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DAWEI, Myanmar (Reuters) - Shortly after her aging aircraft rattled its way off the runway and into the skies of southern Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi crossed the aisle to where three orange-robed Buddhist monks were seated in the first row.
She knelt down and bowed her head, as passengers watched aboard a suddenly hushed plane. Media were not alerted. There were no clicking cameras.
"That's a wonderful moment," the lone Western diplomat on the plane said quietly.
Her display of obeisance and humility, less than an hour after ecstatic crowds feted her like a rock-star in the southern city of Dawei, revealed a side few have seen.
This more deferential demeanor of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate may well help sustain the most sweeping reforms in the former British colony since a 1962 military coup when it was known as Burma.
While she is widely admired at home, figures in her own movement have criticized her as too dogmatic, inflexible or arrogant - accusations amplified by state media under the former military junta which handed power to a nominally civilian parliament in March.
The ruling generals often demonized her as Westernized, out of touch with Myanmar. It contrasts with her international image as an enduring symbol of democracy, locked away 15 of the past 22 years for her beliefs until freed from house arrest in November, 2010.
Her steadfast support of Western economic sanctions over the years, however, divided the dissident community. Some felt they hurt the general public and allowed the junta and its cronies to carve up Myanmar's resources and other assets for themselves. Suu Kyi countered they were crucial to force the generals to produce sincere reforms, echoing U.S. and European views.
But as Myanmar changes, so too, is she. At 66, many see her now as more politically astute, more realistic.
"She wasn't always humble, she wasn't always flexible. But to succeed now, she needs to be flexible, and she is starting to show that," said one veteran Burmese journalist.
Her genuflection in the plane was emblematic of her position as opposition leader as well: monks have been at the forefront of the pro-democracy movement in Myanmar, and Suu Kyi had just finished speeches calling for changes to the army-drafted constitution at the heart of Myanmar's power structure.
Later, speaking with Reuters aboard the 1970s-era Myanma Airways aircraft, she ticked off her top priorities, including introducing the rule of law and ending several ethnic insurgencies. But above all, she wants to amend the 2008 constitution ensuring the military's strong influence over the resource-rich country of nearly 60 million people.
"That's our election platform," she said.
Her last campaign, ahead of the 1990 elections, awoke similar passions and ended with troops surrounding her lakeside villa, locking her under house arrest.
In the tumult before the election, thousands of pro-democracy protesters were killed, and the 43-year-old Suu Kyi emerged as an unlikely leader. She had a home in Oxford, England, a British husband and two sons. But as the daughter of assassinated independence hero Aung San, considered by many as the nation's founding father, she was urged to speak up.
Just months after returning to Yangon to care for her ailing mother in 1988, she shot to prominence.
"I have never really wanted to get involved in politics but the people of Burma had a very high regard for my father ... so obviously I felt a sense of responsibility," she told Reuters in an August, 1988, interview. "After the August demonstrations and the killings, I felt it would be too cowardly of me to sit tight in my house and pretend that nothing was happening."
In less than a year, she was drawing tens of thousands of supporters at rallies, becoming a symbol of democracy. After her arrest, the junta tightened its grip.
Two decades later, her star power is undimmed.
In Dawei on Sunday, thousands of ecstatic supporters turned out for a glimpse of her, lining dusty streets, cheering and waving little red-and-white flags, the colors of her opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) party. Some wore shirts with her image. Many chanted "long live mother Suu."
At each stop, she roused them into wild cheers.
After her rallies in Dawei, state media reminded candidates that formal campaigning had yet to begin for the 48 available seats in the 1,158-seat legislature.
Suu Kyi's speeches on Tuesday in rural Myaing township toed that line. She did not mention the election or even her party, speaking instead about a British development project. While in 1989 she defied authorities by holding illegal rallies and ended up under house arrest, Suu Kyi now seems less willing to provoke authorities into a backlash that could undermine the nascent reforms.
But her appearances in Dawei had the unmistakable feel of a campaign. She spoke on stages over loudspeakers in four villages, pressing her demand for changing the constitution whose clauses reserve a quarter of parliament's seats for the military, and warning that any government that lies to the people should be removed.
"There are certain laws which are obstacles to freedom of the people, and we will try to abolish these laws within the framework of the parliament," she said at one rally. "Only when democracy prevails will the people's power rule."
While little has changed physically on Myanmar's rutted streets, the government has seen a dramatic transformation the past six months. Last August, President Thein Sein, a former junta leader, stunned lawmakers in the capital Naypyitaw, urging them to pursue reforms, adopt good governance and do the unthinkable: freely voice opinions.
Since then, hundreds of political prisoners have been freed. The government regularly engages with Suu Kyi. Parliament, dismissed as a rubber-stamping sham when it opened a year ago, began a third session last week with lively debate on a reform program that could lead the West to start lifting sanctions by mid-year.
Anti-corruption legislation is being drafted, along with bills ending the secrecy surrounding the national budget. A law is in the works that would overhaul a village administration system that has stacked election odds in favor of the dominant military-backed party. U.S. President Barack Obama has hailed Myanmar's "flickers of progress."
"We're finally moving in the right direction," said Sai Saung Si, 65, a lawmaker from northern Shan State and vice-chairman of the Shan Nationalities Development Party, a major ethnic party that won 18 seats in the lower house in 2010.
Each Sunday, he holds meetings in his home for villagers to raise issues. At first, people were afraid to speak up. But that's changing, he said. "When I go back to my town and when there are problems, because of my status as a member of parliament, what I say takes effect. It is working," he said.
He takes the most difficult problems directly to the relevant ministries. If they try to ignore him, he plays back the president's words. "I tell them the president wants good governance. They generally don't argue with that."
During Suu Kyi's swing through Dawei, children in white and green school uniforms lined the streets waving and cheering. Under the junta, they would have been strictly barred from opposition events.
The usual retinue of undercover police did not trail her every move as they did on a July 5 visit to Bagan, north of Yangon, where some feared a reprise of the 2003 bloody attack on her motorcade in which 70 supporters were killed.
In Yangon this week, journalists, government officials and media executives both local and foreign met in a conference room to discuss changes to laws that for a half-century meant that every song, book, cartoon, news story and planned piece of art would require approval by teams of censors rooting out political messages and criticisms of Myanmar's authoritarian system.
"Now we have a chance to change our policy," U Than Htay, Minister of Energy, told Reuters in an interview in Naypyitaw. "Once we took office, we have changed many things to develop our nation than previously." His first policy shift was to ban the export of natural gas from new fields in Myanmar, and use those resources to speed up development of local industry.
A turning point for Suu Kyi came on August 19 when she and President Thein Sein met one-on-one in Naypyitaw. The president has since repeatedly urged parliament to pursue reforms, while Suu Kyi has voiced support for the government.
What the two discussed has not been made public. Some people here think Thein Sein may have reassured Suu Kyi of not just the government's support but also of the military's. More importantly, they speculate, Thein Sein conveyed another, crucial message: that Myanmar's former strongman, retired Senior General Than Shwe, had given his blessing to the reforms.
That is not entirely clear. But diplomats say it would allow him to retire in peace rather than face the possibility of an Arab Spring-style popular revolt.
The 78-year-old military strategist remains mostly out of public view and seldom speaks with outsiders. Dissidents paint him as a paranoid despot driven by a mixture of greed, fear and superstition. But the general who spent much of his military career as an expert in psychological warfare is also considered a brilliant tactician and is thought to remain influential.
Some skeptics in the democracy movement say Suu Kyi is working too closely with a government stacked with the same former generals who persecuted dissidents, fearing she is being exploited to convince the West to lift sanctions.
"If it will serve the country, let them exploit me, let them take advantage of me," Suu Kyi said in response to such criticism last year.
The breathtaking pace of reforms does pose plenty of challenges for her.
Her party lacks experience in administration and organizing campaigns, but that also may be changing. In the Dawei region, t-shirts with her image or the party's name were distributed free of charge before her arrival in a sign of efficiency.
Another question is how much influence she can wield over the year-old parliament. But lawmakers interviewed by Reuters said it could be formidable.
"When she comes to the parliament, if she raises one issue, and this issue is very beneficial to the country, then who will dare go against it?" said Sai Saung Si of the Shan Nationalities Development Party.
Still, it will take time before many Burmese no longer fear their government - something Suu Kyi directly addressed.
"You must be able to go to bed without having to worry who will come and knock on your door at night, and you must be able to wake up with this in your mind," she told one rally at Dawei.
But she was also careful not to raise expectations too high, telling party leaders not to "give impossible pledges....When you persuade someone to vote for you, it should be done spiritually."
Managing expectations could her most daunting challenge. If she wins the April 1 by-elections, her supporters expect her to accelerate the reform process and possibly transform parliament. And many have even higher hopes.
"As to whether we should feel optimistic about the changes happening in Myanmar, the key person is Aung San Suu Kyi," said Maung Tin Thit, an environmental activist and former political prisoner in Mandalay. "She is the person who will decide whether we should be optimistic. She will be president one day."
Additional reporting by Aung Hla Tun; Editing by Bill Tarrant


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Looking Up!
Everyone in a while I think it is fun to photograph a painting that is in the works. Here I describe the three different stages of my work titled, Looking Up. Read below the three shot to get an idea of what I am thinking and feeling as I work…
Most often I'm captured by the semi abstract quality. I'm really an Impressionist painter, but I sometimes feel like stopping early on my paintings and just letting them be abstract, especially when the balance and color are working together, making it a harmonious painting. I often tint the canvas as in this case with a bright orange. In this painting I needed to get the background of the blue sky in first. At this point because I'm working with oil paint I work with my dark values first, blocking in dark shapes, while varying the hues within the dark values. Next, I move to a medium value and work in a variety of greens, lightening as I build the structure of the painting. It really gets exciting for me when I add the lights and highlights.
For the finishing touches I push myself to put in whites which really gives punch to the painting. Here you can see how the painting was transformed from my first strokes to my last!Posted by BarbiDalton | 0 comments

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Good morning everyone. Did you remember to set your clocks ahead? David, otherwise known as Pops around here, is annoyed with me because I got up at 6:30 AM again. We're on Daylight Savings time, I tell him, so its almost 8:00 AM.
That means we went to bed at 1:00 AM, says he. Listen I say, with an annoyed voice, I'm an adult and I can go to bed and get up when I please. I then call the dog who has been waiting patiently, proceed downstairs to care for the animals, start the coffee, turn on the plant lights, fetch the paper…you know the drill.
I've slept about 6 hours a night all my life, even when I was a teen, and lay in bed until almost 8 AM week days, then I got up, dressed hurriedly and made a dash for the bus to school. I stayed up late every night, out with my friends or home watching the late shows on TV after we finally got one. Mom and I watched broadway shows, the Oscars, late night talk show hosts, and the televised broadcast of the Democrat political conventions. Mom was the proverbial night owl, chain smoking until the wee hours.
The next morning, Mom would sleep in until 11:00 AM, but Dad would be up early especially on Sundays when he was home. So I went to bed late like Mom and got up early like Dad a rhythm that worked well when I began to have children.
For an hour last night, we watched a PBS special, Gracefully Aging or Aging Gracefully…I've already forgotten the title. The woman speaker whose name also escapes me, made some interesting points about the concept of aging. I agreed with some of her conclusions and disagreed with others. For example, I agree we shouldn't give ourselves negative messages about aging, such as "I'm having a senior moment," when you put your keys in the refrigerator, just as you did when you were age 25.
However, I disagree about not accepting a handicap placard if you need it and some do, or discount at a store. I'm not going to turn down the 10 percent senior discount at the vet's office. Heck we clip coupons. Remembering to use them is another matter.
Ever since the baby boomers discovered the concept of aging, one "pep talk" after another has littered the PBS landscape. The 65+ population is the fastest growing market…finally.


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Master Staffing Inc
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Maxim Staffing Solutions
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Address: 425 Colorado St, Glendale, CA – 91205
Profile: Aerotek is a leader in the recruiting and staffing industry. With more than three decades in the recruiting and staffing industry, they have developed the knowledge and skills to deliver the perfect fit between a candidate and an employer. Aerotek was founded in 1983 to service the recruiting and staffing needs for the aerospace and defense industry. Due to Aerotek's rapid growth and success, they've continued to expand their services to provide recruiting and staffing to many industries focusing on technical, professional and industrial staffing.
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Teachers On Reserve
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Profile: Teachers On Reserve, Inc. was founded in 1987 by Leslye Janusz. She is an experienced private school educator who recognized the need for qualified skilled substitute teachers in Private and Independent Schools. In 1999, Leslye hired Gay Hennessy, another experienced educator, to direct the substitute division of Teachers On Reserve. When Leslye retired in 2003, she sold the substitute division to Gay.
Website: www.teachersonreserve.com
Address: 801 Brand Blvd, Glendale, CA – 91203
Profile: The Adecco Group is the world's leading provider of HR solutions. With over 31,500 FTE employees and more than 5,000 branches, in over 60 countries and territories around the world, they offer a wide variety of services, connecting more than 650,000 associates with their clients every day. The services they offer fall into the broad categories of temporary staffing, permanent placement, career transition and talent development, as well as outsourcing and consulting. The Adecco Group is based in Zurich-Glattbrugg, Switzerland and they are a Fortune Global 500 company listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange.
Website: www.adecco.com
Address: 101 Brand Blvd, Glendale, CA – 91203
Profile: Service to their client is their highest priority. Tentek's account managers are focused on developing lasting business relationships. Their goal is to help our clients achieve their goals.
Website: www.tentek.com


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Fitzgerald off leash for Wolfhounds opportunity
LUKE FITZGERALD will pull on an Irish jersey for the first time in over a year when he runs out with the Wolfhounds against England Saxons on Friday night.
Fitzgerald is one of the more experienced campaigners included in the squad as the Ireland management have reconsidered original plans to use the game as a vehicle to give some marquee players an opportunity to stretch their legs.
Considerable thought had been given to including the likes of Brian O'Driscoll and Rob Kearney in the squad but, assistant coach Les Kiss explained, the need to do so receded once those players came through their club games at the weekend.
"When we picked the squad the thinking was that the opportunity to use the Saxons game in that way was certainly there," said Kiss.
"When speaking specifically about Brian and Co, it's driven a lot by them too and whether or not they want that opportunity.
"It was never a case of saying 'you have to do it'. And it's not required now. They're in good nick and we're happy with where they are fitness and sharpness wise."
However, Friday's outing is still hugely important in determining the back-up roles for the start of the Six Nations on Saturday week.
Who, for example, will sit on the bench as back-up to Cian Healy? Will Michael Bent be preferred to Declan Fitzpatrick on game day? The days for the 'A' matches being unimportant are long past. Craig Gilroy, for example, came to prominence against Fiji in the non-cap outing in November, something Kiss highlighted.
"The Wolfhounds game is, first and foremost, an opportunity for guys to put their hands up for selection for the squad against Wales," he said.
"Everyone who plays on Friday night can force their way into the Six Nations squad, just like some guys did in the game against Fiji in November."
Realistically, the squad for the Wales game is more or less determined with, at most, one or two starting berths to be decided.
Where this game will be useful is, as mentioned, in determining the back-up props as well as assessing Fitzgerald's readiness for international fray. The 2009 Lion has shown outstanding form since his return with Leinster this month. Gilroy and Simon Zebo are ahead of him as the incumbents from November but that can change.
Andrew Trimble will also be hoping to make a favourable impression after losing out to Gilroy for the Argentina game in the autumn.
There are a number of other interesting selections, and Connacht's Robbie Henshaw was referenced by Kiss as one the coaching team are very interested in seeing in action.
"Robbie's a very exciting young player and he's shown his versatility in filling in at full-back for Connacht this season too. There are a number of younger guys we are keen to have a look at. The more competition we have for places the better we'll be," Kiss said.
It will, however, take something spectacular for someone to force their way into the reckoning, but with the 2015 World Cup in mind, Friday's game will serve a dual purpose as replacements for O'Driscoll and his ilk will need to be unearthed in time for that tournament.
Knocking on Kidney's door
1 Dave Kilcoyne v Tom Court
This is one of the big questions Declan Kidney and his coaches must face. Kilcoyne (top right) has done exceptionally well for Munster this season and also impressed in November. His open-field play is outstanding – his ball-carrying is top-notch. He was particularly effective in this regard for Munster last weekend.
Court, on the other hand, is a scrummager of some renown. The Ulster man (bottom right) was made a scapegoat against England last year when circumstances forced him onto the field at tighthead. He clearly struggled in that game but the scrum was in trouble long before he was brought on and asked/forced to play out of his usual position.
If it's a scrummaging prop the Ireland coaches want, then Court might get the nod; if it's an open-field loosehead, then it'll be advantage to Kilcoyne.
2 Michael Bent v Declan Fitzpatrick
Just as it was with John Hayes, the nation lives in fear of Mike Ross stubbing a toe getting out of the shower. There is a dearth of international-standard tighthead props in Irish rugby, as highlighted by Bent (top right) winning two caps seconds after setting foot in Ireland for the first time in his life.
That move devalued the Irish jersey but, according to the IRFU and team management, there was no alternative because of injuries to other Irish-qualified tightheads.
The jury is still very much out on Bent given his struggles against Connacht and Ulster over Christmas. Fitzpatrick (bottom right) looked good in last season's Heineken Cup semi-final but is again behind John Afoa in Ulster's pecking order. It's a toss of a coin between them at this stage.
3 Luke Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald's return to action and his scintillating form for Leinster in his two appearances in January is hugely exciting.
He is an outrageous talent. Not only is he an attacking threat but he is also a huge presence in defence, which could see him force his way into the back three against Wales. Craig Gilroy and Simon Zebo are the front-runners but Fitzgerald's defensive capabilities could tip the balance, especially if he shows form on Friday night.
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AfDB and the African Risk Capacity Agency to work together on response to extreme weather events and natural disasters
Climate change is particularly threatening to the future of African agriculture; it has an impact on global food security and the economic livelihoods of hundreds of millions of Africans.
For this reason, the African Development Bank and the African Risk Capacity Agency have agreed to work together in the areas of planning, preparation and response to extreme weather events and natural disasters for the benefit of African countries.
The partnership agreement was formalized on Wednesday, May 25 following a session on Climate and Disaster Risk Financing at the AfDB Annual Meetings in Lusaka, Zambia.
This collaboration is in line with the support to African institutions that the AfDB should provide pursuant to its charter, as well as its role in assisting African countries to adapt to the growing hazards of climate change.
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The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) is Africa's premier development finance institution. It comprises three distinct entities: the African Development Bank (AfDB), the African Development Fund (ADF) and the Nigeria Trust Fund (NTF). On the ground in 34 African countries with an external office in Japan, the AfDB contributes to the economic development and the social progress of its 54 regional member states. www.afdb.org
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These headphones are not noise cancelling. They mention it in their spec but if there is any noise cancelation tech in them it's either switched off or has no noticeable effect (the pads of the headphones probably knock out more ambient noise). Generally, they're OK cheap on ear headphones, a bit too big (probably from the extra circuitry for the mostly useless stuff like FM radio and MP3 player) but they paired up ok, so it'll be interesting to see how they do long term.
These are great! Battery life is decent, the controls are easy to use, sound quality is good and they're portable, so great for stashing away for commuting/travelling. The FM radio isn't great, but as I use these for Bluetooth pairing with my phone, it's not a feature I can imagine using.
The device no longer gives out a tone when it powers off. At the moment its neither functioning nor connecting to my phone device. Any suggestions on how to rectify this?
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The Grammy-winning soul singer popped the question to his longtime girlfriend, model Chrissy Teigen, over the holidays, his publicist confirms to E! News.
Legend's rep, Cindi Berger, tells us the pair—who've been dating since 2007—got engaged "while vacationing in the Maldives." No other details were disclosed.


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Uncomfortable truths of child exploitation in Britain
Barely a day seems to go by when Britain is not confronted with a new horror involving the sexual exploitation of children. Some of the revelations stretch back decades, others are all too recent.
But there are two common factors. Child victims left exposed and adult perpetrators granted protection.
The activities of the men who preyed on troubled young girls in Oxford over many years, convicted at the Old Bailey on Tuesday, leave a nation shaking a collective head in disbelief once again.
People will look for someone to blame. If only local police, social services, schools, neighbours, community leaders, politicians (add your group of choice) had done more, all would have been well.
But what this series of scandals has forced us to confront is a much more uncomfortable truth. The sexual abuse of vulnerable children is endemic and our society has allowed too many of those responsible to get away with it.
For the most part it is a passive form of protection - suspicions ignored, questions unasked, activities unchallenged. It is easier to do nothing, not to get involved, not to rock the boat. There are none so blind as those that will not see.
Perhaps there is an unconscious and misguided calculation that to act risks damage to something of broader value than the well-being of a single child - public confidence, institutional reputation or community relations.
One wonders if that last concern has a bearing on why we have seen a series of high-profile court cases in which men from predominantly South Asian backgrounds have been convicted of sexually exploiting young girls.
This week it was Oxford. Last week the full details of a similar case in Telford emerged. Before that we had Rochdale, Rotherham, Oldham and Derby.
Hundreds of children and young people have suffered in these towns and others over many years - their almost unimaginable torment apparently invisible to the world around them.
Did concern over how exposure might inflame racial prejudice lead people to stay quiet when they should have spoken out? Far-right groups have been quick to suggest exactly that.
Britain First, an organisation "committed to preserving our ancestral ethnic and cultural heritage", claims to have distributed 20,000 leaflets condemning what they characterise as the "the scourge of Muslim grooming and exploitation".
The British National Party has held rallies and launched a campaign around the issue.
The International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation, based at King's College London, recently detailed how the English Defence League (EDL) had been attempting to link child sexual exploitation with Muslims.
"This 'rape jihad', as it has become known, is a significant concern for the EDL," says the centre's report, Neo-Nationalist Network. "Interest has risen since revelations in the British media about the existence of sex-grooming gangs made up of Muslim men of South-Asian origin."
After the conviction for sex trafficking of a group of predominantly Pakistani men in Rochdale last year, the Education Secretary Michael Gove asked the children's commissioner in England to conduct an urgent inquiry.
A briefing paper was published in July and a fuller report four months later, reflecting on the high-profile court cases that have "mainly involved adult males of British Pakistani origin and white British female victims".
The reason for the spate of similar cases, the inquiry suggested, was that police and other agencies responded to publicity around previous trials by investigating whether the same problem existed in their area.
The authorities were indeed "effective in readily identifying perpetrators and victims with similar individual characteristics", the inquiry panel concluded. "Data is gathered more assiduously on perpetrators identified by professionals as Asian, Pakistani or Kurdish," the report asserted.
But the focus on one particular type of perpetrator, model and approach to child sexual exploitation, disguised "a much more difficult and challenging truth".
The abusers "come from all ethnic groups and so do their victims - contrary to what some may wish to believe", the inquiry panel said. "The failure of agencies to recognise this means that too many child victims are not getting the protection and support they so desperately need."
Of the victims who gave evidence to the inquiry, 42% were described as white British and 28% were from black and ethnic minority backgrounds.
Where the ethnicity of perpetrators was provided, 545 were recorded as white, 415 were recorded as Asian, and 244 were recorded as black. Given that most of the victims were unable to provide details of the ethnicity of their abuser, such data should be treated with caution. But black and particularly Asian perpetrators remain over-represented.
Last week in West Yorkshire, the Islamic Society of Britain, alongside the civil rights movement Hope not Hate, launched the Community Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation. It is an initiative supported by a wide range of Muslim groups.
In Oxford, an imam who knew some of the grooming gang as they were growing up, has talked of the responsibilities of the wider community. "I can say it's a problem of the whole Muslim community and we have to rectify it," said Sheikh Hojjat Ramzy.
"I say to them, my brothers, my sisters, wake up. You are in England. You are British. You must integrate. You must look after the children. There is an issue and we cannot put it under the carpet. Enough is enough."
The cancer of child exploitation is more widespread than our worst fears - no part of our society appears free from its taint. There may be many more uncomfortable truths revealed before we can honestly say we expose perpetrators and protect children, rather than the other way around.


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As reported in the Boston Globe, and many, many other places, Tom Ridge confesses that terror alert levels were manipulated based on political polling for tactical partisan advantage.
In his new book, the first Homeland Security chief, Tom Ridge, accuses top aides to President George W. Bush of pressing him to raise the terror alert level to influence the 2004 presidential election.I am shocked, shocked, that the whole Roy G. Biv color scam was just a PR ploy. But at least we finally found those weapons of mass destruction.


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During 1957, the Sukhoi OKB began construction of the prototype of a new tailed-delta interceptor, the two-seat P-1 (the prefix letter indicating Perekhvatchik, or interceptor) intended to meet a requirement for a fighter equipped with collision-course radar and carrying a mixed armament of guided and unguided missiles plus cannon. Flown on 12 July 1957 by Nikolay Korovushkin, the P-1 had a 57 degree delta wing with dog-tooth leading edges and lateral air intakes with translating centrebodies. Power was provided by an unspecified turbojet with a maximum afterburning thrust of 10600kg and armament included a battery of 50 unguided spin-stabilised 57mm rocket missiles, provision being made for a single 37mm cannon and guided missiles on underwing pylons. Poor engine reliability and serious delay in development of the intended X-band radar led to discontinuation of development of the P-1 on 22 September 1958.P-1 (estimated)Max take-off weight: 17010 kg / 37501 lbWingspan: 9.50 m / 31 ft 2 inLength: 21.30 m / 70 ft 11 inMax. speed: 2050 km/h / 1274 mphCeiling: 19500 m / 64000 ftRange: 2000 km / 1243 miles
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Kyle Henry, NI Dairy Product Specialist, comments: "We are delighted to welcome some impressive new additions to our current sire line-up.
With their collective high type, PLI and exceptional health and fitness traits, our new graduates both enhance and build upon the strength of our existing stud."
Some of the highlights from the December proofs are:
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ABS Achiever – Yoder x Alta Embassey x Robust, who was our first Icon sire. He now scores £752 PLI and has an amazing 73kgs of fat and protein with an exceptional fat deviation of (+0.3%) and a Lifespan score of (+0.6).
ABS Mayday – Tailor x Balisto x Ostyle, remains one of our flagship bulls, scoring £745 of PLI. He combines solid production with over 60kgs fat and protein with huge deviations of (+0.16) fat and (+0.11) protein.
K&L BO Darwin – Board x Balisto x Delta G Force with a PLI of £712 has a different sire stack and a balanced production proof with over 50kg fat and protein, positive components (+0.11%) fat and (+0.11%) protein. He has breed leading SCC at (-36) and extreme lifespan (+0.6).
Vortex Lexxi Foxx – Battlecry x Fanatic x Beacon who improves his PLI to £709. He has solid production +644kg milk 67.7kg combined fat and protein fantastic components (+0.17) fat and (+0.08) protein as well as exceptional fertility (+8.3).
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OCD Jaguar – Modesty x Jacey x Robust. One of our first Modesty sons who scores £742 for PLI with outstanding fertility (+11.5) and great components with exceptional lifespan (+0.7) and great locomotion +1.42.
Cal-Roy-Al-Yoda- Jedi x Yoder x Headliner With a PLI of £732 becomes our 2nd Icon sire. He combines extreme production +1082kg milk, a massive 48.7kg and (+0.07%) of fat and 38.8kg and 0.04% of protein. With +0.5 lifespan and +2.39 type he is an impressive all round sire.
Wiltor Bestman – Tailor x Robust x Lewis has a PLI of £725, with superior lifespan (+0.8). He has great production figures carrying +964kgs of milk with over 60kgs of combined fat and protein, moderate size and excellent udders, Bestman is best for profit.
Midwolder K & L Deliberate - Jetset x Platinum x GForce . This impressive sire has unique bloodlines and a PLI of £711 with solid production (+503kg) milk >65kg Fat and Protein with exceptional components (+0.19%) fat and (+0.16) protein. Breed leading (-28 SCC) and Lifespan (+0.5), backed by the outstanding Southland Dellia cow family .
K+L LZ Conan Red - PP Lazar P x Balisto x Lawnboy. A hugely exciting sire for the Polled market. He is the no 1 red and white polled/ homozygous polled sire in the world with a PLI of £700. Solid production +433kg of milk over 40kg fat and protein, (+0.12%) fat, (+0.7) lifespan, (+9.3) fertility and he's red!
Kyle concludes: "Our Friesian stud continues to produce exciting sires. Catlane Chad was a breed leading sire and he is continuing his legacy through his sons." Kyle continues: "Both Samson and Jacob who is bred in Northern Ireland are exciting additions to our breeding programme."
Goonhilly Samson - Chad x Hylke x Corsair With a PLI of £433 he is the number 1 genomic Friesian bull. He has solid production (+142kg) milk (+0.11) fat and (+0.09) protein excellent lifespan (+0.4) and exceptional calving ease (+1.6)
Dungormley Chad Jacob – Chad x Benloyal x Hylke Bred by Alan Johnston from Co Armagh has a PLI of £394. He is an exciting Chad son with +136kg milk positive components (+0.14%) fat and (0.07%) protein. He will breed black well fleshed heifers with extreme calving ease (+1.3).
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eHarmony Study Reveals 64% Of Americans Are Happy In Their Relationships
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The temptation to swear off dating gets stronger with every Ashley Madison hack, celebrity breakup, and creep exposed on Tinder - but according to new research from eHarmony, Americans are far from ready to throw in the towel and become cynical single curmudgeons.
The report, titled "The Happiness Index: Love and Relationships in America", reveals that 64% of Americans are "very happy" in their romantic relationships and just 19% say they're unhappy to some degree. eHarmony commissioned the report and it was conducted by Harris Interactive. 2,084 online interviews were conducted for the survey.
"At eHarmony, we talk a lot about happiness in relationships and how to keep them going strong," says Grant Langston, chief executive officer for eHarmony, in a statement. "We wanted to put society to the test and get a sense of how couples are living and loving in America today. Perhaps the most surprising finding is that gender and age dynamics in relationships are evolving, debunking misconceptions long held about both men and Millennials."
At the high end of the happiness spectrum are the oft-maligned and much misunderstood Millennials. Americans aged 25-34 report having the happiest relationships of all, perhaps, Langston posits, because they are more communicative than the generations that precede them.
City dwellers, those who are employed, and those who consider themselves the main household breadwinner also scored highly on happiness in the report.
Broken down by gender, the report found that men tend to be more positive, happy, and satisfied in their relationships than women. Eighty percent of men reported that they're "in love" with their partner or spouse compared to 76% of women. 75% of men (vs. 71% of women) say they have a "warm/comfortable relationship" with their partner or spouse and 71% of men (vs. 64% of women) say their relationship is rewarding.
Men were more likely to report engaging in romantic gestures on a monthly basis, like writing an affectionate note, holding hands on a walk, initiating an intimate kiss, taking their partner out on date nights, and buying small, just-because gifts.
Men are also almost twice as likely as women to have relationship therapy, particularly if they fall in the 25-44 age range. More than a quarter of Millennial and Gen-Y men have sought professional help. Almost two-thirds of those who have not had relationship therapy say they're open to it in future.
Can money buy love? Does more sex mean greater happiness? What exactly makes a relationship thrive? For the answers to those questions and others, visit The Happiness Index and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram with the hashtag #happyinlove. For more on this dating service you can read our eHarmony review.


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Phyllis had third child after being raped by a priest
Professor Ivor Browne talks to Niamh Horan about the final secret Phyllis Hamilton kept hidden from the world
The latest chapter in the tragic life of Phyllis Hamilton has come to light - it has been revealed she had a third child, after being raped by a priest.
The woman, who took on the Catholic Church after living an extraordinary double life with Fr Michael Cleary, gave birth to a baby girl following the sexual assault.
The baby was born after the two boys she had with Fr Cleary and was given up for adoption to a family in America.
It is not known where the girl - who would be in her 20s now - is today, or whether she has tried to find her birth mother since.
The final sad instalment to the legacy of Phyllis Hamilton has become public 13 years after she died from cancer, having undergone DNA tests to categorically prove her son Ross Hamilton was fathered by Fr Cleary.
In an exclusive interview with the Sunday Independent Professor Ivor Browne, a long-time therapist to both Ms Hamilton and Fr Cleary, explained the sequence of events and confirmed there was a third child.
"Phyllis had a third child, a baby girl, but she gave her up for adoption shortly after she gave birth, to a family in America," said Prof Browne.
"She had the child with a priest who knew her secret with Fr Cleary and he blackmailed her and had sex with her. He threatened to expose her if she ever told anyone about it. It was rape, really. And when she eventually told people, he was expelled out of the priesthood after that."
The news comes only a week after Dublin priest Fr Arthur O'Neill questioned whether Fr Cleary really fathered the children with Phyllis, who was his housekeeper - allegations which in the mid-1990s provoked a huge scandal in the Irish Catholic Church.
At the time, Fr Cleary was one of the most popular faces of the church and a regular guest on the Late Late Show whenever there was a debate about religious matters. He addressed the crowd before the Pope's visit in 1979.
In private, however, he fathered two children with Phyllis with whom he had a relationship for 26 years. Their first child was given up for adoption, while their second son, Ross, lived in the house with the couple.
Now in his 80s, controversial psychiatrist Browne described how, at times, the young mother was "on the point of bursting" due to her secret relationship, but her loyalty meant "she stuck with it until it ultimately killed her".
In a candid interview, Prof Browne described how a young Phyllis first came to see him at the age of 12 to work through the abuse she had suffered at the hands of her father. He said he was "pissed off" when she arrived back pregnant with Fr Cleary's child because he had brought her so far in dealing with issues that had been troubling her.
"She was doing fine and then next thing she came to tell me she was pregnant. I couldn't believe it," said Prof Browne. "Cleary took her into his house - he was taking in adolescents who were in trouble. I was pissed off because I had put a lot of work into helping her come through her issues."
He also revealed for the first time how Phyllis initially called the first baby Ivor Michael after the psychiatrist, who had become a father-like figure in her life, before giving her son up for adoption.
The therapist eventually saw both Phyllis and Fr Cleary as they battled to deal with this double life they had built around themselves.
"She would get to the point where she couldn't take it anymore. She tried to leave him a few times but she loved him too much. And I saw him too over the years. I would tell him over and over 'you have got to decide'. He just couldn't join those two halves of himself together. There are secrets everywhere. People can often maintain double lives for years but then, when it emerges, it floods their life with anxiety. Eventually the truth always tends to come out," added Prof Browne.
He explained how their psychological and physical health began to deteriorate under the burden of what they were carrying.
"I never remember Cleary crying over the years, but he would be very worried and upset at times when Phyllis was in a bad state," said Prof Browne. "She damaged herself, cutting herself with frustration and he would get very upset when she did that - that's when he would contact me. It was intolerable for her having to go on like this the whole time." He added that Cleary "was suicidal when it came out too".
In the end, Prof Browne was by Phyllis' side during her dying hours. He sat with her and prayed but he said: "We didn't talk about Fr Cleary. Everything had been said. It was just to be with her.
"My memory of her overall would be of the tremendous courage and loyalty she had. I saw his problems too but I never felt he was ever a bad human being."
When Phyllis died, Prof Browne said he was dismayed at the turnout for her funeral: "We had done a lot of work and negotiation to get the cells from Vincent's Hospital and by this time Phyllis was sick and going towards death. Eventually it was proved 100pc that Ross was Fr Cleary's son.
"Then Phyllis died and I remember at the funeral there was no press or media interest whatsoever even though the thing had been proved 100pc. The media had moved on. It was no longer a story. It was very sad."
Responding to Fr O'Neill who questioned the legitimacy of the fact Fr Cleary really fathered the children with Phyllis, Prof Browne said: "He has already referred to me as a hit-and-run merchant in a parish news letter," said Prof Browne. "It doesn't matter what evidence you present, if a person isn't prepared to let go of their own ideas then there's no convincing them."
But he himself is not convinced the Catholic Church and Ireland as a whole has learned anything from the story of Phyllis Hamilton and Fr Cleary. "Is there much evidence that Ireland is learning from any of this? This is minuscule compared to the scandals that have come out about the abuse and things that have happened in these institutions," he said.
"Taoiseach Enda Kenny described what came out recently about the mother and baby homes as another chapter of our past but it's not our past - it's still there. There are still 4,000 women going for an abortion in England every year. Many in secret and alone. What would the pro-life people do if that back door was shut? All hell would break loose. I don't think we have learned very much."
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An enriching and luxurious complement to our Rahua® Classic Shampoo, our award winning Classic Conditioner is made from the most potent, plant derived ingredients sustainably sourced from the Amazon rainforest. This rich and ultra-hydrating conditioner delivers lustrous, healthy locks and detangles with powerful omega-9 rich rahua oil and exotic extracts that maintain strong hair and manageability.
RAHUA-UNGURAHUA - fortifies weak, damaged strands while nourishing and regenerating the scalp and hair follicles.
PALO SANTO - "holy wood" is Rahua's signature scent, which offers a delicate fragrance; the ingredient also provides a soothing aromatherapy experience while shampooing.
QUINOA - gluten free super-food that revitalizes hair and promotes healing and moisture retention.
ALOE - moisturizes, energizes and regenerates lackluster manes to renewed vibrancy.
RICE BRAN WAX – gives hair hold for style durability.
When Conditioning: Leave in 3 minutes or more, then rinse.
When Styling: On towel-dried hair, apply this styling product for medium hold; style as usual.
Complementing products: Rahua Shampoo, Finishing Treatment, Voluminous Spray.
Ingredients: Aqua, Herbal Infusion of Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract*, Camellia Sinensis (Green tea) Leaf Extract*, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract*, and Robus Ideous (Raspberry) Leaf Extract*, Behentrimonium Methosulfate (Colza Oil), Oenocarpus Bataua (Rahua Ungurahua) Oil, Glyceryl Stearate, Canola Oil, Glycerin, Stearalkonium Chloride (plant derived), Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Saccharum Officinarum (Molasses) Extract, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Bursera Graveolens (Palo Santo) Oil, Potassium Sorbate (plant derived), Hydrolyzed Quinoa, Tocopherol (Vitamin E), Panthenol.
* Denotes Organic Ingredient
Customer Reviews
I love many things about this product. The company's commitment to sustainability, the smell of the palo santo (in the classic conditioner), and how well it cleans my hair for an all natural brand. It is worth the price, especially if you do not wash your hair everyday as I do. I will continue to purchase this product!
Rahua changed my hair!! I do notice I get some buildup after a few months of using this regularly but my stylist taught me to do a ph rinse with apple cider vinegar and that clears it right up!
Love all my products - people talk about how much better my skin looks.


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Do it, right now.
Go get two big boxes or trash bags or whatever and march to your closet. It's time to Spring Clean.
You know the drill. One box/bag to give away, one that ohmygosheventhehomelessdonotneedthatTHROWITAWAY.
Now listen. Be merciless.
Those pants with the tag still on that you bought thinking they would be really cute if you lost 10 pounds? Goodbye.
The dress you wore to your brother's wedding that would be really cute if you got it altered to fit better? He has a kindergartener now, so let the dream go.
The lime green capri pants that somehow seemed like a good idea four summers ago? They weren't.
Every single thing that you avoid wearing because when you do, you spend all day hiking it up to cover cleavage? Either get some camis or out they go and for goodness sake, start leaning over in the dressing room to make sure you're comfortable with your Northern Exposure.
And speaking of dressing rooms? START TRYING THINGS ON. Let's also remove everything that you bought because it looked cute on the rack but does not look good on you. Away with those.
OK, except that $199 little black dress you scored at Tuesday Morning for $14.99. Go get that altered. It's adorable.
Now the shoes. The ones that you can wear for 15 minutes total? Send them off to someone else. The scuffed ones that make you look like you just walked over Donner Pass and stopped to eat your kinfolk on the way? Throw them away.
Everything that, when you are standing in front of a closet full of clothes, makes you still sigh "I have nothing to wear?" Tough love, baby. Toss them. You are not going to magically start reaching for those clothes.
And then, when you are done? Don't go shopping.
The clothes left are the ones you are actually wearing, and unless you're routinely having to go out naked, you don't need more clothes, you need less crap in your closet.
The end.
Happy spring.


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News Hub:Market Jitters Ahead of Greek Crisis Vote
WSJ's Paul Vigna reports markets are nervous in advance of Greece's key vote on austerity measures. Also, U.S. income and spending data for May are released. Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
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By Dr. Selwyn R. Cudjoe
August 29, 2008
Last night Barack Obama made history when he became the first African-American to be nominated to lead the Democratic Party for the presidency of the United States of America. On November 4, he will create history yet again by becoming the first black President of the United States.
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QR Codes or Quick Reponse Codes are a relative new scanning technology that were invented by Toyota's subsidery Denso-wave in 1994. This technology was quickly adopted in Japan and South Korea and has recently been widely adopted in North America and Europe. QR codes are just like bar codes and can contain many information such as website addresses and can normally be seen on print ads like newspapers, posters, air line ticket etc.
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So very much about living with a chronic illness – often with difficult yet invisible symptoms – can leave a person constantly turning in upon themselves. From our daily morning inventory to trying to figure out how things are going to get done and even to some of the practices we find helpful, like yoga, we look inward and find ways to cope.
A couple of weeks ago I was taking a seaweed class to celebrate Can Do MS Day when the instructor asked us to pause about two-thirds of the way through the course and find a spot, away from others, and observe.
We were told to be quiet, be still and be open.
He timed our pause to match the change of the tide (you go out on sea vegetable gatherings about two hours before the low tide to follow the receding waters and safely gather when the seaweed is freshest) from low. The movement of the sea around rocks and weeds and sand and earth changes at that point and there is much to observe.
Rather than closing our eyes and thinking of our bodies we opened them and saw what was around us. Not unlike the focus on something as near-voluntary as breathing in yoga practice can make us aware of something we seldom think about, so too did this exercise open me up to the wonders I often look past.
Seated on a barnacle-covered rock (the least slippery surface I could find to perch) I opened my lens and widened my aperture. It only took a few minutes and I was outside of myself. I felt as if I became part of that rock and my wellington-clad feet a part of the slowly swirling tide pool in which the dangled.
The exposed skin of my face and hands seemed not a barrier or protection but a porous membrane where the Me and the There slowly seeped into each other.
I almost stopped feeling anything (well, it's not uncommon on my left side) as I became aware of so many things outside of my own body.
Sounds and sights and smells and tastes were all around - as they have always been and always are – and observing them in this manner put me at peace. I didn't stop having multiple sclerosis; the symptoms were still there, the disease was still doing what it does, the body was no different. My place in the word, however, felt more important than the placeholder himself.
I guess it was a sort of meditation and when the instructor began to stir and we all began to come back from wherever we were, it wasn't unlike stirring from savasana in yoga practice. This, though, was coming back into myself after being "out there" rather than coming back from being "in here".
I haven't had the time… no, I haven't made the time to practice this new form of observation since. In the last few days I have decided that it is a daily practice which I'd like to continue. The feeling of peace, coupled with the new appreciation of color and movement and all that is there is something I'd like to repeat.
It needn't be a rocky cove at low tide to be worthwhile. I think tufts of grass growing in a concrete corner or the way light dances through a dusty window can be observations worth the time as well.
No, I didn't stop having MS during or after our 15 minutes of being and seeing, but I somehow felt that it's about the cracked vessel that my body has become and the life within and the life on the other side of it that was worthy of my energy.
Give it a try; 15 minutes alone, quiet and still with your eyes wide opened and see what you've been looking at, through and past without seeing. And then see how it makes you feel.
Wishing you and your family the best of health.
Don't forget to follow me on the Life With MS Facebook page and on Twitter, and subscribe to Life With Multiple Sclerosis.


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Eternal Etchings would like to officially like to Welcome Lisa Jean as our new Tattoo Apprentice! This is something we have both been Looking Forward to and Hoping to make Possible for the past Five Years! Please give her a Warm Greeting on here and in person on you next visit to the Studio! Also check her Art out on Instagram @ lisajeanthemeanmachine!
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Published at Tuesday, July 30th, 2019 - 09:07:31 AM. Wedding Dresses. By Adelita Klein.
The traditional white wedding is still the most popular wedding idea. Although the off whites are far more prevalent then they have been in the past, ivory, cream or apple white take the harshness of the traditional white dress and softens the contrast between tanned skin and make-up.
If you have prominent hips and a smaller bust area, then your wedding dress size will be based on your hip size. Once you get your wedding gown, you need to check if alterations need to be made for a perfect fit. Most brides find that alterations are necessary to get the size right. Ask the boutique or shop owner for estimates on how much you're going to have to pay for dress alterations to determine if you're getting a great bargain or a rotten deal.
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