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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 476457, 9 pages
Research Article
Effects of Electroacupuncture of Different Frequencies on the Release Profile of Endogenous Opioid Peptides in the Central Nerve System of Goats
College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
Received 25 July 2012; Revised 11 September 2012; Accepted 15 September 2012
Academic Editor: Wolfgang Schwarz
Copyright © 2012 Li-Li Cheng et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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I'd post the review here but it's too pic intensive.
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When educational consultant Bill Daggett travels for work, his wife, Bonnie, does not putter aimlessly around the couple's Albany home. Instead, she heads to their 100-year-old vacation house in Chatham, Massachusetts, and sends up the bat signal summoning her friendsa chummy band of women who've coached one another through everything from child rearing to retirement. By the carload, the ladies arrive at the five-bedroom retreat, clad in Capri pants, with "their paraphernalia, pocketbooks, and knitting bags," says Bonnie. Plus wine. "It's a party for three days," she adds.
In this photo: Bluestone pavers and a profusion of Shasta daisiesBonnie Daggett's favorite flowerlead to the front door of the 100-year-old cedar-shake house.


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1:12 Dollhouse scale miniature fish and chips ring, made from polymer clay.
Someone mentioned it was meatless this weekend (right as I uploaded the roast beef lol), so I decided to make something for those who can't have meat this weekend!
I've made pendants out of 1:12 plates of food, and I've had people ask for more rings. This time around I thought I'd change it up and add a ring to my shop.
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Is Cointel Pro responsible for this "Zionist" term that is popping up everywhere?
Submitted by letmapeoplego on Wed, 10/27/2010 - 00:11I hesitate to post this because I don't want to invite the ugliness that will ensue. At the same time, I'd like to hear from my DP brethren.
Ready to pull this thread...
The liberty movement is not good at self policing by definition....but if we keep allowing ourselves to be labeled racists an anti-Semites then we will not be able to spread our message.
This is my plea:
If you are honestly not racist, but are concerned about the Zionist conspiracy, could you just keep it to yourself.
Here is why:
It does not matter if we are losing our country and our liberties to a cabal of Zionists or lizard aliens.
The REMEDY IS THE SAME. Liberty.
If we live in a society with liberty and limited government then no conspiracy would be successful. ***
Anyone find this as disturbing as me?
Every time you find a liberty video on youtube these days the comments are filled with vitriol against these so called "Zionists."
This is a traditional codeword for old fashioned jew hating. But, I don't think there are that many jew haters around. I'm calling BS. I think with the exception of a perhaps a few unemployed neonazi wannabes, the only people that have enough time on their hands to fill comments sections on liberty articles and liberty issue treatments with ravings about "Zionists" must be on the payroll of people who want to discredit the liberty movement. Perhaps the pentagon, perhaps cointel pro, maybe the ADL…but I'm sorry, I don't believe there are that many true anti-semites around these days to be making all of these comments.
I especially find them troubling on the DP.
(for the true believers, please don't split hairs with the, "not all jews are Zionist" routine…if
you are a racist then you get off on using the word Zionist. It gives you a little rush…be honest)
**OK, let's say I buy into your collectivist notion that there is an extremely large group of people up to these nefarious deeds, what is your Final Solution?**
That's not a knife. That's a knife.
According to the official website of the Australian Parliament:
"There is a small number of matters (probably only four) in relation to which the Governor-General is not required to act in accordance with Ministerial advice. The powers which the Governor-General has in this respect are known as 'reserve powers'. The two most important reserve powers are the powers to appoint and to dismiss a Prime Minister."
If this link does not work, then use the link below and click on "View the Constitution as a single document (PDF 92KB)".
The bottom line is the Queen rules Australia:
1. The legislative power of the Commonwealth shall be vested in a Federal Parliament, which shall consist of the Queen ...
59. The Queen may disallow any law ...
61. The executive power of the Commonwealth is vested in the Queen ...
68. The command in chief of the naval and military forces of the Commonwealth is vested in the Governor-General as the Queen's representative.
72. The Justices of the High Court and of the other courts created by the Parliament--
(i.) Shall be appointed by the Governor-General in Council;
(ii.) Shall not be removed except by the Governor-General in Council, on an address from both Houses of the Parliament in the same session, praying for such removal on the ground of proved misbehaviour or incapacity;
Democracy is an illusion in Australia, as it is in Canada and the UK. You are allowed to vote for representatives who then are allowed to pass only the laws the Queen wants them to pass. The Queen is not so gauche as to admit the laws come down from her. She has the class to play this little game to keep the wee people from catching on and beheading her.
Please do not take what I say as an insult to Australians. Democracy is just as much an illusion in America as well, but for different reasons.
Very interesting post!
I think that it is a good thing that many people both Jews and gentiles use the term Zionist instead of just looking at the fact that all of the institutions that are destroying America are controlled by Jews and condeming the whole race. You are correct, If we lived in a truly free society no conspiracy could survive. The problem with that is the MSM, the Federal Reserve, The CIA, AIPAC and many other organizations that do there best to keep us all in slavery are controlled by Zionist Jews. On the other hand some of the most liberty loving people in the world are also Jews. Quite a conundrum. Zionisim does exist. It exists with the help of Zionist christians. Hell, Joe Biden claimed on camera that he is a Zionist and we know he is not smart enough to be Jewish.
Non-Zionist Jews should be joining with Gentiles in condeming Zionisim or they risk being lumped together as they were in Nazi Germany.
As for my Final Solution, Thats easy. I would pass a law simillar to the one Isreal just passed requiring all Jews sign a loyalty oath to Isreal except change it to America. No dual citizenship. Period. No more aid to Isreal or any other country. Hang any politician that excepts money from a foriegn nation (AIPAC).
If by putting the needs of America ahead of Isreal and Zionist internationalist you consider me a biggot,I am guilty.
You certainly sound like a collectivist, judging
people by groups rather than as individuals. I guess that accounts for your simplistic, collectivist solutions and admiration for Statist loyalty oaths and top down government controls that would eliminate the freedom to NOT support a government that is clearly running amok, bombing innocents all over the globe and enslaving its own people etc.
You offer no solution, only more tyranny; it's the oldest State solution of all.
I would prefer anarchy to
I would prefer anarchy to loyalty oaths. I happen to believe that a lot of the tyranny you speak of originates outside of Americas borders. I did not speak of a loyalty oath to any GOVERMENT but to our country. How do you make the jump to collectivist from that? Do the individuals you speak of include dual citizens that have sworn an oath to another nation? I guess you believe in the new world order,No borders or sovereignty? Yes, our goverment is running amok bombing innocents all over the world. But for who's intrest? Since the Iraq invasion rhetoric started 6 hours after the 9-11 attack by Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Pearl and the rest of the Isreali citizen group that influences our nation I say it is for Isreal. Whether our nation keeps marching toward tyranny or decides to enbrace Liberty should be Americas decision not another foreign nation's. I am a simple man but calling me a Statist offends me.
Just to let you know I have a problem with the anti collectivism that we are using,it IS defeating our goals in the long run.I have been leaning libertarian for a couple of years now and I have noted a lack in productivity because of this.I am working on another term that may be acceptable to everyone to hopefully cure the problem.To think this way is not helping our cause at all.
Unconstitutional War - "The story you are about to hear is true; the names and places are being changed to protect the guilty."
Final Solution: Lessons Of History
We need the ability to discern … to recognize the patterns of fallacy, if we are to avoid the mistakes of the past. Don't kid yourself, the efforts to sanitize the record are overt and covert and often aided by many handmaidens well meaning. Those who would control access, and presume to assemble the details to better serve up their self-serving bottom line for you always start with the premise that the masses ( that means you) cannot handle the truth. For reasons expedient to such interests of power, you should not be able to draw your own conclusions.
I shudder when I see the statement, probably added as an update to the original post, -- 'Ready to pull this thread...The liberty movement is not good at self policing by definition.... then we will not be able to spread our message."
The threat is real when we ourselves prove to be the greatest censor of our own message … and through so called self policing, supinely submit to sacred cowing in stanchions of our own construction. In this instance, the original poster who has invited our candid input, would presumptively claim the prerrogative to take ALL the worthwhile content of an intelligent discussion on important, though sensitive, topics down the drain with the bath water.
That form of cleansing of ideas used to happen more frequently here on DP when Jack's pretensions of parlor room political decorum carried more credibility during the election season. Provocateurs of his ilk were more successful then in exploiting our vulnerability to such manipulation. Look at the consequence when the lessons of history must be relearned with no reference to a true account of what transpired in the past: Newcomers here might think that BigT or I were unwarranted in calling out of Jack in his new incarnation as F-Buzz. Without reference to his past indiscretions where he was flushed out to show his true colors, readers of this forum unfamiliar with his trail of tactics might be taken in when he pretends to the equanimity of a social worker preparing a case report to the judge. Make no mistake; the charlatans of history are usually only recognizable through the lens of retrospection … which is why we need to remove the tinting, rose colored, blue blocked, reflective, or dark so-only-they-can-see-out-ain't-nobody-can-see-in.
In regards to such questions, by way of illustration, I'm going to post an article that someone else first put up on DP several weeks ago, but it received virtually no circulation at the time ( perhaps out of timidity). I don't post it as any final word of authority on the topics addressed, because to my view, that's not how solutions are best arrived at. Experience has taught me that ideas are best confronted by the crucible of adversarial debate were no side is hobbled in the due process of deliberate scrutiny.
My solution, finally – you be the judge:
very interesting link; I didn't know this--
but I learn something new from these people all the time--
what courage they have!
it's hard to be awake; it's easier to dream--
If you liked that one,
you should DEFINITELY read this link.
This fills in SO many blanks that people don't know.
Anybody who really wants to learn what's going on, absolutely MUST read this entire speech by Freedman, or they will never really know what's going on behind everything.
This is probably one of the most important speeches that you will ever read.
Jews Against Zionism
the OP is resorting to name calling! lol
I think with the exception of a perhaps a few unemployed neonazi wannabes, the only people that have enough time on their hands to fill comments sections on liberty articles and liberty issue treatments with ravings about "Zionists" must be on the payroll of people who want to discredit the liberty movement. Perhaps the pentagon, perhaps cointel pro, maybe the ADL…
we are the Remnant
Israel Recruits Army Of Bloggers To Troll Anti-War Websites
we are the Remnant
Bill Cooper - on Zionism
why is zion so important to these people? is it more than just a symbol of status..?
Iinteresting Wiki article
Interesting etymology theories.
OK, Zionist is out and Kike
OK, Zionist is out and Kike is back in.
"It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds"
-Sam Adams
wtf? mods please
This post and user should be removed
I think you may want to actually READ the supplied link, first.
IF you actually READ the link (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kike) to the etymology of the derogatory term "kike," as supplied by "netzorro" you'd find that it WERE THE JEWS themselves whom coined it to ridicule the Jews of Russian/E.European Origin:
"According to Our Crowd, by Stephen Birmingham, the term "kike" was coined as a derogatory putdown by the assimilated American German Jews to identify Eastern-European Jews: "Because many Russian [Jewish] names ended in 'ki', they were called 'kikes'- a German Jewish contribution to the American vernacular. The name then proceeded to be co-opted by non-Jews as it gained prominence in its usage in society, and was later used as a demeaning Anti-Semitic slur."
THIS is WHY it is PRUDENT to actually hear the "opposition's" argument, even if on the surface you don't like it, especially IF you actually want to "win" the argument via an apropos rebuttal.
you know, it's actually no different than an American from New York RIDICULING a Southerner as "ignorant-redneck, whitetrash, trailer-trash, a hick," blah, blah, blah, etc. what makes you think any of those terms are any less offensive than a Jew calling another Jew as a "kike"?? precisely because NO ONE in the MSM "tells you" to equate calling Southerners as "Neo-Confederates," "rednecks, trailer-trash, whitetrash," as a BAD THING. But you do hear ALL the time, NOT to call Jews, ___, whatever that maybe.
THAT's all the poster wanted you to know.
apparently, you had the same knee-jerk reaction typical of what any neocon zionist propagandists would have, ie. mainly their go-to toolbox of calling the rest of FREE THINKERS as "ENEMIES of Israel" this, and ENEMIES of Israel that.
what other "people" do you know that gets called that? Do the French have a need to call the rest of us "ENEMIES of France" when someone says something that they find offensive, or a constructive criticism of their foreign policy, or a policy of occupation? Oh wait, the French kinda stopped the whole colonial thing, at least visibly. never mind.
the mere fact that "grown adults" would need to fall back to kindergarten-playground level name calling is pretty telling that it's done so, to AVOID any nuanced discussion of Israel's murderous occupation and apartheidist POLICE STATE policies against their OWN SEMITIC Palestinian brethren, as well as their OWN Citizenry, not to mention PROPAGANDIZING here in OUR REPUBLIC, via the likes of their own MSM, AIPAC, SPLC, and ADL fearmongering.
aren't you glad, now that you can count yourself among such fine upstanding organization as the IOF, Mossad, AIPAC, SPLC, PNAC, and ADL, whether by intent or inadvertence, for falling into the same knee-jerk reaction, of all things, to simple words that prompt a Pavlovian canine response?
whuff, whuff
P.S. the mere fact that you'd call on the poster to be "removed" because you personally felt offended by it, is PRECISELY what the still False L vs.R Paradigm-stuck liberals AND FAKE,RINO-"conservatives" resort to. It's no different than a child who cannot stand up on his own so he calls on his daddy to beat up the kid that made fun of you, for it. pretty revealing actually. I know you're better than that.
IF you're on DP forum, you should be able to rebut other's positions, without asking Mike or the Mods for him/her to be "REMOVED" for your personal pleasure.
THIS is precisely how people STOP talking to each other, and fall into the partisan trap of painting an individual with a label one wants to vilify, and communicate to the rest, as if to say "if I call him/her with this term, ie. 'anti-semite' that's a code word for ya'll to avoid him/her like the plague."
I'd highly recommend that you internalize and look deeply into the origin of your own subconscious autonomic response; WHY do you feel the need to BAN someone from speaking or thinking in such apparent factual reality? again, the derogatory term, as it IS coined as a derogatory term, BY the JEWS THEMSELVES, is netzorro's whole point.
what is SO WRONG about simply pointing out this fact?
freedom of speech means you
freedom of speech means you have to hear somethings you don't want to from time to time..
quit being so thin skinned, its people like you that get books burned.
"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors." Plato
Nope. This has nothing to do
Nope. This has nothing to do with free speech. This is a private website, what the owner says goes. As far as you enjoying that Ron Paul's name and followers are associated with hate speech, eat it. Under your argument, it's ok to label groups and use derogatory attacks against people you don't like just because of freedom of speech. Sorry that I wasn't raised like an animal. I treat everyone equally; jews, hispanics, gays, blacks and everyone else because we're all part of the HUMAN RACE.
I don't treat hate mongers, bigots, and idiots the same though. Defend them all you like
hate speech... theres that
hate speech... theres that liberal phrase again..
I think you just made the point for the rest of "us,"
"As far as you enjoying that Ron Paul's name and followers are associated with hate speech, eat it. Under your argument, it's ok to label groups and use derogatory attacks against people you don't like just because of freedom of speech."
and you just labeled the rest of "us" as bigots, as IF, for using "Ron Paul's name" as some type of cover, to merely discuss the ACTUAL ORIGIN of the term, which apparently you've still NOT READ. as IF you ACTUALLY clicked on the Wiki link, you'd understand that it was a term coined by the Jews themselves to ridicule OTHER JEWS of ethnic origin they themselves feel superior to.
POINTING OUT THIS HISTORICAL FACT does NOT impugn Ron Paul's good name, nor does it automatically make any grown adult who can talk about controversial issues, into a bigot.
this is no different than you calling ACLU neoNAZIS, for DEFENDING their 1st Amendment right. again, after all these yrs, how is it that people always FORGET the logic behind that, whenever if feels convenient to do so?
what is APPALLING is that you'd relegate to the same lazy propagandists' tactic of namecalling, without actually examining the underlying intent of the origin of the discussion.
LEARN to DISCERN the difference.
F-Buzz, You can't have it both ways.
"This is a private website, what the owner says goes."
Restaurants are private property yet there are Federal laws forcing the owner of that property to serve people he may not wish to serve for his own personal reasons. I suspect you support that law even though on it's face it is discrimitory. You are all for dicrimination as long as its against what you consider the right people. I consider that hate mongering!
I'm thinking of taking up a collection,
and printing you up an official Jack Parkman memorial DP HALL MONITOR badge, so you don't feel under-appreciated for all the fine work you do here.
You would defend that word.
You would defend that word. Why don't you just add an O after the G in your name.
Sticks And Stones ...
... But really, Jack, what's in a name?
As your almost clever post shows, a niggardly attention to hipersensitive rules of political correctness can chill worthwhile intercourse of ideas at times.
You wouldn't want to just intercourse with yourself, now would you?
Can we agree it would be rude to even suggest such a thing ( in subtle words or their components ) unless in response to a personal attack lodged by a distractor who is here just to cause trouble.
You and I might agree it would not be politic. But I think it would be correct in such instance to appreciate the context in which words are used.
For words to have meaning, and not just affect, one must be effective at discerning. In that regard, shouldn't we pay more attentionn to what someone is saying, and why ... and less how they say it ?
You can disguise hate speech
You can disguise hate speech under cover of context very easily. If you enjoy defending it, congratulations. Why allow Ron to be sullied via the bigots hiding their jew hate through double-speak? Unless of course, you are against him or care not of the implications. Remember; this is politics, the public is your audience, not pseudo-intellectuals mentally drooling over the proper context of hate speech. If you think the dipsh*ts defending the use of the word here are enough to vote Ron into the presidency, by all means, carry on. If you really think you can help someone run for president and simultaneously re-educate the public on the proper use of language, you have been taking some amazing drugs and I want some.
"hate speech"???
what the hell is a "hate speech"??
no such thing.
you just feel hatED by someone thinking and talking. that does not justify calling someone names or label it with 'avoid that kind of thought' dictate.
Ways And Meaning …
The Hate Song Of Jack The Ripped --
Call me anything you like, Jack, just don't call me any synonym of mean or hateful (not because I'm crushed by the tactic, but because it's a dead give away, and that kind of slip ends up in your performance review. I'd hate to see you become an unemployment statistic. There is entertainment value in your antics; and it's good exercise for our free speech liberty advocates.)
Speaking of 'hate speech', did I ever tell you I hate it when you speechify all righteous and all... correct and politic. One minute you are pretending to be the voice of all creed tolerance in an effort to suck up to superficial political constituencies, then you are looking to share drugs. The many faces you put forward reminds me of the narc that Fishy described on the reunion thread. You know – the guy who insinuated himself where he didn't belong just to make trouble among those who were busy relating with each other. Hey ! Jack … you rascal you … was that you talking shame over on that 'Legalize Pot' thread … the video with that hot chick … It was – wasn't it! It's your scolding division politics MO … Oh you scoundrel …you've been stirring up trouble in a couple of places haven't you … Was that you, or just a colleague, with the non sequitur –'Anti-Semitism on Daily Paul?', posted earlier today? … What's that line about protesting too much ( … and methinks you doth protest an awful lot … especially when one takes count of the many, many facets of the disorder your multiple personalities attempt to foment. ).
As you know, Jack, since we've gone around on these issues of sanitized communication before, I am not in favor of gratuitously insulting vituperative remarks; but there is a specter more menacing to constructive dialogue – And that is -- censored … even self censored, open inquiry cowed into orthodoxy by political correctness demanding flinching conformity to oppressive dogma.
You are a bit of a distraction; but since loaded words and disinfo gimmicks is sort of the theme of this thread, your semantics are not 'OFF TOPIC'. Carry on. Thanks for the illustrations.
Are you having a stroke right
Are you having a stroke right now? I see many intelligent words all mixed up into a frenzy of nothingness. If you really believe I am someone else or acting on behalf of some clandestine government agency, then I really want your drugs. I have no problem with weed, I just think yours is much stronger than mine. Also, if I was working against Ron Paul and his success, why would I be calling out the maniacs that are sure to railroad his 2012 candidacy? Essentially, I'm sick of the fringe elements becoming the media focus and have taken matters into my own hands , kind of a public relations out of sheer desperation. Consider my hand forced.
Please go see a doctor as soon as possible, strokes are very serious. Good luck
Circular Jerks …
… might take the bait …
Masters of da' bait come to recognize that indulging every urge becomes self-abusive, and is ultimately unsightly – 'An eye for an eye' leads to mutual blindness.
So, hearing that you have taken yourself in hand, I will leave you to yourself. But again thanks, ... Jack, ( hmm) … for this clinical series on the ways and means of contending with molesting provocateur techniques. And I do wish you good luck resisting the ravaging reach of that forcible hand.
" Master thyself, then others shall thee beare."
-- Ezra Pound


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WTAPS exhibition
We got a ton of amazing footage and 'INTELLIGENCE' features coming soon….TET at the showroom
A rare glimpse inside the GIP store.
At the Heather Grey Wall offices with Kazuki
We had a chance to attend the book release for Kazuki's new 'ODDS and ENDS' book. Shinsuke from NBHD was also in attendance.
NBHD Shibuya
Bedwin SS13 exhibition
Late nights in Tokyo at Kinfolk with John and Team Bedwin
At the SOPH. offices. Mitsuru in work mode!
Taking some footage of the SOPH. Tokyo shop. People taking pictures of people taking pictures…
Late night with Nishizaki and Mitsuru involves lots of beer!…good times
Thats all for now. Be on the lookout for lot of INTELLIGENCE coverage in the coming weeks. We've been putting in work to try to bring you guys lots of behind the scenes looks at what makes your favourite JP brands tick…stay tuned
Most of you may be aware of my brother Arthur and I, through our work with the shop (HAVEN). What most of you probably don't know is that we have a younger sister (Angélique) who also works in the industry. She graduated from F.I.T. New York a little while back and is now working full time on her own self titled line. She now works out of her New York studio. Here are some shots of her SS13 range.
You can find her collections at Coup Boutique and you can visit her website HERE.
For buyers and media inquiries you can check her out at the next (capsule) trade show in New York from February 22-24, 2012.
Me and Ryan were out in a Tokyo a few weeks back. Did a bunch of ordering for next season as well as a bunch of 'Intelligence' stuff. We got some amazing content in the works with some of our favourite brands and we're looking forward to getting the info out there shortly. Here's some random highlights from the trip with more to come.
Omotesando Koffee Bar is a super cool coffee shop that is located in a residential area just off of Omotesando. It's really tucked away so you might need to GPS it. It's a tiny little spot with a single guy manning as barista.
Golden Brown is a Tokyo must if you love burgers. They have one in Naka-Meguro and another in the Omotesando Hills shopping centre.
Hender Scheme makes amazing leather products. Before…..
After……Here's a pair of the Shell Toe "replicas" with full Leather upper and outsole that have had some wear on them. They age beautifully.
Had a chance to pop into Nigo's atelier to meet with the guys at Human Made.
There's a bunch of random cool stuff everywhere.
Popped in to the Undercover shop. Their windows are crazy. All the eyes are cut out. On a nice day the sun shines through the eyes bringing light into the interior space.
Wild times at the Trump Room.
Going through all my pics….More shortly…
While I was in Berlin I somehow stumbled across the Salim Varol "At home i'm a tourist" Exhibition at the ME Collections Room. I didn't even know what it was until I saw a massive poster of a KAWS companion hanging from the building that peaked my interest. The exhibition includes a total of 3,000 works by more than 200 artists & designers from over 20 countries with amazing work from all the whose who of the street art industry. Artists include KAWS, Shepard Fairy, Faile, Banksy, D*Face, Delta, David Choe, Futura and so much more. It was pretty unreal the magnitude of Salim Varol's collection until you see it all in one space. Here's a few pics that I snapped.
For the last week or so I have been away on a short trip to Eastern Europe with the gf. We spent half of our time in Berlin, Germany and the other half in Prague, Czech Republic. It was my first time ever visiting the city Berlin and I had some pre conceived notions of what it wolud be like. Berlin seems to be changing very fast and it's most evident in their architecture. The city is riddled with old graffiti stricken and war torn buildings contrasted with stark modern structures. It's a pretty amazing city that has lots of character of it's own.
Day one we were completely exhausted after arriving in Berlin from nearly 18 hrs of flying all the way from Vancouver. One of the first matters of order was to meet up with Errolson of Acronym who was leaving to Paris then Italy the next day. Here's Hendrik (Artoo), Joerg (Firmament) and Errolson (Acronym) in Mitte. Yes Errolson aka Mr.Acronym is holding a Zara bag!…..Actually he was carrying around a bag full of cupcakes!
It was actually Errolsons' Birthday hence the cupcakes. We headed out for some amazing Cheescake to celebrate. German's know how to make Cheesecake!
Errolson isn't always as serious as his Acronym videos make him out to be…
Day 2: We were fully recharged and got up early to have brunch at Cafe Anna Blume in Prenzlauer Berg. They are really famous for having one of the best breakfasts' in town.
One of the first sites we visited was the Berlin Wall. It was pretty cold and rainy on the afternoon of second day, but added to the impact of seeing the wall for the first time. Sections of the wall are still left untouched as part of historic preservation in Berlin.
These rods are markers for where the wall once stood
The first couple days in Berlin we had a chance to do some shopping and walking around all the different areas of the city. We spent a lot of time in the area of Mitte which has a lot of the independent shops, galleries and great restaurants…..when in Berlin make sure to check out Joergs' spot Firmament. They are located in Mitte and stock the goods with Acronym, Stone Island, WTAPS, Nike Tier Zero, Undercover etc.
One of my favourite shops to visit in the city was the new Andreas Murkudis concept space located in a secluded courtyard in the area of Tiergarten. I've been to my fair share of "cool" spaces around the world and I must say that Andreas Murkudis is perhaps one of the most impressive and inspiring stores i've ever visited. They carry a selection of select goods for both men's and women's from Maison Martin Margiela, Dries Van Noten, Balenciaga, Guidi, Yohji Yamamoto and a plethora of other high end brands. Though the clothing is not particularly my cup of tea this massive space also houses a concise selection of accessories, books, home wares, furniture and apothecary. A must visit.
While walking through the city I found an abundance of buildings, entrances, and spaces to draw inspiration from. It's no wonder that the city of Berlin is the home to many artists, architects and designers. Berlin would be a retailers dream, rent is amazingly cheap and the spaces that are available are phenomenal, making it very easy for independents to set up shop. I must have walked by dozens of buildings where I thought "huh, that would be perfect to set up a HAVEN shop". There's so many hidden courtyards and discreet locations tucked away in every neighbourhood …Here's a few entrances I stumbled upon that I thought would be great shop entrances if fixed up nicely.
While in Mitte Joerg recommended hitting up Claerchens Ballhaus for a traditional style German dinner…
Here are some randoms from around the Mitte and surrounding areas.
Museum Island
More shortly….


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Give me good news. Tell me that "changing Nami's final concept" doesn't mean that you've done something like strip off all the scales on her upper body and give her bigger boobs or something to make her "sexier". You've spent so much time on the forums talking about how you're totally listening to our concerns about female champion design, but you've still got nothing to show for it and you even went in the extreme opposite direction with Elise. I realize that you're not the only person in charge of making champions look like they do, but surely you can influence them somehow! Especially after talking so much about it on the forums! Your pretty much completely empty words so far are starting to shake my faith in you, and I'd rather not see your posts and just sigh and roll my eyes because here you go again building us up with nothing! So please, give me some good news. Also, tell me you're keeping the frills. I love the frills.
Duke Br0heimer
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Sr. Concept Artist
Wait.. what? From what I've seen she's pretty much the same as the concept art. Is that what you wanted to hear?
Dear Parrot why does her head look exactly like Syndra's? =S
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Helping unify a nation
College of Law professor guides Nepal toward new constitution
Negotiators in Nepal are in the final stages of drafting a new constitution for their country, and a University of Iowa law professor recently helped push the process along.
John Reitz was part of a 10-member international team of constitutional and comparative legal scholars who provided advice and counsel to the Nepalese as they hammered out their new governing document.
Reitz participated in the Conference on the Emerging New Constitution of Nepal held May 5-7 in Kathmandu. The panel, which included scholars from the United States, Australia, India, Spain, and South Africa, heard papers and presentations by the Nepalese about their ideas on what should be in the constitution and the issues they face.
He said the Nepalese were eager to hear an outside perspective and analysis of the issues, and for the panel's advice.
"I was very encouraged by the process and by their reaction to the ideas we presented," says Reitz. "There's a high level of involvement by the Nepalese people in this process and good knowledge of international models."
The Nepalese have been negotiating a new constitution since 2008 as part of the peace process meant to end a brutal insurrection by a Maoist political faction. The first product of that process was to unify the political forces in the country, leading to the deposition of the previous constitutional monarchy and abdication of the royal family.
Reitz said one significant challenge negotiators face in writing a new constitution is Nepal's immense ethnic diversity.
"It's a country of stunning diversity, with more than 60 ethnic and caste groups and up to 100 languages," Reitz says. "One of the ideas they presented at the conference was that Nepal should have a federal form of government in order to protect minority ethnic interests. We tried to tell them that federalism is not a way to protect ethnic minorities. What you need is strong human rights laws and an independent court system to enforce them."
One of the other main issues concerns the choice between parliamentary or presidential forms of government. Nepal had been operating since the late 1950s with a parliamentary government on the British model, but a large number of political parties led to instability and frequent changes of government. Reitz said that this was one of the most contentious issues in the conference, with the Maoists promoting a strong president and the liberal parties preferring to find ways to stabilize the parliamentary system in Nepal.
He said protecting human rights, especially for women, and keeping a president from becoming a dictator were some of the other topics discussed at the conference. Panelists also discussed how the court system should be set up and how to keep it from becoming corrupt.


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The advantages of postseason expansion
November, 18, 2011
Buster Olney | ESPN Insider
Jim McIsaac/Getty ImagesAn expanded playoffs system could make the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry even more compelling.
Forces within the sport of baseball have been aligned against the idea of having a one-game playoff. There are owners who hate it because they feel that after a 162-game season, they'd like to be assured of at least one home playoff game. There are players of influence who don't like the one-game playoff because they believe that it's not worthy or reflective of what the sport is about through the long summer.But even with critics lined up on both sides of the labor talks, the one-game playoff is expected to be part of the baseball structure in years ahead for a couple of practical reasons:
1. Major League Baseball officials feel they have already extended the calendar about as far as it can go, with the season sometimes starting in the last days of March and flirting with November. If a best-of-three were added, there would have been a very real chance that the summer game would have spilled over into the year's 11th month.
2. The folks who work on baseball's TV side -- MLB's partners -- love the idea, because of the potential interest in a one-game playoff, because of the possible ratings, because of the money.
Over the past 24 hours, I've gotten about 1,000 e-mails indicting the sport with the charge of adopting the extra playoff to generate money. Let's render a verdict right now: Guilty -- because like just about every other business in the world, baseball exists to make money. The sport is played to sell tickets and to draw viewers, not to be a nonprofit organization.
And personally, I think the one-game playoff reinforces the integrity of the 162-game season, rather than detracts from it, because now teams will be fully motivated to win their division. Over the past decade we've seen the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox repeatedly drift through the final month, not really caring whether they won the AL East title or the wild card. Now there will be major incentives for all teams to win the division, to push through the finish line of the regular season.
By winning a division, a team would avoid the one-game playoff. You can bet that if the Giants and Dodgers were tied going into the last day of the regular season -- but were both assured of making the playoffs -- managers for both clubs would push to win that last game. They would twist their rotation to get the best available starter on the mound, rather than float through Game No. 162.
And the division winners will have an opportunity to get their rotations in order -- most of the time, they probably will be able to line up their starting pitchers from best to worst -- while the wild-card teams will be left to scramble, to make their whole staff available to win the one-game playoff. As it should be. Under the system that has been in place, there really hasn't been much disadvantage to being a wild-card team, as the 2011 Cardinals demonstrated.
Many of the best baseball moments in recent seasons have come in the moments when the season has come down to one winner-take-all game, such as the playoff between the Padres and Rockies; the Tigers-Twins Game No. 163 in 2009; and the final day of the regular season this year, when the Rays, Red Sox, Cardinals and Braves helped to create a spectacular night of baseball.
Some fans wrote in Thursday evening noting that the events of the last 24 hours of the regular season could not have happened if the new format of 10 playoff teams had been in place. Other scenarios will evolve, however, with the opportunities multiplying through the addition of another wild-card team, and every year baseball fans will be assured of at least two games with full drama -- two winner-take-all games.
It is possible that the team with the second-best record in its respective league will have its season reduced to just one game, on one night. There will be a way to avoid that: Just win your division.
This will be a great thing and will make for great drama. At its core, the sport really isn't designed for a one-game playoff; the strengths and weaknesses of teams are borne out over a long season. But the problems with a one-game playoff aren't really any different than a best-of-three or best-of-five or best-of-seven World Series. Nobody thought the 2011 Cardinals were the best team in baseball before the playoffs started. Nobody thought the Dodgers were the best team in 1988, or the Mets were the best team as the playoffs started in 1969. Nobody thought the Boston Braves were baseball's best team in 1914. As Billy Beane famously said, the playoffs are a crap shoot, but Connie Mack could've said that and Miller Huggins could have said that and John McGraw could have said that, too.
The only way to fully align baseball with the integrity of its regular season would be to eliminate the postseason altogether, eliminate the leagues, play a fully balanced schedule and crown the team with the best record among the 30 teams.
But that isn't going to happen. The postseason is as much a part of the fabric of the sport as the bunt and the designated hitter, and while there are those who grouse about both of those (for the record, I can't stand the DH), those elements aren't going away.
So MLB's challenge is to create the most compelling postseason format, with the most possible drama, to create the most interest and, yes, the most money. And adding two playoff teams and the one-game formats will be performance-enhancers.
Bud Selig announced other major changes that have been in place for weeks and months: the Astros moving to the American League. Baseball is getting its ducks in a row, writes Tyler Kepner.
Jim Crane was introduced as the Astros' owner, and Richard Justice wonders what's not to like. Crane strongly hinted he will lower ticket prices.
The addition of the Astros to the AL West reinforces the sad state of the Oakland Athletics, writes Bruce Jenkins.
There's a new wild-card format, and Orioles fans are yawning, writes Dan Connolly. It does change the dynamic slightly for the Rays, Blue Jays and Orioles -- at the very least, they would feel that they'd have a shot to make the playoffs even in years when the Red Sox and Yankees play well. The Jays could be in wild-card heaven, writes Bob Elliott, who notes that the Jays would have made the playoffs in 1998 if this format had been in place.
These are improvements, writes Jim Souhan.
• The Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw won the Cy Young Award, in keeping with the team's strong tradition of pitching, writes Bill Plaschke.
Ian Kennedy finished fourth in the Cy Young voting. Three Phillies finished in the top five in the Cy Young voting.
Madison Bumgarner got a fifth-place vote for Cy Young.
From ESPN Stats & Information, those pitchers have won a Gold Glove and Cy Young in the same season:
Clayton Kershaw -- 2011
Greg Maddux -- 1992-95
Bret Saberhagen -- 1989
Orel Hershiser -- 1988
Jim Palmer -- 1976
Bob Gibson -- 1968, 1970
Kershaw (2011) vs. Sandy Koufax (1963), in first Cy Young season:
IP -- 233.3 vs. 311
W-L -- 21-5 vs. 25-5
ERA -- 2.28 vs. 1.88
K-BB -- 248-54 vs. 306-58
Kershaw, Roy Halladay and Cliff Lee all had remarkably similar stats and Kennedy tied Kershaw for the league lead in wins. But against teams .500 or better, Kershaw was 12-3 with an ERA under 2, a WHIP under 1, and a strikeout-to-walk ratio over 5.


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Actor Harrison Ford is in fair condition after crash-landing a private plane on a golf course in Venice, CA, Thursday afternoon.
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Dr. Ablon's Revolutionary Approach to Helping Children with Behavioral Challenges
Posted by Nick Gray on September 04, 2012Dr. J. Stuart Ablon from Think:Kids with Janine Francolini of the Flawless Foundation |
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Consider this scenario:
Teacher: How many times have I told you that you can't be late to class? You are close to failing this class. I know you are smart, but you have to wake up in the morning and get here on time. You can't waltz in the door 10 minutes before the period ends and expect to receive a passing grade.
Student: I don't care about this stupid class anyway.
Teacher: Don't talk back to me or I'll send you to the principal's office.
Student: So, what? I learn more there than I do here, anyway.
Teacher: Fine, then get your things and go.
As an educator or parent, you might look at that exchange and think, "I would never talk to a child that way." But in moments of frustration, most people's reactions might not be too different.
Dr. J. Stuart Ablon, a psychologist at Think:Kids who specializes in treating children with behavioral challenges, believes adults can learn a more effective approach.
On August 7 - 9, Dr. Ablon elaborated on his approach at Bank Street College in a training program attended by 140 educators, parents, and clinicians. The event was co-hosted by Bank Street's Continuing Professional Studies and the Flawless Foundation—an organization that promotes awareness, support, and treatment for children with behavioral challenges.
Earlier in her career, Janine Francolini—who founded the Flawless Foundation—took graduate courses at Bank Street and worked at the College's Family Center and School for Children. For her, hosting Dr. Ablon's training at Bank Street was meaningful on a personal level:
I am so thrilled to have returned to my professional foundation, the place where I first learned to embody what we live at the Flawless Foundation which is to "see the perfection in every child."
"Kids do well, if they can"
The core belief at Think:Kids is, "Kids do well, if they can." Rather than viewing bad behavior as an effort to test limits and get attention, Dr. Ablon sees it as a sign of "lagging cognitive skills"—the child simply doesn't yet have the tools to deal appropriately with the challenges in their lives. Grasping that as the root cause of challenging behavior helps adults to adopt more positive, collaborative tactics to help a child learn those skills.
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Participants challenged themselves to change their thinking about children with the most difficult behaviors. As Dr. Ablon wisely pointed out, these children know the consequences of their actions; reiterating the consequences isn't necessary. Instead, implementing what Dr. Ablon calls a Collaborative Problem Solving Approach can identify the root cause of the problem behavior and create a plan for teaching the skills needed to handle similar problems in the future.
When a participant asked whether the approach was too lenient and perhaps didn't prepare children for the "real world," Dr. Ablon smiled. He replied that conventional wisdom using punishments and threats hadn't work so far, and that it just created a cycle of repeat offenses. But when a collaborative approach was used, over time the child acquired the skills needed to handle the situation and similar situations in the future. Just as some children need additional help in reading and math skills, some children need help to express their needs or finding a solution to a challenging situation in their life.
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Teachers who attended the Bank Street training reported that they were eager to return to the classroom equipped with a fresh perspective on working with kids with behavioral challenges. One teacher reported,
The most important idea was how to approach students from a collaborative, problem-solving, skill building perspective. To not be personally offended by offensive, explosive behavior and to approach the situation strategically rather than defensively.
Dr. Ablon's visit was part of Bank Street's ongoing efforts to support broadly accessible learning and professional development opportunities. Up next from CPS:
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- Study Abroad programs to Morocco and Cuba over President's week and Spring break
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Large contingents of Central paramilitary forces and State police personnel have been deployed in a bid to thwart the 'Chalo Assembly' programme
The government is going all-out to thwart the 'Chalo Assembly' programme being organised by the Telangana Joint Action Committee on Thursday. By declaring a holiday for educational institutions and closing all flyovers, it has taken unprecedented steps.
Large contingents of central paramilitary forces like the Border Security Force (BSF) have arrived in the city. They have been positioned at vulnerable locations in the city. Over 25,000 policemen belonging to both Central and State security forces have also been deployed.
Buses diverted
Police have taken over all trunk routes leading to the Assembly by posting pickets at every 10 yards, in addition to putting up steel barricades a few yards before the Assembly. RTC buses plying via the Assembly road are being diverted to other routes.
"Depending on the advice of the police, the number of buses and trips too could be curtailed while services in all other routes are being regulated," RTC officials said.
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Half the MMTS services have been cancelled, especially those on the Secunderabad-Hyderabad and Secunderabad-Falaknuma routes. Trains will run on the Secunderabad-Lingampally routes though.
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Still, police are on the edge since three groups of youngsters turned up at the Assembly in the afternoon, despite massive security. The startled policemen even evacuated inmates of the Nizam college hostel at Basheerbagh, which is located stone's throwaway from Assembly.
On several occasions earlier, boarders of this hostel had taken to the streets in support of pro-Telangana agitations elsewhere in city or State.
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Massive police presence and curbs all round has already had an effect with traffic movement on the usual busy Khairatabad flyover, Raj Bhavan road, Assembly, Basheerbagh and Nampally thinning down from evening itself.
The Cyberabad police on other side of the city also seem to be equally determined not to allow pro-Telangana activists from the surrounding districts to enter the city. Four DIGs, seven SPs, 40 DSPs, 100 Inspectors and 400 SIs are being deployed for security arrangements. Fifty-eight check-posts have also been set up at different points to inspect vehicles.
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Underwriters work for banks and other financial institutions. They assess the risk factor in accepting applicants for different services such as loans, mortgages, equity, insurance and capital. They review an applicant's credit history, age, financial situation and other factors to determine if the applicant would be a risk. If they are deemed a risk, applicants are determined by the underwriter to either be declined services or pay a premium interest rate. Underwriters' primary duty is to protect the financial institution for whom they work from losing money.
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Freakonomics Hucksters: "Save the Earth, Drive Your Car"
Posted By Angie Schmitt On November 15, 2012 @ 3:56 pm In Media Watch,Transit | 42 Comments
Remember those wizards of counter-intuition, the Freakonomics guys? You know, the ones who told their audience that it's safer to drive drunk than to walk drunk [1]? Well, in his latest piece for NPR's Marketplace [2], which ran with the headline "Save the Earth, Drive Your Car," Stephen Dubner talks to Clemson University's Eric Morris and arrives at the ridiculous conclusion that driving is greener than transit.
The intellectually dishonest argument rests on the per-passenger energy consumption of cars versus buses. Buses are potentially much more efficient than cars, Morris admits. But many buses are underutilized: The average bus carries just 10 passengers, while the average car carries 1.6. As a result, Morris says, those traveling by bus consume 20 percent more energy per passenger than people driving in cars. (American trains, he concedes, are two-thirds more efficient than cars on this measure, but he qualifies that by saying the "number is warped a bit by the New York City subway, which is just a monster of efficiency.")
So let's say you're an average, environmentally-concerned Joe, and you take this segment to literally mean that you should, in fact, drive your car to "save the earth." How would that affect the environment? Well, the decision to take transit would consume essentially no additional energy — you would be using the system that's at your disposal. While driving a car would spew greenhouse gases into the air that would otherwise stay in your fuel tank. It is pretty clear which choice is better for the environment, and it's the intuitive one.
Midway through the article, after slagging transit with their big, attention-grabbing counter-intuitive point, Dubner and Morris admit that getting more people to use existing transit is unequivocally good for the planet. What they actually want to warn people about is building new transit, which won't work "in places like Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Memphis" because the routes will be under-used. This, too, is incredibly dishonest.
Places like Cleveland have weakened the transit systems they were endowed with by creating every possible incentive to drive. If anything, the "hidden side" of this issue that Morris and Dubner play up for its counter-intuitive shock value — energy consumed per passenger mile — just points to the disastrous environmental consequences of planning communities around driving. The low ridership on Cleveland's passenger trains is testament to poor planning, not an indictment of transit. Check out the pedestrian environments around some of Cleveland's rapid transit stations:
Clearly, many American cities need to repair decades' worth of damage to the walkable urban fabric that makes transit efficient and well-used. They also need to build better transit so new walkable development can flourish. When Cleveland made a substantial investment in upgrading bus service on Euclid Avenue, ridership shot up 47 percent and a wave of new development followed.
This gets to the biggest omission of all in Morris and Dubner's argument. They never mention that transit helps create places where people drive less, walk and bike more, and live in much more energy-efficient homes. Professor Robert Cervero at UC Berkeley estimates [5] that transit alone has the potential to curb America's per capita carbon emissions by 20 percent. When you factor in the energy efficiency that comes along with the type of development transit supports, the number jumps to 30 percent.
Dubner notes at the beginning that New Yorkers have the smallest per-capita carbon footprint in the United States, but he never fully explains why places with good transit like New York, Boston, and San Francisco also have some of the lowest energy consumption rates in the country [6]. There's no reason places like Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Memphis can't join them as green cities with great transit.
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[2] NPR's Marketplace: http://www.marketplace.org/topics/sustainability/freakonomics-radio/save-earth-drive-your-car
[3] Image: http://usa.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dubner.jpg
[4] Image: http://usa.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/rapidstations.jpg
[5] estimates: http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/12/09/a-message-from-copenhagen-climate-plan-must-include-walkable-urbanism/
[6] some of the lowest energy consumption rates in the country: http://green.wikia.com/wiki/Carbon_Footprint_of_American_Cities
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