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Ambition By Kate Brian – The Review
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It's not on my reading list 'coz I didn't think I would find it but whatever. Yes, I haven't read Legacy yet but I couldn't control myself, the fact that there is a book in the Private series that can be bought here and that I haven't read yet will haunt me forever so I just had to get it, ASAP.
I said when I reviewed 'The It Girl' that no book could come close to Private and this book solidifies what I said, it's everything I could've ever wanted in a book and the writing is amazing. The plot line isn't lazy like 'The It Girl', the events are snappy and it gets to the point.
Not reading Legacy is kind of a disadvantage for me because when I first read that Dash and Reed were at the Legacy together, I was kind of confused. BUT the good thing about Kate Brian is that she explains it again, the book can stand on it's own and even if you haven't read the previous books, you'll understand it.
Like when Reed broke up with Josh, I was confused at the start but then the story started to unfold. If you read the previous book, you might've not noticed but if you haven't, you'll know.
This is the kind of chick-lit I like, the kind that isn't shallow like 'The Clique' or 'The It Girl' for example. So yeah, I adore this book!
The fact that they all now have iPhones is the icing on the cake! Seriously, my favorite book series and my favorite phone together is great!
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Kuruna walkeriana
HABIT Perennial; caespitose. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms 100–200 cm long; woody. Culm-internodes terete; hollow; smooth. Lateral branches dendroid. Bud complement 1. Branch complement many; in a clump; thinner than stem. Culm-sheaths deciduous; yellow, or green; pilose; hairy at the base; hairy on margins; without auricles; ciliate on shoulders; shoulders with 3–5 mm long hairs. Culm-sheath ligule 0.5–1 mm high; ciliate. Culm-sheath blade narrowly ovate; spreading; 2–3 cm long; 5 mm wide; acute. Leaves 10–20 per branch. Leaf-sheath oral hairs ciliate; 3–4 mm long. Ligule a ciliolate membrane; 0.2 mm long. Leaf-blade base cordate; with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath; petiole 0.2–0.25 cm long. Leaf-blades deciduous at the ligule; elliptic; 5–15 cm long; 10–50 mm wide; coriaceous. Leaf-blade midrib prominent beneath. Leaf-blade venation with distinct cross veins. Leaf-blade margins cartilaginous; scabrous. Leaf-blade apex acute.
INFLORESCENCE Inflorescence a panicle.
Panicle open; obovate; 20–30 cm long. Panicle branches glabrous; with prominent pulvini.
Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled. Pedicels 10–17 mm long.
FERTILE SPIKELETS Spikelets comprising 4–5 fertile florets; with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets linear; laterally compressed; 14–20 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret. Rhachilla internodes pubescent; hairy above.
GLUMES Glumes deciduous; similar; shorter than spikelet. Lower glume ovate; 5.8 mm long; chartaceous; without keels; 7 -veined. Lower glume margins ciliate. Lower glume apex acute. Upper glume ovate; 6.5 mm long; 0.2–0.33 length of adjacent fertile lemma; chartaceous; without keels; 7 -veined. Upper glume margins ciliate. Upper glume apex acute.
FLORETS Fertile lemma ovate; 5–7.3 mm long; chartaceous; without keel; 9 -veined. Lemma margins ciliate; hairy above. Lemma apex acute. Palea keels winged. Palea surface puberulous; hairy on back; hairy above. Palea apex ciliate. Apical sterile florets resembling fertile though underdeveloped.
FLOWER Lodicules 3; 1.4 mm long; veined; ciliate. Anthers 3; 5 mm long; orange. Stigmas 3.
FRUIT Caryopsis with adherent pericarp; ellipsoid; sulcate on hilar side; 5 mm long; apex unappendaged. Embryo 0.2 length of caryopsis. Hilum linear; 1 length of caryopsis.
DISTRIBUTION Asia-tropical: India.
NOTES Arundinarieae. Sod & Ellis 1995.
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Also: bear poop under the apple tree. I am so very sorry to assault your senses with pictures of bear shit, especially if you read this early in the morning while eating breakfast.
But I thought it was so impressive to see these huge piles of droppings right underneath the tree where the bear gorged on our apples. It was so thoughtful of him/her to fertilize the tree for us, don't you think?
Talking of apples: we've been making apple cider. One of our trees (the one with all the bear poop, the one under which we planted our first born's placenta almost 15 years ago), produced 150 pounds of apples this year.
We put Steve's Dad (his parents are visiting) to work, and he helped pick enough apples to press into cider. We went to our neighbors', who have an antique cider press, and produced eight gallons of apple juice, which we will drink, freeze and make into hard cider.
More signs of autumn:
- fires in the wood stove,
- walking in the woods with crunchy leaves underfoot,
- rotting salmon by the river,
- dogs in front of the wood stove,
- homemade buttermilk biscuits
We've been driving across our mountain pass to collect more elderberries. So far, I've made seven gallons of elderberry syrup. We're making wine with some of it, and I can't wait to tell you how it turns out. We have to wait a few months to taste it...
We had a great time with Steve's parents enjoying the fall colors, mountain views and excellent coffee on the other side of the mountains.
Another important fall event is Luke's birthday. He turned 13, which means he's a teenager, which means we now have two teenagers in the house, which means we are getting old.
It's okay, though. The teenage dudes are great. It's our little daughter that worries me, because she is already acting like a teenager at almost eight years old.
Luke is awesome. He's turning into a thoughtful, funny, considerate, but-still- with-plenty-of-fire young man. One of the examples to illustrate this was when a girl in his class asked him out. Luke, not wanting to hurt the girl's feelings while being terrified at the chick's proposition responded: "No offense to you at all, but I'm only in seventh grade, and I'm not ready to date anyone."
How sweet is that?
I will leave you with pictures of fingerless mittens I knitted last year. I teach how to knit fingerless mittens in one of my online courses. They are different and more fancy in the pictures below, but it's a step-by-step video tutorial on how to make some amazing Christmas presents!
And I'm gonna throw a picture of our house in after something very rare happened: the living room was cleaned up.
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A Very Musical Blog Party, Day 3: A Theatre Character to Defend
Today's prompt for the Very Musical Blog Party is to discuss or defend a theatre character you think is misunderstood.
I'm going to be talking about Javert.
"But Ellie we're tired of hearing about Les Miz."
If you read my last AVMBP post, you'll probably know who he is, but in case you haven't here's a quick summary: Javert is the name of a policeman in 1800s France. He's chasing a convicted thief named Jean Valjean who broke parole. However, unknown to Javert, Jean Valjean has actually repented and is a good man now as Javert continues to chase him. Because of this, Javert is the main antagonist in the musical. But in reality, he is just very misunderstood. Why?
Imagine this: You're a police officer, and particularly rowdy criminal has just broken parole and run away. You devote the next fifteen years of your life to try to find him, yet he always slips out of your grasp. Then, he shows up claiming to have "reformed". Javert never really knew Valjean as the kind man he turned into - he only ever spent time around the convict Valjean. Hence, he didn't know Valjean had turned into a genuinely good person. For all he knew, Valjean was still a lawbreaking and dangerous convict - and if one of those was on the loose, wouldn't you try to round him up?
Javert was raised with the mentality that there's only good and evil, no "in between" or sinners who've repented. As flawed as this philosophy may be, it's all he's ever known and he doesn't know any different. So, naturally, when he applies this philosophy to his chase for Valjean, he cannot come to any conclusion other than that he is good and Valjean is bad. It is all he's ever known, and it is not his fault that no one ever taught him any different.
In a scene by the barricades, Jean Valjean has the opportunity to shoot Javert and doesn't. Javert is incredibly ripped up about this afterwards. Everything he's ever known in his entire life has just been turned upside down. He's so ripped up about it that he jumps off a bridge and commits suicide. Some people say this is Javert running from the truth, but, on the contrary, it is him realizing he was wrong the whole time. Instead of being stubborn and refusing to admit Valjean's reformation and continuing to chase him, Javert comes to the startling and sad conclusion that it was he who was wrong for the past fifteen years, that his moral code was imperfect - a conclusion that crushed him. He had never pursued evil, he had always strove to be good - and the realization that maybe he hadn't been left him in agony that soon resulted in suicide.
Some quotes from the book:
"His supreme anguish was the loss of all certainty. He felt that he was uprooted. The code was now but a stump in his hand."
"All that he had believed was dissipated. Truths which he had no wish for inexorably besieged him. he must henceforth be another man. He suffered the strange pangs of a conscience suddenly operated on for the cataract. He felt that he was emptied, useless, broken off from his past life, destitute, dissolved."
I believe he really is one of the most "good" characters in musical theatre, to be honest. Because look at the lengths he went to to try to do what he thought was right.
Well, that concludes my defense of Javert.
See ya in another day or two with another musical post :).
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My need to watch this is becoming more and more urgent because I see how much you love it and I want to be excited with you but I hardly even know what we're talking about and it's frustrating. I intend to find les miserables the musical and watch it this weekend. That's right folks. This very weekend!ReplyDeleteReplies
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Javert always made me sad. I feel like he was kind of crazy when the musical began and as it went on he just got worse and worse, and his revolution with Jean Valjean set him over the edge. I don't think he was in his right mind when he committed suicide, and that is why he was saved. (I say this because I noticed at the end of the musical he is in heaven.... is it different in the book?) ANYWAY. his character always hurt me.ReplyDeleteReplies
IKR. Poor baby. I felt so bad for him throughout.Delete


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Six Sigma and Talent
Six Sigma is often thought of as a manufacturing discipline, but lately, I've seen it popping up more and more in IT. There was a great story in Computerworld today about how Bank of America is using Six Sigma to improve their development methodology.
While people often think of Six Sigma as a bunch of statistics geeks running around pretending that they are martial artists ("I'm a green belt". "Oh, yeah? I'm a Black Belt."), the real key to Six Sigma is that it helps you create repeatable processes. I know that the idea of repeatable development doesn't square well with the "software development as art" idea, but it really is key to long term quality.
And, more importantly, it will become even more key over the next 20-30 years as we try to deal with the loss of talent. This is how BofA is really thinking about it. From the article:
"Desoer is optimistic that the standardized methodology will reduce development time and help make developers and project team members more transferable across business units in coming years. That could be crucial if an exodus of retiring baby boomer technologists and a widely anticipated shortage of entry-level IT workers make it tougher for the bank to find and recruit people with the skills it needs, Desoer says. "We are going to be increasingly challenged to find highly qualified technology associates five to 10 years out,†she adds."
There are three ways to deal with the increasing War for Talent that is going on out there. The first approach is to do what most people do - accept that your talent is going to be mediocre, and pretend that it's not. The second most common approach is to work harder and harder to recruit more and more - spending like a drunken sailor on recruiters fees, internal recruiters, job boards, evaluation tests, etc. This one's actually what the really great companies out there right now are doing. And, if you do it right (like we did when we started the Toronto office at nCircle), you can come up with incredible talent.
Of course, that strategy only works as long as most people are employing the first approach (the Ostrich method). In the long term, it will be the companies that take on the approach that B of A is using that will be truly successful - the ones that combine the intense hiring and talent screening of the second approach with a long term plan that focuses on repeatable process to ensure a minimal level of quality (whether quality means "time to market", "bug free", "feature rich", etc.) that will truly win the game.


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The wife of a Chechen man killed during an FBI interrogation in Orlando said authorities also questioned her but never asked about a 2011 triple murder that agents now suggest involved her husband and Tamerlan Tsarnaev.
By Paul Sonne
Vkontakte/Reni Manukyan
The wife of a Chechen man killed Wednesday during an FBI interrogation in Florida says federal authorities also questioned her at a separate location on the same day but never asked about a 2011 triple murder that U.S. law-enforcement agents now suggest involved her late husband.
Reni Manukyan, a 24-year-old assistant hotel-housekeeping manager who married Ibragim Todashev at a mosque near Boston in July 2010, says agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrived at her house in Atlanta and her mom's house in Savannah, Ga., on Tuesday night, the same time they started questioning her late husband at his home in Orlando.
Ms. Manukyan says the FBI agents who came to her house asked about alleged Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev, whom she says her husband met after moving to the Boston area from Russia in 2008.
But she says the agents never asked about a Sept. 11, 2011, murder in Waltham, Mass., in which three victims—25-year-old Brendan Mess, 31-year-old Erik Weissman and 37-year-old Raphael Teken—were found dead with their throats slit and bodies covered in marijuana and cash.
The FBI didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. The agency has interviewed dozens of people who knew the suspected bombers.
Two U.S. law-enforcement officials said Wednesday that Mr. Todashev, 27, had made incriminating statements about his and Mr. Tsarnaev's involvement in that triple murder before Mr. Todashev was shot dead after lunging at an FBI agent with a knife during questioning. Mr. Tsarnaev was killed in an April shootout with authorities in the Boston area.
Ms. Manukyan, an Armenian who converted to Islam before marrying Mr. Todashev, says she met her late husband in 2010 through a mutual friend in Boston. She says she separated from Mr. Todashev last November but was still in regular contact with him and was partly supporting him through their joint bank account. She says she saw him last week when he came to visit her in Atlanta and spoke to him this week.
Mr. Todashev's death came after roughly a month of heavy interaction with federal law-enforcement officials, contact that Ms. Manukyan says began shortly after Mr. Tsarnaev was identified as the prime suspect—along with younger brother Dzhokhar, who is in federal custody—in an April 15 bombing at the finish line of the Boston Marathon that left three people dead and more than 200 people wounded.
"They never, ever—in all the interviews that I had and all the interviews that he had—never did they mention anything about a murder," Ms. Manukyan said in a telephone interview. "Everything was about the bombing and about him knowing Tamerlan. They would show me a picture of Tamerlan or Tamerlan's wife or some other guys that I haven't a clue who they are, but nothing about a murder—nothing ever."
Ms. Manukyan, who says she has been questioned on more than one occasion by federal agents, says she believes her husband was interrogated from mid-evening on Tuesday until the early hours of the morning on Wednesday, when he was killed.
She said her late husband couldn't have been friends with the three victims because he "doesn't have any American friends," associating instead mainly with other immigrants who moved to the U.S. from Russia. She also said that it's hard to believe that Mr. Todashev would have been involved in anything related to drugs.
"My husband—he does not do drugs, he does not smoke, he doesn't do anything like that," Ms. Manukyan said. "He doesn't even drink alcohol."
Ms. Manukyan said she doesn't believe her late husband would have pulled a knife on the law-enforcement agents. She says her husband has no personal pocket knives and that the kitchen—where the knives in his house are located—is far away from the living room, where the agents likely would have conducted their interrogation. She also noted that Mr. Todashev was recovering from a knee surgery and couldn't walk well.
Mr. Todashev's father, Abdulbaki Todashev, also said his son was disabled by knee surgery earlier this year and was learning to walk again at about the time of the Boston Marathon bombings. Abdulbaki Todashev spoke in an interview broadcast by Kremlin-funded television from his hometown of Grozny.
Abdulbaki Todashev, said his son was a "very calm" person who would never hurt anyone.
Even if Mr. Todashev did brandish a knife, Ms. Manukyan said the agents should have been trained to take action that wouldn't have left her late husband dead.
"This is something they should be trained for," she said. "They should be trained to not use a gun in any way."
Ms. Manukyan said she is still waiting for the FBI to release her husband's body. She says the FBI should pay for Mr. Todashev's body to be transported overseas for a proper burial in his homeland because he died while under interrogation.
Ms. Manukyan says her husband told her the FBI showed up at his house in Florida shortly after the marathon bombings. "He was outside of his house—the place where he was shot last night—in his backyard, talking on the phone with somebody, and out of nowhere they came and put him on the ground and handcuffed him and took him to the FBI office," she said.
Ms. Manukyan says that kicked off a series of interactions with U.S. authorities that were becoming increasingly frustrating for her husband.
"They let him go but they took his computer and his phone. For the whole day they were holding his phone and the computer," Ms. Manukyan said of the first day Mr. Todashev was interrogated.
"Then they were just contacting him pretty much every day, and they were following him every single day, everywhere he goes there were a couple cars right behind him on his tail," she said he had told her. "They were all over what he was doing, pretty much."
Ms. Manukyan says her late husband wasn't a close friend of Mr. Tsarnaev's but knew him because both men were Chechens interested in martial arts living in the Boston area. She says her husband moved to the U.S. in 2008 to practice his English after attending college in Saratov, Russia, and initially settled in the Boston area because he had a friend there.
She says her late husband did speak with Mr. Tsarnaev in recent months because Mr. Todashev had undergone knee surgery.
"He couldn't walk," Ms. Manukyan said. "He couldn't even go get water for himself, because he wasn't able to walk with his knee. And that's when he talked to Tamerlan, who talked to him after the surgery, but before that phone call, he hasn't called him for years."
According to Ms. Manukyan, Mr. Todashev lived in the Boston area from 2008 to 2010 before moving to the Atlanta area a few months after their marriage in July 2010. She says she and her husband moved to the Orlando area in 2011, in part because he had friends there and it was a better place for the mixed-martial-arts fighting Mr. Todashev practiced.
She said Mr. Todashev spent the summer of 2011 in Boston because of a transportation job he landed there. She says she believes her husband returned to Florida before September 2011—when the triple murder took place—but she's not sure about the exact dates.
Ms. Manukyan, who moved to the U.S. in 2006, says her late husband was religious and attended services at a mosque most every week, but she said there was "nothing crazy" about his beliefs and no radicalism she detected.
She also said Mr. Todashev had retained a lawyer to deal with an unrelated parking-lot altercation but that he wasn't using a lawyer in dealing with the FBI.
Meanwhile, Damien Trites, a mixed-martial-arts fighter who trained alongside Tamerlan Tsarnaev and Mr. Todashev, said it was hard to understand how Mr. Todashev could have played a role in the triple murder.
Mr. Trites, 33, was also friends with Mr. Mess, one of the victims from the 2011 killing. All four men worked out at the Wai Kru gym in Boston, and Tamerlan Tsarnaev and Mr. Mess were good friends.
Despite that bond, Mr. Trites said allegations that Mr. Tsarnaev was responsible for the deadly marathon bombings leads him to believe Tamerlan could have killed before. But Mr. Todashev's alleged involvement in the murders is more puzzling.
"There's no doubt about it, he wasn't normal," Mr. Trites said of Mr. Todashev. "You don't go at a police officer with a knife. You're asking for trouble. I don't blame them for killing him, but I don't know, man, something doesn't add up."
While Mr. Tsarnaev and Mr. Mess were friends, Mr. Todashev didn't seem to know Mr. Mess, Mr. Trites said. And he didn't appear very close to Mr. Tsarnaev, either, according to fighters and acquaintances.
"Honestly, I don't think that Ibrahim killed them," Mr. Trites said. "I really don't. I don't see what motive he would have."
Mr. Todashev did share some commonalities with Mr. Tsarnaev, at least on the surface. They were tough men, an MMA fighter and boxer, with Chechen backgrounds who trained at the same gym and at one point lived only blocks away from each other in Cambridge, Mass. They both dressed well, with a flashy, European look. They were also Muslims who prayed before working out, Mr. Trites said.
But they didn't pray together, or even talk much in the gym, he said, and they had very different personalities. Mr. Tsarnaev was outgoing and jocular, Mr. Todashev serious and reserved, rarely smiling.
"It was hard to get a conversation out of him," Mr. Trites said. "If I got the kid to smile, I was happy."
Mr. Todashev also appeared ready for combat outside the MMA arena or within. He didn't train with a toned-down style like other fighters, and was always fighting at full throttle, his Boston training partner said. He got into two driving-related altercations in Florida and Massachusetts, according to local records. He came into the gym once with a black eye.
"Ibragim used to fight a lot, even outside the gym," Mr. Trites said. "He used to get into street fights a lot."
Mr. Trites, 33, now lives in Springfield, Mass. But he was close with Mr. Mess when he worked out at Wai Kru. They bonded over the clothing brand Crooks & Castles, which they both wore. Mr. Mess was skilled in Brazilian jiu-jitsu before he turned his focus to boxing, Mr. Trites said.
Mr. Trites recalled seeing Tamerlan Tsarnaev at the gym about a year ago during a trip to Boston. It was the first time they had seen each other since the triple murder, because Mr. Trites was living in Springfield at the time, and he wanted to express his condolences to Mr. Mess's friend.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev "was like, 'yeah it's crazy, he obviously was involved in something that none of us knew about,' " Mr. Trites recalled. Mr. Tsarnaev also described how drugs were found at the scene.
Mr. Trites had more contact with Mr. Todashev because they were both MMA fighters, and Mr. Tsarnaev, "an unbelievable boxer," didn't train much with the MMA guys. Like other fighters who squared off with Mr. Todashev, Mr. Trites said he was unorthodox and difficult to train for. He threw a different kind of kick and had an unusual wrestling style.
But they worked closely together. Mr. Todashev helped his partner train to beat another fighter Mr. Todashev had faced, and Mr. Trites worked his partner's corner for a few fights. Mr. Trites can't understand what would link Mr. Todashev to the triple murders.
But "he can't answer any questions. You're not going to hear his side of the story because he's dead," Mr. Trites said.
In a statement Thursday, Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan said "this office and its law enforcement partners have conducted a thorough, far-reaching investigation beginning in 2011 when this horrific crime occurred." She also said the investigation "has not concluded and is by no means closed."
–Jon Kamp and Alan Cullison contributed to this article.
Write to Paul Sonne at email@example.com
WSJ.com link no longer working or available, but the story was mirrored here: http://stream.marketwatch.com/story/explosions-at-boston-marathon/SS-4-27786/SS-4-30848/


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Mats Thulin
The Horn of Africa was already a renowned biological hotspot 5,000 years ago, when the ancient Egyptians sent expeditions to the "Land of Punt" to bring back unique natural commodities, such as frankincense and myrrh. During the times of the ancient Greek and Romans these products were brought to Europe by caravans along the incense route through the Arabian deserts. Even the isolated island of Socotra, with its famous cinnabar (dragon's blood) and Aloe, was part of this trading system more than 2,000 years ago.
The Horn of Africa is here defined as the arid Horn and basically covers the area east of the Ethiopian highlands (though it includes the Rift Valley, which divides the Ethiopian highlands into two major blocks), including also the xeric bushlands of northeastern Kenya, and the southern coastal parts of the Arabian Peninsula. The arid Horn covers most of Somalia (including Somaliland and Puntland), Djibouti, and parts of Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Yemen, Oman, and, very marginally, Sudan. The area covers around 1.65 million km2, but a relatively large proportion of the land, such as the Danakil depression in Ethiopia, has a very depauperate flora, and the approximately 5,000 species of vascular plants known from the region actually occupy only a small percentage of the area. Included in this Hotspot is the Socotra archipelago, with the main Socotra Island and three smaller islands off the coast of northeastern Somalia covering about 3,636 km2, and a few hundred small islands in the Red Sea, of which Dahlak Island is the largest (643 km2).
Phytogeographically, all of the arid Horn as defined here belongs to the Somalia-Masai region of endemism (White 1983; White and Léonard 1991), a region that also extends further south through the Kenyan lowlands into northern Tanzania. The Horn of Africa in the present sense can be regarded as the core part of the Somalia-Masai region.
The most widespread vegetation type of the arid Horn is Acacia-Commiphora bushland (about 30 species of Acacia and 50 species of Commiphora are endemic to the area), but also evergreen bushland, succulent shrubland, dry evergreen forest and woodland, semidesert grassland, and low-growing dune and rock vegetation occupy considerable areas. Succulents are common, including numerous endemic species of, for example, Euphorbia and Aloe. Small areas of mangrove are also found, both on the African and the Arabian side, as well as riverine vegetation along the major rivers: Wabi Shabeelle, Jubba and Awash.
The altitude within the arid Horn ranges from 155 m below sea level at Lac Assal in Djibouti to about 2,400 m above sea level in the mountains of northern Somalia, but most of the area is below 500 m. The Haghier Mts on Socotra reach just above 1,500 m altitude and the highest escarpments in Hadramaut on the Arabian side reach about 2,000 m. An unusual feature of the region is that land plants, such as the Doum palm (Hyphaene thebaica, Arecaceae), can have an altitudinal range from about 100 m below sea level to about 1,000 m above sea level. The altitudinal delimitation between the arid Horn flora and the highland floras in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Yemen is not always clearly distinguishable in the field and also varies between about 1,500 to 2,000 m according to local climate, geology and topography. Still, there is a clear-cut separation between highland (Afromontane) flora and lowland (Somalia-Masai) flora (Friis et al., in press).
The arid Horn, including the southern Arabian Peninsula and Socotra, appears to have been elevated by about the upper Eocene some 40 million years ago. Geological evidence indicates that the Arabian Peninsula and Africa separated by about 10 million years ago, forming the incipient Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. When the continental fragment Socotra was last connected to Africa is less certain, but may have been considerably earlier. The massive limestone series covering most of the island (Beydoun and Bichan, 1970) are connected with corresponding series in the escarpments of northern Somalia and the southern Arabian Peninsula.
Today, the major part of the arid Horn is covered by limestone, sandstone or gypsum, whereas pre-Cambrian rocks form, for example, the prominent inselbergs in southern Somalia, as well as the rugged pinnacles of the mountains of Socotra. Large areas are covered by deep sand, partly derived from Quaternary coralline rocks, or alluvial soils, and the fossil dune formations running along the coast of central and southern Somalia are prominent features of the landscape. Lava of more or less recent origin is found in the Rift Valley and the Afar Depression, and in parts of the southern Arabian Peninsula.
The climate of the arid Horn can generally, and not surprisingly, be described as hot and dry. It is not uncommon for temperatures to reach above 40 degrees during several months of the year. Characteristically, there are two rainy seasons, one in April–May and one in September–November, but there are many deviations from this. The fog-oasis of eastern Yemen and Oman has summer rain during the southwest monsoon, whereas winter rain occurs along the escarpments of Eritrea and northern Somalia. Precipitation from mist plays an important role along the Arabian coast, as well as in the higher parts of Socotra and Somalia. The rocky outcrops in southern Somalia are more humid than can be expected from rainfall data alone.
The arid Horn is a kind of northeastern antipode to the other arid African hotspot, the Succulent Karoo in southwestern Africa. These two arid regions are believed to have been united by an "arid corridor" during repeatedly drier and colder periods during the Pleistocene, but most probably also earlier during the Tertiary. Some genera of flowering plants are entirely restricted to these regions, such as Kissenia with one species in the arid Horn and one in the Succulent Karoo, and Wellstedia with six species in the arid Horn and one in the Succulent Karoo. A few species of plants and animals in the Horn of Africa may also have their closest relatives in the southern United States and Central America. For example, Chapmannia, a genus of mostly woody legumes, has five species in the arid Horn, one in Mexico, Guatemala and Venezuela, and one in Florida (Thulin, 1999), and the scorpion genus Heteronebo has two species in the Socotra archipelago and about a dozen species in the Caribbean. This pattern, which may be explained by the Tertiary "North Atlantic land bridge", is thought to be common among organisms that diversified during the Tertiary in xeric and seasonally dry vegetation (Lavin et al., 2000).
The Horn region is sparsely populated with generally less than 20 inhabitants per km2, and nomadic pastoralism is commonly practised. Well over half the area (Somalia, eastern Ethiopia and north-eastern Kenya) is mainly inhabited by Somalis, a culturally, linguistically and religiously homogeneous group. In southern and northeastern Ethiopia, northern Kenya, as well as in Djibouti and the lowlands of Eritrea, the situation is more complex, with many other East Cushitic groups, such as Borana and Afar, living together. In southwestern Ethiopia, there are also many groups that speak languages of the Omotic family. The native language on Socotra, Socotri, is a West Semitic language with archaic features. It is most closely related to Mahri and some other languages spoken in southeastern Yemen and Oman, along with the ubiquitous Arabic.
Estimating the number of species of vascular plants in the arid Horn region is not easy. One reason is that the area falls under five different Flora projects: Flora of Tropical East Africa (1952-), Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea, Flora of Somalia, Les plantes vasculaires de la République de Djibouti, and Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra. Of these, only the Djibouti flora, with a relatively low number of species, has been completed (Audru et al., 1994), whilst the other projects are ongoing. According to the admittedly rough, but best possible, estimate available there are about 5,000 species of vascular plants in the region, and of these about 2,750 are endemic. In terms of plant endemism, this figure is higher than that for the Succulent Karoo (2,539 species), but then the area covered by the arid Horn is more than 10 times as large. Many of the species in the arid Horn have very restricted areas of distribution, however, with strong concentrations of endemics in northern Somalia (Thulin, 1994; Friis et al., in press) and in the Socotra archipelago (Miller and Bazara'a, 1998).
There are nearly 60 endemic genera of vascular plants in the arid Horn (out of a total of about 970 genera), 13 of which are endemic to the Socotra archipelago alone. It is also striking that the native flora of the Socotra archipelago comprises so few armed plants. For example, the single endemic Acacia on Socotra, A. pennivenia (VU), is unarmed, whereas the thorny bushlands of the continental Horn abound in armed endemic species of Acacia.
Of the 170 families in the region, two are endemic. These are Barbeyaceae and Dirachmaceae, both woody, Barbeyaceae with a single species, Barbeya oleoides, which is relatively widespread in evergreen bushland and dry evergreen forest, and Dirachmaceae with two species, Dirachma socotrana (VU) on Socotra and D. somalensis (EN) in central Somalia. Barbeyaceae, with small unisexual flowers without petals, have usually been associated with Urticales. Dirachmaceae, with relatively large bisexual flowers with prominent petals, have been associated with Geraniales or Malvales. However, molecular evidence clearly indicates that Barbeyaceae and Dirachmaceae, despite their completely different morphology, are closely related (Thulin et al., 1998).
A total of 219 mammals in 115 genera are known from the arid Horn and of these 20 are endemic, the most notable ones being a number of antelopes, such as Beira (Dorcatragus megalotis, VU), dibatag (Ammodorcas clarkei, VU), Speke's gazelle (Gazella spekei, VU), silver dikdik (Madoqua piacentinii, VU), and Salt's dikdik (Madoqua saltiana). In addition, there is an endemic subspecies of wild ass (the Somali wild ass, Equus africanus somaliensis, CR). There are five endemic mammal genera in the Horn, all of them monotypic, including the aforementioned Beira and dibatag, and three small mammal genera, represented by single species: the Somali pygmy gerbil (Microdillus peeli), Ammodile (Ammodillus imbellis, VU), and Speke's pectinator (Pectinator spekei). Indeed, the arid Horn has been identified as an important area for rodent conservation (Amori and Gippoliti 2001). No native mammals are known from the Socotra archipelago, except possibly some species of bats, and it has been assumed that this is because Socotra was isolated from the continental Horn too early for colonization by mammals.
There are 704 bird species regularly recorded from the arid Horn and 25 of these are endemic. Four Endemic Bird Areas (EBAs) fall entirely within the hotspot: Socotra(with six species confined entirely to this EBA); North Somali mountains (three species); Central Somali coast (two species); and Jubba and Shabeelle valleys (four species). There are seven species of birds found only in Somalia, including the Bulo Berti Bushshrike (Laniarius liberatus, CR) – known only from a single individual and described from molecular, photographic and vocalization data (Smith et al., 1991) – the Warsangeli linnet (Carduelis johannis, EN) and five species of larks. Among the six species of birds restricted to Socotra is the Soqotra sunbird (Nectarinia balfouri), a relatively abundant species regularly seen visiting the red flowers of species of Aloe and Ballochia. Another Socotra endemic, the golden-winged grosbeak (Rhynchostruthus socotranus), is the only representative of its genus.
It is estimated that there are around 100 species of freshwater fish in about 48 genera in the arid Horn, of which 10 species are endemic. The endemics include three cave-dwelling species restricted to Somalia, two of which, Somalian blind barb (Barbopsis devecchii, VU) and Somalian cavefish (Phreatichthys andruzzii, VU), are blind. The three cave-dwelling species are each placed in their own endemic genus. No native freshwater fishes are known with certainty from Socotra, but populations of Aphanius dispar have been introduced to some waters as part of an anti-malaria program. However, the endemic freshwater crab Potamon socotrensis is common in small mountain streams, and a second endemic species, Socotra pseudocardiosoma, placed in its own genus, has recently been described (Cumberlidge and Wranik 2002).
For thousands of years the Horn of Africa has been famous as the source of frankincense (mainly from Boswellia sacra in Somalia, Yemen and Oman, and B. frereana in Somalia), myrrh (mainly from Commiphora myrrha, widespread in the Horn, and C. guidottii in Somalia and eastern Ethiopia), and dragon's blood or cinnabar (from Dracaena cinnabari, EN, on Socotra), all of which are commodities of gum-resins obtained from these trees.
In the Egyptian temple at Deir al-Bahari, near Thebes, the walls are decorated with coloured relief frescoes commemorating an expedition sent out to the Land of Punt by the Queen of Egypt, Hatshepsut, about 1500 BC. Quantities of incense were brought back by this expedition, as were living trees in tubs that apparently were then planted in the temple courtyard. The exact position and extension of Punt is uncertain, but judging from the commodities obtained from there it has to have been within the Horn of Africa in the present sense. Later, frankincense and myrrh were transported by huge caravans along the highly organized incense route from southern Arabia to ancient Greece and Rome (Groom 1981).
The production of frankincense and myrrh is still of major economic importance in Somalia, and to some extent in Ethiopia and northern Kenya. The frankincense trees in northern Somalia are owned by extended families and clans. To tap the trees, incisions are made into the inner bark of trunks and branches. The resin is left to dry and is later collected. Both Boswellia frereana and B. sacra are evergreen trees that often grow on limestone rocks, but B. frereana has the ability to grow even on vertical cliff faces, and the collecting of the frankincense from this species, therefore, is a particularly hard and dangerous occupation.
Dragon's blood from Socotra (then called Dioscorida) was in high demand by the ancient Greek and Romans, for its medicinal properties and as a red dye. However, it lost its importance long ago and, during the last centuries, dragon's blood has mainly been obtained from the related and more easily accessible dragon tree on the Canary Islands. Dracaena cinnabari is prominent in the vegetation of Socotra, where the gum-resin is still used as medicine and dye. It is a spectacular tree with repeatedly ramifying branches forming a dense, umbrella-like canopy.
In Somalia, the Daban, as it is called there, is highly threatened and the total population is now probably less than 40 trees in the two known localities (the author counted 11 mature trees at one locality in 1995 and 28 mature trees at the other locality in 2000). The trees have been used for house building, drainage pipes, and so on, and regeneration is prevented as the leaves of young plants are grazed or used for the production of mats or baskets.
The Yeheb nut (Cordeauxia edulis, VU) is a wonderful evergreen shrub or small tree with yellow flowers found in the dry bushlands of eastern Ethiopia and central Somalia, usually in areas of deep sand. The seeds are edible and nourishing and highly appreciated as food, and the foliage provides a red dye. The plant has attracted considerable interest as a potential food crop for arid areas, but is not easy to cultivate.
During fieldwork conducted for the Flora of Somalia project over the last 20 years or so, hundreds of new species have been discovered, many of them apparently narrow endemics. Without comparison, the one species among these that has attracted most attention is the Somali cyclamen (Cyclamen somalense). This was first found in 1986 on one of the misty limestone escarpments in northern Somalia and is still known only from a very small area. The horticulturally important genus Cyclamen is otherwise distributed in the Mediterranean region, extending eastwards to Iran, and the occurrence of a species of this genus in tropical Africa was most unexpected, although there is a fairly strong Mediterranean element in the flora of this part of Somalia.
In addition to the plants and plant products that the ancient Egyptians brought back from the Land of Punt, they also brought back animals, and the most famous of these is the Hamadryas or sacred baboon (Papio hamadryas). This monkey is today endemic to the arid Horn, where it lives on hillsides and escarpments bordering the southern part of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. The sacred baboon is an omnivore for which desert dates (Balanites and Ziziphus) are of great seasonal importance, but crops are raided in settled areas and often lead to conflict. The animals were held sacred in ancient Egypt and were also mummified. During the earliest Egyptian civilisation the distribution of the sacred baboon may have extended to the Egyptian border area, though they were later imported to the temples, and the relief frescoes at Deir al-Bahari show baboons swarming over the ships in Hatshepsut's expedition.
Besides the baboon, the Horn is an important region for a number of threatened antelope species, particularly the beira and dibatag antelopes (in both cases, the Somali name for the species has become the common name). The beira, with its prominent ears, is confined to dry and inhospitable hills and mountains of northern Somalia, eastern Ethiopia and Djibouti (where its presence was only confirmed in 1993), where it is able to survive without water. The larger, but more slender dibatag, with its characteristic erect tail and long neck, is found in the Acacia-Commiphora bushlands of eastern Ethiopia and adjoining lowlands of northern and central Somalia. Both the beira and the dibatag have suffered from uncontrolled hunting and habitat degradation.
Another important flagship is the desert warthog, Phacochoerus aethiopicus, recently confirmed to represent a distinct species from the common warthog, P. africanus, and distributed mainly in eastern Ethiopia, Somalia and northern Kenya (d'Huart and Grubb 2001). In addition, species such as Speke's gazelle, Salt's and Silver dik-diks, and Beisa oryx (Oryx beisa) have their ranges entirely or almost entirely within the Horn, while Swayne's hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus swaynei, EN), a subspecies of the common hartebeest, has its range restricted entirely to the southern Rift Valley of Ethiopia, despite once occurring throughout the Rift Valley eastwards into northwestern Somalia (East 1999).
Among the 31 endemic birds in the region, the Warsangeli linnet is one of the most notable. This small bird, with colors in white, black and various shades of grey and reddish brown, is locally common in high steep escarpments along the Gulf of Aden in northern Somalia. Ash and Miskell (1998) reported it as resident in two sites (Daalo and Mash Caleed) in the 1980s, and the bird has been seen in both of these sites in recent years. The species is likely to occur along this whole stretch of escarpment, where access is nearly impossible. The Ethiopian bush-crow also deserves a special mention as a flagship species. This small starling-like crow is found in Acacia bushland in a very restricted area of southern Ethiopia. It is still locally common, but ongoing degradation of the habitat may become a threat in the near future. Finally, the Djibouti francolin (Francolinus ochropectus, CR) is known from only two sites in Djibouti: Forêt de Day, which is thought to be the only viable site for this imperilled species, and the nearby Mabla Mountains.
The arid Horn is a hotspot under heavy pressure. Close to 100 percent of the land is used for grazing, mainly by camels, goats and sheep, and the area, therefore, is in a seminatural state and very little can be said to be pristine nature. Overgrazing, leading to a gradual degradation of the vegetation is a problem over large areas and is particularly severe near watering points. The stands of many unique species of trees, such as the Dragon tree on Socotra and the Daban palm in Somalia are increasingly becoming overmature with little regeneration. One study has estimated that the region is represented by around 24.2% undisturbed habitat, 70.3% partially disturbed and 5.5% human-dominated habitats (Hannah et al. 1995), but this is almost certainly an underestimate of the disturbance, and perhaps only 5% can be regarded as undisturbed. However, the category partially disturbed would include all degrees of degradation from almost completely destroyed to nearly pristine habitats.
Shifting cultivation, where areas of bushland and woodland are cut and burned for the cultivation of cassava over a period of a few years, is particularly destructive in parts of central and southern Somalia. However, in Somalia the worst threat to the vegetation and the biodiversity is the uncontrolled production of charcoal. Charcoal is now not only produced to cover the domestic needs within the country, but has become a major export item to the countries in the Arabian Gulf region. The tree most sought after for charcoal is Acacia bussei, and the woodlands formerly dominated by this tree are now rapidly dwindling. Acacia bussei itself is not threatened as a species, but the destruction of the big trees changes the environment completely and adversely affects numerous other species of plants and animals. Agricultural schemes in the Rift Valley and along the Wabi Shebelle and Awash Rivers in Ethiopia and along the Wabi Shabeelle and Jubba Rivers in Somalia also threaten the biodiversity, particularly of riparian habitats.
On Socotra, there has been considerable infrastructure development in recent years, including the building of a new port, an airport with tarmac runway, and new roads. The potential for sensitively managed ecotourism is great, but the ways in which these developments actually influence the biodiversity of the island require careful monitoring.
Despite these threats, at least among the plants we cannot point to a single species that is known to be extinct. Taverniera sericophylla, an endemic on Socotra earlier reported as extinct (Groombridge 1994), is still thriving in parts of the island (Thulin pers. obs.), and several other endemic species on Socotra reported as Critical (Lucas and Synge 1978), such as Dirachma socotrana and Punica protopunica (VU), also persist in viable populations. In Somalia, there are a few flowering plants that have not been seen for more than 100 years, such as the endemic Somali lupine (Lupinussomaliensis), but there is still hope that it survives in some inaccessible place. The situation for larger animals, in contrast, is much worse and uncontrolled hunting, particularly of the ungulates, is a real problem in many parts of the region with many species classed as threatened.
Despite the vast size of this hotspot, less than 9% has some form of legal protection in 41 protected areas classed in IUCN categories I to VI, a percentage that falls to just over 3% when including only those protected areas in categories I to IV. . There are several national parks and sanctuaries in the Ethiopian part of the region, such as Awash National Park (750 km2) and the Chew Bahir Wildlife Reserve (2,730km2), mainly aimed at protecting remaining populations of desert-dwelling ungulates; the problems and challenges faced are to a large degree similar to those described for the Ethiopian Highlands. In Kenya there is the remote Malka Mari National Park (870km2) in the northeastern corner of the country. In Somalia there are no areas with formal protection after the breakdown of the federal government in 1991, although three protected areas are officially recognized. In Djibouti, the Forêt de Day National Park (100km2), home to the aforementioned Djibouti francolin, is the country's only reserve. The governments of Somaliland and Puntland have ministries for the environment, but their resources are totally inadequate. The Socotra Archipelago has recently been added to UNESCO's World Network of Biosphere Reserves, which should help in the implementation of conservation management and in the development of ecotourism in the area. In Oman, the massive Arabian Oryx Sanctuary (24,785km2) is a Natural World Heritage Site famous for the successful reintroduction of Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx, EN), and Jebel Samhan is a National Nature Reserve mainly due to its population of Arabian leopard (Panthera pardusnimr, CR).
In general, conservation activities in the Horn of Africa hotspot are completely inadequate for the long-term preservation of its biodiversity. Today, only Socotra can be said to receive any serious international attention. Recently, for example, a major programme for Sustainable Development and Biodiversity Conservation for the People of the Socotra Islands was signed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The programme, financed by UNDP, the Government of Italy and the Yemen Government, will collectively contribute over US$5 million to continue to support the people of Socotra through conservation and sustainable use of the islands' unique biodiversity and natural resources for the next five years. Much needs to be done before the arid Horn can regain the kind of international prominence that it had 2,000 years ago.


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Are job skills the most important factor in choosing a career?
While job skills are important, they are actually not the most important factor in choosing a career. Other factors can have an affect on the choices that candidates make, such as personal and work interests, values, personality type and lifestyle. Values are the things that are important to job seekers, such as achievement and status. Interests can influence a career choice and include the activities and culture that job seekers enjoy on a normal basis. Personality includes the way in which a candidate relates to the world through behaviors and beliefs. Additionally, lifestyle can affect the way in which job seekers choose careers, as they may need work that is flexible in order to manage other responsibilities and needs.


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South Africa's rand depreciated to the lowest intraday level since March 2009 against the dollar after measures of Chinese manufacturing fell, pushing emerging-market currencies weaker. Bonds declined.
A Chinese Purchasing Managers' Index from HSBC Holdings Plc and Markit Economics declined to 50.5 in December from 50.8 the previous month, while a separate gauge compiled by the statistics bureau and logistics federation fell to 51 from 51.4. A reading above 50 signals expansion. China is the biggest buyer of South African raw materials, accounting for about 12 percent of exports, according to government data.
"Emerging-market currencies are weaker in general on a stronger dollar," Ion de Vleeschauwer, chief currency dealer at Bidvest Bank Ltd., said by phone from Johannesburg. "Liquidity is thin in the market and moves in the exchange rate are exaggerated." The rand weakened 1.5 percent to 10.6570 per dollar by 3:42 p.m. in Johannesburg, the worst performer today among 16 major currencies tracked by Bloomberg after the Norwegian krone and the Brazilian real. The yield on benchmark government bonds due December 2026 rose six basis points, or 0.06 percentage point, to 8.31 percent, the highest level on a closing basis since Dec. 6. Foreign investors bought a net 121 million rand ($11 million) of South African bonds on Dec. 31 and sold a net 301 million rand of equities, according to data from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.


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The arcade game is a version with simultaneous 2 player support. In addition, there are other changes:
* Life gauges are shown with visible bars, where Duke and bosses all have 11 bars or life.
* In English version, it is no longer possible to refill life bar by adding credits after completing Mission 1.
* With the exception of Mission 9, there are more enemies on screen, including boss battles.
* In high score entry screen, a countdown timer is shown.
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Ayurveda is the traditional Indian wellness system that shares the same basis as Yoga and is the natural extension of your regular asana practice and your existing health knowledge. Ayurveda offers a very nature-based framework that helps us to recognize the small choices we can make everyday in our self-care routines, diets, and attitudes to regain balance and promote longevity in our bodies and minds. It teaches us how to see common patterns in ourselves and others throughout the cycles and seasons of our lives and how to use natural and gentle practices to prevent disease.
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I'm often told by conservatives that in 2012, they would support literally anyone but Obama. The basic suggestion is that Obama is so terrible, that a sack of oats would do a better job (Oats/Barley 2012!). By not pledging my undying support for whomever the GOP nominates, then, I am in effect endorsing Obama. Of course, many of these conservatives would change their tune if it were Ron Paul against Obama, but that's not the important fact here. What matters is the idea that any of the primary candidates would be better than the incumbent.
One of these wannabes is Tim Pawlenty, former Governor of Minnesota. While governor, Pawlenty established a fairly decent record. There are a number of things that make him preferable in my eyes to his principle opponent, Mitt Romney. Leaving aside his often infuriating pandering to social conservatives, Pawlenty, at least up to this point, has been one of the few mainstream candidates that I could find myself able to support.
But some comments he made on Tuesday have caused me to seriously question this position. In speaking to the Council on Foreign Relations, Pawlenty continued what has become a very alarming tendency to embrace the same reckless hawkishness that many conservatives have found themselves criticizing in Obama. Perhaps the most troubling quote from the speech is the suggestion that he would only consult Congress as a "courtesy" when engaging in war overseas. This is a position that makes him even more dangerous than Bush or Obama.


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Southern California blues-based, hard rock/metal band SEVENTRAIN featuring former members of 24-7 Spyz, Cage, Sicarus and Tourniquet have announced today that they have officially parted ways with guitarist Jef Poremba, as well as announcing Dave Odegaard as their new guitarist (in the photo).
The band has released this official statement to their friends and fans:
"We are pleased to announce that Dave Odegaard has officially joined Seventrain as our new lead guitarist and permanent member. In late October of 2017, the unfortunate decision was made to start searching for another guitarist due to scheduling conflicts and prior commitments which Jef Poremba had with other projects. It was an amicable split between all parties involved and we thank him for his creative input and contributions to the band since 2013. Jef will still appear on the new Seventrain album set for release in early 2018 which we all took part in creating and writing. The band would like to wish Jef all the best with his future endeavors. Seventrain would also like to thank everyone who has supported this lineup over the past five years. We are excited for the future and starting a new chapter in 2018. We hope everyone will support our decision as we move forward with our new guitarist and welcome Dave to the Seventrain family."
Dave Odegaard is a guitarist/composer who gained notoriety from his 2004 CD release, SECOND ATTENTION. Most of his music can be heard in TV shows, movies, DVD and video games such as: Travis Pastrana's Nitro Circus, ESPN, FX Network, AMC TV, ABC Family, Showtime ReEvolution, Fuel TV, Full Circle, Google, Red Bull and many more. Dave's song, ANOMALY, was nominated for JPF's Music Awards Best Instrumental Rock Song in 2006. His 2008 release, GRAVITY, consists mostly of vocal songs and marks his debut as a lead vocalist.
Born in San Diego, Dave moved to Japan at the age of 5, and migrated back to Los Angeles, where he received his music education at G.I.T. Dave continued his musical career working with many local bands and various well known artists. Extensive studio session work and touring experience has contributed to his eclectic playing style and grace. Dave Odegaard is currently endorsed by Morley, Hipshot, Graph Tech Guitar Labs and Ebtech.
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Seventrain's self-titled debut album was released on February 14th, 2014 in the US, Europe and Japan on the bands own label imprint (So. Cal Records) distributed by Alliance Entertainment which is available on iTunes, Amazon and CD Baby. The album charted on the CMJ Loud Rock Top 40 at #36 it's first week to radio on February 25th, 2014 and received favorable reviews by critics worldwide in print and online media. Since the albums release, Seventrain has been direct support on select dates with Pat Travers, Michael Schenker, Skid Row, Black Star Riders, Saving Abel, Red Dragon Cartel, Saliva and Puddle of Mudd. The debut video for their single 'Bittersweet Seduction' was released on May 15th, 2014 and their second video for their single 'Broken' was released on December 24th, 2014. Seventrain was also nominated for Best Hard Rock Album of the Year at the 2014 San Diego Music Awards. The bands second album is scheduled for release in early 2018.


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Today Joan Baez turns 73. One of the original activist performers of the 1960s, Baez is adored by millions, yet we venture to guess that very few people know about her family and personal history.
Here are just some interesting facts about Baez's life:
Baez was born Joan Chandos Baez on January 9 in Staten Island, New York, to Albert Vinicio Baez and Joan Bridge Baez. Albert was born in Puebla, Mexico and his wife is from Scotland. Albert's bio was impressive to say the least:
Born in Puebla, Mexico, and reared in Brooklyn, Dr. Baez served as president of Vivamos Mejor (Better Living), an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life through science-based education and community development projects in Mexico.
A distinguished academic with a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Drew University, a master's in math from Syracuse University and a doctorate in physics from Stanford University, he taught physics at Drew, Harvard, the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Redlands and Stanford, among others.
While a doctoral student at Stanford, he co-invented the X-ray reflection microscope, which is still used for medical purposes and to take X-ray pictures of galaxies.
In 1951, he worked for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), moving with his family to Iraq, where he was director of the UNESCO mission there and a professor of physics at Baghdad University.
The Baez family eventually moved to California in 1951. Young Joan graduated from Palo Alto High School in 1958, and then the family moved to Belmont, Massachusetts, a town that bordered Cambridge and the growing folk music scene. Joan begins to perform locally, winds up at the Newport Folk Festival and then in 1961 meets Bob Dylan.
Baez continues to record and also gets involved in the civil rights moment. Then she makes the cover of TIME in 1962:
In 1964, Baez took a stand few know about today. As her official web bio states:
Joan protests U.S. involvement in Vietnam by withholding 60% of her income taxes, the amount determined used for military purposes. The Internal Revenue Service responds by placing a lien against her. She continues to withhold portions of her taxes for the next ten years. And after performing for President Johnson in Washington, she urges him to withdraw U.S. troops from Vietnam. Joan also continues her civil right work by appearing at a benefit concert at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, protesting the state's Proposition 14 which would allow segregated housing, and she becomes involved with the Free Speech Movement at the University of California at Berkeley. As the students take over Sproul Hall, Joan instructs them to "Have love as you do this thing and it will succeed." The police wait until she departs the building before moving in and arresting 800 students.
Baez's illustrious career has continued to grow as well as her activism. You can read more highlights here, but one thing that really strikes us is that Baez has never forgotten her roots, even rediscovering them later in life. As a 2009 news story states:
Despite Baez not learning the language as a child, Spanish has played an important role in her music from the very beginning of her career. After her star-making appearance at the 1959 Newport Folk Festival, she released her self-named Vanguard Records debut, a haunting session of blues and folk ballads, including the Mexican lament, "El Preso Número Nueve" ("Prisoner Number Nine"). Looking back, Baez acknowledges that including a song in Spanish wasn't a coincidence.
"I learned it off an album I heard at my boyfriend's house while I was pretending to be in school," she says, referring to her brief tenure at Boston College. "I knew I could imitate any language, and yes, maybe it's significant that I chose Spanish. I knew it was in my blood. I wasn't going to learn a German song."
When she returned to "Número Nueve" on her 1974 Spanish-language album "Gracias a la Vida (Thanks to Life)," Latin America had taken a dire turn, with military regimes perpetrating widespread human rights abuses. Baez recorded the album as a gesture of solidarity with Chileans persecuted after the 1973 coup.
A song that made a particular impression was "Te Recuerdo Amanda (I Remember Amanda)" by Chilean songwriter Victor Jara, who was tortured and killed in the bloody days after Salvador Allende's overthrow.
"At that point the music became a part of me," says Baez, who was outspoken in her opposition to U.S. foreign policy in Latin America. She never let her support for progressive causes compromise her sense of identity, though, an independent streak that a radical Chicano group discovered when it tried to push her on its bandwagon.
"This is typical of my stubbornness," Baez recalls. "I was working with César Chávez, and these Brown Berets wanted me to say with them, fists in the air, 'Brown power!' I raised my fist and said, 'Not any more than I feel Scots power,' " a reference to her Scottish-born mother.
Here is a vintage video of "El Preso Número Nueve."
Feliz cumpleaños, Joan.


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MADEMOISELLE NOIR — a short macabre musical tragedy.
This beautiful story was first as a song by ppeppina (Finland) and then brought to life with key illustrations by Soju Shots (New Zealand), animation by MarieIv (Russia) and orchestrations by Krrr (USA).
These images are based on some of the fairy tales and nursery rhymes I grew up with. I love the darker side of these beloved stories and wanted to explore that with my silhouette collages. I take photos of plants and trees in my garden and scan them in to photoshop where I construct and manipulate them into these finished compositions.
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Gen. 14:20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of
Gen. 14:17 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the (three)
kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale.
Gen. 14:18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
Gen. 14:19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
Gen. 14:21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.
Gen. 14:22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor
of heaven and earth,
Gen. 14:23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest
thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
Gen. 14:24 Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol,
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I have consistently held the belief that developing student voice is the most critical component to being a good educator. In various contexts and through various means, I have argued that in order for student's written and rhetorical skills to be truly representative of their thoughts, beliefs, and ideas–and that their skills never limit said representation–students must learn the skills deemed "necessary" to appropriately convey these thoughts. This seems logical; to be a good writer, you need to know how to write. I recently wrote the following:
"When we think of words of power, there are certain traits that come to mind, and have been normalized as the hallmark of someone educated, influential, important, or all three. The individual's ability to communicate his or her needs, thoughts, wants, and opinions with the surrounding world is marked by nearly flawless diction and "proper" grammar. We take for granted their ability to write full and complete sentences. Obviously their subjects and verbs agree. Technically flawless communication seems to be a given when you're powerful. Power itself seems to be a given when you are able to deliver technically flawless communication–regardless of what you are saying. If it wasn't technically flawless, power would take no note, and power would not divide and bestow itself."
This excerpt is argued from a single perspective: that the language and diction of the 'powerful' are a given standard intended to be met if any idea is to come to fruition. It implies that the language developed, refined, and practiced by the powerful has no room for expression that doesn't adhere to its rules.
I once held firm (and to some degree, still hold) the belief that the grammar and language skills of students of color and of low socioeconomic status limited their ability to express the thoughts, ideas, and beliefs that they held. One cannot not speak in the language of power until he or she is taught the language of power, and until they are taught, they will not practice these skills and be heard.
Ironically, and probably naturally, the voices of the oppressed cannot be heard until they assimilate to the voices of the powerful. And, once they have arrived in positions of power, I have to question whether or not they are truly the voices of the oppressed anymore. There is something fundamentally different between how I–a white educator–speak, and the way that my African American and Hispanic students speak.
There are two different ways to approach the issue of the systemic silencing of minority voices. The first is the route that I am currently on, and questioning: where the individual who wishes for a more just world teaches the under-served how to live in that world. I teach language, diction, and analysis with the end goal that my students will be able to "more fully" participate in society. By "more fully" I mean in such a way that others (and particularly "others" in power) are compelled to listen to the things my students have to say, and perhaps persuaded better the circumstances and of hardship my students convey. As awkward as it is to acknowledge and confront, I teach linguistic assimilation.
I recently read a fascinating article written by James Baldwin in 1979, titled "If Black English isn't a Language, Then Tell Me, What Is?" where he argued that black language (also "patronizingly called a dialect") meets all of the criteria for being its own language. He argues that it was developed out of necessity, emerging from a broad array of African people who, coming to the United States, were without a common language. The rules of black language were "dictated by what the language must convey"; for slaves, that meant threat, suffering, and hardship. Black language was subsequently maintained and developed through the black church, and became an alternative to the language that "refuse[d] to recognize [them]."
When I teach that "bogus," "finna," "gon," and other words derived from Black English are inappropriate for argumentative purposes (last year I taught them as "informal" language that should be avoided in settings such as letter-writing and applications), I am teaching my students how to cope with being in a white world, as opposed to finding solutions to changing that world. I am teaching them that Microsoft Word's red highlights of these three examples—the only indicated misspellings in this entire article—are not words. So, the question is: what am I actually fixing?
Rather than fixing, it seems as though I am directly participating in something I will call a 'culture of maintenance,' wherein service and "doing good" (here, actions that result in something more or greater than benefits enjoyed by oneself) are celebrated because they ameliorate the symptoms of a much more deeply ill society. Ostensibly, service and fighting for social justice does good, incredible things. On a much deeper level, however, the root cause is often not eliminated nor is it even addressed; it is by not addressing these issues, and treating their symptoms, that the fundamental sickness is allowed to perpetuate.
What is the natural course of action against such a reality? The most deflating part about recognizing the implications of this train of thought is accepting and acknowledging the fact that these "symptoms" I talk about are no less real simply because I do not think addressing them will solve the root problem. Pain is still pain, injustice is still injustice, hardship is still hardship, and all must be addressed in one way or another. Under this view, most would think I fall into the group addressed by the Edmund Burke quote that "Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little."
I have to wonder if it is not a matter of doing a "little," of the right thing–but a question of what the "right" thing actually is. It often seems as though the call to serve is the epitome of some sort of temporal acknowledgement; we choose to do good in the world–to make more tolerable the symptoms of a sick society–because there simply isn't the time or resources in a lifetime to burn down past histories and social structures in order to build a new system. I can teach assimilation and perhaps my students will be heard, or I can teach identity recognition and, as many would see it, "disservice" my students by not prepping them with tools necessary to be in the world.
Here is where I am at a standstill. It is unclear whether or not building the writing skills of my students will ever address the fact that their identity and background are defined and ignored by Standard English. It is unclear if teaching Writing is simply teaching young minds how to cope with being in a society that has yet to recognize them.
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Beautiful and funtional. Both terms appropriately describe this comprehensive look and the art of successfully using herbs in the kitchen. It takes advantage of regional differences in cooking methods--both here and abroad--including California, the South, Southwest, Midwest and Northeast. England, France, Italy, Spain and Morocco represent the European contributions.
This is the second collaboration between writer Tolley and photograher Mead, and, like the first, it demonstrates the delicious way foods can be enhanced when herbs are added. It includes more than 350 lovely color photographs of scenic meadows and gardens, luncheons on wicker-filled porches, elegant dining rooms accented by French doors and large windows--all of which provide inspiration. Plus, ideas for centerpieces, such as apples and sage leaves, are offered.
In the recipe section, lavendar flowers lend exotic taste to fresh cherries, a melange of herbs--including basil, thyme and parsley--accentuate the savory goodness of chicken and rosemary is spotlighted in a poolside party suggestion for serving potatoes. In other dishes, a mint pesto accompanies lamb en croute and poached peaches are complemented by a bay leaf custard sauce.


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Are you setting yourself up for success or failure in 2014? By now most of us have set the bar high for new aspirations and goals for this year. How amazing to clear the clutter of the past and jumpstart into the present 2014! New beginnings help us to create the best versions of ourselves. Statistic says that only 9% of people actually achieve their New Year's Resolution by the end of the next year. Why such small rates of success? How can you stand out of the crowd and hit your mark? Here is my recommended recipe for success in 2014! 1. Set goals that are both CHALLENGING and REALASITC The 93% percent of people who do not meet their goal create unrealistic goals. Set yourself up for success by creating a goal that will fit in to your current lifestyle. For example, a lot of people want to get in shape for the new year but might currently only work out once a month. Setting a goal to work out every day in 2014 is almost impossible to achieve because it requires a very large shift in current lifestyle. A more realistic goal is to work out once a week for January, twice a week for February, and so on, until the working out IS every day! 2. Set a realistic plan of ACTION and MOTIVATION to achieve that goal Success is contingent upon action. We are all big dreamers and very few are big actualizers. What is the difference? Successful people are constantly motivated to ACT. Make sure that you have a goal that gets you excited to achieve! Find ways to remind yourself about your purpose and your commitment to success. Just like building a house, you have to start with the foundation. What are the bricks that need to be laid first in order to create your goal? Create a solid plan, stick to it, and success is a guarantee. 3. Be PICKY Manifestation is most easily achieved through specifics. How will you recognize what you are looking for if you don't even know what ideal looks like, feels like, or even tastes like? For example, if your goal is to find a new lover don't just let anyone walk into your life! Who is your ideal mate? What are the characteristics that you value most in a partner? Describe his/her ideal personality. What does he/she like to do in their free-time? What does this person do for a living? What does this person look like? Be as specific as you can so that when your meet your goal you can recognize that you have manifested your dreams. 4. VISUALIZE achieving that goal and the feeling of success as often as you can Whenever your mind wanders to your goal or you are in action to your goal take a moment to embody success. The most important time to visualize is when you are near defeat! How does success feel in your body? Imagine how you will react to achieving your goal. What physical expression can you see yourself doing when you cross that finish line? Will it be high fives, jumping, fist pumps, or a touchdown dance? The more often you see the outcome of success, the more likely it is to happen. 5. Lastly, use the BUDDY System Achieving a goal is like walking across the street when you are 5 years old. You are trying something new and this can be really scary! The best solution is to find someone to help you achieve your goal and hold you accountable to achieving it. Get a buddy! Share your goals and keep each other on track. You can also set a reminder in your phone to help you stay committed. Your buddy can help eliminate procrastination and instead create action when you get stuck! Goal reaching requires a shift or a change in behavior. Change takes a lot of effort, time, and patience. Be realistic, be persitent, be optimistic, be diligent and you will hit your goal! I am here to support you on your journey and with your personal goals. ~Namaste~


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BERLIN (Reuters) - Former German central banker Thilo Sarrazin, whose musings on Muslim immigrants sparked outrage in 2010, has triggered fresh controversy with a book that paints Germany as the euro zone's hostage, forced to pay out vast sums to atone for the Holocaust.
In extracts of his book "Europe doesn't need the euro", due to be published on Tuesday, Sarrazin argues that the euro zone is holding Germany to ransom over its past aggression, blackmailing it into agreeing to euro bonds or mutualised debt.
Supporters of euro bonds in Germany "are driven by that very German reflex, that we can only finally atone for the Holocaust and World War Two when we have put all our interests and money into European hands," Sarrazin wrote, according to extracts published in the Focus weekly.
Chancellor Angela Merkel's centre-right coalition is resisting EU pressure to back the introduction of euro bonds jointly underwritten by all euro zone members, fearing they would remove pressure on heavily indebted states such as Greece to put their finances in order.
But pressure has increased on Merkel to reconsider following Socialist Francois Hollande's victory in France's presidential election this month and the issue is expected to be discussed at an informal EU summit on Wednesday.
Sarrazin's new book has stirred heated debate among politicians even before it goes on sale.
"Either he is speaking and writing this appalling nonsense out of conviction or he is doing it with despicable calculation," Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble told the Bild am Sonntag newspaper.
A leading member of Germany's opposition Social Democrats (SPD), Peer Steinbrueck, locked horns with Sarrazin on national television on Sunday evening, describing the theories in his 400-page book as worthless.
"It is pathetic that he is using the Holocaust to secure as much attention as possible for his euro bond theses," Greens leader Juergen Trittin told Monday's Die Welt newspaper.
"To spend money keeping the euro is a worthwhile investment for Germany," Trittin said.
Germany's agreement to bail out Greece reveals its "susceptibility to blackmail", Sarrazin wrote, alluding to crimes committed by the Nazis before and during World War Two.
"This politics is turning Germany into a hostage of all those in the euro zone who may in the future, for whatever reason, need help," he said.
Focus had a picture of the bespectacled, moustachioed Sarrazin, 67, on its front cover crumpling up a wad of euros.
Germany is the largest contributor to multi-billion euro bailouts of Greece, which faces a second election in just two months in June that leftists opposed to German-inspired austerity policies may win.
Sarrazin is lauded by some in Germany as an independent-minded breaker of taboos fighting for the interests of German taxpayers but is denounced by others as a preacher of hate.
He shot to notoriety in 2010 with a book entitled "Germany does away with itself" (Deutschland schafft sich ab), a bestseller that exposed a deep rift in German society over its integration of immigrants.
The book accused Turkish and Arab immigrants of exploiting Germany's welfare state, refusing to integrate and lowering the average intelligence - arguments that led to his resignation from the Bundesbank, where he was a board member, and which still cloud immigration debates two years after publication.
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Original post date was August 17, 2006
And then comes the crashing in.
Of course.
Can't escape that, right? TANSTAAFL, in the acronym that Robert Heinlein uses so often in his novels.
There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch; or, sometimes, as an inexpensive one either.
Today sucks. I couldn't get up, I did nothing, I just had no motivation or energy and the gray fog was thickening and gripping my heart and I didn't care.
I would think, "you should go do.. something". I didn't, and I don't have the energy to care that I didn't, or don't.
This is about as much effort as I can come up with, to write this. If you see it, it means I pushed the publish button- and that seems to be a lot of work too.
I wonder what it might be like not to hurt and be empty and cold anymore. And, why should I care?
I wish my moods could be more even, too, I hate the up and down crap. Especially when the ups aren't and the downs are.Blech.
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On 2/15/11 9:52 PM, Kiran Ayyagari wrote: > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 2:15 AM, Kiran Ayyagari<firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: >> On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 1:50 AM, Emmanuel Lecharny<email@example.com> wrote: >>> On 2/15/11 9:15 PM, Kiran Ayyagari wrote: >>>> On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 12:39 AM, Emmanuel Lecharny<firstname.lastname@example.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> On 2/15/11 8:00 PM, Kiran Ayyagari wrote: >>>>>> On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 8:53 PM, Emmanuel Lecharny<email@example.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> the compareTo method has a semantic that probably does not applies to >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> Dn >>>>>>> class : either two DNs are equals, or they are different, but they >>>>>>> aren't >>>>>>> superior or inferior, except if one is the parent of the other. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> As we already have a isParent and isChild methods, I suggest we remove >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> compareTo() methods (which is never used) and not implemen the >>>>>>> Comparable<Dn> interface. >>>>>>> >>>>>> I suggest we keep this, think of ordering the Entry objects while >>>>>> performing an export >>>>>> (sorting a huge number of entries won't be the ideal case, but when we >>>>>> have a few entries which are fetched in an adhoc manner(i.e without >>>>>> performing repetitive one level searches)) >>>>> The thing is that there is no way to order a list of DNs, as there is no >>>>> such a MatchingRule as DnOrderingMatch. How do you order two DNs which >>>>> RDN >>>>> don't have the same AttributeType ? >>>>> >>>>> I have checked RFC 4517, and after having read it, I saw that comparing >>>>> two >>>>> DNs is just meant to check that they are equal, or not. No order is >>>>> implied. >>>> how about using the isParent() and isChild() methods for that inside >>>> the compareTo() >>> yes, but still it's not possible to compare 2 DNs with the same parent... >>> CompareTo() for DNs simply does not make sense :) >> hmmm, just wondering why can't we compare the normalized values(which >> are strings) of two DNs > by the above I mean for equality, and we have isParent() if it is > higher in hierarchy and isChild() otherwise, > I see that semantically it doesn't make *much* sense to say 'compare > two DNs' but still we can *order* DNs and > that is where this method is helpful Let me give you an example. You have two DN under the same parent, dc=example,dc=org : dn1 : cn=test,dc=example,dc=org dn2: telephoneNumber=+33 1 654 321 02,dc=example,dc=org you have no clue about which DN is greater or lower than the other, as the cn matching rule is CasIgnoreMatch and the TelephoneNumberMatch MR is used for the second DN. This is the reason whu comparing two DN to define an ordering is just vain. -- Regards, Cordialement, Emmanuel Lécharny www.iktek.com
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