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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — His backers feeling increasingly confident, Democrat Barack Obama made a slight nod to his Republican rival on Saturday and asked voters to have faith in him as the next president.
Even as he criticized John McCain's economic policies, Obama acknowledged that the GOP nominee has asked his supporters to temper their attacks on him.
"I appreciated his reminder that we can disagree while still being respectful of each other," Obama told thousands of supporters at the first of four outdoor rallies in Philadelphia.
"Sen. McCain has served this country with honor," he said two hours later, in the city's Germantown neighborhood. "He deserves our thanks for that."
"I appreciated his reminder that we can disagree while still being respectful of each other," Obama told thousands of supporters
At a town-hall event Friday in Minnesota, McCain took the microphone from a woman who said Obama is an Arab. McCain said, "No, ma'am," and he called Obama "a decent, family man."
McCain drew boos at the same event when he told a supporter who expressed fear at the prospect of Obama's election that the Democrat is a "person that you do not have to be scared of as president of the United States."
Those reassurances aside, McCain's TV ads continue to attack Obama sharply. Some hit his ties to a former radical who co-founded a violent anti-war group in the 1960s. Yet on Saturday at an event in Iowa, McCain didn't mention the past association and focused on their policy disagreements.
Obama referred to the ads Saturday. "We've seen rough stuff on the TV from them," he said. "I can take it for four more weeks," but the nation cannot take "four more years of Bush-McCain economics."
"I will be a president who puts you first," he said, asking voters not to lose hope in the economy before President Bush can be replaced.
Polls show Obama leading in several battleground states, and some of his top surrogates feel victory is nearly in reach.
"The one thing we can't let happen is for us to be overconfident," Pennsylvania Gov. Edward Rendell told donors at a Friday fundraiser, where he introduced Obama.
McCain drew boos when he told a supporter who expressed fear at the prospect of Obama's election that the Democrat is a "person that you do not have to be scared of as president of the United States."
Although Obama says anything can happen in the campaign's final 24 days, hints of his optimism are creeping into his unscripted remarks.
"In some ways this is a celebratory event" as "we're now coming to the end of what has been a two-year process, an extraordinary journey," Obama said at a second Philadelphia fundraiser Friday night. The host, Comcast executive David L. Cohen, said the two events raised more than $5 million.
As 250 major donors ate beet salad and mahi-mahi under a huge tent, Obama seemed to look ahead to his first term as president.
"We're going to have to make some priorities, we're going to have to cut some things out," he said, referring to expensive goals such as improving health care, schools and college affordability.
"I'm going to be in some fights with my own Democratic Party in getting some of that done," he said.
Defying tradition in GOP-leaning states, he said, he is leading McCain in Montana and North Carolina. His lead in Virginia, which Democrats last carried in 1964, is 6 or 7 percentage points, he told the donors.
Obama added, however: "Who knows what can happen in the next 25 days?"
Democrats have carried Pennsylvania in recent presidential elections, although sometimes narrowly. McCain has campaigned aggressively in the state, but polls show Obama leading.
Under a brilliant blue sky, Obama's four events here drew 60,000 people according to Philadelphia police
Democrats usually win huge margins in Philadelphia and try to minimize their losses in the state's smaller cities and more rural areas. Obama's barnstorming of Philadelphia was designed to drive his base's vote as high as possible.
Under a brilliant blue sky, Obama's four events here drew 60,000 people according to Philadelphia police, but it was impossible to verify the estimates. At some sites, thousands of people were unable to get through the gates. They stood on cars and craned their necks for a glimpse, sometimes blocks away. Crowds cheered Obama's motorcade as it arrived and left each site.
Obama read the same speech each time, but he ad-libbed a bit and seemed increasingly buoyant as the day progressed. Telling his favorite new story about buying pie from a Republican-leaning Ohio diner owner, he joked with a woman who called out from the Germantown crowd.
"You will make me some pie?" he asked. "What kind of pie do you make? Sweet potato pie?"
As the crowd roared, he poured it on. "We're going to have to have a sweet potato pie contest," he said. "I'll be the judge, because I want my sweet potato pie."
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Senior members of the Republican party are in open mutiny against John McCain's presidential campaign, after a disastrous period which has seen Barack Obama solidify his lead in the opinion polls.
And as disputes raged within the McCain camp yesterday, Democrats took another symbolic step towards healing the party after their bitter primary battles, as Bill and Hillary Clinton made their first joint appearance in support of Mr Obama.
From inside and outside his inner circle, Mr McCain is being told to settle on a coherent economic message and to tone down attacks on his rival which have sometimes whipped up a mob-like atmosphere at Republican rallies.
Two former rivals for the party nomination, Mitt Romney and Tommy Thompson, went on the record over the weekend about the disarray in the Republican camp. And a string of other senior party figures said Mr McCain's erratic performance risks taking the party down to heavy losses not just in the presidential race but also in contests for Congressional seats. Mr Thompson, a former governor of the swing state of Wisconsin, said he thought Mr McCain, on his present trajectory, would lose the state, and he told a New York Times reporter he was not happy with the campaign. "I don't know who is," he added.
Mr McCain's erratic performance risks taking the party down to heavy losses not just in the presidential race but also in contests for Congressional seats.
Some Republicans seeking election to Congress have begun distancing themselves from Mr McCain. In Nebraska, a Republican representative, Lee Terry, ran a newspaper ad featuring support from a woman who called herself an "Obama-Terry voter".
The McCain camp was reportedly considering launching a new set of economic policies last night, on top of the plan for government purchases of mortgages which he unveiled in a surprise move at last week's presidential debate. Possible options include temporary tax cuts on capital gains and dividends. Mr Romney said he should "stand above the tactical alternatives that are being considered and establish an economic vision that is able to convince the American people that he really knows how to strengthen the economy".
With just over three weeks to go to election day, a new Reuters/Zogby tracking poll showed the Democratic candidate gaining momentum during the past week. From a two-point lead four days ago, the latest reading has Mr Obama up 6 points. A Gallup poll yesterday put him at plus-7 per cent.
The Clintons took to the stage yesterday in Scranton, a down-at-heel Pennsylvania town that has taken on outsize significance in the presidential election. The town, which has become symbolic of the decline of industrial America, was childhood home of Joe Biden, Mr Obama's vice-presidential running mate, and is where Hillary Clinton's father grew up and is buried.
"This is an all hands on deck election," Mrs Clinton declared, adding that only a Democrat could put the interests of struggling working families at the centre of policy. John McCain sees the middle class as "not fundamental, but ornamental," she said.
"This is an all hands on deck election," Mrs Clinton declared, adding that only a Democrat could put the interests of struggling working families at the centre of policy. John McCain sees the middle class as "not fundamental, but ornamental," she said.
Her husband praised Mr Obama as having the best ideas, best instincts and best team for the White House. However, he focused most of his speech on his wife and Mr Biden, and quickly disappeared for a campaign appearance in Virginia, raising eyebrows among those who worry he has still not fully reconciled himself to the Obama candidacy and is still smarting from the bitter reaction against his contributions to the primary race.
McCain campaign staffers lashed out at the media for focusing on a minority of supporters at some rallies in the past week who have gone beyond booing and hissing at Mr Obama's name, and begun calling out "terrorist" and "kill him".
Senior Republicans have sharply conflicting views about the direction the McCain campaign should take, with some arguing that their candidate has not hit Mr Obama hard enough on the shady associates from his past. The issue of the Rev Jeremiah Wright, Mr Obama's former pastor, whose incendiary speeches about white racism almost derailed the Democrat's primary race, should be brought back on to the table by Mr McCain, many are counselling. Mr McCain, however, has ruled that issue off-limits, for fear of being accused of playing a race card.
The Republican candidate appeared keen to cool the temperature at rallies over the weekend, at one point snatching the microphone from a woman in Minnesota who declared Mr Obama was an "Arab". He chided her, and another man who said he was "scared" of an Obama presidency, and told a booing crowd to be respectful. "He is a decent family man, a citizen, that I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues," said Mr McCain.
McCain campaign staffers lashed out at the media for focusing on a minority of supporters at some rallies in the past week who have gone beyond booing and hissing at Mr Obama's name, and begun calling out "terrorist" and "kill him".
Reining in the party's supporters may be harder. A minister delivering the invocation at a rally on Saturday asked Christians to pray for a McCain win. "There are millions of people around this world praying to their god – whether it's Hindu, Buddha, Allah – that his opponent wins, for a variety of reasons," said Arnold Conrad, the former pastor of Grace Evangelical Free Church in Davenport. Those comments earned a rebuke from a McCain spokesman, and both sides this weekend had to slap down supporters for stirring issues of religion and race.
The Obama campaign disassociated itself from comments by Democratic congressman John Lewis who compared Mr McCain to the late Alabama segregationist George Wallace. "Senator McCain and Governor Palin are sowing the seeds of hatred and division," he said. "George Wallace never threw a bomb. He never fired a gun, but he created the climate and the conditions that encouraged vicious attacks against innocent Americans who were simply trying to exercise their constitutional rights."
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Record Number of Jewish Lawmakers Elected in U.S. (Ynet News)
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Mubarak Warns Against Hanging Saddam - Nadia Abou El-Magd (AP/Washington Post)
U.S. Grants Lebanon $10.5 Million in Military Aid (Reuters)
Israel's Economy Back on Track - Neal Sandler (Business Week)
China-Israel Trade Tops $3 Billion (Xinhua-China)
Cruise Lines Return to Israel (JTA)
AOL Purchases Israeli Start-Up - Eli Shimoni (Ynet News)
Permanent Artificial Heart Transplanted in Israel - Judy Siegel-Itzkovich (Jerusalem Post)
Israeli Makes Scientific American's Top 50 - Judy Siegel-Itzkovich (Jerusalem Post)
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Israel will pursue military operations to stop rocket fire from Gaza, even as he expressed regret for the accidental killing of 18 Palestinians. The shell that hit a Palestinian home in the northern Gazan town of Beit Hanoun was "a tragic mistake'' and meant to strike militants in a nearby orange grove who had fired a Kassam rocket into Israel, Olmert said. "Military operations will continue as long as there will be firing of rockets,'' he said. (Bloomberg)
In the nine months since it came to power, Hamas has not changed its views. Hamas Political Bureau head Khaled Mash'al told the London-based daily Al-Hayat on Oct. 12: "Why am I required to [recognize] the legitimacy of an occupying [entity]?...It is true that there is an entity called Israel, but I do not wish to recognize it."
Hamas Foreign Minister Mahmoud al-Zahar stated on Oct. 20 that "Israel is a vile entity that has been planted in our soil, and has no historical, religious, or cultural legitimacy. We cannot normalize our relations with this entity. The history of this region has proven that occupation is temporary. Thousands of years ago, the Romans occupied this land and left. The Persians, Crusaders, and English came and went. The Zionists have come, and they too will leave. [We say] no to recognizing Israel, regardless of the price we may have to pay." Al-Zahar also said: "We [aim to liberate] all our lands....If we have the option, we will establish a state on every inch of land within the 1967 [borders], but this does not by any means imply that we will relinquish our right to all the Palestinian lands. We want all of Palestine from Naqura to Rafah, and from the [Mediterranean] sea to the [Jordan] river." (MEMRI)
In a stark public warning, Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller, the Director-General of MI5, revealed that the security service's caseload had risen by 80% since January and now involved about 30 "Priority 1" plots. It has identified 200 terrorist networks involving at least 1,600 people, many under the direct control of al-Qaeda leaders in Pakistan.
"More and more people are moving from passive sympathy towards active terrorism through being radicalized or indoctrinated by friends, families, in organized training events here and overseas," she said. Dame Eliza said that she was alarmed by the "scale and speed" of the radicalization, which security sources later said had intensified since the 7/7 bombings. "Young teenagers are being groomed to be suicide bombers....Killing oneself and others in response is an attractive option for some citizens of this country and others around the world. [The] threat is serious, is growing, and will, I believe, be with us for a generation." (Times-UK)
An Argentine judge ordered international arrest warrants on Thursday for former Iranian president Ali Rafsanjani and eight others in connection with the 1994 bombing of the major Jewish community center in Buenos Aires. Judge Rodolfo Canicoba Corral issued the order two weeks after Argentine prosecutors formally accused the Iranian government of masterminding the attack, which killed 85 people and wounded more than 200. (Reuters/New York Times)
News Resources - Israel and the Mideast:
Maj.-Gen. Meir Kalifi, who headed the IDF inquiry into the Beit Hanoun incident, presented the inquiry's findings Thursday. The inquiry found that a malfunctioning electronic card in the artillery battery's guidance system, which was replaced five days ago, was the cause of the errant fire. The card fed the battery's guidance system with wrong coordinates. The Israeli-developed "Shilem" guidance system has been in use by the IDF for roughly 30 years. It is considered reliable, and IDF inquiries found that this is the first time this particular malfunction has occurred in the system or similar systems used abroad. (Ha'aretz)
Danny Carmon, the deputy head of the Israeli delegation to the UN, said during a Security Council meeting Thursday that the escalation in Gaza stems from Palestinian rocket fire on Israel, which is acting "in self-defense." Carmon said that Israel withdrew from Gaza in the hope that the Palestinians would manage it responsibly as a first step to the establishment of a Palestinian state that can live side by side in peace with Israel. But since Israel left Gaza, Palestinians have fired 1,000 rockets at Israel. "Israel is asked again and again to show restraint. But the question is until when. After 1,000 rockets? 2,000 rockets?" Carmon asked.
He spoke about the need to release the Israeli soldiers while Karnit Goldwasser, the wife of kidnapped soldier Ehud Goldwasser, was present. "She is here to remind members of the Council who voted on Resolution 1701 that they are obliged to fulfill what they voted for and act for the release of the kidnapped Israeli soldiers." (Ynet News)
Three people sustained injuries from shrapnel and several others suffered from shock Thursday evening when a rocket fired by Palestinians in Gaza landed just a few meters from a store in a crowded Sderot shopping center. Earlier Thursday, two rockets landed in the western Negev. (Ynet News)
Israel and the U.S. are considering different methods for collecting intelligence in Lebanon that would replace the overflights of Lebanese airspace by Israel. "We do not want to embarrass the government of Lebanon and create tensions with the states who deployed, at our request, troops to the United Nations force. If a solution can be found that would not require the overflights, and we could have another means to learn what goes on over there, perfect," a senior political source in Jerusalem said Thursday. Among the possible alternatives are the use of American satellites or intelligence-gathering flights carried out by other countries, with the approval of the government of Lebanon. (Ha'aretz)
See also French Forces Almost Fired on Israeli Jets in Lebanon - Molly Moore
French peacekeeping forces in southern Lebanon came within seconds of firing missiles at Israeli F-15 fighter jets that repeatedly dived on their positions last week, according to French Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie. (Washington Post)
An explosion in Gaza City Thursday destroyed the house of Talal Abu Safiyah, a local commander of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Palestinian security officials said the blast was caused by explosives inside the house. (Ha'aretz)
Global Commentary and Think-Tank Analysis (Best of U.S., UK, and Israel):
I am not indifferent to the death of Palestinians. I am especially not indifferent to the death of Palestinians caused by Israeli fire. But I think I do know who is indifferent to the death of Palestinians, and especially ecstatic if they are killed by Israeli fire. And it is Palestinians themselves.
The 18 killed in Gaza by a fatally awry Israeli artillery attack is nothing less than a great human tragedy. But those now dead were not targets, any more than victims of friendly fire are targets. When Palestinian weapons hit Israeli civilians, it is Israeli civilians who are the designated victims. The Palestinians make no pretense on this matter. The rockets they have been sending into Ashkelon and Sderot are not even aimed at military bases. The Palestinian authorities have civilians in their sights.
Have pity on the Palestinians. But aim your criticism at those who think killing Jews is a solution to the Palestinian problem. (New Republic)
Both the efficiency and morality of using "preventative" artillery fire against Palestinian rocket launchers have been debated at length over the last few years. Artillery is still the quickest and cheapest method to harass the rocket teams and minimize their threat. It is also the safest for IDF soldiers. Artillery batteries on a 24-hour alert, well within Israeli territory, are still the fastest and safest rapid-reaction tactic available.
The Palestinian rocket teams are constantly being hunted down, by all the military and intelligence elements at Israel's disposal. In Gaza there is no job with a lower life-expectancy than a member of a rocket team. Hundreds have already been killed by artillery shelling, manned and unmanned air-strikes, tank cannon, and from ambush by ground forces. And that's not counting dozens more killed by the rockets exploding prematurely on the launching pad or in storage. The IDF can't prevent rockets being fired in almost random directions from any point in the Gaza Strip, but they have managed to make it virtually impossible for the Palestinians to take real aim. (Jerusalem Post)
Israeli Prime Minister Olmert will meet President Bush at the White House on November 13 as part of a prescheduled visit to address the United Jewish Communities General Assembly in Los Angeles. Neither Bush, nor Olmert, has any firm political initiative in mind. Olmert is not coming to Washington with the strategy he had in May, when he obtained Bush's qualified blessing for his West Bank "Convergence" plan. At least for now, Olmert has taken this idea off the table. In the wake of the 2006 Israel-Hizballah war, some Israelis fear that unilateralism has emboldened Hizballah and Hamas radicals. (Washington Institute for Near East Policy)
The Palestinian use of human shields to protect armed gunmen and rocket launching crews from Israeli responses is widespread but largely unreported. On Nov. 2, amidst the ongoing warfare in Gaza, armed Palestinians entered a mosque in Beit Hanoun to escape from IDF units. A standoff developed and on Nov. 3, Hamas broadcast a radio appeal for women to go to the mosque and act as human shields, providing cover for the gunmen to escape. The use of human shields contravenes Protocol I (1977) to the Geneva Convention, article 51 (7), which states that "the parties shall not direct the movement of the civilian population or individual civilians in order to attempt to shield military objectives from attacks or to shield military operations." (NGO Monitor)
See also Fact, Fiction, and Fabrication Among NGOs - Ruthie Blum
NGO Monitor provides "raw facts about what the non-governmental organizations are doing," says associate editor Sarah Mandel. And what many of them are doing, according to Mandel, is using the mandate of their funding - championing international human rights - to pursue political agendas that seek to delegitimize Israel. Which is why NGO Monitor was established in the first place five years ago following the Israel-bashing and underlying anti-Semitism at the 2001 World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa. "If human rights standards are applied non-universally, they cease to mean anything. This is not only applicable to Israel; it's applicable to other crises in the world which are neglected because international human rights NGOs are not interested in those crises, or because those crises don't suit their agenda," Mandel said. (Jerusalem Post)
Weekend Features
Gamal al-Banna is 85, and for much of his life he has been overshadowed by his famous brother, Sheik Hassan al-Banna, the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist political party and antecedent of a host of militant Islamist organizations, from al-Qaeda to Hamas. He is a liberal thinker, a man who would like to see Islamic values and practices interpreted in the context of modern times. Banna says the radicals are guilty of imposing what amounts to their interpretation of the Koran onto other Muslims. (New York Times)
We live in a time where a version of Islam, Wahhabi Islam exported from Saudi Arabia, has become dominant in the Arab world. It is dominant in the mosques and the media, and is propagated actively with the support of Saudi oil money. Another version of Islam, Shi'ite Islam, exported from the Islamic Republic of Iran, is also being disseminated in parts of the Islamic world. Both are expressions of a religion that has become politicized. The re-Islamization of secular Arab societies gave ground to the belief that there is indeed only one version of Islam - Najdi Wahhabi Islam from the heart of Saudi Arabia. The writer is a post-doctoral fellow and lecturer at the Political Science Institute, Zurich University. (Middle East Transparent)
Now, 500 years after expelling its Jews and moving to hide if not eradicate all traces of their existence, Spain has begun rediscovering the Jewish culture that thrived there for centuries and that scholars say functioned as a second Jerusalem during the Middle Ages. Still, despite the new enthusiasm for Spain's Jewish heritage, intolerance toward Jews is far from a thing of the past, local Jewish leaders say. (New York Times)
Israeli musicians, filmmakers, actors, dancers, and artists have been shaking up the international scene in growing numbers over the last five years. The proliferation of Israeli culture throughout North America has succeeded in exposing an overlooked side of Israel and its people. (Israel21c)
An Israeli process for producing energy from oil shale will cut its oil imports by one-third, and will serve as a guide for other countries with oil shale deposits, according to the Hom Tov company, which presented its oil shale processing method on Tuesday outside Haifa. "Israel is the most advanced in the world in the effort to create energy from oil shale," said Moshe Shahal, a Hom Tov legal representative and a former Israeli energy minister. Shahal estimated that the company's Negev Desert facility would begin full-scale production in three to four years. It would cost about $17 to produce a barrel of synthetic oil at the Hom Tov facility, Shahal said. Israel has 15 billion tons of oil shale reserves. Jordan has about 25 billion tons, and the oil shale is of higher quality. The U.S. also has a giant reserve, mostly in Colorado. (UPI)
Expert Views U.S. Middle East Policy Following Elections - Meredith Buel (VOA News)
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Actress Daisy Fuentes attends the 23rd Annual Time for Heroes Celebrity Picnic to benefit the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation at Wadsworth Theater on June 3, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.
May 22, 2012, Los Angeles, CA – On Sunday, June 3, 2012, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation will host its 23rd Annual "A Time for Heroes" event in Los Angeles, CA. This one-of-a-kind picnic brings together families, celebrities, corporate partners, and other supporters – all to raise awareness and funds for the Foundation's efforts to end HIV/AIDS in children around the world.
More than 1,000 Angelenos will join some of Hollywood's hottest stars playing old-fashioned carnival games, getting creative with arts and crafts, dancing to great music, and enjoying unbelievable food from LA's best eateries.
"A Time for Heroes" has raised more than $33 million since 1989 to fund pediatric HIV/AIDS research and the Foundation's international medical programs to prevent new HIV infections in babies and to keep HIV-positive mothers and children healthy with lifesaving treatment.
Date: Sunday, June 3, 2012, Time: 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., (press check-in for red carpet at 11:00 a.m.)
Place: Wadsworth Theatre Grounds, San Vicente and Wilshire Blvds, Los Angeles
Highlights of the event will include:
- Enjoy a musical performance by Ingrid Michaelson
- Visit the Disney play area for crafts, games, and fun
- Make a Mother's Fight Your Fight at the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation Art Wall
- Tap into your creativity at the ONE and (RED) (2015) QUILT booth and design a digital quilt panel that represents your commitment to an AIDS-Free Generation by 2015
- Help to create a culture of Honesty, Beauty, and Fun at The Honest Company activity area
About the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF):
The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation is a global leader in the fight against pediatric HIV and AIDS, working in 15 countries to implement prevention, care, and treatment; to further advance innovative research; and to execute strategic and targeted global advocacy activities to bring dramatic change to the lives of millions of women, children, and families worldwide. For more information, visit www.pedaids.org.


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We started as a COVID-19 donation drive initiative to help farmers who were greatly affected by the pandemic.
For our Farmers PH, Inc. is a youth-led, non-stock, non-profit organization which aims to help and uplift local farmers and fisherfolks.
We aim to help and uplift Filipino farmers and fisherfolks through sustainable and inclusive projects towards a more productive agriculture sector of the country.
We aspire and envision positive changes in the state of life of our farmers and fisher folks -- better opportunities, better income and for them to finally get the recognition they deserve and no longer be called the unsung heroes.
Brigada Eskuwela is an initiative to help and support young farmers with their distance learning.
Project Sagip is a crowd-funding initiative launched to help and assist our fellow Kababayans particularly local farmers who are severely affected by Typhoon Quinta, Rolly and Ulysses.
We help local farmers and fisherfolks by giving them grocery packs, term life insurance, hermetic technology bags which they can use to improve the shelf life of their product and water-bill subsidy for a month.
FOFS helps and assist young farmers and farmer's children with their education. We established FOFS to help local farmers and fisherfolks with the pressing problem of declining numbers of youth enrolled in school, specifically those from the farming community.
Please support For our Farmers Brigada Eskuwela. Your donation can help these scholars with their distance learning.


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In the far northwest of Queensland, we survived a chilly Mt Isa night and set off for a day of discovery. Arriving at the lookout, the 360 degree view is dominated by the towers emitting smoke, and the density of high-viz clothing and 4WDs leaves you in no doubt that this is a mining town.
The original inhabitants of the area, the Kalkadoon, had fought to keep the area but were defeated by larger numbers and the fortifications. We found it hard to get any information about their culture and practices.In the 1920s a lone prospector found mineral-rich ore and thus began one of the most productive mines in the world, producing lead, silver, copper and zinc.
There was a series of murals on the water tank at the lookout that are worth including , by artist David Houghton and two others.
Heading to Outback Experience at the Information Centre, we watched an informative 1970s film about the area. We did the self-guided tour which included the museum of artifacts and minerals, another film which was quite good and slightly more recent, then entry to the garden area.
The latter contained a small man-made waterfall, some attractive trees and benches to sit on for a moment of peace or to catch sight of the elusive birdlife. Overall it was overpriced.
The film upstairs did show us the underground hospital, created for the expected invasion in WWII, so we saw no need to go there, as planned. I liked seeing the experience of migrants to the area, as my father arrived in Australia after WWII and did labouring, alongside other European migrants. Mt Isa's people believe they were multicultural before the word was being used, and when they started soccer teams in the 1950s, there were teams from many countries, but not Australia. A large contingent of Fins settled here, were called Huckleberries (as in Huckleberry Finn) and were known to be hard workers.
In the afternoon we made our way 53km to the Mary Kathleen mine, a disused uranium mine that opened in 1954 and closed in the 1980s, leaving a town of 1000 people with no work. The town is dismantled and some foundations remain but it is extraordinary to think of what we are capable. The mine is very impressive with colours and layers and a large pool of water at the base which also shines a rich turquoise hue. The road out is a bit rough and I wouldn't try it with a 2WD (you can get a tour from Mt Isa). Many people brought their vans out and were staying the night in the site that was once the town, as it is free camping. You get a split in the road for each destination.
Finally, we headed back to the lookout for sunset, missing the red reflection on the hills, but catching the calm shadows of the range against the colourful sky and the lights of the mine, like Christmas decorations.
It was very mild when we were there but Mt Isa can get extremely hot so take your hat and your water. There is a variety of water sports, due to the man-made lake, and the town is buzzing with activity. Most of the caravan parks were booked out and usually (non- COVID-19) mid-August is rodeo season, so you'd be advised to book ahead.
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Holy Dread: Diaries 1982-1984 by James Lees-Milne soon to be presented for sale on the impressive BookLovers of Bath web site!
Published: London: John Murray, 2001, Hardback in dust wrapper.
From the cover: In this, the ninth volume of James Lees-Milnes addictive diaries, the flames of his love for their eventual editor, M. , have cooled to a more durable tenderness. There is no change, however, in the sharpness of his observation, and the anecdotes he records with such wit, affection and prejudice are as strangely riveting as when John Betjeman first so described them.
While his brides finger waits outstretched, Kenneth Clark discusses appreciatively with the priest the Coptic wedding ring he has chosen. An old and demanding Hilaire Belloc sets himself alight and has to be rolled on the bathroom floor. Diana Mosley tells how the Kaiser, visiting Eton, asks to have a boy swished for his entertainment. Zita Jungman, a former Bright Young Thing of the twenties, is so far behind with her newspaper reading that she learns months late that she has become a widow.
As always, Death is a major character. Master, the Lees-Milnes ducal landlord, is dug up by hunt protesters following his burial. After walking across fields in driving rain to the funeral of Betjeman the best man who ever lived and the most loveable Lees-Milne sits in the almost pitch dark church, just able to read the prayers by the light of a single window. He himself hopes to die to the music of Orfeo.
JL-Ms diaries are the unique record of a way of life and a sensibility now all but vanished. Many will agree with the verdict of Alan Clark, who kept them by his bed for frequent re-reading, that they are the best diaries of the twentieth century.
Very Good in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Pages lightly age-tanned.
Red boards with Silver titling to the Spine. [XI] 240 pages. Index. 9½" x 6¼".
Of course, if you don't like this one, may I sweet-talk you into considering additional gorgeous books that are part of my Biography catalogue?


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Introduced at the SIHH 2009, the new Panerai Luminor Chrono Daylight (PAM327) has a beautiful blue dial and a titanium case and bracelet. The edges of the bracelet links are polished which is a very nice detail that sadly no one will see when you are wearing the watch.
Because of the material used the watch is extremely light considering its size. I'd say it's about half the weight of the earlier PAM236 which is entirely made of stainless steel, including its hefty bracelet.
The watch is also available as a version with a blue crocodile strap as opposed to a bracelet. This model is the PAM326. The picture below shows both the 326 and the 327 next to each other:
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Most hard core Panerai enthusiasts (the paneristi community) may dismiss this particular model because the dial is rather busy. Unlike the famous Panerai watches with a very simple dial layout. In my opinion pictures do not do this watch justice. You'll change your mind when you see it in person. It definitely has the characteristics and that unique look and feel that Panerai fans love so much about this brand.
The picture below shows the new style titanium bracelet. Quite a changeover compared to the earlier style bracelet links:
The PAM327 offers the following functions: hours, minutes, small seconds, date. Chronograph with three counters, tachymeter scale. The size of the case is 44mm and it has a 2.5mm thick crystal made of corundum with anti-reflective coating. The watch is water resistant up to 100 meters.
There's a post titled Panerai Luminor Chrono Daylight - photo essay in the archive section on paneristi.com that shows all my photos of the 237 at a large size. The post also includes pictures of the earlier Panerai 236 Daylight chrono.
You can view all the pics I took during this shoot on www.paneristipix.com.
All photos by © M.Wilmsen 2009
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Panerai 327 Luminor Chrono Daylight
Posted by Martin Wilmsen at 6:03 PM
Labels: 44mm, blue dial, bracelet, chrono, chronograph, PAM326, PAM327, titanium, titanium wristwatch
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to my long time friend, and fellow blogger, Meeka of Meeka's Mind on getting her first book up on Amazon called Vokhtah. I have yet to read it, but I have it on my Kindle Fire, ready to go. Hopefully I can further help her out by writing a review here. I also let Cheesecake know about this, and maybe we can do a write up. (yea, we still have to do the RE6 review like we said so many months ago, but we are still playing it =D)
Please for the low price of A$2.99 or if you have Amazon Prime, it's a free rental.


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Translation Tuesday: Odd Biscuit
Oh my, do I have a new phrase that has thrown me for a loop. The other day I was chatting with Gail and she just dropped this one on me: "The odd biscuit in the gravy." Seriously? Gail, my fellow damn yankee who has transplanted to this southern land at the same time I did. She refuses to this day to use the word y'all, but she'll drop a phrase like "the odd biscuit in the gravy?"
After I got over my shock (and I was shocked, but not quite as shocked as when she started using buggy all the time instead of grocery cart) I started to think about the phrase, and it got put on my list of unique southern colloquialisms. In short, the odd biscuit in the gravy is just a southern way of saying that person/situation (more often than not a person) is a little unique and not all together with it. Kind of like describing someone as an odd duck, but southern style. Heaven forbid we do anything like they do up North! And we have our own type of cuisine down here, and biscuits are hot on most menus, so why shouldn't the word pop up other places other than on the dinner table?
So, what phrases are out there that I am missing? Are there other things you have heard of that made you just pause and think "what the heck does that mean?"


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If there's a fog of war, there can also be a fog of peace — in which even the negotiators aren't sure of the consequences of what they've done. Some of that murkiness surrounds the bargaining in Geneva to limit Iran's nuclear program. There's sharp disagreement among observers about the potential risks and benefits of this seeming breakthrough between Iran and the West after 34 years of hostility.
A cautionary historical note comes from Sir Mark Sykes, who negotiated with his French counterpart Francois Georges-Picot the famous 1916 agreement that carved up the Middle East with artificial borders that cause trouble to this day. According to David Fromkin's masterful study "A Peace to End All Peace," Sykes said of his strategy meetings with Lord Kitchener to plan policy: "I could never make myself understood; I could never understand what he thought, and he could never understand what I thought."
As the Iran deal has taken shape, a backstage brawl is developing with Israel and Saudi Arabia, two countries crucially affected by the deal. The unrelenting attacks on the agreement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which are the culmination of four years of mistrust between him and President Obama, are rumbling the bedrock of the U.S.-Israeli relationship — a consequence neither country wants.
But there's an intriguing upside: The Israeli-Saudi mutual dislike of the Iran nuclear deal, and their de facto alliance against it, may weirdly prove one of the "silver linings" of this negotiation. Indeed, if the Israelis become a protector and defender of the Sunni Muslim countries, that could have lasting security benefits for Israel and might even open the way for progress on the Palestinian issue — without the usual American mediation.
It's worth remembering, in this regard, that one reason Egypt's Anwar Sadat and Israel's Menachem Begin found common ground in 1977 was a mutual fear that the United States might try to impose a comprehensive peace agreement over their heads.
The U.S. opening to Iran will also affect the Sunni-Shiite sectarian schism that is causing so much bloodshed in the Middle East. But it's hard to predict just how this will play out: Saudi Arabia and other Sunni powers have been waging a proxy war against Iran across the region — in Syria, Iraq, Bahrain and Lebanon. If the United States isn't careful in how it manages its engagement with Shiite Iran, it could tilt this sectarian conflict even more toward extremist Sunni jihadists and extremist Shiite Hezbollah fighters who increasingly dominate the fight in Syria and elsewhere.
Obama is right to step away from the Sunni-Shiite schism. But an unintended danger would result if the United States were seen to be trading its longtime Sunni allies for new Shiite partners. That would be the equivalent of kicking over the hornet's nest, making the region even more dangerous.
Another danger looming in the fog of peace is that the agreement being negotiated with Iran is meant to be an interim, first-step pact. Yet diplomatic history is full of interim agreements that never get into second gear. Indeed, they often set the stage for a bloody new round of confrontation as each side jockeys for leverage in the final negotiation. I hope the United States and Iranian negotiators have a clear road map already set for the endgame; otherwise they may quickly lose their way.
A final contrarian point about these negotiations is that even as the United States opens to Iran, it must deepen its commitment to moderate forces in the Arab world. That means working with Egypt (and its backers in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates) toward economic and political stability and restoration of civilian government. It means a more muscular policy in Syria, hopefully including protected "safe zones" that can diminish the humanitarian disaster there this winter and bolster moderate forces within both the opposition and the Syrian government.
What Gulf Arabs and Israelis fear most is that U.S. engagement with Iran will be accompanied by American disengagement from the region. This is why Obama's incessant talk about ending wars in the Middle East and his blink on using military power in Syria frightened these countries. They saw it as a prelude to a general U.S. retreat. Obama must signal that an agreement with Iran is instead a bridge to a regional security framework in which U.S. power remains the guarantor.
Don't get me wrong: An agreement with Iran is potentially Obama's greatest success. But it's worth thinking unconventionally about potential risks, even as we savor the prospect of a diplomatic triumph.
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When it comes to listing events, we can't miss first mentioning our exhibit booth at the Association for Asian Studies annual conference taking place March 16–19 in Toronto. Acquisitions editors Pamela Kelley and Stephanie Chun, and marketing managers Royden Muranaka and Steven Hirashima make up our staffing contingent at this important meeting, which is attended by numerous UHP authors (and prospective authors) of Asian studies titles.
Below is the current lineup of author appearances scheduled for the coming weeks—including a couple already past—mostly for our Hawai'i-related titles. Unless otherwise noted, these events are free and the public is invited to attend; books will be available for sale and signing.
Wednesday, March 15, 3:30 to 5:30 pm, at the Faculty Center, Chaminade University, 201 Eiben Hall
Chapter contributors Jonathan Dial, Bianca Isaki, and Brian Richardson will speak on the issues addressed in Tourism Impacts West Maui, the latest book from North Beach-West Maui Benefit Fund Inc., distributed by UH Press.
Former investigative reporter Jim Dooley will give an illustrated talk about the lively behind-the-headlines stories in his book, Sunny Skies, Shady Characters. See more details on the Hawaiʻi State Public Library System site.
Hawai'i's Kōlea coauthors Oscar "Wally" Johnson and Susan Scott will give a slideshow presentation on the amazing migratory bird at the Volcano Art Center Niaulani campus. While the event is free, a $5 donation would be appreciated. See more details on the VAC website. Wally leaves the next day to return to Montana, while Susan will stay on to do a signing on Saturday at Basically Books, before heading home to O'ahu.
Thursday, March 23, 2017, 7:00 pm, Ciné in Athens, Georgia (234 W Hancock Avenue)
UH Mānoa creative writing professor Rodney Morales heads to the Deep South to do a reading of his latest novel, For A Song. His visit is hosted by the University of Georgia Creative Writing Program and books will be sold by Avid Bookshop.
Saturday, March 25, three separate events in Kamuela and Hilo on the Big Island of Hawai'i
Dr. Billy Bergin and his son Dr. Brady Bergin, both respected equine veterinarians, will do a marathon book launch and signings for their new book, The Hawaiian Horse. The schedule and locations include:
• 1:00 to 2:45 pm, Basically Books, 160 Kamehameha Avenue, Hilo (phone 808-961-0144). Includes a short talk.
• 3:00 to 4:30 pm, Lyman Museum, 276 Haili Street, Hilo (phone 808-935-5021). The authors will do a talk as part of the museum's Patricia E. Saigo series of public programs. The cost is free for museum members and $3.00 for nonmembers. Read more on the event here.
Saturday, April 1, starting at 2:00 pm, Hawaii Japanese Center, Hilo (751 Kanoelehua Avenue)
Hawaii Japanese Center, in partnership with the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai'i, presents a program based around author Barbara Kawakami and her recent book, Picture Bride Stories, which was recently announced as the winner of the Asian/Pacific American Librarians (APALA) Literature Award for adult nonfiction (the award will be presented in June) . The HJC program will include a dance performance of holehole bushi and a screening of excerpts from the Rice & Roses television series that previously aired on PBS Hawai'i. See complete details on the HJC flyer.
Thursday, April 13, 12 noon to 1:15 pm, Kuykendall Hall 410, UH Mānoa
At this Brown Bag series sponsored by the Center for Biographical Research, David Hanlon's talk, "'You Did What, Mr. President?!?!' Writing a Biography of the Federated States of Micronesia's Tosiwa Nakayama" explores his work behind Making Micronesia.
Making Micronesia: A Political Biography of Tosiwo Nakayama
Making Micronesia is the story of Tosiwo Nakayama, the first president of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). Born to a Japanese father and an island woman in 1931 on an atoll northwest of the main Chuuk Lagoon group, Nakayama grew up during Japan's colonial administration of greater Micronesia and later proved adept at adjusting to life in post-war Chuuk and under the American-administered Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. After studying at the University of Hawai'i, Nakayama returned to Chuuk in 1958 and quickly advanced through a series of administrative positions before winning election to the House of Delegates (later Senate) of the Congress of Micronesia. He served as its president from 1965 to1967 and again from 1973 to 1978.
More than any other individual, Nakayama is credited with managing the complex political discussions on Saipan in 1975 that resulted in a national constitution for the different Micronesian states that made up the Trust Territory. A proponent of independence, he was a key player in the lengthy negotiations with the U.S. government and throughout the islands that culminated in the Compact of Free Association and the eventual creation of the FSM. In 1979 Nakayama was elected the first president of the FSM and spent the next eight years working to solidify an island nation and to see the Compact of Free Association through to approval and implementation.
One wonders what the contemporary political configuration of the western Pacific would look like without Tosiwo Nakayama. His story, however, involves much more than a narrative of political events. Nakayama's rise to prominence constitutes a remarkable story given the physical, political, and cultural distances he negotiated. His engagements with colonialism, decolonization, and nation-making place him squarely in the middle of the most important issues in twentieth-century Pacific Islands history. The study of his life also invites a reconsideration of migration, transnational crossings, and the actual size of island worlds. Making Micronesia follows Nakayama's life through time, focusing on the expansiveness of his vision. In many ways, "Macronesia," not "Micronesia," seems a more appropriate term for the world he inhabited and tried to make accessible to others.
Written by David Hanlon
2014 | 344 pages
ISBN: 978-0-8248-3846-1 | $55.00 | Cloth
Colonialism, Maasina Rule, and the Origins of Malaitan Kastom
Colonialism, Maasina Rule, and the Origins of Malaitan Kastom is a political history of the island of Malaita in the British Solomon Islands Protectorate from 1927, when the last violent resistance to colonial rule was crushed, to 1953 and the inauguration of the island's first representative political body, the Malaita Council. At the book's heart is a political movement known as Maasina Rule, which dominated political affairs in the southeastern Solomons for many years after World War II. The movement's ideology, kastom, was grounded in the determination that only Malaitans themselves could properly chart their future through application of Malaitan sensibilities and methods, free from British interference.
Kastom promoted a radical transformation of Malaitan lives by sweeping social engineering projects and alternative governing and legal structures. When the government tried to suppress Maasina Rule through force, its followers brought colonial administration on the island to a halt for several years through a labor strike and massive civil resistance actions that overflowed government prison camps. David Akin draws on extensive archival and field research to present a practice-based analysis of colonial officers' interactions with Malaitans in the years leading up to and during Maasina Rule.
2013, 552 pages, 21 illustrations, 3 maps
$59.00; ISBN: 978-0-8248-3814-0, Cloth
Pacific Islands Monograph Series (No. 26)
Drinking Smoke: The Tobacco Syndemic in Oceania
Tobacco kills 5 million people every year and that number is expected to double by the year 2020. Despite its enormous toll on human health, tobacco has been largely neglected by anthropologists. Drinking Smoke combines an exhaustive search of historical materials on the introduction and spread of tobacco in the Pacific with extensive anthropological accounts of the ways Islanders have incorporated this substance into their lives. In Drinking Smoke, the idea of a syndemic is applied to the current health crisis in the Pacific, where the number of deaths from coronary heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease continues to rise, and the case is made that smoking tobacco in the form of industrially manufactured cigarettes is the keystone of the contemporary syndemic in Oceania.
Drinking Smoke is the first book-length examination of the damaging tobacco syndemic in a specific world region. It is a must-read for scholars and students of anthropology, Pacific studies, history, and economic globalization, as well as for public health practitioners and those working in allied health fields. More broadly the book will appeal to anyone concerned with disease interaction, the social context of disease production, and the full health consequences of the global promotional efforts of Big Tobacco.
2013, 312 pages, 21 illustrations, 4 maps; ISBN: 978-0-8248-3685-6, Cloth $54.00
Francis Hezel to Speak on Cultural Dilemmas in Development
Noted Micronesia specialist Father Francis X. Hezel will be giving a brown bag seminar, "Cultural Dilemmas in Development," on Monday, July 15, at 12 pm in Burns Hall, room 3012, East-West Center. The seminar will draw on Hezel's nearly fifty years of experience living and working in the Federated States of Micronesia and on material from his recently published book, Making Sense of Micronesia: The Logic of Pacific Island Culture. The event is sponsored by the Pacific Islands Development Program and the Center for Pacific Islands Studies.
Father Hezel will appear next week Tuesday on KHPR's The Conversation, which airs weekday mornings at 8 and is heard on HPR-2, KIPO 89.3 fm, KIPM 89.7 fm and KIPH 88.3 fm. Visit http://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/theconversation to listen live or for an archive of past shows. UPDATE: Listen to the archived show here.
July 18, 2013 UPDATE: Hawaii News Now interviewed Fr. Hezel on the subject of Micronesians in Hawai'i, with a brief look at Making Sense of Micronesia , as well as a new East-West Center report "Micronesians on the Move," which is due next week from EWC. Click here to view the archived show.
Photo courtesy of Chuuk Advisory Group on Education Reform
Revised Edition of The Pacific Islands: Environment and Society Now Available
The Pacific is the last major world region to be discovered by humans. Although small in total land area, its numerous islands and archipelagoes with their startlingly diverse habitats and biotas, extend across a third of the globe. This revised edition of the popular text The Pacific Islands: Environment and Society, edited by Moshe Rapaport, explores the diverse landforms, climates, and ecosystems of the Pacific island region. Multiple chapters, written by leading specialists, cover the environment, history, culture, population, and economy. The work includes new or completely revised chapters on gender, music, logging, development, education, urbanization, health, ocean resources, and tourism. Throughout two key issues are addressed: the exceptional environmental challenges and the demographic/economic/political challenges facing the region. Although modern technology and media and waves of continental tourists are fast eroding island cultures, the continuing resilience of Pacific island populations is apparent.
May 2013 / ISBN 978-0-8248-3586-6 / $48.00 (PAPER)
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|Pope Paul VI lauds Cardinal Cody
for banning Lou Christie's 1966 summer hit
It's just too hot to even think about Chicago politics. So it's a perfect time for our annual Chicago Lampoon summer song fest.
This year I'll include one that was banned from the Chicago airwaves.
When I posted my favorite summer songs last year, I didn't realize that 2 were from the summer of 1966. Frank Sinatra's "Summer Wind," hit #1 that year and the Lovin' Spoonful's "Summer in the City" hit was the #4 top seller of 1966.
Since we'll almost certainly have another thunderstorm tonight, for good measure, this year, I thought I'd throw in another favorite from the summer of '66, Lou Christie's Rhapsody in the Rain which reached #16.
It would have done a lot better on the charts, but the Catholic Cardinal of Chicago in 1966, John Cardinal Cody, had it banned from airplay on WLS and WCFL -- the two major pop stations at the time, in the nation's 2nd largest market.
Seems the Cardinal thought that the rhythmic windshield wipers while "makin' out in the rain" and "makin' love in the storm," were just a little too morally corrosive for our young souls.
Anyway here are the summer sounds of 1966.
Maybe they'll help mitigate the Chicago's 99 degree, July 20, 2011 heat a little bit:
Frank Sinatra's #1 1966 hit, The Summer Wind:
The Lovin' Spoonful's #4 1966 hit, Summer in the City:
And Lou Christie's banned, morally corrosive #16 1966 hit, Rhapsody in the Rain:


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Hi, I'm Francisco de la Peña (fdelapena).
I live in Costa Rica. I can speak Spanish, Catalan and enough English to be here writing this.
I currently maintain the whole dedicated server, web server, project websites (main page, blog, wiki, forums, bugtracker…), project account on GitHub, IRC channel on Libera.Chat, etc.
I help with project contributions and GNU/Linux port and GNU Autotools building maintenance.
I made porting tests of the EasyRPG player to the GP2X and OpenPandora. I made the first PSP port test, too. Also I made port testing of the very first EasyRPG editor (wx based) to macOS.
I made small contributions to the player and liblcf code, as some bugfixes, as the tile map reading bugs, completing undocumented LMT reader parts, implementing XYZ reader, cleaning warnings for GCC and MinGW, making initial project settings for CodeLite IDE, etc.
I made initial earlier EasyRPG Editor window layouts with wxGlade, resizable with automatic fit, and the class name and objects conventions.
I made the four initial title images for the RTP replacements, using public domain stock images.
Use the discussion button if you want to drop me a message in the wiki.
You can live chat with me via IRC, irc.libera.chat channel #easyrpg. My nickname there is fdelapena.
Some texts pending to be placed in the wiki somewhere.
Concerning optimizations:
EasyRPG RTP replacement will come with all possible file optimizations to bring smaller material dependences. Once the files are already compressed another re-compression is not more effective than a good initial compression.


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Neurological Causes of Back Pain
There are a plethora of causes of back pain that have a neurological nature. The pain that is present with neurological pain has specific symptoms that can differentiate it from arthritis.
Nerve impingement: When you have osteoarthritis you have wear and tear on the joints. Typically nerves will come out of the spinal cord and course in between the joints affected by osteoarthritis. If the nerve gets pinched between the scars and rebuilt tissue of the joint there could be severe pain associated with the nerve impingement. Symptoms of nerve impingement include one sided numbness, one sided electrical radiation pain, and tingling.
Sciatica: Sciatica can be a severe cause of nerve pain that can radiate from the back down to the posterior side of the ankle. It is typically caused by disk herniation in the joints of the back. The vertebral disk is in between every single vertebrae acting like a shock absorber commonly found on bikes. The vertebral disk is filled with a spongy material that is contained within the vertebral column. If that spongy tissue undergoes wear and tear it can rupture through the ligaments of the vertebral column and impinge on the nerves that supply the posterior size of the leg. This can cause severe electrical pain radiating down the leg to the ankle. The best way to alleviate the pain is to take Tylenol and ibuprofen as well as participate in physical therapy. If the pain becomes unbearable an MRI may be warranted if there is accompanying neurological symptoms. If you have further questions about sciatica then call our hotline. For further questions call 1 919-759-5430.


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This past week has been ROUGH! I kicked it up a gear and turned the dial all the way up to "Beast Mode." I nearly turned green as I hulked my way through countless pages of pathology and pathophysiology. Up every morning at 5:30. Books open and MacBook ready by 7:15. As Friday rolled around, I found myself in state stronger than the word exhaustion could even express. How could I make I make through another week like this? Are the all the weeks of the next two years going to be like this? More importantly, is all this even worth it?
YOLO! You only live once, right? So why am I living the most agile years of my life this way? As I look at some of my friends who have already made it into the workforce, it is clear that life is more than Acid-Base physiology and GI infections. It is more than late nights and early mornings trying to keep pace with the mountain load of material given. It is more than pointless labs and boring teachers. I mean, isn't it?
After over half of a semester of reflection, a thought on the matter came to me while talking to friend expressing similar concerns. She too had felt that this "med school life" did not fit into our interpretation of YOLO. I had expressed my frustrations until a thought – perhaps a resolution – regarding our problem naturally came to me. "It is not fair to judge the worth of this experience now," I simply stated. "It is just too early to call it". Often times, I develop tunnel vision while in the midst of a problem. I can't see past it, over it, or around it. This only exacerbates my fundamental lack of foresight. I have absolutely no ability to see my future especially through the confusion of school, so my present problem transforms into what I believe will be my future reality.
One of my favorite writers, Paul, explained in 2 Corinthians 4:17, "For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all." My present troubles cannot outshine my future glory. In other words, though life currently is saturated with seemingly meaningless cycles of lectures and exams, it does not mean that my future experiences cannot make up for it. Better yet, my future experience may even have the ability to make my dreadful past experiences meaningful.
I concluded my conversation with my friend with this statement, "We can only assess if this journey is worth it, not at the low points, but at the most positive peaks of this experience, both present and future." Then, and only then, can we truly judge if this journey was worth it. And if God has called us to this ministry of healing, I'm betting 10 out of 10 that it will be. We just have to hold on and wait and see.
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Thank you for joining us again as we speak one more time with Lillian Penner, the National Prayer Director and founder of G@P (grandparenting prayer groups) at Christian Grandparenting Network. As we mentioned last time, Lillian has developed a great resource for grandparents–a prayer card that offers suggestions and scriptures for how to pray for grandchildren.
Before we get into the specifics of the card, let's find out from Lillian how they came about.
Lillian, when we last talked to you, you shared with us two of your favorite scriptures that you believe really speak to God's promises for our children and grandchildren. How did these and other such scriptures provide inspiration for creating your prayer cards?
Scriptures like these made me excited to pray, because I knew that I was praying God's will for my grandchildren. After I got excited about praying the scriptures, I wanted to be able to share them with others. I thought a good way to do that was to develop a prayer card filled with God's Word and promises concerning our grandchildren.
After I created the prayer cards, I've had many grandparents tell me they like these and other resources that I've provided for them. I then decided to pull these resources together into a book called Grandparenting with a Purpose: Effective Ways to Pray for your Grandchildren. Right now, I have prayer cards that help with praying for children, grandchildren, children specifically in school (preschool to college), and for grandchildren's various life stages (from infants to married grandchildren). Additionally, my blog at http://www.grandparentingwithapurpose.com offers other resources and help for grandparents who want to be intentional about imparting the things of God to their grandkids.
Lillian's cards are designed so that a different suggested prayer and accompanying scripture can be prayed each day of the month. On her "Praying for Children and Grandchildren" prayer card, some prayer ideas include praying for compassion, direction, friendships, obedience to God, wisdom, salvation, peace, and self-control. Each prayer suggestion is one sentence, with a blank where the praying grandparent would insert the child's name to make the prayer personal. A corresponding scripture follows each prayer.
The simple ideas are meant to serve as prayer starters, a launching pad of sorts for your prayers. Once you get started by saying the suggested prayers, it's then time to allow the Holy Spirit to lead and guide you into a deeper more personal prayer for your grandchildren. He will show you the specific needs of each grandchild so you can then pray more effectively.
Lillian, I know these cards will be a blessing to any grandparent who uses them. Can you tell our readers how to access these cards?
The best way to get the cards is to download them from www.christiangrandparenting.net for free. From the website click on the prayer link, which will take you to the cards. You may also contact CGN to purchase hard copies of the cards.
Thank, you, Lillian! I hope all of you will take advantage of these prayer cards and share them with your family and friends as well. I also hope you have enjoyed our time with Lillian Penner and learning more about the awesome work she is doing across the country to help grandparents as they pray for their grandkids.


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MPMF Day 3
Day 3 and I'm running out of steam. On the way up to Main St we ran into some friends who we ended up hanging out with all night. The music was really good last night, maybe the best of the weekend. Ferdinand Fox had a ton of energy. Broadcast Live, a Rage Against type band, while I don't agree with their politiks they were really good. And I must say despite what they think of America today, they weren't, beat, shot or imprisoned for their views, so take that! Oops sorry for the political talk in the middle of a music review. Kaitee Page reminded me a little of Tori Amos, probably one of the biggest crowds for an artist all weekend.


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FSP is best known for its line of power supplies, though it also dabbles in other categories, such as cases and UPS backups. Now it can add CPU cooling to the mix with the introduction of its Windale 4 (opens in new tab) and Windale 6 (opens in new tab) coolers.
These are FSP's first cooling solutions of any kind. While it is entering an already crowded field, FSP has a strong reputation for putting out reliable PSUs over the years that could help it carve out an audience.
The Windale 6 is the larger and snazzier looking of the two. It has a beefier finned aluminum alloy block that is black, whereas the Windale 6 is about half the size and not painted.
Both CPU coolers employ copper heatpipes that make direct contact with the CPU. They both also feature a 120mm fan that FSP says is low noise, along with anti-vibration rubber. The fan on the Windale 6 gets some added bling with blue LED illumination.
The Windale 4 and Windale 6 are compatible with a wide range of sockets for both Intel and AMD, including the latter's AM4 socket for Ryzen.
We haven't tested these ourselves, though put the Windale 6 through its paces and found that it performed pretty well compared to the competition.


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Melinda over at Enchanted Spark invited me to be a guest blogger today. Please stop by her blog and read my post about the inspiration for my novel. And while you're at it, check out her posts as well. She has some interesting things going on, including a writing contest!
What Inspired My Novel
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Rebirth Of Cool
Old School Edition
Thursday November 19th 2015
Wunderbar (W Hotel) – 901 SQ Victoria, Montreal
Music by: Kelly Nunes x Godfather D
Hosted by: Mike Steven
Entrance: GUEST LiST
Dress Code Theme: Fitted Hats and Snapbacks
Old School Hip Hop and R&B x Dancehall Reggae
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For this week's edition of Rebirth of Cool @ Wunderbar we are taking you back into time… back to the 'golden era of hip hop' with resident Kelly Nunes and special guest Godfather D on the turntables.
***old school hip hop and r&b and dancehall reggae***
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My head is a sponge. My head is a sponge.
If I say my head is a sponge will it become a sponge? I need sponginess, so all the information I'm throwing at my poor, archaic head sticks.
I'm referring to Photoshop and all the lingo that comes with graphic design. I have a book, I have the program, I have YouTube, and I know people who know Photoshop. And all those terms. And I'm not that old, but I certainly feel like those who are more aged than myself when they can't figure out the credit card machine.
I shall conquer. I refuse to be a technological dinosaur type-thing.
And without further ado, the links and things that inspired me this week:
Font vs Typeface (And 14 Other Design Terms We Always Get Wrong) I knew the difference between lettering and calligraphy (although to be honest I liberally use both when I'm tagging writing of any sort) but not the rest of these. See my paragraphs above where I try to convince myself that I'm a sponge.
10 things about being an artist that art teachers don't tell you. I found this interesting, because I fall into neither extreme. I'm not wildly successful, but I'm not starving either. I'm digitally literate and growing more so. My portfolio is looking better. I feel good about this.
Simple isn't always frugal. This this this. I don't like spending money (Himself laughs at me when I say this but it's true). I do like investing my money, and I feel that purchases that increase our quality of life are investments. So a trip to the bookstore for scones and coffees after a long run, a beautiful piece of artwork that had been speaking to me, healthy food for my kids-these are things I do without a qualm. The odd soda from the gas station, a new video game because we're bored, eating out because I just don't feel like fixing anything-these we try to avoid. Not always successfully, but we're getting better.
How I Became an Artist. Such a good read. I love how he laid out the overall progression, and that it took him over a decade to get where he is now. (he also wrote an article about how you shouldn't go to art school, something else you should definitely read) Like many artists, I know where I want to be, and I'm not there yet, and I (and everyone else) need to remember that it takes time, it takes practice, it takes patience.
If you haven't checked out my Pinterest page yet, check out my Drawing Ideas board. If you want lots of art-in-progress photos, follow me on Instagram or Twitter (although if you follow me on Twitter you will be subjected to the odd comment or two and links I like).
Happy happy weekend! Art forth, my readers!


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Hi all!
Welcome back! Today's story will cover several chapters from 1 Samuel 29-2 Samuel 7 as we move into the next part of Israel's history. This is a brief overview intended for small kids aged 2-7ish.
God had appointed King Saul as the first king over His people Israel. (They didn't want God to be their only king and begged and whined for a king, and God was nice to them and gave them a king.) But, King Saul did not always make great choices and God was sad He ever made Saul king. God chose David (from David and Goliath) to replace Saul as king…but David respected Saul and didn't become king until after king Saul died several years later.
David was best friends with Saul's son Jonathan. They fought together and won many times and had promised to always take care of each other and each others' families.
Saul was jealous of David and tried to kill him several times, but David was nice to Saul even though he was being mean, and eventually Saul left David alone. Because Saul disobeyed God, one day when he and his sons went to fight their enemies, Jonathan died and Saul died.
Some of the people thought David would be happy that Saul was dead. But he was not. He cried and cried for his friend Jonathan and for Saul, the first king of Israel.
The people of the tribe (big family) of Judah were ready to make David their king…but the rest of Israel was not.
The rest of Israel and the fighters from Judah ended up fighting and David's men won. So then all the people of Israel made David their king. He moved to the city of Jerusalem and had a big palace (like a castle).
David had the ark of the covenant (a holy box where God's spirit lived) brought to Jerusalem. When David and his men brought the ark in, they were dancing and laughing and rejoicing! They were SO happy to have a place to bring the most special things of God!
But David was still sad because God's house had been a tent. All the time God had led His people from Egypt, through the wilderness and now in the promised land, the only church they had was a big tent. David said, "Why should i get a big fancy palace when God has a tent?"
God was pleased that David wanted to make him a real tabernacle (church). But God said that David's son, not David would be the one to make it. God reminded David how He had chosen him when he was only a young shepherd, taking care of the sheep, to fight the Philistines and to be king. Now David would be like shepherd to the people of Israel…watching over them, caring for them and protecting them, just like a shepherd does for his sheep.
God also promised that David's family would be kings and that someone great would come from David's family. Do you know who that is?
It's Jesus. Many years later, Jesus would be born, as part of David's family and He would be the forever king of our hearts. He would be the Good Shepherd, the one who saves us, loves us and cares for us.
Our craft today is making sheep. You can use a paper plate or cut out a sheep shape from construction paper. Then glue eyes and cotton balls on fluff.
David was Israel's shepherd, like Jesus is our shepherd!
Thanks for joining us today, love to you all!


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Alexander McCall Smith, Botswana, Cityscape, exercise, fitness, Fordham University, George Bodarky, joggers, love, relationships, running, WFUV
Author Rozsa Gaston interviewed on WFUV 90.7 FM Fordham University Cityscape show, 7-6-13 (12:11)
What are you running from? Are you running from love?
Join George Bodarky on Cityscape Saturday, July 6, 7:30-8 am for a discussion of Running from Love: A Story for Runners and Lovers on WFUV's Cityscape radio show at 90.7 FM and at wfuv.org. Link to 12 minute audio interview here.
George Bodarky, host of Cityscape, interviewed author Rozsa Gaston about running with the Van Cortlandt Track Club, running in Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx, and topics touched upon in her book Running from Love such as overcoming downhill running and relationship fears. The discussion should be of interest to runners in general and specifically to runners on track clubs who have thought about or experienced dating a fellow member of their club. Tune in to 90.7 FM, WFUV Fordham University's alternative music station and learn how to stop running from love. I'll be listening myself. Hope I learn something and I hope you do too.
Warmly, Rozsa
P.S. Who's Alexander McCall Smith? A simply amazing writer and the author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, a fictitious tale of a female detective set in Botswana. I love this book!


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photo by Sylvar
This is my first official post of my journey to getting healthier. I'll be posting every Wednesday about how I'm doing, what I'm doing, my weigh in, and some tips or such.
I thought I'd take these first couple weeks to write about my motivations. It's important to know what motivates you as you progress with your goal. Then when you have a day of discouragement or are wanting to quit you can look back at these and remember why you started. So, lets start with why I ultimately got motivated to start this year.
I've been overweight forever, at least that's what it feels like. I've never been a skinny girl. So why is this year different?
At the beginning of this year I realized it was time to reset. I was discouraged and overwhelmed in many areas of my life and needed to reassess. Using Michael Hyatt's ebook, Creating Your Personal Life Plan, I looked at every aspect of my life including health. I wrote down my current reality, what I wish I was doing, and ways I would get there. The reality was that I wasn't working on being healthy at all. I ate what I wanted, when I wanted and was not exercising at all.
After filling out my life plan, I took my first step. I went on to Sparkpeople.com and filled in my information to calculate my BMI. It was higher than it had ever been. I was no longer just a little overweight, I was bordering on obese.
This was not acceptable to me and I knew it was time to change.
My starting weight in January : 184 pounds
My weight today: 172.5 pounds
Total loss: 11.5 pounds
What's one thing you have done this week to promote a healthier body?


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May you be free from fear... May you be free from desire...
May you be blessed with unity... May you be blessed with peace...
May you be blessed with unity... May you be blessed with peace...
Redesign In Mind
I've been reminded lately that poetry writing is a choice for me. That I can write whenever I choose. I'm noticing lately through the Coming Home to Yourself Insight Time course by Sarah Blondin that I am actually afraid of me... myself... pain, vulnerability, let down, hurt, etc. etc. The tattoos on my wrists need to keep speaking to me and I need to keep listening!
Pause to Wonder!
In the meantime I need to remember that even if the landscape looks repetitive and unchanging, facing what seems to be the same obstacles every day, day after day... I am making progress. The days were not the same each day in Ground Hog Day because the author had changed, the agent, the principle was always changing. So it is with me and my exploration. Don't be discouraged by what seems to be repetitive actions and observations... keep listening. The messages grow more subtle as the goal gets closer and closer. The distance from self love grows smaller and smaller, the focus more and more precise and clear and automatic until the switch flips and there is no going back. Going back is not an option because the pathway has been thoroughly cleared and considered.
Redesign In Mind
Out with the old - in with the oldest
I have a lot of forgetting to do.
To make space for remembering
what's true!
This life designed
with redesign in mind
every path a part
every road perfection
Assemble - pretend
Awaken - realize
Dismantle - examine
Rally & reform
My life - my thoughts - my values
My ideas - my hungers - my body
My beliefs - my habits -
My mouth speaking
All subject to change without notice
exhaustive categorical renovation
consistently underway
completion not expected
until death due us part
Surrender to Wonder
Listen without Judgement
Enjoy the Journey
This is your life!
Laurie McCauley 4-15-2019
Pat Metheny - Holy Shit!
So that title needs some crazy fun explanations, yes?! You may say, like me, a week ago... Pat Meth who? Chris has been getting us tickets to various concerts at The Egg for over a year now. Apparently, Chris saw Pat Metheny in 1995 and has been a fan ever since. He's a Jazz Guitarist. I would never have chosen this concert, until Saturday March 30, 2019 I was not a huge fan of the disjointed-rambling funky style of Jazz. I am now a convert. It's official, I have a Pat Metheny Pandora station.
So that's not even half the story, I'm setting the stage... the last time I went to the Egg... for Robert Cray (also wonderful) - the lead in band was fucked up... the speakers or equalizer or some shit was horrible I was vibrating so hard I had to get up and go outside for a bit. Robert Cray's band was fine once he came on. I also had a seat next to a just a bit too enthusiastic fan who tapped his foot so hard it felt like the back of my chair was being kicked by a kid at the movies. Not a pleasant overall experience, enough said.
This time I took my intuition's cue and meditated before we left for the theater. I was much more calm and relaxed and open minded over all! I got the message in the first 20 minutes to just close my eyes and "ride" the music. I've often wondered how Chris could sit and listen un-distracted to his music for hours and hours. I guess I got a glimpse of the possibilities of that type of listening. I just enjoyed it... I floated and flew and soared and dived... I swam through the sensations and was present to the feelings of the sounds permeating me and then continuing... forever...
I got the sense of the wonderfulness of this particular arrangement with two additional amazing and talented musicians on stage the keyboard player, James Francies, and the drummer, Nate Smith. Holy fucking shit!! They sent me. I get chills just writing this. I could feel the spirits around listening also, like crammed in the space... CRAZY! It got me wondering, and this is the question that really moved me to another entire life breakthrough... wait for it...
How do spirits hear without ears? How do they experience sounds without the physical body to translate the vibrations? Weird thought, right!? The answer I got back was not an explanation but a realization of how fucking lucky I am to have a body... something I never really appreciated before. I've tolerated it, feared it, dealt with it... acknowledged the complexity of it, feared it, frustrated by it... anything but true love and appreciation, honestly. Now the spirits are actually envious... they enjoy the music in their way but it is not the same and apparently not as "tasty." I know the word envy and spirits or universe in the same context seems really weird to me too. I had never "dared" or even thought to think of my life and body on this planet as unique and enviable.
I don't feel as if I'm explaining it very well... maybe I'll write a book. Bottom line of all the lifeforms in all the universes that I could partake in I am apparently extremely fortunate for multitudes of reasons to be involved with this particular one. And I finally get it, like really get it! I sat in the chair and just opened to all the sensual input - so much... from every sense, all the time. CRAZY NUTS... that's what the big brain is for... we're storing all that info all the time? Like everyone has hyperthymesia (HSAM - Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory) our recall button just isn't hooked up. Maybe then when we "die" we get to keep all those awesome memories and sort through and relive and remember all sorts of things for a couple of lifetimes before we come around again? Who knows... just ideas that came to me. That doesn't matter one way or the other. What does matter is now I appreciate and love life, every experience, every feeling without judgement... at least I'm aligned now to do that. The resistance and resentments slowly melting away. I don't want to jinx it... but it is a whole completely new perspective that I want to shout from the rooftops.
Stay tuned!
Laurie Anne McCauley
Did that make you feel better?
I decided back in November 2015 to make my poetry available and journal online. I'm not exactly sure what "blogging" means but I am quite sure this is an online journal. Feel free to read on with an aire of open minded curiosity. At no time do I intend to offend, judge or pretend to know anything really, I'm just an observer and explorer, as we all are. Feel free to "boldly go" through my observations and perhaps it will spark or inspire. Comments are off because I don't want to be worried about political correctness when I'm writing. I'm not thinking about "you." I'm just writing because it feels "right". Feel free to enjoy or surf on.
LA McCauley
November 2022
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