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L. Srikrishna
Police suspect involvement of inter-State gang dealing in stolen vehicles
Four vehicles in dismantled condition recovered
Police team from Kerala expected to come soon
MADURAI: The Madurai Rural Police arrested a man who was involved in buying and selling stolen cars from Kerala. Four vehicles, in a dismantled condition, were seized from the accused here on Thursday.
During night rounds, a police team from Avaniapuram found a few chassis, engines, other accessories and the body of different models (Qualis, Tavera, Maruti) lying in a workshop at Kovalan Nagar.
Enquiries with a man at the spot, identified as Rajendran of Ramiah Street, Jaihindpuram, revealed that the vehicles were involved in road accidents and that he had bought them from a broker in Kerala. However, when the police sought the documents such as registration certificate and insurance certificate, he was unable to show them.
As the statements of Rajendran were contradictory, a probe was conducted which unravelled that they were stolen vehicles and that he had received them from Salu Varghese of Kannur, Kerala.
Superintendent of Police (Madurai Rural) M. Manohar said that a case under Section 102 of Cr. P.C (unclaimed property) had been registered. "We have a strong suspicion that the accused may be a part of an inter-State gang which indulged in stealing vehicles in one State and selling them in a neighbouring State. A case of vehicle missing has been registered by Kannur Town Police. A special police team from Kerala is expected to come in a day or two for interrogation of the accused," he added.
Modus operandi
Deputy Superintendent of Police (Tirupparankundram) A. Mayilvahanan said that the modus operandi of the accused was to buy stolen vehicles from other States and after dismantling them, he sold them as spares in the markets through brokers. Inspector of Police (Avaniapuram) S. Govindaraj said that they were interrogating a couple of suspects who had been selling automobile spare parts.
Whether they had valid documents or not was being examined, he added.
Police officers said that vehicles reported missing in Tamil Nadu might have been driven to neighbouring States with duplicate registration number plates and in a similar modus operandi they would have been dismantled and sold as automobile spares.


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Bursting with colorful blooms, this easy wreath is easy for kids to make and pretty to hang on any door or window.
Explore with Dora every day on Nick Jr.
Snip the flower stems and leaves so that they are only about 1 to 3 inches long. It's ideal to create a slightly varied height of the flowers and leaves.
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Print the Dora image and "Welcome Spring" message, and cut it out.
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Cause meets composition in G. Venket Ram's calendar for 2013, as the ace photographer shifts his focus to the environment and the art of fashion
What is it that transforms a staid snapshot into a talking picture? Well, it's the photographer's voice and vision, G. Venket Ram seems to say, going by the pages of his calendar for 2013.
"When I went around Chennai and its vicinity scouting for locations to shoot pictures, I realised there were hardly any picturesque spots left. So I put together random shots of Nature in dull tones of green, yellow and brown and offset them with brilliant butterflies and iridescent birds," says Venket, showing the pictures on his massive iMac.
There's a twin focus to the calendar project. While the backdrops make you contemplate our fast-depleting flora, the fauna portrayed is a tribute to the art of fashion. Coquettish butterflies in a burst of hues, birds with contours like an art nouveau sculpture, and ladybirds and moths with wing patterns that are a fabulous study in composition, fascinated the photographer. "They are Nature's visually grabbing works of art. I explored locations in Coorg too. But they didn't work. So I decided to recreate the jungle in my studio in Chetpet with my Nature shots blown-up in vinyl as the backdrop. For the butterflies and birds, I approached Fibin V. Raj of the Pearl Academy of Fashion to create breathtaking silhouettes with a range of fabric, textures, needlework and paint. I didn't want film stars to overwhelm the pictures. Besides, I needed someone with the fluidity and grace of butterflies and birds. So I zeroed in on Rukmini Vijayakumar, dancer, model, actor and yoga exponent," says the photographer, who distils his two-decade-old experience into 12 meticulously planned shots.
Eye for detail
For two months, Venket and his team pored over references and came up with 12 distinct looks. Some of the 'creature outfits' involved reams of fabric. Fibin's keen eye for detail shows in the way he has worked with colour, textures and layers to replicate the ornate creatures with quirky patterns on their bodies and art work-like wings. It's the point where a designer turns into a dramatist! Some of the garments balloon out. Others flow metres long, so the wasp-waisted model is made to stand on a tall stool. It's a visual narrative that echoes the creative whimsies of the iconic Alexander McQueen. Every look involved different hairstyles too. Rachel B. Singh created honeycomb and installation-like hairdos that had to be rigged on top with threads, besides free-flowing, wildly romantic styles.
"Light is a transformative tool in photography. We had to use dawn and dusk lighting with a mist effect to create a slice of the jungle. Though they are static, there is a sense of movement about the shots. Rukmini is rubber-like in her elasticity. She was able to pull off amazing poses. From costumes, hair and make-up to background and lighting, we planned every composition so that it surpassed the ordinary. The whole exercise was passion-driven. There's no commercial angle to it!" smiles Venket with a sense of accomplishment.
The calendar is being launched by veteran director Priyadarshan at a function in the city today.
You can checkout the video of Venket Ram's calendar 2013 on YouTube.
Keywords: Photographer G. Venket Ram, calendar for 2013, Venket Ram's calendar 2013, Fibin V. Raj, Pearl Academy of Fashion, dancer-model Rukmini Vijayakumar


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Wonderful work.
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REEF is proud to partner with over 130 dive shops, dive clubs, individuals, and other organizations as REEF Field Stations
This month we feature Sea Saba, a top-notch dive operator located on a small Caribbean island devoid of beaches, but abundant in spectacular dive sites! The island of Saba is known for its unspoiled natural beauty and lack of development- the island has fewer than 2,000 residents. Dive shop owners, Lynn and John, have made scuba diving, travel, and photography their life for well over 2 decades. Some time ago, while exploring a rainforest in Peru with an exceptionally knowledgeable and enthusiastic guide, Lynn realized that there aren't enough scuba guides in the industry who are highly knowledgeable about the marine life and habitats they work in. To quote her, "Certainly professional and safety standards are important but sadly, far too many dive guides are actually poor guides."
Working with the REEF program is one great tool utilized by Sea Saba to continue to improve the knowledge base of their dive instructors. Dive staff members are frequently reminded that their core function is to be great guides, and newly hired dive staff are required to become REEF Level 3 surveyors within 60 days! "It's a win/win/win. We're making a concerted effort to ensure a great dive experience is had by all our visitors but also by our staff. If we can engage each guide to be more aware and knowledgeable and share this information with our diving guests, dive guides avoid burnout. The enthusiasm is contagious." says Lynn.
Sea Saba understands and shares REEF's mission to educate, enlist, and engage divers in marine conservation efforts. In Lynn's words, "Fish identification skills are a stepping stone in understanding our underwater environment. By sharing knowledge, we not only create better surface interval conversations, we can hope each diver is also an advocate to use what power he/she has to protect this realm: the coral, the fish, the reef, the ocean…our planet."
Sea Saba hosted the first REEF Field Survey of the year in March and they made sure our trip season got off to a great start - participants confirmed over 150 species sightings during the week, including rare finds such as yellowcheek basslets, punk blennies, and a hammerhead shark! Our team of ten was well taken care of by the excellent divemasters and staff of Sea Saba, many of whom are active surveyors throughout the Saba Marine Park surrounding this petite island. The natural beauty of Saba was the perfect setting for our diving (and hiking) adventure.
Acclaimed marine artist and conservationist, Dr. Guy Harvey, joined the Grouper Moon Project team in 2011 to document the research being conducted on the Nassau grouper spawning aggregation on Little Cayman. Dr. Harvey and videographer, George Schellenger, spent 7 days in the field with scientists from REEF, the Cayman Islands Department of the Environment, and Oregon State University. The culmination of their work came together in a documentary called "The Mystery of the Grouper Moon", which was premiered to a packed house at the Harquail Theatre on Grand Cayman in September. Since that time, Dr. Harvey has been busy showing the documentary to local schools and promoting grouper conservation to generations of future Caymanians. The film will soon be available online for REEF members to watch, stay tuned. Inpsired by his time underwater with the grouper, Dr. Harvey created a painting of the aggregation that is featured on the documentary promotional poster. The original artwork will soon be available for purchase, with all proceeds going to REEF to support the Grouper Moon Project. To read more about the documentary, check out this article in the Cayman Compass. We are excited to have Dr. Harvey as a collaborator on this important REEF program.
REEF is proud to announce the next generation of our website - www.REEF.org. The redesigned page was launched earlier this month. The website still features the wealth of information, tools, and resources you expect from REEF.org, but now they are highlighted with a new design and user friendly navigation. Aside from the new look, you may notice that the site is much faster due to an upgrade in our server equipment. Whether you're quizzing yourself on fish ID, looking to book a REEF Trip, or learning the latest research on the lionfish invasion, REEF.org keeps you up to date with all of our latest activities and programs. The Discussion Forum is a perfect place to post your ID questions, dive trip highlights, and more. Our website is also the central hub for the almost 160,000 fish surveys that have been submitted by our volunteer members over the last 19 years. Exploring the REEF Database is now even easier with significantly faster reporting. If you are a REEF surveyor, be sure to create a REEF.org login account (if you don't have one already) so that you can generate your personal survey log and species lifelist. The Top Stats page now shows the 25 surveyors in each region with the most surveys, so that even more of our members can track their progress.
This is the fourth major revision to the REEF website. REEF's online home was originally launched fifteen years ago in 1997. REEF would like to extend a huge thank you to longtime IT volunteer extraordinaire, Ben Weintraub, for making this new site possible. Please take a moment to explore the new website. Let us know what you think - send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com. Your feedback is important to us as we continue to improve the site. We hope you enjoy it!
Every month, scientists, government agencies, and other groups request raw data from REEF's Fish Survey Project database. Here is a sampling of who has asked for REEF data recently and what they are using it for:
- A National Research Council post-doctoral fellow is using REEF sightings data on manta and mobula to evaluate global populations of these at-risk species.
- A researcher is evaluating fish distribution and abundance data from south Florida to be included in a NOAA document used to respond to oil spills.
- A University of Washington researcher is using data on Red Sea Urchin to evaluate population trends in this important echinoderm that is increasingly harvested.
- A graduate student at Scripps Institution of Oceanography is using population data on Nassau Grouper to document populations trends of this endangered Caribbean reef fish.
Do you know a young adult who is interested in ocean conservation, research, education, and diving? Applications are currently being accepted for the Fall REEF Marine Conservation Internship positions. Every four months, REEF invites hundreds of applicants to compete for four internship positions. The chosen interns implement community outreach and education programs focused on reef fish identification and lionfish handling and collection. Interns also dive and volunteer with partner organizations in the Florida Keys. Examples of some average daily intern activities include computer data entry, helping to write and layout newsletters and flyers, packaging orders, answering phone calls and e-mails, greeting visitors at REEF Headquarters, biological assessment fieldwork and data analysis, and community education and outreach.
For more information on this program or if you know someone who would like to apply, please visit the Internship Webpage or email General Manager, Martha Klitzkie, at firstname.lastname@example.com. Applications for the Fall internship are due June 30th.
We have lined up a great Fishinar schedule for 2014, including marine fish icons Milton Love and Ray Troll! We also will see an east versus west fish face off between Andy Lamb and Andy Martinez, a "Coralinar" and a "Crabinar", and more. Not sure what Fishinar is? These popular online REEF webinar training sessions provide fishie fun in the comfort of your own home. Fishinars are free, and open to all REEF members. You need to register for each session you want to attend. No special software is required, just a web browser. Upcoming sessions include:
Spineless Critters Series: Pacific NW Invertebrate ID - Taught by Janna Nichols -- January 8, 9, 15, and 16th, including Sponges and Stingers, Gettin' Crabby, Marvelous Molluscs, and Stars and Squirts
Squirrels, Soldiers & Cardinals: Seeing Red? Count on It! - Taught by Jonathan Lavan -- January 21
California Lookalikes! - Taught by Janna Nichols -- February 5th
Top 25 Fish in the South Atlantic States - Taught by Christy Pattengill-Semmens -- February 25th
Crabinar! - Taught by Greg Jensen -- February 26th
What I Did On My Fall Vacation – Research on the Fishes of Southern California Oil/Gas Platforms - With Milton Love -- March 25th
A Few Mind-Blowing Fish Every Ichthyo-Geek Should Know About - With Ray Troll -- April 16th
Coralinar! - Taught by Marilyn Brandt -- May 29th
East Coast vs. West Coast - With Andy Martinez and Andy Lamb -- June 19th
New Fishinars are always being added. Check out the Webinar Training page (www.REEF.org/fishinars) for the most up-to-date listing and to register for each session.
A few weeks ago, in honor of Earth Day, REEF asked for your help in supporting our educational programs. Through classroom and field activities, these programs have inspired thousands of school children, young adults, divers, and researchers. If you haven't already made a donation, please consider making a difference in the life of a future ocean conservationist!
Contribute securely online today at www.REEF.org/contribute
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Because of generous donations from members like you, REEF is able to continue educating future generations about healthy ocean ecosystems, exciting new marine discoveries, fish identification, and invasive species.
We just have one week left in this campaign. Every dollar spent on ocean conservation education makes a huge impact in our ability to preserve our underwater world for the future. Please join us as we light up faces around the world in the joy of discovery and respect for marine life. Thank you for your support! Please donate today.
We are proud to share news of a new scientific publication using REEF data that was recently published in the top-tier science journal, Ecology. The paper, "Demographic modeling of citizen science data informs habitat preferences and population dynamics of recovering fishes", was co-authored by fisheries scientists from NOAA Fisheries and Scripps Institution of Oceanography, along with REEF's Director of Science, Dr. Christy Pattengill-Semmens. The authors combine citizen science data collected at large scales from REEF's Volunteer Fish Survey Project with recently developed statistical demographic modeling techniques. The model analysis included two managed reef fishes in the Gulf of Mexico, Goliath Grouper and Mutton Snapper, to estimate population trends, habitat associations, and interannual variability in recruitment. The results identify strong preferences for artificial structure for the recovering Goliath Grouper, while revealing little evidence of either habitat associations or trends in abundance for Mutton Snapper. Results also highlight the utility and management benefits of combining demographic population models and citizen science data. Visit REEF's Publications page to read more about this study, access the original paper, and information on the over 50 other scientific publications that have included REEF programs and data.
This past summer, REEF completed its 5-year monitoring and assessment of the ex-Navy Landing Ship Dock, U.S.S. Spiegel Grove, intentionally deployed in 130' deep water as an artificial reef off Key Largo in June of 2002. At the time of its sinking, the Spiegel, at 510' in length, was the largest vessel intentionally sunk as an artificial reef. More recently, REEF completed its final report on the data collected, largely through members' efforts in the water these last few years, so a multus gratia (big thank you) from all of us at REEF to those of you who participated on the Advanced Assessment Team monitoring of the Spiegel. This was every bit your project as much as ours. I am asked quite often in the field how REEF surveyor efforts contribute to science, conservation, and education so I want to share with you some of our findings as the Spiegel assessment serves as a great example of the power of concerned and active citizen scientists to effect positive changes in our communities. For a full viewing of our final report, please visit our website at 5 Year Spiegel Grove Monitoring .
Before I highlight a few of our findings, let's go over what our methods were for conducting our Spiegel assessment. Surveys were conducted using the Roving Diver Technique (RDT), a non-point visual survey method that serves as the mainstay for most REEF efforts in the water. The purpose of this method is to gather a comprehensive species list with sighting frequency and relative abundance estimates, for fish species only in the case of this study. Staff and REEF volunteers all had to be members of the Advanced Assessment Team (AAT) for REEF (learn more about how to become an AAT member http://www.reef.org/programs/volunteersurvey/aat). Each monitoring event consisted of 4 days of two-tank monitoring dives at the Spiegel Grove and 7 surrounding reference sites.
The overall objective of the study was to assess any changes in fish community structure over time with the addition of the newly deployed artificial reef, changes not just to the Spiegel site, but changes to the surrounding natural reef sites as well. A central biological question as to the merits of vessel type artificial reef deployments is whether or not they add fish species in terms of both numbers of fish (biomass) and numbers of fish species (biodiversity) to the artificial reef and the surrounding natural reef sites. In other words, in the Field of Dreams metaphor, if you build it will they come and where will they come from? Ultimately, resource managers and other stakeholders hope that the addition of the artificial reef adds fish not only to the targeted site, but seeds surrounding reefs with the reproductive output from the resident fish population. The scale of these questions cannot be adequately addressed in a 5-year pilot study such as the one REEF just completed and that was not our charge but it is important to understand the concept behind sinking ships as artificial reefs. And we should commend Monroe County, the Upper Keys Artificial Reef Foundation (UKARF), and the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS) for funding this initial pilot study. A second socioeconomic question not addressed in REEF's work asks the important question of how much SCUBA diving pressure is decreased on natural reefs by the addition of a top recreational dive site such as the Spiegel and how much additional tourist revenue is gained? Finding answers to both the biological and economic questions above are critical in providing guidance for future marine resource management decisions on whether or not to deploy artificial reefs of this type and when and where the sinking of these large retired vessels is appropriate.
Okay, some quick highlights but again for the full report, please visit our website. Over the 5-year study, REEF conducted 76 RDT surveys on the Spiegel itself and another 445 survey dives on the surrounding 7 reference sites. 191 fish species were documented on the Spiegel Grove for all surveys combined. 46 species of fish were observed on the Spiegel just one month after deployment with the average number of species climbing to 76 per monitoring event thereafter. Approximately 3 years after deployment (Aug 2005), persistence in species composition at the Spiegel Grove site through time had increased to levels closer to those of the surrounding reefs. Striped grunts and Tomtates were immediate arrivals on the newly deployed site. Currently, 5 years post deployment, fish species composition on the Spiegel site is more akin to what you would expect on a deeper reef site including schools of Blackfin Snapper, Creole Wrasses, Bluehead Wrasses, Purple Reeffish, Sunshinefish, Bluerunners, Yellowtail Reeffish, Greenblotch Parrotfish, Tomtates, Spotfin Hogfish, Yellowmouth Grouper, Black Grouper, and the Federally protected Golilath Grouper (for a complete list of species sighted and statistical comparisons between study sites take a peak at the report). Blackcap and Fairy Basslets rarely occur in the Keys but interestingly, on several occasions, both have been surveyed on the Spiegel, most notably after hurricane storm surges from offshore. Of course, the Spiegel originally sunk on its starboard side was righted during Hurricane Dennis in July of 2005, confounding results of our survey shortly thereafter. And large, deeply sunk vessels such as this one certainly offer numerous hiding places to groupers in particular, making full visual assessments difficult. We have included in our report suggestions for future studies as well.
REEF would like to thank Mike Ryan of Horizon Divers for supplying important anectodal information about the Spiegel. He was one of the first divers on the newly deployed vessel and has logged more than 240 dives on site since then, meticulously recording fish and invertebrate sightings in the true naturalist vein. Also, REEF thanks Quiesscence Divers and Horizon Divers and Scott Fowler for providing boat and logistical support for all of our diving efforts over the past 5 years. This spring (2008), the Hoyt Vandenberg is scheduled for deployment a few miles off the coast of Key West. REEF will be leading the monitoring efforts over a similar 5-year time period and we'll keep you posted on our efforts. Two suggested readings are referenced in our report, one by Arena et al (2007) and the other by Leeworthy et al (2006) assessing biological and economic impacts of artificial reefs, respectively.
Happy Holidays everyone and if you are visiting Key Largo next year, visit the wreck and see for yourself how things are coming along.


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Karachi: Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Naseem Ashraf issued a clear warning to former captain Inzamam-ul-Haq, saying he would not be considered for national selection if he decides to play for the breakaway Indian Cricket League (ICL).
"Since the International Cricket Council (ICC) does not recognise this private tournament, our position is clear — any Pakistani player who plays in the League will not be considered for national selection again," Ashraf said.
"Our policy is clear. We will not give permission to any of our players to play in the ICL as it is not supported by the officialdom," he said. Inzamam, who has been ignored by the PCB for a central contract, said he would like to play in the League if the terms were right from the ICL organisers. Former skipper Rashid Latif also said from London that he had also been spoken to by the ICL organisers, but would not go to India unless he got PCB clearance. "It is all too premature but I would like to have clearance from the PCB to play in the ICL," he added.— PTI


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May 29, 2009
Statement On Behalf of the 9/11 Families United to Bankrupt Terrorism
In Response to the Solicitor General's Refusal to Support The 9/11 Families'
Petition for Writ of Certiorari with the Supreme Court
(In Re: Thomas E. Burnett, Sr., et al. v. Al Baraka Investment & Development
Corp., et al., Case No. 03-CV-9849 (RCC) In Re: Terrorist Attacks on September
WASHINGTON, May 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The following is a statement
of 9/11 Family Members: Mike Low, Father of Sara Elizabeth Low, AA Flight 11;
Bill Doyle, Father of Joseph M. Doyle, WTC North Tower; Tom & Beverly Burnett,
Sr., Parents of Thomas E. Burnett, Jr., UA Flight 93; and Terry Strada, Wife
of Thomas Strada, WTC North Tower on Behalf of the 9/11 Families United to Bankrupt
Terrorism in Response to the Solicitor General's Refusal to Support The 9/11
Families' Petition for Writ of Certiorari with the Supreme Court:
Today the Obama Administration filed in the Supreme Court a document that expressed
the Administration's decision to stand with a group of Saudi princes and against
the right of American citizens — 9/11 family members — to have our day in
court. Let there be no doubt: The filing was political in nature and stands
as a betrayal of everyone who lost a loved one or was injured on September 11,
We are deeply dismayed by this decision, filed by the solicitor general of
the United States in response to the Supreme Court's February 23, 2009 invitation
for the government to express its views in the 9/11 families' request to appeal
a portion of the case to the Court.…
June 9, 2009
By Chris Mondics
Inquirer Staff Writer
The Philadelphia Inquirer
At the moment the north tower of the World Trade Center collapsed at 10:28
a.m. on Sept. 11, 2001, Sharon Premoli was scrambling up an escalator from the
below-ground concourse toward the street with dozens of other office workers
in a desperate bid to escape.
She looked behind her and saw two things that are burned forever in her memory:
A human chain of evacuees riding the escalator and a boiling cloud of dust and
debris racing toward them.
The force of that swirling storm picked her up and threw her into nearby storefront.
After she awoke, she said, she soon realized she was lying on the lifeless body
of a man and that she was covered with his blood.
"I remember taking my nails and scraping my tongue to remove the debris
from my mouth," said Premoli, at the time a vice president for development
with a financial services software company based in the North Tower. "I
tried to get up and I realized I was lying on the body, and I am profoundly
haunted by that."
Strip away all the arcana and legal angels dancing on heads of pins, and Premoli
is the human face of litigation alleging Saudi Arabia financed the 9/11 hijackers.
She is one of 6,000 World Trade Center victims and their families who have
charged in lawsuits that the government of Saudi Arabia or its officials funded
Islamic charities that in turn… Continue reading
Perhaps the most interesting thing this week is that an HC contributor found a document in the National Archives showing that, two days before 9/11, the military practiced responding to a simulated hijacking by suicide terrorists targeting New York. The document also mentioned a number of other previously-unknown hijacking-response exercises, and has been written up at the contributors' blog.
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There are also several additional entries in the 9/11 Timeline, about the 9/11 Commission and the day of the attacks.
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The Domestic Propaganda Timeline focuses on the back-and-forth of Sonia Sotomayer's nomination to the US Supreme Court, and Karl Rove instructs readers that the word "empathy" is actually code for "liberal activism."
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The Economic Crisis Timeline marks the 30th bank failure in the US this year, which was Silverton Bank in Atlanta.
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Lastly, a contributor to the A. Q. Khan Timeline highlights possible Saudi funding for Pakistan's nuclear weapons program.
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by Jon Gold
On 1/8/2008, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported that "a huge lawsuit against the government of Saudi Arabia and key members of its royal family was put to a crucial test today as lawyers for victims of the 9/11 attacks urged a federal appeals court to reinstate the government of Saudi Arabia as a defendant." The Cozen O'Connor law firm in Philadelphia "was the first to file suit against the government of Saudi Arabia in 2003, charging that the desert kingdom bears responsibility for the attacks because it permitted Islamic charities under its control to bankroll Osama bin Laden and his global terror movement." The lawsuit "suffered a setback in 2005 when New York federal district court judge Richard Conway Casey ruled that the federal foreign sovereign immunity act barred lawsuits against Saudi Arabia and members of the royal family."
On… Continue reading
Court won't hear Sept. 11 claims vs. Saudi Arabia
June 29, 2009
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has refused to allow victims of the Sept.
11 attacks to pursue lawsuits against Saudi Arabia and four of its princes over
charitable donations that were allegedly funneled to al-Qaida.
The court, in an order Monday, is leaving in place the ruling of a federal
appeals court that the country and the princes are protected by sovereign immunity,
which generally means that foreign countries can't be sued in American courts.
The Obama administration had angered some victims and families by urging the
justices to pass up the case.
In their appeal, the more than 6,000 plaintiffs said the government's court
brief filed in early June was an "apparent effort to appease a sometime
ally" just before President Barack Obama's visit to Saudi Arabia.
At issue were obstacles in American law to suing foreign governments and their
officials as well as the extent to which people can be held financially responsible
for acts of terrorism committed by others.
The appeal was filed by relatives of victims killed in the attacks and thousands
of people who were injured, as well as businesses and governments that sustained
property damage and other losses.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York previously upheld a federal
judge's ruling throwing out the lawsuits. The appeals court said the defendants
were protected by sovereign immunity and the plaintiffs would need to prove
that the princes engaged in intentional actions aimed at U.S.…
June 28, 2009 (updated July 7, 2009)
by Mark H. Gaffney, Author of The 9/11 Mystery Plane and the Vanishing of America
The evidence was crucial because it undermined the official explanation that Hani Hanjour crashed American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon at high speed after executing an extremely difficult top gun maneuver. But to understand how all of this played out, let us review the case in bite-size pieces…
In August 2004 when the 9/11 Commission completed its official investigation of the September 11, 2001 attack, the commission transfered custody of its voluminous records to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).[1] There, the records remained under lock and key for four and a half years, until last January when NARA released a fraction of the total for public viewing. Each day, more of the released files are scanned and posted on the Internet, making them readily accessible. Although most of the newly-released documents are of little interest, the files I will discuss in this article contain important new information.
As we know, the 9/11 Commission did not begin its work until 2003——more than a year after the fact. By this time a number of journalists had already done independent research and published articles about various facets of 9/11. Some of this work was of excellent quality. T he Washington Post, for example, interviewed aviation experts who stated that the plane allegedly piloted by Hani Hanjour [AA Flight 77] had been flown "with extraordinary skill, making it highly… Continue reading
by Jon Gold
July 11, 2009
The YBBS
A long time ago, I spent some time looking into the flights that took members of the Saudi Royals, as well as members of the Bin Laden family out of the country in the days, and weeks after 9/11. Here is what I found.
According to Richard Clarke during his testimony (yea, yea, call me lazy for linking to Michael Moore's site) at both the Senate Judiciary Committee, and the 9/11 Commission Hearings, he stated the following:
"Now, what I recall is that I asked for flight manifests of everyone on board and all of those names need to be directly and individually vetted by the FBI before they were allowed to leave the country. And I also wanted the FBI to sign off even on the concept of Saudis being allowed to leave the country. And as I recall, all of that was done. It is true that members of the Bin Laden family were among those who left. We knew that at the time. I can't say much more in open session, but it was a conscious decision with complete review at the highest levels of the State Department and the FBI and the White House." Testimony of Richard Clarke, Former Counterterrorism Chief, National Security Council, before The Senate Judiciary Committee, September 3, 2003.
"I was making or coordinating a lot of decisions on 9/11 and the days immediately after. And I would love to be able to… Continue reading
James Corbett
The Corbett Report
17 July, 2009
Government sources immediately began blaming North Korea for the recent cyberterror attacks on South Korea and the U.S., despite having no evidence to back up those claims. Now, an examination of the evidence by independent computer experts show that the attack seems to have been coordinated from the UK. The hysterical media coverage in the attack's wake, however, echoing the government line that it was likely the work of North Korea, served to cement in the minds of many that this was an act of cyberwarfare.
The idea that this surprisingly unsophisticated attack could have come from a well-organized, hostile state or terrorist group comes as a blessing in disguise to those groups, agencies and advisors who have been calling for greater and greater federal snooping powers in the name of stopping a "cyber 9/11″ from happening.
The "cyber 9/11″ meme stretches back almost to 9/11 itself. Back in 2003, Mike McConnell, the ex-director of the National Security Agency (NSA), was fearmongering over the possibility of a cyber attack "equivalent to the attack on the World Trade Center" if a new institution were not created to oversee cyber security. Since then, report after report has continued to use the horror of 9/11 as a way of raising public hysteria over "cyber terrorism," a subject more often associated with juvenile hackers and lone misfits than radical terrorist organizations.
The real reason behind the invocation of 9/11 in the context of "cyber terror"… Continue reading
By Chris Mondics
Inquirer Staff Writer
Jul. 17, 2009
Sen. Arlen Specter suggested during Judge Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearing
yesterday that the Obama administration sought to block Supreme Court review
of lawsuits blaming Saudi Arabia for the Sept. 11 attacks for fear of offending
an important ally.
The remark came as the Pennsylvania Democrat questioned Sotomayor on whether
the Supreme Court, by deciding ever fewer cases, had effectively ducked important
constitutional questions left unresolved by lower courts.
In a July 7 letter to Sotomayor, Specter also raised the issue of Saudi involvement
in the attacks, asserting that "plaintiffs' counsel had developed considerable
evidence showing Saudi complicity."
Law firms representing thousands of victims of the 9/11 attacks and their families,
along with insurers and other interests that suffered economic losses, sued
the government of Saudi Arabia and senior members of its royal family, alleging
that they financed Islamic charities that, in turn, bankrolled al-Qaeda.
On June 29, the Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of lower-court rulings
that the Saudi government and members of its royal family cannot be sued under
U.S. law for allegedly supporting terrorism. Shortly before that ruling, the
Obama administration filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging the court to reject
the case, in part because the administration had not given its sign-off.
The Center City law firm Cozen O'Connor represents most of the insurers in
the case and led the Supreme Court appeal. The South Carolina-based firm Motley
Rice represents thousands of 9/11 victims and their… Continue reading
By Luke Ryland
July 31, 2009
Against All Enemies blog
Former FBI translator Sibel Edmonds dropped a bombshell on the Mike Malloy radio show, guest-hosted by Brad Friedman (audio, partial transcript).
In the interview, Sibel says that the US maintained 'intimate relations' with Bin Laden, and the Taliban, "all the way until that day of September 11."
These 'intimate relations' included using Bin Laden for 'operations' in Central Asia, including Xinjiang, China. These 'operations' involved using al Qaeda and the Taliban in the same manner "as we did during the Afghan and Soviet conflict," that is, fighting 'enemies' via proxies.
As Sibel has previously described, and as she reiterates in this latest interview, this process involved using Turkey (with assistance from 'actors from Pakistan, and Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia') as a proxy, which in turn used Bin Laden and the Taliban and others as a proxy terrorist army.
Control of Central Asia
The goals of the American 'statesmen' directing these activities included control of Central Asia's vast energy supplies and new markets for military products.
The Americans had a problem, though. They needed to keep their fingerprints off these operations to avoid a) popular revolt in Central Asia ( Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan), and b) serious repercussions from China and Russia. They found an ingenious solution: Use their puppet-state Turkey as a proxy, and appeal to both pan-Turkic and pan-Islam sensibilities.
Turkey, a NATO ally, has a lot more credibility in the region than… Continue reading
by Kevin R. Ryan
Scoop Independent News
See also… http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0907/S00124.htm
Kevin R. Ryan: Demolition access to the WTC Towers
Who could have placed explosives in the World Trade Center (WTC) towers? This is the second essay in a series that attempts to answer that question. The first installment began by considering the tenants that occupied the impact zones and the other floors that might have played a useful role in the demolition of the WTC towers. [1] The result was a picture of connections to organizations that had access to explosive materials and to the expertise required to use explosives. Additionally it was seen that, in the years preceding 9/11, the impact zone tenants had all made structural modifications to the areas where the airliners struck the buildings.
The management representatives of these tenant companies were seen to be secretive and powerful. Through these powerful people, the tenants were connected to organizations that benefited greatly from the 9/11 attacks, including the defense contractors Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, General Dynamics, Halliburton, and Science Applications International Corp (SAIC). The tenants also had strong connections to the Bush family and their corporate network, including Dresser Industries (now Halliburton) and UBS, and to Deutsche Bank and its subsidiaries, reported to have brokered the insider trading deals. There were also links between these tenant companies and the terrorist-financing Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI).
Throughout this review we should keep in mind that, according to 2009 estimates, the membership of Al Qaeda's conspiracy network is… Continue reading
The 2009 5th Annual 9/11 Film Festival will be held Wednesday and Thursday, September 9th & 10th, 2009
at the Grand Lake Theater
For up-to-date information, please see http://communitycurrency.org/filmfestival2009.html (or
Tickets are $10 for each day and are now available. They may be purchased
at locations in the Bay Area (full list below, at end of this story), at the door, or via email here: Email tickets.
Wednesday Evening, 9/9/2009, we will be holding the World Premiere of
Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup
with film maker – Dylan Avery
and special guests
Richard Gage, founder of Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth
artist/author Janette McKinlay (who wrote Fortunate: A Personal Diary of 9/11)
David Ray Griffin, Theologian, author
Bonnie Faulkner, host of KPFA's Guns and Butter will be the mistress of ceremonies.
Thursday films will begin at noon, 9/10/2009. We will be premiering
with film maker Eric Nadler.
Eric Nadler is an author, TV producer and filmmaker. He has written
for Rolling Stone, Mother Jones, Harpers and the New Republic and his films
have been been featured on PBS, the Sundance Channel and Court TV in the United
States and broadcast internationally. He has produced several PBS Frontline
programs, including BCCI- Bank of Crooks and Criminals and The Secret Arming… Continue reading
Joe Trento discusses our history with Iran — from the Mossadeq Era to the recent twitter campaign, Zbigniew Brzezinski's foreign policy strategy and objectives in the region, and he talks about Israel, Saudi Arabia's backing of Pakistan's pursuit of the nuclear bomb and AQ Khan, the terrible state of US Media, the prospect of 'real change,' and more.
Here is our guest Joe Trento unplugged!
For those who want to subscribe to the show in "itunes", here is the subscription URL: http://boilingfrogs.justacitizen.com/xml.php?feed_id=1071
Joe Trento has spent more than 40 years as an investigative journalist, working with both print and broadcast outlets and writing extensively. Before joining the National Security News Service in 1991, Trento worked for CNN's Special Assignment Unit, The Wilmington News Journal,… Continue reading
by James Ridgeway
First published in his blog Unsilent Generation on 10 September 2009
Truth was obviously censored and ncomplete in the original 9/11 Commission's report. If anyone deserves the opportunity to press on for answers, it is the people of the City of New York. The next few weeks will tell whether they are at long last given that opportunity.
In the five years since the 9/11 Commission released its studious but timid report, Americans of all political stripes have advocated for a new investigation into the attacks of September 11, 2001. Since Obama seems intent upon putatively pardoning the Bush Administration for all of its crimes and misdemeanors, such an investigation will clearly not take place at the federal level. But a New-York based organization has been pursuing a local effort–and on the eve of the eighth anniversary of the attacks, it has achieved what could be an important step toward its goal. The New York City Coalition for Accountability Now (NYC CAN), which describes itself as "a group comprising 9/11 family members, first responders, and survivors," has gathered signatures to place a referendum for a new 9/11 investigation on the November ballot in New York City.
The Bloomberg administration fought the effort by claiming that only about 26,000 of the 52,000 signatures submitted by NYC CAN were valid, leaving the group some 4,000 short of the requirement for a ballot measure. After the New York courts appointed a "referee" to review the tossed-out petitions, NYC CAN… Continue reading
by Nafeez Mossadeq Ahmed
New Internationalist.org
Islamic fundamentalist militants are the enemies of Israel and Western governments, right? Think again. Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed reports.
Once upon a time, the CIA trained, financed and supported Osama bin Laden and his mujahidin networks in Afghanistan to repel the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. After the end of the Cold War, bin Laden turned against the West and we no longer had any use for him. His persistent terrorist attacks against us for more than a decade, culminating in 9/11, provoked our own response, in the form of the 'War on Terror'. This is the official narrative. And it's false. Not only did Western intelligence services continue to foster Islamist extremist and terrorist groups connected to al-Qaeda after the Cold War; they continued to do so even after 9/11.
The CIA's jihad
The story begins in the summer of 1979, six months before the Soviet invasion, when the CIA had already begun financing elements of an emerging Islamist mujahidin force inside Afghanistan. The idea, according to former US National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski and former CIA Director Robert Gates, was to increase the probability of a Soviet invasion, and entrap 'the Soviets into a Vietnamese quagmire'.1
Osama bin Laden arrived in the country later that year, sent by then-Saudi intelligence chief Prince Turki bin Faisal, where he set up the Maktab al-Khidamat (MAK) which helped finance, recruit and train mujahidin fighters.2 Bin Laden, the MAK, and the Afghan mujahidin in total received… Continue reading
By Ray McGovern
November 17, 2009
Consortium News
As Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the other alleged 9/11 conspirators go to trial, the corporate media's embargo on the truth about the Bush years will be under great strain.
Media commentary on the upcoming 9/11 trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has raised concern that state secrets may be divulged, including details about how the Bush administration used torture to extract evidence about al-Qaeda.
"I think that we're going to shine a light on something that a lot of people don't want to look at" is how American Civil Liberties Union attorney Denney LeBoeuf put it, according to The New York Times on Saturday.
No problem, says Attorney General Eric Holder, who claims to have "great confidence" that other evidence — apart from what may have been gleaned from the 183 times Sheikh Mohammed was waterboarded, for example — will suffice to convict him.
Maybe so, But what the Fawning Corporate Media (or FCM) have so far neglected is the likelihood that the testimony will be so public that they will have to break their studied silence about why Sheikh Mohammed and his associates say they orchestrated the attacks of 9/11.
For reasons that are painfully obvious, the FCM have done their best to ignore or bury the role that Israel's repression of the Palestinians has played in motivating the 9/11 attacks and other anti-Western terrorism.
It is not like there is no evidence on this key issue. Rather, it appears that the Israel-Palestine connection is pretty much kept off limits for discussion.…Continue reading
Kevin Ryan
Careful investigation leads one to notice that a number of intriguing groups of people and organizations converged on the events of September 11th, 2001. An example is the group of men who were members of Cornell University's Quill & Dagger society. This included Paul Wolfowitz, National Security Advisors Sandy Berger and Stephen Hadley, Marsh & McLennan executive Stephen Friedman, and the founder of Kroll Associates, Jules Kroll. Another interconnected group of organizations is linked to these Cornell comrades, and is even more interesting in terms of its members being integral to the events of 9/11, and having benefited from those events.
After the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center (WTC), a company called Stratesec (or Securacom) was responsible for the overall integration of the new security system designed by Kroll Associates. Stratesec had a small board of directors that included retired Air Force General James Abrahamson, Marvin Bush (the brother of George W. Bush) and Wirt Walker III, a cousin of the Bush brothers. Other directors included Charles Archer, former Assistant Director in charge of the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services Division, and Yousef Saud Al Sabah, a member of the Kuwaiti royal family.[1]
Yousef Saud Al Sabah was also chairman of the Kuwait-American Corporation (KuwAm), which between 1993 and 1999 held a controlling share of Stratesec. The other owners of Stratesec were Walker and an entity controlled by Walker and Al Sabah, called Special Situation Investment Holdings (SSIH).[2] SSIH was said to form a group with… Continue reading
January 6, 2010
by Ray McGovern & Coleen Rowley
Yesterday, a blogger with the PBS' NewsHour asked former CIA analyst Ray McGovern to respond to three questions regarding recent events involving the CIA, FBI, and the intelligence community in general.
Two other old intelligence hands were asked the identical questions, queries that are typical of what radio/TV and blogger interviewers usually think to be the right ones. So there is merit in trying to answer them directly, such as they are, and then broadening the response to address some of the core problems confronting U.S. counter-terror strategies.
After drafting his answers, McGovern asked former FBI attorney/special agent Coleen Rowley, a colleague in Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) to review his responses and add her own comments at the end. The Q & A is below:
Question #1 – What lapses in the American counter terrorism apparatus made the Christmas Day bombing plot possible? Is it inevitable that certain plots will succeed?
The short answer to the second sentence is: Yes, it is inevitable that "certain plots will succeed." A more helpful answer would address the question as to how we might best minimize their prospects for success. And to do this, sorry to say, there is no getting around the necessity to address the root causes of terrorism or, in the vernacular, "why they hate us."
If we don't go beyond self-exculpatory sloganeering in attempting to answer that key question, any
"counter terrorism apparatus" is doomed to failure.… Continue reading


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Yet Another Dog Caught in an Existential Mirror Crisis
First: I have had the good fortune of house and dog sitting for someone who has a papillon and let me assure you that they are very agreeable little creatures, which is why this video should be all the more distressing. How patronizing can this dog's guardian be? Not only must she film the papillon's mirror crisis… »


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From the Publisher"The author of George S. Patton's biography in the Great Generals series now gives us the life of that most flamboyant officer's polar opposite...Axelrod's fine, brief treatment begins with distinction the refurbishing of his reputation." — Booklist, starred review
"Bradley, the latest offering from the "Great Generals" series edited by Gen. Wesley K. Clark, highlights the General's rise through the ranks to his eventual command of the 1.3 million troops in the 12th Army Group in Europe, the largest group of soldiers ever to serve under an American field commander. Alan Axelrod...takes useful time to characterize the interactions between Bradley and his counterparts...Axelrod explains how diverse influences made Bradley the efficient, straight-forward field general soldiers liked serving under." — WWII Magazine
"Omar Bradley is far more than the "GI General," he was America's General, embodying those characteristics at the heart of the American-style of military leadership: selflessness, humility, adaptability, and above all, core values of integrity and respect that reflected the democracy he served. Axelrod's narrative highlights superbly how Bradley internalized these leadership principles and then infused them into our Army's culture in a legacy that persists to this day. Bradley tells the story of a military hero in the Army of a democracy–but the leadership lessons are universal, and they are timeless."—Lieutenant General (Ret.) Daniel Christman, former Superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point
"There could hardly be a better guide to the life and career of Omar Bradley, the least heralded and last of the Army's five-stars, than Alan Axelrod. Axelrod has all the knowledge and skill needed to fully assess Bradley's military contributions, as well as his relationships with Eisenhower and Patton, and deliver it in a concise, compelling biography sure to win a permanent spot on your bookshelves." — Theodore Kinni, author of No Substitute for Victory: Lessons in Strategy and Leadership from General Douglas MacArthur
Praise for Alan Axelrod:
"An engaging minibiography...Patton's race across France has become legendary, but Mr. Axelrod reminds readers that it was the result of careful planning."—The Washington Times
"Concise, incisive, and authoritative, Axelrod's Patton is a clear and entertaining biography...Axelrod has cut through the politics and chaff to get to the man."—Robert K. Wilcox, bestselling author of First Blue
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Plain pork chops get revitalized with a few flourishes: honey-glazed carrots and oranges. Roasting oranges adds a delicious hint of rich caramelized flavor to this dish—try them squeezed over beef or lamb too.
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- 2 tsp. honey
- 0.50 tsp. ground cumin
- 2 tbsp. olive oil
- Kosher salt and pepper
- 1.50 lb. medium carrots
- 1 navel orange
- 3 scallions
- 0.25 c. fresh dill
- 4 1-in.-thick pork chops
- Heat oven to 425°F. In a small bowl, whisk together the honey, cumin, 1 Tbsp oil, ½ tsp salt and ¼ tsp pepper.
- On a rimmed baking sheet, toss the carrots with the honey mixture and arrange in an even layer. Nestle the oranges among the carrots and roast until the carrots are tender and beginning to turn golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes. Toss with the scallions and dill (if using).
- Meanwhile, heat the remaining Tbsp oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Season the pork with ½ tsp each salt and pepper and cook until browned and nearly cooked through, 5 to 6 minutes per side. Serve with the carrots and roasted orange wedges for squeezing.


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|Resource selection function (RSF) and utilization function (RUF) models aid in evaluating habitat suitability and investigating hypothesized mechanisms of space use of wildlife. We monitored postbreeding resource selection of adult black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes) inhabiting the South Exclosure, a 452-ha black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) colony in the Conata Basin, South Dakota, USA, during 2007-2008. Our objectives included (1) evaluation of the predictive capabilities of a recently developed ferret RUF generated from observations of ferrets on an adjacent colony; and (2) development of new RSFs, while evaluating influences on resource selection (e.g., predators and resource connectivity) not yet investigated for M. nigripes. Our evaluation of the ferret RUF suggested usefulness of the model in predicting ferret space use; that is, the model could be used to predict ferret occurrence and evaluate fine-scale habitat suitability. Our new RSFs demonstrated that ferrets, in both years, selected areas of increased abundance of active prairie dog burrows. Ferrets selected areas of increased distance from colony edges in 2007; however, a main-effects interaction suggested that if active burrow density is high in an edge area, ferrets still might select the area. Spatial avoidance of coyotes (Canis latrans) and badgers (Taxidea taxus), or similarities in space use among ferrets and these predators were not evident in our final RSFs. Connectivities of active and open burrow patches also were not retained in our RSFs. Conservation and restoration of colonies with high active burrow and prairie dog density are needed for continued recovery of ferrets. The ferret RUF, and our RSFs, if validated via independent data, could complement habitat evaluations and thus facilitate (1) reintroductions of ferrets to black-tailed prairie dog colonies and (2) the ferret recovery program.
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PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says a power plant in Massachusetts has lost power and shut down during a massive snowstorm.
The NRC says the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant in Plymouth experienced an automatic shutdown at around 9:15 p.m. Friday after losing off-site power. Spokesman Neil Sheehan says the plant has declared an unusual event, which is the lowest level of emergency classification.
Sheehan says that the reactor shut down without any problems and that backup generators are powering plant equipment.
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I think you are stressing yourself out over nothing... some cramping is normal during pregnancy since ligaments are stretching and pulling, it's when there is blood with it that you should be concerned.
Cramping is normal. I cramped a lot with this one and I'm 24w and going strong. Try to relax, but I know it's hard to do once you've had a m/c. I had one at 7w and the fear never really goes away. I get where your coming from, but there's not much you can do. Try to just enjoy being prenant.
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"By putting off a cost reflective tariff and extending subsidies, we may seem to help the consumer, but what we are actually doing is bleeding the State electricity boards and eventually burdening the consumer with surcharge after the losses become untenable," said an official of the power department explaining why reforms in the power sector must begin with a realistic power tariff, curtailing losses and replacing short-term sops with long-term schemes.
Dissecting the causes for the grid collapse that left the city powerless on Monday and Tuesday, officials of the power distribution companies as well as the government's power department were unanimous that the State electricity boards have been pushed to withdraw spending on system up-gradation because of their poor financial condition.
"The fact that some States were rampantly overdrawing from the grid that led to the collapse is part of the reason, the transmission and distribution systems in the country are screaming for an overhaul and how do you strengthen the system unless you have the money?" questioned the official. "The State electricity boards as on date have a debt of Rs. 3 lakh crore," he added.
In Delhi alone, the three discoms had been demanding a hike in power tariffs for the past two years, citing heavy outflow on power purchase and system strengthening.
"For sometime the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission decided to not increase the power tariff in the city, eventually when the hike could no longer be put off, because the discoms were in such perilous financial condition, the consumers were slapped with an eight per cent surcharge to pay for the old dues," the official said.
"Somebody has to pay, either the consumer or the government. Small benefits and subsidies to farmers is one thing, but sops like non cost reflective tariffs based on politically motivated ideas should be discouraged," the official said.
Distribution system is plagued by losses of more than 30 per cent, which include pilferage, discom official said checking this aspect alone costs money and requires political will.
"There are transformers that are theft proof, but they are expensive. Similarly when we swoop down on theft, there are times when political interference leads to impediments," said an official of a discom.
Reigning in States that violate grid code is necessary, but equal attention should be paid to the augmenting the capacity of the system. "Today we have a peak generation of 200,000 MW and a peak demand of 125,000 MW, a lot of power is moving across the power lines, it is a complex system and needs a lot of management. We need to invest in the distribution system so that energy security is ensured for all the constituents. The gird needs to be robust," said Gopal Saxena, the Chief Executive Official of BRPL.
The Delhi Government on Tuesday announced the setting up of a committee to review the investments needed in the sector, asked what are the immediate deficiencies noticed by the department, Shakti Sinha, Principal Secretary Power said: "System strengthening is a continuous process and we will review what has been done and needs to be done. The Chief Minister is very concerned and particular that the grid collapse does not occur again and Delhi's citizens are insulated from such blackouts. She has taken up the issue with the Centre as well."
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Salmon or Chicken Kebabs with Creamy Tzatziki Sauce
Directions Total Time: 40 min
- Prep Time: 20 min
Cook Time: 20 min
- Whisk together 2 teaspoons olive oil, oregano, garlic, lemon juice and zest. Add salmon or chicken and let marinate for about 10 minutes.
- To make tzatziki sauce, stir together yogurt, lemon juice and zest, dill, oregano, cucumber, honey and pepper.
- Toss vegetables in remaining olive oil and assemble each skewer with 3 pieces of salmon, alternating between vegetables.
- Heat grill-pan or saut� pan. Over medium heat, add skewers to pan, cover loosely with foil. You may have to cook in two batches of 4 skewers. Cook 2-3 minutes on each side.
- Serve immediately with a dollop of tzatziki sauce.
Additional Tips
Safety Tips: If using wooden skewers be sure to soak the skewers in cold water for about 30 minutes prior to grilling to make sure they don't burn.
Get the Kids Involved: Assembling skewers and making tzatziki sauce are safe and fun steps to involve kids in the cooking process.
Cook Once, Eat Twice: Double the chicken and use the left-overs to make Zippy Southwest Chicken Fajita Salad.
Nutritional info in table for salmon.
Calories 222
Total Fat 7.5 g
Saturated Fat 1.5 g
Trans Fat 0.0 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1.0 g
Monounsaturated Fat 4.0 g
Cholesterol 73 mg
Sodium 156 mg
Carbohydrates 7 g
Dietary Fiber 1 g
Total Sugars 5 g
Protein 31 g
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- Calories Per Serving
- 240
- Total Fat
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- Saturated Fat
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- Trans Fat
- 0.0 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat
- 1.5 g
- Monounsaturated Fat
- 5.0 g
- Cholesterol
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- Sodium
- 112 mg
- Carbohydrates
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- Fiber
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- Sugars
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- Protein
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Book your room at Hotel Stars Dijon Sud
Suburban hotel in Chenove with free parking
Situated near the airport, this hotel is 3.1 mi (5 km) from Dijon Cathedral and within 6 mi (10 km) of La Vie Bourguignonne Museum and Arquebuse Gardens. Museum of Sacred Art and Liberation Square are also within 6 mi (10 km).
Hotel Features
Free self parking and free WiFi in public areas are available at this hotel.
Room Amenities
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Hotel Amenities
High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 38
- Front desk (limited hours)
- Number of floors - 1
- Free WiFi
- Free self parking
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Shower only
- Hair dryer (on request)
- Satellite TV service
- Desk
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Free cribs/infant beds
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Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 7 AM and 10 AM.
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Check-in time starts at 2 PM
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- Pet fee: EUR 3 per pet, per night
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What makes a good dinner party? Good food, killer cocktails, great company and a perfectly curated playlist are on my list of must-haves. But have you considered your lighting to be an important factor? Whether you're trying to go dim-lit romantic or club-like strobes, lighting can have a dramatic effect on the mood you set in the room.
Thanks to modern Wi-Fi-enabled light bulbs, the options for creating mood lighting for your next party have gotten pretty sophisticated, and don't require you to remortgage your house: In a recent episode of Smart Simple Solved, I walk you through how to set up wireless bulbs and strips, then have them dim, flash and change color, controlling them all from an app on your phone. Imagine the lights reflect your favorite team colors at Superbowl time? Or they mimic the sunset outside for your next backyard barbeque. The options are endless and easy — this way you can keep the appetizers and cocktails coming and your guests will just know that your party has killer ambiance. Let me show you how this works.


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I have previously voiced concerns about the CFPB's Academic Research Council, particularly the lack of transparency surrounding the Council's creation and the CFPB's decision not to seek public input on appointments to the Council. My concerns about the Council were heightened by a report appearing earlier this week in the New York Times that the Obama campaign received research-based ideas about how to "get out the vote" from a group of behavioral scientists. According to the report, one of those scientists was Richard H. Thaler, a professor of behavioral science and economics at the University of Chicago's business school. (The report indicated that the Obama campaign would neither confirm or deny a relationship with the scientists.)
Professor Thaler is also one of the six professors appointed to the Academic Research Council and, as we have noted, behavioral economics are playing a central role in the CFPB's regulatory and enforcement agenda. We have also observed that the Council is likely to be very influential in connection with empirical studies being conducted by the CFPB regarding a wide array of products (e.g., payday lending) and practices (e.g. arbitration). Professor Thaler's reported involvement in the Obama campaign raises new questions about the CFPB's ability to maintain its independence from the Obama administration.
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MAYWOOD, Il. -- MRI scanning could become a powerful new tool for assessing how well cholesterol drugs are working, according to Loyola University Health System cardiologist Binh An P. Phan, MD.
Phan is co-author of an MRI study of patients who had recently begun taking cholesterol medications. The study found that intensive treatment with cholesterol drugs significantly reduced the amount of cholesterol in artery-clogging plaque. The study is published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Imaging.
Cholesterol is the raw material in the buildup of plaque, which leads to atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries). The process can cause blocked arteries that can trigger heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular problems.
Imaging technologies traditionally used to monitor cardiovascular disease, such as angiograms and ultrasounds, show the overall size of the plaque buildup. In the new study, MRI scans were more precise, showing the amount of cholesterol within the plaque.
The study was conducted at the University of Washington, where Phan completed a cardiovascular clinical and research fellowship. The study included 120 patients who were randomly assigned to receive one of three cholesterol treatments: Lipitor; Lipitor plus Niaspan (extended-release niacin); or Lipitor plus Niaspan and colesevelam.
After three years, the 33 patients with identified carotid plaques had a significant reduction in the cholesterol within the plaque. The volume of cholesterol dropped from 60.4 cubic millimeters to 37.4 millimeters, and the percentage of plaque volume consisting of cholesterol dropped from 14.2 percent to 7.4 percent.
(The scans were done on patients' carotid arteries in the neck, rather than on their coronary arteries. Carotid arteries are easier to image because they are closer to the surface of the body, and do not move as much as coronary arteries of a beating heart
|Contact: Jim Ritter
Loyola University Health System


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Queens Library receives new books every Tuesday — and every Tuesday, we'll introduce you to our latest featured book!
Our pick for #BookTuesday, June 2 is Finders Keepers by Stephen King.
Finders Keepers is the second book of the ...
Looking for books to read in Chinese? Check out these new arrivals!
請問侯文詠 / Qing wen Hou Wenyong: yi chang yu nei zai dui hua de lü cheng, by Hou Wenyong, 侯文詠
四十九日・祭 / Si shi jiu ri ji, by Yan Geling, 严歌苓
Buscando libros para leer en español? Échale un vistazo a estos nuevos libros en español:
Diario emprendedor by Joshua A. Aguilar
El mejor medicamento, eres tú by Frédéric Saldmann
The NYC Neighborhood Library Awards recognize the tremendous impact public libraries have on the diverse communities they serve. Queens was proud to have three out of the ten finalists.
We're happy to announce that the Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center was one of the five local libraries awarded ...
The Culture Connection Program at Queens Library is presenting three exceptional Jazz concerts by three incredible Jazz performers -- Timothy Oliver Reid, Charles Turner and Sharp Radway.
Mr. Reid will take the audience back to the sounds of Harlem in 1934 where clubs like Small's Paradise, the Cotton Club, the ...
Join the action this summer and have a blast at the Summer Reading Program at Queens Library. This summer celebrate real-life and fictional heroes, cool books, popular fantasy and graphic novels to the latest in your favorite series.
Summer Reading 2015 begins Thursday, June 4.
The Library Journal will honor the best self-published ebooks in the following genres: Romance, Mystery, Science Fiction, Fantasy. There will be a winner in each genre and each winner will receive $1,000.00 USD from Library Journal.
Visit our Self Publish page for more information.
Free computer access is available at all the libraries.
The Hollis Community Library has:
International Language Collections at the Hollis Community Library include:
Special Interest/Noteworthy Collections at the Hollis Community Library include:
| Child Care / Preschools
Community Board
Community Organizations & Services
Fire Department
Local Hospitals
Local Newspapers
| Parks and Playgrounds
Police Department
Post Office
Private / Parochial Schools
Public Elementary Schools
Public High Schools
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Senior Centers
Elected Officials
Special Services
|Child Care / Preschools
Hollis Community Service Center
193-25 Jamaica Ave.
Jamaica NY , 11423
phone: (718) 465-0923
Kiddy Corner
197-25 Hillside Ave.
Jamaica NY , 11423
phone: (718) 740-0717
Little Red Wagon Day Care Center
188-06 Jamaica Ave.
Jamaica NY , 11423
phone: (718) 468-6627
Precious Children Day Care
202-11 Jamaica Ave.
Jamaica NY , 11423
phone: (718) 479-2127
Rainbow Day Care
90-16 187th Pl.
Jamaica NY , 11423
phone: (718) 454-4284
|Community Board
Community Board District # 12
90-28 161 Street
Jamaica NY , 11432
phone: (718) 658-3308
fax: (718) 739-6997
|Community Organizations & Services
Community Care
97-11 Springfield Blvd.
Queens Village NY , 11429
phone: (718) 465-7677
YMCA of Greater New York
89-25 Parsons Blvd.
Jamaica NY , 11432
phone: (718) 739-6600
|Fire Department
Engine 301 Ladder 150
91-02 197 St
Hollis NY , 11423
|Local Hospitals
Holliswood Hospital
87-37 Palermo Street
Hollis NY , 11423
phone: (718) 776-8265
|Local Newspapers
|Parks and Playgrounds
Bellaire Playground
89 Ave., 207 & 208 Streets
Hollis NY , 11472
|Police Department
107th Precinct
71-01 Parsons Boulevard
Flushing NY , 11365
phone: (718) 969-5100
|Post Office
Hollis Post Office
197-33 Hillside Ave.
Hollis NY , 11423
phone: (800) 275-8777
|Private / Parochial Schools
Yeshiva University HS For Girls
86-86 Palo Alto Street
Jamaica NY , 11423
phone: (718) 479-8550
Summit School
187-30 Grand Central Parkway
Jamaica NY , 11432
phone: (718) 264-2931
89-15 Francis Lewis Boulevard
Jamaica NY , 11427
phone: (718) 465-5066
Cambria Heights Academy
188-04 91 Ave.
Hollis NY, 11423
|Public Elementary Schools
PS 35 Nathaniel Woodhull
191-02 90 Avenue
Hollis NY , 11423
phone: (718) 465-6820
PS 118 Lorraine Hansberry
190-20 109 Road
Hollis NY , 11423
phone: (718) 465-5538
PS 134 Hollis
203-02 109th Avenue
Hollis NY , 11412
phone: (718) 464-5544
PS 178 Holliswood
189-10 Radnor Road
Jamaica NY , 11423
phone: (718) 464-5763
Ps 135 The Bellaire School
207-11 89th Ave.
Queens Village NY, 11427
phone: (718) 464-2119
|Public High Schools
Martin Van Buren HS
230-17 Hillside Avenue
Queens Village NY , 11427
phone: (718) 776-4728
|Public Intermediate / Junior High Schools
IS 109 Jean Nuzzi
213-10 92 Ave.
Queens Village NY , 11428
phone: (718) 465-0651
IS 238 Susan B. Anthony
88-15 182 St.
Hollis NY , 11423
phone: (718) 297-9821
|Senior Centers
Allen Community Senior Center
166-01 Linden Boulevard
Jamaica NY , 11434
phone: (718) 658-0980
Hillside Comprehensive Care Center
188-11 Hillside Avenue
Hollis NY , 11423
phone: (718) 264-6680
Jewish Association for services to the aged (JASA) Young Israel of Holliswood / Holliswood Jewish Center
86-25 Francis Lewis Blvd
Queens Village NY, 11427
|Elected Officials
|NYC Council
Hon. Mark Weprin
District Office Address 73-03 Bell Boulevard, Suite 1N
Oakland Gardens NY , 11364
phone: (718) 468-0137
fax: (718) 468-0178
Manhattan Office 250 Broadway, Suite 1807
New York NY , 10007
phone: (212) 788-6984
fax: (212) 608-6382
|NYS Assembly
Hon. David I. Weprin
District Office 185-06 Union Turnpike
Fresh Meadows NY, 11366
phone: (718) 454-3027
fax: (718) 454-3178
Albany Office LOB, Room 602
Albany NY , 12248
phone: (518) 455-5806
fax: (518) 455-5977
|NYS Senate
Hon. Leroy Comrie
District Office 205-20 Jamaica Avenue, 2nd Floor
Hollis NY , 11423
phone: (718) 454-0162
fax: (718) 454-0186
Albany Office Room 918, Legislative Office Building
Albany NY, 12247
phone: (518) 455-2701
fax: (518) 455-2816
|US Congress
Hon. Gregory W. Meeks
District Office 153-01 Jamaica Ave., 2nd Floor
Jamaica NY , 11432
phone: (718) 725-6000
fax: (718) 725-9868
Legislative Office 2234 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington DC, 20515
phone: (202) 225-3461
fax: (202) 226-4169
|Boro President
Hon. Melinda Katz
Hon. Bill de Blasio
The town of Hollis is subdivided into two major sections, Hollis and Holliswood. It was originally part of the famous Dutch purchase of Jamaica in 1656 from the Jameco Indians. During the revolutionary war, General Nathaniel Woodhull, the commander of the Queens and Suffolk militia, was mortally wounded by the British forces in a tavern at Hollis' village center. His crime was refusing to say "God save the King".
Previously known as East Jamaica, Hollis was developed in 1884-5 by former Queens Highway commissioner Frederick W. Dunton. After having purchased 136 acres of land in Hollis, Dunton interested several of his friends in the district, and sold them land lots. Homes were quickly built on the land that was previously farmland. Dunton named the town after Hollis, New Hampshire, where he was born. In 1885, Dunton and several other residents donated land and opened a new railroad station.
In 1895, the towns little old wooden school house was replaced by Public School 35, which was later moved to a larger building. In 1896, a library in Hollis was organized through voluntary contributions, and by 1897, the library contained 800 volumes. The Hollis library became a branch of the Queens Borough Public Library on January 1, 1901, and in that year circulated 4,428 books. The library's present location on Hillside Avenue was established in 1973.
By 1920, the population of Hollis grew to almost 4,000 residents, and attracted many Manhattan commuters. Hollis now houses approximately 31,000 residents. It is a growing and diverse community with Hillside and Jamaica avenues serving as its main shopping areas. Famous residents of Hollis have included Mario Cuomo, L.L. Cool J., and Colin Powell.
More information about the Hollis community is available from the following sources:
Global Community in Queens, New York City, HollisNY.com, http://www.hollisny.com/history.htm
Hollis, Ruth M. Haines, The Queens Borough Public Library Bulletin, 1937 (pamphlet)
Hollis in History, Edward Hale Brush, Long Island Life, 1922 (pamphlet)


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Villa Alviani Anna
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Located in Marina Piccola, the Villa Anna is a bed and breakfast just a short walk from the beach.
Each room is equipped with air conditioning, a TV, coffee maker and mini-fridge. All bathrooms are private facilities. An iron is available from the front desk Breakfast includes fruits, juices and pastries and is served either in the dining room or poolside.
On-site amenities include the villa's lemon garden, sun terrace and the use of beach umbrellas and deck chairs. The hotel also has a guest kitchen and offers free parking.
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About the Villa Alviani Anna neighborhood
Marina Piccola is east of Marina San Francesco and serves as a launching pad for ferries and hydrofoils traveling to and from Naples and Capri. The main Sic office is on the water and offers boat cruises by the hour. The gardens at Palazzo Correale, on the town's east side, feature spendid views of the bay and from here, it's mere steps to the shore.