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On January the 14, 2012, when the Church celebrates the Feast of the Circumcision of Our Lord and the commemoration day of St. Basil the Great, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate's department for external church relations, marked the 10th anniversary of his the episcopal consecration by leading the festive Divine Liturgy at the church of Our Lady the Joy to All the Afflicted-in-Bolshaya Ordynka in Moscow.
Among his concelebrants were guests from Local Churches including the Patriarchate of Georgia, Greek Orthodox Church, Polish Orthodox Church, Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands of Slovakia, as well as Moscow representatives of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem, Bulgaria, the Czech Lands and Slovakia, and Georgia. He was also assisted by church officials in holy orders.
Present at the service was Italian Ambassador Antionio Zanardi Landi as well as representatives of the scientific community and cultural figures in Moscow.
During the liturgy, the Moscow Synodal Choir conducted by Russia's Honoured Artist A. Puzakov sang compositions by Metropolitan Hilarion and N. Golovanov.
After the service, a congratulatory message from Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia was read out. His Holiness wrote in particular, 'In maintaining cooperation with Local Orthodox Churches and conducting dialogue with the non-Orthodox, you have focused your attention and support on our brothers and sisters persecuted for their faith, seeking to stop the violence through diplomatic methods'. He also expressed the wish that the Lord might give Metropolitan Hilarion 'spiritual and physical strength to carry out further service for the benefit of His Holy Church in peace and joy'.
Congratulatory messages were also brought from Catholicos-Patriarch Iliya II of All Georgia and Metropolitan Christopher of the Czech Lands and Slovakia.
Speaking on behalf of the clergy and parishioners of the church of Our Lady the Joy to All the Afflicted, Father Philaret (Tambovsky) thanked Metropolitan Hilarion as rector of the church for his continued concern and care of the church and its clergy and parishioners and expressed the wish that His Eminence might continue to rightly teach the word of Christ's truth for many more years.
Addressing the congregation, Metropolitan Hilarion spoke on the need for archpastors and pastors to emulate St. Basil's commitment to the Church. He thanked all those who took part in the Divine Liturgy, especially those who came from abroad to share in the festive occasion of the 10th anniversary of his episcopal consecration.
'On this day, I would like first of all to thank God for these ten years and for every day of my life. I cannot say that the last decade was easy. The first months of my hierarchal ministry were very difficult, and in the years to follow the Lord sent me problems to solve and difficulties to overcome. And the present task entrusted to me cannot be called easy either. Indeed, it requires everyday vigil, great efforts and diligence. It would be impossible to carry this burden if it were not for God's beneficial power, which helps me in this toil, and the efforts of co-workers in the Department for External Church Relations. Thanks to them, we can carry out missions entrusted to us by the Supreme Authority to guard the sacred boundaries of our Church, to develop fraternal relations with Local Orthodox Churches, to defend Christians in various parts of the world and to do all that is necessary today to do in the field of external church service.
'Today I would like to say grateful words about the late Patriarch Alexy who consecrated me as bishop ten years ago and whom we remember with heart-felt gratitude. I believe that he is praying for us at God's throne and for the Holy Russian Orthodox Church which he led in a worthy and zealous way.
'I would like to express special gratitude today to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia because it was he who initiated my consecration. As God is my witness, and His Holiness knows that I never sought the bishop's dignity. I wanted to be a priest and to do theology but His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, then still the metropolitan in charge of church external relations, insisted that I should become a bishop. First I served abroad, but later, when the Lord ordained that he be the primate of our Holy Church, he entrusted me with a task I am performing to this day – a task difficult and important, requiring one's wholehearted spiritual, mental and physical commitment.
'When a man is consecrated as a deacon or especially as a priest or bishop, he received special grace which helps him to carry out his service and to recoup his human weak resources. As St. Paul says, If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness (2. Cor. 11:30). Whatever we do as servants of the Church of God, is done through the grace which helps us to perform God's task in spite of our human sinfulness and weakness. Thus we become tools of the Lord's hand. It is the best thing that can happen in a human life – to live not by one's own will, not for oneself, but for God and for the Church and to commit oneself to God's hands and become his tool so that He could do His task through us'.
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Hegumen Hilarion (Alfeyev) was elected Bishop of Kerch, vicar of the diocese of Sourozh, by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church on December 27, 2001.
On January 7, 2002, the Nativity of Christ, Hegumen Hilarion was elevated to the rank of archimandrite by Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad (now Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia) at the Cathedral of the Dormition in Smolensk.
On January 14, 2002, he was consecrated as bishop in the Church of Christ the Saviour in Moscow. The consecration was performed by Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia assisted by ten bishops, among them Metropolitan Kirill.
On July 17, 2002, he was appointed Bishop of Podolsk, vicar of the Moscow diocese, head of the Russian Orthodox Church Representation to the European international organizations.
On May 7, 2003, he was appointed Bishop of Vienna and Austria and temporary administrator of the diocese of Budapest and Hungary, while remaining Representative to Brussels.
On March 31, 2009, he was appointed as chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate's department for external church relations and permanent member of the Holy Synod with the title of Bishop of Volokolamsk, vicar of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.
At the same time, Bishop Hilarion was appointed as rector of the newly-established Sts. Cyril and Methodius Church Post-Graduate and Doctoral School.
On April 9, 2009, he was appointed as rector of the church of Our Lady the Joy to All the Afflicted-in-Bolshaya Ordynka in Moscow.
On April 20, 2009, he was elevated to the rank of archbishop, and on February 1, 2010 to that of metropolitan.
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Orpheus - Friday 14/10/2011, 12:17
Titan - §§ Les Gentlemen Ténébreux §§
Gail Ld makes her return to Clint TV with a new and even more ground-breaking concept for a show. Every week, she'll invite two clan members and get them to debate subjects as broad-ranging as the economy, show-business and ice-cream flavors. Then at the end, as no one will have understood anything anyway, there'll be a fight to decide just who was right and who was wrong. Clint TV, the television of tomorrow...for you today!Gail Ld is a legendary character who is only available by carrying out missions associated with her. To obtain this character, you must unlock her last mission before November 13th.
JonelethStar - Sunday 23/10/2011, 22:39
Guru - UpperClass
Well they actually toned down the missions quite a bit if you compare them to the first dudley missions. At first the staff said Ld's were created exactly for those people with full collections and high level to keep their interest up. After a lot of complaints they made them for everybody. then people complained it was to easy, with gail ld now they're looking for a balance.
I did it with a mono gheist deck and gheist ain't even a survivor clan imo. (it was this deck I think C'est très joli. ) Survivor decks will always need at least 1 or 2 decent DR's and for the other part cards that can create a big life gap with as little pillz as possible. So High power but also very high dmg, gheist bonus helps with all the dr's and poisoners floating around.
Hula_MoB - Sunday 23/10/2011, 22:42
Eternal - Masters of Battle
Good thing i got Gail Ld first time around
Carnage_Time - Monday 24/10/2011, 01:46
Imperator - D-Versified
Just buy a crap 12k Rescue deck lol. I did the mission and got 9 survivor 3 times in a row. Gave me about 1.5k clintz too.
Well, after nine days and over 100 matches, I FINALLY managed to complete the Win 5 in Survivor mission. Believe it or not, I managed to pull it off using a Gheist/Junkz deck in Survivor ELO.
I still think that the mission might be a bit too difficult (especially for newer players who don't have a large pool of cards from which to draw). Maybe instead of such a difficult mission, do a two-fer... Say, one mission in which you have to win two or three in a row, and a second where you have to win 25 (or 30... heck, I'll even accept 50) matches in Survivor? That way it would be accessable to newbies who are still building their collections, it would force those with large collections to actually commit the time to complete the mission, and would reduct the level of frustration all ways around.
Oh, and Rapture-b... the mission is "Win five Survivor matches in a row," not win fifteen times.
anomynus - Saturday 29/10/2011, 20:41
Master - Den of Urban Masters
I HATE this Débat Holeux mission... I reached 4/5 twice, and then got knocked out... Comparing this to the other Ld missions lately (Bonnie Ld? hah) this one is FREAKING HARD. I mean look at Fhtagn Ld :" complete 10 fights" Hell, even those without brain can do it: swap in cards and use all pillz on the first round... Then play until the inevitable knockout... God, I'm mad...orry for trollin'.
_wise_ - Sunday 30/10/2011, 09:49
Imperator - the courtyard of shadows
I do thinnk the survivor wins is a bit steep and difficult for newer players. i dont find it hard but then i have all the non-cr's so i can make any deck i want. maybe ur should lower it to 3 next time, make it easier...or just change it haha
AnitaRubbher - Tuesday 11/09/2012, 05:03
Hero - Straw Hats Guild
Can anyof you please help me shes my next legendary and two more to go then i have everyone how do you do her second mission
UM_AaaBattery - Tuesday 11/09/2012, 13:00
Moderator - Harbingers of Ares
@galateastar: You need to use a card(s) which have an ability/bonus of Remove ? opponent life minimum ? to remove the life of your opponent.
e.g Berzerks bonus.
EA-Tabz - Wednesday 12/09/2012, 19:17
Veteran - Elysium Aether
I have gail and lois ld

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Sicilian Slice Crawl in Boston
New Yorkers may no more concede that Boston has a lively pizza scene than accept the Red Sox as the greatest team in baseball. Bostonians, of course, don't care; their city sits squarely on what our Ed Levine has called "the pizza belt"—and from fancy-pants pies to the old-school Pizzeria Regina and Santarpiro's, there's plenty of good eating to be had.
But what about the Sicilian? While we've written about the acclaimed Galleria Umberto before, more than a few commenters (and my own frequent dining companion) claimed that there were better square slices to be had. So on a tropical storm-soaked Boston day, when the city's saner citizens were hiding inside, we set out to find the greatest Sicilian slice.
Armando's, Pinocchio's, and more, after the jump.
Galleria Umberto, North End, Boston
For comparison's sake, we headed first to Galleria Umberto in the North End. Despite the lashing rain (thank you, Hurricane Danny) and the early hour (not yet 11:30 am), the line stretched over twenty people deep. As we waited, another, shorter line formed to the left—the people who clearly knew people. It pays to be a regular. It's that kind of place.
But it's hard to complain about the pizza politics or cafeteria-style setting when nine bucks can get you pizza, arancini, and panzarotti, plus a Coke and a plastic glass of red wine.
And oh, the pizza. Hot from the pan—too hot to eat, at first—with a slick of just-sweet sauce and an overflowing layer of cheese, rivers of oil and a surprisingly spongy crust. Having recently been to DiFara's, I could no longer call Umberto's my favorite Sicilian slice in the land. But it wasn't far off. Washed down with a surprisingly drinkable cup of two-dollar wine, I couldn't have been happier.
Galleria Umberto
289 Hanover Street, Boston MA 02113 (map) 617-227-5709
Armando's, Huron Village, Cambridge
I'd heard more than once that Armando's, over in Cambridge, had a mean Sicilian slice of its own, So we drove out to Huron Village to give it a try.
Around the corner from gourmet palace Formaggio Kitchen, Armando's is as unpretentious as they come. I grew up three thousand miles from Boston, but the bare-bones storefront—plastic booths, a fridge stocked with soda, the game on TV—felt so familiar, it could have been my neighborhood slice joint. We glanced past the long menu of subs and calzone, and ordered Sicilian slices, both plain and sausage.
I couldn't help raising my eyebrows when the counter guy whipped out a plain Sicilian slice, tossed a few grayish sausage pieces on top, and slid it in the oven. It seemed like the sausage would just dry out on top, an awkwardly perched addition rather than a properly incorporated topping. Sure enough, that was the case. Dry and unappealing, the sausage didn't come through.
But the cheese slice, despite its troubling resemblance to my grade-school cafeteria pizza, wasn't half bad. The highlight of each floppy piece was its dense, oily, almost buttery-tasting undercrust—falling closer to the DiFara camp than the Umberto.
I can certainly see the appeal of the sweet-sauced slices and the corner-store feel. If I grew up riding my bike to Armando's in the summer and stopping by after baseball games, its Sicilian might be my favorite slice, too. But from a more critical standpoint, it couldn't quite compare.
163 Huron Avenue, Cambridge MA 02138 (map) 617-354-8275
Pinocchio's, Harvard Square, Cambridge
Any Harvard grad or Harvard Square resident needs no introduction to Pinocchio's. About a three-minute walk from Harvard Yard, this is a sloppy late-night last stop of college student choice. A look at their massive Sicilian slices made Pinocchio's popularity pretty clear. I couldn't imagine a better beer sponge—or a better next-day cure-all.
My pizza-eating companion insisted that this was the best pizza he'd had in Boston. "Those big squares, when they're hot out of the oven. There's nothing better." I wasn't sure if this was a sound critical opinion, or just nostalgia talking; he'd spent a summer at Harvard years and years ago, scarfing late-night slices, I presume, with the enthusiasm of any 17-year-old boy freed from Mom's dinner table.
Behind the counter waited enormous rectangular pans, slotted neatly into racks, with five or six kinds of Sicilian slices to choose from. A single, cold-looking round pie hid off to the side, looking very much out of place.
We tried a spinach, a sausage, a tomato-basil, and a plain cheese slice. They varied dramatically—not only according to the topping, but according to whether they were fresh from the oven, whether they came from the edge or the center, and how they'd been heated up. The spinach on top of this slice was nicely garlicky, but its crust was almost inedibly tough. Like trying to bite through a teething biscuit.
This slice had a good balance of sweet tomato and clearly fresh basil, but neither topping could make up for the blandness of the base.
But the cheese slice, cut from the middle of a still-warm pan, had an incredible yeasty, light doughiness—like a focaccia you'd scarf down before fully cooked—that I found tremendously appealing.
And the sausage, pulled straight from the oven, was the best slice we ate all day—perfectly crumbled, meaty Italian spiced sausage, barely crisped, its juices commingling with the bubbling sauce atop a crust that hadn't yet toughened into oblivion.
74 Winthrop St, Cambridge MA 02138 (map)
Our Verdict
The pizza I went to bed dreaming about was Pinocchio's sausage slice. But as inconsistent as the place seemed, I don't know if I'd recommend it wholeheartedly. Go during peak hours, and get the freshest slice you can find. Galleria Umberto still turns out a mind-blowing cut of pizza, and the cheap wine and arancini can't be beat—but closed nights and Sundays, with an almost inevitable line, it leaves you in need of other options. Like Armando's, a reliable neighborhood fixture whose cheese slice is hard to dismiss. Lesson learned? There's room for all in the pizza universe.


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- Christine O'Hagan says November 30, 2012, was worst day of her life
- She's now a suicide prevention advocate
- Share your story of coping with mental illness
I am a mother, a wife, a college graduate, an executive, a marathon runner and a member of the church choir.
And I am mentally ill.
I attempted suicide in November 2012 and was hospitalized. I have not attempted to kill myself since, nor did I previously. But that's not because I don't have the urge to.
I used to be that person who judged those who took "the easy way out." I felt particular disdain for adults who would do this, leaving children and loved ones behind. For two years, I managed to swallow my self-hatred and continue to trudge through life unhappy and sick, having no clue this was not normal.
It had been a rough and challenging time. Work was overwhelming. I had just changed jobs and moved myself and my two girls to a new town. My relationship was ending. I was tired and lonely.
I knew I needed to get help, but in my mind, the repercussions for doing so were so great, I couldn't risk giving any clues to anyone that I was in crisis. I was afraid I would lose my job, career, my children, and that my family would turn their back on me for being "crazy." I started to hope and pray for a fatal disease or accident that would take me soon. I didn't care how physically painful it would be, I just needed to go. If a car wreck or cancer took me, my children would get sympathy, and my parents would have help and a reason to remember me fondly. They wouldn't have anger, shame and stigma hanging over their heads for the rest of their lives.
I tried to talk myself out of wanting to die. "Think of the positives," I would tell myself, over and over. "Be thankful for what you have." "Look at the angelic faces of your children who love you and need you here." I started running marathons and boxing to keep me busy, but it didn't help ... at least not for long.
That last day of November, I had the sudden realization that every breath was more painful than the last. I was in the darkest place I have ever been, and I saw no way out.
The pain had to stop. I'd been through some painful moments, but nothing was comparable. I survived skin cancer as a pre-teen and live with lupus. I gave birth without pain medicine or epidurals. I've been hurt emotionally and mentally and never felt anything like this before. So when my children left for school for the day, I called in sick to work then said what I thought would be a final prayer for peace.
I had thought about killing myself a million times before. I had researched it extensively. I knew what would be most effective, the least painful. Alone in my kitchen that morning, the plan quickly began to take shape. The end was in sight.
Then, my cell phone rang. "You are my Sunshine" filled the room -- my daughter's ring tone. The zombie in me broke. I managed to call for help, and began to lose consciousness as the ambulance arrived.
I intentionally don't go into the details of my attempt because I find it to be triggering to others who may be on the brink of an attempt. It has been shown to be dangerous to read or learn of others' methods. Also, I do not want to be disrespectful to my family by sharing the literal details.
There were several times I wondered why I survived. I was so angry and devastated when I woke up in the hospital. But those feelings quickly passed when I saw the look on my best friend's face and realized that I was really sick.
My official diagnosis was generalized anxiety disorder, major depression and obsessive compulsive disorder. I discovered that there is a legacy of depression in my family.
Once I was released, I began to see a therapist and a psychiatrist who prescribed the right combination of medication that has worked for me ever since.
My now-husband's unrelenting support and my family's love have gotten me through the past two years. None of them judged me and I needed that to compensate for my self-judgment. My children kept me functional during my "zombie period" when my medication and therapy was just starting to work. I HAD to get up and move for them. They still needed their mom. Even if I was broken.
Other non-medication strategies that help me with my illnesses are exercise (I truly believe running has saved my life); sleep (no less than 7 hours a night); and setting aside one day a week when I do not schedule client appointments, answer work e-mails or phone calls, or volunteer for work-related activities. No exceptions or guilt allowed. This is for my health and I get that now.
What doesn't help? Hearing people say if I had a "positive attitude" or would "stop being so negative" or maybe just "believed in God a little more/ better/ faithfully, etc." I would be absolutely fine. During a depressive episode, all this does is make me feel hopeless and like more of a failure.
Now, all these months later, I understand what I could and should have done differently. I could have asked for help. I should have reached out sooner. I might have recognized that what I was feeling was biological and not my fault. This was not a weakness or a character flaw.
Speaking publicly about my attempt, healing and my occasional trips and falls on the way to a healthy future has saved me. I am very open about how I felt and what I did. I was afraid I would lose my career, or even my children, for speaking so openly about my illness, but it has brought nothing but positive returns so far.
I have an overwhelming sense that I survived for a reason. I want to tell my story to help people, so no one else feels like I did. I want to help the people left behind, so they don't feel responsible for their loved one's death. I want to speak for those who completed suicide and let people know how much pain they were in. The pain and the disease were to blame.
There are days when I wake up wondering if I will be OK today, and days I wish I hadn't woken up at all. But still no days that are like that terrible, numb, bloody day back in November 2012.
I believe wholeheartedly there will be a difference made in how society views mental illness. And I pray it is in my lifetime.
If you are in crisis, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255). They have trained counselors available 24/7 to provide free, confidential help.


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Being Confident
I really liked this video Lousie uploaded last week and I've been meaning to share it as I think it sends a really positive message to us all regarding our own self image. The video is titled 'Being Body Confident'.
We already know that no one is perfect, right? And that whatever the media sees as perfect, unique or beautiful isn't necessarily true, nor is it all realistic.
So regardless that we know no one out there is perfect, so many of us strive and exhaust ourselves over trying to reach our own personal ideal of what "perfection" is.
I've gone through being bullied growing up, being judged and being criticized for the way I look when I was older (even now) and although the way I present myself is important to me (I was raised in a house where looking put together/presentable on a daily basis was valued as a reflection of my family) but I also feel that through the years of people picking on the way I look, it has affected the way I see myself and has caused me to be absorbed in my looks over the years. Although I'm still not 100% happy with the way I look, I have really grown over the past few years. With the losses we go though in life, as well as the changes, growth, gains, etc it really starts to put some things in a better perspective.
I don't really want to go there, but with the loss of my Dad, I look at life much differently. A more positive perspective.
I'm not 100% happy with the way I look. For one, I'm not happy with my body because I've gained weight and can't fit into 95% of my wardrobe. Fall/Winter are my favorite seasons of the year because I love the fashion. Do you know how many cute things I purchased after the holidays last year that I couldn't wait to wear for the following (this) year? And I can't wear any of it. I could very well do something about it, but I haven't. And I'm stuck feeling like I have to avoid going to certain places because people are going to think "damn, she gained weight."
Although it's something I'm still learning, but I always try to remind myself that I'm dwelling too much on things that aren't important and I'm not only what you see on the outside. I have a lot to offer on the inside! Realistically, no one is probably talking about me (or any of us) and if they are, who really cares? We aren't the number we see on the scale, or the brands we are wearing and our friends and loved ones love us for US!
Like Louise says in her video, she's not conceited or she doesn't love the way she looks, but she doesn't hate herself either and isn't going to beat herself down for it. She's content and accepting of what she looks like and the with person she is.
If you think about it, What's the point of being so hard on yourself? There is none! Why do we do this to ourselves? Not only is media perfection unrealistic, but self perfection is unrealistic too. Example número dos: I've had stretch marks on my hips since I was probably 12 years old and they aren't going anywhere. You think I like them? Heck to the no. But I've come to accept them. I'm going to have them all my life, so I better start accepting the things I can't change instead of driving myself every day I look at them. Even for the things we can change, we should still be accepting – accepting something you don't necessarily want doesn't make you a failure. Being accepting is so much better than being non-accepting!
I feel like I'm all over the place in this post and that none of my thoughts are organized, but the bottom line is that.. you're a good person. We're all decent people, right? I think I have a pretty likable personality, I think I'm funny sometimes, I'm very caring for the people around me, I'm dependable and … I'm pretty talented. I feel very weird complimenting myself, but why should I be ashamed? None of us should. We should take pride in what we are good at.
I firmly believe that love conquers everything, and the more you love and give love to others, the happier your life will be. I'm not referring to only your loved ones. Love everyone. Kindness is love. When you beat yourself down every day to hold the ideal of what you want to look like and what you want others to see, and what you want to accomplish in life, you lose hold of what really matters in life. When you get old, and when you die, you aren't going with your good looks. You leave behind what you brought to others. And I don't know about you, but I'd rather be remembered for something other than having an even tan.
I love the online beauty community. I love it for so many reasons. It's a place where I fit in and I can talk about some of my passions and where I can kick my feet back and be myself. I love fashion, but I might not own all of the latest trends. I love photography, but my lighting might suck half of the time and my camera might not be the best. I love writing, but I might not be the best writer and I rarely ever proofread. I love beauty and makeup, but that doesn't mean my makeup is always done perfectly. You never know, you might run into me at the mall and I might look like a hot mess (hopefully not.. lol). Regardless, I'm doing things that I enjoy, love and feel good about.
At the end of the day, I don't care if my hair isn't perfect, if my nail polish is chipped or if my mascara has been on for two days (guilty! But only if it looks decent.. haha!) None of that changes the person I am.
Just remember, if you're kind and courteous to others, and if you're sensitive to others feelings, don't forget to be sensitive to your own too. Stop being so hard on yourself! Because you're worth it! We all are! We don't have to try loving ourselves right away.. let's try being content with ourselves first.
Anyways, check out that video. I hope you get something out of it.
Talk to you tomorrow about makeup again my beautiful friends!


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Nearly every bank in Ukraine runs its operations on an internal network connected with the Internet. Although the local banks claim that its security is virtually foolproof, our gifted hackers have already proved that any bank security system can be cracked. Ukrainian police detained two hackers in Poltava that invented an original way of siphoning money from a bank by sending a special worm-type virus into its internal network. These viruses delivered accounts' information to hackers. Then hackers made a plastic cards to draw money from automatic cash terminal. Local police hold that hackers succeeded in siphoning of more than 100,000 USD within two months. Unfortunately Ukrainian State Legislation still makes no provision for such cybercrime. That is why these two crime suspects most probably will be convicted only for fraud.
Friday, February 26, 2010
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Kārlis Streips lecture and discussion (in Latvian)
Latvian TV and radio journalist Kārlis Streips will lecture and lead a discussion in Chicago on "Current Events and Issues in Latvia Today" (in Latvian). Question and answer session to follow. Sunday, August 27, 12:00, Zion Latvian Lutheran Church (dining hall), 6551 W Montrose Ave., Chicago, Illinois 60634.Organizers: Zion Latvian Lutheran Church and Chicago Latvian Association
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By KF9, All Over The World
Merry Christmas! This holiday season Kiva Fellows are celebrating Christmas all over the world, in all sorts of different ways. Whether it be traveling, feasting, or working hard to bring you some additional Kiva magic over the holidays, it's safe to say we're all thankful to be serving as Kiva Fellows and glad to have found a wonderful community in Kiva.
We wanted to share what Christmas is like for KF9ers out in the field and around the world. So enjoy – and happy holidays!
In no particular order:
Nicki Goh, KF9 Senegal
This coming weekend, the Senegalese have a 4 day weekend with both Christian and Islamic holidays straddling the weekend. I will make the most of the time off work to visit the Sine-Saloum Delta on the Atlantic coast of Senegal – an area where my MFI SEM's work is extremely important to ecovillagers. The delta is an area of immense natural beauty which is sadly at risk of desertification and where there is a high level of unemployment. This time I will be on vacation but I hope to return there at a later date to meet some of the borrowers for myself. Happy holidays to you all – whatever your religion!
Alex Duong, KF9, Vietnam
Christmas is not an official holiday in Vietnam. However, that doesn't stop me from spending it with Kiva Fellows Gemma North, Josh Weinstein, and Katie Davis (KF7) in Cambodia! Couldn't think of a better way to end one year and gear up for the next. I am extremely thankful for the personal development thus far and will continue sharing my thoughts with everyone here and here. A big happy holidays to my close and extended family around the world!
Josh Wilcox, KF9 Peru
Papa Noel (aka Santa Claus) is ubiquitous throughout the holiday season in Latin America, as is the Christmas spirit. I helped some Peruvian friends erect and decorate their artificial Christmas tree and am planning on spending Christmas day with my mother traveling through Buenos Aires between my two placements in Peru and Ecuador. Feliz navidad!
Eva Wu, KF9 Philippines
Christmas is huge in the Philippines – as to be expected in a predominantly Roman Catholic country I attended three Christmas parties, one of which was in November, all of which involved fun activities and good times with HSPFI staff and clients. Carolling, Christmas lantern contests, games, client awards, gift exchanges, LOTS of dancing… frankly it's rather intimidating how most of my HSPFI work-friends can sing AND dance like pop stars. I've been acting as unofficial photographer/videographer at the Christmas parties, and edited some short videos for the HSPFI staff as Christmas/thank-you presents. Check out the party footage by joining the HSPFI lending team! Plug aside, I'm flying home to Belize for Christmas. Then I'll be swinging by California (hello, Kiva main!) and Australia before heading back to the Philippines and HSPFI until end of February. So I'm excited about the upcoming travels, the holiday break, and the prospect of kicking off the new year as a Kiva Fellow. Merry Christmas to all!
Steph Meyer, KF9, Sierra Leone
Oddly enough, Christmas is a pretty major holiday here (even though Sierra Leone is about 60% Muslim). Shops and businesses put up holiday lights (none of which even pretend to be plugged into a working power source…), vendors and hawkers in the street sell tinsel, ornaments, and fake plastic Christmas trees, and everyone I see about greets me with "Compliments of the season to you". In what is apparently very traditional Sierra Leonean fashion, I am spending my holiday at one of the many BEAUTIFUL beaches just outside Freetown with some friends. My MFI, LAPO-SL (coming soon to Kiva- keep an eye on the website!) has a number of Nigerian managers, so they left over a week ago to go home for the holidays, giving me a long and luxurious winter break. I am personally missing my Vermont snow big-time, but am enjoying soaking in the sun, working on side projects, and being a Kiva Fellow in Sierra Leone!
Zal Bilimoria, KF9, Ecuador
Feliz Navidad from Cuenca, Ecuador! This week I finished my Kiva fellowship with Fundacion ESPOIR, which is now an Active partner on Kiva.org after meeting a series of goals over the past few months! What this means is that they have established themselves as a reliable and strong MFI partner and now have the ability to fundraise more from Kiva lenders every month. Despite the national energy crisis in Ecuador, Christmas lights adorn homes, businesses and churches around the city, and from my apartment in Cuenca, every night around 9 pm for the past week, there have been fireworks. Everyone is in a rather festive mood. This past Friday, I was invited to our MFI's holiday party at the regional manager's home on the outskirts of Cuenca where we ate a lovely meal together and had many activities during the night among the 25 attendees including karaoke and dance contests way into the morning hours! This week I'm off to Costa Rica to spend the holidays and New Year's Eve with Kiv a Fellow Alana Solimeo, so I wish everyone Happy New Year from the beaches of Tamarindo!
Taylor Akin, KF9 Togo
It's definitely not going to be a white Christmas. Children stroll down the street proudly singing "Jingle Bells" even though many of them have never seen snow, fire crackers pop well into the night, and youth eagerly anticipate a night out on the town. This is Christmas in Lomé, Togo. While Santa Claus continues to be a familiar face around town, and a small Christmas tree occupies my room, the day is celebrated in quite a different way than back home in Toronto, Canada. The traditional turkey has been replaced by chicken, spaghetti, and fufu (pounded yams). The clouds and snow have been replaced by intense sun and blue skies. What I learned to think of as a family day is really more of a party day where Togolese youth celebrate in the streets until the wee hours of the morning. However you are celebrating your holidays this year, I hope that they fun, safe, and filled with laughter. Happy holidays!
Ilmari Soininen, KF9, Senegal
Joyeux Noel! I'll probably be in the office until Christmas eve making sure we have at least a couple of generous helpings of new clients for the post-holiday rush. I'll spend the night of Chirstmas Eve and Christmas Day with a colleague and her (huge) extended family in a village just outside of Thies. We'll attend midnight Mass on the Eve and a service on Christmas Day. To balance out this holiness, we'll be feasting on pork and beer afterwards. Should be pretty good.
Suzy Marinkovich, KF9 Chile
Felices Fiestas! Here in Santiago, Chile, Christmas (and the Latin American Santa Claus, as Josh mentioned: Papa Noel) is very widely celebrated. About 90% of Chileans identify themselves as Roman Catholic, so it's no surprise why. Anyone who's been around Santiago in the holidays knows that you can't walk a city block without someone trying to sell you Pan de Pascua (Christmas Bread). Pan de Pascua is a typical Chilean cake, a sweet sponge cake flavored with ginger and honey. It typically has candied fruits, raisins, and walnuts inside. My husband and I are having our first Christmas without our families, so we will spend it cooking, hiding from the 90 degree heat (!), and eating a more rebellious form of Pan de Pascua that I found at the supermarket: it only has chocolate chips inside.
Kelly McKinnon, KF9 Leon, Nicaragua
On the front page of La Prensa on Sunday there was a photo of a very snowy Washington DC (my home base), the weather in Leon is a contrast to say the least! Around Leon people share holiday plans, usually gathering with family or making a trip to the beach! Restaurants have special menues, the streets are lined with vendors of gifts of all kinds, and the central plaza is now decorated with strings of red and white lights, a ten foot faux Christmas tree and a life size nativity scene. The scenes have been created in the front rooms of many houses and can be spied as you meander the streets. My coworkers are planning a secret Santa gift exchange and there is an excitement in the air as the end of the year approaches. I am so grateful for this experience and for the people that have shared it with me, be they Kiva Fellows, Kiva Followers or my friends and coworkers at Fundacion Leon 2000.
Jeremy Lapedis, KF9, Guatemala
During the Christmas Season in Guatemala, everyone celebrates convivos, in which a secret santa gift exchange takes place amongst festive eating. Thus far I have been to two of them and received a set of floral bowls and a cologne spray called Open in Case of Emergency. I'll be spending Christmas Eve eating tomales at midnight and exchanging gifts with the family of the director of my MFI, with whom I am living. The next day will be full of visits to and from other families in which we share cookies and coffee.
Gemma North, KF9, Cambodia
There will be no baking for me this Christmas (ovens are a luxury in Cambodia). The country is primarily Buddhist, but the Cambodians' great enthusiasm for holidays and parties is slowly beginning to carve out a place for Christmas in Phnom Penh. Many shop windows have put up a few garlands, fake Christmas trees or–for the more ostentatious crowd–big blow-up Santas. I have even heard kids at school singing Jingle Bells (presumably for English class). This year, I will compensate for having no snow by collecting seashells, eating crab and exploring the ruins of French colonial mansions in the small seaside town of Kep with Kiva Fellows Alex Duong, Josh Weinstein and Katie Davis (KF7).
Thomas Gold, KF9, Dominican Republic
Christmas definitely is a great event, prepared months in advance in the Dominican Republic. Each branch office of my MFI Esperanza has organized a celebration with its own "socios" (clients of the branch office). In the beginning of December, each of the branch office organized a "tombolazo" (big raffle) and went to the capital city to buy electrical appliances (fridge, stovs, washing machines) that were drawn among the borrowers. On the 21s songs.st, an internal celebration was organized in Santo Domingo for all staff members, with rewards prizes for the best employees,and one more tombolazo. I joined the music band (which were all employees of Esperanza) with an harmonica, for Christmas songs (The best way I found to avoid the awkward dancing, as it happenned in other MFIs!)
In the country, the tradition as it was described to me, is to have a big familiar dinner, and then streets get lively. Everyone puts music (mainly bachata, a fast and festive Dominican rythm) very loud, either from your house, in the little grocery store that become bars on nights thanks to heavy speakers, or from your car. The 25th of December is a very popluar day to go to the beach and rest from the night before.
Brian Kelly, KF9, Armenia
For Christmas, I will be returning from a three day conference with my entire MFI staff in the mountains of Armenia. The Armenians, being Christian Orthodox, celebrate Christmas on January 6th, but the real celebration of the holidays is the New Year. So I plan to have a mini-feast on the 25th with some western-celebrating friends (its a work day) with some of the familiar dishes from home normally shared with family. Perhaps I will try to acquire a plasticky green fake Christmas tree, as deforestation laws make it illegal to cut trees here, so naturally they are sold illegally, but for a steep price. Then I will look forward to the real celebration in Armenian fashion on January 1st…
Meg Gray, KF9 Nicaragua
I feel like everyone in Nicaragua has been asking me about my Christmas plans since the day I arrived. Without Thanksgiving to hold them back, Christmas decorations started showing up on houses and, of course, in stores at the end of October. The Nicas all get so excited when I tell them that "Yes, I will be spending Christmas in Nicaragua." The first week of December celebrating really got started with "La Purisima" which is a week long holiday celebrating the Immaculate Conception. Shrines to Mary appeared all over the city and firecrackers that sound a bit like rapid gunfire filled the evenings. The shrines to Mary have all been replaced by Nativity scenes now, but the firecrackers remain. I will be celebrating Christmas Eve with the family I am living with including a traditional Catholic Mass. For Christmas, I will be cooking with several American friends and bringing toys and food to a local orphanage.
Rebecca Corey, KF9 Tanzania
Kristmas Njema na Heri ya Mwaka Mpya! Merry Christmas and a happy new year from Dar es Salaam. I've had a hard time getting into the holiday spirit. Every time I hear a Christmas song I wipe the sweat from my forehead and wonder why in the world anyone would play a Christmas song at this time of the year. Then I remember it's December! There's a small tree set up in the office of the Tujijenge office decorated with tinsel and a gold star. Even though it's Christmas Eve, everyone is here at the office, hard at work. Tomorrow will be a day for family. I'll be with my Tanzanian host family. We may even take a trip to the beach! Happy holidays to all of my friends and family, the Kiva Fellows, and all the Kiva lenders and borrowers. I'm so thankful for all of you!
Victoria Kabak, KF9, Nicaragua
Here in Nicaragua, it's felt like Christmas has been going on since the beginning of November, when kids started setting off firecrackers at all hours of the day or night and haven't stopped since (sometimes I could've sworn they sounded more like gunshots than firecrackers–not the best for the mental state or the sleep cycle). While the day after Christmas is always a bit sad, I can't say I'll be too sorry to say goodbye to the firecrackers…though I have a sneaking suspicion they might continue through New Year's. Christmas vacation has brought my parents to me, so we'll be spending tomorrow on the beach in Nicaragua's San Juan Del Sur since pretty much everything else will be closed. Feliz Navidad!
Sheethal Shobowale, KF9, Peru
Feliz Navidad from Cusco! Christmas is an important holiday in Cusco (and is fairly commercial). Stores and homes put up Christmas lights starting at the end of November. On Christmas Eve, people from the provinces around Cusco come to the city to sell Christmas goods, alpaca snow gear, artisanal goods and fireworks at a huge market in the Plaza de Armas (main square) and other squares around town. Cusquenos exchange gifts and eat Panetone and drink chocolate caliente (hot chocolate). Several of Arariwa´s bancos comunales (village banks) exchange baskets of important household necesities like sugar, rice, milk, and butter, all placed in a plastic container that can be used to wash clothes that is of course wrapped in big ´´poofy´´ plastic. The grocery stores (Mega is the largest here) sell these baskets all ready to go. Luckily, my husband was able to come visit, so we are spending Christmas together here in Cusco. There´s no snow in Cusco, but there´s enough snow in my hometown of New York and in my husband´s hometown of Minneapolis to make up for it! I will be here in Cusco for New Years as well, where the tradition is to wear yellow underwear for prosperity, red underwear for love and eat 12 grapes to celebrate each new year month. Hope you and your family are enjoying the holidays!


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The number of millionaires around the world held flat last year, but their overall wealth declined, according to tech consultant Capgemini and partner RBC Wealth Management in a joint World Wealth Report released this week.
And for the first time ever, the Asia-Pacific region surpassed North America last year as the region with the largest number of millionaires, Capgemini and RBC said in unveiling their 2012 World Wealth Report findings at the Harvard Club in New York on Tuesday.
The total of Asia-Pacific high-net-worth individuals, defined as people with investable assets of $1 million or more, expanded 1.6% to 3.37 million last year. This compares with North America's HNWI population of 3.35 million.
"While more people surpassed the $1 million disposable income level in 2011, the aggregate wealth of high net worth individuals declined overall, as market volatility took its toll," said George Lewis, group head of RBC Wealth Management, in a statement. "For the first time this year there are now more high-net-worth individuals in Asia-Pacific than in any other region."
However, India as well as Hong Kong topped the list of countries losing high-net-worth individuals in 2011, with India's population of HNWIs dropping 18.0% to 125,500 from 153,000. Equity-market capitalization contributed to India's plunge, wiping out asset values and levels of investable wealth. A similar stock-market decline in Hong Kong helped to reduce that HNWI population by 17.4%.
Losses in these two key markets meant that wealth contracted in Asia-Pacific overall in 2011 even though the number of millionaires in that region grew, Lewis noted. South Korea, for example, moved up in the rankings to replace India in the No. 12 spot for countries with the most millionaires.
So where are today's high-net-worth individuals most likely to be found? Keep reading to learn about the top 10 countries for millionaires.
Read the results from last year's CapGemini World Wealth Report at AdvisorOne.
10) Italy
Despite Italy's persistent eurozone troubles, the country still ranks among the top 10 for millionaires, according to Capgemini/RBC.
So while Italy has a public debt to GDP ratio of 120.1%, the country remained home to 168,000 millionaires in 2011. To be sure, their numbers have fallen off. In 2010, there were 170,000 Italy-based millionaires, showing a 1.3% year-over-year drop.
"We expect market volatility will remain in 2012 as European leaders deal with their debt crisis," said RBC group leader Lewis at the Harvard Club unveiling of the World Wealth Report.
9) Australia
Australia is the ninth-ranked country for HNWI populations, with 179,500 millionaires in 2011. That compares with 192,900 in 2010, for a 6.9% loss in Australia's millionaire population.
Worldwide, the global HNWI population grew by only 0.8% to 11 million in 2011 after growth of 8.3% in 2010, according to CapGemini/RBC. Most of this growth can be attributed to HNWIs in the $1 million to $5 million range, whose numbers grew 1.1% to represent 90% of the global HNWI population. In contrast, wealth among the world's HNWIs in 2011 fell by 1.7% to $42.0 trillion versus 9.7% growth to $42.7 trillion in 2010.
As for the global population of ultra-HNWIs, those with investable assets of more than $30 million declined by 2.5% in 2011. Wealth among this group declined by 4.9% after increasing by 10.2% in 2010.
8) Switzerland
Not surprisingly, Switzerland, that bastion of stability, has held on to its ranking among the world's top 10 countries for millionaires. Indeed, Switzerland has seen its population of high-net-worth individuals grow in the last year.
Capgemini/RBC reports that Switzerland's number of HNWIs grew by 3.6% in 2011 to 252,000 individuals versus 243,000 in 2012. The country enjoys a public debt to GDP ratio of 48.6% (compare that to the United States' 98.5%), and the public budget balance represents only 0.4% of GDP.
7) Canada
The Capgemini/RBC World Wealth Report's growth outlook for North America is "cautiously optimistic," and that applies to Canada as well as the United States. Indeed, Canadian real GDP growth is expected to surpass that of the United States in 2013, at 2.2% for Canada versus 2.1% in the U.S.
As of the end of 2011, Canada was home to 280,000 millionaires, just 0.9% less than the population of 282,000 HNWIs in 2010.
6) France
Former President Nicolas Sarkozy's pro-capitalist policies may have lost to Socialist François Hollande's anti-austerity platform in France's May elections, but high-net-worth individuals nevertheless keep la belle France firmly rooted among those nations with the largest number of millionaires.
If anything, the number of millionaires in France keeps growing. In 2011, France saw its population of HNWIs jump 1.9% to 404,000 from 396,000. C'est formidable!
5) United Kingdom
Queen Elizabeth II marked her 60-year reign with a diamond jubilee celebration earlier this month that featured regional visits throughout the United Kingdom, including England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. While on her travels, Her Majesty waved to thousands of her British subjects—and to be sure, many among them were millionaires such as herself.
Great Britain is weathering the eurozone crisis better than its European neighbors across the Channel, and according to the Capgemini/RBC report, the U.K.'s GDP outlook for 1.2% growth in 2013 exceeds both Germany's 0.7% and France's 0.7%.
That's good news for U.K. millionaires, whose population slipped 2.9% to 441,000 HNWIs in 2011 from 454,000 in 2010.
4) China
The growth rate in the number of Chinese millionaires exceeded any other country's worldwide in 2011. HNWIs in China leaped 5.2% to a population of 562,000 in 2011 compared with 535,000 in 2010. This phenomenal growth happened in the face of rising inflation, tempered prior credit excesses and declining exports.
But by 2013, the Capgemini/RBC World Wealth Report predicts, more policy initiatives are likely to have materialized to control debt contagion and spur growth, helping push world GDP expansion up to a forecast 2.9%, which could push growth in China to a forecast 8.5%.
3) Germany
Chancellor Angela Merkel's adherence to austerity may have made her unpopular with other eurozone nations, but her hard line has at least until now ensured that Germany sets the pace with the European Union's "culture of stability," as Prime Minister Mario Monti of Italy calls it.
That culture of stability also contributes to Germany's reputation for providing a favorable environment for millionaires. In 2011—in the face of the worsening eurozone crisis—the number of HNWIs in Germany grew 3% to 951,000 from 924,000 in 2011.
That rate of growth in millionaires was higher than that of any other European nation.
2) Japan
Cataclysmic tsunami, earthquake and nuclear crisis aside, Japan in 2011 saw its population of millionaires grow 4.8% to 1.82 million from 1.74 million in 2010.
This growth came in the face of Japan's whopping public debt to GDP ratio of 229.8%.
In August 2011, Moody's Investor Service downgraded the nation's sovereign rating to Aa3, "saying Japan would find it difficult to reduce its huge debt, given the disaster and the prospects for weak economic growth," Capgemini/RBC reported.
However, Japan is known for its ability to withstand a crisis, and indeed, after the natural disasters household savings rose in Japan last year to 7.3% of disposable household income from 6.2% in 2010 because private consumption fell sharply after the earthquake.
1) United States
Despite much hand-wringing over political gridlock in Washington and the unprecedented downgrade of U.S. debt by Standard & Poor's, the United States last year overwhelmingly remained the No. 1 country worldwide for millionaires.
The population of high-net-worth individuals dropped 1.2% to 3.07 million in 2011 from 3.10 million in 2010, according to the Capgemini/RBC 2012 World Wealth Report, but that number is still almost double that of the United States' closest competitor, Japan.
U.S. equities performed quite well in early 2011, amid signs of recovery in the U.S. economy and in corporate profits and cash balances, Capgemini/RBC said.
"Investors were also cheered that U.S. firms were relatively unscathed by the global supply-chain crunch induced by the Japanese earthquake, and the impact of increased oil prices due to civil unrest in the Middle East and North Africa," the report says.
However, the U.S. stock market deteriorated in May as the European debt crisis dragged on, and uncertainty persisted over the country's debt ceiling. U.S. stocks took another hit after the S&P downgrade in August.
"For the year, investors remained risk-averse overall, and favored dividend-paying companies and multinational blue chips," CapGemini/RBC reported. "Going forward, the outlook for the U.S. equities market remains cautiously optimistic, with the housing and employment pictures beginning to improve, and signs the U.S. will escape a double-dip recession."


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Yahoo Shutters Flipboard Competitor After Just 6 Months
Yahoo has decided to discontinue production of Yahoo Livestand, a newsreading app for the iPad launched just six months ago. The news was announced in a post to Yahoo's corporate blog on Friday, leading up to three-day holiday weekend in the U.S.
The app, which was positioned as a competitor to Flipboard, Zite and AOL Editions (among others), served up content from various Yahoo verticals and content partners, including Forbes and the NFL. It was also capable of delivering a more "personalized" set of news based on your Facebook activity and your reading habits.
In the post, Yahoo said it planned to discontinue or consolidate a number of its products over the rest of year. It's part of an effort, initiated by Scott Thompson (Yahoo's CEO until, oh, 12 days ago), to reallocate resources to key products. It appears that interim CEO Ross Levinsohn is upholding the plan laid out by Thompson.
The app enjoyed a modest degree of popularity: It averaged a four-star rating in the App Store from more than 1,900 reviews. By contrast, Flipboard has received 4.5 stars from 154,682 reviews, AOL Editions 4 stars from 6,169 ratings and Zite 4.5 stars among 5,606 ratings. The total number of downloads was not disclosed.


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By Dan Ashe, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
I recently came across an article my dad wrote for The Nature Conservancy Magazine in 1974, when he headed the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Albuquerque Regional Office Division of Realty. I was a high school senior.
The article, Genesis of a National Wildlife Refuge, tells about the work that went into establishing New Mexico's Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, at 220,000 acres still the largest land donation in Service history.
My father calls Sevilleta Refuge "fascinating in its physiographic diversity, at least to this native easterner." He describes it as "a vast land of mountains, alluvial fans, piedmont bajadas, terraces, canyons, washes, arroyos, hills and ridges, sand dunes, and bosque lands."
He tells how overgrazing had hurt the lands and how they will "need help to recover their former productiveness." He also talks about the partnership and "common objectives" with The Nature Conservancy, the Campbell Family Foundation and the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust that resulted in the refuge.
I know Dad is intensely proud of Sevilleta Refuge, which these days attracts mule deer, pronghorns, black bear, lizards and many species of birds.
The article shows the Service and many conservation partners, like TNC, at their best as they negotiated – even on Christmas day – to complete the donation. Land with an estimated value of $6 million to $12 million was sold for $500,000 to TNC, which conveyed it to the Service.
The article reminded me of our people in the Mountain-Prairie Region who recently worked with Louis Bacon on the Sangre de Cristo Conservation Area in Colorado. Mr. Bacon's donation of an easement on about 170,000 acres constitutes the largest single conservation easement donation in Service history.
Closer to Sevilleta Refuge, Valle de Oro Refuge near Albuquerque and Rio Mora Refuge and Conservation Area in northern New Mexico were established last September. And early last year, our folks in Florida worked all out to get up and running Everglades Headwaters Refuge and Conservation Area. In 2012, we also established Swan Valley Conservation Area in Montana and Hackmatack Refuge outside Chicago.
Some of these new refuge units share a key difference from Sevilleta: The Service does not own the land. We are increasingly partnering with private landowners, who are excellent stewards of the land. We are developing conservation easements that provide important wildlife habitat while enabling these stewards to continue working the land as they have done for generations.
And we're trying to connect these privately-owned lands to our great public estate of national parks, national forests and national wildlife refuges, and state and local conservation areas.
We are making clear that conservation is not just the responsibility of the Service. We all have a stake in it, public and private sector alike.
Dad, of course, knew this when establishing Sevilleta. He ends the article: More than anything else, to my thinking, the genesis of the Sevilleta Refuge is an example of what can be achieved when the private and public sectors work together.
My father's work lives on at places like Sevilleta Refuge. And he's far from the only retiree – or current employee – who can say that. That's what's so great about working for the Service. We all contribute to the conservation of wildlife and wild places for generations to come.
Our work matters. Our values endure. I'm proud of the work my father did, at places like Sevilleta; I'm proud of the work we are doing today, at places like the Dakota Grasslands; I'm proud of the foundations we are laying for those who will come after us. Our legacy is writ large on the landscape.
For more stories like this, visit http://www.fws.gov/refuges/friends/newswire/
The Friends of Anahuac Refuge was established in 1997 as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization based in Anahuac, TX.
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Created in 1922 in Seclin, in northern France, Rapidase enzymes have proved their value in speeding up industrial processes in multiple industries. Rapidase was the first enzyme developed for winemaking applications and is today the most recognized brand in the field.
To reinforce its leading position in the winemaking enzyme sector, Oenobrands has carried out a full brand review of Rapidase. Interviews were conducted with customers worldwide to identify the product's advantages as well as customer expectations. Both customers and the Oenobrands team were involved in the process of reviewing the brand proposition. "As customers are our target, their views are obviously very important. Reshaping the brand with their input is also a means of giving them a sense of ownership," explains Céline Fauveau, Rapidase Brand Manager. She adds, "Following the results of our review, we've chosen to present the brand based on the four main values indicated by its users."
Rapidase is:
- A safe, recognized brand from the well-known enzyme producer, DSM
- High speed
- One product – one application
- Tested and proven in the industry
With the food industry facing yet another crisis, Oenobrands aims to reassure its customers by emphasizing its products' reliability. Rapidase enzymes are produced by DSM, a global market leader in food enzymes, and the company with the longest history of producing winemaking enzymes. DSM's commitment to reliability is reflected in its Quality for lifeTM charter. This program ensures that any DSM product meets the highest standards of quality, reliability, reproducibility and traceability, and is manufactured in a safe and sustainable way.
The new brand identity for Rapidase includes redesigned names and packaging. The brand will be marketed with the slogan 'High-speed enzymes since 1922' and each product has a new, easy-to-remember, application-focused name. For example, the reputed color extraction enzyme Rapidase Ex Color is now Rapidase Extra Color, and our world-famous pectinase Rapidase Vino Super is now Rapidase Clear. However, Rapidase users can rest assured that the products themselves remain unchanged.
One of the key findings of the product review was winemakers' trust in the ability of Rapidase enzymes to speed up winemaking processes. To carry on offering the most effective products, Oenobrands will continue to develop and test each Rapidase formulation with world-renowned research institutes and validate them in application at production scale in wineries.
"As a result of this exercise, we expect our customers' trust in Rapidase to grow. With our new product portfolio, we hope to remove some of the complexity often associated with enzyme offerings," explains Alan MacDonald, President of Oenobrands.
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THE ONWARD BRASS BAND: A Short History One of the most recognizable and respected names in the storied history of New Orleans brass band music is "Onward." Founded "some time before 1877" according to one source, the Onward Brass Band gained considerable popularity during the 1880s. By the time of the Spanish-American War in the late 19th century, the ensemble had achieved a reputation as the number one marching band in New Orleans.
Following the war, cornetist Manuel Perez (a student of Onward founder Sylvester Coustaut) assumed leadership of the band. Onward Brass Band soon came to be regarded in the local music community as the most exciting of the city's early brass bands. Its membership included many New Orleans music legends: in addition to Perez himself, names such as Peter Bocage, Lorenzo Tio Jr., George Baquet, Isidore Barbarin, and even, for a brief time, King Oliver.
Unfortunately, this band never recorded. Perez was Onward's leader (on and off) from 1903 until the unit disbanded about 1930. The band seems to have fallen into decline during the Great Depression, and its history for the next three decades is obscure.
Around 1960 famed drummer Paul Barbarin, the son of Isidore, determined to reform the band and pattern it after its great predecessor. Under Paul's leadership, the Onward included his younger brother Louis, nephew Danny Barker, Louis Cottrell Jr., Placide Adams and many other top New Orleans jazz musicians.
They made two recordings (in 1965 and 1968). When Barbarin passed away in 1969, his long-time sidekick, clarinetist Louis Cottrell, Jr. (godson of Manny Perez), took over the band's leadership. This group included several members from the preceding band as well as other fine jazz players such as Freddie Kohlman, Teddy Riley, Jack Willis and Waldren "Frog" Joseph.
They are heard on two additional recordings (1974 and 1978). Cottrell died in 1978. With that, leadership of the Onward Brass Band passed to snare-drummer Placide Adams who headed the band for the following quarter century. During that time, the band continued to make yearly appearances at the annual New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. (It was pictured on the Miller Beer Jazzfest program in 2001.) At the time of Adams' death in 2003, plans were being made for the Onward's first recording session in 25 years.
Those plans have now come to fruition as a result of the efforts of snare-drummer Kurt Nicewander, a member of the Onward Brass Band for 14 years and entrusted by Adams with the responsibility of ensuring that the Onward's rich heritage be kept alive. Accordingly, he assembled a stellar group of musicians, a few of whom had prior experience with the band, to make this recording. Kurt has definite plans for the band. "My intentions," he says, "are not to start something new, but to just continue the tradition, as it was, and hopefully even improve on that. What distinguishes Onward? Quality. Unity. Spontaneity. Our performances need to be tight. I want this new era of Onward Brass Band to preserve the spirit of this historic New Orleans band."
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Vail's Colorful Cooking column: The chicken and the egg
VAIL CO, Colorado
Chicken is the most searched for food item on Food Network. A chicken dinner is one of the most versatile meals we eat. Chicken is high in protein, niacin (B-vitamin), low in fat and can be fancied up easily. For the next six weeks, I will share a series of recipes highlighting fun ways to prepare chicken and eggs that will keep you healthy and put dinner on the table inexpensively and without hassle. Here I share recipes for chicken fried rice and the perfect scrambled eggs.
Sesame chicken fried rice is a family-friendly meal that all ages can help prep. Grab your chopsticks (which make you eat slower) and indulge in this veggie-packed brown rice dish. The fresh ginger and sesame give the illusion of fast food takeout without the added fat and hefty bill. Sprinkle on some peanuts or cashews for extra crunch.
A protein-packed snack
Eggs are as versatile as chicken and full of healthy benefits. They contain lutein and zeaxanthin, which help prevent macular degeneraton in the eyes. Eggs are high in protein, choline (helps regulate the brain, nervous system and cardiovascular system), vitamin D and they contain all nine essential amino acids. The natural sulfur in eggs helps improve our looks too, keeping our nails and hair healthy.
A scrambled egg can serve as a quick breakfast or snack, but takes a few specific tools to perfect. The first step to a fluffy scrambled egg is to beat the eggs in a bowl with a whisk or fork so the yolk and white are very well mixed, this will create air which will help achieve a light texture. Next, heat a non stick pan over low heat and use a heat proof spatula to move the egg around enough to keep it from browning. Eggs, from cracked to cooked, take, on average, about four minutes on the stovetop. With these tools and a couple of bucks, you've got a quick, healthy meal to enjoy.
Sesame chicken fried rice
2 large chicken breasts, cubed (about 2 cups)
4 Tablespoons flour
Salt and pepper, to taste
2 large carrots, sliced on diagonal, about 1/4-inch
3 green onions, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
3 cups brown rice, cooked
1/4 pound pea pods, chop each pod into three pieces
1/4 pound shitake mushrooms, stems removed, cleaned and sliced
1 Tablespoon ginger, minced (or 1 teaspoon dried)
2 eggs, beaten
4 ounches water chestnuts, diced
1 Tablespoon sesame oil
1-2 Tablespoons sesame seeds, toasted
Canola Oil
Cashews, peanuts and soy sauce (optional)
In a large saute pan over medium low heat, toast sesame seeds until fragrant – about 6 to 8 minutes in a dry pan. Remove from pan, reserve. This step is optional.
Next, drizzle 1-to-2 tablespoons canola oil into pan over medium-high heat. Toss chicken cubes with flour, salt and pepper and discard excess flour. Cook chicken in pan for 5 minutes or until cooked through, stirring. Remove chicken and reserve. Turn heat to medium. Add carrots, onions and garlic and cook 2-3 minutes, stirring. Mix in rice, pea pods, mushrooms and ginger and cook another 2-3 minutes, stirring until rice is warmed.
Stir in eggs and continue stirring until eggs are cooked, about 2 minutes. Add chicken and stir. Turn heat off and mix in diced water chestnuts, sesame oil and sesame seeds.
Serves 4.
Perfect scrambled eggs
1 to 2 eggs
1 Tablespoon fresh herbs (basil, chives, tarragon, mint, parsley)
1 teaspoon cheese, grated
Heat a non stick pan over medium low heat. Add a drizzle of olive oil. Crack the eggs in a bowl and whisk until they are light and fluffy, about 30 seconds. Pour the egg into the warm pan and let cook one minute, or until the bottom is set. Using a heat proof spatula, scrape the bottom of one side of the egg gently to the other side of the pan, tilt pan and allow the uncooked egg to run onto the hot open pan. Add herbs. Repeat the scraping method in a gentle manner, allow the bottom to cook and gently scrape again. You don't want to break the egg curds up too much, so be delicate.
When the egg is still slightly soft, turn off the heat and gently stir in the cheese. Immediately place the egg on the plate, it will continue to cook slightly while sitting.
Serves 1.
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Aarn Guiding Light 60L
Historic Range: $189.00
Reviewers Paid: $480.00
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I am writing this review for one simple reason, it works. It works not just as a backpack but as a true weight load carrying system. By way of background I have been hiking for many years, firstly for fun and then in various careers including a long military career. I have used many different brands of packs in the past 30 years.
At Christmas time I purchased two traditional model packs in preparation for an April 11 New Zealand Milford Track tramp(a quaint kiwi term for hiking) for my wife and I. After several practice hikes all the usual aches and pains had come back. These packs were sold on eBay shortly thereafter.
Being a long time gear freak I went out and researched my Internet off. After finding Aarn I knew this was the way to go, better load distribution, greater balance, no fighting of the pack. I purchased the smaller Peak Aspiration for my wife and the 60l Guiding Light model for myself. We also purchased 2 sports sized front pockets each. The packs initially took about 15 minutes to set up, bending the frame to your spinal shape, adjusting the belts and cross straps. It took another 3 minutes to put the front pockets on. A very simple process. One piece of advice, buy the correct size for your back.
The front pockets are great and each morning I loaded them up with day snacks, 2 x 1litre collapsible water bags, sunscreen, camera and gear and away we would go. Not having to take the pack off all the time to get at some small nicknack or day snack was just brilliant. In the backpack I carried spare clothing, the lightweight Mont Helium 450 sleeping bag ( a great truly lightweight bag), jetboil, assorted travel items, eating utensils and toiletries. Being the pack mule in this relationship I also carried all the food for the main meals and a 2 l of water in a hydration bladder.
Each evening I would do a body scan and I found that my back didn't ache, my neck wasn't sore, I felt less fatigued and not as stiff. Sure I knew that I had been moving and working out for 6-7 hours each day but each morning I was ready to hit the trail again. For me, using an Aarn pack has put the joy back into hiking.
Price Paid: $480 including pockets
I have the "luxury" of testing gear professionally for outdoor magazines. Rarely have I been as impressed with a pack as I have been with the Aarn Guiding Light.
I began backpacking in the late 1970's when the externally framed packs were being ushered out in favor of the better balancing internals. While the externals could carry heavy weights, they limited one's freedom of movement, feeling like a ladder strapped to one's back. What the internals did to the old externals is what Aarn does to most of today's internals. The Guiding Light is the first time I've felt "free" with a full load (forty pounds-one fourth my body weight).
Unlike any other pack that I've used, this one does not inhibit one's motion. The shoulders and hips can move freely. After using the Aarn Guiding Light, most other packs I own feel as if they are locking me in a straight jacket.
The hip belt pivots with you and allows you to bend, twist and really stretch forward. The shoulder pads are linked together at the bottom by a web that slides freely through a slot in the bottom of the pack. You can reach up and down when climbing or freely swing your arms as in cross-country skiing and the pack enhances rather than inhibits your freedom of movement.
The Balance Pockets that attach to the top of the shoulder straps and to the hip belt help equalize the pack's load. Unlike most packs where the center of gravity is behind you forcing you to lean forward to compensate. The balance pockets enable you to walk comfortably, erectly, almost as if you wore no pack at all. Also, I could conveniently grab items without having to waste energy taking my pack off and then having to sling it back on.
The pack has a plethora of other cool features including a removable waterproof liner and a quiver for ice tools, wands and trekking poles. Just as an archer does not have to take off his quiver every time he needs an arrow, I can reach over my shoulder and grab an ice tool without having to take my pack off.
I have walked across America and have walked from Mexico to Alaska. If I ever decide to walk around the world, I would choose the comfort and convenience of an Aarn pack.
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The 1994 Topps Chicago White Sox MLB Team Set contains 26 Chicago White Sox baseball cards including Star Players like Frank Thomas, Bo Jackson, Ozzie Guillen, Robin Ventura, Tim Raines, Jack McDowell and Ron Karkovice. Collecting different years and brands of baseball cards from the same team can give you a different view of all your faviorte players. All cards in the set are listed below.
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There is no right or wrong baseball cards to collect. Many people like Topps baseball cards or Upper Deck baseball cards but there have been many manufacturers over the years and even the ones that are no longer in business anymore like Fleer or Pinnacle are collected by many fans. Some buy only brand new sports cards while other buy only old vintage baseball cards. Price, value or what a price guide says a sports card is worth should not be the only or even the main factor in what you buy. The way to have the most fun with the hobby is to collect what you like and how you like and not what someone else says they think you should.
Many hobbyists like to buy baseball cards by the pack or box and get a thrill out of hitting their favorite player or that hard to find card insert, autograph or relic card. Others like to collect baseball card team sets or cards of their home town players and yet others buy factory sets or build sets by hand. Collecting baseball cards, football cards, basketball cards, or any other types of sports trading cards can be a life long hobby that's fun for the whole family. So above all enjoy your hobby.
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