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This episode opens with Marissa arriving at Redemption Island, and she totally knows that Gervase is the reason why she was voted out. Candice thinks that it's because she called out Brad, and he's already running that tribe. She's not wrong.
The next morning, everybody at Galang is getting along; they've got a back-rub conga thing going on, and it's all basically good. Which means Colton must lose his mind, because there's too much niceness and it must stop. Monica tells him that he needs to be patient. Tina, Aras and Gervase tell him to sit on his need to talk strategy until they lose at an immunity challenge. Are they already in an alliance with him, or do they just want to not talk to him about strategy because they don't want to be in an alliance with him? Either way, I think Old Colton is about to rear his ugly head.
Back at Tadhana, Brad is taking charge some more, and taking credit for teaching everyone to fish (well, the guys, anyways, because the women don't matter.) Which is something that Rachel hasn't noticed, because she thinks that alliances are "just starting to form." Umm, no, they were fully formed three days ago, and you're not in the right one, so good luck with that.
Ciera is not impressed that Rachel is trying to get on the good side of the guys; she thinks John and Rachel are in an alliance together. No, Ciera, Rachel can just do math and realizes that the women are outnumbered. I think Rachel also realizes that Brad (who is running things) is totally that guy to form an alliance simply because they're all guys.
It's time for the Redemption Island Challenge, and Jeff announces that it was Marissa who was voted out, while Brad tips his hat to either Gervase or Galang in general. Wow, I'm not even liking him a little any more; he's kind of a jerk.
Speaking of kind of a jerk, Gervase is flat out told that he's the reason Marissa got voted out, and is given the opportunity to switch places with her. He tells her to "handle her biz." Charming, isn't he?
The Redemption Island Challenge is one of those balance-spooley things that only someone who's watched "Survivor" before will know what I'm talking about. They need to feed the spools, using a long metal stick, through a course, and then balance it on the top. They need to stack 10 spools total. First two finished move on to the next part; the one who comes in last is done for this season.
Rupert and Candice take an early lead and are running neck and neck. They are working on their ninth spool when Rupert knocks almost his whole stack over. Candice hangs on and manages to finish first, and Marissa manages to stay ahead of Rupert to finish second.
And just like that, Rupert is done for this season, although I don't trust that the producers won't find some way to bring him back. I feel a little bad for him, because he did take a bullet for his wife, but I also know that I'm also only feeling sorry for him because I haven't had to see him very much, so he hasn't had a chance to irritate me.
Since Candice won, she gets to choose who she gives a clue to a hidden Immunity Idol to. Well, duh, she gives it to her husband, John.
Back at camp, John is super-proud of Candice, and also a little bit worried about how pissed-off and seemingly competent Marissa is. Then the men go for a walk and start to theorize who they could vote off based on which returning players would switch to save their loved ones. Too much thinking this early in the game.
Back at Galang, Colton is chafing under the happy happy fun times that are going on, so he's going to singlehandedly ruin it. He goes around to everyone and starts spreading rumors. He thinks he can run this game, but I don't think he's as smooth as he thinks he is. He's also not very good at keeping his cool, because when Kat talks to him about Tina saying he was over-strategizing, he pulls both of them over and loses it a bit. Then he involves the whole tribe and loses it some more.
Tyson calls it when he says that Colton came wanting to be someone else this time around in the game, and that he managed it for a day and a half. But now he's back to over-thinking again, and he's going to shoot himself in the foot by pissing off the wrong people.
The next morning, Colton's wondering why the "vibe" in the camp is off. Well, Colton, it's because you set out to ruin that vibe, and you succeeded. Aras calls him a bully and a gay Russell Hantz. Monica, Tina, Gervase, Tyson and Aras form an alliance, and agree to talk to each other first if Colton comes to them stirring anything up -- they know how he works.
Immunity Challenge time! And reward too, because they don't have time for both with the whole Redemption Island thing going on. Reward is a whole bunch of fishing gear, including live bait. They have to roll somebody in a barrel, and then that person has to climb up on the barrel and retrieve balls, and then play what looks like Skeeball, except you need to get the balls to stick.
Galang is sitting Kat out, although I think she would have been great in the barrel. The race is pretty close, and Tadhana manages to get to the skeeball first. Gervase is actually really good at the whole Skeeball thing, and totally wins it for Galang. Surprisingly, when he's got the right to gloat about the win, he doesn't.
So now Tadhana is going back to Tribal Council. Brad calls Gervase stupid for some reason. Because he was better at the challenge than you? Whatever. Katie realizes that she might be on the chopping block. The men discuss voting Rachel out to try and get Tyson to switch places with her. John is trying to convince them not to go with Rachel, because then Tyson would be going against Candice in the Redemption Island challenges. Vytas notices, and it puts some doubt in his mind as to who John is really loyal to.
Ciera really doesn't like the idea of letting Rachel vote for her, while they all vote for Rachel, so she goes to Katie. They decide that they're going to vote for John so he'll have to use the Idol to save himself instead of Rachel. Vytas also thinks that they should get rid of John now; they don't think that he can be trusted, and they want to get rid of him before he finds the Immunity Idol.
Tribal Council time! Jeff immediately brings up the men/women division, totally stirring the pot as he does, and Hayden gives the worst deflection ever. He and Kat really are well-matched. And then Hayden totally gives away the plan to vote out someone with a strong loved one on the other tribe. Who else could that be but Rachel? Maybe he's trying to deflect attention from the fact that they're about to vote-out John, but I don't think Hayden's that smart.
And I'm right; Rachel goes to Redemption Island. But will Tyson switch places with her? I don't think he will, but I've been wrong before.
Next week: Will Tyson switch? And will Colton actually leave the game, or is it just a hissy fit?


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This new subscription service combines field-by-field data with real-time agronomic and weather information to help growers make informed management decisions.
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Yale Outscores Bears 18-6 In Overtime To Earn Ivy League Win
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Yale's depth and balance made all the difference in a key 76-64 overtime victory over Brown on Saturday. The fresher Bulldogs outscored the Bears 18-6 in the extra period to earn a much-needed Ivy League win before a Youth Day crowd of 1,684 at the John J. Lee Amphitheater.
Austin Morgan was the only Bulldog to play more than 35 minutes. Brown, on the other hand, had two of its starters go more than 40 minutes, including Sean McGonagill, who played all 45.
It showed in overtime. Yale was 3-of-4 from the field and a perfect 10-of-10 from the foul line. The Bears, meanwhile, made just 2-of-9 field goals and were 0-for-5 from three-point range.
"That's what I like about our team. We can come at [our opponents] in waves," said Javier Duren, who scored five of his nine points in the extra period. "We can go five-guys deep off the bench, and we really rallied together."
The Bulldogs' bench outscored Brown's reserves 31-9 in the game.
After losing 65-51 at Brown last Saturday, Yale avoided its first 0-2 Ivy League start since 2004-05.
"Our energy was much better than last week, especially on defense," said James Jones, The Joel E. Smilow, Class of 1954 Head Coach of Men's Basketball.
Freshman Justin Sears paced the balanced attack with 18 points, eight rebounds three steals and two assists. He was credited with only one block but altered a number of other shots. Morgan added 16 points. He was 4-of-6 from three point range and made four free throws in overtime.
In all, 10 Bulldogs played at least 12 minutes. Greg Kelley added nine points, Matt Townsend scored seven and Michael Grace and Jeremiah Kreisberg each contributed five.
Matt Sullivan and Cedric Kuakumensah scored 13 points apiece to pace Brown (7-9, 1-1 Ivy). Sean McGonagill, who burned the Bulldogs with 20 points in last Saturday's game, was held to nine points. He was 2-of-8 from the field.
"We did a better job of hounding him and making sure every shot he took was a tough shot," Jones said. "He is a very good player."
Yale (7-12, 1-1 Ivy) struggled offensively in the first meeting but was more efficient on Saturday. After having only four assists last week, the Bulldogs notched assists on 20 of their 23 field goals.
"We brought energy, which we lacked last week," Duren said.
It didn't look like Yale was going to need overtime to earn the win. The Bulldogs led 31-21 at halftime and were still up by seven, 48-41, with nine minutes left.
Brown, though, slowly chipped away and finally tied it on Sullivan's three-pointer with 2 minutes left.
Yale then executed a perfect in-bounds to play to grab the lead. With only one second left on the shot clock, Kelley lobbed a pass into the lane to Nick Victor, who quickly guided it into the basket.
Two Tucker Halpern free throws tied the score at 58 with 55 seconds left, and both teams couldn't capitalize on their next possessions. Grace missed a long three-pointer with the shot clock winding down for Yale, and Stephen Albrecht couldn't connect on a three from the wing with four seconds left.
Morgan opened overtime with a three-pointer, and the Bulldogs never relinquished the lead.
The biggest shot, though, came from Duren, whose three-pointer pushed the advantage to six, 68-62 with two minutes left
Yale then made eight straight free throws to seal the victory.
NOTES: Jones shuffled his starting lineup from recent games. Kelley, Duren and Townsend joined Morgan and Armani Cotton to begin the game… Yale outrebounded the Bears 47-34… The Bulldogs also grabbed 14 offensive rebounds, which led to 15 second-chance points… Yale was 7-of-14 from three-point range… Both coaching staffs wore sneakers to support the Coaches vs. Cancer® program as part of the 10th annual Suits & Sneakers weekend. By wearing sneakers, participating coaches help raise awareness about cancer and the importance that nutrition and physical activity play in reducing one's risk of the disease… The Yale players signed autographs for the many youth groups in attendance following the game… The Bulldogs now play their next four Ivy games on the road, starting next Friday at Harvard.
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An after-the-fact purchase occurs when a University employee places an order without first completing a requisition and receiving a purchase order.
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Asbury Park Sunrise
Sunrise greets two surfers in Asbury Park, New Jersey.
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After a snow storm in New Jersey, the sunset and turned the Atlantic Ocean ablaze with pink.
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A golden wave breaks beautifully in September along the beach in Rockaway, New York.
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Sea Bright New Jersey during Nor'Ida.
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Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff just let slip some good news for a relatively new product line—Do.com, an online project-management tool.
Google is rolling it out for its engineers, he told attendees at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference today.
Earlier this month, Salesforce.com rolled out a refresh of Do.com, built on technology from its 2011 acquisition of Manymoon.
Do.com is a free, Web-based application that competes directly with a closely watched startup, Asana, the latest project of Facebook cofounder Dustin Moskovitz.
Salesforce.com says that it has thousands of Do.com users already, including some well-known companies like homebuilder Shea Homes.
But Google is a particularly big win—the kind of marquee customer Salesforce.com can use to persuade others to sign up.
Manymoon was originally built on top of Google Apps, improving its task-list features.
Benioff explained today that he thinks direct competition helps competitors, instead of hurting them, pushing each to innovate.
"I don't look at business as a zero-sum game," he said.
Interestingly, Benioff is an investor in Asana, though he didn't seem to realize this until today.
While on stage, interviewer Michael Arrington asked him if he had invested in Asana. At first he said no. Then he said he wasn't sure because he invests in a fund run by early-stage investor Ron Conway.
Conway, in the audience, confirmed that he'd invested in Asana.
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Zeus Source Code Released
As "...the most pervasive banking Trojan in the global threat landscape..." Zeus has been a major problem all over the world for some time. Now that will either get better or a lot worse as the source code for the malware has been released.
Peter Kruse of CSIS Security Group in Denmark noted the availability of the source after noting that it was being sold on at least two dark market forums.
Is this a good thing because the good guys will have a better understanding of Zeus? Probably not. More likely it's a bad thing in that Zeus will be even more accessible to those willing to use it for criminal purposes.


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Each week 1Wrestling.com's resident rankings expert, Ray Mullan, will be scouting the major North American wrestling promotions in order to bring you an in-depth rankings report for the top championships in Pro Wrestling.
The Top 10 rankings are based on television and Pay-Per View win-loss records over the course of the month, quality of opposition, and inherent skill of each wrestler or team. All other rankings are based on the official current positions of challengers to the Top Title in each category (I.E. Should a wrestler win a number 1 contenders match, he will automatically be afforded that ranking regardless of current win-loss record).
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Evon Davis Samuels, 89, of Owenton, died July 28, 2009, at Owenton Manor.
She was the daughter of the late Bee and Ida Ann Davis. She was the wife of the late Luke Samuels. She was also preceded in death by her daughter, Juanita Hopkins.
She is survived by three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Graveside services were held Aug. 1, 2009, at New Liberty Cemetery. The Rev. Chris Hagan officiated.
Charles Grugin, 83, died July 30, 2009, at his residence.
He was the son of the late Estill Cambridge and Minnie Claxon Grugin. He was also preceded in death by his brother, William Claxon Grugin.
Charles retired from the corrections department with the state government. He was a member of Monterey Christian Church.
Carlis Lee Shelton, 67, of Georgetown, died July 26, 2009, at Hospice Care Center in Lexington.
A native of Owen County, he was the son of the late Roscoe and Ora Perkins Shelton and was a member of Trinity Assembly of God Church.
David Allen Smoot, 73, of Carrollton, passed away July 23, 2009, at Baptist Hospital-East in LaGrange.
Born January 1936, he was the son of the late Carl Smoot and Margaret Dunavent. He was also preceded in death by a grandson, Christopher Snow.
Della L. Jones, 106, died July 14, 2009, at Grant Manor Health Care Center in Williamstown.
Mrs. Della Jones was a retired teacher/librarian for Owen County Schools; a Kentucky Colonel; the last surviving member of Oggs Chapel C.M.E. Church in Williamstown; and a member of the Retired Teachers Association. She received a "Doctor of Humane Letters" degree from Kentucky State University this past May.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Richard and Sarah Jackson Lewis; and her husband, Bradley Jones.
Bobby Chrisman Warfield, 64, of Carrollton, died July 13, 2009, at Green Valley Health and Rehabilitation Center.
He was born Oct. 3, 1944, in Owen County to Joe and Carrie Traylor Warfield.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and three brothers, Ralph, Walter, Bill and Buddy Warfield.
Nancey Jane Briscoe, 60, of Pleasureville, died July 15, 2009, at Jewish Hospital in Louisville.
She was born in Owen County, the daughter of the late Paul J. and Pearlie Mae O'Banion Jones. She was a member of Lockport Baptist Church, worked 25 years as an engineer for South Central Bell and belonged to the Union Baptist Church Book Club.
Elva G. Jones Harris, 87, of Covington and formerly of Walton, died July 13, 2009, at Bridgepoint Nursing Care of Florence.
She was a homemaker and member of Walton Baptist Church. Her husband, James Harris, died in 1968. Survivors include four sons, Douglas Howard of Pinellas Park, Fla., James Smith of Covington, Dennis Paul Jones of Owenton, and Danny Harris of Versailles, Ind.; a brother, Orlie Jones of Corinth; nine grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held July 18, 2009. Burial was in Owenton Cemetery.
Josephine "Josie" Hammonds, 79, of Sanders, died June 30, 2009, at Kindred Hospital in Louisville.
Born Sept. 10, 1929, in Boone County, she was the daughter of the late Goebel and Stella Gordy Hensley and was preceded in death by her husband, Chester Hammonds. Josie was a homemaker and a member of Cedar Hill Baptist Church.
Darlene Scudder Cordray, 50, died July 18, 2009, at the U.K. Medical Center.
She was born Oct. 16, 1958, the daughter of the late Paul and Virginia Barnett Scudder. In recent years, Darlene was a caregiver and devoted herself to families who needed someone to help during the final stages of their loved one's life. She was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church.
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Advancing Women in Higher Education Leadership
While many believe that women's battle for gender parity in the workplace has already been won, recent data suggest that this is far from reality. According to ACE's The American College President 2017 report, only 30% of the nation's college and university presidents are women and the rate of change has stalled since the late 1990s.
This collaborative, multi-association initiative seeks to increase the number of women in senior leadership positions in higher education through programs, research, and resources.
A roundtable discussion featuring over 25 representatives from associations and organization's with active women's leadership agendas was held at ACE in the summer of 2012 with the goals of:
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THE FIT STATION has opened a satellite location in Burlington�s Alamance Crossing, adjacent to The Shoe Dept. on Waltham Boulevard.
The Fit Station offers healthy, prepackaged and portioned meals to go, for customers to heat up and eat at home or eat on site in the restaurant area. The meals� barcodes are registered in the smartphone MyFitnessPal app so consumers can track their healthy eating.
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DONUT WORLD opened its first Alamance County location last week, at 404 Huffman Mill Road in Burlington.
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WONDER NAILS has opened at 3127-A Garden Road in Burlington.
Katherine Tran, former owner of Pro Nails near Harris Teeter on Church Street, recently opened Wonder Nails near Walmart in the Huffman Mill Plaza.
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MADISON HEATH�S HAIR STUDIO, previously located at 1258 S. Fifth St., Mebane, has relocated to 1061 S. Third St. Ext. in Mebane.
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|Western Sahara is a disputed territory on the northwest coast of Africa bordered by Morocco, Mauritania, and Algeria. After Spain withdrew from its former colony of Spanish Sahara in 1976, Morocco annexed the northern two-thirds of Western Sahara and claimed the rest of the territory in 1979, following Mauritania's withdrawal. A guerrilla war with the Polisario Front contesting Morocco's sovereignty ended in a 1991 cease-fire and the establishment of a UN peacekeeping operation. As part of this effort, the UN sought to offer a choice to the peoples of Western Sahara between independence (favored by the Polisario Front) or integration into Morocco. A proposed referendum never took place due to lack of agreement on voter eligibility. The 2,700 km- (1,700 mi-) long defensive sand berm, built by the Moroccans from 1980 to 1987 and running the length of the territory, continues to separate the opposing forces with Morocco controlling the roughly 80 percent of the territory west of the berm. Local demonstrations criticizing the Moroccan authorities occur regularly, and there are periodic ethnic tensions between the native Sahrawi population and Moroccan immigrants. Morocco maintains a heavy security presence in the territory.
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|Land Boundaries:
|total: 2,049 km border countries (3): Algeria 41 km, Mauritania 1,564 km, Morocco 444 km
|1,110 km
|Maritime claims:
|contingent upon resolution of sovereignty issue
|hot, dry desert; rain is rare; cold offshore air currents produce fog and heavy dew
|mostly low, flat desert with large areas of rocky or sandy surfaces rising to small mountains in south and northeast
|Elevation extremes:
|Natural resources:
|phosphates, iron ore
|Land use:
| agricultural land: 18.8% arable land 0%; permanent crops 0%; permanent pasture 18.8% forest: 2.7%
other: 78.5% (2011 est.)
|Irrigated land:
|0 sq km (2012)
|Natural hazards:
|hot, dry, dust/sand-laden sirocco wind can occur during winter and spring; widespread harmattan haze exists 60% of time, often severely restricting visibility
|Current Environment Issues:
|sparse water and lack of arable land
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| noun: Sahrawi(s), Sahraoui(s)
adjective: Sahrawi, Sahrawian, Sahraouian
|Ethnic groups:
|Arab, Berber
|Standard Arabic (national), Hassaniya Arabic, Moroccan Arabic
|587,020 note: estimate is based on projections by age, sex, fertility, mortality, and migration; fertility and mortality are based on data from neighboring countries (July 2016 est.)
|Age structure:
| 0-14 years: 37.54% (male 111,389/female 108,958)
15-24 years: 19.57% (male 57,855/female 57,049)
25-54 years: 34.14% (male 98,659/female 101,733)
55-64 years: 4.95% (male 13,552/female 15,490)
65 years and over: 3.8% (male 9,823/female 12,512) (2016 est.)
|Dependency ratios:
| total dependency ratio: 40.2%
youth dependency ratio: 36.1%
elderly dependency ratio: 4.1%
potential support ratio: 24.4% (2015 est.)
|Median age:
| total: 21.1 years
male: 20.7 years
female: 21.6 years (2016 est.)
|Population growth rate:
|2.76% (2016 est.)
|Birth rate:
|29.8 births/1,000 population (2016 est.)
|Death rate:
|8.2 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.)
| urban population: 80.9% of total population (2015)
rate of urbanization: 3.27% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
|Major urban areas - population:
|Laayoune 262,000 (2014)
|Sex ratio:
| at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 0.97 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.87 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2016 est.)
|Infant mortality rate:
| total: 53.3 deaths/1,000 live births male: 58.1 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 48.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.)
|Life expectancy at birth:
| total population: 63 years male: 60.7 years
female: 65.4 years (2016 est.)
|Total fertility rate:
|3.93 children born/woman (2016 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
|HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
|HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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|Country name:
| conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Western Sahara
former: Rio de Oro, Saguia el Hamra, Spanish Sahara
etymology: self-descriptive name specifying the territory's location on the African continent's vast desert
|Government type:
|legal status of territory and issue of sovereignty unresolved -territory contested by Morocco and Polisario Front (Popular Front for the Liberation of the Saguia el Hamra and Rio de Oro), which in February 1976 formally proclaimed a government-in-exile of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), near Tindouf, Algeria, was led by President Mohamed ABDELAZIZ until his death in May 2016; current President Brahim GHALI elected in July 2016; territory partitioned between Morocco and Mauritania in April 1976 when Spain withdrew, with Morocco acquiring northern two-thirds; Mauritania, under pressure from Polisario guerrillas, abandoned all claims to its portion in August 1979; Morocco moved to occupy that sector shortly thereafter and has since asserted administrative control; the Polisario's government-in-exile was seated as an Organization of African Unity (OAU) member in 1984 - Morocco between 1980 and 1987 built a fortified sand berm delineating the roughly 80 percent of Western Sahara west of the barrier that currently is controlled by Morocco; guerrilla activities continued sporadically until a UN-monitored cease-fire was implemented on 6 September 1991 (Security Council Resolution 690) by the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)
| Laayoune (administrative center)
time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in April; ends last Sunday in September
|Administrative divisions:
|none officially; the territory west of the Moroccan berm falls under de facto Moroccan control; Morocco claims the territory of Western Sahara, the political status of which is considered undetermined by the US Government; portions of the regions Guelmim-Es Smara and Laayoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra as claimed by Morocco lie within Western Sahara; Morocco also claims Oued Eddahab-Lagouira, another region that falls entirely within Western Sahara
|National holiday:
|Legal system:
|none; (residents of Moroccan-controlled Western Sahara participate in Moroccan elections)
|Executive branch:
|Legislative branch:
|Judicial branch:
|Political parties and leaders:
|Political pressure groups and leaders:
|Polisario Front
|International organization participation:
|AU, CAN (observer), WFTU (NGOs)
|National anthem:
|Diplomatic representation in the US:
|Diplomatic representation from the US:
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Western Sahara has a small market-based economy whose main industries are fishing, phosphate mining, and pastoral nomadism. The territory's arid desert climate makes sedentary agriculture difficult, and Western Sahara imports much of its food. The Moroccan Government administers Western Sahara's economy and is a key source of employment, infrastructure development, and social spending in the territory. Western Sahara's unresolved legal status makes the exploitation of its natural resources a contentious issue between Morocco and the Polisario. Morocco and the EU in December 2013 finalized a four-year agreement allowing European vessels to fish off the coast of Morocco, including disputed waters off the coast of Western Sahara. Oil has never been found in Western Sahara in commercially significant quantities, but Morocco and the Polisario have quarreled over who has the right to authorize and benefit from oil exploration in the territory. Western Sahara's main long-term economic challenge is the development of a more diverse set of industries capable of providing greater employment and income to the territory. However, following King MOHAMMED VI's November 2015 visit to Western Sahara, the Government of Morocco announced a series of investments aimed at spurring economic activity in the region, while the General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises announced a $609 million investment initiative in the region in March 2015.
|GDP (purchasing power parity):
|GDP (purchasing power parity): $906.5 million (2007 est.)
|GDP (official exchange rate):
|GDP (official exchange rate): $NA
|GDP - real growth rate:
|GDP - per capita (PPP):
|GDP - per capita (PPP): $2,500 (2007 est.)
|Agriculture - products:
|fruits and vegetables (grown in the few oases); camels, sheep, goats (kept by nomads); fish
|phosphate mining, handicrafts
|Industrial production growth rate:
|Labor force:
|144,000 (2010 est.)
|Labor force - by occupation:
| agriculture: 50% industry and
services: 50% (2005 est.)
|Unemployment rate:
|Population below poverty line:
|Household income or consumption by percentage share:
| lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
| revenues: $NA
expenditures: $NA
|Taxes and other revenues:
|Fiscal year:
|calendar year
|Inflation rate (consumer prices):
|Inflation rate (consumer prices): NA%
|Exports - commodities:
|phosphates 62% (2012 est.)
|Imports - commodities:
|fuel for fishing fleet, foodstuffs
|Debt - external:
|Exchange rates:
|Moroccan dirhams (MAD) per US dollar - 9.929 (2016 est.) 9.7351 (2015 est.) 9.7351 (2013) 8.3803 (2013) 8.6 (2012)
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|Electricity - production:
|90 million kWh (2014 est.)
|Electricity - consumption:
|83.7 million kWh (2014 est.)
|Electricity - exports:
|0 kWh (2013 est.)
|Electricity - imports:
|0 kWh (2013 est.)
|Electricity - installed generating capacity:
|58,000 kW (2014 est.)
|Electricity - from fossil fuels:
|100% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Electricity - from nuclear fuels:
|0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Electricity - from hydroelectric plants:
|0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Electricity - from other renewable sources:
|0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Crude oil - production:
|0 bbl/day (2015 est.)
|Crude oil - exports:
|0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Crude oil - imports:
|0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Crude oil - proved reserves:
|0 bbl (1 January 2016 es)
|Refined petroleum products - production:
|0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - consumption:
|1,700 bbl/day (2014 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - exports:
|0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - imports:
|1,702 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - production:
|0 cu m (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - consumption:
|0 cu m (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - exports:
|0 cu m (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - imports:
|0 cu m (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - proved reserves:
|0 cu m (1 January 2014 es)
|Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy:
|300,000 Mt (2013 est.)
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|Telephone system:
| general assessment: sparse and limited system
domestic: NA
international: country code - 212; tied into Morocco's system by microwave radio relay, tropospheric scatter, and satellite; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) linked to Rabat, Morocco (2015)
|Broadcast media:
|Morocco's state-owned broadcaster, Radio-Television Marocaine (RTM), operates a radio service from Laayoune and relays TV service; a Polisario-backed radio station also broadcasts (2008)
|Internet country code:
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|6 (2013)
|Airports (paved runways):
| total 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 (2013)
|Airports (unpaved runways):
| total 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2013)
|Ports and terminals:
|major seaport(s): Ad Dakhla, Laayoune (El Aaiun)
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|Transnational Issues
|Disputes - International:
|many neighboring states reject Moroccan administration of Western Sahara; several states have extended diplomatic relations to the "Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic" represented by the Polisario Front in exile in Algeria, while others recognize Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara; approximately 90,000 Sahrawi refugees continue to be sheltered in camps in Tindouf, Algeria, which has hosted Sahrawi refugees since the 1980s
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I listen to NPR while at work and AAA is now warning motorists that the shift from E10 (10%) to E15(15%) ethanol will damage our vehicles and void warranties. The higher percentage of ethanol will damage fuel systems over time.
The members of MOA are far better informed than I am about our bike mechanical systems. What are the facts on ethanol on BMW fuel systems???
Is this a serious pending problem that we are looking at???
Thank you all in advance. I have learned so very much reading the threads on this forum.


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Stuart Weinzimer, MD
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I earned my bachelor's degree in molecular biochemistry and biochemistry at Yale University and medical degree at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. I completed my residency training in pediatrics and fellowship training in pediatric endocrinology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), and joined the faculty in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania. In 2002 I returned to Yale to focus my research on the continuous glucose sensors and insulin pumps toward the development of an artificial pancreas. I am the Principal Investigator of several NIH- and JDRF- funded artificial pancreas projects. My most recent projects include large-scale clinical trials in automated insulin delivery (artificial pancreas), development of new automated insulin delivery systems specifically designed for young patients, and the studies to characterize the effects of diabetes on the young developing brain. In 2006 I earned Yale's Mae Gailani Award for Outstanding Clinical Care & Research, and in 2009 I received the Dream Award from the Greater New Haven Chapter of the JDRF. In 2011 I was awarded, along with other principal investigators in the JDRF Continuous Glucose Monitoring Study Group, the Mary Tyler Moore and S. Robert Levine, MD Excellence in Clinical Research Award.
Education & Training
|Albert Einstein College of Medicine (1992)
|Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
|Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
|Board Certification
|AB of Pediatrics, Pediatric Endocrinology (1999, recertified: 2014)
Honors & Recognition
Mary Tyler Moore and S. Robert Levine, M.D., Excellence in Clinical Research Award JDRF (2011)
Dream AwardJuvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, New Haven Chapter (2009)
Mae Gailani Faculty Award for Outstanding Clinical Care + ResearchYale Department of Pediatrics (2006)
Elected Member to Society for Pediatric Research (2005)
Professional Service
Endocrine Society Pediatric Self-Assessment Committee (2010 - Present) Committee Member
American Diabetes Association (2010 - Present) ADA Professional Practice Committee
Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology Journal Service
International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology Journal Service
Pediatric Protocol Review Committee University Service
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The award-winning Gatepost Theatre Company present the musical Rent at Derby's Guildhall Theatre from September 16-19.
Rehearsing from the Evergreen Centre in Loscoe, Gatepost Theatre Company have been producing high quality musical theatre, and winning awards, for more than a decade.
Rent is the first commercial musical collaboration between an exciting new production pairing of Christopher Collington (director) and Emily Marshall-Sims (musical director).
Both have been involved in musical theatre for over 20 years and have extensive experience as musicians and actors performing to audiences across the region.
Jonathan Larson's exuberant East Village rock version of Puccini's opera La Bohème won the Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Larson's stirring and life-affirming score captures the heart and spirit of a generation of struggling artists, addicts and impoverished young people living in the shadow of AIDS, battling the coming wave of gentrification.
Rent is a gritty, emotional exploration of personal friendship; love and pain set in the background of New York in the 90s, featuring hit classic songs Seasons of Love, Today 4 You and I'll Cover You.
Not suitable for under 14s, the performances of the musical run from September 16-19. Tickets are £12 standard and £10 concessions, available at www.derbylive.co.uk/whats-on/rent


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Butterfinger Buttercream
What's that? Why it's just
every girls dream a delicious bowl of frosting! Last week I tried making a Butterfinger Cupcake and the combination I picked just didn't work. So I found myself with a delicious Chocolate Banana Cake and a bowl of delicious Butterfinger Swiss Meringue Buttercream. And I figured I would make another cake base for the leftover frosting. But that didn't happen.
Instead I found myself consoling my tears with it after watching Sweet November. I KNOW not to watch that movie (or City Of Angels, for that matter), but it was on HBO and I was cleaning and left it on. Before I knew it I was sitting on the floor in front of the tv with a bowl of frosting and a bunch of crumpled up tissues. It was very reminiscent to Jenny McCarthy's relationship with frosting in John Tucker Must Die (p.s. great teeny bopper movie).
So no matter how you plan on having this frosting, you should definitely give it a try. It would be great on a vanilla or chocolate cake…or by the spoonful from a bowl! It is a Swiss Meringue Buttercream so you do need to cook the egg whites and then beat them together with the butter. Be warned that this type of buttercream is prone to separating/curdling. If that happens, don't worry, just keep on beating and it should come back together beautifully!
Butterfinger Swiss Meringue Buttercream
4 oz egg whites (3-4 large egg whites or about 1/2 cups)
1 1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 lb unsalted butter, room temperature
2 tsp vanilla extract
6 fun size butterfingers, frozen and chopped
plus 1 butterfinger, chopped for garnish
Lightly whisk egg whites and sugar together over simmering water in a double boiler until egg-white mixture is hot to touch or a candy thermometer reads 140°F (60°C).
Pour hot whites into a room-temperature bowl and whip at medium high, with a wire whip, until double in volume and stiff peeks have formed. When the mixer stops, the meringue should not move around in the bowl. Meanwhile cut up butter into 2-inch pieces. (The butter should be slightly moist on the outside but cold inside.)
On your mixer, remove the whip and attach the paddle. Add half the butter into the bowl immediately and pulsate the mixer several times until the meringue has covered the butter completely. To pulsate the mixer, turn it on and off in a jerky motion. This forces the butter on the top to the bottom of the bowl. Add the balance of the butter and pulsate mixer several times. Slowly increase the mixer's speed, starting with the lowest speed and increase the speed every 10 seconds until you reach a medium high speed.
Continue beating until the mixture begins to look light and fluffy. Stop the mixer and scrape the bowl. Reduce speed to LOW. Add vanilla and butterfinger, continue to beat on LOW speed for 45 seconds. Then beat on MEDIUM-HIGH speed for an additional 45 to 60 seconds.
Leftover buttercream can be placed in plastic containers with lids and kept in the freezer for up to 3 months. Defrost completely (several hours) and rewhip before using.
Storage: Store the icing in an airtight container and freeze for up to 3 months.
Adapted from: The Well Decorated Cake, via epicurious As seen on: Beantown Baker


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In thick files, there are strings of letters following my name. Not PhD. or Esq. or anything like that. My letters are BPD (borderline personality disorder), C-PTSD ( complex post traumatic stress disorder), ED (eating disorder – bulimia). There are debates about whether I'm bipolar type II or whether I have major depression with psychotic features (currently bipolar disorder is winning). There are notations about my anxiety disorder, the repeated sexual abuse, the severity of my SI (self-injury), the suicide attempts/ideation and how "difficult" I am to treat because of the time span of my "problems." (As if it's my fault I wrote my first suicide poem at the age of nine and thought I was "fat" at the age of six.) Every set of letters comes with its own hellish set of stigmas. Because just having a mental illness isn't enough evidently; they need to make it more judgmental and stigmatizing.
Those letters follow me everywhere I go — including in my own mind.
A former therapist told me I should say "I have …" instead of "I am …" because he said I am not my illness. But if you look at my file and all those letters that add up to a hellish picture, it's hard to believe that I'm not my illness. When people (including family members) think it's okay to call you "psycho" as a nickname ("oh honey, we're just kidding"), it's hard to believe I'm not my illness. When a licensed professional tells me that my problems are "too complex" for them to treat and dump me, it's hard to believe that I'm not my illness.
But I am not. There are other letters you could use to describe me, like c-r-e-a-t-i-v-e. Or i-n-t-e-l-l-i-g-e-n-t. Or l-o-y-a-l. I can be loving and funny and full of joy. There is more to me than those thick files could ever hold. So all I ask is that you don't judge me solely on labels. Erase the labels and see the person. Get to know me in all my moments of normalcy and madness.
People are more than arbitrary letters. Please remember that. End the stigma.


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The following article was excerpted from Rajiv Malhotra's speech given at a conference, "Human Rights and Religion," at Cornell University, November 8, 2000, in Ithaca, New York.
Numerous speakers spoke about human rights problems related to White Supremacy groups, but do we have the courage to examine the Christian Supremacy groups, often camouflaged as proselytizers? We heard condemnations of hate speech, but do we exempt hate speech when it is done in the name of God, quoted from a sacred book? The following phrases are commonly used by proselytizers in describing their non-Christian target prospects: "sinners," "condemned," "damned," "heathen," "pagan," etc. If it were not done under the cover of religion, would this not have been declared as hate speech? Does such speech, even if disguised, generate communal tension? Is this responsible for negative episodes in India between Hindus and Christians who coexisted peacefully for centuries before the arrival of the proselytizers? In America's tapestry of pluralistic faiths, Hindus are among one's classmates, neighbors and coworkers. Might this language lead to social problems in the future? Does it violate the UN Human Rights provision that guarantees "dignity" to all people as a basic human right?
Going against proselytizing is not an attack against Christianity, as many Christians do not believe in proselytizing. Throughout its history, proselytizing has been a weapon for imperialism. It has never been friendly to the indigenous, be it in Africa, America, Asia or even Europe itself. Gandhi confirmed: "I consider Western Christianity in its practical working a negation of Christ's Christianity. I cannot conceive Jesus, if he was living in flesh in our midst, approving of modern Christian organizations, public worship or ministry."
Religions are often becoming commercial "brands" competing for market share, selling both God's love and insurance from hell. Islam, Christianity and the dogma of Marxism have unquenchable thirsts for quantitative expansion, simply because they hanker after political power and materialistic objectives. In North India, the Southern Baptists alone have 4,700 workers, 15,000 career missionaries, 50,000 volunteers, 1,000 new college graduates per year with an average two-year length of service. In total, there are estimated to be 100,000 career Christian missionaries in India, a size several times the sales force of the largest Indian corporations.
While a Hindu may participate in Christian activities or beliefs without violating Hinduism, the reverse is untrue. By joining Christianity under the false expectation that it would not affect his Hindu faith, he gradually begins to get pressured by his newly-adopted Christian faith from keeping his Hindu identity or practices. Eventually, this leads to social and cultural alienation from his roots. Hence, the idea of dual religious affiliation, while fine for a Hindu, is a one-way street, and has become a political ploy for Christians to convert those who wish to retain Hindu practices. For example, in South India, Catholic priests dress up like Hindu swamis, call their organizations ashrams and the preachers "gurus." But they are actively engaged in surreptitious conversion. Their Hindu dress is not to honor Hindu traditions but to make Christianity more familiar. Bharata Natayam dance is being taught in Christian schools in South India, with Christian symbols gradually replacing Hindu ones.
Harmony among the religions of the world is unachievable as long as some of them see others as competitors, even in the holy game of soul saving. Mere tolerance is simply external and fails to address internalized prejudice. What is lacking is respect.
There is no central authority to control people's personal beliefs in Hinduism, which respects many paths. There are many God-Truths, but these are merely representations by different people of a single God-Truth. This has given rise to hundreds of sects and subsects within Hinduism, which have learned to coexist. Hindus never target anyone for conversion, so the motive for hatred is not there. Rather, Hindus are challenging Christian prejudices against Hindus. It is the general Muslim view that Hindus are idolators, polytheists and kafirs and doomed in the eyes of Allah. Hindus have no such doctrines about Islam. Hindu dislike of Christianity and Islam is largely a backlash against efforts to convert them.
In Hinduism, there is no concept similar to Christian martyrdom or Islamic jihad. The most important and revered historical figures of Hinduism were not martyrs. Spirituality is not about fighting someone or some religion. There is no discussion of other religions in Hindu scriptures, no campaigns against "false gods." Comparative religion is not of much interest to Hindus, as they do not see religion through competitive or predatory eyes. Christians, on the other hand, go out of their way to control positions in academics, to research and to teach about Hinduism, as a sort of competitor intelligence gathering which seeks hegemony.
The Dalai Lama recommends a moratorium on proselytizing in order to given cooperative pluralism a chance. Likewise, Gandhi wrote: "If I had the power and could legislate, I would stop all proselytizing." Conversion belongs to the times of colonialism. No society has advanced, spiritually or materially, by converting from one faith to another. It can be proven that the economic progress in Europe happened only when the hold of the Vatican was reduced. When Christianity accepts the right of other people to follow their own beliefs and creeds, then only will Jesus Christ's spirit truly radiate in the world.
Every marketing company, despite its firm belief that it has the "best" or even only "true" product, must comply with norms of fair competition. Organized religion must be accepted as a field of competing worldviews, with economic and political interests. There must exist certain ethics of "marketing" religion, and rules of fair competition. A level playing field with responsibilities would raise standards of religious promotion and reduce social tensions. To formulate these standards, I pose the following questions. Which freedom is more important freedom "from" hatred, or freedom "to" hate?
Rajiv Malhotra, 50,took early retirement from the telecom business to devote time to family, spiritual development and fostering harmony among the diverse peoples of the world. He runs The Educational Council on Indic Traditions, whose main purpose is to upgrade the authenticity of portrayal of India's civilization and heritage in the American education system.
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So NECKFACE is a pretty popular guy. How embarrassing that I had no idea who he was until I started this blog. In retrospect, he's actually probably the first tagger I ever consciously encountered.
Over the summer after my sophomore year of high school (2003), I interned with the Museum of Modern Art's Department of Conservation. One day, while looking through some photographs that one of my supervisors had taken, I pulled out a picture of a blue wall with an ad in the shape of a shuttlecock for the first annual Badassminton tournament in Greenpoint and the words NECKFACE painted in large letters on the wall right over it. I was so amused by the tournament title and the tagger's name that my supervisor gave me a double to keep.
The following year, while walking with my then-boyfriend on the Upper West Side, I noticed the tag NECKFACE written across the sidewalk in front of a store. Remembering the photograph, I immediately told him about Badassminton. About two years later walking through the Bowery, I saw NECKFACE scrawled along the second story portion of a wall and laughed. My friend asked me why I was laughing and I told him that since I had gotten a picture from my supervisor two years ago, I had been noticing this tag everywhere throughout the city.
I promptly forgot about NECKFACE until about a few weeks ago, when I decided to research him for a post that I was planning to write on tagging. However, I learned that he is more than a tagger, and is actually an artist and designer. Intrigued, I then rooted around my room for the photo, which I was sure I kept in some sort of box of memorabilia from my high school years. 'Lo and behold, I found it. And I also found out that NECKFACE has been keeping himself quite busy over the years. (Lesson? Keep your eyes open, my friends, and always Google things that intrigue you, even in a passing sort of way!)
To some, it seems as though the tagger/artist/skater has fallen off the map and is spoken of as a one-minute wonder in the spectrum of street artists. However, his show in early 2008, "Death Becomes You" at the Don't Come Gallery in Melbourne, Australia, his show in late 2008, Cannibal Carnival, in Los Angeles (which I heard did not admit those under 17 because of NECKFACE's use of violent and otherwise unsettling imagery), his legal wall project "I'm Creepin' While You're Sleeping" in early 2009 (also in Los Angeles), and his "Devil's Disciple" installation in Miami just a few months ago have proven the opposite. In fact, when he's not creating art, he's busy serving as the Art Director for Baker Skateboards and other skating/sneaker brands (and was even voted as "Best Anonymous Sex Symbol" in 2004 by the Village Voice for it).
After years of illicit tagging and sticker-slapping (he's had some really funny ones like "NECKFACE ate my baby," "God owes me money – NECKFACE," or "Heath Ledger just texted me – NECKFACE"), many question NECKFACE's place outside of the world of tagging. Calling him everything from a childish artist (after all, he dropped out of the School of Visual Arts and many consider his art too simple to be called such), to a sellout (for becoming a commercial designer as well as for doing legal art shows of an illegal nature). It is without a doubt that NECKFACE is dedicated to the art of creation, but can we call what he does street art?
My answer is a resounding "yes." Sure, his iconic hairy arms, bat heads, and demons with razor sharp teeth might not seem like much, but his style is to evoke all the creepy things that go bump in the night and the sarcasm in all the things that are supposed to send those little creatures after us (or so our mothers say in our heads everytime that we laugh when terrible things happen). When we think about what street art does, which is to engage the audience, as well as to transform spaces into places, you cannot deny that NECKFACE does just that. A comment that I read recently on one site mentioned that NECKFACE's mark was so prominent in DUMBO (it's still there, above Pedro's on Jay Street), that a man and his friends had taken to referring to Pedro's as on "the corner of Neckface and Jay."
Drawing on what appear to be a death metal influence, he looks to make the public get anything from downright angry to a full-bellied laugh from the wittiness that he creates by challenging our perceptions of appropriate behavior and social and religious taboos. "I like seeing the reaction I get when I make a violent image," Neck Face noted. "I like seeing people laugh at my violent pieces, then they look around and wonder if it's wrong to laugh at it."
Everything about him makes me think of a quote I had once read by Pablo Picasso: "All children are artists. The problem is how to remain so once they grow up." From his simply and prolific depictions of monsters, victims, to his witty phrases written in an unpretentious scrawl, NECKFACE has been fortunate enough to have retained this devilishly playful creativity of childhood without the adult filter, which is definitely good for street art.
If you would like to see more NECKFACE art, visit this photolog site of NECKFACE's escapades!


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On his shell he holds the Earth,
His thought is slow but always kind;
He holds us all within his mind.
On his back the truth is carried,
And there are love and duty married.
He loves the earth and loves the sea,
And even loves a child like me.
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once you're out it doesn't matter what tune sticks in your mind
they're all good.
i must confess that one time (my tape didn't work so i had to listen to the radio) a britney spears song got stuck and was hammering in my head the whole session. but it didn't matter.
if you get something more spicy (i.e. hardcore, crossover, metal), it'll get your style more agressive, if you got reggea, you're riding more easy ...
it'll be cool to have a mp3-player (saw a mp3-cd player really cheap the other day) with you - so you can record your personal kiteboarding-cd with pushing tracks and calming ones
what about these waterproof ags you see for cellphones etc. ?
if you get one that's big enough, you just need waterproof headphones and an idea how to connect them.
but safety first!
if you hammer around, your ears sealed with the newest tunes of your favourite band freshly illegal downloadet and your buddy's calling for halp behind ya, he'll not apreciate it that you're enjoying this luxury!


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BRISTOL — Bristol police dealt with a variety of incidents in the month of October, according to a crime log issued last week by Chief Kevin Gibbs. They included out-of-control students, drug violations, drunken driving and several false alarms.
In those 31 days, Bristol police:
• On Oct. 1 at 10:50 a.m. were asked by officials at Mount Abraham Union High School to issue a no-trespass notice against a former student.
BRISTOL — Police made a slew of arrests in connection with two thefts in Bristol over the weekend, including a brazen armed robbery of a Route 116 South convenience store.
In total, police took into custody five people: one on suspicion of committing the armed robbery, the same man and one other on suspicion of breaking into a home, and three others helping plan and carry out the armed robbery.
BRISTOL — A Bristol man with a notable rap sheet was arrested again Thursday, this time on five charges.
Police on March 20 arrested Samuel Hellmuth, 36, on suspicion of first degree domestic assault, violating conditions of release, unlawful mischief, trespassing and interfering with emergency services.
BRISTOL — Bristol police on Jan. 17 arrested a second man implicated in a September drug raid on a South Street apartment. Court papers detail the sting operation that led to the arrests of the men for drug offenses.
It is the latest in a long-term effort by Bristol police to fight drugs in the community.
BRISTOL — The Bristol selectboard on Monday discussed budget proposals for the water, sewer and police departments, and inched toward completing a draft of the town budget to put before voters on Town Meeting Day. The board also discussed creating a new zoning district around Bristol Pond.
BRISTOL — On Monday, Bristol police investigated reports of five burglarized vehicles in the areas of Pleasant Street, Elm Street, and Taylor Avenue. As a result of that investigation, police arrested Kraton Chaloux, 22, of Bristol on four counts of petit larceny and one count of possession of stolen property. Chaloux was lodged at the Chittenden County Correctional Center for lack of $500 bail and appeared in Addison District Court on Wednesday.
Stolen property from "several" of the five vehicles were recovered, Bristol police said.
BRISTOL — The voters of the Bristol Police Department Special Service District will be asked to consider a 6.4 percent spending increase on Town Meeting Day that will, among other things, fund moving the department's headquarters from its current location on South Street.
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BRISTOL — A Bristol man who was originally charged with attempted murder in a 2011 shooting incident that apparently revolved around a heroin deal gone bad, has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge and been sentenced to nearly three years in jail.
Dean C. Heffernan, 28, of Bristol was sentenced late last week in U.S. District Court in Rutland to 33 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.
BRISTOL — A verbal argument between a Bristol police officer and Bristol resident David Cobb escalated to physical violence last Sunday, after Officer Josh Otey pulled over the car Cobb was driving for making an improper right-hand turn.
According to Police Chief Kevin Gibbs, Cobb questioned the officer about why he had been stopped and failed to produce a driver's license. The two argued, and Cobb attempted to get out of his car, Gibbs recounted; when the car door opened, it struck the police officer.
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Once again Springfield�s spending priorities leave me cold, whether it�s District 186 or city government.
Bob Crowley�s excellent Jan. 24 letter made the case that funding quality education should trump money spent on sports and sports facilities � teachers vs. bleachers.
The same holds true for our city to provide shelter for the 968 homeless children in Sangamon County. This is disgraceful.
I understand beautifying Springfield, the desire for more tourists, the aspirations for more downtown housing, etc,, but I do not understand how our city continues to ignore the most basic needs of 968 children.
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Autumn Leaves in the GardenOctober 29, 2003
Another major Zen Garden update this evening, with not three but six new official designs courtesy Americans Ray Henry and Lance Leonard, Brit Mike Stenhouse, Italian Sandra Greco, and fellow Canadians Nigel Goodfellow and Wendy Foster.
More updates to the comprehensive design list as well, but no new translations this time. We're still working on the server issue with foreign character encoding, so the Polish version I have on deck will have to wait.
This should more or less bring things up to date. If you have submitted recently and haven't heard back from me yet in any way, please, by all means submit again. I just jumped to Thunderbird as my mail program of choice, and have had some tremendous problems keeping things straight when it comes to the Garden backlog.
Fun Garden Facts
There has been a Zen Garden submission from every continent except the Antarctic. There are 56 official designs from 42 designers in 9 different countries, and 135 total designs. There are twenty translations with more to come. I get about seven to ten new design submissions per week. It usually takes me up to two weeks to process them, although I do try to rush official designs. In an average day, the Zen Garden gets in the neighbourhood of seven or eight thousand unique visitors (though it has cracked 10k a few times now), moves over a GB of traffic, and sends just shy of a thousand unique hits to each of the eight most recent submissions (the ones listed by default).
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Safari (1.0) issues ahoy! The two designs topping the list have unreadable copy: zenlightenment cut off before the end of the text (and making the font size smaller causes even more problems); Elevation squashes copy against navigation (appears to be the result of unexpected floats but I am too lazy to fire up any other browser right now) so badly that there's one 'heading' that reads "The RoaSelect a Design" and later headings are missing entirely.
Apart from that, they're fantastic.
Whilst horizontal designs are a nice concept, there seem to be problems getting them to scale vertically. At least, I seem to have my browser set up with less vertical space than most designers (maybe they all have 23" cinema displays and high resolutions, or just fewer toolbars) and consequentually I have to scroll in 2D to read almost all of the horizontal scroll zen garden designs. Needless to say, this makes those designs almost unusable when you're actually trying to read the text. This would be much less of a problem with something like height:100% set on the design, so that it actually scaled with the window size. But that in itself would cause other problems.
Well, well, well. While I'm honored now to have an official design, and doubly honored to be among good company, the text bugs bug (no pun intended) me quite a bit. Sorry, guys. I'm not sure how they slipped by.
Dave, what are the chances of updating the css to rid the designs of this bug. I know I've probably been more trouble than its worth. Should be a quick fix for me, but how 'bout on your end?
On to the next design! I'll try to do a little better on the next one. Rock solid!
jgraham - yeah, I'm not a big fan of the horizontal designs. I thought Mike's 'What Lies Beneath' was great and truly original, but people have been a little too quick to embrace the paradigm. I've been asking newer ones to re-work them.
Hey Dave,
What constitutes an 'official design'?
talon - I'm aware of the text bug in 'zenlightenment'. But I'm not sure what you're seeing for Elevation? I don't get what you do in Safari 1.0. (note that two copies existed briefly - I updated the .css file after writing this, so perhaps that's what you were describing)
Mike - Lots of things. #1 is overall look and feel. Browser compatibility is important (although I generally trust the designers when they say they've tested rather than verify for myself, otherwise no new designs would ever be added), as is ability to scale text. Theme/concept helps - a less ambitious design might be saved by a clever theme, and a great design might be ruined by a poor one. I've been rejecting more and more flower- and Zen-related themes lately.
Generally, I use the existing designs as a measuring stick. Do the new ones stack up? Do they look out of place amongst the others?
It's subjective, but based on objective principles. Some people will disagree with some choices, both of those I have picked and those I haven't. I'm not saying that every single design in there right now I'd have picked today if I had to go back and pick again. But for the most part, I'm happy with the direction things are going, and I stand by my choices. The quality of work keeps getting better; I think we're doing it right.
white text on light blue background in zenlightenment makes for difficult reading, especially for someone with less-than-perfect eyesight…
How about having some sort of poll whereby we could vote for different designs? It would be interesting to see which design(s) people like the best. I know it's not particularly Zen-like, but it might be fun…
Fun for everyone but, perhaps, those who don't get many votes? It's also why I've ruled out discussion forums for each individual design - I'm not running a popularity contest. Let's not go there.
This might be a bit OT bit I just wanted to say a big thank you to Dave for making my Postage Paid submission official. I've been a bit fan of the Zen Garden since it was launched and I referenced it heavily in some CSS documentation I recently wrote for a client, so I consider it an honour. Cheers!
a bit OT: mike, great postage!..
I sure wish the Antarctic would get its design act together…
Dave, I'm sure you're aware, but it's something that should be said in general. The stats are quite compelling. But 1 gb of traffic. Could you imagine the amount of traffic that would have been consumed (bandwidth wise) if they weren't css based. Would have to be quite a bit. (even more so if you take in the css caching abilities)..
Just a thought,
The design and resources menus on "This Is Cereal" don't appear at all when I used Opera 7.2, it worked fine in netscape 7.1 (win)


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Another absolutely terrific recipe from my editor-at-large, Emfrid... take it away you hot crazy Scandi mutha:
A warm cinnamon bun is my favourite sweet thing to eat, and it's an EXCELLENT choice for comfort food. Trust me. They're pretty much a staple throughout Sweden – you'll find them in every bakery, café and shop across the land. Subsequently there are approximately 3745 different recipe versions for these bad boys. The one I use is a bastardisation of the recipe my mum always made and my own modifications. I do use a lot of cinnamon –if you think it might be a bit too strong for you reduce the quantity. But it is MEANTto taste strongly of cinnamon is all I'm saying.
It may seem a little faffy to make these but it's really not that hard and anyway, the end result is well worth it. I like to swing the dough together in the morning, leave it to rise for a good while and then put Goblin down for a nap, pour a glass of wine, plug the iPod in (I'd recommend the soundtrack to 'Drive' for this) at a tinnitus-inducing volume and proceed to knead the SHIT out of that dough. It's therapeutic. Yes.
I prefer to use fresh yeast if possible, because that's what my mum – and the rest of Sweden - use. You can get fresh yeast from certain supermarkets (Morrisons in Letchworth stocks it, which is the only positive thing I have to say about THAT place), health shops, or, if you're in London, Scandi shops such as Scandi Kitchen or Totally Swedish. If there's no fresh yeast readily available fret not – you can use dry yeast instead, added to the dry ingredients rather than the wet.
This will yield about 40-45 buns which may seem a lot, butit's not really. They will go. Fast. I once ate 11 of these suckers in one sitting, and I DIDN'T EVEN FEEL SICK. However, if you do possess willpower they will freeze very well.
For the dough you'll need:
50g fresh yeast (or 2 x 7g sachets dry yeast)
150g butter
500ml whole milk
1000g strong bread flour
100g caster sugar
1 egg
½ tsp salt
1tsp ground cardamom – optional, but as far as I'm concerned it really makes the bun. I've never been able to find ready ground cardamom inthe UK, and if you can't either it's time to get cosy with your mortar and pestle. You'll need the seeds from about 20 cardamom pods.
For the filling:
150-200 g softened butter, cubed (yes, this might seem likea mighty shitload, but remember it's divided up between 40 or so buns. At least that's what I tell myself)
3-4 tbsp ground cinnamon
100g sugar - I like to use brown, but white will work just aswell.
1 egg for brushing
Pearl sugar – very optional indeed, because it's a bitch toget hold of. If you can't find, leave it. I often do.
1. Crumble the fresh yeast into a big bowl. Melt the butter then add the milk and warm the mixture until it is finger warm (bodytemperature - about 37c). Pour the milk and butter mixture over the yeast and stir until all the yeast dissolves.
2. Add the sugar, salt, cardamom, egg and, gradually, most of the flour (you'll want to hold some flour back for kneading). If you use dry yeast, add it with the flour here. Work the dough together until it's shiny and no longer sticks to the bowl. Sprinkle over a little flour, cover with a damp tea towel and leave to rise in a dry, warm place for at least 30 minutes, by which time it will have roughly doubled in size.
3. While the dough is rising mix together the softened butter, sugar and cinnamon. Cover with cling film and leave in room temperature until you need it. You want it so soft as to be spreadable, so chilling it inthe fridge might leave it too hard and cold.
4. When the dough is done rising tip it out onto a floured surface and knead, working through the rest of the flour if needed. You want it pliable and airy, not too dry.
5. Divide the dough up in four equal parts. Roll out each part into a vaguely rectangular shape (mine normally look more amoeba than rectangle, so don't worry too much about it), approx 3-5mm thick. Using abutter knife or similar, spread on a generous amount of the filling. Roll it up lengthways, into a kinda Swiss roll looking thing. Then cut it into pieces of equal size, approx 2-3 centimetres thick.
6. Place your buns cut side up onto greased baking plates,or into big muffin forms. Leave plenty of space between your buns – they will double in size. Cover with a tea towel and leave to rise again for 30 mins.
7. While the buns are rising preheat the oven to 220C for a fan oven – adjust the temp according to what type of oven you own. I like to place my buns on the stove top so the heat helps them rise even more.
8. When doubled in size, beat up an egg and brush the bunswith the egg wash. Sprinkle over the pearl sugar if using – I tend to do halfwith the sugar, half without. Then bake in the oven for about 5-10 minutes. Do keep an eye on them – ovens, as we know, are notoriously fickle bastards. Then let cool for bit under a tea towel, before gleefully stuffing your face.
These are best eaten warm and oven fresh, but as I said, they freeze well. Just defrost them and heat through in the oven at about 150C for about five minutes. You could also nuke them in the microwave for about 30 seconds or so but they won't be quite as nice.