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Hallmark Cards to close Topeka, Kan., plant
Tuesday - 10/2/2012, 8:24pm EDT
By JOHN HANNA
Associated Press
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Hallmark Cards Inc. will close its Topeka manufacturing plant and shed about 300 jobs as it consolidates its Kansas operations at its remaining facilities in Lawrence and Leavenworth, the company announced Tuesday.
The Kansas City, Mo.-based greeting card company said the number of people working at its Kansas plants will fall from about 1,300 now to about 1,000 when consolidation is finished by the end of next year.
Pete Burney, Hallmark's senior vice president who overseas production, acknowledged that increased use of social media such as Facebook has cut into greeting card sales, but he said Hallmark remains bullish about the future of printed cards. He said the industry is still selling 13 million cards a day.
"We absolutely feel that the greeting card still has a very relevant place," he said during a news conference at the Topeka plant. "It is still a very significant business for us, but one that requires a different cost structure today as compared to in years past."
About 500 people work at the Topeka plant, which produces envelopes and about one-third of the company's greeting cards. Hallmark will move greeting card and envelope production to its Lawrence plant, which currently produces envelopes as well as specialty items such as stickers, ribbons and bows. The Lawrence plant will stop making specialty items and that work will be moved to Leavenworth.
Hallmark said in a news release that its workers will be offered buyouts as part of its efforts to "address excess capacity" and "reduce the company's cost structure." The transition will occur in phases, starting immediately and ending in 2013.
Workers declined to comment Tuesday as they left the Topeka facility. Burney declined to discuss the details of severance packages, saying the company will be consulting with individual employees.
Dan Lara, a spokesman for the Kansas Department of Commerce, said it will have a team available to help Hallmark workers to move into open jobs at other companies or obtain training.
Hallmark's Topeka plant opened in 1943, and the current 711,000-square-foot building was completed in 1966. The privately held company reported earlier this year that its revenues in 2011 remained flat compared with 2010, at $4.1 billion.
"We are committed to domestic greeting card production and to the Kansas operation," Burney said. "We just will need to consolidate our operations."
Burney said the Topeka plant sits in a flood plain, making it more expensive to insure. He also noted the plant isn't as close to the company's distribution facility in Liberty, Mo., leading to higher transportation costs.
"We don't arrive at decisions like this haphazardly," Burney said.
The job loss announcement was the second in recent months for the state's capital city, which has about 130,000 residents. Memorabilia maker Jostens announced in May that 372 jobs would be phased out as the company moved its production work from its Topeka plant to Clarksville, Tenn. The Topeka plant mainly produced Jostens' line of memory books.
The unemployment rate for the Topeka area was 6.9 percent in August, higher than the state's rate overall, but lower than the national average. Manufacturing jobs such as those at the Hallmark plant accounted for about 7,500 jobs in August, the latest month for which employment figures are available.
Government employment accounts for about one-quarter of nonfarm jobs in the Topeka area.
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HRC Staff Members Reflect On Changing Face of HIV/AIDS
December 5, 2013 by Noël Gordon, Foundation Project Manager
Roderick is a 22-year-old aspiring veterinarian. He is also one of the many young Black and Latino men quickly becoming the new face of HIV/AIDS. In a front-page story for the New York Times, Donald G. McNeil Jr. explains how, "despite years of progress in preventing and treating HIV in the middle class, the number of new infections nationwide remains stubbornly stuck at 50,000 a year — more and more of them in these men, who make up less than 1 percent of the population."
McNeil's piece underscores the disproportionate burden HIV/AIDS places on the LGBT community, particularly young gay and bisexual men and transgender women of color. Below three HRC staff members share their reflections on being part of the changing face of HIV/AIDS.
"I can't help but wonder: how do I prevent a person's circumstances from determining their risk of infection?"– Noël Gordon, HRC Foundation Coordinator
"Rarely do I stop and take time to think about where I am in relation to where I've been. But reading today's article in the NYT brought back a flood of memories. It reminded me of the fear I felt coming out to my ardently Catholic family; of the challenges I had getting tested with little to no health insurance; of the images I saw as a child – of gay and bisexual men with nowhere to go but homeless shelters. It's been quite some time since I have thought about any of those things, largely because I'm fortunate to live and work in a city with people who support me. But in stopping to reflect on my life now, I can't help but wonder: how do I prevent a person's circumstances from determining their risk of infection?"
"It is unfortunate that intolerance drives young black and Latino men out of their homes and into living conditions in which HIV poses a greater risk." – Marcos Garcia, Health & Aging Coordinator
"It is unfortunate that intolerance drives young black and Latino men out of their homes and into living conditions in which HIV poses a greater risk. While we need to increase the number and efficacy of HIV support groups and programs, we also need to equip those who will be teaching others about the risks of HIV with tools to handle audiences that may stigmatize the disease. This way they can be prepared to encounter, defuse and educate in these conversations, working to end the cycle of ignorance and giving men of color, like me, a chance to have a place to call home."
"This article has given me the courage to search for inner strength to love more unconditionally as my faith calls me to, and work for a future without HIV/AIDS." – Michael Toumayan, HRC Religion & Faith Manager
"It's frustrating that we, as people of color, who understand and value the right to (dignified) life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, can't seem to get past the wall of illiteracy and intolerance. Not only are we denying dignity of life for members of our society who are HIV positive, but our stigmatization of HIV/AIDS is contributing to the spread of the virus among an already vulnerable segment of the U.S. population. Despite this, the article has given me the courage to search for inner strength to love more unconditionally as my faith calls me to, and work for a future without HIV/AIDS."
HRC is doubling down on our efforts to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the stigma surrounding it. From increased public education and outreach to continued lobbying in support of legislation like the recently passed HIV Organ Equity (HOPE) Act, HRC is dedicated to making sure the rising tide of LGBT equality lifts all boats.
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1 1/2 c. buttermilk
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4. Bake until golden brown and a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean, 40-45 minutes. Remove from the oven and brush with the melted butter. Cool to room temperature before serving.


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New study says Most voters intended to vote for Christine Jennings in Sarasota Congressional Race
A team of experts from the stateââ¬â¢s Division of Elections office is set to audit Sarasota Countyââ¬â¢s voting machines tomorrow.
It comes a week after the state canvasing board certified Republican Vern Buchanan as the winner of the13th Congressional District race, with a 369-vote margin over Democrat Christine Jennings ââ¬â but also with more than 18,400 undervotes in Sarasota County, Jennings has filed a lawsuit contesting the election results, saying she should be declared the winner or a new election be held.
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Author(s): Jarausch, Konrad H.; Geyer, Michael
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Broken glass, twisted beams, piles of debris--these are the early memories of the children who grew up amidst the ruins of the Third Reich. More than five decades later, German youth inhabit manicured suburbs and stroll along prosperous pedestrian malls. Shattered Past is a bold reconsideration of the perplexing pattern of Germany's twentieth-century history. Konrad Jarausch and Michael Geyer explore the staggering gap between the country's role in the terrors of war and its subsequent success as a democracy. They argue that the collapse of Communism, national reunification, and the postmodern shift call for a new reading of the country's turbulent development, one that no longer suggests continuity but rupture and conflict.
Comprising original essays, the book begins by reexamining the nationalist, socialist, and liberal master narratives that have dominated the presentation of German history but are now losing their hold. Treated next are major issues of recent debate that suggest how new kinds of German history might be written: annihilationist warfare, complicity with dictatorship, the taming of power, the impact of migration, the struggle over national identity, redefinitions of womanhood, and the development of consumption as well as popular culture. The concluding chapters reflect on the country's gradual transition from chaos to civility. This penetrating study will spark a fresh debate about the meaning of the German past during the last century.
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No one knows this better than Frank Maloney. The seasoned promoter was forced to pull his fighter, British Champion Martin Power, from the ring in the ninth round last June when South Africa's Munyai appeared to be the final stages of administering a frightful clanging to the St. Pancras man in a Commonwealth title winning effort.
The task at hand tonight for the challenger is clear; not only must Haskins hold off and master the gangly, swarming six foot tall Bantamweight Champion but the current Commonwealth Flyweight kingpin will also have to navigate a two division jump up in weight. Anyone remembering Ricky Hatton's difficulties going up one weight class earlier this year will appreciate the danger involved in Haskins' bold venture.
Maloney Promotions in association with Sanigar Events presents the Commonwealth Bantamweight Championship between Tshifhiwa Munyai and Lee Haskins at York Hall in London, England on Friday, 6 October. Sky Sports will televise the main event live on SS1 commencing at 22:00. Tickets are priced £30 and £60 and are available by calling the Maloney Promotions box office at 0871 226 1508 or by logging onto to www.maloneypromotions.com
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KAKANI: The youngest climber to scale Mount Everest, Ming Kipa Sherpa, had no intention to rewrite the world record, said her sister Lakpa Sherpa, who is the first woman to conquer the highest peak three times. "Since my brother and I were going up in the expedition, she wanted to join us. So we took her along," Lakpa, who had scaled the mountain in 2000 and 2001, told The Himalayan Times here today. "We only came to know that my sister had created history when people told us, upon reaching the Base Camp." Fifteen years and nine months old Ming Kipa, along with her bother Mingma Gelu, 24, and sister Lakpa, 30, conquered the Everest on May 22, from the north face. With the ascent, Ming Kipa surpassed Temba Chiri Sherpa's feat who at 16 years and 17 days had reached the highest peak. The sisters, who have separate world records to their names, hail from Khandbari VDC-5, Sankhuwasabha. "The climb was difficult," recalled Ming Kipa, who speaks a little Nepali and has attended school till class three. She also said she has no immediate plan to climb the mountain again, adding: "I want to share my experience with girls of my age, and teach them climbing skills." "She felt scared when she saw dead bodies on the way to the top. But I told her not to worry," Lakpa said. "We saw at least ten dead bodies covered in snow." Ming Kipa had taken a basic climbing training at the Nepal Mountaineering Association, Lakpa said. "Besides, we are people who grew up by the mountains. And when you have your brother and sister by your side, things become all the more easier, don't they?"
Summiteers differ on curbs on climbing Everest
KATHMANDU/KAKANI: Alan Hinkes, who has climbed 128,000-metre peaks, today differed with Sir Edmund Hillary's stand urging the Nepal government to restrict the number of people climbing Mount Everest. Hinks said Nepal should not restrict the flow of mountaineers to Mt Everest. "Not only Everest, Mt Blanc, which gets up to 1,700 climbers a day, or any other mountain in England or elsewhere, is seldom free," he told The Himalayan Times on behalf of the summiteers. "Like in the past, one just can't wish to climb a mountain without meeting others while doing so," Hinks said. However, if one is looking out for adventure or wants to climb moutnains without meeting a crowd, then Kanchenjunga and Manaslu are still relatively free, he added. Sir EdmundHillary today, however, joined a growing chorus of alpinists who have called on the Nepal government to impose restrictions.


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South Park and The Book Of Mormon creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone don't discriminate when it comes their satirical portrayals: Christians, gay people, Jewish people, black people, white people, Muslims, celebrities... They're not afraid to offend anyone and everyone.
Yet rarely do they discuss their personal political views as openly they do in an interview with The Guardian, telling journalist Hadley Freeman they're for both gun rights and gay rights, often thought of as opposed positions. The interview, it is noted, was conducted before the Sandy Hook shooting.
The men also point out that liberals complain more often than conservatives about being made fun of:
"The big lie of our whole career is that rightwing fundamentalists are always trying to shut us down," Stone says. "It has literally never happened. The Mormons haven't, the Christians haven't – OK, the Scientologists did, but they don't count. But when we make fun of liberal people, they're like, 'What?!' I think religious conservatives are more used to taking a beating." And as if to antagonise their long-suffering liberal fans even more, Parker announces that the two causes he and Stone believe in are "gay marriage and guns. We're for both of those." [This interview was conducted before the recent shootings in Sandy Hook].
"We're from Colorado, and look at the way Colorado's gone politically in the last few elections," adds Stone, "it's now gay-friendly, weed-friendly, gun-friendly. There's an element of Colorado that I think is in us." Parker nods stoutly.
If there can be a concise summary of their political views, writes Freeman, it is this: "Be tolerant and be temperate, because only blinkered idiots are entirely on one side or the other." That's pretty fair.
LOL, Liberals are cry babies. If you do some searches about South Park making fun of Liberals, it brings up all these websites wanting to ban South Park. Liberals are a joke and in my opinion are anti-American and pro-censorship.
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I'm will to be an episode where they make fun of aspects of libertarians is coming...These guys don't really seem to want any label.
Diogenes Arktos, they use that language in every aspect of the show, its very dirty humor, its not for some. There is never one outright attack on gay people. They make fun of gay people, just like the make fun of literally everyone in society on that show. But they never do what you assume they do because the language is dirty...I'm pretty you're who they are actually making fun of...lol.
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text: Shapeways: Bring your creativity to life in 3D http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php Shapeways: Bring your creativity to life in 3D Prices in dollars? http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=53121&th=10650#msg_53121 If there is a toggle, somewhere, could someone please tell me where to find it currently (there was one in the past.) If this is a permenant change I would like to voice my extreme displeasure, as it will do nothing but cause me problems. For a kick-off it makes it much harder for me to eyeball the prices (as pounds to dollars and vise versa is easily doable), meaning I have to grab a calcualtor every time instead of a rough estimate - particularly important when attending conventions with potential customers, all of whom are from the UK. (If this is is a locailisation issue, then I would like to know why pounds are not being offered as an alternative, as none of my customers use Euros, being mostly from the UK or US so this is unhelpful.)]]> AotrsCommander 2012-08-25T12:57:28-00:00 Re: Prices in dollars? http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=53353&th=10650#msg_53353 My models overview, shows price in USD. Model page shows price in USD. Checkout shows price in Euros I'm in the UK too and prefer USD for the following reasons; 1. USD prices are permanent, whilst Euro price flutuates. 2. Shapeways shop earnings are made in USD 3. Private work I do for clients is paid in USD 4. Personal reasons relating to the whole 'Euro Zone' thing. There is no option to change to the advertised USD price in the cart or anywhere else. Please fix this (i.e. return to letting customers having the choice of payment monetary unit) Paul stop4stuffModeller for hireShapeways ShopTwitter]]> stop4stuff 2012-08-30T08:00:14-00:00 Re: Prices in dollars? http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=53365&th=10650#msg_53365 I hear the confusion, and since this is a few different issues, I hope this clarifies a few things: Shapeways is registered as a business in both the US and the EU, and not in the UK, so we can only offer Euros and Dollars (and not Pounds Sterling) Our website is in US Dollars, and we convert to Euros. We have always updated the conversion rate manually once a month (on the 1st). We do this unless the currency jumps dramatically, then we update it more often to be accurate. The price you see is determined by your shipping address. You can not manually change it, sorry. If, like Paul, you are seeing one currency on your models and another on checkout, check which shipping address you have listed. It is possible this is a bug, and if you delete and re-enter your shipping address it should fix it. More likely though, is that you can see that you can switch currencies in the cart. Currency is determined by SHIPPING address - so in your cart, when you choose your shipping country it will switch between Euros/Dollars - this is a way to see what it costs in each currency should you wish to do so. Remember you can't have different billing and shipping addresses - they must be in the same country, so it is possible you get to the checkout page in the 'wrong' currency, but you wont be able to checkout if your billing and shipping addresses do not match. I have cross-posted this in the InShape thread too. Best, Natalia]]> natalia 2012-08-30T15:31:28-00:00 Re: Prices in dollars? http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=53399&th=10650#msg_53399 Thanks to this latest change, in order to continue to do that, I've had to prat about setting up a second, new pretend US shipping address and fiddling with the shipping options in a pretend shopping cart (wtih shipping address to England) to get back to being able to see my models in dollars (with VAT) as before, so I can check the mark-ups (this incidently, for everyone else, seems like a work-around - I suggest just googling a US postal code for your pretend address but for frag's sake don't forget to change it to the right one when you actually order). This is a job that was already a pain to start with, given the edit/mark-up screen didn't show VAT since before last year's big summer update, requireing me to exit edit mode to see the purchase price and then then re-enter it again to add the correct mark-up. The fact it took that level of fiddling around - as before I started doing that, the prices in Euros and my markups did not even look like the right numbers (since they should be 10% - which should really be the same in any currency - and weren't) suggests to me you need to have a look at the new set-up, because - once AGAIN - it doesn't look like you've tested it fully before springing it on us unannonouced. (I'm not going to try to replicate the problem now, since it was enough hassle getting to where I am without undoing it all, even if I assume it's a problem I can easily replicate.) I still quite cross that only a month ago, when I put my last order, I could purchase my models in dollars or Euros as I choose and suddenly I can't, without any kind of notice or warning (not to mention that you haven't updated your FAQs - or for that matter, your terms of service - to reflect this change.) I'm sorry, but this is really just not good enough, guys. Every single time in the last year you have updated your front-end, you've made it progressively more tedious and time-consuming for me, as the shop owner, to use at no gain to me or my customers. It's certainly not doing you any favours in my long-term customer loyalty; if (when?) someone else comes by with a similar service at similar cost, I would be hard-pressed to find a reason to keep using Shapeways what with all the extra faffing about I have to do to get a model ready for putting in my shop at the moment.]]> AotrsCommander 2012-08-30T22:43:25-00:00 Re: Prices in dollars? http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=94762&th=10650#msg_94762 reported multiple times and even declared embarrasing. Other things like shipping via plain post started to be implemented. Reinvesting with a ~5% loss is not a nice hobby. Maybe worth considering if it would improve sales and add new creations (so more sales) for some areas.]]> stannum 2014-07-25T20:26:38-00:00


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Dhanteras is generally considered within the Hindu community as a day that celebrates material abundance and prosperity. This is the day on which the first lamps of Diwali are lit and people hang up paper lanterns with festoons that send out the message of the arrival of Diwali, two days later.
This year, the Goddess Lakshmi will be welcomed into homes on November 11 in most places. A time for family reunions, it is a day of song and laughter and is considered a time most auspicious to make new purchases and investments.According to jewellery designer Queenie Singh this is a day when most women she knows enjoy wearing their traditional attire and jewellery, be they angarkhas, bangles, or bindis. "It's a joyous and traditional time and the peak season for the jewellery business. Whether it's jewellery, utensils or a car, it's a time for investment in something of value for most."
Fellow jewellery designer Poonam Soni sees the day as a symbol of hope. "The thing women enjoy immensely is shopping for jewellery. And on this day additionally, the jewellery being bought is thought of as a harbinger of good luck. So women end up feeling absolutely gorgeous and are in the best of moods when they set out for their shopping." The designer says she will be sporting jewellery from her own signature collection on November 11. As far as her personal memories of the day are concerned, she recalls that as a child it was a time of beautiful bonding with her parents and family, when she felt absolutely secure.
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Jewellery expert Kamlesh Hemdev says that Dhanteras is also a time of the year when he sees a lot of visiting Non-Resident-Indians (NRIs) come in to buy jewellery. "If they're visiting India around this time, they never miss picking up something beautiful and valuable," he says. Hemdev who owns a well-known showroom says that some foreign nationals also get into the flow of the season and drop in to buy jewellery.
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Stone Giant is a new DirectX 11 benchmark that utilizes heavy amounts of tessellation, and also requires that the video card rendering the scene can push large amounts of geometry.
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"It began as a mistake." By middle age, Henry Chinaski has lost more than 12 years of his life to the U.S. Postal Service. In a world where his three true, bitter pleasures are women, booze, and racetrack betting, he somehow drags his hangover out of bed every dawn to lug waterlogged mailbags up mud-soaked mountains, outsmart vicious guard dogs, and pray to survive the day-to-day trials of sadistic bosses and certifiable coworkers. This classic 1971 novel - the one that catapulted its author to national fame - is the perfect introduction to the grimly hysterical world of legendary writer, poet, and Dirty Old Man Charles Bukowski and his fictional alter ego, Chinaski.
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"Takes you by the shoulders and shakes you until your teeth rattle." (The Times)
"One of the funniest books ever written." (Uncut)
"An amazing, hilarious and unfalteringly entertaining account of a man trapped in a kind of Catch 23." (Sunday Times)
"noir-ish but undynamic wandering protagonist"
near the end there is a quick reference to Hemingway's Death in the Afternoon, and I had been thinking earlier there were a few moments the prose style was stripped down like EH, but I doubt i'll do more CB. (tried Diary of a Dirty Old Man and couldn't stay with it) on the one hand this is a good depiction of this underclass type of aimless drifter and the people suffering through poverty and alcoholism and dead end jobs and lives, but a little of that goes a long way. I can enjoy Jim Thompson's novels and noir novels that deal with these types because there is usually some moral crisis or criminal temptation, but this seemed too plotless and aimless and repetitious, which is part of the point I suppose, but there was little in the way of style or writing that provoked much thought on my part and to draw me back.
"Great narration"
I loved the narrator's voice, especially on the female parts. It was charming and seemed true to Bukowski's personality.
Lets my imagination wander to listen to audible!
"Brilliant Novel"
So very descriptive and animated. Love this book!
The story and dynamics of the struggle, honest observations
good narrator that brings the story to life
yes, I had an extreme reaction to the book -----it made me laugh and cry.
Bukowski can not be beat
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Listened to this at work all day. Bukowski always puts a smile on my face with his endlessly relatable stories.
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NEW YORK (REUTERS) - The New York Police Department has disbanded a surveillance unit that targeted and monitored Muslim communities, The New York Times reported on Tuesday.
The unit, which began in 2003, has been largely inactive since the incoming police commissioner William Bratton took over the department in January, and its detectives have been reassigned, the report said. "Understanding certain local demographics can be a useful factor when assessing the threat information that comes into New York City virtually on a daily basis," Stephen Davis, the NYPD's chief spokesman, was quoted as saying. "In the future, we will gather that information, if necessary, through direct contact between the police precincts and the representatives of the communities they serve," he said.
The NYPD and Davis did not respond to Reuters' requests for confirmation or comment. The surveillance programme deployed undercover detectives in Muslim neighbourhoods to eavesdrop on conversations and watch day-to-day activities. Police also infiltrated mosques and student groups.
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According to Ramachandra Pulavar, a leading exponent of shadow puppet theatre in the State, his team, Thavalappara Naadan Kala Sanghom, has given shape to characters from the Bible in leather to present the biblical stories through the medium of puppet theatre. The puppeteer was in the town to present the art form to the students of Lourdes Public School. During the lecture-cum-demonstration, episodes from the Ramayana, the Mahabharata and also the Bible, came to life as live shadows on a white cloth tied across the dais.
The puppet theatre in India, which finds references in the epics, is considered among the oldest in the world. The 'Thol Pavakkoothu', the shadow puppet theatre in Kerala, is now confined to Palakkad and Thrissur and is mostly presented as temple rituals. Taking the art form out of the temples precincts, Ramachandra Pulavar and his son, Rajeev, introduced nearly 175 cut-out puppets to the young generation.


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BEREA - The nine punts on Sunday and the 2-6 record stand tall, but there is also this little reality about the Cleveland Browns: If they win Sunday over the Baltimore Ravens, theyll enter the bye week having won three-of-four. And by any measure, thats not half bad. Lets also not be shy about this truth: The Browns had a chance to follow their first win with a second win over a very beatable Indianapolis team. They didnt. They fell flat. Now they have a chance to follow a win over San Diego with a win over Baltimore, How they handle it could help determine their second half -- at least the post-bye second half -- because the schedule gets a tad lighter as it gets into December. Baltimore is not the team it once was. Its still a very good team, with an outstanding quarterback and outstanding running back. But its defense is missing cornerback Lardarius Webb and middle linebacker Ray Lewis. Lewis is not what he was, but the Ravens still look on him as their spiritual leader (make of ...
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The strain on water supplies in this serious drought year was evident this week, as major landowners in the Sacramento Valley protested the federal government`s forecast that it will deliver only 40 percent of usual water supplies.
That 40 percent allotment for the so-called Sacramento River settlement contractors is only a forecast by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, based on drought conditions that are expected to deplete snowmelt. Such a low allocation has never been made before, and it is well below the 75 percent that the settlement contractors say is the minimum they should receive under any conditions.
The protests are coming from a range of interests: the Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District, which distributes water to farmers in the Sacramento Valley; the Conaway Preservation Group, which owns farmland in the Yolo Bypass; and the city of Redding.
"This 40 percent allocation flies in the face of what our contracts say," said Stuart Somach, the Sacramento attorney representing the three groups. "I think protest is a weak term for what we`re doing. We do consider this to be serious."
The Bureau of Reclamation operates the Central Valley Project, the federal system of dams, canals and pumps that moves water from Shasta and Folsom reservoirs, through the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, and on to farm and urban areas as far south as Mendota in Fresno County.
Somach said he suspects Reclamation is planning to reduce deliveries to his clients to ensure water can be diverted south of the Delta to the urban areas and wildlife refuges that the agency also is obligated to serve, but which have legally inferior access to water.
Reclamation spokesman Louis Moore said his agency is merely trying to juggle a lot of demand for very limited water this year.
"We know this is unprecedented," Moore said. "We know that it is difficult. But we really just don`t have the resource available."
The conflict highlights important differences between water rights and water contracts in California.
Somach`s clients hold water rights that predate construction of Shasta Dam. These rights represent a legal entitlement to divert water from a stream. His clients are called "settlement contractors" because, when the dam was completed in 1945, it effectively blocked their access to water that once flowed freely in the river. They agreed to "settle" their objections to this blockage so Reclamation could operate the dam. In return, Reclamation promised to serve their water rights in perpetuity using water stored at the dam.
Their contracts with Reclamation, Somach said, require the agency to provide a minimum of 75 percent of their usual contract deliveries, even in the driest of years.
Water contractors, on the other hand, generally have no water rights. Instead, a water contract represents an opportunity to buy water from Reclamation when it is available. The range of availability under these contracts is generally much greater than the terms governing the settlement contracts.
"We`re senior water rights holders, and quite frankly have the ability to pump whatever we want to pump out of the river if we believe Reclamation has breached its relationship with us," Somach said.
Reclamation has a variety of other obligations to meet, however. Although it primarily serves agricultural interests, its contractors include some urban agencies and wildlife refuges, including cities such as Coalinga and Avenal and refuges such as the Mendota Wildlife Area in Fresno County. In severe droughts, these usually are considered a priority over agriculture, because many farm fields can be left unplanted in a drought.
In its allocation forecast on Feb. 21, Reclamation warned all its agricultural contractors they could receive zero water deliveries this year, except settlement contractors, which would get 40 percent. Farm groups say that scenario would result in thousands of acres of farmland being taken out of production this year.
Urban contractors and wildlife refuges, meanwhile, would get 50 percent and 40 percent of their contract allocations, respectively.
"We are not unmindful of the fact that this is an extreme drought situation," Somach said. "But those uses of water are junior to our contracts. They are junior to our underlying water rights."
Somach and his clients met with Reclamation officials Tuesday to ask why the allocation appears to conflict with their contracts. He said Reclamation promised some answers within a week.
Moore also said Reclamation will strive to update its water allocation forecast on a weekly basis, if possible, based on weather conditions, rather than waiting for the usual monthly cycle.
"We are trying to operate for now, but also think about what (would happen) if we don`t receive any additional precipitation for the rest of the year," Moore said. "It would become even more of a strain."
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I love the first part of the trade. I wish Arizona would have stopped there. I love Eaton for Santiago. The outfield is set and didn't need Eaton. The starting pitching is a weakness. I like Santiago as a No. 4 starter and he might improve above that.
I'm not anti-Trumbo. I don't think this will be a disaster as others see it. There's a difference between not liking a deal and thinking the world is caving in. I disagree with this trade because Skaggs has 13 starts in his MLB career. Watch the video for the reason I want to keep Skaggs and for a special visitor who makes a surprise cameo.
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Clarkson on: the end of it all
As a reader of Top Gear magazine, you are a foot soldier, part of a vast army of people whose communion wine has an octane rating and whose pew is made from Alcantara by Recaro. Unless of course you are reading this in a dentist's waiting room. In which case you are not a foot soldier. You have toothache, and you have my sympathy.
Let's be clear. I am not speaking now to people with toothache, or to those who have read Practical Caravanning and Dogs Today and are now ploughing through Top Gear magazine because it's that or the instructions on the vomit bag. I am speaking only to the army of genuine car lovers and the news is not good.
Of course, as is the way with all foot soldiers in all armies, you do not know the news is not good. And you will continue to not know until a dirty great missile lands on your car and blows it into the middle of next week. The fact is, though, that you are under attack. And you have no idea.
As a member of the Top Gear team, I get to see all the tell-tale signs. I see the press releases from the loony left. I get the Google alerts. I read the complaints sent to the BBC. So I know what's coming. And what's coming is the End of Days.
The number of people who dislike cars is very small. A few ramblers, some bods in Friends of the Earth, various people who run road safety charities. But they are noisy, and they are motivated. And unlike us who simply worship at the temple of speed, they make it their life's work to bring all that down. To burn our churches. And hang our leaders. And not stop until you, me and everyone we know is going to work on oxen. And what makes it so depressing is that there's absolutely nothing we can do about it.
I honestly can see a time when there are no supercars, and when the hybrid eco electric lentil you are allowed to drive to work every other day is governed by spy satellites to 20mph. And I don't see this coming in a hundred years. I see it in less than 20. Maybe 10.
"The number of people who dislike cars is very small. A few ramblers, Friends of the Earth and people who run road safety charities. But they're noisy and motivated"
You may argue that this is nonsense and that Ferrari is in rude health at the moment. Absolutely. So is Bentley and so is Rolls-Royce. But that's because they are selling cars to people in Russia and the Middle East. That won't last.
The fact is that they simply can't stay in business without Europe, which is now fundamentally anti-car and America, which since the dawn of Barack Obama, is even more green than the lawn outside the White House. He wants to reduce greenhouse gases and because he's serious about that, the V8 will have to go. Not just in pick-up trucks and SUVs, but in Ferraris and Maseratis as well.
Run around all you like, but there is nothing you can do. Yes, a handful of sheikhs may keep Ferrari in business for the next few years, but eventually, without California and Cheshire - and with less dependence on the sheikhs for oil - all they'll be making down there in Maranello is branded aftershave and baseball caps.
It's not just market forces either. Now, if you drive a really expensive car around Britain's cities, you are very often subjected to a torrent of abuse from the hirsute and the stupid. They believe they have right on their side so they point with their bony, wizened fingers, and spit, and bang on your carbon-fibre roof. Only the other day, a taxi driver, normally the last resting place for the sensible, gave me a ton of what for, for driving a Range Rover. If this kind of thing gets worse, the number of people prepared to stick it out will dwindle to nought.
Seriously. When Henry VIII declared war on the Catholics, some continued to worship Johnny Pope, but after a few burnings, it quickly died out. Car love will go the same way.
And I haven't even got to the biggest problem of them all yet. The mothers of those who've been killed on the roads.
I am able to deal with anyone whose objection to speed and car use is environmental. They are talking utter claptrap and the figures back it up. Similarly, I am able to deal with cyclists. They are jealous. But it is impossible to make a coherent argument for unrestrained car use when you are face-to-face with a mum whose kid has been splattered all over a bus stop by some halfwit in a Corsa.
Boris Johnson, as is often the way, hit the nail rather beautifully on the head when writing in the Daily Telegraph recently. He explained that he often receives complaints about the number of traffic lights in London but says each one is the result of a campaign. And when that campaign has been led by someone whose child has been run over, it is extremely difficult for a local council to turn away and do nothing.
Yes. I can come here now and say that deaths on the road are inevitable and that building a
set of traffic lights or a footbridge on the site of each tragedy is utterly preposterous. But you try saying that to someone who is crying.
And so, combine the sobbing mothers, the stupid environmentalists, the jealous and the communistical and you end up with a small but powerful wave in the face of which we, the army, are powerless to do anything. Don't forget, the Boxing Day tsunami was not tall but it wiped out everything.
So there you are. One bereaved mum. One man with a beard. A splash of Al Gore and a curious new hatred for the rich and all I can say is this: get your order in now for the Aston Martin V12 Vantage. Because I can't see its like coming round again.
Since I was last here, Peter Wheeler, the charismatic former boss of TVR in Blackpool has died after a short illness.
Peter was credited, rightly so, with taking the company from a maker of kit cars to a full-on Northern thunderstorm in the world of high performance. A Griffith on full chat, through the Trough of Bowland... it was a magical experience.
It was much like Peter actually. Having made quite a lot of money from playing poker at university, he moved into North Sea technology where he made even more. Which he then invested in TVR. An endless succession of increasingly flamboyant cars resulted, until one day, he decided he'd had enough and sold out to a Russian business boy who effectively piloted the entire operation into a hillside.
I knew Peter quite well, not through cars but through shooting. He actually won awards for
his countryside husbandry and his shoot was brilliant. Most of the time, on most shoots, birds come from the same direction; not at Peter's they didn't. You had to be alert. Much like you had to be in one of his cars.
In between drives, he'd ferry his guests around in an armoured and tracked Volvo army toy, smoking and generally moaning about the Labour Party which he hated. And then we'd have a big lunch, smoke some more and then shoot some birds that had come from behind us, in the face.
I'll miss him, and my deepest sympathies go to his wife Vicky and their children. Who obviously will miss him a great deal more.


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