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Japanese Knotweed Is an Excellent Way to Stay Healthy
Japanese Knotweed Is an Excellent Way to Stay Healthy
Everyone wants to have the chance to stay healthy. After all, nobody wants to deal with problems like premature aging, a lack of mobility, heart problems or cancer. In fact, it seems like everyone is looking for that next product that can help them stave off illness and stay young for years when everyone around them is getting older and slowing down. It might surprise you that one way that you can effectively do that is to use an herb known as Japanese knotweed.
This is a product that grows readily in a variety of different types of climates. In reality, it is so easy to grow that it can quickly overpower just about anything else in the area and take over. This makes it an ideal product to grow if you struggle with growing plants or if you live in an area that is especially harsh and it is difficult to get a lot of things to take hold. If you want, you can grow your own plants and then use the herb as a tincture, or you can purchase it in supplement form.
What makes Japanese knotweed so important when it comes to improving your overall physical health? The key is that it is a primary source of an antioxidant known as resveratrol. This is probably something you have heard of in the past, if only in passing. The reason that resveratrol gets so much attention is that of its anti-aging properties. It is an ideal ingredient for reducing inflammation throughout the body, allowing you to slow the pace of aging, regain mobility that was previously lost due to stiffness or soreness in the joints and even improve heart health. In addition, it can help stave off the development of free radicals, which are directly linked to diseases like cancer.
Japanese knotweed is even important for bees, as it gives them an opportunity to find food at times of the year when other sources are relatively scarce. As you can see, this is something that has a lot of benefits. If you are interested in finding out more about staying healthy and avoiding prescription medications, this might be something that you want to look into even further.


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SU police chief heads to White House for task force briefing
Southern University Baton Rouge interim police chief Joycelyn Johnson has been invited to a White House 21st Century Policing Briefing to be held on July 22, 2016.
In December 2015, President Barack Obama organized a Task Force on 21st Century Policing. Five months later, on May 15, 2016, the task force issued its final report. A series of briefings have been held at the White House for law enforcement leaders.
According to the White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental affairs, the event will provide an overview of the recommendations from President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing, and will allow participants to discuss what the recommendations mean to their everyday work. In addition, the group will be joined by Senior Administration Officials to brainstorm new ideas about how to enhance public trust and confidence in the justice system while maintaining public safety.
"It is such an honor to travel to the White House to represent the Southern University Police Department and Southern University as a whole. An opportunity to participate in a forum to enhance our efforts to maintain public safety is very positive and timely," said Johnson.
The recommendations are organized around six main topic areas or pillars: Building Trust and Legitimacy, Policy and Oversight, Technology and Social Media, Community Policing and Crime Reduction, Officer Training and Education, and Officer Safety and Wellness.
"Most of the recommendations contained in the task force's report are directed at the approximately 18,000 state and local law enforcement agencies spread throughout the country," said Ron Davis, Task Force executive director.
As part of her visit, Johnson will also tour the White House.

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Officially called the Islamic Republic of Iran, Iran is located in Western, Central and Eastern Asia and was formerly known to the Western world as Persia. The history of Persia dates as far back as 2800 BC and is considered one of the world's oldest civilizations, with great achievements in literature, philosophy, medicine, astronomy, mathematics and art. With the current population of 75 million people and the capital of Tehran, Iran still has a lot to offer: natural gas and petroleum reserves of the Persian Gulf, beautiful sceneries of the Caspian Sea, various mountain ranges, plains and salt lakes, wonders of Islamic architecture, and delicious cuisine using lots of saffron and yogurt. As a part of Indo-European language family, Persian is an Iranian language currently spoken by 110 million people and used as the official language of Iran. Parents all over the world find inspiration in Persian baby names because of their ancient ancestry, profound etymology and religious background.
Persian Boy Names
The Persian Empire was one of the most culturally advanced the world had ever seen, stretching from the Mediterranean to the Indus River. Common names like Darius, Cyrus and Xerxes represent the greatest kings, while Yasmin and Esther the beauty of nature.
- Alborz The highest one
- Arash Bright arrow
- Ardashir Who rules with truth
- Arman Longing
- Babak Small father
- Bahadur Fighter
- Bahman Well-spirited
- Bahram Winning over resisting people
- Baraz High
- Behnam Man of honor
- Behrouz Having good luck
- Cas King of the treasure
- Casper King of the treasure
- Cyrus Far sighted
- Darien A good and wealthy protector
- Darius A good and wealthy protector
- Dariush A good and wealthy protector
- Faridoon The third child
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Opel will invest 500 million in a new engine plant in Hungary
SZENTGOTTHARD (Hungary), 13 Abr. (EUROPA PRESS) -
The German car manufacturer Opel, a General Motors has begun construction on a new engine plant in the Hungarian city of Szentgotthard, southeast of the country, with an investment of 500 million euros.
The new factory will be operational late next year, according to the plans of the company, and will have a production capacity of 500,000 engines per year. Facilities will include a staff of 800 personnel.
In the ceremony of laying the first stone in the presence of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, President of General Motors Europe, Nick Reilly, said the new plant will produce engines and low CO2 emissions will be "one of the cornerstones "the new product offensive in the company.
Opel builds an investment of 500 million euros between 2001 and 2010 in the current Szentgotthard factory, which in the past twenty years has produced 6.5 million engines, cylinder heads five million and 85,000 units of the Opel Astra.
The German mark, which in 2011 celebrated his twenty years in Hungary, is now the firm with major presence in the country, for which about 400,000 road vehicles circulating Opel.


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Thursday, November 7, 2013
Teaser Trailer: The Raid 2: Berandal
The Raid came out last year, it knocked all our socks off here at Fatso. This Indonesian actioner raised the martial arts genre to a whole new level of bone-breaking bad-assery, and made a star out of its lead Iko Uwais, a dazzling silat expert. Naturally, a sequel was announced not long after, with writer/director Gareth Evans promising the scale of the action to be much larger and more ambitious than before. Based on the teaser that's just gone online, I don't think we'll be disappointed. Although it's fairly brief, the flashes of action that we do see is enough to get us freakin' excited. Click below for a wall-punchingly intense glimpse of The Raid 2: Berandal:
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Enel Green Power (EGP) has started construction of the new 129 MW Palo Alto wind farm in the Mexican state of Jalisco.
The wind farm, located in Ojuelos, is owned by Energia Limpia de Palo Alto, a subsidiary of Enel Green Power Mexico. The facility will comprise 43 wind turbines of 3 MW each.
Once fully operational, Palo Alto will be able to generate more than 350 GWh per year – equivalent to the annual energy consumption needs of about 200,000 Mexican households.
The wind farm, which is expected to be completed and enter into service in the second half of 2016, is supported by long-term power purchase agreements.
In line with the growth targets set out by the company's current strategic plan, EGP will be investing approximately $250 million, funded through EGP Group resources.
'This new wind farm is an important step towards the consolidation of EGP's presence in Mexico, a market that has huge potential for development. Once Palo Alto is completed, our portfolio in the country will reach an installed capacity of over 600 MW," says Francesco Venturini, CEO of EGP.
"In line with our growth strategy in Latin America, Mexico is, alongside Chile and Brazil, one of the countries in which we have decided to focus our investments for the next five years, with the aim of boosting sustainable energy while both diversifying the country's energy mix and supporting the local economy.'


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We Need More Leaders and Less Managers in Dealerships
Lately, most stores are doing more with less. Meaning GM's and GSM's can't be good leaders because they are too busy managing.
The argument to spend time and money on leaders vs. managers is a hard one... leaders can't really measure results, where managers can check tasks off a list, count cars sold etc.
However, I still think it's important to create good leadership inside dealerships. How does the balance between leadership and management work at your store?
I think it is an excuse. A leader is a manager. But instead of just managing, they lead.
All great points Michael. Thanks for sharing.
Derrick I can agree to a certain point! I think more managers can try a little harder to lead, rather than just checking off their list of management tasks... but that being said, to do a quality job on either, you have to put your all into it.
In the wise words of Ron Swanson from Parks and Rec, "Never half-ass two things, whole-ass one thing."
Sherri thanks for making me giggle. I think there should be a separation of managers and leaders. Management can focus on the production and team leaders can address processes and daily tasks. I've seen this model work at numerous stores.
Leadership is a quality. Management is a skill or ability. You can have a BDC Manager that is a great leader, and a General Sales Manager that is a great leader but a terrible manager. When you can have a person with both, at the top of the organization, you have the best scenario to succeed.
But you also have to break this down to what you are managing and leading!
Sales/Desk Managers often come from the sales ranks, so might not have strong people skills. They are focused on managing tasks (desking deals, locating cars, etc.) but not on leading a sales team. Yet they have the day-to-day interaction with the sales team that can help increase productivity, sales, and retention.
In lieu of that, you need a GSM that is a very good leader, and his or her key management skills are delegation and prioritization.
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Forget wanting a bouquet of roses from a loved one, that's so 2017 and I'm beyond ready for the new year. Nope, from now on I say we ask, no demand to only have roses in the form of skincare and makeup.
From anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties, to controlling excess oil and helping with hydration levels of the skin, roses aren't known as the symbol of beauty for nothing. So when I was sent the Pixi Beauty Rose Essence Collection*, not only did I feel like I was in a Disney film opening the little padlock on the fairytale-esque box but I could not wait to unlock my beauty with roses. (hope you enjoyed my little lock pun there)
On the left I was greeted with skin treats in the form of the Rose Caviar Essence (£26) and Rose Flash Balm (£26). It should come as no surprise that both products are rose scented but it's a very refreshing light fragrance opposed to the overly powerful rose talcum powder perfume we all fear. Obviously being skincare I wanted to try both products for a substantial amount of time to properly see the effects on my skin, so for the time being all other products have been put on hold and replaced with these every morning and night (or as much as my lazy self can manage) in the hopes that I will turn from beast to princess before the last rose petal is applied.
Rose Caviar Essence. How indulgent does that sound? I feel very prepared for the decadence too after eating a whole round of brie last week with truffles in the middle. Truffles!!
This concentrated conditioning essence contains rose oils and real rose petals that melt onto the skin restoring brightness and delivering some serious hydration. I've found it has a lovely cooling effect when applied, perfect after a long day at work and it doesn't leave any stickiness or residue. I keep looking at the delicate rose petals inside wondering how they magically sink into my skin leaving it feeling refreshed and moisturised in seconds. It isn't as thick as a standard serum which I really like, as applying heavy product after heavy product can make my skin feel clogged. In fact I'm pretty sure this stuff really is magic.
I was particularly excited to try the Rose Flash Balm, as I'm still on the hunt for the perfect moisturiser. This one is a hydrating radiance boosting balm that helps wake up tired and fatiqued skin to make you look like you've had that rare thing called a full night's sleep.
Not too thick, this oil-free flash balm is a pleasure to use and sinks into my skin immediately. It definitely leaves my face feeling fresh but also with an ever so slight tightness, probably due to the natural astringent properties of rose water, that isn't uncomfortable but does make me think it may not be rich enough for those of you with dry skin. A thin layer also acts well as a primer, creating a smoother base for your foundation and you can even apply a thick layer and use it as a face mask for an extra special treat.
So far I haven't had any breakouts using the Rose Flash Balm, apart from my usual hormonal spots, which is pretty fabulous for my overly oily face and I find it gives me just the right level of moisture so that my skin feels hydrated but not greasy. Maybe this moisturiser is the one?!
As well as this gorgeous rose duo, I received the new MatteLast Liquid Lip Collection (£16 each). Infused with rosehip oil, these liquid lipsticks were designed to quickly set to a matte veil while leaving lips feeling comfortable and hydrated. Not only that, each Liquid Lip claims to be long-lasting with each shade being universally flattering and wearable.
These are bold statements for a matte liquid lipstick but I have to say after testing out each one I am very impressed and I can give you two words that will sum up why: Naps & Curry.
Every time I have a new lipstick, I test it out on my lips and take a photo to give you an accurate idea of what it looks like. Now on this occasion because I had five to try I needed a cuppa between each one (thirsty work this makeup malarkey) and there was almost zero transfer onto my mug. After the photography sesh, I decided a nap was in order and woke up to find my lipstick just as fresh as when it was first applied. I then proceeded to demolish a curry later that evening and it was still going strong. It didn't even require a touch up!
The applicator of each MatteLast Liquid Lip is the unique Pixi petal applicator which is super soft and frankly just genius. It was very precise and applied so evenly it made me eager to remove one colour so I could apply the next.
I managed to achieve smooth uniform coverage with just two dips into the tube, although I'm sure one would suffice and I noticed only a hint of dryness by the end of the day. I've already packed the whole collection in my makeup bag for use over Christmas and I'm sure a couple will go missing once my mum sets her eyes on them.
MatteLast Liquid Lip shades:
Matte Beige
Really Rose
Au Naturelle
Pastel Petal
Evening Rose
Unfortunately, you can't buy these products in the set I have received (although I am thinking of writing an email to encourage they do!) but you can buy everything individually online.
Now, if I could just have a rose foundation, rose coloured eyeshadows and pretty much every form of skincare with the essence of rose I'd be one happy lady.
Roses, aren't red, they're Pixi green and pink,
*Although these products are part of a PR package, I always give an honest review, where all opinions and views are 100% my own.


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I am an avid tea drinker… some might even say I am addicted to tea. (Some do.) I drink it all day, at all times of the year. I love it.
Unfortunately (and I found this out the hard way), it stains just as bad as coffee. I have experienced a long string of dental hygienists who looked into my mouth and sighed—dispirited by the long, difficult task that lay before them.
Thankfully, my current hygienist (who is awesome) recommended a trick to help significantly decrease staining and buildup. She actually recommended two options… but I latched onto the one that was the simplest and least chemical-laden.
She suggested rinsing with either Listerine Whitening or hydrogen peroxide. I've read the ingredients on the Listerine bottle before… so I immediately opted for the latter.
The trick is to rinse before you brush. That way, the rinse stays on your teeth and does even more work whitening your mouth and getting rid of germs while you are brushing.
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There are many DIY mouthwash recipes out there. I use this because it is very fast and very easy to accomplish; thus, I am much less likely to skip/forget it. If you want a bit of extra freshening oomph, you could add a few drops of essential oil to the mix. Just avoid anything citrus-based in order to protect your enamel… and if you are storing it for later, be sure to put it in an opaque container so that the hydrogen peroxide doesn't lose any strength!
1 tsp water
1 tsp hydrogen peroxide (3%)
- Mix equal parts water and hydrogen peroxide in any container of your choosing. I do this one application at a time… so I keep a little leftover dosage cup from one of my daughter's meds and use it to measure each time.
- Swish the mixture around in your mouth for at least 60 seconds, then spit it out. Brush as you would normally (and rinse with water, as you normally would). And you're done. It's that easy!
Note: If you want to add essential oils or store more at a time, remember to use equal parts water and hydrogen peroxide. I'd recommend a glass container over plastic for long-term storage… and keep it out of the sunlight for best results. A 1-cup mixture will only need 5-10 drops essential oil. Common ones used include peppermint and tea tree to help with freshening and killing bacteria.


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Allegations of committing a crime carry serious repercussions, even if the crime is a minor offense. Not only must the suspect deal with the legal consequences of their actions but they may also be left to endure other ramifications like damage to their reputation and career even. That is why accusations should be handled with a certain degree of discretion so that the defendant is not unduly punished even before he or she is officially charged with an offense in Connecticut. Fortunately for one police officer, his employers seem to understand the complexity of the situation he now finds himself in and are taking measures to handle his drunk driving case with consideration.
When an individual is arrested, his or her name is usually subject to public record. However, in this instance the defendant's name is being withheld by law enforcement to protect his safety even though he is not likely to face criminal charges. The defendant is an active police officer currently on assignment, so there is concern that his work could be compromised if his identity is made public.
At the time the defendant was arrested for suspicion of drunk driving, he was taken into custody before a blood alcohol test was administered. Responding officers opted to use a blood test instead of conducting a Breathalyzer or field sobriety test onsite. The officer was later release to another adult and awaits a court appearance.
Because his identity has yet to be given, the officer has not been officially charged with drunk driving. Surely, prosecutors and the police department will seek some form of punishment for the defendant, but for now it's reassuring that all parties are being respectful and responsible in how they handle his case.
Source: montereyherald.com, "Solinas police won't reveal name of officer suspected of DUI," Virginia Hennessey, April 30, 2013


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Johnson's Russia List
16 November 1998
[Note from David Johnson:
1. Itar-Tass: Seleznev Sees Many Ill-Wishers For Primakov Cabinet.
2. Rossiyskaya Gazeta: Irina Krasnopolskaya, "We Cannot Get Sick: There Is
No Medicine."
3. Jamestown Foundation Prism: Andrei Piontkovsky, WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY:
4. Peter Mahoney: Re eXile/Russia Must Become Evil.
5. Komsomolskaya Pravda: Makashov Anti-Semitic Comments Viewed.
6. Reuters: Russia adjusting to space cooperation.
7. AP: Russian Farms Struggle To Keep Up.
8. Mark Ames: Barnabas The Middlebrow.]
Seleznev Sees Many Ill-Wishers For Primakov Cabinet
Moscow, November 10 (ITAR-TASS)--The government of Yevgeniy Primakov
has many ill-wishers, waiting for a moment to depose it, Duma Speaker
Gennadiy Seleznev said at a news conference on Tuesday.
Most of the dismissed are looking for every unsuccessful move of the
government to start criticizing, he noted. "The oligarchy retired into
themselves. Although they publicly take obligations to support the
government, they are evidently waiting for a chance to bring someone of
more rightist views into office," Seleznev said.
Many pronouncements of former government members have appeared in the
foreign press, and the interview of ex-vice-premier Alfred Kokh is
"absolutely boorish," the speaker noted. "Kokh should have stayed in Russia
because he is under investigation, instead of making pronouncements
in America."
Numerous ill-wishers from amongst the former cabinet members are
working with international currency organizations so that they do not give
credits to the government of Primakov, the Duma speaker noted.
Government To Discuss Medicine Shortages
Rossiyskaya Gazeta
6 November 1998
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Article by Irina Krasnopolskaya: "We Cannot Get Sick: There Is No
Next week, the Government is planning to review the system of prepared
measures for providing the population with vitally necessary medicines in
adequate volume.This was announced by Vice Premier of the Government of the RF
[Russian Federation] Valentina Matviyenko. According to her, the program
which has been prepared is a "flexible system of measures, which will make
it possible not to reduce the influx of medicines coming to the domestic
market, but to step up the work of foreign producer companies on the
market, and also to stimulate domestic medicine producers."
According to the vice-premier"s data, in the 3 weeks since the
start of the fiscal crisis in Russia, the volume of medicine deliveries to
Russia has declined by 3-5 times. Prices on imported medicines have
increased by 110 percent.
Valentina Matviyenko admitted that the measures proposed by the
Government "will affect a group of people who receive super-profits from
the trade in pharmaceutical products and will reduce the level of their
income, which will undoubtedly evoke much dissatisfaction and criticism
from them, addressed to the Government." However, in her words, these
measures will be implemented primarily in the interests of the population.
In connection with this, the Government, specifically, is planning to
assign the Ministry of Health and the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences
the task of compiling a list of vitally necessary medicines on which prices
will be established, above which these medicines cannot be sold.(ITAR-TASS).
The Road to "Chronic Illness"
We have repeatedly written
about the catastrophic situation with provision of medicines. Today, the
situation is worse than ever. In Minzdrav RF [Ministry of Health of the
Russian Federation], a staff for control of the pharmaceutical market has
been created. We have only to wait for changes... To wait. That is not
the best recommendation, when the matter concerns our health. Medicines
are needed not in the promised future, but immediately--because in
medicine, delay is sometimes akin to death.
Even in the summer, the hospitals of Novosibirsk owed pharmaceutical
companies 80 percent of the sum for which they had purchased medicines.
With the relative stability of the ruble which was in effect during those
months, the companies tolerated the debtors and continued to supply
medicines to them. Then the ruble collapsed, and prices on medicines
increased by three to five times. Companies stopped shipping on credit.
Hospitals managed to hold out by using old reserves of vitally necessary
medications and those which the patients brought with them. In this
situation, it is impossible to undertake planned treatment. Treatment of
illnesses, including those which require surgical intervention, is being
put off for later, when the illness becomes more acute and when emergency
aid is needed, when the ambulance must urgently be called out, and when the
question of the life or death of the patient already arises.
Novosibirsk is certainly not the extreme in terms of provision of
medicines. There are regions in which the situation is much worse. Even in
Moscow, which did not suffer from a shortage of preparations, the quality
of treatment is declining because current medications are in ever shorter
supply. Financing in the third quarter has declined by 20 percent of the
planned amount. The same level is being predicted for next year, and this
means that we cannot make any predictions about what the situation with
medicines will be, or whether hospitals will be able to continue to provide
the necessary level of assistance.
I was recently witness to a bitter dialogue in a Moscow pharmacy. A
young woman came up to the pharmacist"s window, handed him a
prescription, and when she heard the price of the medicine, she askedtimidly:
"Don"t you have anything cheaper?""Nothing."
The woman left without her medicine. And if this woman were the only
one! According to estimates of experts at Minzdrav of Russia, in families
where the per capita monthly income is less than 400 rubles (R), over half
of the prescriptions written by doctors were not filled in the pharmacies.
In families where the per capita income is R800, the relative share of
unfilled prescriptions was 35 percent. Behind these figures, there are
tragedies. Patients who could be helped at the outset of their illness
become chronically ill. They require hospitalization more often, and this
requires even larger budget allocations. This is the chain of events which
is built, whose links are difficult to break.
The situation is no better for those who are entitled to subsidies for
medication. Quite often, doctors refuse to prescribe a medication for
them, or if they do prescribe it, the patients are certainly not always
able to get it. For money--there you are, but at half price or free of
charge--no. In some regions there are funds for providing benefit
recipients. Yet there are many more in which such funds are absent. The
system of subsidies is in need of review. It must be targeted, and should
not equate in rights for a free prescription the millionaire and the person
with moderate or low income--this is done in many countries.
Emergency Reserve
It only seems that the medicine misfortune has
crashed down upon us now. Yet interruptions in supply of even those
preparations without which life would be impossible for the sick began long
ago. We may recall about 5 years ago, we published a reader"s letter,
sent to our editorial office by the grandfather of a boy suffering from
sugar diabetes. Having made the rounds of several pharmacies in Moscow,
the grandfather was unable to obtain insulin for his grandson. The absence
of this preparation for an insulin-dependent patient is like death. Today
it seems to be available, since it has been included in the list of vitally
necessary substances, for which Minzdrav creates an emergency reserve.
Previously, this list included approximately 250 preparations. Today
it is being reduced. Preparations which are really vitally necessary,
whose absence poses a direct threat to the life of the patient, will
remain. If a person suffering from sugar diabetes does not get insulin, he
will die. If prednisone is not given in cases of lupus, the patient will
die. The authorities must assume the responsibility of providing
preventative-treatment institutions with medicines on this list. They must
be purchased (it does not matter by whom) by the federal or regional
agencies. There is no need to send them to all treatment institutions
indiscriminately--only to those where patients of the given description are
Domestic Suppliers Take a Back Seat
Prior to perestroyka, there had
always been difficulties with medicines--they were always supplied, but not
purchased. Then there was an abundance of medicines, but at such prices
that their affordability was dubious. The surplus arose thanks to
deliveries from abroad. Domestic producers had to take a back seat, because
they were unable to compete. Last year, $2 billion worth of pharmaceutical
products were imported into Russia. This is two times more than in 1996.
We have become dependent on foreign medicines--two-thirds of the medicines
on our market are imported. At the same time, many domestic preparations
fully correspond to world standards, but their producers were placed in
such conditions that they were unable to withstand the onslaught from
import. And so the flow lines and entire enterprises came to a standstill.
Russian producers who had proven themselves were not receiving
support. As a result, domestic production today is operating at only 50
percent. At the same time, our preparations have recently gone up in price
by 30-45 percent, while imported ones have become 2-2.5 times more
expensive! This is something to think about...
11/13/98 No.22 Part 2
By Andrei Piontkovsky
Andrei Piontkovsky heads the Center for Strategic Studies, a Moscow-based
More than a year has passed since the "Framework Act on relations between
NATO and Russia" was signed in Paris. The path to this agreement was not an
easy one. In the last few years, Russia's political class has undergone a
painful reassessment of its geopolitical frame of reference. Its growing
sense of isolation has been greatly intensified by NATO's expansion to the
East. The overemotional reaction of the Russian political class to the
prospect of the expansion of NATO and the resounding and unanimous "no" from
Moscow can be explained not by the degree of some or other threat to
Russia's security, real or imagined.
NATO's expansion to the East--or to be more precise the flight of Eastern
and Central European countries to the West--has delved deep into our
political consciousness. It has reopened a debate within our culture which
has never gone away--whether Russia is a part of Europe--and has reminded us
that in some respects it is not. Not because somebody is pushing us out of
Europe, but because we have not yet resolved this poignant issue for
ourselves, due to particular features of our history and geography and our
national psyche, and the range of threats to our security, and so on.
The Chaadaevs, Solovyevs and Ilyins of Central Europe never asked themselves
whether their states and nations were part of Europe. The answer was
self-evident. It is therefore no surprise that these countries are so keen
o take advantage of the opportunity which has at last presented itself to
them: to affirm their geopolitical choice and become members of Europe's
elite structures--if not the European Community, which is not feasible at
the moment, then at least NATO.
We cannot become a part of the Europe to which our neighbors so aspire
without changing our own identity and that of Europe itself. For example, we
will never become members of NATO, because Article V of this organization
will never be applied in potential conflicts along our southern or eastern
Our "differentness" from Europe should not automatically lead to
expectations of imminent hostility. On the contrary, it can serve as a
premise for useful cultural dialog.
As far as our political thought is concerned, it has been erring for three
hundred years within a false dilemma: union with Europe or confrontation
with Europe. This complex of attraction and resentment--the archetype of the
Russian political consciousness--has again reared its head in dozens of
publications of our foreign policy community on the problem of Russia and
NATO and Russia and the West.
"We are part of Europe, but we are being pushed out of Europe." "We would
welcome a strategic partnership with the West, but we are being pushed
aside." "Our leap towards peace and freedom was not trusted, our goodwill
was seen as weakness." Such passages, in various samples of cheerless prose,
paraphrase the central motif of a classic poem written eighty years ago by
Aleksandr Blok:
"Come to us--from battlefield nightmares into our peaceful arms!... If you
do not, we have nothing to lose. Our faith, too, can be broken... We shall
take to the wilds and the mountains Woods, letting beautiful Europe through,
and as we move into the wings we shall turn An Asiatic mug to you."
There have been many proposals to "turn our Asiatic mug towards Europe" or
worse: strategic partnership with China (it would be interesting to know
Beijing's opinion on this), "a return of tactical nuclear weapon to the
troops," and "offering anti-imperialist regimes access to nuclear
technologies and their delivery means."
The entire Russian political class, from the westernizers to the statists,
was seized by the "Scythian syndrome." Both groups looked at the West as
Blok did--"both with hatred and with love"--differing perhaps only in the
relative proportions of these two emotions. Take, for example, the strange
public performance in two acts--one "with hatred" and one "with love"--put
on by Andrei Kozyrev in Stockholm in December 1992: was this not a remake of
the "Scythians"?
In this emotionally charged atmosphere among the political class, and in the
absence of any distinct constructive ideas, the Russian foreign ministry had
to solve an extremely important practical task: to ensure Russia's long-term
national interests in one of the key foreign policy areas--relations with
the West.
The practitioners had to become conceptualists as well, and take as their
starting point the fact that Blok's Scythians is sublime poetry but bad
"Neither with hatred nor with love" is the formula to which foreign ministry
officials adhered in the serious negotiations with NATO which began in
December 1996, after several years had been lost to useless rhetoric. It was
pointless to put on aggrieved airs and bemoan the "disloyalty" of our former
Warsaw Pact allies, or to force the West to deal with the complexes of the
enigmatic Russian soul.
We had to talk about more tedious and concrete things, to firmly raise with
our negotiating partners issues about our security in terms of the numbers
and location of missiles, tanks, airplanes and soldiers, infrastructure and
so on.
These issues had to be raised in the professional language of military
experts, analyzing the eventual threat to the country's security not from
the perspective of NATO's current intentions, but from the perspective of
potential military capabilities. The West understands this language
perfectly well. This was the language it used in challenging the Soviet
Union and the Warsaw Pact, insisting on the signing of the Conventional
Forces in Europe Treaty.
Within this frame of reference, when the subject for discussion was not
whether Poland or the Czech Republic would become members of NATO, but the
security of our western borders and relations with NATO as a whole, Russia's
negotiating position was logical and convincing. It demonstrated the
pointlessness of abstract speculation about the possible deployment of
tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of the potential new members of
the alliance. As a result, the famous "three no's" formula appeared, of
which the third component--"no reason"--is the most significant.
A window of opportunity has opened up for Russia and NATO, giving them the
opportunity, over the next four or five years, to provide constructive
substance to the structures envisaged by the Paris agreement, so as to avoid
a new round in the crisis of their relationship.
Both sides have an objective interest in this, above all because their
geopolitical existence in the next century is certainly not limited to
contemplation of each other. Not just because of its geography, but also
because of its history and culture, Russia is fated to be directly involved
with all the main centers of world civilization of the 21st century.
Russia will have to build relations with each of these centers based on its
own national interests and, preferably, with minimum strain on its limited
resources. We will simply be unable to afford the luxury of declaring any of
these centers to be a potential enemy or a favored ally from the outset, nor
will we have the right to involve ourselves in any sort of quasi-ideological
crusade, be it anti-American or anti-Moslem. Russia is more predisposed
towards playing the role of mediator between civilizations in the next
century. Herein, perhaps, lies the enigmatic Russian Idea.
"Multipolarity" is one of the favorite phrases in our diplomatic glossary of
concepts. Multipolarity is sometimes used here as a euphemism for
anti-Americanism, but it seems that the foreign ministry's understanding of
multipolarity is rather richer in content. It sees Russia not as a fortress
besieged on all sides by its enemies, but as a player on the world political
scene, involved in dialog equally with all its neighbors, many of whom are
in complex competition with each other.
However, as regards relations with NATO, the last year has been wasted
rather than used. Forgetting about the lessons of the last crisis, Moscow
and Brussels are repeating previous mistakes.
In its official statements, Moscow places at the center of its relations
with NATO the problem of the Baltic countries' possible membership in NATO,
getting itself into a corner again as it did with the first wave of
expansion. The character of relations between Russia and NATO as a whole and
the changing nature of the organization: these questions much more important
for Russia's security than whether a particular country is a member of NATO
or not, and it is on these that Russia should focus its energy in its dialog
with NATO.
At the Vienna talks on the modification of the CFE treaty, the NATO
countries are fighting for every superfluous tank and every superfluous gun,
failing to understand that with their conventional superiority of 4:1 they
can concede more towards Russia's wishes than even Russia itself is
suggesting at the talks. Changing the perception of NATO among the
professional analysts of Russia's General Staff is much more important for
the organization than maintaining the mountains of weapons stockpiled for
the third world war that never happened.
Let us hope that by the second anniversary of the "Framework Act" both
Moscow and Brussels will have more justification for talking about the
widening window of opportunities taken.
From: email@example.com (Peter Mahoney-Moscow)
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998
Subject: Re: eXile/Russia Must Become Evil
There is always an inherent risk in attempting to respond to something that
Mark Ames has written, first, because his articles have a certain perverse
internal logic which defies rational response, second, because one usually
ends up getting knee-capped by Mr. Ames, who doesn't seem to cotten to those
who dare to question his pronouncements.
However ...
Mr. Ames' point, as I understand it, is that nationalism -- the good
American kind, of course -- is good for business, can stimulate nuked-out
economies back to boom times, and is just the thing that Russia needs in her
current travails. There's something of a point there, I suppose, but I'm
afraid Ames has some things a bit bass-ackwards.
When I came here in early 1992, I, like Ames, was utterly taken aback by the
self-flagellation of my Russian friends and their glorification of all
things Western, particularly all things American. After having spent eleven
months and twenty-two days in Vietnam as an enforcer/victim of American
national ideals, I had spent most of the 70s and 80s as one of those
"pony-tailed humanists" that so disgust Mr. Ames, spouting to everyone
within earshot how flocked-up America was for sending dumb innocent kids
like me to kill and be killed in Southeast Asia in furtherance of some
ill-conceived, ill-defined national crusade against communism. For whatever
it was worth, it probably kept a few dumb innocent kids from gettin their
asses blown away in Central America (although we got Ollie North instead),
but as Ames rightly pointed out, this aversion to spilling blood for the
purpose of solving political problems didn't last long. By the time I got
to Russia, the pony-tail was long gone (I have enough trouble keeping hair
on top of my head these days, much less hanging down behind), but the
so-called humanism wasn't, at least to the point that I was unwilling to
concede to my Russian friends during the inevitable vodka-soaked
philosophical arguments that everything American was, by nature, better than
everything Russian.
There is, of course, a definite connection between nationalism and the
economy, but let's see if we can get that connection straight, and let's
examine some of Mr. Ames' examples a bit more closely. Most of the world
these days, for better or worse, is in the throes of what is commonly called
the market economy, aka, capitalism. One of the essential characteristics
of the capitalist economy is its boom-bust cycle: in boom times, many people
get to live high off the hog, and some people get fabulously rich; in bust
times, most of the rich stay rich, and the rest of us get the economic shit
kicked out of us. This is where nationalism traditionally raises its ugly
head, a convenient refuge for demogogues desperately trying to grab power,
avoid blame, and/or provide easy answers to the mewling masses wandering
around wondering what hit them. Nationalism is not a cause of economic boom;
it is a reaction to economic bust.
Ames is right about the simplicity and logic of it. Nationalism simply
divides the world into "Us" and "Them", and blames the Thems for all the
troubles that the Us's are having. Is it any wonder that war is the usual
result of a serious outbreak of nationalism, not to mention the cleansing of
internal Thems like the Jews in Europe, a little detail Mr. Ames seems to
have overlooked in his enthusiasm for German unemployment drops and GNP
rises in the 30s. One might also want to examine the ultimate result of
German nationalism -- the physical destruction of most of Europe, tens of
millions of people killed (sure solved that unemployment problem!), half of
Europe getting to chew Russian boots for half a century, etc -- before
rendering final judgement on its economic benefits. No great insights here;
just some shooting gallery commentary.
Ames is on the money (so to speak) when he says that it was WWII which
pulled the US out of the Great Depression, not the New Deal. If Hitler
hadn't existed on his own, the US would probably have been forced to invent
him. I mean, war is the ultimate consumer economy: all those guns and
bullets and bombs and tanks and planes that need to be built and replaced,
not to mention (as I already have) what it does for the unemployment
problem. If one gets to practice war as the US did during WWII -- namely,
the war is fought in the other guy's backyard, and the other guy's
industrial base gets destroyed -- it can't help but be good for business,
both during the war and after, when you get to profit from rebuilding the
mess that the war left behind. But then, how many countries are lucky enough
to practice war in such a fashion? And how long does the US figure its luck
will hold out?
I need to quibble a bit with Ames over his characterization of the so-called
Persian Gulf War as "a victory almost unprecedented in military history." I
hate to sound like one of those American Legion types I used to have
pleasant little discussions with back in the 70s (We won our war, Sonny),
but calling that little squabble in Saddam's sandbox a war is kind of like
calling the relationship between a wolf and a rabbit a war. And if this was
such an unprecedented military victory, then why is that pidgeon-breasted
poobah Saddam still in power? And just to bring this whole thing back to
the original topic of discussion, if the Gulf War was so great for the
economy, then why did Georgie-boy get his butt kicked in the next election
by our favorite philanderer (It's the eonomy, stupid)?
Which brings us to Russia (I know, lame transition). Russia's humiliation
in Afghanistan and Chechnya had nothing to do with an absence of
nationalism, it had to do with an absence of military competence. The
Russian military had been living off its ill-deserved WWII reputation for
most of the rest of this century. Face it, the Russian military has
distinguished itself primarily by its willingness to out-die its enemies,
and by its ability to somehow hang on until the Russian winter sets in,
which then whips the enemy better than the Russians ever could. The Russian
military spent the first half of WWII getting their asses handed to them by
the Germans, saved from total annihilation by the Russian winter and a few
megalomaniacal tactical blunders by Hitler. They made one respectable
military stand at Stalingrad (and give them their due, it was a hell of a
stand), then spent the rest of the war chasing an already defeated German
army back across Europe. After that, they enhanced their reputation by
beating up on defenseless civilians in Eastern Europe for awhile. When they
finally faced an armed and organized enemy in Afghanistan and Chechnya,
their traditional military incompetence shone through. And now Ames, by
implication, wants this blunderbuss bunch to spearhead the drive to regain
lost empire, which would be the inevitable accompaniment to a rise in
Russian nationalism. Geez, talk about another major Russian national
humiliation in the making ...
As for the three candidates for Russian nationalist standard-bearer (not
counting Ames' sentimental favorite Limonov), Ames seems to get his
characterizations skewed. Calling Zyuganov an opportunist is giving the man
more credit than he is due. I don't think he's ever had an original thought
in his life. He does what he does because he's too dense to think of
something else to do. Luzhkov? Through the mechanism of the ivory-towered
talking head, he is Ames' choice for the best bet to implement the kind of
"positive" nationalism that Ames is touting. Are you flockin kiddin me?
The guy sits on top of one of the most corrupt city administrations this
side of Tamany Hall. Electing him president will set off an oligarchical
feeding frenzy the likes of which we have yet to witness. He's the
opportunist in the group, and the one most likely to lead Russia down the
primrose German nationalist path, since a Luzhkov administration will have
the most problems to blame on the Thems. And, given the man's record as
Mayor, I don't think I'd like to be an internal Them during a Luzhkov
presidency. Which leaves us Lebed. I know I'm probably engaging in wishful
thinking, but my gut tells me that an ex-military guy may be the least
likely to opt for the military glory route to distract people's attention.
If nothing else, he should understand that the Russian military simply isn't
up to it. And, if he would just eliminate the right three thousand...
(Oops, where'd that self-proclaimed humanism go to?).
I think a distinction needs to be made -- one that neither Ames nor either
of his two talking heads makes -- between nationalism and patriotism. It is
patriotism -- love of Us -- that is the positive force that Ames is
grasping for, not nationalism -- hatred of Them. Lord knows, there is an
overwhelming supply of patriotism in the Russian soul. Sure, Russians are
ashamed and disgusted with their government, and many have jumped aboard the
Western pseudo-culture bandwagon. But scratch most Russians hard enough,
and you find they love their country more than most Americans love theirs.
Just listen to the ring of pride in the voice of any Russian who says "Nash"
-- Ours. Stalin was shrewd enough to realize during WWII that the call to
defend the Motherland spurred greater effort, greater sacrifice among
Russians than the call to defend communism. Hence we got the Great
Patriotic War. The point is driven home to me every day when my wife knocks
me upside the head for my latest disparaging remark about life in Russia.
It may be true, she may say it about her own country herself, but no freakin
foreigner has the right to say it about HER country, husband or no.
You want a positive "ism" to build a future on. Try patriotism. It might
just flockin work.
Makashov Anti-Semitic Comments Viewed
Komsomolskaya Pravda
10 November 1998
[translation for personal use only]
Article by Vasiliy Ustyuzhanin: "Who Will Go to His Grave for
Makashov?" Jews Have Politely Declined, Tatars and Gypsies Have
Not Been Asked. Yet...."
If there were no Jews in Russia you would have to invent them. A
Russian without a Jew is like a table without food, money without a smell,
a joke without laughter. Incidentally, jokes about Rabinovich are no less
popular in national folklore than jokes about the Chukchi [Northeast
Siberian people] and Vasiliy Ivanovich Chapayev [civil war hero]. They
contain both irreverence and wit and, if you like, a lack of malice. The
Jew jokes about the Russian, the Russian jokes about the Jew.... It is as
it should be.But there are also jokes of a different kind. Under the crisis
conditions the stories of Jews who are burying Russia become particularly
sweet to the ears of Russian patriots. General Makashov literally poured
balm into the hearts of Jew-haters with his recent crude oath to take
"those nine Jews" with him to the grave. Hold on, even Aleksandr
Barkashov, the leader of Russian National Unity, did not allow himself such
crude statements.
Eminent minds in Russia have written of the importance of the Jewish
factor in Russian history. You only have to look at Dostoyevskiy. His
journalistic sketches are a textbook for the modern anti-Semite. The
brilliant Vasiliy Rozanov wrote just as unpleasantly about the Jews. The
Jews really are an abiding troubled dream in the Russian mind.
The historian Oleg Platonov recently published a fundamental
four-volume work entitled "Russia's Crown of Thorns" ["Ternovyy Venets
Rossii"]. The thesis of the pernicious role of a small people in the
misfortunes of a large people runs through it like a red thread, as they
used to say. It turns out that Brezhnev was unclean, and a Jewish-Masonic
demon got to Andropov. And we all know about Yeltsin. His wife, Naina
Iosifovna, gives rise to serious doubts as to the president's Russianness.
There's historical science for you.
I am not inclined to deny it, to say that the problem of Jews'
influence on Russian life does not exist. It does. Both positive and
negative influence. But it is absurd to talk of fatal influence.
Emperor Nikolay II idolized Dubrovin's reactionary "Union of the
Russian People." But it was repudiated by two Russians -- Vasiliy Shulgin,
who later wrote a small book about the Jews entitled "What We Do Not Like
About Them," and Aleksandr Guchkov. Chernyshevskiy -- a man with utterly
Russian roots -- called for Russia to be destroyed. And it was not
Jewish-Masonic minds that gave birth to the idea of creating a Communist
Party of Russia as a counterweight to the CPSU, an idea which provoked the
collapse of the USSR. Gennadiy Andreyevich Zyuganov was among the active
preachers and champions of the idea. This Communist Party of Russia, freed
from the fetters of Leninist internationalism, now supports Makashov's
bestial anti-Semitism. In Soviet times the general would only have allowed
himself to say such things over a drink with a few close officer friends --
his party ticket would not have allowed him to use crude abuse.
In actual fact it is extremely risky to play the Jewish card for
political purposes.
This undertaking could gain you political points right now, in a time
of crisis. After all, it is so convenient to provide a simple explanation
for a complex phenomenon. But if you continue to play that card it could
radically complicate the situation in a country where over 100
nationalities and ethnic groups are living. The Jews are merely a
touchstone. And who knows which people will be the next candidate for the
grave (the Tatars, the gypsies, the Chuvash?) if Makashov's associates get
through to real levers of control.
INTERVIEW-Russia adjusting to space cooperation
By Adam Tanner
MOSCOW, Nov 15 (Reuters) - The days are gone when the Soviet Union raced the
world into the cosmos and won.
Space exploration is now a matter of cooperation between nations, embodied in
the new International Space Station whose first module is to take flight next
That project involves Russia, the United States, Europe and Canada -- a whole
new way of thinking from Russia's Cold-War era triumph when Yuri Gagarin
became the first man in space.
But a top NASA astronaut said in an interview that he believes Russian space
officials have had trouble adjusting to the new reality, just as some U.S.
officials still hark back to the heady days when they beat Moscow to put a man
on the moon.
Michael Foale, a deputy director at the Johnson Space Centre in Houston,
Texas, who flew aboard Russia's Mir space station in 1997 during a near-fatal
collision, said financial limitations may soon force Moscow to abandon that
12-year-old orbiter and focus on the new international one.
``It's just like Americans have a hard time getting over the fact they don't
have an Apollo programme going to the moon,'' he said in an interview in
Moscow, where he and other top U.S. space officials are awaiting this week's
``Those Cold War days of just doing some national statement to the rest of the
world and the other side in the Cold War are over,'' he said. ``I think it's
tough for them to get over because they are remembering the days of Soviet
Despite recent mishaps onboard Mir, the station has been the pride of Russia's
space programme, giving the country by far the world's deepest experience in
long-duration manned space flight.
``I think the biggest transition for Russia is to go from the only country
that has a space station in the world to being a partner country for the
International Space Station.''
Foale, who is a British-American, spoke during a time when some Russian
officials are lobbying to extend the life of Mir, which the government has
said will be retired next June. On Thursday, the head of the Russian Space
Agency Yuri Koptev said officials will again review the retirement date next
``If Russia can find the money to keep the Mir space station up at the same
time as participating in the International Space Station, that is better
overall, I think, for all the space programmes of the world,'' Foale said.
``If the Mir could be kept up by, say, some rich businessman, that would be
fantastic....(But) if it was at the expense of the International Space Station
development, I would have to say that was a loss.''
The U.S. space agency NASA has pressed Russia to retire Mir as soon as
possible because Moscow has proved unable to fund their commitments to the new
station at the same time.
As a result, the $60 billion International Space Station is running far behind
schedule, with the first crew now set to arrive in January 2000, a year and a
half later than expected.
Foale, who won Russian praise in 1997 for his bravery and cooperation after
the Mir collision crippled the station, said he understands why officials want
to keep Mir aloft.
``Whenever something like that comes to and end, especially if it comes back
to Earth in a fiery re-entry, it's a very sad and poignant moment.''
On Wednesday, one of Foale's shipmates from the 1997 flight aboard Mir,
Anatoly Solovyov, accused the United States of wanting to bring down the
station for political reasons.
``It is purely a political question that there is pressure for us to get rid
of Mir as soon as possible,'' Solovyov, one of Russia's top cosmonauts who has
flown five times on Mir, told Reuters. ``It is clear why. Who has the station?
We do.''
Foale said Solovyov was a friend, but had not yet made the transition from
national to international focus in space.
``Anatoly was definitely stating it in terms of the traditional kind of idea
of Russian and Soviet glory in space, where you don't do things for any
economic reason, you do it for the sign, for the statement,'' Foale said.
``The Russians will understand, once they get past this year or so, that there
is something very positive about having joint cooperation in an international
space endeavour.''
``A year ago when I left (Mir) basically less than one third of the
astronauts' time, the cosmonauts' time, was being spent on science,'' he said.
``We were spending almost all of our time getting the station back into a
usable condition.''
``It's a matter of efficiency: you can do science on Mir, you can do science
on the International Space Station. Which one will be more effective in terms
of cost and future development? I believe the International Space Station at
this point.''
Russian Farms Struggle To Keep Up
November 15, 1998
By JUDITH INGRAM
RZHAVKI, Russia (AP) -- Whether they're pouring feed in the henhouse or
sipping coffee in the director's office, workers at the Plemptitsa poultry
plant bundle up in padded jackets and boots against the autumn chill.
The onetime flagship of Russian broiler chicken production can't afford to
keep the heat on to warm the 70 employees. It's working at only one-third
capacity. Several decaying buildings sit empty, surrounded by overgrown grass.
Russia's farms were in dire shape even before the country's economic crisis
hit in August, and the latest turmoil could be a fatal blow to some
Yet the crisis also represents an opportunity for Russian farms. Imported food
is now too expensive for most Russians, and any domestic farm that can get
more of its goods to market is likely to win a new lease on life.
Can the farms meet the challenge?
Russia is the largest country in the world, and has large tracts of fertile
land. Yet the Soviet farming system was hugely unproductive and there has been
little agriculture reform since the Soviet Union collapsed.
Russian farm output fell 36 percent from 1990 to last year, the Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development says. And production was off 55
percent at large farms of more than 250 acres -- the former collective farms
of the Soviet era that occupy most of Russia's arable land.
``We've never experienced anything like this before, even in the (World War
II) years,'' mourned Alexei Zinchenko, a statistics professor at Moscow's
Timiryazev Agricultural Academy.
This summer's drought made things worse. The grain harvest, down nearly half
from last year, will be the worst in four decades.
``The land is dying, and there are no programs for preserving or developing
fertility. ... Only 5 percent of land is irrigated, and that means there's
absolutely no insurance for bad years,'' Zinchenko said.
Zinchenko blamed the farming decline on the sudden withdrawal of government
financing, and the flood of imports that knocked Russian food products out of
the competition.
With American and Dutch chicken imports gobbling up the market, Russian
chicken production has fallen to just 200,000 tons yearly since 1993 --
compared with 1.7 million tons previously.
Zinchenko said the decline in agriculture was also due to what he called a
mistaken reorientation to small, private farms to replace the huge collectives
of the Soviet era.
Advocates for the approximately 280,000 small farms, which occupy about 6
percent of Russia's arable land, counter that they've been better able to
adjust than the Soviet-era mammoths.
``The big farms really don't use inputs efficiently at all,'' said Gregory
Mohrman, Moscow director of the Rural Development Institute of the University
of Washington.
All farms, big and small, are struggling to find financing.
State subsidies are largely gone, and what little, high-interest credit was
available to farms has dried up. The costs of feed, fertilizers and farm
equipment have skyrocketed. Transactions are increasingly in barter rather
than cash. Farmers are falling deeper into debt.
For most farms, private financing is out of the question, partly because of
their dismal record and partly because it takes a long time for an investment
to show any return.
But chicken is an exception, because an investor can theoretically get his
money back relatively quickly. Investors have moved into all five poultry
plants in the Moscow region.
An import-export company has helped the Plemptitsa broiler business, although
Lev Kroik, the Plemptitsa director, refused to name the company.
``They pay part of the salaries'' of 800 rubles ($47) a month, he said. ``I
can't say that the salary level suits us, but we pay on time.''
The partners had agreed on a $1 million plan for getting the entire plant,
with its 3,000-ton potential annual output of broilers, back into operation
within three years.
The August financial crisis has put that plan on hold, however, because
Plemptitsa's partner can't get its money out of the bank. For now, the
operation is limited to three henhouses, where 30,000 chickens live 12 to a
``We had great plans,'' Kroik said, sitting in an office stuffed with feed
samples, dusty cans of luncheon meat and posters bearing testimonials to the
health-boosting benefits of quail eggs. ``Today we have big problems.''
Still, he sees opportunities that didn't exist before the crisis.
Plemptitsa is selling every bird it raises, and a major Moscow supermarket
chain is clamoring for more -- and continuing to pay the top price, about 62
cents a pound.
``People are beginning to reorient themselves to Russian products and realize
they're not bad at all,'' said Elena Tyurina, an analyst at the Institute for
Agrarian Market Trends, a market research company.
From: "Mark Ames" <email@example.com>
Subject: Barnabas The Middlebrow
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998
Assuming that this "Barnabas D. Johnson" wasn't a parody, I'll briefly
reply as if he's a real person expressing authentic, un-ironic opinions.
Like many middlebrows, Barnabas sacrifices intelligence for moralizing
platitudes on the level of some old Jimmy Stewart film. Such as this
> Like many entertainers, the eXile sacrifices truth for a well-turned
> But I don't read this List for entertainment. I seek light, not heat --
> insight and illumination, not sound and fury signifying puffing.
I've written some pretty embarrasing things in my day, but I gotta tell
yuh, I ain't ever copped a plati-'tude like that one.
His point is that if an article isn't intentionally stripped of all
emotion, color, and readibility--that is, if it's written in a style
readable not just to academics, but to a wider audience--then, as
"Barnabas" argues, it can't be
"serious". This is typical middlebrow thinking--disguising their own lack
of cultural confidence by way of pseudo-snobbery: serious points should
only be presented in a style that is so bland and beige that no one but us
will bother reading it. I want to repeat that: our intellectuals simply
don't have the confidence to assume that entertaining writing can also be
serious or intellectual. Ever wonder why our intellectuals have so little
impact on the national consciousness or discourse? The answer is that
they've taken their stultified, dull, peer-reviewed prose style--the only
style that they can pump out after years of grad school hazing--and
elevated what was merely bad and cautious rhetorical style that was forced
upon them into a kind of morality, as if they
MEANT to write that way all along, as if writing that way makes them
better! In fact, when they see something both colorful and intelligent and
original, which frankly my piece was, then their first reaction is to try
to set up zoning laws to keep eXile-styled pieces from ruining their little
insulated businesses. It's a ridiculous point, so ridiculous that I still
doubt its authenticity. Witness middlebrow platitude exhibit #2:
>I just happen to
> wish the eXile -- who is obviously bright and knowledgeable -- would
> sacrifice a few well-turned phrases in favor of thoughtful, albeit
> boring, analysis and synthesis for those of us who comfortably
> that we do not fathom what to make of this post-Soviet mystery wrapped in
> too much bungled bewilderment. We seek, at least, at present, competent
> bewilderment.
Pseudo-paradoxical language to describe the single lamest, most annoying
platitude of all: that ol' enigma wrapped in a riddle Henny Youngman
one-liner, which, doubley-paradoxically, is now old enough and reified
enough that even Barnabas, ever the anti-entertainment value guy, feels
safe enough to cite.
Oh yeah, and somewhere in there he said he disagreed with my piece.
Mark Ames
the eXile


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Is this what i have always dream of?
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- Topic:[Gintama]
i have always wanted an oekaki tool on a blog so i can draw and immediately post. None of that upload hassle and stuff. If this works, then damnnn~~~ i love this blog server!! <3
i guess my title can have to meanings relating to my drawing of HijiCOWta <---*shot* -0- what an "old-man" joke....
anyhoo~ it's just a test. Every time i want to draw something that's innocent and cute, it always ends up so pervy, as shown here....orz.....
i'm seeing the Ox everywhere now. Please year of the Ox, grant us that bull market!!
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100 Club photographic exhibition
London's classic mod venue The 100 Club presents a new photographic
exhibition covering the last 60 years of its renowned and infamous history.
The iconic images to go on show will include such jazz and blues artists by Walter Hanlon,
Terry Cryer and Chas McDevitt, The Punk Festival of 1976 shot by Barry
Plummer, plus images of acts such as The Rolling Stones, (such as their image here, shot by Carole Lateman), Chuck Berry, The Clash, Primal
Scream, Oasis, The Horrors, and many more.
The exhibition will be open to the public from Friday 9th May to Sunday 11th May, 12pm – 4pm. Entry is free.
For more visit the 100 Club website here.


text: This house is on South Main, across from the Bolduc house. It's back yard more or less adjoins the yard of the McArthur (Ratte-Hoffman) house. A photo of it is in "Ste. Genevieve, A Leisurely Stroll Through History" by Bill and Patti Naeger (page 104) in the section titled "Anglo-American Vernacular Heavy Timber Frame". Other than that, I couldn't find any references to the house or to Antoine O'Neill. From local gossip, it is privately owned but the budget for its rennovation didn't last as long as the rennovation project. A sad but familiar tale.


text: Rogerley Mine fluorites rarely present with large, isolated crystals. This balanced small cabinet sized specimen shows off a fantastic, rich saturated green crystal with uniform color and excellent luster, right in the middle. The crystal is 3 x 3 x 2.3 cm in size. It is balanced by sidecar crystals, and perched on just the right amount of brownstone matrix to give it a display orientation and somewhere to sink into a base. The crystal is undamaged on edges and corners, but had a natural shallow contact or gap on one edge that was unsighlty, and I have had it filled on that spot with epoxy (1mm shallow, 5mm wide), for aesthetic purposes. This is from the personal collection of Polish collector/dealer Tomasz Praszkier, who obtained it at the mine many years ago. Rumors say this was the last year of workings here. MORE gemmy and translucent in person, than it appears in the photos.


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Five stories that have North Texas talking: Arlington's got an egret issue; why actor Jason Lee loves Denton; do you have your Frida Kahlo costume ready?; and more.
Arlington residents are hatching a plan to take back their neighborhood that's been invaded by as many as 200 nesting egrets, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports.
Dwellers of the Wilshire neighborhood have been disturbed by the sounds — and smells — of the birds' arrival. And unfortunately for them, the new neighbors aren't moving out for months. Also, once the birds "start nesting and producing eggs, they're protected from harassment under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918," the Star-Telegram reports.
Nearly hunted to extinction at the beginning of the 20th century, the egrets are making a comeback thanks to legal protections, which is good for the species, but not for the Wilshire neighbors.
Residents are devising a strategy to deter the birds (humanely) from settling in next year. According to the Star-Telegram: "Tools could include air horns, loud bells, propane cannons and reflective streamers and "scare-eye" balloons to hang in the trees." Neighbors are also considering trimming branches to make nesting more difficult.
The earliest egrets will head their way at the beginning of February. [Fort Worth Star-Telegram]
- In a summer program from SMU, teachers took to the Trinity River in kayaks to learn about North Texas nature and how humans are negatively affecting it. [KERA News]
- Actor Jason Lee moved to Denton from California in 2015 to reconnect with friends and opt for a new pace of life. But, he's moving back at the end of the year. [Texas Monthly]
- One year ago, a peaceful protest in downtown Dallas was winding down when a gunman opened fire. Here's a list of several community events to remember July 7. [KERA News]
- The Dallas Museum of Art's going for a Guinness World Record today for the largest gathering of people dressed as Frida Kahlo in one place. You in? [Art&Seek]
The High Five is KERA's daily roundup of stories from Dallas-Fort Worth and across the state. Explore our archives here. And sign up for our weekly email for the North Texas news you need to know.


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Grimm: Quest for the Gatherer's Key on track for Release24 06 13 - 04:25 Used tags: doom3, gpl, grimm
Back in March we were promised a finished version of Grimm for July 1st. Well, looks like we'll have it! According to the author, Bloodrayne, it runs about five hours for complete the whole game, doesn't run on Doom 3 BFG (only Doom 3 1.3.1), currently Windows only (Mac and Linux on the way) and the full source code will be released.
This is the last update of the FREE Grimm game, after this it's all stand alone/commercial title. So consider this the shrareware part of the game. Head to Doom3World.org to read all the details.
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If you want to spoil mum this Mother's Day, why not treat her to a day that she'll never forget? Spend some time together as a family and help make Mother's Day memorable.
Top off your day with a special Mother's Day menu in Kedleston's Restaurant. Enjoy a roast beef dinner with seasonal vegetables in what was once the Hall's great kitchen.
Enjoy time with your Mum as you take a leisurely stroll around the estate and manor followed by afternoon tea.
Treat your Mum to a delicious afternoon tea in our Chambers tearoom, with beautiful views of the formal gardens.
Show mum how special she is by making her an arrangement of freshly picked flowers with the volunteers at Stoneywell.
Treat mum with a stroll around the garden landscape at Lyveden and a cream tea in our Cottage Tea Room.
Enjoy afternoon tea with your mother with a vintage twist.
Homemade lunch or afternoon tea (or both if you really want to indulge) await you and your Mum.
Have a go at making a hand-made posy in the grand Tudor kitchen as a special gift for Mum to take home.
Make something creative to take home this Mother's Day.
See all the Mother's Day events at the places in our care across the Midlands
Looking for the best places to see colourful displays of spring flowers in the Midlands?
Join us over the Easter holidays for special days out for all the family.


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Client: CH. Karnchang Public Company Ltd.
Location: Lao PDR
Project Period: 2006-2010
Type of Project: Dam, Tunnel
Scope of Services: Geological and geotechnical investigations, structural and geotechnical design of the relevant structures, drilling and grouting works for foundation improvement, slope excavation and stabilization, rock tunneling
Nam Ngum 2 Hydroelectric Power Project
Client: CH. Karnchang Public Company Ltd.


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2013, 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism, Beyond Human Nature, books, Born to Run, Christopher McDougall, Daniel Kehlmann, Die Vermessung der Welt, Eating Animals, Ha-Joon Chang, Jesse J. Prinz, Jonathan Gottschall, Jonathan Safran Foer, Measuring the World, Richard Cowper, Stories of Your Life, Teach Us to Sit Still, Ted Chiang, The Storytelling Animal, The Twilight of Briareus, Tim Parks, top ten, William B. Irvine
First off: happy new year to everyone!
Second: welcome to a new year with Island Letters. I hope you enjoy the ride.
Third, I thought I might share the top 10 books I read in 2013. To provide some background:
- These are, as you will see, not necessarily books that were published in 2013, one of them is actually 43 (!) years old.
- Only books with a rating of at least four out of five were short-listed for this top ten extravaganza.
- I read on average 50 books a year.
- The books are presented in alphabetical order (author's last name).
Without further ado:
Richard Cowper, The Twilight of Briareus
This was actually a reread. I read the book in my teens and it left a lasting impression. I took it with me on my spring holidays and discovered two things: boy is there a lot of transcendental babble in this book, and boy do I still like the book. This novel offers an interesting twist of the alien-invasion topic, in that the aliens in this novel actually are spiritual beings. In some sense you could call it a Cartesian novel. What I loved the first time I read it and what sill stays with me, many years later, is its tale of decline after the invasion, how humanity tries not to lose its grip after it has turned infertile (in contrast to Children of Men). The melancholy exuded in its elegiac portrayal of England descending into a new ice age is captivating, moving, transcendent, and touching.
Ha-Joon Chang, 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism
I already shared my thoughts about this book elsewhere.
Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life
I was directed to this book through a podcast of the Rationally Speaking series. While I would not go as far as one of the hosts, Julia Galef, and refer to it as "pure idea porn," its quality of scientific and philosophic story telling reminded me of Stanislaw Lem, one of my all-time favourites in Science Fiction. Chiang starts with a unique/intriguing idea and goes with it, like what the world would look like if we had empiric evidence of the afterlife, heaven, and hell ("Hell is the Absence of God"). My favourite story in this collection is "Liking What You See: A Documentary," which explores the question of "what if we turned off our innate appreciation of symmetry in order to overcome 'lookism' in society". Truly multidimensional and thought-provoking.
Jonathan Safran Foer, Eating Animals
When faced with the news that he will become a parent, the novelist Foer revisits the question of what to eat, and thus what to feed to his child, in a world of factory farming. I have eaten mostly vegetarian over the last decades, but this fact-laden book turned me away from the occasional fish dish and directed me toward veganism. I highly appreciate the many angles under which he approaches this topic (ethics, capitalism, environment, epidemics, etc.), and that he shifts the focus to where it should be: this is not, as it might occur, a mere question about animal welfare, environment, etc. This is a question about who we want to be, as persons, as a society. What I might add: this is a question about how we want to survive as a society.
Jonathan Gottschall, The Storytelling Animal
This is a captivating and enchanting exploration into the neurological, cultural and even evolutionary reasons for why we humans are addicted to stories. Why can we hardly pass on the next reality show, why is Charles Dickens still read? Reading this book was enlightening and I asked myself over and over, why on earth there has been so little research about this topic. Well, I ask myself this question about other many other topics too. Often.
William B. Irvine, A Guide to the Good Life
I already shared my thoughts about this book elsewhere.
Daniel Kehlmann, Measuring the World (Die Vermessung der Welt)
This novel provides an interwoven account of the lives of two of the intellectual giants of 19th century Germany: Carl Friedrich Gauss and Alexander von Humboldt. The novel is captivating, well written, and provides a nice introduction into the world and thinking of Gauss and Humboldt. Also, at least for me, it imbues me with ennui about a world in which everything is about measuring, and in which so little thought is dedicated to the question of what if the human condition does not automatically improve with technological progress (which it does not).
Christopher McDougall, Born to Run
Since some of my acquaintances had started using barefoot shoes for hiking (and even running) I got interested in this phenomenon, bought some pairs, and got my first experience with them. During that time I stumbled over a video about McDougall's Born to Run on THNKR. This is not a book about barefoot shoes per se, rather about running, how we have evolved to run, and how running should be done. The thesis permeating this book is: we ran hundreds of thousands of years, often on rocky, hard ground, so why do we suddenly need hyper-cushioned sport shoes, and might they even be to our disadvantage? What caught me right away, when watching the video, was the claim that there was not a single scientific study showing that running shoes do prevent running injuries. That's when I got hooked. Besides being a genuinely eye-opening book, it is also one of the most entertaining I had read in ages. This book is fun!, and it might change your life. Eventually I did not give it a five out of five since McDougall did not offer a single reference for the scientific claims he made and the studies he quoted. As I explained some months ago, that for me is a cardinal sin. I will write a blog post about my barefoot experiences in autumn, so stay tuned.
Tim Parks, Teach Us to Sit Still
Parks's book is about illness, about not finding a cure, and how becoming calm again and introspection made him healthy again. What first was diagnosed as a prostate problem turned out to be a lack of calm. This is a sceptic's look at school medicine, meditation, spiritual journeys, the good life, and it's also fun to read. Definitely worth my time.
Jesse J. Prinz, Beyond Human Nature
I already shared my thoughts about this book elsewhere.


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Former porn star Stormy Daniels had some thoughts about beauty mogul Kylie Jenner naming her daughter Stormi. "I think it's a coincidence. I'm not pretentious enough to think [she's] named after me," Daniels said on Thursday.
Arguably best known these days as President Donald Trump's alleged mistress, Daniels also said she though Jenner's daughter might cause some stress for her parents. "I will say congratulations and I wish her all the best…and hang on to your heart, because little girls named Stormy are known to cause trouble," the one-time adult actress warned 20-year-old Jenner:
"It's a tough name to live up to," Daniels added, when asked to give advice to Stormi. "I hope you're fierce."
Stormi was born February 1 after seemingly endless speculation whether or not Jenner was having a baby. The Keeping Up With the Kardashians star essentially went into hiding for six months, keeping her pregnancy a secret from the world—albeit the world's worst kept secret. Jenner was regularly called "pregnant" in the media and friends hinted at it in interviews, even though she didn't confirm she was, indeed, pregnant until after giving birth last weekend.
The reality star took to social media to reveal the truth on Super Bowl Sunday: She and boyfriend Travis Scott welcomed a daughter into the world—and her name is Stormi Webster.
The KUWTK star apologized for keeping her pregnancy undercover.
"I'm sorry for keeping you in the dark through all the assumptions. I understand you're used to me bringing you along on all my journeys. my pregnancy was one I chose to do in front of the world. I knew for myself i needed to prepare for this role of a lifetime in the most positive, stress free, and healthy way i knew how. There was no gotcha moment, no big paid reveal i had planned. I knew my baby would feel every stress and every emotion so I chose to do it this way for my little life and our happiness," Jenner wrote on Sunday.
"Pregnancy has been the most beautiful, empowering, and life changing experience I've had in my entire life and I'm actually going to miss it," she continued. "I appreciate my friends and especially my family for helping me make this special moment as private as we could. my beautiful and healthy baby girl arrived February 1st and i just couldn't wait to share this blessing. I've never felt love and happiness like this i could burst! Thank you for understanding."


text: Trial of Yemeni journalist sentenced to death resumed الجمعة 21 أبريل 2017 12:19 ص الصحوة نت - خاص The lawyer of the journalist Yahya al-Jubaihi has affirmed that the Appeal Court in Sana'a commenced its sessions on Wednesday. The lawyer Yahya al-Bukari made clear that the case of al-Jubaihi has become a case of public opinion and was strongly condemned by civil society and human rights organizations at local and international levels Al-Bukari affirmed that most syndicates, federations, lawyers and advocates expressed willingness to join the defense of al-Jubaihi. The Specialized Penal Court last week issued a death sentence against the journalist Yahya Abdul-Raqeeb al-Jubaihin on charges of spying to what is the prosecution called " the enemies".


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David Mcdonald is the CEO and chairman of OSI group. He also is the Leader of OSI international Foods Limited. He has previously worked in the financial sector at Otto and Sons. He is a specialist in financial undertakings of large businesses.
Under his leadership, the firm has been able to grow to international standards from the domestic industry. The company has been able to extend its boundaries to over 60 nations worldwide. His previous working experiences have triggered him to perform tremendously, as the leader to the management of the firm.
David Mcdonald has been a fruitful business leader because of his expertise and knowledge in the following diverse fields; transformations in technology, various clients preferences, and scarcity of resources.
David Mcdonald suggests that, for any entity to be run successfully by the team of its management, then changes in technology should be taken it account. He also acknowledges that the better service delivery and production of high-quality products will lighten the environment in the marketplace.
He advised that a team of experts and also successful entrepreneurs should be involved in giving counsel to those venturing into business for the first time. This process will help the upcoming entrepreneurs to conquer the spirit of business collapse after being established.
David Mcdonald has been able to manage business successfully because of his strong belief in teamwork. He puts his business ideas together with other teams of professionals.
He also carries his duties by bringing in engaging other personnel. Research on his assignments has been one of the significant determinants behind his successes. All these engagements aid him in decision making, this in return facilitate him to manage and run his firm effectively.
His marvelous efforts in managing the firm have enabled the firm to increase its scale of functioning globally. The firm under his management has been able to receive various awards; for example environmental sustainability awards.
He is still optimistic that the tremendous performance of the company will continue to prevail in the future times. He aspires to see other leaders committed to bringing up more potential entrepreneurs into the industry.
David Mcdonald has been acknowledged and received various awards resulting from his successful management of the business. Other awards that he has received had been due to his active participation as a philanthropist. He has donated to Ronald McDonald House Foundation.
He founded this foundation to provide amenities and housing facilities to those families whose members are feeling unwell. All these efforts have enabled to be a well known noble and successful businessman.
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272 Squadron
Last night I attended my first meeting as the new Chairman of the 272 Squadron Air Training Corps Civilian Committee.
It looks like I have a fantastic Committee to work with and I was impressed by every last one of them. This is good news as a strong and active Committee like this makes being a Chairman an easy job. :)
I am adding a new tag to my blog as I expect to be writing about lots of things that the Wisbech Air Cadets are doing throughout the year, and will be encouraging readers to participate and assist where possible.