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ONE of Penzance's premier health food shops welcomed St Ives MP Andrew George to the store last week when he added his support to the campaign to limit the effect of EU legislation on vitamin supplements.
Archie Browns Health Food Shop and Café in Bread Street is behind the Save Our Supplements (SOS) campaign which aims to prevent hundreds of popular vitamins, minerals and herbal products from being wiped from the shelves of UK stores by new European legislation.
Mr George says he has long promoted the case for informed consumer choice rather than heavy regulation where vitamins and food supplements are concerned.
Claire Humphreys, from Archie Browns, said: "The EU proposals are unclear.
"However our understanding is that they wish to prevent the sale of any supplements or vitamins over the recommended daily amount (RDA). The EU also wants to limit what can be sold over the counter.
"When you consider that the RDA for Vitamin C is 80mg but our best-selling vitamin C capsule contains 1,000mg, or 1,250 per cent of the RDA, you can see this would have a huge impact, not only on our customers who wish to make their own informed decisions on health matters but also on the business itself.
"We are a thriving business with about 50 people employed at our two stores and cafés in Penzance and Truro.
"But a lot of our business is about supplying vitamins and supplements and we would certainly have to restructure our business if the legislation came into effect."


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Tuesday, April 15, is Knox County Schools' Dine out for Education day.
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January 6, 2012
Weekly Roundup: 2012 predictions from across the web, bodybuilding vegans and the death of the laptop
Posted by: Jessica Vaughn - New York in North America
-Fast Company has predictions from around the web for 2012; The Economist goes around the world to do the same thing. Here at JWTIntelligence, we released our annual 100 Things to Watch list, while The Wall Street Journal consolidates predictions from ad land.
-The Guardian publishes its technology trends for the year ahead.
-McKinsey Quarterly discusses five energy innovations to watch, including grid-scale storage, clean coal and biofuels.
-Mashable takes readers through eight predictions for CES 2012.
-Smashing the American myth: Researchers reveal "Americans enjoy less economic mobility than their peers in Canada and much of Western Europe."
-The New York Times reports that employment in U.S. manufacturing companies is expected to rise for the second year in a row.
-Bob Garfield and Doug Levy of Ad Age outline why the human element will trump positioning, preemption and unique selling positioning in the future.
-The writer Pico Iyer, in The New York Times, extols about "The Joy of Quiet," a manifestation of De-Teching, one of our 10 Trends for 2011.
-The Economist outlines the opportunities as well as potential pitfalls of social media.
-Mashable predicts how social media law might take shape in the upcoming year.
-Is self-publishing on Apple's to-do list? Businessweek takes a closer look. Meanwhile, tech analyst Tim Bajarin outlines four industries ripe for disruption by the company.
-While supercomputers may be available in the near future, Newsweek reports that the U.S. is lacking the brainpower to use them.
-Fast Company declares the death of the laptop.
-Digital music sales crested over physical music sales for the first time ever in 2011 while full album sales made gains over individual track sales.
-Across New York, alternative, somewhat informal, lecture series on heady topics are popping up in bars and theaters, allowing "the intellectually curious go back to school, without the homework," according to The New York Times.
-The New York Times looks at what happens when online shoppers drink and hit the "buy" button.
-The U.K.'s Independent calls it "disaster voyeurism:" A British company has nearly sold out two cruises that take passengers on the same route as the Titanic on the 100th anniversary of its sinking.
-Priced at $200,000 per ride, the first "affordable" flights to space will launch this year thanks to Virgin Galactic.
-The latest fitness craze sweeping the U.K.? MovNat—or moving naturally—a system based on the theory that "running, climbing, jumping, crawling and balancing like the animal species nature intended," will yield better fitness results than superficial goals.
-The New York Times outlines the rise of the bodybuilding vegan, a stark contrast to the anemic-looking, bone-thin vegans of yesteryear.


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Tower Turns Orange for LHN Filming
The university Tower will be lit Thursday, July 30 to support a Longhorn Network filming crew.
Summer With Shakespeare
Ride a roller coaster of love, march toward war or brave the perils of the sea during performances of Shakespeare's plays at Winedale. A cast of students is spending two months — and 18 hours a day — studying the Bard's work and bringing the plays to life in performances this summer.
Med School Rising
Since October 2014, eight construction cranes have towered over the UT's most intense construction effort in decades: the creation of Dell Medical School and the medical district that will surround it. Get a view from the top.
From the Forty Acres to Pluto: Longhorns in Space
As NASA's New Horizons approaches Pluto, one alumnus will have particular cause to celebrate the accomplishment. From leading historic missions to out-of-this-world research, explore how Longhorns are changing the world with space-related projects.
The Mystery of the Brownbanded Bamboo Shark
Sharks are splashing across TV screens all week as viewers who love (or fear) the kings of the sea are tuning into shows about the allure (or revulsion) of great whites, hammerheads, makos and more. But if you want to unravel a great shark mystery – and learn why it gives researchers hope about the future of threatened shark populations – turn off your TV and listen to what this UT student helped discover.
Briscoe Collection Shows Evolution of Old Glory
However you're celebrating the Fourth of July, you'll surely see Old Glory waving over the land of the free and the home of the brave. Look inside the Briscoe Center for American History's flag collection to see how the star-spangled banner has changed over time.


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Riordan Pet Hospital has been the preferred veterinary hospital for Des Moines family pet owners since it was founded in 1951 by Dr. Robert Riordan. The Riordan Pet Hospital is well known and respected throughout central Iowa as a state of the art veterinary medical facility designed specifically for dogs and cats.
As a family-owned veterinary practice, we understand and agree that dogs and cats are an essential part of your family and deserve the highest quality medical care. That is why our veterinary clinics in Des Moines and Ankeny have invested in the latest technology available for veterinary care, including advanced laboratory testing for blood anaylsis, radiological / x-ray scanners and a full pharmacy for all of your pet's health care needs.
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Adam Jones will be the United States roster for the World Baseball Classic.
No other Orioles player will join him.
The U.S. roster isn't particularly star-studded. In the last WBC, Jeremy Guthrie and Brian Roberts werer there in 2009.
The most well-known teammates Jones will have include Mets third baseman David Wright, Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins, Blue Jays pitcher R.A. Dickey and outfielders Giancarlo Stanton from the Marlins and Ryan Braun from the Brewers.
Orioles reliever Pedro Strop will represent the Dominican Republic.
"I feel proud to play for my country," Strop said.
"You've just got to be aware that you've got to be physically ready to play in the WBC. There are some guys who are not prepared. I've been working out since last December."
Strop says he'd look forward to facing Jones.
"Something like that is going to be fun. When you're in the clubhouse, playing around with your teammates, and then, you have to see them at the plate, they're going to be your enemy," Strop said with a laugh.
While Strop will pitch, Miguel Gonzalez has passed on a chance to for Mexico.
He'd prefer to focus on his first spring training with the Orioles.
"Obviously, this is more important than going down there," Gonzalez said.
"It was a tough decision. I wanted to represent Mexico," Gonzalez said. "It's more important to be with team here."
The Orioles told Gonzalez it was his decision, His wife told him otherwise.
"My wife told me: 'hey, it's more important to stay [with the Orioles]," he laughed.
Luis Ayala will pitch for Mexico and infielder Jonathan Schoop is representing the Netherlands.


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Brent Batten: The strange case of the reconsidered runway rehabilitation
Of all the baffling things Collier County commissioners did on their first days with Georgia Hiller at the helm as chairwoman — and there were plenty — none are more baffling than the votes to reconsider grants totaling $1.4 million to begin repairs to the Immokalee and Marco Island airport runways.
The moves were so ill-conceived that two of the commissioners who voted Tuesday to reconsider the grants and immediately suspend work at the airports voted on Wednesday to allow the work to proceed, lest key deadlines in the grant application cycle be missed.
At stake is more than just the $761,000 design and engineering work at Immokalee Regional Airport and $660,000 in similar work at Marco Island Executive Airport.
If that work isn't completed on time — and airports Executive Director Chris Curry as well as Clerk of Courts Finance Officer Crystal Kinzel agree that postponing the ongoing work until January so the grants can be reconsidered could throw the schedule off — the opportunity for federal and state grants for actual construction amounting to 10 times as much could be forfeited.
Commissioner Tom Henning, who voted in April to put up the local 5 percent match to get the FAA and Florida Department of Transportation grants, asked that the two items be reconsidered.
It was part of the massive reconsideration package he and Hiller put on this week's agenda.
While some of those reconsiderations — the one involving possible removal of innocuous beach access signs along Vanderbilt Beach for instance — seem silly, this one is potentially ruinous.
If the county decides not to proceed with the design and engineering work, paid for almost in whole by state and federal dollars, the runways will not be rehabilitated. The airports will have to shut down. Not next year, or the year after, probably, but they will shut down.
Any work the contractor has completed so far — work testing the pavement and subsurface began this week — will be the sole responsibility of the county and its taxpayers. The FAA and FDOT won't chip in for partially completed work.
Plus, the county could be liable for millions in repayments to the state and federal governments for past grants. For instance, earlier this year a $6 million taxiway was completed at Marco Island, with 97.5 percent of the money coming from grants. In accepting the grant money, the county agreed to use the taxiway as part of a safe, operational airport. If the runway falls apart, the agreement will be breached.
All for what? Henning didn't state at Tuesday's why he wanted to reconsider the grants, nor did he respond to an email seeking explanation. Does he not believe the runways are in bad shape? An FDOT inspection completed last year rated them as "very poor."
Was there something wrong with the bid process that resulted in the firm Holes Montes Inc. getting both design jobs? The FAA signed off on the bid process and the selection of the company.
As she is wont to do, Hiller closely quizzed Curry Tuesday when he asserted that stopping the work in its tracks until the reconsideration in January could jeopardize the timetable. She challenged him to verify that.
So on Wednesday, Curry was back before the board. By then Kinzel, who works for Clerk of Courts Dwight Brock, had a chance to talk to officials with the FAA. While Brock's office more often than not sides with Hiller in her interrogations of county staff, on this occasion Kinzel acknowledged Curry was right. The FAA wants bid documents by mid-June for the next grant cycle, the one that stands to send millions of dollars Collier County's way.
"They (the contractors) are already behind," Curry said.
Hiller and new Commissioner Tim Nance put their heads together and came up with a plan to keep the work going until the reconsideration. They lifted the stay they had placed Tuesday on work on all the reconsideration items.
Henning, who was the one who asked for the reconsideration, had left the meeting by that time.
Had he been on hand, perhaps he would have explained his concerns. He wasn't and he didn't. Neither Hiller nor Nance, though they both voted in favor of reconsideration, offered reasons for siding with Henning.
Hiller claimed surprise at the seriousness of the runway conditions, a claim that's hard for Curry to swallow.
In April, when Hiller voted against applying for the grants for Immokalee, Curry relayed the "very poor" condition report to commissioners.
"Why would you not want to rehabilitate a runway you're about to lose," Curry asked Hiller at the time.
So her protest Wednesday, "I did not understand the conditions were so bad," rang hollow.
Perhaps sensing the case for reconsideration was nonexistent, Hiller tried another tack. "If the runways are in such bad conditions, maybe we should shut them (the airports) down now," she said.
Curry explained that "very poor" doesn't mean unsafe. It means they're in need of repair. There is time and money available to complete the repairs, if commissioners will stop dawdling. The FAA expects Collier County to apply for construction money next year.
"It's somewhat of a sequential grant," Curry said.
If the county misses the application cycle, there's no guarantee the FAA will have the money available a year or two later. Times are tight. The fiscal cliff looms. The funding formula could change to the county's detriment.
In a moment Wednesday bordering on laugh-out-loud, Hiller asked Curry, "Why am I faced with this now?"
Outside the one commissioner who asked for reconsideration of the grants and the two others who went along, that is the question all of Collier County should be asking.
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Luis Garcia has predicted a bright future for Liverpool youngster Antonio Barragan after the young right-back made his full debut for the club away to CSKA Sofia on Wednesday night.
The Spanish teenager was signed from Seville in July after being tracked by Rafael Benitez for a number of months and although he's been earmarked as one for the future at Anfield, Barragan was thrown on by the boss to make his first appearance as a substitute in Liverpool's Champions League Third Round 1st Leg tie in Bulgaria.
Speaking exclusively to liverpoolfc.tv after the match, fellow countryman Garcia said: "Antonio did well when he came on. He was probably a little nervous inside because of his age but it didn't show when he was called upon by the boss.
"Even though we're both from Spain, I didn't know too much about him before he arrived in the summer but I've heard he's very highly-rated back home. In training he's looked very impressive and he doesn't seem too overwhelmed about moving to such a big club in a new country at such an early age. I'm sure he will learn so much in training this season and if he gets a chance in the first team, he must make the most of it."
Barragan himself was delighted to have made his first-team debut so soon after joining the club although his lack of English (and our limited Spanish) prevented him from going into too much detail after the game.
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Perhaps tomorrow will be better.
Lol Wow doesn't survive because it is good,it is EASY and MANY games have already been better than Wow.
I can however see if you went from Wow >SWTOR you might think SWTOR is the greatest,however ihave played and seen just about every single last mechanic/quest idea any game can offer.So for me SWTOR was not that intriguing.
I will admit i did have some fun during Beta and it is an OK game.However after a couple weekends i feel i have already seen all i need to see and the game already lost it's NEW feeling and lustre.
To call the game th ultimate or even amazing,you would have to elaborate on the games design and explin how it is different,better or even creative.
It is a nice size world,quite a bit to discover and a decently filled in world.However it is the games CORE systems that are just average and imo soemtimes lacking badly.
Don't get me started on Skyrim either ..lol,YES SWTOR is miles better than Skyrim,that is not why i am saying the game is average.
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Originally posted by Z3R01
Originally posted by Wizardry
Unfortunately, there are NOT any MMOs out there that are better than WoW. Part of the reason WoW has done so well with little changes or innovation is because they haven't had any decent competition. Heck, most of the "innovations" they have made have been to mimic other MMOs that have come out or are coming out. It's just a really polished MMO in a sea of unpolished crap, with a few niche games thrown in that appeal to a smaller number of people by virtue of their design.
I will say that SWTOR seems like it's actually polished enough that it should actually give WoW some competition and hopefully this will lead to more innovation -- but I imagine GW2 will do more in this regard. Based on WoW, I expect SWTOR to be able to capture and hold millions of players which is 10+ times better than other western MMOs except for WoW (yeah, other western MMOs are that niche or that bad).
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Let me say this about WoW after playing it for 7 years/
WoW has given me the most epic moments ever in any of the dozens of mmo's i played.
WoW has given me alot of online friends
WoW has set a milestone for any mmo studio that wants to be succesfull
WoW has been and still is King of the Hill since 2005
You may dislike the fantasy theme wow has
You may dislike anything that has to do with WoW
But you must admit that Blizzard has been making epic games in their history, from Rock and Roll racing on the console to Starcraft and the warcraft franchise.
With that said alot of us can agree that since their main developer team left to work on TITAN their whole empire is slowly crumbling down.
They work hard up to WoTLK to grow bigger and bigger but after Arthas died the people seemed to notice how dull and repetitive WoW has become.
We got SWTOR incomming and so far i disliked SWTOR ALOT, but this beta had me turned over 190 degrees.
I did Black Talon with a few American players ( I am from the netherlands) and man what an epic run it was.
That feeling i missed in WoW for many years came back to me in this Beta of SWTOR.
Iam a pessimist <--spelling -_- ? or let me say it this way, you need to be from the best of the best to convince me your worth my money.
Warhammer - Aion - Rift - all failed me and wasnt worth my time.
SWTOR on the other hand can be a new King of the Hill if they play it right and WoW keeps pushing out trash packs.
People are bored to death in WoW, and when you got such a massive playerbase and you come out with the next best thing your going to be HOT :)
Cataclysm + MoP come at the worst posible time for Blizzard, and SW might harvest the fruit in december.
I cannot wait to play SWTOR again, and if you would have asked me this 4 months ago i would almost laugh you to death when you would say SWTOR is a good mmo.
How things can change in such a short time :)
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Joined: 10/12/06
Originally posted by Z3R01
Name a game you aren't doing that? Almost every RPG game boils down to kill x or collect x.
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Originally posted by Whiskeydust
What's up with all this "SWTOR is the bestest and greatest" threads lately lol
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Originally posted by Jimmy562
Not really. While there is combat and loot in almost all RPGs, most quests are not "get X drops from mob A" or "kill Y of mob B" or "Interact with Z of world item C".
Let's go waaaay back to Baldur's Gate (the following is as best as I remember it). You come across a farm. You are asked to kill the Ankegs that have invaded it. Once you kill them they are DEAD and the farm is clear. You don't have to "kill X" because they don't respawn. Instead you are asked to permanently change the game world and so you do that. That's one difference between traditional RPGs and MMOS.
Another would be that the combat systems are vastly different and imho, vastly more rewarding and deep in normal RPGs. There's also a heck of a lot less grind even in the oldest of RPGs, because there's no need to artificially inflate playtime to encourage monthly fees (since there are no monthly fees).
I suppose Z3R01 didn't touch on all this, but I think that's what he was getting at and probably a bit more besides.
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Joined: 8/02/08
Originally posted by Mothanos
WoW died for me when Cata was released and i was lvl 85 in two weeks. Im a terrbibly slow lvler yet i managed to reach 85 in 2 weeks. Im no raider either and the PvP community is immature and don't know how to play battlegrounds anymore like they used to in the first year of the BG's. I have quit since februari and played some Rift but the community there was terrible so i left after a month again. I played on a RP server and damn the people there where mostly ex WoWers..the same people i wanted to avoid cause beside WoW being boring for me i really hated what had become of the WoW community.
SWToR is more story driven so for me thats great. I can do things at my own speed and no group presure. I didn't do enough quests with my short play time in the beta but the quests seemed nice to okay to me. Depends on the class you play i guess and how far you are in. But everything stands and falls with the community for me. If it are nice people who share their love for the game and want to make it great together it will be awesome (like the first 2 years of WoW). If it becomes a egocentric community that lives only for themselfs and being rude to others (like the last 5 years of WoW and the rift community) then its over for me soon.
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Well gosh tough crowd, as i said i entered the weekend beta with a wow menality.
Of course it blew me away literally, it was totally unexpected.
I think it was the story, and character development, quests that glued me to my monitor.
It was really hard to force myself to log off and get some rest.
My guild leader of 400 wow members is moving to swtor alone with the members, this shoudl tell you somewthing.
They all played the weekend beta and loved it.
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Why kill them with kindness, when I can use an axe?
Most of my friends are moving away from their current MMOs after playing the past few weekends. SWTOR is going to make a shift in the MMO world on who is playing what. It might take some time but eventually SWTOR will be the MMO king.
Don't worry about most people around here, they are more machine than human, twisted and evil.
"I don't give a sh*t what other people say. I play what I like and I'll pay to do it too!" - SerialMMOist
i cant take anyone seriously who says 'the best ultimate'
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I found it really hard to put down as well. I can't remember the last time I felt that way about a game.
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Originally posted by Lashley
Yeah because you never called a movie, book or music best / ultimate ever in your life which others thought were below average or even garbage.
My wife loves Crouching Tiger , hidden dragon and thinks it is ultimate, i believe it is overrated and average but i still take whatever she says seriously because it is her taste.
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Heroes are about character - not gear.
Originally posted by Lashley
Ever played with Seventh Sanctum's Sentai Team name generator?
I miss the MMORPG genre. Will a developer ever make one again?
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Originally posted by Ralof
There is lot more to both games than just one boss fight. I have no idea how one can judge entire game on basis of a boss video.
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Originally posted by Ralof
You might want to say more, because you really have said nothing. I won't watch vids just because some anon. posts it in here in some vein attempt to say "look at me, I am cool, and I am right".
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"Fear leads to Anger, Anger leads to Hate, Hate leads to Suffering" -Master Yoda
The only thing SWTOR is at this point as far as ultimate goes, is ultimate example of a mediocre mmo that fanboi's will buy just because of the star wars label on it. The players need to stick it to BW to put some actual effort into SWTOR like they normally do with their past games.
The character customization in SWTOR is a joke compared to not only every other mmo out there, but BW's own games they have done. That's just one example, but not going to go on a rant because only time will tell if BW actually reads their feedback and bug reports.
Originally posted by Zenjinx
I couldn't care less if it matters to others.
Originally posted by Supersoups
Originally posted by Lashley
Yeah because you never called a movie, book or music best / ultimate ever in your life which others thought were below average or even garbage.
My wife loves Crouching Tiger , hidden dragon and thinks it is ultimate, i believe it is overrated and average but i still take whatever she says seriously because it is her taste.
Perhaps I have. My point was, that the best ultimate in the same sentence just shows how unintelligent the TC is. It's like saying this bad not good game, makes no sense.
Originally posted by Zenjinx
Well then, surely you should take your own advice and stop trying to be the internet hard man? It's quite sad.
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Start worrying about other players in a game and dont just play
This thread is so much fun I just have to throw my thoughts on things into it.
First of I dont play WoW.. I played the first few years back in 2004-2005...
I played linage2 back in 2003-2004 before I played WoW, that is how old that game is, It was a fun pvp game though..
I have played EvE since 2006-2011 and Im still playing it....
I have tested countless MMORPG games since I got into the genre, AoC, WAR, Champions online, city of heroes, Guild wars, LOTRO and many more
I think the MAYOR PROBLEM is that you can even compare WoW to SWTOR... You cant compare WoW to EvE or Linage2, they are so diffrent there is no comparison, accept that they are Multiplayer games.. You cant compare WoW to League of legends or world of tanks, those to arnt exacly MMOs but they are total diffrent. Point Im trying to make Why do developers constantly trying to make WoW 2.0? Havent we played the Quest, zone, Raid, tank and spank Mechanics enough by now? Cant they come up with something new and thrilling?
I have personaly given up in the last few years even trying new games, because they play exacly like the old games Iv played before, it gets repetative and boring. And after a few hours you feel like you have done it all before, nothing New nothing exciting just move along... This has been reason that so many mmos have failed, They fail do keep people Interested for more then a few months. Because we have all played the mechanics so many times now we dont want to play it again. And voice overs arnt enough to change the basic mechanics of a game.
This is to all developers in the future, please make something NEW... We are tired of the same old bullshit...
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Yeh me to but i spent 56 of my 74 hrs up watching the dancing holo girls in the canteina
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With the recent reactivation of a Council for Economic and Social Development (CESD or CDES), Haiti establishes a permanent dictatorship — with elections.
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"The Haitian CESD represents a space for dialogue between the socioeconomic forces and the Haitian government,"
said the head of government while bemoaning the fact that the involvement of the citizenry has not been valued in Haiti.
The Council for Economic and Social Development was created by decree on May 17, 2005 under the interim government, said the council's president, Jerry Tardieu, who also pointed out that one of the main tasks of the CESD will be to draft a national development plan.
Note that the Council for Economic and Social Development will be headed a committee of nine members including a chair, three vice-presidents, a secretary and four members.
Sources: Radio Metropole (French) | Haiti Chery (English)


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Rolling Stone recognizes Beta Nightclub as tops in the US with Aeonchild as resident VJ
Saturday, August 3, 2013 at 12:43AM
Rolling Stone magazine is gathering some speed in it's attempt to catch up to the EDM scene that's been taking over during the last several years. With Deadmau5 donning the cover last year, Daft Punk 'gettin' lucky' with the most recent cover and almost every issue of late having some mention of Skrillex, they're headed for full EDM takeover soon enough.
Most recently they've released their top 10 list for dance clubs in the U.S. with Beta Nightclub coming up as #1. The club features an amazing Function-One sound system, top level DJs from around the globe and live visuals by Aeonchild two nights a week!
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Exclusive Interview Lena Modigh & Matt Ryalls of Animae Magazine
With the talk to Animae magazine founders and contributors, photographer Lena Modigh and art director and illustrator, Matt Ryalls about their first issue, "Part Girl, Part Boy, Part Animal".
How did Animæ zine come about?
What is the relationship with Mono. magazine here?
Have you worked with the other three contributors before?
How did you four go about this process of each creating a different medium for one theme? Was there much interaction between you guys for this?
Why did you choose the theme you did?
Tell me more about the idea of "part girl, part boy, part animal".
Why did you choose to print the zine on newspaper print?
Is there going to be a second issue? If so, how will this be constructed? Same contributors? Different theme?
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On Tuesday morning, July 13th, 2010 at around 1:30 A.M., a 1999 black
Ford F250 Super Duty pickup truck (LA license plate V300257) was
stolen from the 5700 block of Cameron Boulevard. Around that same
time this morning, a 2005 tan Ford F250 pickup truck (LA license plate
X332266) was also taken from the 6500 block of Elysian Fields Avenue.
Also this morning, around 7:30 A.M, some one attempted to steal a 2003
Ford F350 pickup truck from around City Park Avenue and Allard
Street. Over the past few months, the Third District has seen a sharp
increase in automobile thefts of the Ford F-250 and F-350 Super Duty
pickup trucks. It is recommended that owners of these vehicles
install an anti-theft alarm system or ignition disabling switch, if
their vehicle is not so equipped, in an effort to deter some of these
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» Building the Perfect Beast: How the Political Class & Their Cronies Rig the System - Big Government. Now Playing On Breitbart TV Featured Contributors The shootings at a Jewish community center in suburban Kansas City have now been officially deemed a hate crime, officials said on Monday. by Warner Todd Huston 14 Apr 2014 4 A shortage of whitefish in the Great Lakes region resulting partly from the winter deep freeze is coming at an inconvenient time for Jewish families: the Passover holiday, when demand is high because it's a key ingredient in a traditional recipe. from AP 14 Apr 2014 4 California State Senator Leland Yee, who has been charged with wire fraud and conspiring to import firearms, may be facing new charges from the federal government. by William Bigelow 14 Apr 2014 89 Arab American Institute President and Democrat strategist James Zogby has a warning for the Democrat Party.
No Thanks for the Political Class. Greece and Italy may be ungovernable, but America is ungoverned.
The president ducked out of the country for an Asian tour while the supercommittee tried to reach agreement on a plan to cut the deficit. But the Democrats refused to offer specific cuts in entitlement spending, despite a Republican agreement to modifications of the tax code that would produce billions in new revenue, most of it by withdrawing from the wealthy various opportunities to use special provisions to reduce their tax burden. This increase in tax receipts, largely from the rich, did not satisfy the Democrats' insistence on a $1 trillion increase, to come from higher tax rates on "the rich."
It might take a sharp reaction from the market to force the politicians to veer off the road to ruin on which they are taking the country. The Corruption Of Our Entire Political Class Explained In One Paragraph. Occupy Wall Street: Contempt Of Political Class.


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Szyperski: Raising ElmoWritten by Shannon Szyperski | | email@example.com
While I was pregnant and on bed rest with my second child, I recall seeing actor Benjamin Bratt on "The Ellen Degeneres Show" relaying a chance meeting on an airplane with the man behind Elmo. Bratt described him as looking like a football player and explained that the Elmo puppeteer revealed himself with the sentence, "I'm Elmo, dude." For some reason, despite giving birth prematurely just two days later, that 30 seconds of television has stayed with me for the past six years. I just couldn't help but wonder, "A big football player type? Elmo? Who is this guy?"
It turned out that this guy is Kevin Clash and the story of how he came to be Elmo was documented in last year's "Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey." Like most every other movie I've been intrigued by since having kids, I didn't get around to seeing "Being Elmo" in a timely manner after its release. However, thanks to Netflix (and an unexplained semi-fascination with who this mystery puppeteer is) I was finally able to sit down and watch it recently.
I was more than pleasantly surprised to discover that "Being Elmo" isn't just about how a kid from Baltimore made his childhood puppeteering dream come true, but is also about the parenting that allowed him to do so. Clash's parents are introduced into the equation with an anecdotal tale of destruction gone right. As Clash's interest in puppets and puppeteering ignited, he couldn't help himself from transforming the perfect-monkey-material lining of his father's coat into a prototype puppet of his own.
Although Clash was nervous to introduce his trench-coat-turned-cloth-monkey to his parents, his father responded only with the comments, "What's his name?" and "Next time, just ask." Even more acceptingly, his mother beamed with excitement for the talent that had been displayed by the otherwise seemingly mischievous act. The mutilated coat meant nothing to her when so lovingly framed by the hope it represented.
Like most parents, I sometimes struggle to keep the big picture in mind when policing my children's activities. Sinks full of water and Barbie dolls, scatterings of seemingly butchered and graffitied pieces of paper, oversized patches of missing grass or even just mounds of clothing on the bedroom floor are often representative of something much more than kids making trouble. They illustrate the digging and the testing and the inspiration that fuel childhood dreams. It takes a special kind of parent to recognize magnificence where others only see messes.
We tend to easily recognize the most common and most celebrated forms of young talent and ambition: athletics, academics, music. Yet, as parents we also have to keep our eyes open to the quieter, more subtle possibilities developing within the hearts, minds and hands of our youth. We should all follow the admirable example set by Kevin Clash's parents, George and Gladys Clash, in cultivating our children's own talents and interests. They may not be as obvious and as linear as an infatuation for the Muppets living on Sesame Street leading to a career on "Sesame Street," but it is our job to assist our children in connecting their lifelong dots, whatever they may be.
"Being Elmo" goes on to give further testimony about George and Gladys Clash's influence on not only their son, Kevin, but also on his most revered creation, the furry red monster himself. In fact, as Kevin Clash explains that Elmo's essence is that of love, it is also revealed that Elmo is, in fact, the embodiment of Kevin's parents. He points to his father's imagination and creativity and to his mother's energy and excitement for life, all rolled up into one little cute and cuddly red monster now renowned the world over.
As much as Kevin Clash has dedicated his life to bringing well-constructed pieces of material to life, he admits that there is one creation still greater, his own child. "I've created puppets ever since I was 10 years old," he says, "but there's nothing like making a human being. That's just amazing."
Shannon Szyperski and her husband, Michael, are raising three children in Sylvania. Email her at email@example.com.
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Music Review: Music meets Ellen Bryant VoigtApril 07,2014By Jim Lowe
Staff Writer
MONTPELIER What is it that makes us love new poetry and other literature yet run from contemporary classical music?
The Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble explored that question by bringing the two together in its program Poetry & Music, Friday at the Unitarian Church and the resulting symbiosis proved deeply rewarding. (The program was repeated Saturday at Burlingtons Main Street Landing.)
It didnt hurt that former Vermont Poet Laureate Ellen Bryant Voigt was the poet selected for this program by VCME Artistic Director Steven Klimowski, and that she read the poems from her new book, Headwaters, herself. Not only were Voigts poems so terribly human funny, sad and joyful richly evocative, seep yet entertaining, her simple, straightforward readings of them went straight to the heart.
Instead of setting the poems, five Vermont composers reacted to them a poem was read and the music followed. Each but one was represented by two several-minute pieces and, in this palindrome-like program, the first composer was also the last, the second also the penultimate, and so on.
Michael Close, a Worcester cellist and music educator as well as composer, was the exception. His 8-minute work came at the center, following Noble Dog. His music was among the most tonal on the program, often warm and lyrical with pastoral moments, yet it had its bursts of drama.
Andrew Massey conducted members of the VCME flutist Berta Frank, clarinetist Klimowski, violinist Letitia Quante, cellist Bonnie Thurber Klimowski and harpist Rebecca Kauffman in a tight and very effective performance. (Percussionist Nicola Cannizzaro was featured in other works.) This concert was the VCME, an ensemble of professional Vermont instrumentalists dedicated to todays music, at its best.
Massey, who conducts around the world, was also the first composer represented in the program. His first effort, after A Slight Echo, Part 1, was a light and charming mix of atonality and lyricism that required expert craftsmanship. His second, after Part 2, using the same techniques, proved hauntingly stark then warm and lyrical.
Füsun Köksal, the second composer, is a Turkish native and temporary Vermonter while teaches at Middlebury College covering for composer Peter Hamlin, on sabbatical for the year. Her first piece, after Roof, was complex, impressionist and driven; her second, after Owl, was beautifully programmatic with Franks expressive flute representing the intriguing bird.
Northfields Dennis Báthory-Kitsz, after Moles, challenged the bass clarinet and cello with witty repartee between the two in his atonal yet movie score-like romp. After Chameleon, the same two instruments were allowed to sing, gasp and cry.
Tom Cleary, best know as a jazz pianist and music director at Saint Michaels Playhouse, followed Bear with a jazz-infused piece starring the bass clarinet in the title role (joined by flute, violin and percussion). Fox was followed by delightful jazz-imbued lyricism for violin, bass clarinet and percussion.
What made this concert particularly rewarding, as well as the high quality of the poetry and the music, was that their juxtaposition made focusing on each feel more natural. They complemented rather than competed.
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The message does not seem to be getting through, so a multinational effort is on to make boaters wear life jackets AND YOU CAN HELP. It's the 'Wear Your Life Jacket to Work Day'.
Put it on and WEAR IT TO WORK! You'll look good believe me...
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency has been running a lifejacket campaign for the last four years to promote the benefits of wearing correctly fitted, well maintained lifejackets with sprayhoods and crotch straps.
On 18 May 2012 their staff will take part in an event organised by the American National Safe Boating Council, called 'Wear Your Lifejacket to Work Day'.
MCA are joining colleagues, peers and friends around the world in demonstrating how easy it is to wear a lifejacket – and so they will be wearing their lifejackets at work.
They will be also be posting photos on the 'Ready Set Wear It' Facebook wall www.Facebook.com/ReadySetWearIt
If you would like to join MCA on 18 May please wear your lifejacket to work and post your photos on the Ready Set Wear It Facebook wall.
Why you should do it:
There were 95 maritime deaths in the last five years which might have been prevented if those involved had been wearing a lifejacket or buoyancy aid. These figures were collated following the annual meeting of the internationally formed Casualty Review Panel** in March.
The panel looked at fatal maritime incidents for 2011 and, where there was sufficient information, assessed whether it was probable, possible or unlikely that the person involved could have been saved had they been wearing a lifejacket or buoyancy aid.
In 2011, the panel judged that of the incidents that they considered, it would have been appropriate for 18 people to have worn some form of buoyancy. Of these, 13 would probably or could possibly have been saved had they been wearing a lifejacket or buoyancy aid. Between 2007-11 the panel considered 120 fatalities and in 95 of these cases a life could probably or might possibly have been saved had the person involved been wearing a lifejacket or buoyancy aid.
Transferring between your vessel and the shore is particularly hazardous. Twelve people died boarding or alighting during 2011 and the risk is increased further following alcohol consumption.
Eight of these twelve had been drinking before they returned to their vessel. Transferring between a vessel and the shore is a situation where one would not normally be expected to wear a lifejacket or buoyancy aid. Further research will be undertaken regarding this issue.
**The Casualty Panel Review comprises members of RNLI, Royal Yachting Association, Marine Accident Investigation Branch, Maritime and Coastguard Agency, National Water Safety Forum, the lifejacket industry and Portsmouth University.


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By Zachary Pincus-Roth
09 Apr 2007
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/107129.htmlDebra Messing, James Naughton and Michael Cerveris are among the performers scheduled to perform at The Shakespeare Society's second annual free Shakespeare Birthday Marathon April 9 at 6:30 PM at the Kaye Playhouse.
Tom Wopat, Lee Wilkoff and Kathyrn Meisle have been added to a lineup that also includes, as of press time, Richard Kind, Philip Bosco, Michael Cumpsty, Norm Lewis, Jeremy Shamos, Peter Ackerman, Oscar Isaac, David Costabile, John Cariani and Kristine Nielsen.
The originally announced Sam Waterston and Rainn Wilson have dropped out.
The actors will perform scenes, speeches and songs from the Bard's comedies and romances such as A Winter's Tale, The Tempest and Much Ado About Nothing.
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The Kaye Playhouse is located at Hunter College on 69th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues. The event is free and open to the public. For more information visit www.shakespearesociety.org or call (212) 327-3399.


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A key question addressed by this project is how to absorb the anticipated growth in combined transport volumes in the years ahead, on a rail network shared between different types of traffic and already highly congested.
For more information, please visit the DIOMIS website


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Cameroon, country lying at the junction of western and central Africa. Its ethnically diverse population is among the most urban in western Africa. The capital is Yaoundé, located in the south-centre of the country.
The country's name is derived from Rio dos Camarões ("River of Prawns")—the name given to the Wouri River estuary by Portuguese explorers of the 15th and 16th centuries. Camarões was also used to designate the river's neighbouring mountains. Until the late 19th century, English usage confined the term "the Cameroons" to the mountains, while the estuary was called the Cameroons River or, locally, the Bay. In 1884 the Germans extended the word Kamerun to their entire protectorate, which largely corresponded to the present state.
Cameroon is triangular in shape and is bordered by Nigeria to the northwest, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, the Republic of the Congo to the southeast, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea to the south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the southwest.
Cameroon can be divided into northern, central, southern, and western geographic regions. North of the Benue (Bénoué) River, the savanna plain that occupies the country's centre declines in elevation as it approaches the Lake Chad basin. The region contains scattered inselbergs, mounds of erosion-resistant rock that rise above the plains. The Gotel Mountains of the Adamawa Plateau trend from south to north, culminating in the Mandara Mountains of the northwest.
The central region extends east from the western highlands and from the Sanaga River north to the Benue River. The land rises progressively to the north and includes the Adamawa Plateau, with elevations between 2,450 and 4,450 feet (750 and 1,350 metres).
The southern region extends from the Sanaga River to the southern border and from the coast eastward to the Central African Republic and the Republic of the Congo. It consists of coastal plains that are about 25 miles (40 km) wide and a densely forested plateau with an average elevation of a little more than 2,000 feet (600 metres).
The western region extends north and west from the Sanaga River and continues north along the Nigerian border as far as the Benue River. The relief is mostly mountainous, the result of a volcanic rift that extends northward from the island of Bioko. Near the coast, the active volcanic Mount Cameroon rises to the highest elevation in western Africa—13,435 feet (4,095 metres).
The rivers of Cameroon form four large drainage systems. In the south the Sanaga, Wouri, Nyong, and Ntem rivers drain into the Atlantic Ocean. The Benue River and its tributary, the Kébi, flow into the Niger River basin of Nigeria. The Logone and Chari rivers—which form part of the eastern border with Chad—drain into Lake Chad, whereas the Dja River joins the Sangha River and flows into the Congo River basin.
The soils of Cameroon may be roughly divided into three groups. The first soil group, developed primarily in the higher-precipitation south and south-centre, is composed of soils with strong physical makeup but weaker chemical properties. With good depth, high permeability, and stable structure, these soils are less prone to erosion. They rely on the input of organic matter to replenish nutrient levels; interruption of this cycle leads to swift depletion and decrease in fertility.
The second soil group is present mainly in the lower-precipitation northern regions. Weathering by water is not as significant a problem for that soil group as mechanical weathering. A lower iron content dictates the soils' colouring, which ranges from gray to brown. Though more fertile than their counterparts in the south, these soils are susceptible to nutrient imbalances that can impede productivity.
The third soil group is a general gathering of a number of young soils, including andosols, which are developed from volcanic ash and other matter, and the dark, clay-laden vertisols. Incidence of these soils varies by region.
Lying wholly within the tropics, the country is hot throughout the year; mean annual temperatures range between the low 70s and low 80s F (within the 20s C), although they are lower in areas of high elevation.
The incidence of precipitation depends largely on the seasonal movements of two contrasting air masses. The first is a dry continental tropical air mass, which originates over the Sahara and is associated with hot, dusty weather. The second is a warm and humid maritime tropical air mass that originates over the Atlantic and brings rain-bearing winds. Precipitation decreases from south to north. Along the coast, the rainy season lasts from April to November, and the relatively dry season lasts from December to March; a transition period from March to April is marked by violent winds. The mean annual precipitation level of more than 100 inches (2,500 mm) occurs in about 150 days. In the central plateau region, precipitation decreases to about 60 inches (1,500 mm). There are four seasons—a light rainy season from May to June, a short dry season from July to October, a heavy rainy season from October to November, and a long dry season from December to May. The north, however, has a dry season only from October to May and an average annual precipitation level of about 30 inches (750 mm). The wettest part of the country lies in the western highlands. Debundscha Point on Mount Cameroon has a mean annual precipitation level of more than 400 inches (10,000 mm)—an average rarely attained elsewhere in the world—most of which falls from May to October.
1Thirty seats are appointed by the president and 70 seats are indirectly elected; the Senate was provided for under the constitutional revision of 1996 but was not formed until 2013.
|Official name
|République du Cameroun (French); Republic of Cameroon (English)
|Form of government
|unitary multiparty republic with two legislative houses (Senate [100]1; National Assembly [180])
|Head of state
|President: Paul Biya
|Head of government
|Prime Minister: Philémon Yang
|Official languages
|French; English
|Official religion
|Monetary unit
|CFA franc (CFAF)
|(2014 est.) 21,698,000
|Total area (sq mi)
|Total area (sq km)
|Urban-rural population
|Urban: (2010) 52%
Rural: (2010) 48%
|Life expectancy at birth
|Male: (2006) 51.7 years
Female: (2006) 53 years
|Literacy: percentage of population age 15 and over literate
|Male: (2007) 78.9%
Female: (2007) 63%
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