening ear, but it's not always easy for some volunteers to open up.
"There are some very difficult times, you might spend an hour or something with them at the time, but then you do a follow up," she says.
"I believe it's very important to be able to express within a few days of whatever's happening, whether it be floods or accidents, just to be able to share."


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Switzerland kick-started their 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup campaign with a 6-4 victory over Iran, who lost despite mounting a late comeback.
Runners-up in 2009, the Swiss needed a positive result here after losing their opening match against Senegal and they set about their task straight from kick-off, finding themselves 5-1 ahead at the end of the first period.
Goalkeeper Valentin Jaeggy opened the scoring in the fourth minute before Iran equalised four minutes later through Mohammad Mokhtari. Within three minutes, however, the Swiss had a four-goal advantage after strikes from Sandro Spaccarotella, Mo Jaeggy, Michael Rodrigues and Angelo Schirinzi.
The heat began to have an effect from then on, and with Switzerland tiring Iran fought their way back into the game. Mokhtari bagged his and Iran's second before third-period goals from Mohammad Ahmadzadeh and Hassan Abdollahi reduced the deficit to 5-4.
Abdollahi was then sent off for conceding a penalty, which was converted by Stephan Leu to ensure Switzerland took the victory.
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I don't expect this to be a topic people want to talk about but it would be nice to talk about Obama to people who don't speak in a highly overopinionated manor. It also would be nice to get a perspective from sombody living from somewhere else like the UK or Australia or Zimbabwe. Is this a go?
we truly live in a modern day obama-nation! it's an OBAMANATION!
It's not really a go for me, just because I like you all too much to start talking about this with you. If someone else started I might jump in, but I don't really like discussing politics among friends. Nevertheless, that's only my personal choice. It ought not to have any reflection on any of you, and please know I don't think it's a bad topic or something. I just feel like, for the time being, I might go ahead and sit this one out. I like that pun btw GO.
Lost in translation with a whole fuckin' nation They say I was the abomination of Obama's nation Well that's a pretty bad way to start a conversation What a giant coincidence Purple! My dad is from Zimbabwe and I'm Australia! Unless you already knew this... Oh G.O.d, are you stalking me? From the perspective of an Australia, I have no clue. I don't really know that much about Obama other than his spending program, which seems pretty fucked up but it did work in the past, so how could America blame him? Worked for Clinton.
I did not have sexual relations with that penguin. Yeah Baby! [img]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vaSJX91aU2M/SaeY7Rq_JqI/AAAAAAAACBM/UPJfVEpPqrE/s400/political-pictures-bill-clinton-stimulus-package.jpg[/img] [img]http://0.tqn.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/2/a/3/bill-clinton-supersized2.jpg[/img] [img]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XZxlMF6Gt1w/Totza4jvWMI/AAAAAAAAKP4/0CEXJf45bH4/s1600/funny-Bill-Clinton-miss-me-yet-poster.jpg[/img]
lol........... Seems more appropriate for the Bush era on the last one, though.
Clinton's the bomb
http://www.theonion.com/articles/clinton-threatens-to-drop-da-bomb-on-iraq,787/ "If Saddam does not comply with U.N. inspectors by the March 1 deadline, we will have no choice but to tear the roof off Baghdad."
It's hard for me to believe what I hear in politics as I hear people say so many different things that conflict. The only basis I truly can believe in is "do they seem nice when they speak?" "Are they cool?" "Do they think on a universal scale and don't just try to forward themselves?". People accuse Obama of that a lot because of his vacations and puppy dogs and huminahuminahumina. I'm sure being president is stressful so why wouldn't you take advantage of the finer things? I don't like my system of government right now. I don't feel educated enough on politics to even vote on anything. I watch CNN and look for articles in the paper and such but it's not enough. In the end it seems the question is what party will it benifit you to be socially.
no blood for funk
The Clinton Party. "We go all in baby!"
Damn dude... I have to say, the whole "do they seem like nice people" attitude is rampant in America. It's what got George W. Bush, a mass murderer and war criminal, voted into office twice. It takes work to dig up the evidence about politicians' choices, but it's necessary to making good decisions.
I wonder how much of the dug up stuff I hear is bull and not yet dug up stuff that I don't know that may be true... WHAT!?!?!?!
EHEHEHEHEHEHHEEHHEHEHEHEHEHE...... It's Young KHalifa mayne!
Yep, that's half the fuckin' battle right there dude. Nice new pic btw. lol. Who dat is?
Its young Wiz khalifa mayne! Taylor Gang Wut!
The problem in Australia is the same except it's illegal to not vote here, so... nice guys for primey.
Ugh. Fuck dude. What a bunch of douche bags our options are.
We have a crazy woman as our prime minister.... so....
is she hot?
No... not really. She's ginger too.
What...? She Ginger? Not hot?
Haha, yes. Dude, I can't take you seriously with Wiz staring at me.
Is Disapointed! [-(
Omg. eheheheheh.. I'm too baked fo dis shit ritht now... What do you say snoop? SNoop Dogg: Hell yeah, My boy Obama All the way!!! Wiz: Hey. Let's order some Jimmy Johns, no lettuce this time.
Your new avatar cracks me up But you should make him purple. Because you're purplesage
ill try
Did someone say purple kahlifa? [IMG]http://i1246.photobucket.com/albums/gg613/claudeavecvin/purplekhalifacopy.jpg[/IMG]
or [IMG]http://i1246.photobucket.com/albums/gg613/claudeavecvin/purplekhalifa2copy.jpg[/IMG] I prefer this one personally, I touched up his neck tattoos to make them more prominent as well.
I lol'd IRL
Love the second one!
lol I love you all
my new profile pic if you don't mind
I'm listnin to the radio this morning and this one dude is bashing Obama for wanting higher energy costs. I believe he's referring to green energy and saying it's more expensive than oil and stuff. Nobody really knows how cost affective green energy is though. Nuclear power plants provided 1/3 of Japans energy and now that half of those plants got taken out and even more got shut down for inspection purpleses, Japan is trying to become more reliant on solar, water, wind, captain planet bullshit. If they can pull this off without F***** up their economy it will prove that Obama doesn't want to burn money just to burn money and that green energy is viable (which I'm hoping but I'll understand if it's not yet an option). In order to get people to do anything for the environment there has to be the backup incentive of money.
Yeah. The value of money in human culture is really strange. There was this African patrolman a few years ago who shot a poacher who was about to kill a black rhino. There was an international outcry over the poacher's death. The patrolman's response was something to the effect of "in any of your "civilized" countries, if a policeman killed a bank robber he'd be hailed as a hero. Is the sack of paper more important than this [i]life[/i]?" Fuck money.
Haha when I was in Tanzania, from what it seemed, the law basically allowed for poachers to be executed on sight by rangers. No trial or anything. Those poachers are tricky bastards though.
"Money it's a crime Share it fairly but don't take a slice of my pie Money so they say Is the root of all evil today But if you ask for a rise it's no surprise that they're giving none away"
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That's what is was intended for sagey If you look at it statistically, nuclear energy is the safest and cleanest form of enery (besides the canisters of nuclear waste). The only reason for Chernobyl, Japan, that one in America (Mile Island or something) was because of poor maintenance. I mean, ideally the world would run on renewable resources, but for the time being, I believe in the power of the nukes, even if my country doesn't. We have the largest source of uranium in the world, but we sell it all (it makes up 20% of all our exports)
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BOSTON, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Thomas Vanek returned from a one-game absence to record a hat trick Thursday and boost Buffalo to a wild 7-4 victory over Boston.
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TN, AL, MS, Northern GA, KY, AR- we are all in the "greatest threat" for severe weather today. MAKE PLANS now… Here are some ideas (not a complete list):
1) gather up a "go bag" of essentials- a spare set of keys, identification for every member of your household, some cash/credit cards, water & food, CLOSED TOED SHOES (preferably with heavy soles that will protect your feet from sharp objects), warm clothes or layers, prescription medicines and other IMPORTANT belongings – these all need to be things you can carry with you. Each person should have his/her own bag, and heads of households should have IDs or copys of IDs for everyone. DON'T FORGET YOUR INSURANCE PAPERS. Also, don't forget to keep cell phones and tablets charged, carry spare charging cables so you can re-charge at a shelter or where-ever you might end up.
2) INCLUDE all identifying information about your pets- go out right now and take photos of your pets, include any special markings.
3) put together "go bags" for your pets- carriers, some food, water, any medicines, proof of ownership.
4) Livestock- I always make sure my livestock is NOT IN THE BARN (in 2008 we had to deal with horses in barns that had barns collapse on them after the tornado- or that looked like voodoo dolls due to the explosion of the barn). Make sure you have all your livestock papers with identifying marks noted, so you can prove ownership after a disaster. Livestock markers will help. http://www.tractorsupply.com/en/store/producers-pridereg%3B-livestock-markers-assorted-colors-pack-of-3
5) If you have trailers for your livestock, load them with spare halters, corral panels, tools, other equipment. You'll need to be able to "Fence in" your animals if a disaster strikes (and remember, your "regular" fencing may be destroyed).
6) Here are some websites for disaster prepping:
FEMA (remember folks, FEMA provides assistance for state and local governments in order that infrastructure can be in place for YOUR personal recovery): http://www.fema.gov/news-release/2013/11/26/holiday-season-give-gift-preparedness
Some info on disaster prepping for cats: http://www.pawnation.com/2013/12/16/how-to-pack-an-emergency-kit-for-cats/
Ounces of prevention survival ideas: http://greekpreparedness.blogspot.gr/2013/12/ounces-of-prevention-survival-items.html
LAST BUT NOT LEAST… talk with your family about meeting places. If you get separated, how will you re-connect? Does everyone have a cell phone? Does everyone know how to text (often cell towers are damaged in disasters, but texting can go through)? Do you have friends/family in another state, that's not in the danger zone, who can act as a message center? That way, your reunion efforts can be coordinated outside of the disaster area.Go take pictures of your property, house and belongings NOW, prior to any disaster. It will make it a LOT easier to prove losses AFTER a disaster. Keep a charged camera in your go bag. Before you start clean up, photograph the damage. I've seen instances where insurance did not pay because by the time the adjuster got there, it was cleaned up with no proof of damage.
These are just some preliminary ideas. Look to FEMA's site and Red Cross site for more detailed disaster preparedness ideas.
Best of luck and hope everyone has a safe Solstice!
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Gas is over $5 a gallon for regular in Needles, CA
Gas is over $5 a gallon for regular in Needles, CA
No impact.
If you already buy expensive cars, then maybe it makes a difference to you, but then, the price of gas probably isn't that big of a deal anyways.
Otherwise, the Model S is an expensive car. Even if electricity costs nothing, I would not be saving money by buying it.
Nearly 100% of my decision. My price point is $4.00/gal. Based on the lenght of time I own a car, price of electricity, and cost of my car, if gas stays under 4 bucks over the next 12 years, I'm out money. If it's over 4 bucks, I'm money ahead. My commute when I reserved was costing 16 bucks a day in fuel, and that was less than 4 bucks. I'm guessing it's only going to go up from here.
Gas price does factor in for me a bit since we drive so much. Even at 4 USD/gallon, we would save over 40k in fuel costs compared to a comparable premium sedan (if there were a comparable car). But the primary factor for me is how the S is such a great showcase of the advantages of an electric car. I would want to get the car anyway, the financial benefit just makes it a little easier to justify.
$40k over what time period or miles driven ?
That looks a bit high to me.
@ olanmills .. + 1 If one can afford a car in this class, The price of gas if of little or no importance at all. There are eleventy million reasons why I'll buy a Model S, the price of gas is not one of them.
While filling up this morning I chanted to myself just 2 more weeks, just 2 more weeks.
The $100,000 question is how many days/weeks I'll have to chat that before it becomes true.
It's a conscious decision to pay high up-front cost, to get a low TCO, for me.
(But yeah, it's way cool. Perhaps, I'm just rationalizing... hehehe)
A large part of my desision to buy the Model S is due to the fact that I don't like paying 'extortion money' to an industry that IMHO is cheating us, and causing undue harm to our economy. So for me, part of my desision is a matter of superior ethics, and good Karma. It also comes with the desire that; by spending a very large amount of money in buying the Model S, it will help get this ground-breaking company to a point where they will hopefully in-turn help support a future version of an 85 kWh (or higher) Tesla EV that is priced closer to $30k for the avarage middle-class consumer.
So, to make a long story short... It is OUR responsibility to buy this car (if you can afford it). Especially if you don't believe in supporting the Evil Empire known as 'Union Oil' (or whatever sister names they pretend to call themselves now days).
Thanks TikiMan, I sometimes forget that is also one of the primary motivating factors for me as well. Big Oil can drink it, I want no part of them and will no longer have to stress and get angry when prices go up. Well, maybe I still will as produce will also get expensive and air travel as well.
Gas prices not really a motivator for me, although it might make it easier to convince the wife that the total cost of ownership over the life of the car is about the same as for a $50k-$60k ICE vehicle.
@sergiyz We have a 2005 prius with well over 250k now. At 25 mpg and 4 usd per gallon that is 40k usd in gas costs. Many premium sedans get closer to 20 mpg so that would be 50k usd
The price of gasoline was not a factor me. The "S" appeals to me simply because it so different and an elegant (out of the box) solution to fulfill my transportation needs that no one else is able to provide.
I feel higher gasoline prices are a more effective way to promote change in the auto industry than CAFÉ and emission standards. Big ICE will only change when they have too because they have too large an investment in infrastructure and are too use to recycling parts and designs to start with a blank piece of paper. Case in points look at these EVs: Ford Focus, Nissan Leaf, Toyota Rav 4, BMW 1e … all are modified ICE designs. Big ICE built hybrids because they were the cheapest way to improve mileage by 25% and consumers would bear the added price!
If our Governments increase the taxes on gasoline we could have better roads, more and better EV infrastructure, and most of all (like the space program) an investment in R&D that could change the world! Look what we have done to the price of pack of cigarettes in the last 30 years!
Heavily taxing cigarettes is completely different than doing it to fuel. Consider how much merchandise is transported via vehicles that need gasoline or other petroleum derivatives. You're talking about artificially driving up the price of virtually everything for everyone. Not good for an economy that's already sucking air.
Sadly, many of the poor have no choice but to drive, and have older, worse fuel economy vehicles. This makes gas tax one of the most regressive forms of taxation.
petero -- If our Governments increase the taxes on gasoline we could have better roads, more and better EV infrastructure, and most of all (like the space program) an investment in R&D that could change the world!
The problem is that the gas tax goes into general revenue and gets frittered away on pork-barrel projects. What really needs to happen is that amendments to laws under consideration need to be relevant to that law. That would eliminate "I'll vote for your X if you tack on my Y". It would also cause a lot of laws not to get passed in the first place.
@jerry3 - some day, some how, some one (smarter than me) will come up with a way to constrain REVENUE and SPENDING to achieve what you describe. You have offered a pretty clever way that might do just that..... thanks!
TikiMan+1. I too believe those that can, should, so that this technology becomes mainstream.
The economical arguments should be based on total cost of ownership including factors such as:
Cost to acquire vehicle
Cost to maintain
Additional accessories
Downtime costs due to maintenance
Cost of electricity
Cost per mile savings
As a fellow forum member, why are many of our smart, intelligent, and passionate folks such Tesla fan boyz and gurlz about how we justify ownership.
No matter how you slice this, you could have bought a leaf or prius or volt if you were serious about ROI. The savings from a MOdelS could have been put to a charity, or to something else more useful to global good.
Let's be real, the Model S is part ego, part exclusivity, part technical marvel, part utopian idealism that just happens to also do the environment some good.
I bought the car because I wanted something exclusive. I'm glad it does good. Otherwise, I'd wait 4 more years for an A6 etron.
Leaf does not have the range I need for daily commute. Prius is out because hybrids are too complex.
jbunn - curious why are hybrids too complex. price/performance ratio is pretty decent. IMHO, not a fan of the design shape of the prius and the usual prius on the freeway who hogs up the left lane going 60 mph, but other than that, it does the job like the old soviet cars.
Certainly the Prius is more complex than a Model S, but it's actually less complex than an old fashioned car. Many of the items found in an ICE car have been replaced by more reliable electronics or have been simplified. For example, there is no alternator, no starter motor, no clutch, no serpentine belt(s), and the automatic transmission with its hundreds of parts has been replaced by simple planetary gear system similar to a differential.
The sad thing is my wife commutes 2 hours a day in her new ice and I will only drive 4 miles in my performance s. we need her mini s for parking in sf though and it's too early to upgrade it.
Interesting; I guess in effect the electric motor is the "starter motor". And since it is not plugin, the charging generator is de facto like an alternator, no?
Strictly speaking, either motor/generator can charge or power the Prius. Toyota has dumbed down the explanation and so it's not technically accurate. The difference between the two is that MG1 is half the size of MG2.
- Half the size of MG2.
- Spins the engine up to about 1000 rpm to start it. Note that fuel and spark are not added to the engine until it's spinning fast enough to run by itself. This eliminates the "cold start" and it's engine wear.
- Can be over-revved at high vehicle speeds so the engine is aways spun at speeds over 41 mph.
- Powers the Prius at certain time but never when the Prius is in reverse.
- Twice the size of MG1
- Directly attached to the drive wheels.
- Powers the Prius in reverse.
- Powers the Prius when a lot of motor power is required (generates electricity when less power is required or when braking).
MG1 and MG2 always work in opposition as long as the vehicle is is motion. That is one is powering while the other is generating.
A starter motor on an ICE car is far smaller and not nearly as robust same goes for the alternator.
A much more detailed explanation is here, and although it only deals with the 2001 Prius, the basic principles haven't changed--only the values and some implementation details:
Let's be real, the Model S is part ego, part exclusivity, part technical marvel, part utopian idealism that just happens to also do the environment some good. (rwang)
I agree, with the exception of those 100+ mile round trip daily commuters. For those, all the above applies, too, and on top the Model S also makes economic sense. :-)
Otherwise, I'd wait 4 more years for an A6 etron. (rwang)
Only four years? Good luck with that. I don't hold my breath.
I'll wait 4 more years for GenIII.


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While in Tennessee visiting my granddaughter Teagan and her parents, one day, as I sipped my coffee, I began thinking about the global financial crisis which led me to financiers, stock brokers, and bankers. Suddenly, my mind wandered over to pirates. At that time, my take was that pirates way back when had a code of ethics that prevented them from plundering certain countries-loyal to the crown and all that. Certain ports were protected. The pirate crews, often retreated to their own islands dividing their booty carousing and living the good life until they ran low on rum and other necessities. They, then. took another foray out into the world. Given the romantic notion that we now have of pirates, it is often thought that they did not take more than was necessary to keep themselves and their communities alive and well.
Fast forward to the pirates of today, and it is hard to see where the loyalties of these modern day pirates lie. Basically, it seemed more like a feeding frenzy of sharks who had been given the hapless pirate who "walked the plank". Needless to say, I thought my early morning musings farfetched and fanciful so I parked them in the dark recesses of my mind doubting that they would see the light of day. And then, today, I read this article from the October 15, 2008 Science Daily which comments on the recent writings of Dr. Peter Hayes, Senior Lecturer on Politics at the University of Sunderland
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Ever since my son was small he has been obsessed with dinosaurs. He did not speak for the first two years of his life and when he did decide to talk, his first words were about two of his favorite dinosaurs- pachycephalosaurus and coelophysis. I had thought he would outgrow dinosaurs, but last summer his love for them was sparked again and I found him pouring over his encyclopedias and watching documentaries about them.
That is why we were so excited when Brookfield Zoo contacted us about a sneak peek media day to explore the Dinosaurs Alive! exhibit that opened on April 6th.
What is Dinosaurs Alive!?
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The new indoor display of Feathers and Fossils highlights the most recent findings that include scientific discoveries demonstrating how birds evolved from dinosaurs. The room literally roars as you walk in, and hear all of the dinosaurs chiming in together as they move around in this display.
Kids can be like real paleontologists and dig in a Dino Dig area where they can brush off fossil displays in the back of the Feathers and Fossils exhibit. Our kids absolutely loved this hands-on element of the Dinosaurs Alive! exhibit.
Is This Just for Boys? Heck no!
If you think this exhibit was just for the boys, you would be wrong. My daughter loved this one just as much as her brother and we had a hard time pulling them out of this exhibit to explore other areas of the zoo. She loved the Dino Dig area, making the dinosaurs move, and the interactive displays and information that made this exhibit so charming.
Since he is such a big dinosaur lover, Ethan is going to share with you about the new Dinosaurs Alive! exhibit at Brookfield Zoo. He truly enjoyed talking to the knowledgeable employees and many offered him a job at the zoo to volunteer at the exhibit as he spouted off his facts. Sadly, the zoo is a 2 1/2 hour drive for us or I think he would have began working there that day.
Dinosaurs Alive! at Broofield Zoo Review by Ethan (Age 10)
Dinosaurs Alive! exhibit was a place that was a fantastic dinosaur-filled adventure that seemed like it was already done, but it was actually still in the making. I'll give it 4 stars. only a few mistakes, but I could hardly see most of them. It still was astonishing, though!
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SAN FRANCISCO — Safety Eric Reid has sustained the second concussion of his rookie season, forcing him out of the 49ers' game Sunday against the Carolina Panthers.
Reid got hurt making a third-quarter tackle of 245-pound fullback Mike Tolbert, who stayed at Reid's side as 49ers medical staff tended to him. Reid stayed down for some five minutes before he walked off the field with trainers.
Reid, the 49ers' first-round draft pick out of LSU, has started every game this season. He got knocked out of a Week 2 loss at Seattle with a concussion. Reid said earlier this season he didn't sustain any concussions in his four years at LSU.
Reid was the second player the 49ers lost to a concussion, following Vernon Davis' second-quarter lead.
Other 49ers who have sustained injuries in this game include left guard Mike Iupati (left knee), defensive tackle Ray McDonald (ankle) and tight end Garrett Celek (hamstring). Iupati did not miss a snap after getting hurt on a play in which Kendall Hunter fumbled.
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Thursday, June 2, 2011
Wegmans to PLCB: get these lemons out of our store
Enjoy this video from two Californians baffled and bemused by The Wonderful Wink Kiosk!
What's next? Well, it's not good, unfortunately. Because Senator John Pippy is apparently losing the guts to push for privatization. He's wimping out and talking about settling for some of the alternatives the PLCB is suggesting. I've got a better idea, Senator Pippy; how about you listen to the citizens of Pennsylvania, who continue to support privatization at a ratio of 2:1 or better? How about you consider that instead of the pleas of a bunch of entrenched bureaucrats who don't give a damn about anything but their jobs, their budgets, their secure power? Why keep this fossil, reeking of 70+ years of patronage and patronization? Cui bono, Senator?
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- Jon Geeting said...
lol best gloat I've read in a while. Did you see this video of this couple from LA making fun of the wine kiosks?
- June 2, 2011 at 9:29 PM
- Rich said...
Lew, despite a recent push in the state legislature for privitization you have been very, very quiet. I expected a lot more soap boxing to push this through.
- June 3, 2011 at 8:06 AM
- Lew Bryson said...
I've been quiet because I've been wicked busy, Rich. Not much on any of my blogs. Hope to get back in the swing after Philly Beer Week. I do apologize.
- June 3, 2011 at 8:08 AM
Lew,you inspired me to start a blog with the same unifying theme. Check out:
- June 3, 2011 at 8:30 PM
- Martin said...
One thing no one is talking about in the privatization debate. Will the State retain the distribution system. If the state retains distribution it will never work. How will bars and restaurants get their wine and liquor. Will private distributors be permitted to sell directly to the retail stores and the bars and restaurants. How much will the state be charging for a retail liquor license.
- June 5, 2011 at 12:50 AM
- Lew Bryson said...
Martin, that'sgoing to come down to what is in the eventual privatization bill that's proposed. I agree: I do NOT want the state to retain its wholesale monopoly. I also want to see a hard look at how hugely high our liquor taxes are.
- June 5, 2011 at 6:36 AM
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To make it Mad Magazine funny, after you go through the 4:00 minute process, the machine drops the bottle like a candy machine would, and every bottle breaks! Then it would be perfect!
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SB 101 (Lockyer) 4 Hour Delivery Law
Chapter 1075, Statutes of 1989 Effective January 1, 1990 (Civil Code Section 1722)
Whenever a contract is entered into for the sale of merchandise to be delivered at a later date, this bill requires retailers (with 25 or more employees) to specify a four-hour time period. This applies when the presence of the consumer is required at the time of delivery. The retailer may specify this four-hour time period either at the time of sale or a later date. If the merchandise is not delivered within that four-hour period (except for delays caused by unforeseen or unavoidable occurrences beyond the retailer's control), the consumer may bring an action in small claims court against the retailer for lost wages, expenses incurred, or other actual damages up to $500.
An action would not be considered valid if the consumer was not present at the specified time. The retailer must also have attempted to make the delivery or have made a diligent attempt to notify the consumer of its inability to do so because of unforeseen or unavoidable occurrences beyond its control.
It would be a defense to an action if a diligent attempt was made to notify the consumer of the delay caused by unforeseen or or unavoidable occurrences beyond the control of the retailer, or the retailer was unable to notify the consumer of the delay caused by unforeseen or unavoidable occurrences beyond the control of the retailer, or the retailer was unable to notify the consumer of the delay because of the consumer's absence or unavailability during the four-hour period. In either instance, the retailer makes the delivery within two hours of a newly agreed upon time or if the consumer unreasonably declines to arrange a new delivery time.
Logs and other business records maintained by the retailer in the ordinary course of business would be prima facie evidence of the delivered, or of a diligent attempt to notify the consumer of an unforeseen or unavoidable delay.
The bill also imposes similar requirements for cable television and utility companies, except that cable television and utility companies would only be required to make connection or repair calls within the four-hour time period if the "subscriber" (not consumer) requests it. Cable television companies and utilities would be required to notify subscribers of their right to request the four-hour time period when they call for connection or repair, or by mail three times a year.
An action against a cable television company would not be valid if the subscriber chooses to pursue a remedy for delay of service offered by the cable franchise or a local ordinance. Also, cable franchising or licensing authorities would be prohibited from imposing a fine, penalty, or other sanction if the subscriber opts for the remedy in their bill.
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About 200 construction jobs are expected to be created in coming months for the first phase of the $217-million addition to El Paso, Texas-based El Paso Electric's (EPE) Newman Power Generating Station in far Northeast El Paso. Construction of the first phase will create about 100 construction jobs by the end of this year and peak at about 200 jobs in the first or second quarter of next year, according to Bill Sullivan, project manager for Wood Group Power Solutions, Houston, the general contractor for the plant construction. The addition's 140MW, natural gas-fired first phase is expected to be operating by May.
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FA punishes Clubs for violence
Yeovil Town and Chesterfield have been found guilty of failing to ensure their players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion, and have both subsequently been fined £2500.
The charge relates to the meeting between the two sides on November 5 at the B2net Stadium. The bottom of the table clash ended 2-2, as The Glovers twice came from behind to share the spoils.
Both clubs pleaded guilty to the charge, after a scuffle broke out between the sides as Yeovil players took umbrage at a challenge from the Spireites' Mark Allot on Ed Upson.
This isn't the only bit of bad news for Yeovil this week; they have been plunged into a goalkeeping crisis after West Ham recalled young loanee Marek Stech.
The Somerset club were forced to field goalkeeping coach Gareth Stewart in last weekend's FA Cup win over Hereford, as Stech was called up to international duty with the Czech Under-21 side.
This comes as a headache for manager Terry Skiverton, who is preparing his team for this Saturday's West Country Derby against Exeter City. The Glovers' boss must now decide whether to look elsewhere for a stopper or stick with 31-year-old Stewart, who last made a football league appearance in 2008.
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St Magnus Cathedral - Britain's most northerly Cathedral.
St Magnus Cathedral known as the 'Light in the North' was founded in 1137 by the Viking, Earl Rognvald, in honour of his uncle St Magnus. The Cathedral belongs to the people of Orkney and its doors are open to all. The Cathedral, set in the heart of Kirkwall, the capital city of the Orkney Islands, is a place of stillness, of inspiration, of warmth, and is steeped in the presence of God. We invite you to explore this website which contains information about many aspects of the Cathedral's life.
The congregation of St Magnus Cathedral is very conscious of its place in a long continuum of worship in this ancient, holy building. Worship is what draws people to the Cathedral. Our worship is open to anyone who might wish to participate.
The Society of the Friends of St. Magnus Cathedral is a dedicated group of people who contribute to the life of the Cathedral through fund raising to support the maintenance and development of the building. The Society also seeks to promote increased awareness and knowledge of the Cathedral to the general public. By joining the Friends you are supporting the Cathedral and helping to secure this magnificent building for future generations.
St. Magnus Centre is not just a church hall - it is a meeting place, a visitor centre, an arts venue and a place for quiet contemplation. Building on the facilities offered by the 19th century St Magnus Hall, The St Magnus Centre has meeting rooms, a Projector Room where the film "The Saga of St Magnus" is shown and a large hall which can serve as a great venue for events such as receptions, dances, socials etc.. Visit this site to see what The St Magnus Centre can offer you or your organisation.
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That selfie that Red Sox slugger David Ortiz took with President Barack Obama on Tuesday may have been part of a marketing stunt.
Now, Ortiz is taking some heat, NECN reports, after it emerged that Samsung coached him on how to snap his widely-tweeted White House photo.
Samsung acknowledged Wednesday that it had a relationship with Ortiz and the Red Sox and that it had helped him take his photo, and Sports Business Journal reported Monday that Ortiz just signed a new endorsement deal with the mobile provider.
"It was an honor to help him capture such an incredible and genuine moment of joy and excitement," Samsung said, comparing his selfie to the star-studded one that Ellen DeGeneres took at the Oscars.
The White House said Wednesday that Obama wasn't aware of the marketing stunt.
Ortiz snapped the photo with the president Tuesday as his team, last year's World Series champs, was being honored at the White House. Ortiz presented Obama with a personalized Red Sox jersey, which they're holding in the photo.
Within moments, the photo was retweeted thousands of times.
What an honor! Thanks for the #selfie, @BarackObamapic.twitter.com/y5Ww74sEID
— David Ortiz (@davidortiz) April 1, 2014
Obama, a Chicago White Sox fan, told the team that several members of his administration are Red Sox fans and praised the team for its win and for bringing the city of Boston together in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings.
"Obviously, all the wins were sweet for Red Sox fans, but I think for the nation as a whole, there was something particular about this squad that was special and will go down in history," the president said.
He said the team represented the grit and resilience of one of America's iconic cities during one of its most difficult moments.