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1963 Ford Falcon - Peregrine Pedigree
Conceived For Show, Built For Speed
"The Sprint was mocked up, but there wasn't any wiring and it obviously wasn't running," says Ryan. "It needed a wiring harness, computer, and updates to the transmission at the bare minimum. We brought the Falcon home and I started working on the intercooler plumbing and some other things. We thought about flipping the car," recalls Ryan. "Me and my dad fell in love with the car, though, and it became a passion." It probably helped that Dick Thomas is also a died-in-the-wool Ford guy. Once Ryan did what he could at home, the Falcon moved back to Tim's shop.
Though the Falcon was originally destined for the indoor show circuit, those types of events aren't really Ryan and his father's thing, so as ridiculously detailed as the car would be, it would be a driver, too. "We blew it apart and made some changes that Ryan wanted to do," says Tim. "We smoothed out all of the chassis welds, and Ryan did all of the wiring." A wiring harness from the Detail Zone gave power to the Falcon, and Kicker donated a host of audio equipment.
Once Ryan completed his work, Tim's wife, Carrie Strange, picked out the interior colors, dropped in the rug and stitched up the seat covers. On the exterior, Tim sprayed the Dupont Hot Hues Amber Ecstasy and Charcoal Gray paint. Subtle body mods abound, and you can read about the complete list in the details section.
As cool as the modern industrial theme is with this Falcon, it's the details that really separate it from others. Tim still rides BMX bikes, and used some handlebar stems for various components including the gas tank mounts. The BMX theme continues in the interior, where Tim fabricated the brake pedal out of a pair of TNT Bicycles caged aluminum pedals. For the body side molding, the factory trim was removed and in its place is an aluminum half oval that Tim sourced from a prosthetic limb manufacturer. Tim also hates intake manifolds such as the stock DOHC Cobra pieces that have the inlets on one side, so he fabricated a new intake manifold along with some fuel rail covers.
From the time Ryan dropped the car off right after Christmas, until the Detroit Autorama the following March, Ryan made the road trip from Minnesota to Illinois every weekend for those two and a half months. The following summer, a bad tune-up in the ECM cooked the mod motor, but Ford Racing Performance Parts stepped in to help Ryan out with a new Aluminator engine, and Dynospeed helped Ryan with the SCT tuning to get it right.
"It was a pleasure working with Tim, and I look forward to building another ride with him," says Ryan. "We've become good friends." Ryan told us that he and his father plan to drive the Falcon all over this summer to a number of events. The Falcon has the pedigree, now it just needs the experience.


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Can anyone else confirm this please?
Shan... how is the new #134 kernel? Is it good for viper rom? Battery life? Performance? Gaming performance(vs lighter rom? For example how is shadowgun handling?)? Can you access files on your computer with viper/xm kernel? Are the tweaks working? Sorry if I ask a lot, but I relay on your feedback. Cheers!
Hey , well the kernel is awesome , we finally got 267gpu min freq which boosted overall speed in system, viper is fast like it never was , all the tweeks that come with the rom are working except the mass storage which aint that much important if you ask me, gaming is smooth as always as for lighter roms i have no idea but they should be faster in everything compared to Viper , as for battery it seams to be okay , haven't got the chance to test it entierly yet, but hopefully i will. Overall 134# is my favorite for now quiet happy with it, just don't forget to repack it before flashing onto any rom , or you'll end up with sdcard /0 then you'll have to copy all the data from there onto sdcard / .
Thanks mate! I am on viper+xm #134 repacked ofc and I love it!
I just really hope xm gives us cpu oc+gpu oc possibility(this will be nice too). He doesn't need to make the oc default... he just need to uncap the limit(maybe@special separated kernel version or variant based max cap). I am variant 2, btw... nowhere near 3(tho your cpu is really good deal.. even for variant 3, but as we know even in variants there is a chance for good/bad cpu), but I bough the phone the moment it came out, so not that bad.
Mate, how do u constantly able to hit 6 hours of screen on time? I can't even reach 3.5 hours Mark constantly. I'm on viper x and #106 with smart max governor and noob scheduler. I have to stay off betas as I need my phone always for calls. Any suggestions? Thanks for the guide
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Dozens of employees of Top Tower Hotel, which is based in Kigali City, have threatened to sue the management over delayed salary payments and poor working conditions.
Citing working without contracts, the employees who all preferred anonymity for fear of victimisation, said they haven't been paid for the last two months.
According to sources, between 80 and 90 employees are affected, although the management puts the number of permanent employees to between 50 and 55 employees.
According to the workers, the employer has refused to pay them through banks, preferring to use cash, a practice that they say, frustrates their desire to access loans and services from their banks.
They have also accused the employer of refusing to avail them with work contracts.
"I am now suffering, I need to pay rent, feed my family and sort other issues. I spend the whole of my time here working but I am not paid, neither am I told when I will be paid," said one of employees.
Another wondered why they could not get communication from the employer.
"The boss has taken us for granted, we generate money for this hotel, and we should at least be given what we are due, said one of them.
"I have no working contract; we have asked for contracts for a long time but in vain, now people are afraid to complain for fear of being fired. We have experienced threats from the boss ," another employee said.
When contacted, Paolo Scarsellato, the General Manager of the hotel, which is home to the famous Kigali Casino, confirmed indeed that they pay their staff in cash and regularly deposits pension fee in social security fund for each staff.
"What has been happening for a long time, we pay our staff in cash, I do not know why, when I joined the hotel, it had been operating for 4 years and the staff always got their salaries in cash," said Scarsellato.
He conceded it was a challenge but he was also told it was the way the hotel operates.
"We pay social security for everybody I am not sure about the working contract for the staff but we should try to deal with it and solve the problem, we should work within the confines of the law," he added.
Regarding the payment which delayed he said that the hotel was robbed at the time, the staff was supposed to be paid.
"We have been robbed 7 million and it was what we planned to pay the staff, we assure the staff that by December we will have paid them all their salary arrears," he added.
Police recently arrested four security guards at the hotel for allegedly conniving to rob the hotel.
Meanwhile, when contacted for a comment, the Workers' Trade Union (CESTRAR) said employers have continued to harass and fire employees unfairly, though Rwanda is a signatory to international convention guaranteeing workers' rights.
The trade union's legal officer, Francois Butera, said despite some progress made, challenges still remain.
According to Butera, the union has received over 300 complaints of alleged unfair sacking making the bulk of the grievances this year. The complaints come from both private and public institutions.
Common cases involve employees who don't have contracts, those who complain about unbalanced salaries, employees who do not have social security numbers among others issues.
"We normally receive and advise workers and employers how to solve the issues. We give them legal assistance and help them understand the law guiding employment because most of workers and employers are not aware of their rights," Butera explained.
He noted that among the cases the association has helped to solve, 70 percent ended amicably.


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NEW YORK – Minutes after the Orioles lost to the New York Yankees in Game 5 of the American League Division Series to end their wild and unexpected 2012 season, club managing partner Peter G. Angelos hugged center fielder Adam Jones and made a prognostication.
"In another year, I predict you are going to be ahead of [the Yankees]," Angelos told Jones.
Angelos, who rarely makes appearances, entered the clubhouse for the second time this series after making his first visit after the Orioles' Game 2 win at home on Monday.


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Or your nightly routine actually consists of setting up and starting the render right before bed, then checking it in the morning to see if it finished or crashed.
Oh hey I do that too!
My latest "I do this": You have to take off one side of your desktop because your renders can get so intense that the CPU monitoring software may shutdown your system in self-defense due to overheating, and that's the only thing you can do, because the system is already full of fans and passive cooling.
(Seriously—I can't fit more fans nor passive coolers there. About the only way I could make it better would be full-oil immersion system or water cooler.)


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Family Matters
Regardless of medium, most formal portraits of children are made for their parents. This was certainly true for John Singer Sargent's family. His parents, Dr. Fitzwilliam and Mary Singer Sargent, left the United States in 1854 to live in Europe, where the artist was born in 1856. Many of Dr. Sargent's letters to his family back home mention the welcome receipt of photographs and the enclosure of recent pictures of his own children. The Sargents' reliance on photographs to preserve family connections likely awakened the young John Singer Sargent to the purposes of portraiture, helping him to understand that a portrait is more than a likeness of a specific person: it has the potential to fulfill multiple, usually overlapping desires ranging from the aesthetic, documentary, social, and economic to the emotional.
By most standards Sargent had an unusual childhood. His parents moved constantly, rarely remaining in one place for more than a few months at a time. Despite giving him little opportunity for formal schooling or developing sustained friendships, this lifestyle provided Sargent with a broad education founded on his exposure to the cultural riches of Europe. His love for drawing was especially encouraged by his mother, who was an amateur watercolorist.
Despite Sargent's unconventional childhood and lifelong bachelorhood, the facts of his biography and his paintings reveal that he valued and sometimes sought the domestic comforts offered by familial relationships. His paintings of children, whether members of his own close-knit family circle or the offspring of his friends, provide glimpses into his private life and may offer traces of his own feelings and attitudes.
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Contrary to popular belief, Napoleon Bonaparte was an avid fan of Yoga. Due to his small stature he could do several Yoga movements in quick, swift succession to Classical music while his men would watch and clap accordingly. Follow in the footsteps of this great, and flexible, French Emperor with 10 dance/fitness classes at The Studio @ Dione Lifestyle for R199.
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The dance and fitness classes at The Studio @ Dione Lifestyle are specifically designed to be the optimum workout, with a mix of fitness and fun. Yoga is a physical, mental and spiritual discipline that originated in ancient India. Its goal is the attainment of a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquillity. This popular and calming exercise is designed to enhance vitality and a sense of wellbeing within you. The Yoga classes at The Studio @ Dione Lifestyle will help you gain improved flexibility, balance, strength and posture. Pilates is a workout designed to develop core strength and coordination and is a complete fitness method that combines awareness of the spine, proper breathing, strength and flexible training. The result is a skill-based conditioning technique that feels great to do and continually challenges people of all levels of movement ability. With these Pilates classes you will also enjoy improvement in your posture and overall toning as well.
Bellydancing dates as far back as 6000 years ago. Traditionally, it was performed only amongst woman, accompanied by varying rhythms, as a celebration of birth, fertility, marriage and femininity. Today, woman all over the world have discovered its free and natural movements and mesmerising music and you too will be able to enjoy the hip swaying motions of this popular dance form. Zumba is a Latin-inspired dance fitness program created by dancer and choreographer Alberto "Beto" Perez in Colombia during the 1990's. It involves dance and aerobic elements and unlike a typical dance class where counts are used, Zumba involves following the music with repetitive movements. Zumba's choreography incorporates Hip-hop, Samba, Salsa, Merengue, Mambo, Martial arts, and some Bollywood dance moves. In Swahili Nia means "with purpose" and that is how Nia teaches people to move. It is a path to condition, heal and express yourself though movement and sensation. This dance and exercise form has been described as fusion fitness – a dynamic blend of dance, martial arts and the healing arts. It creatively integrates the mindfulness of the martial arts and meditative techniques, the grace and fluidity of the dance techniques, and the awareness and alignment of integrative body therapies. Balancing technical precision with free-form expression, Nia brings the body, mind, emotions and spirit to optimum health though music, movement and self-expression.
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Three Washburn alumni and a former professor and department chairman will be honored during the Alumni Awards banquet on 6 p.m. Saturday, April 28, at the Memorial Union.
Awards and honorees are as follows:
Distinguished Service Award: Cindy (Tilson) Rogers, ba '69. Rogers worked with the mentally ill and severely disabled for nearly 20 years at Menninger Return to Work Center and Kansas Rehabilitation Services. She is a former president of the Washburn Alumni Association and serves the community in numerous capacities, including the Washburn Women's Alliance.
Lilla Day Monroe Award: Doris (Heck) Hedberg, b ed '72. Hedberg was the director of the children's choir at First United Methodist Church and was married to the late Floyd Hedberg, a Washburn alumnus and chairman of the Department of Music. Her ties to the performing arts community including serving on the board for the Sunflower Music Festival and Topeka Symphony League.
Col. John Ritchie Award: Howard Faulkner. Faulkner taught at Washburn for nearly 40 years, including several years as the chairman of the Department of English and the director of the Master of Liberal Studies program. He has authored, co-authored or edited dozens of books and articles during his career. Faulkner was a Fulbright professor three times, teaching in Morocco, Bulgaria and Macedonia.
Graduate of the Last Decade: Trey Cocking, bs '02. Cocking is the city manager for the City of Atchison, serving as chief executive officer of the community. He oversees a $16-million budget and manages more than 100 full-time employees. Cocking is a member of the Kansas Association of City Managers and the ex-officio director of the Atchison Chamber of Commerce, among other service efforts.
Dena Anson, (785) 670-1711
Susie Hoffmann, Washburn Alumni Association, (785) 670-1643


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Dream Cruise All Grown Up At 18
This year includes some firsts, including a family friendly foot race, new classic car-themed restaurant Vinsetta Garage on the route, and more parking for participants.
Ohio State Fan Brings 'Brutus Mobile' To Woodward Dream Cruise
It might just be the most eye-catching and controversial car this weekend along Woodward: "The Brutus Mobile."
Best Places To See Classic Cars In Detroit
Woodward Dream Cruise is billed as a one-day event, but car fans will tell you it really lasts all week — or longer.
Charity Ride, Classic Car Show To Benefit Michigan's Military
Michigan's military families will be getting a major financial boost when the Michigan chapter of the National Defense Industrial Association holds its major fundraiser for USA Cares at Kensington Metropark on Saturday.
Model A Stolen From Outside Henry Ford Museum
Police are looking for a vintage vehicle, stolen from outside the Henry Ford Museum.
Car Guys Embrace Social Media as Digital Activity Increases
TRAVERSE CITY — As the world embraces social media, the car hobby has also evolved and adapted to this trend. Classic car owners, known for their love of technology and socializing, are embracing the digital […]
Record Number Of Classic Cars Ready To Go Cruisin' Gratiot
Cruisin' Gratiot is a daylong celebration of American-made hot rods and classic cruisers along a two-mile stretch of Gratiot between Eight Mile and 10 Mile Road.
Henry Ford Museum Opening Revamped Auto Displays
The suburban Detroit museum founded by car pioneer Henry Ford is opening its revamped automotive displays this weekend.
Driving America Exhibition To Open In January At Henry Ford Musuem
Driving America, a brand new, one-of-a-kind automotive experience at The Henry Ford in Dearborn will open to the public January 29, 2012.
Greenfield Village's Old Car Festival Features 1770 Fardier de Cugnot Replica
Among the 700 or so vehicles to be displayed at the 61st Annual Old Car Festival, Sept. 10-11, one will stand out from the rest – a historically-accurate replica of the 1770 Fardier de Cugnot, a steam-powered wheel cart considered to be the first self-propelled vehicle ever made.


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I had the same problem with Arts and XMMS (same symptoms for Xawtv).
However, I FIXED the problem by switching from OSS sound drivers to Alsa.
It sounds like you're using Alsa, so that can't work.
I still have a weird problem with XMMS and Arts - whenever I click play
for the first time in a KDE session, I have to wait about a minute before
anything happens. What's up with that mysterious latency?
What about recompiling upgrading XMMS so that it can know about your other
recent changes? This may sound like a dumb suggestion, but you said
yourself _when i upgraded, this happened..._
There is a 1.2.9 available that apparently fixes an Alsa bug (with Fedora,
but it may be effecting you too): http://www.xmms.org/
On Tue, 17 Feb 2004, Jonathan Stickel wrote:
> I've struggled along time with getting multiple applications to play
> nice together with sound. I use KDE, so generally arts likes to take
> control of sound. I've detested the awful latency of arts, but I had
> begun to just accept it because it does mix sound sources well. For
> example, I can play mp3s with xmms (using arts) and notification sounds
> from GAIM (using arts) will come through OK (also using arts). However,
> if I use ALSA (or OSS via ALSA-OSS emulation) for xmms, the sounds from
> GAIM don't come through until I stop my music.
> With my recent upgrade to KDE 3.2 (and arts 1.2), arts is broken in xmms
> (ver. 1.2.8): xmms locks up when I hit "play" and I have to kill it.
> I can still use xmms with ALSA and OSS, but only if I completely kill
> arts. I was not able to find a way to fix xmms+arts.
> So I tried other mp3 players, specifically juk and noatun. In addition
> to the familiar arts latency, I get _skipping_ when playing mp3s. After
> some research, I set suid for artswrapper and decreased my sound buffer
> (via KDE's control center). This actually got rid of the latency, but
> my music still skips! This did not happen when I was able to use xmms
> with arts.
> What can I do to make sound "just work"? Is there anything else I can
> try with arts?
> I read a little about how to open more than 1 pcm channel with ALSA, but
> it seemed a little complicated. I may yet give it a try. BTW: I get
> ALSA support through my 2.6 kernel, if that makes a difference.
> Jonathan
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God is huge and unexplainable. When I think about my Creator, it is impossible for me to get my mind around Who He is. However, the Bible tells us that He is not unknowable. He is a personal and loving God, who wants us to know Him.
In the Old Testament, the Israelites used different names for God as they experienced His different characteristics. By separating and rejoicing over the different aspects, they found it easier to know Him personally.
Jehovah-Ropheka or Jehovah-Rapha means the Lord our Healer. In Exodus 15:26, the Lord told the Israelites "I am the Lord, who heals you." Moses had led the Israelites out of Egypt and through the sea on dry land. While they were in the desert, complaining about the hardships, God told them that if they would obey His commands and keep all of His decrees, He would not bring on them the diseases that He brought on the Egyptians. He said, "I am the Lord, who heals you."
Later, He would give them the moral laws that would prove to keep them from getting many illnesses that plagued the Egyptians.
As recorded in the New Testament, Jesus showed us His healing power in even a more obvious way. Matthew 4:24 says that Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching and preaching the good news. The people of the area brought Him everyone who was ill and He healed every kind of disease and sickness - Those who were suffering severe pain or having seizures, those who were paralyzed, and demon possessed. The apostle John wrote that if all the miracles that Jesus performed were written down, the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.
The Lord our Healer is much more than a healer of physical hurts. He heals broken hearts, broken relationships and broken lives.
Talk to almost any born again believer and you will hear a story of healing. Jesus heals deep hurts of the past by offering unfailing love. Jesus heals broken marriages by showing the husband or the wife how to love like He does. A woman is healed from years of bitterness when Jesus gives her the ability to forgive her attacker. A man is given extra years of quality living after the Lord heals him of cancer. Some of these stories are from my own life and others have been shared with me.
I don't think that God considers these healings as miracles. He created us. When He heals, He is simply returning us to a closer state to the perfection that He has planned for us. We may not be healed when we want it. He may heal us in His own timing. If it isn't in this life, we can be sure of the ultimate healing in the life to come. "There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain." Revelation 21:4 We will all live in the perfect state that He designed for us. He is Jehovah-Ropheka, the Lord our Healer.
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News articles on rainforest agriculture
Mongabay.com news articles on rainforest agriculture in blog format. Updated regularly.
Corporations, conservation, and the green movement
(10/21/2010) The image of rainforests being torn down by giant bulldozers, felled by chainsaw-wielding loggers, and torched by large-scale developers has never been more poignant. Corporations have today replaced small-scale farmers as the prime drivers of deforestation, a shift that has critical implications for conservation. Until recently deforestation has been driven mostly by poverty—poor people in developing countries clearing forests or depleting other natural resources as they struggle to feed their families. Government policies in the '60s, '70s, and '80s had a multiplier effect, subsidizing agricultural expansion through low-interest loans, infrastructure projects, and ambitious colonization schemes, especially in the Amazon and Indonesia. But over the past two decades, this has changed in many countries due to rural depopulation, a decline in state-sponsored development projects, the rise of globalized financial markets, and a worldwide commodity boom. Deforestation, overfishing, and other forms of environmental degradation are now primarily the result of corporations feeding demand from international consumers. While industrial actors exploit resources more efficiently and cause widespread environmental damage, they also are more sensitive to pressure from consumers and environmental groups. Thus in recent years, it has become easier—and more ethical—for green groups to go after corporations than after poor farmers.
The ultimate bike trip: the Amazon rainforest
(10/17/2010) Like all commercial roads through rainforests, the 5,300 kilometer long Rodovia Transamazonica (in English, the Trans-Amazonia), brought two things: people and environmental destruction. Opening once-remote areas of the Amazon to both legal and illegal development, farmers, loggers, and miners cut swathes into the forest now easily visible from satellite. But the road has also brought little prosperity: many who live there are far from infrastructure and eek out an impoverished existence in a harsh lonely wilderness. This is not a place even the most adventurous travelers go, yet Doug Gunzelmann not only traveled the entirety of the Transamazonica in 2009, he cycled it. A self-described adventurer, Gunzelmann chose to bike the Transamazonica as a way to test his endurance on a road which only a few before have completed. But Gunzelmann wasn't just out for adrenaline-rushes, he was also deeply interested in the environmental issues related to the Transamazonica. What he found was a story without villains, but only humans—and the Amazon itself—trying to survive in a complex, confusing world.
Can 'boutique capitalism' help protect the Amazon?
(10/11/2010) Most companies talk green, but few—almost none in fact—actually walk the walk. Sustainable design company, Ecostasy, not only walks the walk, but actually seeks out among the most challenging places to work: the imperiled Brazilian Amazon. Specializing in hand-crafted products by indigenous groups—such as jewelry, pots, and furniture—Ecostasy seeks to balance smart economics, environmental protection, and community development. Make no mistake, however, Ecostasy is not a non-profit, but a rare and refreshing example of a company truly dedicated to changing the world for the better. "In my mind, a virtuous company does not compromise ethical principles for economic interests. For me, being ethical is comprised of conducting oneself with honesty and responsibility to one's constituencies (customers, employees, suppliers), society and the environment," Katherine Ponte, founder of Ecostasy, told mongabay.com in an interview.
The Nestlé example: how responsible companies could end deforestation
(10/06/2010) The NGO, The Forest Trust (TFT), made international headlines this year after food giant Nestlé chose them to monitor their sustainability efforts. Nestlé's move followed a Greenpeace campaign that blew-up into a blistering free-for-all on social media sites. For months Nestle was dogged online not just for sourcing palm oil connected to deforestation in Southeast Asia—the focus of Greenpeace's campaign—but for a litany of perceived social and environmental abuses and Nestlé's reactions, which veered from draconian to clumsy to stonily silent. The announcement on May 17th that Nestlé was bending to demands to rid its products of deforestation quickly quelled the storm. Behind the scenes, Nestlé and TFT had been meeting for a number of weeks before the partnership was made official. But can TFT ensure consumers that Nestlé is truly moving forward on cutting deforestation from all of its products?
Into the Congo: saving bonobos means aiding left-behind communities, an interview with Gay Reinartz
(09/23/2010) Unlike every other of the world's great apes—the gorilla, chimpanzee, and orangutan—saving the bonobo means focusing conservation efforts on a single nation, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. While such a fact would seem to simplify conservation, according to the director of the Bonobo and Congo Biodiversity Initiative (BCBI), Gay Reinartz, it in fact complicates it: after decades of one of world's brutal civil wars, the DRC remains among the world's most left-behind nations. Widespread poverty, violence, politically instability, corruption, and lack of basic infrastructure have left the Congolese people in desperate straits.
Another food goliath falls to palm oil campaign
(09/22/2010) One of the world's biggest food makers, General Mills, has pledged to source only sustainable and responsible palm oil within five years time. With this announcement, General Mills becomes only the most recent food giant to pledge to move away from problematic sources of palm oil, which is used in everything from processed foods to health and beauty products. Nestle made a similar pledge earlier this year after a brutalizing social media campaign that lasted for months while Unilever, the world's biggest palm oil buyer, has been working closely with green groups for years.
Will Brazil Change its Forest Code – and Kill the Amazon rainforest?
(09/22/2010) Many credit Brazil's 75-year old Forest Code with helping to slow destruction of the Amazon Rainforest, but an unlikely amalgamation of right-wing and left-wing politicians are trying to gut the law. In this first of two articles, Ecosystem Marketplace examines the state of the debate. In the second part, Ecosystem Marketplace takes a look at the law's implications for the Amazon – and for the forest-carbon marketplace in Brazil.
Could forest conservation payments undermine organic agriculture?
(09/07/2010) Forest carbon payment programs like the proposed reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) mechanism could put pressure on wildlife-friendly farming techniques by increasing the need to intensify agricultural production, warns a paper published this June in Conservation Biology. The paper, written by Jaboury Ghazoul and Lian Pin Koh of ETH Zurich and myself in September 2009, posits that by increasing the opportunity cost of conversion of forest land for agriculture, REDD will potentially constrain the amount of land available to meet growing demand for food. Because organic agriculture and other biodiversity-friendly farming practices generally have lower yields than industrial agriculture, REDD will therefore encourage a shift toward from more productive forms of food production.
Peru's rainforest highway triggers surge in deforestation, according to new 3D forest mapping
(09/06/2010) Scientists using a combination of satellite imagery, airborne-laser technology, and ground-based plot surveys to create three-dimensional high resolution carbon maps of the Amazon rainforest have documented a surge in emissions from deforestation and selective logging following the paving of the Trans-Oceanic Highway in Peru. The study, published this week in the early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, reveals that selective logging and other forms of forest degradation in Peru account for nearly a third of emissions compared to deforestation alone.
Facing moratorium and criticism in Indonesia, Sinar Mas looks to Liberia for new palm oil opportunities
(09/05/2010) Singapore's Golden Agri-Resources, a holding of the embattled Sinar Mas Group, said it will form a partnership with the government of Liberia to establish a 220,000-hectare plantation in the West African nation, reports the Jakarta Globe.
80% of tropical agricultural expansion between 1980-2000 came at expense of forests
(09/02/2010) More than 80 percent of agricultural expansion in the tropics between 1980 and 2000 came at the expense of forests, reports research published last week in the early online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The study, based on analysis satellite images collected by the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and led by Holly Gibbs of Stanford University, found that 55 percent of new agricultural land came at the expense of intact forests, while 28 percent came from disturbed forests. Another six percent came from shrub lands.
Burger King drops palm oil supplier linked to Borneo rainforest destruction
(09/02/2010) Burger King announced it would no longer source palm oil from Sinar Mas, an Indonesian conglomerate, after an independent audit showed one of the company's subsidiaries had destroyed rainforests and carbon-dense peatlands in Borneo and Sumatra, according to a statement on the fast food chain's Facebook page.
Rapid growth of palm oil industry tramples indigenous peoples' rights, says report
(08/30/2010) Rapid expansion of oil palm plantations across Southeast Asia have run roughshod over customary tenure systems, resulting in exploitation of local communities, conflict, and outright human rights abuses, reports a new assessment of the palm oil sector by the Forest Peoples Programme (FPP), an international indigenous rights group.
Cargill backtracks on sustainability push for palm oil, says activist group
(08/26/2010) Cargill has not suspended its relationship with a palm oil company recently exposed for misleading investors and buyers on its environmental transgressions, reports the Rainforest Action Network (RAN), an activist group campaigning against environmentally-damaging forms of palm oil production.
Could biochar save the world?
(08/16/2010) Biochar—the agricultural application of charcoal produced from burning biomass—may be one of this century's most important social and environmental revolutions. This seemingly humble practice—a technology that goes back thousands of years—has the potential to help mitigate a number of entrenched global problems: desperate hunger, lack of soil fertility in the tropics, rainforest destruction due to slash-and-burn agriculture, and even climate change. "Biochar is a recalcitrant form of carbon that will stay almost entirely unaltered in soils for very long periods of time. So you can sequester carbon in a simple, durable and safe way by putting the char in the soil. Other types of carbon in soils rapidly turn into carbon dioxide. Char doesn't," managing director of the Biochar Fund, Laurens Rademakers, told mongabay.com in a recent interview.
Logged forests retain considerable biodiversity in Borneo providing conservation opportunity
(08/12/2010) A new study in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B finds that forests which have undergone logging in the past, sometimes even twice, retain significant levels of biodiversity in Borneo. The researchers say these findings should push conservationists to protect more logged forests from being converted into oil palm plantations where biodiversity levels drop considerably and endangered species are almost wholly absent. Given that much of Borneo's forests have been logged as least once, these long-dismissed forests could become a new frontier for conservationists.
APP refutes Greenpeace charges on deforestation, though audit remains absent
(08/12/2010) Asia Pulp & Paper, which has long been a target of green groups for deforestation and threatening imperiled species, is touting a new audit the pulping company says finds allegations made by environmental NGOs, including Greenpeace and WWF, are "baseless, inaccurate, and without validity". Conducted by the international accounting and auditing firm Mazars, the audit itself has not been released; however Mazars has signed off on the validity of a 24 page document entitled "Getting the Facts Down on Paper".
Stunning monkey discovered in the Colombian Amazon
(08/11/2010) While the Amazon is being whittled away on all sides by logging, agriculture, roads, cattle ranching, mining, oil and gas exploration, today's announcement of a new monkey species proves that the world's greatest tropical rainforest still has many surprises to reveal. Scientists with the National University of Colombia and support from Conservation International (CI) have announced the discovery of a new monkey in the journal Primate Conservation on the Colombian border with Peru and Ecuador. The new species is a titi monkey, dubbed the Caquetá titi ( Callicebus caquetensis). However, the announcement comes with deep concern as researchers say it is likely the new species is already Critically Endangered due to a small population living in an area undergoing rapid deforestation for agriculture.
Audit finds palm oil company destroyed peatlands, but not primary forest
(08/10/2010) An environmental audit of palm oil company, PT SMART, found that the company had not cut primary rainforest, yet had destroyed carbon-rich peatlands; however the audit analyzed only 40 percent of PT SMART's holdings and investigated none of its plantations in New Guinea. A subsidiary of agricultural giant Sinar Mas, PT SMART has been accused in a number of reports by Greenpeace of both destroying high conservation value forests and draining peatlands. Greenpeace's reports caused both food giants Unilever and Nestle to drop PT SMART as a supplier of their palm oil, while Cargill stated it would wait to hear the results of the audit. Given the audit's results, both sides are claiming victory.
Longtime target of green groups, Cargill, to supply sustainably-certified palm oil to Unilever
(07/30/2010) Agriculture giant Cargill has announced an agreement to supply Unilever with 10,000 metric tons of palm oil sustainably-certified from the Round Table for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). Cargill has often come under fire from green groups for being linked to the rainforest destruction. The Dutch-English company Unilever—the world's biggest buyer of palm oil—has been trying to move its palm oil sources away from deforestation with a goal of sourcing only 'sustainable' palm oil by 2015.
Controversial changes to Brazilian forest law passes first barrier
(07/08/2010) An amendment to undermine protections in Brazil's 1965 forestry code has passed it first legislative barrier, reports the World Wide Fund for Nature-Brasil (WWF). Yesterday the amendment passed a special vote in the Congress's Special Committee on Forest Law Changes.
Amazon soy moratorium extended
(07/08/2010) Brazilian soy farmers have extended their moratorium on Amazon deforestation for another year, reports Greenpeace.
Amazon and Atlantic Forest under threat: politicians press to dilute Brazil's forestry law
(07/01/2010) A group of Brazilian legislatures, known as the 'ruralistas', are working to change important aspects of the Brazil's landmark 1965 forestry code, undermining forest protection in the Amazon and the Mata Atlantica (also known as the Atlantic Forest) and perhaps heralding a new era of booming deforestation. The ruralistas, linked to big agribusiness and landowners, are taking aim at the part of the forestry code that requires landowners in the Amazon to retain 80 percent of their land area as legal reserves, arguing that the law threatens agricultural development.
Forest loss occurring around Kibale National Park in Uganda
(06/28/2010) A new study in Tropical Conservation Science finds that Kibale National Park in Uganda has retained its tropical forest despite pressures of a dense human population and large-scale clearing activities just beyond the border of the park. Home to twelve primate species, including Chimpanzees, the park is known as a safe-haven for African primates.
How do Asian elephants survive in fragmented and unprotected landscapes?
(06/28/2010) A new study in Tropical Conservation Science has found that Asian elephants living in a combination of fragmented forests and agricultural landscapes still depend on natural landscapes—rivers and forests—for survival. Following two herds of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in the Valparai plateau among the Anamalai Hills of India for three years, researchers found that the elephants spent much of their time, relative to their availability, near rivers and amid forest fragments. When they entered agricultural landscapes they preferred Eucalyptus and coffee to tea.
Ending deforestation could boost Brazilian agriculture
(06/26/2010) Ending Amazon deforestation could boost the fortunes of the Brazilian agricultural sector by $145-306 billion, estimates a new analysis issued by Avoided Deforestation Partners, a group pushing for U.S. climate legislation that includes a strong role for forest conservation. The analysis, which follows on the heels of a report that forecast large gains for U.S. farmers from progress in gradually stopping overseas deforestation by 2030, estimates that existing Brazilian farmers could see around $100 billion from higher commodity prices and improved access to markets. Meanwhile landholders in the Brazilian Amazon—including ranchers and farmers—could see $50-202 billion from carbon payments for forest protection.
Rainforest scientists urge UN to correct "serious loophole" by changing its definition of 'forest'
(06/24/2010) The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) has released a resolution urging the UN to change its definition for 'forest', before the controversial definition undermines conservation efforts, biodiversity preservation, carbon sequestration, and the nascent REDD (Reducing Emissions through Deforestation and forest Degradation).
U.S. farms and forests report draws ire in Brazil; cutting down the Amazon does not mean lower food prices
(06/24/2010) Not surprisingly, a US report released last week which argued that saving forests abroad will help US agricultural producers by reducing international competition has raised hackles in tropical forest counties. The report, commissioned by Avoided Deforestation Partners, a US group pushing for including tropical forest conservation in US climate policy, and the National Farmers Union, a lobbying firm, has threatened to erode support for stopping deforestation in places like Brazil. However, two rebuttals have been issued, one from international environmental organizations and the other from Brazilian NGOs, that counter findings in the US report and urge unity in stopping deforestation, not for the economic betterment of US producers, but for everyone.
Saving tropical forests helps protects U.S. agriculture, argues campaign
(06/18/2010) Reducing deforestation abroad helps protect the U.S. agricultural sector by ensuring higher prices for commodities and reducing the cost of compliance with expected climate regulations, argues a new report issued by Avoided Deforestation Partners, a group pushing for the inclusion of tropical forests in domestic climate policy, and the National Farmers Union, a farming lobby group.
Indonesia's plan to save its rainforests
(06/14/2010) Late last year Indonesia made global headlines with a bold pledge to reduce deforestation, which claimed nearly 28 million hectares (108,000 square miles) of forest between 1990 and 2005 and is the source of about 80 percent of the country's greenhouse gas emissions. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Indonesia would voluntarily cut emissions 26 percent — and up to 41 percent with sufficient international support — from a projected baseline by 2020. Last month, Indonesia began to finally detail its plan, which includes a two-year moratorium on new forestry concession on rainforest lands and peat swamps and will be supported over the next five years by a one billion dollar contribution by Norway, under the Scandinavian nation's International Climate and Forests Initiative. In an interview with mongabay.com, Agus Purnomo and Yani Saloh of Indonesia's National Climate Change Council to the President discussed the new forest program and Norway's billion dollar commitment.
Inga alley cropping: a sustainable alternative to slash and burn agriculture
(06/14/2010) It has been estimated that as many as 300 million farmers in tropical countries may take part in slash and burn agriculture. A practice that is environmentally destructive and ultimately unstable. However, research funded by the EEC and carried out in Costa Rica in the late 1980s and early 1990s by Mike Hands offers hope that it is possible to farm more successfully and sustainably in these tropical regions.
Confusion in Indonesia over forestry licenses and conservation deal with Norway
(06/03/2010) Indonesia's chief economic minister said on Wednesday that the government will not revoke existing forestry licenses to develop natural forests under a billion dollar conservation deal signed last week with Norway.
One man's mission to save Cambodia's elephants
(05/17/2010) Since winning the prestigious 2010 Goldman Environmental Prize in Asia, Tuy Sereivathana has visited the US and Britain, even shaking hands with US President Barack Obama, yet in his home country of Cambodia he remains simply 'Uncle Elephant'. A lifelong advocate for elephants in the Southeast Asian country, Sereivathana's work has allowed villagers and elephants to live side-by-side. Working with Fauna and Flora International (FFI) he has successfully brought elephant-killing in Cambodia to an end. As if this were not enough, Sereivathana has helped curb the destruction of forests in his native country and built four schools for children who didn't previously have formal education opportunities.
Nestle caves to activist pressure on palm oil
(05/17/2010) After a two month campaign against Nestle for its use of palm oil linked to rainforest destruction spearheaded by Greenpeace, the food giant has given in to activists' demands. The Swiss-based company announced today in Malaysia that it will partner with the Forest Trust, an international non-profit organization, to rid its supply chain of any sources involved in the destruction of rainforests. "Nestle's actions will focus on the systematic identification and exclusion of companies owning or managing high risk plantations or farms linked to deforestation," a press release from the company reads, adding that "Nestle wants to ensure that its products have no deforestation footprint."
Brazil launches major push for sustainable palm oil in the Amazon
(05/07/2010) Brazilian President Lula da Silva on Thursday laid out plans to expand palm oil production in the Amazon while minimizing risk to Earth's largest rainforest. The plan, called the Program for Sustainable Production of Palm Oil (O Programa de Produção Sustentável de Óleo de Palma), will provide $60 million to promote cultivation of oil palm in abandoned and degraded agricultural areas, including long-ago deforested lands used for sugar cane and pasture. Brazilian officials claim up to 50 million hectares of such land exist in the country.
Activists lock themselves in Cargill headquarters as new report alleges illegal deforestation
(05/05/2010) Following a damning report from the Rainforest Action Network (RAN) alleging illegal clearing of rainforest in Indonesia by agriculture-giant Cargill, activists have infiltrated Cargill headquarters in Wayzata, Minnesota and refuse to come out until the CEO agrees to meet with them. According to local reports, five activists are locked inside a staircase, while others are protesting outside the building.
How an agricultural revolution could save the world's biodiversity, an interview with Ivette Perfecto
(05/04/2010) Most people who are trying to change the world stick to one area, for example they might either work to preserve biodiversity in rainforests or do social justice with poor farmers. But Dr. Ivette Perfecto was never satisfied with having to choose between helping people or preserving nature. Professor of Ecology and Natural Resources at the University of Michigan and co-author of the recent book Nature's Matrix: The Link between Agriculture, Conservation and Food Sovereignty, Perfecto has, as she says, "combined her passions" to understand how agriculture can benefit both farmers and biodiversity—if done right.
Can markets protect nature?
(05/03/2010) Over the past 30 years billions of dollars has been committed to global conservation efforts, yet forests continue to fall, largely a consequence of economic drivers, including surging global demand for food and fuel. With consumption expected to far outstrip population growth due to rising affluence in developing countries, there would seem to be little hope of slowing tropical forest loss. But some observers see new reason for optimism—chiefly a new push to make forests more valuable as living entities than chopped down for the production of timber, animal feed, biofuels, and meat. While are innumerable reasons for protecting forests—including aesthetic, cultural, spiritual, and moral—most land use decisions boil down to economics. Therefore creating economic incentives to maintaining forests is key to saving them. Leading the effort to develop markets ecosystem services is Forest Trends, a Washington D.C.-based NGO that also organizes the Katoomba group, a forum that brings together a wide variety of forest stakeholders, including the private sector, local communities, indigenous people, policymakers, international development institutions, funders, conservationists, and activists.
Large-scale soy farming in Brazil pushes ranchers into the Amazon rainforest
(04/28/2010) Industrial soy expansion in the Brazilian Amazon has contributed to deforestation by pushing cattle ranchers further north into rainforest zones, reports a new study published the journal Environmental Research Letters.
World failing on every environmental issue: an op-ed for Earth Day
(04/22/2010) The biodiversity crisis, the climate crisis, the deforestation crisis: we are living in an age when environmental issues have moved from regional problems to global ones. A generation or two before ours and one might speak of saving the beauty of Northern California; conserving a single species—say the white rhino—from extinction; or preserving an ecological region like the Amazon. That was a different age. Today we speak of preserving world biodiversity, of saving the 'lungs of the planet', of mitigating global climate change. No longer are humans over-reaching in just one region, but we are overreaching the whole planet, stretching ecological systems to a breaking point. While we are aware of the issues that threaten the well-being of life on this planet, including our own, how are we progressing on solutions?
Nestle shareholder meeting interrupted by Greenpeace orangutans
(04/15/2010) Nestle's shareholder meeting turned raucous today, as Greenpeace protesters were arrested in full-orangutan outfits outside the meeting and inside Greenpeace activists—in a scene out of a spy movie—propelled down from the ceiling and dropped a giant banner and a shower of leaflets above the shareholders' heads. "Nestlé's chair, Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, was explaining how well the company had performed over the last fiscal year when noises were heard up in the roof and leaflets began raining down, not at all unlike a shower of cash," describes a Greenpeace blog entry today.
Cochabamba Climate Conference: the Coca Contradiction
(04/11/2010) In the high stakes game of geopolitics, the small and economically disadvantaged Andean nation of Bolivia has little clout. Now, however, the country's indigenous president Evo Morales wants to establish more of a significant voice on the world stage. Recently, he has turned himself into something of a spokesperson on the issue of climate change. Decrying the failure of world leaders to come to a satisfactory agreement on global warming, he is intent on shaming the Global North into addressing climate change. Whatever Bolivia lacks in terms of political and economic muscle, Morales would like to offset through skilled use of moral persuasion.
Unilever backtracks: may purchase palm oil from Sinar Mas
(04/07/2010) The world's biggest buyer of palm oil, Unilever, says it will again purchase palm oil from PT SMART, a subsidiary of Indonesian company Sinar Mas, if allegations about deforestation and peatland destruction prove untrue, or if Sinar Mas shows it is addressing the issue. Last December, the food and cosmetic giant, Unilever, suspended its $32.6 million contract with Sinar Mas after an independent audit—spurred by a 2008 Greenpeace report—showed that the Indonesian company was involved in the illegal destruction of rainforests and peatlands. Yet the company now seems to be signaling that the contract is back on the table even as it touts its sustainability efforts to the public.
Nestle fiasco continues: Indonesian oil palm planters threaten boycott too
(03/23/2010) Candy and food giant Nestle is finding itself between a rock and a hard place. The online campaign against Nestle continues: today protesters once again posted thousands of negative messages on the company's Facebook page, most demanding that Nestle cut out palm oil linked to deforestation from its products. At the same time, a new problem has cropped up for Nestle: Indonesian oil palm planters are threatening to boycott Nestle products. Proving that the issues surrounding oil palm and deforestation are nothing if not complex: Facebook protestors say they will boycott Nestle if it doesn't cut out all links to Sinar Mas, a company that Greenpeace has linked to deforestation, whereas the Indonesia Palm Oil Growers Association are preparing a boycott if Nestle stops buying from Sinar Mas, according to the Jakarta Post.
A new world?: Social media protest against Nestle may have longstanding ramifications
(03/20/2010) The online protest over Nestle's use of palm oil linked to deforestation in Indonesia continues unabated over the weekend. One only needed to check-in on the Nestle's Facebook fan page to see that anger and frustration over the company's palm oil sourcing policies, as well as its attempts to censor a Greenpeace video (and comments online), has sparked a social media protest that is noteworthy for its vehemence, its length, and its bringing to light the issue of palm oil and deforestation to a broader public.
Video: Nestle's attempt to censor Greenpeace palm oil ad backfires
(03/19/2010) In a bold online video, the environmental group Greenpeace cleverly links candy-giant Nestle to oil palm-related deforestation and the deaths of orangutans. Clearly angered over the video, Nestle struck back by having it banned from YouTube and replaced with this statement: "This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Société des Produits Nestlé S.A." However Nestle's reaction to the video only spread it far and wide (see the ad below): social network sites like Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit were all flooded with the ad as well as rising criticism against Nestle—one of the world's largest food producers—including calls for boycotts.
Cargill sells palm oil business in Papua New Guinea
(02/26/2010) Cargill will sell off its palm oil holdings in Papua New Guinea (PNG) to focus on operations in Indonesia, reports the Star Tribune. The $175 million sale involves 62,000 ha of oil palm across three plantations and several mills.
Conflicting signals out of Indonesia on whether palm oil plantations will be classified as forests
(02/23/2010) Indonesia will not allow the conversion of natural forest for oil palm plantations, claimed the country's Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan in comments reported by the Jakarta Post.
Indonesia to target New Guinea for agricultural expansion
(02/22/2010) Indonesia will target its last frontier — its territory on New Guinea — as it seeks to become a major agricultural exporter, reports the AFP.
The Caribbean's wonderfully weird (and threatened) mammals, an interview with Jose Nunez-Mino
(01/18/2010) Not many people know the solenodon and the hutia, yet for the fortunate few that have encountered them, these strange little-studied mammals—just barely holding on in the Caribbean island of Hispaniola—deserve to be stars of the animal kingdom. "I could not quite believe it the first time I held a solenodon; I was in utter awe of this mesmerizing mammal. […] They have a long flexible snout which is all down to the fact that it is joined to the skull by a unique ball-and-socket joint. This makes it look as if the snout is almost independent to the rest of the animal. You can't help but feel fascinated by the snout and inevitably it does make you smile," Dr. Jose Nunez-Mino, the Project Manager for a new initiative to study and conserve the island's last mammals, told mongabay.com in an interview.
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Namibe — The governor of the south-west Namibe province recommended the need of improving the drinking water supply system to the population and sanitation of the city, so as to stop the risks that the current state offers to the local citizens' health.
Gathered on Monday in this city in its second session, under the guidance of the provincial governor, Isaac dos Anjos, the government council also approved the programme for the holding of the 35th edition of Carnival, set for February.
Among other issues, the governor recommended the need of improving mechanisms and designing of housing projects, aiming to endow them with better quality, comfort, growth places and architectonic beauty so as to please the future beneficiaries.


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I have a copy of my grandfather's Great Eastern Railway pension fund certificate. It is a beautifully printed, coloured document, with his personal details completed in an elegant cursive hand. But when you look at the date, 1904, you can see that "18" has been carefully altered, by hand, to "19".
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The Banjul Sports Committee is set to play the finals of its Sky High-sponsored League and Knockout competition this weekend with both games to take place at the KG5 Mini-Stadium on Friday and Sunday respectively.
A very wonderful final is expected between rivals Jamesen and Plumbi in the D35,000 prize money league competition so too is the Knockout final involving two of the teams regarded as the most entertaining sides in the Nawettan -Man City and Makann Bi. The day will begin at 4pm when the two participating teams are expected to arrive at the field and fill their match forms. The teams will gather for the usual pre-match ceremony and the games will kick off at 4:30pm.
The Banjul Sports Committee has explained that in the event that the games ended in a goalless stalemate at the end of regulation time, despite their rules allowing for a replay, they are going straight into the post-match penalty shootout probably largely due to the congestion of the football calendar. In both finals, Plumbi United and Makann Bi are designed as Teams A whilst Jamesen and Man City will be regarded as Teams B.
In that vein, Plumbi United and Makann Bi will occupy the dressing room on the left and the bench on the right, whilst Jamesen and Man City will occupy the dressing room on the right side of the mini-stadium and the bench on the left. Seven reserves and five officials will be allowed on each bench but five substitutions will be allowed from either team.
The Committee also revealed that teams that are to compete in the finals shall dress with the jerseys and T-shirts provided by the Committee and team sponsors will only apply during the tournament, whilst permission must be sort from the Committee for otherwise. If a final ends with no clear winner, the match could be replayed depending on the circumstances and if the replayed match ends with no clear winner for the second time, penalty kicks will be taken to decide the winner.
"Finalists must attend the presentation ceremony after the match for the winners and runners-up. This is a fundamental pillar of the spirit of the game and failure to do so will result to a stiff penalty," the Committee warned.
The award for the most influential player will be given to Muhtar Sugufara of Digi Dambi who will be given a shield and D1000 prize money while the most outstanding young player honour goes to Edirissa Sissoho of Plumbi who will also pocket home D1000 and a shield.
The most disciplined team are Revelation FC who will also be given a shield and D1000 while the top goal scorer though yet to be decided will also receive an award.


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The Suffolk County Medical Examiners Office has determined that a headless body discovered at an Amagansett beach on Sunday is that of a 20-to-30 year old unidentified male, according to East Hampton Town Police Chief Ed Ecker.
On Tuesday, Chief Ecker said that results of the medical examiner's preliminary autopsy showed "no obvious signs of trauma," like broken bones or gun shot wounds and that the body was likely headless due to the extreme state of decomposition.
According to Chief Ecker, on Sunday a local man discovered the body while walking his dogs on the beach between Big Albert's Landing Beach and Bell Estate. The body, which was on the surf line, was so badly decomposed on Monday Chief Ecker said he was unable to determine whether it was a male or female.
"It was in very advanced stages of decomposition," he said. "I would say it had been in the water for quite some time, possibly even through the winter."
After police were contacted, the department's dive team searched nearby waters for the missing skull, which has not yet been found, as well as for other evidence in the case.
In addition to missing a head, the body was also without a left leg from the knee down, said Ecker, and was missing a finger, which was recovered during the dive team's search of Gardiner's Bay.
On Monday, the body was removed to the Suffolk County Medical Examiner's Office.
While there was speculation that the case could be connected to a possible serial killer on Long Island – about 100 miles west of East Hampton 10 sets of bodies have been recovered alongside a highway near Jones Beach – on Monday, Chief Ecker said while he did not want to speculate until after the medical examiner issued a report, he believed a connection to the Gilgo Beach cases was not likely.
"It was certainly something we looked into as a part of our investigation," he added, noting the department has been working with the Suffolk County Police Department on the case.
Now that the medical examiner's office has released its preliminary findings, Ecker said his department will be focused on working with other police departments around the Long Island Sound basin, as well as the United States Coast Guard, to see if anyone has been reported missing.
The male body was of an unidentified ethnicity, said Chief Ecker, but the person was believed to be slight in stature.
"We are collecting any missing person reports from the area, which is quite large," he said on Tuesday. "We are looking at the whole Long Island Sound basin area."
The East Hampton Town Police Department has asked that anyone who has information about missing persons in the area contact the town's detective division at 631-537-7575.


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Panthers and You: How to get the most from your cats
First off, the materials you need for them. 4 living steels, which you should transmute if neccessary. Find out if it is more profitable to transmute all the way from Ghost Iron, then do so. Otherwise get some trillium bars and transmute them (using your own CD, and any friendly Alchemists.)
The next step is the gems. On my server it is nearly always cheaper to just buy the gems outright, as the cost of Golden Lotus is much higher. Other servers may differ, but that's what I find.
Serpent's Eyes seem to go very cheap on my server, with the current price at less than 5 gold. You can always prospect for them if you find it more profitable though.
And finally, the Orb of Mystery. This is the tricky part. With the guild bonus, you can get an Orb for 18000g from the vendor. BUT BUT BUT.... There could be a cheaper way. Always check the Auction House, as on my server they are going for 15000g. While 3k gold isn't much of a saving, this comes in handy later.
Now to selling your cats. The best way I find is posting in trade chat. Make a little bark that catches the eye of anyone who comes onto the server. I've sold panthers to people who never wanted one, happily taking their money because I can advertise.
My current bark goes something like:
/2 [Ruby Panther] are now for sale! Charge into battle majestically with this red prowling panther, and be the envy of all your friends. FLASH SALE 21k
Anyone making panthers without the orbs from the Auction House has trouble with these prices, as they are paying an extra 3000g for their orbs. Meanwhile, I can happily just sit back and sell without a problem.
Now, why don't I post them on the Auction House? Two reasons, with the first being the 5% cut. That's about a whole thousand gold I'm missing out on at 21000 gold. I'm a cheapskate, what can I say? The second is that it drives the price down. I don't want the AH prices to be anywhere near my prices.
Well, I hope this helps. Gold luck!
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One has to wonder exactly where those lower than vendor cost Orbs of Mystery are coming from.My first reaction is duping, but usually, duped items are sold through trade chat (and are often bugged to not be auctionable at all).ReplyDelete
I suppose it could be someone transferring from another server and wanting to get around the cap on gold that can be transferred. The more common tool for that is high-end mounts themselves, but I could see the Orb of Mystery working. Are they generally from the same person?
I suppose it doesn't matter in the end. I was just curious, as obviously someone's not just going to the vendor, buying a bunch, then coming back and selling them, unless they've got a very poor grasp of economics.Replies
They seem to all be being sold by the same person. I'm not sure if they are duped, but assuming they can't be put on the AH if they are, I'm unsure. Maybe as you suggested, someone transferring gold?Delete


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It's strange watching the American League East this off-season. The Red Sox have nabbed some mid-level free agents: Ryan Dempster, Mike Napoli, Koji Uehara and Shane Victorino, but haven't come close to others.
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New York was even content to let a fan favorite, Nick Swisher, walk.
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Before we get started, I want to thank Justin for posting a skanktastic photo of me. It's one by Hans Fahrmeyer, who if you aren't familiar with, ought to be. He's truly incredible & I've been lucky to work with him. Check out his website HERE.
But tonight's real topic, photoshopped glory aside, is a singer named Sarah Connor. I was doing that late night youtube thing circa 2 a.m. and I stumbled across a video for "Under My Skin" (embedding is disabled) So feel free to view it HERE.
See what got me curious is it's an incredibly well produced video and it looks big budget, and really, who in the fuck has heard of little miss under-the-radar Sarah Connor? Thanks to Wikipedia I've found she's a German singer-songwriter and she debuted in 2001. She's one of the best selling artists in Germany with four consecutive #1 singles. And I still don't know who the hell she is. Yet, we've probably all heard of her before. You remember some god-awful early 2000's (2003, to be precise) song "Bounce"? Probably not, because it's in the category of all pop that's no longer on the radio- over. But this song is catchy and if you're up for some nostalgia:
She was even on Enrique Iglesias's "Takin' Back My Love," which no one has heard of, because the only version that gets played has Ciara on the track instead. See, I find it pretty fascinating that she's appeared in American music plenty of times and certainly with some good stuff, but she's really more of an unknown. I looked up some of her other songs- even ones sung in English (and a fantastic voice, no less) and have found I really can't stand the high-school-slow-dance mood of about 90% of her discography.
but really, I can't stop listening to that damn "Under My Skin," so for that, I'm taking a shot. Here's to this random ass chick getting played in the club!


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