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Two trailers and a poster have been released for Bad Ass starring Danny Trejo. The plot focuses an old guy (Trejo) who becomes an Internet sensation when he beats up a couple of thugs on a commuter bus. However, he goes on a rampage after his best friend is murdered and the cops don't do anything about it. That second part isn't mentioned in the either trailer. The trailers are simply: Danny Trejo is old and he kicks the shit out of people. I have no problem with that, and I doubt this will be another misdirect like Machete. As a character actor, Trejo has always carried the mantle of "Bad Ass" so it's only fitting that he should star in a movie with the same title. You would have to be a bad ass to wear a fanny pack and still come off as threatening.
Hit the jump to check out the trailers and poster. The film also stars Charles S. Dutton and Ron Perlman. Bad Ass opens April 13th.
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Here's the official synopsis for Bad Ass:
Decorated Vietnam hero Frank Vega returns home only to get shunned by society leaving him without a job or his high school sweetheart. It's not until forty years later when an incident on a commuter bus (where he protects an elderly black man from a pair of skin heads) makes him a local hero where he's suddenly celebrated once again. But his good fortune suddenly turns for the worse when his best friend Klondike is murdered and the police aren't doing anything about it.


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"... misperception of the reality on the ground in Syria is fuelled in part by propaganda, but more especially by inaccurate and misleading reporting by the media where bias towards the rebels and against the government is unsurpassed since the height of the Cold War. Exaggerated notions are given of rebel strength and popularity. The Syrian government is partially responsible for this. By excluding all but a few foreign journalists, the regime has created a vacuum of information that is naturally filled by its enemies. In the event, a basically false and propagandistic account of events in Syria has been created by a foreign media credulous in using pro-opposition sources as if they were objective reporting. " Patrick Cockburn in "The Independent"
Yes, the demise of the Syrian government exists mainly in the "minds" of a couple of vendu think-tank analysts in Washington, the corporate media bandwagon, and the enfants terribles Wilsonians now riding high in the Obama Administration. The attempt is being made to simply BS Assad out of power. Obama is now functioning fully as the reincarnated Lincoln and sees himsef as "clothed in a great power." Well, pilgrim, he has placed the US in the position of an alliance with an AQ affiliate (al-nusra). The Syrians that he recognised as government are demanding that he stop condemning their AQ ally and are coming to Washington to tell him and the Wilsonians that he must de-list al-nusra as a terrorist group.
Group Think and the desire to be loved by colleagues and the powerful account for a lot of the intellectual irresponsibility on display but it is also the fact that many of those "running their mouths" over Syria are simply ignorant, callow creatures created by ten years of war and the super-abundance of government money that allowed the hiring of the pitifully under experienced.
The only real question in my mind is whether or not Syria actually wasted a few SSMs last week. Let's see some evidence, some wreckage, statements by Clapper about heat signatures at launch, something.
The civil war appears to be a stalemate. Having painted himself into a corner BHO will eventually have to opt for intervention of some kind. pl


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Though we all are pretty familiar with how Photoshop has helped make us better photographers and digital artists, what we don't often think about is how the program has affected non-artistic segments of society. Today, in honor of National Police Week, Adobe has decided to show how law enforcement uses Adobe Photoshop to help combat crime. It's the kind of thing we all have seen on the television series CSI for years, but never really believed was real. Though the video is a couple months old, the conversation with John Penn II was released today.
The below is a part of an interview with John Penn II, Adobe's Senior Solutions Architect, found on Adobe's blog and republished here with permission.
In what ways does Photoshop technology help law enforcement?
John: Cameras have become an integrated part of our society. They are carried in our pockets and mounted to walls. As a result, crimes are more and more frequently captured in images and video. In daily life it's no longer uncommon to see images or video of a crime in progress played on the news. Law enforcement would like to leverage that evidence to solve crimes. But sometimes, the critical clues are locked away behind sensor noise, poor lighting, blurry images or are in minute and hard to see details. Photoshop is a powerful tool in the hands of trained law enforcement, which can assist them in getting crucial information from digital media.
Of course, beyond working with image evidence, there are many other tools in Photoshop that are useful to law enforcement. Photoshop is used in a wide variety of forensic sciences including document forensics, working with fingerprints and processing other kinds of evidence.
What types of crimes do you help solve or prevent with digital imaging?
John: Digital imaging is important to a wide variety of law enforcement work. It's used in the analysis of photos that law enforcement takes when investigating a crime scene. It's used in different ways when separating a fingerprint from a complex background in a digital image in a forensic lab. In investigating crimes against children it's used in different ways. Each type of crime and each investigator will have different techniques at their disposal to investigate the crime at hand.
Can you tell a story or provide a specific example of a time that the technology in Photoshop helped solve a crime and/or save a life?
John: Because of the nature of the work, as well as legal and privacy concerns, I can't give a specific example. But I can generally say that there are many examples of Photoshop and other Adobe tools like Premiere, Audition and Acrobat used to help solve crimes and save lives. I'm incredibly proud of the tools we develop and the innovation and care that's put into them. I've seen Photoshop put to incredible use, and along with great police work, rescue the most innocent victims from some of the worst crimes imaginable.
Can you share any insight into new technology you're developing to benefit law enforcement?
John: I can share insight into the thought process behind the new tools we're developing. For me understanding the investigative challenges and the role technology plays in the commission or solving of the crime, is critical to the development of useful tools. For example, understanding what happens to a photo in the various stages of its lifecycle, from camera to evidence, can make all the difference between a tool that works well in the lab, and one that works well in the field.
How do you see the relationship between Photoshop and law enforcement advancing as technology improves?
John: I see the work with law enforcement as an ongoing partnership. I think it's critical that we understand the challenges law enforcement faces, especially in investigating crimes against children. I expect that as we come to better understand those challenges we will continue to develop tools that will help them be successful in their mission.
I feel like I have the best job at Adobe, because I get to sit right in the middle of that relationship. At Adobe I live and work with the amazingly talented and creative folks on the Photoshop team and other teams at the company. But I also have the opportunity to work with the incredibly dedicated folks in law enforcement and other organizations like NCMEC, who are constantly working to keep our communities and children safe.
For the rest of the interview, head over to Adobe's blog.
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I remember a few years ago when Interpol was floating a photo of a child that had been sexually abused by a man in Vietnam (perhaps Cambodia). The man had obscured his identity in the photos, some of which were purportedly graphic, by smearing his face in Photoshop. Interpol brought those images back to Adobe and they were able to reverse the process and restore the pixels to nearly their original state. Now, he's behind bars.
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Compiler Methodology for Intel® MIC Architecture
Getting Started with Intel® Composer XE 2013, New User Compiler Basics
Modern compilers can be invoked with hundreds of options. From these, what are the essential set of options needed by the typical application programmer? This chapter has links to presentations to help the user wade through the sea of options and documentation and to focus on the key compiler options needed by most application programmers.
The following presentation, "Using the Intel Compiler" walks through the essential optimization options, inter-procedural optimization, vectorization, and auto-parallelization. This presentation has a companion set of labs, "Quicklabs", that follow the presentation.
First, download the "quicklabs.tgz" tar file and extract this to a working directory on your host system. The tar file creates a directory 'quicklabs' with these follow-along labs in C++ and Fortran, for Linux* or Windows*.
Next, download the presentation "Using the Intel Compiler" and step through the presentation. You may wish to have a browser window opened to the Compiler User and Reference Guide as described earlier the parent chapter. This way, as each compiler option is described, you will have access to the full documentation for that option.
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download the presentation "Using the Intel Compiler"
After mastering the compiler essentials from the presentation above, consider the following presentations that will extend your mastery of the Intel compilers.
Floating Point Model: the -fp-model and related compiler options control the balance between accuracy, reproducibility, and performance. The Intel compiler optimization default is -O2 if no other -Ox level is specified explicitly. The -O2 optimization level is very aggressive compared to all other compilers you may have used. Symptoms of overly aggressive optimization include "incorrect" or inaccurate results or simply results that do match what the programmer expected. (As a note, it is NOT reasonable to expect exactly the same results to the last significant digit when moving from one architecture to another, or from one OS to another even with the same compiler, or from one compiler to another). To learn how to control the balance between performance, accuracy, and reproducibility read the presentation "Floating-point control in the Intel® compiler and libraries".
If you prefer, the White Paper that was the basis for the Floating Point Model presentation is available online: "Consistency of Floating-point Results with the Intel® Compilers".
Take Aways
At this point, you should understand the basic optimization options -O0 through -O3. You should also understand the vectorization options -x<arch> and -ax<arch> and know how to use -vec-report to generate a vectorization report and -no-vec to turn off vectorization. In addition, you should understand the concept of inter-procedural optimization within a source file with option -ip, and between source files with -ipo. You should also be familiar with the -parallel option. However, -parallel does NOT extract enough parallelism to make it useful for The Intel® Many Integrated Core Architecture (Intel® MIC Architecture). For MIC, you will need to use a more effective parallelization method such as OpenMP*, TBB, Intel® Cilk™ Plus, MKL, or manual threading. These parallelization methods are explained in more detail in subsequent chapters.
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It's not an entirely new idea, Eve Online [official site] has been doing something very similar with its PLEX system since 2008. What exactly stopped Blizzard introducing it sooner than this is up for debate, but the stigma of Blizzard effectively selling gold has always been very extreme in the community. WoW is also a much less profit-focused game than Eve.
Blizzard's FAQ explains the system:
Want to buy a WoW Token for gold? Head to the new Game Time tab in the Auction House, and purchase one immediately for the current gold buyout price—there's no bidding involved.
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Uzbekistan joined the Commonwealth of Independent States in December 1991. However, it is opposed to reintegration and withdrew from the CIS collective security arrangement in 1999. Since that time, Uzbekistan has participated in the CIS peacekeeping force in Tajikistan and in United Nations-organized groups to help resolve the Tajik and Afghan conflicts, both of which it sees as posing threats to its own stability. Uzbekistan is an active supporter of U.S. efforts against worldwide terrorism and joined the coalitions which have dealt with both Afghanistan and Iraq (although, in 2005, relations with the U.S. were strained after the May 2005 unrest and Uzbekistan demanded that the U.S. leave Karshi-Khanabad). It is a member of the United Nations, the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council, Partnership for Peace, and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). It belongs to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Economic Cooperation Organization, which comprises 7 Central Asian countries: Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. It is a founding member of and remains involved in the Central Asian Union, formed with Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, joined in March 1998 by Tajikistan.
In 1999, Uzbekistan joined the GUAM alliance (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova), which was formed in 1997 (temporarily making it GUUAM until Uzbekistan withdrew in 2005). Uzbekistan is also a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and hosts the SCO's Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) in Tashkent. Uzbekistan also joined the new Central Asian Cooperation Organization (CACO) in 2002. The CACO consists of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. It is a founding member of and remains involved in the Central Asian Union, formed with Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, joined in March 1998 by Tajikistan.
Turunen visit to Uzbekistan[edit]
Antti Turunen, the head of the Finnish Foreign Ministry's Eastern European and Central Asian department, led a European Union fact-finding mission to Tashkent, Uzbekistan on August 29, 2006. The Uzbek deputy foreign minister indicated that the Uzbek government was interested in talks with the EU during a visit to Helsinki, Finland in June 2006, just before Finland assumed the EU presidency. Radio Free Europe journalists spoke to Turunen on September 1. Turunen said the visit was inconclusive, but promising enough for the EU to "analyze" to see if the sanctions imposed on Uzbekistan could be lifted. Turunen's visit to Uzbekistan was the first EU visit since October, when sanctions were imposed after the Uzbek government refused to allow an international investigation into the Andijan massacre.[1]
The diplomatic sanctions consisted of a ban on political contacts, aid cuts, and visa bans on officials held responsible for the events in Andijan and their cover-up. Turunen said, "There are many, many open cases on human rights, and we have to now carefully look into what has really been done and what recommendations of [the] international community have been implemented. They indicated [then] that there would be possibilities to again resume ministerial level dialogue, that they might be willing to again discuss all aspects of EU-Uzbek relations, including the events in Andijan. That will be part of the assessment of the sanctions regime and on the basis of that assessment a decision on the fate of the sanctions will be made by mid-November."[1]
Turunen said that the visit went "smoothly" and that Uzbek Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov offered a "warm reception." The EU delegation met with officials from the Justice Ministry, the Attorney General's office, and Uzbek parliament members in a "rather good" atmosphere. He stressed that "the real issue" for the EU is the Uzbek government's response to the Andijan massacre and human rights abuses. "Well, it seems that at the moment the issue with the international inquiry is not on the agenda as such. They are to a certain extent open to discuss on expert level the events that took place in Andijan and we have to now see what this amounts to, what concrete steps towards that direction could be taken. The other issue is they are now willing to engage on human rights, to establish some kind of human rights dialogue or regular meetings on human rights issues which, in itself, is a positive signal."[1]
Although he was unsure what prompted the invitation to EU officials, he said Uzbekistan is trying to overcome its isolation. He said Russia-Uzbek relations and possible EU development of Uzbek energy reserves were not "directly" discussed but that "one might assume in the longer run they look forward to EU investment in this area." If the sanctions are lifted, a "Cooperation Council" meeting with Foreign Minister Norov will take place in Brussels later this autumn.[1]
Legal agreements with the Gulf states[edit]
On 31 March 2009, Uzbekistan and the Sultanate of Oman agreed upon a legal framework that protects Omani investments in central Asia and guarantees trade from both nations is free from double taxation. The Sultanate's government has been pursuing economic diversification and privatisation policies for nearly a decade, having signed similar agreement with thirty of its other trading partners.[2]
Relations by country[edit]
|Formal relations began
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 23 November 1993.[3]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on June 30, 1992.[3]
|See Bulgaria–Uzbekistan relations
|Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso recognized the independence of Uzbekistan on January 25, 1992.[9]
|See Croatia–Uzbekistan relations
Djibouti recognized the independence of Uzbekistan on January 6, 1992. However both countries have not yet established diplomatic relations.[19]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on September 25, 1997.[20]
|26 January 1992[22]
|See Kyrgyzstan–Uzbekistan relations
|See Malaysia–Uzbekistan relations
|14 January 1992
|North Macedonia
The countries established diplomatic relations on December 31, 1994.[3]
|2 July 2008
|See Pakistan–Uzbekistan relations
|See Romania–Uzbekistan relations
|South Korea
|29 January 1992[30]
|See South Korea–Uzbekistan relations
|See Spain–Uzbekistan relations
|March 4, 1992[32]
|See Turkey–Uzbekistan relations
|Inter-parliamentary cooperation with the Republic of Uzbekistan is currently in the making. The deputy group of friendship with the Republic of Uzbekistan was established in the Verkhovna Rada. Uzbekistan has clearly expressed its position on the events in Ukraine: the rejection of force options and the use of political efforts to resolve the problems that have arisen, through negotiations, based on the fundamental norms of international law and the UN Charter.
The development of cultural and humanitarian cooperation remains one of the important areas of bilateral relations between Ukraine and the Republic of Uzbekistan. The legal framework in this sphere consists of ten bilateral agreements, the most important of which is the "Agreement between Ukraine and the Republic of Uzbekistan in the field of culture."
Cooperation between Ukraine and the Republic of Uzbekistan in the field of science and education is carried out taking into account the ancient traditions of interaction between scientific and educational institutions, the presence of a large Ukrainian diaspora and the established legal framework.
|United States
|See United States–Uzbekistan relations
See also[edit]
- List of diplomatic missions in Uzbekistan
- List of diplomatic missions of Uzbekistan
- Politics of Uzbekistan
- ^ a b c d Uzbekistan: EU Officials Hold Talks In Tashkent Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
- ^ Unattributed (2009-04-01). "Oman, Uzbekistan sign agreements on double taxation, investment protection". Oman Daily Observer. p. 3. Archived from the original on 2009-04-27. Retrieved 2009-04-28.
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- ^ "Bulgarian embassy in Tashkent". Archived from the original on 2011-05-24. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
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- ^ "Страны, с которыми Узбекистан установил дипломатические отношения". Министерство иностранных дел Республики Узбекистан. Archived from the original on 2019-04-18. Retrieved 2019-06-25. External link in
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Amazon has expanded its Echo smart speaker to the hospitality industry, with Marriott lining up to be the first hotel chain to make Alexa a permanent resident in rooms at select properties.
Guests will be able to talk to Alexa, getting hotel information, relaying requests to guest services, and accessing a music playlist, among other things. Amazon says its a new way for guests to access services and amenities during their stay.
For hotels, Alexa will almost be another staff member, answering questions that might go to a concierge and freeing up human staff members.
"Customers tell us they love how easy it is to get information, enjoy entertainment, and control connected devices by simply asking Alexa, and we want to offer those experiences everywhere customers want them," said Daniel Rausch, an Amazon vice president. "Alexa for Hospitality makes your hotel stay a little more like being at home and gives hospitality providers new ways to create memorable stays for their guests."
Marriott is installing the service in some Marriott Hotels, Westin Hotels & Resorts, St. Regis Hotels & Resorts, Aloft Hotels, and Autograph Collection Hotels, over the course of this summer.
Customized for specific hotels
Individual hotels have already incorporated the Echo into their services, using it to allow guests to voice-control the room's temperature. Alexa for Hospitality is actually designed for the hospitality industry and can be customized for a specific property. Guests can tell Alexa to book a massage in the hotel spa or reserve a tee time at the property's golf course.
Jennifer Hsieh, Vice President Customer Experience Innovation, Marriott International, says being the first to sign up for Alexa for Hospitality wasn't a difficult decision.
"So many of our guests use voice technology in their home, and we want to extend that convenience to their travel experience," she said.
The system will go up first at Charlotte Marriott City Center and Marriott Irvine Spectrum. After that, Hsieh said Marriott will evaluate feedback from hotel guests to expand the skills, features, and functionality to offer through the service.
Amazon says the system can also be configured by individual hotels to allow guests to control and adjust in-room devices like lights, thermostats, blinds, and TVs. Other features include Alexa skills like checking airport wait times, playing games, providing a guided exercise workout, and playing white noise at bedtime.


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Sat, 27 April 2013
I'm back and talking about something other than American Idol for a change. Here are a few of the things I am taking about:
Marriage Equality advances
Changes at the Wonder Emporium
L.I.F.E. pyramid scheme
and much more!
Music Today:
Intro: "Deep Cycle Discharge" by Mevio Music Alley artists Simon James and Derek K. Miller
"I Created" and "Strangled to Gray" by Mevio Music Alley group Abscondo
Contact me:
Email: email@example.com
Voicemail: 989-372-1489
Twitter: @bluejeansguy
Thanks always for listening!
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Thu, 25 April 2013
Your two favorite podcasting prognosticators are back to dissect the Top 4 week of American Idol. The competition consisted of a round of contestants' choices, two duets, and a questionably-handled viewer-chosen theme of "One Hit Wonders." (I voted for that one)!
So, who did we like, and who do we think is going home? Also, what's with the extra week in the broadcast schedule? For our predictions, plus the usual goofy fun you've come to love, listen now!
Direct download: Episode_429-The_American_Idol_Update-The_Top_4.mp3
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Thu, 18 April 2013
Never let it be said that Skype problems kept us from producing an episode.
Thanks to listener Edwina Vogel for calling in!
So, who did we like, and who did we think was the train wreck tonight?
Listen and find out!
Direct download: Episode_428-The_American_Idol_Update-The_Top_5.mp3
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Thu, 11 April 2013
Tom and I are back again, despite some Skype problems, to talk about the Top 6 finalists of American Idol. Oh, and Tom is up to his usual trouble making. Just listen and you'll see what I'm talking about...
Direct download: Episode_427-The_American_Idol_Update-The_Top_6.mp3
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Thu, 4 April 2013
The Top 7 American Idol contestants take on Rock and Roll songs (and no ballads!) Tom and I take on their taking on, plus we discuss "crack juice," juicy grandmas, and other such delicate topics. In other words, all the fun you've come to expect from us. LOL.
Direct download: Episode_426-The_American_Idol_Update-The_Top_7.mp3
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Leslie Rowe: Independent Councillor for Catterick & Brompton on Swale in Richmondshire and founder member of Green Leaves. Supporter of the Brexit Party after the Green Party switched from Eurosceptic to unconditional support for remaining in the EU.
Thursday, 31 December 2009
The Green Party is the most Successful Poltical Party of the Decade
OK, despite significantly increasing its vote over the decade, it has no more MEPs or MPs, but that is not the true test of a political party. The true test is the influence it has on society, both at home and internationally. Clearly the biggest change politically, this decade, in terms of debate, has been the emergence of Global Warming as a major concern, high on every country's agenda.
Without the Green Parties around the world I doubt whether this new awareness would have succeeded. Credit must be given to Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth and other campaigners, but politicians respond most to political opposition. So let's have 3 cheers for the work of Caroline Lucas, Jean Lambert and other European Greens in the European Parliament and all Green Councillors and politicians around the world who have put Green Politics centre stage.
Happy New Year!
Friday, 4 December 2009
Bankers' Bonuses built on Dubai Sand
The debate on RBS Bankers' bonuses makes one major assumption to justify the £1.5bn payout. That is that RBS investment bank made a "profit" on its dealings of £6bn. But did they really? The clue is in the title of the organisation, an "investment" bank. One thing we know about investments is that they go down as well as up and when they did so spectacularly last year, it was the taxpayer who picked up the bill, not the investment bankers.
The new International Accounting rules, foisted on the world by the big four accountancy firms, defines "profit" these days as basically the net increase in the value of the organisation i.e. the change in the balance sheet. So RBS can claim a profit, when all that has happened is that their investments have increased in value. Then, someone suddenly realises that those over-valued assets in Dubai really are just piles of sand and suddenly those profits built up over several years disappear. Do the bankers then pay back their bonuses? Not on your nelly!
In other words we all learnt last year that "investment" banking is just "casino" banking, where the dealers hold all the cards. The other factor about profits is that to generate them, someone has to make a loss. Often it is you and me through our pension funds, which despite the gains in the stock market over the years, continue to disappoint pension holders. Equitable Life anyone?
The government should veto the RBS bonuses and call the RBS directors' bluff. After all governments around the world now hold large shareholdings in many of the banks. If they all agreed that these bonuses are obscene and built on Dubai sand and acted together to curb the avarice of the financial establishment, we may yet see real change in the way the banks do business.
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
Big Brother is Here and collecting your DNA
Why have the Police created the largest DNA database in the world? Who are they targeting? Well more than 75% of all the black men in England aged 18-35 are on the database, but the Police deny that they are institutionally racist. A similar percentage of peaceful political activists who regularly attend demonstrations are also probably on the database, judging by the evidence of the G20 , Kingsnorth and other recent demos. But the police claim that they are not politically motivated. Anyone who has attended a peaceful protest will be aware of the massive police presence, the "evidence gathering" officers with their cameras photographing every face and every car number. So even if you are not on the DNA database, your face and personal details are on the national police computer. How long will it be before the police come knocking on your door in the middle of the night at the behest of this increasingly repressive Government?
Once upon a time the old Labour Party marched for civil liberties. Now New Labour marches with a goose step, turning the Police into a para-military force, empowered to suppress our liberties and arrest us for our DNA. New Labour IS Big Brother, but does anyone really think it will change under the Tories? Don't take the chance: vote for real democracy, vote for the Green Party.
Saturday, 21 November 2009
Europe Shamed by Rompuy Pumpuy
To add insult to injury the newly created European Foreign Secretary's job has been given to a career opportunist, who has never faced an election in her life and who owes her political career since 1989 to patronage by the Labour Party. Plucked from obscurity, she has no Foreign Policy experience but Catherine Ashton had the temerity to claim that she was the best person for the job.
The truth lies elsewhere, I think. Reports in the French newspaper Le Monde suggest that Gordon Brown cut a deal with President Sarkozy at this week's Brussels summit. In return for French support for her the Prime Minister is said to have agreed to hand Ms Ashton's highly influential old job of Internal Market Commissioner to the former French foreign minister Michel Barnier. Both Barnier and Rompuy want to scrap Britain's EU rebate, a rebate already massively reduced by Tony Blair as a spiteful present to the UK just before he quit as PM.
Ms Ashton had only had that job a short time, put in as an inoffensive apology for quitter Mandelson, when he jumped the EU ship to take over the running of Westminster. Yet another unelected official lording it over us.
The divine right of Kings, or in this case European Heads of State, to make shady deals behind closed doors has made the famed Democratic Deficit at the heart of Europe now a yawning chasm. In any other job such blatant patronage would be illegal. These appointments are an embarrassment for the whole of Europe & we should do our best to shame these flunkies into an early resignation.
So my message to the new President and "High Representative" (accompanied by the "Agincourt Salute") is "GO AWAY, WE DON'T WANT YOU, WE DID NOT ELECT YOU SO RESIGN."
Thursday, 19 November 2009
Council Tax Doubled by Poor Leadership
According to the Government figures released to Parliament, Richmondshire District Council has seen the revenue it collects increase from £10.9m to £25.6m in the ten years to 2008 – 134 per cent in cash terms or a 78 per cent real terms increase. Richmondshire is now collecting £28.2m in Council Tax for 2009/10, another massive increase.
These are the biggest increases in Yorkshire and a damning indictment of the stewardship of Conservative and Independent Richmondshire District and County Councillors alike. This Labour Government has certainly decreased its financial support for local government in the last decade, but local Councillors have only themselves to blame for such a large increase in Richmondshire.
Dithering Councillors and above inflation pay rises for senior staff are just two of the causes for this increase. All too often it is the same councillors making poor decisions at both District and County level. We have too many County Councillors who are also District Councillors and doing a bad job at both levels. Some Councillors are clearly well past their sell-by date and need putting out to pasture. What Richmondshire needs are new Councillors with new ideas, sustainable and cost effective ideas for the 21st century.
Richmondshire Tory and Independent Councillors will increase Council Tax above inflation again next year with the highest Council Tax payers likely to be charged more than £3000 a year for 2010-11. That's £250 a month and for what? Council Services will continue to be cut and standards decline. Richmondshire voters need to ditch these failed councillors and vote for change at the next election.
Leslie Rowe is the Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for the Green Party in the Richmond Constituency, North Yorkshire and a Chartered Certified Accountant.
Promoted by Leslie Rowe 73 Richmond Road, Brompton on Swale, Richmond, North Yorkshire DL10 7HF on behalf of Richmondshire Green Party, c/o 73 Richmond Road, Brompton on Swale, Richmond, North Yorkshire DL10 7HF
Wednesday, 4 November 2009
It's your vote. Use it to vote for a Referendum on Europe
David Cameron made a "cast-iron guarantee" to the public in 2007 on behalf of the Tory party, that he would hold a referendum on the treaty. Today he has broken this promise, saying only that if Europe tries to amend the constitution again, he might then give the people a referendum. A stern "don't do it again " from Mr Flip Flop. Yet another policy of appeasement on Europe from the Tory Party, just like David Cameron's predecessor Neville Chamberlain.
Is it any wonder people are sick to death of politicians who time after time break their promises and focus only on lining the pockets of themselves and their friends? Unlike the Green Party, Conservatives, Labour and Liberals all rely on "donations" from big business to survive. No wonder then that they support a European Union set up to bring even bigger profits to the multi-national companies. Many local jobs have gone in the UK, as manufacturing and now service jobs are being exported to cheaper parts of Europe and the rest of the world. The City of London, once touted as the saviour of the British economy has had to be bailed out by the British taxpayer, leaving us with higher taxes for years to come.
Despite claims to the contrary, the EU is a fundamentally un-Green institution. Even if we ignore the millions of pounds wasted on flying powerless politicians and European bureaucrats around Europe, we have further billions wasted on inefficient European Common Policies. In particular the Common Agricultural Policy, which subsidises meat production, a major source of greenhouse gases and which undermines Fair Trade in the developing world. The EU spends far more on supporting a cow in Europe, than it does in supporting a human life in Africa.
The EU encourages large supermarket chains to sell brands on a European wide basis, undermining local production. We should be switching back to local production of food and local production of consumer goods, to bring useful jobs back into the UK. Similarly instead of European wide monopolies of water, electricity and gas, who declare that big power stations (including nuclear power) are the only solution, we should be encouraging everyone in this country to generate their own power through solar panels, windmills and underground heat pumps. Even the Americans, under Barak Obama, are offering US citizens $25,000 to do just that.
If you voted Conservative, Labour or Liberal Democrat in the last General Election, please make up your mind now to not vote for them at the next General Election. If you care about your country and the environment and want a referendum on Europe, then you should vote for the Green Party.
But even if you cannot bring yourself to support the radical and sensible solutions of the Green Party, please do not just stay at home. Make sure you vote for someone, anyone, who will allow you a say on our future in Europe. And that means voting against the cock sure Tories as well as punishing the liars in the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats.
Wednesday, 14 October 2009
Crocodile Tears over Afghanistan
Meanwhile, have you noticed that the BBC and other Government propaganda outlets have stopped issuing the names of service personnel when they are killed in Afghanistan? The BBC News barely reports the increasing number of deaths as they happen, let alone admits that each soldier killed has a name and a family.
Predictably the self-appointed Prime Minister Gordon Brown has crumbled yet again under US pressure and agreed to increase further the number of British troops in Afghanistan. This is in addition to the extra 150 troops who were "temporarily" brought in as reinforcements to cover during the presidential elections over the summer and will continue to be available for further "temporary" deployments. Luckily, Brown has a new policy for the troops: for them to be kept in a "greater concentration" of forces in central Helmand province, just to make it easier for the Taliban to find them. Perhaps they will be called "concentration camps"?
Meanwhile the architect of this decade's British military disasters, Tony Blair, has once again been condemned as a murderer by families of service personnel killed and injured in Iraq. Many of those attending the official enquiry (i.e. cover up) into the Iraq war, squarely put the blame on Blair. The Liberal Democrats at their conference joined the Green Party in suggesting that Blair was complicit in the torture of terrorist suspects. Despite all this, the "never take no for an answer" European Bureaucrats, who are foisting the Lisbon Treaty on us (against the wishes of the majority of British people), are still suggesting that "Killer" Blair should be the first "President" of Europe.
In some ways, it would be appropriate that un-elected President of an un-elected European super state should be the bastard Blair. Perhaps we could arrange for his coronation to include a ride in an open top car through Sarajevo ….?!
The good news is that the Czech President, Vaclav Klaus, is refusing to sign the Lisbon treaty. If only we can persuade him to hold out until a British General Election, just to make David Cameron and the Tories sweat over the possibility that they will be made to keep their promise to the British people for a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty.
Thursday, 17 September 2009
US Star Wars out of UK
The Journal said the Polish and Czech proposals would be dropped because Iran's long-range missile plans were less advanced than predicted.
However, in November 2008 Russia moved its own ballistic missiles to Kaliningrad, between NATO member states Lithuania and Poland and Russian President Medvedev suggested that Russia would jam the US anti-missile system electronically.
We in Britain should follow Russia's example in standing up to the USA. We have suffered military occupation by the USA for more than 65 years and it is time it was ended. The US came to support the British fight against Hitler in WWII and never left. Here in North Yorkshire the US bases at Fylingdales and Menwith Hill are both part of the "Star Wars" defence shield. An illegal shield designed to defend the USA, not Britain.
For far too long, successive British Governments, particularly under that fawning lapdog Tony Blair, have danced to the American tune, without question and without pride in our country's independence. Now is the time to declare UDI, send the US occupying forces home and develop the promised "ethical" foreign policy based on peace and reconciliation with the rest of the world.
Leslie Rowe
Wednesday, 16 September 2009
What is good for the climate is good for health
The heads of the Royal Colleges said doctors should demand world leaders listen to the scientific evidence of climate change and implement strategies to tackle emissions that will benefit the health of people around the globe.
A failure to negotiate a strong deal will have "catastrophic" results, with those in poorest countries hit hardest by the impacts on health of drought and pressure on water resources, storms, floods and conflict.
But, "what's good for the climate is good for health", the editorial by Lord Michael Jay of medical charity Merlin and Professor Michael Marmot, director of the International Institute for Society and Health, said "The measures needed to combat climate change coincide with those needed to ensure a healthier population and reduce the burden on health services."
"A low carbon economy will mean less pollution. A low carbon diet - especially eating less meat - and more exercise will mean less cancer, obesity, diabetes and heart disease."
A successful outcome at Copenhagen "is vital for our future as a species and for our civilisation", whilst failure to agree radical reductions in emissions would spell "a global health catastrophe", they warned.
Dr Fiona Godlee, editor in chief of the BMJ, said: "Politicians may be scared to push for radical reductions in emissions because some of the necessary changes to the way we live won't please voters." I think she under estimates the concerns of voters, but she continues:
"Doctors are under no such constraint. On the contrary we have a responsibility as health professionals to warn people how bad things are likely to get if we don't act now. The good news is that we have a positive message - that what is good for the climate is good for health."
Nuf said!
Leslie Rowe 16/9/09
Tuesday, 15 September 2009
Tragic Death of Soldier down played
Even before these spending cuts, British soldiers are still being sent to Afghanistan to fight an unwinnable war without the proper equipment to protect themselves or the helicopters to move around safely. The British Government is deliberately down playing the continuing daily death toll through their official propaganda machine, the BBC.
So the death of an aging American actor and a British cook from natural causes is headline news. But for the BBC, the murder of a young British soldier, his life tragically cut short by the misguided policies of this shameless, undemocratic British Labour Government is not. Go figure.
Monday, 14 September 2009
Tripe for Today
The BBC were interviewing Peter Mandelson & were as usual allowing his particular brand of verbal diarrhoea to pollute our airways. Not once did they ask the obvious question: "who elected you, Mandelson?"
Mandelson has called for the former directors of Rover MG to be banned from being directors for taking advantage of the gravy train Mandelson's Labour Government handed to them on a plate. This from a Government minister who not once, but twice had to resign in disgrace. This from a former EU commissioner who spent his time wining & dining European millionaires, including General Gadaffi's son, just before the Lockerbie killer was released.
None of this was put to Mandelson by the Today programme. They just happily traded speculation about which lies Labour and the Tories would trot out to justify their public service cuts after the next general election. The "Today" programme is not a news programme, it is a vehicle for establishment propaganda, speculation and tittle tattle.
Saturday, 13 June 2009
Thank You Patrick
Leslie Rowe
Reflections on the European Election Count in Leeds Town Hall 7/6/09
A lesson in democracy? I don't think so. The BNP had received 120,000 votes out of a total electorate of 3.5 million voters, which is less than 4 in every 100 voters in the Yorkshire & Humber region. The biggest winner on the night was the "voting is a waste of time" party. Two out of every three voters stayed at home. They could see no difference between the sleaze of the middle of the road parties and did not believe that the numerous non-Westminster parties were likely to change anything.
These non-Westminster parties were, however, the 2nd biggest winners. They included UKIP, BNP, the Green Party and numerous other heart-felt causes. With the exception of the Green Party, these were votes against something. Not in favour of a cause, but a protest against.
For UKIP & a number of other similarly titled parties, it was all about getting out of Europe. For the BNP, it was about immigration and the perceived injustice to the "indigenous" population.
The old establishment parties will attempt to ignore these protests, to dismiss them as an aberration. But they do so at their peril and at the peril of our democracy.
Sadly, democracy in the UK is now a sham, with an unelected Prime Minister leading a cabinet of unelected Lords and Ladies, most of whom would prefer to have a prime-time TV slot. The unrepresentative vote at the European Election must be seen for what it is: a stifled cry of despair from the electorate, desperate for the political establishment to listen to them and to their concerns.
If Westminster politicians continue to ignore the silent majority of the people of Britain, then before very long, rule in this country will be handed over to those black-shirted skinheads and yellow-jacketed police.
Article written for Accountancy Age Magazine April 2009 re European elections
Now running an Accountancy Practice in the Yorkshire Dales, Leslie is married with 3 children at school. "Politics is a funny business," reflected Leslie when recalling his 30 years in politics. "You will find some of the most innumerate bozos getting elected to both Westminster and Strasbourg; people guaranteed to put two and two together and get five."
"However, they are all financial wizards when it comes to claiming expenses. We have Yorkshire MEPs who openly pay their partners from the public purse, with no pretence of being equal opportunity employers. And all MPs know that they can claim expenses worth three times their salary and do not have to pay council tax on their second homes."
"Some of most talented and honest politicians are still knocking on the door of Parliament. Sometimes I think it is a pre-requisite of elected office that you should be too thick to be a threat to the powers that run our elected dictatorship?"
"Perhaps this explains why there are so few accountants in the European Parliament? Perhaps this also explains why the EU budget has not been approved for, what,14 years and their accounts are perennially being qualified? Frankly the EU is a cesspit of dirty money sticking to the hands of those who can stand the stench long enough to grab it."
A 2006 audit report on corruption was kept secret until leaked earlier this year. It found money being paid to companies which did not exist and MEPs being paid full allowances for assistants when no assistants were registered as being employed.
Employees were paid bonuses of up to 19 times their monthly salary and received large "layoff" payments with no apparent justification.
"It is not as if you have to do any work after all. The UKIP MEP for Yorkshire & the Humber (Godfrey Bloom) has spoken less than a dozen times in the European Parliament during his 5 years in office and that includes a call for women to stay in the kitchen.
We need talented individuals to represent us in Europe, not jokers. People who can challenge the status quo and start cleaning up Europe. Unfortunately if you look at the lists put forward by the old grey parties, you will see nothing but the same old same old."
Green Party candidate Leslie Rowe paused for a moment, deep in thought. "Then of course, we have the even more urgent problem of climate change ….."
Speech to NFU on Thursday 28th May 2009
You all face a difficult decision here tonight. No, I am not talking about the European Elections, the right decision on that is staring you in the face!
No, the decision to which I refer, is how you are going to face the future and the farming challenges it will undoubtedly bring.
We have reached what is called peak oil: that means that there are no more major oil reserves to find. It is down hill from here as oil stocks dwindle and competition increases. 95% of the food we eat is oil dependent - as a fuel, for fertilisers & so on.
The world will be a very different place in 20 years time. By 2030 you will not be trying to decide whether you should be putting red diesel or white diesel into your farm vehicle; because there will not be any diesel, red or white.
Along with diesel, will go plastics and pharmaceuticals, including fertilisers & pesticides, made from oil-based products. There will, ofcourse, be new products made from different materials, but by that time the level of Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will have long assuaged any doubts about global warming.
The Chinese proverb talks about being condemned to live in interesting times. But changing & interesting times, give changing & interesting challenges. Are you going to complain bitterly about the changes being forced upon you, o r will you embrace those challenges and be innovative as British farmers have been over the ages?
Fashions will change. Some old practices will make a comeback, like rotation cropping and fixing nitrogen in the soil by natural means. Food production will change. Because of the shortages of artificial additives, organic farming will inevitably become more popular. Some crop yields may be down, but added value will be up and costs reduced.
The cost of producing organic food could be vastly reduced. Currently organic food is too expensive because the government is not serious about supporting it & it does not reap the economies of scale. But we are also paying hidden costs for intensively produced food through cleaning up pollution, ill health and other damage to the rural environment.
As the NFU manifesto suggests, investment in publicly funded agriculture science is an essential element of this farming evolution & must be supported. But for us that means improving organic yields, re-introducing traditional varieties & researching alternatives to chemical pesticides.
The rising cost of international transport will make import of the current vast array of out of season & exotic vegetables unviable. Improvements to farming techniques should increase the options for farmers who embrace the future and learn to live in this brave new world we are seeing being developed.
70% of global freshwater is used for agriculture and yet glaciers that feed the rivers are melting and aquifers becoming depleted.
Shifting weather patterns means that rain becomes less predictable & flooding more likely.
75% of global fish stocks are exhausted or over fished.
4.6 million hectares a year of rain forest are cut down to make way for farming - a lot of it to produce feed for cattle.
10 million hectares of farmland a year are lost to salination and erosion
We applaud the NFU climate levy scheme that has reduced CO2 emissions for the horticultural business, but is this enough?
Next year the government is introducing the Carbon Commitment Allowance scheme, where large organisation will have to pay £12 for each tonne of CO2 produced. International agreements beyond the EU will that before 2020 a similar scheme will apply to farming?
After all, food and agriculture account for around one third of greenhouse gas emissions.
There is increasing concern about food safety, fuelled by BSE & other outbreaks. Genetically modified organisms (GMOs), pesticide residues and chemical additives threaten to damage our health and wreck ecosystems. There is increasing opposition to the cruelties of factory farming and current levels of meat consumption are not sustainable. Obesity is on the rise in the UK, while people go hungry in countries growing 'cash crops' for the West.
These trends must be reversed. Safe, good quality food, produced by sustainable and humane farming methods can be available for all. But this cannot be achieved if priority is given to the profits of agribusinesses, supermarkets and large food manufacturers.
With the use of the Internet, Farmers' markets and origin labelling, farmers are in a better position to cut out the middleman, to fight against the increasing power of the supermarkets. However, the Green Party agrees with the NFU that there should be a proactively enforced supply chain code of practice.
You know that we could grow a lot more food in our country than we do. As the import of food becomes more expensive, we certainly don't need to import large quantities of the same food we export; this "food swapping" makes no sense and will be curtailed by cost. Much imported food comes from developing countries. To benefit the people in those countries & to be fair to British producers, it must be on the basis of fair trade not free trade.
Fair Trade is not possible within the EU given the different ways the Common Agricultural Policy is interpreted in different EU countries and the distortions it creates in the world market. Frankly we believe the CAP is a busted flush and should be scrapped completely: to be replaced with measures that promote sustainable regional and local self-reliance.
The Green Party does agree with the NFU that only areas facing real challenges to sustainability should be designated Less Favoured Areas.
We need more organic as well as local production - to reduce wasteful transport, provide local employment, and strengthen links between producers and consumers.
Most food produced in the developing countries is already organic. It is multinationals selling fertilisers and genetically modified seeds for massive profits that threaten traditional, local food security.
We do not yet know what the long-term effects of GMOs are, but the risks to the environment and our health are irreversible, so we must ban the production and import of GM food (including animal feed) and progressively eliminate pesticide, antibiotic and other drug residues.
Our agriculture policy seeks to pursue an ecologically sustainable and fairer society .We recognise the fundamental importance of those who work on the land. But industrialised farming depletes resources, pollutes soil, air and water. The result is loss of biodiversity, increased disease and overproduction. The health of growers is threatened and the food created is perceived to be unhealthy by consumers.
So, this is the decision you have to make: face the future and elect the Green Party to work with you to get the right polices for the future. Or bury your head in your fertiliser bag and vote for the old Grey parties who will do too little too late.


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MATTRESS NEWS - January 2019
Are Adjustable Beds Good for Your Health?
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Learning about how adjustable beds are good for your health can help you decide if purchasing an adjustable bed is the best decision for your particular needs. At Innovative Sleep Solutions, we want to help you get the best sleep possible. That is why we offer a wide range of healthy sleep products, such as…Read More


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Travelling with children is way more stressful than when going on holiday alone. Travelling with a disabled child can be even more challenging as there are other obstacles to overcome as well as all the expected difficulties children pose. With this in mind, here are some top tips to make travelling with your disabled child much easier and enjoyable for ... Read More »
5 Fun Days Out With the Kids This Autumn
With the onset of autumn, many families will be wondering what exactly they can get up to in the damp and drizzly months ahead. It's certainly not a time to hide indoors, however, as there is so much you can still do across the whole of the UK. Read More »
10 Reasons Why Pondicherry Should Be Your Next Travel Destination
Situated on the southern coast of India, the city of Pondicherry has played a significant role in India's history. The stately buildings, churches, and other architectural structures scattered across the city are reminiscent of the French colonial rule. Read More »
Serengeti Park
Geographical Information The Serengeti Park currently covers an area larger than 14,500 sq km and is located about 300 km from Arusha. On the north side, it expands as far as Kenya while in the west, it borders the Lake Victoria. To get to Serengeti Park, you can catch any of the flights that leave Lake Manyara, Arusha, or Mwanza. ... Read More »
What Sports Teaches Us about Money & Finances
If you have any males which make up a big part of your everyday life, whether it's your hubby, long-term boyfriend, brother cousin, son or father, you'll inevitably get subjected to what may very well be a religion, sports. You may well even love sports yourself and for even those who aren't really into football and the likes, actually going ... Read More »
Travel Blogger Conundrum – Smartphone versus DSLR
If you get the balance right between your travels and having your travels generate you money instead of it flowing one way (out of your bank account), travel blogging can make for one of the most rewarding self-created careers in existence. Sure, a lot of travel bloggers are paid what is somewhat of salary to travel and blog about their ... Read More »
Enjoying Marbella without Breaking the Bank
You know a place is held in some seriously high esteem if more than one documentary has been made about it and that immediately drives up the perceived value of it, which spills over into the prices for just about everything to do with that place. Marbella on the just-as-famous Costa del Sol is one such destination, perhaps made even ... Read More »
Here's How You Should Plan Your First Trip to Europe
Europe is brimming with beauty, magic and wonder. It is the greatest linguistically and culturally diverse place in the world offering Read More »
Will Molly's Game be bigger than Rounders in the Gambling Movie Stakes
This is the question that is on poker lovers lips. Will Molly's Game be the new cult movie for poker? Based on a true story this movie has already received a lot of publicity before it has even finished production cycles. This will definitely result in high box office takings. Higher than that of Rounders which critics had written off ... Read More »
Equipment for Adventure Travellers Trying Off-Road Cycling
Adventure travel and off-road cycling go hand in hand. When you try your hand at off-road cycling, not only do you get a burst of adrenaline, but you also can explore off the beaten track and trailblaze your own adventure. You do not have to be a pro at off-road cycling to give it a try, although it is best ... Read More »


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Sleep Advice Parents with ToddlersEnsuring your baby gets enough sleepHow should we prepare our older children for their new baby brother or sister6 ways to help your toddler sleepRoyal baby name odds: What will the Duchess of Cambridge's third child be calledUrgent Need for a MattressSleep tip - Let your child sleep aloneThe best mattress for a toddlerTime for a big bed!A New Dawn from BSensible
If you have pets, make them sleep on the floor. Even if it's a really cute and tiny puppy, make them sleep on the floor at the side of your child rather than on their bed.
We all love our pets, but they can actually cause lack of sleep. If your pet sleeps in bed with your child, it is likely that they will reposition themselves several times throughout the night. The movement from the pet may cause them to nudge and disturb your child on their mattress. Your child's body will fall out of a deeper sleep or may even wake up from the movement. If your child suffers from slight allergies from your pet, being in the same bed will increase the chances of a reaction throughout the sleep also waking them up.
If your pet cannot seem to sleep unless in the same room as your child (or vice versa), it is advised they sleep on the floor next to the bed. This will avoid your youngster from waking up, and then you too can get a good night's rest as well!
Should your child have any allergies or excema, we do have some very intelligent mattress coverings that help with this.


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The Queensland School System begins at Prep (4 to 5 years of age) and concludes at Year 12 (average age 17 years old):
Upon completion of Year 12, Queensland students have numerous options to continue their study. Options include study at an institute of Technical And Further Education (TAFE), private college or University.
Students who graduate from Years 11 and 12 receive the Queensland Certificate of Education, awarded by the Queensland Curriculum Assessment Authority (QCAA).
Many students also choose to receive a Tertiary Entrance Statement, which reports the student's Overall Position (OP) and Field Positions (FP's). OP's and FP's are used to rank students for entrance to tertiary-level education at University or TAFE.
More information about QCAA - Queensland Certificate of Education (PDF, 416KB)
The Queensland academic year consists of two Semesters, with two Terms in each Semester.
Each of the four school terms is approximately ten weeks in duration, with a holiday period at the conclusion of each term. Schools generally operate from 9am to 3pm weekdays, however some schools operate their own flexible school hours.
Find out current information about school term dates and public holidays.
Prep to Year 3 - class size target is 25
Year 4 to Year 10 - class size target is 28
Year 11 to Year 12 - class size target is 25
The Queensland assessment system measures student performance continuously throughout the year, thereby giving students optimum opportunity to continuously improve their results. Students must submit a number of school-based assessment tasks, including:
Oral presentations
Practical exercises and demonstrations
Tests and examinations
Various subject-specific tasks
Students receive student reports at the conclusion of each term.
Student progress is benchmarked by five levels of achievement:
Very High Achievement (VHA)
High Achievement (HA)
Sound Achievement (SA)
Limited Achievement (LA)
Very Limited Achievement (VLA)
Find out more information about the Queensland school curriculum, assessment and reporting framework.
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Hand-made religious items made from the heart for your special devotions.
All my rosaries are made with a lot of love and care for you to pray on. Let us send more prayers to Heaven!
Step right in for you prayer needs.
Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands for battle, my fingers for war. (psalm 144:1)
"The rosary is the book of the blind, where souls see and there enact the greatest drama of love the world
has ever known; it is the book of the simple, which initiates them into mysteries and knowledge more
satisfying than the education of other men; it is the book of the aged, whose eyes close upon the shadow
of this world, and open on the substance of the next. The power of the rosary is beyond description."
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Sexual assault case: Tarun Tejpal's police custody extended by four days
Tehelka founder and editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal's remand in police custody was extended by four days on Saturday
The extension was given by a local magistrate here after the police insisted on more time to question Tejpal as well as to corroborate the sequence of events leading to the alleged sexual assault.
Tejpal has been accused of allegedly sexually assaulting a junior colleague in the elevator of a five star hotel in the Goan capital Nov 7 and 8 when Thinkfest, an event organised by the magazine, was being held.
Tejpal has already spent six days in police custody.
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MOULD comes from England, like COLOUR instead of COLOR, FAVOURITE instead of FAVORITE, and HONOUR instead of HONOR. MOULD is traditional and since most shooters are traditionalists, it is the more common spelling in the shooting world.
MOLD is the correct American spelling and the more common spelling when talking about molding anything other than bullets. For example, a google for "plastic MOLD" turned up 165,000 results vs. 136,000 results for "plastic MOULD" (mostly from Asia). "MOLD maker" turned up 77,900 results vs. 33,400 for "MOULD maker."
The American plastic industry uses MOLD almost exclusively. The plastics trade magazine that I receive never uses MOULD.
The Random House dictionary confirms that MOLD is the correct spelling and that MOULD is British.
Since I am American and not English, and I am modern and not a traditionalist, I prefer MOLD.
Mold or Mould ?
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Lyman is American too, and they have always spelled it "mould"...
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Yes the American plastic industry commonly uses "MOLD".
Plastic training
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I like mould.
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I am a clinical microbiologist. A mound is the green fuzzy thing that grows on stale pies, cake, and bread. Sometimes on toenails and skin. A mold is something to form a shape.
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Sorry: mould
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The fact that many in the bullet casting community are still spelling "mold" like it's the year 1775 is a sad reflection on the bullet casting community.
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Please read the image policy and stop uploading those images.--Cerez365™(talk) 15:12, May 8, 2013 (UTC)
So you should still read the policy so then you know what to do --ROOT 根 (talk) 15:28, May 8, 2013 (UTC)
That's still not a reason to be uploading a bunch of fanart and Harry Potter images. What purpose will they serve? We have policies: read them.--Cerez365™(talk) 15:36, May 8, 2013 (UTC)
Repeated violations of Image policy
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|Kassi122, this is your last warning warning regarding a violation of the Image policy. Please read over the Image policy again as well as the other policies listed in the Rules Index.
|If you continue to vandalise or otherwise disrupt the wiki with violations of the above policy, you will be blocked by an administrator.
|Many thanks for your co-operation.--Jacce | Talk | Contributions 12:42, May 25, 2013 (UTC)
Hello Kassi122, greetings and welcome to the Narutopedia! Thanks for your edit to the File:943434 20080416 screen0121.jpg page.
We do hope that you will stay for a long time. Enjoy your stay as we work to become the best Naruto info site out there. BELIEVE IT!
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For the speed demons that live and die on fast PC performance, standards never stay new forever. You may still be stuck on DDR3 or just upgraded your computer to use DDR4, but having a faster RAM could make your life easier. JEDEC, the global leader in the development of standards for the microelectronics industry, just announced that it's currently working on a specification for the next-generation DDR RAM and will finalize the standard sometime in 2018.
Double speed and more power efficient
According to JEDEC, the new DDR5 should have double the memory bandwidth and density of DDR4. It also has improved channel efficiency, making the next-generation DDR RAM faster and more power efficient. Gamers who use high-end PCs and laptops will likely be the first to squeeze every last frame rate out of the most graphically intense titles, but portable devices should be benefited by a mobile version of it.
Heading towards a RAM-free future
Though the standard of DDR5 is set to publish sometime in 2018, you won't be able to use it in your system anytime soon. It's because to support DDR5, it's necessary to upgrade the memory controllers in processors and SoCs, which usually take two to three years to finish. Meanwhile, a potentially RAM-free future is emerging as Intel is working on Optane, its own stand-alone drive that you can also use as a RAM. Company's like HP, Dell, Lenovo, and ASUS are planning to use it to develop their own PCs. It means there is a possibility that DDR5 will be extinct before it even shows off to the market.


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Essentials On Should Note Anytime He Is Looking For A Wedding Photo Booth For Rent
Whenever you are planning for your wedding, it is wise of you noting that having a photo boot will in a great way to help you make your event memorable. Hence, if you are at any moment planning to rent a photo booth for your wedding, note that this is one of the best plans you can have in place. All the same, if you want a memorable event, there is a need to ensure you are careful with the photo booth rental you are renting. There are a lot of photo booth rental companies out there, and all you need is to ensure you rent the most appealing one. There are a number of things you need to be armed with, and they will help you in simplifying the entire process. Take time and learn more about all the considerations you need to take care of all through your search for the right photo booth you are to rent.
The size of the photo booth needs to be the first thing you are intentional about as you carry on your search process. In this case, it is always worthwhile to take note of your needs. This is one thing that will help you understand the right size of the photo booth that will be perfect for your wedding. All the same, note that bigger is always worthwhile as you choose the photo booth rental. This is the case because you can have a large number of people take photos. Hence, if you are one person that is looking forward to attracting a lot of people all through your wedding, bear it in mind that a photo booth company offering you a big photo booth needs to be your choice.
Another thing worth noting is the aspect of quality prints. Be sure to note that the photo booth for your wedding has in place quality prints. Most photo booth companies seem not to pay attention to this aspect of quality of eh print and this way; you cannot afford to miss this aspect out as you go through the hunting process. It can be one of your worst mistakes you make whenever you settle for a photo booth whose prints are not of the best quality. One might have a quality camera, but the print is not of the right quality and this way, you will not get the results that you might aspire to get. This said, you at all times need to work with the best photo booth company that can offer you the best quality photo booth for your wedding.
Be sure to consider the bit of reputation that the photo booth company has. Has the company already established a good reputation? This question might seem obvious to most people as they carry on their search process but all the same, you need to be vigilant about it. You need to note the best company offering the right photo booth from the rest and this can only be confirmed by checking out the aspect of reputation. Hence, be sure to consider a company that will have a good reputation already established for your wedding photo booth rental.


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JavaScript / jQuery DOM Selectors
jQuery vs JavaScript
However, after JavaScript Version 5 (2009), most of the jQuery utilities can be solved with a few lines of standard JavaScript:
Finding HTML Element by Id
Return the element with id="id01":
var myElement = $("#id01");
var myElement = document.getElementById("id01");
Finding HTML Elements by Tag Name
Return all <p> elements:
var myElements = $("p");
var myElements = document.getElementsByTagName("p");
Finding HTML Elements by Class Name
Return all elements with class="intro".
var myElements = $(".intro");
var myElements = document.getElementsByClassName("intro");
Finding elements by class name does not work in Internet Explorer 8 and earlier versions.
Finding HTML Elements by CSS Selectors
Return a list of all <p> elements with class="intro".
var myElements = $("p.intro");
var myElements = document.querySelectorAll("p.intro");
The querySelectorAll() method does not work in Internet Explorer 8 and earlier versions.


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This is just a collection of some cool skate segments. Some stuff I like. I'm sure you'll find something you like in here, too.
From dumb tricks to crazy tricks to really fresh tricks, these are tricks of all types.
And for the video at the top, the reason that darkslide is a great trick is obvious. The side of the board you put your feet on has griptape. It's meant to be rough so it can grip your shoes. That way you won't slip off the board. But he slides the board across that rough tape as if it was smooth as butter. Few skaters are able to pull off such a trick.
Not many skaters could pull this off. Not many gymnasts either.
There's nothing like an indoor skatepark and a classic rock track to really have a session.
Whether ramps or pools, put him in any kind of curved surface and watch him fly.
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Dr. Rusty Harris, assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, recently joined the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) collaboration in announcing a new threshold of dark matter detection with extremely improved background rejection capabilities.
Dark matter is the nearly unseen material that is hypothesized to not interact with matter that we observe through normal means (e.g. electromagnetic or nuclear forces), but is present in such large quantities that it has a significant impact on gravitational observation in the universe.
An intense search has been underway for nearly 20 years to validate the hypothesis, and it is considered one of the most urgent unanswered questions in physics.
CDMS scientists, including Harris, who holds a joint appointment in the physics department, along with Drs. Rupak Mahapatra and David Tobak in physics, make detectors out of large masses of ultra-high purity Ge and Si. Statistically, as dark matter passes through the Earth, it interacts with mass to a small extent.
When buried deep underground (to block cosmic background radiation) and cooled to very low temperatures, the collision of dark matter particles with the Ge/Si detectors releases heat and charge that can be detected when that temperature is below 100 milliKelvin (very close to absolute zero).
Comparison of the amount of charge and heat released can distinguish whether the collision event was a result of a known high energy particle/photon or that of a Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) as dark matter is commonly called.
This research was partly made possible using nanotechnology and materials processing research common in nanotechnology manufacturing. The charge and heat detectors have to be formed on the surface of the Ge/Si detectors, and Harris' application of process control and in situ materials characterization techniques has improved reliability and interpretability of data collected in the CDMS collaboration.
The announcement shifts the border of the WIMP search down to a dark-matter particle mass and rate of interaction that has never been probed. Previous collider experiments have all but eliminated potential mass greater than 20 GeV/c2 (the common expression for particle mass derived from Einstein's famous E=mc2 equation). The increased interest in low-mass dark matter is challenging: the lower the mass of the dark-matter particles, the less energy they leave in detectors, and the more likely it is that background noise will drown out the WIMP signals. The work of CDMS and the Texas A&M collaborators has demonstrated the capability to probe below 6 GeV/c2 with excellent background rejection.
Harris joined the department in 2008 from Advance Micro Devices (AMD). His expertise is in complex integration of nano systems, wide band gap materials, high voltage and high frequency devices and process integration. He is author and co-author of more than 70 peer-reviewed journal papers, conference proceedings and invited talks. In addition to his joint appointment in physics, he holds a courtesy appointment in The Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Expansion of the research into low temperature semiconductors and superconductors is a natural progress as it applies to the CDMS research since Harris has extensive process and materials experience with Ge and Si.
The collaboration has detailed its latest results in a paper published in ArXiv (http://arxiv.org/abs/1402.7137). Their work is funded by the Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) as well as the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).
For more information on the CDMS Experiment, go to http://cdms.berkeley.edu/.
To learn more about Texas A&M's involvement with the collaboration and related research, visit http://faculty.physics.tamu.edu/mahapatra/


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Centerplate is always looking for suitably qualified staff for a wide range of opportunities within the business. Interested applicants should apply to firstname.lastname@example.com We are also continually looking for variable match-day staff. Interested candidates should e-mail their CV stating desired location.
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Use a coffee or spice grinder to pulverize the spice pods.
How to Make It
Weigh or lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour and next 4 ingredients (through cream of tartar); stir with a whisk. Place butter in a medium bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed 30 seconds or until smooth. Add 1 cup sugar and vanilla; beat until well combined. Add egg; beat 1 minute or until well combined. Add flour mixture; beat at low speed 30 seconds. Shape dough into a ball; wrap in plastic wrap. Chill 1 hour.
Arrange 1 oven rack 2 positions down from top of oven; arrange another rack 2 positions up from bottom of oven. Preheat oven to 375°.
Shape dough into 24 balls. Combine remaining 2 tablespoons sugar and cinnamon in a shallow dish. Roll dough balls in cinnamon mixture, coating completely. Place balls 3 inches apart on 2 parchment-lined baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 11 minutes or until edges are golden, rotating pans after 6 minutes. Cool on pans for 5 minutes. Remove cookies from pans; cool on wire racks.