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Fri Dec 23rd 2011 7.00am–10.00am
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7:01am | Money Shot Cosmonauts "North Side of the Pole" from Mike & Cindy's Ho Ho 2011 (none 2011) —Hilarious parody of Dark Side of the Moon. Love when Santa Claus laughs.Buy it! |
7:05am | Bobby Lloyd & the Skeletons "Do You Hear What I Hear / You Really Got Me" from Christmas Party With Eddie G (Columbia 1990) —One of the all-time perfect mash-up Xmas songs.Buy it! |
7:07am | Larissa Dalle "Far From Lonely" from Better Than Fruitcake (Sound System 2000) L —Great St. Louis singer came up with this lovely little song 11 years back.Buy it! |
7:14am | Clarence Carter "Back Door Santa" from Soul Christmas (Atlantic 1968) —I make all the little girls happy while the boys go out to play.Buy it! |
7:17am | Rogue Wave "Christmas" from This Warm December: A Brushfire Holiday Vol.1 (Brushfire 2009) —Sweet little Who cover.Buy it! |
7:20am | Stevie Wonder "Someday at Christmas" from Ultimate Motown Christmas Collection (Motown 2009) —One of them beautiful songs Stevie did so effortlessly.Buy it! |
7:22am | Doris Day "Here Comes Santa Claus" from Santamental Journey: Pop Vocal Christmas Classics (Rhino 1999) —Cat and I are long time fans of Doris Day.Buy it! |
7:25am | Shelby Lynne "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" from Christmas on KYULE 2010 (KYULE 2010) —You better watch out!Buy it! |
7:27am | Rufus Wainwright "Spotlight on Christmas" from McGarrigle Family Christmas Hour (Nonesuch 2005) —One of our fave Xmas songs of the last few years.Buy it! |
7:35am | Rough Shop "Just Because It Was Christmas" (Santa's Last Stop 2009) L —St. Louis band that put out one of my fave Xmas albums of recent vintage.Buy it! |
7:39am | Cyndi Lauper "Feels Like Christmas" from Hat Full of Stars (Epic 1993) —Not really a song about the season, but it understands the season, that's for sure.Buy it! |
7:44am | Bob Dylan "Must Be Santa" from Christmas in the Heart (Columbia 2009) —Bob Dylan apes Brave Combo - everybody wins.Buy it! |
7:49am | The Ronettes "Sleigh Ride" from A Christmas Gift For You (ABKCO 1963) —From the greatest holiday album of all time.Buy it! |
7:52am | Chris Stamey & the dB's "Christmas Time" from Ho-Ho-Hospice (Volunteer 2000) —A song I just love to death.Buy it! |
7:56am | Tim Lee 3 "Shiny Red Suit" from download (none 2011) N —Find their website and download it - this is such a great song!Buy it! |
8:03am | Louis Armstrong & the Commanders "Cool Yule" from Hipsters Holiday (Rhino 1991) —I'm gonna give up on comments - too much pressure today.Buy it! |
8:06am | Ella Fitzgerald "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" from KYULE 2002 (KYULE 2002)Buy it! |
8:08am | Louis Prima "Shake Hands With Santa" from Swingin' Christmas (Rhino 2001)Buy it! |
8:13am | Desmond Dekker "Christmas Day" from Reggae Christmas (Trojan trojanrecords.com)Buy it! |
8:16am | Rosemary Clooney "Christmas Time" from Lifetime Presents Christmas Belles (Rhino 2000)Buy it! |
8:21am | Rooney "Merry Christmas Everybody" from Have Yourself a Merry Chrismakuh (Warner Brothers 2004)Buy it! |
8:24am | XTC "Thanks For Christmas" from Just Say Noel (Geffen unk 1996)Buy it! |
8:28am | Ramones "Merry Christmas (I Don't Wanna Fight Tonight)" from Punk Rock christmas (Rhino 1995)Buy it! |
8:33am | Rosemary Clooney & Betty Clooney "Sisters" (Sepia 2006) N LBuy it! |
8:36am | Tight Pants Syndrome "Deep In My Heart It's Christmas" from Kdhxmas 2011: A Holiday Sampler (KDHX 2011)Buy it! |
8:39am | Julian Casablancas "I Wish It Was Christmas Today" from single (Unknown 2010)Buy it! |
8:42am | Fleming & John "Misty Mountain Wonderland" from unknown (Unknown)Buy it! |
8:46am | Mega-Hurts "All I Got For Christmas Was This Lousy Gun" from A Very Bert Dax Christmas Vol. 3 (Bert Dax Cavalcade Of Stars 2005) LBuy it! |
8:48am | The Blind Eyes "Christmas AM Gold" from A Very Bert Dax Christmas Vol. 7 (Bert Dax Cavalcade Of Stars 2008) N LBuy it! |
8:52am | Coconut Records "It's Christmas" from The Christmas Gig (Target www.target.com/b?node=2492229011&ref=sr_shorturl_holidayalbum 2010)Buy it! |
9:01am | Sister Rosetta Tharpe "Silent Night" from Billboard Greatest R&B Christmas Hits (Rhino 1990)Buy it! |
9:04am | Blind Boys of Alabama "Go Tell It on the Mountain" from Go Tell It On The Mountain (Real World 2003) —Featuring Tom Waits.Buy it! |
9:08am | James Brown "Let's Make Christmas Mean Something This Year" from Santa's Got A Brand New Bag (Rhino 1988)Buy it! |
9:16am | King Diamond "No Presents for Christmas" from Best of King Diamond (Roadrunner 2003)Buy it! |
9:20am | Pretenders "2000 Miles" from Cool Christmas (WEA 1993)Buy it! |
9:24am | The Roches "Deck the Halls" from We Three Kings (MCA 1990)Buy it! |
9:26am | The Pogues With Kirsty MacColl "Fairytale of New York" from Cool Christmas (WEA 1993)Buy it! |
9:30am | Rosanne Cash "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" from Acoustic Christmas (Columbia 1990)Buy it! |
9:34am | Aimee Mann & Michael Penn "Christmastime" from Just Say Noel (Geffen unk 1996)Buy it! |
9:43am | Rocket Park "Rudolph the Red Neck Reindeer" from Better Than Fruitcake (Sound System 2001)Buy it! |
9:48am | Wizzard "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" from Underground Garage Presents Christmas A Go Go (Wicked Cool www.wickedcool.com 2008)Buy it! |
9:52am | Ike & Tina Turner "Merry Christmas Baby" from KYULE 2002 (KYULE 2002)Buy it! |
9:54am | Darlene Love "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" from A Christmas Gift For You (ABKCO 1963)Buy it! |
Like everything else, times are approximate. Spinitron and this station are not liable for errors or omissions.

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Murmurs grew into fact quickly today: the Chicago Cubs will finally call up slugging prospect Anthony Rizzo. Rizzo came out of a Triple-A game Monday afternoon and was later seen leaving the ballpark, bats in hand. How the Cubs will fit Rizzo into their lineup doesn't matter too much for the Cubs (they're the Cubs) but it is good news for a team sorely lacking in the good news department.
Rizzo flies into the wind, at the track. And that's it. He's out of the game.
— Harry Pavlidis (@harrypav) June 25, 2012
Anthony Rizzo is an incredibly talent first baseman who is posting wacky numbers in the offense-wacky PCL. At just 22-years old, he represents a significant piece of the future in Wrigleyville. Of course, the runaway hype for Rizzo — more than Cubs manager Dale Sveum thinks he has ever seen before — can only float expectations higher than they any player can rightly expect.
In addition to crushing AAA this season, Rizzo destroyed the Pacific Coast League as a member of the San Diego Padres organization in 2011, posting a .433 wOBA in 413 plate appearances. This performance earned him a June call up to the big club. For a number of reasons, Rizzo was spectacularly bad in this first run through the league. He hit just .143/.282/.265 with one home run in 117 plate appearances.
After returning to the minors for the month of August (where he again raked), Rizzo was even worse during his September trial with the Padres. Foolish as it might be to suggest this tiny cameo informed in the decision, the Padres agreed to ship Rizzo to the Cubs in the Andrew Cashner trade.
The gaudy numbers Rizzo posted during his runs through the PCL are nothing new for the left-handed power bat. He posted great numbers at all levels of the minors, racing through the Red Sox system before serving as the cornerstone of Adrian Gonzalez trade. Comparing Rizzo's numbers are from his early days in more pitcher-friendly leagues like the Gulf Coast, Sally, and Carolina Leagues provide stark contrast to his juicy PCL numbers.
Parkes touched on the delays in Rizzo's callup a month ago.The service time concerns are real as ever but there is another point to consider: the PCL is a house of lies.
Cubs fans have another image of a hitting saviour fresh in their minds, one who tantalized them just a few short years ago. While he was older and, well, not a shiny prospect star, Jake Fox put up unbelievable numbers with the Cubs triple-A affliatte in Iowa just three years ago. Look upon this batting line, ye mighty, and despair.
Jake Fox, as I'm sure you know, is not actually the second coming of Ted Williams. He is just a guy, a guy back in the minors after hitting 20 home runs and posting a .714 OPS over 500 PAs in four big league seasons.
Anthony Rizzo is not Jake Fox. But the PCL is not the Major Leagues. Not by a damn sight. Anthony Rizzo stands a much, much, much, much greater chance of succeeding at the big league than Jake Fox did when he posted his crazy stretch. But caution is required, if only for this season. For the sanity of everyone involved, please heed this warning.


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The Killing of Lisa Steinberg
Joel B. Steinberg
Joel Barnet Steinberg was born May 25, 1941. He grew up in the Bronx, but his family moved to the City of Yonkers, a northern suburb of New York City, when he was a teenager. He attended Gorton High School in Yonkers graduating with a distinctly mediocre record. Next, he enrolled in Fordham University, where he graduated with a political science degree in 1962. Steinberg then attended New York University Law School until dropping out in 1964.
He joined the Air Force the next year. He served overseas until he was honorably discharged as a lieutenant in March 1968.. He resumed law school and eventually graduated in 1970. He was admitted to the bar without taking the bar exam under a special program that made an exception for students whose studies were interrupted by military service. His grades though were less than average and some of his friends later commented about his ability as a lawyer. One of his early law partners, Brian C. Baker, said, "I'm not sure you could become friends with him, ultimately. The word manipulative comes up most in my mind." According to those that knew him, Steinberg was often withdrawn and sometimes hostile. Some friends recounted situations in which they described Steinberg as verbally abusive to women.
But there were also good things to be said about Steinberg. He was once described as "warm, fatherly and generous." A fellow attorney who knew Steinberg for 17 years said: "I think everybody who knew him is shocked." During his early career in the 1970s, Steinberg concentrated on criminal law, including many drug cases. That specialty was not unusual since the docket of Manhattan was filled with drug cases. His talents as an attorney, though, were less than spectacular.
One of his clients recounted that Steinberg himself was an avid drug user. "He was constantly talking about drugs, asking everyone to get him drugs," said John Novack, accused of drug smuggling. "We were scared to death." Steinberg denied this and said Novack was making "a last ditch effort to get out of jail." Another lawyer told The Daily News that Steinberg was "nice enough, but a little eccentric. He was something of an oddball."
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Last Weekend we had a bit of an indulgent one...a trip to the ice cream farm on saturday followed by homemade pizza and chocolate cake on sunday. There was (and still is) a pizzeria at the top of my old road called Francesca's and they sold the best parma ham and rocket pizza ever; it was the height of indulgence to two 20 year olds, washed down with a san pelligrino, garlic bread and tub of feta and olives.
For some reason this pizza was all I could think about all week...come sunday it had to be made so A and I set about doing just that. However, as usual, the camera got shoved out the way as we got inolved so they aren't really many pictures of the process...
We followed this Jamie Oliver recipe and topped it with his tomato sauce and mozzerella and once it was cooked (8-10 mins at 200 C) added parma ham, rocket, lemon juice and salt and pepper. A bit of parmessan would of finished it off but we had none in the fridge-it was amazing without it though!
For dessert I desperately wanted to bake as I don't think I have in months so we chose this cake and mixed up our decoration a bit. I used the wrong size tin though so mananged to make the outside slightly crispy whilst waiting for the inside to cook; it was still a lovely chocolate cake though and it would be nice for a celebration right? Minus our slapdash decor! Have a great weekend guys.


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zpizza's image is holding it back
An odd name and geometric logo don't fit the affordable/health vibe you get inside the restaurant.
Starbucks minus Starbucks
Q: When do you know if your venerable brand is ready to lose the name and rely on logo alone? A: You just know.
The Gap Widens
Casual clothier the Gap did an about-face on its new logo, switching back in response to sharp criticism.
Caribou Coffee: Anti-Starbucks no longer
With its recent rebrand, Caribou Coffee has left the Starbucks nest. The question: Is it ready?
Snickers wants you back
Key Points:
1. Snickers latest advertising campaign is both visually and verbally clever, forcing us to take notice of the candy bar again.
2. There is good reason for M&M Mars (the maker of Snickers) to be worried. Market share for chocolate snacks is not keeping pace.
3. The popularity of ready-to-eat, pre-packaged meat, as a snack alternative, is cannibalizing other snack food market share.
A new logo isn't going to save ShopKo
Author: Jason Voiovich Ecra Creative Group Most of you may have never heard of ShopKo. If not, I couldn't blame you. Unless you have spent time in one of the upper Midwest's second tier markets, the name ShopKo might mean nothing at all. Let me fill you in. ShopKo has been around since 1962. Essentially, […]
Who really has the right to use the "Red Cross"?
Author: Jason Voiovich Ecra Creative Group For the better part of 100 years, everything was fine. Both pharma-giant Johnson & Johnson as well as The American Red Cross used the iconic "red cross" logo as part of their trademark. Because the two organizations were fundamentally different (one in pharmaceuticals and medical products, the other a […]
St. Paul gets dumped: Travelers tightens up its brand image
Author: Jason Voiovich Ecra Creative Group St. Paul-Travelers is no more. The insurance giant announced that while it would maintain its corporate headquarters in St. Paul, Minnesota, the name "St. Paul" would no longer be a part of the company moniker. Founded in 1853, "The St. Paul" has been a part of the industry vernacular […]
The colonel rides again at Kentucky Fried Chicken
Author: Jason Voiovich Principal, Ecra Creative Group Colonel Sanders has been reincarnated. This time his likeness graces the new Kentucky Fried Chicken logo. The venerable Kentucky chef gets a updated look with bold colors, his classic bow tie, and his ultra-retro goatee. Gone are the initials "KFC". Back are the classic taglines "Finger Lickin' Good!" […]
The story of Dennis Hwang: The Korean "Google Doodle" master
Author: Jason Voiovich Principal, Ecra Creative Group Who is that guy? Specifically, the guy who designs the clever "variables" on the standard Google logo? We've all seen them: The letters in the Google logo being replaced by some holiday specific piece of artwork. The entire logo written in Braille. Two cats dancing with sparklers on […]
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Despite everything he's put out over roughly 20 years, Damon Albarn has never produced a proper solo album. That's going to change with a Richard Russell-produced LP next year. A short teaser featuring a moody piano melody backed with some electronic beats can be viewed below.
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I love the natural high of exercise. To me, it serves as a kind of pseudo anti-depressant* that puts me in an instant good mood, and I like to alternate new workout plans to give me something to look forward to during dull or stressful stretches of time (like, say, the bulk of winter). For most of my life, largely because of Lululemon models that looked nothing like me and my overall hatred of gym class, I thought of myself as the opposite of a "fitness person." I was on a sports team for a few years of high school, but I still felt like I'd never be someone who exercised of my own accord, and I dreaded "mile run day" in school like it was the plague. At that point, I figured I'd be doomed to choose between either a sedentary life or one full of countless miserable, wasted hours forcing myself to break a sweat when I'd rather be reading a book. I can't pinpoint exactly when that changed, but sometime within the last few years, I started to kind of like going to the gym. I started to realize (and this is going to sound painfully obvious, so don't laugh) that exercise is not just for those among us who are ultra-thin and have $200 Nike fitness gear, or something that only some people are "good" at. Instead, it's an amazingly simple, egalitarian way to improve your life and practice keeping promises to yourself (for real, this was an actual surprise to me). These days, I get twitchy after a few days without a workout, which has me in a bind, because I just injured my foot and am totally out of commission. Keep reading »
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I chose King's due to the strong research and teaching reputation, along with the involvement that postgraduate students can have with seminars between different departments. Frequent communication from all departments and updates of these events means you have the chance to meet so many different people and challenge yourself both within and outside your subject area, and even partake in new research projects!
The library facilities at King's and in London are incredible and have really enhanced my learning. The intercollegiate nature of my course has further widened the facilities and teaching that has been made available to me, as well as the people I meet, whilst still having King's as my base. In particular the Classics postgraduate research seminar has been a wonderful forum to meet new people, discuss ideas and socialise.


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I'm up to my bok with bok choy!! Seemed like EVERY seed sowed germinated. Thinning and transplanting but running out of space...keeping all plants and will make due. LOL |
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good timing. The seeds germinate readily. I would just discard the extras. In zone 9b you can plant bok choy right now, as it it going to get cooler. That is the requirement for not bolting. |
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We've had a water softener for a few years due to a severe hard-water problem with our well. It just drains to the ground outside the mechanical room. The other day I started thinking about the hundreds of pounds of salt this system has flushed out that drain line. Amazingly the grass hasn't seemed fazed by it -- yet, but I started to wonder if I ought to drain it somewhere else. I don't really have any of the typical options available to me. There is no sewer system in this area and my septic system is about 170 feet away on the opposite end of the house. The nearest drain that connects to the septic system is over 50 feet away with a large garage in between. I can't even run it out to the street, that's a good 50 feet in the other direction, and across a sidewalk and so on...
I mentioned my growing concern about this to my wife and she suggested taking an old trash can or drum and running the drain line into that, and just let the water evaporate away, then throw the salt away with the trash. We're in Florida, I'm not sure whether the water would evaporate fast enough or not, but it seemed like an interesting idea. I'm looking for feedback on this idea, and also for other creative solutions for anybody else who might be in a similar situation (no sewer system, no convenient access to a septic system, etc). |
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- Posted by justalurker (My Page) on Wed, Oct 3, 12 at 19:49
There is far less salt than you think in the softener effluent. Using NaCl as a regenerant in a properly operating ion exchange softener the Na ions are exchanged for the calcium (and other ions) on the resin and that goes to drain along with the Cl (chlorides). One solution you might investigate is a dry well (french drain) for the softener effluent proximate to the softener location. Running it to the ground is prohibited in many areas and so is running it to the street. |
- Posted by mcguirev10 (My Page) on Thu, Oct 4, 12 at 7:38
That's interesting about the effluent salt content. I'll have to do some reading about that, it just didn't occur to me that it simply isn't salt any more coming out the other side. I nearly have a French drain setup now, as it kind of drains into a small shallow ditch. I do wonder how it could be prohibited to run it to the ground in an area that doesn't have city sewer access... At that point it seems like the system itself would simply be illegal to buy, unless there is some other alternative I'm missing. I appreciate the input. |
- Posted by justalurker (My Page) on Thu, Oct 4, 12 at 9:24
The system would not be illegal to buy rather it would have to be installed according to local codes and regulations. Draining into a small shallow ditch is not a french drain. |
- Posted by mcguirev10 (My Page) on Thu, Oct 4, 12 at 9:47
Thanks, yeah, I looked it up because I wasn't familiar with the concept of dry well drainage (you can't go very deep in Florida). I was thinking of a pop-up drain, which I'd always heard incorrectly referred to as a French drain, but I see that a French drain would be buried quite a bit more deeply. I did search local regs (municode.com) and fortunately they are specifically defined as unregulated here. I may still try the evaporation thing just for kicks. |
"There is far less salt than you think in the softener effluent..... " Since the resin in the water softener has a higher affinity for divalent cations, it must be washed with a rather high concentration of sodium (chloride) to displace them. I'd venture to guess that you get greater than 100 sodium ions out with the wash with every displaced "hard" ion. "I may still try the evaporation thing just for kicks." Just for kicks, let us know how that works for you. |
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I have St Augustine grass(mixture of Sapphire and Floratam) and live in Tampa Fl. After a very wet summer I am noticing nutsedge popping up sporadically in my lawn. I have used Image (specific for nutsedge) successfully in the past and spent nearly two years trying to eradicate that blasted weed.
My question is will I hurt my lawn if I use it now since it is not growing much? In the past after using Image my grass looks a little sick (greenish-yellow in color). Christi |
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- Posted by dchall_san_antonio 8 San Antonio (My Page) on Sun, Nov 18, 12 at 18:20
It is nice to know that someone had a wet summer. Read the directions on the label of the container very closely. I've never needed to use it, but if there would be a problem, it should be listed on the label. Nutsedge is a swamp grass that takes advantage of the sopping wet soil. I've seen it growing in a river. Watering deeply and infrequently usually takes care of nutsedge. This allows the soil/sand to dry out and weaken the nutsedge roots. Every now and then I get an infestation of nutgrass but it goes away with my infrequent watering. When Mother Nature helps with so much natural rain, there isn't anything you can do but wait it out. If the grass looks sick after the Image, you might try applying organic fertilizer right before the Image. Apply something like alfalfa pellets (rabbit chow) at a rate of 20 pounds per 1,000 square feet. It takes about 3 full weeks before you see the improvement from organics, so don't expect immediate results. The advantage of organic in this case is you can not over do the application. The more you use the better the results up to the point of burying the grass with it. It is easy to make mistakes with chemical ferts but organics are easy solution to the problem you are planning for. |
dchall, Thank you for the information. The rainy season is over so maybe Mother Nature will help me out. I am interested in pursuing a more organic approach to lawn care and have taken baby steps towards it. Checking out the feed store today. Appreciate the advice, Christi |
- Posted by dchall_san_antonio 8 San Antonio (My Page) on Tue, Nov 27, 12 at 20:00
Go to the Organic Gardening forum, find the FAQs, and scroll to the bottom of the list for the Organic Lawn Care FAQ. If you search the Internet, most of the lawn forums have a copy of it. Organic gardening changed in a big way in the early 2000s. From the '30s through the '90s organic meant all you used was compost. Research in the 90s found that the reason compost worked was that it provided tens of thousands of microbes to the soil. What compost does not provide is food for the microbes. Compost is made of depleted food. If you want to feed the microbes, then you must provide real food for them. Anything you eat is real food. What this means to organic gardening is by applying food, you don't need compost anymore. The microbes are already in the soil if you just feed them. Organic fertilizers and dry pet food both have the same ingredients. Yes, scatter some dog food if you don't believe it. The rate is 2 pounds per 100 square feet (or 20 pounds per 1,000 square feet). Give it 3 full weeks to show results. Why? Because feeding microbes is a biological process, not a chemical reaction. The food chain in the soil is so complex and interactive it is referred to as the soil food web. It takes a full 3 weeks for food to be converted into Mother Nature's natural plant food. Here is a photo for motivation. This was taken by GW member mrmumbles in June, 2011 a month after he applied a handful of alfalfa pellets to his zoysia turf. Note the improved density, color, and growth. It's kind of funny but since I started posting that picture on the three lawn forums that still have readership, the feed stores I go to are becoming aware of alfalfa pellets as fertilizer. They tell me they have more and more customers asking for it for their lawn. It really does work just like in the picture. When I first started using corn meal, my lawn became as dense as a head of cabbage. Mowing was much more of a chore than before. I finally raised my mower all the way to the highest setting and it got more manageable. |
Thanks for the info dchall. I've heard that Horticultural Dry Molasses has the same effect of feeding the microbes. Nice to know that dog food will do the same thing! Do you crush the pellets when you apply them? I'd assume the same would be needed for the dog food. However I think the multitude of ferrel cats and chickens would have a buffet in my lawn if I didn't crush the food a bit. Any updates christit? I too have to battle nutsedge. Even in superdry Arizona, so I'm researching every option. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Local Nursery sedge post
- Posted by dchall_san_antonio 8 San Antonio (My Page) on Thu, May 23, 13 at 22:46
I do not crush the pellets, I rinse them after application. Once they get moist they turn to mush and cannot be carried away. Dry molasses is a source of sugar, not protein. There is no nitrogen value in dry molasses. It has its purposes but not as a fertilizer. |
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When lands owned in different descriptions by the same person, copartnership or corporation, and are contiguous at the corners or as more fully described at the points of intersection of description lines projected, a private road may be secured across the adjacent lands, not to exceed 12 feet on each side of the point of intersection, or a passage way of 24 feet permitting ingress and egress. Application for such easement shall be made by the owner of such land contiguous at the corners, in writing to the highway commissioner of the township who shall act on such application in the manner prescribed in chapter 9 of Act No. 283 of the Public Acts of 1909, entitled "An act to revise, consolidate and add to the laws relating to the establishment, opening, improvement, maintenance and use of the public highways and private roads, the condemnation of property and gravel therefor; the building, repairing and preservation of bridges; setting and protecting shade trees, drainage, cutting weeds and brush within this state, and providing for the election and defining the powers, duties and compensation of state, county, township and district highway officials."
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From Toomai the Elephant
I will remember what I was, I am sick of rope and chain--
I will remember my old strength and all my forest affairs.
I will not sell my back to man for a bundle of sugar-cane:
I will go out to my own kind, and the wood-folk in their lairs.
I will go out until the day, until the morning break--
Out to the wind's untainted kiss, the water's clean caress;
I will forget my ankle-ring and snap my picket stake.
I will revisit my lost loves, and playmates masterless!
From Her Majesty's Service
You can work it out by Fractions or by simple Rule of Three,
But the way of Tweedle-dum is not the way of Tweedle-dee.
You can twist it, you can turn it, you can plait it till you drop,
But the way of Pilly Winky's not the way of Winkie Pop!
From the White Seal
Oh! hush thee, my baby, the night is behind us,
And black are the waters that sparkled so green.
The moon, o'er the combers, looks downward to find us
At rest in the hollows that rustle between.
Where billow meets billow, then soft be thy pillow,
Ah, weary wee flipperling, curl at thy ease!
The storm shall not wake thee, nor shark overtake thee,
Asleep in the arms of the slow-swinging seas!
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The bathroom is ready for paint and I'm stuck trying to figure out what color to use. The field tile is white subway tile, the detail tile is carerra pencil and carerra chair rail, and the floor of the shower, the niche and the sink surround are basketweave. None of the carerra is heavily veined. Its a very pale grey tone. The floor is a porcelain carerra look alike. Do I use Metropolitian, Thunder, Seersucker or Subway tile (all Benjamin Moore)? |
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I just noticed my typo...LOL! Yes, it IS a pain choosing the color!! I also wanted to add Revere Pewter to my color question... |
Get some samples and paint up large samples like 2x2' sizes, tape them on the wall and see what they look like with your elements and lighting throughout the day and evening. I did that with my kitchen and narrowed it down to 4 colors. I was surprised at how the colors changed with the sun angle. If you need more help, post on the Decorator forum. They have a lot of activity with these sorts of things. |
According to the passage of time, idea of paint a room or home becoming old, Now a day's, people uses tiles for decorating their homes. It's become lil bit expensive then the paint, but it stand for long time as compare to paint. I suggest you to use stylish tiles in your room |
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Planting Okra. Does Okra has any companion plant. |
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I have planted the following with my Okra tomatoes they help shield the okra from winds peppers,marigolds,marjoram,basil blueangel |
The "Vegetable Gardener's Bible" says good companions are eggplant basil and pepper, and has no bad companions. Also says no worries with crop rotations... |
- Posted by gardenlover25 (My Page) on Sat, Jun 20, 09 at 14:51
Okra plant can get along with any other vegetable. As long as they get enough amount of sunlight, water, air and fertilizer there is no problem. |
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Wednesday, May 21, 2014
More money for the military?
A senior defence ministry official - an air-vice marshal - briefed the Senate's Defence Committee on May 19 about the budgetary needs of the military. The official somewhat disingenuously told the Senate committee that Pakistan was the lowest spending on defence in the entire region and the figure he quoted to substantiate this claim was that Pakistan spent around $8,400 per soldier while India spent roughly three times that per soldier. A more accurate measure of comparison would be defence spending as a percentage of GDP which in Pakistan's case is 2.6 per cent of GDP compared to India's 1.8 per cent. Similarly, Pakistan spends $35.4 per capita on defence compared to India which spends $29.9.
One is not sure whether any of the Senators present in the committee hearing could figure that what they were being told was not entirely true and that Pakistan does spend far more on defence than it should be given the size of its economy, GDP per capita and low human indicators. The official -- perhaps inadvertantly -- also told the Committee that military pensions had now reached Rs 100 billion per year and that this figure was paid out of the civilian budget. This means that the real defence budget for 2013-14 is not $6.37 billion as publicly admitted in official statistics and budget documents but around $7.4 billion, thereby making the official's claim that Pakistan spends the least on defence in the region even less credible.
And now on to those who cry hoarse and paint anyone who asks such questions or point out such discrepancies with the label of 'anti-state' and/or 'anti-national'. The defence budget is paid out of public funds and this is taxpayers money and hence the public has a constitutionally guaranteed right to know how this money is spent. At one point in the briefing, the Defence Ministry official was asked by some senators about the size of the ISI budget and whether it was audited and he declined to give any details. While it is true that the size of the budget for intelligence agencies the world over is not a publicly known figure, it is however shared with members of parliament -- which is precisely a reflection of the fact in mature democracies of parliament being sovereign. In Pakistan's case, it would be fair to say that this detail is not shared with MPs except perhaps with the defence minister and the prime minister.
The other issue that is raised by apologists for yet more military spending has to do with the fallacy which says that a lot more funds could be freed up in the budget for health and education if the budgets used for these sectors was used more efficiently and if there was less corruption. This ignores the fact that there is corruption in all sections of the government, not just civil, and further the inescapable reality that a country like Pakistan needs to be spending far more than it currently does on health and education, and that this extra money is not going to come from simply utilizing the existing budget for either more efficiently.
Sunday, May 18, 2014
So begins the unravelling
By Saroop Ijaz
The 2013 election was rigged. It was rigged before it happened. It was rigged before Mr. Imran Khan woke up to the fact. It was rigged when TTP picked favorites. In the run up, during the campaign, ANP leaders were killed every day. PPP and ANP were threatened, attacked, maimed and told that they could campaign at their own peril; the peril was violent death. The field was uneven, and the field was Punjab and Punjab only, since our "estranged brothers" were in no mood to allow campaign and electioneering in the rest of Al-Bakistan. Yet, to point to this elementary fact was to be an apologist for the beleaguered parties, to defend corruption.
The prime beneficiaries were Mian Nawaz Sharif and Mr. Imran Khan, who in the competitive spirit did not even spare a moment to condemn the attacks on rivals, to condole with the leaders and families of those killed. Callousness was the name of the game, leaders of PML-N and PTI implying and sometimes saying it directly that PPP and ANP had it coming, that they deserved to be murdered by the terrorists for poor governance and corruption.
Would the election results been substantially had there been a level playing field? Most probably not, however, it certainly would have been less bloody. More significantly, there would have been dissent, a semblance of diverging views. Some of us warned about the "right versus the right battle", with the liberal (even if token) parties coercively relegated to the bench even before the match started. It was not because of any love lost for the liberal forces and their performance; rather it was and is for sanity. The primary problem with an internal right contest was that there is only one direction to go, i.e. more right. Side note to friends in India: be very afraid, we have been there, done that, and got the T-shirt (which is smeared in blood now).
The political rightist forces, PML-N and PTI now compete with not only the religious right of JI and JUI-F but also JUD, SSP/ASWJ and other assorted, pleasant "non-state" actors, and at times with the TTP itself for that space. The PML-N and PTI cannot win this. While, it was fun to be all glib and sly about the temporarily alignments and beating them at their own game, except, it will not happen.
Media had by then found out that xenophobia sells, and it sells best as a hybrid of religion and xenophobia. The hand is now being overplayed. When Shaheed Governor Taseer was murdered, it was apologia and obfuscation, same with Shahbaz Bhatti, and it continues to this day. Recently when Shaheed Rashid Rehman was assassinated, no television channel found the issue news worthy since there were dharnas to cover, and blasphemy law discussions have more chances of attracting bullets rather than ratings (one sparkling exception was Mr. Ejaz Haider's excellent program on Capital TV).
The Media tried very hard not to find blasphemy law, yet the blasphemy law has found the Media. It is in the nature of these things. Competitive spirit and temporary powerful allies just like the elections at play again. It is the "rival niji" channel under attack and hence "fatwas" inciting violence are being solicited and then aired on prime time. Some of them must be feeling pretty smug at the prospect of market share, ratings, and money. Well, not for long. The "fatwas" will come back to you. The agent provocateurs of today will be the victims of tomorrow. If the dangerous shenanigans do not cease immediately, it will not be a question of "if", it will most certainly come back to other "niji channels". Hafiz Saeed and friends have already become legitimate, now they are fast becoming the mainstream, all the rest just being fringe. Once they do their latest media fan boys will be the first to fall. A lot of what it seems is sadism on National television is really masochism, diligently preparing the guillotine for themselves. If you create an environment where a "Fatwa" is all you need to have the rival eliminated, and you are not the fatwa granting authority yourself, well, you are not awfully smart then, are you?
What Mr. Imran Khan and Ch. Nisar Ali Khan do not understand that electoral reforms and cabinet positions will be redundant in the Khilafat. The Emirate will not tolerate Mubasher Lucmans on the airwaves (Actually, very, very hard to tolerate even before the Emirate). To make hate and terror mainstream does not work, particularly for the wannabes, be it wannabe Taliban politicians (Taliban Khans) or wannabe hysterical television anchors (Lucmans et.al). As the Amir, Mr Fazaullah has demonstrated given the opportunity "our estranged brothers" can run media enterprises of their own.
The non-State actors are having a festival. The last line of defense is the most visible now. From Prime time television to outside press clubs. One perhaps needs to re-think the label "non-State". The defense day parades in the years gone by were a visible manifestation of the State. Now they are conducted by the Difa-I-Pakistan under the dynamic leadership of Mr. Hafiz Saeed. If the mighty guardians of our State have publicly come to this, then the end perhaps is nearer than we had imagined.
The history of temporary alliances in this country is long and wretched. Today, the ASWJ, Sunni Ittehad Council and the Shia organizations being united in the "great cause" of eliminating a television channel. They have all united before a few times. One was the second amendment (Side note: one not newsworthy report was that an Ahmadi charged with blasphemy was murdered in police custody yesterday, do not let it dampen the Nationalistic fervor though). Islands of hatred and persecutions do not work. Some of them know it all too well, right now. Yet, for the "greater good" they again stand united today. Not for long, some of them will fall. By becoming allies they lend credibility to the voices which have called for their murder before, and will do it again once the honeymoon is over.
Good news: at this rate, unprincipled alliances and appeasement will be over soon. Nobody left to be appeased, or to appease, just one happy pious group. The inquisition will be televised. Ladies and Gentlemen, hold on tight, this how all of it unravels.
Friday, April 25, 2014
Why Geo or any other TV channel should not be blocked
A very dangerous precedent will have been set if Pakistan's electronic media regulator, PEMRA, decides to switch off Geo TV -- arguably the country's most popular news channel -- following a complaint by the Directorate of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) accusing Geo of being "anti-Pakistan". The complaint also follows a serious allegation levelled by prominent Geo anchor and talk show host Hamid Mir's brother (following an attack on Mir) that the ISI was behind the attempt.
Since the attack, which took place on April 19, Hamid Mir has made a statement in which he has said that he was approached by intelligence officers who had told him that he was on a "hit-list". His statement did not specify whose hit-list this was but in a country like Pakistan this should be cause for enough alarm for the journalist in question. If one recalls, journalist Saleem Shehzad, who was killed in 2011, had also reported receiving similar information from intelligence operatives some months before he died.
As a TV channel, Geo erred in running the allegations -- which are no doubt serious -- for much of the day that Hamid Mir's attack took place. It should be faulted for that and it should apologize for going overboard. Perhaps, part of the reason it did that is because for some time now it has no professional journalist heading it, after managing director Azhar Abbas left for the upcoming Bol TV project last year. Still, that should be no excuse because the viewers of a TV channel, or the readers of a newspaper, do not -- and are not expected to -- know the inner workings of the media organization whose product they consume.
That said, the complaint filed by the Ministry of Defence -- which reports suggest was strongly resisted by the civilian authorities of the ministry (read the Defence Minister) -- sets a dangerous precedent because perhaps for the first time in Pakistan the military is filing a formal application for a TV channel to be shut down. The best way forward would be for the Government of Pakistan to withdraw this application. Geo TV should tender an unqualified apology for broadcasting the allegation for several hours on April 19 and if anyone has any evidence or apprehensions about the role of any state agency or institution these should be shared with the judicial commission announced by the Prime Minister or with the law-enforcement agencies investigating the attack.
Perhaps, equally importantly, if not more, the media should see this as an attack on all of itself and not on a single anchor or TV channel. Those who own and operate the channels need to unite because they are all facing the same kind of threats and those carrying out such attacks are in fact only strengthened when media organizations fight out their differences in full public view. If there are any issues between them -- and they clearly seem to be -- they should be discussed within the APNS (All Pakistan Newspapers Society) or PBA (Pakistan Broadcasters' Association) platforms and sorted out because after all, it is in their common interest for this infighting to end.
In all of this, it should not be forgotten that there should be no holy cows in Pakistan. Of course, it goes without saying that in reality there are but ideally there shouldn't be any, and that includes the media itself. Pakistan, more than ever, needs an open and unfettered media because that is one of the key facilitators of a true democracy and it unequivocally promotes greater accountability and transparency among various institutions of the state. That is undoubtedly a good thing given that the role of the intelligence agencies has been widely questioned -- often in the Pakisani media -- on issues related to the presence of OBL in Pakistan, the ongoing fight with militancy, the rise of jihadis and sectarian organizations and missing persons. After all it is the much-maligned media of the country that has unmasked state and non-state corruption and acted as an effective watchdog on the abuse of state power in Pakistan.
That is precisely why Geo TV, or any other TV channel or newspaper for that matter, should not be blocked.
Thursday, April 24, 2014
Falling one at a time -- By Saroop Ijaz
We have for some time lost the ability to prevent murderous attacks, particularly on the courageous. However, now we are fast losing the capacity to even adequately condemn them. It is no longer apathy. It is vile bile directed at the victim. To survive is an offense, unpatriotic. Hamid Mir was shot multiple times and battles for his life. Yet, the grievance of "defense and other analysts" seemed, why he was not shot in the head, if it was a real attack. Who can argue with this cruel, foolish insensitivity? It was not only sadism; it was very acute masochism coming from quite a cross-section of the Media. Issue based differences aside, the courage and candor of Hamid Mir is beyond any doubt, and one sincerely prays for his wellbeing.
The line of reasoning goes somewhat like this, the often frothing in the mouth defense analyst begins with: the ISI did not do it and so stop the lying, treasonous, RAW centered propaganda. Following it up with, had ISI done it, Mr. Mir would not have been alive, since the boys don't miss. Then somewhat defensively implying, even, on the off chance that the ISI did it, do not hurt "National Interest" by saying it publicly. Finally making a comeback by implying Mr. Mir had it coming. We have heard this pattern of thought in different permutations before.
We do not know who did it, and yes, it can be one of any number of actors and a conclusive determination can only be made after investigation. The problem with responding to tragedy in Pakistan has become that we oscillate between incredible understatement and incredible overstatement. Now, that the Judicial Commission is being formed, mud-slinging should cease.
However, the attack on Hamid Mir brought to light the fundamental confusion that plagues us, and indeed the platitudes that come with it. For example, "National interest" should be paramount. "National Institutions" should not be attacked or maligned. Banal and stressing the obvious a bit too much. The problem lies in definition. It seems the only things "National" and "Institutional" are those related to the Army. Those who are dealing in these clichés had no qualms in recently branding the Presidency to be conspiring against the country or even now implying that the Prime Minister might not be complete sincere (Presidency and the Parliament not "National" enough or not sufficiently "Institutional"?).
While, judgment needs to be deferred till investigation is complete. Yet, it is time for introspection for the Army and the ISI. The allegation against the premium institution did not seem as ridiculous, as it ideally should have. Journalists have been picked up in the past, and this is not conjecture. Saleem Shahzad has died in "mysterious" circumstances. Elections have been fixed in the past and people go "missing" in Baluchistan. These are facts on record. This does not mean that we reach any conclusion, and take the Taliban's word on denying the attack. It does mean that the ISI has image building to do (not hollow marketing spins, Zaid Hamids and Mubasher Luqmans), serious confidence building. In these times, the wish to be immune from criticism will not only invite more, it will also be counterproductive. Open yourself to free and fair investigation and regain the trust that "We" the people so sincerely want to repose in you.
Hamid Mir attack's aftermath also saw a simmering schism reach the boiling point and become extremely public, pronounced among the Pakistani power elite; Big Media versus Patriotic "National" Institutions (lest we forget how the ISPR's version was the only version in the Kerry-Luger Bill and Memo days); the pro-Jihad nationalist versus the pro-Army nationalist (both hating democratic process and actors though). Most dispiritingly: Big Media versus Big Media (insensitive and masochistic at the same time, since journalists from most of the Media houses have been attacked by different actors at one point of time or the other). All of these competing actors have previously been aligned. One could almost see signs of implosion in the Pakistan establishment. Maybe, however the powerful have magical ways of making between themselves. And this makes the case of the ordinary journalist being more loyal to the crown all the sadder. The Media tycoon, the General and the Maulana are for the moment all competing for monopoly over defining "National Interest" and it is a mess. Yet they can effortlessly make up at any time, leaving the apologist look bad, and worse on his/her own.
The need for unity arises for the professional journalists and indeed all conscientious citizens. Hamid Mir is nearly as big as it gets and if you downplay the gravity of the attack, you sirs are making all of yours and ours houses unsafe. The tycoons and generals thrive on chaos as it is good for business; the courageous journalist in the trenches does not.
The mighty perpetrators of violence and their apologists come in different brands. However, their inarticulateness owing largely to being bereft of facts is a common thread. That makes them despise the vocal and the eloquent. Watching the apologia and idiocy on television after the attack on the eloquent and vocal Mir, one is reminded of the words of W.H. Auden from "August 1968", "The Ogre does what ogres can, Deeds quite impossible for Man, But one prize is beyond his reach, The Ogre cannot master Speech. About a subjugated plain, Among its desperate and slain, The Ogre stalks with hands on hips, While drivel gushes from his lips."
The speculations and allegations need to end. The demand should be singular and made in unison; the investigation needs to be done comprehensively, fairly, swiftly and the findings made public. Another report similar to Saleem Shahzad commission stopping short of saying really anything should be unacceptable. The futility of asking for "investigation" is not lost on one; however we have to ask for it, if for nothing else then to display that while we may have lost the hope of getting justice, we have not lost the desire for it.
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Pink Flamingos on Mai Kolachi
Pink flamingos on Mai Kolachi
These days if you drive on Mai Kolachi expressway towards Queens Road, you can see something quite unusually pleasant as you look to your left. No, it's not the grey silhouettes of the cranes at Karachi port but something else, and quite unexpected.
As you cross the train tracks you see and get on to the bypass proper, keep driving till you go past the land being reclaimed, rather controversially, by the Karachi Port Trust, on your left. A bit beyond that is a stretch of shallow water, probably caused by the mangroves on the other side or by the tide. Here, every day I have been seeing the rather unexpected but very welcome sight of a large flock of pink flamingos in the water. In fact, each time I drive on this road, my head rather automatically — and rather dangerously — swings towards their general direction. I have seen them fly a few times and the sight is quite amazing because the pink in their feathers is sharp and striking. The only problem is that they are a bit further away from the road, so if you really want to get a closer look at them you will have to park your car on the side and walk as close to the shallow water as possible — hopefully without scaring them away.
Since I hardly know much about these birds myself except that they look really pretty and exotic, and apparently fly all the way here from Russia, I decided to do some research on the matter for the benefit of readers. And quite a few interesting things turned up including the fact that Pakistan along with India is one of the major places where pink flamingos can be found every summer.
The National Geographic website said that flamingos build nests out of clay and make them above the water. They feed while standing in shallow water and for this they have to lower their necks and tilt their heads so that their bills hang upside-down and face backward in the water. They apparently do this because this allows them to filter plankton, red and blue-green algae, insects, fish, molluscs, and small crustaceans from the water. The reason flamingos are pink has to do with the red and blue-green algae and insects they eat. These are high in certain pigments that cause the colour of the birds to become striking pink.
The birds do come all the way from Siberia in Russia's far east and because of the war in Afghanistan they, like many other birds, have changed their migratory routes and now fly via Iran. The mangroves in and around Karachi and the Indus delta basin are one of the prime places in the world for these incredible creatures. In fact, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, over 80 species of birds flock to the mangroves every year, so it is quite unfortunate that these wetlands are constantly under threat from various government agencies.
— By Karachian
Monday, September 2, 2013
Transcript of Mohammad Ali Jinnah's speech of June 3, 1947 - released by All India Radio
Dated 03.06.1947 (Jinnah recording from AIR Archives)
I am glad that I have been afforded the opportunity to speak to you directly through this radio from Delhi. It is the first time I believe that a non-official has been accorded an opportunity to address the people through the medium of this powerful instrument direct to the people on political matters.
It augurs well and I hope that in the future I shall have greater facilities to enable me to voice my view and opinions which will directly to you live rather than in the cold print of the newspapers. This statement of his majesty's government embodying the plan of the transfer of power to the peoples of India has already been broadcast and will be released to the press to be published tomorrow morning.
It gives the outlines of a plan for us to give it our most consideration we have to examine it coolly, calmly and dispassionately. We must remember that we have to take momentous decisions and handle grave issues facing us in the solution of the complex political problem of this great subcontinent ihabibited by 400 millions of people. The words has no parallel on the most onerous and difficult task which we have to perform.
Grave responsibilities lies particularly on the shoulders of Indian leaders therefore we must galvanise and concentrate all our energies to see that the transfer f power is effected in a peaceful and orderly manner. I must earnestly appeal to every community in particularly the Muslims in India to maintan peace and order. We must examine the plan, in its letter and spirit and come our conclusions and take our decision. I pray to god that in this critical moment he may guide us and enable us to discharge our responsibilities in a wise and a statesmanlike manner having regard to the sum total of the plan as a whole.
It is clear that the plan does not meet in some important respects in our point of view. And we cannot say of feel that we are satisfied or that we agreed with some of the matters
dealt with in the plan. It is for us to consider whther the plan as presented to us by his majesty's government should be accepted by us as a compromise or a settlement.
On this point I do not wish to judge. The decision of the Council of All India Muslim Council League which has been summoned to meet on Monday the Nineth of June and the final decision can only be taken by the Council according to our constitution, precedence and practise.
But so far as I have been able to gather in the whole raction in the Muslim League Circle in Delhi has been hopeful. Of course the plan has got to be very carefully examined in its pros and cons before a final decision can be taken. I must say that I feel the viceroy has battled against various forces very bravely and the expression that the has left in my minds is that he was activated by a high sense of fairness and impartiality and it is important to us to make his task less difficult and help him as insofar as it lies in our power in order that he may fulfill his vision of transger of power to the people of India in a peaceful and orderly manner.
Now that the plas has been broadcas orally and makes it clear in paragraph 11 that the referundum will be made to the electororates of the present legislative assembly and the North West Frontier who will choose which of the two alternatives in paragraph 4 they wish to adopt. The referendum will be held under the aegis of the governor general in consultation with the provincial government.
Hence it is clear that the verdict and the mandate of the people of the rontier province will be obtained as to whether they want to join the Pakistan Constituent Assembly or the Hindustan Constituent Assembly.
In these circumstances, I request provincial Muslim League of the frontier province to withdraw the movement of peaceful civil disobedience which they have perforce resosted or and I call upon all the leaders of the Muslim League and the Musalmans generally to organize all the people to face the referendum with open courage and I geel confident that
the people of the Frontier will give their verdict by a solid vote to join the Pakistan Constituent Assembly.
I cannot but express my appereciation of the sufferings and sacrificies made by all classes of Muslmans and particularly the great part that the women of the frontier played in the fight for our civil liberties. Without apportioning blame and this is hardly the moment to do so, I deeply sumpathise with all those who have suffered and those who died and whose properties were subjected to destruction and I fervently hope that the Frontier will go through this referendum in a peaceful manner and it should be the anxiety of everyone to obtain a fair, free and true verdict of the people.
Once more, I must earnestly appeal to all to maintain peace and order.
Transcript of recording of Mohammad Ali Jinnah's speech - released by All India Radio
Undated (Jinnah recording from AIR Archives)
I thank his majesty, the King on behalf of the Pakistan Constituent Assembly and myself for his wishes and message. I know great responsibilities lie ahead and I naturally reciprocate his sentiment and we greatly appreciae his assurance of sympathy and support and I hope that you will please communicate to his majesty our assurance, good will and friendship for the British nation and the Crown head of the British Government. I thank your Excellency for your expressions and good wishes for the future of Pakistan.
It will be our constant efforts to work for the welfare and well-being of all the communities in Pakistan and I hope that everyone will be inspired by the idea of public service and they will be imbued with the spirit of cooperation and will show that the political and civic virtues which go to make a great nation.
The tolerance and good will of the great emperor Akbar showed to all non-Muslims is not of recent origin. It dates back 13 centuries ago when our prophet not only by words but by deeds treated the Jews and Christians handsomely after he conquered them.
He showed to them outmost tolerance and regard and respect for their faith and beliefs. The whole history of Muslims where they rules is replete with those humane and great principles and which should be followed and practised us.
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1 Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant, and Israel, who I have chosen: | 1 "But now listen, O Jacob, my servant, Israel, whom I have chosen. |
2 Thus saith Jehovah that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, who will help thee: Fear not, O Jacob my servant; and thou, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen. | 2 This is what the LORD says-- he who made you, who formed you in the womb, and who will help you: Do not be afraid, O Jacob, my servant, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen. |
3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and streams upon the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: | 3 For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants. |
4 and they shall spring up among the grass, as willows by the watercourses. | 4 They will spring up like grass in a meadow, like poplar trees by flowing streams. |
5 One shall say, I am Jehovah's; and another shall call [himself] by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto Jehovah, and surname [himself] by the name of Israel. | 5 One will say, 'I belong to the LORD'; another will call himself by the name of Jacob; still another will write on his hand, 'The LORD's,' and will take the name Israel. |
6 Thus saith Jehovah, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts: I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God. | 6 "This is what the LORD says-- Israel's King and Redeemer, the LORD Almighty: I am the first and I am the last; apart from me there is no God. |
7 And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I established the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and that shall come to pass, let them declare. | 7 Who then is like me? Let him proclaim it. Let him declare and lay out before me what has happened since I established my ancient people, and what is yet to come-- yes, let him foretell what will come. |
8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have I not declared unto thee of old, and showed it? and ye are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? yea, there is no Rock; I know not any. | 8 Do not tremble, do not be afraid. Did I not proclaim this and foretell it long ago? You are my witnesses. Is there any God besides me? No, there is no other Rock; I know not one." |
9 They that fashion a graven image are all of them vanity; and the things that they delight in shall not profit; and their own witnesses see not, nor know: that they may be put to shame. | 9 All who make idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Those who would speak up for them are blind; they are ignorant, to their own shame. |
10 Who hath fashioned a god, or molten an image that is profitable for nothing? | 10 Who shapes a god and casts an idol, which can profit him nothing? |
11 Behold, all his fellows shall be put to shame; and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; they shall fear, they shall be put to shame together. | 11 He and his kind will be put to shame; craftsmen are nothing but men. Let them all come together and take their stand; they will be brought down to terror and infamy. |
12 The smith [maketh] an axe, and worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with his strong arm: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth; he drinketh no water, and is faint. | 12 The blacksmith takes a tool and works with it in the coals; he shapes an idol with hammers, he forges it with the might of his arm. He gets hungry and loses his strength; he drinks no water and grows faint. |
13 The carpenter stretcheth out a line; he marketh it out with a pencil; he shapeth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compasses, and shapeth it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man, to dwell in a house. | 13 The carpenter measures with a line and makes an outline with a marker; he roughs it out with chisels and marks it with compasses. He shapes it in the form of man, of man in all his glory, that it may dwell in a shrine. |
14 He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the holm-tree and the oak, and strengtheneth for himself one among the trees of the forest: he planteth a fir-tree, and the rain doth nourish it. | 14 He cut down cedars, or perhaps took a cypress or oak. He let it grow among the trees of the forest, or planted a pine, and the rain made it grow. |
15 Then shall it be for a man to burn; and he taketh thereof, and warmeth himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread: yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto. | 15 It is man's fuel for burning; some of it he takes and warms himself, he kindles a fire and bakes bread. But he also fashions a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it. |
16 He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied; yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire. | 16 Half of the wood he burns in the fire; over it he prepares his meal, he roasts his meat and eats his fill. He also warms himself and says, "Ah! I am warm; I see the fire." |
17 And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image; he falleth down unto it and worshippeth, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god. | 17 From the rest he makes a god, his idol; he bows down to it and worships. He prays to it and says, "Save me; you are my god." |
18 They know not, neither do they consider: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand. | 18 They know nothing, they understand nothing; their eyes are plastered over so they cannot see, and their minds closed so they cannot understand. |
19 And none calleth to mind, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree? | 19 No one stops to think, no one has the knowledge or understanding to say, "Half of it I used for fuel; I even baked bread over its coals, I roasted meat and I ate. Shall I make a detestable thing from what is left? Shall I bow down to a block of wood?" |
20 He feedeth on ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside; and he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand? | 20 He feeds on ashes, a deluded heart misleads him; he cannot save himself, or say, "Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?" |
21 Remember these things, O Jacob, and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me. | 21 "Remember these things, O Jacob, for you are my servant, O Israel. I have made you, you are my servant; O Israel, I will not forget you. |
22 I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee. | 22 I have swept away your offenses like a cloud, your sins like the morning mist. Return to me, for I have redeemed you." |
23 Sing, O ye heavens, for Jehovah hath done it; shout, ye lower parts of the earth; break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for Jehovah hath redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself in Israel. | 23 Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O earth beneath. Burst into song, you mountains, you forests and all your trees, for the LORD has redeemed Jacob, he displays his glory in Israel. |
24 Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb: I am Jehovah, that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth (who is with me?); | 24 "This is what the LORD says-- your Redeemer, who formed you in the womb: I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who spread out the earth by myself, |
25 that frustrateth the signs of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish; | 25 who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who overthrows the learning of the wise and turns it into nonsense, |
26 that confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith of Jerusalem, She shall be inhabited; and of the cities of Judah, They shall be built, and I will raise up the waste places thereof; | 26 who carries out the words of his servants and fulfills the predictions of his messengers, who says of Jerusalem, 'It shall be inhabited,' of the towns of Judah, 'They shall be built,' and of their ruins, 'I will restore them,' |
27 that saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers; | 27 who says to the watery deep, 'Be dry, and I will dry up your streams,' |
28 That saith of Cyrus, [He is] my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure, even saying of Jerusalem, She shall be built; and of the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid. | 28 who says of Cyrus, 'He is my shepherd and will accomplish all that I please; he will say of Jerusalem, "Let it be rebuilt," and of the temple, "Let its foundations be laid." ' |
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- crista
- November 06, 2012 - 13:19
so this is what we got running our government,did minister kennedy have in any way as former justice minister in the decision that minister king come back with because he did not have to go to an expert all minister king had to do is go talk to minister kennedy and minister kennedy was not the only justice minister ever elected to government/????
- Ryan
- November 06, 2012 - 12:02
"Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you." ― C.G. Jung
- Kent
- November 06, 2012 - 12:01
"I don't hold with shamans, witch doctors, or psychiatrists. Shakespeare, Tolstoy, and understood more about the human condition than ever occurred to any of you. You overrated bunch of charlatans deal with the grammar of human problems, and the writers I've mentioned with the essence." ― Mordecai Richler, Barney's Version
- Jane
- November 06, 2012 - 10:09
My husband recently spent time at HMP. He has been on medication since he was 6 years old for his ADHD (he's now iin his 30's) and Dr Craig refused his medication during his time there, and as a result my husband couldn't participate in the programs offered there to help rehabilitate him because he was not able to stay focused. My husband told Dr Craig this and nothing was done. What gives Dr Craig the right to take people off their meds that they've been on for years?? Being the prison psychiatrist doesn't make him an expert, and i dont believe it's ok to cut people off medication they need. Prisoners are human beings too.
- BlogDiss
- November 06, 2012 - 11:29
Jane.......... you husbands story is more factual than anything we are ever going to get from King. This governmet is totally consumed about building a dam and as is evidenced by your story and the Rogers story about home support this government couldn't give a sweet damn about anything other than the dam
- BlogDiss
- November 06, 2012 - 09:04
WOW! King actually made a decision about an issue instead of passing the buck to someone else.


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For every Olympics since 1994's Lillehammer Games, Andy Billings has broken down how much time the primetime broadcast spends covering male athletes and female athletes. Usually, men get significantly more of the clock time. But this year, when Billings, who directs the University of Alabama's sports communications program, and his collaborators ran an initial data-crunch on the first week of the Sochi Olympics, NBC's coverage was looking more equitable. Through the Friday night of Valentine's Day, NBC spent 47.6 percent its time covering men and 37.6 percent of its time covering women, with the remainder going to pair sports, like ice dancing.
That counts as an improvement. "It's a 10-percent gap favoring male athletes, which is smaller than normal," said Billings, late last week. (Researchers like Billings focus on NBC's primetime coverage because it reaches the most people—averaging 22.5 million per night, according to the Washington Post.) At the last winter Olympics, in Vancouver, the gap was 20 percent. And, at that point in the Games, women's figure skating hadn't even started yet.
By the end of the two weeks, the gap had narrowed even further: Men got 45.4 percent of clock time, women 41.4 percent, and pairs 13.2 percent.
Despite what the Onion might say about our attention span for Olympic women's hockey—"Come back and read this…300 words about a talented team of female athletes on the verge of Olympic gold isn't going to kill you" is one of its more gentle excoriations—the Olympics is one of the few times, ever, that the media pays attention to female athletes. And while there are some indications that the media is spending a more time talking about women during the Olympics, there is still ample room for improving how female athletes are covered.
As a rule, NBC spends a smaller proportion of its time on women than on men during the winter Olympics—the gap between coverage of the two genders is larger. In the summer Olympics, women get a fairer share of attention, and, in the 2012 summer Games, NBC actually spent more time on women than men.
"We've seen a turn since the London Games; I don't know if it's a blip or a trend," says Billings. "But with London, for the first time in 20 years—maybe the first time ever—women received 55 percent of the clock time within NBC's telecast."
Normally, the US sports media spends—if we're being generous—less than 5 percent of its time covering women in sports. Sociologists Cheryl Cooky and Michael Messner have been conducting a longitudinal "Gender in Televised Sports" study, and in 2009 they found that during a six-week sample, ESPN's Sports Center spent 1.4 percent of its time on women, and three local affiliates dedicated 1.6 percent of their sports coverage to female athletes. This was "the lowest proportion ever recorded" in the study, but even the record highs were unimpressive—8.7 percent in 1999; 6.3 percent in 2004.
This makes Olympics broadcasts seem like a utopia of gender equality, although Cooky points out that it's an easier commitment for outlets like NBC to make. "You already have all the media at the event covering men's sports," she says. "It's easy to cover both men and women—your staff, your resources, it's all there."
And nationalism can make female athleticism more palatable. "These aren't necessarily women downhill skiers or hockey players—they're American hockey players," Cooky says. "It's much more comfortable for our culture to get behind women's sports participation because we're supporting them as American athletes."
"If your primary concern is to see the US win medals, the last couple of Olympics, the woman are winning the majority of the medals, [so] you're going to be showing more women's sport," says Billings.
While equal clock time on NBC is a start, it matters, too, what broadcasters and commentators are saying while they're watching women achieve these feats of athleticism.
"It's not just a matter of how much—you need to look at how they're being presented," says James Angelini, an assistant professor of communication at the University of Delaware, who works with Billings on the Olympics clock time research. "In many cases, they're still being compared to male athletes in the same sports."
Angelini noticed, for instance, that during the women's snowboarding competitions this year, the commentators would talk about the strength of an athlete's performance and then note that, even so, the women's version of snowboarding was about five years behind the men's competition in what athletes are able to accomplish. Commentators will often create narratives that cast female athletes as "queens" needing to be deposed. Or, worse, one (female) commentator referred to the US women's hockey team as "chicks with sticks."