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The oxidation of carbon monoxide on zinc oxide
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A study was made of the kinetics of the oxidation of carbon monoxide to form carbon dioxide. The catalyst was high purity zinc oxide. A liquid nitrogen trap was used to remove the product carbon dioxide, thereby virtually eliminating any poisoning effect of CO2 on the reaction. A natural convection loop provided the means for circulating gases past the catalyst and the nitrogen trap in the batch system. Pressure change due to reaction was the criterion used to determine the kinetics. The reactions were studied between 250°C and 310°C, with initial total pressure of approximately 35 torr. The overall order dependency was found to be approximately 1.1, with individual orders of approximately 0.9 and 0.2 for carbon monoxide and oxygen, respectively. The apparent activation energy for the reaction was found to be 15.1 Kcal/mole.


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Lisa Von Hoffner
Artist Lisa Von Hoffner uses a brilliant array of colors and incredible skill to create her artwork, with a subject matter focusing on issues surrounding contemporary womanhood, subverting the role of the female nude in painting. She breathes new life into the classic female nude by transforming it through vivid colors of acrylic paint, metallic vinyl, and neon lights. Her work shatters what you may think about a traditional nude painting, as each piece portrays powerful women that own the space they inhabit. They avert the male gaze by embodying their own sexuality and taking control of the position they are in, instead of simply being on display for the patriarchal eye.
The combination of psychedelic hues and LED lights are so visually stunning in Hoffner's work, that the women in which they surround become illuminated, demanding the attention of the viewer. The artist's subjects are elevated to a higher state through the use of glowing backlights, which emanate incredible hues of light and shadows, forming new dimension.
"Laced with bright lights and a near hallucinatory fanfare of color, the immediate tenor of my most recent work is a carousel of revelry and excitement, similar to the buzzing allure of Vegas. Through the hallowed reiteration of circles and a hyper-spectacle of art objects, these pieces enter the realm of devotion—devout objects to be revered, objects that pay homage to the sanctity of womanhood."
-Lisa Von Hoffner
She completely transforms the environment around her work in such exhibitions as Radical Devotions at Harry Wood Gallery in Tempe, Arizona. The artist's elaborate lighting and glossy props enhance her paintings and immerse the viewers into a world of mind-altering colors.
Lisa Von Hoffner holds an MFA in Painting and Drawing from Arizona State University and has been featured in exhibitions across the United States. You can find more of her work on her website at www.lisavonhoffner.com.

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Live Album "Nowhere To Hide" Out Now!
As a surprise to fans, Keaton drops live album "Nowhere To Hide" on Friday, May 29th!
The album features new and adored songs from the Los Angeles native and was performed by Keaton Simons (guitars, vocals), Paul Allen (drums, vocals), and Darwin Johnson (bass, vocals). It was produced by Simons, as well as co-produced and mixed by Ross Hogarth, engineered by Brian Reeves and Dan Viafore, and assisted by Jeff Stone. The album was mastered by Gavin Lurssen and Reuben Cohen for Lurssen Mastering.
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Scientists recently found that simulated Martian soil can be packed together into a sturdy, brick-like material...without ANY additional ingredients to hold it together. This is a pretty big deal considering when and if we get to Mars we want to maximize the amount of life-support and other necessities the astronauts can take with them.
This means that real Martian soil could be utilized as a tool for building structures, habitats, and more on the surface of Mars - making human missions a little less complicated.
So, how did we get here? Well, a group of engineers were testing simulated Martian soil, specifically called "Mars soil simulant."This simulant is a collection of rocks which have the same chemical makeup as the dirt found on mars, they even tried to mimic the shape and size of Martian grains! After some testing, the engineers figured out that adding juuuust the right amount of pressure was enough to form the soil into trim, stiff blocks...that are stronger than steel-reinforced concrete!
This is a lot more simple than how we currently make our construction materials on earth. Usually there is an adhesive or binder introduced to the material in order to get the materials to keep a fixed shape.
Yu Qiao, a structural engineer at UC San Diego, and the lead researcher, says "It gives the soil strength when it's compacted." Of course, we're still not 100% sure of this, as the test subject was just a simulated soil. But, it is a great inspiration to think that there will be some usable materials on Mars. The less people have to rely on shipped materials, back-up cargo, and other missions...the better.
Not to mention, because of the gravity, things like building, swinging a hammer, and other construction-based tasks are easier on the body.
Before Qiao and his team began working on this, many other scientists have tried finding similar solutions to building on Mars. For example, bringing microbes o Mars that could feed on human waste, thus creating a binder materials. Others have proposed that perhaps bringing some kind of heating device to bake the soil into bricks would help. However, we might just need a few good hammers.
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CARROLLTON, Ky. " Donald Lee "Donnie" Carter, 63, of Carrollton died Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009, at his residence.
Funeral services were Monday, Feb. 16, at Tandy-Eckler-Riley Funeral Home, 809 Highland Ave., Carrollton, with the Rev. Keith Mendenhall officiating. Burial was in Carrollton I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
Mr. Carter was born April 1, 1945, in Carrollton to the late Roy and Mary Jane Brock Carter.
He was a former Carrollton city police officer and a former Carroll County deputy sheriff.
CARROLLTON, Ky. – Velma Catherine "Shorty" Taylor, 89, of Carrollton died Friday, Feb. 13, 2009, at Green Valley Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carrollton.
Funeral services were Tuesday, Feb. 17, at Tandy-Eckler-Riley Funeral Home, 809 Highland Ave., Carroll-ton, with the Revs. Michael Cammack and Larry Workman officiating. Burial was in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Carrollton.
Mrs. Taylor was born March 8, 1919, in Trimble County, Ky., to the late Tony and Virgie Henry Westrick.
She was a member of the Gospel Baptist Church in Carrollton.
CARROLLTON, Ky. – Georgia Marie Gould Embree, 60, of Carrollton died Saturday, Feb. 7, at her home.
Funeral services were Feb. 11 at Graham-Dunn Funeral Home, 213 Fifth St., Carrollton. Cremation was chosen by the family.
Mrs. Embree was born Dec. 16, 1948, in Owen County to the late Henry Clay and Florida Gould.
She was an industrial cleaner in Carrollton.
CARROLLTON, Ky. – Joe Marlette, 81, of Carrollton died Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009, at Norton Audubon Hospital in Louisville, Ky.
Funeral services were Saturday, Feb. 14, at Graham-Dunn Funeral Home, 213 Fifth St., Carrollton, with the Rev. David Wotier officiating. Burial was in I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Carrollton.
Mr. Marlette was born Nov. 26, 1927, in Carrollton to the late Planet and Mildred Robbins Marlette.
CARROLLTON, Ky. – Dawn Rena Fugate Austin, 38, of Carrollton died Monday, Feb. 16, 2009, at her residence.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24, at Graham-Dunn Funeral Home, 213 Fifth St., Carrollton, with the Rev. Jay Montgomery officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery in Southgate, Ky.
Visitation is 5-8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 23, at the funeral home.
Mrs. Austin was born June 28, 1970, in Covington, Ky., to Roy and Kathleen Fugate.
She worked in food service at Belterra Casino and Resort in Vevay, Ind.
CARROLLTON, Ky. – Thomas "Tommy" Ellery Welch, 46, of Carrollton died Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009, at Baptist Hospital Northeast in La Grange, Ky.
Funeral services are 1 p.m. today, Wednesday, Feb. 11, at Graham-Dunn Funeral Home, 213 Fifth St., Carrollton. Burial will be in I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Bedford, Ky.
Mr. Welch was born Feb. 19, 1962, in Carrollton to Ella Mae Welch and the late Robert Helton Welch. He graduated from Carroll County High School.
He was employed as a disc jockey and as a cook at the Carrollton Inn.
WORTHVILLE, Ky. – Taylor Michelle Rose, an infant, was stillborn Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009, at Baptist Hospital Northeast, La Grange, Ky.
A private memorial service was held Feb. 9, with Pastor Pat Butcher presiding. Cremation was chosen by the family.
Oldham County Funeral Home, 706 W. Jefferson St., La Grange, was in charge of arrangements.
Ruby B. Kidwell, 85, Sligo, died Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009 in Clearwater, Fla.
She was the daughter of the Walter and Isabelle (Sibley) Blackerby. She was the owner/operator of Ruby's Beauty Shop in New Castle for many years. She was a member of the Bedford Springs Church in Bedford.
Survivors include a son, Brad (Beverly) Kidwell, Tampa, Fla.; sister Celia Logan, Bedford; and one granddaughter.
Her husband, Lewis F. Kidwell, preceded her in death in 2004.
Shayla Graves, one-month-old, died Friday, Feb. 6, 2009 at Ionia County Memorial Hospital in Ionia, Mich.
Born January 8, 2009 in Oldham County, she was the daughter of Chad and Chrystal Graves.
Betty Wright Totten, 62, Bedford died Sunday, February 1, 2009 at University Hospital in Louisville.
Funeral arrangements and other details are pending at Ransdell Funeral Home, Bedford, Kentucky.
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Ulta Shares Charge Over $90 Level Following Q1 Beat
Shares of Ulta Salon (NASDAQ: ULTA) are moving up more than eight percent in Tuesday's after-hours trading following better-than-expected earnings.
Revenue for the first quarter was $713.8 million, beating analyst's consensus estimate of $699.51 million by 2.04 percent. This is a 22.5 percent jump from the same quarter last year; however, shares are down 0.4 percent over the course of a year.
Ecommerce comparable sales were up 72.3 percent year over year, making up about 8.7 percent of total sales.
Net income was up 18.5 percent year over year to $49.95 million; operating income was up 19.5 percent year over year. Quarterly earnings of $0.77 beat the Wall Street estimate of $0.74 by 4.05 percent.
Ulta was unable to show scale with this quarter's results. Despite a 22.5 percent increase in revenue, cost of goods sold increased and SG&A expenses remained constant at 22.8 percent of revenue.
Looking forward, Ulta sees second-quarter sales coming in the range of $706 million to $717 million. This is a bullish signal as the analyst consensus estimate for the quarter sits at just $704 million. The company's earnings forecast is not as strong: EPS is expected to fall between $0.78 and $0.83, versus the $0.82 analyst expectation.
Shares of Ulta last traded at $92.30, up over eight percent from Tuesday's closing price.
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Twelve long years have passed since the tragedy at the World Trade Center and The Pentagon happened. I am taking this time to honor one victim as a tribute to ALL 2996 lives that were so harshly taken that Sept. Morning. Charles J. Houston, a forty-two year old stock broker working for Euro Brokers Inc. Located on the eighty-second floor in Tower number two is where Charles spent his final hours. Taken from us for NO Fuckin good reason as well as all the others lost that day, still goes without REAL answers. All we can say or hope for is that God is blessing these poor families effected by this tragedy. Even my family was effected. My father helped build those beautiful pieces of New York City skyline, and as well with the clean-up. My brother-in law mentally lost it after the clean-up. He picked up part of a human body. I will leave it at that. Now he is my ex-bro in law(mentally changed drastically). If that is what the workers went through, I can only imagine what the families are going through to this very day. May God Bless Every One Of Them.
Taken from Legacy.com, as appeared in the New York Times here is some thoughts from those who actually knew him:
Charles Joseph Houston was 6-foot-1, weighed 225 pounds and had a thick mustache. "He had a rough exterior, but inside, he was such a mush, especially around children." said Linda Houston, his wife. He frolicked in his backyard pool with his 2- year-old nieces, read to his 9-year-old nephew, and in general "snuggled with them." He went for walks with them and took them to movies and malls. "He was like a second father," she said."But he was a pull-no-punches type of guy," she added. "What you see is what you get. He wouldn't sugarcoat on anything. If you asked him for an opinion, he'd tell you what he really thought, sometimes even things you didn't want to hear."He and his brother-in-law, Otto Diodato, the father of his nieces and nephew, used to be efficient handymen in their two houses, merely a few yards apart. They'd be constantly concocting projects , redoing the kitchen counter tops, building fences, changing the bathroom tiles , and actually finishing them. But shortly before the September attack, they had become more like "Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble," his wife said. "They would joke around, enjoy each other's company, and the projects would last forever." Mr. Houston, 42, worked at Euro Brokers. He and his wife were planning to adopt a child next summer.
God Bless America!!!
Every Sept. 11 for as long as this blog is alive, I will continue to post this about Charles Houston. Keeping HIS memory alive as well as ALL the others lost that tragic day.
Many thanx to Ed and my Dad for the pictures. Taken from Ground Zero Sept.20, 2001. Thank all of you guys and gals that helped clean up and that are rebuilding our great city, New York.
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Charles J Houston, God Bless 9-11-01
Posted by Tiredawg at 8:45 AM
22 comments:
- firstname.lastname@example.com said...
great tribute dawg. it brings tears to my eyes to see what the terrorists have done to us. the useless waste of innocent lives-little children trying to grasp the idea that daddy is with the angels and not there at 'bring daddy to school' day.
- Sunday, September 10, 2006
- Chris said...
That was nice Dawg!!
- Sunday, September 10, 2006
- Trixie said...
Wonderful tribute! There will always be a sad spot in my heart for the friends and family who lost loved ones 5 years ago tomorrow. I was humbled by the number of heros that emerged that day. God Bless!
- Sunday, September 10, 2006
- Tara said...
Beautiful tribute. Those pictures bring it all back.
My tribute can be found at http://retardedrugrat.wordpress.com
- Monday, September 11, 2006
- Heather said...
Wow - so many victims. I appreciate you taking part in helping us to get to know each and every one.
I remember Steven Hagis
- Monday, September 11, 2006
- Jem said...
Thanks for writing about Charles :)
- Monday, September 11, 2006
- Raggedy said...
Wonderful Tribute!
Thank you.
These are sad and hard to read....
I am honored to be a part of this project.
Mine is posted also...
The 2996 link is down. I have a new link on my site to view the participants.
Bless you…
- Monday, September 11, 2006
- MysteryAngel333 said...
God's Speed On Angel's Wings' to you and yours...I love this country,and every night before I lay my head down I thank those "LuckyStars"(The men and women,who keep my freedoms,cause it's not free!!!)and say a prayer for all those affected by those events of 9/11,it don't cost a penny to pray and it ain't even taxed!!!God Bless ya DAWG,PEACE/OUT...Myss
- Monday, September 11, 2006
- MysteryAngel333 said...
~~~Isiah 33:3 ~~~God's Speed On Angel's Wings',to you and yours...Prayer is the answer,just forgot the question?!? ...PEACE/OUT...,Myss
- Monday, September 11, 2006
- Canadi-anna said...
It's almost refreshing to see some anger.
I'm so sorry that your family has suffered through this tragedy as well. It's great despite your how your family was affected, you're able to share this tribute and honour someone else.
- Monday, September 11, 2006
- Valerie said...
Incredible photos... So real...
Great blog.
- Monday, September 11, 2006
- Chicago Ray said...
Mr Houston would be proud, and he will be remembered. Thanks to you & your's and their conributions to our fine country as well. Please see Eddie Dillard here if you wish. Thanks again.
- Monday, September 11, 2006
- Teena said...
What a lovely tribute! Thanks for participating and honouring ... they are no longer just a name to us now.
Mine's up.
- Monday, September 11, 2006
this is Susan. thanks to all families (including yours) who helped before or after the horrible loss of life that occured on 9-11. An old girlfriend of mine lived in NY . Her husband worked in the Windows to the World Restaurant in one of the towers. Needless to say he lost his life. It was devastating not only for his wife but his son. Thankfully she is engaged to a nice man who truly loves her and the son.
- Tuesday, September 12, 2006
- Praying for your Prodigal said...
Thanks for posting such a great tribute to another great life. I have posted a tribute honoring Sgt. Michael Curtin, a NYPD officer who willingly walked into collapsing buildings five years ago on a rescue mission. His body was recovered in the rubble of Ground Zero March, 2002. So many lives lost....so many heroes.
- Wednesday, September 13, 2006
- Cheyenne said...
God bless you, Tiredawg
- Wednesday, September 12, 2007
He was my uncle and what a great guy he was. The kind of guy you never get tired of hanging with. Can't wait to tell my 2 kids (he never got to meet) all about him.
- Thursday, January 17, 2008
- 4ever3 said...
You know Dawg, I was talking to my Grade 8 class today about 911 and the hair on my arms was standing on end. Do you realize they were just in Grade 1 when all this went down? When I realized that I also realized that all those kids out there who are missing parents as a result of this insane act of terrorism are now 7 years older and still fatherless, or motherless, etc. and my heart goes out to them.
- Thursday, September 11, 2008
- MrsAshley said...
My name is Ashley and I blog at Embracing Beauty.com. I recently did a review for a Bed & Breakfast in Tenn. and they are currently offering a discounted rate for NASCAR fans for the Bristol race (March 18th-20th). I thought this might be something you would like to share with your readers. All the details can be found here (http://embracingbeauty.com/2011/02/28/my-mini-vacation-review-and-discounts-for-nascar-fans/) but if you have any questions feel free to contact me.
I'm sorry to leave this here but I couldn't find your email address.
Thank you for your consideration,
- Monday, February 28, 2011
Hi TireDawg,
I don't know what made me think of it today but I remembered a silver bracelet I was given about 9 years ago. The bracelets were made to honor the victims of 911 and have their name on it. My bracelet has the name Charles J. Houston.
I never looked up the name before but wore the bracelet for some time. For some reason today I feel the urge to look up Charle's name and see if I could find out something about him and found your blog.
I am 42 years old, like Charles was and ironically I am adopted. Just found that interesting. Thank you for sharing about who Charles was. I am glad to know about the man whose name I am honored to wear!
P.S., while I am do not watch much NASCAR...I do love to drive fast!
Warm regards,
- Monday, May 30, 2011
- Medium Rigid Licence said...
I salute the man and all those who perished in 911. They are all hero. Beautiful tribute you have here.
- Wednesday, October 03, 2012
my name is kellie, and Charles was my uncle. I still have dreams about him, and remember him taking me to the mall, and on walks, and holding me...I remember it all too well. now i'm going to high school,and I miss him every single day and I really wish he was here. this blog about him made me realize people care, and his life was here to help us care..thank you so much. this makes it easier
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Sing&Grow Services
This page outlines the breadth of Sing&Grow services and models. Please note that not all services are available in all locations and some may only be available through a brokering system. To learn more about the services available in your specific region please contact us
Sing&Grow Group Programs
Group Programs are held in accessible venues in collaboration with community organisations. Up to 10 referred families attend one hour weekly sessions (generally over 8 weeks), participating in hands-on music activities that assist children with developmental skills and extend the repertory of parenting skills in relating to children through interactive play. Known song material, original compositions, singing, movement to music, relaxation and instrumental play are all incorporated into an established session plan, and a resource CD and booklet is made available to each family and the host organisation, further supporting families' capacity to use the musical activities at home.
Sing&Grow Off to School
Off to School draws from the inherent qualities of music for addressing all aspects of child development and develops skills in parents to recognise their role in supporting their child through a positive transition to school the following year. Sing&Grow Off to School Programs are held in accessible venues, often primary schools, and may be in collaboration with a community organisation, school or both. Up to 10 families with a child transitioning to school the following year attend one hour weekly sessions (generally over 8 weeks), with each session focused on a different aspect of the transition to school. Musical activities utilised in the same way detailed for Group Programs.
Sing&Grow Family Workshops
Sing&Grow offers one-off, 1 hour workshops for families. Workshops incorporate information and idea sharing into experiential musical examples and aim to build capacity and confidence in adults to use music in their daily interactions with children. Each workshop is based on 3 parenting resource cards, which the Host Organisation selects from our range of 12 cards. Workshops can also be offered in a 3 session format to facilitate more in depth learning for parents.
Sing&Grow Home Visits
Home Visits involve a Sing&Grow Music Therapist (S&GMT) visiting a client in their home with their Case Worker. The S&GMT brings their guitar and a handful of small instruments, and facilitates shared experiences to celebrate what parents are doing well, as well as provides small challenges within a safe space to spark reflective conversations about other ways of nurturing.
Home Visits can:
- engage 'hard-to-reach' families
- lead to participation in group activities once trust has been built
- build on a family's particular strengths while developing new areas of parenting
- give the family's Case Worker the chance to see them interact in a different context
- reinforce messages that the Case Worker has been working on with the family
A range of Home Visiting Packages and associated costs are detailed on the Home Visit Info sheet.
Sing&Grow Community Events & Engagement Sessions
Sing&Grow can provide music therapy activities as part of a community-focused event for families with children aged 0-5 years. This service is provided on a per hour basis, and usually involves a Sing&Grow Music Therapist setting up a small area with a mat, Sing&Grow banner and a few small percussion instruments. Depending on the needs at the event, small sessions can be run at determined intervals, or it can be in a 'drop-in' style where families can join in the fun as they wish.
In collaboration with a host organisation, Sing&Grow can also assist in the initial engagement of traditionally 'hard-to-reach' families by making Sing&Grow services available to them in familiar spaces such as parks and shopping centres. This service is provided on a per hour basis, and usually involves a Sing&Grow Music Therapist setting up a small area with a mat, Sing&Grow banner and a few small percussion instruments.
Sing&Grow Models
Sing&Grow Select Services
A Host Organisation can design a specific package of services from those listed above to best meet the needs of their community. The manager for your state will be able to advise you on some effective combinations of services including:
Home Visits with a number of families → Group Program or Workshop
A Community Space Engagement Session → Home Visits with the new families→ Workshop
Sing&Grow Community Partnership
A Sing&Grow Community Partnership enables the delivery of intensive music therapy interventions to targeted families. Based within accessible community venues, a Sing&Grow Music Therapist collaborates with existing family-focused agencies to provide music therapy services designed to better engage families who, for a range of reasons, may otherwise not participate in community programs. Deliverables can be predetermined in an agreed workplan, or can be flexible to be responsive to the needs of the community as they are identified.
The Sing&Grow Music Therapist is committed to the community partnership for several hours a week over a minimum of 6 months allowing for the delivery of a greater range of services in one community that enable rapport and capacity building, along with the transition of families into other community services. The Sing&Grow Community Partnership model supports the concept of integrated service-delivery and requires committed support and collaboration from organisations already engaged with young families in the relevant community.
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A Sing&Grow Facility-Based Partnership enables the delivery of intensive music therapy interventions that specifically cater for parents and children with complex needs in facilities including early parenting centres, early intervention centres and Mother-Baby Mental Health units. Sing&Grow works to complement existing parenting interventions offered within the relevant facility and implements both group and individual family music therapy services that address a range of early childhood and parenting issues.
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Two weeks ago, Older had five baby raccoons and two starling babies. All are doing well. The raccoons have been joined by two more. Here are their stories.
The first new raccoon baby came with a story that broke my heart. Thank goodness someone reported this to Animal Control. The local Animal Control officer knows Older Daughter's work and he always gives her a call when he is made aware of a wildlife issue. There is a park in the town where my daughters work. Animal Control received a report that a raccoon baby was hung up in some playground equipment. The AC officer and Older went to check it out. You might know what I'm talking about if you've ever been on a playground. There are these animal characters that children can ride on. They are on a big heavy-duty spring which is what allows the animal character to sort of bounce when a child is on it. Well, this little raccoon was INSIDE the spring. There looked to be no way he could have gotten in there, but for sure there was no getting out. They worked and worked and were able to get him. When Older got him home, she discovered that he was extremely weak, dehydrated, and terribly thin. No telling how long he'd been trapped in that piece of playground equipment. He wouldn't have made it much longer. That was almost two weeks ago. He has regained his strength and is doing really well now. And he's about the size of the triplets so he was recently introduced to them so that he won't be alone.
The next raccoon baby that came into Wild Angels (about a week ago) is also a sad story, but for a different reason. Older got a call from a family who had taken a raccoon in and had intended to make a pet of him. When they realized that he could climb all over their house and that he had hands, they decided they'd made a mistake. Now Older is tasked with the chore of making sure this guy learns NOT to be friendly with people. Luckily he was only in that household for a couple of weeks. It is also lucky that he is very young. Older can make this raccoon a wild animal again pretty easily. It's so important that people don't try to make pets out of wild animals.
Lots of raccoons at Wild Angels right now. But the most recent newcomer is a little fawn who probably will not survive. A woman called the shelter because she didn't know where else to call. She had no idea that one of the employees was a wildlife rehabber. Unfortunately, this fawn was almost dead when Older Daughter went to get it. The woman said it had been curled up in her yard and she kept expecting a momma deer to eventually come and get it. That is always the right thing to do. Momma deer will bed their fawns down and leave them for hours at a time. The mistake lots of people make is to assume when they see a fawn that it has been abandoned. If the mom is alive, she WILL come back for her fawn. But no momma deer ever came for this one. The mom was probably killed. When Older picked the baby up, he was limp. But that wasn't the worst of it. His body temperature was so low that Older was sure he only had hours, or maybe even minutes, left. You can't feed a baby when their body temperature is that low. The first step is always to warm them, try to bring the body temp up, and to give fluids. It took over three hours to get this baby's body temperature to a place where it was safe to try to feed him. Older proceeded to care for the fawn all evening and all night long. But he was limp. She didn't know if this was all starvation and blood sugar or if there had been a head injury. There was no outward sign of injury but the fawn couldn't stand or even sit up. And he couldn't hold his head up. I was at Older's house that first night. I saw how "gone" this baby was. I knew my daughter would do anything and everything she could to give this baby a chance. But I was sure he wouldn't make the night. The next morning, Older reported to me that he was still alive and that he could hold his head up. I received this picture later that second day.
It has been an up-and-down struggle. He is not improving like Older wishes. The vet sent them home with antibiotic and steroid shots. Still, he just isn't getting stronger. We're still hoping, but it's starting to look like help came too late for this baby. Keep your fingers crossed.
Now one final thing. You might remember that Andrea went to Older Daughter's Wild Angels FB page and made a donation as a wedding gift to Older. Older Daughter was absolutely thrilled. AND – Andrea's idea inspired two more readers who also went to the page and made donations as wedding gifts to Older for her wildlife.
Maria – THANK YOU.
Pam – THANK YOU.
See you next week.


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Congratulations to Yasmin Nurming-Por, winner of the 2017 Middlebrook Prize for Young Canadian Curators
Congratulations to Yasmin Nurming-Por of Toronto for being awarded the 5th annual Middlebrook Prize for Young Canadian Curators, a national prize awarded annually to a young curator demonstrating social innovation and curatorial excellence. Yasmin's project, My curiosities are not your curios, has been selected as the winning submission that will be presented at the Art Gallery of Guelph from September 14 - December 17, 2017.
The exhibition will examine what it means to collect objects through the work of artists for whom collecting is a creative practice. Nurming-Por has selected contemporary artists from across North America whose "collections" address the politics of display, exploring how these systems can also be used to present alternative narratives.


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Dear Dad
It is your birthday today. 87 years since you came along to Harriet and Charlie.
I thought I would check in with you. Can we take it as read that you have port, mustard, honey and a good book to read? I may well have cake with the children tonight to honour you and let's face it, it is always any excuse for a tea party here. Perhaps we should go to the sea this evening.
So we have moved and keep passing places that you were in when serving in the Royal Navy in the forties. I feel certain that you have brought me here for a reason but am not yet clear on what that is. I like the countryside down here and the sea of course.
It feels that I am getting a little more freedom as the children get older. I still rail against how all the drudgery type stuff seems to fall on women. I understand mum more and more every day. I hope it all changes before my daughter grows up but I fear it won't.
I am going to do some voluntary work in the local town after the school holidays. I wish that opportunities had an aura round them so you knew which choices are the right ones. I wish people were the same so you could identify potential friends easily.
Him Indoors is doing OK. Still has a more than a touch of the Victor Meldrews but you know what he is like.
Luke is doing well in his new school, one of the very best parts of us moving. I think he can thrive here. It is a bit of a shock that he is nearly 14 and has chosen his options. It all suddenly seems very grown-up stuff and I don't even feel grown up myself yet half the time. He is turning into a man with all that entails and frankly it terrifies me. How can I hold onto that sweet natured boy we know and love?
Laura is having a difficult time. She is so very unhappy at her new school and wants to leave. I certainly don't want her to stay there is it is going to make her miserable every day. That is no way to live a life. I have had a meeting at school today and have asked for another. She is shy and sensitive but also bolshy like me and Mum so is having her say in perhaps less than ideal ways which is not going down at all well. I wish you were here so we could talk it through. You always had wise words and made me think there was a way forward whatever the challenges.
Louis is his usual self, taking things in his stride, trying new things and seizing every day. He made me laugh today when Laura was refusing to go to school saying that you would say it was "not on". He remembers you so well. As I write your memoirs, I see similarities in your natures, that ability to take on the world and to get on with things.
I am feeling a bit old. I think some of that comes when you lose your parents. I guess I am next! I am not sleeping well at all waking up every hour most nights. I need to get healthy eating and exercise in place and stop messing about. I have the usual ambitions and still procrastinate way too much. I annoy myself so much. Always talking, never doing. Still trying to get things right, be vaguely good at something and so on.
News you will love is I am going on holiday with our Charles to France. I asked him as I felt it was about time he got back to holidaying. He misses you Dad. Obviously I love the idea of getting away too. Nobody gets the missing you as much as he does. We are going for just a few days and if that works, perhaps we can look at a longer break in the future. We are taking our Luke and I am going to try to get him to use his French.
Oh, here I go, getting all tearful imagining us going out for lunch today and then returning with treats of eclairs or scones. And then the children would sing to you and we would eat the cake. Happy days – much missed.
Happy Birthday Dad.
Even if I cannot hear your voice and all that.
Make what comes next a bit clearer to me please.
Cath x


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I have been told that I'm impulsive, when I get it in my head to do something I go all out. There is the other side of the coin to this and that is if I don't finish it when I wanted to have it done by or I have another great plan I just have to start, then I'm left with a job half done. Sad but true, I still don't have any 'No Dig Beds' yet. But that's for another blogpost.
Now I've realised that I'm in need of a greenhouse and after bit of research on the web I've seen that's it's doable on my budget. I'd like an 8'x6' greenhouse, so I had made a start just over a week ago. There is a three slab path, a step up then the ground space that will soon house the greenhouse. On one side of the path I will have a more permanent spot for my Garden Connect bed and the other I hope to have a herb patch.
The reason for the step up is that the plot is very uneven and I'd have to shift a lot of soil just to keep it all level. Now the trouble with buying a second hand greenhouse is that there is a good chance the size of it will be in imperial measurements, the slabs I have are in metric. So when I measured the three together in the above photo, it was a bit shy of the six foot required. I don't have a greenhouse yet, but I don't want to do all this work and it doesn't fit right. So after sleeping on it, I made a few adjustments.
The centre slabs are now offset with stones in the gaps just because I have them in buckets all over the plot. The yellow sheet you can see under the slabs has been under the plum trees ever since I've had the plot, so now I've put it to good use and used it as a weed suppressant.
The jobs about done as you can see, but I didn't want the space at the far end to go to waste or to seed (maybe weed is the right choice of words), so I intended to carry on with potatoes in bags and have them there with a ground sheet to stop the weeds coming through. Here is how it has been left. Rather than leave the space unused, I have courgettes on the left and pumpkins on the right.
And just like the News at Ten, I have an 'And finally' for you. I had noticed a few weeks ago that I had a robin's nest in the shed that was empty. This weekend while getting my tools I looked over at the nest and saw a robin in it. Today I saw it again, but on one of my tool surching trips to the shed, the robin was gone and I saw three eggs. When I finished for the day and put all my kit back, the robin we as back in place on the nest. Till next time and thanks for reading.
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The Northern Territory Simulated Learning Environment (NT Sim Lab) opened in 2013 and houses a range of low to high fidelity mannequins and task trainers in a ward space, with consult rooms and observation rooms.
It provides many opportunities for teaching and learning with the aim of achieving excellence in clinical practice for undergraduate and postgraduate students, health professionals and a range of medical and health training providers and disciplines.
Simulation plays a key role in clinical teaching into the NT Medical Program by enabling learners to practice and hone their skills in a realistic and safe environment. Training across the four years of the medical course focuses on clinical skills and broader communication skills, with the ultimate goal of increasing patient safety.
The NT Sim Lab at Royal Darwin Hospital includes:
The observation and tech rooms are equipped with one way mirrors for viewing and operating the mannequins.
The different spaces allow multiple activities to take place in the one simulation session. It can accommodate up to 25 learners and educators.
Video recording equipment in all of the rooms allows educators and learners to record the session and evaluate it in real time or after the session is over.
The NT Sim Lab adjoins a lecture space with plasma screens for presentations and video conferencing equipment.
The facility houses a wide range of equipment, from skill specific task trainers such as IV cannulation arms and airway management trainers through to low, medium and high fidelity mannequins.
Simulation equipment is also available in Katherine, Nhulunbuy and the Centre for Remote Health in Alice Springs.
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The Train the Trainer Series is a set of sessions run by our Simulation Technician for educators who have some grounding in simulation and clinical skills.
It equips them with the necessary skills to go on and run their own scenarios using simulation equipment.
The training also introduces the educators to software and programs that ensure the scenarios and courses run smoothly and that they get the best out of both the learner and the educator.
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Selected journal articles and books
Note: the views expressed in the articles and books below do not necessarily reflect the positions of the Code Blue Campaign
Autesserre, Séverine. 2010. The Trouble with the Congo: Local Violence and the Failure of International Peacebuilding. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. http://www.cambridge.org/ca/academic/subjects/politics-international-relations/comparative-politics/trouble-congo-local-violence-and-failure-international-peacebuilding.
Bolkovac, Kathryn, & Cari Lynn. 2011. The Whistleblower: Sex Trafficking, Military Contractors, and One Woman's Fight for Justice. Macmillan. https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780230115224.
Boom, Rembert. 2017. "United Nations Security Council Resolution 2272 & Secretary-General Report on Special Measures for Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse, with introductory note by Rembert Boom." International Legal Materials (Vol. 55, no. 4). https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2930528.
Boon, Kristen E. 2019. "Rethinking the Accountability—Immunity Axis through Remedies." International Organizations Law Review 16: 137-157. https://brill.com/view/journals/iolr/16/1/article-p137_137.xml.
Burke, Róisín. 2014. Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by UN Military Contingents: Moving Beyond the Current Status Quo and Responsibility under International Law. Brill/Martinus Nijhoff. www.brill.com/products/book/sexual-exploitation-and-abuse-un-military-contingents.
Burke, Róisín. 2012. "Attribution of Responsibility: Sexual Abuse and Exploitation, and Effective Control of Blue Helmets." Journal of International Peacekeeping 16(1-2): 1-46. http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/187541111x613597.
Deen-Racsmány, Zsuzsanna. 2014. "'Exclusive' Criminal Jurisdiction over UN Peacekeepers and the UN Project(s) on Criminal Accountability: A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy?" The Military Law and the Law of War Review 53(2): 247-284.
Deen-Racsmány, Zsuzsanna. 2011. 'The Amended UN Model Memorandum of Understanding: A New Incentive for States to Discipline and Prosecute Military Members of National Peacekeeping Contingents?" Journal of Conflict and Security Law 16(2): 321–355. http://jcsl.oxfordjournals.org/content/16/2/321.short.
Defeis, Elizabeth F. 2008. "U.N. Peacekeepers and Sexual Abuse and Exploitation: An End to Impunity." Washington University Global Studies Law Review 7(2): 185-214. https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1109&context=law_globalstudies.
Ferstman, Carla. 2019. "Reparations for Mass Torts Involving the United Nations." International Organizations Law Review 16: 42-67. https://brill.com/view/journals/iolr/16/1/article-p42_42.xml.
Freedman, Rosa. 2014. "UN Immunity or Impunity? A Human Rights Based Challenge." The European Journal of International Law 25 (1): 239-254. http://ejil.oxfordjournals.org/content/25/1/239.short.
Gardam, Judith & Michelle Jarvis. 2001. Women, Armed Conflict, and International Law. The Hague: Kluwer Law International.
Grady, Kate. 2010. "Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by UN Peacekeepers: A Threat to Impartiality." International Peacekeeping 17(2): 215-228. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13533311003625100.
Grady, Kate. 2016. "Sex, Statistics, Peacekeepers and Power: UN Data on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and the Quest for Legal Reform." The Modern Law Review 79(6): 931-960.[1] http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1468-2230.12225/abstract.
Higate, Paul. 2007. "Peacekeepers, Masculinities, and Sexual Exploitation." Men and Masculinities 10(1): 99-119. http://jmm.sagepub.com/content/10/1/99.abstract.
Higate, Paul & Marsha Henry. 2004. "Engendering (In)security in Peace Support Operations." Security Dialogue 35(4): 481-498. http://sdi.sagepub.com/content/35/4/481.short.
Jennings, Kathleen. 2014. "Service, sex, and security: Gendered peacekeeping economies in Liberia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo." Security Dialogue 45(4): 313-330. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0967010614537330.
Kanetake, Machiko. 2010. "Whose Zero Tolerance Counts? Reassessing a Zero Tolerance Policy against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by UN Peacekeepers." International Peacekeeping 17(2): 200-214. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13533311003625092.
Karim, Sabrina & Beardsley, Kyle. 2016. "Explaining sexual exploitation and abuse in peacekeeping missions." Journal of Peace Research 53(1):100-115. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0022343315615506.
Kent, Vanessa. 2005. "Peacekeepers as perpetrators of abuse: Examining the UN's plans to eliminate and address cases of sexual exploitation and abuse in peacekeeping operations". African Security Review 14(2): 85-92.[1] http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10246029.2005.9627358?journalCode=rasr20.
Kent, Vanessa. 2007. "Protecting civilians from UN peacekeepers and humanitarian workers: Sexual exploitation and abuse." In Chiyuki Aoi, Cedric de Cooning and Ramesh Thakur (eds.), The Unintended Consequences of Peace Operations. Tokyo: United Nations University Press: 44-66.
Mégret, Frédéric. 2007. "The Vicarious Responsibility of the United Nations for 'Unintended Consequences of Peace Operations.'" In Chiyuki Aoi, Cedric de Cooning and Ramesh Thakur (eds.), The Unintended Consequences of Peace Operations. Tokyo: United Nations University Press: 250-267.
Mégret, Frédéric. 2019. "Beyond UN Accountability for Human Rights Violations." International Organizations Law Review 16: 68-104. https://brill.com/view/journals/iolr/16/1/article-p68_68.xml.
Miller, Anthony J. 2006. "Legal Aspects of Stopping Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in U.N. Peacekeeping Operations." Cornell Journal of International Law 39: 71-96. http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/cintl39&div=9&id=&page=.
Murphy, Ray. 2006. "An Assessment of UN Efforts to Address Sexual Misconduct by Peacekeeping Personnel." International Peacekeeping 13(4): 531-546. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13533310600988820.
Ndulo, Muna. 2009. "The United Nations Responses to the Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Women and Girls by Peacekeepers during Peacekeeping Missions." Berkeley Journal of International Law 27(1): 127-161. http://scholarship.law.berkeley.edu/bjil/vol27/iss1/5.
Ndulo, Muna. 2015, June 22. Sexual Abuse and Sexual Exploitation in Conflict Situations as a Security Risk. E-International Relations, https://www.e-ir.info/2015/06/22/sexual-abuse-and-sexual-exploitation-in-conflict-situations-as-a-security-risk/.
Neudorfer, Kelly. 2014. "Reducing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse: Does Deterrence Work to Prevent SEAs in UN Peacekeeping Missions?" International Peacekeeping 21(5): 623-641. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13533312.2014.976996?journalCode=finp20.
Nordås, Ragnhild & Rustad, Siri. 2013. "Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by Peacekeepers: Understanding Variation." International Interactions 39(4): 511-534. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03050629.2013.805128?journalCode=gini20.
Odello, Marco. 2010. "Tackling Criminal Acts in Peacekeeping Operations: The Accountability of Peacekeepers." Journal of Conflict and Security Law 15(2): 347–391. http://jcsl.oxfordjournals.org/content/15/2/347.short.
Quenivet, Noelle. 2007. "The Dissonance between the United Nations Zero-Tolerance Policy and the Criminalisation of Sexual Offences on the International Level." International Criminal Law Review 7: 657-676. http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/156753607x241256.
Simm, Gabrielle. 2011. "International Law as a Regulatory Framework for Sexual Crimes Committed by Peacekeepers." Journal of Conflict and Security Law: 16 (3): 473-506. http://jcsl.oxfordjournals.org/content/16/3/473.short.
Simm, Gabrielle. 2013. Sex in Peace Operations. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/sex-in-peace-operations/122BC274056274328E2ECC20E1775683.
Westendorf, Jasmine-Kim, & Louise Searle. 2017. "Sexual exploitation and abuse in peace operations: trends, policy responses and future directions." International Affairs: 365-387. https://academic.oup.com/ia/article-abstract/93/2/365/2982811/Sexual-exploitation-and-abuse-in-peace-operations?redirectedFrom=fulltext.


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Five Photos from Your Past
Find 5 photos from your past each from a distinct period of your life. In the following weeks you will use these 5 photos to explore your own story and to prepare to share your story with others.
Read the Gospel Text for this week and Pastor Terry's reflection or listen to the podcast. We encourage you to share your insights and questions on our Facebook page.
Here are Terry's photos that he uses to tell his story. You can, of course, pick 4 or 6, just remember that when you tell your story in the house church you will have about 12 minutes.


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Serves 2 (generously)
400g (1lb) Shoulder of Venison, diced.
1 tbsp Olive oil
2 Red Onions, roughly chopped.
4 cloves smoked garlic
2 cloves
1 cinnamon stick
200ml Stock (fresh is best but if you don't have fresh use a good quality bouillon powder).
200ml Port
Black Pepper
1 tbsp balsamic vinegar & a pinch of dried chopped chillies (optional).
Pre-heat the oven to 150 C / 300 F / Gas mark 2.
Heat a little olive oil in a large frying pan.
Brown the Venison, remove the meat and place it in an oven proof casserole dish.
Add the onions to the pan with a little more oil if needed and cook gently until softened, add the garlic and cook for a minute or so longer.
Add the balsamic vinegar and stir well to make sure you get all the caramelised meaty flavours from the bottom of the pan.
Add the port and the stock and bring to the boil. Pop in the cinnamon and cloves and the dried chillies if you are using them.
Leave to simmer for 5 minutes then pour the sauce over the meat, cover tightly with a lid or some tin foil and place in the oven for 1 ½ hours.
Long, slow cooking will produce really tender meat so if you have time turn the heat down and leave it for longer or better still pop it in a slow cooker. I cook this in the warming oven of the Rayburn and leave it all afternoon.
When the casserole is ready, strain the liquid into a pan (return the meat and onions to the casserole dish) and bring to the boil until reduced by half. Taste and adjust the seasoning. If you prefer a thicker sauce you might want to use one of these methods on WikiHow.
Serve with leeky mashed potatoes and a leafy green vegetable such as kale or spinach.


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Our property has been thoughtfully restored to offer a comfortable and relaxing retreat from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. Inspired by the two majestic Willows that sit at the front of our home, all our luxury suites have been named after trees. The Acacia reminds us of our time spent in Africa. The Maple is famous for its beautiful autumn colours, sweet maple syrup and its central position on the Canadian flag. The giant Sequoia is strong and long-lasting – just like our old farmhouse. And Hazel? Well, apart from being a beautiful tree, it is also the name of David's mom.
The most important meal of the day is a gourmet experience for our guests. Breakfast can be enjoyed in our chef's kitchen or on the front porch. Eating healthy and buying locally is important to us. We use fresh herbs from our garden, free-range eggs and meats from our local farmers, cheeses from local producers, breads from the village bakeries and a variety of homemade jams from our good friend Ron. Our baked goods are made from scratch every morning.
Wellington Willows Boutique B&B offers guests an opportunity to unwind and getaway from the ordinary. Curl up with a book on our day bed in the front porch, or just sip a cup of coffee and watch the day go by while looking at the colourful birds in the gardens. Sit on the Adirondack chairs on the back porch and chill out with a local beer or wine while watching the sun go down over the lake. Do a lot, or do nothing at all.
We offer free Wi-Fi for those who need to do such things as post beautiful pictures of their trip to Prince Edward County. While there is a TV in the common area, bedrooms are TV-free zones that allow guests the opportunity to really unwind and disconnect.
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…as they say here in Hungary.
And for an immediate post-Xmas (no, there's no war on Christmas here, I just ignore half of it, which I replace with an X) bit of literary chatter, return to David Terrenoire's house for an interesting subject: Gender, Market, and getting into the other sex's head. It deserves some talk.
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The Cantonment Board maintains a 24 bedded General Hospital for the General Health Care of the public of the Cantonment Board as well as nearby areas.
The hospital has two Doctors and nursing paramedical staff. Separate male and female wards, Pathology Laboratory, Operation Theatre, X-ray etc. are within the premises of the Hospital.


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The Panthic conventions scheduled at Amritsar and Karnal on Sunday and Monday on the issue of Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee were called off following a directive by Akal Takht on Saturday.
Expressing concern over Saharanpur clash, Akal Takht chief Giani Gurbachan Singh on Saturday issued directions that conventions being held at Amritsar and Karnal be cancelled to prevent any probable clash among the Sikh community. A Panthic convention had been called by ruling SAD in Punjab at Amritsar on Sunday to decide its next course of action in the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (HSGPC) row.
The preparations for the convention were in full swing with senior SAD leader and Education Minister Daljit Singh Cheema on Saturday reaching at the Manji Sahib Hall in Golden Temple, the venue of the convention, to oversee the arrangements when the directive from Akal Takht came.
Following the direction from Akal Takht, we have cancelled the Panthic convention, Cheema said.
On the other hand, Sikh leaders in Haryana had called a Panthic conference in Karnal on July 28. Haryana Sikh leader Jagdish Singh Jhinda, when contacted, told that the Karnal convention had also been called off following the Akal Takht directions.
"Every Sikh appears worried over the state of affairs in community. What happened at Saharanpur today has added to our worry and presented a challenge before the community. At such a time, I feel that any probable clash among the Sikh community be stopped at any cost.
"Being chief sewadar of the community, I order all parties to stop the conventions being held at Amritsar and Karnal," said Akal Takht chief, adding that efforts would be made to sort out the (HSGPC) row under the ambit of Akal Takht by Sikh clergy and community representatives by discussing it with the concerned parties.
SAD and apex representative body of Sikhs SGPC is opposing the HSGPC and the convention at Amritsar was scheduled after Bhupinder Singh Hooda led Haryana government was firm on its decision to have separate committee to manage gurdwaras in Haryana despite NDA government questioning the Haryana government decision.
Meanwhile, a meeting of SAD core committee was scheduled at Amritsar late in the evening.
Heavy security arrangements had been made by the Amritsar police commissionerate. Around 3000 cops were to be deployed for the convention in and around city. Majority of the hotels in the Amritsar were booked to accommodate those coming to attend the convention. Even the quantity of the langar cooked at Golden Temple was set to be increased significantly in the wake of anticipated heavy rush of people during the convention.


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The garage door is the largest moving object in a home. An improperly adjusted garage door spring and opener can exert strong and deadly forces and might not reverse the garage door in an emergency. The garage door counterbalance springs should be properly adjusted in order for the safety reverse system to function properly. Thus, proper installation and maintenance are extremely important in order for the garage door/opener to operate smoothly and safely.
The Door # One team does not recommend that you stick your hands into a loaded spring or try to readjust a tensioned cable, but – taking the proper precautions – you can make small adjustments and ensure your garage door/operator are properly lubricated. This type of ongoing maintenance goes a long way in preventing damage to your door and operator and keeping your family and pets safe from injury.
SAFETY NOTE: Before doing any maintenance on your door or operator, please ensure the machine is unplugged.
NEVER pull the manual release cord when the door is in the up position. This could cause the door to fall down if it is not properly balanced. The stored energy in the spring system along with the weight of the door can be very unforgiving, and if it's not approached with the proper tools and knowledge, injury and expensive repairs may result.
Once the door is in the down position, pull the manual release cord and lock it into the open position (See Figure 1). Then, unplug or, if you have a deluxe wall station, put the operator into the lock position—this will prevent anyone from accidentally operating the door while you are servicing it.
Lift the door by the handles. The door should lift with ease and stay at the mid-point. If the door slides slowly down and doesn't thump when it reaches the ground, there's no need to worry about the balance of the door, but if the door is either so heavy it's difficult to lift or it bangs heavily to the ground, it's time to have the garage door springs professionally balanced.
Checking for Loose Screws
Take a good look at all of the garage door's hinges. Most doors are fastened with self-tapping lag bolts and rarely come loose; however, the hinges on some wooden doors are fastened with carriage bolts with a flat crown on the outside door face and a 7/16 nut on the inside. The door sections will separate as the door goes up and around the curve, causing the nuts to gradually start spinning off. Snug any nuts up to just a little more than finger tight so that the sections can still move and the head of the bolt doesn't crack the exterior of the door face.
Check and tighten all the lags and bolts on the tracks and on the support brackets, both the back and the operator mounts. Inspect the cables, but don't run your fingers on them without wearing gloves. Make sure all of the support struts are secure and that both the top and bottoms fixtures are snug.
Lubricating the Door
Everyone has an opinion about which type of lubricant is best—WD-40®, silicone, motor oil—but most manufacturers recommend motor oil. Whatever you choose, just be sure not to use any kind of grease, as grease hardens when it gets cold and attracts dirt/dust, which can cause the rollers to jam up.
Spray a little lubricant on the tracks, rollers and springs, and use a liberal amount of lubrication on the drums. Run the door up and down a few times manually, and this will lubricate the cables. You may also put a little lubrication on the operator rail, but keep your vehicle out of the garage for a while so that the lubricant does not drip on your car.
Plug the machine back in, and press the remote or the wall switch to send the door up and then back down. As it's coming down, block the beam between the 2 photo cells, and the door should stop/go back up. If the door won't go down, the photo cells are out of alignment and need to be adjusted. Or, there could be an obstruction.
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Me, Myself & My Watches – Episode 7
Today's episode of our Watchmaking Roadtrip will be a bit special as we are transitioning from the Vallée de Joux where we visited Audemars Piguet and legendary traditional watchmaker Philippe Dufour to the direction of La Chaux-de-Fonds and Le Locle region, one of the very influential watchmaking region of Switzerland.
This was the perfect opportunity to spend a bit a quality time with our guys to discover a bit more about their watchmaking habits, because something great about watches is that they generally represent something in one's life. They can recall a nice souvenir, a cherished moment, a gift or the result of months and/or years of savings, so there is always a story that accompanies each watch that you purchase or receive.
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I wish I could sing beautifully is possible when you realize that beautiful singing lessons online for beginners can be accomplished by almost everyone. Most people simply do not understand that there are a few key things that you need to do to become a good singer. Of course, you will have to spend some time practicing to accomplish this. However, as your singing voice continues to grow you will be amazed at how well you can actually sing. This article will help you to succeed in your goal of "I wish I could sing."
In other words, learn how to sing via YouTube
There are a few interesting techniques that can help you succeed. The first one that we will discuss is to tilt your chin downward. As you try to sing the higher notes and get the power it is important to always keep your chin pointed downward. It is a common tendency for a person's chin to move upward whenever they are trying to sing higher notes. This will often cause a problem with your vocal cords. As you learn to focus on keeping your chin down when you are singing it will help you to have better voice control and power.
As you become proficient with your singing you will want, at some point, to extend your vocal range. To do this, it is important first to find your vocal range. Once you have discovered your vocal range you can work on increasing it. It is vital, however, to incorporate the proper technique. It is essential that you have proper resonance and non-airy vowels in your voice before you are able to extend your vocal range.
As you learn how to extend your vocal range you can do it at a full step or a half step at a time. Begin by practicing with short scales and after you get comfortable with singing a new note correctly then you can try to push your voice even lower or higher. One of the most effective ways of increasing your range is by taking lessons from a reputable vocal coach.
The next step towards improving your voice is the transition between the various voice areas. A typical voice is made up of 3 areas. When you move between each one of these areas it will change the resonance in your voice. As you learn how to control these changes it will improve your singing.
The 3 different areas of voice include the middle register, the chest register, and the head register. Each one of these unique areas will refer to a range of notes that can be sung from that particular section of the body. As you make a transition from low notes to high notes, or vice a versa, you need to go from either head to chest voice or from chest to head voice.
You should feel the various notes moving down to your chest or up towards your head as you sing. Try not to keep the notes in the same area as you descend or assent as this will limit the potential quality of your singing voice. The final tip is to drink plenty of water. Water will help to keep your vocal cords fluid and moist so that they can easily close and open.


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This Roasted Vegetable Antipasto is perfect for a festive occasion, with sweet and sour onions, seared asparagus, roasted carrots, fennel and rings of winter squash.
This post is in collaboration with TripAdvisor for their #TravelToTaste Campaign celebrating travel inspired recipes
In July my husband Eddie and I travelled to the beautiful Amalfi Coast for our 25th wedding anniversary. If you follow this blog you probably read about our Italian cooking vacation. We had cooking class every morning from ten till noon and then ate the delicious three or four course lunch that we had created. But that didn't stop us from going out to dinner every night.
One of my main goals when I travel is to find great restaurants and experience the local cuisine. I always return from vacation recharged with new cooking inspiration. We had some amazing food on our trip and I took notes (actually I took iPhone photos). This roasted vegetable antipasto recipe was inspired by a dish I had at a wonderful restaurant we discovered on our trip called Il Ritrovo. We found it through research on TripAdvisor: The best restaurants in Positano, Italy.
Before we arrived for dinner at Il Ritrovo, we already knew we were in for a treat, after reading the stellar reviews on TripAdvisor. There were over 1,000 reviews and the restaurant had a TripAdvisor certificate of excellence, which is awarded to establishments that consistently earn great TripAdvisor reviews from travelers. We were also able to find tons of customer-posted photos on TripAdvisor, showing us previews of the food, the ambiance and the view. Il Ritrovo is perched 1,500 feet up the cliff from Positano, in the little town square of Montepertuso. It's a charming restaurant with a stunning view down to the sea.
We ordered grilled octopus, eggplant parm and a grilled vegetable antipasto. Everything was outstanding but I have a thing for well executed vegetable dishes and I knew the antipasto (pictured below) would inspire me to make something similar at home. It was so rustic and simple – just grilled vegetables with oil and balsamic – but it was healthy and it had a fabulous assortment of vegetables.
My first weekend back home here's what I made for a casual dinner with friends (iPhone photo below) – my own version of Il Ritrovo's grilled vegetable Antipasto (pre oil and balsamic drizzle).
Now that fall is here and the market is bursting with every kind of squash and root vegetable I decided to create the fall-winter version – an Italian-style roasted vegetable Antipasto with squash, carrots, fennel, asparagus and onions.
Here's how to make this Roasted Vegetable Antipasto:
The centerpiece of the antipasto is scrumptious Italian sweet and sour Agrodolce onions. Small white onions are boiled for a few minutes and plunged into ice water, making it easy to pop them out of their skins.
Then they're sautéed in some olive oil. Once they're brown and tender, sugar and balsamic vinegar are added to create a thick, caramelized sweet and sour sauce that's the perfect counterpart to their oniony bite.
The fennel is cored and cut into thin slices, tossed with olive oil and fennel seeds, and roasted with the carrots.
Delicata squash is a Winter squash aptly named for its delicate, edible skin. I love cutting into rounds – it looks so festive.
I really got into arranging and rearranging the vegetables – so many possibilities!
Wouldn't this roasted vegetable antipasto be beautiful for Thanksgiving?!
Do you ever come home from a trip and develop travel inspired recipes? It's a fantastic way to keep great travel memories alive.
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Roasted Vegetable Antipasto
A festive Fall-Winter Vegetable Antipasto with sweet and sour onions, seared asparagus and roasted carrots, fennel and squash.
- Prep Time: 1 hour
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Total Time: 2 hours
- Yield: 8-10 1x
- Category: Appetizer or Side Dish
- Cuisine: Italian
- For the Agrodolce Onions:
- 1 1/2 pounds small white boiling onions (or substitute Cipollini or pearl onions)
- 1/2 cup or so of olive oil, divided
- 1/4 cup good quality balsamic vinegar plus more for drizzling over the finished dish
- 1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons white sugar
- Kosher salt
- For the Carrots:
- 2 pounds carrots, peeled and cut on the diagonal into 1/3" slices
- 1 teaspoon fennel seeds
- For the Fennel:
- 2 large fennel bulbs or 3 small, long stems and fronds removed. Save some of the frilly fronds for a garnish.
- For the Squash:
- 1 1/2 – 2 pounds delicata squash (4 small or 3 large)
- 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar or pomegranate molasses
- For The Asparagus:
- 1 pound pencil thin asparagus (or as thin as you can find), washed and ends trimmed by an inch or so.
- 2–3 tablespoons good balsamic glaze or good quality balsamic vinegar to drizzle over the antipasto
- Fresh ground black pepper, to taste
- Make the Agrodolce Onions: Fill a large pot halfway with water and bring to a boil. Put the onions in and when the water returns to a boil, set the timer for 2 minutes. (Note: if using tiny pearl onions boil for only 1 minute) Meanwhile prepare an ice bath by filling a large bowl with water and ice.Transfer the onions to the ice bath and leave them to cool for 5-10 minutes. Transfer cooled onions to a cutting board. Slice off their root ends and give them a squeeze towards the top. They should pop right out of their skins. If you have trouble, make a little slice down the side. If any of the onions are a lot larger than the rest, slice them in half through the middle – not through the tip and root ends.
- Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil over medium high heat in a large heavy skillet with a lid. Add onions carefully because the oil will splatter. Sauté onions, partially covered to reduce splattering, for about 8 minutes, stirring occasionally, until they are softened and nicely browned on several sides. (Note: if you use tiny pearl onions the cooking time will be less) Add the sugar, 1/4 cup vinegar and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Continue to cook, uncovered, stirring frequently, for 3-4 minutes until onions are coated nicely with sweet and sour sauce. Transfer to a bowl and set aside.
- Roast the Carrots and Fennel: You'll need a large bowl and two rimmed baking sheets. Preheat oven to 400ºF. Put the sliced carrots into the bowl. Cut the fennel bulbs in half lengthwise. Carefully cut out the little triangular core piece from each half. Then cut each half down the middle, through the hole where the core was. Pull off the outer leaf of each quarter, if it's brown or bruised. Cut each quarter into 1/4-inch thick slices, lengthwise (see photo in the post) Put cut fennel in the bowl with the carrots. Add 3 tablespoons olive oil and 1/2 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper. Toss to coat. Spread carrots and fennel pieces out into a single layer on two rimmed baking trays. Cook in the upper and lower shelves of the oven for 30 minutes, flipping the vegetable over with a spatula and switching the position of the trays halfway through. Transfer vegetables to a bowl. Keep the oven on and don't wash trays – you'll use them to roast the squash.
- Prepare and Roast the Squash: Lay the squash on it's side and cut it in half through the middle – not through the root ends. Then slice off each root end. Scoop out the seeds from each half so you have two empty cylinders. Cut 1/4-inch slices across, making thin circles of squash. Repeat with the other squash. Put the slices in a large bowl. Add two tablespoons olive oil, two tablespoons balsamic vinegar or pomegranate molasses and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Toss to coat. Spread squash out into a single layer on the two baking trays and cook in the top and bottom of the oven for 30-35 minutes, until soft, flipping squash and switching the position of the trays halfway through.
- Cook the Asparagus: Spread 1 tablespoon olive oil over the bottom of a large skillet, and heat over medium-high heat. Cook asparagus, shifting and tossing them gently, for 4-7 minutes, depending on how thin they are, until they are bright green, crisp-tender, and browned in spots. Transfer to a plate. For very fat asparagus add a tablespoon of water, cover the pot, and let them steam for a few minutes after browning.
- Assemble the Antipasto: Arrange vegetables on a platter. Drizzle everything with 2 tablespoons olive oil and 2-3 tablespoons balsamic glaze or pomegranate molasses. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, to taste. Add fennel fronds to garnish. Serve warm or at room temperature.
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McCain must OK earmarks, says GOP
Out on the stump, John McCain gets wild applause each time he promises as president to veto every spending bill that contains an earmark.
But McCain will find it almost impossible to live up to his vow, and gridlock would result if Congress refused to go along with such an executive branch power grab.
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And that's what members of McCain's own party are saying.
"I don't think it's the right approach," said Rep. Ralph Regula, an Ohio Republican who has spent three decades on the House Appropriations Committee. "I haven't done an earmark I wouldn't be happy to have spread all over the front pages of the paper."
Rep. C.W. Bill Young (R-Fla.), a former Appropriations Committee chairman, warns that both parties in Congress would protect their power against a no-earmark policy.
"The Constitution is very specific and very clear about who appropriates money," Young said. "Not all earmarks are pork-barrel spending."
McCain has billed himself and his running mate as mavericks who will stand up to foolish spending.
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The campaign has pitched Sarah Palin as a governor who said "no thanks" to an earmark for Alaska's "bridge to nowhere," although press reports have established that she supported the earmark before she opposed it.
Rep. Jack Kingston, a Georgia Republican and member of the Appropriations Committee, says he understands McCain's desire to crack down on wasteful spending and kill the latest "bridge to nowhere." But if a McCain administration suddenly started shooting down every spending bill, lawmakers on both sides might revolt.
"The realistic outlook is for a great reduction in earmarks and a real discussion about earmarks," Kingston said.
Because Congress has failed again to finish its spending bills on time, the new president will likely receive a new omnibus spending bill just after taking office. If McCain makes good on his campaign promise, "he could veto it, and we'd probably override" the veto, Kingston said.
Or, if there aren't enough votes to override a veto, "it could be like 1995," when the government shut down, says David Williams, vice president of policy for Citizens Against Government Waste, a watchdog group.
The promise to veto any bill with congressional earmarks doesn't take into account executive branch earmarks, which come by the scores in the president's annual budget request. McCain has not promised to get rid of the executive branch's line-item spending requests.
"What we would be doing is handing over all of our authority to the administration," said Kirstin Brost, a spokeswoman for House Appropriations Committee Chairman Dave Obey (D-Wis.). "We'd be saying the White House, in its judgments, would decide what every community in America needs."


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Judge: Pauma doesn't have to pay, for now
Background: In lawsuits filed by several tribes, judges have ruled that the state has incorrectly limited the number of slot machines available statewide under gambling deals signed in 1999.
What's changing: Yesterday, a San Diego federal judge said he thought that because there were more licenses available than the state would issue, a 2004 compact signed by the Pauma Indian band is invalid, and the tribe doesn't have to pay the state millions under its terms.
The future: The judge will give the state time to change his mind, but if he sticks with his current position and an appeals court agrees with him, other tribes may seek to invalidate deals they also struck in 2004.
A San Diego federal judge has given North County's Pauma Indian band a reprieve from multimillion-dollar payments to the state under a 2004 gambling deal.
Judge Larry Burns said the state compact was entered into mistakenly and ruled the tribe doesn't have to pay under its terms until he makes a final ruling on the deal. Burns said he's leaning toward undoing the compact and gave lawyers for the state time to come up with arguments to change his mind.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said through a spokesman that his legal team is reviewing its options.
The dispute turns on the negotiations Pauma entered into with Schwarzenegger in 2004 in an effort to replace its 1,050-slot casino — now housed in a metal-framed tent — with a resort to compete with those of neighboring tribes.
The tribe says it was tricked into those negotiations because the state insisted there weren't additional slot machine licenses available under the compact signed in 1999 between the state and about 60 tribes.
As a result, when tribes wanted to expand, their only option was to negotiate new deals.
In San Diego, Pauma, Pala and Viejas did just that, signing deals that allowed them to operate an unlimited number of slots but requiring big payments to the state.
Other tribes, including Rincon and San Pasqual, wouldn't agree to the state's demands and instead sued to get more slots.
The state has lost every one of those lawsuits so far. In separate cases in the past few months, Burns and two other judges ruled that the state was way off in its interpretation of how many slot licenses were available under the 1999 compact.
The state says the correct interpretation is about 32,000. Burns and a judge in Northern California have ruled the correct number is 42,700. A third judge, in San Diego, has ruled the proper number is nearly 56,000.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is reviewing the question.
Regardless, the statewide limit only applies to tribal casinos operating under the 1999 compact, and they're limited to 2,000 slots each.
Burns said his ruling on that issue just last week makes him think Pauma is correct when it says it entered into the compact by mistake. People can seek to invalidate contracts entered into by mistake.
The Pauma band is trying to get out of the 2004 compact because it has been unable to build the casino resort it sought, yet has to pay the state $7.75 million a year. The 1999 compact calls for annual payments of $315,000.
Burns ruled yesterday that the tribe doesn't have to pay the millions under the 2004 compact until he makes a definitive ruling. The tribe says it has paid $26 million more under that deal than it should have.
"It does prevent having to pay any more money into that bottomless pit," said Pauma's lawyer, Cheryl Williams.
Part of the problem for Pauma is that it was unable to build the resort it wanted. Economic and other reasons foiled deals it struck with casino companies Caesars Palace and Hard Rock, and the Mashantucket Pequot tribe in Connecticut.
If Pauma is able to use the slot-cap issue to get out of its 2004 compact, other tribes may try to do so as well, said gambling watchdog Cheryl Schmit, who heads Stand Up for California, a coalition of community groups.
"It depends on how valuable they believe their compacts are," Schmit said.


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It's been a grim week for Zynga, the social gaming company behind Farmville and Words With Friends. First came the dismal second quarter earnings report. Then came the tumbling stock prices.
By Thursday morning, shares of Zynga were trading at around three bucks – down 70 percent from the initial public offering price, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. So what's wrong with Zynga?
Well, in a call with investors, Zynga Chief Financial Officer David Wehner tied the company's travails to "the performance of our existing games." But Facebook may also be to blame. Simply put, Zynga needs Facebook. The vast majority of Zynga games are accessed by Facebook users, who also share their in-game updates and victories, in the process luring in hordes of prospective players. (More on the "parlor game" revolution here.)
But as the Washington Post has pointed out, in recent months, an increasing amount of Facebook users have been accessing the social network on their smartphone or tablet. Since many Zynga games are Web-based, that's bad news for Zynga.
Also bad news: Facebook may have altered the way many users find new games, John Schappert, chief operating officer of Zynga has told the Post.
The social network "changed some of the algorithms for surfacing, which affected player engagement," Schappert said. He added that Facebook is highlighting new games instead of promoting old standbys such as Words With Friends.
And it may get worse before it gets better. "Facebook's promotional changes are likely to negatively impact Zynga for multiple quarters," JP Morgan analyst Doug Anmuth wrote to clients obtained by the Journal.


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Wednesday, 28 August, 2002, 11:30 GMT 12:30 UK
Iraq urges dialogue to avert war
Iraq has said it believes there is still a chance of a diplomatic solution to its stand-off with the United States, but that it was ready to defend itself in the event of a war.
"We believe that dialogue has not totally been cut off, but is being blocked by American pressure," Iraqi Vice-President Taha Yassin Ramadan told Reuters news agency on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said America would not wait for unanimous support from other countries in deciding on whether to go to war with Iraq.
Earlier, US President George W Bush reiterated his view that the Iraqi leader must go, telling the Saudi ambassador to the US that Saddam Hussein was a threat to world peace.
'No joke'
Mr Ramadan told Reuters that Iraq took America's warnings seriously.
"We do not consider the American threats a joke, nor do we regard them fatalistically," he said.
"We believe in the right of any people to defend themselves, and in the end we have faith that aggressors... must be crushed."
Mr Ramadan said Iraq believed "dialogue is the correct way to solve any problem".
On Tuesday, Saddam Hussein called for a solution to the deadlock "based on international legitimacy, international law and the UN charter," the official Iraqi News Agency reported.
America has accused Iraq of developing weapons of mass destruction and demanded Baghdad readmit UN weapons inspectors barred from the country since 1998.
Bush 'like Churchill'
Speaking to thousands of US marines at Camp Pendleton in California, Mr Rumsfeld said US President George W Bush would ultimately decide on a course of action based on what he felt was in America's best interests.
Mr Rumsfeld compared Mr Bush's warnings about Saddam Hussein to UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill's stand against Adolf Hitler.
"It wasn't until each country [in Europe] got attacked that they said: 'Maybe Winston Churchill was right. Maybe that lone voice expressing concern about what was happening was right'," he said.
Despite international misgivings about a possible US attack on Iraq, the defence secretary said he was confident America would find support.
"When our country does make the right judgments, the right decisions, then other countries do co-operate," he said.
But, he added, "it is less important to have unanimity than it is to be making the right decisions and doing the right thing".
Iraqi diplomacy
As the US continued to insist that Saddam Hussein had to be dealt with, Iraq launched a diplomatic drive to garner support against a US strike.
While the Iraqi vice-president held talks in Syria, the Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri won strong backing on a visit to China, a permanent member of the UN Security Council.
Chinese Foreign Minister Tank Jiaxuan said "threatening to resort to force will not solve the problem", state-run Chinese television reported.
Earlier, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak warned that the Arab world was opposed to war with Iraq, which he said could destabilise the Middle East.
"If you strike Iraq... not one Arab leader will be able to control the angry outburst of the masses," Mr Mubarak told students in Alexandria.
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Window Tint
We offer 4 different packages. See our Window Tint page for details on each package:
1) Economy- starting at $220
2) Premium- starting at $340
3) Supreme- starting at $400
4) Ultimate- starting at $640