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Willimantic, Conn: -- Eastern Connecticut State University's 12th Annual Arts and Lecture Series continues on Feb. 5 with a free concert by the U.S. Coast Guard Swing Band. The concert will take place in Shafer Auditorium at 7 p.m.
Formed in the summer of 1989, "The Masters of Swing" U.S. Coast Guard Swing Band spotlights swing-era music of the '30s and '40s, performing compositions by such jazz greats as Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller and George Gershwin. Skillfully arranged by members of the group, the musical selections demand sparkling ensemble playing and highlight the performer's improvisational expertise. In Duke Ellington's words, "It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing!"
Swing Band musicians include band leader Joel Flunker on trumpet; Cedric Mayfield on clarinet; Greg Case on saxophone; Sean Nelson on trombone; Robert Langslet on piano and keyboards; Mark McCormick on bass; Nathan Lassell on drums; sound engineer Robert Holtorff; and vocalist Megan Weikleenget.
The concert is free of charge; however, because seating is limited, those interested should reserve their seats by calling (860) 465-0036 or e-mailing email@example.com


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There's one da Vinci of the body, a true Renaissance organ, which can perform functions of the lungs, liver, stomach and kidneys.
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I just want to thank you all so much for the overwhelming support for this story reel! I created this during a time when I was struggling to remain an artist. And it was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do.
Randomly enough, my story surrounding the creation of these, got me selected as a finalist for the NFL's "Together We Make Football Story Contest." If you feel so inclined, check out the rest of my story on my tumblr blog. heidijogilbert.tumblr.com/post/68476879161/here-is-the-story-surrounding-the-making-of-these
You can follow the link below to vote for me and help me win. Thank you everyone!
Dear Stephen Schwartz,
I know you can relate to the plight of loving a story, loving a medium, and trying to convince someone in power to see your vision! You did it with Marc Platt when you convinced him to make it a stage musical. I'm just approaching you with the same sincerity. Is it possible to talk you out of doing a live action movie adaptation? Would you consider doing a traditionally animated adaptation? In my heart I think the musical needs the medium, and I think the medium needs your musical. I just love them both so much and hopefully that shows through in the story reel.
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YIELD: Makes 4 servings
ACTIVE TIME: 5 minutes
TOTAL TIME: 30 minutes
Wash quinoa in several changes of water in a bowl, rubbing grains and letting them settle before pouring off water (if quinoa does not settle, drain in a large fine-mesh sieve after each rinse), until water is clear.
Drain washed quinoa well in a large fine-mesh sieve.
Combine all ingredients in a heavy medium saucepan and bring to a boil, covered. Reduce heat to low and cook, covered, until water is absorbed and quinoa is tender, about 20 minutes.
Remove pan from heat and let stand, covered, 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork and keep covered to keep warm. Remove cinnamon sticks.
Divide quinoa among bowls and top with walnuts, maple syrup or honey, milk, and sea salt.
Cooks' notes: The quinoa will stay warm, covered but off the heat, for 15 to 20 minutes. Even if a package says that the quinoa is prewashed, washing it is still recommended. The cinnamon sticks can be washed off, dried, and reused. (I leave mine out in a small bowl near the oven so they can really dry out.)


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Jeffrey B. Wilkins is the President of Primary Years, Inc. .
Primary Years, Inc. filed as a Domestic Nonprofit Corporation in the State of Texas filed on Thursday, May 20, 1999. This corporation is approximately sixteen years old according to documents filed with Texas Secretary of State. Primary Years, Inc. also lists Steffani K. Wilkins as Director.
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Rob Dowdle - Pastor
Rob Dowdle came to Ocilla Baptist Church from Princeton Theological Seminary and Mercer University's McAfee School of Theology. He served Black Jack Baptist Church in Yazoo County, MS as their youth minister while a student at Mississippi College. He enjoys reading fiction and classical Greek literature. His hobbies include woodworking, working in the yard, and enjoying the great outdoors. Rob is married to Megan Brown Dowdle from Yazoo County, MS. Megan is a physical therapist for Dorminy Medical Center and has worked for the Shepherd Center of Atlanta, GA. They have a daughter, Chloe, who was born in December of 2010 and are expecting the second addition to their family in January 2013. They have a dog they adopted in New York City named Louie and a rhinoceros iguana named Aphrodite.
Rob would love to get to know you better. Please call Rob at the church office (229.468.5307) to plan a time to get together or just drop in.
You can read his blog at http://robdowdle.com/A_Baptist_Pastors_World/Welcome.html
Mike Glover - Youth Pastor
Mike Glover joined the staff of Ocilla Baptist in October of 2012 after receiving an M.Div. from McAfee School of Theology in May 2012. While in seminary, Mike served as the youth ministry intern at Clairmont Hills Baptist Church in Decatur, GA for 2 years. Mike is a Florida native and proudly hails from Palm Beach Atlantic University, home of the Fighting Sailfish (ask him to do the cheer!). In his free time, Mike enjoys reading novels, watching a lot of movies, and generally being a pop culture nerd. He also enjoys activities such as flag football, ping pong, and disc golf.
Mike believes that a youth ministry should not only provide a place where everyone can come and be welcomed into the fellowhsip of believers, but also should be a place that strives to call students to more closely follow the path of God in their own lives. As Paul commended the Colossian church, believers today should "let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom" (Col 3:16).
Mike is a super extrovert and would love to talk with you. His number is 229-425-7058. Give him a call or stop by his office and hang out!
Bailey Miller - Minister to Children
Bailey Miller is the Minister to Children at Ocilla Baptist Church. Bailey joined the staff of Ocilla Baptist in January 2010. She was not new to the OBC congregation as she was a part of the church as a child when her dad served as Minister of Music and Youth. Returning to Ocilla was like coming home in so many ways. When not serving the church, Bailey is a full time student at Abraham Baldwin College, where she will graduate in December with a degree in Rural Studies. In her spare time she enjoys spending time with her husband, Chris, and reading.
Randy Reeves - Minister of Music
Randy Reeves has served as Minister of Music of Ocilla Baptist from 1999 to 2004 & 2009 to the present. He began leading music while in the youth program at Irwinville Baptist Church. His choir director started putting him in leadership roles as an early teen. Leading congregational music and directing the youth choir on Sunday nights were just some of the responsibilities given to develop his love of music and service to his church.
Randy is a second grade teacher at Irwin County Elementary school and married to the former Lori Smith of Homerville, Ga.
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A Free Harry Potter London walk and tour.
To receive your free Harry Potter PDF please send an email request to
We have been getting a huge number of requests during August and so have set up an automated response at this email address so that the PDF will be sent to you almost immediately.
The tour has now been updated to include the locations in the new film The Half Blood Prince.
When we receive your email request the responder will send the PDF in around 2 minutes. You then print out the PDF and follow the step by step instructions which will guide you all over London.
The Harry Potter London Tour.
We've put together a free Harry Potter London Tour that will give you step by step directions of how to explore all the London locations used in the Harry Potter films.
Step by magical step parents and children will be able to enjoy this Harry Potter London walk which doesn't just stick to a handful of locations around Strand and Covent Garden, but allows you to travel all over London visiting almost all the Harry Potter film locations.
However, since this Harry Potter Film Locations Tour was paced out by Richard Jones and his two boy wizards, Thomas aged 11 and William aged 9, you can be sure that it is packed with things to keep the kids occupied as you travel between the various locations.
The tour is mapped out as both a Harry Potter sightseeing London walk, that travels between stops by tube, and a fun London Treasure hunt on which the kids will have to search for things as they make their way around London.
They will, for example, have to find the rats tails in the London church of the "Oranges and Lemons." They will have to search for the ferocious lions that guard one of London's most historic buildings.
They will have to hunt for a ferocious dragon that has coiled itself round a fearsome looking cannon. Or even see if they can find the butterfly that flits its way through Shakespeare's London.
But of course the main theme of the tour is the London locations that have featured in the Harry Potter films, and, because this is a self guided tour, you are able to visit more of the sites than on any other Harry Potter London walk.
Where others just take you to Gringotts Bank; The Ministry of Magic and, perhaps Westminster Station (that's just three Harry Potter film location sites)this self guided London walk will take you to all these plus the following:-
- The alleyway off Charing Cross Road that was the real Diagon Alley.
- The lovely old market where the Diagon Alley scenes were shot in the Harry Potter films.
- The bridge over which the Knight Bus zooms in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
- The bridges under which the members of the Order of the Phoenix fly on their broomsticks en route to Grimauld Place.
- Two Leaky Cauldrons! Two different exteriors were used in different Harry Potter films.
- The place where Ron and Harry park up the Ford Anglia and from which they fly off en route to Hogwarts.
- The wall through which the students and their families walk to board the Hogwarts Express.
- And of course Platform 9 and three quarters at King's Cross Station where you will be able to take photographs of you and the children pushing a trolley in to the wall!
It is our philosophy that you should have the choice as to whether or not you want to do your Harry Potter London Tour with a guide or on your own.
If you choose a guided tour you should be aware that the tour will only take in a handful of the Harry Potter London film locations.
By being adventurous and doing it yourself you not only save money (all this tour will cost is the price of your travel around London) but you will also be able to go at a pace that suits you and your family.
If you are uncertain about any part of the tour, Richard is only too happy to give you advice and a few pointers. However, since the route is mapped out for you step by step with clear directions you should be fine.
All in all this is a great self guided tour and it should prove great fun for those who wish to see more of London, but at their own pace.
So if you're the sort of family who prefer to do things at your own pace and in your own time. If you like the freedom of not being confined by having to make a set departure and dread the thought of being crammed on to a tour with 30 or 50 other people, then you're the sort of family that this Harry Potter London Tour has been devised for.
If you are seeking a Harry Potter London walk that actually visits the Harry Potter film locations then we hope you enjoy the tour that we have put together.
To receive the Harry Potter Tour PDF just send an email to
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The "Harry Potter" Tour and London Treasure Hunt is an independent self guided tour that is neither supported by nor endorsed by J.K. Rowling, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Scholastic Press or Warner Bros Entertainment Inc. The Magician recognises the fact that all rights to all the "Harry Potter" stories and characters are the property of J. K. Rowling and her publishers and representatives. Film Rights remain the property of Warner Bros Entertainment Inc.


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Certified palm oil profitable for companies, finds studyRhett A. Butler, mongabay.com
April 06, 2012
The study, which was conducted by WWF, a major backer of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), indicates "that the business benefits gained from achieving RSPO certification "typically outweigh the costs of implementation—in many cases significantly.'"
The benefits however come through "indirect" channels.
"While many firms were initially attracted to RSPO for the price premiums commanded by certified sustainable palm oil, the larger financial gain often turned out to be resulting improvements in operations, documentation systems, labor relations, and other internal factors."
The findings are interesting because they suggest palm oil companies may be doing better than commonly believed by participating in the RSPO. Until now, complaints about the lack of a price premium for certified palm oil have at times cast a shadow over the initiative. Although consumption of "certified-sustainable" palm oil (CSPO) has surged in the past three years, demand for certified palm oil still lags behind production.
The RSPO is made up of palm oil producers, refiners, traders, and buyers, as well as NGOs, governments, and retailers. The body sets basic social and environmental criteria for palm oil production, including waste treatment and conservation of wildlife-rich forest in concession areas. Supporters say the RSPO offers a greener path forward for the palm oil industry, which has been criticized for driving deforestation and social conflict in some areas. Critics argue that standards and oversight need to be strengthened to make the initiative effective at safeguarding biodiversity, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and protecting local land rights.
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Dan is the Greenpeace Student Network Coordinator, based in Washington D.C. He oversees the Student Network Board and assists Greenpeace Campus Coordinators in running the Quit Coal campaign.
Dan first discovered grassroots power after attending Power Shift 2007, following the conference he and his friends were inspired to start a campaign that worked to successfully pass a Green Fund in which $80,000 is raised for sustainability projects on campus annually. After college, Dan went on to graduate from Green Corps: The Field School for Environmental Organizing. During his Green Corps year he worked on the Power Vote 2008 campaign to empower over 7,000 youth voters in Texas to go to the polls with clean energy in mind, he also worked to pressure two Chicago suburb school districts to stop purchasing rBGH milk. Before coming to Greenpeace, Dan worked with the Southern Energy Network to build a powerful youth state network that focuses on taking action around clean energy and climate issues.
Dan studied Geography with a tract in Environmental Studies at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania. When not working with his peers to take action you can find Dan in the woods backpacking, or slalom water-skiing on Lake Erie with his family.
David is a Greenpeace Student Network Organizer, based in San Francisco. His role is to help grow the Student Network by recruiting, training, and working with middle, high school, and college student activists on Greenpeace campaigns. He also runs the Student Network coal campaign and loves fight dirty energy like coal, oil, and gas.David found his "true calling" with activism at the 2008 Greenpeace Student Network summer training. He immediately went back to UNC Wilmington to build a movement on campus, recruiting 70 students to Power Shift 2009 and organizing high-profile rallies to stop a local cement plant from being built. In summer 2009, David started working for Greenpeace. He has since organized the network's 2009 International Day of Climate Action, launched the Student Network's campus coal campaign to shut down on-campus coal plants across the country, and helps run a program that recruits and engages hundreds of Greenpeace student activists each year.David studied psychology, graduating from University of Kentucky in 2005 and receiving his master's from UNC Wilmington in 2009. He loves Seinfeld, LOST, being vegetarian, swimming, going to the beach as much as possible in chilly San Francisco, and working for Greenpeace because it is the greatest job on Earth.


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Painting The Mona Minion by SmudgeandfrankWatch
The second I saw this contest I just knew I had to enter. I love the Minions soooo much.
So, I decided that I wanted to make a Minion version of Leonardo Da Vinci painting his Mona Minion and here is the outcome. Minions have a hard time sitting still for a painting as two of them jump in to pose in their own fashion. I jammed all of the characters I could into the small paintings in the back, even Kyle with Lucy, and it was such a fun experiment to make this Minion adaptation of the Mona Lisa.
I hope you all like my entry! Wish me luck against the great entries for this contest.
P.S. Do you think you can make some minions dressed up as characters from Fullmetal Alchemist?


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HUGE! Skull & Crossbone Door Prop - 72cm
Large skull and cross bone prop to hang above doorways or on walls. Warn off intruders, with this great spooky themed item that can also be used for pirate parties! Made from a soft rubber material, measures: 20cm deep, 72cm long and 50cm wide.
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SpecificationsNotebook: LG E510
Processor: Intel Pentium Dual Core T2370
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100
Display: 15.4 inch, 16:10, 1280x800 pixels, glossy: yes
Weight: 2.7kg
Price: 600 euro
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Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 05/09/2008
Rating: Total score: 70% price: 70% performance: 50% features: 30% display: 30% mobility: 50% workmanship: 70% ergonomy: 50% emissions: 40%
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100 is an integrated (onboard) graphic chip on a Mobile Intel 965GM chipset. It is the successor of GMA 950 and features a fully programmable pipeline (supports Aero Glass fully and DirectX 10 with newest drivers). The peformance of the X3100 is clearly better than the GMA 950, still demanding modern games won't run fluently.
These graphics cards are not suited for Windows 3D games. Office and Internet surfing however is possible.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Pentium Dual Core: The return of the name Pentium, though it is a Yonah core. In fact, it is a double Core processor with a very good relation of performance to current consumption.
Entry level dual-core processor based on the Merom core (and therefore with 64 Bit support).
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15.4": 15 inch display-variants are the standard and are used for more than the half of all notebooks. 15.4 inch display with 16:10 are the standard for notebook displays. Nowadays, more and more 16:9 displays with 15.6 inch appear. The reason why so many people like displays with medium size is, that this size is not exhausting for the eyes, does not need too much energy and the laptops can be kept quite compact.» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
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My husband the sportswriter received an award last week from the American Association of Orthopedic Surgeons for a meticulously reported story on the surgery that repaired Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson's devastating knee injury.
Talk about tough judges.
I was there to accept it for him because he was covering the Kentucky Derby, where the athletes have twice as many legs and not much chance of recovering from a serious joint injury.


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As grain piles up, farmers ask, 'Where are the trains?'Train delays have been chronic all winter at Agassiz Valley and across the Midwest. Engines are running five to 10 days late, creating an increasingly costly backup. Farmers can't haul grain from their farm storage to the elevator because the grain can't move to market.
By: Dan Gunderson, Minnesota Public Radio News
The grain elevators at Agassiz Valley Grain in Barnesville, Minn., are overflowing with corn and soybeans and waiting for trains to haul the grain away.
Don't bother checking a schedule, though. No one knows exactly when the trains are coming.
Train delays have been chronic all winter at Agassiz Valley and across the Midwest. Engines are running five to 10 days late, creating an increasingly costly backup. Farmers can't haul grain from their farm storage to the elevator because the grain can't move to market. Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad told agricultural shippers last week 1,463 rail cars in Minnesota and 7,474 in North Dakota were not running on schedule. The average delay is about three weeks.
"We had a train that was supposed to show up this morning that was sitting overnight in west central North Dakota because they couldn't get a crew to it," said Tyler Woitzel, who coordinates grain shipments at the Agassiz Valley elevator.
Shippers got a chance on Wednesday to air their complaints in Fargo to staff from the federal Surface Transportation Board. It's unclear, though, what regulators can do to fix the situation.
BNSF blames delays on winter weather and significant increases in rail traffic hauling containers, trucks, coal and crude oil from the booming Bakken oil fields in western North Dakota. It declined an interview request, but in an email exchange said it's added 250 locomotives in the past two months and will buy another 125 to help move more cars. It also said it plans to hire 5,000 new employees this year.
The efforts, though, may not be enough to ease the frustration.
Dozens of elevators around the Midwest spent millions of dollars upgrading their loading facilities in the past 15 years. The railroads pushed hard for the elevator expansion, promising price breaks and better service. A recent USDA report, however, found rail shipping rates for all farm commodities have increased 36 percent since 2004, while railroad costs rose 29 percent.
"A lot of grain elevators in North Dakota, Minnesota, South Dakota and Montana went ahead and spent that money and now they're left with poor service and that just isn't right," said North Dakota Grain Dealers Association executive vice president Steve Strege.
The shipping costs are slicing into farmer's profits, said Woitzel.
"Trains are very expensive right now to load. They've gone up significantly, especially in the last six months or so," he said. "You're talking $5,000, $6,000 a car if we want to load one right now."
The big jump in crude oil cars from the Bakken has drawn lots of scrutiny. BNSF officials say crude shipments only make up 4 percent of its traffic and are not the primary reason for system wide delays.
Still, crude oil trains are increasing. A BNSF official this week predicted oil shipments will nearly double to 1.5 million barrels per day in the next few years.
David Berg often looks out his office window at American Crystal Sugar to see an oil train rolling through Moorhead. Like grain, the Upper Midwest sugar business has been hurt by the train delays.
Berg, American Crystal's president, is asking the Surface Transportation Board for help. He warns his company could lose sugar contracts if the situation doesn't improve soon.
In a typical year the company would load 40-50 train cars a day with sugar to ship around the country, Berg said. But recently, train cars haven't been arriving regularly. So shipments are delayed and sugar storage bins are full.
"We don't want projections, we want performance," he said. The railroad's owners are "good business people," but BNSF has "not performed very well, or I think up to their own expectations in the past several weeks."
American Crystal owns train cars used to haul coal from Wyoming to power sugar processing plants in the Red River Valley. In the past, BNSF delivered a trainload of coal every six days, Berg said. Now it takes 12 days and as a result the company has a very limited coal supply.
"I don't want to have to run to Washington with every problem that ever happens," Berg said of his discussions with federal regulators. "We just don't know what else to do. We're bound to the railroad and when it doesn't perform we're sitting in a very difficult position."
Berg said projected increases in crude oil and other rail traffic again this year worry him.
"We don't have good signals, good indications that this is just a winter of 2013-14 problem," he added. "We're concerned that this is just gonna be something that is really truly is systemic, that's going to be with us for a long time."
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airhead cyl compression question
This question is in my thread, but figured I would toss it out to all to get some more responses.
My r80 when cold has 80lbs compression in the left cylinder and will not immediately fire. My right cyl when cold is 115lbs
The valves are in tune at last check and the tapping sounds fine when started.
Today I tossed in some marvels mystery oil and let it sit a few hours. Blasted it out, tossed the plug in and she started fine. Well with a bunch of smoke :lol3
I let it run a couple minutes to burn the oil out then did another test. Left cylinder went from 80 to 122, right cyl went from 115 to 125.
I'm guess a stuck and rusty ring from winter condensation?
carbs off, or at least sliders held up and open?
if so, and oil brings up the readings that much, RINGS.
but even still it is a little low.
How many miles on the valve job?
What's the leak down test tell you?
It's actually the better, more important of the two tests.
After I burnt the oil out and got it to stop smoking it dropped to the 120s and inline with the RHS.
Not sure how to do a leak down test?
10k on the valves
OK, did the compression test with the cyl at 90 degrees F, carbs off, both plugs out and grounded.
L&R 132lbs of compression.
This still does not explain the the low compression while cold. Will be interesting to see the result tomorrow after it's stone cold.
My r75/7 after not running for 20+ years before I got it, I tested it cold since its not running yet at there even at 90psi. its on the low side but I hope it increases like your bike did.... I dont feel like another engine project.
Maybe a good highway run will even your compression out.
As far as I know...
Compression should be checked when the engine is hot, not "stone cold".
The G/S doesn't have a high compression ratio, so 130 doesn't sound bad to me. The more important thing is comparable figures side to side, which you now have.
My guess is there was carbon build up you blew out, that was sticking the rings.
Another thing to consider is that when you introduce a bunch of extra oil to the cylinders, it will take a good brisk ride to burn/blow it out of the ring grooves. I have heard up to 100 miles. I think that is a little excessive, but even if it doesn't take near that long, a good hard ride is needed.
self healing?
My Norton came to me after sitting for 10 years. I did an initial compression test and had 80# in each. Fired it and rode it a bit and have had 128# in each ever since. Your rings just need to get friendly with the barrels again.
Leakdown is the best diagnostic test.
The reason I was asking because I've always been curious about snowbums "other" method for carb sychronization, but after reviewing his tome, I see now that it does not involve removing the plugs.
Of course you know I'm not referring to the high tension lead from coil to spark plug, but the actual power leads to the coil!! Also for compression test not synch.
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Ah, springtime in the garden. Gardeners everywhere sow their seeds, transplant and divide their perennials, and watch for treasures as seedlings sprout in their beds.
Last fall my husband and I removed the sandy soil from our vegetable beds and lined them with leaves and then covered them with composted mulch and let the area lie fallow for the winter. Over those few months, many weeds sprouted as you can see in the photo where I've labeled a few of them.
A weed or not a weed? That is the gardener's question.
Yes, we sure have a lot of weeds here in Florida! The Florida Betony (Stachys floridana) is recognized by its opposing, toothed leaves and square stem—it's in the Mint family. (See below for more on this plant.) The Chinese Tallow Tree (Sapium sebiferum), a noxious weed tree, sprouts its cute little seedlings with its heart-shaped leaves. Pull them out—all of them, for the sake of our native plants. Smooth Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) has deeply divided leaves. They look pretty, but ragweed is said to cause 90% of the pollen-based allergies from late summer through fall. This plant was named by Linnaeus, the great plant classifier, but he must have been joking. Ambrosia means food for the gods, but this Ambrosia is not edible, nor does it provide nectar for insects. The Yellow Wood-Sorrel (Oxalis corniculata) is also called sour grass, because its Oxalic acid makes it sour. Its leaves look like Shamrocks and a bit like the three-leaf clover. It loves to take over any open soil.
<< There were also some pleasant surprises like this four-inch tall, yellow wildflower. I was confused because it looked like blue-eyed grass, but it was yellow. After some research I found that it is a blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium rosulatum). That's one trouble with common names. They can lead down the wrong path. Because I don't know its requirements, I transplanted these cute wildflowers to various spots on our lot to see where they do the best.
Most of the detective work in the spring is identifying the seedlings. Whether you sow seeds in a meadow setting or in neat rows, experienced gardeners learn over many years what's a weed and what's not. Sometimes you can identify a seedling by its first leaves—also called the seed leaves or cotyledons. (Most flowers and vegetables that are grown from seed have two seed leaves and are called dicots. Grasses, irises and lilies are monocots and have one, narrow seed leaf.) Even the most practiced gardeners may need to wait for the next set of leaves: these leaves will be more typical of the plant and won't be the shape of the seed casing.
Here are some rules-of-(green) thumb:
1) If you sow seeds directly into your garden, label the
rows or areas so you know what to look for. I never trust my memory
on this. I normally use the seed packets as labels as my mother
did, but you could also use a grease pencil on a plastic stake.
2) Whether you grow seedlings in pots, in fields or in rows, you can generally figure out which seedlings are the ones you've sown by their configuration or by their sheer numbers.
3) When we moved to Florida in 2004, I didn't know what would grow here. I've left some open soil each year and watched what sprouts. Then I compare what grows in this area to what's growing where I've planted seeds. I can more easily determine which are my desired seedlings.
4) Until you know, let it grow. One of my elderly neighbors is an avid gardener and is always working in her yard. She told me that one year she was sick and couldn't get out in her garden for several weeks, but when she did return, some shrubs that she'd never seen before were blooming. She'd been pulling them up all those years, not knowing how attractive they were.
Weed: A definition
A weed is any plant that grows where it's not wanted. Here's an example from my friend Helen Marshall: A rose in a wheat field—great plant, great flowers, not a great location. The wheat farmer, who doesn't have time for niceties, digs it up and tosses it out. A gardener would gently remove it to a more preferred location.
If you plant by the book—or have a garden installed by a professional landscaper—anything not in the garden intentionally is a weed. I think that attractive and hopefully native plants that present themselves, like my yellow, blue-eyed grass, but aren't on the garden plan are anything but weeds. They're gifts!
I've described some weeds above. For me, a weed is a native or non-native species that have undesirable effects or have the potential to crowd or even eradicate native or garden plants. Early identification makes their eradication more manageable.
Root identification
You know you're a gardener when you can identify plants by their roots! I've already discussed Catbriar (Smilax spp) and Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) roots in my vines article. Last year I found a number of pure white, segmented objects looking very much like the tail end of a rattlesnake in the ground near my mulch piles. At first I thought they were insect larvae, but then I found some with roots attached.
This spring I finally figured out that the rest of the plant is Florida Betony or Rattlesnake Weed. Like all members of the Mint family (Lamiaceae), it has square stems and opposite leaves. The pinkish tubular flowers are born in whorls of six. This Florida native is so aggressive that it's treated as a noxious weed in many states.
I read that some people eat the tubers—they said that the crispness of the tubers is similar to radishes. Hmm... Feeling brave and knowing that most anything in this family is edible, I dug one up and "they" were right. It is crisp like a radish, but sweeter and not as hot. My husband tasted it, too. Hey, we could develop this as a new crop. Maybe we could find that there are special "performance" enhancing qualities and make millions of dollars marketing an aggressive weed. Nah. I'd rather be in my garden.
I encourage you to become a garden detective. Gardens are always interesting when you pay attention; you just never know what you'll unearth.
Ginny Stibolt would like to hear from readers who have suggestions and questions. After all, there are more than a few transplanted gardeners here in northeast Florida trying to figure out what works and what doesn't in planting zone 8/9.


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When I first received 'my' bike, I wasn't exactly nervous, but neither was I Hindu Cow calm. All these guys are fast and smooth. And they all had a session to familiarize themselves with CotA.
One of the most common mistakes guys make on the track is worrying about what is behind them. If half of your mental focus is devoted to what's in your non-existent mirrors, only half is left for what's in front of you. Though we weren't racing, there wasn't a guy onsite without octane in his blood. Though I'm no different, this wasn't my bike and I was not going to do anything stupid. Priority number 1 was: restrain warfare personality. No competing.
Even in pit lane, my impression of the track was that it was resurfaced using razor blades. I've never been on a smoother or more communicative surface. I also wasn't used to having tires that had been warmed, so even though the bike felt wickedly planted, I didn't trust 'em the first lap.
Turn one: the approach, even out of the pits, is uphill. Left turn, 1st gear, apex as the track flattens and drops downhill. Snake left to prepare for sweeping right, on the throttle up and under a footbridge after which the track just disappears. I rolled off the throttle, then saw a huge expanse of red/white/blue. It was stunning and unlike anything I'd seen at a track before. The track surface is painted? A moment of momentary confusion.
We tend to think that our mind follows black asphalt, but more likely I think most of us use borders to determine which direction the road goes. On the track, especially an unfamiliar one, side-reference points, such as grandstands, barriers, gator strips, sand/gravel, walls are typically what guide us through the course when memory can't. Coming up to turn three the whole track just opens wide up, with nothing but some crazy colors in front. Only problem is the track goes left and I was heading straight at speed. If they analyzed braking data for all the bikes I believe my braking maneuver recorded the highest amount of G forces....I stayed on track, but three turns in I'd made a mistake. It wouldn't have caused any issues, as it's just painted pavement, meant for running off safely. But I don't like mistakes and I'm sure Ducati doesn't appreciate them either.
That would be the last dumbshit move of the day. I picked up the layout of the track midway through the first session, but spent most of my energy trying to figure out the proper lines. Normally it's pretty easy if you do your research. Any track that's been around long enough has plenty of videos and turn-by-turn PDFs. Being so new, I was on my own. And CotA is by no means a simple track to figure out. With its share of blind, increasing radius and decreasing radius turns, turns with odd entry points and turns that require 'backward-planning' lines, it's more challenging than any other track I've been to. L
Still, a good session. Had a blast, loved the bike, loved the track, felt like I was the luckiest guy alive.
I returned to the paddock and just sat there soaking it all in. Prior to getting out on the track I was in a "look but don't touch" state. Then after the ride (not sure if the first was to be my last session or not) I entered the "touch, but don't taste" state....ARRGGHHH!!! A very real example of the process by which satisfaction of desire increases desire.
But happy, still. Very happy.
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This short multimedia film is the first production of Frog in a tent. It looks at how an extreme right-wing group is teaching young white South Africans to eschew Nelson Mandela's vision of a multicultural rainbow nation. The fringe group Kommandokorps, led by old-apartheid army leader Franz Jooste, organizes camps during school holidays for Afrikaners, white teenagers of mainly Dutch and German descent. He teaches them to defend themselves against crime in South Africa and that black South Africans are their enemy. He tells them they are firstly Afrikaners and should deny their South African identity. We followed them on one of the camps, where in nine days boys who once carried a budding belief in South Africa's unity become toughened men with racist ideas.
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Frog in a tent is a multimedia production studio with a goal of producing quality multimedia stories. It is an initiative by Ilvy Njiokiktjien en Elles van Gelder who believe in innovative ways to tell stories and in slow journalism and in depth reporting. Afrikaner Blood is their first short multimedia documentary. They won the Picture of the Year International (POYI) in the catogory Issue Reporting Multimedia for this project. Njiokiktjien has won several awards for the stills in Afrikaner Blood.
Elles van Gelder is a Dutch journalist based in Johannesburg, South Africa. She is a writer, radio journalist and videographer. Her work has been published in Dutch and international publications, including The Telegraph Magazine (UK), L'Espresso (Italy), dsWeekblad (Belgium), Vrij Nederland (The Netherlands), OneWorld (The Netherlands), newsagency GPD (The Netherlands) and Radio Netherlands Worldwide.
Ilvy Njiokiktjien is a Dutch photojournalist based in Utrecht, the Netherlands. She works freelance as a news and reportage photographer. Her work has been published in The Telegraph Magazine (UK), L'Espresso Magazine (Italy), The Mail & Guardian (South Africa), Vrij Nederland (the Netherlands), HP de Tijd (the Netherlands) and through the Dutch Press Agency (ANP), and many others.


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An Island-by-Island Guide to Caribbean Rum
Call it rum, rhum, or ron; just don't call it boring. Often (falsely) portrayed as uniformly saccharine, rum is one of the most diverse spirits on the planet. Today, in honor of National Rum Month (August) and the upcoming National Rum Day (August 16), we're going straight to the source to get the full story. Next stop, the Caribbean islands.
Caribbean rums range from crisp, complex Martinican bottles and subtly sweet Bajan blends to the bold, whiskey-like Haitian distillations. How can one three-letter word encapsulate so many discrepancies? Due to unregulated production laws, anything distilled from sugar cane or its by-products can be classified as rum. Couple that with the broad range of Caribbean cultures, histories, and topographies, and you've got yourself a veritable rum rainbow.
Jamaica: One of the only islands to create an official classification system for its rum varieties, Jamaica's bottles range from light and clear to dark and full-bodied. After distillation in clay pot sills, most Jamaican rums are blended and used in cocktails and seemingly ubiquitous punches. While Appleton is the country's best-known export, island experts like the Tryall Club's Jerome Dellon and Courtney Virgo champion local favorites like J. Wray & Nephew White Overpoof Rum, which has a smooth taste despite its 60+ proof.
Martinique: Arguably the foremost rum destination in the region, this French-Caribbean island produces only Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) rums. Translation? Martinican rum standards are so high that the French government monitors its products using the same type of strict guidelines it has for Burgundy wine or Roquefort cheese. Distilled from pure sugarcane juice, Martinique's rhums agricoles have a complex, almost vegetal quality, and range from the delicately spiced Saint James Royal Ambre to clear and crisp Clément Blanc.
Dominican Republic: For proof that all rums aren't sweet, consider Dominican distiller Brugal. The 125-year-old label produces a range of light and dark rums, culminating in the distinctive Extra Dry. Something of a gin-drinker's blend, this white Brugal is made from fermented molasses and aged for just three to five years in American oak casks once used for bourbon. The result is crisp, clear, and unlike any other rum from the region.
Barbados: Like Armagnac production, Bajan rums are distilled using both column and copper pot stills. The resulting blends range from light to dark, but al have a light, subtle sweetness. Barbados' best-known brand is Mount Gay, which dates back to 1663 and claims to be the world's oldest operating rum producer. The blended bottles make for great company—Bajan rum enthusiasts use them in carefully guarded rum punch recipes or mixed with fresh coconut water for a simple, straightforward, delicious cocktail.
Guyana: The only Caribbean country that is not, in fact, an island, South America's coastal Guyana is an outlier in more ways than one. Its rich, dark rums get their distinctive terroir from the Demerara River, where Guyanese sugarcane is picked before being crushed into molasses. Distilled in both pot and column stills, they can also be aged for remarkably long periods of time. Consider luxury brand El Dorado cask-aged, 21-year-old Special Reserve, which has a dark, honeyed taste, perfect for sipping straight.
Haiti: Made from pure sugarcane juice, Haitian rhums agricoles have a sharp, layered bite. National brand Barbancourt makes all five of its bottles using a French double distillation process called charentaise. Typically used for bottling cognacs, charentaise gives Haitian bottles a distinctive tang that makes them excellent for drinking neat or with a solitary ice cube. Care to sip with a conscience? As part of Haitian earthquake relief efforts, Barbancourt has created a foundation to house some 1200 displaced people. It continues to accept donations and distribute aid; find out more here.
Photo credits: Rum bottles via Dreamstime.com
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An article on Caribbean rums without mentioning Cuban rums? I know they are banned in the US, but Fodors does have many non-US readers.
Emily, kudos on your efforts to spotlight Caribbean rums and territories. Let me offer a few insights into the content of your article. When you say you went straight to the source, I'm wondering who that source was to give you such shallow and misleading information. There are no clay pot stills in Jamaica. Most Jamaican rums are created in copper pot stills and column stills made of stainless steel. Guyana is not the only non-island country in the Caribbean region. Simple geography show us that Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Guatemala, Belize, Venezuela and Costa Rica are non-island Caribbean countries (among others) that make fine rum. Sugar cane is not crushed into molasses. Sugar cane juice is processed to remove sugar crystals. The remaining dark brown sludge is molasses. This is mixed with water and yeast to beging the process of making rum. I encourage you to further research the styles, territories and methods of making, aging and blending rums. It is a fascinating category of spirits that continues to gain appreciation and recognition for the life-long achievements of its notable master distillers and blenders.
How incomplete your article is without reference to Rums of Puerto Rico. From the Bacardi's who thought it better to produce rum in Puerto Rico, to the Don Q brands from Ponce, to the authentic Ron Del Barrilito, and the choices within each brand.


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Emerging Talent: William Control
I got to know William Control`s music when I started to love Black Veil Brides 4 weeks ago and I saw he is supporting them on their actual 'The Church of The Wild Ones' tour and also the voice of F.E.A.R. on the band`s new album. I became curious because William`s image is like an ancient mysterious spooky vampire – NOT the Edward Cullen type - and I like that! So I checked the music and I was like "damn this is great! Halloween came early this year!" William Control is actually the solo project of Will Francis; singer of the Seattle, Washington based band, Aiden so some of you might be familiar with him already.
The idea to introduce William Control within the Emerging Talent Month came, when I saw his tweet saying "Without a manager, label, publisher and direction, I exist, my music exists because of YOU and your love. Thank you so fucking much." Now, that is someone worth to mention and also a great inspiration to other artists who are struggling to get a record deal at a mayor label.
The songs and the music videos all together totally match with the image I already mentioned. The lyrics are simply brilliant and the sound to me is like a new kind of Depeche Mode – that I normally wouldn`t like because I`m the rebellious child of my mother who likes them - with a lot of darkness and sexuality.
Take a look but be careful; these music videos are brutal, contain nudity+blood and at the same time they still happen to be awesome.
William Control is currently out on tour with Black Veil Brides in the US...uhm for two more days. So new fans head out to San Francisco and West Hollywood! Then he`s doing a tour around the UK in April/May.
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This introductory course acquaints the student with the scope and complexity of the hospitality industry by exploring the national and global relationships of lodging, food, and beverage operations. The course focuses on the history of travel and hospitality, career opportunities, organizational structures, and human resource management. Students will examine trends, integrated technology and their effects on customer and guest service in requirements in the lodging and food service industry. Students will be exposed to the various components of the hospitality industry through conducting a personal interview with a hospitality leader of their choice designed to provide one-to-one guidance from an industry professional.
Credits 3
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Instructor Jodi Fisher
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Walker, John R, Introduction to Hospitality,5th Ed., 2002, Prentice Hall, New Jersey (ISBN = 1256020311) This includes an interactive piece shrink wrapped on the text cover.
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Topic: Just a few notes and a pile of thanks...
Family Name Associations: O'Neill, McKenna, Lequyer, Bentley/Walker and probably a ton more I'm forgetting.
Location: Barrie, Ontario
Mood: Hungry
Music: Jordan Sparks - Battlefield
Okay... So. I have been way, far too busy. I've been ignoring things and it's just getting into our busy month so I'm going to do this now before something happens and I can't. In the shuffle, I'm scared I've been remiss in my job to say Thank You. First off, I need to talk about this amazing team of people I work with on a daily basis. And this is going to be a major post, because seriously... I am so, so blessed with the people that grace my life and make up the family I'm so proud to be a part of.
When we say we work together, I don't think anyone can grasp the level of communication, effort, and stupidly hard work that every person on this team puts forth... Between msn chats, sticky notes, just plain old fashioned talking (Even if it's on the phone!) we probably work 20 hour days on most days... No time off. Even when it's odd google searches for obits.
I'd like to personally thank each and every one of you for your dedication, your heart, your courage to go beyond stigma and limits... You friggin' rock. You amaze me, you all deserve awards for putting yourselves out there... For going above and beyond. You honour me by being my friends, my family, and the team I'm apart of.
Thank you so, so much. From the bottom of my heart. You are amazing. I love you :)
We've had a small advance on the O'Neill, Clement tree, and I need to say thank you to cousin Cheryl for the Trihey tip. Today we put Mary O'Neill as one of Catherine O'Neill's sisters (Catherine wife of Israel Clement) And I don't know if there's a link to our Bridget O'Neill in all of this or not (So many O'Neills, so little time) But to think this is information that hasn't seen light since 1900, that's awesome! So to cousin Cheryl and her work, her guts to contact us and for all of her help... I can't wait to see what the future holds for these lines! I'm so convinced we'll have it mapped out in ways even we can't imagine.
Thank you, so much for your efforts.
To cousin Joan in Chicago, who I just haven't had time to connect with further... It's going to happen! I know we're all interested in getting to know you and your O'Neill descendants better. We can't wait to see what's what!
One thing is for sure, we're going to get to Chicago sooner or later.
To cousin Richard who has helped us put faces to two of the most valuable people in our tree... To him for believing the Lequyer family was worth his research and his time through and through. You rock! You're amazing... Thank you so, so much for caring. You've preserved our family history, you could not give anyone a greater gift.
To cousin Marilyn... Geez, I can post this over and over and never get tired. I know there's a pile of documents and photos waiting for uploading... Your positive attitude has probably encouraged me 100 times, especially when I feel like giving up. I so hope that Art knows how special this connection to you has been for me, if it weren't for him I wouldn't have known where to start, and if it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have pushed to understand more.
You are an inspiration, your kindness touches the future in ways you can't imagine. Thank you.
To cousin Lee in BC, thank you for all your help, your offers for books and just putting yourself out there to get in touch with us. It really, really is all about connections.
To our Aunt Linda, who works tirelessly, who always, always has a kind word or a helping hand. Thank you so much! You added to our lives when you started in on genealogy, and we are so glad to have you... The Boxalls exist, and we're going to find every single one of them. After all, we're the oldest we've ever been and we're just getting started - LOL!
To cousins Claire and Frank, and cousin Patrick... You guys are so cool, seriously! Thank you, thank you, thank you. For everything from photos, to your open, loving hearts. This last weekend was stunning, I'm still not recovered from the sheer open, loving generosity you had for us. I wish there was some way to show you how special and amazing you are. Ireland 2011! (Hey, we have to have dreams, right?)
I'm probably forgetting people. I might add a new blog thingy in the title about who I need to say thanks to per post, really... There are so many contributions, I wish I could take you all out for dinner or something to say thanks... Even that wouldn't be enough. You guys, are in a word, awesome!
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analysisBy Patrick Bond and Khadija Sharife
Just before the BRICS state bureaucrats and corporate interests met in Durban this week to plan how to continue to extract profits, the tragedy of thirteen SA National Defense Force troops in the Central African Republic lost their lives in a vain attempt to safeguard potential mining deals. A different way is needed in which people-led activism challenges and transforms vulture capitalism
The reach of the Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (BRICS) leaders was palpable this week, not just here in Durban where they gathered on Tuesday and Wednesday to plan investments and infrastructure, but everywhere up continent where extraction does extreme damage.
One site is the Central African Republic (CAR), where last Saturday thirteen SA National Defense Force troops lost their lives (with 27 wounded) in a fight of 200 South Africans initially against the very CAR troops they were training, according to an army trade unionist, followed by Seleka rebels who then apologized for killing the South Africans.
These tragic deaths were in vain: not in support of African democracy, for François Bozizé was such a brutal tyrant that not even France made an attempt to prop him up.
Instead, over the past ten weeks, our SA troops have been defending counterproductive, repressive military investments and potential mining deals, as deputy foreign minister Ebrahim Ebrahim let on in a recent interview explaining their deployment.
A Reuters correspondent is probably correct: 'It is particularly embarrassing for South Africa, which is seeking to project itself as an influential regional power on the continent this week as it hosts a summit of the BRICS emerging states and welcomes new Chinese President Xi Jinping on his first visit to Africa as head of state.'
This embarrassment is not just a matter of oft-remarked military incompetence. The Resource Curse reminder is also stark, coming alongside the ongoing socio-economic and environmental chaos in Marikana's platinum mines and Zimbabwe's Marange diamond fields.
The awful news from Bangui should have been a wake-up call to BRICS heads of state, to clear their heads and contemplate the extractive-industry crises they are amplifying, hand-in-glove with Western corporations and the 15 African leaders who met just after BRICS concluded at Durban's wealthiest gated-community resort, Zimbali.
At Zimbali, by coincidence, Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe is putting finishing touches on a glorious mansion, maybe for his coming voluntary retirement.
That precedent could explain the BRICS delegation's detour far north of the city, followed by their evening return back to the International Convention Centre, and then back again near Zimbali to the airport for their departures in an irrational, manic zigzag through Durban's rush-hour traffic.
The likes of Ugandan tyrant Yoweri Museveni, the most senior member of the African delegation to the BRICS-Africa Dialogue, at least had a chance to check out the local real estate market for a future nightmare scenario when Arab Spring-type democratic revolts succeed.
In late 2011, after Ugandans were inspired by Egyptians at Tahrir Square, Museveni outlawed the country's famous 'Walk-to-Work' protests: the favoured Kampala tactic was simply strolling. Museveni's militarization of the territory now under oil exploration is the predictable precursor for Resource Cursed Uganda.
At Marange in eastern Zimbabwe, members of Mugabe's closest faction - including defense minister Emmerson Mnangagwa, army commander Constantine Chiwenga and others running the junta known as the Joint Operations Command - are allied with a Shanghai company via a joint venture known as Anjin, which allows the Chinese to run a tight labour regime (paying unskilled workers just $180/month), while the military manages overall security.
Billions of dollars worth of Marange diamonds have already been extracted, with only a tiny trickle flowing back to the finance ministry in Harare. Chiwenga's many trips to China sealed military deals including a recently launched $100 million army training school as well as arms purchases that everyone hopes are not used in coming weeks, as the national election approaches.
Meanwhile, with Johannesburg hosting the 10th anniversary of the Kimberley Process for corporate social responsibility in the diamond trade next month, we cannot forget how SA's policy manager Abbey Chikane colluded in the five-week arrest (and torture) of Farai Maguwu, who has been watchdogging the diamond trade and winning Human Rights Watch awards for his bravery.
Remarked Ian Smillie, a key architect of the Kimberley Process, 'We don't know where all the [Marange] diamonds went that were approved by Chikane. Chikane was a mistake on several levels.
He was closely allied with the government of South Africa, which had demonstrated a pathological inability to be critical of Zimbabwe's horrendous human rights abuse in Marange. And he has extensive personal business interests in the Southern African diamond industry that should have disqualified him from the outset.'
There is similar resource cursing underway in platinum. In recent days, at the Farlam Commission hearings into the Marikana massacre, more Lonmin connections to the SA Police murderers have been revealed via incriminating emails from African National Congress deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa, who owned 9 percent of Lonmin at the time.
The incriminating emails were sent to his political allies running the police and mining ministries the day before the killing of 34 miners last August.
It all reeks of the crony capitalism that characterized the gatherings between BRICS state bureaucrats and corporate interests, who crowded into the same Durban convention centre hallways this week.
Pretoria's foreign ministry explicitly excluded anyone from civil society from attending, and SA's most accomplished environmentalist, Bobby Peek, was even prohibited from entering for a debate on national radio on Tuesday.
A few hours later on the same radio network, SA's BRICS Ambassador Anil Sukla confirmed Pretoria's refusal to send a representative to the 'brics-from-below' civil society conference, which on Monday-Tuesday was located in a church just a few minutes away from the BRICS meeting.
Requests to participate in BRICS deliberations made over prior weeks by social movements, NGOs and even major trade unions were swatted away by Suklal's colleagues - yet big business has pride of place inside today.
That leaves BRICS rulers and their corporations to quietly plan the further looting of Africa, joined by the pliable guests led by Museveni. However, subsidized state funding is needed to facilitate deals because commercial banks know there are intolerable risks - like those the SANDF troops just suffered.
To facilitate, the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) is lining up to play a crucial role, and Suklal lobbied for SA to host the $50 billion BRICS Bank that was supposed to have been launched on Wednesday. Its postponement until further talks when the Russians host the G20, appeared to reflect the lack of confidence of BRICS in Pretoria.
A genuinely counterhegemonic financial strategy would have been for BRICS to instead support the late Hugo Chavez's Bank of the South. The idea was spurned, as BRICS elites apparently want an institution without any residue of more progressive development ideals.
The DBSA's team is led by former South African spy chief Mo Shaik, through its subsidiary Development Bank International. Shaik is notorious for political shenanigans dating to the government's notorious late 1990s arms deals.
Still, more than $700 million was authorized for DBSA recapitalization last month in SA finance minister Pravin Gordhan's budget, in the wake of the DBSA's $40 million loss in part due to gambling in mining concerns like Ramaphosa's last year.
Revealing its new orientation, the pro-privatisation DBSA has, in recent weeks, been firing most of its social and environmental staff and shutting down its development journal and library. Its record of infrastructure investment - including commercialized water and toll-roads - does not bode well for people or the planet. Expect the BRICS Bank's subsidized rail, road and port credits to lubricate more multinational corporate extraction.
The major benefit of BRICS to South African extractive interests was in the railroad loans aimed at extracting coal and iron ore and shipping from our deepest port, at Richard's Bay. The contribution to climate change will be prolific, and the resource curse associated with coal-related pollution and political corruption can only intensify.
The largest coal-fired electricity generator under construction in the world today is the core of the rail-energy nexus, at Medupi in Limpopo Province, and on Tuesday the workers announced yet another strike.
The plant has already been delayed two years due to unrest and supplier chaos, in spite of the World Bank's largest-ever project loan ($3.75 billion in 2010) for the hotly contested plant. To pay for it, electricity prices for poor people are soaring, with more rioting over electricity and other municipal services the logical result.
Another source of intense contestation over coal is Mozambique's Tete Province, where the world's largest coal field was recently discovered and is being exploited by Rio-based Vale mining house (the world's second largest).
Vale was named the world's worst corporation by the Public Eye People's Award in 2012, and popular resistance to mass displacement of Tete residents is already becoming fierce.
Indeed, as Pretoria's commitment to not just Medupi but also Bangui shows, when these elites carve up Africa, the backlash can be brutal. A different way is needed: with more respect for societies and nature than for the profits of BRICS corporates.
There are countless forms of resistance being shared by brics-from-below activists from each of the countries and their hinterlands - and growing linkages that mean coordinated critique and campaigning can be a logical next step in bottom-up internationalism.
- Patrick Bond and Khadija Sharife are based at the University of KwaZulu-Natal Centre for Civil Society.


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Fixing your Slice
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In this section, Steve Bishop makes an introduction and talks about curing the slice with your finish.
Both your elbows should be in front of your chest and away from the body at the finish while pointing at the direction of the target. This helps your release the club a little bit better. You tend to slice the ball if the club head is coming from the inside and the club face is open. Because we know that the club head and the hands are going to go out more towards the target is it going to affect the way that you finish.
2 golf swings with 2 different finishes. The first one is with the elbow flying out behind in the finish and the second is where the elbows are in front of the chest and away from the body.


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Keri Hilson Says 'Enough Is Enough' to Her Haters
It's no secret that Keri Hilson has had her fair share of haters. In the past, she's been called out in the press for taking shots at Ciara and Beyonce in her songs, which she's obviously denied. However, it seems that the 'Lose Control' singer has had enough.