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Nevertheless, let's try. In the Swat Valley, where a young Winston Churchill once served with the Malakand Field Force battling Muslim insurgents, his successors have concluded the game isn't worth the candle. In return for a temporary ceasefire, the Pakistani government agreed to let the local franchise of the Taliban impose its industrial strength version of sharia across the whole of Malakand Region. If "region" sounds a bit of an imprecise term, Malakand has over five million people, all of whom are now living under a murderous theocracy. Still, peace rallies have broken out all over the Swat Valley, and, at a Swat peace rally, it helps to stand well back: As one headline put it, "Journalist Killed While Covering Peace Rally."
But don't worry about Pakistani nukes falling into the hands of "extremists": The Swat Valley is a good hundred miles from the "nation"'s capital, Islamabad — or about as far as Northern Vermont is from Southern Vermont. And, of course, Islamabad is safely under the control of the famously moderate Ali Zardari. A few days before the Swat deal, Mr. Zardari marked the dawn of the Obama era by releasing from house arrest A. Q. Khan, the celebrated scientist and one-stop shop for all your Islamic nuclear needs, for whose generosity North Korea and Iran are especially grateful.
Bradford, Yorkshire. There are four flights a week from Islamabad to Bradford, a town where 75 percent of Pakistani Britons are married to their first cousins. But don't worry, in the country as a whole, only 57 percent of Pakistani Britons are married to first cousins.
Among that growing population of Yorkshire Pakistanis is a fellow called Lord Ahmed, a Muslim member of Parliament. He was in the news the other day for threatening (as the columnist Melanie Phillips put it) "to bring a force of 10,000 Muslims to lay siege to the House of Lords" if it went ahead with an event at which the Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders would have introduced a screening of his controversial film Fitna. Britain's Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, reacted to this by declaring Minheer Wilders persona non grata and having him arrested at Heathrow and returned to the Netherlands.
The Home Secretary is best known for an inspired change of terminology: Last year she announced that henceforth Muslim terrorism (an unhelpful phrase) would be reclassified as "anti-Islamic activity." Seriously. The logic being that Muslims blowing stuff up tends not to do much for Islam's reputation — i.e., it's an "anti-Islamic activity" in the same sense that Pearl Harbor was an anti-Japanese activity.
Anyway, Geert Wilders's short film is basically a compilation video of footage from various recent Muslim terrorist atrocities — whoops, sorry, "anti-Islamic activities" — accompanied by the relevant chapter and verse from the Koran. Jacqui Smith banned the filmmaker on "public order" grounds — in other words, the government's fear that Lord Ahmed meant what he said about a 10,000-strong mob besieging the Palace of Westminster. You might conceivably get the impression from Wilders's movie that many Muslims are irrational and violent types it's best to steer well clear of. But, if you didn't, Jacqui Smith pretty much confirmed it: We can't have chaps walking around saying Muslims are violent because they'll go bananas and smash the place up.
So, confronted by blackmail, the British government caved. So did the Pakistani government in Swat. But, in fairness to Islamabad, they waited until the shooting was well underway before throwing in the towel. In London, you no longer have to go that far. You just give the impression your more excitable chums might not be able to restrain themselves. "Nice little G7 advanced western democracy you got here. Shame if anything were to happen to it." Twenty years ago this month, Margaret Thatcher's Conservative ministry defended the right of a left-wing author Salman Rushdie to publish a book in the face of Muslim riots and the Ayatollah Khomeini's attempted mob hit. Two decades on, a supposedly progressive government surrenders to the mob before it's even taken to the streets.
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Appreciation of rupee will help reduce subsidy bill and contain inflation, says Mayaram
Contrary to the underlined pessimism expressed by the Kelkar Committee with regard to the likely disinvestment proceeds during 2012-13, the government, on Friday, appeared confident in mopping up about Rs.25,000-30,000 crore through sell-off of the Centre's equity in public sector undertakings (PSUs) and thereby remain as close as possible to the fiscal deficit target of 5.1 per cent of GDP (gross domestic product) set for the financial year.
At a press briefing here to present the government's stance on the recommendations of the 'Report of the committee on roadmap for fiscal consolidation' headed by 13th Finance Commission Chairman Vijay L. Kelkar, Economic Affairs Secretary Arvind Mayaram said: "There is now a decision for disinvestment in several PSUs. Some more are under consideration. And, therefore, we believe that we could net about Rs.25,000-30,000 crore from that itself…Then there is spectrum auction, which is on stream. We have a target of Rs.40,000 crore…"
Dr. Mayaram's statement needs to be seen in the light of the Kelkar Committee report pegging the receipts from disinvestment this fiscal at Rs.10,000 crore, way below the budgeted target of Rs.30,000 crore.
In its report, the committee said: "It would be extremely difficult for the government to move ahead with its disinvestment programme, given the subdued equity market conditions. In our assessment, a conservative estimate for disinvestment receipts, if no policy interventions are made, would stand at around Rs.10,000 crore".
Asserting that policy interventions were in the pipeline and the government was watchful and would take steps to curb wasteful spending as also plug leakages in the implementation of various social and welfare schemes, Dr. Mayaram said: "Wasteful expenditure, if any, will be strongly curbed and, therefore, I am confident that we will be able to come pretty close to our fiscal deficit target...We are cognizant of the fact that there could be a possibility [of wasteful expenditure]...we will be watchful".
Even as the fiscal deficit during the April-August period this fiscal spiked to Rs.3.38 lakh crore or about 66 per cent of the budgeted target of 5.1 of GDP for the entire fiscal year, the DEA Secretary pointed to a development in the currency market which many may have not taken into account. Dr. Mayaram was referring to the steady appreciation of the rupee against the U.S. dollar.
"If rupee further strengthens, which we hope it will, with the steps the government is taking, we expect it could even touch 50 in the next three or four months…," he said while pointing to appreciation of the Indian currency to an over five-month high of 52.49 against the greenback to end the day's trading at 52.85 on the back of strong capital flows and hopes of more policy reforms.
"Now there is a much better foreign exchange management in terms of flows on account of decision that the government has taken in the last two to three weeks. We expect higher FDI flows to come into the country. So the pressure on the rupee is decreasing to that extent," Dr. Mayaram said while maintaining that the appreciation of the rupee would help in reducing the subsidy bill and containing inflation.
The net positive impact of a hardening rupee would be a lower import bill for petroleum products, considering that 80 per cent of the requirements are met through imports.
"(As and when the rupee strengthens further] our subsidy burden will go down even further…We expect inflation to come down because of that…A one rupee change [vis-à-vis the U.S. dollar] gives you about eight basis points of drop in inflation," the DEA Secretary said.
"We are expecting that we will be able to come very close to our fiscal target if we are prudent in our expenditure where all important critical expenditure commitment will be fully met," he said.
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Such was the case with 6-year-old Brody Allen, who was watching TV with his mom, Sabina Allen, one day in January when he asked how he could be on TV.
"Brody just one day asked, I think a typical kid question, 'How do those kids get on TV,' and when I explained the process he was very interested and really wanted to know more — really wanted to know why he couldn't do that."
The answer was, he could do that.
A few days later, Sabina heard an ad on the radio for an iPop event in Clarksville, Tennessee. iPop — or International Presentation of Performers — is a sort of mass talent scout event where children can audition as singers, actors, models and dancers for agents, managers and casting directors.
"He went through (iPop) with flying colors," Sabina said. "Things just started falling into place."
The next month, Brody was in Nashville auditioning at a regional talent event.
"They had a few talent scouts from (Los Angeles) and Las Vegas there and they loved him and wanted him to come to L.A. in July for a national showcase," Sabina said.
At the showcase, Brody scored six awards for best monologue, best photo, best commercial, best child actor, best child model and best runway.
"He was totally in his element," Sabina said. "He loved it and I needed to see that. I needed to see he could really roll with this."
By the end of that week, Brody had about eight agencies interested in representing him.
"When we got home, we weren't even unpacked when they started calling wanting to know what our plans were," she said.
"They already wanted me to come back," Brody added.
As a parent, Sabina of course had her concerns as to what kind of things her son might be exposed to and whether or not this was the right path for him.
"We prayed about it a lot," she said. "We just wanted to know that this was the right thing for him."
Now, the family is considering their options — which agent to go with, how will they manage the traveling, and how Brody will manage acting or modeling along with school and his other interests.
All the while, Brody has continued to pursue acting and recently got his first taste of fame — he played the Ugly Duckling in the Southern Kentucky Independent Theatre's musical rendition of "Shrek."
"I was like, 'Well I have the 'Shrek' movies and this might be fun,'" Brody said. "Once I asked my mom about it, it sounded like something I might enjoy."
Brody and his mom are not sure what will happen after the "Shrek" musical ends. There is another trip to L.A. in the works. They plan to meet with some agents and, if all goes well, choose representation.
"I'm not sure how it will all work," Sabina said. "I hope we can find a good fit in L.A. I hope to be able to keep him as grounded as possible. And the community has been so supportive and so positive and I hope it stays that way for him because it has meant a lot to him — he's got a lot of people behind him and rooting for him."
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Low income families with transgender could soon receive child support and study allowances under a new scheme drawn up by the Indian government.
The draft plan also includes skill-development aid and pensions for transgender people from the ages of 40 to 60.
To receive the Rs1,000 ($15.8) a month subsidy, parents have to certify their child shows 'gender non-conforming behavior.'
Supportive Christians will pray for the House of Commons to vote yes on marriage equality in England and Wales
Christians who support marriage equality will be holding a prayer day on Sunday (3 February).
Before the House of Commons votes on same-sex marriage in England and Wales on 5 February, pro-gay Christians will be praying for equality.
Initiated by Christian writer and activist Symon Hill, he is asking for all supportive churches to pray for all committed, loving relationships at their Sunday services.
Telegraph misgenders victim Sonia Burgess in Old Bailey murder trial
A sexual rights activist has criticised the Telegraph newspaper and website for its coverage of the death of transgender human rights lawyer Sonia Burgess.
Senthooran Kanagasingham, 35 - who is also known as Nina - is on trial at the Old Bailey accused of murdering his friend, Ms Burgess, by pushing her under a Tube train at King's Cross in October last year.
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The representatives pictured here are (front, from left): Mary Molinari, Helen Whitesell, Lois Vanderpool; (back) Diane Neal, Stacy Volchko, Dena Taylor and Lena VanDyke.
PUNXSUTAWNEY ŌĆö The research is continuing regarding the purchase and installation of a GPS system for Punxsutawney Borough Police vehicles and possibly some others.
The Grant County Sheriff's office in Arkansas has been using the Wireless Matrix GPS system that Punxsutawney Borough Council has been looking at for use here, said Tom Fedigan, Punxsutawney Borough Police chief, at Monday's Punxsutawney Borough Council meeting.
Last weekend, members of the Punxsutawney VFW Post 2076 and the Ladies Auxiliary participated in ŌĆ£Buddy Poppy DaysŌĆØ to raise funds to help support veterans.
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PUNXSUTAWNEY ŌĆö The Jefferson unit of The American Cancer Society (ACS) is sponsoring another session of ŌĆ£I Can Cope,ŌĆØ to be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20 at the IUP-Punxsutawney Campus on Center Street.
"I Can Cope is the largest single free educational program for adults facing cancer, either personally, or as a friend or family caregiver within the year," said Peg Henninger, R.T.
Henninger said the ACS has been doing this for nine years.
"We've done so well with it because our committee just gels together," she said.
The classic children's show Sesame Street has been in the news of late after being a hotly debated topic at the first round of the 2012 presidential debates this year, but Sesame Street is in the news in another, less-conventional way today as well.
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YOUNG TOWNSHIP ŌĆö There were no injuries in a two-vehicle accident that occurred at 4:41 p.m. Wednesday on Route 119 across from Pasquale's Restaurant in Young Township.
According to Punxsutawney-based Pennsylvania State Police, a 1999 Ford Escort, driven by Brett Toven of Anita, was traveling north on Route 119, when Toven failed to see a 1995 Chevrolet pickup truck, driven by John Waters of Rochester Mills, stopped in front of him waiting for a third vehicle that was making a left turn into Pasquale's Restaurant.
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On weekends and holidays, Business Manager Susan Robertson said, the facility use fee did not cover the expenses of the staff.
PUNXSUTAWNEY ŌĆö The fall construction season is winding down as Mealy Excavating & Construction has been performing restoration work on West Mahoning Street and Horatio Street, following the installation of new sewers.
The West Mahoning Street project is completely finished, and the Horatio Street project is coming together quickly, Brian Sekula, of the EADS Group Inc., Punxsutawney Borough engineers, said at Monday's Punxsutawney Borough Council meeting.
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With colors like this, who could resist snapping a photo?
While the majority of the fall foliage has yet to turn color in the Punxsutawney area, there are a few trees ahead of schedule, like this one pictured on Route 119 in Bell Township.
When those leaves hit the ground, Punxsutawney Borough will be ready.
The borough is scheduled to begin leaf pickup with the leaf machine on Monday, Oct. 22.
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President of the Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers Jason Torpy -- in an interview with Justin Vacula -- discusses how his organization represents atheists and freethinkers in the military in addition to explaining how religion seems to have such a large role in the military. Also discussed is discrimination freethinkers in the military face and the dangers of an endorsement of religion in the military.
About Jason Torpy:
After joining the military in 1994, Jason has been active with the nontheist community. He has addressed issues of separation of church and state and equal opportunity for nontheistic service members in Army basic training, Army parachutist training, military academy programs, and while deployed to Iraq with the Army's 1st Armored Division. His education includes a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Management from West Point and a Masters Degree in Business Administration from The Ohio State University. Jason also serves on the boards of the Secular Coalition for America and American Humanist Association.
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The Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers an independent 501(c)3 project of Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs. MAAF is a community support network that connects military members from around the world with each other and with local organizations. In addition to our community services, we take action to educate and train both the military and civilian community about atheism in the military and the issues that face us. Where necessary, MAAF identifies, examines, and responds to insensitive practices that illegally promote religion over non-religion within the military or unethically discriminate against minority religions or differing beliefs. MAAF supports Constitutional State-Church Separation and 1st Amendment rights for all service members. We also coordinate with other national organizations who hold the same values.
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Spring is in the air with these adorable handmade paper greeting cards from Arnold Grummer's Paper Making Kits and Supplies. Just follow these 10 steps for your very own set!
- Arnold Grummer's Angel Wings: Blue
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- Cardstock: white, bright pink, light blue
- Paper fasteners: five yellow
- Metallic gold sewing thread
- Stamp set: Typewriter Alphabet from All Night Media (Plaid)
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- 1/8" and 3/4" circle punches
- Scissors, pencil, glue
- Follow kit directions to make blue, pink and white handmade paper. Add a pinch of gold dust to the pink pulp, 2 blue angel wings to the blue pulp, and 2 pink angel wings to the white pulp. Remove seeds from angel wing petals to avoid brown spots in paper.
- Note: Mary uses the Papermill kit which makes 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" paper. She likes to recycle a 7" x 9" piece of cardstock with the inclusions (gold dust or petals), and iron it dry between sheets of wax paper.
- Cut a 7" x 10" rectangle from white cardstock. Score a line down the center and fold in half to make a 5" x 7" card.
- Cut a 4 1/2" square from pink handmade paper and glue to upper area of card.
- Cut five 1 1/2" squares from blue handmade paper. Glue symetrically to center of pink rectangle with corners touching.
- Draw a pencil line 1/8" from outside edge of pink rectangle, and diagonally through blue squares and around outside edge of blue squares.
- Sew a machine straight stitch along pencil lines with gold thread.
- Punch five 3/4" circles from white handmade paper. Cut uneven 'V' shapes around edges of circles to make flowers.
- Glue flowers to center of blue squares. Punch a 1/8" hole in the center of each flower. Attach paper fasteners to holes.
- Stamp "BLOOM" across bottom of card, using different color inks.
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* Weak euro zone factory data pressures euro * Dollar rises against euro, falls against yen * After Verizon deal, Treasuries regain footing By Ellen Freilich NEW YORK, Sept 12 U.S. stocks edged down on Thursday as a drop in jobless claims provided few clues on the Federal Reserve's policy decision next week while a drop in euro zone factory output data stalled an eight-day rise in world equity markets. The dollar edged higher against the euro after the data on euro zone industrial output and the fall in first-time U.S. jobless claims, but it slipped versus the yen. U.S. Treasuries prices rose as investors recovered from a mammoth week of new corporate bond and Treasuries supply and before the Treasury sells $13 billion in 30-year bonds, the final sale of $65 billion in new U.S. government debt this week. Investors are focused on the Fed's policy meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday, with expectations growing that the U.S. central bank will begin to reduce its monthly bond purchases, but by less than previously thought. Uncertainty about how much the Fed would reduce stimulus has grown with weaker-than-expected U.S. data, including jobs growth in August, and consumer spending, home building, new home sales, durable goods orders and industrial production in July. A Reuters poll of economists on Monday found that most now see the Fed trimming its $85 billion monthly spending on bonds by about $10 billion, compared with estimates for a $15 billion reduction in a poll before the jobs report. The shifting views have put pressure on the dollar, which hovered near two-week lows against a basket of major currencies on Thursday. U.S. Treasury yields have dipped to 2.875 percent from over 3 percent last week. "But the fact of the matter remains, the direction is obviously towards tapering, which is really a good thing," said Gordon Charlop, a managing director at Rosenblatt Securities in New York. "That indicates that it worked. The question will be how measured will (the Fed) be and you have to think they are going to err on the side of caution. They will be very measured in their approach and won't do anything precipitous." On Wall Street, a drop in initial jobless claims last week that far exceeded estimates had little effect because the data was skewed by technical problems. Claims fell to 292,000, the lowest level since 2006. The S&P 500 has risen 3.4 percent over the prior seven sessions as concerns about a Western military strike against Syria have faded and sentiment has been buoyed by stronger-than-expected economic data from China. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 6.79 points or 0.04 percent, to 15,319.81, the S&P 500 lost 2.58 points or 0.15 percent, to 1,686.55 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 7.754 points or 0.21 percent, to 3,717.256. Europe's broad FTSE Eurofirst 300 index was down 0.07 percent. The MSCI world equity index was down 0.13 percent. SIGNS OF STRENGTH IN CREDIT MARKETS Treasuries debt prices rose a day after the completion of Verizon's record-breaking corporate bond deal. Verizon sold $49 billion worth of bonds, eclipsing the previous investment grade record of $17 billion by Apple in April, according to IFR, a Thomson Reuters service. "The Verizon deal showed that financing is still available at these (interest rate) levels and that's encouraging for mergers and acquisitions and leveraged buyouts," said Jason Brady, managing director and portfolio manager at Thornburg Investment Management in Santa Fe, New Mexico. 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Solomon: Even as you look for more civil disobedience and local organizing, do you really think we have to rely on the millionaires?
Kramer: Right now, yes. It shouldn't be either-or. But there isn't any issue out there of major import that accretes less money to itself than we doand this is a rich population. People get mad when I say that because of course there are a lot of us who aren't. But for those who arewe are letting them off the hook. It's shocking.
Solomon: Maybe you're thinking of some well-funded think tanks like those the Olin and Bradley foundations supported on the Right for so many years as they built their power. But that's so much easier on the Rightthere's no contradiction between their ideology and their pocketbooks. Look at neoliberal policy around marriage, for instance, and its social engineering. From this perspective, we'd make the best common cause with women on welfare, who are being told they have to get married in order to qualify for assistance. Or one could make a similar point about immigrationthat to win rights to bring noncitizen partners here, we should understand that issue within the full picture of assaults on immigrants more generally. But rich gays aren't likely to ally themselves with women on welfare or undocumented workerssome of whom, in both categories, of course, are also LGBT.
Kramer: I don't know how to say this without sounding like a shit: It's about money, pure and simple. That's the reality of it all. We're not going to change the world by asking everybody to think of poor people. It's never worked that way, even though that's the way it should work. And it's quite right to say all of these things because they are, indeed, true. But when it comes right down to it, it's about power, and power is money. Money buys you the power, and power gets you the rights. The hope is that will include poor people. You've got to keep your eye on the prize.
|"I really think they are out to completely eliminate us and to destroy us."
Kramer: Which is becoming powerful. Coalition is the best idea in the worldand I've never seen it work, except maybe around the Vietnam War. It certainly didn't work with AIDS, and it's not going to work with gay marriage.
Solomon: But even without necessarily saying we have to work in coalition, couldn't we at least strive for a broader, more contextual way of thinking? Couldn't we encompass it in our vision, even if not in our meetings?
Kramer: Of course, you can do whatever you want. But I saw in ACT UP how we ended up with so many issues to attend to. It's not that you're denying the existence and relevance and importance of other issues, but you can't water down your power by having everybody fighting for their own separate interests.
Solomon: So what do we do now?
Kramer: [Long pause. Big sigh.] I don't want to start another organization as long as I live. But I say to people, you have to plug in. Somehow. In an essay I wrote in 1982 or '83 that's in Reports From the Holocaust, I talked about getting mobilized: It's really a group of people getting together and discussing an issue and then going out and doing something about it.
ACT UP changed the world: The drugs are now out there because kids, most of whom are now dead, went out and put their bodies on the line and changed history. Why can't we continue to do it?
Solomon: If you were handed the directorship of HRC or some other major gay organization, what's the first thing you'd do?
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These new plastic bags have been widely circulated in the two places where the ban came into effect from September 15.
The ban on the use of plastic carry bags in Moodbidri and Mulky – which came into effect on September 15 – has led to circulation of a form of carry bags which are made of plastic.
These new plastic bags have been widely circulated in the two places where the ban came into effect from September 15. The new carry bags are in different sizes and colours and are priced in the range between Rs. 5 and Rs. 15. While a shopkeeper said the new carry bags were produced from an agent, who gets it from Gujarat, another shopkeeper said they get the bags from a unit in Baikampady.
It too is plastic
A test of the sample by the Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology on the directions of the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) in September revealed the bag to be made of polypropylene, a recyclable thermoplastic, which though considered to be "low to moderately hazardous" by the Environment Working Group has the danger of leaching out chemicals.
"It is a form of plastic. Its effects are the same as plastics," said N. Lakshman, Environment Officer, KSPCB. However, he said, that as a "temporary" measure, these bags work well to counter a below 40 microns plastic ban. "Most people tend to throw away plastic carry bags, but, they reuse these polypropylene bags because of their toughness. This way, plastic consumption is reduced, while these thicker bags are easier to pick out in a dump. So till an eco-friendly alternative is found, these bags will do," said Mr. Lakshman.
The main aim of the bag was for the public to rid its dependence on disposable plastics and instead encourage them to recycle existing products – using boxes or steel containers to collect groceries and food items, making carry bags out of torn clothes or saris, he said.
Administration aware
Agreeing that the new carry bags were made of plastic, Deputy Commissioner N.S. Channappa Gowda said instructions had been given to the Chief Officers of Moodbidri Town Municipal Council (TMC) and the Mulky Town Panchayat to educate people not to use the new carry bags. "Circulation of these new carry bags will be phased out," he said.
Orders had been placed for cloth bags, which would be circulated in the two places and in other parts of Mangalore taluk, he saded. Moodbidiri TMC Chief Officer Rayappa said each cloth bag would cost Rs. 8 and it would last one year.
Unaware of the presence of plastic in it, people in Moobidri and Mulky had developed liking for the new carry bags that had been widely sold although ones like Abdul Khader, a vegetable seller from Mulky, said they cost more. Since the use of paper had gone up, the rates of old newspapers had gone up to Rs. 12 a kg.
For Abdul Rehman, a resident of Mulky, the ban brought about revival of the old way of shopping — people started baskets for bringing vegetables and groceries.
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The ban on the use of plastic carry bags had not made much difference to Ramesh Sanila, the owner of the small eatery – Hotel Raghavendra – off Padmavati Road near Moodbidri Vegetable Market.
Mr. Sanila had stopped use of plastic carry bags for two years now. "Packing food articles in plastic bags is harmful and I decided against its use." Sanila and his hotel staff have been using plantain leaves and newspaper to wrap vada, dosa, and podis along with chutney. "We give sambar only if the customer brings a steel vessel or a tumbler," he said. Mr. Sanila said newspaper agents had been regularly providing him with old newspapers.
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Though MTV's The Challenge is a reality competition known for putting its competitors through insane physical tests, Battle of the Exes II was, without a doubt, the most emotionally taxing installment of the game in series history.
Very early in the show's 26th season, which began filming in Panama last August, fan favorite Diem Brown had to be medically evacuated to New York City, where she ultimately lost her third bout with cancer on Nov. 14 at the age of 34.
Less than two weeks later, Brown's castmate Ryan Knight was found dead on Thanksgiving morning after a night of partying.
Though both Brown and Knight died after the series wrapped filming, the show's winners – who spoke exclusively to PEOPLE after they were revealed on Tuesday night – couldn't help but acknowledge how their friends' deaths shed new light on their own victory and the season as a whole.
For those who haven't watched the Battle of the Exes II finale, be warned there are spoilers ahead.
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Two months after The Challenge cast member Ryan Knight died, many of his friends and competitors are celebrating his life on an after show following Tuesday's episode.
News of Knight's Nov. 27 death was a second devastating blow for this season, Battle of the Exes 2, after castmate Diem Brown lost her third fight against cancer just weeks earlier, on Nov. 14.
In keeping with Knight's polarizing personality both on The Challenge and in 2010's The Real World: New Orleans, castmates are simultaneously shaken and amused by the tribute video, previewed exclusively by PEOPLE.
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Tuesday's episode of Battle of the Exes 2 saw Brown, 34, sidelined by the excruciating pain she would later learn was colon cancer. After an overnight stay, the pain returned, forcing her to be medically evacuated from the competition.
Accompanying shots of her flight from Panama to New York City, where she underwent surgery and months of treatment before dying on Nov. 14, Brown began her final words on the show: "I'm at a point in my life where I want to just live life."
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In this exclusive clip, Brown, who had already battled ovarian cancer twice, shares that winning the competition would help her afford a surrogate to pursue her lifelong dream of becoming a mother.
Brown was medically evacuated from her eighth stint on the show before ultimately losing her third battle against cancer on Nov. 14.
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Posing no risk of radiation harm to travelers, airport use of backscatter x-ray machines by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has been declared safe for those being scanned at airports throughout the US, AFP reports.
University of California researchers have released a study highlighting that fliers would have to undergo 50 airport body scans to equal the amount of radiation received from a single dental x-ray.
One would also need to undergo 4,000 scans to match the radiation exposure from a mammogram or 200,000 scans to equal that from an abdominal CT scan.
"The radiation doses emitted by the scans are extremely small; the scans deliver an amount of radiation equivalent to 3 to 9 minutes of the radiation received through normal daily living. And since flying itself increases exposure to ionizing radiation, the scan will contribute less than one percent of the dose a flyer will receive from exposure to cosmic rays at elevated altitudes," the researchers wrote.
Recent news of leaks from a nuclear power plant in Japan has heightened concerns around the world of the dangers of radiation.
Dr. Rebecca Smith-Bindman, a radiology professor at the University of California, San Francisco, whose study appears in the Archives of Internal Medicine, tells Reuters, "There is such a vast difference between super-low doses of radiation and the really high doses that happen if you are in the middle of a nuclear accident."
"Because they are all called radiation, we are tempted to put them all in the same category. That is a mistake."
The TSA website explains that the machines have safety systems in place to prevent radiation levels higher than the established limits. Manufacturers perform radiation tests on each scanner before it leaves the factory and after installation at the airport.
Periodic radiation tests are done either by the manufacturers or maintenance contractors. TSA employees can also request a radiation test, Bloomberg reports.
"There really should be no concern I would hope a piece like this would eliminate people's concerns," explains Ella Kazerooni, director of Cardiothoracic Radiology at the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor.
The research team divided travelers into three groups: all flyers, frequent fliers and 5-year-old girls who are frequent fliers, because children are more sensitive to the effects of radiation.
If there are a total of 750 million flights taken per year by 100 million passengers, there would be an additional six cancers over the course of their lifetimes. Forty million cancers would be normally expected to develop among people in a group this size, Reuters reports.
For people who fly 60 hours a week, that might be four extra cancers on top of the 600 extra cancers just from flying — which exposes people to more solar radiation — and 400,000 cancers that normally would occur over their lifetime.
For 2 million 5-year-old girls who travel one round-trip a week, scanners would cause one additional cancer out of the 250,000 breast cancers that are set to occur in this group over their lifetimes.
Richard Morin, chairman of the American College of Radiology's Safety Committee and a professor at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, tells Bloomberg that radiation is not easily understood. "The levels we're talking about are lower than actual background radiation."
"I would certainly not worry about the radiation. I would be reassured that it's good to check for bombs. I'd like to make sure that there isn't a terrorist on board."
The TSA has deployed 486 scanners at 78 airports with about 1,000 scanners to be deployed, depending on budget approval.
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MANILA, Philippines—It was like winning the jackpot in the lotto.
That was how coach Gabby Velasco described St. Benilde's first victory, 75-69, after a string of heartbreaks, at the expense of Lyceum Thursday in the NCAA season 89 men's basketball tournament.
"Finally, after so many heart-breaking losses," Velasco also said after his squad halted a five-game losing skid, all of which by no more than two points.
The Blazers, who were ahead the entire game, were well in control, 70-49, with 5:15 to play and seemed headed their first victory.
But they were dealt another scare as the undeterred Pirates went storming back from 21-points down and just within five in the last two minutes.
"It was not easy for us. There was a scary moment there. Fortunately, we held our ground," said Velasco
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Paolo Taha had a near perfect game, going 4-of-4 from the field, and 5-of-6 from the stripe, along with six boards and two blocks.
Jose Saavedra topscored for the Blazers with 14 points, Mark Romero added 12 and Jonathay Grey 10.
The Pirates, meanwhile, absorbed their fourth setback with two victories.
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HOUSTON Four men held captive in a Houston garage were living in deplorable conditions while being forced to hand over their monthly incomes, according to police.
The victims told officers they were held against their will in the converted garage and given only scraps to eat.
Three of the men, who appeared to be suffering from malnutrition, were taken to LBJ Hospital.
I was in my yard when I seen them coming out in the ambulance and it didn t look good at all, Carolyn Baker said. Oh man, they look like they re malnutritioned. Real poor. Oh Lord.
A resident called police Friday morning after seeing a man at the window rubbing his stomach as if he was hungry.
When officers arrived at the northwest Houston duplex in the 8600 block of White Castle, they were shocked. They described the living conditions as like a dungeon.
The owner of the house is 83-year-old Essie Scranton.
There was no bathroom and a chair was the only piece of furniture. The garage had burglar bars and locked doors.
Police were told the men were lured to the home with the promise of food, alcohol and cigarettes. Investigators are looking into whether they were homeless before.
They were also allegedly forced to turn over their Social Security and Veteran s benefits checks to their captor.
Steven Davis said he d been inside the house for about six months.
Neighbors were heartbroken to learn what they men had been through.
Oh my God, it just touched my heart, Alberta Ewing said. I mean, I just feel for them. I don t know, it just really got me hurt.
She said that one of them had approached her asking for help just weeks earlier while she was cooking outside, but that she didn t take him seriously because he wasn t crying and she couldn t get him to explain further.
He said, Could you help me? Ewing recalled. I said, What s the problem?
Neighbors said they occasionally saw the men sitting outside. Virginia Rogers, who lives five houses away, said she greeted them with a wave when she drove by.
I m shocked, Rogers said. I m baffled. I didn t have a clue.
Police are questioning the man who allegedly held the victims captive. So far, no charges have been filed.
He apparently did not live in the house.
Four women live in the other side of the duplex, three of whom appeared to have mental disabilities, police said. The fourth was a caretaker. Unlike the garage, the living conditions inside their home were relatively normal.
Harris County Adult Protective Services is also looking into this case. The agency will be checking into the mental capacities of the men held captive and the official residents, including the homeowner.
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(Eds: With AP Photos.) By TIM DAHLBERG AP Sports Columnist Forget the movie about these Oakland A's. Already been done and, besides, Brad Pitt has moved on to other things. No one would believe this anyway, even if it came from a Hollywood script. The events that unfolded on a sun-splashed afternoon Wednesday in Oakland should never have happened - they shouldn't have had a chance to. Once they did, there was no way even Hollywood could imagine this ending. Win a division when you've got the lowest payroll in the majors and a starting rotation filled with rookie pitchers? Finish it off with a three-game sweep of the mighty Texas Rangers to grab the lead in the AL West for the first time in 162 games? Do it by rallying from a four-run deficit to tie, only to be handed the lead all nicely gift-wrapped by Josh Hamilton? Keep this up, they may start removing some of those green tarps from the empty seats at the Coliseum. Heck, they may even force the ownership of the A's to stop co...
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