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The toughest part of marathoning a network series is that so much of it is just the appetizer course. How long must I wait until the delicious creamy desserts that are the reveals, twists, closures, and cliffhangers?! It's cool though, appetizers can be pretty delicious too. Some of our planet's more advanced cultures have even figured out how to eat appetizers for every course. (Sort of like me with Any'tizers.) Yes, Episodes 5–8 of Veronica Mars Season 2 were basically the boneless buffalo wings of a serialized drama: delicious if not necessarily satisfying. The best compliment I can pay to this stretch of episodes is just how much better integrated the cases of the week have been with the over-arching plots. Season 1 seemed to mash these elements together sometimes clumsily, but this season cases of the week have organically arisen from the main plot or were alluded to in previous episodes. For an episodic serial-procedural hybrid, there's much more flow now, which I really enjoy. Do I enjoy it as much as Any'tizers? Girl, quit it.
Okay, let's lift this school bus out of the ocean!
Case of the week: Newly minted series lead Jackie continued making a bad impression on us when she approached Veronica for help finding out whether or not her best friend had stolen her credit card. After Veronica tirelessly looked at credit card statements and arranged outlet shopping plans with the suspect, her focus turned to a cable access psychic that Jackie occasionally consulted with. That's when Veronica was invited on-air and humiliated with personal information that Jackie had fed the psychic because, OH YEAH, it was all a practical joke intended to take Veronica down a peg. Ugh, Jackie is the worst.
The plot thickens: This episode focused way more on Wallace than usual, picking up where last episode left off with the reappearance of his supposed father. After an understandably fraught confrontation with his mother we learned that the man was indeed Wallace's biological father, but he'd gotten a bit too close to the junkie lifestyle while undercover so she'd left him and instead married the man that Wallace came to believe was his father. Wallace understood at first (Alicia still took a lot of grief about it from both him and Keith), but when he was again confronted by his father while working at his job turning product labels backwards...
... He discovered that his biological father had indeed attempted to contact him all that time and hadn't abandoned them like Alicia insisted he had. Between that and a few flare-ups with Veronica, Wallace ended the episode by leaving Neptune to go hang with his father in Chicago and not respond to any of Veronica's emails.
Meanwhile Keith's race against Sheriff Lamb heated up when, at a local debate, Sheriff Lamb revealed that Keith had failed to give the deceased bus driver a DUI back in the day, somehow making him culpable in the deaths of a dozen students. In retribution, Veronica literally bugged Sheriff Lamb's office and overheard him extorting baseball star Terrence Cook, but at the last minute she opted not to broadcast it at the homecoming dance as she'd originally intended. In more hopeful news, Veronica happened upon a voicemail left by one of the dead students AS they were crashing, and it suggested that there was a small explosion prior to the accident. Proving once again that they are indeed related by blood, Veronica's dad opted not to use this discovery against Sheriff Lamb and instead just turned the voicemail over to him to help the investigation.
Don't I know you from somewhere?
Christine Estabrook played the shady psychic. Most recognizable as Martha Huber from Desperate Housewives (as well as from a dozen other shows), I'll always remember her as Marcy, the melodramatic, racist realtor from American Horror Story.
Episode verdict: I've never been completely bowled over by the Wallace storylines, but I appreciated that this episode introduced some pretty heavy family drama for him to deal with. It definitely made Alicia more interesting and gave some added depth to Wallace's friendship with Veronica. Unfortunately, Jackie is not only an awful person but also an awful character, and it's frustrating to have to care about her relationship with Wallace. Does she get more interesting at some point? I hope so! Right now she seems like a waste of space in the opening credits. Overall this was a good, if slightly unsatisfying episode. I think that's mostly to do with the fact that we're still early in the season so it's all just a bunch of loose ends at this point (even the case of the week ended up having no closure). Still, Veronica Mars is a much more confident, layered show than before and it's still really fun to watch.
Case of the week: What would've counted as larger mythology-related plotline last season was instead a case of the week this season: Failed scapegoat Abel Koontz returned to town to ask Veronica to track down his missing daughter Amelia before he died. Veronica eventually did; unfortunately she'd been murdered! With the help of (notably not-in-prison) Kane Software head of security Clarence Wiedman, Veronica traced the crime to Amelia's Argentinian lover and Clarence vowed to basically go murder him. Because that's his main hobby I guess? Meanwhile Veronica lied to Abel Koontz on his deathbed, claiming that Amelia was trying to return from a super fun vacation but she'd be there soon.
The plot thickens: First off, Keith lost the Sheriff election by a super slim margin. Meanwhile a new witness showed up to offer new information about Logan's supposed stabbing of Felix. Then, in possibly related events, somebody burned down Logan's house and he had to move in with Duncan. But one of the bigger moments of the episode was the return of Aaron Echolls, who was transferred to the Neptune County Jail in order to, I guess, talk some sense into Logan? The surprising part was that he denied murdering Lilly Kane. While he admitted he had tried to murder Veronica and Keith (in the season finale) he maintained that Duncan was the one who'd been in an epileptic rage around the time of Lilly's murder.
Finally, Keith actually boarded the crashed school bus (which a slightly more helpful Sheriff Lamb had exhumed from its water grave) and discovered evidence of an explosion. So, just in case that wasn't clear enough already, a murderer was on the loose!
Don't I know you from somewhere?
Noted Veronica Mars superfan and general geek boss Joss Whedon played the manager of a car rental company that Amelia DeLongpre had used.
Playing his underling was then-America's Next Top Model contestant Kim Stolz! I remember I rooted for her during that season. And she wasn't terrible here! It still seems weird that UPN was shoehorning Top Model contestants into its critically acclaimed serialized drama, but for the most part they haven't stood out more than normal day-players. So far, at least.
Episode verdict: This episode was great, if way more grim than usual. Between Abel's offscreen cancer death to Amelia's icy resting place (that motel manager was NOT doing a very good job of maintaining that ice machine), there was a real whiff of death in this episode. But it also had its moments, like this part where Veronica staged an art gallery in her motel room just to prove to Keith that she wasn't up to anything:
Cool art gallery!
I'm super intrigued about the Aaron Echolls thing, if also slightly disturbed that the plotlines of Season 1 weren't as wrapped up as I'd hoped. It's weird having closure yanked out from under you, you know?
Case of the week: After Duncan decided to go through comatose Meg's computer and find out exactly what Meg's sister didn't want their parents to find, he discovered that she'd been attempting to contact Child Protective Services to save an unnamed child she'd been babysitting. It wasn't long before Veronica was offering to babysit for half the town and she discovered a sick fact about Neptune: ALL PARENTS were abusing their children basically.
A particularly chilling scenario happened when Veronica went to the world's weirdest poolside sleepover at Gia Goodman's house and witnessed Woody Goodman and his wife behaving super strangely toward their younger son. But this was a red herring, as later Veronica and a turtleneck-clad Duncan infiltrated Meg's bedroom to discover that Meg had actually been referring to her own little sister and they went on to discover not only hundreds of journals with punishment-induced scribblings in them, but also a SECRET room behind the closet in which the girl was being kept!
After Veronica and Duncan were discovered, Meg's father had them arrested and in an absolutely chilling scene, Sheriff Lamb realized they were telling the truth, set them free, and took it upon himself to make sure the abuse would stop, thus continuing the subtle redemption of the world's worst sheriff.
The plot thickens: Logan also enlisted Veronica to help debunk the new "witness" in Felix's murder case. She discovered he was a pretty stand-up guy (a plastic surgeon who insisted that Veronica didn't need any work done). Meanwhile the Casablancas' lawyer informed Dick and Beaver that they'd get access to their trust funds at 21 but Kendall wouldn't be getting a dime; within hours she was attempting to gold-dig Logan, and then even Duncan. Also Keith learned from Woody Goodman that the "mayor" of Neptune was hoping to spin the '09er zip code off into its own township and make Keith the sheriff. And in one more nugget of intrigue, Duncan discovered a letter in Meg's room that he pocketed when Veronica wasn't looking.
Don't I know you from somewhere?
I'd neglected to point him out when he first appeared, but Meg's dad was played by the very recognizable character actor Geoff Pierson who also plays the Captain on Dexter, had a stint as the President on 24, and was also the poor man's Al Bundy on Unhappily Ever After. Congratulations on playing a jerk on EVERY show, Mr. Pierson!
Episode verdict: Another great episode, with its perfect blend of teenage awfulness (the slumber party), Neptune's seedy underbelly, and even a scene in which Veronica lip-synced dialogue to The Big Lebowski:
I mean, what's not to like? But really, the closing sequence in which Lamb arrested and then set free Veronica and Duncan was incredible. One of the more subtle and powerful moments I've seen on any TV show in a while. I like how this season has shaded in some of its broadly drawn characters, and in particular the flashes of goodness in Sheriff Lamb have been great. The child abuse angle was downright disturbing, but still felt accurate to this particular affluent beachside hellscape.
Case of the week: In a case tangentially related to the ongoing bus crash plot, parents of one of the victims found themselves the victims of "pranks" involving the memory of their dead son. Bus trinkets left around the house, audio loops of his voice played through their car stereo. You know, typical pranks. Veronica looked into it only to discover that the kid had been apart of a secret Howard Stern-like pirate radio station and was possibly gay. Eventually she discovered that the kid's boyfriend (?) had been harassing the parents in retribution for their having sent their son to an anti-gay brainwashing camp, but then the parents had continued staging the harassment in order to win a lawsuit against the school district.
The plot thickens: Much of this week's plotine involved Logan's stabbing case, and how exactly the PCH gang was involved. First Veronica went to check up on the shady dealings of the plastic surgeon witness, which led to a frightening confrontation with a local family of Irish thugs who were clearly trying to frame Logan for some reason. Meanwhile the PCH gang kidnapped Logan at gunpoint and mentally tortured him to get him to 'fess up to Felix's murder. He didn't, of course, and ended the episode vowing revenge on Weevil and his posse. Meanwhile Duncan began having dreams that made clear he was possibly still in love with Meg and that Veronica was some kind of villain in his life. Uh-oh. The final shot had Duncan finally opening that letter he'd found in Meg's room only to gasp in disbelief. Cliffhanger!
Don't I know you from somewhere?
High School Musical's Lucas Grabeel played this '09er who was VERY mad at Weevil about not getting his cocaine.
Sons of Anarchy fans might recognize Taylor Sheridan here as Danny Boyd, friend of the Fighting Fitzpatricks and lucky beneficiary of some impromptu pool table plastic surgery.
Episode verdict: Well, obviously I'm going to comment on the gay twist. Better, Veronica Mars. Not exactly heartwarming that a gay person would feel righteous enough to emotionally torture grieving parents, but that kind of behavior is no more monstrous than typical straight characters' actions on this show. So, um, cool equality? But I really enjoyed the pool hall scene where Veronica almost got a new face tattoo. Once again Logan swooped in and saved her, continuing this season's mirroring of Logan's arc in Season 1 (awful to heroic). Yeah, this was a solid episode. Not exactly fun per se, but thrilling and kinda scuzzy. And what did that letter sayyyyy?? Okay I will keep watching.
... Did you guys miss Wallace AT ALL when he was gone?
... Would you rather be locked in a closet metaphorically or literally?
... Did it bug you whenever Top Model contestants would show up?
... Am I crazy or is Sheriff Lamb becoming likeable?
– The Veronica Mars Season 1 Dossier: Episodes 1-8
– The Veronica Mars Season 1 Dossier: Episodes 9-16
– The Veronica Mars Season 1 Dossier: Episodes 17-22
– The Veronica Mars Season 2 Dossier: Episodes 1-4


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text: Qatar will host the 2022 World Cup after Fifa, the world football governing body, announced in Zurich on Thursday that they have beaten bid rivals Australia, Japan, South Korea, and the United States. Sepp Blatter, the Fifa president, confirmed the small Gulf Arab country's successful bid following a vote by the governing body's 22-man executive committee today. Qatar beat bids from Australia, the United States and 2004 World Cup co-hosts Japan and South Korea. Al Jazeera's Nick Clark reports on Qatar's plan to deliver a dream World Cup in 12 years time. SOURCE: Al Jazeera Middle East US & Canada Australia Japan Qatar


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Friday, April 28, 2006
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Here's another project in the works.
A baby afghan of Lion Brand Homespun.
At the rate I'm going, the baby will need a wedding gift instead.
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Sock Progress
My cousin Jan sent me some wonderful "Sock It To Me" yarn last summer. I started these "Socks 101" socks.
Here's the progress on the first sock. I'm a little slow because of having to support the family while Virgil's in school.
I should have more time when school's out to finish these.
I'm trying to get progress bars to show on my blog.
Check out Jan's blog at www.theworkofherhands.blogspot.com
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Friday, April 21, 2006
Have pictures--will post!
Here, Virgil plows the garden with a tractor borrowed from the neighbor. The garden's about the size of a football field. Hopefully, we can get it all planted. Then, hopefully, we can keep the deer from eating everything.
Here, Virgil plows the garden with a tractor borrowed from the neighbor. The garden's about the size of a football field. Hopefully, we can get it all planted. Then, hopefully, we can keep the deer from eating everything.
Thursday, April 20, 2006
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Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Easter Photo
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
The Pond is Full!
Even though the water is still pretty muddy, Josiah tried to get in, but it was very cold. However, he did throw the dog in. She swam out very fast, shook, and rolled in the grass. I think she was really grateful for the spring bath.
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Friday, April 14, 2006
The gas line men started a fire with a spark from their pipe cutter. The whole fire department had to come out to make sure it was extinguished. Josiah rests on the four-wheeler after the ordeal. He helped put it out with some jugs of water. I was busily trying to string hoses together to spray the roof. Nothing like a dry run to make you see how unprepared you are for disaster. When I tried to call 911, the dispatcher told me I had the wrong number! Then when the fire department came, they said they had trouble finding our farm because we don't have our address on the mailbox.
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Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Josiah Digs
I told him I would like a pond at the spring.
He dug 2 hours and hit bedrock. I hope it holds water.
Maybe we'll have ducks.
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It's Time to Push for Free College
by Max Page and Dan Clawson
Just about everyone agrees that college should be more affordable. A century ago high school was becoming a necessity, not a luxury; today the same is happening to college. If college is essential for building a career and being a full participant in our democracy as high school once was, shouldn't it be free, paid for by public dollars, and treated as a right of all members of our country?
We have made K-12 education free because it is good for the individual and for society. The same is true for higher education. As several recent studies have underscored, a college degree is a pathway to a more stable life, financially and otherwise, even for students who struggled in high school. Other studies show that there is no better short-term or long-term investment for the rest of society than higher education. For example, one study shows that new spending on public colleges, which would be sparked by an influx of more students, produces more economic activity than a similar-sized tax cut, or similar spending on roads and bridges. And, over their lives, college graduates smoke less, commit fewer crimes, draw less on social welfare programs, and generate more taxes.
These arguments, long made by activists on the left, have finally made their way into the mainstream. (Of course, they've been in the mainstream for decades in most advanced countries, where higher education is free, including Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, Finland, Mexico, and Brazil). President Obama's proposal for free community college, builds off the program launching in Tennessee this year. But he also was inspired by other state proposals past and present, like the 20-year-old state-funded HOPE scholarship program in Georgia, the largest merit-based scholarship program in the U.S., and free-college proposals in Oregon, Mississippi, Chicago, Philadelphia, and our own state of Massachusetts, where universal public education was pioneered by Horace Mann.
These proposals are born out of recognition that our students are struggling. Many can't go to college because they can't afford it or won't burden their families with the debt. Most who graduate do so with tens of thousands of dollars of debt, shackling them to creditors for decades and limiting their career options. We should no longer delay our students' escape from the decades-long spiral of state cuts, higher tuition, and dwindling financial aid. Shouldn't we, as educators and union members of the largest teachers' union in the nation, stand with our students and fight to give them the opportunities they deserve?
Opponents say: now is not the time. Although the movement for free higher education has built enough momentum that a cautious centrist like President Obama now supports free community college, they say that until our colleges other problems are solved, we should cross our arms and block the schoolhouse door. Free higher education is "a generation too late," wrote the leader of the Massachusetts Community College Council recently. This resistance reminds us of what the Birmingham ministers said to Martin Luther King, Jr.: Be patient. Acting now would be "unwise and untimely." But we say it's never too early or too late to fight for one's principles.
We can make this happen but only if we, faculty, staff, and K-12 teachers, too, stand together with students and parents and demand that public higher education is a right for everyone, and not a privilege for the few. Then, together, we can say to the people in power: Free is not enough. It has to be free quality education. That means we need more tenure-system faculty and full-time staff, better pay, benefits, and job security for adjunct faculty, and more support services. We know the power of collective action because we have seen it here in Massachusetts where a unified group of students, faculty and staff, brought together by PHENOM (the Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts), won a $100 million boost in state funding, allowing campuses to hire more faculty and staff while freezing tuition and fees.
Those who oppose free public higher education roar that it would be a hardship on campuses, that it would mean more students and less money, that hundreds of faculty and staff would be fired. This is false. In Tennessee, which recently instituted free community college, they are busy hiring more faculty to teach the classes to all the new students thrilled about the opportunity to get a higher education. Georgia's HOPE scholarships led to the dramatic expansion of small, commuter schools into major institutions, such as Georgia State University (where one of us taught). Obviously, this same coalition of students, faculty, and staff will have to be vigilant in our demands that new faculty and staff are mainly tenure-system, and that adjunct faculty who are hired are compensated fairly and have some measure of job security.
Here's a simple historical fact: in this country, it is universal programs that last and are protected, while discretionary programs like public higher education are routinely cut. Why do Social Security and Medicare survive while welfare is gutted? Why does universal K-12 education get much more funding, in state after state, while public higher education has seen massive cuts over the past generation? Those who denounce free higher education should recognize that they have gotten nowhere by repeating, over and over, that we need more resources.
A growing list of unions and activist groups are embracing free higher education as a cause. NEA needs to strengthen its stand by firmly endorsing a resolution like that of AFT, which declared a decade ago their belief in "the right of all Americans to have access to a fully funded free public higher education." Members should get their locals to endorse the idea of free public higher education, and get their campus Faculty Senates to do so as well. And they should consider joining up with other national and state-based groups, such as Generation Progress, Higher Ed, Not Debt, the Campaign for the Future of Higher Education, and Rolling Jubilee.
Free higher education, and the public colleges and universities our nation deserves, is in our sights.
Max Page and Dan Clawson are professors of architecture and sociology, respectively, at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Each previously served as president of the Massachusetts Society of Professors, the 1,400-member union of faculty and librarians, which is a chapter of the Massachusetts Teachers Association, and are active in the statewide union. They are co-authors of The Future of Higher Education (Routledge.)


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Williamston and Okemos are two cities that are a part of the Greater Lansing area, where we live. Whereas we live on the west side of Lansing, they are east and south-east respectively.
I've just finished reading a short book on a particularly gruesome murder that took place in Williamston in 1897. The book told the story of a man who came home for lunch (dinner as it was then), to find his mother's head on his dinner plate. His wife had gone crazy and killed her mother-in-law.
The murder is not as interesting as the detailed descriptions of life in Lansing at the time, almost 120 years ago. In 1897 many people could still remember when the city of Lansing was chosen as the state capital. The city was served by a number of railway lines, none of which exist now.
What was particularly interesting to me was the fact that the murderer was charged, tried and sentenced within six days. Yes, six days! What a contrast to today, where a trial may take more than a year, sentencing months and punishment is often delayed for years. Will Dzhokhar Tsarnaev ever actually be put to death? His victims died instantly!
Reading the book, I was reminded of the scripture in Ecclesiastes 8:11 which says: "Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil."
It's no wonder that we are seeing more crimes of violence when our legal system is a joke. The system has little to do with justice.
Another legal issue came up in the book. Again, the contrast with today is quite marked.
The murderer was sentenced to life in an asylum. She died about eighteen months later from tuberculosis.
Her husband, meanwhile, turns up again in the historical record, three years after the murder. He was found co-habiting with a woman in Okemos, a few miles away. They were both charged with "lewd and lascivious behavior." He was sentenced to ten months and she got eight. That's curious in itself. I'm sure they were both equally to blame, so, therefore, why were their sentences different? But they both went to jail.
America today, with less than 5% of the world's population, has 25% of the world's prisoners. Can you imagine what our prisons would be like if all those co-habiting were sentenced to a jail term? If biblical commands were upheld in our communities, we would need a lot more jails and prisons for long-term offenders.
I was reminded of this last Friday when the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in all fifty states. Can you imagine what the village elders would have done in 1900 Okemos if they had found two men co-habiting?
It shows how far we have come as a country. And not just us, other western nations are the same.
Many Christians interpret the latest Supreme Court decision as a sign that the end of the age cannot be far off, that just as God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah when they were beyond being saved, that the US and other nations must face the same. A number of conservatives said that the decision was a blow to marriage.
But the fact is that Friday's decision is just the latest blow to marriage.
Marriage laws were progressively weakened throughout the twentieth century and churches said nothing. In 1971 no-fault divorce became the law across the country, a decision that, arguably, did more harm to traditional marriage than any decision before or since.
The lives of millions of innocent children have suffered needlessly because of this change to the law, which reflected increased selfishness in our society.
Just two years later, abortion became legal. This decision led to the murders of almost 60 million children in the United States alone.
Same-sex marriage is certainly not approved of in the scriptures. Nor are adultery and fornication, yet churches turn a blind eye to both, or punish them less severely.
The Apostle Paul treated them equally in I Corinthians 6:9.
"Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God." (verses 9-11)
Clearly, Paul here condemns fornication, adultery and sodomy equally.
If churches had done the same in recent decades, they might not be in the mess they are in now with regard to same-sex relationships.
If churches are to have any credibility at all on moral issues, they need to condemn these sexual sins EQUALLY. That's the only way they will be able to turn away same-sex couples who request a church wedding. Churches need a statement of belief that upholds a biblically sanctioned marriage and only a biblically sanctioned marriage between a man and a woman who have chosen chastity until marriage and are committed to fidelity afterwards. Divorced church members should be directed toward a civil marriage, not a church wedding.
If churches don't do this, they are, in effect saying that one sin is worse than the other, just like the Pharisees of Jesus' day. In today's western world that will open them up to charges of discrimination and intolerance.
One final thought before we leave this subject.
The book on the 1897 murder was titled: "To hell I must go." The title came from the murderess herself. She kept saying that when the police came to arrest her.
When it comes to the morals of the last fifty years, it's more a case of "to hell we must go." Our society is falling apart as a result of our national sins. Lax laws have destroyed the family. The latest change to the law is just another nail in the coffin. Still to come, inevitably, are polygamy, incest, pedophilia, and bestiality. In England, they have already stopped prosecuting the latter.
It won't end until we suffer the same fate as Sodom and Gomorrah. We will, but it may be some time yet and more changes are still to come.


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The NMI metric of the Institute for Supply Management's Non-Manufacturing (ISM) Report on Business was a reading of 54.4 in September. This is down from the 58.6 reading in August but is still a greater than 50 reading, indicating economic expansion in the services sector, albeit at a slower pace.
Performance by industry:
Voss Capital is betting on a housing market boom
The Voss Value Fund was up 4.09% net for the second quarter, while the Voss Value Offshore Fund was up 3.93%. The Russell 2000 returned 25.42%, the Russell 2000 Value returned 18.24%, and the S&P 500 gained 20.54%. In July, the funds did much better with a return of 15.25% for the Voss Value Fund Read More
The 11 non-manufacturing industries reporting growth in September — listed in order — are: Retail Trade; Management of Companies & Support Services; Transportation & Warehousing; Construction; Utilities; Information; Finance & Insurance; Other Services; Wholesale Trade; Professional, Scientific & Technical Services; and Public Administration. The four industries reporting contraction in September are: Arts, Entertainment & Recreation; Educational Services; Health Care & Social Assistance; and Mining.
What the respondents are saying:
- "Overall business conditions are slowing — small manpower decrease of 5 percent." (Construction)
- "Business levels continue to be strong. Shifting from transient to group travelers." (Accommodation & Food Services)
- "Increased activity following summer vacations, but several postponements as well. Clients still unsure about the economy and business costs (e.g., healthcare)." (Professional, Scientific & Technical Services)
- "The federal government's spending is increasing greatly as agencies execute their final budgets and utilize fiscal year 2013 appropriated funds prior to their expiration on September 30th. This has caused a major increase in procurement activity for goods and services. Budgets are uncertain for fiscal year 2014, so some items requiring funding in future years are not being purchased." (Public Administration)
- "Business has leveled off — not much in the way of growth." (Retail Trade)
- "Some pick-up in sequential sales growth, but still flat with last year." (Wholesale Trade)
Where leading U.S. business surveys currently stand:
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Kirkcudbright Rotary Duck Race
Rotary Club of Kirkcudbright at it's Best - Annual Duck Race! -2015
Over ONE THOUSAND DUCKS went into training.
Sunday 30th August 2015 - Kirkcudbright Harbour - at 1400 saw two magnificent
Duck Races, well over 1,000 streamlined ducks, followed by almost 100
best dressed ducks in the world.
An event this year well organised by Kirkcudbright Rotarian Alex Kinnell....and his report;-
8th Annual Duck Race
A bright sunny afternoon last Sunday saw a large crowd gather along the Kirkcudbright Harbour wall to watch the running of the Rotary Club's annual Duck Race. This is the 8th year the event has been held to raise money for charity. There were a total of just under 1400 ducks in the main race and 99 larger ducks in the Corporate duck race which is supported by local businesses and Rotarians. The ducks were launched from the Bridge and "swam" furiously down the river to the finishing line at the harbour slipway. The ducks were recovered at the finishing line river by the Sea Cadets. The winner of the public duck race was Mr A Cross from Motherwell (duck no. 118 ) with Mrs Y Sproat from Annan (duck no. 57) winning second place. Third and fourth prizes went to locals Mr A Patterson and Mr Proven. The winner of the Corporate Duck race was Ethan with HMS Lochinvar coming second followed by Daffodil (Lindsay Line). Immediately before the race a "Beauty Parade" of the Corporate Ducks was held with two judges from the Vintage Car rally awarding first prize to Dorothy Duck (J S Fencing), second place to Polka Dot (William Law) with Selkirk (Selkirk Arms) coming third.
The Club's President, Jean Best, said "each year the race seems to grow in popularity and we are delighted to bring a lot of fun and excitement to the Town. The summer is a busy period for the Club when we try to raise as much cash as we can for good causes both locally and internationally. We have lots of fun doing it and I invite any readers who are interested in getting involved to come along to one of our meetings which are held in the Selkirk Arms every Tuesday evening to find out more" .


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Rhodes - Daytrip to nearby islands
While visiting the majestic island of Rhodes, why not take a daytrip to its nearby islands? Rhodes' proximity to other Greek island attractions makes daily excursions to other islands by boat extremely tempting. Quite close to Rhodes are the islands of Kastellorizo, Symi, Halki and Tilos and are perfect for daytrips!
- Symi
Located in the Southern Dodecanese, north of Rhodes and close to the coast of south-west Turkey, Symi is a well known holiday destination and one of the leading day-trip destinations from Rhodes. It is a scenic traditional village with shipbuilding and sponge diving history and unique architecture. When you first come across its port, its beauty will leave you breathless!
- Halki
Just 6 km to the west of Rhodes, lays the island of Halki. It is the smallest of the Dodecanese islands and is a quite island, where visitors can relax and escape from the stresses of everyday life. It is well known for its rocky sceneries, blue-green waters and a former sponge fishing industry. A perfect destination for peace and privacy! For those that want to lose themselves in a tranquil paradise, Alimia, an uninhabited island with beautiful beaches, is a choice idyll. In Halki there are boats that can take you to the island of Alimia within just five minutes where you shall feel that the world belongs to you!
- Tilos
Tilos is a tiny island of Dodecanese and is located to the north west of Rhodes. It is an alternative destination with secluded beaches, small villages and very little tourism. You will get the chance to relax and swim to its crystal clear waters surrounded by imposing mountains, rocky and steep coasts and caves.
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Kastellorizo, or also known as Megisti, is located at the south easternmost edge of Greece. Not as close to Rhodes as Symi, Halki or Tilos yet it is a calm and beautiful island, despite its long and stormy history, with mountainous and rocky landscapes. Stunning rough scenery, ancient monuments, magnificent neo-classical houses, kind people, peaceful holidays and relaxation await you.
Of course you can always take a day holiday in Rhodes by boat. There is a wide range of supply in such tours, which are truly a unique experience. For example, why not sail to get from Mandraki of Rhodes to Lindos and enjoy a swim at different beaches until you reach your destination. It is most certainly a possibility worth exploring!
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I am teaching our "mathematics for liberal arts" course for the first time. This is a topics course, so I can teach whatever I like; I have chosen to do a Pólya-type problem solving course.
In class, the procedure will likely go like this: students get new problems to work on on Mondays and Fridays. Students will work on old problems on Wednesdays.
The grading of the course has five components: problem reports, correct solutions to problems, quizzes, a final exam, and a project. Without going into too much detail, here is how the final grades will be determined:
- Students will get at least a C if they provide a modest amount of evidence that they have achieved the learning goals (see below) and get at least a CD on the final exam ("CD" is like a C- or D+).
- Students will get at least a B if they provide a good amount of evidence that they have achieved the learning goals (see below), do well on the quizzes, do a project, and get at least a BC on the final exam ("BC" is like a B- or C+).
- Students will get at an A if they provide a whole lot of evidence that they have achieved the learning goals (see below), do well on the quizzes, do a really good project, get at least a AB on the final exam ("AB" is like a A- or B+), and get correct solutions to many of the problems.
In short, C students are able to demonstrate good habits of mind, B students are also able to understand and replicate solutions, and A students are also able to generate solutions to problems.
The learning goals are this:
- You will improve your written and verbal communication skills.
- You will be in the habit of providing and demanding evidence for any assertion.
- You will be in the habit of employing supposition when you encounter new ideas ("What if the idea were tweaked to be slightly different. What would happen then?).
- You will be in the habit of employing different perspectives by determining how other people think
about a situation.
- You will be in the habit of making connections between new ideas and old.
- You will be in the habit of planning before acting.
- You will be in the habit of using heuristics ("rules of thumb") to help you solve problems.
The way students demonstrate evidence that they are achieving the goals is this: each student specifically states which of the learning goals were "used" in the problem report. For example, the first problem in class is a simple variation of the game nim; I would expect many students might claim that had to employ different Perspectives in solving the game, since they will have to think about how the opponent will respond to each move. Additionally, the student might have a partial solution strategy; if the student provides a "proof" of why the strategy is guaranteed to work, the student can also claim that they displayed evidence of the Evidence goal.
So the students are responsible for realizing what they did (although I have a grader who is going to verify that the students did what they said they did). I like this because it encourages students to use these good habits ("I need a Connections, so I had better try to think about whether this problem is related to something I know"), it forces students to reflect on what they did, and this is how most of the "real world" works (When I apply for tenure, I am the one who needs to provide the evidence that I deserve tenure. Similarly if I were to ask for a raise.).
I help my students by telling them where they can often find opportunities to provide evidence of the learning goals. For instance, students can cite each problem report as Communication, although it must be well-written to get credit. I tell students that the Game Theory questions and the Knights/Knaves/Liars/Truth-tellers problems are good for Perspectives. I also tell students to pose new, but related, problems in each problem report (from The Art of Problem Posing); this is good for satisfying the Supposition goal.
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The kid from Ngaruawahia was always going to be different.
He loved the freedom of walking to the dairy in his bare feet, and the fact that he lived just down the road from the Maori Queen's official residence.
He also had a brain that would gain him a scholarship at age 17 to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, followed by a double first in aeronautical engineering - and a tap on the shoulder from a tutor recruiting for Britain's Security Intelligence Service when he was only 21. He refused.
But the SIS was persistent. By 1991, when he was a 28-year-old, 1.9m hunk who had spent a year at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston as a Kennedy Memorial scholar, ridden a motorbike across the Sahara and become fluent in three languages, Richard Tomlinson was persuaded.
As he said in a TVNZ Assignment documentary two years ago: "It was almost a matter of pride among students to get asked ..."
Once inside the SIS, he performed spectacularly. Regarded as the best officer in his intake, he quickly outstripped more plodding probationers.
Within months he became operational officer to the Soviet section, where he developed a scheme to uplift the super-sensitive Mitrokhin archives from Moscow - the same archives that pointed the finger at New Zealand diplomat Paddy Costello and top public servant Dr Bill Sutch.
It was after his second overseas posting - this time to Bosnia - that he was sacked. The date was August 31, 1995, and he had been with MI6 just under four years.
Maybe what the Cambridge talent scout had failed to pick up was that his blend of brilliance and innovation was laced with a tenacity that would drive him to campaign against his former bosses internationally for what he will maintain till the end of his days was his "illegal and unfair dismissal" from MI6.
His mission, he says, is to expose the secrecy and inefficient management of Britain's external security service.
It was always going to be a David-and-Goliath task. By late last month, despite continuing negotiations for mediation between his Auckland barrister, Warren Templeton, and the British Treasury Solicitor, he was running out of options.
Holed up in an apartment in Rimini, Italy, under "constant surveillance" by police and authorities, he was adamant that the only way out was to publish his adventures since he left MI6 and so get his story into the open.
As he said on his cellphone, while speeding along the autoroute from Rome with two "slightly overweight, swarthy, Italian-looking men" shadowing him, "the only way to get this whole thing over is to write the book."
"At the moment I'm thinking of going to Cuba. Quite clearly they [MI6] are putting me under such surveillance here I've got to think seriously about where else I can do it."
Even after five years out of the system, with his options for a safe haven rapidly drying up, he obviously enjoys the thrill. "Cuba seems like quite a good choice."
Why was a man who was so outstanding that he was given tasks normally reserved for experienced SIS personnel kicked out so summarily?
Mr Tomlinson says his dismissal was based on a personnel department claim that he "was not a team player and prone to go off on his own frolics." MI6 has subsequently claimed that he was unreliable.
Other officers, including his immediate superior, protested that he was an excellent performer who should not be dismissed.
After his sacking he was prevented from taking MI6 to an industrial tribunal when his employers placed a security ban on proceedings.
From that day he has fought the perceived injustice with a doggedness and no-holds-barred fury that have forced the SIS to pursue him across three continents.
It was never going to be a fair fight. The outcast spy and the SIS have continued to snipe at each other - and with every move the will to win has gone up another notch.
Mr Tomlinson's opener was to send a six-page synopsis for a book based on his experiences at MI6 to a publisher in Australia - the country where former MI5 assistant director Peter Wright published Spycatcher.
Before you could say Le Carre, his former bosses charged him with breaking the Official Secrets Act and, far from visiting his brother in Australia, he was sentenced to a year in jail.
The probation terms when he was released six months later angered him, too. He was forbidden to communicate with the media, told he could not leave the country and forced to surrender his British and New Zealand passports.
Mr Tomlinson, who was already working on a deal to tell his story to Assignment, employed the tactics he had perfected at MI6. He refused to give up his New Zealand passport and, on the pretext that it was the property of the New Zealand Government, posted it to the New Zealand Embassy in Paris.
Next he skipped to France on a ferry and, after a savage roughing-up from French gendarmes - apparently at the behest of Britain's Special Branch - picked up this passport and headed for Auckland.
Again the SIS used its international connections. When he touched down at Mangere, police were waiting with an injunction from both the British and New Zealand Governments under the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act forbidding him to reveal MI6 secrets.
Although his revelations in the Assignment programme broadcast that week did not contain any state secrets, the British Government quickly moved against him.
A Special Branch officer and Auckland police raided his hotel room, seized his laptop and mobile phone and eventually hauled him off a plane bound for Australia. Canberra has now refused him an entry visa.
Once again the perceived injustice only made him more determined.
En route to what he hoped would be political asylum in Switzerland, he stopped in France to give evidence to Magistrate Herve Stephan, who was investigating the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, the year before.
Mr Tomlinson suggested that the Princess' death was curiously similar to a fate planned by MI6 for Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic.
Meanwhile, his London lawyer, John Wadham, of the British civil liberties group Liberty, was trying to broker a deal. On February 18, 1997, at a secret location in Spain with no lawyers present, the SIS presented Mr Tomlinson with a draft agreement. Their terms: a 12-month pension and interest-free loan and help to find another job.
In return, Mr Tomlinson had to agree to give up his manuscript; return all material relating to his work at the SIS; assign to the Crown copyright to everything he had written concerning his work and SIS activities; acknowledge his obligations under the Official Secrets Act; and comply with his contractual undertaking regarding non-publication of information relating to security and intelligence activities.
Fearing for his life, he signed.
As he says now: "I was forced into signing. They said that if I didn't, 'We'll harass you around the world for the rest of your life'."
The SIS was not joking. After he had tried, hated and left the job provided for him with the Formula One racing-car organisation Stewart Grand Prix, he again attempted to talk to the media.
Immediately, the SIS was tipped off. When journalists invited him to New York, he was arrested at Kennedy Airport, shackled to a chair for six hours and promptly sent back to Geneva.
His former bosses were also constantly irritated by a series of MI6 leaks, mainly to the British Sunday Times and alleged to originate with him. Most of this he denies, alleging that he has been set up and painted into a corner.
The leaks included: allegations that MI6 ran a "high-level mole" in Germany's central bank between 1995 and 1997, working under diplomatic immunity in Bonn; that the Serbs donated sterling 100,000 to the British Conservative Party; and that MI6 stole top-secret technology from the French Navy for tracking nuclear submarines.
There was also an alleged letter from an Internet cafe in Geneva to a parliamentary committee, alleging that MI6 had been involved in economic spying on France, Italy, Spain and Switzerland. The letter also repeated allegations that MI6 had drawn up contingency plans to eliminate President Milosevic by supporting a dissident operation or sending in the SAS.
But the gesture that ended his stay in Geneva was his audacious threat to publish names of MI6 spies on his Web page - a threat that backfired when the kind of list he had been talking about, naming around 160 MI6 spies, hit cyberspace.
Although officials now acknowledge that the list did not come from Mr Tomlinson, it fuelled MI6's anger still further.
Technology finally got the better of the spymasters. When the British Government banned his Web page, sympathisers "mirrored" it all over the Internet.
Said Mr Tomlinson: "This shows the freedom of speech provided by the Internet is far more powerful than the outdated secrecy laws of a minor state."
Right or wrong, in June 1999 he was forced to flee Geneva only hours before the Swiss authorities were to throw him out on allegations that he had violated a civil order not to publish the list.
By now his options were running out. Hounded out of most of Europe, he moved to Germany and then to Italy, working in a bar, writing the odd tantalising spy story for newspapers and exercising his particular brand of humour in advertisements such as the one in the November 14, 1999, issue of Private Eye in which Mr Tomlinson shows up looking for a job as a snowboarding instructor in the Bavarian Alps.
But the SIS did not find him remotely funny. Last month, after an approach from Moscow publisher Narody Varant to write a book about his adventures since leaving MI6, his laptop, electronic organiser, cellphone and even a blanket were lifted from his Italian apartment by police.
He explains: "This book doesn't break the Official Secrets Act. It's just about things that happened since I left MI6. I've been arrested 11 times, they've put injunctions on every other publisher. The publisher thinks it's very funny and I think it's ironic, really, that the freedom of speech is in Russia now."
Meanwhile, the SIS has also stepped up its campaign against leaks to the press by ordering top Whitehall spymaster Michael Packenham to crack down on "unauthorised disclosures" by dissenting SIS agents such as Mr Tomlinson and David Shayler, who is in prison in France.
On May 21, Special Branch officers moved to investigate the Sunday Times article about the MI6 mole in Germany's central bank. The paper is resisting its demands.
Now aged 37 but still with the rugged good looks that make him so easy to spot, Mr Tomlinson does not dare visit his parents in England, his brother in Australia - or New Zealand, the land of his birth and the country where he would one day like to settle.
Meanwhile, settlement negotiations between his Auckland lawyer and Britain's Treasury Solicitor have moved from stalemate to satisfactory since correspondence over the dispute was sent to the intelligence security committee of the House of Commons six months ago.
Mr Tomlinson is pushing ahead with his publishing plans with the kind of dogged determination that made him a top spy in the first place, and MI6 is blocking him at every turn.
He is gagged from writing about his extraordinary life in Britain, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, France, Thailand, Switzerland and now Italy.
His apartment is under constant surveillance to a point where his landlord has asked him to move out. His Fiat is constantly tailed.
The ironic thing is that political shifts, both in the British security Establishment and the wider world, will probably succeed where traditional MI6 tactics have failed. Last month, the former head of the internal security service MI5, Dame Stella Rimington, announced plans to write her memoirs as a spy chief.
And although Mr Tomlinson's former bosses at MI6 were outraged, it is probable that public opinion, coupled with the European Convention on Human Rights which Britain will sign this year, will ensure that the book goes ahead.
As Mr Tomlinson said during his car chase through Italy last week: "It's absurd really. There's a huge amount of Government resources being wasted ... I've just got to get away from this harassment."


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In the Kamen Rider series, there are some that stand out. Kamen Rider Black ran from October 1987 to October 1988, while Kamen Rider Black RX aired from October 1988 to September 1989. Kotaro Minami has remained the only Kamen Rider to appear in the series for two consecutive years in a row.
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Okamoto: When I started Black, I thought it was a story I would want to do for two or three years, if possible. As a result, it continued to be popular.
Kurata: In the later half, when we were filming Black, I was performing an audition for the lead for my next work. A decision was not yet made. I discussed it with (Shotaro) Ishinomori I was called by a teacher, and later told, "I can't find another actor. There's not a Kamen Rider that can replace you. Please perform for another year.
Okamoto: It would have had to be a new lead role and a new Kamen Rider.
Kurata: How did you feel when you heard that there would be a sequel to Kamen Rider Black?
Okamoto: It appealed to me as a newcomer to be a suit actor with Kamen Rider Black. It was another chance to learn more with RX.
Kurata: When it was just Kamen Rider Black, there was a poster on the Toei Movie Theater for a big audition. In the final audition, there were many famous actors and I didn't really think I would be chosen. But shooting is really tough. When I decided to take on the role of Minami again, I thought, "I will do this again for a year…" But I also thought "I must give back to Ishinomori, who encouraged me to take on the lead role and continue on until the end. I wanted to give back to him" I also felt a brotherly love with Okamoto, and I felt like I wanted us to play heroes together again.
Compared to Kamen Rider Black, it seems that Kotaro Minami became a more confident character, right?
Kurata: That's right. When consulting with the producer, he said I could "Do it freely", so I wanted to do something new.
Okamoto: How Minami acted depended on Kurata. Even if Black becomes RX, I am still fighting.
From Black, when you were a newcomer to RX, where you were more experienced, did you have more liberties at the shooting site?
Okamoto: When it was just Black, I didn't have that liberty. I was instructed at the shooting site. Repeated practice, shooting, practice, shooting. So did RX feel like there was more technical improvements than Black?
Kurata: Okamoto had to be serious for the action director, which was hard on him because he's a cheerful person. Meanwhile, during RX, there were more regular families around, plus villains, so the site was busy. It got better and more comfortable on the site.
What kind of shooting difficulties did you have with Kamen Rider Black RX?
Okamoto: Every day was hard (laugh)
Kurata: The action scene at the factory was painful to do because of all the dust. The staff wore masks, but we couldn't.
Okamoto: Well, that sounds right. Sometimes, I shot at the factory and so on. In the past, it was hard to film in those difficult environments, like factors and abandoned schools
Kurata: Okamoto said it was hard for Bioriders and Roboriders.
Okamoto: The transformation from RX to Biorider and Roborider was hard. I can't move the camera, standing positions were marked, the camera man remembered the background point, then I had to change forms. Shooting couldn't be confirmed on monitors like now.
Kurata: Okamoto's movements were spectacular to see. It was really cool. There wasn't a suit actor that could replace him.
Kamen Rider Black RX used the Revolcane. How did you fight so stylishly?
Okamoto: The final blow of the Revolcane is a special technique. The action doesn't change that much, but that's because of RX's design.
Kurata: Oh, that's right. I think RX was more rugged than Black.
Okamoto: RX has the feeling of wearing armor. I wasn't good at wielding a sword, but I wasn't weak. I was careful about posing. When you are poised and stabbing an opponent, I was always thinking about how to turn firmly.
Did Kurata have a Revolcane?
Kurata: Minami never held it unless he was transformed as RX. I got to hold it for a moment at the shooting site.
Okamoto: The props I used at the site were sensitive because they were using decorative fluorescent lights, so they didn't let me touch it at the time.
Who were your Kamen Rider heroes?
Kurata: When I was a child, Hiroshi Fujioka (Kamen Rider), Hiroshi Miyauchi (Kamen Rider V3), and Hiroaki Murakami (Kamen Rider Skyrider). They were heroes who were adults chosen to fight for justice. Minami was 18, but he is different from the heroes I longed for. So, I tries to make a new hero that was friendly and loved people.
Okamoto: Kamen Rider Black RX told a difficult story, where the environment had an effect on the hero. He was aware of what he was doing, even if it was wrong, but he always had the power to believe.
Kurata: When I appeared in Superhero Wars GP: Kamen Rider #3, I tried to leave a message that I would protect children's dreams and keep fighting with the light of hope." I am proud to be in such a position to fulfill that role. I'm proud of what Okamoto and I have created in Kamen Rider Black and RX.
Kurata portrayed Minami in Superhero Wars GP: Kamen Rider #3 and then in Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker
Kurata: Minami last performed in Decade, but then when he appeared in Kamen Rider #3, I wanted him to give me a message as a Rider to make fans happy. The transformation brought up memories, but I was embarrassed because I was already older.
Okamoto: For me and fans, we still remember that Minami, even though it's been 30 years.
Kurata: It's said that I became old too (laughs).
I think everyone thought that the way he talked was cool…
Kurata: Because I'm an actor, but heroes are different things.
Okamoto: My mind hasn't changed. But I guess it's okay if I change somewhat and go in a different direction. You can feel the difference.
Kurata: Maybe neither me nor Okamoto don't want to lose to young people. But the next day is tough (laughs). I thought I could move better than I used to. I also have to train my muscles for a good appearance.
Okamoto: We're getting old with each other.
Your appearance as Kamen Rider can't change.
Okamoto: You might be in trouble since there's no time to (physically) change.
Kurata: But young suit actors perform differently, don't they? Just watching Okamoto makes fans cry. The fans know how great it is to be an actove suit actor over the age of 50. I want Okamoto to be a suit actor for a long time. If he became an action supervisior and shouts "Start!"…. I won't want you to say that. "Action Director Jiro Okamoto"… I absolutely hate it! (laughs)
Now, to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Kamen Rider Black RX, the Revolcane is being produced.
Okamoto: At that time, it was hard to create the illumination from the flourescent lamp, but it's been reproduced nicely. I want you all to look forward to the reproduction.
Kurata: It's a worthy product for the 30th anniversary. I went back 30 years (laughs) to perform the voice of Minami. if you have never watched Kamen Rider Black RX, please take the opportunity to watch and get the Revolcane!
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The Inbound Tourism Safety and Security Commission of the National Security Council is reviewing a complaint filed by Tehran's tourism authorities on the illegal accommodation of Chinese tourists in Iranian facilities not meant to be used for the purpose.
"The commission has convened three times so far to review the matter and the details of the lodging facilities have been compiled," Ali Rafiei, tourism deputy at the provincial office of Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, was quoted as saying by ISNA.
He added that this is an exigent circumstance and action must be taken as soon as possible.
In Tehran alone, 10 homes have been identified, the news agency quoted an unnamed tour guide as saying.
The homes illegally rented out to Chinese tourists are used by Chinese workers or students pursuing studies here. In other words, some Chinese nationals are running hotels in Iran without an official permit.
Such illegal activities are believed to have been going on for around three years, but the authorities only began to address the matter six months ago. No decision has so far been taken to end the problem.
The Chinese are active in a variety of sectors, from hospitality to leisure, which has drawn the ire of a number of Iranian entrepreneurs who say their businesses are suffering as a result, according to the travel news website Safar.
A number of Chinese students are said to be working as interpreters for visitors from their home country, especially business tourists.
Citing strict regulations in other countries, critics say foreign students should not be allowed to work. However, some argue that due to the lack of Iranian tour guides fluent in Mandarin, allowing Chinese students (many of whom speak basic Persian) to work as interpreters is a no-brainer.
Ali Rafiei said supervisory bodies are reviewing the issue and legal action will be taken as soon as their reports are completed. But he stressed that the issue is very delicate since it involves foreign nationals and international relations, because of which the consequences of actions have to be carefully considered before any move is made.
"We do not want to take an aggressive and thoughtless measure [with regard to foreign illegal accommodation and workers]," he said.
"Although any illicit activity, small or large, should be stopped, priorities must be considered carefully when it concerns international matters."


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Elaborate arrangements in place for the three-day fete
Six overhead tanks, 30 tankers to supply drinking water 50 expert swimmers kept ready to meet emergencies
Nagsanpalli (Medak): More than nine lakh devotees are expected at the Edupayala Vanadurga Bhavani temple here this year.
Within a year after the three-day Edupayala jatara was declared State festival, improved facilities and sufficient water in the Ghanpur anicut drew huge crowds on the first day of the jatara on Friday. Devotees who spend the weekend at the abode of Durga Bhavani have already pitched in makeshift tents on the hillocks surrounding the seven rivulets of Manjira in Papannapet mandal.
Water release
Anticipating heavy influx of devotees by the night the district administration, temple management and the Tourism Department have made elaborate arrangements. In addition to the six overhead tanks another 30 water tankers have been summoned to provide drinking water. For the traditional bath, 0.3 tmcs of Manjira water was released to the Ghanpur anicut. Even as 300 sanitation workers would be on the job round-the-clock, 30 permanent toilets and 170 temporary toilets have been constructed . Fifty expert swimmers and divers have been kept ready to attend to emergencies and wire meshes have been put up in deeper points of the Manjira.
Rs. 3.8 cr. plan
Elaborating on the development of the temple trust board chairman K. Narsimulu Goud told The Hindu that the State Government had announced a comprehensive development plant at a cost of Rs. 3.80 crores of which Rs. 70 lakhs had been already released. He said already work on the `Maha Mandapam' and `Akasa Gopuram' at the entrance of the temple had begun. The development work would be completed in three years.
A herbal garden, deer park, bio gas plant, VIP guesthouse, tonsuring hall, food courts, bus stand, eight cottages and four dormitories would be constructed under the plan.


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Chris Christie has been running on a campaign of not tax hikes and cutting wasteful government spending. But today that Associated Press reported that Christie plans on relaxing the state policy on Business Travel to allow government employees to stay at 4 star hotels.
In a state where why are trying to balance an 10 billion budget deficit with no where to come up with the cash, the last thing we need is a politician in office the will increase wasteful government spending by allowing state employees to stay in 5 star hotels like the Ritz Carlton and the 4 Seasons at over $400 – $500 a night like Chris Christie did himself while he was the US Attorney General.
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The use of hemp seed originates in Asia, with the first documented reports of hemp's existence dating back over thousands of years to Old China.
The Indian writings, which are some of the oldest documents in the world, praise hemp as a powerful resource which could do anything from provide good health, to opening the path to the Gods.
It is said that Buddha ate one seed per day during his six degrees of self-denial, which led him to enlightenment.
It is assumed that cannabis was the first grown crop in the old Japanese culture of Jōmon, circa 5600 BC.
Archaeological findings suggest that hemp seeds in Europe and China were stored along with barley and oats as grains.
The first historian of the world, Herodotus, recorded use of cannabis in flax-processing workshops in ancient Scythia. This was later confirmed when hemp seeds were discovered in Scythian Tractemino in approximately 800 BC.
In addition, the state banquet of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty shows us that cooked hemp seeds were often added to food. The Li Ching, or Book of Rites, described hemp as one of the "five grains" of China, the "land of mulberry and hemp," along with barley, rice, wheat and soybeans, which have been recognized as an important part of the emperor's diet.
Mentions of hemp can also be found in ancient Sanskrit manuscripts, where the hemp seed is called the food of the gods and the source of life.
In Nepal, the oil from locally grown and pressed hemp seeds was the only source of domestic edible oil.
Nomadic tribes such as the Altay people of ancient Russia grew hemp as a source of food and oil.
Several hundred years later, Christopher Columbus brought hemp seeds to the Native Americans.
The great 16th century French writer and humanist Jean Francois Rabelais also mentioned cannabis in his writings, calling it the "vegetable queen of the world" and citing that it was used it many meals around the world.
Throughout the history of mankind, cannabis has been utilized in cooking in many cultures around the world. Nevertheless, just one lie claiming it had harmful effects was enough to make the whole story collapse like a house of cards.
The destruction of the positive reputation of cannabis began in 1937, when the private interests of the timber company owners and newspaper magnates with eminent interest in the paper industry caused them to spread harmful rumours about the plant.
Because cannabis provided more pulp for paper than wood, the dirty war between the commercial interests of the individuals and common sense began. A damning mass campaign was launched, which continues to affect millions of people to this day. Although cannabis has had a long history of success, this propaganda caused it to become prohibited. Its usage as food, fibre, paper, fuel and medicine was suddenly ignored – now the world knew it only as marijuana – an aggressive drug.
Presently, the cultivation of hemp seeds is strictly controlled, but the time has come for hemp to make a return and become a part of our everyday life.


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Clay Shirky on Why I am Writing This
July 25th, 2008 | Published in Core theory - provisional
NYU media prof, Clay Shirky, has recently published Here Comes Everybody. It's in the mail as they say, but there is this 40 minute video of Shirky talking about it at the Web 2.0 Expo earlier this year. (Hat tip, John Sumser) The book puts forward many ideas about how the new media environment created by the Internet is disrupting our institutions and even our mental processes – exactly the things McLuhan said we can expect to change in a new media environment.
I'll be writing more about the book after I've had a chance to read it. What I want to do right now is call your attention to another video of Shirky at the same conference in which he talks about an idea he has had since finishing Here Comes Everybody. The idea is an intuitive leap - a stab in the dark about why human beings are putting so much time and energy into activity on the net. Why, for example, I'm sitting here writing this and why you are reading it – along with all the other people pouring energy into the cloud of connections that make up the Internet. It is a tentative answer to the question of where all that energy is coming from. I wont spoil it by trying to retell Shirky's story – he does it brilliantly and is entirely engaging. It is a bit over 16 minutes long. You know where he is going after 4 minutes, and YouTube splits the same talk into two 7 minute segments. So watch as much as you can. The full length and better quality version is here on Blip TV. If you have trouble with that or a smaller chunk of time the two YouTube segments are here and here.
I will say this however. It is easy to get carried away with techno optimism when we start to get a handle on all the positive things that can come out of new technologies and media. But change on this scale always comes at a cost. We know the industrial revolution created huge social disruption, the consequences of which we still are arguing about. I get as excited as the next person about unexpected additions to our social capital like Wikipedia or Linux. But there is also destruction of social capital. Countless spammers and hackers are beavering away even as others do good works. More seriously, child pornographers are ruining the lives of children, and media emirs are supervising beheading videos. There is positive and negative, good and evil.


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Integrating nature-based solutions into disaster risk reduction strategies around the world
Disasters are mainly social constructs: they are largely determined by how society manages its environment, how prepared it is to face adversity, and what resources are available for recovery.
IUCN is uniquely positioned to tackle the multi-dimensional issues behind disaster risks and works to prove the value of nature-based solutions to reduce them. Its work integrates ecosystem management, livelihoods, community vulnerability, climate change adaptation and disaster management. It has global presence and particular expertise in areas highly relevant to the disaster risk reduction such as: forest, watershed, marine and coastal management, environmental governance and human rights as they relate to environmental issues. The challenge for IUCN is now to build partnerships and provide nature-based solutions for disaster risk reduction (based on scientific evidence and socio-economic analysis) that will guide its Members, global, regional and local decision-makers, donors and NGOs worldwide in developing and implementing the most effective strategies to build resilience to the impacts of climate change and reduce the frequency and severity of disasters.
Building partnerships
In addressing community vulnerability and resilience to disasters and climate change, IUCN recognizes that strong partnerships are needed between donors, governments, the private sector, local communities, IUCN Members and commissions and development and humanitarian agencies, as well as environmental authorities.
Since 2008, IUCN has been a member of the Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction (PEDRR) - a global partnership comprised of UN agencies, international and regional NGOs as well as specialist institutes that collectively aim to influence policy, enhance implementation and better coordinate efforts in environmental management for disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and sustainable livelihoods. It promotes ecosystems management as the key strategy to reduce disaster risk, increase local resilience and adapt to a changing climate.
In order to support vulnerable countries in addressing these challenges, the Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction (PEDRR) has designed a Training Course on Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction for Sustainable Development aimed at strengthening resilience at national and local levels. The target audience for this training course are policymakers, programme managers and practitioners from Government, working at national and sub-national levels in various sectors (environmental/natural resource management, disaster management, urban planning, land-use planning, public finance...). PEDRR also seeks to engage with regional and national training institutions to incorporate ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction in ongoing training programmes. The training course is organised into 4 main Sessions that will provide an Agenda for Action to integrate ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction into development planning at national and/or sub-national levels.
Providing nature-based solutions for disaster risk reduction
IUCN is working to enhance ecosystem management for disaster risk reduction at national and local scales around the world. IUCN's disaster risk reduction work is supported by the environmental expertise available across the Union's thematic programmes (e.g. Marine, Forest, Water, Protected Areas) various Members and a Commission on Ecosystem Management which has a Thematic Group on Disaster Risk Reduction. These provide a strong international expert network for building IUCN's work on disaster risk reduction. Some of IUCN's recent and current activities related to disaster risk reduction include:
IUCN's Water and Nature Initiative (WANI) aims to help reduce poverty and protect the environment by helping people to manage river flows and improving access to all communities. It promotes integrated water resources management and good water governance for ecosystem sustainability and livelihood security. In doing so, it helps reduce human vulnerability to floods, droughts and storms. IUCN is also actively involved in international dialogues that promote the consideration of the role of water management in climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction, including UNFCCC discussions and the World Water Forum.
IUCN promotes a rights-based approach to conservation and works to evaluate the impacts that climate change will have on human communities and especially poor and vulnerable people – including indigenous peoples and women – and aims to increase their resilience.
IUCN, with WEDO, UNDP and UNEP, is a core member of the Global Gender and Climate Alliance (GGCA) which aims ensure that climate change policies, decision-making and initiatives at the global, regional and national levels are gender responsive.
IUCN with IISD, SEI-US and Intercooperation jointly developed the Community-based Risk Screening Tool – Adaptation and Livelihoods (CRiSTAL), a tool developed to integrate risk reduction and adaptation strategies into development projects.
IUCN supports Mangroves for the Future (MFF) in Asia and the Pacific Mangrove Initiative (PMI) in Oceania. These are coastal ecosystem conservation projects for sustainable development, which include special focus on adaptation.
IUCN recognizes that islands are central to global conservation efforts and offer lessons learnt for resilience and adaptation. It has established an Islands Initiative to enhance environmental management and livelihood security on islands in the face of climate change impacts.
IUCN also recognizes the importance of drylands as diverse ecosystems that support livelihoods of some of the poorest people on the planet. It works towards conservation, sustainable use and adaptation of dryland systems, including their human pastoralist communities, to a changing climate. See more on drylands
IUCN is working to improve its capacity to assess and address the impacts of climate change and disasters on vulnerable communities, including development of innovative metrics to assess ecosystem-related elements of community vulnerability.
Gender and Disaster Risk Reduction
IUCN has developed guidelines on addressing environment and gender issues in disaster risk reduction for the International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction (UN/ISDR) National Platform Toolkit. These guidelines are only the first step in integrating environmental and gender considerations into national disaster risk reduction efforts. IUCN would like to enhance the implementation process by further developing partnerships with National Platforms and Hyogo Framework for Action focal points. This can be done through regional workshops on ecosystems and disaster risk management and by working directly with each National Platform process.


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