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The Unnecessary Bengali Famine
April 5, 2007 by TMO · Leave a Comment
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The famine in British-ruled Bengal in 1943-44 ultimately took the lives of about 4 million people. The speaker talks of how this man-made famine is absent from most history books and virtually unknown to most people.
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Robyn Williams: Can you turn science to history? To test it, I mean? You can't really do experiments on the past, so how could it be applied? Dr Gideon Polya insists that science does have a role in this regard, and he'll explain in a minute. But the point of such an exercise is important here, because the reason for Dr Polya's concern (and he's written a book about it) is one of the worst genocides on record, or not on record, unless you search long and hard.
Gideon Polya is reader in biochemistry at La Trobe University in Melbourne.
Gideon Polya: Humanity has made immense technological and scientific advances in the last few millennia through application of a scientific method involving the gathering of data, the generation of testable hypotheses, and experimentation to test the validity of such hypotheses. Reiteration of this process yields models that are progressively better approximations to reality.
Of course historically, this process has been impaired through authoritarian religious or political intervention. Such societal constraints aside, application of the scientific method can also encounter difficulties when past processes of the physical or biological world are considered. However, while we cannot recreate the explosion of a star, we can construct models that are consistent with the residual physical consequences of such events and with our current understanding of physical reality. Similarly, while we cannot recreate life currently, to biological scientists the Darwinian Theory of Evolution remains a powerful model explaining and systematising a huge body of information about past and present biological complexity.
Scientific approaches to human history are similarly constrained by the reality that it is generally not possible to do physical experiments to test historical models (although one can envisage, for example, computer simulations of past battles). In general the history is confined to relating model predictions back to pre-existing data, the physical consequences of events and human oral and written records of events. Of course value judgements, or culturally and philosophically biased 'weightings' will inevitably be applied to the relative importance of historical data. However some events involving massive loss of human life, such as the Jewish Holocaust, are so immense that they cannot be ignored, if at least for scientific predictive utility. Thus the Jewish Holocaust warns us of future dangers due to racism, moral unresponsiveness and the technological capacity for mass destruction.
The bottom line is that historians, like scientists, must respect the basic data. Selectively ignoring the data thwarts the quest for better approximations to the truth, and jeopardises informed prediction. While we all cynically accept the truism that 'history is written by the victors', the history of genocide in the 20th century, from South West Africa and Anatolia, to East Timor and Rwanda, reinforces the message that 'history ignored yields history repeated'. Deletion of massive man-made human catastrophes from history and from general perception is not simply scientifically flawed and unethical, it also increases the probability that the same unaddressed, contributing social pathologies will yield the same carnage in the future.
One of the most extraordinary examples of such whitewashing of history is the sustained, continuing deletion of two centuries of massive, recurrent, man-made famine in British India from British and world history, and hence from general public perception. This massive, sustained lying by omission by two centuries of British academic historians occurred in a society having Parliamentary democracy, the means to readily disseminate information and a steadily expanding literate population. Furthermore, this process of lying by omission continues to this day in Britain and its English-speaking offshoots, such as Australia, countries having free speech, high literacy, democracy, prosperity and extensive media of all kinds.
To dramatise this perversion, imagine that the Jewish Holocaust was almost completely deleted from our history books and from general public perception, that there was virtually a total absence of any mention at all of this cataclysm in our newspapers and electronic media or in our schools and universities. Truth, reason, ethics and humanity aside, objective analysis suggests that such a situation would greatly increase the probability of recurrence of racial mass murder. Fortunately, in reality, virtually everyone is aware of this event and indeed in Germany today it is a criminal offence to deny the actuality of the Jewish Holocaust.
In contrast, during the Second World War, a man-made catastrophe occurred within the British Empire that killed almost as many people as died in the Jewish Holocaust, but which has been effectively deleted from history, it is a 'forgotten holocaust'. The man-made famine in British-ruled Bengal in 1943-1944 ultimately took the lives of about 4-million people, about 90% of the total British Empire casualties of that conflict, and was accompanied by a multitude of horrors, not the least being massive civilian and military sexual abuse of starving women and young girls that compares unfavourable with the comfort women abuses of the Japanese Army.
The causes of the famine are complex, but ultimately when the price of rice rose above the ability of landless rural poor to pay and in the absence of humane, concerned government, millions simply starved to death or otherwise died of starvation-related causes. Although there was plenty of food potentially available, the price of rice rose through 'market forces', driven by a number of factors including: the cessation of imports from Japanese-occupied Burma, a dramatic wartime decline in other requisite grain imports into India, compounded by the deliberate strategic slashing of Allied Indian Ocean shipping; heavy-handed government action in seizing Bengali rice stocks in sensitive areas; the seizure of boats critically required for food acquisition and rice distribution; and finally the 'divide and rule' policy of giving the various Indian provinces control over their own food stocks. Critically, cashed-up, wartime, industrial, Calcutta could pay for rice and sucked food out of a starving, food-producing countryside.
Ultimately, millions of Bengalis died because their British rulers didn't give a damn and had other strategic imperatives. The Bengal Famine and its aftermath for the debilitated Bengal population consumed its victims over several years in the case of complete British inaction through most of 1943 or insufficient subsequent action. Churchill had a confessed hatred for Indians and during the famine he opposed the humanitarian attempts of people such as the Prime Minister of Canada, Louis Mountbatten, Viceroy General Wavell, and even of Japanese collaborationist leader Subhash Chandra Bose. The hypothesis can be legitimately advanced that the extent of the Bengal Famine derived in part from sustained, deliberate policy.
The wartime Bengal Famine has become a 'forgotten holocaust' and has been effectively deleted from our history books, from school and university curricula and from general public perception. To the best of my knowledge, Churchill only wrote of it once, in a secret letter to Roosevelt dated April 29th 1944 in which he made the following remarkable plea for help in shipping Australian grain to India: 'I am no longer justified in not asking for your help.' Churchill's six-volume 'History of the Second World War' fails to mention the cataclysm that was responsible for about 90% of total British Empire casualties in that conflict but makes the extraordinary obverse claim: 'No great portion of the world population was so effectively protected from the horrors and perils of the World War as were the people of Hindustan. They were carried through the struggle on the shoulders of our small island.'
This whitewashing of Indian famine extends to two centuries of famine in British India. I have recently published a very detailed account of this two-century holocaust in British India that commenced with the Great Bengal Famine of 1769-1770 (10-million victims) and concluded with the World War 2 Bengal Famine (4-million victims) and took tens of millions of lives in between. In contrast to the response to the Jewish Holocaust, these events have been almost completely written out of history and removed from general perception and there has been no apology nor amends made. While Tony Blair has apologised for the mid-19th century Irish Famine that took over a million lives, there has been no apology for the World War 2 Bengal Famine.
My book is entitled, 'Jane Austen and the Black Hole of British History' and sub-titled, 'Colonial rapacity, holocaust denial and the crisis in biological sustainability'. I describe this whitewashing of history as 'Austenising' after Jane Austen, whose exquisite novels were utterly free of the ugly social realities of her time. Some of Jane Austen's siblings and other connections, were involved in the rape of India. Of major note was Warren Hastings, the first Governor-General of India, who ferociously taxed famine-devastated Bengal and was eventually impeached and tried but ultimately acquitted for his manifold abuses in India. Warren Hastings almost certainly seduced Jane Austen's aunt, Philadelphia Hancock. This adultery gave rise to Jane Austen's lively cousin Eliza who is an evident model for the more advanced women of Jane Austen's novels. While much of the huge academic Jane Austen industry has ignored (or 'Austenised') such interesting aspects of the lives of Jane Austen's relatives, Jane Austen herself was much more forthcoming; thus to the initiated, 'Sense and Sensibility', the most Indian of her novels, includes a very detailed and barely disguised account of the Warren Hastings Scandal.
While it was legitimate for Jane Austen, the artist, to render her exquisite novels free of the contemporary awfulness in which her connections participated, the continuing 'Austenising' of British history is a holocaust-denying outrage that threatens humanity. Currently, 20-million people die each year of starvation-related causes and conservative, status quo productivity estimates would predict 30-million such deaths per year in the year 2050. A more realistic but still non-Malthusian view can be taken based on declining per capita agricultural production due to land degradation, decreased water availability, global warming effects on tropical cereal yields and increased population. A return from the current annual mortalities of about 10 per 1000 to the 35 per 1000 per year that obtained in British India in 1947 would yield a Third World excess mortality in 2050 of a staggering 200-million persons per year. Nevertheless this is avoidable, thus peri-conception, male sex selection provides just one simple example of a cheap, non-intrusive, pro-choice and technologically and socially feasible approach to slowing and indeed reversing population growth. That such an apparently radical suggestion is socially feasible is evidenced by the extraordinarily peaceful and tolerant multiracial society of Fiji, yet the initial male to female ratio among the indentured Indian five-year slaves was about 3 to 1.
The remorselessly continuing human catastrophe of mass starvation is avoidable provided that there is determined global responsiveness of a kind that was absent for both the Jewish Holocaust and the Bengal Famine of half a century ago. One hopes that the recent award of the Nobel Prize for Economics to Amartya Sen, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, and expert analyst of the Bengal Famine, will increase global responsiveness to this continuing humanitarian disaster. We must resurrect the horrors hidden by two centuries of holocaust-ignoring historians, resolutely face the current environmental and humanitarian cris and apply the post-Holocaust injunction of 'Never again'.
Robyn Williams: 'Never again', says Dr Gideon Polya, Reader in biochemistry at La Trobe University in Melbourne. And his interest in the subject of India (yes, I did ask) stems in part from having a Bengali wife. His book, by the way, can be ordered by writing to Dr Polya at La Trobe University in Melbourne.
Dr. Gideon Polya
Associate Professor in Biochemistry
Dept. of Biochemistry
La Trobe University, Bundoora Vic. 3083
e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
His book Jane Austen and the Black Hole of British History can be obtained from the author by writing to him at La Trobe University
Florida Stories Vol 8 Iss 18
April 30, 2006 by TMO · Leave a Comment
Local Muslims Gather for Annual Celebrations of Prophet's birth and life
At locations throughout South Florida this April, traditional Milad-un-Nabi programs were held to celebrate the life and times of the Prophet Muhammad. The events coincided with the Prophet's birthday on the 12th day of Rabbi-ul-Awwal, third month on the lunar Muslim calendar, which this year fell on April 12.
In Muslim countries, the event is marked by numerous festivities, including devotional song, poetry reading, religious devotion, lectures and get-togethers and feature large scale TV and media coverage. In the states, though overseas TV coverage is now present thanks to satellite TV channels, broadcasting Milad-un-Nabi coverage from back home, events here tend to be more subdued, owing in part to the views of some communities and community members that such celebrations are unlawful innovations, religiously speaking.
Despite the misgivings by some, though, many—perhaps the majority—continue the colorful and joyous observances of what all in the community agree was one of the pinnacle moments in human history, the prophet's birth.
One such program was held at the Miami Gardens Masjid in Miami-Dade County on Saturday evening, April 8, which annually marks the occasion with either lectures, traditional Urdu-poetry in praise of the prophet, or dinners.
Open to men and women, the program featured a lecture by visiting speaker Faisal Abdur Razzaq of Toronto, Canada. Hundreds of families and community members were in attendance for the annual event which included dinner after the sunset prayer of Salat-ul-Maghrib.
Abdur Razzaq received his Islamic studies at the Umm-Al-Qurra University in Makkah, Saudi Arabia and at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah from 1977 to 1986. He is currently the President of the Islamic Forum of Canada, and the Vice-President of the Islamic Council of Imams of Canada. He served as Imam Khateeb of several mosques and Islamic Centers there including the Islamic society of Peel, the Islamic Centre of Brampton, and the Toronto and Region Islamic Center (TARIC).
Razzaq also conducted a workshop for Muslim Youth on Sunday April 9th at Miami Gardens entitled "Sacred Knowledge Training Program concentrating on Fiqh and the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad."
The mosque has been hosting a number of guest lecturers since the departure of its regular imam Abdul-Hamid Samra in March.
Zaid Shakir Speaks in South Florida
Tall and soft-spoken with a slow, deep, and rhythmic speaking style, Zaid Shakir is an African American Muslim community leader perfectly at ease amongst the immigrant origin segments of the community. Over the years, on his journey from an urban northern California youth to Muslim convert and toward the highest rung of Muslim community speaker and leader, Shakir has continually earned respect though humility, hard work and community efforts around the country.
But that doesn't mean he can't get loud and passionate when he needs to. Now at the head of one of the most well-known Muslim educational groups in the country—the Zaytuna Institute in his native northern Cali—this past month, Shakir visited South Florida for a number of events.
On Thursday, April 6th at 7 pm Shakir spoke on the subject of "Muslims in America: Challenges and Opportunities," at the University of Miami's Learning Center building, co-sponsored by the school's Department of Religious Studies and the Islamic Society at UM.
Then on Friday, April 7, the Madinah Foundation presented 'A Night of Reflection; The Ethical Standard of the Prophet Muhammad; Controlling Anger, Promoting Understanding Through Wisdom,' a lecture by Shakir. The free event was that time held at the Darul Uloom Institute in Pembroke Pines.
Both events were well-attended with positive reaction from attendees.
At UM, Religion 101 students received extra credit for attending the Shakir lecture thanks to longtime ISUM supporter and head of the school's Religious studies department, Dr. Stephen Sapp.
ISUM president Sarah Uddin greeted the Shakir visit with excitement and praised the turnout.
"We had an awesome turnout! I'm really happy with the program last night. Imam Zaid's speech was super engaging. He was able to reach so many non-Muslim students and ISUM alumni, in addition to the rest of the ISUM gang, who all came out," she said.
A mainstay at such prominent national Musilm community events as the annual convention of the Islamic Society of North America—where he often speaks at the main stage in front of tens of thousands—Shakir was born in Berkeley, California. He accepted Islam in 1977 while serving in the United States Air Force and obtained a BA with honors in International Relations at the American University in Washington D.C. and an MA in Political Science from Rutgers University.
Spending time overseas in Egypt, Syria, and Morocco, Shakir studied Arabic as well as the traditional Islamic sciences including Islamic law, Quran, and Islamic spirituality. Upon returning, he co-founded Masjid al-Islam in Connecticut and taught Political Science at the Southern Connecticut State University. He has translated several books from Arabic into English including "The Heirs of the Prophet."
Since 2003, he has acted as a professor and scholar-in-residence at the Zaytuna Institute & Academy, alongside fellow well-known Muslim community speaker, Hamza Yusuf Hanson, also from Northern California.
The Madinah Foundation, which was largely responsible for Shakir's visit, is the local Zaytuna Affiliate in South Florida, staffed by former community youth and college activists who grew up attending Islamic studies programs around the country and listening to speakers such as Shakir and Hanson as role-models, and also organizes annual Islamic study retreats in Zaytuna's "Deen Intensive Style"—part nature retreat/camp, part traditional Islamic educational experience trying to recreate pre-Colonial modes of Islamic education—throughout the state.
CAIR-FLORIDA: 'Urge Legislators to Oppose Bill'
CAIR-FL, along with groups such as Florida Immigration Advocacy Center (FIAC) and the Muslim Student Association (MSA) at the University of Southern Florida in Tampa called for the withdrawal of proposed legislation that would prohibit state funds from being used to provide financial aid to university and college students on visas. The statement came on April 24.
Florida House Bill 205 and Senate Bill 458 target students that hold visas and receive financial support from Florida to attend state schools. A similar bill 2003 HB 31, introduced by Rep. Dick Kravitz, R-Jacksonville three years ago targeting some Muslim countries was defeated during the senate hearing.
FAU Students hold Annual 'Scholar's Night'
The Muslim Student Organization at Florida Atlantic University held it's seventh Annual Scholar's Night on Saturday, April 22nd, at the Life Long Center Auditorium on the FAU Campus in Boca Raton. Entitled: "Believe it or not, you were born Muslim!" and featuring a lecture by local speaker Fadi Kablawi, the event was of a preaching nature, its flier posing the question: "What do you call a religion whose beliefs, practices and followers are being bashed and bad-mouthed in practically every sphere of activity, in almost every corner of the globe, yet it attracts ever-increasing number of people? A Miracle? A Paradox? or simply THE TRUTH: ISLAM." Such straightforward, declarative and reactionary themes have become more rare in Islamic events in the post-9/11 environment. The lecture featured free admission and dinner and was open to all interested. The FAU MSO has seen a resurgent past semester of activity.


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Hi all,
I haven't posted here in months, but I do come back to lurk, enjoying all your fantastic photos. You are all extremely talented! I just wanted to try something different here. Please keep in mind:
Here goes....(click on the links) I took a walk yesterday on my Dad's property, (which is quite overgrown since I moved away many, many years ago.) I wanted to find my old "play" areas to see how they've changed. Come with me. At the edge of a meadow stands an old A-frame, which my Dad built out of left-over and scratch lumber. This was a great hide-out. We'll take a path headed East, an old dirt road that has grown over, as you can see. We are headed for the creek, my favorite place to play. The path winds around and through an old evergreen plantation, which used to be filled with christmas trees. One of my jobs was to trim them to Christmas-tree shapes. The path continues past the plantation, where patches of red clover are growing freely....and a closeup. Here's a healthy 4' Scotch Pine that would make a nice Christmas tree, if you like long needles. These Wildflowers brightened up my day: Ox-Eye Daisies,Crown vetch, and Birdfoot trefoil. Now, we have a challenge. I must traverse a deep water-filled ditch, then a multilane highway, then another deep ditch to continue my journey. Due to "progress", my Dad's land was sliced in half. Fortunately, the state paid him well for the lower half. It's just a shame that the lower half is now landlocked (I think that's the right word.) It used to be farmed. So much of our farmland is being taken over by progress. After carefully crossing over the ditchline, I made it to the edge of the road. Now this is a bit tricky, because I must cross four lanes of 65 mph traffic. And as you all know, most cars exceed the speed limit. Made it safely to the other side and NOTHING looks like it used to. The dirt road is gone, and I must find my way through grass that is as tall as me. (Sorry about the blurriness in that one. I set it for infinity - still learning!) But the color of the plumes is pretty anyway. Growing where a pond used to be is a female Willow that is spreading its seeds. The tree is about 40' tall, and wasn't there when I was a kid! Under the shade of the Willow is a Multiflora Rose. Here's a Damselfly, which was hard to focus in on w/o scaring it away. Getting closer to the creek, we must watch for fallen trees, and many thorny vines and brambles. I just can't find my old adventure path! Oh, I know why - because that was DECADES ago!....plus the fact that we were recently deluged with flooding rains here in the midwest. I could see as I was walking, that the floodwaters reached out into the lowland grassy area to about 2 feet high, since I noticed dried dusty mud on all the native plants. So the creek of course couldn't hold all the raging waters. I wanted to find the Beaver dams that my son had told me about, but couldn't get close enough to photograph any. Pike Creek has subsided now, as most of the waters have continued on their way to Lake Michigan. We kids used to swing across the creek on ropes, or walk across on fallen trees. I imagine there were many generations of kids that did the same. Winter freezing provided fun ice skating, and I always managed to find a thin spot to fall through. Heading back, I found this animal track which I can't identify. Can you? Through the tall grasses, over the ditch, and before crossing Hwy 31, I shot this Cinquefoil. Quickly crossing the highway, through the second ditch, and I'm back on my Dad's property. Taking a path West, I passed another plantation of trees that need trimming. Grass needs mowing, too! Come on up here this winter and cut your own, if you'd like! Finally back to Dad's house, I found one more play area with my old swing still hanging by rusty chains, bringing back memories of swinging as high as I could to try and pick a pear off the nearest tree. Enough, already!
Julie |
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- Posted by konrad___far_north (My Page) on Sat, Jun 21, 08 at 1:48
That is a very interesting picture story. Liked it immensly. Konrad your pictures are great too. |
- Posted by luvtosharedivs (My Page) on Sun, Jun 22, 08 at 23:01
Thanks, both of you! You're right, Konrad, visiting the past brings back great child memories of adventuresome times. Thanks for sharing your pics! What a fine, huge farmhouse, and well kept up too! Julie |
- Posted by kentuck_8b (My Page) on Sun, Jun 22, 08 at 23:57
Wow, Jule, that had to take a lot of time to compose. Very nice story and excellent pics to go along with it. I bet that was a very memorable walk. Thanks for sharing! Nice, Konrad. Looks like the farmhouse was added on to recently. Those jersey cows are for producing cheese? Thanks for sharing. Kt |
- Posted by konrad___far_north (My Page) on Mon, Jun 23, 08 at 20:56
Thank you all! ""Looks like the farmhouse was added on to recently."" Yes, about 30 years ago when my Brother got married and took "Those jersey cows are for producing cheese? " Yes and no, |
Here is a link that might be useful: Appenzeller Cheese
- Posted by kentuck_8b (My Page) on Mon, Jun 23, 08 at 22:36
That cheese sounds delicious! I'm going to have to find me some. Kt |
- Posted by luvtosharedivs (My Page) on Tue, Jun 24, 08 at 8:57
Kt, Thanks for your kind words! Konrad, Julie |
Just wandered over here for the first time (I'm usually on the garden side) and have to say I am so impressed with all your photos. Julie, your picture story was a pure delight to read and see. I was particularly taken with the old A-frame and the swing, but loved all the pics. Konrad, what a beautiful farmhouse! And the surroundings - oh my, I really must get to Switzerland one day. I'll be looking for that cheese, as well. : ) Diana |
Julie-that was a very nice past revisited...loved it...That would be nice if you made a 'book' of this from your printer to pass on to your kids/grandkids. Nice one too, Konrad! Juanita |
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Around this time yesterday it appeared as though the Boston Red Sox were well on their way to AL East domination for several years with the acquisition of Adrian Gonzalez from the San Diego Padres for three prospects. The deal had been agreed to, and MLB gave the team special dispensation to negotiate a contract with the first baseman prior to the trade going through.
Today, things are a little bit different. In addition to the team being unable to come to terms with Gonzalez, Jayson Werth, a free agent that many considered likely to sign in Boston, was snatched up by the Washington Nationals for the paltry sum of $126 million over seven years.
If that's what it cost to win Werth over, I'm not so sure that other AL East executives will be happy that the Red Sox missed out.
As for Gonzalez, it's assumed that the slugger was looking for a contract similar to what Mark Teixeira signed with the Yankees ($180 million over eight years). However, the Red Sox weren't willing to go higher than six years with their offer.
After Werth signed his deal with the Nationals, Gonzalez looks like a genius for holding out for more from the Red Sox. John Morosi suggests that with the negotiation window closed without a contract being signed, the deal between Boston and San Diego seems unlikely, but then again anything could happen.
In fact the only sure thing is that a lot of AL East front office types will be sleeping easier in Orlando tonight.
UPDATE: Wake up AL East GMs. The deal has gone through. Details of the contract extension likely won't be made official until after the Spring, in order for the Red Sox to avoid additional luxury tax payments.


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What seeds will you be winter sowing on Saturday? Seeds of Remembrance - In honor of my Great Aunt Johnny Jump Ups Seeds of Life - (Fruit or Nectar) American Persimmon trees Seeds of Trees - Golden Rain Trees Seeds of Faith - Seeds that are at least six years old Don |
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Once my first seed order from Swallowtail arrives (which may be not until after Saturday, but we will see), I shall be planting these: Remembrance- "Soulmate" Milkweed. Anything that attracts butterflies reminds me of my one best friend who passed away tragically six years ago in a car wreck the summer before senior year in high school. Life- "Milkmaid" Milkweed, since the Monarchs lay their eggs on milkweeds. Trees-I don't have any tree seeds, but for that, I shall plant either "Blue Globe" Globe Thistle or some "Pretty Betsy" Jupiter's Beard. They both look like a miniature tree or remind me of the structure of a tree. Faith- Veronica "Sightseeing Mixture". I haven't had much luck with WSing Veronicas/Speedwells. So, I shall plant them and have faith that I shall see sprouts when the warmer weather arrives. Brad AKA Moonwolf |
I will observe solstice by sowing various clematis seeds. My garden beds are too full and I have many plants still in holding beds so won't be planting different seeds for each part of the celebration, only the clematis seeds. |
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I put out 4 jugs today for solstice too... the beginning of the wintersowing season! Remembrance: Zinnias (my great grandmother's family name was Zinniak) Life: Lady in Red Salvia (for the butterflies and bees) Tree: Mimosa Faith: Seeds gathered here and there - or "what I did on my summer vacation" Glad to join the tradition with all of you. And a special "Thanks" to wintersown.org for getting me started on all of it. George |
Happy Solstice to everyone ! I participated, a little.... I found a few minutes for me in what was a really busy day with way too many interruptions and sowed my helleborus foetidus seed that arrived moist packed this week. I really wish I were clever enough to make that significant somehow, but what can I tie stinking hellebore, aka bears foot hellebore, to so I can announce some kind of meaningful connection ;) I wanted it, I like this plant, what else can I say. In my former garden it was blooming for me by Halloween and still looked good in May and I didn't bring it with me when I moved. Also the deer don't bother it, so the helleborus seeds became my little bit of celebrating this afternoon. |
I like reading your solstice meaningful connections. Altho I have not yet done any planting I did receive a surprise in the mail, Sweetgrass seeds. I don't remember ordering them, maybe they are a sample. Sweetgrass is regarded as sacred by Native Americans, and I do remember writing to one catalog company and asking them if they carried it. It is said to smell like vanilla. |
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"Wall Street 2," the sequel to the '80s tome about unfettered greed, "Wall Street," opens this weekend. I never saw the first "Wall Street" — I was in elementary school when it came out and still think a hedge fund is money you save to buy new shrubbery — so I'll probably skip "Wall Street 2." But! There are a bunch of movie sequels we Frisky gals would love to make a reality. And it's just a matter of time before some uncreative studio jumps on these sure-to-be-hit film ideas! Movie moguls, call us! Keep reading »
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MISSOULA — With controversy swirling around Montana's medical marijuana industry, Gov. Brian Schweitzer paid his first visit to a medical marijuana clinic on Thursday, where he made clear both his continued support for a legally sanctioned medical marijuana industry and his belief that new legislation governing the industry is imminent and necessary.
"I think it's unrealistic to say to legitimate medical patients that have found benefit from medical marijuana that you can no longer access this," said Schweitzer. "I think we need to tighten up the laws. The business has gotten out ahead of the regulatory environment, and we need to build some boundaries."
In a 45-minute meeting with Rick Rosio, president and CEO of Missoula's Montana Pain Management, the governor received a crash course in the challenges facing professional medical marijuana caregivers in Montana. Rosio, who started his Missoula-based growing operation and caregiver business in December 2008, said the lack of regulation and standardized business practices hurts his business as much as it worries people who are unfamiliar with the applications and benefits of medical marijuana.
"If I sold hot dogs, I could go down and get a line of credit" from a commercial lender, Rosio said. "With the cash flow I have, we could show the ability to generate tremendous revenue. But none of the financial institutions will work with us on a credit line because they don't understand the business.
"I pay taxes, I pay FICA, I do everything every other business does, and I'll tell you what, I'm in the hole a half a million bucks."
Rosio described his business as a growing, legitimate operation, pointing to its acquisition by Cannabis Science Inc., a publicly traded company based in Colorado Springs, Colo., earlier this week. "We are the first cannabis clinic to be owned by a publicly traded company in order to develop this model and to provide more jobs in Montana," Rosio said. "We don't hide anything. Our books are all open here."
Schweitzer, who earned college degrees in agronomy and soil science and spent years as a rancher in Whitefish, said he was impressed by the sophistication of Rosio's operation. He said he believed the primary issue facing the medical marijuana industry in Montana today is "an image problem" — made notably worse in recent months by scattered cases of violence involving registered medical marijuana caregivers in the state.
Schweitzer even admitted that he harbored his own preconceived — and not entirely charitable — notions of what Rosio's business would look like before his visit.
Schweitzer and Rosio discussed several of the ideas being floated around the state to tighten regulation of the industry. Both agreed that the number of independent, commercial growers should be limited, and that taxation of medical marijuana was likely necessary in order to pay for increased regulation.
"If we have some 1,400 or 4,000 of these providers, it's impossible for the state of Montana to monitor the growing and the distribution," Schweitzer said. "Maybe we need to severely limit the number of people who have grow operations. Also, limit the number of providers, in much the same way as we limit the number of lawyers we have, we limit the number of doctors we have, we limit the number of pharmacists we have, and we need to inspect these operations to make sure they're growing only what they need for their patients and they're supplying marijuana only for their patients."
Rosio said caregivers — particularly smaller operators — and patients who choose to grow their own medical marijuana struggle to remain within the letter of the law, given the strict limits on the number of plants and amount of processed marijuana allowed for each registered medical marijuana patient.
"The mom-and-pops who manufacture for themselves, who are taking care of themselves, have a great difficulty staying legal," Rosio said. "We need (to legalize) caregiver-to-caregiver transfers to be able to provide overages to other licensed caregivers."
Schweitzer called Thursday's visit a learning experience — though he was careful to keep an arm's distance from Montana Pain Management's products.
"I'm a little uncomfortable around all of this," Schweitzer said as Rosio showed him a tray of processed medical marijuana, adding a note of caution to the first dog at his side: "Don't eat anything, Jag."


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Hello, just wondering how i would find out what size string i need for my cheapo crossbow.
string snapped and i want to make sure i get the right one, should i just measure from tip to tip?
any help would be great!
Hello, just wondering how i would find out what size string i need for my cheapo crossbow.
string snapped and i want to make sure i get the right one, should i just measure from tip to tip?
any help would be great!
It would help to know what kind of "cheapo" crossbow you have... Most of the "cheap" 120 to 175 lb. recurve crossbows use a 26 to 27 inch string. If you have an MK or similar "clone", the crossbow store (a sponsor of this forum) sells them for a very reasonable price. When strung, it should give you a brace height of 3 to 3 1/2 inches. If the prod uses replaceable tips, they should be replaced at the same time, and are usually available in "kit" form. A package contains 2 tips and string. Don't forget to wax the crap out of it.
I generally buy more expensive, higher quality strings, and got over 1100 shots out of one before the serving needed work.
Joe T. MK150 (some mods)
Chace-Star 225
Jaguar 175
True-Flite gold Stalkers w/125 gr. Rage 2" Slip-Cams on Chace
"home-brew" 2219 shafts w/125 gr 1.5"Slip-Cams on MK & Jag
My cheapo (Man Kung) came with a 26.75" string from the factory for its 27" prod, but I found I needed to twist it a ridiculous number of times to get a decent brace height (which still wasn't quite where I wanted it, but was serviceable), so I now order custom 26" strings from a certain well known auction site. I put one on and after it stretches a bit (B50), it gives me the perfect brace height without having to twist it till it looks like a barber pole. The center serving on the factory string also started to go after about a dozen and a half shots. Not so with these higher quality strings. The custom ones cost me 2-3X more than the factory ones, but they are so worth it.
@ XbowX,
If you noticed the last line of my post above, I generally buy better strings for my hunting bows. Yeah, the "factory" MK strings need 13 to 17 twists to brace up to 3 1/2". If you can find them, Bear Archery put out a decent 26" string which goes for 10 to 11 bucks... Still, I could buy 3 of them for what I paid for the custom one with 1100 shots on it. That string is "in storage awaiting repair." (Noteworthy that the center serving is merely beginning to "stretch out" away from the rail. The damage is from the cocking rope, not the rail. It still has not worn through or unraveled. The actual "string" portion is still untouched.)
Newtothegame stated that his string "broke"... No mention of serving wear, and my imagination tells me it was either due to a misfire or dry fire. If my assumption is accurate, he needs new tips, too. The easiest way to get it all is a "kit". As he gains experience, he'll learn what games he can or cannot play with his equipment.
That being said, I just ordered 2 MK string kits from the Crossbow Store for the 120s the grandchildren use... I see no sense in putting a $35.00 string on a $65.00 bow for an 8 year old to drag around the yard... So the cheap strings still have a place in my life... And it looks like I'll be buying another 4 120 prods in the near future... I need to build a string jig! ;-}
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Joe T. MK150 (some mods)
Chace-Star 225
Jaguar 175
True-Flite gold Stalkers w/125 gr. Rage 2" Slip-Cams on Chace
"home-brew" 2219 shafts w/125 gr 1.5"Slip-Cams on MK & Jag
i use the Poe Lang, Jaguar or Armex strings @ 26.5" & put 4 turns on them. You will find these have decent serving & also on the loops. Far better quality.
Thanks for the website lots of good stuff I might have to oredr some more toys from there
I had a no name recurve but I got rid of it after avfew people told me some of some problems with it.
I now have a carbon express x-force 350 and the guys at my local gun shop are going to restring it for me if it breaks in the first year so hopefully my string snapping days are behind me for a while lol
Thabks for all of the help though


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Doug Ohlemeier, Eastern EditorA legal battle pitting the Environmental Protection Agency and environmental groups against Florida's farming interests is moving forward.
Until a June 7 court ruling, a water quality standards case remained in a legal holding pattern, said Kerry Kates, director of the Maitland-based Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association's water and natural resources.
On June 7, Florida administrative law judge Bram Canter upheld rules issued by Florida's Department of Environmental Protection.
Unlike earlier federal EPA-proposed rules, the Florida agency attempted to add some sanity into the process through a transparent rulemaking procedure that was shaped through local lawmakers and natural resource scientists.
Claiming the EPA's water rules weren't strict enough, the Earth Justice environmental activist group in 2010 sued the EPA and claimed the agency wasn't enforcing the 1998 Clean Water Act in Florida.
The EPA then proposed strict numeric nutrient water quality standards mandating regulation of all of the state's waterways, including manmade canals, ditches and storm water conveyance systems.
Growers called the rules unrealistic and unattainable.
They said the rules could cripple not only the state's agricultural production but also burden local water districts and destroy thousands of Florida jobs.
In south Florida, where numerous canals supply irrigation water, the EPA soon realized the fallacy of regulating the non-natural waterways when even the region's water districts didn't possess data on each canal, Kates said.
"You have the environmental groups suing to increase regulations and a federal judge deciding biology," said Rick Roth, president of Belle Glade, Fla.-based Roth Farms and principal owner of Ray's Heritage LLC, which grows and packs corn, beans, radishes, lettuce and other vegetables.
"It's like, who's representing the good guys in this?"
After the EPA backed away from its earlier regulations, environmentalists sued in federal court to require enforcement of the Clean Water Act.
Roth characterized the federal process as distorted and said it will only mean more money spent on hiring lawyers instead of investing in ways to protect natural resources that growers care about as well.
"This has become the normal way of doing business where you don't have to go through any kind of regulatory and congressional hearings," Roth said.


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Sugar Coating? That is for those who live in a beautiful ignorant - yet blissful world of their own.
I gave birth to my first child (husband's first child also) this February. What we didn't expect was that we would be doing it 101 days early. To reiterate - it was 101 days, 3 months and 13 days early, or simply put I gave birth at 25 weeks and 4 days gestation to a micro-preemie.
My beautiful (I'm bias) son was born at night - but not last night. Ba dun tiss... He was, in all actuality, born on a pretty miserable wet, rainy, night in February. But, I'm skipping quite a few parts here. I need to put everything into context.
My pregnancy was pretty normal, easy, boring, and plain. I'd like to think that I had it fairly easy compared to what some women endure. I did happen to have the normal hallmarks though - I even had terrible morning sickness from week 6 until I delivered at week 25. Beyond that, I was considered normal and healthy. I was a pretty normal neurotic paranoid first time mommy-to-be. I felt a little more concerned than some because we had a spontaneous miscarriage prior to conception with our son. It was a pretty heartbreaking experience. It made me all the more paranoid but protective of my growing baby. Week after week - I was thrilled at all the new things. I finally felt solid kicks, jabs, and punches at week 20! My anterior placenta got in the way of movements prior. We rubbed "the bump," we talked to "the bump," and naturally after we found out the sex at the anatomy screening at week 18 we started naming "the bump."
We made plans for the future - especially since we had to move to a new state as my husband is a service member. We were going to move at roughly 26 weeks gestation, husband would go to training at 28 to 34, and he would come home in time to nest and have our youngster. Nope! Not in the plans!!
My husband finished signing out of the base we're currently stationed at, the movers were coming the next day, and we took a nap on the couch. We took a sweet, relaxing, two hour nap on the couch - not that I had done much of anything all day. I won't lie - I utilized pregnancy privileges. We woke up and I decided to separate my jewelry and move it in my personal vehicle as most would. I sat on the bed and began having some pretty strong contractions. Having Braxton Hicks since week 19, I didn't think much of them. They became repetitive and stronger. I went to the bathroom - hell, maybe I ate something just awful. It didn't fix the BACK LABOR I now know I was having... I called my mother-in-law and asked her what to do about "bad" contractions. She questioned back and suggested I call my OB. I chickened out on the emergency line... until I felt an abnormal pushing in my - you know... ahem… lady area. My doctor told me to come to triage and get checked out - and here is where the magic happened.
I emerged from the bathroom in tears and told my husband we had to go to the emergency room. He moved in slow motion. He drove in slow motion. We arrived - thank goodness! And he asks if I can walk in so he can park. Mmm, sweet sweet back labor. I begin to walk in holding my stomach scared of what is happening. A security guard sees me and gets me in a wheelchair and begins pushing me past everyone and everything. I get past the first set of ID protocol and they wheel me up to Labor & Delivery while I'm having now 5 minute contractions from the previous 10 minute. My husband finds me! yay! Oh, ow... and they hand me a dress, tell me to change, and to pee in a cup. I can't pee in the cup. I'm in the oh-so-Zen labor room. This is the room where women are waiting their turn with music and family around to go into labor. I come out of the bathroom in tears 'cause I can't pee in a stupid cup, I'm having back labor, and I'm shaking uncontrollably. They lay me on the table and the nurse "checks me out." She looks me in the face and says, "Oh darling, you're having the baby tonight." Talk about shock. She begins yelling words like: fully dilated, bloody show, a head and some bits. So, they wheel me into the delivery room and there are so many nurses around. Did I mention I'm in shock? My OB comes in and he puts the ultrasound probe on my stomach and turns from the monitor to face me. His game face is on. That's a good sign... right?
Then, there is a sweet voice. One of the women who works in the NICU she tells me my son is early. He'll be in the NICU. I don't understand what she's saying, but she's calm. I'm hyperventilating, scared, crying, breathing, shock, everything. They begin wheeling me to surgery where exclaim to my husband, "CALL MY DAD!" My husband kisses me on the forehead and says he loves me and that everything will be ok. What does he know? We get to surgery and I can't move my arms... they're strapped to the gurney I'm on. I'm pretty sure I'm naked, but I can't really tell. There are only like 8-12 people in here and they're all staring at my nude body. At least I shaved my legs today... win? It's so loud. The doctor is screaming that he's not waiting for anyone. There is an oxygen mask on my face when I whimper out, "I'm not under yet!" I go out.
When I wake up, I'm in a dark room with my husband and my stomach is flat. A girl is asking me questions about if I'm ever sad. Then, the NICU neonatologist is somehow magically there and starts talking about my son. I got the privilege to meet him approximately four hours or more later. He was small. He was very red. He had a ventilator tube down his throat. His legs were terribly bruised as well as his back as he was breech. Within three hours of waking up from a nap, I gave birth to my son.
I write this now, just one month from his original due date. He is now 35 weeks gestation and a little over 2 months actual age. He's still in the NICU growing and trying to come home to be with us. I share in his triumphs and I cry when the days are bad. 71 days in the NICU and counting... and I've visited him everyday except two so far (illness). I've watched him go from the Vent, to the Nava, to CPAP, to hopefully nothing ever again. I've watched lines go in and out of his fragile body. I listened to him cry for the first time about four days after he was born and the vent tube was removed. I've watched his body go from tissue to skin. I've seen a preemie outfit go from swallowing him whole to being too tight. All I want is for him to stay healthy and to grow as he has. I've never been so proud. 71 days ago I'd never felt such a heart wrenching paralyzing fear immediately followed by deep, genuine, sincere, unconditional love for another. I am a stronger person because of my son and he doesn't even know it.
At my postpartum checkup 6 weeks later, I was in tears from all the big bumps women were walking around with – and I was empty and alone on the visit. My doctor told me that he cannot tell me what happened as I arrived fully dilated and having contractions. I had no signs: no blood, water breaking, mucus plug, nadda. His best guess he said was that I have an incompetent cervix. He said that if I choose to have another child, that I should get a cerclage at 13 weeks. He said that I'm likely to have another preemie and that I'd be a high risk pregnancy next go around.
I miss not getting to experience any of my third trimester that women complain about and shouldn't. I'll miss not having the opportunity to take maternity photos. I'll bite my tongue when women complain about having to be induced. I will cry when I realize I should still be pregnant. I cry because I did everything right my whole pregnancy and didn't get to live the fairytale.I'll still be angry because of my Post Traumatic Stress. Most of all - I'll still cry because I know my son shouldn't have to fight to survive.
But even though
The unexpected emergency c-section (classical style) I had was not glamorous or beautiful, but I would do it again because it gave me my son and that's all I really wanted. And now all I want is for him to stay healthy, grow, and come home to be with me (and daddy too).
You are so amazing to sit and write about this!!
I do have one question for you, did you ever have a LEEP procedure prior to this pregnacy? I know that raises a risk for preterm labor and incompetent cervix.. I had a LEEp done in december 2013, and we are considering possibly ttc again after my next pap (providing its normal). Just wondering if that was your case as well.
I've never had a LEEP procedure. I've only just had regular annual papsmears that have been returned as normal. All my OB appointments while pregnant also were very normal and healthy. I always felt a little looked over because of my miscarriage, but doctors don't seem to take much notice in it until you have three in one year is how they do it here. My mother had me one month early, but that doesn't really provide me much information as to why I'd have a baby three months early. Que sera sera, I guess...
Good luck on trying to conceive! We're probably going to wait until our son gets to age two before we attempt to have another child - Doctors say around then he should meet his milestones and even out to his peers in maturity. It's a long way away from now though - we gotta master feedings, keeping him healthy, and taking him home.
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GOP governors ask Obama for 'prompt answers' about his 'seriously flawed' health care overhaul
Rick Perry wasn't the first one out of the box but he has plenty of company.
According to published reports, as many as eight of the nation's 29 Republican governors staunchly oppose expanding Medicaid and creating a state-run health insurance exchange under the federal health care law: Perry and his counterparts in Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska and South Carolina. Another seven GOP governors are believed to be leaning against, with the remaining 14 undecided.
On Tuesday, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, the chairman of the Republican Governors Association, wrote a letter peppering President Barack Obama with 13 questions about the law's inducements for states to add poor adults to Medicaid and 17 more queries about the exchanges, where federal subsidies will help low-to-middle income individuals and families buy private health coverage.
Many were technical but there were enough subtle digs to remind that Obama and the GOP governors are in a delicate dance: He needs them, for his landmark health law to have a chance of working. And while they don't need the president, most walk a fine line between appeasing fiscal conservatives dead-set against expanding the Medicaid entitlement and persuading safety-net hospitals, doctors and other highly interested parties that they're not just rejecting beaucoup federal bucks in knee-jerk fashion — that they've thought about it soberly. McDonnell's letter to the prez (which you can read here) struck a brisk and business-like, if impatient tone.


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Click Frenzy Starts Tonight It's dubbed as the sale that stops a nation and tonight, Australia's first national online-only mega sale begins. it's called Click Frenzy and TODAY Finance Expert Ross Greenwood had all the details. For more information head to http://www.clickfrenzy.com.au/.
Complementary Medicine A new report has found that a whopping 98 percent of commonly used complementary medicines like vitamins aren't being tested for safety and quality by the Australian authorities. Carol Bennett from the Consumer's Health forum joined TODAY to explain more.
Entertainment News With Richard Wilkins TODAY had all the latest showbiz news and biggest films to hit our screens. And in downtown Los Angeles at the Nokia Theatre the music industry celebrated the 40th Anniversary of the American Music Awards.
What's Making News TODAY was joined by Ray Hadley from 2GB to discuss the latest media headlines.
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Funeral services will be at 11 a.m., Saturday, March 29, 2014, at Boone Funeral Home in Greenville. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens under the direction of Boone Funeral Home of Greenville.
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She was born in Drew, where she received her education. In 1954 she married Douglas Lee Gordon Sr. and they lived in Cleveland until making their home in Greenville since 1974. She was employed with Hager Hinge Company until retiring in 1993. She attended Temple Baptist Church. She was a devoted Mother and Grandmother.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 1996; her mother, Ivy Green; a son, Roland Gordon; a daughter, Barbara Holman; two grandsons, Scottie Smith and Jerry Smith; and two sisters, JoAnn Ray Green and Stella Porter.
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On Saturday 17 of July 2010 13:03:33 Petteri Räty wrote: > On 07/17/2010 01:53 PM, Maciej Mrozowski wrote: > > After gathering some feedback, after addressing reported issues, now I > > feel it's ready for public consumption. especially when static-libs is > > being used more and more often. It's purpose is to become standard > > eclass for autotools build systems. > > > > Brief description: > > autotools-utils.eclass is autotools.eclass (so libtool.eclass) and > > base.eclass (so eutils.eclass) wrapper providing all inherited features > > (it is guaranteed, no need to additionally inherit any of those) along > > with econf arguments as Bash array, out of source build with overridable > > build dir location, static archives handling, libtool files removal, > > enable/disable debug handling. It's modelled after cmake-utils and > > resembles it in many aspects for consistency. > > Maybe choose some other name. For me -utils in an eclass name means a > set of helper functions. I would name it so the name reflects that it's > meant to be used as the main build system provider. It's for consistency with existing cmake-utils.eclass, which is main cmake buildsystem provider (no idea why it wasn't called just 'cmake' by initial commiters). Unfortunately autotools name is already taken and extending autotools so much (adding new defined phases) is not possible (nor is renaming) as far as I understand. -- regards MM
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As they enter the training circle at Curves, female guests come face-to-face with the smiles of other women. And just as points on a circle share a common distance from the circle's center, workout participants share the experiences of those nearby by trading stations throughout the 30-minute training session. One minute is spent on a piece of strength-training equipment built for feminine frames and designed to work two opposing muscle groups with a single movement. Exercisers then move on to a recovery station, where they run, jog, or dance to maintain heart rates and keep platforms in place during momentary losses of gravity.
Incorporating lifting, basic gymnastics, and cardio, CrossFit Absolute bolsters bodies with a broad fitness formula, used in high-intensity locales such as police academies and military special-operations units. Small-group classes contain four to eight participants who boost group mind as they fortify bodies for fitness with squats, sit-ups, push-ups, and heart-pumping pinky crunches. CrossFit promises universal scalability, meaning that loads and intensities of classes may be adjusted to accommodate anyone from a bench-pressing neophyte to a champion heavyweight capable of crushing a brick with a sneeze. CrossFit schedules its svelte-sessions all day Monday–Saturday.
Snap Fitness's around-the-clock gyms enable members of all ages and lifestyles to work on their physical well-being with a cornucopia of fitness equipment. With convenient 24-hour access, members don't have to let The Man tell them when to help themselves to Snap's strength and cardio equipment. For those who exercise during conventional hours, Snap's friendly, unintimidating atmosphere welcomes patrons of all ability levels, unlike schoolyard dodge-ball squads. Members also enjoy nationwide access to all Snap Fitness locations, ideal for working out while traveling.
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For a dose of custom advice, patrons can seek out a personal-training session with a certified coach, who helps them assess and address their fitness goals. Clients reap the benefit of individual attention as a personal trainer helps them tackle weight loss, prepare for an arm-wrestling competition, or unveil the mysteries of arcane cable-weight machines.
At Escape to Yoga, the teachers love when a beginner musters the courage to give a class a try, whether it's yoga or cardio fitness. Their fun, accessible approach to yoga lessens the intimidation factor, especially after students attend a gentle hatha class, during which they'll learn the basic poses, proper alignment, and the most-stable pose for practicing on the wing of a flying airplane. The more fast-paced vinyasa-flow classes add a cardio aspect to get participants sweating while simultaneously helping them feel calmness spreading through their bodies, and the studio also hosts barre fusion and other calorie-attacking cardio sessions.
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Again for Murdoch, Romney Can Do No Right
As Mitt Romney considers a 2016 presidential run, he again finds ill will instead of favor from Rupert Murdoch, a reality that has pained and angered Mr. Romney's allies.
January 28, 2015, Wednesday
Hillary Clinton and Her Detractors: Reporter's Notebook
Amy Chozick describes the challenges of fairly reporting the shift in tone of the ire that is directed at Hillary Rodham Clinton.
January 27, 2015, Tuesday
Clinton Opponents Hone New Barbs and Attacks as 2016 Campaign Nears
Once called a '60s feminist, Hillary Rodham Clinton is now more often portrayed by her opponents as an out-of-touch elitist.
January 24, 2015, Saturday
A Scorsese Documentary on Bill Clinton Is Stalled
Martin Scorsese's planned documentary on the 42nd president has been shelved over disagreements about control, people briefed on the project said.
January 23, 2015, Friday
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Hillary Clinton Gives Her Own 'State of the Union'
Hillary Rodham Clinton, in her first public speech of the year, denounced the recent attacks in Paris, weighed in President Obama's State of the Union address and talked about ways to alleviate income inequality. She even impersonated Vladimir V....
January 21, 2015, Wednesday
Pondering What Obama's Speech Means for Clinton
When President Obama concluded his State of the Union address Tuesday night, in certain circles there was only one question: What does it mean for Hillary?
January 21, 2015, Wednesday
Head of Clinton Foundation Steps Down
The Clinton Foundation announced the departure of its chief executive, Eric Braverman, after just 18 months on the job.
January 9, 2015, Friday
On Vacation With the Obamas. Or Near Them, Anyway.
Amy Chozick, a political reporter, tells of her recent assignment: chronicling a tropical holiday with the first family.
December 31, 2014, Wednesday
President's Test: Family Vacation With Teenage Girls
As president, Barack Obama must contend with challenges of global importance. As a father, he potentially faces a home test: A two-week family vacation with teenage daughters.
December 29, 2014, Monday
Obama Addresses Afghan War's End on Christmas Visit
The president, with his wife, Michelle, thanked American troops for their service and went to a Marine base near their vacation home in Hawaii.
December 26, 2014, Friday
Clinton Speaks to Military Families
At an intimate and emotional reception to honor military families, Hillary Clinton invoked Alexis de Tocqueville in a speech about the need to take care of those who lose loved ones in the military.


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There have been amazing and moving scenes in Northland as the Waiho Papa Moana Hikoi made its way down from Cape Reinga to stand up for their coast, their way of life and for future generations. And they are not alone. They've been joined along the way by people from the East Cape and Kaikoura who are also under threat from deep sea oil drilling Today is the chance for Aucklander's to join this important movement in defence of our oceans by joining the Hikoi at 12 Noon at Britmart for the March up Queen St to the NZ Oil conference at SkyCity. Will you join us to make our all of our voices heard for a clean energy future? Meet us opposite Britomart today (Tuesday) at 12 noon -- click here for details. Statoil are a Norwegian Oil company who want to do risky deep sea drilling off Northl... Read more >
As New Zealand elected John Key's National Government for a third term, the world witnessed the largest climate protest in history. More than 600,000 people made the call for a clean energy future in the 'People's Climate March'. Climate Voter clocked in at more than 62,000 and showed that there is a strong desire in New Zealand for action on climate change, and for a cleaner smarter economy. New Zealand's election result is not a mandate for climate in-action. It is not a mandate for more deep sea oil drilling, fracking, mining, and more roads -- and we must not let it be seen as that. It's now up to all of us now to turn up the volume, maintain the momentum and transform those numbers online to numbers on the street! Like all effective movements, we take a long view and we keep on turnin... Read more >
At the Great Climate Voter Debate last week, politicians had the chance to tell the nation how their party plans to meet the challenge of climate change. It was a huge success. We had a sellout crowd at Q Theater, over 13,000 people tuned in to the live stream online, it was expertly moderated by Samantha Hayes and the #ClimateVoter hashtag was trending nationwide throughout. Along with our Climate Voter partners Forest & Bird, Oxfam, Generation Zero, 350 and WWF, our aim from the outset has been to put climate change on the agenda this election and we've succeeded.
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Bots are gay, plain and simple. Just like the lpbs. Turn them off.
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9th Apr 2000, 05:46 AM | #2 |
Now I'm not trying to get flamed, just speaking the truth. but look at the ratio of U players to UT players. I really don't think there's very many people that would want to run around collecting powerups waiting for someone else to join. I'm speaking for us lowly modem users. Usualy we find the first few servers with the lowest pings and join, no matter if there are any people in it. Sooner or later someone will join, if not a few minutes with bots doesn't hurt. Eventually if no one joins, the player will connect to the next server and repeat the process. Bots are just there to waste the time with (basicaly).
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I don't go to severs that have bots on them. That is a total waste of a server. If I wanted to play bots I would play them in bot mode.
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The bots are not as much of a problem on the Unreal servers as the UT servers. With my speedy 26,400 connection the fewer players, including bots, the better.
It is funny how many people play servers with bots but don't have a clue there are bots in the game. The one server that constantly ran DeathFan with Dick, the bot, would always have people who thought Dick was a real person. A few servers with bots are good for those who want to play them but I prefer to play without them. [img]/~unreal/ubb/html/smile.gif[/img] [This message has been edited by Callisto (edited 04-10-2000).] |
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The wooden mechanical Caterpillar model is a very good teaching aid as it shows some basic principles of both physics and engineering.
The Caterpillar is simply delightful; the wiggly motion of the body driven by the series of offset cams will fascinate young and old alike. It wiggles along, all the while watching the pretty butterfly overhead and dreaming of its' own metamorphosis.
Size = 19cm(l) x 7cm(w) x 20cm(h)
Create a moving wooden sculpture of a hungry crocodile.
Simply turn a crank to bring your figure to life, and watch as your creation snaps his fierce wooden teeth.
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The regal Dragon, famous from the valleys of Wales to the cultural myths of Asia for thousands of years! Dragons are protectors, predators to be slain by bold knights and cute little fire breathing hatchlings.
A series of crank operated linkages enable the dragon to lunge forward, opening his jaws, with the tongue moving forward in a dramatic fashion.
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From the Musician Series, this multi tasked talented Drummer manages to play two drums and two cymbals while swaying backwards and forwards and keeping two rhythms going, using a series of triangular and square cams attached to the crank handle.
Size = 16cm(l) x 7cm(w) x 22cm(h)
Woody Blues not only plays but sways to the music and taps his feet in tune to the music as well.
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Size = 14cm(l) x 7cm(w) x 23cm(h)
Build this cool wooden mechanical Guitarist, who not only plays his guitar, his leg goes in time to the music as he sings into his microphone.
Explore the science of movement and create your own band!
Size = 11cm(l) x 12cm(w) x 23cm(h)
Go back in time to when the T-Rex lived and thrived all those thousands of years ago.
Linkages create a realistic walking movement and open a dangerous looking jaw as the neck moves forward.
Universal Battery Kit. All you need to motorise your model. Just choose the right top size from within the kit to suit your model and assemble the battery kit according to the instructions. Suitable for use with all kits.
Requires 2 AA batteries, not supplied.
To enrich the learning experience, we've developed a highly adaptable self-assembly motor kit to bring all your fairground rides to life.
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METS showcases DAME award winners
Posted onThe DAME Award 2012 overall winner and six category winners in the annual Design Award METS competition, which were announced Tuesday at the Marine Equipment Trade Show in Amsterdam, were given a more formal showcase today by the international event.
The 22nd annual competition attracted 115 products from 25 countries, short-listed to 39 entries for final consideration.
The nine-member industry panel that chose the winners included U.S. technical journalist Nigel Calder, Andrea Frabetti, vice president of engineering for the Ferretti Group, and Jean-François de Premorel, development director of Prestige Yachts and the Ferretti Group.
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DALLAS, January 10th, 2013 — Oil is to the industrial age what wireless spectrum is to the information age. Access to the airwaves is required for smart phones, GPS navigation, almost all forms of messaging, as well as the many governmental and military uses that we never think about until something catches on fire.
Clearly this resource has quickly gone from a luxury to an essential part of our society's connectivity.
Julius Genachowski, current chairman of the FCC, announced at CES this week he will raise a proposal to release a "substantial amount of spectrum for Wi-Fi to relieve Wi-Fi congestion and increase speeds."
The specifics of the proposal are still unknown but most of the new bandwidth will come from unlicensed spectrum currently owned by several government agencies including the Defense Department. The Wi-Fi spectrum will be increased by almost 35% and be in the 5 GHz range.
This isn't the only method that Genachowski wants to use to speed up mobile broadband. The SEC has been pushing broadcasters to offer up their unused bandwidth to reduce some of the strain. Although they would receive compensation for allowing traffic to pass through their airwaves the industry has not been excited about this possibility. The fear is that if the shared bandwidth option actually works, the FCC and other government agencies might require more in that area, possibly leading to a reduction in the number of broadcasters.
Genachowski said, "We're in a global bandwidth race and our competitors are not slowing down".
The discussion of spectrum shortage is not a new one but has been heating up as of late. The problem is that almost all available wireless spectrum goes unused most of the time. This sounds strange but it's due in part to the fact that the private sector must purchase exclusive rights to use specific frequencies. On top of this the frequency often requires a specific location and purpose to be designated. This is an inefficient method of spectrum management and clearly a change is required.
The question becomes should the change increase or decrease bandwidth regulations.
Given the tendency of the government as of late to increase regulations it is likely that in the near future you will see the FCC allotting unused bandwidth owned by the private sector to fulfill various public needs. While this isn't inherently a bad thing, it will require oversight and management which gets expensive.
The better solution may be to reduce the requirements of the private sector to specify exactly what the bandwidth is used for and allow them to "rent out" spectrum when it is available. Either way will increase costs for someone, either the government or private industry.
The only thing for certain is that change is inevitable and someone needs to get in front of this before it happens.
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I hear that the Knoppix live-cd can be installed - so that it's not so-live anymore. Is this true? If so, how does one install a live-cd?
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- 09-07-2005 #1
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HELP/QUERY: Knoppix rules woes :S
I can't seem to get right-access to the harddrive anyway, so I can't even do a 1-to-1 copy off the CD onto the harddrive. Please can someone give me a dummies/newbie guide to installing the Knoppix live-cd.
- 09-07-2005 #2
Here you go.
http://www.bellevuelinux.org/knoppixinstall.htmlHow to know if you are a geek.
when you respond to "get a life!" with "what's the URL?"
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Thanks man. Also found out about knoppix-installer