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Update: 08-May-2015. Fibre to the Farm on Paul Budde's Blog.
I was interested in your story about Senator Sullivan calling for an NBN for the bush.
There is a very strong project, that's possible and surprisingly affordable that should be a major vote winner for the Nationals and hasn't been discussed by any of the major parties.
I believe it should be self-funded and directly owned by those that benefit: rural subscribers.
Co-Ops have a very long tradition in Australia and have proved their economic value to regional industries time and time again.
I was born in Brisbane, around 3 years before the Senator. My father worked for the PMG for most of his career, spending from 1941-1945 doing Signals Intelligence in what became DSD.
I've worked in Networking & Computing since 1974, spending 7 years with O.T.C. and been involved with saving multiple large, high-profile Government I.T. projects in crisis over the last 20 years.
I've formally studied Economics, Accounting and Chemical Engineering besides Computer Science, and ran my own single-person consulting company for over 20 years.
My knowledge of Networking/Telcos, Economics and Business allows me to phrase questions and suggest solutions that others haven't.
The National Library archived the 300+ pieces of mine on the NBN in the years leading up to the election.
I also had "5 minutes of press pack coverage" when I asked a Turnbull staffer a question about serious omissions in the LNP NBN election plan, no "ROI" or cost of DSL services, and was sworn at via email in response. These questions have never been addressed.
I've included links to a number of themes ("Fibre to the Farm", "NBN is new Rivers of Gold", various Myths), in what I hope is order-of-interest for you.
The primary point of difference between my view of broadband and current LNP policy is that Broadband is about Business, not domestic entertainment.
There is ample evidence that if, in 1999, Ziggy Switkowski had pursued the early 1990's plan of "Fibre to the Kerb" by Telstra's first CEO, Frank Blount, instead of wasting $10+B on failed investments, by 2005 we'd have had good broadband everywhere, it would've been entirely self-funded, not a dollar of Govt Funds needed, and the T3 float would've been closer to $7 than $3, and fully subscribed. Ziggy got forced out as CEO of both Optus and Telsta - not a stellar record.
I attribute he primary reason the NBN is a "government project we had to have" is directly attributable to the incompetence and lack of sound business management by Dr Switkowski during his term as Telstra CEO. The Australian public has lost three times at his hand: no early broadband services, low T3 price and now massive delays in achieving what was first floated around 10 years ago by Sol Trujillo.
Two things I didn't highlight about "Fibre to the Farm":
- there are two networks, and revenue streams, inside the one cable: Premises (FTTP) and long-distance Backhaul.
Same Fibre does both, doubling revenues.
- Every rural & regional village and township will also get full Fibre, not be forced to use the more expensive, less reliable, lower capacity Fixed Wireless service.
Some townships may wish to dig their own trenches and pull fibre, contributing "sweat equity" to allow NBN Co to more quickly provide FTTP, not Wireless.
If you've any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.
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My special viewpoint/analysis led to Business Spectator publishing one of my pieces on alternate funding models for the NBN.
If the Coalition was serious about cutting costs, "letting the Market Speak" and providing good broadband to all the community, there are multiple additional funding models it could pursue:
With my limited access to hard data [Victorian + national data], I attempted to cost the extra cost "Fibre to the Farm", and its surprisingly low ($2,500-$7,500), based on expensive deep burying of cable by large commercial firms: $10,000/km.
With 900mm-1200mm trenching and "sweat equity" installation by farmers themselves, this will be closer to $2,500/km.
These are my high-ball estimates of Fibre to the Farm, including a calculation of a payback period, well under a year without accounting for all savings:
Based on 5 decades of the Overseas Telecommunications Commission (O.T.C.), NBN Co as FTTP offering up to 1Gbps, would provide "Rivers of Gold":
The Vertigan/Ergas Economic Benefit/Cost Analysis stronly supports my case:
they estimate that 1Gbps (1000/400) services have an "elasticity" of -60 [the impact of price on demand]
For every dollar the price is reduced, income increases _sixty_ (60) times.
When it costs NBN Co exactly the same to provide an entry level service (12/1) as the 100-times faster 1000/400 service, this is a Royal Road to printing money _and_ following O.T.C. in reducing real costs significantly every year, paying down debt ahead of schedule and making "a motza" for the owners.
Before the Vertigan/Ergas CBA was released, I questioned if they'd account for the easiest, most accurate and readily measured "public benefit": the increase in value to shareholders of the Telco sector. Ergas treated NBN Co as if it was fully-funded (like Roads), not the Private-Public Partnership that it is.
Dispelling the Myth that the low-end subsidies High-end users: it's the other way around.
The top 20% of subscribers generate ALL the profits of NBN Co, the rest of us get the service at cost or subsidised.
It is NOT "The City subsidies the Bush", but "the High-End make ALL the profits".
Alan Kohler went into print suggesting "Infrastructure Bonds" could be used to fund many important National Projects, not just the NBN.
That would give DIY Super Funds the chance to invest in good long-term, high-return, projects and for people who want these projects to put their money where their mouth is.
My analysis of Copper vs Fibre - Turnbull's Copper Proposal was never a sound business plan.
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Well now, Nintendo has reportedly adjusted nearly every metric for the next fiscal year for Switch. According to the Wall Street Journal, Nintendo has doubled their Switch production lines for the next fiscal year from 8 million units to 16 million units, with them expecting to sell 10 million of those units during the fiscal year 2017/2018 (April 2017 through March 2018). They also adjusted their expected first month sales from 2 million to 2.5 million units.
That means over the span of 13 months, Nintendo expects to now sell 12.5 million units while having a 6 million unit surplus either in stores or in warehouses ready to go to maintain a study supply stream for fiscal year 2018/2019. It also means Nintendo is prepared in case they are under-projecting sales too, unlike with the Wii which suffered nearly two years of supply constraints.
Needless to say, Nintendo feels like they have a hit on their hands that may surpass total Wii U sales by this time next year. Time will tell if the Switch will maintain the current momentum it most obviously has, once which is seeing literally every single unit snatched up as soon as they hit store shelves.
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Hi there, I'm so glad you're here! My name is Sapana Chandra (pronounced "Sup-na Chun-dhra"). I'm a certified health coach, blogger, professional plant-based cook, and author of Plant Power Bowls (Sasquatch Books, April 2019). Over the years, I've struggled with numerous health challenges (including chronic migraines), an unhealthy relationship with food, and daily habits holding me back from thriving in life.
My Story
I was a pretty healthy child growing up – vibrant, healthy, and full of energy and curiosity. Although I was born in India, I grew up in the Midwest as a vegetarian. Back then, there weren't many options for vegetarians when dining out so a majority of my family's meals were made at home by my mother.
When I moved away for graduate school to pursue my Masters in Computer Science on the East Coast, I started living on my own for the first time. Grad school took a big toll on me as I was a full-time student and graduate teaching assistant. That left me with very little time to take care of myself.
Before I knew it, I started opting for convenience — take out, fast food, cheap processed foods (a.k.a pop in the microwave and you're done in 3 minutes!), and a lot of "healthy" junk food (frozen waffles, "100 calories" packaged snacks, fruit-flavored yogurt).
My diet only grew worse after I graduated and joined the corporate world. Instead of eating cheap fast food, I was now dining at restaurants because I was constantly traveling for work and working long hours.
A Toll on My Health
I knew I was headed for trouble when I experienced my first migraine attack in my early-20s. At the time, I didn't know this was only one of the many migraines I would experience in my life. Soon I was experiencing them on a regular basis. They were debilitating, excruciating and started taking over my life. I would frequently miss work and cancel plans with friends last minute because of my head. Everything was a trigger — bright lights, loud sounds, scents, traveling, chocolate, the weather, the sun, the cold wind. Living felt like a trigger.
In Search of a Treatment that Worked
Over the next decade, I visited one migraine specialist or neurologist after another, trying one treatment after another, and experiencing one side effect after another. My health took a drastic toll and I started feeling hopeless. "Is this how the rest of my life is going to be?" was a question I often asked myself.
In addition to the migraines, I was sick on a regular basis. It was one incident of strep throat after another, the flu, or another type of illness. I would end up taking a few rounds of antibiotics every year and making frequent visits to my good old PCP. Being sick so often along with my migraines led to a lot of anxiety. My quality of life quickly plummeted.
A few years ago after I moved to the West Coast, I finally decided I had had enough. I was going to try something different this time, outside of a doctor's office and taking prescription medication. I began changing my eating habits, specifically cutting down on refined sugar and processed foods. I started adding more real whole foods into my diet. It didn't happen overnight. I cut back on eating out and started teaching myself how to cook meals at home.
As I began making these gradual changes in my life, I started noticing major shifts in my wellbeing. I loved how I was feeling and how much more energy I had. And for the first time in my life, I wasn't experiencing migraines on a regular basis or falling ill. I had time for….life. MY life! To do all the things I'd always wanted to do. I loved how I was feeling and how much more energy I had.
Turning Point
The biggest turning point in my journey occurred after my father suffered a massive heart attack and went into sudden cardiac arrest. He was rushed into emergency open heart surgery for a quadruple bypass. It was one of the most frightening days of my life, one I'll never forget.
We never saw it coming and neither do most of the 300k+ people who suffer from sudden cardiac arrest every year, most of who never make it. Every day, I am so grateful that he is alive and doing better after changing his diet and lifestyle.
They say you find your strengths through life's biggest adversities. What I learned from my own health issues and witnessing the sickness of the most important people in my life is just how precious health really is. And that we usually don't realize its importance…..until it's gone. I've never taken my health for granted ever since.
One of the most amazing things about being healthy is that it creates so much more space in your life to help others and make a change. Fueled by a new passion for wellness, I decided I needed to share my journey and help others.
I decided to turn wellness into a full-time career. That's when Real + Vibrant was born.
My Approach
My motto is simple: eat real (food) + live well + feel vibrant. I believe that these small everyday changes we make actually lead to big results in health and life.
While I am a vegetarian who eats mostly plant-based, I do not advocate any specific type of diet. I believe each and every one of us is unique and so are our dietary needs. What may have worked for me may not work for you. You have your unique characteristics and challenges that require unique solutions for addressing the obstacles you face in your health and wellbeing.
There are no cookie cutter solutions in regaining the power to bring balance in all aspects of your health and life. Real health starts from within, in the smallest of ways…. taking care of ourselves, living in gratitude, waking up feeling refreshed. It requires feeding our body clean foods that are non-toxic and good for us. It also means looking deep into other parts of our lives. You could be eating all the kale and spinach in the world, but it won't make a significant difference until you address other important aspects of your life that are bringing you down.
Wishing you good health.
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Punjab Power Corp Chairman Resigns After Government Amends Rules
PATIALA – Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) KD Chaudhri today resigned from the post, a day after the state government amended rules "to ensure that a technocrat is replaced with a bureaucrat" to head the Rs 26,000-crore company.
The government is yet to appoint a replacement but the new CMD will face a daunting task to run the company which is under a heavy financial burden.
Sources say that Chaudhri sent his resignation, through Secretary, Power, A Venu Prasad and vacated his office here today, following which the government asked Prasad to look after the functioning of the company.
During Chaudhri's tenure as the head of the company, the power sector in the state took drastic steps as "from a power-hungry state, Punjab turned to be a power-surplus state". With the previous SAD-BJP government giving extension after extension to Chaudhri, the PSPCL ensured round-the-clock supply to all sectors from the past two years.
Chaudhri was first appointed in June 2010 for a period of one year. Thereafter, he kept getting extensions. The PSEB Engineers Association, a faction of engineers within the PSPCL, was against these extensions. However, the state government continued to back Chaudhri.
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Better jobs report no panacea for Obama
Reuters economics reporter Mark Felsenthal says July's better-than-expected net gain of 163,000 U.S. jobs, while helpful, could be a two-edged sword for President Obama as more Americans move back into the labor market.(Aug 3, 2012)
This job report had a little bit of everything for the Democrats higher than expected hiring is a good sign. People have been talking about above 150000. New jobs being a decidedly good number and they got that would 153000. On the other hand higher unemployment rate has to be bothersome to them. It's been climbing. For the last couple months now so eight point three is not good. That's going to be having the Republicans are gonna point to in saying that Obama's program hasn't been working. Now if you look into the guts of the report what you see is something that's actually fairly troubling and that is that fewer people were looking for work. The participation rates fell and there were fewer people employed. So what that signals is not only that in actual fact there's a shrinking workforce which is not he would. But it also means that as more people go back to work. -- or looking for work actions today. The unemployment rate could rise as that ratio. Changes so there's a lot in this report that you could say is reasonably good and reasonably encouraging. But it's impossible conclude from looking at it that the US labor market is back to full health. And I'm sure that the presidential candidates will be milking a whichever aspect of his most beneficial for them. As much as they can. This is mark Dell's involved at the White House.


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Check out the huge announcements from the Nintendo E3 2017 showcase!
Here are the few announcements available for Metroid:
- Metroid Prime 4 is going to be available on the Nintendo Switch, however, there is no specific release date for it right now.
- Metroid: Samus Returns will launch for Nintendo 3DS on September 25. This specific game was based on Metroid II: Return of Samus which is another Metroid game.
This side-scrolling game is coming to the Nintendo Switch and is scheduled to release next year. The game actually does not have an official title as of yet. The video presentation revealed a four player co-op platforming game. Kirby also has the power to make friends from enemies which can be controlled by another player or a CPU.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
The Nintendo E3 2017 announced that two expansions for the Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. The Master of Trials, the first DLC will launch on June 30th.The Champions Ballad, the second expansion will launch during the holidays of this year. There are also new Amiibos for Urbosa, Mipha, Daruk, and Revali.
Pokken Tournament DX
Pokken Tournament DX is a Nintendo Switch version of Pokken Tournament. Check out the video below that showcases the game's gameplay.
Rocket League
Nintendo Switch is getting a major game which is Rocket League! It has been announced that the game launches during the holiday season of this year. This version of the game includes all the great content that are included in the PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One version of the game. Plus a few additions.Exclusive content will also come to the Nintendo Switch version of the game. It includes toppers and a couple of cars. This will also support cross-network play and local play between Switch devices. Platforms supported by the cross network play was not revealed as of yet.
Super Mario Odyssey
Super Mario Odyssey gets a release date and it is set to launch on October 27, 2017. An amazing feature of the game is its co-op gameplay. The other player can play as Mario's hat, "Cappy".Get to watch the co-op demo below:
Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Coming in the holidays of 2017 is Xenoblade Chronicles 2 which will be available on Nintendo Switch as well. Watch the presentation trailer below:
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'Named' in the Bible
And God gave the dry land the name of Earth; and the waters together in their place were named Seas: and God saw that it was good.
The first is named Pishon; it is the one flowing around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
The second river is named Gihon; it is the one flowing around the whole land of Cush.
The third river is named the Tigris it flows to the east of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.
So the man named all the animals, the birds of the air, and the living creatures of the field, but for Adam no companion who corresponded to him was found.
Adam named his wife Eve because she was the mother of all the living.
Cain knew his wife intimately, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain became the builder of a city, and he named the city Enoch after his son.
Lamech took two wives for himself, one named Adah and the other named Zillah.
His brother was named Jubal; he was the father of all who play the lyre and the flute.
Adam knew his wife intimately again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, for [she said,] "God has given me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him."
A son was born to Seth also, and he named him Enosh. At that time people began to call on the name of the Lord.
He created them male and female, and He blessed them and named them Man in the day when they were created.
Adam was 130 years old when he fathered [a child] in his likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth.
And he named him Noah, saying, "This one will bring us relief from the agonizing labor of our hands, caused by the ground the Lord has cursed."
Eber had two sons. One was named Peleg, for during his days the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan.
So it was named Babel, because there the Lord took away the sense of all languages and from there the Lord sent them away over all the face of the earth.
Abram and Nahor took wives: Abram's wife was named Sarai, and Nahor's wife was named Milcah. She was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milcah and Iscah.
Abram's wife Sarai had not borne him children. She owned an Egyptian slave named Hagar.
So she named the Lord who spoke to her: The God Who Sees, for she said, "Have I really seen here the One who sees me?"
That is why she named the spring, "A Well of the Living One Who Sees Me." It is located between Kadesh and Bered.
Hagar eventually gave birth to Abram's son. Abram named his son whom Hagar bore Ishmael.
Go there quickly, for I am not able to do anything till you have come there. For this reason, the town was named Zoar.
The firstborn gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites of today.
The younger also gave birth to a son, and she named him Ben-ammi. He is the father of the Ammonites of today.
And Sarah became with child, and gave Abraham a son when he was old, at the time named by God.
Abraham named his son who was born to him-the one Sarah bore to him-Isaac.
but God told Abraham, "Don't be troubled about the youth and your slave girl. Pay attention to Sarah in everything she tells you, because your offspring are to be named through Isaac.
That is why he named that place Beer Sheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.
And Abraham named that place The Lord Will Provide, so today it is said: "It will be provided on the Lord's mountain."
And his concubine, named Reumah, she also bore Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maacah.
That he will give me the hollow in the rock named Machpelah, which is his property at the end of his field; let him give it to me for its full price as a resting-place for my dead among you.
And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and Laban ran out to the man at the spring.
And Abraham took another wife named Keturah.
These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, named in the order of their births: Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael, and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
The first one came out reddish, covered with hair like a fur coat, and they named him Esau.
After this, his brother came out grasping Esau's heel with his hand. So he was named Jacob. Isaac was 60 years old when they were born.
He said to Jacob, "Let me eat some of that red stuff, because I'm exhausted." That is why he was [also] named Edom.
But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen and said, "The water is ours!" So he named the well Quarrel because they quarreled with him.
Then they dug another well and quarreled over that one also, so he named it Hostility.
He moved from there and dug another, and they did not quarrel over it. He named it Open Spaces and said, "For now the Lord has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land."
So Isaac named the well Shebah, which is why the city is named Beer-sheba to this day.
And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
and named the place Bethel, though previously the city was named Luz.
Now Laban had two daughters: the older was named Leah, and the younger was named Rachel.
Leah conceived, gave birth to a son, and named him Reuben, for she said, "The Lord has seen my affliction; surely my husband will love me now."
She conceived again, gave birth to a son, and said, "The Lord heard that I am unloved and has given me this [son] also." So she named him Simeon.
She conceived again, gave birth to a son, and said, "At last, my husband will become attached to me because I have borne him three sons." Therefore he was named Levi.
And she conceived again, gave birth to a son, and said, "This time I will praise the Lord." Therefore she named him Judah. Then Leah stopped having children.
Rachel said, "God has vindicated me; yes, He has heard me and given me a son," and she named him Dan.
Rachel said, "In [my] wrestlings with God, I have wrestled with my sister and won," and she named him Naphtali.
Then Leah said, "What good fortune!" and she named him Gad.
Leah said, "I am happy that the women call me happy," so she named him Asher.
Leah said, "God has rewarded me for giving my slave to my husband," and she named him Issachar.
"God has given me a good gift," Leah said. "This time my husband will honor me because I have borne him six sons," and she named him Zebulun.
Later, Leah bore a daughter and named her Dinah.
She named him Joseph: "May the Lord add another son to me."
Laban named the mound Jegar-sahadutha, but Jacob named it Galeed.
Then Laban said, "This stack will serve as a witness between you and me today." That's how the place came to be named Galeed.
As he was watching them, Jacob said, "This must be God's camp," so he named that place Mahanaim.
Jacob then named the place Peniel, "For," [he said,] "I have seen God face to face, and I have been delivered."
but Jacob set out for Succoth, built a house there, and constructed some cattle shelters. He named the place Succoth.
set up an altar, and named it El-elohe-israel.
He built an altar there to God and named the place El Beth-el, because God had revealed himself there when he was fleeing from his brother.
Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died and was buried under the oak south of Bethel. So Jacob named it Oak of Weeping.
God said to him: Your name is Jacob; you will no longer be named Jacob, but Israel will be your name. So He named him Israel.
Jacob named the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.
With her last breath-for she was dying-she named him Ben-oni, but his father called him Benjamin.
And Jacob put up a pillar on her resting-place; which is named, The Pillar of the resting-place of Rachel, to this day.
And Eliphaz, the son of Esau, had connection with a woman named Timna, who gave birth to Amalek: all these were the children of Esau's wife Adah.
And at the death of Husham, Hadad, son of Bedad, who overcame the Midianites in the field of Moab, became king; his chief town was named Avith.
And at the death of Baal-hanan, Hadar became king in his place; his chief town was named Pau, and his wife's name was Mehetabel; she was the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab.
At that time Judah left his brothers and settled near an Adullamite named Hirah.
There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite named Shua; he took her as a wife and slept with her.
She conceived and gave birth to a son, and he named him Er.
She conceived again, gave birth to a son, and named him Onan.
She gave birth to another son and named him Shelah. It was at Chezib that she gave birth to him.
But then he pulled his hand back, and his brother came out. Then she said, "You have broken out [first]!" So he was named Perez.
Then his brother, who had the scarlet [thread] tied to his hand, came out, and was named Zerah.
Now Joseph had been taken to Egypt. An Egyptian [named] Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and the captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him there.
Then Pharaoh named Joseph Zaphenath-paneah; and he gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, as his wife. And Joseph went forth over the land of Egypt.
Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, meaning, "God has made me forget all my hardship in my father's house."
And the second son he named Ephraim, meaning, "God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction."
And any other offspring which you have after them, will be yours, and will be named after their brothers in their heritage.
The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
When the Canaanite inhabitants of the land saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, "This is a solemn mourning on the part of the Egyptians." Therefore the place is named Abel-mizraim. It is across the Jordan.
Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah,
When the child grew older, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, "Because," she said, "I drew him out of the water."
She gave birth to a son whom he named Gershom, for he said, "I have become a stranger in a foreign land."
They came to Marah, but they could not drink the water at Marah because it was bitter-that is why it was named Marah.
The house of Israel named the substance manna. It resembled coriander seed, was white, and tasted like wafers [made] with honey.
He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites complained, and because they tested the Lord, saying, "Is the Lord among us or not?"
And Moses built an altar and named it, "The Lord Is My Banner."
along with her two sons, one of whom was named Gershom (because Moses had said, "I have been a stranger in a foreign land")
The other was named Eliezer, for he said, "The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh."
And Moses said unto the sons of Israel, See, the LORD has named Bezaleel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah;
These are the men named out of all the people, chiefs of their fathers' houses, heads of the tribes of Israel.
And Moses and Aaron took these men who have been named,
So that place was named Taberah, because the Lord's fire had blazed among them.
Two men had remained in the camp, one named Eldad and the other Medad; the Spirit rested on them-they were among those listed, but had not gone out to the tent-and they prophesied in the camp.
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Alphagan ophthalmic
Common Brand Name(s): Alphagan P
Alphagan ophthalmic Warnings
Alphagan ophthalmic Uses
This medication is used to treat open-angle glaucoma or high fluid pressure in the eye. Lowering high fluid pressure in the eye reduces the risk of vision loss, nerve damage, or blindness. This medication lowers pressure by allowing better fluid drainage from within the eye and also by reducing the amount of fluid formed in the eye. It is known as an alpha agonist.
This drug is not recommended for use in children less than 2 years of age due to an increased risk of serious side effects such as very slowed breathing. Ask the doctor or pharmacist for details.How to use Alphagan ophthalmic
To apply eye drops, wash your hands first. To avoid contamination, do not touch the dropper tip or let it touch your eye or any other surface.
If you are wearing contact lenses, remove them before using this medication. After applying this medication, wait at least 15 minutes before putting in your contact lens.
Tilt your head back, look upward and pull down the lower eyelid to make a pouch. Hold the dropper directly over your eye and insert one drop, usually three times daily, or as directed by your doctor. Look downward and gently close your eyes for 1 to 2 minutes. Place one finger at the corner of your eye (near the nose) and apply gentle pressure. Try not to blink and do not rub your eye. This will prevent the medication from draining out. Repeat these steps for your other eye if so directed by your doctor.
Do not rinse the dropper. Replace the dropper cap after each use.
If you are using another kind of eye medication (e.g., drops or ointments), wait at least 5 minutes before applying the other medications. Use eye drops before eye ointments to allow the eye drops to enter the eye.
It is important to continue this medication even if you do not have any symptoms. Use this medication regularly in order to get the most benefit from it. Remember to use it at the same times each day. Do not stop using this medication without consulting your doctor.
Inform your doctor if your condition worsens.
Alphagan ophthalmic Side Effects
Eye discomfort/itching/redness, blurred vision, dizziness, dry mouth, bad taste in the mouth, drowsiness, or tiredness may occur. If any of these effects persist or worsen, notify your doctor or pharmacist promptly.
Remember that your doctor has prescribed this medication because he or she has judged that the benefit to you is greater than the risk of side effects. Many people using this medication do not have serious side effects.
Tell your doctor right away if any of these unlikely but serious side effects occur: fast/pounding heartbeats, persistent headache, eye pain/burning/swelling, extreme sensitivity to light, vision changes.
Tell your doctor right away if any of these rare but very serious side effects occur: fainting, slow/irregular heartbeats.
A very serious allergic reaction to this drug is unlikely, but seek immediate medical attention if it occurs. Symptoms of a serious allergic reaction may include: rash, itching/swelling (especially of the face/tongue/throat), severe dizziness, trouble breathing.
This is not a complete list of possible side effects. If you notice other effects not listed above, contact your doctor or pharmacist.
In the US -
Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 or at www.fda.gov/medwatch.
In Canada - Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to Health Canada at 1-866-234-2345.
Alphagan ophthalmic Precautions
Before using this medication, tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are allergic to it; or to apraclonidine; or if you have any other allergies. This product may contain inactive ingredients, which can cause allergic reactions or other problems. Talk to your pharmacist for more details.
Before using this medication, tell your doctor or pharmacist your medical history, especially of: blood vessel diseases (thromboangiitis obliterans), blood circulation disorders (cerebral or coronary insufficiency), depression, severe heart disease, kidney disease, liver disease, Raynaud's disease, low blood pressure upon standing (orthostatic hypotension).
This drug may make you dizzy or drowsy or cause blurred vision. Do not drive, use machinery, or do any activity that requires alertness or clear vision until you are sure you can perform such activities safely. Limit alcoholic beverages.
Caution is advised when using this medication in children because they may be more sensitive to its side effects, especially drowsiness. See also Uses section.
This medication should be used only when clearly needed during pregnancy. Discuss the risks and benefits with your doctor.
It is unknown if this medication passes into breast milk. Consult your doctor before breast-feeding.
Alphagan ophthalmic Interactions
Drug interactions may change how your medications work or increase your risk for serious side effects. This document does not contain all possible drug interactions. Keep a list of all the products you use (including prescription/nonprescription drugs and herbal products) and share it with your doctor and pharmacist. Do not start, stop, or change the dosage of any medicines without your doctor's approval.
Some products that may interact with this drug include: beta-blockers (e.g., atenolol, metoprolol, timolol eye drops), digoxin, high blood pressure medications (e.g., clonidine, terazosin), tricyclic antidepressants (e.g., amitriptyline).
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you also take drugs that cause drowsiness such as: antihistamines that cause drowsiness (e.g., diphenhydramine), anti-anxiety drugs (e.g., diazepam), anti-seizure drugs (e.g., carbamazepine), barbiturates (e.g., phenobarbital), medicine for sleep (e.g., zolpidem), muscle relaxants (e.g., cyclobenzaprine), narcotic pain relievers (e.g., codeine), psychiatric medicines (e.g., phenothiazines such as chlorpromazine), tranquilizers.
Check the labels on all your medicines (e.g., cough-and-cold products) because they may contain drowsiness-causing ingredients. Ask your pharmacist about the safe use of those products.
Alphagan ophthalmic Overdose
This medicine may be harmful if swallowed. If someone has overdosed and has serious symptoms such as passing out or trouble breathing, call 911. Otherwise, call a poison control center right away. US residents can call their local poison control center at 1-800-222-1222. Canada residents can call a provincial poison control center.NOTES:
Do not share this medication with others.
Laboratory and/or medical tests (e.g., measuring intraocular pressure) should be performed periodically to monitor your progress or check for side effects. Consult your doctor for more details.MISSED DOSE:
If you miss a dose, use it as soon as you remember. If it is near the time of the next dose, skip the missed dose and resume your usual dosing schedule. Do not double the dose to catch up.STORAGE:
Store at room temperature between 59 and 77 degrees F (15-25 degrees C) away from light and moisture. Do not store in the bathroom. Keep all medicines away from children and pets.
Do not flush medications down the toilet or pour them into a drain unless instructed to do so. Properly discard this product when it is expired or no longer needed. Consult your pharmacist or local waste disposal company for more details about how to safely discard your product.
Information last revised July 2016. Copyright(c) 2016 First Databank, Inc.
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Rumours - Warhammer 40k: Codices are going to vanish - rules for free
Howdy Guys and Girls :)
let's see what we have so far on this topic ;)
First, a quote from hastings, warseer (we already posted this a few days ago, but well, it's part of the topic, and a nice intro):
"via Hastings on Warseer
I have said I was told that Codexes (Codices? how the hell do you do the plural of Codex anyway???) would be gone within 2 years. That might mean the rules for each unit are included in the boxes/free on the net/wd etc.
I do think that 40k rules will become more simplified, why? because GW don't want to focus on making games systems/rules anymore, they purely want to sell models. I do not doubt for one second that they (the main 40k rules) "COULD" become like AoS, but that is my personal opinion, and as I openly said that was me jumping to the conclusion based on how easily they destroyed their longest game world in favour of making more money.
I think rather than being of any use at all this thread is purely scaremongering and misleading. The death of the codex doesn't mean the end of 40k, the death of the army book in WFB was because AoS had ALREADY killed WFB, and AoS had no place for army books."
GW financial press announcement out
GW's financial quarter report is out :)
actually, this article has some really important points, thanks @ Slipstreams to point them out this morning :)
First, GW mentions the incorperation of FW into their main store (and shops):
"Forge World mail order store. To protect our sales we are building a new Forge World mail order store on the same platform and hosting environment as our Citadel mail order store and migrating all products and imagery."
this is inline with what i heard too, FW in store should come alongside the HH plastics around november ;)
another interesting tidbit:
"Secondly, I will review our product range. We believe this is long overdue: it is time for a resetting of the ranges. Not tweaking here and there but a top down reassessment. I expect to update you further at the half year. We will aim to continue to deliver outstanding product and customer service, maintain our Group gross margin and continue to improve our Group stock turn. To be absolutely clear I will not be reducing the RRP of our products: they are premium priced for their premium quality. I will, however, be looking to offer a broader range of price points. This is exciting and is for the long term, so I'm not promising when you will see a change. We have already started the brainstorming in our monthly strategic product meetings. It is early days, but I can already foresee some busy times ahead."
"Explore new core trade opportunities in toy, craft, book and comic stores. This has always been a great opportunity to extend our reach and help us find new customers. I am working closely with my advisers exploring these types of locations."
we also got a confirmation for the Warhammer branding of their stores:
"Warhammer branding
We have taken the decision in the year to rebrand our stores 'Warhammer'. It is what our customers call us. This will be rolled out
progressively, as and when we open new or refurbish our existing stores. At the year end date we had 13 Warhammer branded stores."
also, AoS:
In July 2015, we relaunched Warhammer Fantasy to broad acclaim 'Warhammer: Age of Sigmar'. We are so proud of this new range of
miniatures that we have commissioned an additional statue at our HQ to complement our Space Marine, which has delighted our
customers and staff for the last 17 years. You have to see it to believe it, you will not be disappointed."
all in all, it sounds really good for the future of the hobby :) and the incorperation of HH as a "main-product" (smart move GW, as you can use all the HH models in 40k too ;>) should boost GW even further :)
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AoS: this weeks releases with prices
thanks @ gary (natfka) :)
The end is near !!!
Hasting quote on warseer : http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?412086-Final-edition-of-40k-AoS-treatment-in-the-future-CLOSED
As for your AoS style rule reboot question - I remember being told to expect 40k codexes (codices?) to be a thing of the past within 2 years, and that the rules would be in the box for each model/unit, but there would still be a core ruleset which the in box rules would obviously add to. I've not bought any AoS releases (nor do I intend to) so I don't know if they have rules in the boxes (seems daft as when rules got FAQ'd (lol) or changed they'd need to repack ALL the boxes - seems even dafter that anything would actually bother with rules for AoS!!) or just online? I am going to leap to the conclusion that 40k probably WILL become more simplified like AoS, mainly because GW no longer see themselves as rules/games writers but just model sellers. How much more simplified I wouldn't hazard a guess at. Whatever they decide to do you can bet it's in the pipeline already, because myself and Harry were privately discussing the changes to WFB almost 3 years ago - I was told it was being canned and whilst we thought that was not the case and that AoS would be a continuation or refresh of it WFB HAS actually been canned and REPLACED by AoS, so these things are planned well ahead.
FW make huge sales from HH, there was no way that GW weren't going to want in on the action! I expect FW to still produce the big kits/characters/customising kits but GW will provide the bulk of the models needed to play 30k. We can only hope that GW let FW handle the 30k rules/books and they just make the models for it. But keep in mind I was told that when the 30k RANGE hits the stores (not the standalone box game but the actual range) it will take over the store space that used to be taken up by LotR/Hobbit, so GW may want to keep tight hold of the reigns even though they are no longer committed to producing games?
Also I should point out that as I understand it 40k and 30k will be very different games/rulesets, so it may be that 40k becomes like AoS and 30k is handled by FW (although this is just wishful thinking on the behalf of hobbyists the world over!).
Of course I may be completely wrong...... because that happens a lot
So that's it ? Are we doomed ? ;)
Added beastmen to the points database !
Beastmen are in !! (just the points and option not the full stats).
Go check it : https://war-of-sigmar.herokuapp.com/races/8
Khorne warband : Done !, still 21 to add
The khorne warband have been added to the points database (without stat, like the stormcast).
Stormcast eternal : DONE !
Just ran the program for the stormcast eternal, all the points are here (i just didn't added all the rules as GW is selling their rules app for them).
Need to do the Khorne warband now !
Cheers !
Forgeworld Bulletin 70 - Techpriest, Servo Automata, Rhino upgrades
The newest FW bulletin shows of better pictures of the Enginseer Techpriest and his Servo Automata, aswell as the Rhino Upgrades
AoS: This weeks releases - Paladins, Dragonfate Dias, Numinous Occulum
Howdy guys and girls :)
As far as i know, this week should be:
Stormcast Eternals Paladins (Protectors, Decimators, Retributors, Glaives, Axes, Hammers)
Dragonfate Dias
Numunous Occulum
Also, we should get a repacking with new bases/box-art for Dryads and the Treelord, as far as i know. :)
Warhammer 40k: New Space Wolves e-shorts!
new Space Wolves short stories inc =)
the whole story arc will be eight short stories, first published as ebooks


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Nathalie Hambro's talent is multifaceted. She has designed fashion, interiors and jewellery, is an inventive cook and multimedia artist, and has now turned her hand to photography and sculpture. Her latest project is Tools, a collection of limited-edition prints (usually three of each image, from £1,200) and unique sculptures (Tower of Strength, first picture, is a unique piece made from steel, magnets and Perspex, costing £3,500), based on and incorporating old-fashioned industrial tools. This week it has become the latest in the Art at Annoushka series – exhibitions held by jewellery designer Annoushka Ducas at her Chelsea store for artists whose work she feels has a resonance with her creations.
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Ducas has asked Hambro to curate the whole store for the exhibition, which lasts until Saturday July 13, so that her jewellery is fully integrated with the prints and sculptures. Hambro has replaced the conventional jeweller's black-velvet-lined display cases with steel trays for a modern look that complements Ducas's glowing hardstone slice and diamond earrings (second picture, from the One of a Kind range, which starts from £6,000) and her industrial-style chunky bronze and silver collections, such as Foundry (£220-£1,800). An even closer link is forged in the form of a unique piece of fine jewellery they have designed together. Inspired by industrial steel chain and mesh, it is an 18ct gold bracelet with an oxidised silver overlayer of tactile chainmail that continues into a fringe down the wrist (price on request).


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How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back
By Thomas L. Friedman and and Michael Mandelbaum
380 pages. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. $28.
In "That Used to Be Us" Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum join a growing number of foreign policy thinkers warning that America's position abroad cannot endure without a renewal of the domestic sources of American prosperity and strength.
The concerns are justified. The United States faces the most profound set of challenges since the 1930s, when an economic depression and the breakdown of the British-led international order raised basic questions about our domestic politics and international strategy.
"That Used to Be Us" represents an effort by Mr. Mandelbaum, a professor at Johns Hopkins University and one of the country's leading public intellectuals, and Mr. Friedman, a columnist for The New York Times whose three Pulitzer Prizes only hint at the global influence of his work, to describe the rocky conditions of the present day and prescribe a way forward. This may be an American crisis, but as Mr. Friedman and Mr. Mandelbaum eloquently explain, it is not just an American concern. Nor is it simply a matter of improving the living standards of future generations in this country. Because of the unique — and at this point irreplaceable — American role in providing important public services across the globe, the world as a whole will become a much poorer and more dangerous place if Americans fail at the task of national renewal.
The authors provide a thoughtful and balanced corrective to critics on the left who believe that our present economic troubles demonstrate the fundamental failure of the liberal democratic capitalist ideas on which American society is built, and the critics on the right who believe that only a return to 19th-century small government policies can save us. The principles behind our society, they argue, are broadly correct, but without institutional reform we cannot apply them as fairly or as fully as we should.
When it comes to solutions the authors reach for a classic American approach that — at least in my judgment — is fundamentally sound though difficult to apply. A long tradition of American thinkers and statesmen — George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Henry Clay, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower, to name a few — have argued that a strong and forward-looking federal government should promote a healthy domestic economy and a strong international presence.Continue reading the main story
This tradition is often called Hamiltonian because of Alexander Hamilton's role in formulating its basic outlines while serving as Washington's Treasury secretary. Mr. Friedman and Mr. Mandelbaum's blueprint for the next stage in American prosperity is essentially a revival of this Hamiltonian vision of a strong, pro-market national government that creates the most favorable possible conditions (and provides funds for the infrastructure) to promote private enterprise.
As Mr. Friedman and Mr. Mandelbaum note, this Hamiltonian project cuts across the conventional wisdom in both political parties today. The Republican hostility to most forms of government activity recalls the stances of Hamilton's opponents who argued that a powerful federal government would attack liberty and waste taxpayer money. Politicians like Representative Ron Paul and Gov. Rick Perry of Texas consciously draw on the anti-Hamiltonian ideas of thinkers like Thomas Jefferson to attack the idea of a powerful, economically interventionist federal government.
But the authors of this book also have uncomfortable words for Democrats. Hamiltonians historically believed in sound government finance and efficient administration. This is not the kind of talk that public sector labor unions and partisans of the entitlement state like to hear. "That Used to Be Us" unsparingly describes the causes and likely consequences of the recklessly unsustainable pension and entitlement promises that are among the gravest fiscal problems we now face. It also calls for smarter and less cumbersome forms of regulation, something that business is more likely to support than some traditional Democratic constituencies.
These are big truths, and the authors see them clearly and whole. As is usual in Mr. Friedman's work the power of the core argument is buttressed by detailed reportage and blizzards of specific fact and detail, but the accumulation of anecdote and evidence never detracts from the book's central thrust. "That Used to Be Us" is an important contribution to an intensifying debate, and it deserves the widest possible attention. But there are a couple of weak spots in the argument that could use shoring up.
One small example involves California. On the one hand the authors take that state to task for its fiscal irresponsibility, chaotic policy making and a generally incoherent approach to economic development and governance. Yet at other times they hail California as a model, citing its tough energy and construction codes. Many people argue that those energy regulations contribute to the gridlock that is driving California's economy down. "That Used to Be Us" would present a stronger argument if it addressed problems like this more directly.
More broadly, the authors propose an essentially Hamiltonian approach to the country's challenges but do not really take on the arguments that Jeffersonian critics make in response. For example, can subsidies and incentives really work when the technological uncertainties are so large and political lobbies so powerful?
The authors point to Chinese high-speed rail development and American government support for alternative energy generation as highly effective, but recent rail mishaps in China and the Solyndra bankruptcy here render these solutions more problematic. (Daniel Yergin's new book, "The Quest," also raises important questions about the value of alternative energy subsidies.) And what of the way lobbyists and private interests distorted Fannie Mae mortgage programs in ways that worsened the housing bubble? Even well-intentioned federal interventions often go awry.
Partly because small-government advocates are denigrated rather than engaged, many conservative thinkers will look at this book as more liberal sludge — calls for greater federal spending, tough energy policy to ward off climate change, more control over American life by credentialed "experts" — and dismiss "That Used to Be Us" as same-old, same-old boilerplate from the Eastern establishment.
That would be a mistake. The gaps opening between the arguments in this book and conventional Democratic politics run very deep. When talking about the cultural sources of American strength Mr. Friedman and Mr. Mandelbaum can sound like staunch Tea Party members. When pointing to an institution where American values are still strong, they choose the military. They say the United States has been an exceptional nation, and they want it to remain one.
As American politics looks increasingly dysfunctional, Mr. Friedman and Mr. Mandelbaum show great courage in casting aside conventional assumptions. Few readers will agree with every observation and argument in this thoroughly researched and passionately argued book, but all of them should find "That Used to Be Us" compelling, engaging and enlightening.
How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back
By Thomas L. Friedman and and Michael Mandelbaum
380 pages. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. $28.


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The press has been saying that Democrats hate Bush – but I don't think that's true. I think it's more accurate to say that a lot of people are ANGRY with Bush, but they don't hate him. I'm sure that are some people who hate Bush – like if you lost a child in Iraq who died because Bush lied – then you might hate Bush. Or – if your retirement got wiped out because it was all in Enron stock – you might hate Bush,
But for things like taking away civil liberties with the Patriot Act, people losing their jobs, turning the biggest surplus in the history of the world into the biggest deficit in the history of the world, or the rape, torture, and killings at Abu Ghraib prison – I think people are just angry with Bush about that.
So I don't think it's accurate to portray Democrats as people who hate. You have to take into account issues and real reason people might be angry about personal losses and the direction America is heading. I think the media should look closer to see if people really do hate Bush – or if they are just angry with him.


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As Israel's ritual slaughter of thousands of innocents in Gaza and the West Bank continues full steam ahead, Canada's neocon Prime Minister Stephen Harper has declared that the Zionist terrorist regime that has butchered more than 1400 Palestinians, injuring close to 7000 others, is the beleaguered victim and the prostrate, impoverished, nearly-defenceless Palestinians are the aggressors, responsible for their own deaths at the hands of Israeli bullets and missiles.
As hundred pound Israeli bombs rain down on Gaza from every direction, causing mass carnage and death as far as the eye can see, "Prime Minister Stephen Harper is reiterating his government's hard line against Hamas, saying it is solely responsible for the death and destruction in Gaza," reported the National Post on July 30.
This is the equivalent of blaming a home invasion on the home owner. If a criminal entered your house with a deadly weapon with intent to steal and/or harm, does the home owner not have every right to use lethal force if necessary to subdue or expel the criminal invader?
The invader, on the other hand, has no "rights" whatsoever in the situation. He/she is the aggressor who is in complete breach of the law, and therefore has no right to "self-defence" or anything of the sort. Even international law recognizes that the occupying/colonial military force has no "rights" vis-à-vis the people it is occupying and suppressing. In this case, Israel, an uninvited settler-colonial bandit state that was established in large part based upon Zionist-trumpeted myths and exaggerations about Jewish victimhood during WW2, has no right to "self-defence" in the same way that someone who initiates a violent assault or attempted murder has no right to self-defence because they are by definition the aggressor. Also, Israel's much-touted "right to exist" Hasbara slogan is another delusory Zionist fantasy; it has no such right in the same way that a thief has no right to reside on stolen property that was usurped through criminal means and methods. Unless you would willingly relinquish your own home or property to a complete stranger with a rifle in one hand and a bible in the other, asserting his/her god-ordained "right" to take what is rightfully yours, then don't open your mouth in defence of what Israel is doing to the Palestinians.
A massive, violent home invasion is essentially what the people of Palestine have been facing on a grand scale since the state of Israel was carved out through ethnic cleansing and terrorism in 1948. This "conflict," which should more accurately be called a conquest, did not start in June of 2014 when three Israeli teenagers were kidnapped and killed. Thousands of Palestinian kids have been kidnapped by Israeli forces and held in Israeli jails for the "crime" of throwing rocks or for no reason whatever, a fact not mentioned by the charlatans who shed tears exclusively for the three deceased Jewish settlers. Dozens of Palestinians, including many young children, are sporadically killed by Israel all the time. These Palestinian deaths have been happening on a routine basis for decades preceding the deaths of the three Israelis in June, a fact conveniently discarded by the Zionized parrots of Israeli propaganda.
But according to the Zionist-dominated press and the hoodwinked dupes who blindly follow its logic, Jewish life is infinitely more valuable than Palestinian, Arab, Muslim and non-Jewish life in general. This racist, supremacist inference is apparent in every utterance and headline of the mainstream media in Canada, the US and other countries whose governments are captive slaves to International Zionism.
In any case, the Zionist regime has since admitted that the Israeli teen kidnapping incident, which was used by Netanyahu to initiate the present slaughter, had nothing to do with Hamas. Moreover, it has been revealed that the Netanyahu regime knew immediately that the three abducted Israelis were dead, but withheld the information from the public in order to unleash its murderous pogrom in Gaza and West Bank under the cover of "finding the teens and bringing them home." "Israeli intelligence [knew] that the boys were dead shortly after they disappeared, but [sought to maintain] public optimism about their safe return to beef up support from the Jewish diaspora [for a conflict with Hamas]," writes Katie Zavadski in the New Yorker.
A Storm Clouds Gathering video on YouTube entitled, "The Gaza Bombardment: What You're Not Being Told," reproduced an audio recording of the kidnapped teens' distress call to Israeli police which was originally posted on the Jerusalem Post's website. In the recording gunshots and screams can be heard. Most interestingly, a voice in the recording, presumably that of the kidnapper, can be heard speaking in Hebrew, not in Arabic; a fact which is highly suggestive as to the real perpetrators of that Machiavellian deception.
The motto of the Israeli spy agency Mossad is "By way of deception thou shalt do war." It is of no real controversy to those who are awake that Israel would kill several of its own citizens and have it blamed on Hamas so as to provide the necessary pretext for wanton genocide of the Palestinian people.
Israel's bloodlust knows no limits and its terrorist leaders are practitioners of a monstrous political creed that's inhuman precepts rival those of Stalinism.
In a November 2012 Jerusalem Post op-ed, the son of deceased Israeli war criminal Ariel Sharon called on the Israeli government to replicate America's atomic holocaust against Japan during WW2 in Gaza. During the present crisis Israeli academic Mordechai Kedar of Bar-Ilan University called for Palestinian women to be raped so as to deter their sons and brothers from joining resistance groups. Israeli parliament member Ayelet Shaked voiced an even more bloodthirsty desire. The belligerent Israeli lawmaker advanced the view that all the mothers of Palestinian resistance fighters should be killed so that they cannot give birth to and raise "more little snakes." She declared all Palestinians "enemies" whose "blood should be on our hands."
Israel's religious and political leaders have a rich tradition of such homicidal and genocidal outbursts. One particularly brazen rabbi, the late Sephardic sage Ovadia Yosef, once said that god created non-Jews to serve Jews as slaves and that the Palestinians deserve to be "annihilated." "You must send missiles to them [the Palestinians] and annihilate them. They are evil and damnable," the 'man of god' told his followers. Journalist Max Blumenthal reported on the despicable contents of a prominent Israeli rabbi's homicidal book entitled, The King's Torah, which advocated the murder of Gentile babies "if it is clear that they will grow up to harm us."
Mothers, fathers, sons, daughters – kill them all say the Zionist psychopaths who openly yearn for Palestinian extinction, but their bellicose war cries are never repeated in the Western press.
This is why it should come as no surprise that cheering crowds of Israeli Jews have converged on hilltops to catch a glimpse of the Israeli military's barbaric blitzkrieg in Gaza first hand. According to a July poll conducted by the Israel Democracy Institute, 95 per cent of Jewish Israelis support Netanyahu's campaign to render Gaza into a giant graveyard.
But the Zionist regime's reign of terror and treachery in Palestine has not gone unnoticed this time around, and the free thinking peoples of the world are mobilizing en masse to put an end to Zionist impunity once and for all.
Copyright 2014 Brandon Martinez
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The idea of 'upcycling' pine cones might make you think of wilderness survival or elementary school art projects, but pine cones have classy sides too.
1. A ring bearer pillow.
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2. Napkin rings.
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Parent: Kipp Strive Academy is an excellent school. It was the #1 charter school in Georgia last year (2016). That says a lot! It does deserve an A+ rating. This is my granddaughter's 4th and final year, and we would not have her in any other school. The staff and students work very hard, and it pays off in academic achievement. LOVE KIPP!
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the weekend of firsts pt. 1
Wolf went to the photobooth for the first time this weekend. obviously he was more interested than anything other than the lens: the blinking lights from the credit card machine, mom, the shiny stuff above the lens, mom's credit card waiving above the lens, you get the idea. none the less, here his is in all his 4 and half month photobooth glory.
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Five weeks ago, Jordan Wevers of Fansided had thoughts about where the returning Marcus Stroman might fit in the Blue Jays' plans for the rest of the season and postseason.
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In Our Backyard: The Birds of Loudoun County
By Emily Southgate, Virginia Native Plant Society
Do you know whether bald eagles breed in Loudoun County? Or, in what part of the county you might look to find an osprey, far from the coast? For the past five years a tireless team of 85 birders devoted 5,900 hours watching birds in the county for evidence that they are breeding, and sending the information to the Loudoun County Breeding Bird Atlas.
These birders reported that bald eagles breed in numerous places in the county, and that ospreys frequent many Loudoun lakes. They confirmed that 104 species of birds breed in the county, with another 13 probably breeding
and three more possibly breeding (seen at the right time with no evidence of breeding). They also noted non-breeding birds that spend the winter in Loudoun and migrating birds that pass through on their way elsewhere, adding 143 species to the total reported, for a grand total of 263 species of birds tallied in the county over the past five years.
This "citizen science" project provides data to the United States Geological Survey, for comparison with historical data and with information from other parts of the country that also do breeding bird surveys.
I surveyed two "blocks" of the county, each about 5 by 5 kilometers. I had birded informally most of my life, but this survey took birding to a new level. I did not just identify the bird, but also watched it for the tell-tale signs that it was actually raising, or trying to raise, a family. A bird seen in its appropriate breeding habitat when it was very unlikely to be migrating was a "possible" breeder. More evidence, such as singing from the same perch for a week or more, moved it into the category of "probable" breeder. Most exciting was finding evidence, such as building a nest, defending its nest (sometimes by trying to drive me away) or feeding its young, that qualified it as a "confirmed" breeder. Finding this kind of evidence required watching the birds carefully, even quietly following them to nesting sites.
My first confirmed breeder was a Carolina wren with a nest in my neighbors' gas grill. They waited patiently until the nestlings were gone before doing any grilling. My second was a great-crested flycatcher with a
nest in the end of a dead branch in the woods. I was sure that downy woodpeckers, titmice and chickadees bred near my house, but I did not know where. Walking down a path one day, I was chased by a chickadee, so looked back to see where it went. Soon, it popped into a hole in a tree that I had passed several times before noticing the nest. When the parent popped in, I could hear its young chirping. At the end of my driveway, a family of downy woodpeckers made their home in a hole in a tree, and a family of titmice was nesting nearby in another tree.
From comparing the atlas data with data collected 20 years ago, we can see that field birds, such as bobwhite quail and meadowlarks, have declined in the county, while others such as bluebirds and bald eagles, have increased—the bluebirds most likely because of the installation of bluebird houses throughout the county, and the eagles from the 1972 ban on DDT and the protections of the federal Endangered Species Act. Scientists will be scrutinizing the results over the next few years to see what they can find about causes of increases and declines in numbers and species, to better understand changes in habitat and other environmental factors.
For more information about the Breeding Bird Atlas, contact the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy at loudounwildlife.org.
You can find a preliminary analysis of the data here.
Citizen science projects like this one are a great way to get to know your county better, to contribute to understanding our environment, and to meet like-minded people. There are many opportunities, such as monitoring bluebird boxes, streams, and amphibians. Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy sponsors a wide variety of programs, providing training and direction. Goose Creek Association can always use more volunteers to help with its stream monitoring program. The data are collected according to strict protocols so that they can be used by scientists to study our environment. Get involved and learn more about your county and its environment.
[In Our Backyard is compiled by the Loudoun County Preservation and Conservation Coalition. To learn more about the organization or to participate in the rural road initiative, go to loudouncoalition.org.]


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Sonya's hands flowed rhythmically up and down, the white flowing dress seemingly coming into existence, into life, beneath her measured cadence. Had it been possible for an onlooker to follow the course of events, they would have watched the fabric of the dress weave itself into a pattern of sublime perfection. A pattern of utmost beauty destined for utmost horror.
The dress seemed to weave in synchronised harmony with the soft, angelic melody that subtly filled the glade within which Sonya sat. The soft touch of the damp grass beneath her bare, green-stained legs, the sweet fragrance of a gentle rain and the blissful aroma of fresh cut grass. The silent rustling of the leaves of the eucalypts that guarded the circular glade, the ever-present face of the silver moon bringing tranquillity and peace to the mother's glade. Every sensation overwhelmed the absent onlooker, reason was impossible, all that existed was the ever-growing peace and calm.
Beneath the calm and the peace, conflicting emotions battled for control of the onlooker. Reason demanded they remember their purpose, remember their need, remember the desperate determination that brought them to this most impossibly dangerous place. Desire and emotion fought need and determination. Animal lust and primal instinct thought reason and knowledge. The sweet vanilla scent of Sonya, the unblemished skin of her bared thighs, her perfect nature, her perfect innocence consumed the primal onlooker. The preternatural attraction fought reason for all control. Ultimately, both lost to the overwhelming sense of calm, peace, and sedate tranquillity that suffused the very atmosphere of the glade.
The onlooker sat beneath a eucalypt and watched with rapt expression the sublimely rhythmic manifestations of Sonya and the white dress. In the subliminal peace the universe revolved through eternity in the space of a single heartbeat. Time lost meaning and the onlooker watched, oblivious to their failure to fulfil their desperate need.
One of the manifestations of Sonya stood gracefully and smiled sweetly to herself as she regarded the primal onlooker. She walked calmly and slowly out of the circle, past the onlooker's tree. As she stepped beyond the onlooker, her hand barely trailed along his shoulder. He quivered and lent back against the tree, closing his eyes as his life left him. In the merest instant his body collapsed, the flesh taken by nature, the bones fell to dust and there was naught left to speak of the onlookers visit to the green glade.


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Navicular stress fractures are a diagnostic challenge and the existence of the so called "N spot" over the navicular is an important diagnostic suspicion. X-rays are not always helpful with a significant number of false positives. There are no short cuts with a navicular stress fracture, the time non-weightbearing away from sport is a minimum of 5-6 weeks. There is no way around this. I have recently spoken to a couple of colleagues who had to deal with athlete with this and they were looking for ways to avoid that. There is no way. The outcomes and success rates and the return to sport for a navicular stress fracture, regardless if it is a surgical or conservative management plan seem to be about the same. The athlete has to be told: no weightbearing for 5-6 weeks. Find a non-weightbearing activity for them to keep going.
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