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Nestlé CEO Says That Water is Not An Essential Human Right
Submitted by john8-44 on Tue, 04/23/2013 - 10:09Peter Brabeck. The Jewish CEO of Nestle believes that access to water is not a human right and it should be charged for.
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I'm a resident of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
and the law in this Commonwealth is that water is a resource completely owned by all residents of the state. No one can claim ownership of the water, only the property under it or around it. This means that if you wish to press the issue and hover over a private pond you can lower a bucket into it and retrieve water as long as you don't trespass upon the physical property. No entity is allowed to charge for water, only for the cost of packaging, treating and transporting it to your domicile or store.
There have been instances that have found their way into our courts where property owners which controlled both sides of a river sought to deny access to anyone other than individuals who held membership to their private clubs. A precedent was pulled from the past that if a body of water was ever used as a navigable water way in a commercial manner then those water ways were open to the public due to the water being Commonwealth (ie the peoples) property. In this particular instance the river had been used for commerce in the past for floating logs down to a mill. You can walk down the river from the high water mark to high water mark on either side but not set foot above.
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Pennsylvania's ethical take on water
I wonder if other states have similar laws - also what good they'll do if the federal gov't signs on to UN's privatisation plans.
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There are no politicians or bankers in foxholes.
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I prefer Hershey's anyway...
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And he is right.
Water may be a necessity for survival, but you do not have the right to other people's property.
You have no right to take my water bottle from me and claim it's your "essential human right".
Secondly, what does it matter that he is Jewish?
Is this supposed to convey that he is evil?
What a completely ignorant post.
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it's not about private property rights
I agree that the mention of him being Jewish was unnecessary. But I think what he is talking about is not merely about respecting private property rights, but rather the privatization of public water sources. It's the kind of thing done in public-private partnerships, where the Government gives the ownership of public property to a private organization who will then make a profit off of it while promising to maintain it and make a more efficient use of it. I suspect that he want's governments to give the ownership of water to Nestle(his company), so it's almost like he is saying that he wants the Government to give public property to him. Obviously just a push to profit at the expense of peoples rights. It's really a matter of removing your right to access what is currently public property. When all water is privatized, it's not unforeseeable that large organizations might try to monopolize water and render natural sources like rain unusable through pollution or whatever for the sake of profit, and may push to outlaw water filters because of something like a supposed terrorist figuring out how to make a bomb out of one. Yeah, let property owners sell their own water, but giving public water sources away to private companies concerned with profit doesn't seem right.
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question is, what water?
question is, what water? which water, how much water? does this include the 14 springs and 5 cubic feet per second of water I own on my property?
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You seriously don't know what
You seriously don't know what it is in reference to. Lets say that we(you and I) are neighbours, and we each utilize an underground aquifer-beneath both of our properties- for our water consumption. The water is under both of our land; do you have the right to drain the aquifer?
Nestle is actually draining lake Michigan via contract they got via the government. Nestle has already lowered Lake Michigan by 2 inches in a few years. Do they have the right to do this; or worse, completely drain the lake?
T. Boone Pickens bought 63k acres in Texas over part of an aquifer -which is not only beneath his property but also beneath other people's properties as well. Does he have the right to drain the aquifer? He has plans to do it, because water is becoming the new gold.
This is what the water issue is about.
Because water is a fluid it is not relegated to a set location. If some of the water is moved from the aquifer, then water from under somebody else's land moves to fill that now vacant spot. Does the person with the largest pump -aka the person with the most money- have the right to take all of the water, even when it is not solely beneath his/her property?
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I obviously don't agree with everything Nestle does.
I'm just stating that the claim that water is an "essential human right" is false.
I agree that Nestle did not homestead that land or water rights, and received it illegitimately through cronyism from the State which also does not rightfully own the land or water rights.
But, the claim that water is a human right doesn't hold any water. (pun definitely intended)
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I think it is possible to
I think it is possible to argue against what you said.
Water is necessary for life, and one does have a basic right to life does one not? Therefore, if one has a right to life, then does one not have a right to that which is needed and necessary to sustain life. This is the same premise which the right of self defence comes from; since we have a right to life, then we must also have a right to defend such life.
Make no mistake about it; I'm not suggesting that people have a right to demand somebody else provide for them. I am just stating that others don't have the right to take away that which -by one reason or another- is not the sole property of said individual(s).
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I don't believe that what this man wants is . . .
ethical or moral or in any way good--
but, unfortunately, poor people around the world have, for centuries, if not longer, found it difficult to have clean water.
Even in America's fluoridated society--
it takes money some of *us* don't have (or struggle to get) to have clean water--
so, as much as I disagree with this man, he's just saying what is already happening.
I have to pay for water in my municipality, and then I have to pay to filter it so that I (and my family) can drink it healthily--
for those of us with lower incomes the cost of the water is a higher amount of our income than it is for those with more money--anyway.
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I was just turned down for a mortgage refinance
from the same company who refinanced me two years ago and I used most of the cash out then to do improvements on my property. The reason given was that my water comes from an artesian spring. Perhaps if I form a corporation which sells me the water they might reconsider?
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Everyone was mortgaging their house taking out capital.
I wish I had been more like my old man. He bought his land, built his house and debt motivated him to be debt-free.
I started thinking of my home as an asset that I would pay interest on forever. *face palm*. Everybody was doing it. That should have been a clue.
In spite of everything, when I priced my home in gold I had paid twice as much measured in ounces of gold or silver than I owe in $FRN to the mortgage holder. Priced in Gold, this place has held it value in gold for 100 years or more.
People have been fooled by real Estate prices not the Real Wealth that the home represents.
Foreclosure for banks, means nabbing an asset whose actual value is double what prices $FRN seem to indicate. It's a the great land swindle of the 21th Century
Originally we purchased this property land contract.
A private investor may see the artesian Well as an asset or a source of income. Investors want to maximize interest collected for a level of risk exposure.
Banks are more interested in their Swindle.
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I agree about the swindle
Why let someone off the hook for 3.5 percent when you have them at 4.5? That's why I am trying to refinance. I definitely view my well as an asset and would never disturb it. The water is tested pure and is even sweet to the taste while the amount of water it produces is somewhat troublesome. The water table is about 8 inches above my basement floor and on a slow day I must pump at least 500 gallons out through a sump pump, if I were a more ambitious individual I might have started a brewery. If the power fails, as it does quite regularly in my area, and I'm not home to start the generator the basement floods within an hour.
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That's awesone. Is the pressure and flow constant?
Founded in 1926, Arbor Springs Water Company is a leading bottled water delivery company in the greater Southeastern Michigan area.
Their water is also very pleasant tasting.
The capacity to produce 100-5 gallon bottles a day.
1 - Gallon Artesian Water
$5.20 / Case of 4
5 - Gallon Artesian Water
$5.75 / Bottle
Half a mortgage payment a day, that'd tempt me.
ULINE has a case of 48 Milk Jugs for $.99ea.
A couple of pallets in the S-10 truck bed, some shrink rap and I'm off.
500 gal/day. 50% loss. 250 days/yr. 60,000 gallons/year.
Production cost: Jugs $60,000.oo
Pumping $.01/100gal $6.oo
$.10/gallon profit = $6,000 per year.
I look for things that make me money. I'm one a hill, but harvesting this wind isn't technologically feasible.
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The cost of doing business
with the bureaucratic nightmare is the problem. I would be required to bottle off the of premises, my home is zoned residential and any type of commercial activity is strictly prohibited, and that would necessitate the purchase of a tank truck. I once had a hot dog cart which required the State Department of Agriculture to come to my home to inspect my water supply. This bozo demanded I dig up the well in order for him to ascertain it's source. I politely told him to fXXX off, that I wouldn't endanger the well and that I would get a certification from another source. You can have the water tested all you like, if they think you are not in the "norm" they will screw with you. There are about six neighbors on this same spring, back in the 50's the lake I live at was a resort area and all their homes were vacation places. This pressure from this spring supplied water to their kitchen sinks without a pump. We are surrounded by mountains and I suppose the water draining down feeds the spring. I value this water supply more than anything in the world. As far as reliability of it, I have an over flow pipe which comes through my basement wall about eight inches above the floor. Since 1994 it has never stopped running. It actually drove me crazy when I first moved in, the sound of trickling water was incessant. It took me about a year to find the pipe and realize what was going on.
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Short Lesson
Water is not a right. Physical objects are not rights. If you own the water, then you have a right to act to protect it from theft or pollution.
Because you need an object to survive does not mean you have a right to the object.
You have a right to self preservation. That does not mean you have a right to a gun, ie a right for someone else to buy you a gun.
By the same right of self preservation you have a right to arrange to trade goods or services in exchange for healthcare services. You even have a right to do so if the law says that the person may not provide those services unless the person has permission, ie a license, to do so.
You do not have a right to force that person to provide that service, nor do you have a right to force another to pay the provider.
Obviously you do not have a right to air either. Now the matter of where and when air becomes property is interesting but another lesson, but the short version is it costs more to assert property rights than one gains by doing so, so it's not property. When water is superabundant no one cares. When it's in short supply the cost to maintain property rights is lower than the cost not to do so, and water becomes property.
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Wanna bet Monsanto is paying attention
and working furiously to figure out how to create genetically modified versions of oxygen and H20. Once they over come the hurdle of either not having genes look out.
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Monstanto is fully fascised
and needs to die. Monsanto is the poster child for rent seeking. They only exist at all because of state force. Subsidies, protective regulation, and IP law all force taxpayers to pay to protect their rent seeking.
Monsanto could become a force for good, if the government withdrew all support. Then it would have to compete and either succeed, or be broken up and its resource used more efficiently to please customers.
Everything bad that Monsanto does is only possible, essentially, because people believe in democracy.
The myth of democracy that waters the weed of fascism.
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when you mentioned that he was Jewish . . .
I felt a sigh coming on--
yes, it's blatant disregard for humanity; how many corporate heads don't have a blatant disregard for humanity?
Nestle has always been a quagmire. They don't even have high quality chocolate.
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Nestle tastes better in
Nestle tastes better in Europe. Only Amerikan's eat bad chocolate!!
"It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere".
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I didn't.
I didn't.
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By the fact that you included that he's Jewish. Why??? What role does that play. Do you introduce your friends like that? This is my friend Bill the Christian and my friend Betty the Atheist. How weird.
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Let's see here.... ...LIFE,
Let's see here....
...LIFE, LIBERTY, and the PURSUIT of property...
Nope, water isn't there. Neither is food, housing, health care, retirement,...........
Rights are always possessed by the individual. They need only to be recognized and protected by others. An individual doesn't ALWAYS have access to water, food, etc., therefore these things can't possibly be rights.
You have the right to PURSUE water. Nestle has the right to PURSUE water. None have a right to be SUCCESSFUL in life's pursuits, only the right to PURSUE.
"I do not add 'within the limits of the law,' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual."
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Actually he originally wrote
Actually he originally wrote "life, liberty, and the pursuit of property" as this was the way it was phrased. People were used to that phrase, but they couldn't put it that way because it would be too close to saying that slaves have the right to property, which slaveholders didn't like so they changed it.
The original is correct, and what they in fact wrote is meaningless. You have the right to pursue property unimpeded by coercive force, ie statist force. You do not however have the right to property.
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Sure, if you're
Sure, if you're materialistic!!!
...But I was talking about bill of rights, not the declaration of independence. From THE FIF!!!:
nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law...
"I do not add 'within the limits of the law,' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual."
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That's the way it was
That's the way it was originally written but since many of the founders were slave owners they had to change it to happiness!
"It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere".
It's hard not to be a menace to society when half the population is happy on their knees. - unknown
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Alexander Hamilton was the proto-progressive.
We are living Hamilton's dream, but it's our nightmare.
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Spain: Protesters defy ban with anti-government rallies
Thousands of people have taken part in protests across Spain's main cities, defying a government ban on political protest ahead of local elections.
In Madrid, some 25,000 protesters occupied a main square. Others gathered in Barcelona, Valencia and Seville.
The protesters are angry with the government's economic policies and the country's high youth unemployment rate.
Spain's electoral commission had ordered those camped out in Madrid to leave ahead of Sunday's elections.
But, as the ban came into effect at midnight, the crowds started cheering and police did not move in.
The protest began six days ago in Madrid's Puerta del Sol as a spontaneous sit-in by young Spaniards frustrated at 45% youth unemployment.
The crowd camping out in the square overnight grew and the protest has spread to other cities across the country.
According to Spanish news agency, Efe, a total of some 60,000 protesters has gathered across Spain, in Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Bilbao as well as the capital.
The protesters, dubbed "los indignados" [the indignant], are demanding jobs, better living standards, a fairer system of democracy and changes to the Socialist government's austerity plans.
"They want to leave us without public health, without public education, half of our youth is unemployed, they have risen the age of our retirement as well," said protester Natividad Garcia.
"This is an absolute attack on what little state welfare we had."
Protest growingAnother protester said she was taking part because she had no employment prospects despite having a degree.
It is perhaps surprising that Spain's youth has taken quite so long to come out onto the streets. Unemployment among 16 to 29-year-olds is estimated to be around 45%.
The jobless rate for the whole population is over 20% - the highest in Europe. And not only are they fed up with their economic situation, they are also calling for an end to domination of the political system by the two main parties.
There is something inevitable about economic crisis leading to protest.
The student demonstrations in Britain, the riots in Greece, and the union protests in France, Italy, and Belgium were all born of the same frustration.
Europe's leaders have chosen, to a greater or lesser extent, to ignore the voices on the streets. Believing instead that austerity is the way out of the economic crisis.
And, so far, the protests across Europe have not grown into anything big enough to force them to change tack
"This should make the political classes aware that something is not right," said 25-year-old Inma Moreno.
Many of the participants have drawn parallels between their actions and the pro-democracy protests in central Cairo that revolutionised Egypt.
Political rallies are banned under Spanish law on the day before elections to allow for a "day of reflection" - a ruling which was upheld by the electoral commission.
Some protesters had said they feared a police crackdown, but Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said the police were "not going to resolve one problem by creating another".
As the midnight deadline to disperse approached, many of the protesters wore tape over their mouths to imply they felt they were being prevented from speaking.
The BBC's Sarah Rainsford, in Madrid, said there was a moment's silence as the ban came into effect, before the square erupted in jeers, cheers and chanting.
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Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has expressed some sympathy for the protesters, noting their "peaceful manner".
"My obligation is to listen, be sensitive, try to give an answer from the government so that we can recover the economy and employment as soon as possible," he told radio Cadena Ser.
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Ed.: I've been wanting to take advantage of Reaktor's Core DSP engine for some time — allowing you to get your hands dirty with hard-core DSP work — but I have to admit, I wasn't even sure to start. So this gives me some serious geeky satisfaction. Normally, the point is that I'm supposed to be teaching this stuff, but I may have to blog my progress through the Core DSP stuff. Anyone with me? -PK
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If you're up to it, the DSP articles are available on the NI site: http://www.native-instruments
At the very least, I'd recommend a refresher read of the excellent Core tutorial that shipped with Reaktor 5 before tackling Vadim's articles: http://www.native-instruments
Remember, drink plenty of fluids and do not operate heavy equipment while studying DSP.


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The broken legs off a desk. Sharp and made of a study metal, they get the job done for the most part. Generally only uses one at a time, keeping the other tied around her waist. (When she's prepared to fight and isn't caught off guard, she takes her cardigan off and ties it around the waist as a holder for her desk legs) She only has two, seeing as all four would be too hard to carry and one didn't feel like enough.
Andrea feels pensive towards the game. It was terrifying at first, but as time passes she's growing goals. She would much rather be back at home swaddled in a nice blanket with a cup of hot chocolate, but she's not and nothing's going to change that. She's always been good at adapting with the changing tides, keeping her head through horrible experiences, and is going to work to the best of her ability to get through this. She just wants to get out alive and save as many people as she can. While her personality may cause her to come off slightly care free or uninterested, her hearts in surviving this thing.
➝ Daniel Penington
Andrea's younger brother who traveled with her to Japan. The two are very close, Andrea looks at him almost like her child more than exactly as her younger brother. She loves him with everything she has. He's one of the few people she shows all her emotions too--never hides anything from him. Andrea has no secrets towards her Daniel, and she believes he shares the feeling in return.
➝ Ren Mori
The only person from Japan she's close with. Her and her brother were staying with him while they were in the country. He's a laid back, quiet man and that's fine by her. They got along well, he's interested in her music. The two have been exchanging letters, e-mails, instant messages and phone calls for years before this trip was arranged. He was excited to see Andrea, and likes her younger brother. They're comfortable around one another. Ren is skilled with the piano. They might be on best friend status if Andrea awarded people that title.
➝People in general
Andrea has a habit of being closer with men than women. It's not that she's after a relationship or has anything against women (she loves girls), she just has a select number of female friends. In her experience, women want to get to know you while men are alright with secrets being had and not getting too personal. When she does get to know someone, she's very protective of them. None more than her younger brother, but especially in a game like this--she'd kill for her friends.
Laid back | Calm | Adaptive | Caring | Secretive | Ruthless | Protective
Her default personality is calm and caring. She's a laid back woman who generally goes with the flow. Andrea is not trusting until she gets to know someone, and even then her defenses are still up. In terms of violence and fighting, she'd rather keep things civil. But if it comes to defending herself, or there's no other option but to fight--she doesn't hold back. A good thing to relate her to would be a mother bear.
➝ Music
➝ Writing songs
➝ Her little brother
➝ Root Beer
➝ Pianos
➝ Science fiction movies/books/television shows (big star wars + star trek fan)
➝ Sleeping
➝ Bringing up the past
➝ Avocados
➝ Others hurting someone she's protecting
➝ The color green
† History:Andrea grew up in America. She was raised in California as a child, until circumstances caused her to have to move over to New York, then back for Cali. Her mother was a poor woman who always tried to do the best for her children. Andrea was a teenage pregnancy, and her younger brother was just a bad mistake. Poverty hit them hard, a high school drop out trying to raise two kids was too tough. The ridicule her mother received from having two children by herself at such a young age was too much for the young woman to bear. She fled the state of California with her children in hand and headed for New York. She wanted to be as far away from the shame as she possibly could without having to leave the country.
Things went well for some time. Their money situation didn't improve, but they were away from the whispering stares of the people from their old town. When Andrea was nine years old, it all came back. But in a different way.. The nine year old girl had a mouth. She didn't have a filter for said mouth either. She would tell everyone all their personal business and leak secrets like a wild fire ripping through a dry area. Everyone found out about her Mothers situation, and learned some nasty secrets about other mothers in their neighborhood. Families turned on the single mother, and the ridicule was back. Accusing her of being a horrible woman who couldn't teach her children right or wrong, that it was to be expected from someone as lose as her--who would have a child when they were fifteen years old then have another four years later? Andrea's mother couldn't handle it.
During her tenth year of being alive, Andrea's mother called her brother back in California sobbing. She told him he'd have to watch her kids, before ending her own life while her children were out playing at the park.
Andrea and her brother were bounced back to California. The child who was once bratty and snobby without a filter on her mouth, locked up tight. Adults blamed her from behind closed doors, saying if the young girl had been able to keep her mouth shut--her mother would still be alive. From then on Andrea adapted a more laid back personality. She didn't allow herself to become angered by small things, instead she rolled with them and allowed people to do as they pleased. Life goes on even after tragedy. When something was put into play that couldn't be stopped, there wasn't much to do besides adapt. She was good at adapting. She was given the nickname Cross because people labled her as a double crosser and her obsession with crosses (seen on her earrings).
She began to keep secrets. It was hard to get anything out of her, as she grew to be a skilled liar. The only one she never lied to was her baby brother. The two were close despite the age gap. Andrea adored her brother and treated him as her own. Their Uncle was not cold to them, in fact he was the only adult who loved and protected them. But they didn't trust anymore. Others opinions caused their mother to end her life.
As she grew older, she took interest in many things. Languages, self expression--but none more than music. Music is her life. She was gifted with a singing voice that she's been training since she was thirteen. Andrea loves singing, writing songs. It's a way to get things out without spilling a secret. Expressing herself. She's written many songs about her Mother. Music is her escape and where she can let lose. It causes what would be a very up tight and cold woman to be the laid back and calm young girl she is now.
A few months ago Andrea contacted her pen pal Ren about traveling to Japan. Being fond of languages, she would be able to navigate the foreign country easily.
Andrea couldn't leave her brother behind, though. She took him along, with their Uncles permission, and they've been staying with Ren in his apartment. Andrea was looking into moving into the area when a strange game popped up on the new cell phone she bought. She didn't see a problem with playing it at all, and hit start.
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✖Fight Like a Girl - Emilie Autumn
✖Numb - Oh Land
✖This Is Gospel - Panic! At The Disco
✖We Want Them Young - Emilie Autumn
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LITTLE ROCK – The Benton golf team competed at par-36 First Tee golf course in Little Rock on Wednesday, with the girls taking four of the top five spots in winning the nine-hole match over Harding Academy and Evangel Collegiate, and the boys taking second (130) behind Harding Academy (120). The match wasn't on the original schedule, but Benton Coach David Torres said the Panthers are trying to sneak matches in to get ready for the postseason.
BENTON – The Benton Junior High volleyball Lady Panthers won the 2013 Benton Freshman Classic on Saturday in Benton, taking down the Bryant Jr. Lady Hornets 25-17 and 25-19 in the championship match. The Lady Panthers finished first in pool play, dropping one set to Lakeside before sweeping Arkadelphia and Bryant to meet back up with Arkadelphia in the first match of bracket play. Benton beat Arkadelphia 25-11 and 25-19 to advance to Bryant in the championship match.
CONWAY – The Benton Lady Panthers came out of the gates hot, but fell 3-1 to the Conway Lady Wampus Cats in Conway on Thursday night. Benton took the first set 25-18 before Conway returned the favor in the second set with a 25-18 win of its own, and won the last two sets 25-19 and 25-16. "They're very competitive," Benton Coach Brandy Chumley said of Conway. "It was a good team to play to see where our weaknesses are and what we need to work on to try to get us ready for our conference play. They're a very good team."


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The latest taste of Las Vegas.
Caesars Palace Las Vegas, a celebration of ancient Greece and Rome, has integrated the tastes of another European classic — Paris' Left Bank— with Payard Patisserie & Bistro. The opening in November marked the 10th anniversary of world-renowned pastry chef François Payard's original New York patisserie. Payard, however, says Las Vegas is "completely different."
Though the two locations share the same design team (the New York-based Rockwell Group), Payard said his New York spot is more conservative and less spacious. Payard Las Vegas is organized into three sections: a specialty goods station for on-the-go patrons (where "people can buy [gifts] quickly, like a cosmetic shop," said Payard); a coffee-counter bar for quick sit-down service, and a more traditional restaurant, serving breakfast and lunch daily, and in lieu of dinner, offering an unconventional dessert tasting menu. Payard's dessert menu is grouped into four categories — Le Fromage; the Orchard; Coffee, Caramel and Nuts, and Tout Chocolat — and patrons can select any three desserts ($45) for sampling. Look for fruit dishes to change seasonally, with some of Payard's favorites including the Apple Tatin, with aged cheddar, frisée salad and toasted walnuts, and the Palet d'Or Hazelnut Succes, with marquise chocolate and a crispy wafer.
Payard Patisserie & Bistro at Caesars Palace, 3570 Las Vegas Boulevard South; 702-731-7292. Open daily, for brunch, 6:30-11:30 a.m.; for lunch, 12-4 p.m., and for dessert, 6-11 p.m.
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Anonymity at Los Angeles hot spot Koi is nearly impossible: paparazzi have a permanent spot on the sidewalk in their efforts to get shots of the celebrities who frequent the restaurant. But with its new Las Vegas outpost at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, diners may be able to escape Los Angeles shutterbugs and enjoy their Japanese-inspired dishes in relative — it is Vegas, after all — peace.


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He is French and served his mission in Spain: "I wish I could attend the reunion in Salt Lake," he said.
At Conference time, nearly all mission reunions are planned in Utah. The tradition dates back to the time when also nearly all missionaries came from Utah or surrounding States. But things have changed. Thousands of missionaries are called from other countries, serve in their own or other foreign countries, and most will never have the chance to visit Utah. Nowadays even many American missionaries have never been close to the Wasatch Front.
Reunions are private initiatives by former mission presidents or one or two returned missionaries who care to stimulate the get-together. Deseret News provides the channel for the notices. Most reunions follow the same pattern and convey the same tone. The short announcements for the upcoming reunions give an idea:
Friends, memories, treats and video pictures from the mission. Casual dress. / Enjoy a Brazilian meal and dessert potluck, slide show presentation and more. / Video and socializing with refreshments. / Remembering good times, good companions, good areas and good people. Sandwiches – bring side dish to share. / President will say a few words. / No formal program is planned at this time! Please bring finger foods, veggie/meat trays, empanadas, etc. Drinks will be provided. / Let's get together and celebrate the year of the dragon. Chinese dinner, visiting, program; $4 per person.
Here and there, but rarely, a different approach:
Dress is missionary attire. / Speaker: Carol Cornwall Madsen. / Guest speaker: Elder Marlin K. Jensen of the Seventy. / Presentation on the life, conversion, and service of Norbert Helmut Maas of Mannheim. / 4 p.m. session at the Logan Utah Temple. 6:30 p.m. meet at the Lundstrom Park Chapel (Sunday dress please). 7 p.m. devotional meeting. 8:30 p.m. visiting and refreshments.
A rare one is elsewhere, and in June:
Japan Nagoya. 6/12 Tokyo temple annex; 6/16 Nagoya Chapel at mission home.
And one is nowhere and worldwide:
Virtual reunion: Please Post your update on Facebook page, Ecuador Quito Mission Virtual Reunion.
The intention of this post is certainly not to take the fun part out of reunions. But it seems some questions can be raised.
– How representative are reunions for all those who served in a certain mission?
– How can reunions truly include all those that cannot attend but would like to?
– What do reunions reveal as to the further (Church) life of returned missionaries?
– What could reunions do for those returned missionaries who turned away from the Church?
– The program: besides the fun, what could other dimensions be and how to implement them?
– To what extent could a reunion contribute to cultural understanding beyond a display of wooden shoes, a Pisa leaning tower, or an alpaca poncho and beyond the consumption of empanadas, Apfelstrüdel, or tikerikakku?
– What is the main content of pictures, video & slide presentations? Could they be improved or diversified?
– To what extent should a reunion also give pause to the consequences of former missionary work: What happened to each of those you taught and baptized? What have you done to keep contact?
– What has been the best part of reunions for you? Or the best reunion ever?
Your comments on this topic will be appreciated.


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Increasing nitrogen deposition enhances post-drought recovery of grassland productivity in the Mongolian steppe
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Arid regions are prone to drought because annual rainfall accumulation depends on a few rainfall events. Natural plant communities are damaged by drought, but atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition may enhance the recovery of plant productivity after drought. Here, we investigated the effect of increasing N deposition on post-drought recovery of grassland productivity in the Mongolian steppe, and we examined the influence of grazing in this recovery. We added different amounts of N to a Mongolian grassland during two sequential drought years (2006 and 2007) and the subsequent 3 years of normal rainfall (2008–2010) under grazed and nongrazed conditions. Aboveground biomass and number of shoots were surveyed annually for each species. Nitrogen addition increased grassland productivity after drought irrespective of the grazing regime. The increase in grassland productivity was associated with an increase in the size of an annual, Salsola collina, under grazed conditions, and with an increase in shoot emergence of a perennial, Artemisia adamsii, under nongrazed conditions. The addition of low N content simulating N deposition around the study area by the year 2050 did not significantly increase grassland productivity. Our results suggest that increasing N deposition can enhance grassland recovery after a drought even in arid environments, such as the Mongolian steppe. This enhancement may be accompanied by a loss of grassland quality caused by an increase in the unpalatable species A. adamsii and largely depends on future human activities and the consequent deposition of N in Mongolia.
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- Journal
Volume 170, Issue 3 , pp 857-865
- Cover Date
- 2012-11-01
- 10.1007/s00442-012-2354-4
- Print ISSN
- 0029-8549
- Online ISSN
- 1432-1939
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Additional Links
- Topics
- Keywords
- Arid region
- Artemisia adamsii
- Grazing
- Palatability
- Precipitation
- Industry Sectors
- Authors
- Toshihiko Kinugasa (1)
- Atsushi Tsunekawa (2)
- Masato Shinoda (2)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, 4-101 Koyama-Minami, Tottori, 680-8553, Japan
- 2. Arid Land Research Center, Tottori University, 1390 Hamasaka, Tottori, 680-0001, Japan


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PITTSBURGH – County Executive Rich Fitzgerald today announced the lineup for the 2012 Summer Concert Series and summer events, which are organized by the Special Events Office. In addition to the traditional concert series at the amphitheaters at South Park and Hartwood Acres Park, the County will also be offering a "Books to Life" Cinema Series, "Big Band Bashes," a concert at Harrison Hills Park, a Father's Day Car Cruise and will be hosting the 3rd Annual Dog Day Festival at Hartwood Acres Park.
The concert series kicks off the first weekend in June with pop/rock singer-songwriter (and Bethel Park product) Steve Moakler performing at the South Park Amphitheater at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, June 1st. The first performance at the Hartwood Acres Park Amphitheater will feature Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum artist Joan Osborne at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 3rd.
Broadway's future stars will take the stage at Hartwood Acres at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 10th, when the Pittsburgh CLO presents "Another Gleeful Evening." The Pittsburgh CLO Mini Stars and Gene Kelly Award winners will perform classic and current hits of musical theater. Other Hartwood highlights include Toad the Wet Sprocket and soul powerhouse Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings.
South Park's line-up boasts multiple Grammy Award winner Lucinda Williams, Grammy-nominated funk jazz tour de force Trombone Shorty, as well as a tribute concert to Pittsburgh Blues guitarist Glen Pavone who passed away in August of 2010.
Allegheny County is partnering with the Allegheny County Library Association to present a "Books to Life" Cinema Series at parks throughout the county. All films begin at sundown (roughly 9 p.m.).
This summer will also include four "Big Band Bashes" at the North and South Park Skating Rinks, each beginning at 7:30 p.m. On June 17th, Allegheny County will present a Father's Day Car Cruise at Hartwood Acres Park from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m., to be followed by the legendary Jimmy Beaumont and the Skyliners on the amphitheater stage. Harrison Hills Park will be home to a Bluegrass concert on Saturday, June 30th at 7 p.m. featuring Mac Martin and the Dixie Travelers.
The 18th Annual Pittsburgh Blues Festival will be held July 20-22 at the Hartwood Acres Park Amphitheater. The festival requires paid admission. Various packages and special discounts are available. Admission is free on Friday, July 20th, with donation of a bag of non-perishable grocery items. For tickets and information, visit Pittsburgh Blues Festival or call 412-460-BLUE. Proceeds from the festival benefit the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank.
On August 19th, all dogs, dog owners and dog lovers are invited to the Third Annual Dog Day Festival at the Hartwood Acres Amphitheater from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. The event will benefit the Animal Rescue League and include demonstrations, activities, contests and adoptions. The festival will be followed by the Hometown Music Fest featuring Joy Ike, the New Shouts and Cello Fury among others.
Sunday, August 26th, will mark the 13th Annual Allegheny County Musical Festival at the Hartwood Acres Park Amphitheater. A $20 per car donation is requested. Proceeds are used by the Allegheny County Department of Human Services to provide life-enriching items and opportunities to children.
All concerts are free, unless otherwise noted, and all are subject to change. A complete schedule follows and is available online. For additional information, call the Allegheny County Special Events Office at 412-350-2528.
The Allegheny County 2012 Summer Concert Series is sponsored by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, KDKA, BNY Mellon, and the residents of Allegheny County.
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South Park Amphitheater 2012 Concert Series Schedule
June 1
Steve Moakler (Pop Rock)
7:30 p.m.
June 8
The Pittsburgh Opera
June 15
Glen Pavone Tribute featuring the Nighthawks (Blues)
June 22
Eden's Edge (Country)
June 29
Delta Spirit (Folk Rock)
July 7
The Pittsburgh Symphony
8:00 p.m.
July 13
BNY Mellon Jazz Presents Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Ensemble Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald
July 20
Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers (Rock)
July 27
Lucinda Williams (Folk, Rock, Country, Americana)
August 3
Steel Wheels (Bluegrass)
August 10
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue (New Orleans Jazz)
August 17
Mike Doughty (Singer-songwriter, Rock)
August 24
The Duquesne Tamburitzans
August 31
The Hitmen – Original Members of Tommy James and the Shondells and Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons (Oldies)
Hartwood Acres Amphitheater 2012 Concert Series Schedule
June 3
Joan Osborne (Pop, Rock, Blues)
June 10
Pittsburgh CLO Presents "Another Gleeful Evening" featuring Gene Kelly Award Winners and CLO Mini Stars
June 17
Jimmy Beaumont and the Skyliners (Oldies)
June 24
Meshell N'Degeocello (Funk, Jazz, Folk)
July 8
8:15 p.m.
July 15
James Vincent McMorrow (Singer-songwriter)
July 20-22
The Pittsburgh Blues Festival (Blues)
July 29
Toad the Wet Sprocket (Alternative Rock, 90s)
August 5
BNY Mellon Jazz Presents Spryo Gyra (Jazz)
August 12
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings (Soul)
August 16
The Pittsburgh Ballet
August 19
Hometown Music Festival featuring New Shouts, Joy Ike and others
5:00 p.m.
August 26
Allegheny County Music Festival
"Books to Life" Cinema Series Schedule (Start Time Dusk)
June 21
Settlers Cabin Park, Gilbert Love Shelter
June 28
The Adventures of Tin Tin
Deer Lakes Park, Carp Field
July 5
Captain America: The First Avenger
White Oak Park, Poplar 1 Grove
July 12
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
North Park Lodge
July 19
Puss'n Boots
Round Hill Park, Visitor's Center
July 26
The Help
Boyce Park, Four Seasons Ski Lodge
August 2
The Three Musketeers
South Park Amphitheater
August 9
The Wizard of Oz
Harrison Hills Park, Soccer Field
"Big Band Bashes" Schedule (Start Time 7:30 p.m.)
July 11
Tuesday Night Big Band w/Lori Russo
North Park Skating Rink
July 25
Tom Evans Big Band
South Park Skating Rink
August 8
Graham Grubb Big Band
August 22
Joe Campus Big Band
Bonus Summer 2012 Events Schedule
June 172 – 7:00 p.m.
Father's Day Car Cruise
Hartwood Acres Park Amphitheater
June 307:00 p.m.
Bluegrass Concert – Mac Martin & the Dixie Travelers
Harrison Hills Park
August 191 – 5:00 p.m.
Third Annual Dog Day Festival


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Very Good Recipes of Mooli from Cuisine Delights
There is one Mooli recipe on the blog Cuisine Delights. (58 on all the blogs)
Click on the title of a recipe or the photo of a dish to read the full recipe on its author's blog.
Panjabi Mooli Paratha (Redish Paratha)
By Cuisine Delights
12/27/11 08:33
Stuffed Mooli Paratha is yummy shallow fried stuffed Indian bread belonging to Punjabi Cuisine. Parathas or Paranthas are served as breakfast with butter and lassi in North India. Try this delicious Mooli Paratha if you're in the mood for something filling...
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How to root Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE using TWRP recovery [Guide]
Posted By Godwin On October 19, 2012 @ 6:14 PM In Android Root Guides | No Comments
[1]Recently, we had shown you how to install TeamWin Recovery Project (TWRP) custom recovery on your Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE [2]. The next best thing you might want to do to your device might be to get your device rooted. Obviously, installing TWRP recovery on your device has made it easier for you to get your device rooted. Just read on to extend the taste of your Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE.
Disclaimer: This guide is intended as a helpful "how to". dotTech and its writers are not responsible for any gain or loss (including but not limited to bricked devices) incurred as a result of following this guide. Root your device at your own risk. Rooting may void your warranty.
This guide will help you to root Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE using TWRP recovery. Proceed at your own risk.
To start with the process of rooting your Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE, make sure that you are ready with the following:
To root your Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE using TWRP recovery, follow the steps below:
Enjoy your rooted Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE and get ready for new adventures. Now you can do things such as manage app permissions, install custom ROM's, block ads, [5] or deny apps Internet access [6].
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Sunday, June 8, 2014
As the sun crested the Tirolian mountains this morning, tension was already building for the final day of the Cordial Cup. The eight remaining girls teams vying for "The Cup" knew that the day would require skill, focus, teammanship, and endurance.
The Strikers FC quarter-final match against Verb. Ostschewiez began late in the morning under the relentless heat from the Austrian sun. Team USA struck first by a brilliant strike from Katie Gath from the right side of the pitch, but within minutes was quickly equalized by the stubborn Swiss team. The game ended in a 1-1 tie, making penalty kicks from each team eminent. The Swiss were up first and had their initial volley blocked by Strikers FC keeper, Rachel Harris. Unfortunately, Team USA could not convert on their first two PK shots and found themselves down 1-0 going into the final PK round. Another huge block by Rachel kept the Strikers in the game with one final PK shot left. Calm and collected, Mickey Buscaino punched the final ball wide right out of the keeper's reach to equalize the PK score at 1-1. Another huge block by Rachel and a game winning PK from Jenn Rose sealed the victory for the USA team and sent them onto the semi-finals.
With no relief from the blazing sun, Team USA took the field at Hopfgarten against the dreaded and annoying French Olympique Lyon team. The French team scored early and carried their 1-0 lead deep into the second half. As the French Lyon team stalled for time, the USA team kept pressing the pace of play, looking for the equalizer. Time was short, and with less than a minute to play, Abby Bivens drilled a shot off the left post but just not good enough to find the net. The ball rebounded and was shot again by Jenn Rose, but again was denied the net by the French goalkeeper. However a strong follow by Alexa Wagner allowed her to quickly punch the blocked ball off the keepers hands into the net with only seconds remaining. Like the first one of the day, the game would end in a tie and PK's again were eminent.
For this round of PK's, however, the USA team was ready. The first two PK shots from the Strikers team immediately found the net, followed by two blocks from Rachel Harris, rewarding the Strikers FC team with their second victory of the day and headed into the Girls U15 finals.
The scene in the stadium in Soll, Austria for the Cordial Cup finals was electrifying. With the Austrian Alps as the backdrop and 5,000 plus fans cheering on, the Strikers FC took the pitch against the TSG Hoffenheim team from Germany who had just knocked off last year's champions to also reach the girls U15 finals. As the game began, exhaustion and heat were clearly going to be a game factor. The Austrian Fire Brigade was providing relief to fans by spraying water into the air from a long fire hose. Unfortunately, for the German and USA team, relief from the heat would only come after an intense battle on the stadium pitch. The game played for the full duration to a scoreless 0-0 tie. Even though there was no score in regulation, the crowd was not disappointed. Great passing and excellent defense skill sent the Strikers FC team into their 3rd game of the day that would end with PK's and decide the champion of the Cordial Cup.
First up for PK's was Mickey Buscaino, who rolled the ball nicely into the right side of the net against the extremely tall Hoffenheim goalie. The Germans responded by making their PK, leaving the PK score at 1-1 after the first round. A miss by the USA team left the door open for the Germans to take the advantage, but a huge block by Rachel Harris kept the PK score at 1-1 after two rounds. On the third and final round, without hesitation, Emma Nichols defied the German keeper's height, and rocketed the ball into the left upper corner of the net, leaving the Germans with one final shot to try and equalize the PK score. However, an amazing block by Rachel denied the Germans the equalizer, and Team USA won the Cordial Cup by a final score of 2-1.
After the victory celebration on the field and conclusion of the boys U15 Finals games in Soll, Austria, closing ceremonies took place on the field. Rachel Harris was awarded the Best Keeper of the tournament for the girls U15 with an amazing 7 blocks from 10 PK's taken in the final day of play. The Strikers FC team was presented with the Cordial Cup trophy and was granted automatic entry into the Cordial Cup for 2015 as the reigning Cordial Cup Girls U15 champions.
Saturday, June 7, 2014
The Action Begins!
It was a sun soaked Saturday in the Tirolian mountains, rivaling even the best weather in the OC. By the first Strikers FC match of the day, the mercury was well into 80's making it a day that required good hydration and an even pace of play.
With four pool play matches slated for the day, the Strikers FC took the pitch in the first game against the German Karlsruher SC team. The Striker girls appeared tentative as they adjusted to the 25 minute match play format for Cordial Cup. Within minutes, the Strikers were back on their game, out-shooting their opponents 9-4 on shots on goal and dominating the field of play. However, in the end, neither team could find the back of the net with the game ending in a Nil-Nil tie.
The Strikers found their rhythm against the Swiss in game 2 with a 2-0 shutout against the FC Blue Stars of Zurich. A long strike from 25 yards out by Bryanna Avina in the 5th minute put the Strikers FC on the board. Three minutes later, an enormous punt from keeper Rachel Harris led to a one bounce score from Madison Louderback putting the game safely away for the Striker girls. The Strikers defense for the day was also outstanding. The crux of the defense consisting of Emma Nichols, Abby Bivens, Hannah Cardenas, Alex Saldana, and Alexa Wagner smothered the opponents offense, allowing not a single goal in all four pool play games.
Game three was against the Austrian home country team, Puntigamer Sturm Graz. Before the crowd had time to settle in and get comfortable, Katie Gath struck from the right side outside the 18 with a solid shot past the Austrian goalie. With the assist from Jenn Rose, the Strikers were quickly on top 1-0. But Katie Gath wasn't done yet. Roughly six minutes later with a precise pass from Madison Kline into the right side, Katie drilled a shot towards the far post for her second goal of the game. The 2-0 score was enough to seal the second victory of the day for the USA Strikers team.
Fatigue became a factor in game 4 as the temperature peeked at 85 degrees in the Austrian alps. The Striker girls where pitted against a very well respected FC Nurnberg team from Germany who knew very well that the outcome of this game would decide the winner of their bracket. It was a must win for the Germans if they wanted to clinch the top seed going into elimination play on Sunday. Good solid play from both sides prevailed, and in the end, the game ended in a 0-0 tie, awarding the Strikers FC first place in their bracket as they head to the quarter finals on Sunday.
Friday, June 6, 2014
Opening Ceremonies - Unforgettable Day
One more day until the tournament begins and as the start of the games draw near, the excitement amongst the girls and the town is getting stronger by the minute. More teams are arriving to our hotel. We met up with a young South African boys team from Johannesburg today. They are a U11 boys team and immediately connected with our beautiful South Coast Striker girls. We all headed out together by bus to a nearby gondola which we rode to the top of the Alps. There we shared a the breathtaking view of the surrounding Alps and the beautiful valley below us. The mountains were so green and many parts were filled with beautiful yellow and violet flowers. Suddenly we heard church bells and it was as if we were transplanted into a scene from The Sound of Music.
We returned to the hotel for a fish and risotto dinner, changed into our USA gear and headed into town for opening ceremonies. Much to our surprise, Marissa Peña, had arranged for our girls to be interviewed by the local news. We thought that was the highlight of the night but it was merely the beginning. We had no idea what was waiting for us at opening ceremonies. The streets were filled with players from all around the world. Our girls were taking photos with teams from Germany, Hungary, France, Italy and the list goes on. The teams paraded down cobblestone streets chanting their team songs, while our girls sang out as loud as they could "there's only one USA". Locals hung out of their windows chanting "USA, USA"! It was an amazing experience, one I'm sure the girls will never forget. (view slide show of parade here:) Nor will they forget their 2.5 mile walk back to the hotel along the trail.
Once we all returned safely back to the hotel it was lights out. Games begin tomorrow and the competition is fierce.