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Kanjira artist Ganesh and Ghatam exponent Subash Chandran. Photo:R. Shivaji Rao
CHENNAI: They are responsible for the accompaniments that pep up the kutcheri, though they remain largely unsung.
The supporting artistes, who are an integral part of the ensemble in classical and fusion music. This is about a unique Guru-Sishya duo who tour together, play together and work together to spread awareness of the lesser known Indian musical instruments.
`Ghatam' veteran Subhash Chandran and Ganesh Kumar, a Kanjira artiste, are on a mission: to take the two native instruments around the world. They have been going places, largely in the United States, having set up six schools to spread the magic of South Indian percussion.
"The ghatam, kanjira and konnakkol (vocal percussion) have become an integral part of fusion music because they provide the right kind of bass sound that fuses well with Western instruments like the sax, bass guitar and banjo," Subhash Chandran says. Thanks to such fusion concerts, the West has taken an interest in the lesser-known Indian classical instruments.
"We have over a hundred students at the satellite schools of Sankara Academy of Music and Arts in New Jersey, New York, Washington, Portland, San Francisco and Tampa," says Ganesh. About 15 musicians from the Sankara Academy of Music and Arts had attained the `arangetram' (debut concert) stage till date. "We travel throughout the US for eight to nine months during the year and come back in time for the music festival," says the ghatam exponent. The master of vocal percussion began popularising `kunnakol' thirty years ago, when Doordarshan started broadcasting fusion music concerts as a part of the JG Laya Group. "But it became popular only in the nineties, thanks to fusion music. In fusion music, you get a lot of freedom in expressing what comes to you naturally," says Chandran.
His market-savvy disciple Ganesh lines up concerts with top class fusion musicians from the West to promote their brand of percussion. "We played for the Katrina Relief fundraisers at Seattle organised by the Mata Amritanandamayi Centre, and a jugalbandhi at Tampa, Florida, recently."
Ganesh has also recently participated in the International Convention organised by the Percussive Arts Society at Columbus, Ohio, and launched a synthetic version of the kanjira under the Artists innovation series. He also released a two and a half hour instructional DVD on `The Art of Kanjira' marketing it as the South Indian Tambourine.
Ganesh has also developed a website to promote his style of music: www.ganeshkanjira.com.
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Customs allows you to bring in 1 liter of wine or liquor and five cartons of cigarettes in addition to personal effects, purchases up to $100, and all the money you wish.
Certain types of personal belongings may get a raised eyebrow—an extensive collection of DVDs, for instance—if they suspect you may be planning to sell them while in the country. However, real hassles at immigration are rare, since officials realize tourists are the lifeblood of the economy.
You would be well advised to leave pets at home, unless you're considering a prolonged stay in the islands. An import permit is required from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries for all animals brought into the Bahamas. The animal must be more than six months old. You'll also need a veterinary health certificate issued by a licensed vet. The permit is good for one year from the date of issue, costs $10, and the process must be completed immediately before departure.
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Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (242/325–7413.)
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Bahamians greet people with a proper British "good morning," "good afternoon," or "good evening." When approaching an islander to ask directions or information, preface your request with such a greeting, and ask "how are you?" Smile, and don't rush into a conversation, even if you're running late.
Islanders speak English with a lilt influenced by their British and/or African ancestry. When locals talk among themselves in local dialect, it's virtually impossible for the unaccustomed to understand them. They take all sorts of shortcuts and pepper the language with words all their own. When islanders speak to visitors, they will use standard English.
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Students with attention disorders often struggle at the middle and high school level because schools place increasing demands on them to organize themselves and work independently, Dr. Dawson notes. They routinely forget to write down assignments, complete homework, or hand it in on time. They have tremendous difficulty using their time wisely, both in school and at home. They often don´t know how to break down long-term assignments and develop reasonable time lines–or follow the time lines they create.
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I ran session 2 tonight for my GMs and wanted to share my thoughts on the session, as-written.
Please note, if you are a player and not the DM, that this post has a LOT of spoilers. Please move along. You don't want to ruin the fun for yourself and your table!
Please note, if you are a player and not the DM, that this post has a LOT of spoilers. Please move along. You don't want to ruin the fun for yourself and your table!
Once more, we have a huge, beautiful map with neat terrain features... that we don't get to use. An area of mud off to the side, which PCs are unlikely to end up in, and which is only difficult terrain. A sewer pit that just gives cover from ranged attacks (and which, physically, should be rising waters, about to overflow.
PCs can sneak up to the guards, but once they're noticed, the fight is on. The zealot guards are too powerful to take out in one hit, which means alerting the inside guards is certain. Which means you're going to have the fight at the entryway, and not use all the terrain inside.
The warlocks have a power to stop PCs from getting in... except they have to be within 2 squares, and it's only a push 2. They're supposed to push the PCs into the mud... but again, the mud is only difficult terrain. This doesn't hinder the PCs nearly enough to be effective. Having high-hp creatures outside was far more effective at bottlenecking them from getting inside.
Recommended changes that I would make:
1) The zealots at the door are minions. There are still 3 full-hp zealots inside, but the ones at the door are just minions, there to raise the alarm. PCs who stealth or bluff past them can get into the safe house without raising the alarm, and can one-shot the minions if they luck out and win initiative or a surprise round (the minions won't raise the alarm until their turn). This extends the skill challenge, and rewards PCs for non-brute-force tactics.
2) When the PCs cross the water barrier, the mental alarm is sounded. in fact, one might ask why this happens at all-- I don't think the players learn anything from it, and it doesn't move the encounter forward. You could have the mental alarm not happen, just the "Hey! Enemies!" shouted by one of the zealots.
3) The sewer has a negative effect while you're inside it. This is more likely to harm the bad guys, but since both the zealots and the warlocks have a forced movement encounter power, it can also harm PCs. I would go with either ongoing 3 poison damage, or dazed, depending on which you feel is more fun for the PCs (if using the daze, I'd add a zealot with their pull attack, cause that's FUN). Note: creatures who are prone in the sewer are not drowning.
4) The warlock's "push 2" power sucks, frankly. I'd make it a ranged power, rather than a close burst, unless you use #3, where they can push PCs into the sewer. Then it's more fun.
5) There's an area of mud near the entrance (as shown on the map). Creatures who start or end their turn in the mud are slowed until the end of their next turn (this allows the warlocks and zealots to force-move PCs into it with impunity).
6) For my sanity, the sewer does not end in a cave in, but rather in a fine grate that cannot be passed by normal means. It continues underwater, sloping down towards the Sea of Swords. This has no tactical change, but keeps the sewer from breaking the laws of fluid dynamics.
7) Dont' forget Zan can be used as a human shield. It never came up at the table, because the fight didn't get past the water curtain. That's boring-- I want the PCs to have to worry about hitting the little boy, or accidentally throwing him into the sewer (we played last week that the garroter could move his victim with him when being force-moved, making the earthmote a far more dangerous threat to the lady! Give the same property to someone using Zan as a human shield, and you have instant story, as the PCs choose whether or not it's OK to hurt the little boy in order to save him....)
Goal this week: Try to get the fight to mainly happen inside the safe house, where the interesting terrain is!


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Sky Sports revealed that Rotherham had made a fresh bid for the 23-year-old, but they have pushed through a loan move to enable him to play against Watford on Tuesday.
After their match with the Hornets, they will then look to finalise his permanent signature with the deal expected to go through within the next 48 hours.
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(Saturday, September 13th)
Final Score: (24) Illinois 20, UL-Lafayette 17
Champaign, IL (Sports Network) - Daniel Dufrene gained 126 yards on 19 carries along with three catches for 24 yards and a score as 24th-ranked Illinois survived UL-Lafayette, 20-17, at Memorial Stadium.
Juice Williams completed 13-of-25 passes for 147 yards, one touchdown and an interception for the Illini (2-1), who have won two in a row.
Michael Desormeaux threw for 200 yards on 25-of-35 passes and had a 34-yard TD run for the Ragin' Cajuns (0-2). Erik Jones added a late touchdown catch.
"I am really proud of our football team," said Cajuns head coach Rickey Bustle. "We came into a hostile environment to play, but our kids responded and gave our team a chance to win."
A scoreless third quarter left Illinois with a comfortable 14-point lead, but that was challenged later in the contest.
Dufrene's gallop into the end zone less than two minutes into the fourth was called back on a penalty, then the Illini failed to pick up any points on the drive as Dufrene was later halted on a 4th-and-1 at the Cajuns' 25.
The visitors came within 17-10 with 5:30 left in regulation as Desormeaux rumbled for a 34-yard touchdown, just getting the ball inside the left pylon as he fell out of bounds.
A nine-play, 52-yard drive followed for Illinois. Matt Eller drilled a 27-yard field goal with 1:36 to play for a 20-10 Illini advantage.
However, Desormeaux rallied his troops and quickly moved downfield, hitting Jones for a 11-yard TD strike with 18 seconds to play and a 20-17 game.
Illinois, though, recovered the onside kick and ran out the final seconds to escape with the win.
"A win's a win and obviously that's the bottom line, but we're not happy with the way we played and there's some things we've got to get fixed," said Illinois head coach Ron Zook.
Illinois got on the scoreboard first, as Eller's 51-yard field goal capped a six-play, 31-yard drive early in the first quarter.
It was 10-0 a little more than a minute later as Brit Miller stripped the ball from Desormeaux and returned it 27 yards for a score.
Drew Edmiston's 24-yard make capped a methodical 15-play, 73-yard march and put the Cajuns on the board just prior to the end of the period.
Williams' 10-yard strike to Dufrene put the Illini ahead 17-3 with 6:28 left in the half.
The home team was able to move the ball well late in the quarter, but a 17- point edge was not to be as Eller's 39-yard attempt with under a minute to play sailed into the wind and veered well to the left.
Game Notes
It was the first-ever meeting between the schools...The Illini defense recorded three sacks, two forced fumbles and made two fumble recoveries...Illinois next takes the field September 27 at Penn State, while UL-Lafayette hosts Kent State next Saturday.


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Jun 10, 2012Even if the songs seem to be quiet harmless, this album is pretty impressive. How Real Estate creates beautiful melodies with two guitars and a bass without any sound effects, is incredibly awesome. One of my favourite albums and one of my favourite bands too.
Real Estate is a remarkable debut, and I really look forward to more from this band in the future, please, which will undoubtedly be soon in some form or another.
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Oftentimes it may be cheaper and less time-consuming to just keep data than to delete it. But how long is data valid and valuable, and how long until that data is dangerous?
"It's cheaper to keep data than delete it," is a quote from Bob Page, vice president of products at Hortonworks, from the last eMetrics Summit. It sounds absurd at first, but his premise is sound.
The cost of throwing more hardware at your storage system or increasing your rental space in the cloud might just be lower than the cost of deciding what to delete.
I'm not referring to medical records, primary research data, or financial records, etc. "Standard accounting practices," research protocols, and the IRS cover those instances. I'm talking about the customer-related data you keep for advertising and marketing purposes.
Data governance usually revolves around what data to collect, how it will be cleaned and managed, and who may access or manipulate it. But deletion seldom enters the conversation.
Philosophy, strategy, policy, and methodology of data deletion all need to be discussed, aligned, rolled out, managed, and maintained, which will take a fair amount of time and resources.
How Long Is Data Valid and Valuable?
The U.K.'s Data Protection Act says, "Personal data processed for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes." One finds Zen koans in the strangest places.
Today, data is collected and kept on the chance that somebody will think of any interesting question. Deleting data too soon may cause trouble.
The United Parcel Service decided the 200 and some addresses I had entered into their database were not worthy of maintaining (See "Where's My Freakin' Data You B@stards?") and obliterated it without asking me.
How Long Until Data Is Dangerous?
Your legal department will tell you that data becomes dangerous when it is kept so long that it might fall into the wrong hands: hackers or opposing attorneys.
Data protection is getting more and more attention these days and your IT department is tasked with keeping it all safe and sound. After all, your legal liability grows the more data you keep and the longer you keep it.
"Discoverability" is also a serious concern to your legal beagles. When the other side in a lawsuit asks you to produce electronic evidence, it's best if one can point to a policy that states, "customer data shall be destroyed after X years," along with a well-documented procedure that manages the deletion process.
But data also becomes dangerous when it no longer represents the truth.
Amazon can show me everything I've bought from them since my first purchase on March 26, 1996. That data is still valid. It may not be valuable, but it is still true. However, what I searched for in 1996 no longer represents my intent to purchase, is no longer true, and is actually harmful to an algorithm trying to help me find and buy new stuff.
Amazon's approach is to trust their customers to do the decision-making for them by offering you the chance to "Improve Your Recommendations." They invite you to rate the items you've purchased, identify which you bought as a gift, or simply check the box that says, "Don't use for recommendations."
How steep is your data decay curve? When does your data become toxic and corrupt the veracity of the answers you seek?
Clearly, it's necessary to delete some data from time to time. The question is, what data is not worth the effort of even worrying about?
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Public outrage over the brutal slaying of renowned rationalist Narendra Dabholkar finally forced the Maharashtra government's hand in clearing an ordinance against superstition and black magic. Based on a bill that Dabholkar championed for almost 20 years, it could be the first such legislation in India. The ordinance is a path-breaking one in a country which lionises godmen and is steeped in obscurantism. It seeks to curtail superstitious practices which are "misused to exploit people" or cause them "financial or physical harm." Dabholkar did not target religion and concerned himself only with the misuse of faith to victimise innocents. The law he drafted — which faced years of opposition from political and religious groups — follows this impulse. The ordinance, which will have to be ratified by the State Assembly, seeks to ban a range of superstitious practices including "black magic," displaying so-called miracles to earn money, or insisting that mantras, not medicines, will cure critical injuries like snakebites. Also, assaulting and humiliating people under the guise of exorcising ghosts, and the sexual exploitation of women after claiming supernatural powers will also be banned. Complaints are to be probed by trained policemen and can even be lodged by third parties not involved in an exploitative ritual.
While inculcating a scientific temper is one of the Constitution's Fundamental Duties vide. Article 51 A (h), seeking to regulate personal faith and beliefs is always tricky. The Bill underwent as many as 29 drafts and was introduced several times without success. Many saw it as an impediment to the freedom of religion and feared it would even ban poojas where the priest was paid for his services. Or painful, self-inflicted religious practices. Pontiffs felt vulnerable to complaints by motivated individuals. There were concerns that religious pilgrimages would be monitored, even stopped. But Dabholkar had argued these fears were unfounded. The ordinance targets forced and exploitative practices, not those that are voluntary or that do not take a physical or financial toll on people. Chanting mantras on a personal level to ward off evil spirits will not constitute an offence. But forcing an expensive, exorcism ritual could attract a complaint.
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Leitner must talk less to continue as Padres' voice
Leitner must talk less to continue as Padres' voice
There appears to be good news all around -- for the Padres, XX Sports Radio 1090 and Ted Leitner, the team's long-time play-by-play voice.
Leitner, who is in his 27th year calling Padres games, is working this season on a one-year contract as Padres CEO Sandy Alderson evaluates Leitner's style -- which is more conversational than traditional Midwest balls-and-strikes.
"The feedback we're getting is that the Padres are very pleased with Ted's work," said John Lynch, CEO at 1090. "The announcers are a joint decision between the team and the station, but I'd be very surprised if Ted's contract wasn't extended."
The problem confronting Lynch and 1090 is that Alderson doesn't like his play-by-play men doing talk shows, so the station will lose Leitner -- its midday host -- when baseball season ends.
Lynch said Leitner will be the play-by-play man for San Diego State football and basketball, but the Padres will have priority when there is a conflict. He'll probably do some "Leitner Strikes" opinion segments on 1090 and serve as the front man for the Padres on the winter banquet circuit.
He won't, however, have a full-time talk show.
With that in mind, 1090 has been running an on-air tryout camp the last few months.
Veteran fill-in Chris Ello has gotten more work than usual this summer. And while he can be very entertaining, Ello seems to have lost his enthusiasm. Too many of his shows turn into filibusters as he drones on reading list after list of the best and worst in sports.
Then there is the matter of the kids.
Lynch believes in giving his employees a chance, so Josh Rosenberg, Jack Cronin, Johnny McGregor, Ryan Schultz and Ted Mendenhall are getting air time in what amounts to Open Mike Night at the Improv.
Rosenberg does a fine job hosting pregame, halftime and postgame shows around San Diego State football. He's also one of the best update guys in the business -- smooth and forceful without being silly. But he tries way too hard and is way too argumentative when he works with Bill Werndl on weekdays, and it isn't any better when he works on the "Josh, Jack and Johnny Mac Show" with Cronin and McGregor.
Please throw some dirt on that show. Bury it deep.
On Sunday nights, Schultz and Mendenhall have a two-hour show. Schultz produces the morning show on 1090, and he's good at what he does. Hosting a show, however, isn't his strength.
Mendenhall, the one-time voice of Palomar College football on KKSM (1320), is fine, but his strength is behind the scenes.
"We're anticipating Ted not being back as a talk-show host, so we're trying to build some depth at the station, have some guys ready in the bullpen," Lynch said. "We're going to add a show in September, October or November -- whenever the Padres season ends -- so I want to evaluate the young kids.
"You've got to give people a chance. Jim Rome started this way. I'm not saying we have a Jim Rome on our staff, but we have some bright young kids. Maybe we find a star. Maybe all we do is develop a weekend guy, a weekend team or some support staff."


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Baseball isn't pretty in Taiwan either
Nov 10, 2011, 2:03 PM EDT
There is crime in Venezuela, but there is more overarching corruption in Taiwain. That according to this report in the Taiwan News, following up on the recent visit by the MLB All-Star team:
Since pro-ball began in Taiwan in 1990, there have been five game-fixing scandals, four of them in the last seven years. With each one seemingly more lurid than the last, attendances have plummeted from an average 7,000 fans a game in the late 1990s to a few thousand today. Accounts of the scandals read like the plot of a Hollywood gangster movie. For players who were resistant to being bought off with money, cars, drugs or prostitutes, things got very ugly, very fast.
Experts quoted in the article think that the MLB All-Star tour may have actually been counterproductive inasmuch as is shined a light on just how bad the native product is. So, well, you're welcome Taiwan.
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- Kyle - Nov 10, 2011 at 2:18 PM
Will there be good news ever again?
- El Bravo - Nov 10, 2011 at 2:21 PM
It just snowed a bit here in Chicago, so no, not until Spring at the earliest…:'-(
- stlouis1baseball - Nov 10, 2011 at 3:45 PM
I hear you Bravo. It just snowed here in Indy as well. In fact, it actually started slowly and got surprisingly heavy for a bit.
- detroitfanatic - Nov 10, 2011 at 4:13 PM
The good news is none of the players were kidnapped, or raped by coach Sandusky, while JoePa watched in enjoyment only worrying about his legacy. I think it very good news that only children at risk, and not children not at risk, were anally raped in Penn States locker room while the higher ups at PSU worried about the universitys reputation. I think it is good news that JoePa and the Administrators care so much for their school, that not even children's virgin anus' get in the way of wins and booster money. Good news is everywhere.
- Detroit Michael - Nov 10, 2011 at 3:09 PM
"… attendances have plummeted from an average 7,000 fans a game in the late 1990s to a few thousand today." That's kind of vague. Can't seven thousand be loosely called "a few" thousand? It makes one wonder whether there is any substantial drop in attendance.
One of my children lived in Taiwan a few years back when Wang was in his heyday with the Yankees and he was a huge media star there. At one time, the MLBPA said he was the world's most popular baseball player — I don't recall what metric they were using to measure that. In other words, there is a love of baseball in Taiwan that is really being squandered now.
- Bryz - Nov 10, 2011 at 3:19 PM
"A few thousand" to me reads as 2,000-4,000 a game.
- Francisco (FC) - Nov 10, 2011 at 3:25 PM
Even the Marlins get more attendance than that!
- stlouis1baseball - Nov 10, 2011 at 3:47 PM
Come on! Everyone knows…..couple = 2….few = 3. So…a few thousand = 3,000.
Cut and dried right? LOL!
- Bryz - Nov 10, 2011 at 11:35 PM
@stlouis1baseball: Yes, you're right. It's just that I allow for some leeway, which is why I say 2,000-4,000 instead of just saying 3,000.
- Topher - Nov 10, 2011 at 4:02 PM
China has just issued a statement demanding that flag be withdrawn. Additionally they are asking for an apology and financial compensation for the insult.
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Turkish women took to the streets on Sunday to march against government plans to heavily restrict, or even entirely scrap, abortion access.
The protesters who convened Sunday marched to Istanbul's busy Taksim Square, carrying signs that read "AKP: Get your hands off my body," "Murder is outlawing abortion," and "Abortion is a right. Uludere is a massacre."
"The prime minster is conservative. He does have Islamist sensibilities as well as his party, obviously, so he is trying to impose his understanding of faith and what Islam demands and so on to the rest of the population," said Binnaz Toprak, an opposition party Parliamentarian attending Sunday's march. "But at the same time I also feel that this is a cover-up for the Uludere massacre."
Abortion up until the 10th week of pregnancy was legalized in Turkey in 1983 and has rarely, if ever, inspired much public debate in the three decades since. Public support today also seems to remain high, with a poll commissioned by Turkish newspaper Haberturk indicating that 55.5% of Turks do not support a ban on abortion.
Last month Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan reportedly said in a party speech, "I see abortion as murder–I am asking you: what's the difference between killing a baby inside a mother's womb and killing a baby after birth?"
Erdogan also drew a false equivalency between abortion and the Uludere airstrike where on December 28, 2011, two Turkish jets, acting on information that PKK militants were crossing the border, killed 34 unarmed civilians. Erdogan said "each abortion is one Uludere."
Erdogan has also made it known that he would like to restrict caesarean sections. He maintains caesarean sections are part of a "secret foreign plot" to stymie Turkey's growth–he has yet to present evidence for this, however.
The government's health minister, Recep Akdag, issued a statement soon after Erdogan's party talk saying he would be submitting a proposal on this matter to lawmakers, which has sparked fears that the religious conservative led parliament is preparing to restrict, if not entirely block, access to pregnancy termination services.
Sunday's protest is one in a long line of marches by pro-choice and women's rights advocates in the country.
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..i certainly hope we don't lose any ground here in America on this issue...
Come on Erdogan please! Give women a break, the last thing they need is more Islamic dogma. Let women all over the world live their own lives. Men have had their say over women for far too long. It's time to be fair and let them decide what's right for them. So if you want to be a real man and a real hero Erdogan, respect women.
Is that too much to ask?
@Steve You are right that the current government is Islamist (albeit mildly so), but in this case they are copying their counterparts on the other side of the Atlantic - Erdoğan even mentioned the US anti-abortion movement in his speech. Abortion is legal in the first trimester in Islamic jurisprudence, as local theologians were quick to point out. It's rather like modern Islamic anti-evolutionists who seem unaware that a theory evolution was proposed by Al Jahiz a thousand years before Darwin.
Methinks the Turkish women need to remember that their government is an ISLAMIST one!
I'm surprised that abortion has ever even been legal in Turkey.
And as in America, their protests and demands are very likely to lead to ever more severe restrictions on the abortion rights they did have.
Sigh - seems the so-called pro-choice crowd will never learn....
Petition signed.
Good for these women!
I lived in Turkey as a military person in the early 80s during the Cold War. GIs used to joke that the only middle class were the Americans and prostitutes. It may sound harsh but it wasn't far from the truth. I was young but I had never heard of such a gap in an economy until then. That being said there was a social problem with women who were divorced, widowed or who had husbands in prison and were not from high class families. These women often supplemented their meager income as house keepers , nannies or salon workers with what were known as "dates". There were late night clubs for men where they would bring these dates where nothing but hard liquor was served, most especially the opium laced Raki [I know wiki doesn't mention the opium but if you lived there back then you would be told differently]. What does Turkey think its going to do in a culture where this kind of thing is deeply entrenched if women can not keep from being pregnant? If things have not changed the government it self runs a brothels called the compound offering women in prison the opportunity to work of their dept to Turkish society as prostitutes. I have to wonder what they plan to do with all these babies.
It's good that the ladies are getting vocal and are not letting the "boys" get away with this.
Turkey is an anomaly in the Muslim world: a secular democracy with democratically elected leaders, and the men and women dress in contemporary Western styles. I didn't know abortion was legal there, but hey, honor killings still occur there, too.
Supporters on both sides ... call it what you think it is. Those in power have the power. Don't like the results you hope for ... vote accordingly or shut up. (I call it murder.)
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Being a father of three, I consider myself something of a playground afficionado. The job description is actually quite simple. What do the children do when confronted with equipment? How are they engaged? I've often wondered about playgrounds in the context of activating public space -- yearning for something beyond a swingset, a slide, a conglomeration of climbing and bridge opportunities otherwise known as the jungle gym.
In State of Play in the July 5 New Yorker, Rebecca Mead has a nice chronicle of the "imagination playground" concept, popular in Europe, but like a lot of other things, slow to catch on here.
The idea is to give kids loose pieces -- blocks and tools -- and let their imaginations run wild, damming up water features or digging holes and tunnels in sand. Intuitive stuff -- like how a child loves a sandbox with loose toys in it.
Adults, too. The success of Bryant Park in New York comes in large part from the decision to leave movable chairs scattered across the seating areas, for visitors to arrange as they wish.
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The Wizards have lost Chris Singleton for 6-8 weeks due to a fracture in his left foot at the base of his small toe, reports J. Michael at CSNWashington.com. This is commonly called a "Jones fracture" and it's an injury that linger, but it was dealt with surgically to ideally prefent that in the case of Singleton.
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With Pakistan's premier intelligence agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) having cut all funding to Indian Mujahideen (IM), the terror outfit finds itself in a desperate situation with no money. The IM now plans to set up an extortion cell in the Middle East to generate funds for its terror activities and kidnap rich Indian businessmen to make quick money, according to Indian security agencies. Members of the outfit even plan to resort to robbery, looting and dacoity to address the cash crunch.
Investigations by Indian security agencies have revealed that IM co-founder Mirza Shadab Beg has planned to set up an extortion cell in Dubai called 'Maal-e-Ghanimat' (system for collection of funds from people) for jihad (religious or holy war). "Earlier, the IM was against the use of such kind of money for terror operations. However, with funds from Pakistan drying up, it has no option but to resort to such things," said a senior intelligence officer.
Arrested IM cadres in India said the idea behind setting up the extortion cell is to target rich people in the Gulf. In his statement to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), arrested IM operative Asadullah Akhtar alias Haddi said he was in talks with Beg to identify a hawala operator in Dubai and Middle East so that the money generated from extortion could be routed to India.
Beg has been made in charge of the project to set up the extortion cell in Dubai and the point-person to collect the money. Sources said Beg and his associates have procured a few Dubai SIM cards which will be used for making extortion calls. "Of the total extortion money collected by IM, 50 per cent will be used for terror activities and the remaining will be set aside to be given to the al Qaeda," said another senior officer. "IM leaders are in talks with senior Qaeda and Taliban leaders because they want to sever ties with ISI."
To execute the kidnapping of rich Indian businessmen, IM operatives plan to acquire arms and look for hideouts where the abducted people can be kept. "The plan is unlikely to succeed as with the arrest of Yasin Bhatkal and several others, IM's India module has been busted. It does not have the manpower to execute such a plan," the officer said.
The NIA which was investigating the October 2013 Patna bomb blasts during PM Narendra Modi's rally stumbled upon another source of money generation for the IM's terror activities. "Robberies and bank dacoities were being carried out to generate funds," a police officer said.
The arrest of Hyder Ali alias 'Black Beauty' revealed that in August 2010, gold worth Rs2.5 crore was looted from the Bhopal branch of Muthoot Finance. Ali told the police that he got Rs5 lakh for the Patna blasts and that the money was from the Bhopal booty. "The money was given to Ali by Abu Faisal, who was part of the gang which committed the Bhopal robbery," the officer said. Ali said Faisal and other operatives had collected huge sums of money by looting banks and kept the money with him.
According to the police, from 2008 till 2013, the ISI gave approximately Rs25 crore to IM founder Riyaz Bhatkal. However, last year, after differences cropped up between ISI and IM, he stopped all monetary aid to the latter. "Bhatkal was not able to give any account of the money. Also, Bhatkal and IM's growing fascination for al Qaeda and Taliban made the ISI jittery which is why it stopped giving money to the IM," a source said.


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Pune was once known as city of bicycles, but the motorcycles replaced this eco-friendly vehicle, thus leaving very little or even no space for bicycle riders for safe riding. In order to promote cycling, the Pune Municipal Corporation had constructed cycle tracks on various roads of the city. However, no uniformity is seen in all these tracks, which are operational and therefore, we decided to pedal on various tracks of the city to understand the convenience as well as the problems being faced by the cyclists.
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The cycle track was completely cemented. No one else was cycling on the cycle track apart from us. There were no bumps but 'soft' obstacles. The cycle track was encroached by soft toy vendors. We had to stop after 400 metres due to the street vendors, and then go to the other side over the footpath. There was no traffic cop to check the encroachment. The cycle track lacks in continuity which makes riding difficult.
There were buses and auto-rickshaws parked on the cycle track. We rode for a kilometre but it was impossible to ride the cycle continuously on that track as there were obstructions in every 15 metres in the form of parked vehicles or missing portions. People were using the cycle track as footpath, making things more difficult for cyclists.
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As we started riding our bicycles, we found heaps of concrete scraps on the track. We could not even cover a route length of about 600 metres track connecting Venkateshwara hatcheries and Parvati Water Works due to the obstructions like electric poles, bus stops and telephone panels. Cycle tracks have missing portions and the sections are not connected to one another. The track is adjacent to a boundary wall and is often used as a public toilet by slum dwellers, so it was very difficult for us to ride through that stinky and filthy surrounding.
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Coimbatore: The District Collector, Neeraj Mittal, has called for joint efforts to abolish employment of children completely in non-hazardous industries in the district.
He was speaking at the valediction of the child labour abolition week celebrations here on Tuesday. He said that presence of child labour in the country was a matter of concern. In Coimbatore District, child labour had been abolished in hazardous industries. In the non-hazardous units too, children aged below 14 should not be employed.
The Collector said that some of the reasons for children going to work were poverty in the family and lack of awareness among employers.
Pointing out a recent instance when 49 children were rescued by the district officials, he said that on enquiry it was found that the children were paid just about Rs. 80 or Rs. 90 a day. The units would have paid about Rs. 150 for an adult worker. Thus, the industries were able to increase productivity and bring down cost of labour by employing children. Further, in rural areas, due to economic needs of the family, children were sent to work.
The Collector pointed out that in an effort to improve the income of such families, self help groups had been formed. The District had over 350 groups that had been formed as part of the steps taken to abolish child labour.
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Next race was in Brooksville Florida. Aka "Mondon Hill" is always a favorite course and as the name implies there are a ton of technical challenges involving "hills". In Florida that means a small but steep elevation change of 10-25' or so.
This year there was rain prior to race day so it made alot of the course slick (exposed roots and rocks were everywhere) but it also made alot of the open fields and dirt areas have very good traction. There was Zero dust.
Physically I was in good shape for this race as I have kept up on working out for strength plus biking and spinning class for endurance.
My wrists were a bit strained though since I had a couple hard get offs while practice riding for 5 or so hrs on the 2 days prior to this race. I hadn't ridden in 5 weeks and really needed some seat time.
Race day: my wrists bothered me in practice so I only did 3 of the 9.5 mile course. Then the race started I got off into the first turn at around 8th place. Stayed there and was able to work up to 5th or so until a crash near the end of the first lap. I tried to slip past 2 riders crashed out on a rocky hill called the "claw". I didn't take enough time to pick a line and ended up picking a line that have me a nice sized boulder that threw the front sideways. Once again the bike crashed upside down and stalled. I lost a minute at least getting back down hill and restarting the bike.
I did the rest of the race without a crash, but was slowed way down with a numb Left hand which plagued me for a good lap plus. Sometime into lap 3 it went away and I was able to rip again. I felt great and made up alot of time. This course has quite a few jumps and step ups in the MX section... And I got some nice air here and there ( nice for me anyway).
I ended this one with alot of energy to spare and
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Nearly two days after a massive explosion onboard an oil rig left 11 workers missing, the burning platform sank into the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, raising concerns that a massive petroleum spill could cause havoc on the environment.
On Tuesday, the crew members of the Deepwater Horizon rig were performing exploratory drilling procedures some 50 miles off the Louisiana coast when the sudden explosion occurred. According to eyewitness reports, the cause appeared to be a blowout–a procedure in which oil or natural gas worked its way up a well pipe and destroys the equipment–but the exact cause was not known.
Seventeen workers suffered injuries including burns, smoke inhalation, and broken bones. Four people remained in critical condition on Thursday, and 11 others were missing following the explosion.
The U.S. Coast Guard spent much of the day Wednesday and Thursday searching for survivors. That search will continue, but after the BP-owned rig sank yesterday, family members were told that it was "unlikely any of the missing survived," according to the Associated Press (AP).
Now, there is concern that crude oil on board the platform could begin leaking into the surrounding waters. Petty Officer Katherine McNamara of the Coast Guard told the AP that more than 300,000 gallons of oil per day could be spilled into the Gulf of Mexico, and Rear Admiral Mary Landry added that crews have already spotted a one-by-five mile area spilling out onto the surface of the water.
"There is a potential environmental threat," McNamara told the AFP.
According to Coast Guard officials, crews did have equipment at the site in order to limit possible environmental damage from the spill, though according to Cynthia Sarthou, executive director of the Gulf Restoration Network, "If it gets landward, it could be a disaster in the making."
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