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Travel: Buddha-Ful Find; Presenter Stuart Cosgrove Discovers the Joys of Still-Unspoiled Sri Lanka
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The tropical island of Sri Lanka is romantically called the teardrop of India.
It sits alone - shaped like a tear - off the south west face of India and boasts beauty you can only dream of. There's endless sun-drenched beaches, wandering coastlines and ancient cities which host some of the world's greatest Buddhist monuments.
If you want to lie on the beach with a cocktail, then Sri Lanka can easily compete with the Caribbean. But if you prefer to sample culture, climbing the steps of the ancient Isurumuniya Rock Temple to the Reclining Buddha at Anuradhapura will give you a flavour of the spirituality of the country.
Some guide books compare Sri Lanka to a tropical Ireland - an island rich in myth and history but ravaged by civil war, as the northern Tamil separatists are on a collision course with the Sinhalese. But I feel Sri Lanka has more links to Scotland than Ireland.
The stunning capital Colombo boasts the famous Galle Face Green, a spectacular waterfront. Guarding the southern edge of the green is the magisterial Galle Face Hotel, an old colonial watering hole which has housed kings and presidents from the four corners of the world. It's slightly shabby now but ordering a cold daiquiri on the terrace bar is the closest most of us will ever get to being an old world toff.
My favourite places in Colombo are off the beaten track. The first stop is across the busy Galle Road, where the St Andrews Scots Kirk sits amidst the towering hotels. The Kirk is one of several major monuments to Scotland which have survived since colonial times. The caretaker still loyally paints the outside fence and polishes the Saltire flags inlaid in the old Kirk gates.
A hundred yards down the road is the entrance to the private Colombo Swimming Club. As you enter the door there is a tribute to Sri Lanka's greatest Olympic Champion - Scottish swimmer David Wilkie - who was born in Colombo and learned to swim at the club.
Just south of Galle Face is a cluster of small beach streets inspired by Scotland - Buchanan Street, St Kilda Street and Hampden Lane are all lovingly recorded by Sinhalese signwriters.
In the 19th century, Scots flocked to Ceylon to cultivate tea. Andrew Lipton - whose Glasgow-based company made tea Britain's most popular brew - was one of a generation of Scots who built the tea trade. As their wealth grew, the merchants built impressive plantations and had whole areas of the country named after them. …


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A still skittish Wall Street closed modestly lower Thursday, having clawed its way back from an early-session plunge after upbeat manufacturing data allayed fears about a flagging U.S. economy.
The Dow Jones industrials ended 34 points lower after tumbling 209 points in early trading and then briefly reaching positive territory in the afternoon.
Investors, relieved that manufacturing is still expanding, bought some of the stocks pummeled in Tuesday's drop, which sliced 416 points off the Dow.
The blue chip index is now down about 400 points, or 3.2 percent, from its closing level Monday, having rebounded halfheartedly Wednesday on calming words about the economy from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke.
"The aftermath of Tuesday's major sell-off will linger for the next couple of days. I don't think we're totally out of the woods yet," said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at New York-based brokerage house Avalon Partners Inc.
Stocks plunged Tuesday amid escalating worries that the U.S. and Chinese economies are slowing, exacerbated by a huge decline in Chinese stocks and comments from former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan that a U.S. recession is still a possibility. A day later, they managed an anemic recovery as Bernanke predicted the U.S. economy would continue to grow moderately.
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The 43-year-old former Scotland international believes his relegation-battling side can go to Old Trafford with no pressure, and has praised the reign of Sir Alex FergusonAston Villa manager Paul Lambert has urged his players to enjoy their match against Manchester United on Monday night, who need a single win to be crowned Premier League champions.
Manchester City's loss against Tottenham on Sunday means United can claim the title should they beat the relegation-battling Villans at Old Trafford.
But while the Red Devils will be eager to secure the title, Lambert believes his side should not fear the champions elect, and has backed his side to spoil the party.
"I've got no worries about going there," Lambert told reporters. "It's going to be a fantastic place to play football, against the champions elect.
|Aston Villa are 28/1 with bet365 to beat Manchester United 1-0
"It's a game no-one expects us to get anything from but we're certainly a goal threat."
The former Champions League winner also went on to praise fellow country man and United boss Sir Alex Ferguson, who is edging closer to his 13th Premier League title.
"You'd love to know how he's done it," Lambert continued. "Starting out at East Stirlingshire, St Mirren, Aberdeen where he did a fantastic job and then Manchester United. He had a hard time at United to start with but the rest is history.
"What he's done is nothing short of remarkable. I know him pretty well. I used to go and watch Manchester United training when I was out of work.
"I don't think there's a better manager. I don't think that'll we'll see another manager stay at one club for 27 years. Who's going to do that? He's surpassed anything anyone could do."
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Paradise Found: Tastes of Hawaii and Caribbean now on the Menu
Exotic cocktails will pair like a tropical daydream with fresh new tastes from more than one island paradise at the 16th Epcot International Food & Wine Festival Sept. 30-Nov. 13, 2011, at Walt Disney World Resort. The one-of-a-kind 45-day festival serves up international cuisine, culture and entertainment from six continents, with more than 25 international marketplaces featuring tapas-sized portions paired with beer, wine and inventive new cocktails.
Marketplace tasting menus offer variety and adventure for guests on a mission to tantalize their taste buds during a scenic stroll around the 40-acre World Showcase Lagoon. The adventure can take them to the festivals first Hawaii marketplace, which will cook up Kalua pork sliders and tuna poke with seaweed salad and lotus root chips to team with a refreshing Seven Tiki Mai Tai or a Kona Longboard or Pipeline beer. A new Caribbean Islands marketplace will serve ropa vieja with rice and jerk-spiced chicken with mango salsa. A beverage menu featuring a frozen Dragon Berry Colada and frozen Rock Coconut Mojito is sure to conjure steel-drum fantasies.
With a swing across the Atlantic, guests will be transported to the new Portugal marketplace, where the Portugal Wine Bar will offer best sips to pair with calamari salad with olives and smoked paprika. The Scandinavia marketplace will return after a hiatus with a fresh new Xante Sunshine cocktail made from Xante pear and cognac liquer. And the Canada marketplace will introduce a sweet treat: apple ice wine.
Disney and celebrity chefs will team with winemakers and brew masters from around the world to get the party started Sept. 30. During the six-week festival, guests will discover:
Three new tasting marketplaces Hawaii, Caribbean Islands and Portugal plus new menu offerings at popular returning marketplaces
- Celebrity chef appearances starring top culinarians like Jeff Henderson, Cat Cora, Alan Wong, Gale Gand, Suvir Saran, Jamie Deen, Rock Harper, Celina Tio, Robert Irvine, Andrew Zimmern, Buddy Valastro, Warren Brown, Art Smith, Keegan Gerhard and more.
- First-ever HGTV home entertaining seminars each Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
- The Cranberry Bog display by Craisins telling the story behind the venerable cranberrys rich agricultural heritage.
- Daily wine seminars, bottle signings, author events and culinary demonstrations at the Festival Welcome Center.
- Eat to the Beat! concerts three times nightly at America Gardens Theatre.
- New Sips, Fresh Bites
Festival guests can make a day of circumnavigating the World Showcase Promenade, grazing and sipping as they go. Tapas-sized portions of regional specialties run $3 to $8 each, and recommended wines, cocktails and beers make perfect pairings at each marketplace. For quicker marketplace visits, guests can purchase a festival-themed mini-Disney Gift Card that can be worn on a wristband and loaded and reloaded at several park locations.
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Why Isn't America Watching NBC's Kings?
The thing about working in Hollywood is that at some point you really get tired of hearing how godless you are, and how if you and the rest of the heathens in Tinseltown would put more God-centric shows on TV, people wouldn't be abandoning prime time in favor of their Bible study classes.
If that's true, then why isn't NBC's Kings the biggest show in the history of humanity?
If you haven't been watching Kings — and you haven't 'cause it's been averaging less than 4 million viewers a week — it's this alt-world royalty/palace intrigue allegory set in the mythical near-future Kingdom of Gilboa. Kings stars the great Ian McShane who would be worth the price of admission even if you actually had to pay to see him.
But forget for a sec the great acting, the wonderfully rendered CGIed New York capital of Shiloh, the intrigue... Here's the disconnect I can't connect with: Kings is "a contemporary re-telling of the timeless tale of David and Goliath," according to the official NBC press release and the $10 million pilot episode that revolves around a character named David who single-handedly takes out an enemy tank called a Goliath. Yes, a Goliath.
The other thing about Kings is that it ain't subtle, so you gotta roll with it. And the show was developed by a major insurance company that wanted to put some dollars into a program that dealt with moral responsibility. So beyond the Biblical allegories, the plot lines of the show tend to deal with the basic notion of doing the right thing.
The Bible, God, morality...
And yet, yet the "why-don't-you-program-for-us" American public doesn't seem to care.
Their loss.
I will freely admit that I tuned into the premiere of Kings because the marketing made it look so goofy it was like being invited to watch a train wreck happen.
Only it wasn't a wreck. It was like an old-school streamliner speeding gloriously down the tracks.
And like a streamliner, unfortunately Kings' days are probably numbered. It's already been moved from its original place-of-dying spot on Sunday nights to its new Saturday night graveyard. Catch it there while it lasts, or better yet go check it out at your convenience at Hulu.com.
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Skip to comments.Its the End of the World as We Know it
Posted on 09/22/2012 11:38:07 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
For those of you whove been living under a mainstream media rock the past ten years, then the following sentences are simply the chorus to a song by the famous rock band R.E.M.
Its the end of the world as we know it. Its the end of the world as we know it. Its the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine.
But to those of us with an apocalyptic bent, the chorus to that song takes the form of an acronym. TEOTWAWKI.
And we refer to the acronym on a daily basis, because we truly believe our society is about to crash and burn in the mother of all flame-outs. In fact, most of us are so faithful, we stockpile food, ammo, have alternate potable water sources, nonhybrid seeds, tools, building supplies, force multipliers, and even grow our own food. We must be lunatics in the order of Noah.
Quite frankly, if TEOTWAWKI happens, then I wont feel fine. Ill be fine, because Im prepared. But I wont feel fine. Well, hold it. Wait a minute. Maybe I will feel fine. Think about it this way; A world without an overbearing federal government. No taxes. No building permits. No ATF. Hunting season year round!
Okay, okay, so thats the silver lining to the cloud. The cloud being total anarchy in a very, very dangerous world. This year I published the first novel in a four-book series titled The God Virus. Its about an attack on the power grid bringing about a thousand-year-night and TEOTWAWKI. Next month Ill be publishing the second novel called The Shadow Militia.
One thing I quickly realized while writing The God Virus was only the tough and the prepared would survive. My family and I have been preparing for over three years now and we enjoy it. Its a self sufficient way of life hearkening back two hundred years which carries its own reward. Not only does it lower our grocery bill, but it also brings family members closer together. It teaches character, because everyone has to work and pull their own weight. We either grow the food we eat, or we kill it ourselves. Then everyone has to pull together to process the food. Today I canned potatoes. Yesterday I canned pumpkin. On Saturday my six-year-old son and I will shoot a deer. Its a way of life that bonds us together in a broken and twisted society that seeks to tear the family apart.
So, maybe from that perspective, I will be fine. But the question remains What will happen to you and the ones you love? Thats the focus of this article. Im writing to those of you who have yet to start preparing for the end of the world as we know it. TEOTWAWKI is coming. If the present course of human events is not altered, societal collapse is inevitable.
Those of us religiously preparing for societal collapse have a name. We are called preppers. And perhaps the most famous of all preppers in human history was a man named Noah. You all know the story. God came to Noah and said, Hey, Noah! The people in this world really suck! In fact, they suck so bad Im gonna have to put em down! Noah listened with great interest, because he was righteous in Gods eyes and he did not suck. So build a big boat. I know what yer thinkin, Noah, you live in the desert. But thats okay, cuz Im gonna turn the whole place into freakin lakefront real quick. And trust me on this one, property values will not go up! Ill fax ya down the blueprints and you get goin!
So what did Noah do? He was obedient to God. He built a boat. (Some might call it a BOB, spelled Bug Out Boat.) Per Gods orders, he horded all kinds of food and supplies. Let me paraphrase the list from the good book. He collected lots of animals. Seven pairs of every clean animal, a male and its mate, and one pair of the dirty ones, a male and its mate. Not to mention seven pairs of every kind of bird, male and female. He ordered ammo by the case, bought night vision goggles with extra batteries, solar panels, flak jackets, antibiotics, extra canning jars, lids and rings. Oh, wait. Im reading from the wrong book now. That last sentence came from the book titled How to Survive the End of the World as we Know It by James Wesley Rawles. Its like the preppers Bible, and you should buy that before doing anything else.
So Noah did everything God told him to do, and he was saved from annihilation. He was the first prepper, and the example I follow today.
Have any of you noticed some similarities in the society just before the flood and the society we have today? I do, and thats why I prepare. I dont believe God will tarry with us a whole heck of a lot longer. Because as a society, we are really starting to suck.
If youre interested in becoming more self sufficient, I recommend you join the American Preppers Network. It will launch you on your way to surviving the end of the world as we know it, so that you too, can feel fine.
My grandparents on both sides, in Arkansas, were preppers or they had no food in the winter/spring. There were no scoffers then as everyone stored or went hungry in the winter and spring before the new crops were ready.
So, when did scoffers start? Wasn't during my parent's times because we still canned - everyone did. They wouldn't have known what "prepper" meant.
When gardens were abandoned for plentiful grocery store food, canning stopped for the most part and people didn't store as before because the grocery store had it.
So, dumping on preppers as nut cases is a relatively new behavior. It's like, "I have nothing stored because the grocery down the road has it, so you must be nuts to waste your time to store items anyone can get anytime.
That is what sets preppers apart from scoffers - we see dangers on all sides that could take us back to the 1800s, where storing meant life or death.
We have life insurance not on a piece of paper as it is from Prudential or other life insurance company. Our life insurance is visible - there it is, I can see it, I know it is there. People who don't have physical life insurance that can be seen, are the nutty ones - not us.
If we are one day banned from employment or commerce for being "bigoted" and refusing to "belong" to the government, maybe the only way to survive would be to hunt and grow our own food.
I was thinking that Sitka Alaska might be a good place to head after the Obama re-election. The climate is somewhat mild and people can fish and hunt for food.
It the location on the pan handle of Alaska would probably be away from the radioactive winds.
Do you feel fine?
Y2K is what made it the object of scorn. We as a nation prepared, worked to prevent any failures from occurring, and none occurred. Rather than being grateful and seeing the widsom of preparation, the scoffers saw it all as a waste of time because nothing noteworthy happened.
It's been tinfoilt time ever since.
We really have gotten soft as a society. Even the heat doesn't affect us. I slept every hot night this past summer with a heavy blanket on because my wife had the central AC cranked.
I do wonder what would happen if everything was to come crashing down and we truly had a TEOTWAWKI experience. Many postulate that the vast majority of us would assume the fetal position and die a horrible death but I'm not so sure. I think that human beings are very adaptable and by and large, the majority of us will "toughen up" and survive - although without the luxuries we have come to take for granted.
Yes, no doubt millions of us will die, especially those of us who have been extending our lives on modern medicine, such as insulin and blood pressure pills. In addition to prepping, I would suggest that those who are on a steady diet of prescription drugs work with their doctor to get off the prescriptions - maybe adopt a natural diet and exercise more, etc.
It also woke some people up who weren't dense in the head.
Fifty percent of the population has an IQ of 90-110. The lower the IQ, the less people worry because they can't make a connection from one happening affecting another happening. IQs from 90 down will never get it. IQ 105-108-109, can reason enough, 110 up have excellent reasoning power to identify problems and see the world as it really is unless they refuse to, due to some societal conditioning that keeps them from moving forward, keeps them stuck where they are.
The smarter a person is, the more problems they can identify and think through to change the outcome for themselves. Preppers tend to be smarter than those who can't identify problems. So, using a non-scientific, non-psychological term, dumb people are happier than smart people.
It was part of my job when I was a professional counselor, that I oversaw the classrooms for the mentally retarded (intellectually challenged or whatever now). The Down's Syndrome children (IQ 20-40s), were always happy if they had water, food and a bed. Their world was right there and they were happy. They couldn't comprehend/reason, so they couldn't identify a problem.
So, the smarter you are, the more problems you can identify. Preppers try to manage the severity of these problems so they won't be devastating to the family if conditions occur to bring living problems about.
One more comment. In psychology, we can say a group of like people tend to do "x". HOWEVER, we cannot predict what an individual person will do. Individuality is just that, individual and every person is an individual.
1. Reasoning power is worthless when the framework of logic is based on faulty premises. (Accepting faulty premises runs rampant among academic elites.)
2. When I'm told that refusing to agree with an opinion (one which is not self evident) categorizes an individual as "dumb," I become very skeptical of the whole thing.
3. I prefer to ask myself the question: what would motivate an agenda to influence widespread expectation of societal collapse?
If you are saying preppers want to influence others to expect societal collapse, a look at prepper threads and prepper websites indicate they are centered around preppers talking to preppers. If non-preppers post, then they would talk to them.
I have family members who do not prep at all and that is their choice so I don't bring it up.
I don't know of an agenda to bring prepping to the attention of every person in the country - oh, yes I do. FEMA encourages everyone to prepare for an emergency and has a lot of information on their website as to how to do that, so I suppose that would be "an agenda to influence widespread expectation of societal collapse". They cover a number of emergencies and some of those might bring about "societal collapse" for a time.
Here's a simple way to analyze this.
1. Who wants societal collapse? Answer: the Marxists.
2. What is a good way to set the stage so that societal collapse can be perpetrated? Answer: get people to think it's supposed to happen.
Natural disasters happen and Hussein doesn't cause those. Hurricanes come here and I'm prepared for that. There are earthquakes and fires that Hussein doesn't cause.
The economy is almost dead, and yes, Hussein is helping that along. My preps will take care of me if that happens. So, I think that will be Hussein's method of bringing chaos to the whole country.
Just remember one thing:
Societal collapse is not supposed to happen.
>>>I was thinking that Sitka Alaska might be a good place to head after the Obama re-election. The climate is somewhat mild and people can fish and hunt for food.
It the location on the pan handle of Alaska would probably be away from the radioactive winds.>>>
I've been here about 25 years, including a stint just south of Sitka in Ketchikan. Just a few common sense tips about living here:
The climate looks mild on a National Weather Service graph. In actuality, it is freaking brutal, with hurricane-force winds coming up during any month of the year, and rain that you would not believe until you experience it yourself. One night in Ketchikan it rained 11 inches, which was like standing in a old-fashioned shower at full pressure for hours on end. You'll also need a boat to fish with, and not just a canoe; the ocean, even in protected areas, can be both rough and deadly. Your equipment needs here are far more rigorous than anyplace I've lived in the Lower 48. And Southeast, despite the theoretically balminess, is actually one of the worst places in the state to grow food (that is, among the places that can grow food). Where I live now, in the Interior, we can get a fairly large load of veggies for the winter; storage is our problem. Down there in Southeast, it takes twice as long to grow things because of the clouds and cool weather. (Not to mention slugs, root maggots, deer, and general moldy rot.)
In any case, it is tough up here. We try to be prepared, but the truth is that any global cataclysm... hell, any national cataclysm... could send us back not 200 years, but 2,000 years. I've actually thought about it. We could probably survive one winter, but I'd have to find a way to hoof the 300 or so miles to the road within a year or face real starvation or worse. In addition, there's simply not a hell of a lot game up here - at least not like the herds of whitetail deer I've seen back East. A season of guys shooting whatever moves, just with the current state population, will make the moose and caribou go extinct. (Just go online and look at the numbers - it isn't encouraging for feeding everyone everywhere.)
So good luck and God speed - but there really aren't anyplaces left that are "safe."
F*** no.
We really have been living the soft life for a very long time here in America.
"Going to war" means getting on a boat and digging foxholes in somebody else's back yard. "Stocking up on food" means dragging a second cart around the supermarket. (Hell, most folks I know wouldn't have the least clue how to kill or prepare meat that didn't come in a foam tray.)
We have safe water, reliable electricity, dependable communications and tons of entertainment options. This is as good as it gets, folks!
And all of it is a house of cards. Nothing is reliable. Things could change in a matter of minutes to make everything a nightmare.
Prepping for every possible problem that could arise is impossible, not to mention ridiculously expensive. But doesn't it make sense to have a few days extra food on the shelf? Keep a change of clothes in the trunk of your car?
Well then, you've already started prepping! Keep it up!
"Fifty percent of the population has an IQ of 90-110. The lower the IQ, the less people worry because they can't make a connection from one happening affecting another happening. IQs from 90 down will never get it. IQ 105-108-109, can reason enough, 110 up have excellent reasoning power to identify problems"
I didn't realize those numbers. I'll have to quote them to my mother who doesn't understand why I don't have a social life. I don't consider a social life smiling and listening to morons talk. Nearly everyone in my family qualifies for Mensa. I joined a book club once. They were no doubt relieved I only attended once. The book hit the circular file. I'm a prepper because those who don't learn from history are bound to repeat it, and it's common sense. But then I'm over 50 and remember asking what my grandmother's root cellar was and why she had it. One of the reasons I like FR is because there are intelligent, conservatives to share with.
Sent PM.
All this late summer I was buying several cans of the one gallon sized Augason Farms dehydrated foods from Walmart.
I mean I would buy on average two cans every other day, I usually did this as I was in the store at 6am every morning to pick up my lunch and juice for the day, and after awhile some employees would start asking me how many I had, one person who rides the floor scrubbing machine I swear would go out of his way to zoom in on me every time just to chat.
And then it was the checkout people, and then people in the checkout line, all asking if the stuff tasted good.
But I could just not shake off the feeling every one never prepped and was trying to establish some sort of comradely just in case, so they knew where to go to mooch for food.
So my count is over 100 cans, but now I just grab on at a time on the most random schedule, call me paranoid, but don't call me when you think I have to "Redistribute" my food stock.
Could be a nice place, up further north where I am they are getting tons and tons of Japanese debris on the beaches, most of our weather comes from Japan actually.
Funny now that I think about it...we just had like three major storms back to back flooding most of south central Alask, it was quite bad in some places, never this much rain in a short period of time, oh and we never had a decent summer, too cool.
Wouldn't you be pretty much downwind of the gobs and gobs of fallout coming from the Chinese and Siberian missile fields? You're in that latitude, more or less ....
As redpoll was saying, that far north, you'd want to be in at least a local rainshadow, like the one on the east coast of the Olympic Peninsula -- like he said, damp mold veddy veddy bad for respiration, food, you name it.
You'd want instead a moderate climate somewhere between 35 o and 40 o latitude -- or SOUTH latitude. As in, a sheltered valley in the Chilean Andes or Patagonia with clean water and no unfriendly natives (a tough go in Argentina, google up our friend Ferfal, who now lives in Northern Ireland -- for safety).
If they'd let you keep your weapons (probably not), SW Australia, somewhere on the south shore facing the Archipelago of the Recherche (said he, having researched met atlases ages ago), might be a place to look. Or Tasmania, which is mostly horse country, but I think they grow truck there too.
Of course, they're probably both ass-deep in funnel-webs, and the waters full of blue-rings (they have them over in Victoria at the same latitude) and big hammerheads and great whites cruising offshore and coming up in the surf when they smell Drakkar Noir.
So inquire locally. Fire, as you know, is a big bush hazard in the southeast -- who knows about the southwest?
Some Russian and Danish astrophysicists and climatologists who have been busy debunking Michael Mann's "hockey stick" twaddle, think recent solar activity (lack of sunspot activity) bespeaks a slight reduction of solar output that might put us, they think, back in a cooling episode similar to the Dalton Minimum in the mid-18th century, when (until the early 20th century), canals in Holland and big glacial lakes in northern England froze over solidly for months every winter. (They don't any more.) In 1703 there was a legendary storm that chased Good Queen Anne into the basement of St. James's Palace (at the insistence of her faithful staff) and destroyed hundreds of ships in the English Channel. There were several years that featured summers similar to the infamous summer of (I think it was) 1962, when, the English said dourly, "Summer was on Tuesday." Crops failed, people went hungry, animals went to the knackers.
That all said, significant global cooling would mean famine as crops fail (like Greenland in the 1300's); in the Wisconsinian glacial epoch, the Mato Grosso was a savannah like the Serengeti today, without much rainfall.
Before the gradual cooling that commenced 4500 years ago (the end of the Climatic Optimum), there was no Arctic tundra, and the taiga grew to the (ice-free) water's edge of the (ice-free) Arctic Ocean, and broad rivers watered the Sahara and Arabia Felix (the "land of milk and honey").
Global warming equals higher precip equals food in plenty; global cooling equals global desiccation equals starvation. But people don't know that yet.
Maybe you should read up on Agenda 21.
Personally I think that we have a Global elite, and they are unhappy about all these useless food gobblers taking their pristine environment away from the rightful owners. Themselves of course.
Your statement is typical of smarter people. They tend to select their friends according to their intellect (people who can understand what the they are saying), and don't want to waste their time in frivolous talk that means nothing. As a result, they tend to have less friends than those of lesser intelligence. And, less friends means less social life.
If your IQ is high enough to be in the upper 2% of the population, and Mensa indicates you are, that means 98 out of 100 people is less intelligent than you. That limits your field of smart people to chose from for meaningful conversation.
I've often said I have a character flaw because I have few friends and don't want an active social life because it wastes my time. Every time the opportunity presents itself, I don't do it. That is the same thing you did with the book club - you quit that.
"Im a prepper because those who dont learn from history are bound to repeat it..."
That is exactly why I prep. History says chaos will happen - nothing is static, change always happens and sometimes it is for the better and sometimes it's for the worse. It is for that "worse" that preppers prep.
I would say that high intelligence is difficult to manage because such a person doesn't "fit" comfortably with the majority of people.
The husband of my sister-in-law is a genius and he says people he knows have called him "weird". He is because he doesn't fit.
Thanks for your post.
In TEOTWAWKI, what would you heat the water with to un-dehydrate all that food?
(Go tell all the moochers to stick it.)
There will be some moochers here in Alaska no doubt but for the most part we have plenty of trees for firewood.
I appreciate your reply and understanding. I generally try to smile, be nice and compassionate. My older sister is generally just a short tempered, nasty biotch to people because she can't suffer the less intelligent. It gets really old trying to make small talk, and make a joke or innuendo no one gets. And then, yes, people think I'm weird and don't understand me. My ex-husband had a genius IQ, my daughter is near genius. Thankfully, she is patient, kind and tries to get along with everyone. The really important things though are that she has common sense and wisdom.
Working in a teaching hospital, I couldn't believe the number of doctors that were supposedly the best and brightest that had no common sense. The top student of my nursing class tried to ambulate a double amputee. I'll take common sense over brains any day. The two should go hand in hand, but they don't. That hits the core of why to prep. Some of us figured out, that gee, if the truck can't get through because of snow, flooding, etc, (never mind the apocalypse) it might be a good idea to have stuff on hand because the sheeple will be clearing out the stores.
When we entered the first Gulf War, I said to my dad that it might be a good idea to have some extra food on hand. He cocked his head and thought about it as I pointed out that ration cards were issued in WWII, and who knew where the war would lead. I was bowled over he actually took my advice. Maybe growing up next to farm country with the idea of storing food for the long winter gives one a different perspective. It's just hard to understand how we got away from that idea in such a short time. How many storms, hurricanes, floods, etc. do we have to go through before people wake up? I guess we have to say "Zombies" to get their attention.
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Lots of interesting things to see and do in Eisenach, but I especially liked your tips on Automobile Welt Eisenach and the background info on Audi!
Michael, excellent new page. Unfortunately I only came through Eisenach by train, but I know that the region is well worth a visit. I especially like your photos of the cars and the tips about the car museums as well as your off the beaten path tips.
Thorough and useful page! I saw only the Schloss (outside) because we arrived to Eisenach too late and the site was already closed. Dream to revisit it and the city.
What a cute narrow house! Very interesting destination indeed.
Luther, Bach, a castle and many beautiful old buildings. Sounds to be a great place to visit!
You've got me Michael! What a combination of marvellous old buildings, history and car museums. If ever we find ourselves in Germany, this will be on our "to visit" list.
I love your lead picture on this page! The Wartburg with the Elisabeth-Kemenate as the sky! I've been to Eisenach several times on business (and saw a fine opera performance at the Thüringer Landestheater), but I've never made it up to the Wartburg (yet).
Gadem should add "Globetrotts Nachspeise" (Coffee and Pastry) to their dishes in memory of the top of a million VT-ers who was visiting them.
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(Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (GA) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) April 21--A strong start to the home-selling season -- March in particular -- has Columbus-area real estate professionals hopeful the momentum will continue through the summer.
The optimism follows a 2013 in which local home sales rose 7 percent from 2012, according to Multiple Listing Service data. There were 2,893 houses bought and sold last year, up from 2,703 the year before.
Columbus, Harris County and the Smiths Station area of Lee County all pushed higher on the sales front, with Phenix City holding its ground and the Fort Mitchell area of Russell County -- near Fort Benning's "back gate" entrance -- experiencing its first decline since just before the military build-up in 2011.
"We're moving in the right direction. We're seeing a noticeable increase and everybody's got a pretty good mood," Howard Jefferson, an agent with Columbus-based Coldwell Banker/Kennon, Parker, Duncan & Davis, said of the overall housing market's first quarter of 2014.
The fast start to the season in March has been off the charts, literally, for Waddell Realty in Columbus, said Reynolds Bickerstaff, a Realtor and managing partner with the company.
"I can't remember the last time we had as many transactions as we did," he said. "We filled up all four of our sales boards. We had people writing on the edge. I told them to just start writing the sales on the wall. We'd just paint over it later." Bickerstaff said the rise in sales thus far has been driven by local buyers "tired of waiting" for the perfect market to materialize, while at the same time home inventories -- new and existing units available for sale -- have been decreasing.
"There are less homes to choose from now and those sellers are pricing them at a very realistic level, at or below the current market level," he said. "That encourages buyers to make a solid offer, and to make an offer in a short amount of time." Home inventories are dwindling A 2013 market study using MLS data and completed by Ed Grifenhagen, associate broker and director of sales and development with the Columbus Coldwell Banker office, found that home inventories have declined three years in a row.
In early 2010, less than a year after economists declared the Great Recession's officially over, there was a 12-month supply of new and existing homes locally waiting to be purchased. That also was during the final push for relocating the U.S. Army Armor School from Fort Knox, Ky., to Fort Benning as part of the federal Base Realignment and Closure, or BRAC, process.
Local home inventories averaged a supply of 9.85 months in January 2013 and slipped to 8.5 months in January of this year, setting up a scenario in which home prices may begin to rise appreciably in the coming months.
"As supply goes down, prices tend to normalize and go back up," said Grifenhagen, pointing out a "balanced market" -- which favors neither a buyer or seller -- is a home supply of six months. The severe recession created a distinct buyer's market.
"If you had to use those terms, we're still in a bit of a buyer's market, although interest rates are still crazy low," he said. "So there are opportunities as a seller and a buyer." The average 30-year home mortgage rate is now at 4.27 percent, while a 15-year loan is 3.33 percent, according to the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., also known as Freddie Mac. That 30-year rate is about a percentage point off historic lows a year ago.
Georgia prices rising, those in Alabama dipping Grifenhagen's market study also shows the average price for homes sold on both sides of the Chattahoochee River. In the Georgia counties of Muscogee, Harris, Chattahoochee, Marion and Talbot, the 2013 average was $161,332, up slightly from 2012.
Interestingly, the average sale price in the local Georgia counties peaked at $180,570 in 2007 as the recession was approaching. The price bottomed out at $152,854 in 2011, a tumble of just over 15 percent, before rebounding 5.5 percent over the last two years.
On the Alabama side of the local market, in Lee and Russell counties, the opposite appears to have been the case. The average sale price climbed to a peak of $156,506 in 2011 -- the BRAC completion deadline was that September -- but has dipped 6.3 percent since then to $146,757 last year.
Grifenhagen and others say early sales trends in 2014 indicate local home prices likely will see some appreciation, with declining inventories a factor putting pressure on buyers to make a decision on the home of their dreams.
"We're starting to see multiple offers on some houses," he said. "I bet the last time we saw that was in 2006 or 2007. If you've got two or three people wanting to buy the same house, that for sure is a sign" the market is heating up.
'Pent-up demand' part of fast start In the category of new-home construction, Grifenhagen's study found that unit construction fell roughly 25 percent from 2012 to 2013 on the Alabama side of the market, while it rose about 8 percent on the Georgia side.
Fueling much of the new-home construction in the local area was Columbus-based Grayhawk Homes, which is off to a "record" start this year, with the company writing 36 contracts in the month of March alone, said Grayhawk President Dave Erickson. He has been building houses two decades.
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"So far it's been a great year coming out of the gate," he said. "If we continue to have a strong April and May, it's almost certainly going to be a very strong year." Multiple offers and closing costs A solid year is also what those at Keller Williams Realty River Cities in Columbus are expecting, said Skip Henderson, the company's team leader and chief executive officer.
"The first three months of this year have been good," he said. "We're seeing properties that we list, many of them are getting offers in the first few days, some of them are multiple-offer situations." That's just one of the signs that indicate a transition from a pure buyer's market to a more balanced one is occurring, Henderson said. In the last few years, it was much easier to get a seller to pay most, if not all, of the closing costs for processing a mortgage loan. In some instances this year, that has not been the case, with some homes also being sold above their listed prices. Again, that hasn't happened with regularity since the 2006 and 2007 housing market boom.
Henderson said a healthier market likely will put pressure on those prospective homebuyers that have been sitting and waiting on a bottom-dollar deal.
"If they wait too long, what's going to happen is they may finally get that deal on the price, but as the interest rate environment continues to shift (higher), with the strengthening market, you're going to see that the affordability factor has diminished a little bit," he said. "They'll end up paying what they would have paid if they had bought the house a little earlier at a little higher price." Such evolving dynamics in the market make it much more necessary to seek out a real-estate professional when either buying or selling a home, which is the largest financial transaction most people make in their lifetime, the real-estate agents and brokers say.
Grifenhagen's advice for purchasers: "I would always hire a professional Realtor. There are good companies and agents all over Columbus, and that agent's duty is to protect the buyer. It doesn't cost the buyer 10 cents. So I would for sure hire somebody to protect me." He also said prospective homebuyers and sellers should demand a written market analysis to make sure that whatever price they're going to settle on in a transaction -- and for which they will ultimately sign a contract to finalize the sale -- is a fair price.
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About 15 Mets, including newly acquired J.J. Putz and Francisco Rodriguez on looked the Alex Rodriguez Press conference while Carlos Beltran was talking about A-Rod, Cole Hamels, the Batting lineup.
Beltran's comments about A-Rod were brief and to the point saying, "he's paying the consequence of making bad choices."
Carlos Beltran had some more choice words about the 2008 World Series Champion Phillies and Cole Hamels, after Hamels was quoted on WFAN saying that the Mets were "Choke Artist."
"The only thing that I know is that he will be watched every time he faces us and hopefully we kill him," Beltrán said. "And then he'll have to deal with the situation."
Speaking of championships, Beltran who is in the fifth year of a $119 Million dollar contract said he was shocked at the fact that he has not played in a World Series for the Mets. He understands why Jerry Manuel would try something different with the lineup.
Manuel was quoted earlier in the week by saying that he thinks he might move Jose Reyes to the 3rd slot and moving Luis Castillo to the lead off slot in the lineup to get him going, he also said he might try to bump Beltran to the 2ND slot. Beltran who spent most of his Mets' career batting 3rd and cleanup says he don't care what part of the lineup he is in, but if it is not working something must change..
Other Spring training notes -
Francisco Rodriguez is trying to switch from his signature goggles to contacts....
Angel Pagan is trying to regain the respect of his manager Jerry Manuel and says he is in better shape than he was last year, with a better attitude.
The Mets have stockpiled reserve outfielders for this spring — namely Jeremy Reed and Cory Sullivan — and Pagán knows he must remind Jerry Manuel of his value.
Beltran speaks out , Mets watch A-Rod Fiasco
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Shapeways: Bring your creativity to life in 3D http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php Shapeways: Bring your creativity to life in 3D Dyeing polished white strong and flexible http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=65346&th=13642#msg_65346 <![CDATA[I have been dyeing Shapeways WSF material for two years now using RIT fabric dyes. Recently, I have been having more and more problems with the process. A friend had heard from the Disk Golf community that RIT has changed their dyes recently, and the new dyes do now work as well on plastics. I have found that the new formula RIT dyes, which have a code on the top which begins with "ND", do not work very well for WSF. In addition, polished WSF in general is more difficult to dye compared with ordinary (unpolished) WSF.

 What other dyes have people used? What dyes work best on polished WSF? The dye that Shapeways uses seems to be very nice. Any hint as to who makes this dye?

 Here in the USA, Jacquard dyes are an alternative to RIT. They make iDye Poly, which is specifically for synthetic fabrics (so probably good for nylon), as well as a line of "acid dyes". Has anyone experience with either of these?]]> gibell 2013-04-02T13:43:58-00:00 Re: Dyeing polished white strong and flexible http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=65359&th=13642#msg_65359 <![CDATA[Check out 58771 it msy be useful.]]> AmLachDesigns 2013-04-02T15:23:47-00:00 Re: Dyeing polished white strong and flexible http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=65380&th=13642#msg_65380 <![CDATA[Thanks, that thread is very useful. That thread only discusses dyeing in black. I am interested in all colors!]]> gibell 2013-04-02T22:37:20-00:00 Re: Dyeing polished white strong and flexible http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=65393&th=13642#msg_65393 <![CDATA[Shows what I know - to me dying is dying...

 All non-white strong and flexible products sold by Shapeways start off white and are dyed, by SW. The link I gave is some people doing the dying themselves of wsf.]]> AmLachDesigns 2013-04-03T06:14:29-00:00 Re: Dyeing polished white strong and flexible http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=65913&th=13642#msg_65913 <![CDATA[Over the past week I have been dying polished WSF using Jacquard acid dyes. The results have been somewhat mixed. Yellow sun turned out beautifully and perfectly evenly. Chestnut brown is OK but the color is a bit uneven.

 One thing that seems to happen quite often in any dying process with polished WSF is that the color can appear very uneven during the dying process. This unevenness is always oriented with the print orientation. The "top" of the pieces as printed appears much lighter than the "bottom". The interesting thing is that most times this unevenness goes away after the parts dry, in other words it is only visible when the pieces are wet. And for some reason I have never seen it happen with unpolished WSF.

 I have not seen any unevenness in the Shapeways dyed polished WSF. Perhaps I will try wetting some of these pieces to see if it becomes visible.]]> gibell 2013-04-10T17:20:42-00:00 Re: Dyeing polished white strong and flexible http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=66577&th=13642#msg_66577 <![CDATA[Here are some photos of my latest tests. ALL material shown is polished WSF. The first two pieces were dyed by Shapeways.

 Left: purple as dyed by Shapeways (this is polished WSF dyed purple)
 Right: coral red as dyed by Shapeways
 These are both excellent, very uniform and bright colors!
 ]]> gibell 2013-04-21T14:21:57-00:00 Re: Dyeing polished white strong and flexible http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=66578&th=13642#msg_66578 <![CDATA[Next we have some less successful colorings ...

 Top left: Jacquard Acid 601 Yellow Sun, best of the bunch! The color is very even.
 Top right: Jacquard Acid 632 Chestnut, dark and uneven, although the uneveness doesn't show so much in the photos.
 Bottom left: Jacquard Acid 627 Kelly Green, despite boiling for 45 minutes, the color is way too light, a strange neon green.
 Bottom right: Jacquard iDye Poly 452 Green, way too dark in only 5 minutes, barely identifiable as green. Dye concentration may have been too high.]]> gibell 2013-04-21T14:24:53-00:00 Re: Dyeing polished white strong and flexible http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=66579&th=13642#msg_66579 <![CDATA[Blue, anyone?

 Top left: RIT Royal Blue, the new formula. Dark and uneven, looks better in this photo than in reality.
 Top right: Jacquard Acid 623 Brilliant Blue. Excellent color, slightly uneven. Overall the best blue.
 Bottom left: Jacquard iDye Poly Blue. Very even and nice color. More shifted towards red than the previous two, appears violet in comparison.
 Bottom right: Jacquard Acid 617 Cherry Red. Excellent color, but more pink or fuchsia than red.]]> gibell 2013-04-21T14:30:46-00:00 Re: Dyeing polished white strong and flexible http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=66590&th=13642#msg_66590 <![CDATA[Reds:

 Top left: Jacquard Acid 617 Cherry Red. Excellent color, but more pink or fuchsia than red.
 Top right: Jacquard Acid 618 Fire Red. Poor color saturation. Even, but more like a salmon color.
 Bottom: Jacquard iDye Poly Red. Very even and nice color. A bit dark.]]> gibell 2013-04-21T20:08:27-00:00 Re: Dyeing polished white strong and flexible http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=66794&th=13642#msg_66794 <![CDATA[Thanks for the pictures; I will have to try- even with uneven colors they are quite gorgeous and you could do an interesting dip dye process too.]]> DesignRosetta 2013-04-24T12:30:40-00:00 Re: Dyeing polished white strong and flexible http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=66801&th=13642#msg_66801 <![CDATA[Strange how the photos always seem to make the colors look better than they appear in person. The three blues, for example, are quite different, but the photo makes them look very similar.

 Dip dye would be quite tricky, given that the mixture is boiling (generally)! But an interesting idea!]]> gibell 2013-04-24T13:35:10-00:00 Re: Dyeing polished white strong and flexible http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=66912&th=13642#msg_66912 <![CDATA[Purples:

 Top left: Jacquard Acid 612 Lilac. Good color but a bit light. This is the only one that looks purple to me.
 Top right: Jacquard Acid 613 Purple. Good color but is virtually identical to blue.
 Bottom left: Jacquard Acid 614 Violet.. Slightly redder but still appears basically blue.
 Bottom right: Jacquard Acid 623 Brilliant Blue.

 This photo was taken outdoors. Under artificial light all 4 colors appear identical in a photograph!]]> gibell 2013-04-26T15:22:11-00:00 Re: Dyeing polished white strong and flexible http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=67391&th=13642#msg_67391 <![CDATA[more colors in iDye Poly ...

 Top left: iDye Poly brown, nice and even, best brown yet.
 Top right: iDye Poly Black, very dark and even, best black.
 Bottom: iDye Poly Green, best green yet! I show this color above but before the dye concentration was too high.]]> gibell 2013-05-03T13:35:02-00:00 Re: Dyeing polished white strong and flexible http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=69536&th=13642#msg_69536 <![CDATA[After much experimentation, I now have a set of 7 colors that I am happy with. Besides nice color, one of my criterion is that the colors appear different from one another. Here are the 7 Jacquard dyes I now use:

 Blue: acid dye Brilliant Blue
 Red: acid dye Cherry Red
 Yellow: acid dye Yellow Sun
 Purple: iDye poly Violet
 Green: iDye poly Green (still looking for a better green)
 Brown: iDye poly Brown
 Black: iDye poly Black
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NormL wrote on Thu, 08 August 2013 18:57

Do you mind saying what concentration, duration and temperature you used for the green poly?

 The trick with the green seems to be very low dye concentration. I only use 1/10 to 1/20'th of a dye packet in 1 liter of water, whereas with other colors I can use up to 1/4 of a dye packet. I boil the parts for about 5 minutes for green, whereas for other colors the time can be considerably longer. I live at altitude 1600m, so my boiling temp is reduced by 6 degrees C or so.

 ]]> gibell 2013-08-12T14:30:56-00:00 Re: Dyeing polished white strong and flexible http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=72960&th=13642#msg_72960 <![CDATA[Thank you! My Washington "The Evergreen" State elevation maps are very appreciative. They just don't look right in red or black.]]> NormL 2013-08-12T14:39:11-00:00 Re: Dyeing polished white strong and flexible http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=72961&th=13642#msg_72961 <![CDATA[I am still looking for a better green. The iDye Poly Green still seems too dark to me, even in low concentrations, I would like something brighter. I had high hopes recently for the new color: "iDye Poly Kelley Green", but I tried it recently and I think I again overdosed the dye. It came out too dark. It is all too easy to go overboard on green in particular.

 Shapeways used to have a green that was quite bright, but the color was discontinued. I am not sure what dye brand they used ...]]> gibell 2013-08-12T15:07:09-00:00 Re: Dyeing polished white strong and flexible http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=73226&th=13642#msg_73226 <![CDATA[They are still a little wet, but, you were not kidding about how quick they take color!

 This was my first test on the Evergreen State, LOL]]> NormL 2013-08-17T21:50:17-00:00 Re: Dyeing polished white strong and flexible http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=73476&th=13642#msg_73476 <![CDATA[I do see what you mean about needing a better green. It is a little too drab in person. It works fine for a cartoon about a state, but, for just a green object it does need to be brighter. Thank you for your help]]> NormL 2013-08-22T14:47:17-00:00 Re: Dyeing polished white strong and flexible http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=73514&th=13642#msg_73514 <![CDATA[

NormL wrote on Thu, 22 August 2013 14:47

I do see what you mean about needing a better green. It is a little too drab in person. It works fine for a cartoon about a state, but, for just a green object it does need to be brighter. Thank you for your help

 Is your model normal WSF, or polished WSF? Normal WSF absorbs dye better than the polished WSF, and thus will become darker even faster. My parts above are all polished.

 In any case, I agree we need a brighter green.

 Do you have a "Colorful Colorado" version of this? I live in Colorado ... you could print it in color Sandstone ...

 ]]> gibell 2013-08-22T20:19:00-00:00 Re: Dyeing polished white strong and flexible http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=73515&th=13642#msg_73515 <![CDATA[Normal rough old WSF]]> NormL 2013-08-22T20:20:49-00:00 Re: Dyeing polished white strong and flexible http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=73666&th=13642#msg_73666 <![CDATA[Yes, Colorado is on it's way]]> NormL 2013-08-26T03:59:58-00:00 Re: Dyeing polished white strong and flexible http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=130224&th=13642#msg_130224 <![CDATA[Thanks for the helpful info in this string! I have 2 whittled hair forks printed in white strong and flexible and wanted them dyed brown to mimic wood. I used iDye Poly Brown, the lighter more red-toned hair fork (the one with the M) was boiled 2 minutes in the dye, the other (darker) one was boiled 3 minutes. My solution was 4 cups water + 1/4 packet of dye. I placed both hairforks in a boiling water clean bath for 5 minutes afterwards. I did NOT use the color intensifier packet. I used disposable pans so I didn't wreck my cooking pots. The smell wasn't too bad, I kept the stove fan on while doing it. They look like wood now... really really straight grained wood that is :) Here is a link to a time-lapse of them getting dyed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p5BCa9e3jo

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A Will for Life: Right at the Heart of Cardiac Research; WITH THE HELP OF THE NATIONAL HEART RESEARCH FUND UNIQUE DEVELOPMENTS AT WALSGRAVE HOSPITAL COULD MAKE BYPASS OPERATIONS SAFER FOR THOUSANDS OF FUTURE PATIENTS
Byline: Alison Duck
TODAY the Evening Telegraph launches a campaign to raise vital funds for the National Heart Research Fund. Readers are being given the chance to make a will for free in the hope that they will leave a legacy to the charity.
In the first part of our campaign series, feature writer ALISON DUCK reports on how the charity is funding world-leading research at Coventry's Walsgrave Hospital which could save lives.
HEART disease is the biggest killer in Britain - and Coventry and Warwickshire is no exception.
The nation has one of the highest death rates from coronary heart disease in the western world.
And Coventry has one of the worst death rates in the country due to its high levels of social deprivation and large ethnic population.
Around 1,200 heart bypass operations are carried out every year at Walsgrave Hospital, transforming the lives of many patients.
Although the number of people dying from the surgery has fallen to around two per cent over the past 20 years, the nation has one of the highest death rates in the western world.
Coventry is now involved in the world's attempts to make the operation safer and to ultimately save lives.
Pioneering research is being carried out at Walsgrave Hospital thanks to pounds 100,000 from the National Heart Research Fund.
The research is investigating the inflammatory response during heart surgery and ways in which harmful effects that this may have upon the heart and blood vessels could be reduced.
These inflammatory effects of heart surgery affect the risks and side effects associated with the operation, including the patient's recovery and length of hospital stay.
Dr Jasper Trevelyan, research registrar in cardiology, has also been trialing two drugs, losartan and enalapril.
The drugs are commonly used to treat high blood pressure and heart failure, but have never before been applied in the treatment of patients having a heart bypass.
"Our research is unique," said Dr Trevelyan. "No-one else in the world is looking at it. …


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I'd have to say that both the sounds AND the lyrics of songs teach me things. Sometimes each by themselves but usually through the brilliant combination of the two. Certian phrases mean more because an inspired composer put the music they did to that phrase. This is easiest for me to recognise when scripture is put to music but occurs in all genres.]]>
As I look through my music thinking of what I have learned or what could be learned from it, I can't think of a lot of specific things. In a general sense, I think a lot of the value of music and literature and other arts comes from experiencing life through the eyes of someone else. Honest, thoughtful expression of ideas and feelings usually has some value, regardless of the specifics.
I did come up with a few specific examples:
Handel's Messiah taught me in a powerful way to appreciate the Savior.
I learned from Elliott Smith's music why some people take drugs (and his demise re-emphasized to me why self-medication is not a good idea and why people need love).
From TV On the Radio I was reminded of the personal cost of conflict: "I was a lover before this war."
I haven't learned anything from Radiohead, but they make great noise.]]>
I don't actually listen to doom very often, though. I prefer to experience it live.]]>
Bruce Springsteen, in his 2005 VH1 Storytellers appearance, lightheartedly made the assertion that the sole reason that Manfred Mann's version of the song went to number one is that the altered lyric is actually "revved up like a douche". Bruce said, "The original lyric is 'cut loose like a deuce' referring to a two seat hot-rod, a little deuce coupe. Manfred Mann changed the lyric to 'revved up like a douche.' which is a feminine hygienic procedure." It should be noted, however, that Manfred Mann's website lists the lyric as "deuce" rather than "douche". It was once rumored that Chris Thompson's New Zealand accent may be responsible for swapping deuce for douche.]]>


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The Roots of Hostility
Shivshankar Menon's article "Hostile Relations" (Fall 2009) demonstrates the difficulty in resolving differences between Pakistan and India. Indian officials fail to recognize the very existence of disputes. According to Menon, there is no issue of contention between the two neighbors other than terrorism.
Myths on both sides have complicated relations. But mythology often reflects a people's collective recollection. Menon's account glosses over harsh India-Pakistan realities, historical and current. The most significant historical reality is India's military intervention in 1971, which culminated in Pakistan's breakup. As for current realities, three-fourths of Indian forces are deployed against Pakistan. Indian military and political leaders regularly call for punitive military action against their nuclear neighbor. Naturally, such chauvinism finds a response in Pakistan.
India sees a strong Pakistan as a constraint on India's aspiration for great power status rivaling China. This drives India to make consistent efforts to undermine its neighbor. Islamabad sees Delhi's present interference in Balochisan as testimony of this. India also seeks to achieve the same objective by acquiring and asserting overwhelming military superiority over Pakistan. A critical part of this effort involves neutralizing Pakistan's strategic deterrence capability. India's rejection of Pakistan's long-standing proposals for a South Asia strategic stability regime based on nuclear and conventional restraint highlights this, as do Indian efforts to deny Pakistan a similar civilian nuclear deal to that forged with the United States and actions that play up the danger and challenge the safety of Pakistan's nuclear weapons. …


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The Swinging Googlies are a cricket team from Surbiton in South-West London, UK.
This book documents the 2009 season, their most successful season to date.
The team are a mixture of people from different backgrounds with differing levels of skill and their games are characterised by good humour and fair play.
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News Release: FAMU
FAMU Interim President Larry Robinson made a statement today on the death of Colonel Sam Washington:
"Florida A&M University joins the community in mourning the loss of Colonel Sam Washington, former FAMU VP of student affairs, registrar and director of admissions. Colonel Washington provided outstanding leadership at the university for many years. As a mentor, colleague and friend, he set a wonderful example through his gentle nature, kind spirit and loyal and dedicated service to Florida A&M University. For this, and his countless contributions to the FAMU legacy of Excellence with Caring, he will always be remembered."


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Personalize Your Wedding Dress
All brides want to look unique and outstanding on their wedding day, that's no secret. Every woman deserves to look and feel special and one of a kind on the most important day of her life, that's true. There are a few ingenious tricks and tips we've collected from our modern designers and experts in field to share with you in this article.
The ideas we're presenting here are for those who don't want to settle for the standard classic look, but wish for something more appealing, expressive and original. You can choose to use a few color accents to make your white wedding dress stand out, or you can incorporate a flower in your hair to obtain a more romantic look fit for a modern-day bride. No matter the accessory you use, you can be sure that your wedding appearance will be unique and distinctive.
The beauty of a contemporary wedding-day look is all in the details and this is why we suggest you pay more attention to the elements you use for your adornment. We have a few stunning styles to show here, hopping they will fit your taste or at least stimulate your interest. These pictures can definitely captivate the attention of a bride and convince her to go with something more versatile and different.
In the first picture we find a beautiful bride adorned with a wreath of big flowers. This is stupendous modality to rethink the wedding flowers and use them in a distinguish way. This headband is made of faux blooms but it looks incredibly realistic and fancy in the same time. This crown of colorful blooms can add more sophistication, liveliness and personality to your wedding look, that's for sure.
Use similar blooms to decorate your gloves, shoes, dress or shoes. This charming gown is made by Reem Acra and it is called "Rose". The second style is for chic brides who want something dainty and coquette for their wedding look. Add more fanciness to your wedding gown by placing an elegant hat on your head.
The cap & gown style is very trendy and it can make an exclusivist choice for contemporary brides. The gown is called "Tapioca" and it is designed by Pronovias and the hat is a Suzanne Millinery creations. Another great way to make your dress stand out is to add feathers in your hair. Use ostrich plums and dye them in apricot or in your favorite hues and then pin them to your hair. Obtain an ethereal headpiece for a dreamy look. The dress is signed by Amy Kuschel. Play with tulle to obtain a funky veil as in the last picture.


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Airplane Safety Restraint for Kids with Special Needs
What if my patient doesn't need an adaptive car seat but has behavioral challenges and the parents feel that the traditional airplane seat belt may not be effective enough to keep him restrained? The CARES restraint is approved for airplane use for children 22-40 lbs and up to 40 inches tall. If a child exceeds the weight limit but the parents feel that this is still a better option for restraint, they can apply for an exemption from the FAA.