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John Rolfe
John Rolfe stepped into history in May 1609 when he boarded the Sea Venture bound for Virginia.
The Virginia Company, founded by investors, had financed and sponsored the English colony founded at Jamestown in May 1607. The Company expected the colonists to start industrial enterprises in Virginia that would return profits to the Company. The colonists in Virginia tried a number of different enterprises: silk making, glassmaking, lumber, sassafras, pitch and tar, and soap ashes, with no financial success. It was John Rolfe's experiments with tobacco that developed the first profitable export.
The Spaniards found the natives in the West Indies using the tobacco plant. They took seed to Europe where its use soon spread to other countries around the Mediterranean Sea.
Sir Walter Raleigh is often credited with the introduction of the use of tobacco in England. While he may not have been responsible for its introduction, he apparently played an important role in the spread of tobacco use among the English. Spain and Portugal monopolized the European tobacco trade; England imported tobacco from Spain.
The English colonists did not like the type of tobacco the Virginia Indians grew. They preferred the fragrant sort that Spanish colonists produced in the Caribbean and sold in large quantities at high prices to London merchants.
The Sea Venture was the flagship of a nine-ship convoy of 500 new settlers. By July 1609, the ships had reached the West Indies where they were struck by a hurricane. The Sea Venture ran aground on a reef off the Bermudas, but the entire company of 150 safely reached shore in the ship's boats.
The colonists found Bermuda to be a hospitable place with sufficient food. In the following months, two smaller ships were built from cedar trees and salvage. By May 1610 the two ships, aptly named the Patience and the Deliverance, were ready. The ships reached the Chesapeake Bay after ten days sailing.
While on Bermuda, John Rolfe's wife had given birth to a daughter who was christened Bermuda, but the child died there. Rolfe's wife also died, probably soon after they reached Virginia.
John Rolfe is credited by Ralph Hamor, then Secretary of Virginia, with the experiment of planting the first tobacco seeds that he obtained from somewhere in the Caribbean, possibly from Trinidad. "I may not forget the gentleman worthie of much commendations, which first tooke the pains to make triall thereof, his name Mr. John Rolfe, Anno Domini 1612, partly for the love he hath a long time borne unto it, and partly to raise commodity to the adventurers...." Rolfe gave some tobacco from his crop to friends "to make triall of," and they agreed that the new leaf had "smoked pleasant, sweete and strong." The remainder of the crop was shipped to England where it compared favorably with "Spanish" leaf.
At the same time as Rolfe experimented with tobacco, other events transpired that would have profound effects on the colony.
Pocahontas, "dearest daughter" of Chief Powhatan, was kidnapped and brought to Jamestown to be traded for English prisoners and weapons that Powhatan held. The exchange never took place. Pocahontas was taken to the settlement at Henrico where she learned English, converted to Christianity, was baptized and christened Rebecca. It was about this time that she presumably came to the attention of John Rolfe.
Rolfe was a pious man who agonized for many weeks over the decision to marry a "heathen." He composed a long, laborious letter to Governor Dale asking for permission to marry Pocahontas. The letter reflected Rolfe's dilemma. The tone suggests it was intended mainly for official records, but at some points Rolfe bared his true feelings. "It is Pocahontas," he wrote, "to whom my hearty and best thoughts are, and have been a long time so entangled, and enthralled in so intricate a labyrinth that I [could not] unwind myself thereout." The wedding took place in the spring of 1614. It resulted in peace with the Indians long enough for the settlers to develop and expand their colony and plant themselves permanently in the new land.
In 1616 Rolfe took his wife and infant son Thomas to England; Pocahontas died at Gravesend seven months later, just before returning to Virginia. A sad John Rolfe left his young son in the care of a guardian in England and returned to his adopted home.
Upon Rolfe's return to Virginia, he assumed more prominence in the colony. He became a councilor and sat as a member of the House of Burgesses. He married Jane Pierce, daughter of a colonist, and continued his efforts to improve the quality and quantity of Virginia tobacco.
In 1617 tobacco exports to England totaled 20,000 pounds. The next year shipments more than doubled. Twelve years later, one and a half million pounds were exported. The first great American enterprise had been established.
John Rolfe died sometime in 1622. Although a third of the colony was killed in the Indian uprising of that year, it is not known how Rolfe died. In a life that held much personal tragedy, he had given the colony its economic base.
Revised by Jen Loux, William and Mary Intern, November 1995.
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According to a report outlining their proposals the administrators said they have managed to salvage £594m representing 82% of segregated funds, with an estimated £200m yet to collect.
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Richard Fleming, Richard Heis and Mike Pink, partners at KPMG, were appointed the UK's first joint special administrators - a regime which has different objectives to a normal insolvency.
Of the outstanding amount to collect about $76m (£49m) is protected under the Financial Service Authority rules.
Richard Heis, (pictured) joint special administrator of MF Global UK, said: "We have worked closely with MF Global management and staff and the exchanges and clearing houses to allow the huge number of client positions to be transferred to other brokers or closed in an orderly manner, in accordance with the relevant rules.
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The Why of Transmedia
By Maya Zuckerman | March 04, 2013
One of my favorite TED talks of the past couple of years is Start With Why in which the wonderful Simon Sinek talks about his simple and elegant golden circle - "The model that codifies the three distinct and interdependent elements (Why, How, What) that makes any person or organization function at its highest ability.
Based on the biology of human decision making, it demonstrates how the function of our limbic brain and the neocortex directly relate to the way in which people interact with each other and with organizations and brands in the formation of cultures and communities.
In the book of the same name - start with why he brings examples of companies that start with why in their message - such as Apple. His idea is people don't buy and follow what you do but why you do it.
I believe we can use the same model for Transmedia and inspire people with our storyworlds,
WHY - In our case is where we start - the storyworld or transmedia storytelling which start with a question: why do you want to tell the story? what is the message you want to convey. this is where the story centric pulse of Transmedia comes from -
your storyworld, the universe you are creating, the sum of all charcters, the message you are trying to convey. What are your core beliefs, idiologies, MO that drive you to tell the story - the big ideas.
HOW - how are you going to tell this story? this is where multiplatform media comes into play - using different platforms to tell and develop you stories. those platforms can attrack engage and lead your audience all over your storyverse and help them have an enhanced experiece. this also helps you spread your why your message to a broader audience.
WHAT - what you are actually producing: film, video, audio, arg, games, social media, book, art
If we look at the big storyworlds of the past few years its always the ones that truly tells the hero's journey to which the audience gravitates.
I am not saying anything new but saying - tell a better story.
But as our story expands on different mediums, running cross platform and interactive and attracting different audiences, what it really boils down to is create an amazing WHY in your worlds and people will want to jump into this world - as long as you engage and attract them enough - which is another story...
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In the early '80s -- when the US charts were still dominated by '70s rock like Steve Miller Band, Chicago, and Foreigner -- a fresh crop of artists rose up with a revolutionary, synth-based sound that borrowed from Kraftwerk and Giorgio Moroder and would influence future electronic music. This second British Invasion included Howard Jones, Thompson Twins' Tom Bailey, Ultravox's Midge Ure, Katrina and the Waves' Katrina, and China Crisis. If you missed them the first time around, catch them on this summer's Retro Futura Tour. I chatted with these artists about the tour, the stories behind their … Read more


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The camp was established in 1950 on an area of 0.06 square kilometres overlooking the Orontes river. Most of the refugees had fled from the villages surrounding Haifa and Acre in northern Palestine.
Most employed refugees are wage labourers or shopkeepers.
Environmental health in the camp is a serious problem and the mechanisation of solid waste disposal is one of its most pressing needs. The sewerage system is antiquated and does not meet the requirements of a growing camp population. The schools, built in the 1950s, are in poor condition. UNRWA's main priority in the camp is to reconstruct the schools to be able to provide better educational facilities for the children.


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Nacogdoches, TX — Nacogdoches authorities are investing the alleged gang rape of woman that took place earlier this week.
On Wednesday, an unidentified woman walking on the 300 block of W Main Street accepted a ride from three unknown black men in a van, according to police records.
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The right way to pick mutual funds Laura A. Bruce Bankrate.com
April 17, 2000 -- When it comes to reducing risk in an IRA portfolio, diversity is the key. While building a broad portfolio with individual stocks is expensive, it's much cheaper to do it through mutual funds. But deciding which mutual funds deserve your cash is tough -- there are more than 10,000.
"It's gotten to the point where it's overwhelming even for an experienced investor," says David Harrell of Chicago-based Morningstar.com. "But there are fairly quick ways to scale down that universe. If you're making decisions for yourself and don't want an adviser, get no-load funds."
After that, Harrell suggests screening funds based on historical risk and return. Almost any personal finance Web site that covers mutual funds will have screening tools to help you identify funds according to performance or other investment criteria. Morningstar, perhaps the biggest and best-known mutual fund rating service, uses a star system with five stars being the highest-rated funds and one star the lowest.
"We wouldn't advise buying only five star," says Harrell. "But eliminate one and two star funds. This will get you to a much more manageable universe."
Know your financial goals Knowing your financial goals is a critical step to building the right portfolio. What will your IRA be used for -- retirement, college, down payment on a mortgage? How long will the money be invested? You can afford to invest in riskier, growth-oriented funds if you're going to let the money sit for a lengthy period. A mutual fund portfolio held for less than five years could end up in the red or possibly just break even, according to Harrell. And, of course, with IRAs you need to be mindful of early withdrawal penalties.
You also need to make an honest self-evaluation of how much risk you can stomach. Investments aren't supposed to keep you awake at night. If you can't stand to see more than 5 percent of your portfolio evaporate during a market downturn, then you have a low tolerance for risk. Stick with conservative funds. If you could see a 15 percent loss before tossing your cookies, you have moderate risk tolerance. If you can deal with a higher loss than that, you get the iron-stomach award; you probably like tech stocks.
Many financial Web sites include risk or volatility when rating stock funds. Morningstar tracks actual investment losses over three, five and 10-year periods.
"Look at a fund's performance and see what it's done in the past," says Harrell. "If it lost 25 percent in a month three years ago it could do the same going forward."
Get beyond past performance But past performance shouldn't be the only criterion. A common mistake people make when choosing funds is to look at lists of funds with the biggest returns last year -- and then buy them. Harrell points out that what's done well recently could easily have the lowest return in the near future; primarily because of the cyclical nature of the stock market.
Generally, the three main investment objectives are growth, income and total return. Historically, stock funds have given the greatest growth -- but they also carry the highest risk. Bond funds are good for income -- but they're not risk-free. When you buy a bond you get the principal back at maturity. With a bond fund, you get the net asset value of your shares when you cash them. Net asset value fluctuates just as any mutual fund share price -- so, you could lose money in a bond fund. Money market funds give you liquidity and safety but very little return. If you'd like to buy a fund that invests in all three categories, check out some asset allocation funds or balanced funds.
Fees and expenses associated with funds will reduce your return. The Securities and Exchange Commission Web site has a mutual fund cost calculator that can help you do some mutual fund comparison shopping. It shows the costs associated with owning various funds.
What about the fund manager? Some investors pay a lot of attention to who's managing the fund -- there's even a philosophy that says, "Buy the manager, not the fund." The theory being that a fund's performance is driven by the manager. That's sometimes true but Harrell says it doesn't mean you should panic and sell a fund just because a manager leaves.
"It's a portfolio of stocks and the stocks don't know who picked them. A manager leaving might be an indication to keep a better eye on the fund. If a manager was simply lured away then see who the replacement is, but for a manager change in and of itself, don't pull out of a fund."
Keeping an eye on your portfolio is important. Check it every six months to see if it's on track to meet your goals. Make sure the asset mix of your mutual funds still suits your risk tolerance. And, once a year do a thorough review of your portfolio to determine if some funds should be dumped in favor of better performers.
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Agencia Fides, the Vatican news outlet for Catholic missioners, is the only news source for reports about Mussalaha, the popular faith-led peace movement in Syria. With violence fracturing along religious/ethnic lines, this inter-religious movement seeks to maintain safe havens for all Syrians who will lay down their weapons. Mussalaha is also smuggling food, medicine, and hope into blockaded cities, such as Rableh where more than 12,000 Christians have been under siege for more than 10 days.
Agencia Fides reports: Over 12 thousand faithful Greek-Catholics are trapped in the village of Rableh, west of Qusayr, in the area of Homs. Food is scarce, the faithful are living on "bread and water", medicine is lacking to treat the sick and wounded. This is the alarm raised by local sources of Fides that invoke respect for humanitarian law, that confirm what the international press is reporting on the situation in Rableh. For more than ten days the village of Rableh is subject to a strict blockade by armed opposition groups, which surround it on all sides....
...representatives of the popular initiative for reconciliation "Mussalaha" were able to carry a small load of humanitarian aid to the village. A representative of "Mussalaha" assured the faithful by claiming that "everything will be done to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid." An appeal was launched by His Beatitude Patriarch Gregorios III Laham, visibly moved, to all men of good will so that "Rableh is saved and all other villages affected in Syria, and finally for peace to be reached in our beloved country." Even the Apostolic Nuncio in Syria, His Exc. Mgr. Mario Zenari, called on all parties involved "to the strict observance of the international humanitarian law", pointing out that the resolution of the crisis in Syria depends first of all on its citizens.
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Slate's Brian Palmer put up a piece about four letter words--your potty mouth, people.
Does God care about certain words? Does he care about some and not others?
Here's a bit from it:
"The Old Testament and other religious texts prohibit taking the Lord's name in vain, but do the gods have a problem with words like s--- and f---?Some gods do. The Quran doesn't directly address vulgar language, but the Prophet Mohammed made his opposition to it clear in theHadith—statements attributed to the prophet with varying degrees of reliability. According to one of Mohammed's contemporaries, he once said that "Allah does not like obscene words or deeds," while another acquaintance reportedly observed that "the prophet was not one who would abuse (others) or say obscene words." These anti-obscenity provisions appear regularly in the Hadith, making Islam the sole Abrahamic religion with a clear prohibition in its sacred texts on obscene language."
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Both President Barack Obama and presidential candidate Mitt Romney have been somewhat hesistant to discuss their faith in detail during the campaign season. In a recent poll by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, fewer than 50 percent of Americans identified Obama as a Christian. About 60 percent knew Romney is Mormon.
The two discussed their faith in eight questions presented by Washington National Cathedral's magazine Cathedral Age. From the release:
"'First and foremost, my Christian faith gives me a perspective and security that I don't think I would have otherwise: That I am loved. That, at the end of the day, God is in control,' said President Obama. "Faith can express itself in people in many ways, and I think it is important that we not make faith alone a barometer of a person's worth, value, or character.'
Governor Romney said, 'I am often asked about my faith and my beliefs about Jesus Christ. I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and the Savior of mankind.'"
For the full story, go HERE.
Interethnic violence has flashed through India during the conclusion of the Muslim holy season of Ramadan during which Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset. Catholic leaders in northern India, where Muslim migrants have been particularly targeted, has called for common ground dialogue and hosted meetings with leaders of the conflicted communities based on the Catholic churches long-standing relationships with both communities.
Anto Akkara for ENI NEWS reports:
"Churches are initiating steps to broker peace and restore harmony in the northeast Indian state of Assam, which has been rocked by bloody clashes between local ethnic Bodo people and Muslim migrants.
'We have hosted leaders of both communities twice already. We are now preparing a larger meeting of both communities after Ramadan,"'Roman Catholic bishop Thomas Pulloppillil of Bongaigaon diocese that comprises the troubled region, told ENInews on 15 August 2012.
The clashses have left 78 dead and over 400,000 refugees."
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The advocacy group Stop Gambling on Hunger reports world food prices are predicted to rise sharply in the coming months, due partly to speculation:
"The New England Complex Systems Institute, [which has] developed a quantitative model able to very closely predicted the FAO's food price index, released a new report predicting sharply higher food prices due in part to excessive speculation.
"Their model, originally released in September 2011 matched the FAO's index from 2004 to 2011. Since then it has continued to closely follow the real world numbers.
"Unfortunately, the model now predicts, 'another speculative bubble starting by the end of 2012 and causing food prices to rise even higher than recent peaks.'
"While the researchers acknowledge that the drought in the Midwest U.S. will cause prices to rise, their model shows that excessive speculative activity will have an even larger effect. Though some key financial reforms passed in 2010 may finally begin to be implemented in early 2013, that may be too late to avoid the coming price bubble."
As conflict, rape, and other human rights abuses continue in eastern Congo, armed groups are still funding themselves with conflict minerals — gold, tin, tantalum, and tungsten — which are often used in the manufacture of cell phones, computers, and other electronics. Now advocacy group The Enough Project has issued a new report card about how well different corporations are doing at cleaning up their supply chain to avoid contributing to violence.
Some companies, such as Intel and HP, are doing much better than others — get an ethical clue, Nintendo! — but everyone has some room for improvement.
See the rankings here or take in the chart-at-a-glance here.
As drones continue to proliferate, the technology is behind them is speeding ahead. Wired takes a look at the next generation of drones now in development.
"Today's unmanned robotic planes only seemadvanced. A decade after the CIA and the Air Force tucked a Hellfire missile under the wing of a Predator drone, much hasn't actually changed: pilots in air-conditioned boxes remotely control much of the armed drone fleet; the robo-planes are easy for an enemy to spot; the weapons they fire weigh about the same; as much as they love the skies, they take refuge on dry land; and they're built around traditional airframes like planes and helicopters. Yawn.
Drones are moving out to sea -- above it and below it. They're growing increasingly autonomous, no longer reliant on a pilot with a joystick staring at video feeds from their cameras. They're getting stealthier; the payloads they carry are changing; and they're going global. They're pushing humans out of the gondolas of blimps. And the laboratories of the drones of the future aren't only owned by American defense contractors, they're in Israel and China and elsewhere, too. … Here's a look at the more ambitious ways drones are getting re-imagined."
Efforts to bring the rule of law to killing are not always easy or clear-cut. Although as an advocate of non-violence, I can condemn all killing; whether killing in a conflict is "legal" or not depends on the circumstances in which it occurs. International law does not prohibit all taking of life.
Mary Ellen O'Connell, a law professor and research professor of international dispute resolution at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame, is a specialist on the international law of armed conflict. In a column on CNN, she explains that under international law, killing enemy fighters during an armed conflict – a war – is legal. Outside of war, it generally is not, the human right of life prevails. Although this "dual standard for justifiable killing makes the law protecting the right to life more complicated," it is how international law assesses violent conflicts.
O'Connell analyzes drone attacks in light of this distinction, posing the central question: Is this killing occurring in war? She summarizes the history of the Bush and Obama administration's efforts to defend it as part of a "war on terror," and the efforts of a committee of the International Law Association to legally define "war." Her conclusion:
"Targeted killing with drones in Yemen, Somalia, and Pakistan have generally violated the right to life because the United States is rarely part of any armed conflict in those places. The human right to life that applies is the right that applies in peace.
Today, the United States is engaged in armed conflict only in Afghanistan. To lawfully resort to military force elsewhere requires that the country where the United States is attacking has first attacked the United States (such as Afghanistan in 2001), the U.N. Security Council has authorized the resort to force (Libya in 2011) or a government in effective control credibly requests assistance in a civil war (Afghanistan since 2002)."
One of the primary criticisms of using drones to kill high-level al Qaeda or Taliban leaders is that they are extra-judicial executions, and that a policy of capturing these militants and putting them on trial would be preferable. In addition, if they were captured, useful intelligence could be gathered. The rejoinder, of course, is how is it possible to capture people living in the remote tribal areas of Pakistan or Yemen?
It appears that the technology to answer that question may soon be available. Greg McNeal speculates in Forbes, with a scenario adapted from the Lawfare blog. Someday soon, a drone could launch a non-lethal weapon – something that stuns a person, perhaps a taser – lower a robot to the ground to retrieve the person, then return to the aircraft that returns to its base with the captured prisoner.
McNeal concludes, "Regardless of how you do it, it seems like technology is not the biggest hurdle in developing and perfecting drones that can capture rather than kill."
The global movement to implement a small tax on some financial industry trades has gained its first European partner: France. Religious and economic reform groups have been leading the movement to implement versions of what has been called the "Robin Hood Tax" or the "Tobin Tax" since the 1990s. As global markets falter and national economies are brought to their knees by an unregulated financial industry, this financial transaction tax is one small way to impact global reform.
>>On 1 August, France became the first European country to introduce a new financial-transaction tax (FTT) on equity sales and high-frequency trading.The FTT, often called a 'Robin Hood tax', is a tax on selected products traded by the financial sector, such as equities, bonds, foreign exchange and their derivatives. Where those countries where such a tax has been introduced (in South Korea, South Africa, India, Hong Kong, the UK and Brazil), the tax may have been tiny (ranging between 0.005% and 0.5%), but it has raised substantial amounts of revenue. The FTT discourages high-risk financial operations and makes the financial sector pay its fair share of taxes. This is sensible: a reckless casino culture in parts of the financial sector caused the financial crisis. It is also fair: our governments bailed out the banks but left taxpayers with debts of trillions.<<
>>On 1 August, France became the first European country to introduce a new financial-transaction tax (FTT) on equity sales and high-frequency trading.
The FTT, often called a 'Robin Hood tax', is a tax on selected products traded by the financial sector, such as equities, bonds, foreign exchange and their derivatives. Where those countries where such a tax has been introduced (in South Korea, South Africa, India, Hong Kong, the UK and Brazil), the tax may have been tiny (ranging between 0.005% and 0.5%), but it has raised substantial amounts of revenue. The FTT discourages high-risk financial operations and makes the financial sector pay its fair share of taxes. This is sensible: a reckless casino culture in parts of the financial sector caused the financial crisis. It is also fair: our governments bailed out the banks but left taxpayers with debts of trillions.<<
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On Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of India sought to reinforce last week's package of measures curbing liquidity in order to check speculation in the currency markets. In beefing up an already rigorous package so soon, the RBI is sending the message that it will pull out all stops to defend the rupee from falling below Rs.60 a dollar, which, according to market consensus, is the target level. The rupee, which fell to an all-time low of 61.20 on July 8, has since recovered to trade above Rs.60, but the danger of a slide back remains. Great significance is attached to the fact that the RBI's recent package has not supplanted its more conventional intervention strategy of selling dollars by drawing down reserves. So far, some $5 billion to $6 billion dollars seem to have been expended and quite obviously, reserves cannot be run down indefinitely to support the rupee. But last week's surprise announcement caught the markets off-guard. Though unconventional and certainly out of the ordinary in the Indian context, the RBI's action follows the classic textbook approach to countering depreciation of the home currency by hiking interest rates and squeezing liquidity. Higher interest rates make domestic bonds more attractive and invite capital flows while the liquidity squeeze targets speculators.
The package has included a cap on short-term borrowings at the repo rate (the amount banks borrow from the RBI using government bonds as collateral) and a sharp hike in the marginal standing facility rate (which is a non-collateralised overnight borrowing facility available to banks). These will be further backed by bond sales to suck out liquidity. Obviously these measures come at a price. Higher bond yields — an intended consequence of RBI action — do not augur well for the government's borrowing programme. A higher interest bill will impact fiscal consolidation. Tight liquidity will percolate to the banking system and that is certainly not good news for GDP growth. Money market mutual funds came under pressure as large institutional investors and banks dumped their holdings and the RBI had to open a special Rs.25000 crore window for them. Recent auctions of government paper did not elicit the right response from a majority of banks that were expecting a more attractive price. These and other deleterious consequences suggest that the RBI might withdraw its measures sooner rather than later. However, currency markets are unlikely to remain stable for a reasonable period of time. While the government and the RBI will step up their efforts to increase dollar inflows, there is perhaps no alternative for the RBI but to maintain a hawkish stance in its forthcoming credit policy statement.
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BREGUET OPENS a 3rd UAE BOUTIQUE IN ABU DHABI
10/10/2012Breguet is further reinforcing its position as an essential stakeholder in the watch industry, particularly through an extension and a new conceptualization of its boutiques network. Year 2012 has seen around ten showcases opening their doors, or benefitting from a new design, of contemporary inspiration.
On Wednesday, October 10, 2012, Breguet unveiled a new boutique in Abu Dhabi. Located in the high standing commercial building "Etihad Towers", this 60m2 showcase – including a 48m2 sales area – allows its visitors to discover an exclusive selection of the brand's most famous timepieces.
The Etihad Towers Breguet showcase completes the brand's boutiques network in the United Arab Emirates, which comprised since now two boutiques located in Dubaï, respectively at the Mall of the Emirates and the Dubaï Mall.
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Mary Ann Hurran married James Phillips at St Johns Hackney in 1819. In all census returns 1851, 1861, 1871, she claimed to have been born in Clerkenwell about 1798. After she was widowed, she worked as a baker, then later as a builder with her sons. I would love to hear from anyone who knows this family. Mary Ann was my GG Grandmother. Barbara Notify Administrator about this message?
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They have been summoned by Espacio Cultural Triangular, a loose-knit group of mostly gay academics, founded by Heyndels and a handful of colleagues and friends. A professor of French and comparative literature at the University of Miami, Heyndels was one of the organizers of the five-day multicultural, multilingual conference called "Gay Desire: An International Event." The schedule includes theater performances, nightclub parties, art exhibits, poetry readings, and two days of symposiums A all at various Miami Beach venues.
"We started speaking about organizing a conference of great intellectual density but open to the public and held in nonscholarly places," Heyndels is saying. "It could be in a church, it could be in a club or an art gallery A and it should be."
Since its being founded three years ago, the Miami-based group has sponsored similar gatherings in South Africa, Colombia, and Costa Rica. The South Beach gathering, which took place Wednesday through Sunday this past week, is the first local event. The idea, Heyndels says, is "to bring intellectual thought closer to creative people in the sense of getting out of the intellectual ghetto."
Dressed in black and wearing small, tinted spectacles, the Belgian-born Heyndels is a passionate advocate of most things South Beach, though he is the first to admit that the area is not commonly considered to be a mecca for the erudite. But Heyndels maintains that far more cerebral activities are happening than meet the eye. "These people who came [for the conference] all love South Beach," he points out. "They have no contempt or disdain for it."
The attendees include U.S. scholars from Brown, Yale, Emory, and the University of Pennsylvania, as well as foreigners representing institutions in Bern, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Amsterdam, Madrid, and Cape Town, South Africa. Lecture topics range from "Photography and Homoerotic Desire" to "Roland Barthes's Erotics," "Marky Mark: Looking at the Male Body," and "Cruising and Spirituality."
A panel discussion on Friday afternoon has been scheduled to address the theme of gay desire in the Nineties, but it quickly permutates into an analysis of local sociological dynamics, specifically the place of religion and the presence of racism and AIDs in the gay community. Never before has the South Beach party scene been taken so seriously.
Rev. Louis F. Kavar of South Beach's Metropolitan Community Church rises to address the redemptive aspects of cruising. Short, pudgy, and intense, the pastor, whose congregants are predominantly gay, admits that cruising is about sex. "But it is also about something more than sex," he asserts.
"Cruising is looking beyond oneself with the hope of finding something," he continues. "That search is what philosophers refer to as transcendence. It is looking beyond oneself to find something more than what life's immediate situation has to offer. Cruising is looking for something that will stimulate us and bring fulfillment, even for a moment."
Seen from Kavar's perspective, the South Beach obsession with appearance, beauty, and fashion is more than shallow self-indulgence. "The search for things that are beautiful, good, fulfilling, and meaningful is the basis for spirituality," he declares.
Not everyone at the symposium is buying his theory, however. One participant points out that gay life in South Florida is hardly represented by the club scene. Another brings up an article published last year in Out magazine that describes South Beach as the destination of choice for young, HIV-infected gay men who have resolved to party until they drop -- drop dead, that is.
These observers describe South Beach as an escapist's paradise, a playpen where gays come to avoid the reality of AIDS. "The first time I walked into [the nightclub] Paragon, it reminded me of New York in the Seventies," recalls actor Tony Sanchez. "I felt a spontaneity, almost an innocence. The feeling of 'Let's just have a great time!'"
In fact, some local health professionals estimate that as many as 50 percent of homosexuals on South Beach may be infected with HIV, an issue that some complain has not been adequately addressed at the symposium or by the community at large. "Why can't a hedonistic, hot, sexy scene coexist with a responsible view toward AIDS?" Sanchez asks wistfully.
One after another, the 60-odd people in the cinema comment on the contradictions of the South Beach gay scene. They revel in the celebration of physical beauty, but criticize the objectification and fetishization of the gay male body.
Darren Beck, publisher of the gay-oriented magazine Pride, brings up the ticklish topic of race, which leads to a discussion of the Latin-Anglo divide within the gay community. Part of what he loves about South Beach, Beck confesses, is the Latin cultural influence: "It blows my mind. It intrigues me beyond belief. I am so attracted to [Latins], but by the same token, I don't understand them. I can go out on one date and have a great time, but by the second, third, or fourth date, I'm lost in space. I don't know what they want from me."


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Spring break has been a fucking disappointment so far for the most part. It's cool that I get to just play a ton of albums I haven't heard yet and get into a lot of music that I didn't really have the time for, and listen to album after album of entirely unexplored musicians without responsibilities, with occasional music store trips, but I've been kind of lonely and bored. Boredom just leads to somewhat disappointing series of lonely orgasms that just empty my soul of the motivation I had to ignore my problems.
My friends seem really distant now, and it sort of feels like nobody outside my family cares about me. I'm taunted by memories of you-know-who, and I don't think I'll ever get what I really want, which is someone who actually cares about me and finds me interesting, and wants to spend as much time with me as I want to spend with them. That's all I need. I'm jealous of people who have that and don't even realize how lucky they are. It feels awful to think about people who get to talk to the ones they love about their feelings, when I've never had anyone to talk about those things with. I wish I could know how it is to be open about these things and have someone to admire who will actually be okay with an honest relationship, not just a bullshit friendship of hiding things and being way too distant without an explanation. Life is just a prison defined by limitations, and death is the only true freedom. I wish I knew why I've chosen to continue with this captivity.
but your experiences as a very frustrated gay HS teen are not at all atypical! :( :(
This is particularly the case if your goals amount to discovering someone with whom mutual affections can be shared... guilt free. And... not just anyone who may receive a temporary thrill by obviating your need for that one day's DIY reverie! But... be assured... there exist some (not a lot... but you likely know some at school) who are just as frustrated (and secretive) as you!
The only advice I can offer (other than assuring you that you will have an opportunity to "renew" yourself once you get to university --- one year away?) is to join as many youth activities that even come close to matching your interests.
I must have asked this before... but does your HS not have a GSA (or equivalent)?
You experiences are not uncommon for ANY teenager. ANYONE can feel lonely. ANYONE can feel suicidal. You can feel lonely and suicidal WITH a partner.
This isn't a gay issue, this is a teenager issue. What you need to do is stop living in the past and seek out new relationships of any given type. If you don't like how your friends treat you, get new ones. You can't sit around and wait for good things to happen for you. You have to move it yourself. It's your life. Take control.
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That's the point. I can't figure out why I'm not suicidal when I know that life is just prison. For some reason I have the desire to willfully continue with this life, even when it feels strange and unfamiliar, like I'm trapped somewhere I don't belong.
As far as the rest, I think I made the whole thing out to be more severe than it really is. I just feel like shit whenever I think about how lonely I am romantically. I have too much love that I can't express because I'm incapable of developing deep relationships with people. I've been working on it, but it isn't easy when shit keeps happening that ruins my plans.
Life is a prison if you make it one. If you only think life is this certain way, and that you are this certain way, and nothing can change, then I guess you will prove yourself correct. But none of that is necessarily true.
"I'm incapable of developing deep relationships with people"
Good example. You aren't saying you have yet to develop one, but that you are incapable of doing so. Based on what evidence? You believing this to be true for many years and acting in a way to prove it is accurate?
Since today is Easter, we'll use an appropriate metaphor and say that you can't put all your eggs in one basket. If you and your friend are supposed to meet on Saturday, then you fixate on it all week, and make plans about it, start building up how great Saturday is going to be, etc., as opposed to figuring out what you want to do on Wednesday, on Thursday, and on Friday. Saturday is already covered, no need micromanaging it days in advance. Read a book, watch a movie, make a Friday night plan with someone else...
Because then when your plan doesn't happen, you aren't losing a day, you're losing a week. And instead of doing what most people would do when a plan falls through -- namely, doing something else, calling another friend and seeing what they are up to -- you instead lay around as proof of how unfair life is.
So, you're turning these into week-long devastations, but then saying life is unfair, but this is how you are choosing to live your life.
I've actually had the opposite issue. I'd e-mail a friend with a link to a show, ask if he wanted to go, he'd say it looked awful so no thanks. Then, a day or two before the show, he'd ask what we were doing that day, and I said, I'm still going to that show you said you didn't want to go to. And, I think he was a bit surprised that his lack of desire to see the show didn't free up that day, since I still went ahead with my plan.
"You don't know you're beautiful." - Harry Styles
Pretty much what I wanted to say, only faaaaaar more eloquent.
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I think you need to try and be more open to other people, and try to find a gay guy you can relate to. You're interests might make that harder, but I'm sure there's a guy out there for you.
There's lots of guys at school that I'd like to do stuff I can't write about with, but they're not in my league. You need to be more open and willing to compromise, and you'll find him.
Are there places when you live that are gay friendly, or where gay teens can go? Chat rooms might be a possibility too?
He's the only one I actually find attractive. Everyone else I know just don't do it fo meee. I'm not giving up, anyways. I don't have evidence that I don't have a chance with him, and I'd really rather not get myself entangled with even more of these terrible feelings, so it's best to just not try and actively search for someone to fall in love with.
And my school does have a GSA, but I've never been there because I don't have a ride to pick me up, or an excuse to check it out.
When I was in high school, I went through something similar. I felt like no one was ever really my type. I wouldn't say my standards were "high", but in a sense they were because I had a very specific type. In retrospect, I probably would've and should've dated a LOT more guys back then, even if it had meant "compromising".
I am not saying this is you, but what I found was that I wanted my first relationship to be "perfect". Not necessarily that every moment was perfect or the guy had to have everything I wanted, but I had certain ideals about what would make a good boyfriend (note the subtle difference). These ideals meant that I ruled out a big number of guys. These are guys I eventually became friends with later on in my life, and as my tastes evolved some I have slept with or even went out with (and some ex's who broke my heart that I could've slept with again and didn't). The thing I want to add here on top of what Jeff and others had to say is that you learn what is a good boyfriend and how to be a good boyfriend by being in a relationship. The great paradox when dating someone is that statistically speaking you probably won't end up with them. Thus my philosophy is that while you shouldn't go out with someone for the sake of having a boyfriend, I would suggest being open to the idea of dates and take things further or end things as they happen. Some of my best ex boyfriends were ones who I had initial reservations about, and some other relationships which I thought would be ideal ended in disaster.
And yes I know meeting and finding guys is hard. If you are out, this makes life a lot easier as they tend to make themselves known, or your friends usually do the "I know X is also gay! You guys should totally go out", or of course, there are apps out there for finding out who's gay/bi in your area.
Just my two cents.


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This remainder of this article works through the bulk of the toolkit's most fundamental JavaScript programming constructs that will benefit you regardless of the size or scope of your project.
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Canoe Cove - a great place for a swim
Time: 15 min one way, Distance: 650m
Canoe cove is a small inlet at the head of the Lake. From a carpark opposite Milltown Road which is 1 km from the Landing along Lake Kaniere Road, this walk leads through dense stands or rimu and kahikatea forest to a sheltered sandy beach suitable for picnics and swimming.
Lower part of Dorothy Falls
Time: 2 min one way
About 3.5 km from Hans Bay along Dorothy Falls Road, a short walk leads to the base of Dorothy Falls - a lovely spot for a refreshing dip.
Sit, relax and take in the views
Time: 5 min one way, Distance: 250m
Opposite Dorothy Falls another short five minute track takes you to the lake edge.
Wind through the flax to the kahikatea forest
Time: 10 min loop walk, Distance: 600m
An easy 10 minute flat loop walk at Sunny Bight picnic area. The walk follows the Sunny Bight Creek and passes through virgin Kahikatea forest returning to the picnic area via a boardwalk over a flax swamp.
From Hokitika head east 19 km along Lake Kaniere Road, this road meets the lake at 'The Landing'. The road forks at this point, the right road heads to 'Sunny Bight' and the other is Dorothy Falls Road which takes you around the east side of the lake past Hans Bay.
The beach at the end of Canoe Cove Walk and Dorothy Falls are spots for swimming. Dorothy Falls is refreshing but very chilly!
This is a large, grassy lake-front campsite beside beautiful Lake Kaniere. Fish from the jetty, boat or swim in the lake.
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Serves: 8
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Total Time: 25 min
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- 1 package(s) wonton wrapper
- 1 pound(s) Hot Italian Sausage
- 8 ounce(s) shredded monterey jack cheese
- 1 bottle(s) ranch dressing (sm.)
- Preheat oven to 350. Spray cupcake tins with cooking spray.
- Press two sheets wonton wrapper into each cup. Bake until shells hold their shape, but are not browned.
- Place shells on foil covered baking sheet.
- Remove casings from sausage. Brown and crumble. When cooked, add cheese and ranch dressing. Stir until combined.
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Australian man has 2cm cockroach removed from his ear
An Australian man has received medical treatment to remove a large cockroach that had burrowed into his ear.
Local media reported that the 2cm pest caused agonising pain for Hendrik Helmer, and defied his efforts to suck it out with a vacuum cleaner.
It was finally killed by doctors at a hospital in the northern city of Darwin and removed using forceps.
"They said they had never pulled an insect this large out of someone's ear," he told ABC News.
Mr Helmer awoke on Wednesday morning to a sharp pain in his right ear.
At first he thought a poisonous spider had made its way into his ear canal.
When the pain intensified Mr Helmer tried to remove the unwelcome guest with a vacuum cleaner and by squirting water into his ear.
Cockroach facts
- There are about 4,600 species of cockroach and fewer than 30 of these are considered pests. (By contrast, there are about 5,400 species of mammals)
- The world's smallest cockroach is only 0.3mm long and lives in ant nests
- The heaviest cockroach is the huge Australian Rhinoceros Cockroach at 8cm in length
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"Whatever was in my ear didn't like it at all," he said.
As the pain become more excruciating, his flatmate rushed him to hospital where a doctor tried putting oil down the ear canal.
But that only made the cockroach crawl in deeper, before it eventually began to die.
"Near the 10 minute mark... somewhere about there, he started to stop burrowing but he was still in the throes of death twitching," Mr Helmer said.
It was then that the doctor was able to put forceps into his ear and and pull out the cockroach.
"She [the doctor] said, 'You know how I said a little cockroach, that may have been an underestimate'," he said.
Mr Helmer told ABC he was not suffering any major discomfort and would not be taking any additional precautions before going to sleep.
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What Your Sleeping Position Says About You
Did you know your sleeping position says a lot about your personality? I wonder what one leg off the side of the bed with one arm flung over my head says about me?
Do you think your sleeping position reflects these traits?
Fetal position – Over 1/2 of people sleep in the fetal position, all curled up. This position says you're shy and sensitive and you look for comfort.
Flat on your stomach – When you lay with your hands at the sides of your head. This means your brash and gregarious. These sleepers don't like criticism or extreme situations.
Sideways with outstretched legs and arms down – This position means you're easygoing and sociable.
Flat on your back with arms at sides – This doesn't even sound comfortable to me, which is why it doesn't describe me at all. This position means you're quiet and reserved.
Flat on your back with arms around your head – When you sleep like this, you're unassuming and a good listener.
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