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Nuvolera is placed strategically near Lake Garda so there are a lot of things to do and to see within a short distance. Below you will find some ideas for activities and trips during your stay.
Around Lake Garda
There are numerous lovely towns around Lake Garda worth visiting. Take a stroll on the promenade besides the lake and enjoy an ice cream and the magnificent view! The nearest towns are Salò (17,4 km), Desenzano del Garda (16,9 km) and Padenghe sul Garda (13,8 km). A little bit further away are Sirmione (27,6 km) which we absolutely recommend, Peschiera del Garda (29,3 km) and Lazise (49,3 km)
If you don't mind to travel a bit further for a daytrip we can definitely recommend to spend a day in Verona (60 km), the city of Romeo and Juliet. Or go see a famous opera in the beautiful arena! Also the lovely small city of Mantova (63,8 km) has a lot to offer for culture and history lovers. In Brescia (20 km) you can visit the beautiful castle and explore the nice city centre. The town of Solferino (30 km) was the main scene of the battle of Solferino and is where the idea for the Red Cross was born. For the world famous tortellini and a stunning panorama you should go to Valeggio sul Mincio and Borghetto sul Mincio (42,7 km). Although Venice looks quite far away, if you catch the train in Desenzano del Garda, in 1,5 hours you arrive at the station Santa Lucia right in the heart of Venice! Same goes for Milan, with the train from Desenzano you will be in Milan in less than an hour.
Whether you need to do some shopping or it's a rainy day and you don't want to stay indoors, there are a few big malls in the area where you could easily spend the day. The closest one is the mall called "Leone di Lonato" in Lonato del Garda (18,4 km). In the other direction near Brescia you will find two big shopping malls "Elnòs" in Roncadelle (21,3 km) and "Freccia Rossa" in Brescia (19,3 km)
"Gardaland" is without doubt Italy's most famous attraction park and is located in Castelnuovo del Garda (36,6 km). A bit further you will find attraction park "Movieland", an attraction park based on movies, in the city Fossalta (37,8 km). Also in the same city you can find "Caneva Acquapark", an acquatic attraction park. Another acquapark is "Le Vele Acquapark" located in San Gervasio bresciano (51,3 km)
For those who love nature and beautiful gardens we can recommend "Parco Sigurtà" in Valeggio sul Mincio (42,3 km). For wildlife you can visit "Parco Natura Viva" in Bussolengo (43,2 km) whose mission it is to contribute to the conservation of wildlife. If it´s a day of relaxation that you´re looking for then go to the thermal baths of Aquardens in Pescantina (52,6 km)
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UNIBAM and its supporters have launched a public campaign to promote the homosexual agenda in Belize in line with its lawsuit against the Government and people of Belize. "We are one" is the organizations campaign slogan. The campaign comes under the banner of "human rights" as UNIBAM prepares to legally challenge the constitutionality of section 53 of the criminal code. Although there has been no documented case where practising homosexuals have been legally tried for consensual same sex relations, the term "unnatural act" in that section has been claimed by homosexuals as referring to their lifestyle practise. Today's campaign launch was aimed at uniting supporters of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community and their supporters were in attendance at today's launch. UNIBAM's major supporters are foreign entities but in Belize, key persons assisting UNIBAM in promoting the homosexual agenda are Kathy Esquivel, Chair of the National Aids Commission, Imani Fairweather Morrison of Oak Foundation, Attorneys Lisa Shoman and Antonette Moore along with other members of UNIBAM's board.
Lisa Shoman, Attorney at Law
I started out as a solicitor, but since then I have taken on a more active role as advocate. I will continue to give this cause my personal support and I will continue to be refortified by the good works of local councils who are assisting in the endeavor and also several regional attorneys who are helping with the project. Most notably off course, is the UROC group out of the UWI, who are concerned with the preservation of human rights in the Caribbean.
Antonette Moore, Attorney at Law
As men and women of conscience, we reject discrimination in general and in particular, discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Where there is tension, between cultural attitudes and universal human rights – rights must carry the day. Together we seek the repeal of laws that criminalize homosexuality and that permits discrimination on the basis on sexual orientation and gender identity and that encourages violence, those are the words of the UN Secretary General.
At today's launch, wristbands were distributed which read, "we are one in dignity and rights". Caleb Orozco spoke about UNIBAM's logo.
Caleb Orozco, UNIBAM
Our logo for this campaign will be the 'No Hate' design that you see here and there is a Facebook page that you go on and you simply 'like it' to show that you support us. We encourage everyone to like the page – everyone who is in solidarity with and supports the idea that we are one in dignity and rights. We have been doing planning with our Caribbean friends for the last five years in terms of our priorities in the region and in terms of what activists need in the region, so UNIBAM in itself is not the only vacuum in this advocacy.
UNIBAM's campaign strategy has not just started today, however. According to Orozco, they have been doing a lot of ground work over the past five years and use social media such as facebook as a powerful strategic tool.
Caleb Orozco
There are two groups 'Belizeans for the Constitutional Challenge' which is a closed group and 'Se la vee' which has given us space to advance our message. In fact, since the debate began, the entire case has generated over twenty-five hundred comments with our people chatting with our opponents from the religious side about their positions on sexual orientation and gender identity and on their position in regards to rights and so on. The Facebook of social networking is a key strategy in getting our message out and thus far we have operated with the intent of delivering a message that we are united. So that doesn't change in regards to our modus operandi in getting our message out. However, more precisely, it is me getting support from a thousand plus Belizeans from Facebook and this starts with one of our supporters right there, Emani Fairweather, who has provided very good advice in terms of raising awareness on our issue. This is driven by Belizeans and not by anyone else.
And while Unibam's court case goes for preliminary hearing on Monday January 30th, the argument UNIBAM presents is that it boils down to an issue of human rights and not morality. When asked by one journalist if he has any concerns over the churches' opposition to the changing of the law, Orozco had this to say.
Caleb Orozco
My good friends at the Catholic Church need to check their billion dollar budget. My good friends from the Anglicans church need to check their over draft and my good friends at the Evangelical association need to check their pastors. I'm not worried about the eternal damnation; my concern is simply to ensure that social justice prevails, not for a slight few, but for everyone in this case. I am just the face of an issue.
UNIBAM says it has 500 wristbands which will be distributed to supporters of their cause.


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Works of Mercy as a Couple: Care Bags for the Homeless
One evening, as my husband Luke was doing the final tucking-in of our three-year-old son, I overheard them talking about needy people. Our son was very struck with the idea that there are some people who do not have enough money to buy the food or clothes that they need, and that it makes God happy when we help these people out.
I was very glad to hear the generosity of his tiny heart, but it actually plucked my conscience a bit. It's pretty likely that my son gets this natural compassion toward the poor from my husband.
While I've never had any kind of ill-will toward the needy by any means, I was raised with the much more cynical (and probably more common) mentality that people asking for money on the side of the road are going to spend it on drugs, etc., so why even give them money?
Not About Me, But About Thee
The debate about whether we as Catholics should give these people we might encounter the benefit of the doubt, and therefore give them money, could be an entire discussion topic in itself.
But what I want to talk about is a simple way that we can concretely help these people. Incidentally, it also makes a great service project for a dating couple to do together (and can help prepare you for that possible one-day when you might have toddlers asking about why there's a guy holding a sign at a stoplight).
So I suggest that, one day when you have a free afternoon to spend together, you dedicate the time to purchasing supplies and assembling bags of things like toiletries and small food items to have on hand for when you encounter anyone in need.
It's really pretty simple, but here's how we do it in our family.
Putting Together the Care Bags
We like to try a 99 Cent Store or Dollar Tree first for cheap toiletry items and possibly some of the food (stores like this typically do sell a lot of pretty decent quality things, if you search past the junk). Here are the useful items we usually find at a dollar store:
- Gallon-sized zip bags to put the items in
- Deodorant
- Pocket-sized facial tissues
- Toothbrush and toothpaste
- Wet wipes (hand sanitizer is not a great idea, as it can be a temptation for alcoholics)
- Small packages of crackers
- Granola bars
- Trail mix
- Small packs of jerky
Whatever of these items we can't find at a dollar store (jerky, for instance, is usually pretty hard to find there), we then buy from somewhere like Walmart.
Before you go to purchase your items, decide on the amount of bags you want to make, and/or how much money you want to devote to the project.
Also, be prepared for strange looks or questions from the checkers when they see you purchasing a large quantity of things like the deodorant. If you prefer not to let your left hand know what your right hand is doing (or feel too awkward, like I did), you can always brush the questions aside.
But you could also, if you're brave, tell the checkers straight-up what you're doing and treat it as an opportunity to evangelize.
Other Items, Thoughts, and Gestures of Spirit
Another good idea, if you're somewhat hesitant about handing money to homeless people, is to put gift cards into the bags. We bought McDonald's gift cards and put them inside. Luke tells me that he's actually seen several homeless people get very excited when they realized there was a McDonald's gift card in the bag.
Then there's also the question of whether or not to put evangelization materials into the bags. Some people think it's a good idea, as homeless people need God just like we all do. But personally, I don't think it's a great idea.
To me, it seems like we're telling the people, "Oh wait, there's a catch to my charity. You'd better join my religion now." Maybe that's just me, but I tend to think it's more effective to tell the person something like, "God bless you," or "You'll be in my prayers," when handing the bags out.
Make the Bags and Give Them Away
It's pretty simple from here on out. Just bring the supplies you've bought to one of your homes, spread it out on the table or floor, and make a two-person assembly line to put one of each item into the bags.
Then, you can either keep them handy in your car (maybe only one or two bags at a time if you live in a warmer climate), or if you're especially brave you can take the bags together to a homeless encampment.
Maybe you're like me and have an innate hesitance to even approach these people. But as my kindhearted husband and innocent little son remind me, the poor and homeless are Jesus in disguise.
So if you want to grow in holiness together as a couple, serving the poor in a real, tangible way like this is a great way to start.
"Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me." (Mt. 25:40)
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I think this article has the right idea. Instead of costly meals the couple could do this ministry and have a picnic or fix dinner themselves. Sometimes doing something is better than not doing. Giving easier than not giving.


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Abreu winemaker Brad Grimes uses new French oak which he says gives a purer expression to the estate's Cabernet than American oak would (Photo: Abreu Vineyards)
Speaking to the drinks business on a visit to the UK to promote the Abreu's distribution in the UK through the Pol Roger Portfolio, Grimes said that American oak imparted a "dill" flavour which was not suited to Abreu's style of Cabernet Sauvignon.
"In an ideal world we would be growing our own oak forests and using everything from our own property, but American oak does not match with our wines," the winemaker said.
"American oak has a very different flavour, a sort of green dill component, which just doesn't match with Cabernet."
"Maybe some producers have figured out a way to use a small percentage of American oak to accent the wine in a way that they like … and there is some American oak that has been used with Zinfandel and Syrah, and some other varieties, and may match better with those varieties, but I've never tasted a Cabernet out of an American oak barrel that was at all interesting.
Owned by prominent Napa wine personality David Abreu, Abreu Vineyards produces Cabernet Sauvignons from single-vineyard sites: Madrona Ranch, Cappella, Howell Mountain, and Thorevilos. Other Bordeaux varietals are used in small proportions.
Five wines are produced in extremely small quantities – around 12,000 bottles in total – using meticulous sorting and co-fermentation of grapes. Madrona Ranch, Thorevilos, Capella and Howell Mountain are single-vineyard expressions, while Rothwell Hyde is a blend from all sites.
All five wines are available in the UK through Pol Roger Portfolio.
Grimes, who has worked for Abreu for 16 years following a career as a chef in Seattle, said that new French oak was far better suited the the Cabernets that Abreu produces, allowing for a "pure" expression of the wine and greater consistency than old oak.
The winemaker uses two primary coopers – Taransaud, based in Cognac, and Sylvain, based near St-Emilion. He uses two other small cooperages whose barrels "accent" those primary wood sources.
"We use new oak. For me new oak is very, very pure. And the toasting levels that we're working with, the wine comes out expressing itself in the purest possible way," Grimes said.
A Cabernet vine from Abreu's Madrona vineyard. [Photo: Abreu Vineyards]
"I have done experiments where I had eight barrels – four barrels that were new and four that I'd just emptied, from exact same cooperages – so two Taransaud, two Sylvain; and then two Taransaud, two Sylvain.
"I put the wine in those eight barrels, tasting four together or two and two, and there was a consistency with the [new oak]. Each one of the barrels that was filled previously was totally different. There was a lack of consistency and more irregular flavours and aromas on the barrels that were used previously. Not bad, but just different."
Grimes explained that Abreu ages its wines in wood for 26 to 28 months, then keeping the wine in bottle for up to two-and-a-half years before release.
The extended time in the new oak was vital to the integration and longevity of the wine, he explained.
"That second year in wood is so important to make sure that we're not cutting the life of that wine short," he said.
"We bottled well after harvest, so for the 2013 wines, I bottled those in January of 2016, so those were in wood for 28 months. It's important to have that second 12 to 14 months for that wine to come together in that wood.
"Even right now, if you came into the cellar and you tasted the '15… I've poured those for wine reviewers and other people who have come to taste and they all express the same notion – that I can't believe that these wines are so approachable right now.
"But there is no reason that they shouldn't be," he went on. "It just goes back to the wine [being] fermented so cleanly.
"You should be able to taste that wine at any point in its life – when it's on skins, the day after it goes in the wood, when it's gone through malolactic, right after it's sulphured, it does not matter – that wine should express itself any time that you choose to taste it."
Abreu Vineyards joined the Pol Roger portfolio at the beginning of 2015 in a bid to capitalise on the resurgent interest in Californian wine from UK consumers.
Grimes said there seemed to have been a "sea change" in the UK in the past year or two, with fine wine consumers becoming far more accepting of wines beyond the classic Old World regions of Bordeaux and Burgundy.
For an in-depth analysis of California's Cabernet connection click here.
The drinks business's California Report, which includes features on California Cabernet and Napa's emergence as a fine wine hub, is also available to buy by following this link.
Someone better tell Paul Draper…
I was just thinking that….Paul's wines at Ridge are pretty damn good. But hey, no problem stirring the pot. LOL. Personally I like to layer both oak regions…and only 20 to 30% new at most.
The fact that Monte Bello is America's only true first growth makes his statements pretty silly.
America's only true first growth?! Who granted them that status, Napoleon? Jim Laube? There is no such thing as an American First Growth.
What would prompt a California cabernet winemaker to make such a point about A) his distaste for American oak in his cabernet, B) mention of two specific French coopers, and another two minor coopers going incognito, C) an aging regime which is still praised in the Old World but now often disparaged in the new, D) the dill character which has long since been minimized or eliiminated in the better American oak barrels, E) that a wine should taste just as good when recently fermented, or even recently sulphured, but is inconsistent in second-fill barrels? He does not say that he kicks the second year barrels out of his program. Is he perhaps disowning his new world roots, beckoning a connection to the most expensively produced wines of Bordeaux? This article is, after all, plainly promotional and targeted. Then, a change in tack– to quote the article, "Grimes said there seemed to have been a "sea change" in the UK in the past year or two, with fine wine consumers becoming far more accepting of wines beyond the classic Old World regions of Bordeaux and Burgundy…"
And to say that these wines, which require years in barrel and in bottle before release, are just as approachable at any point in their long evolution, e.g. the 2015 menttioned, smacks of pure marketing. Surprise!
I wish Mr. Grimes every success in his efforts to hit his price point.
Disclaimer– I am a salesman. I obviously do not work for Taransaud or Sylvain, two cooperages which I respect and hold in high regard. I make my living selling wine barrels made of woods from mamy origins.
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Totally agree with Craig.
I would agree with a lot of what Brad has to say! Maybe he has not found the right American Oak, however I must part ways slightly as Mr. Draper has incorporated American Oak and others
into his Ridge Monte Bello for years.I am not your expert when talking Cabernet as i make Pinot Noir however I have never found a better wine than ridge and in most vintages the wines are under 14% Alc. So their is no cover up to mask the nuances of the barrels used.
To each their own, but my preference is to use American oak that has been carefully selected from the top cooperages. "Dill" is certainly an undesirable flavor, and can be avoided if the American oak was carefully selected and seasoned. There are many American oak cooperages, the great majority haven't figured out how to produce barrels with finesse. The few I use have figured it out, and "dill" is not found. Instead, a well-made American oak barrel, will lift fruit, add texture, and make for an exotic wine. It is important to temper the barrels before filling. In addition, a certain length of sur lees aging helps with oak integration. In my opinion, American oak is excellent for mountain grown cabernet and French oak is great for valley floor and Bordeaux. I always have a little bit to blind taste and compare against my best American barrels. In blind tasting, you're pressed to find any substantial quality difference. Again, you've got to be very careful with who makes your American oak barrels and what forest it is sourced from. French oak is nice, but it tends to make the wine overly tannic and can mask the unique vineyard character due. Being in the new world, I'm proud to use American oak. It's also great to limit the carbon foot-print of transporting barrels from so far away. Furthermore, I've tasted many French barrels over my time in the wine industry. I've tasted just as many bad French oak barrels as I have with some poorly made American.
Doesn't Silver Oak produce Cab? Yes and they own an American oak cooperage!
Grimes takes care to point out that AO does not match up with ABREU wines. Too bad the title of the article does not. Generalizations like "American Oak not Suited to Cabernet" is disingenuous at best and ridiculously misleading. Just saying.
David, good to see your name pop up. I agree with you. My original comment turned up truncated a bit. "I wish…" that the author, and drinksbusiness, had not chosen a headline which implies a blanket rejection. I credit the winemaker, Mr. Brad Grimes, with saying first and foremost, "not suited to Abreu's style of Cabernet Sauvignon." I respect that distinction. We all have our preferences in style and taste And I would bet the wiines are pretty darn good as well. He certainly has done his homework in matching his grapes to his barrel program.. Best to you, Brad Grimes. Shame on the poor journalism which twisted your words.
Wine is subjective. He does not like American Oak; I do not like the overly ripe, alcoholic, and extracted international style. To each their own.
André Tchelistcheff used American oak.
Silver Oak has always used American oak to age their wines. And those are some pretty fantastic Cabernets.
Cudus to Brad Grimes for highlighting a major flaw in the Calif wine industry. I have made many different wines from winegrowers like Warren Dutton to Heitz Trailside and I have NEVER found American Oak to provide a satisfactory aroma, let alone flavor to California red wines. Always what I describe as "green" flavored which at first I believed to be due to a lack of stave drying. But now the US cooperage vendors have had time to let their wood dry like done in France and it still has that "green" taste.
I'm now a grape grower, and we make extra efforts to impart a positive terroir flavors to our fruit. So I hate to see winemakers dumping our vineyards' bounties into cooperage that is best suited to strong whiskey. Yes America oak is cheaper but so is the end product.
BTW Paul Draper is an advocate of mostly neutral American oak which with Zin I find acceptable. But I have to admit that I loved what Dick Peterson and Doug Nalle among others did with Dry Creek Zin in older French oak cooperage. Thank Gorbechev for bringing us other European oak options.
I've participated in a lot of tastings comparing wines aged in American vs. French oak. Most of the wine has been Cabernet Sauvignon. I've never tasted the dill component mentioned here. And I HATE dill! It is was there I'd notice.
Didn't Know that Silver Oak used only American Oak…I'll need to crack a bottle tonight for dinner….
Well, if a single winemaker in Napa says that American Oak is not suited to Cabernet, then we should probably just take him at his word and blindly follow suit as an entire industry.
Perhaps it's not Brad Grime's fault and he has the right to chose the oak that best matched his style and personal wine goals.
It irks me that the Drink's Business titles this article as an absolute statement.
It's odd how often it is that everything European seems to be better than American…to certain Americans.
Whatever it is, this seems to correlate more if it costs more.
Gee when I think back to Cabernets aged only in American oak, wines like the BVs from "65,"66, '68( in my opinion the best Ca. Cab produced for about 2 decades)"70, and '74 I find it hard to agree that American oak does not marry well with Cabernet. After over 4 decades of wine making I have found just the opposite. Also in my experience Cabernet left in "new barrels", French or American , for 2 years come out reeking of oak. I sometimes think these wines should be labeled Quercus alba , Quercus robur. or perhaps Old Lumber Yard. I have the silly notion that the first, and most prominent, aroma you get from a wine is the aroma of that grape.
My "Best of Class", Chonicle 2016 Wine Competition, Cabernet Sauvignon, produced almost entirely with American Oak.
Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon may not be to everyone's taste but this 100 per cent Cabernet Sauvignon matured in 100% new American oak hogsheads has a pretty decent track record.
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On this day in Lewis & Clark history...
The day is wet and rainy. Lewis stops at Indian lodges 15 miles below the Musselshell River to dry his Bighorn sheep skin specimens. On the Yellowstone, Clark must wait for a large herd of Buffalo to cross the river.
From the journals...
Sunday [Friday] 1st of August 1806.
not withstanding an island of half a mile in width over which this gangue of Buffalow had to pass and the Chanel of the river on each Side nearly ¼ of a mile in width, this gangue of Buffalow was entirely across and as thick as they could Swim. the Chanel on the Side of the island the went into the river was crouded with those animals for ½ an hour.
American buffalo, Bison bison
Painting on a display at Decision Point historical area.
Sunday [Friday] 1st of August 1806.
The brooks have all Some water in them from the rains which has fallen. this water is excessively muddy.
Yellowstone River at Elk Island
Sunday [Friday] 1st of August 1806.
the river has more Sand bars today than usial, and more Soft mud. the current less rapid.
Yellowstone River at Elk Island
Friday August 1st 1806.
The rain still continuing I set out early as usual and proceeded on at a good rate.
Rainy morning on the Missouri River
Friday August 1st 1806.
about 3 P. M. a large white bear approached our Camp as Soon as he discovred us Stood up on his hind feed and looked at us.
Grizzly bear, Ursus arctos horribilis
Photo created by Harry Watson of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.


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- Defection of APC senators and House of Representatives members will not affect the party's chances in 2019 according to Cross River state APC chairman
- He said that the defection would give the party the strength to emerge victorious in 2019
- The chairman also said that it was time the political class changed their attitude from selfishness to service
Dr Matthew Achigbe, chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River, has said that the defection of APC senators and House of Representatives members will not affect the party's chances of emerging victorious in 2019.
Achigbe said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar on Tuesday.
NAN reports that 15 Senators including Rabiu Kwankwaso, Dino Melaye and Isa Misau had in a joint letter to the Senate president, Bukola Saraki, made their intention to leave the party known.
NAN also reports that more than 33 House of Representatives members also defected from APC to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the plenary on Tuesday.
The APC chairman said that the defection would give the party the strength to emerge victorious in 2019, adding that the party now has its true members.
READ ALSO: I have not left APC- Senator Akanbi gives clarification
"The APC is not shaken by this defection. If you have a pain in your neck, will you not be happy to excise it so that you can be comfortable?
"Those that are not comfortable with APC are free to go. Those who are finding the party comfortable are also coming in. This is a political exercise that throws people front and back.
"These are people who are not interested in the lives of Nigerians. They are only interested in themselves. From the look of the argument, everything they are doing is all centred on themselves.
"None of them are thinking about the ordinary Nigerian. What is that thing that they cannot come together and put an end to? They are challenges everywhere and they will equally find same in PDP.
"As far as I am concerned, they are free to go. APC is a political party; there is free entry and free exit,'' he said.
The chairman told NAN that it was time the political class changed their attitude from selfishness to service, adding that no APC member ever drove the lawmakers to other parties.
"We must be prepared to make national sacrifices because of the sensitive nature of the offices we hold. But, the way some politicians behave is very embarrassing to the country and even the international community.
"Whether they go or not, APC remain strong and we will emerge victorious in 2019 because there is no leader that has the clout of President Muhammadu Buhari," he said
Legit.ng had earlier reported that President Muhammadu Buhari expressed his total commitment to the values of democracy freedom of choice as well as total willingness to work with all members of the National Assembly, irrespective of their political party, for the benefit of the nation.
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The president's statement is in response to the mass defection of some All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmakers to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday, July 24.
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When an organization is faced with a decision on whether to invest in a project, capital budgeting and risk assessment are important tools that can help to ensure that an accurate decision is made. Since capital investment in large scale projects can significantly impact the financial performance of an organization, capital budgeting is a process to ensure that the project selection will be beneficial to shareholders and address any risks that the project could run into.
Capital budgeting allows investors to make decisions concerning investments in the long-term assets of an organization. The most important part about capital budgeting is accurately identifying a project's risks and the costs associated with those risks. Risk assessment is an integral component of any investment decision.
Silicon Arts Inc is a 4 year old company that manufactures digital imaging integrated circuits. Silicon Arts is a global company with North America accounting for 70% of their sales, Europe for 20% of sales, and South East Asia accounts for 10% of total sales. Annual sales turnover is $180 million. Silicon Arts is in a strong financial position and intends to pursue their grow plans.
Silicon Arts has a two point agenda to help increase shareholder wealth and grow within their market. The agenda consists of increasing market share and keeping up with changes in technology and consumer demand. There are two capital investment options to help Silicon Arts achieve these goals. These two growth options will need to be analyzed to determine which will be more beneficial for shareholders and to mitigate any inherit risks. The first option is to expand their existing digital imaging market share. The second growth option is to enter the wireless communications market.
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Fall 2020 Updates: Visit meredith.edu/staying-strong for more details.
Classification: First Year; Art Major (studio art, graphic design, or art education)The Award:
Each year first year applicants are selected to receive scholarships on the basis of artistic talent. These scholarships are renewable annually for a total of four years, subject to the recipient's remaining in good standing, being a full-time student pursuing a major in art, and maintaining a minimum GPA of 3.0 on all art courses taken at Meredith College. Note: Students applying for talent scholarships are encouraged to apply to the College using the Early Action Application Plan and must be admitted to the College by the Talent Scholarship Application Deadline.How to Apply:
Apply online* or submit the paper application. The Art Scholarship deadline is January 15th.
*If you choose to use the electronic version, log in using the Admissions Applicant Portal Temporary PIN or password you established after you submitted your application for admission to the College.
To be considered for the Art Scholarship students must be admitted to the college by January 15. Applicants for art scholarships must send a digital portfolio of 10-12 pieces of art along with the completed Application. On the basis of pre-portfolio review, the department selects finalists who will be invited to interview with the art faculty and bring their artwork to campus during Scholars' Day in late February. Scholarship recipients will be notified by mid March.


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Rock City (also known as R. City and Planet VI) is an American songwriting and record production team from Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. The team is composed of brothers Theron and Timothy Thomas, who use the stage names, A.I. and Uptown AP, respectively. The two are perhaps best known as songwriters and producers, for prominent artists such as Rihanna, Beyonce, Miley Cyrus, Jennifer Hudson, Chris Brown, Mary J. Blige, Luke James and Akon, among others. The duo has also contributed to numerous Grammy-nominated albums including Rihanna's Unapologetic (which won Best Urban Contemporary Album), Jennifer Hudson's self-titled album (which won Best R&B Album), and Ariana Grande's My Everything (which was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album).
Rock City also releases original music, having released several mixtapes since 2008. The group had previously been signed to Geffen Records and KonLive, where they released a series of mixtapes with the primary title, PTFAO (Put the F*ckin' Album Out)—a reference to the fact that their debut album Wake the Neighbors, had not been given a release date. In 2011, the duo was released from their contract with KonLive, and founded Rebelution Records, on which they intended to release their debut album. A new project, #WhatDreamsAreMadeOf. is due to be released in 2015 after being signed to Kemosabe Records/RCA Records by Dr. Luke.


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Praise for the Series:
* Children's Choice 5th-6th Grade Book of the Year
* Nominated for multiple State Awards—including the Pennsylvania's Young Reader's Choice Award
* A New York Public Library Best Book for Kids
"High energy and HILARIOUS!" —Gene Luen Yang, winner of the Printz and Eisner awards and National Ambassador for Young People's Literature
"I LOVE this book. HILO is alive, action-packed . . . and amazing fun." —Brad Meltzer, bestselling author
"HILO is delightful, silly, tender, and most importantly: funny." —Jeff Smith, bestselling author of the Bone series
"Fast paced, FURIOUSLY FUNNY, and will have kids waiting on the edge of their seats for more."—Jeffrey Brown, bestselling author of Jedi Academy
"HILO is loads of slapstick fun with a touch of tenderness that kids will love."—Dan Santat, Caldecott Medal Winner
"Solid. Expect this series to receive the same reverence as Jeff Smith's Bone." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"Diverse characters, good friends, and humorous dialogue coupled with colorful illustrations and plenty of action makes this A MUST-HAVE for all children's graphic novel collections." —School Library Journal, starred review
"[A] lively and entertaining ADVENTURE with enough risk to give it heft and plenty of solid friendship to keep readers buoyed… Lush, bright colors and a freewheeling approach to panels create an immersive environment."—Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, starred review
"My students are obsessed with this series. OBSESSED!"—Colby Sharp, teacher, blogger, and co-founder of Nerdy Bookclub


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Teams Whyte and Morrison claimed the men's and women's titles at the 2018 Scottish Curling Junior Championships in Aberdeen, earning the right to represent Scotland at Worlds.
With eight men's rinks and nine women's in action, a round robin stage would determine which three teams from each side of the competition would reach the knockout stages.
No tiebreakers were required, with Teams Whyte (W7 L0), Kinnear (W6 L1) and Baird (W5 L2) making it on the men's side, and Teams Bryce (W7 L1), S Jackson (W7 L1) and Morrison (W6 L2) coming through from the women's field.
In the 1v2 page playoffs, Whyte edged Kinnear 5-4, while Bryce beat Jackson 5-3.
The semi-finals saw Jackson's women's title defence ended, as Morrison won 5-4 after an extra end, while Kinnear stole four in the 10th end to seal an 11-5 victory against Baird.
Both finals were suitably close, with Bryce and Morrison trading twos before another two in end seven and a steal in the 10th handed a 5-3 win and the women's title to Team Morrison (Rebecca Morrison, Amy MacDonald, Hailey Duff, Leeanne McKenzie).
Across in the men's final, and Team Whyte (Ross Whyte, Robin Brydone, Fraser Kingan, Euan Kyle) got off to a flier with three in the first end, and despite a steal of two for Kinnear in the seventh, it was Whyte who held on to triumph 7-5.
The victorious pair will represent Scotland in the World Junior Curling Championships on home soil, with this event also being hosted by Aberdeen, on March 3-10.
There was a welcome return to the mixed doubles arena for Gina Aitken and Bruce Mouat this weekend, with the duo competing in the Gefle Mixed Doubles Cup in Gavle, Sweden.
Aitken/Mouat sailed through to the playoffs by winning their three matches on the A-Road – 11-2 against Wild/Kohn, 8-3 versus Wendel/Wingfors and 7-5 over Noreen/Noreen.
The wins kept coming in the knockout stages, too, as they beat Andersson/Andersson 7-3 in the quarter-finals and then Szekeres/Nagy of Hungary 12-2 (with steals of two, three and three, then a four in the fifth end) to make the final.
There they played Perret/Rios of Switzerland, and the Scottish pair made it six wins from six in Sweden, scoring two in the third end and four in the sixth on their way to clinching it 8-4.
Finally, just a quick pointer towards Sunday night's BBC Countryfile, which profiled Glen and Thomas Muirhead – and then put Matt Baker on the ice with Team Smith in Stirling – ahead of the Winter Olympics.
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3:30 pm "Narvaez Bay: Tidal Predictions" by Mark Timmings, co-composed with Stephen Morris, performed by the Vancouver Chamber Choir.
Other Sights for Artist Projects
Saturday, July 19, 2014 from 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM (PDT)
Event Details
*Free ferry service is provided between the Vancouver Maritime Museum dock and DEADHEAD.
The choral performance is aproximately 20 minutes long.
"Narvaez Bay, Tidal Predictions" is a conceptual work co-composed by Mark Timmings and Stephen Morris. Based on actual tide levels, lunar cycles and solar equinoxes and solstices, this three-part score will be performed by the Vancouver Chamber Choir under the direction of Jon Washburn. The work will be performed aboard DEADHEAD, a large-scale sculptural installation mounted to a barge and towed by tug to different locations along Vancouver's waterways. This floating artwork begins its life on the water with summer moorage in Heritage Harbour at the Vancouver Maritime Museum from June 14 to September 3, 2014.
This multi-disciplinary project represents a unique collaboration between Other Sights for Artists' Projects, the Vancouver Chamber Choir and the Vancouver Maritime Museum.
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1905 Ogden Avenue, Vancouver, BC
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Gov. Eric Holcomb and key Indiana lawmakers are set to discuss some of the biggest issues likely to emerge during the coming legislative session.
Republicans and Democrats will participate in policy discussions during an annual legislative preview conference that will be held Wednesday.
Holcomb is set to give a speech where he is expected to highlight the need to improve workforce training. Experts say too many Indiana workers are undereducated for the jobs that are available.
A panel discussion on alcohol and marijuana laws is bound to yield debate over whether to eliminate a prohibition blocking grocery and convenience stores from selling cold beer. Same goes for the state's prohibition era ban on Sunday retail alcohol sales.
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Our 13 Best Matcha Desserts
Matcha Baked Doughnuts
These bright green baked goods will give you all the delight of a doughnut without any of the regret afterwards. Baking makes these vegan doughnuts delicate and soft without excess oil and the matcha has a range of health benefits.
Avocado Matcha Banana Bread
It's tasty being this green
Chocolate, Tea, and Weed Cupcakes Will Satisfy Your Morning Munchies
There's matcha pleasure to be had in these oil-infused chocolate treats
Matcha-Glazed Donuts
These easy baked donuts benefit from matcha in the batter and in the glaze, where it lends beautiful color. If you're unfamiliar with matcha, it's high-quality green tea that's ground into a fine powder. Matcha has a powerfully earthy, bitter flavor, so a little goes a long way. For the most vibrant color, seek out a reputable brand (some lower-quality brands have a dull, olive-green color). We recommend Maeda-en Matcha Green Tea Powder, culinary quality; Aiya Matcha, ceremonial grade; or Eden Matcha. We love the color and flavor of the coconut and goji berry garnishes; if you can't find goji berries, you can use dried cranberries instead.
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Japonica Ice Cream Sundaes
For this gorgeous combination of green tea ice cream and ripe red plums poached in sweet sake, be sure to use fresh matcha (Japanese powdered green tea) and keep it tightly covered in the fridge--it oxidizes very quickly.
Green Tea-Honeysuckle Cake
Matcha, a Japanese green tea powder, adds vivid green color and a delicate flavor. Look for it in Asian grocery stores and gourmet markets, or order online. Store tightly covered in the fridge. (It oxidizes quickly.) If you can't find matcha, pulverize regular green tea in a spice grinder.
Matcha Whoopie Pies
"I grew up inhaling whoopie pies, bless my mother's soul," says Bay Area cookbook author Eric Gower, the creator of these fantastic, tender little cakes. "While I would like to offer her recipe, I'm afraid that just reading the quantities of trans fats (Crisco) called for might incite immediate cardiac arrest! This relatively healthier version tastes even better."
Matcha-Macaron Ice Cream Sandwiches
The French macaron is a simple cookie made with almonds, sugar and egg whites. The recipe here includes green tea powder (matcha), which gives it a delightful flavor. Chef Way David Myers's complex dessert parfait combines matcha crème, gelée, mochi and macaron with muscovado and vanilla crème. Easy Way These ice cream sandwiches layer store-bought green-tea and vanilla ice creams on crispy, chewy green tea macarons.
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Matcha (Green Tea) Ice Cream
Green-Tea Fortune Cookies
Joanne Chang likes having fun with the fortunes she puts inside these large cookies, like "Give the chef a big kiss." Shaping the tuiles while they're hot can be tricky, so consider using cotton gloves.
Frankenstein Cookie Bars
These bars make a fun Halloween treat, and they're very flavorful: the green tea frosting cloaks a chewy-soft coconut-lime cookie. They're easy enough that the kids can help you make them.


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This entire email is composed of 3 parts:
(1) Posting: B Group Selling Live Aquatic Animals to Kill & Eat
(2) Trailer Quote: Link Between Service & Sadhana
(3) Prabhat Samgiita #2329;
Each section is demarcated by asterisks (***).
You may know that in many Ananda Marga units in Bengal, many Wts maintain various ponds for cultivating and selling fish in order to earn money. West Bengal is a huge fish-eating region; eating fish is such a way of life that they simply refer to fish as "water fruit." Just as a desert is filled with cactus plants, similarly all across Bengal there are man-made and natural ponds. They are a common phenomenon. The ponds are maintained to store live fish for this community of fish-eating people.
To capitalize on the situation, certain B group Wts thought they should join in and do this as a business. Those Wts thought that selling fish to the people would be a good way to make money. Here is how it works.
Wherever they have ample space, on various Ananda Marga units they maintain large ponds that are stocked with fish. Then those Wts get the word out that the people are welcome to come and fish those ponds for a fee. Essentially, Wts sell "fishing rights" to locals, and in turn those villagers etc can come and catch and eat the fish from the pond.
The rates may vary from pond to pond, and may vary based on how many fish a person catches etc. But all along the basic idea is one: Wts charge locals a particular amount of money to come and kill the fish. You may have heard about this.
Now it is our duty to consider how far this is consistent with our ideals of neo-humanism.
As Ananda Margiis, we know that we are to honour and respect all forms of life and that we do not condone the cruel killing of any being, including fish.
Baba has given the program of pisciculture, a key system for creating ecological balance and averting and solving the water crisis. Here is how it works.
All kinds of aquatic animals like crabs, oysters, and fish etc should be cultivated in ponds and lakes. By their very presence in those water bodies, that water is cleaned and kept at an optimal level. Trees and other vegetation should be planted around those lakes and ponds. That brings shade to the area, attracts rain clouds, and very importantly, brings birds to the region. Those birds will prevent the over-population of fish, ensuring balance.
The establishment of lakes and ponds is Baba's system for water conservation. The presence of aquatic animals is key for its success. So that is the right use of fish in the Ananda Marga model of pisciculture.
To kill and eat those fish for human consumption is a direct violation of Baba's given system.
Prout philosophy says, "Fish should be cultivated in lakes, dams and ponds because they help conserve and purify the water. Small fish can also be cultivated in the paddy fields during the rainy season. Fish are the natural food of birds, so they are an essential part of a balanced ecology." (1)
Prout philosophy says, "Pisciculture should also be developed in ponds and lakes. The fish help to keep the water clean and the level constant because their breathing creates water and carbon dioxide. The fish inhale oxygen along with water vapour from the atmosphere as well as dissolved oxygen from the water. They synthesize water which is exhaled into the lake. This helps to keep the water in the lake at a constant level. If many fish live in a lake, hundreds and even thousands of gallons of water will be added to the size of the lake in the course of time. Each lake should also have an attached bird sanctuary, because the fish provide food for the birds." (2)
Thus there is no scope for Wts to sell and kill fish in the name of pisciculture. That is not Baba's system.
Next Baba points out the hypocritical and bogus way that some humans treat animals. They superficially treat animals as friends one moment and then butcher them the next – often to get a profit. Is this not what B group Wts are doing with their fish.
"Passing through many lives as worms, insects, birds, and animals, they have undergone countless pains, miseries, tortures and humiliations. Take for example the life of a goat. A goat spends its life eating grass, until the day comes when the butcher grabs it, kills it, skins it and sells its flesh piece by piece in the market. That goat at one time had to live such a miserable life. But today it has forgotten all this. Through a process of forward movement, today it may have attained a human life."
"Human life is more secure than animal life. Many animals live in the jungle where there is something to fear every minute; where the weak are the prey of the strong. To escape this atmosphere of fear and insecurity, many wild animals have sought refuge with human beings. They have been fed grass, leaves and other types of fodder until the right moment came to kill them for their flesh. Even today, this is generally what happens. Animals fully trust human beings; they trust them even up to one minute before their death. But when they see a person approaching them with a weapon in hand, they realize that those they had trusted as their friends are actually their enemies. Although human beings feed their animals, the love or attachment which they have for them is purely external. There is no genuine love in humans. This is how wretched animal life can be."
"Every human being has had to pass through that sort of painful animal life in the past. But that does not mean we should be the cause of misery for those animals who have taken shelter with us today. On the contrary, we should have a merciful attitude towards them. A woman who has been badly treated or humiliated by her mother-in-law should be careful that she does not treat her daughter-in-law in the same way. Human beings should carry out their duties properly in the external world and should always ensure that no being suffers unnecessarily from any undue mistreatment. In the physical sphere, the rights of all should be protected." (3)
As responsible human beings and as sadhakas, we should abide by Baba's following teachings.
"We should live with the policy of "Live and let others live"." (4)
Ananda Marga philosophy says, "For each and every living entity one's personal life is the dearest thing. One loves one's personal life very much. This is the rule, this is the characteristic of all living beings. But those people who understand this sentiment of living beings and love others with the thought, "I should not kill, I should not give them any trouble because they love their life as much as I love my own life", are true sádhus and those who lack this sentiment are not sádhus, they are asádhu. Preaching the gospels of peace, and at the same time slaughtering chickens, is not a proper thing for a sádhu because the one who kills the chickens loves his life and the chickens also love their own lives. So that man lacks the universal sentiment of love. He is not a sádhu. A sádhu must be vegetarian." (5)
Thus it is very clear that we should allow other beings to joyously live their lives, and we should not needlessly harm or kill them. That is our ethic in Ananda Marga. And that is Baba's teaching. Certainly every Ananda Margii understands this.
Even then many of those Wt's in Bengal have their set justification. They say, "What is wrong; we are not killing the fish; we are just charging the local people to come and catch fish on our land. If they did not fish on our land, they would fish somewhere else." This is their rationalisation.
By that reasoning then, a villager would be able to invites goondhas (rough criminals) to come to his area and rob the local people, and in return that villager would get a percentage of the looting or booty.
So the justification given by those Wts does not hold any value.
That is not the only justification they give…
B group workers also give the false justification that by keeping such fish ponds they are following Baba's system of pisciculture. But this is absolutely wrong. As noted above, Baba's system of pisciculture is for ecological balance and water conservation – not the wanton killing and selling of fish. Today's capitalistic fishing industries exploit the fish for profits etc. But that is not our way; and no one should be led to believe that is Baba's system.
Baba's given program of pisciculture is for ecological sustainability, animal welfare, and the benefit of all beings – bar none.
Then there are some who think that the pond will be over-populated by fish, if people do not come and go fishing in those ponds. But at about this, there is no need to worry about that. Before humans were on the planet, there were all kinds of animals all over this earth. To such persons, Baba has given the ultimate reply.
Baba says "Some people argue that animals have been created by Parama Puruśa for our food. I knew a certain person who used to say that if people do not eat goats' meat, the world would become populated only by goats. And others said that if people don't eat chickens, there would not be even a single inch of space on this earth – it would be filled with chickens! Now my point is, even though human beings do not eat vultures, is there a crowd of vultures in the world? How foolish such people are! People don't eat earthworms – has there been an uncontrollable growth of earthworms on earth? Only out of excessive greed, people eat chickens and goats and are simply searching for logic to support their actions and cover up their weakness. This sort of cunning will not do. In the mobility of the psychic world, there are certain defective thoughts prevailing – that we humans are destined to rule this earth, and the creatures are destined to be ruled by us. You will have to fight against this type of psychology with the help of your strong weapon. What is that weapon? Neohumanism. All have the equal right to live here: this universe is for all. It is not the patrimony of human beings only. This is also the duty of Renaissance people." (6)
Clearly, Baba has given the mandate that we are not to allow or encourage fishing as we are to safeguard the well-being of every animal in this creation. We should not exploit, directly or indirectly, any creature in order to make a profit etc. This is not our way.
That is why it is so shocking that our Wts are involved in the selling and killing of fish in various parts of West Bengal. Rather such Wts should stand on the moral principles of Ananda Marga and teach the people the right ideals of life through their own conduct.
But this much many B group Wts do not do. Rather than maintaining the neo-humanistic vision of Ananda Marga, and rather than living the life of a sadhu, many Wts just given in to local, pseudo-culture values, and sell fish in order to make a profit. They think that since the locals are already involved in eating fish then what is wrong.
However, what if the local population was involved in prostitution or harsh drugs like heroin etc. In those cases also, should Wts step into the business ring and try to make a profit? Should we allow or encourage that? Certainly not.
Yet that is the very attitude that is plaguing our Ananda Marga at present.
For all these reasons and more, many are saying that such Wts are using dirty money to procure their own food. They have plunged themselves into a business that is against the ethics of neo-humanism; they have adopted a profession that goes contrary to the ways of right livelihood (samyak ajiiva) since they are making money by harming and killing other beings; yet by that way their are profiting and using that dirty money to purchase their own food. This is veritably a filthy cycle.
Here are more of Baba's teachings that guide us that no one in Ananda Marga, including our Wts, should be involved in the business of selling and killing fish etc.
Práńáh yathátmano'bhiiśt́áh bhútánám api te tathá;
Atmaopamyena bhútánám dayáḿ kurvanti sádhavah.
"Just as your life is extremely dear to you, similarly the lives of others are equally dear to them. A person who thinks thus and shows mercy on other creatures is really a sádhu, or virtuous person." In order to become a virtuous person one need not give up one's worldly life. When this idea dawns on one's mind one realizes, "Why should I kill an innocent creature just for the sake of the gratification of my palate." But then one may suddenly discover a different kind of scriptural injunction – "Oh yes, you may sacrifice animals in a particular way and the sacrificed animal will attain salvation." People follow the scriptural injunction helplessly but in their heart of hearts they realize that the whole thing is irrational. Yet they cannot gather sufficient courage to go against the "scripture". This sort of idea which impedes the progress of the mind is called "dogma". A dogma arises from either a defective philosophy or a "scripture". This sort of dogma should be rejected forthwith." (7)
Ananda Marga teachings state: "Vultures are carnivorous birds. Yet it is found that they are not cruel or heartless. Usually, like eagles, they do not attack living humans or animals. Their habit is to eat the flesh of dead bodies. There was an incident in my childhood that I can still vividly recall. On the west of our locality there was a large field which bordered on a tributary of the Ganges. As the soil was not fit for cultivation nothing could be grown there. On the upper side of that fallow land was a mound upon which stood a large tamarind tree. A vulture lived in a nest on the tree. Beside the mound was the site for the disposal of carcasses. Cows used to graze in the field as did a few horses and sheep. Once an old cow came there and fell flat on the ground due to utter exhaustion. The veterinary doctor came and said, "The cow has no chance of survival. She is likely to die in a few hours." The owner of the cow was a very kind-hearted man. He tried to save the cow in various ways but in vain. I noticed that as long as the cow was alive, she gently wagged her tail, even when her eyes were half closed. There was no other symptom of life, at least that is what it seemed to me. I also noticed that while her tail was wagging, the vulture stayed patiently in the tree. It came to eat the cow's flesh only an hour after her natural death. Human beings are more cruel than vultures. Their hearts don't melt even at the sight of tears of innocent birds and animals. Just to gratify their sense of greed, they mercilessly slit the throats of animals with sharp knives and swords and thus deprive them of the right to live, even while preaching the hollow dictates of religion." (8)
Baba says, "Fish eat all kinds of things. Because of this, the positive qualities of those foods which they eat they may or may not get; but, certainly they get the negative qualities or defects of those foods which they eat. In addition, fish quarrel so much among themselves; they are quarrel mongers. They eat each other; they feel jealous towards one another; and also they have the tendency to wander around aimlessly in an indisciplined, disorderly manner. Because of these negative qualities of fish, since ages there has been the feeling amongst the general public that those who are fish eaters, they get contaminated by these same defects." (9)
Amongst all of India, the most densely populated fish-eating area is Bengal. Indeed, Baba says that the main population of Bengal are kaevarta (fisherman community). There are a huge number of lakes, ponds, rivers, and water sources in Bengal; that is why fish flourish there. Thus in Bengal fish are known as water fruit. Except for very strict devoted margiis, most of them like to eat fish.
B group's present-day manner of fishing for profits directly contravenes all Baba's guidelines on pisciculture. His divine mandates for pisciculture stand as a broad-based ecological approach for balance and sustainability. Fish are needed for the keeping healthy and clean lakes and ponds. Those bodies of water should furthermore be surrounded by trees. Birds will naturally flock to those tress and naturally control the population of fish. This is the keen way and role of our fisheries / pisciculture system. Whereas, B group's short-sighted, greedy and heartless way of selling and killing fish to make a profit neglects all neo-humanistic values and undermines the spirit and use of Baba's dharmic guideline on pisciculture.
at His lotus feet,
Candra Deva
1. Ideal Farming, Integrated Farming
2. Ideal Farming, Lakeside and Riverside Plantations
3. 2 January 1979, Patna
4. Discourses on Prout, pt #1
5. Ananda Vacanamrtam – 2, Keep Company with the Virtuous
6. Prout in a Nutshell – 9, Renaissance in All the Strata of Life
7. Yoga Psychology, Instinct and Devotion
8. Neo-Humanism in a Nutshell – 2
9. Shabda Cayanika – 20, Bangla, Disc #156
The section below this mark is an entirely different topic and not related with the subject matter up above.
Link Between Service and Sadhana
"When you reach the closest proximity to the Supreme Consciousness, your mental waves will come in contact with His mental waves. Then you will understand what is to be done, and what will be the destiny of humanity in the near and distant future. Because of your spiritual progress, you will come closer and closer to the Supreme Consciousness, you will come in contact with His psychic waves. And in that state you will be able to render still better service to human beings, animals and plants." (Subhasita Samgraha – 16 (H), p. 10-11)
Note: Without good sadhana rendering real social service is impossible.
Prabhat Samgiita
"Bha'loba'si toma'y a'mi, keno ta' ja'ni na'…" P.S. 2329
O' Parama Purusa, O' Supreme One, I love You; but, I do not know why I love You. You go on pulling my heart – but what is the mystery behind this, how and why You are attracting me, that I cannot say. Baba, all I know is that You are the divine effulgence of my dark heart. By Your grace, I will never allow that effulgence to get extinguished. Baba, I will always keep Your love in my heart. By Your grace, I will always hold Your divine image in my mind.
O' Divine Entity, all the love I have in the deep core of my heart, and all the hopes and longings I have in my mind, all these desires and aspirations of mine are revolving around You. By Your grace, they get expressed through Your songs, dance, melody, and rhythms. O' Parama Purusa, You are the focal point of my life; You are my everything.
Baba, by Your divine grace, I feel that You are guiding each and every aspect of my existence. There is not even a single ounce of confusion in my mind. Everything is very clear. Where am I, where will I go, and from where have I come: All these types of useless questions never creep into my mind. Baba, by Your grace, I do not even want to know these things. Just I am fully depending upon You: You know everything and that everything is in Your control. For me that is enough. Baba, You are my shelter, You are my anchor, and You are the Supreme Controller of this vast universe.
Baba, You are always ever gracious on me. I love You with all my heart; my whole existence is Yours…


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Offering insight on big questions surrounding God, Life and the Pursuit of Happiness, John Lennox, professor of mathematics at the University of Oxford, led an interactive discussion Friday with students, faculty members and community members. The event was hosted by the Veritas Forum and co-sponsored by the Office of the Chaplains and Religious Life.
The talk began with interactive engagement from the audience about the topics at hand — the moderators asked attendees questions regarding the purpose of life. Audience members then texted their answers to a provided number and the responses appeared on the screen, ranging from thoughtful to humorous.
Some responses included, " To not do harm and maybe even some good" and "get money, get paid."
Linford Fisher, assistant professor of history, began the discussion by asking Lennox why he discusses and debates about God, religion, life's purpose and the meaning of happiness.
Lennox went on to explain that while his upbringing as an Irish Christian contributed to his views, his curiosity and drive in finding truth were what instigated him to talk to leading atheists about what made them tick. Lennox said he wanted to expose his worldview to zealous questioning, as he believes that Christianity has been downgraded intellectually by the rational view of naturalism.
Happiness was another big topic in the discussion. Questions ranged from "How much should we invest in our pursuit of happiness?" to "What is the ultimate happiness?" Lennox delved into this topic by establishing that happiness is, by definition, subjective. He went on to explain that there are various levels of happiness when interests grow throughout the aging process.
"God gives us a magnificent universe," Lennox said. "He doesn't truncate our joy when we are happy. He's not a killjoy."
He elaborated on happiness by claiming that while joy comes and goes, "God is not a theory, he is a person — we can have a relationship with him — that is the highest level of happiness," he said. Lennox connected the satisfaction and joy with which one's relationships with friends and family provide to one's relationship with God. When questioned by moderators during the lecture, audience members rated family and friends as the greatest sources of happiness.
The discussion about happiness naturally transitioned into a discussion about God, especially after Lennox defined ultimate happiness as contingent upon a belief in God. Moderators then asked audience members, "How do nonbelievers find happiness?" Lennox responded by explaining that all people, whether they believe or not, have the potential to find happiness.
The discussion about God progressed to focus on the evidence of the existence of a god. Lennox began by asserting that different worldviews support the existence of a god and it is up to individuals themselves to decide.
"There is no default worldview. Each one of us has to decide which one to espouse," he said, adding that people have their own reasons for believing what they do. He also pointed out that "evidence is not proof" — evidence only provides reasons.
Lennox stated that nature itself gives evidence of God. "Evidence for believing in God is that science can be done. If naturalism was true, it would in itself be undermining as men become more scientific because they expected more of nature."


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Vodafone Comedy Festival Galway
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Bruce Moore reviews 'The Word Detective: A life in words, from Serendipity to Selfie' by John Simpson
Bruce MooreTuesday, 28 February 2017
What does a lexicographer do? How do you become a lexicographer? What makes a good lexicographer? What is the difference between a 'standard' dictionary and a dictionary based on historical principles? How do you reinvent the Oxford English Dictionary so that it has a secure place in an online modern publishing world? These are among the questions explo ...


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In the final moments of "Chang(e)," a docudrama at Here Arts Center, an artist and activist,Kathy Change, sets herself afire. This is not a spoiler. Self-immolation is how the real Kathy Change extinguished her life, in front of a peace sign sculpture on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania, one morning in 1996.
In reality, it was gruesome: burning flesh, horrified onlookers, a troubled woman's political protest achieving little but her own sad public death. Onstage, the conflagration is visual poetry: not real flames, but a combination of costume (by Machine Dazzle) and whirling movement. Gorgeous, dreamy, deluded, this is suicide as a burst of glory, which may be what Ms. Change envisioned.
For the piece's creators — Soomi Kim, who plays Kathy Change, and Suzi Takahashi, who directs — it's both a well-executed climax and a kind of betrayal of the 90 minutes leading up to it, in which they try so stringently to create a portrait of a life without romanticizing mental illness or self-harm. Yet the documentary impulse is so dominant in "Chang(e)" that when drama arrives at last, it's too late, but it's welcome anyway.
Ms. Kim gives a supple performance, paranoid and ranting one moment, lucid and genial the next — but, oh, have she and Ms. Takahashi chosen a tough subject. It's not just that they've been able, through research and interviews, to assemble only a fragmentary picture of Ms. Change, who was born Kathleen Chang and added the "e" to her last name because transformation of the world was her goal in life.
It's also that, in 15 years of protest performances at Penn, she became something of a campus crank. In the opening scene, Kathy stands on the green speaking through a megaphone, warning of World War III as she calls for caring, sharing and government overthrow. Students walk on by, ignoring her.
A little of this goes a long way. Too much of it is numbing — and that goes double for reading her screeds aloud.
"Chang(e)" alternates between reality and illusion, and its visual and aural environment is so alluring you want to bathe in it: Bryce Cutler's set, its ceiling an extravagance of streamers, beads and tiny lights; Kevan Loney's video, projected on the peace-sign floor and white-fringe wall; Adam Rogers's delicate music, which feels utterly fused with the imagery.
Amid all that, though, is the haranguing voice of Kathy Change. Like the students, we find it all too easy to tune her out.


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The role of cultural divergence in reproductive isolation in a tropical bird, the rufous-collared sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis)
Danner, Julie Elizabeth
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In birds, song can evolve quickly through cultural transmission and due to errors in the learning process may result in regional dialects. A lack of dialectal recognition may be a critical component of reproductive isolation through female mate preference. I investigated the role of cultural divergence in reproductive isolation in a widespread Neotropical passerine the rufous-collared sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis). In Chapter II, I investigated, the role of female preference for and male territorial response towards, local and non-local dialects in two allopatric populations. Females in both populations preferred their local dialect to the dialect of an allopatric population only 25 km away. In contrast, males showed similar territorial response to all conspecific dialects. Premating reproductive isolation based on culture may exist among the study populations. In chapter III, I investigated if cultural divergence can drive population divergence by examining dialects and variable microsatellite loci among eight populations of Z. capensis. I investigated the presence of population divergence and then identified the mechanism that may be driving the pattern. Apart from culture, a geographic barrier (the Andean ridge), elevation, and geographic distance were potential mechanisms of population divergence that I considered. All sites exhibited localized dialects, except for two closest neighboring populations. Populations exhibited genetic differentiation with support for the presence of five genetic clusters. Culture does not appear to be driving population divergence because song dialects and genetic population structure were not correlated. Populations separated by an Andean ridge did not display higher genetic or song differences than distance would predict, suggesting that the ridge is not driving population divergence. Elevation was not correlated to song or genetic differentiation. Both song divergence and microsatellite allele frequency differentiation were correlated with geographic distance suggesting a pattern of isolation by distance. Overall, geographic distance is the best predictor of population divergence in this system. Cumulatively, I found that culture might promote assortative mating via female mate choice, perhaps generating partial reproductive isolation; however, song dialect differences among contiguous populations is not currently driving population divergence in this species.
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Filippo Tagliati, Sotir Davidhi and Paho Mann
This work responds to the large and institutional scale of the 2018 SiTE:LAB venue at 415 Franklin SE, Grand Rapids, MI. Tagliati, Davidhi and Mann combine their interests in representation and perception on our experience of place. This architectural intervention is in dialog with the physicality of the space, the visual texture and layering of time and history. This site specific installation consists of wall sized photographs, creating an immersive experience that calls attention to the current state of the space after years of sitting unused and the wall serves as a metaphoric link to the buildings future use as housing.
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Record of Col. Edward Cole's ownership of five slaves, Parrsboro
Cole received a grant of 1000 acres of land in the Loyalist township of Parrsboro in 1785.
Date: 1786
Credit: Esther Clark Wright Archives, Acadia University
Reference no.: Parrsboro Township Book Esther Clark Wright Archives, Acadia University acc. no. 1900.031 (microfilm copy only available at NSARM, microfilm no. 23166)


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Governor's Proposal Calls For Early Release Of Prisoners
Sacramento, CA — Roughly 15,000 criminals would be let out of prison early as part of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger´s latest budget proposal.
The Associated Press reports that it would also end parole for about 65,000 nonviolent and non-sex offenders. Administration officials say the parole program can be scaled back without harming public safety. Critics say felons convicted of spousal abuse and stalking would be released without supervision.
The Governor´s plan would cut $842 million from the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation budget.
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Writing about history–and trying to live it, too
Excellent short video by the superb Christian Cameron here. Give it a watch and learn something, folks. 🙂
I thought I'd try a different media. This video was made by my friend Allan Joyner of Allan Joyner Productions. The music is by Schola Magdalena . The thoughts are almost entirely my own.
And by the way, I'm all to aware of the many inaccuracies the camera catches, despite all of our best efforts. Reenacting is always, at best, a compromise. But there's a lot we can learn from it, anyway.