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April 4, 1981 edition of Georgia Championship Wrestling. Steve O is introduced as the new National Heavyweight Champion. But he wasn't scheduled to fight for the belt at the last Omni show. To set up Steve O getting the belt clips are shown of Ole and Gene Anderson attacking Mike Davis, Kevin Sullivan and Mr. Wrestling II. Wrestling II vows to bring back arch rival Masked Superstar to take on the Andersons at the next Omni card.
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ATLANTA (AP) -- Rewarded with a home state win, Republican Newt Gingrich cast the presidential campaign as a contest between elites and Main Street and says that Americans are rewarding his "power of ideas."
Gingrich won Georgia's primary on Tuesday as nine other states decided the GOP contender they want to face President Barack Obama's re-election bid. Gingrich had cast Georgia as a firewall and it gave him his first win since his last victory during Jan. 21's South Carolina primary.
Gingrich says that elites in the GOP tried "to kill us this summer" but he says "we are not going to allow the elites to decide who we are going to nominate." Gingrich says his campaign's collapse during the summer didn't end him, nor will shortcoming in latest contests.


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2004-05: Returned to the track for the first time since the 2003 indoor season ... clocked a season-best 8.00 for 60m at the Last Chance Qualifier ... competed primarily in the 100m and 200m during the outdoor season, also running in the 400m and 4x100m.
2003-04: Redshirted the entire 2004 track season while rehabbing an injury suffered during the 2003 indoor season.
High School and Personal: Born July 14, 1985 in Los Angeles ... parents are Leona and Norris ... a three-time prep All-American, despite missing the entire 2003 outdoor season with an injury ... prior to her injury, ranked among the national leaders in all three hurdles events, from 60m to 300m ... ranked second in the nation indoors in the 60m hurdles by Track and Field News in 2003 ... best of 13.94 seconds in the 100m hurdles was the 10th-best prep mark entering the 2003 season, and 300m hurdles best of 43.11 was the nation's ninth-fastest ... named a Track and Field News prep All-American in both outdoor hurdles events in 2002 ... placed 10th in the 100m hurdles at the USA Junior Nationals in 2002 ... captured Colorado's state 300m hurdles title in 2002, and was runner-up in the 100m hurdles ... placed among the top-five finishers at state in the 300m hurdles in each of her three years of outdoor competition ... earned identical second-place 60m hurdles finishes at the Simplot Indoor Games in 2002 and 2003 ... was the No. 3 finisher in the 60m hurdles at the 2003 Nike Indoor Classic in Maryland ... named All-State in each of her three seasons of track competition ... also lettered twice in basketball, and was a member of the honor roll her junior year.
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Triads-Leone War
The Triads-Leone War was a war in the game Grand Theft Auto III in which a giant war between the Leone Family and the Liberty City Triads was fought in Chinatown, Liberty City. The people involved in the war were Toni Cipriani, Claude and Salvatore Leone.
Before the War
The Leones began to have bad terms with the Triads sometime during the events of Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories when the Triads blew up a Leone warehouse (which then became the Turtle Head Fish Factory, a front for the Triads). They were trying to push out the Leones for the Sicilian Mob. Later on in 2001, during the mission Farewell 'Chunky' Lee Chong, Joey Leone sent Claude to kill Lee Chong for selling cheap SPANK in his noodle stand.
The War Begins
In the mission Cipriani's Chauffeur, Toni Cipriani tells Claude to drive him to Mr. Wong's Laundromat which pays protection to the Leones but only to find out that they now pay protection to the Triads. In the next mission, Taking Out The Laundry, Cipriani tells Claude to blow up three Triad Fish Vans. Cipriani then tells Claude that Mr. Wong agreed to pay protection and tells him to pick up the money, but when he gets there, he is attacked by the Triads. Claude manages to kill them all and take the money back to Toni. In the mission Salvatore's Called A Meeting, Claude picks up Joey Leone, Luigi Goterelli and Toni Cipriani but during the way they are attacked by the Triads, once again. Claude manages to fight them all off and gets to Salvatore's Gentlemen's Club where Leone Don Salvatore Leone discusses about the Triads.
Ending of the War
After a while, Toni instructs Claude and three other Leone soldiers to kill three Triad warlords in which they successfully managed to pull off. During the mission, whilst driving around Chinatown, the player will see a large shootout between Leone and Triad soldiers. Finally in, the mission Blow Fish, Toni tells Claude to get a dustcart rigged with a bomb set up by 8-Ball and is told to bring it to the Turtle Head Fish Factory and blow it up. The Triads are never mentioned again, suggesting that the Leones won the war.


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We continue our Friday round-up of what is newest, best and brightest at FindLaw.com. Below, you will find this week's offerings from various areas of FindLaw's unique content, including: core legal content, blogs, news and case law. Take a look at what's new:
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- Can You Force Sick Employees to Go Home?: 'Tis the season … for your cold- and flu-addled coworkers to infect your entire office. A recent survey found that 90 percent of workers still show up at work when they're ill. Instead of applauding this kind of work ethic, managers may want to take action to protect the health of their workforce. FindLaw's Free Enterprise explains the legal justifications for forcing sick workers to go home.
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Day 105 - I Think My Husband is Suspicious...
Sunday, July 14, 2013
Every time I go on a diet, he sabotages me. When I tried Weight Watchers years ago, after my weekly meetings, he insisted we go out to a restaurant / bar for fried foods. Before I joined WWs, we hardly went out to eat. It took my one full year to lose 40 lbs...
I gained it all back and then some after becoming very sick which required major surgery and rehabilitation.
I tried WW again and ended up gaining several pounds in one month...so I gave up. I left the meeting in tears. My husband sabotaged me by purchasing cookies, ice cream, etc... I complained to him but he insists that he did not "feed me"...I was the one who put that cookie to my mouth. I told him all about temptations. He didn't buy it.
So this time, I kept my mouth shut. I lost 18 pounds in 100 days!
But today after I walked 5 miles, I came home and my husband said to me that I am either really liking my walks or that I am trying to lose weight. I asked if he noticed any weight loss but he evaded my question. In actuality, I gained 18 lbs since last year due to full time grad school, internship, work, and writing insane amount of papers. My family hardly saw me and probably didn't see my excessive weight gain. Plus most of the weight gain was during winters months and I was in sweats or pjs with a laptop on my lap. And now that I lost those 18 lbs, I am in my last year's summer clothes. So I don't really expect him to notice.
Well, I guess it is a wait and see what he brings home from the store...his part time job is working at a large grocery store...
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Keep at it....Don't let him control you with food...you can do it...just resist the temptation.....
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Why, oh WHY do ..... sigh ......*family members* treat each other so poorly by means of disrespecting others' choices? I swear, when I hear stories like this (too many, IMHO) I'm almost totally convinced that the "journey to better health" is best taken by SINGLE PEOPLE WITHOUT DEPENDENTS!
AAAAAGGGGHHH - FAMILY! Can't live with 'em, can't shoot 'em (don't ask)......
Don't let the "turkeys" (including family) get you down! Stare 'em down and tell 'em ALL - for once and for all - that you're MUCH better and worth MORE than that cookie, cake, or whatever!
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Keep your own supply of healthy choices on hand. Also, scope out the places you eat.... I have found most have healthy options or will accommodate..... even fast food chains.
Take a few minutes & call them or visit. Keep a record of what you can have at each place. Your hubby may be having his own issues..... Outsmart him & prepare yourself!!
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Think I would probably either toss that stuff out, or put it in the back of the freezer or in his dresser drawers. He might then get the hint. He wants to go out to eat... fine, tell him to have a great time. Sooner or later he will get it. If you do go out with him, order a small side salad to munch on. Just because he wants to eat unhealthy doesn't mean you have to join him.
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Sometimes the hardest challenge is right under your own roof! My mom is in town, staying with us, and she is notorious for excessive baking, eating out, etc. I've gotten into the habit of when she asks if I want something, I just politely say "no thanks". With no additional explanation. I figure the less I tell her 'why' I don't want something, the less she can come back and tell me why that's not a good enough reason. Way to go for sticking to your plan, you CAN DO this.
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Mango tango smoothies. Quinoa-stuffed bell peppers. Asparagus niçoise salad. Cauliflower gratin. Sounds pretty good, yes? Well, what if we told you these were recipes for toddlers? You'd laugh & ask us to hand you that box of Kraft macaroni & cheese, 'cause that's all kids like, right? Wrong. Getting your children to appreciate and enjoy a wide variety of foods starts with their first tastes of solid food at around 6 months. Lisa Barne's The Petit Appetit Cookbook: Easy, Organic Recipes to Nurture Your Baby and Toddler is designed to help you do just that, starting with delicious pureed meals for babies, then graduating through stages of food exploration and introducing new flavors. And yes, The Petit Appetit Cookbook is designed so that you can eat them too. No one has to know!
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"As an out-of-state student my tuition is substantially higher, so your support is especially beneficial."
Matthieu first came to UAA two years ago as a freshman. Relocating from his tropical home in Hawaii to the cold climate of Alaska took some adjustment. But he has thrived in his new home, joining UAA's championship debate team while pursuing dual bachelor's degrees in political science and economics.
"The University of Alaska has been a blessing for me. The faculty and staff here are some of the most outstanding people and educators I've ever met."
A first generation U.S. citizen, Matthieu was lucky enough to travel the world throughout his childhood. He shares his experiences and perspective with Alaska's youth by coaching debate and mock trial teams at Anchorage area high schools. Already, Matthieu embodies the spirit of giving back, passing along the benefits he's received to the next generation. It's this spirit that inspired the founding of the First Fruits Scholarship for Working Students.
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In 2009, Ian established the First Fruits Scholarship for Working Students at UAA to help hard-working students overcome their financial obstacles and achieve their educational goals. Since then, his Scholarship has helped 19 working students alleviate some of the financial burden accrued in pursuit of a life-changing education at UAA.
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A Long Island woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to a felony larceny charge and will spend the next 18 months in jail after admitting she stole someone's identity in order to siphon more than $180,000 by cashing stolen checks from a charity, Nassau County prosecutors said.
Marie Augustin, 42, pleaded guilty to third-degree grand larceny and first-degree identity theft. She is expected to be sentenced in September to two consecutive terms of nine months in jail and will need to repay $180,577.48 to the charity, the Jewish National Fund. Augustin will also be ordered to pay $400 back to the person whose identity she stole.
Last February, Augustin opened several business bank accounts using the names of the charity group's vendors so she could cash the checks that had been stolen from the Jewish National Fund. Prosecutors said she used a fake driver's license in the victim's name in order to open the account and then made numerous large-scale deposits into the accounts. Police said she was able to withdraw more than $45,000 before she was arrested. According to police, she was arrested last March when she tried to withdraw $19,000, but was told that withdrawals over $10,000 need to be reported to federal authorities.
Prosecutors said the identity theft occurred as a separate crime but that Augustin had used the stolen identity as part of the charity theft as well. They say Augustin told bank employees that her debit card had gone missing and then presented the phony identification in order to obtain a news card. The identity theft victim reported numerous "unauthorized transactions" in her bank account, which totaled about $5,100.
"It is shameful that someone would steal thousands of dollars meant to help fulfill a non-profit's charitable mission by stealing the identity of an innocent victim," Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice said in a statement. A spokesman for the Jewish National Foundation did not respond to an e-mail requesting comment for this story. Augustin was represented by an attorney with the Nassau Legal Aid Society, which maintains a policy of not commenting on individual cases.


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MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. - After a slow autumn, coming off a summer of polluted water, hotel occupancies have skyrocketed in Martin County.
"The winter up north resulted in a great winter for us with the bed tax up 11%," said Martin County Parks and Recreation Director Kevin Abbate.
But Abbate says the county can't rely on that going forward.
"We need to stay engaged in the game in promoting the county. Otherwise we'll be left behind."
Abbate will make recommendations Tuesday to county commissioners based on a consultant's study that a destination marketing organization be created, either to function under parks and recreation, or have its own division under the county.
"Whoever this goes under is going to have a difficult time because the board is going to be looking for a return on investment," said Abbate.
One proposed way to get more revenue would be to add a fifth cent to the existing bed tax.
Stuart Coffee Company owner Bill Moore isn't the biggest fan of that idea.
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Judy Farley knew she made the right investment to open up a boutique in downtown Stuart two years ago.
She says she's seen a steady stream of locals and out-of-towners.
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WWE reported earnings for the fourth quarter of 2013 and full year results on Thursday. In them, official pay-per-view buy rates for the quarter were announced. There were some ugly numbers that you can view below:
- WWE Battleground – 114,000 buys
- WWE Hell in a Cell – 228,000 buys (compared to 199,000 in 2012)
- Survivor Series – 177,000 buys (compared to 208,000 in 2012)
- WWE TLC – 181,000 buys (compared to 175,000 in 2012)
This of course is all about the change with the launch of the WWE Network but it's safe to say WWE is probably less than thrilled with the way Battleground and Survivor Series performed.


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US government officials have revealed to CNN that they're operating under the assumption that a new whistleblower has started leaking national security documents, following in the footsteps of Edward Snowden.
The metaphorical smoking gun, in this case, is The Intercept's report on a US database of terrorist suspects. Since documents from that report are dated after Snowden left the US, it's reasonable to assume that a new leaker is involved.
The government has had a tough time figuring out which documents Snowden took with him, so adding another source to the mix should keep officials busy. Hopefully, they'll be too busy trying to track down the new leaker to spy on us.
➤ New leaker disclosing U.S. secrets, government concludes [CNN]
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College Hockey:Boston University to honor longtime supporter Driben
On May 6, Boston University will honor Elliot Driben's longtime commitment to Terrier athletics by naming the Case Center entrance "Elliot Driben Lobby."
For more than 40 years, Driben, who has been stricken with cerebral palsy since childhood, has attended over 5,000 BU sporting events, donated to every team, and befriended generations of student-athletes, coaches and fans.
The BU Athletic Hall of Fame has twice honored Elliot – first in 1993, with a special recognition award, and in 2010, when he received the Roger "Moose" Washburn Memorial Award, honoring his continuous unselfish support to BU athletics.
The May 6 event is free to the public and those interested can RSVP here.
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KZN Education Budget
"Our core business as the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education is curriculum delivery in schools," says MEC for Education Senzo Mchunu.
The man with the plan
Senzo Mchunu is a hands-on man who is very realistic about the immense challenges that his department faces.
A well-educated, skilled and highly developed citizenry
A shortened version of the Budget Speech presented by MEC Senzo Mchunu on behalf of the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education.. .


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Dearest Hyapatia,
I am very happily married and our sex life is really great. But there is one thing I've always wanted to try. I'm afraid to bring it up. Shy is a better word. I know it will take lots of courage – and smoke – to get me to bring up the subject. Just writing it down is kinda hard. I want to try some dominance. Not S&M or bondage or anything like that. Just a little light overpowering, if you know what I mean. My husband has always been very loving and gentle and that's what I want in a lover. But now that I'm married and we've been through so much together, I trust him. I guess what I'm trying to say is I want to experiment, just a little bit, with a fantasy I've had in the back of my mind for some time now.
Experimenting in Michigan
Dear Experimenting,
There are several good books and movies that feature light dominance that you could watch together. When that particular scene comes on, perhaps you could say how you've always wanted to try something like that. If you can't bring yourself to do that, snuggle up next to him during that scene and start to rub his cock – maybe go down on him. That's a good submissive stance to start with. Maybe he'll take the bait. It's very normal and healthy to experiment sexually like this. There is a Native American teaching I have mentioned before called "The Lover's Masks." It's a wheel of different styles of lovemaking, or masks, that we can put on and take off at will. When you're with a partner for decades, it's much more interesting if you can make use of these other ways to spice things up. You can be dominant, or he can be dominant; you can be the strong initiator, or vice-versa. If you're up for it, try different clothes to set the scene that can also add to your pleasure: a garter belt and stockings with no underwear, a corset that accentuates the breasts or a pretty nightgown are all fun to wear while having hot, steamy sex.
Dear Hyapatia,
My lady and I are freaks. We love kinky sex and we freak out in public places. It's really exciting. We want to find other freaks to fuck and suck with everywhere, in and out of public places. Do you have any suggestions for finding wild people like us who aren't afraid to get down all the way.
Party Animals
Dear Party Animals,
Party on!!!! There are many sites for hooking up with sexually adventurous people. Some have large membership bases like fuckbookhookups.com, eroticads.com and socialsex.com. These sites can match people by location, the type of sex you're into, looks and more. There are millions of people out there just like you using these sites right now. You should be getting your freak on real soon!
Hey Hyapatia,
I want to try anal sex with my lady but she won't have any part of it. How can I convince her to do it?
Dear Horny,
First of all, there may not be a way to convince her, so keep your mind open to that possibility. If she isn't into it, it isn't the end of the world. There are many movies out there with anal sex and lots of hardcore sites on line. Maybe if she sees women enjoying it, she'll be more interested. Maybe she's heard some myths that concern her, like that there will be feces involved, which is really not usually the case. Also, she may believe it's not safe. If you're slow and careful and don't do it all the time, there should be no problems, unless she has a medical condition that may prevent it. It's always wise to start small. The sphincter is a muscle and as such, must be stretched slowly. Starting with something smaller and then slowly working her way up to your cock would be the best way to do it. It may take several days for her to work up entry, depending on how thick you are. And don't forget – plenty of lubricant!
Dear Hyapatia,
My girlfriend is from England. She is obsessed with what she says is a new fad from across the pond. Women are getting cosmetic surgery on their – well – pussies! They see women in porn movies and magazines with shaved pussies that have very small lips and she thinks this is what she should look like. To me, they look pre-pubescent and it's a big turn-off. My girlfriend has prominent lips and wants to have this surgery done to make them smaller. I am dead-set against it. She only brings up the subject when we get high. It's gotten to the point where I don't want to get high with her anymore. She knows I am avoiding her, and why. I'm afraid it's just a matter of time before she brings this up when we aren't stoned. I think she needs to get high to get up the nerve to talk about it right now. Have you ever heard of this? Why do all the women in the porn business shave? Why do they all have small lips? What is up with this fad?
Dear Lewis,
I hadn't heard of this before I got your letter. So I did some research. The procedure is called labiaplasty, which involves cutting off part of the labia, or lips. Ouch! As no one but a doctor or a lover will ever see me, I personally would have a very hard time going through surgery like that just to look better to the opposite sex.
As far as the adult film business is concerned, there are a lot of shaved pussies, that's for sure. I'm not sure why this started, but it's been going on since the days of Linda Lovelace; she was shaved in Deep Throat. Perhaps it's in an effort to let the camera see everything. There are many young women in the business, and younger women tend to have smaller labias – but not always. When a woman shaves, it makes their pussy lips much easier to see.
Every woman is unique. Years ago in New York City, an artist friend of mine named Doug Johns sculpted my pussy, as well as a few dozen others. To see them all side by side, you see that no two are alike. So it's impossible to that just one that could be the standard for beauty. They're all beautiful! I have fairly prominent lips and I know of other women in the adult business that do, too. In fact, there used to be an actress named Very Knotty who's was known lips were so big that she could actually tie them in a knot! When I have sex, my pussy lips are a very big source of my pleasure. They're sensitive and it really turns me on to feel them being played with or just enjoying the sensation of hugging my lover's cock as he goes in and out. I can't imagine how horrible it would be not to have the pleasure that they give me.
Women do so much to change themselves to be attractive: makeup, hair dyes, high heels, nose jobs, boob jobs, crazy diets and more. Men go through a lot to change themselves for women, especially sexually – Viagra and cock pumps for enlargement, just to name a few. But surgery is pretty drastic. At some point, you have to believe that if your lover really cares about you, these small differences don't matter. Some things are just better off accepted than changed, but that's for the individual to decide. I really hope your girlfriend doesn't go through with the surgery. There is a documentary titled The Perfect Vagina. In the film, a bunch of different women's pussies that have been cast in plaster are shown. The Perfect Vagina also shows a woman having the surgery and the pain she goes through afterwards. It also shows women examining themselves and accepting each other as they are. Perhaps this can help her to realize we're all different and it is in our individuality where part of our beauty lies.


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Banner Desert receives top marks from U.S. News
MESA, Ariz. (Sept. 24, 2012) – Banner Desert Medical Center continues to demonstrate its reputation for excellence. The nonprofit hospital was named in July 2012 to U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospital ranking. Banner Desert ranked at No. 6 in the Phoenix metro area and received a high-performing status in seven specialties.
U.S. News & World Report in July released its annual Best Hospitals, the publication's 23rd annual edition, which showcases more than 720 of the nation's roughly 5,000 hospitals. Fewer than 150 are nationally ranked in at least one of 16 medical specialties. The hospital rankings, said U.S. News Health Rankings Editor Avery Comarow, are like a GPS-type aid to help steer patients to hospitals with strong skills in the procedures and medical conditions that present the biggest challenges.
"All of these hospitals are the kinds of medical centers that should be on your list when you need the best care," said Comarow. "They are where other hospitals send the toughest cases."
Banner Desert was ranked as highly performing in the following specialties.
- Diabetes & Endocrinology
- Gastroenterology
- Geriatrics
- Nephrology
- Pulmonology
- Urology
- Neurology & Neurosurgery
"We are pleased to be recognized as the leading provider in the communities we serve," said Banner Health President and CEO Peter S. Fine.
Read complete rankings and methodology.
Banner Desert Medical Center is a nonprofit hospital in Mesa, Ariz., providing a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services. The medical center is one of the largest and most comprehensive hospitals in the state of Arizona, and serves as a tertiary referral center in the East Valley of metropolitan Phoenix. Banner Desert is recognized by U.S.News & World Report for high performance in seven clinical areas. Banner Desert provides adult acute care including high-risk and general obstetrics, gynecology, cardiology, oncology, neurosciences, general and specialty surgical services, medical imaging and emergency medicine, among others. The 80-acre medical campus is also home to Cardon Children's Medical Center. Both facilities are owned and operated by Banner Health, the largest provider of health care services in Arizona.


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The act of taking a poop and upon whiping yourself you discover nothing on the toilet paper....It's completely clean. This event has been known to make peoples day.
Mark walked out of the bathroom with an odd grin on his face; this was because he just had a flawless victory.
από TMaC 21 Μάρτιος 2004
Mortal kombat term of perfect
Kung Lao wins
Flawless victory!
Flawless victory!
από drunken duck 11 Σεπτέμβριος 2004
The pleasant and rare occasion in which after a long and sometimes stressful poo the wiper reveals a clean piece of toilet paper. No poo to speak of, it's all in the toilet.
Person one: Wow that was a fast shit!
Person two: Flawless victory man! In and out!
Person two: Flawless victory man! In and out!
από whiskeybeer 8 Οκτώβριος 2009
Anytime one takes a shit and there is no required wiping.
Chris came back to the restaurant booth after taking a dump.
He exclaimed with great happiness, "FLAWLESS VICTORY MOTHER FUCKERS!!!"
Hi-fives were dispersed for the achievement.
He exclaimed with great happiness, "FLAWLESS VICTORY MOTHER FUCKERS!!!"
Hi-fives were dispersed for the achievement.
από Paints 25 Ιούνιος 2007
This occurs when you have completed taking a duece and when you go to wipe your ass the paper comes away pristine and white.
Grant-"Dude, yesterday I was dropping a log and when I wiped i got a flawless victory!"
από skeeter50 29 Μάιος 2006
When you grow a dick made of chocolate that ejaculates money
Joe has a flawless victory
από epicwin101 18 Μάιος 2009
Noun. A session of defication in which the toilet paper comes back clean after the first wipe.
Dude, I just had a flawless victory; now I don't have to shower.
από Samwitns 15 Νοέμβριος 2009


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Wild Child (Sweet Valley Junior High #20)by Jamie Suzanne Francine Pascal
Larissa's school work suffers and her friends worry when she becomes obsessed with getting a major role in the school production of West Side Story. So Larissa didn't get the part? Big deal. So she's failing English and math and maybe Spanish -- who cares? She's having fun. She's got a life. School's not the most important thing in the world.
Winter Carnival (Sweet Valley High Super Edition #5)by Francine Pascal Kate William
Elizabeth is sick and tired of how selfish Jessica is being... taking ALL her clothes and refusing to help out with the chores. But the last straw isn't until Jess starts flirting with her boyfriend during the "Winter Carnival"... How could she? Will the sisters ever make amends?
Wiredby Francine Pascal
Back when I was fearless, it went like this: Gaia meets boy. Gaia falls in love with boy. Boy gets hurt. now that I feel fear, it goes like this: Gaia meets boy. Gaia falls in love with boy. Boy gets hurt. Some things never change.
Wired (Fearless #33)by Francine Pascal
Back when I was fearless, it went like this: Gaia meets boy. Gaia falls in love with boy. Boy gets hurt. Now that I feel fear, it goes like this: Gaia meets boy. Gaia falls in love with boy. Boy gets hurt. Some things never change.
The Witch in the Pumpkin Patch (Sweet Valley Kids #73)by Molly Mia Stewart Francine Pascal
7-year-old Jessica's class went on a field trip to a pumpkin patch! Everyone had fun except herself and her twin sister, Elizabeth. They thought they saw a witch! Is the Sweet Valley pumpkin patch haunted?
Won't Someone Help Anna? (Sweet Valley Twins #69)by Jamie Suzanne Francine Pascal
From the minute she arrives at Sweet Valley Middle School, everybody loves Anna Reynolds. She's outgoing and funny -- and almost as boy-crazy as the Unicorns! All of Anna's new friends are especially impressed that she can handle the pressures of school as a hearing-impaired student. The only one who isn't impressed is Cammi Adams. For some reason, Cammi is convinced that Anna won't last long at SVMS. When her prediction starts to come true, Cammi realizes that she may be the only one who can help Anna. But if she does, it will mean revealing a secret she wants to keep hidden forever!
Wrong Kind of Girl (Sweet Valley High #10)by Francine Pascal Kate William
Jessica's at it again! Jessica Wakefield has sworn never to allow Annie Whitman onto the Sweet Valley High cheering squad. Annie may have the beauty, talent, and spirit to be a cheerleader, but she also has the worst reputation in school. She goes out with a different boy every night, and all the kids call her "Easy Annie" behind her back. Jessica's pulling every devilish trick to keep Annie from ruining the cheerleaders' image. Only Elizabeth, Jessica's twin, knows what Annie's really like. But can she change her sister's mind before Jessica shatters Annie's dreams?
The Year Without Christmas (Sweet Valley Twins Super Edition #10)by Francine Pascal
'Twas the night before Christmas and the night before Christmas and... Identical Twins Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield couldn't be more excited about their Christmas Eve tree-trimming party. But while Elizabeth is caught up in the spirit of the season, Jessica is caught up in her favorite subject--Jessica. When she tries to hog all the attention at the party, she winds up destroying the Christmas, ruining Elizabeth's night-- and making a total fool of herself. It's the worst Christmas Eve ever! Jessica wakes up grumpy on what she thinks is Christmas morning...mbut she soon discovers it's Christmas Eve all over again! Jessica has a second chance to make everything go her way, but when her selfish plans backfire once more, she wakes up to another Christmas Eve... and another... and another! Will Jessica break the spell and move on to Christmas Day, or is she doomed to spend eternity on an awful Christmas Eve?
Your Basic Nightmare (Sweet Valley High Senior Year #6)by Francine Pascal
What do you do when you know your boyfriend cares for someone else? Melissa Fox has ruined Jessica Wakefield's life. She's turned practically everyone at school against her-- Except the person who matters most...her boyfriend Will Simmons.
Yours for a Day (Sweet Valley Twins #76)by Jamie Suzanne Francine Pascal
The members of the Unicorn Club are helping a charitable trust by selling their services to classmates for a day, and Jessica Wakefield turns the fund raiser into a huge matchmaking affair.
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Some time ago I
apt-get install'd the nginx package on my debian/squeeze server. My requirements have now changed and I needed to install nginx
To install nginx with this option I did the following:
apt-get build-dep nginx
apt-get source nginx
- modified debian/rules to add the required option
dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -uc -b
dpkg -i nginx_0.7.62-4_amd64.deb
This all seemed to work nicely, but now when I do an
apt-get dist-upgrade it tries to install the nginx binary again.
Please could you advise…
- Is building nginx in this way the preferred solution for my needs?
- If so, how can I tell apt that I don't want to install the binary nginx any more without doing a


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Street closures on April 16thSubmitted by David Wees on Tue, 2011-04-12 12:20
We just found out about some street closures due to the Vaisakhi Parade, organized by the Khalsa Diwan Society, will take place Saturday, April 16th, 2011 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The City is closing the following streets to accommodate the parade
Updated: Registration is closing this Monday, April 11thSubmitted by David Wees on Wed, 2011-04-06 17:43
We will be closing registration this Monday so that we can provide our food sponsors and the John Oliver staff catering the lunch enough notice for food preparation. After Monday, the registration link for the conference will be taken down, although you will still be able to register for the website.
So please let everyone know that their final chance to register is this coming Monday. We are excited to see the interest that has arisen, and look forward to seeing you all in 10 days.
Next meeting for Edcamp VancouverSubmitted by David Wees on Tue, 2011-03-15 23:18
Our next meeting is set for this Friday, the 18th of March at 6pm at the Rhizome Cafe. Our previous minutes are available here.
Please add items for this week's meeting here.
Unconference: Revolutionary professional learningSubmitted by David Wees on Tue, 2011-03-08 23:57
M.E. Steele-Pierce has written a blog post which I recommend everyone interested in Edcamp Vancouver read. She writes:
"Most PD stinks."
Schooling the World screeningSubmitted by David Wees on Mon, 2011-02-28 19:04
At 7pm on Saturday, March 5th, Edcamp Vancouver will be having a screening of the show, "Schooling the World" hosted at Rhizome Cafe.
See this trailer to get an idea of what the movie is about.
Meeting this coming Saturday, February 19thSubmitted by David Wees on Thu, 2011-02-17 08:06
Just a reminder folks, we have a meeting coming up this Saturday, February 19th at 9am. We will hold it at Cafe Vancouver again, since that seemed to work well.
Read (and add to) the agenda here.
Next Edcamp Vancouver meeting - 9AM, Saturday, January 29thSubmitted by David Wees on Mon, 2011-01-24 12:17
I've set up a system so that I can send out announcements to people who have signed up for the website. I'm testing it out now, and have sent out a meeting notification. Please let me know if you did not receive it last week. If you'd like the ability to opt out of these emails, please let me know. I promise not to send too many of these emails, probably about one a month leading up to the Edcamp Vancouver event.
Setting up the sessions on the day of an EdcampSubmitted by David Wees on Mon, 2011-01-17 16:09
I talked to Mary Beth Hertz (@mbteach) today over Skype about how she has set up the beginning of the Edcamp sessions she's helped run. I wanted to make sure I understood the process.
Here are some notes from our conversation I took for our reference.
Registering for Edcamp VancouverSubmitted by David Wees on Mon, 2011-01-17 12:06
Sometime near the end of this month, we will be creating an official form for people to register for Edcamp Vancouver. We haven't finished creating it yet because we wanted to make sure we had all of our details correct.
Minutes for Edcamp Vancouver Planning MeetingSubmitted by David Wees on Sat, 2010-12-18 11:42
Here are the minutes for our meeting. Our next meeting will be January 22nd at 9am.


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Volume: 25 Issue: 10 (October 2002)
In Brief
NaturalMotion (Oxford, UK) has announced VMC Action, the first product based on the company's Active Character Technology, which creates character movements based on artificial intelligence. VMC Action software is designed to enable 3D character animators to create action scenes without using a motion-capture facility....
(Montreal, Quebec), a subsidiary of Avid Technology, has announced new tools for transporting data between Softimage and 3D applications including Alias|Wavefront's Maya, 2d3's boujou, Kaydara's FilmBox and MotionBuilder, and various gaming platform tools. Several of the new dotXSI 'Connect' strategy components are now available for download at no charge from SourceForge.net....
(Uppsala, Sweden) has announced Version 5.3 of its Cult3D product visualization engine, which now comes with automated stereoscopy capability....
DAZ Productions
(Draper, UT), a developer of characters for the Poser 3D modeling package, has announced that it will acquire the facial animation product Mimic from LipSinc (Morrisville, NC), which has ceased developing software. —JD
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JWC TO THOMAS CARLYLE ; 8 September 1850; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18500908-JWC-TC-01; CL 25: 201-203
5 Cheyne Row / Sunday night [8 September 1850]
That toe Dear!—it may be a trifling enough matter in itself; but anything that prevents you from walking must be felt by you as a serious nuisance— I dont believe the least in the world that it has been "pricked"; if it had, you would have felt the prick at the time; I think it must be a little case of rheumatism in one particular sinew, and I would have you keep it warm with cotton, and rub it a great deal, and all up the foot, with a bit of hot flannel and some laudnum on it— That is my advice, and recollect that at Craigenputtoch I was considered a skillful Dr;—to the extent even of being summoned out of bed in the middle of the night to prescribe for John Carr,1 when "screeching as if he were at the point o daith"! And didn't I cure him on the spot, not with 'eye water' labeled 'poison' but with a touch of paregoric? Meanwhile it is pleasant to know you have a gig to move about in, and that if any thing go wrong with it; Jamie will "pey him wi' five shilling!"
Tomorrow I shall lay out two sixpences in forwarding Alton Locke (The Devil among the tailors2 would have been the best name for it) It will surely be gratifying to you, the sight of your own name in almost every second page! but for that; I am ashamed to say, I should have broken down in it a great way on this side of the end! It seems to me in spite of Geraldines Hallelujahs a mere not very well boiled broth of Morning chronicleism in which you play the part of the tasting bone3 of Poverty Row. An oppressive painful book!— I dont mean painful from the miseries it delineates—but from the impression it gives one that 'young Kingsley' and many like him are "running to the Crystal["]4 as hard as they can,—and that "the end of all that agitation will be the tailors and needlewomen eating up all Maurices means"5 (figuratively speaking). And then—all the indignation against existing things strikes somehow so numbly!—like your Father licking the bad children under the bedclothes!6 but the old Scotchman is capital—only that there never was nor will be such an old Scotchman7— I wonder what will become of Kingsley—go mad perhaps—
Today (Sunday) has been without incident of any sort—not a single knock or ring— Emma at Church in the morning—I reading the Leader and writing letters—to my Aunt Elizabeth8—Geraldine—Plattnauer—and for the rest nursing a sort of Influenza I have taken— You ask about my sleep—it is not good—very broken and unrefreshing—but I get over the nights with less lying awake than in the time of the Elizabethian9 rows—my health does not improve with the quiet, one would say wholesome life I am leading—but it is beyond the power of outward circumstances, I fancy, to improve it at this date, and it is a great mercy that I keep on foot— I might easily have less inward suffering and lie far more heavy on myself and those who have to do with me— When I told you yesterday of the Duke of Buccleugh having sent three pounds in answer to Mrs Thomas' petition; I forgot to add what was also worth mention, that a copy of the petition had been sent, at someone's suggestion to Prince Albert, and from him also there was an answer sent—but not in the Shape of money— Prince Albert "regretted" that as he had so many applications &c &c"!!
There is something else I dont think I ever told you tho I meant to— Garnier is not dead!—worse—in a madhouse at Baden— Plattnauer is always a true Prophet; do you remember when I wrote to him that Garnier was dead, he answered: "Poor Garnier, and so he is dead! but I should not be surprised to see more of him"! What an undependable woman Bölte is!— She has not returned to London yet10—thankS God!— Nothing of Mazzini! so busy so busy!— Fanny Lewald eat a "shop" (chop) with me yesterday on her own invitation— Tonight she sails for Paris and the arms of Starr11—there awaiting this "bit of fascination"12—how strangely people are fascinated in this world!— What a disgraceful business that of the Barclay Brewery—there must surely have been some foreagners at the bottom of it—or the "sympathy with the Hungarians" is no such joke13— But "oh dear me"! (one may say that, now, that you have got such a trick of it yourself)14 I ought to be in bed! with plenty of flannel about my head! So good night!
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The Prophet X Fuses Ministry, Music and Hip Hop!
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Two dogs who were mistakenly euthanized on Monday at the Fort Bend County Animal Shelter in Texas have now been identified as Jake and Jaxx who accidentally got loose from their home on Saturday reported Short Mugs Rescue Squad on Tuesday evening.
According to the group's Facebook page, the dogs' owners stated the shelter was closed over the weekend, and they did not have the chance to call until Tuesday. The owner is devastated and currently considering legal action.
The male French bulldog and an American pit bull mix were euthanized on Monday after only being there for a short time. In addition, a volunteer from the Short Mugs Rescue Squad was on premises and ready to move the dogs to safety. The organization regularly rescues dogs out of the shelter.
The Chron.com states the assistant director of the shelter, Rene Vasquez, admitted the dogs should have been kept for three days before being euthanized. Vasquez stated:
"There was a mistake made and protocol was not followed, obviously. If they come in as an owner turn-in and we are full, we have the option of euthanizing them, but we do try to work with local rescue groups whenever we can."
Neither dog had identification tags or microchips.
Vasquez stated there would be an investigation and action would be taken for those responsible for the mistake.
Meanwhile two family pets are dead. Rest in peace Jake and Jaxx.
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From time to time readers of my pretty dumb things write and ask me advice. I have provided one reader with a D/s song list, another with a primer to anal sex in two parts (one & two), and yet another with my views on monogamy.
I like to think I can do some good from time to time, and in this altruistic spirit, I want to see what I can do to help my reader Tyler.
Tyler writes:
I am an eighteen year-old male and I couldn't help but get beyond off to your short publication on deep-throating. I want you to get the right impression here, I'm not writing you to be crude or inappropriate. I love getting head and have had quite some experience with it as well. Your narrative, though, made me incredibly envious. I have still yet to be deep-throated, let alone come close to finding a mate sharing your views on the subject. The girls I get with only have oral sex with me to satisfy me, and otherwise take no pleasure in it what so ever. I probably wouldn't care if not for my intense fetish of cock to mouth intercourse. I have even had fantasies of giving head and wouldn't mind experimenting with them although men in general do not turn me on. Do you have any suggestions of traits for me to look for in women that might lead me to someone who takes pleasure in sucking cock? Or any advice along the lines of what you look for in a worthy candidate? Or any feedback for me at all?
Somehow, deep-throating eighteen-year cock has been on my mind quite a bit lately. It's nice to know that I share this interest with my readers who indeed possess said eighteen year-old cocks. It makes me feel, you know, in touch with the kids.
Kind of young at heart. Or at some other primal organ.
Let me give mad props to Tyler who at eighteen not only knows what he wants, but asks for help to find it. This kind of fearless spirit bodes well for you, Tyler. Rock on with your bad self.
And now, the advice. It seems to me that young Tyler juggles a few different dilemmas in his letter. The first seems to be feeling cool about loving oral. Which is kind of a no-brainer to me. I know it's cliché, but I must say it: I don't have a cock of my own, but if I woke tomorrow and did, the very first thing I would do after peeing standing up would be to go out and beg, borrow or steal the best blow job I could find.
I have my toes sucked, and it feels sublime, but I have to imagine it's not even a nano-sensation compared to what it would feel like to have my cock sucked. So for those of you men who feel squidgy about getting the oral, enough.
Lie back and enjoy it, babies. The same goes for your chicks.
The next issue that Tyler has is how to find a chick who likes to suck cock. I don't think it's something you can divine by looking at a chick. I don't think the size of a woman's mouth or the fullness of her lips or the wideness of her eyes can give you a clue into how she feels about wrapping her mouth around your phallus.
I could be wrong, and do let me know if I am. Not having a cock of my own, I'm pretty much going on second-hand evidence. If there is something short of an "I (heart) fellatio" t-shirt that clues you in to which women enjoy the cock suckage, do tell. I'm sure that Tyler and others would offer up to you their profound gratitude.
So how can a fine young fellow find a fetching fellating female? I hope I can help narrow the search.
Some happy cocksuckers like me were born; others were made. And the making takes time; therefore I would urge anyone who wants a woman who likes cock sucking to date an older woman. Ben Franklin was a wise, wise man, and his advice on dating older women is as helpful today as it was in 1745 when he wrote it. We women of a certain age know what we like and we aren't shy about enjoying it. (Although drawing on my own experience, I would suggest to Ben that those who are grateful are often the younger men.)
If you want to enjoy sex with a woman find a woman who enjoys sex. Sadly, the way that women are built by nature and the way that we are made by culture often keeps us from enjoying sex in our full capacities until our thirties.
Therefore find yourself a nice thirty year-old, or older, woman who wants a younger lover. We abound. We often advertise. We're looking for you. And more germane to the topic, we know how to get on our knees and worship your phallus like you're a Roman General. Additionally, what we want from you is mostly friendship and hott sex, which can often free up the whole emotional brou-ha-ha about the erotic experience.
Moreover, you might learn something in the process. (Two strong reasons for dating a teacher: We like to teach and we have older woman/younger man fantasies. If you're not jailbait, it's win/win for everyone.)
Lest we not forget, the woman you are with (or man, actually) can learn too. I was lucky in that I developed in pre-pubescence the ability to suppress my gag reflex (I had Strep throat a lot; I hated tongue depressors; I learned. It came in handy). If you want your lover to learn how to deep-throat, or you want to learn yourself, the first thing to do is to be not afraid. The very worst thing that will happen is that the suckee will puke and the mood will be lost.
It's no big.
I promise that I will write you a step-by-step description of how I deep-throat, but I'll do it tomorrow because this post is long. And because I want you to keep coming. Back.
The next issue that Tyler has is this lingering latent question of some hott boy-on-boy action. To which I have to say this: you only know once you try. I truly believe that a person's sexuality is like a three-dimensional sliding scale. A human can move along the spectrum of hetero and homosexual acts, in and out of vanilla and rockyroad sex, up and down in levels of erotic desire. Judith Butler said that gender is fluid; I say that sexuality is. Ride the wave.
One thing about my sexuality is this: it changes. Often. And surprisingly. Change can be freaksome, but it's less so if you just give yourself the permission to make mistakes, in and out of bed. It's cool to check out being with a dude and decide it's not your particular brand of vodka. It's cool to have to sample a few dudes and decide you're bi. It's cool to do it all and figure out that it depends on the person, the moon, the biorhythm, the whatever.
In the end, my advice about sex always comes down to this one word over and over and over again: talk. Talk about it. Talk about what you want. Talk about what makes you feel good and why. And then listen to your partner tell you the same. It can feel very weird and alien to talk about sex, but I promise you on all things sacrosanct that if you and your partner can learn to talk about sex, you can learn to talk about anything.
Talk is not cheap. It's the most valuable thing you and your partner(s) can do.
Although a well-sucked cock, that's a good thing too. A very good thing indeed.
"It's a good thing." What would we do without our Martha Stewart of sluttdom, our Emily Post of anal? It's Chelsea Girl's friend O, adding an appeal for funds. For just pennies a day, we can help CG pay her rent. So drop some pennies in her tip jar, and support her pretty dumb things. It's safe and anonymous, and your credit card statement will just say "sixapart."
It's like a glory hole, but for money.
C'mon, you know you want to.


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A Quote by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk on war and peace
Heroes who shed their blood and lost their lives! You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and Mehmets to us where they lie side by side here in this country of ours. You, the mothers, who sent their sons from far away countries wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well. (A tribute to those ANZACs who died in Gallipoli.)
Source: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ataturk
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Land and soil in the context of a green economy for sustainable development, food security and poverty eradication
?The time has come for the international community to commit itself to a land degradation neutral world?
?Let us resolve today to adopt a target of no more land degradation by the end of this decade? A) The importance of productive land/fertile soil for sustainable development
1. Land, defined as a system engaged in generating biological productivity, is the earth.s infrastructure for life. Its rate of production and quality depend on the major component of land, soil and its fertility. Soil organic matter, derived from the vegetation supported by the soil, is the major component that modulates soil fertility.
2. Land and soil not only support its direct users, but also the indirect users, i.e. the consumers of land productivity, the entire human population that also derives other benefit generated by soil through its vegetation cover, like atmospheric oxygen, climate regulation and water filtration provisions. Therefore soil functions and services acquire the status of a global common, whose protection from degradation benefits all, hence it requires partnership and cooperation at the global scale.
3. The degradation of land is a major threat to life on earth, including humans, and when occurring in drylands, where productivity is constrained by water, it is termed desertification. Land degradation results from various factors including human activities and climatic variations/shocks induced disasters such as drought and floods. It is expressed by a persistent reduction of biological productivity, driven by overexploitation of land resources by users striving to increase economic productivity, which results in fertility loss and soil depletion.
4. Drivers of change - population growth, increased consumption and inequity generate the excess demand on land productivity, leading to its degradation, whose repercussion, both biophysical and socio-economic travel far, locally, transboundary, and often globally, impacting global climate and global food security, causing health problems and political instability.
B) The scope of the challenge
5. Despite the crippling effects of land degradation or soil nutrients depletion, the world has continued building towards ?a soil peak. which will have far-worse consequences than the current ?oil peak.. The threats and far-reaching impacts of land degradation are ignored largely because the issue is still a blind spot for the international community, despite the search for sustainability.
6. Our most significant non-renewable geo resource is productive land/fertile soil. Nevertheless each year, an estimated 24 billion tons of fertile soil are lost. Arable land loss is estimated at 30 to 35 times the historical rate. Land degradation directly affects 1.5 billion people globally. When poverty is assessed in terms of infant mortality rate, 74% of the poor (42% of the very and 32% of the moderately poor) are directly affected by land degradation globally.
7. Land is a finite resource; land degradation depletes the resource base for our common food security. In the dry lands, due to drought and desertification 12 million ha of land are transformed in new man-made deserts each year. That is an area with the potential to produce 20 million tons of grain each year.
8. Desertification, land degradation are now pervasive in all ecosystems and corrode the three pillars of sustainable development. Most certainly, land degradation is a global phenomenon, with 78% of the degrading land taking place in the non-drylands. Degrading the buffer zone of the drylands increases drylands. vulnerability to degradation. The demand for productive land is high and competition over various land uses is intense. The recent food crises were not accidents and they are not over. But in an increasingly interdependent world, land-related crises will mutate into new global crises.
9. Africa is the most vulnerable region to phenomenon of desertification. Over 45 per cent of Africa is affected by desertification, 55 per cent of which is at high or very high risk. 2/3 of Africa.s arable land could be lost by 2025 if this trend continues.
10. As for drought, the percentage of Earth.s land area stricken by serious drought has more than doubled from the 1970s to the early 2000s and the world is facing the possibility of widespread drought in the coming decades; but this has yet to be fully recognized by the international community. Unfortunately, drought in our time still implies famine and claims lives. The tragic situation happening in the Horn of Africa is a stark reminder that we still have a long way to go.
11. In the last two decades, significant land recovery and improvement have occurred in the drylands. In many cases, drylands populations have been leading these innovations and progresses. For instance, farmer-managed natural regeneration and agroforestry techniques through planting of ?fertilizer trees? on farmlands and grazing lands have already been adopted in many regions and, have contributed to improving over six million hectares across Africa. A major scaling-up of these systems should be pursued everywhere by improving public policies and institutions and harnessing the potentials of the civil society and the private sector.
12. On another hand, more than 2 billion ha worldwide still offer opportunities for rehabilitation through forest and landscape restoration. One 1.5 billion ha would be best-suited for mosaic restoration, in which forests and trees are combined with other land uses, including agroforestry, smallholder agriculture. It offers ?a vast opportunity to reduce poverty, improve food security, reduce climate change, and conserve biodiversity?.
C) The Global Policy Response from the ?Earth Summit in Rio? and its Agenda 21
13. The UNFCCC, the CBD and the UNCCD (the Rio Conventions) are the offspring of the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. While UNFCCC and CBD address the atmosphere and the life on earth, respectively, the UNCCD addresses the degradation of the earth.s infrastructure for life, land, with a specific mandate for the arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas, the dry-lands where productivity is constrained by water.
14. While the awareness of the global community to climate change and biodiversity loss has dramatically increased since the Rio Summit, the significance of land and soil to humanity remain obscure to many, and the risks to livelihoods emanating from its degradation does not receive the attention it deserves. This may be attributed, in part, to the limited textual mandate of the UNCCD and its limited geographical focus, resulting in increasing persistent degradation and poverty, especially in drylands.
15. UNCCD objective is attending Desertification Land Degradation and mitigating the effects of Droughts. More specific targets provided by its ten-year strategic plan 2008-2018, are to promote the functioning of the dryland ecosystem, improving well-being of the users of these ecosystems, generate global benefits through promoting dryland ecosystem functions, and mobilize resources for achieving the Convention.s objectives.
D) Addressing DLDD in the context of a green economy for sustainable development and poverty eradication: the need for action at the UNCSD or Rio + 20
16. Poverty and hunger, food insecurity and vulnerability to climatic shocks are likely to remain the major global challenges for sustainable development in the next decades. For the large majority of the poor and the most vulnerable and the ecosystems they depend on, adaptation and resilience will better ensured through addressing DLDD issues.
17. Trilemma of addressing DLDD (rates per minute)
? Causes
? Population increase: 150 people
? CO2 carbon increase: 6150 ton
? Tropical deforestation (total dryland and non-dryland): 25 ha
? Urban encroachment: 5.5 ha
? Effects
? Soil degradation: 10 ha
? Deaths from hunger: 16 people (incl. 12 children)
? Consequences
? Political instability
? Civil strife
18. If we do not take bold actions to protect, restore and manage land and soils sustainably, we will miss climate change adaptation and mitigation, biodiversity, forests and MDGs targets; we will not alleviate rural poverty and hunger, ensure long-term food security, build resilience to drought and water stress. This will lead to consequences including more political conflicts over scarce resources and continued forced migrations.
19. ?The strategy is to grow more produce from less land, more crop per drop of water, more yield per unit input of fertilizers and pesticides, more food per unit of energy, and more biomass per unit C and environmental foot-print.?
20. Green Economy is geared to capture opportunities provided by Sustainable Land Management (SLM) used for preventing degradation and restoring degraded land, provided that the available institutional framework is engaged in establishing schemes of payments for ecosystem services and creating market mechanisms for land-derived ecosystem service, thus offsetting the short-term economic losses of land users practicing conservation and ecological agriculture, for the sake of generating sustainable income at the long run, and conferring not only local but also regional and even global benefit.
21. Therefore land-use in agriculture, energy and forestry should be one of the cornerstones of the green economy for sustainable development food security and poverty eradication.
22. At the High-Level Meeting convened by the UN-GA, many leaders ?stressed that if the international community was serious in its commitment about reversing land degradation and desertification, the time had come to commit for building a land degradation neutral world, to set measurable sustainable development targets towards zero net land degradation as a commitment to build a land degradation neutral world.?
23. Actions on the ground required for achieving a zero net rate of global land degradation are in line with the Sustainable Land Management (SLM) approach, which can be effectively streamlined into the Green Economy initiative, thus empowering it as a tool for attaining sustainable development in rural areas the world over.
24. Both SLM and Green Economy internalize the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment approach of addressing agriculture as cultivated ecosystems, which provide bundle of services, including biological productivity and its products of commercial value, but also other services essential for human well-being, including local as well as global climate regulation, and providing habitats for biodiversity, which is involved in service provision.
E) Means or implementation
25. The current state of DLDD and its gloomy outlook call for new and bold set of actions to be endorsed by Rio+20 conference. First, to set an ambitious but attainable target such as a state of global Zero Net Rate of Land Degradation. Achieving this target requires implementing action of prevention, coupled with action for rehabilitation and restoration of already degraded lands.
26. Another action addresses the need for an international framework attending committed to land and soil issues, which would rally political support for strengthening the current weak and fragmented international regime for land and soil. Initiatives to set a new legally-binding instrument for soil and land failed, and none of the existing environmental instruments is amenable for focusing on land, on top of its current mandate. The UNCCD, however, is the only legally-binding instrument dedicated to land, and it only requires some updates through appropriate means for functioning as the required land-dedicated platform.
27. At the High-Level Meeting convened by the UN-GA many leaders also ?emphasized that at a time when there is evidence of accelerating trends in land degradation in all ecosystems, the planet could ill afford, for world leaders, to limit their efforts to tackle these phenomenon only in the drylands. It was pointed out that if we waited till other ecosystems were degraded and desertified before taking action, other interrelated challenges such as food security, poverty, forced migration, adverse impact of climate change, deforestation, loss of biodiversity, political instability and conflict would be exacerbated and sustainable development and the MDGs could not be effectively realized.
28. There was a call to to enhance and foster the implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) as a global policy and monitoring framework to address the issues of soils and land degradation?.8 Without necessarily amending the UNCCD, several mechanisms could be explored for achieving that purpose including through a protocol for attending global land and soil degradation.
29. Monitoring the pace of approaching the target require means of assessing land degradation and modes of land management that prevent degradation and promote restoration. Knowledge is available but much of it is fragmented and non-consensual. More specifically a consensual and authoritative assessment of land degradation and monitoring of its trends does not yet exist. Almost 25 years ago, the Bruntland report titled ?Our Common Future? warned us that if human needs are to be met, the Earth.s natural resources must be conserved and more specifically that land use in agriculture and forestry must be based on a scientific assessment of both land capacity and the annual depletion of topsoil.
30. Attending the global land and soil therefore requires a scientifically credible, transparent and independent assessment of existing, policy-relevant but not policy-prescriptive knowledge, to be provided by a globally agreed strong and effective science-policy interface, similar to the ones attending climate and biodiversity, IPCC and IPBES, respectively. The assignments might be ?to provide an ongoing authoritative and globally agreed scientific assessment on the state of the world.s soils, with a complementary commitment to set and monitor quantitative targets to prevent degradation and restore degraded soils, with a view to providing comprehensive ongoing information and targets to policy makers, land managers and other stakeholders on soil quality, to improve food security and enhance other ecosystem services, with the long-term aim of eradicating poverty, eliminating malnutrition and promoting ecological, economic and social/cultural sustainability as the basis of a green economy?.
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Is there a way to export SiteMap surfaces to PyMOL?
Yes, using maps. There is an article on the PyMOLWiki that discusses working with maps:
To export SiteMap surfaces, follow the sequence below.
unset normalize_ccp4_maps
This is mentioned at the bottom of the web page listed above, and will equate the Maestro isovalue with the PyMOL isovalue.
isomesh object-name, map-name, iso-value, structure-object, carve=n
For instance, if the SiteMap surface was named test1_map.ccp4, and the structure is called "maestro01" in the Pymol table, then a command with isovalue "-8" would look like
isomesh my_map, test1_map, -8, maestro01, carve=3.0
Experiment with the isovalue and carve value to adjust the surface for your preferences. Also consider the
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If you have power and can read this, you're doing better than some. It seems hard to deny climate change these days, as the East Coast still struggles to recover from unprecedented devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy. Rising sea levels and warming ocean temperatures contribute to the creation and force of a hurricane, and both of these things are symptoms of global warming. According to the EPA, it is predicted that coastal waters are likely to continue to rise. After a record-breaking dry summer across the mid-west and a blizzard in West Virginia, strange weather patterns in proximity seem no small coincidence. If you're not convinced already, soon enough, there will be no denying it. Climate change is happening. So why did we stop talking about it?
FEMA has only recently become center stage in the race for the presidency, but the environment is something that should have been talked about all along. Perhaps this stems from an inability for many of us to see outside of the here and now. Romney's stance on privatizing disaster relief is only now under scrutiny, now that the proverbial crap has not only hit the fan, but washed it away. Of course, "disaster relief" is a reactive phrase and frankly too little, too late. We should stop brushing these important social issues under the rug, and be focusing on prevention, by putting the environment back on the table. If not for us, for our children.


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I'm looking for a safe method to remove the skin.
If you have a gas range, just fire up a burner. Make sure to have some tongs ready if you can't rest the pepper at a good height above the flame. (You'll probably want them to turn the pepper anyways.)
Once sufficiently blackened (and not on fire mind you) toss in a paper bag and close it. Let it rest and the residual heat inside the pepper will continue to steam it from the inside out.
Once cooled, remove the skin.
Feel free to use water to cool or help remove the skin, but you may wash away some flavorful oils.
I prefer this method as it lets me keep an eye on the pepper the whole time instead of having to peek at a hidden broiler. Plus, you can make sure you get an even roast.
Here's the procedure I use:
I roast them in the oven till the skin gets dark (blackens, actually). Then I put them in a paper bag to cool. The skins slide off easily. I'm not sure if plastic bags would work but the paper ones do a good job.
Hope this helps.
If you have a gas range, roast them on the stovetop. Simply place the pepper directly in the flame, and turn it as it blackens. Once the pepper is completely charred wrap it in aluminum foil. Let it cool for about 15 minutes, then scrape the charred skins off and enjoy.


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