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The Heart of the Jungle" is an episode of The Backyardigans from the first season.
At first, Tyrone is seen alone in the backyard yelling like Tarzan. He then greets the viewer and tells them that he is Tarzan the Animal Guy, who can talk to animals. He starts the song "I'm Tarzan". Pablo walks over as the song is still being sung, starting a second part explaining to the viewer that he is Tarzan the Very Strong. Austin then comes over to the two Tarzans, as Tyrone and Pablo explain in song that Austin is Tarzan Who Doesn't Say Too Much.
After the song ends, Uniqua (in a tan hat) walks over carrying something, and introduces herself as Professor Uniqua. Tyrone asks what she has. Uniqua unfolds her hands, revealing a yellow worm-like creature called a Worman. His name is Sherman. Uniqua cannot understand what Sherman is trying to say, because he can only speak in squeaks. Tyrone volunteers to listen to Sherman, because he is Tarzan the Animal Guy (who can talk to animals).
Tyrone tells the rest that he is lost. He wants to find a way back home to the heart of the jungle. Uniqua says that she will take him there. The Tarzans want to help as well, but Uniqua refuses to let them join her quest, because Tarzans aren't "scientific". The Tarzans don't care about science, because they know there could be perils in the jungle. She finally lets them join. So the foursome venture into the jungle as the backyard transforms into it.
Tyrone hears Sherman, and the Worman thinks his home is in the heart of the jungle. So they have to travel deep into the jungle. Uniqua starts to sing the song "Where in the World". They travel deeper into the jungle. Austin has a "conversation" with Uniqua by saying "Quicksand bad." Uniqua thinks that jungles do not carry any quicksand, and she is totally unaware of any muddy puddles.
They all start to sing the song "Into the Thick of It" as they walk around in circles. Then the Tarzans realize that they have seen all the flowers, trees, and leaves before. Then they all realize that they have not gotten any closer to the jungle's heart. Uniqua uses a vine to swing, but her attempt was fruitless. Tyrone tells her that swinging on a vine only works, if she does the Tarzan yell. Her next attempt works, taking Tyrone's advice. The Tarzans follow, swinging off as they sing a reprise of "I'm Tarzan".
As they get closer to the heart of the jungle, they start to feel rain. Uniqua sings the song "It's Drizzling, It's Pouring". The rain gets heavier and they have to all sit in Uniqua's umbrella so they can drift closer on the small stream the rain has created. After a minute, they realize that the rain has stopped. They see a lot of other Wormans crawling on leaves. One Worman spots Sherman, and all the Wormans scream to greet him. Uniqua and the rest congratulate each other on a job well done.
Austin spots a muddy puddle as they are walking. Uniqua does not see it and steps into it. The Tarzans are alarmed and try to help Uniqua out of it as she sinks deeper into the puddle. They all see that it is quicksand. Austin uses a sturdy twig he finds in the bushes to pull her out.
When she gets out of the quicksand, she apologizes to the Tarzans for doubting their thoughts and invites them all over to her house for a snack of pretzels after Austin's stomach growls. The entire cast returns to the backyard as the imaginary rainforest transforms back into its previous form. They sing the end song and enter Uniqua's house. Pablo, Tyrone, and Austin all open the pink house's previously closed door and they all yell like a Tarzan.

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As AFM rolls on, so do plenty of casting stories. While the casting is in place, it's still unknown if any of these movies will actually make it in front of cameras, but they're being packaged for potential international buyers. First up, Screen Daily [via The Playlist] reports on the interesting pairing of Morgan Freeman and Clive Owen for The Last Knights. Written by Michael Konyves (Barney's Version) and directed by Kazuaki Kiriya (The Legend of Goemon), the film is about a "a band of warriors who seek to avenge the loss of their master at the hands of a corrupt emperor." I have no idea where Freeman and Owen fit into a story that sounds like it takes place in Feudal Japan, but I'm interested. Filming will take place in the Czech Republic, although that's likely for tax incentives and the production could use soundstages.
Hit the jump for some John Cusack casting news.
Variety reports that Cusack is set to star in the thriller Airspace with Roger Avary (The Rules of Attraction) in talks to direct. The movie is reportedly like Duel but set in the sky. Cusack would play a "work-absorbed charter pilot" flying home to his family who must escape the bizarre attack by a heavily-armed MiG fighter jet after discovering a mysterious briefcase." The premise sounds silly enough to be a lot of fun, and we all know how much Avary loves briefcases (he co-wrote Pulp Fiction).
Cusack has been keeping very busy as yesterday we reported that he was set to star in the horror film Cell based on the Stephen King novel, and was also attached to the financial thriller Due Process. Hopefully, these movies will be better than his latest film, The Paperboy. It's hard to believe they could be any worse.


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Has the NSA Commandeered Amazon?
A year has gone by since Edward Snowden first came forward to blow the whistle on the incredibly fascist, heavy-handed, democracy-destroying NSA spying.
The Right to Read Anonymously is Under Threat
The ebook revolution has brought many benefits to both authors and readers. Authors who could not get their books published by the New York mob can now reach readers directly.


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Dance Shoot
My daughter Elena had a fabulous time at her dance photo shoot with Karen. The studios are amazing, really big and spacious and Karen is a very patient and professional photographer. The photos are fantastic and we couldn't be more impressed with the results! I would definitely recommend Karen, she is very talented.
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Thank you Karen. Your studios are beautiful and Milly had a great time at her photoshoot. You even managed to get Freddie to join in (not easy when he hates having his photo taken!) Love the photos xx
As part of my 60th birthday celebrations, I decided to treat myself to a make over and photo shoot at Karen Gavin Portraits in Farsley. I arrived with a selection of clothes - casual, smart and dressy.
I was introduced to the make up artist who was a lovely young lady. She talked to me about the make-up I usually wear (which is very little) and as she began she explained to me what she was using, why she was using it and the effect it would create. I was a little wary of looking over done but she judged it brilliantly and I felt I looked great.
I had lots of photographs taken, with my make-up being checked and touched up where required. I do not normally like having my photograph taken but I was made to feel at ease and smile and by the end of my session I was playing up to the camera with hats, sunglasses and fur coats. It was great fun and a fantastic experience. Karen is very professional and knows just how to get the best from her subjects with good suggestions for poses and props.
When I saw the results a while later I was absolutely delighted, I actually looked quite attractive, better than I ever thought I could look. The photographs had been produced in a range of colour and black and white, headshots, full shots, smiling, contemplative, posing and fun. Overall it was a great experience and one I would thoroughly recommend.
I've had a few of photo shoots with Karen and they have all been brilliant. Karen makes you feel relaxed whilst she clicks away. Had pictures of the kids done which are fantastic! Would highly recommend!! 🙂
Kelly Wightman
My son does not like to stand still, nor does he like having his picture taken. He very quickly warmed to Karen and had a lot of fun sitting on the different chairs and looking at the teddy bears. Not only did he have fun, the pictures were great and it was difficult to choose which ones we liked the best to take.
Michelle Fiedler
We all had a great time especially my girls, as a result we had some beautiful pictures. Thank you xx
Anna Pritchard
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Amazing photos, I'm so pleased with them. Karen is a wonderful photographer who made me feel completely at ease as I was slightly nervous with it being my first solo shoot. I will most definitely recommend to anyone wanting professional, beautiful photos.
Laura Laycock
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This week on the show we're opening up the proverbial mail bag and answering your questions. Updates on:
Our Hawaii house shopping journey
The end of dual agency in BC
The BC provincial budget (was our speculation speculation correct??)
The Federal "budget"
The upcoming municipal election
Aaaaand, my predictions for the Spring market.
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Movie meme (procrastination nation)
Why yes I should be working. No I'm not. Here we go. This came from jennybee
1. Pick your favorite film to represent each letter of the alphabet.
2. The letter "A" and the word "The" do not count as the beginning of the film's title, unless the film is simply titled A or The. No legitimate films are named A or The, so don't try it.
3. Movies go by whatever name they were known by for their theatrical release. For example, Return of the Jedi belongs under "R" not "S" as in Star Wars Episode IV: Return of the Jedi. This rule applies to all films in the original Star Wars trilogy. Same thing with Raiders of the Lost Ark–it goes under "R," not "I" for Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. Conversely, all the Lord of the Rings films belong under "L" and all films in the Chronicles of Narnia series belong under "C," as that's what those filmmakers called their films from the start. Confused yet? Don't worry about it; it's not like you're going to get fined.
4. Films that start with a number are filed under the first letter of their number's word. Thus, 12 Monkeys would be filed under "T."
5. These don't have to be what you think are the best movies ever made, just the movies that if you had to watch a movie that started with that letter, you'd never mind watching. Thinking of it as Movies I Could Watch At Any Given Moment, Regardless of Mood or as Movies I Always Get Sucked Into Watching When They Are On TV is a good rule of thumb.
6. Any feature film counts, as long as it's on imdb.com. Docs, dramas, comedies, horror, whatever. TV and mini-series and made-for-tv movies don't.
7. You have to have actually seen the movies and be able to recommend them.
8. Select more people to play along.
9. Change the rules if you don't like them.
Bring It On
Chasing Amy
Donnie Darko
English Patient, The
Gone with the Wind
It's a Wonderful Life
Kill Bill Volume I
Lost in Translation
Monsters, Inc.
Notebook, The (shut up you know when they're kissing in the rain you're a crying fool, too!)
On the Waterfront
Pan's Labyrinth
Quest for Fire
Requiem for a Dream
Shawshank Redemption/Sixth Sense/Secretary (yes it's a three way tie)
Thelma and Louise
Usual Suspects, The
Wizard of Oz
X-men, The
Yearling, The
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jennybee / Nov 13 2008 4:58 pm
Ooh, all good movies. Never saw Quest for Fire or Zentropa, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. Several of these were contenders on my list, too.


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By Jesse Ulrich
I have been hearing it from my parents and my community every sense I was a kid: Marry a Jew, and if you can't do that, you better raise Jewish children.
It is harder than it sounds. Life takes us in interesting places and we can't control who we fall in love with. It is an issue the Jewish community has to face; it is not a problem. That was the mindset over two years ago when a small group of Prism Council members met to talk about doing a program about Interfaith relationships.
Our first thought was to screen a documentary, "Who the Jew Are You," that we had heard about, and bring the creator, Alan Goldman, in to discuss his documentary and his journey. But that was before we saw his film. Anyone who is in an Interfaith relationship, no matter what the religions are, is on a search for honesty and understanding.
The one thing I have learned, after 12 years of being in an interfaith relationship (now marriage), is that I have to truly understand what aspects, traditions and morals of Judaism are important to me before I try to bring them into our shared life. It is a constant discussion, argument, struggle, and joy to meld two lives together, but that is not what this documentary showed.
Who The Jew Are You was a 90-minute ego-driven mishmash of the most inane Jewish identity journey I have ever seen, and while I would happily spend years criticizing it, I won't. Luckily, I was not the only one there who disliked this film and what came out of that discussion was a better idea. We wanted to tell the true stories of Interfaith couples, the successes, the failures, the struggles and the unique pleasures that comes from creating new traditions and a new way to share one's heritage.
We set out to interview as many Interfaith couples as we could, and with the help of an amazing playwright out of Maine, Kent Stephens, we have what can only be described as a dramedy, or the more hilarious term seriocomedy. While we will be presenting this play in the fall, a few weeks ago we had a reading where the actors and actresses act out the play with the script in hand. It was an emotionally jarring thing to see.
It is hard to describe what it is like when something in your life seems settled and then in an instant it is not. The feelings and questions it brought up are issues people in interfaith relationships deal with on a daily basis, and even if you think you have everything worked out, this play reminds you that things can always change.
Beyond the bigger discussion of how the American Jewish community embraces, or doesn't, Interfaith couples, we want this play to show how they live and how everyone creates a new life when they find someone willing to share it with them.
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Visually impaired masseurs of Pune
Pune, April 29: Several visually-impaired girl students in Pune are being given training in basic physio-therapy and massaging techniques to enable them become self-reliant in life.
These enterprising girls despite their visual impairedness are being provided opportunities to become professionals in life.
The training is part of a four-year vocational training programme conducted at The Pune School and Home for the Blind aims to enable women self-reliant.
Sandhya Nagarajan, Training Co-ordinator of the course said that the girls are being trained in all the aspects of the body massage and related intricacies.
"These girls have been trained in how to approach the plank, how to drape the clients, how to make them sleep and make them sit. Besides being trained in these small things, they have been trained in how to massage and which massage for which body part," said Sandhya Nagarajan, Co-ordinator
(Training), Pune School and Home for the Blind.
The school is partly funded by the state government and the innovative course for the visually-impaired girls mooted by it is a step towards their empowerment.
Meanwhile, students are delighted to have got an opportunity to get such a training to become self-reliant in life.
"This is my first year in the vocational training centre and I''m fortunate that I have got admission here and I feel very fortunate," said Mehafaz, a visually impaired student in massage therapy, Pune School and Home for the Blind.
A batch of 150 girls is being trained in body massaging techniques at present.
The first batch of the course will pass out just prior to the May Day and most of them have already got many job offers.
Lady clients, having already availed the healing touch of these girls during their in-house training sessions, also have also appreciated and come forth on an encouraging note to take their services periodically. (ANI)


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Garage door Spring Replacement Costa Mesa are part and parcel of the garage door system and not the garage door opener. With that said, it must also be noted that the springs of the garage door makes it much uncomplicated to raise and lower the door. The springs of the door last a longer time and basically has one function, but with time all the lifting coupled with the changes of the weather tends to weaken the metal and this may lead to a break with Spring Replacement Costa Mesa.
There are two types of springs that are used when it comes to garage doors.
Another way to know if your garage door is working correctly is pushing it upwards with not a lot of strength but just enough to lift it about 3-4 feet from the ground. If the garage door goes up easily and with not so much struggle, it might be time to change those springs. A working garage door should feel heavy when you lift it and shouldn't move so easily with not so much force applied.
This test is also an important one because garage doors are supposed to protect our garages and if the can be opened easily by anyone they can be un safe. Just how they can easily be lifted they fall down even faster and, like it was mentioned before, a garage door falling can fall on you and harm you. if they hire a professional of if they do the job themselves, but you have to take on account all the pros and cons of each of the two options and which one adjusts better to you.


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I really should refer to the undergarments I'm making as Stays. Corsets did not come around until just before the Civil War and continued into Victorian and Edwardian periods.
I have worked up a muslin of the first set of stays. I got the wrong size apparently and have inserted an additional panel which may or may not remain (I may end up just widening the panels that I have instead). I cut out all the pattern pieces and transferred them onto muslin. These were whipped together with basting stitches on the sewing machine (major cheat). Then I cut it apart when I realized there was no way it was going to fit around me, and inserted strips of muslin fabric which currently have not pattern parts. In a few places, I widened the muslin patterns parts.
If this passes some sort of muster at our study group meeting, I will take it apart and use the muslin pieces to make new pattern pieces (either tissue paper or a paper grocery bag or some newsprint).
I'm a little stumped as to actual fabric from which to make the stays. I have some nice linen and silk fabric which is tightly woven and might work, but it's very thin and I'm skeptical. I also have some mustard colored heavy canvas type stuff out of which I planned to make a pair of dungarees for Ken to complete his costume for blacksmithing. The canvas might be too heavy for the stays. The other ladies should be able to guide me on this.
I am also in the process of weaving on the inkle loom some cotton tape. We will be able to use it for binding, lacing tape and maybe even for channels for the boning. I'm happy with how it is coming out. I also plan to make several yards of similar tape from linen threads.
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According to the Investment Company Institute, 68% of households with IRAs have mutual funds in those accounts. That's followed by individual stocks (41%), annuities (35%), and bank deposits (25%). Therefore, annuities are among the most common IRA holdings; they are also among the most controversial because many observers assert that annuities don't belong in an IRA.
Defining the terms
To understand this seeming contradiction, you should know some terminology. Generally, the most heated debate does not involve immediate annuities, which also may be known as income or payout annuities. Here, you give a sum of money to an insurance company in return for a specified flow of cash over a specified time period, perhaps the rest of your life.
Deferred annuities are a different story. With these investments, the money you contribute can grow inside the annuity contract. Different types of deferred annuities offer various ways that the amounts invested can grow over the years. Regardless of the method or the amount of accumulation, earnings inside the annuity aren't taxed until money is withdrawn.
Critics of holding deferred annuities inside an IRA say that they are redundant. Any investment inside an IRA is tax deferred or tax-free (with a Roth IRA), so you don't get any tax benefit by investing IRA money in a deferred annuity.Why pay the costs that come with a deferred annuity when you get the same tax deferral with mutual funds or individual securities or bank accounts held inside your IRA?
Because there might be advantages as well as drawbacks. Deferred annuities offer various guarantees, which might include certain death benefits and certain amounts of cash flow during the investor's life, regardless of investment performance. These guarantees may be a valid reason to include a deferred annuity in an IRA, some annuity issuers and sellers contend.
Among different deferred annuities, death benefits and so called "living benefits" vary widely. Some can be extremely complicated . Ifyou are interested in a deferred annuity, our office can explain the guarantees in the contract, so you can make an informed decision.
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Another thing to consider when deciding whether to hold a deferred annuity in your IRA, is that these annuities must be valued for purposes such as Roth IRA conversions and required minimum distributions (RMDs). This also
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Example: Sarah Thomson invests $50,000 of her IRA money in a deferred annuity that offers several investment options. After this outlay, Sarah's investments decline, so her annuity account is now reported at $40,000. Sarah decides this reduced value would generate a lower tax cost on a conversion to a Roth IRA.
However, Sarah's deferred annuity also contains a rider guaranteeing
to pay her a certain amount per year for the rest of her life. Such a rider has some value, which Sarah must include in valuing the annuity inside the IRA if she does a Roth conversion. The same problem will arise when Sarah must take RMDs. Sarah's best course of action may be to ask the annuity issuer for help with the valuation because insurers typically have actuaries and software designed to perform these intricate calculations.
Holding an annuity in an IRA raises many issues that don't arise with other choices. There may be advantages, but you should proceed cautiously
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Archive for November 2014
Cheryl Ann Thomas: Hap
As I mentioned in my last post, the artist Cheryl Ann Thomas will be opening a solo exhibition at Danese Corey Gallery in New York on Friday, November 21st, 2014. The exhibition, titled Hap, will present Cheryl's hand-coiled and pinched porcelain sculptures. After building tall, vertical cylinders of clay, Cheryl allows her pieces to collapse unpredictably in the kiln, creating works of haunting, graceful delicacy.
It has been a pleasure collaborating with Danese Corey Gallery on this show. As the opening day draws near, their staff produced an exhibition catalogue, which can be viewed online or purchased as a traditional publication. The catalogue includes beautiful color images of Cheryl's work and a studio portrait by Donna Granata.
Hap will be on view at the Danese Corey Gallery November 21, 2014 – December 20, 2014. If you will be in New York, I encourage you to take advantage of the opportunity to see these works in person.


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Milk is extremely versatile. It can be drunk on its own, added to breakfast cereal or included in coffee, tea or hot chocolate. Milk can also be used in smoothies or milkshakes as a great afternoon snack, or used in dairy-based desserts. These desserts, including custard, junkets and puddings, are best made at home as store-bought versions can be high in sugar and kilojoules.
Milk is an important part of a balanced diet and the Australian Dietary Guidelines recommends consumption of all milk types.
While flavoured milk contains added sugar, it contains the same package of essential nutrients as plain milk and is associated with the same health benefits. Most Australians are not meeting the recommended serves of dairy and are instead consuming soft drink or other sugary beverages instead of opting for flavoured milk. Research has shown that children who drink flavoured milk are nearly twice as likely to meet their daily calcium targets as exclusively plain-milk drinkers. This same research also showed that drinking flavoured milk had no negative impact on children's body weight.3 No relationship has been found between flavoured milk intake and the consumption of added sugars.4
Flavoured milk can also play an important role in sports nutrition. Research has shown chocolate milk has a good mix of carbohydrates and protein which helps promote muscle glycogen resynthesis.5
1 Weaver CM, Proulx WR, Heaney R. Choices for achieving adequate dietary calcium with a vegetarian diet. Am J Clin Nutr. 1999;70(3 Suppl):543-8S.
2 Weaver CM, Plawecki KL. Dietary calcium: adequacy of a vegetarian diet. Am J Clin Nutr. 1994; 59(5 Suppl): 1238-41S.
3 Fayet F, Ridges L, Wright J, Petocz P. Australian children who drink milk (plain or flavored) have higher milk and micronutrient intakes but similar body mass index to those who do not drink milk. Nutr Res. 2013;33(2):95-102.
4 Johnson R, Frary C, Wang M. The nutritional consequences of flavored-milk consumption by school-aged children and adolescents in the United States. J Am Diet Assoc. 2002;102(6):853-56.
5 Pritchett K, Pritchett R. Chocolate milk: a post-exercise recovery beverage for endurance sports. Med Sport Sci. 2012;59:127-34.
Yoghurt is a fermented dairy food made by adding live bacterial cultures to milk. Not only is yoghurt high in protein, it contains a package of essential nutrients including vitamin A, vitamin B12 and riboflavin. While yoghurt can be enjoyed on its own as a snack, it is also extremely versatile and makes a great addition to many meals.
Several types of yoghurt are available for purchase including natural, flavoured, Greek/Greek-style and probiotic yoghurts. Probiotics are special 'friendly' bacteria that can promote intestinal health by restoring the balance between 'good' and 'bad' bacteria in the human gut.6 The live cultures added to yoghurt help to break down lactose, so yoghurt should be well tolerated in those with diagnosed cases of lactose intolerance.
6 Balakrishnan M, Floch M. Prebiotics, probiotics and digestive health. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. 2012;15(6):580-85.
Cheese is a versatile and tasty snack made from four basic ingredients; milk, salt, starter culture and rennet.7 A wide range of cheese products exists so there's something to suit everyone. Some of the versatile and delicious varieties include:
• Cheddar-style cheeses including cheddar, colby and lacashire
• Fresh unripened cheeses such as ricotta, feta and cottage cheese
• Stretched curd varieties including mozzarella
• White mould cheeses such as brie and camembert
• Hard cheese including parmesan and pecorino
• Blue cheese which can vary from mild to strong
• Semi-hard cheeses such as gruyere, gouda and edam.
Some people tend to avoid consuming cheese due to its salt and saturated fat content, however research has shown cheese plays an important role as part of a balanced diet as it contains many essential nutrients.
The Australian Dietary Guidelines acknowledge consumption of cheese, and other dairy products, is associated with reduced risk of heart disease, stroke and hypertension and is not linked with weight gain.8 Cheese has also been shown to protect teeth against decay 9 and contains little-to-no lactose (depending on the variety) so is suitable for those with lactose intolerance.10
7 Guinee T. Salting and the role of salt in cheese. Int J Dairy Technol. 2004;57(2-3):99-109.
8 National Health and Medical Research Council. Australian Dietary Guidelines, Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia; 2013.
9 Kashket S, DePaola D. Cheese consumption and the development and progression of dental caries. Nutr Rev. 2002;60(4):97-103.
10 National Health and Medical Research Council. Australian Dietary Guidelines, Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia; 2013.
5 Pritchett K, Pritchett R. Chocolate milk: a post-exercise recovery beverage for endurance sports. Med Sport Sci. 2012;59:127-34.
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text: In doing a bottom job on my Ariel I noticed that the bronze strip which prevents the rudder from jumping off the bottom bushing has worn to half thickness. Does anyone have a lead on where to find a replacement? I can find Aluminum Bronze on Amazon, but it's 2' thick. Mine is 1/8" thick by 1" by 10". Also, do I need to heat the bronze before bending it to wrap around the rudder post? Thanks, Bart


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- PD/GWSS Board News
PD/GWSS Referendum Passes
CDFA announced this week that the PD/GWSS Referendum has passed with 83.44 percent of California's winegrape growers voting in favor of continuing the assessment for another five years.
"California's winegrape growers have again voted overwhelmingly in support of continuing the assessment and the program that it supports," said CDFA Secretary Karen Ross. "Over the last 15 years the winegrape assessment has proven its value to the PD/GWSS Board, which is directed by both independent growers and vintners who grow a significant percentage of California's grapes. Along the way, it has also become a model for other successful government/industry partnerships."
Just over 55 percent of California's winegrape growers voting in the referendum, with 40 percent needed to validate the referendum. In order to pass, either (a), at least 65 percent of those voting had to vote yes to continue the assessment, and they had to have paid the majority of the assessment paid by all those who voted in the preceding marketing season; or (b), the majority of those voting had to vote yes to continue the assessment, and they had to have paid at least 65 percent of the assessment paid in the preceding marketing season by all those who voted. The referendum met both of these thresholds.
"The PD/GWSS Board is now set to chart the course for the next five years," said PD/GWSS Board Chair Bill Hammond. "I'm fortunate to be working with such a dedicated team that has made this program the centerpiece of success for pest and disease management that not only includes PD/GWSS but also other threats to California winegrapes, such as the brown marmorated stink bug, European grapevine moth, red blotch, and vine mealybug."
With passage of the referendum, the winegrape assessment will remain in place for another five years, with winegrape growers being given the opportunity to vote on it again in 2020.


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Sun 17 May 2009
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A new version of the theme for this site has been activated. The new layout has two sidebars on the frontpage, so that more relevant and 'current' information can be shown. The entire site therefore has been widened. The sidebar style has been updated to be less conspicuous.
I've updated the stylesheet and cleaned it throughout, so the site is now also IE 8 compatible.


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Tag: Nir Itzhak
Amir and Lotan build a wind-bike, Interview: June 2/09
I got an e-mail from Arieh Schkolnik, from Kibbutz Nir-Itzhak, concerning two Grade 10 students, from Ma'ale Habsor Comprehensive School and from Nir-Itzhak, who put together a wind-bike. He sent me the photos you see below. I knew I had to speak to them, so today I interviewed Amir Florentyn and Lotan Toiw about the project.
Judih: What do you call your vehicle?
Amir: We call it a wind-bike.
J: When did you start working on it?
Amir, Lotan: During the Purim break – it took us 3 days.
J: What gave you the idea?
Amir: Arieh! (Arieh Schkolnik, who we've met before demonstrating how rockets can be powered by water)
Amir: But,there's a story.
J: Tell me
Amir: You see, Arieh already had a wind-bike and we asked him if we could borrow it. But, the kibbutz safety manager had seen Arieh try it out on the road with kids, and he was concerned that it wasn't safe enough.
So Arieh, of course, didn't agree to let us use it. So, we decided, right then and there to build a new one, one of our own.
J: How did you start?
A: We went to the kibbutz bicycle storage area and started to look for parts. We needed wheels and a good seat. We put them together, attaching them to the front part of a bike and built a kind of triangular frame.
After that, we needed more bike parts and pipes and other pieces of iron and steel. We built the steering wheel and the housing for the mast (which we already had). We made the steering wheel from two handlebars (one was already attached and we mounted the other one a little further back.
Finally, we started to build the chair and finished the assembly, and we were ready to experiment.
A: We had to figure out how to attach the sail. At the beginning, we were doing all this on the kibbutz, but we didn't succeed much. When we went to a more open space outside of the kibbutz, we managed to travel. We were able to catch the wind and it worked.
J: How'd you feel?
Amir: We felt great.
Let me tell you how it works.
To steer the sail, we use our feet on the handlebar. There's a string on the sail that catches the wind. We usually try for 45 degrees into the wind.
J:How fast can you go?
A: We managed to go about 20km/hour
J: Is that fast?
A: It's fun. We even managed to crash. At least I did. But the vehicle was fine.
Lotan: There are no brakes.
J: Is that a problem?
A: Yes. The only way to slow down is to free the sail, and then the wind can't catch it or push us.
J: Do you have plans to make more of these bikes?
A: First we need to work on some form of brakes!
Lotan: We also need to lower it, to make it more stable on the road.
J: Who is Arieh Schkolnik?
A: He works with my father in electronics on the kibbutz. And he has always invented things, including this wind-bike. A few years ago, Lotan and I found a wind bike that some other kids from school had made. We just needed a sail for it. We went to show Arieh and he got very excited and he built a new sail for it.
Our wind-bike includes parts from my father's wind-surfboard – the sail and mast.
J: Ah, so you were lucky. Do you have any other projects?
A: Not at the moment.
J: Okay, thanks a lot Lotan and Amir. Good luck!
I know I promised good things, but
There were qassams in Sderot today, one landing in a yard. People were treated for shock. Just last Thursday, I was in Sha'ar HaNegev High School talking to Grade 12 students about how they like living in Sderot. It's great! most of them said, except for the qassams.
Well, hmmm. I can hear planes overhead right now. During T'ai Chi, a member of Kibbutz Nir Itzhak reported that they had a Tzeva Adom alert. It's hard to keep students in line these days. Summer's approaching and that, alone, is enough to rain pre-mature freedom in the minds of young learners. Now, with the added anxiety of war sounds, I wonder how it will be to enforce quiet attentiveness in the class.
It's also hard to be creative these days. I wish a troupe of Pilobolus, or Cirque du Soleil would show up to remind us that life is incredible no matter where or when.
Arie Schkolnik is pleased to announce: Nesher II is ready for launch
Arie Schkolnik of Kibbutz Nir Itzhak
is pleased to invite you to attend
the Experimental Launching of
Nesher II!
Date: October 1, 2008
Time: 13:30
Place: Back Gate of Kibbutz Nir Itzhak,
Western Negev* (map link below)
Details: Nesher II, 1.5 x 6 litre rocket
This launching follows last spring's successful launch at the Eshkol soccer field on May 5, 2008. We were present and able to report. (Click here to read about that event: https://talkingnow.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=44).
You are encouraged to come and witness this first launch of the New Year!
Sponsored by NISA (Nir Itzhak Space Agency)
Hope to see you there.
Click onto the link below for a map of the area. Nir Itzhak is situated between numbers 240 and 232.
* (map link below)


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The traumatic event of the Charlie Hebdo shooting and the unexpected national resilience last January have produced countless observations. As almost two months have passed -an eternity in the world of instant mass-media infotainment-, some thematic historical comparisons can be rendered audible with the necessary distance.
Jean-Noël Jeanneney (Sciences Po) received three renowned (legal) historians to treat three themes of social and legal history relevant to a reading on the long term. Links to the episodes come with a specific bibliography for every theme:
- Patrick Eveno (Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne) on press freedom, press trials and freedom of expression (click here)
- Daniele Tartakowsky (Paris VIII Denis Diderot) on mass mobilisations in France, from the Revolution to the present day, pointing out that the 11 January demonstrations in Paris are actually the biggest ever seen, more important than 1936 or 1968 (click here)
- Anne Simonin (CNRS) on the penalty of "national indignity" established after World War II, putting in perspective recent French or Belgian proposals to deprive jihadi's from their nationality (click here)


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By Tim Redmond
Damn, I'd sworn off going after New Times/Village Voice Media, the parent company of SF Weekly, for at least a few days, but shit keeps happening.
Will Swaim, the editor of the OC Weekly, which was one of the papers absorbed when New Times took over the Village Voice, has resigned, citing "philosophical differences" with management. That was inevitable, but it sucks: Swaim is a good guy, a good editor and ran a good paper.
And the editor at the Minneapolis City Paper (ditto, formerly a Village Voice paper) resigned under pressure and was quickly replaced. Why? Here's what the Star-Tribune says:
"I'm not sure anyone was surprised that it happened, only that it took so long," said David Brauer, a media analyst for Minnesota Public Radio who once wrote for City Pages. "Village Voice/New Times is known for being aggressively apolitical or libertarian. Steve, although he had a pox on both Democrats and Republicans, was mostly a lefty radical guy."
So the dismantling of the progressive papers that used to be part of the Village Voice franchise continues.


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by Mike
(Spokane WA )
Had the GE MONOGRAM ZISP480DHSS appliance for over 2 years.
No problems and it's a very nice unit. We bought a similar one for our lake house, this year and it is great, too.
They are quite expensive and not for everyone. We bought from local dealer and they installed. Not one problem and they are very nice.
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church finances, Exploitation of the Credulous, Mother Teresa, Red Cross, St Vincent de Paul, Strikes in France, The Church's raison d'être
I love France which has been my home for forty of my last fifty years. My nom-de-plume is "Frank O'Phile" : a fair dinkum Aussie whose francophilia led him to become a French citizen. I think I know France better than most of my former compatriots; I even published an article in the Sydney Morning Herald (March 13, 1998) entitled "Let's Be Frank About France", in which I sang my adopted country's praises. But France has its faults. For example, I have an idea that revolutionary France invented strikes. In 1964, when I arrived in Rome having traveled from Sydney, Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok and about to complete the last leg of my journey to Paris, I discovered that I could not. Paris' airport, Orly, was, as usual, on strike.
After Air France's pilots' strike last week, this week France's pharmacies closed and pharmacists staged a massive, and for them rare, strike. The reason, of course, was the threat to their livelihood : supermarkets, as in the States, may put them out of business if they are allowed to sell off-the-shelf pharmaceutical products. The chemists claim to be consultants, not just shop-keepers. Their slogan : "Your health is not a business."
Of course it is. Surgeons, doctors, nurses, paramedics and pharmacists all make a living from our need for medical and health care. They may be good, generous, dedicated, competent professionals, but they are not the Red Cross. They may have had the purest of motives in choosing their profession, but they expect, rightly, to be paid for their services. Today in France pharmacists face potential commercial competition. Many want a piece of the pie; you don't need a diploma to sell aspirin.
Some readers may at this point be tempted to rush off to post a comment on the pros and cons in a debate concerning what is only an analogy, as they did recently with my example of the Sainte Chapelle as a "house of glass", my metaphor for the Church, as a glass-house in which people are advised not to throw stones. In the present context, strikes and pharmacies are NOT the point. The point is, as you thought when you began reading this post : Is the Church "just a business" ?
Please don't expect me to come out with all the tired broadsides against the Church, accused of being a mere means of making money. The Church, in a way, IS a Red Cross, a spiritual philanthropy. It is dedicated to helping people find the true meaning of their lives, to spreading Jesus' revelation of the depth of God's love for all mankind, to encouraging people to love one another, to lead lives built on the Beatitudes, to prepare themselves for Heaven, the reward of the just. The Church is called, by its very nature and mission, to be an exemplar of the brotherly love it preaches, an institution committed to sharing with the world the Good News, the Joy and Hope of the Gospel, and to incarnate the love of God by feeding the hungry, healing the sick, educating the ignorant, reinforcing faith in Jesus' redemption, sustaining the courage of believers in face of adversity and guiding them along the Way of Christ to eternal life.
I think that is a fair mission-statement of the Church's raison d'être. To provide a living for its clergy, volunteers all, it must give them a modest salary and take care of their material needs. The Church is financed by the generosity and charity of its own members. St Vincent de Paul, Mother Teresa and the Church today could not care for the poor, the sick and the dying without the income provided by the collections and contributions of its Faithful. But the Church is not a business. It is not a multinational dedicated to enriching its investors. It is, to use the cliché, a "charity", not just a non-profit organization but a philanthropic association more like "Doctors without Borders" than a business like a local pharmacy or a pharmaceutical giant. It is true, unfortunately, that some of its "Pastors", "Overseers" (the etymological meaning of "Bishops"), and even its Supreme Pontiff, the "Holy Father", "the Servant of the Servants of God", sometimes use their too generous income and acquired personal wealth to live lives of lavish luxury. But these are the exceptions. It is grossly unjust to condemn the Catholic Church as though it were essentially an institution dedicated to milking the poor and conning the credulous into giving its ministers a free ride.
"His dictis" – all this having been said – the real problem with the Church is its usually sincere and well-intentioned exploitation of the credulous. The Faithful are paying for the perpetuation of comforting (and sometimes frightening) myths, and the exploiting of their ignorance, fears and wishful thinking. In spite of the good faith and generous, selfless dedication of the majority of its clergy, it continues to promote groundless, irrational, silly beliefs, silly rules and silly rituals. Some critics, like Christopher Hitchens, go so far as to say that as an institution of religion, it "poisons everything". True believers naturally will never accept this, and are happy to contribute to the only "business" they recognize in the Church : saving immortal souls. The problem is that indestructible "souls", supposed to survive death, do not exist, any more than the God who they believe created them and the imagined eternal life He is said to have promised them. Believe it if you like. Pay for the Propagation of the Faith if you wish. It makes no sense to me.
P.S. Congratulations on persevering to the very end of this post, instead of just harrumphing at the title and dismissing the article, before even reading it, as another vicious, hate-filled attack on the Church. But just between you and me and the gate-post – apart from the final paragraph – you DID expect me to trot out the usual stuff, n'est-ce pas ? Judging a book by its cover or an article by its title is called "prejudice". We all have prejudices, atheists and non-atheists alike. Recognizing them can make discussion of controversial subjects a little more rational.


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Vast vineyards surround the Noarna Castle – also known as Castelnuovo, in Val Lagarina, in the municipality of Nogaredo. They are enveloped in a charming and quiet solitude, in which one's gaze can extend to faraway mountains and reach, on the horizon, the city of Rovereto.
The castle was built in the 12th century, but rises in place of previous fortifications that dated back to the Roman and Lombard ages; since the 1970s, it has belonged to the Zani family, which makes organic wine from a variety of grapes: Nosiola, Teroldego, Cabernet Sauvignon, Lagrein, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc and Merlot.
The castle is known for its wonderful Michelangelo-style frescoes and for a 1580 altarpiece representing "The Coronation of the Virgin with Saints Nicola and Francesco" – but also for an important witch trial that took place here, with five women being tortured and finally sentenced to death.
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This page will list suggestions for songs to use (and modify) during the March Pass routine as well as lyrics for the chants we would use.
* All we need is "Chris Cornell's You know my name", Alica keys, Jack white's "Another way to die", The original James Bond Music for our marching intro, Avenge Sevenfold "Afterlife" for like dancing music(Note watch the music video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8akxHCUBLk&feature=related and full song i mean the MP3 version). also I think we need "Who Are You by The Who". Also Will Smith's "Nod Ya Head". Finally "The Pretender" - Foo Fighters I think? Cause I think this song has a place for the march past. Any ways that's all - khalilul 007
* Well, you gotta remember that all music has to be live. We definitely have to play the iconic riff from 'You Know My Name' to remind the judges that this is Casino Royale. By the way, I have some ideas for the music already. I know we're definitely gonna use Move Your Feet by Junior Senior (needs good bassist and keyboardist). But we'll have a seniors' meeting soon. - TanSienYi
Move Your Feet
Everybody! Stomp your feet and feel united! SE-LA-DANG!
Everybody! Stomp your feet and feel united! SE-LA-DANG! YEAH!
Don't don't don't get in our way, cuz
Se-la-dangs are here to stay, so
Ev-ry-bo-dy let's hear you say,
<All:> C'MON! Seladangs this is our day!
Seniors: Don't stop!
All: DON'T STOP!
Seniors: Don't stop us winning! Can't stop!
All: CAN'T STOP!
Seniors: Can't stop us winning! Won't stop!
All: WON'T STOP!
Seniors: Won't stop us winning! <All:> GO!!
Push Push (Lady Lightning)
<Shouting part in PushPushBridge:>
Beat It - For Michael Jackson.- -Check Files>BeatItEdit for how the song goes. Only the Chorus is used. Editing is a bit sloppy though because I have too little time to perfect it.
<Seniors:> (Kami) S'ladang!
<All:> JUARA!!
<Seniors:> S'ladang!
<All:> JUARA!!
Kami akan menang piala!
Semangat kami, tidak pudar!
Tahukah anda, kami siapa?!
<Seniors:> S'LADANG!
<All:> HIDUP!!
<Seniors:> S'LADANG
<All:> MENANG!!
(Repeat Build-up 2 more times))
<All:> S'LADANG!! (immediately after ending of BeatItEdit)
(Note: the (Kami) in the first line will coincide with the 'Just' of the original song. (Kami) is optional. Also, in the BeatItEdit file, there's a 'Just Beat it, beat it, beat it…' at the end. This is not sung in our routine. In fact, all you hear is the chugging of the electric guitar before the final 'S'ladang!!')
General Discussion
- I was also thinking instead of GO! GO! or BOOM! BOOM! We can use ME-NANG! What do you think? - SienYi
- Another suggestion for the BM song is the chorus for 'Beat It' (original by Michael Jackson but for March Past we're using the heavier attack of Fallout Boy's cover). Other suggestions include 'Jai Ho' but I feel there's nothing to shout to there. Khalilul wants to stick with last chorus of Mentera Semerah Padi although he's modifying the lyrics to better fit the beat. What do you all think? Please discuss! - SienYi
- you can youtube this song and see it being played on multiple instruments! but anyway, we could use this song to break our 007formation AND do rollout banner to cover up the messyness of breakout from the 007formsa AND do the 8 medium-sized flag choreography thing. if it appears boring when u visualize it u could actually fit in a chant to make it more lively but the banner would be covering everyone unless u get the cheerleaders to do it…
get what i mean? i strongly suggest we slip in this song because i've asked around, and none of them get the james bond feel from any of the songs we have, even YouKnowMyName isn't as distinct as THE james bond theme played by Monty Norman… especially since the people we are aiming to impress are the judges who usually consist of older people would be more familiar with the good old theme song…
i know the band has alot to learn now itself, but still, consider this song. it'll be easy to even use this as our tanda hormat because the actions would be so classic james bond, you just can't go wrong. what do you guys think? - Catherine
- The Banner Roll-Up can be done during the guitar intro of Beat It. I'm looking into the James Bond theme now. It's just that it might be difficult for the Band to learn up a new song. Remember that they have very little time to learn up all the songs we need! EDIT: Wow, the James Bond theme is very iconic but it might be pretty difficult for the band to make it sound good! - SienYi
* I'll figure out something soon - Khalilul
We're using…
Pump It Up
Seladang Victory (Say Seladang)
Three Cheers
Strictly no recorded music is allowed for March Pass. Therefore, we need musicians to play during the routine. The big crowd/army will sing/shout along. Right now, we've got plans for some cool songs to use but we need a good band to play them!
Please place your name and respective class in the appropriate section below if you're interested to play any of the following instruments for March Pass. Of course, you have to be quite proficient at your instrument first! Please note that musicians may not have to march on the real day.
Guitarist - Robin Lee
Bassist - Jes Ebrahim
Drummer - Sarah Amanda, Diyana
Keyboardist - Amanda Khoo, Siew May
Stuff to Learn
- Operation Mindcrime by Queensryche - Intro up to beginning of Verse 1 Riff
- Push Push Lady Lightning by Bang Camaro - Bridge only (the part where the bass is prominent) - Guitar optional until 0:35 in the PushPushBridge file.
- Move Your Feet by Junior Senior - Guitar optional or not needed - Keyboard needs programming
- Beat It by Michael Jackson - Chorus only + Breakdown riff - May follow Fallout Boy cover (difference is the tuning and speed) - Keyboard strings may be used for build-up at the finale
- You Know My Name by Chris Cornell - Only the FIRST BAR - Violin may be put to good use here.
I'll be posting up edited song files that will sound almost like on the March Past routine. Feel free to download if you want to practice at home!
Who's Playing What…
- Operation Mindcrime - Robin, Jes, Sarah,
- You Know My Name - Robin, Jes, Amanda, Sarah, Siew May
- Move Your Feet - Jes, Amanda, Diyana, Siew May
- Push Push Lady Lightning - Robin, Jes, Sarah
- Beat It - Robin, Jes, Amanda (towards the end), Sarah
- Any questions to ask about the music and songs? - SienYi
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Starting as seminarians, Redemptorists in Nigeria participate in a number of improvised ministries that bring the gospel and much needed relief to the poor and most abandoned in their community.
In the Nigerian city where the Redemptorist seminarians study, both the state-run jail and orphanage, which is known as a Remand House, have no running water. Government resources are scarce, and both depend mainly on collecting rain water for sustenance. The seminary has purchased an old tanker truck – rebuilt a number of times – and use it to bring water to both places, which is often their only source of water during the dry season.
The Remand House is a particularly desperate place for children, redeemed only by the fact that it protects them from even worse violence. The orphanage can barely provide enough food to keep the young boys and girls from starving to death. On their only day off from studies each week, our Redemptorist seminarians in Nigeria cook up two huge pots of rice, meat, fish and tomato sauce which they bring to the children, along with the sacraments. In this way they labor to keep the Gospel of hope alive in these children's lives.
Spikes in violent crime born from religious and political unrest can make Nigeria a dangerous place to be these days. Our Redemptorists' courage is inspiring. Unpaved back roads to mission outposts are dangerous enough with a working vehicle, but our old jeeps often break down, stranding our missionaries in places where they are vulnerable to ambush by thieves and gangs.
Pray to Our Mother of Perpetual Help for rain, for relief, and most importantly, for refuge in her arms in the times when neither can be found.


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Autologous fat treatments
Autologous fat injections, called Lipo-fillings, are used on the body for smoothing subcutaneous scarring. They are also used on the face for wrinkle correction, to add volume, enlarge the lips and to treat acne scars.
The course of treatment
The fat graft is obtained from another region of the body by means of traditional liposuction. The liquid fat and blood components are sorted out, and the fat is "cleaned". The remaining healthy fat tissue stem cells are transplanted with special blunt cannulas in the desired area.
Advantages and disadvantages lipo-filling
Autologous fat is an endogenous substance, thus no allergic reaction can occur. Your body's fat tissue is well suited for wrinkle treatment, because it is accepted by the organism. The fat is removed from an inconspicuous area of the body, such as from the abdomen, hips, or the inside of the knee. The sucked-out fat is suitable for under-injection of wrinkles.
However, good body tolerability causes the fat to degrade very quickly in the body. Thus, the effect does not last as long as the artificial substances. The surgery can cause swelling and bruising, but infections rarely occur.


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As violent protests are set to continue in Bolivia over President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada's controversial gas exports scheme, the Bolivian press is divided as to who to blame for the unrest.
Some papers accuse the government of "arrogance", but others say it has been too lenient in its treatment of the protesters' ringleaders.
Papers in neighbouring Chile and Peru, meanwhile, ponder the widening split in the Bolivian Government and draw parallels with Ecuador, whose president was deposed in 2000.
La Paz's El Diario backs the opposition's call for a referendum on the gas exports, which would rely on port facilities in Chile and leave only 18% of profits in Bolivia.
"That demand - stained in the blood of dozens of compatriots killed and injured in the defence of the natural resources - remains alive despite the government's stubborn attitude," it says.
The paper adds that Bolivia needs to take a more rational part in the exploitation of its own gas reserves.
"The wise and intelligent thing to do is to open up the path of economic reconstruction for the country, which has been so damaged and impoverished by the imposition of transnational formulae," it says.
Call for crackdown
By contrast, the Santa Cruz daily El Deber blames the violence on the authorities' delay in enforcing public order.
"Although it is no longer any use crying over spilt milk - or blood - we must once again condemn the authorities' leniency in the strongest terms," it says.
The paper urges the government to nip the violence in the bud and arrest those who disturb the peace.
"With a few hundred ringleaders jailed in time and a few of them banished or exiled... our poor country might have got back on the road to peace some time ago," it concludes.
Another La Paz daily, La Razon, agrees. It says President Gonzalo Sanchez de Losada must "think and act swiftly" to calm the fears of Bolivians.
While accusing the unions of exploiting the gas issue to attack the government, it also expresses some understanding of the popular unrest.
"It is necessary to be on the side of legitimacy, of defending democracy, but at the same time those in government must listen to the people and stop adopting arrogant positions," the paper concludes.
Wider issues
Papers in neighbouring countries take an interest in wider aspects of the crisis.
The Peruvian daily La Republica notes that opposition leader Evo Morales' stance against the export of Bolivian gas via Chile is supported by a wide spectrum of political and social forces.
But it says Mr Morales is now issuing what it calls an "ultra-nationalist" demand that the gas should be for Bolivians themselves.
The paper dismisses this call on the grounds that internal consumption would account for under 10% of Bolivia's gas reserves.
"It is clear that the sale of the gas to the USA is a key project for its development, but the strikers denounce the contract," it says.
Chile's La Tercera recalls the fate of Ecuadorean former President Jamil Mahuad, deposed in 2000 amid an indigenous and military uprising.
But although many people say the Bolivian president's departure would resolve the crisis, much more than that is needed, it says.
"The problem brings difficulties that will not be solved without a national political pact," the paper argues.
BBC Monitoring, based in Caversham in southern England, selects and translates information from radio, television, press, news agencies and the internet from 150 countries in more than 70 languages.


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Recently on TED Talks the Rev. Dr. James Forbes, retired pastor of the Riverside Church in NYC spoke about compassion. He spoke of how he learned a living definition of compassion from his mother at home around the dining room table. Forbes was one of eight children who gathered with their mother and father around the table in the evening. As the children grew older, inevitably one or more of the children would be missing when they sat down to eat. His mother showed her love and care and compassion by requiring that before anyone ate and fixed their own plate, a plate would be fixed for those who were not there at the table.
Dr. Forbes says that his Mama reminded him of how God looks around the world table and asks those of us children who are enjoying the blessings set before us—-"Are all the children around the table?" When you bellied up to the table to get your needs met, the question Mama Forbes asked, and God also asks, is: "Where is your brother? " "Where is your sister?" Forbes says: "Just as Mama Forbes asked her children seated at the table about those missing, so God asks us to look after one another, to serve one another and to include one another. It is not enough to live and provide for myself, that I put food in my own mouth, or that I even pass it to my left. I must remember the ones still making their way to the table.
God requires us to remember those still trying to get to the table. We are not to shun them, we are not to shame them. We are to remember them and honor them by serving them first. This is a theme that runs through both the New Testament and the Old Testament. Those who are blessed by food and shelter are to help provide for the vulnerable, the elderly, the jobless, the homeless, the poor, the widow, the orphan.
The question for us as Christians is: "Are we asking who is missing from our table of blessings and making sure they will be able to make it to the table?." In the state of Kansas with one child out of five living below the poverty level-–a level set in the 1950's based on food prices at that time—-I'm afraid our answer is: NO.


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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The University of New Hampshire gymnastics team scored a 49.425 on floor exercise for a runner-up finish at Saturday afternoon's quad-meet, hosted and won by No. 15 Penn State.
The Wildcats upped their record to 14-6 on the season with wins against Penn (193.000) and Temple (189.650) and a setback against the Nittany Lions (196.975).
Kayla Gray led the way in the floor exercise with a 9.925 to finish in a four-way deadlock for first place with a trio of Nittany Lion gymnasts:
UNH concludes the regular season with a quad-meet at No. 17 Kent State on Friday.
Bean honored at NCAA ski meet
RIPTON, Vt. – Senior Anya Caldwell Bean (Wolfeboro, N.H.) capped her college career by earning All-America Second Team in the women's Nordic 15K freestyle mass start to help the University of New Hampshire skiing team finish in eighth place at the 2013 NCAA Skiing Championships, which wrapped up Saturday at Middlebury College's Rikert Touring Center.
UNH, which matched its top NCAA placement since 1994, totaled 461.5 points. The University of Colorado won the national championship with 708 points.
Men's basketball loses
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Candon Rusin came off the bench to score 14 points as Vermont came back from a six-point halftime deficit to defeat the University of New Hampshire men's basketball team 61-42 Saturday in the America East Conference quarterfinals.
The second-seeded Catamounts (20-10), who trailed 26-20 at halftime, used a 27-3 run to build a 49-33 lead with 7:53 remaining. The victory was their 25th over the seventh-seeded Wildcats (9-20) in their last 29 meetings.
After shooting just 26.9 percent (7 of 26) in the first half, the Catamounts shot 58.3 percent (14 of 24) in the second, while UNH dropped off from 50 percent (10 of 20) to 17.4 percent (4 of 23). Vermont is 14-0 this season when holding opponents below 60 points.
Sandro Carissimo scored 10 points for Vermont, which also got nine from Clancy Rugg and eight apiece from Ethan O'Day and Trey Blue.
Ferg Myrick scored 15 points and Patrick Konan 12 for UNH.


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Hi everyone! I've just started back to bookkeeping after a rather large break and am stuck on something!
I have a director of the company I work for, who wants his wages to be put back into his directors loan. The loan is set up as an other asset account. (He started the company with a positive figure in this account. He has since lent money to the business from it, and so it is now zero balance). So he wants his wage each and every week to go into this account. I am bamboozled as to how to do this. I originally set up a clearing account and had his payroll run into their so I could transfer to his loan account, but it then goes into the loan account as a negative figure! How can I get that wage to go into the loan account as a credit, whilst still showing on the main account journal that the wage has been paid, but not taken out (so a credit against that debit)? He definitely wants it set up in payroll, so I have no option to do it another way. Any thought?
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Austinmer meet-up
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We've driven south of Sydney to the small seaside village of Austinmer just north of Wollongong to meet up with David's mother Roselin. She's a minister at the local Uniting Church. When we were heading down, we didn't know that David's father Hugh was also driving through the night to make the family reunion complete!
It's been a year since we last saw Roselin, so we've had a lot to catch up on. We've been to New Zealand in the interim, and Roselin experienced her own adventures in New Zealand's South Island last month. Of course, our girls have changed a lot since she last spent time with us, so we hung out peacefully in a park where she could play with our girls.
It's great to finally be here, to see where Roselin works and lives. She moved down almost two years ago, and this is the first time that we've been able to visit! Next time, we hope it won't be so long between trips!


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Induction Cooking in Your KitchenThis entry was posted in Home Remdodeling, Kitchens and tagged Cooking, cooktop, induction, induction cooking, Kitchen, kitchen appliances on .
Induction cooking is a two-part system. The first is a coil of copper wire and when the electric current flows through the coil it creates energy. The second part is the pan itself. Not all pans will work on an induction cooktop. Pans that consist of 100% copper, 100% aluminum, or 100% non-magnetic stainless steel will not work. The bottom of the pan must have an iron base in order to work, easiest way of checking is to hold a magnet to the bottom of the pan. With a traditional radiant cooktop, the entire element would heat with the surface glowing red. But not with the induction cooktop, all the electromagnetic energy passes through the cooktop and into the pan which causes the iron molecules to vibrate creating the friction that heats the pan. Continue reading


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I had a friend who was carry around this bag at soccer, and I asked her if I could have it. Being that my youngest daughter's name is Lucille, I had to have this bag! ha ha
I took it home and cut it out to the size of a small painted canvas. I then adhered the cutout bag to the canvas with glue. Once the glue was dry, I painted to layers of Modge Podge to the canvas.


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While in Idaho we had many adventures with Aimee and the kids and our first one was to the science center. The kids had sooo much fun exploring and learning new things. It is also a fun place for adults. I admit I got stuck trying to figure out how this one puzzle worked and it drove me nuts until I finally figured it out.
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A public-awareness campaign has been launched to draw attention to Arizona's constitutional mandate to support education.Read More »
Advocates: Easing business personal property tax will spur investments
The annual futility of efforts either to abolish Arizona's tax on business equipment and machinery or to increase the exemption has not deterred the many critics of the tax. This year's version, HCR 2006, takes a novel approach to formulating ...Read More »
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"In aggregate, I would give term limits a net minus, but I don't attribute every ill that we have to term limits. They're not responsible for 110 degrees in July." — Kevin McCarthy, president of the Arizona Tax Research Association, talking about the movement to repeal term limits for politicians.Read More »
ATRA gives Legislature mixed review
The Arizona Legislature adjourned sine die on April 29, and the policy achievements of the 49th Legislature get a mixed review from a taxpayer's perspective.Read More »
Three finance experts appointed to retirement board
Three experts on state finance and economy have been appointed to the Arizona State Retirement System Board, a nine-member body that prescribes investment goals and policies for the state's retirement system.Read More »
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Local governments in Arizona fought off budget crises last year by reducing services, raising taxes and, in many cases, spending more money on lobbying services.Read More »
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Maricopa County rejects most tax appeals
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Patna: Railway police in Patna on Thursday carried out extensive search of the railway platforms, parking lot, and passengers with suspicious looking bags after a letter threatening to blow up the Patna and Gaya Junction was received by the General Manager.
Throughout the day, officials at Patna Junction made repeated announcement on the Public Announcement system warning passengers not to touch any leftover package or bag that could possibly contain explosives.
Using metal detectors, police checked passengers at all points of entry and exit and cleared the parking area of any vehicle to conduct random search throughout the day.
Railways Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) A. S. Thakur said directives had been issued to the Government Railway Police (GRP) to carry out search of the railway tracks for any explosive though nothing was found till the time of reporting.
Officials said the letter dated April 18, purportedly sent by the Maoists, threatened Railways General Manager of dire consequences if he did not quit his job and went back to his native place within 15 days. The letter was signed by Ravindra Verma, Anjani Kumar Sinha, and Mantu – most likely assumed names – and had a return address of Barmasia in Giridih.BLOG COMMENTS POWERED BY DISQUS


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PETALING JAYA (SIN CHEW DAILY/ ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has appointed the MP for Johor Bahru Shahrir Abdul Samad as the new chairman of the Federal Land Development Authority (Felda), operator of some of the world's biggest palm oil plantations in the country, replacing Mohd Isa Abdul Samad.
Since he won with a thumping victory in the Bagan Pinang state assembly by-election in Negeri Sembilan in October 2009, Mohd Isa has been rewarded handsomely, although the way he managed Felda has come under widespread criticism.
CIMB group chairman Nazir Razak has lately urged Felda to clarify on its purchase of 37 per cent of Indonesia's PT Eagle High Plantations at 173 per cent premium.
It was Felda's main listed unit, Felda Global Ventures Holdings (FGV) which first proposed the acquisition, but was later taken over by Felda after the move came under heavy public query. Acquisition of Eagle High's shares at 173 per cent premium despite its losses and tumbling share prices has put the ruling Umno, into the limelight again for mismanagement.
Lest we forget, there are some 112,635 Felda settlers across the country, and they and their family members are staunch supporters of Umno. If even these supporters are no more with the party, the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, will be in real trouble.
As such, Shahrir has been tasked with the mission of putting out the fire in hope of revitalising Felda in 101 days.
The Felda incident once again underscores Najib's strategy of rewarding his political loyalists.
While such a move will consolidate his support within the party, it does little to enhance the management of government departments and government-linked-companies (GLCs) as the appointees are not professionals.
This is not the first time Felda and FGV have come under public criticism, but Umno could hardly be bothered as the party's leaders are only concerned about their own survival. This also explains why we have seen so many irregularities in our government departments.
For instance, the home ministry has announced that employers will have to bear the Employer Mandatory Commitment (EMC) for their foreign workers beginning this year, but it was after some 159 business associations voiced their objection that the cabinet would begin to discuss and clarify on the EMC system. (Under the "commitment", employers are accountable for their workers until their return to their respective home countries).
By right, the ministry should have held a dialogue with the business associations before submitting the proposal to the cabinet for approval.
As if that is not enough, Sarawak has opted not to implement the EMC, adding further to the confusion.
Many have said Umno's collaboration with Parti Islam Se Malaysia (PAS) and the disunity among opposition parties should give the ruling coalition a strong advantage to consolidate its hold of the federal administration. But it now appears that Umno itself is in deep water.
Umno has attempted to use Red Shirts leader Jamal Yunos to counter Bersih 2.0 and the Pakatan Harapan (formerly Pakatan Rakyat), but such a move has also brought down the political standard of the ruling party. Umno's insistence to work with PAS despite objection from other BN component parties has further alienated itself from urban voters.
While Umno leaders appear to be in a relatively comfortable position, unscathed by the 1MDB and RM2.6 billion (S$830 million) scandals, they still have to watch out for the sliding economy.
If the ringgit falls further, and the EMC is eventually transferred to the consumers, even the erstwhile rural strongholds will be significantly weakened.
As such, Umno leaders have been trying very hard to paint a rosy picture of the national economy in hope of boosting the fast waning confidence.
After the exodus of Western funds, Chinese businesses have come in in a big way to fill the vacuum, including smartphone maker Huawei. The economy will be revitalised if proper planning is in place. But unfortunately Umno has overlooked this just to secure its own survival.
PAS has decided to stage a massive rally in support of Syariah Court amendments better known as RUU355 at the historic Dataran Merdeka on February 18, eyeing 300,000 participants.
In the meantime, PM Najib announced in the Umno general assembly last year that the government would take over PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang's private bill, which seeks to mete out harsher punishments for Syariah offences. Against such a backdrop, it is unlikely the government will block next month's rally and will instead lend its full support.
But, the larger the crowd at Dataran, the more is the pressure upon Umno's shoulders. It will find itself unable to quit half way, making it all the easier for PAS to put through its hudud agenda.
Umno is willing to be led by the nose by PAS to keep its leaders in power. But the biggest crisis will come from a disintegrated BN and our severely undermined secular system.
Weirdly, despite all the uncertainties, Najib hinted during the first cabinet meeting this year that 2017 is going to be an "interesting year".
What's so interesting about 2017? The political game? Hope the PM will enlighten us.
Sin Chew Daily is a member of The Straits Times media partner Asia News Network, an alliance of 22 media entities.


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Homeland, whose third series premieres on Britain television today, has won plaudits for its gripping depiction of the CIA's fight against terrorism a decade after September 11. Former officials from the agency agree, however, that the reality of their job was not so glamorous.
Claire Danes last month won a best-actress Emmy for her lead role of Carrie Mathison, a case officer suffering from bipolar disorder who is haunted by the failure to prevent the attacks of 2001. Yet real-life former officers say she would win no prizes for accuracy.
"Why are they allowing someone with a severe mental illness to handle top-secret information and take a lead on such a sensitive case?" asked Aki Peritz, a former counterterrorism analyst who now works as a senior policy adviser on national security at the Third Way think-tank.
Philip Giraldi, an 18-year CIA counterterror veteran, agreed. "Her drug-addled and neurotic persona certainly would have raised numerous red flags in real life, and she likely would have had wound up in a job in the mail room to keep her out of trouble," he said. "I stopped watching it at episode four just because I found it so ridiculous."
Just as unrealistic, the former CIA officials said, is the programme's portrayal of the working day at Langley, the agency's headquarters in northern Virginia – which, Mr Peritz stressed, was far uglier than the elegant steel-and-glass seen by viewers.
While "Homeland takes the high-intensity, high-adrenaline moments and packages them into an hour," the reality is more prosaic, said Tara Maller, a former CIA military analyst who is now a fellow at the New America Foundation.
"The real job as an analyst was maybe 15-20 per cent awe-inspiring and dramatic moments," she said. "Other times, it's about writing reports. You wouldn't want to watch an analyst at a computer writing a President's Daily Brief."
Officials would not be walking around merrily chatting on mobile phones, some former officials said, and bureacratic concerns would ensure mid-ranking case officers such as Mathison did not glide in and out of the offices of agency bosses such as David Estes, played by the British actor David Harewood.
More to the point, the CIA would not even be allowed to investigate the programme's central plot, which unfolds inside the US. "It is ridiculous," said Mr Peritz. "They wouldn't be involved. And if they tried, they would be caught immediately – immediately – by the FBI."
All that said, however, the show has its place, according to the former officials – many of whom admitted to watching it keenly even as they grew increasingly infuriated by its factual blunders.
"I know a lot of people in the national security and intelligence community are fans," said Ms Maller. "The fact there is a huge following probably shows there is a kernel of truth to it."
And "at a time of significant debate over national security and intelligence issues in terms of public opinion", said Ms Maller, the moral quandaries of the characters "reflect the ambiguities of national security policy". It might also encourage a more diverse range of people to seek jobs in the CIA, she said.
"Take it with a grain of salt and it's OK," said Mr Peritz. "Ultimately, it is entertainment".
Homeland returns to Channel 4 tonight at 9pm
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Paul Zyda founder of Zyda Law has been recommended again in the Legal500 in 2016
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Zyda Law have been ranked as a leading firm in the Legal500 again for 2016
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On January 19th 2016, Trainee Solicitor, Alexandra Jones had the chance to attend a seminar titled 'Lost in Translation- from Science to Regulation' at Birmingham Law School.
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In a case with important implications for the waste and construction industries, the Court of Appeal has considered the distinction between waste recovery and waste disposal under the Waste Framework Directive ("WFD"). The Court reversed the decision of an Inspector appointed by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to uphold the Environment Agency's refusal to grant Tarmac Aggregates Limited a standard rules environmental permit for the recovery of waste.
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2015 has once again been a successful year for Zyda Law. With a number of awards under the belt, and with the continuing growth of our Planning Helpline, Zyda Law can look forward to 2016 and the continuing success that it will bring.
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The Government has launched a consultation on proposed changes to the National Planning Policy Framework.
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Happy August! Wow! The summer is beginning to wind down, isn't it? Hard to believe! However, here in Texas, we'll continue to have summer weather for a few more months.... oh well.
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Social Media Strategy
The landscape of digital media has evolved and grown in the six years since we launched our first National Archives social media strategy in 2010, and our digital presence now reaches hundreds of millions of people. More than 200 National Archives staff actively contribute to 130 social media accounts on 14 different platforms, generating over 250 million views in 2015. As our digital presence has grown and evolved, so has our social media strategy. The new Social Media Strategy of the National Archives looks toward the next three years (FY 2017–2020) and will evolve over time. It is intended to serve our staff and help them create digital content that engages, delights, and illuminates.
But whether on paper or a digital platform, the core mission of the National Archives remains unchanged. We've taken this opportunity to reassess our goals and priorities for the next three years, focusing on these four goals:
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For over 140 years, the congregation of Immanuel Lutheran Church has "been in business" faithfully proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ here in Greenfield. We are a member congregation of The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod. We are a conservative congregation that makes exclusive use of the historic Lutheran liturgies. We believe you will find no finer nor a more beautiful expression of Christian worship. It really is a little taste of heaven this side of eternity.
If you are seeking a "contemporary" worship service, you have many congregations from which to choose. However, if you are looking for a service that features beautiful and elegant music befitting of sacred worship, faithful Scriptural preaching, and a celebration of the Lord's Supper every week, we warmly invite you and your family to come and visit us here at Immanuel Lutheran Church. We truly think you will like what you find.
Building on our rich history, we are also reaching into the future to continue touching the hearts and lives of people in very meaningful ways. All children in the community ages 3 through 5 receive an excellent program of Christian and early childhood education.
To accomplish our ministry here at Immanuel Lutheran Church more effectively in this very challenging culture, we continue to make improvements and utilize new technologies.
Also, if you live in or near Winterset, Iowa, we invite you to visit our daughter congregation, Faith Lutheran Church. The worship service at Faith Lutheran Church is every Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Check the website of the congregation at www.faithwinterset.org for more information.
Thank you very much for visiting our website. We look forward to meeting you and your family soon. Gods richest blessings in our Lord Jesus Christ.
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