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KISSTORY 10 unreleased shows spanning the first 20 years in Kisstory in one MONSTER long sized box including a 36 page Kisstory box featuring extensive liner notes and exclusive photomaterial. BOXSET Disc 1 (78:15) KISS – Montreal, Canada, July 12th 1977 01. Intro 02. Detroit Rock City 03. Take Me ...
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New Kiss Box Set Coming From Magic Bus!
17 February
Bob Dylan – The Waterfront Box (Crystal Cat CC 1065 – 1068)
Bob Dylan, "The Waterfront Box" (Crystal Cat CC 1065 – 1068) Waterfront, Stockholm, Sweden, Monday 5th October, 2015 Intro / Things Have Changed / She Belongs To Me / Beyond Here Lies Nothin' / The Night We Called It A Day / Duquesne Whistle / What'll I Do / Pay ...
16 February
New Titles from Virtuoso, Sigma, & Wardour
Genesis – Definitive Montreal 1974 (Virtuoso 268/269) is a 2CD stereo soundboard from the University Sports Arena in Montreal, Canada on April 21st, 1974. Pink Floyd – Dortmund 1981 2nd Night (Sigma 152) is a 2CD set from Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany on February 14th, 1981. Pink Floyd – Dortmund 1981 ...
15 February
David Gilmour – Coming Back To Life (Eat A Peach EAT 72/73)
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Ramones – Rocket To Ann Arbor (Eat A Peach EAT 78)
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11 February
New releases from the Far East
Breaking a short silence is the Dog 'N' Cat label. They have returned with the eloquently and curiously titled, "Brian, Come Back You Bastard". A new transfer of the Hyde Park 1969 free gig, from the awkward Japanese translation it seems that this 2 CD set features a new ...
9 February
News & new releases
David Bowie – Hiroshima 1973 (Wardour-174) is a single disc from Yubinchokin Hall, Hiroshima, Japan on April 14th, 1973. David Bowie – Kyoto 1983 (Wardour-171) is a 2CD set from Furitsu Taiikukan, Kyoto, Japan on October 31st, 1983. Glenn Frey – Tokyo 1986 (Zion-069) is a single disc stereo soundboard ...
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The Beatles – Let It Be – The Movie (His Masters Choice – HMC 035)
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Kiss – War Machine Definitive Master Edition (Eat A Peach EAT 70/71)
War Machine Definitive Master Edition (Eat A Peach EAT 70/71) Forum De Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada – March 13, 1984 Disc 1 (56:58) Radio Commercial, Introduction, Creatures Of The Night, Detroit Rock City, Cold Gin, Fits Like A Glove, Firehouse, Paul Stanley Guitar Solo, Gimme More, Vinnie Vincent Guitar Solo, ...
6 February
New Cream soundboards release from Empress Valley
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2 February
New releases from Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, & Uriah Heep
Led Zeppelin – Budokan 1972 1st Night (no label) is a four disc set from Budokan, Tokyo, Japan on October 2nd, 1972. This features two versions of the same source labeled "Original Master" and "Remaster". Pink Floyd – Copenhagen 1970: New Tape Transfer (Sigma 150) is a 2CD set from ...
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Iron Maiden – Killer Gig With Dickinson (Zodiac 165)
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30 January
New Bob Dylan title on Crystal Cat – Stockholm 2015
Image borrowed from alldylan.com As soon as I post about there being a shortage of 2015 Dylan releases, along comes another. The mighty Crystal Cat label have announced a new 4 disk set from Dylan's shows at the Waterfront, Stockholm, Sweden on the 5th and 6th of October, 2015. ...
29 January
New Rattlesnake releases announced
Not long after the CD release of their Stones at L'Olympia set, the Rattlesnake label have announced two new CD releases. The first is Bob Dylan, "Carre Amsterdam 2015 ". An audience recording from the famous Dutch venue, recordings from this tour have been few and far between so this ...
26 January
New Deep Purple, David Bowie, Iron Maiden, & more…
Deep Purple – Dagenham Roundhouse 1972 (Darker Than Blue 215) is a single disc from the Roundhouse, Dagenham, UK on February 19th, 1972 and also features two tracks from the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK on October 4th, 1971. The first 80 sets of the above will also come with ...
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Pink Floyd – Hakone Aphrodite 1971 Remastered and Restored (Sigma 139)
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Pink Floyd – Carnegie Hall 1972 Stereo Master (Sigma 145)
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The Rolling Stones – L'Olympia 1995 (Rattlesnake RS 259/60)
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New Stones, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Rainbow, & Motorhead
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Once upon a time, in a land not so far away, there was a little Lebanese girl with long curly hair, who lived in a big apartment with her mum, dad, two younger brothers, and occasional pets such as street cats, lost puppies and fallen injured migrating birds.
She and her brothers went to one of the city's nearby schools like every other kid in the neighborhood , and like everyone else, their mum picked them up in front of the school gates everyday at 2PM. On the way back home, the first question that would pop up in the old family car was: "Mum!! What's for lunch today?"
Now it might come as a shock to you to learn this, but the little girl a long time ago, is me! *Gush!*
And the one who popped the question in the car, every single day, was also me! *Louder gush!!*
You see our mother takes things to heart when it comes to feeding her family. She is a working mum who always, always took time to prepare homemade, healthy meals for us kids every single day since we were born. Never did she feed us out of baby food jars when we were little, and never did she feed us take outs when we were older. The food on our table was, and always will be, made by her own sweet, loving hands. It quickly became a standard for us three, as we now strongly object to any idea of buying pre-made holiday pastries, or time consuming mezze bites. That would be utter absurdity! Heresy!
And now that I have a family of my own, I can say that I truly am my mother's daughter!
If you're a mother and reading this right now, you might be starting to hate me, or my mum, or both of us upon my pretentious allegations of having the prefect do-it-all wonder mum, and us kids being the perfect, eat-it-all children. You might very well have barely enough time to feed your own self, and a kid who throws a phenomenal tantrum at the mere sight of a broccoli! I get it, really. But you see this is where you've got it all wrong! My brothers and I were, and still are to some extent, very picky little eaters! Our mum had to sometimes cook three different dishes just to have us three actually eat a healthy meal every day.
She never was a believer of force-feeding her children.
Even if it meant having to re-introduce some dishes for the hundredth time over and giving us the freedom to re-discover it, eat it or not, while still having a backup meal plan under her sleeve.
It has a very earthy, discretely spiced taste, and cries for a bold, tangy, crunchy accompaniment such as the all so traditional Lebanese cabbage salad and spicy pickles. Since I've been living abroad, Mujaddara is maybe one of the Lebanese dishes that I cook the most, and one of the first to be scooped out and inhaled by my guests on Lebanese dinners or lunches. All of them ask for the recipe, and all of them praise the healthy and nutritious value this simple dish brings to the everyday dinner table.
So to all of you my Mujaddara loving friends, here is my recipe, finally.
Mujaddara with Lebanese cabbage salad:
Yield: 4 servings
There are two ways to make mujaddara, and two ways to serve it:
It can be either made with lentils and rice, the conventional way, or it can be made with lentils and burghol, southern Lebanese way.
And to serve, it all depends on the families, some of them serve it "whole grains" as I did here, or pass it through a vegetable mill to form a smooth brown puree. I definitely love to have some texture in my food, and it breaks my heart to throw away all this nutritious lentil skin. Of course if you have toddlers around, pureeing is a great solution for you and your little one!
Mujaddara is traditionally served hot or cold, with an assortment of fresh vegetables such as: Radishes, tomatoes, lettuce, fresh sweet onion etc., and with homemade Lebanese cucumber pickles which are really briney and sometimes a little spicy.
- 1 cup dry lentils, any kind. (My favorite is the small red one)
- 1/2 cup burghol*, you can substitute burghol with the same amount of round white rice.
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin (optional, but recommended)
- 4 cups water
- 2 large onions
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
Lebanese cabbage salad: (serves 2)
- 2 cups shredded cabbage
- 2 tablespoons dried mint
- juice of 1/2 lemon
- 1 clove of garlic, crushed
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 small tomato (optional)
- 1 small Lebanese/Japanese/Iranian cucumber
- Salt to taste
Start preparing the Mujaddara:
In a stock pot, put the lentils and water. cover the pot and cook over medium heat. Peel the onions and slice them to very thin wedges. Heat the olive oil in a shallow fry pan, and add the onions. Reduce the heat to low and let the onions slowly caramelize while stirring them every now and then. Both lentils and onions will take about 30 - 40 minutes to be cooked through, so you can start preparing the salad at this point (See salad instructions below)
When the lentils are almost cooked (soft on the outside, but still have a little bite on the inside), about 20 25 minutes through the cooking time, add the burghol or the rice, salt and all the spices. Cover the pot again and let them cook.
Once the onions are caramelized, take them out of the pan with a slotted spoon and drain on a kitchen paper lined pan or dish.
Turn the heat off from under the lentils when they are done, and stir in half of the caramelized onions. Keep the other half for garnish.
For the Cabbage Salad:
Finely chop/ shred the green cabbage and put in a salad bowl. Add the tomatoes cut to wedges and the cucumber cut the thin slices if using. Sprinkle with the dried mint and salt, then add the garlic, lemon juice and olive oil. Toss the salad to evenly coat it with the dressing.
If you are planning to prepare the salad in advance, prepare the dressing in a bowl on the side and reserve. Add it only just before serving, to prevent the lemon juice from wilting the vegetables.
To serve:
Serve the Mujaddara in a large bowl for everyone to dig in, or in individual bowls, garnished with the remaining caramelized onions.
Arrange the accompanying vegetables on a shallow dish, and serve with the cabbage salad and some warm pita bread.

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Even though the Timbers are on a break from their USSF Division 2 schedule, they are certainly keeping busy with exhibition matches. As the team prepares for one of the bigger matches ever in Timbers history on Saturday, the team announced an additional friendly match for later this season.
The Timbers will face legendary Argentinean club Boca Juniors on Saturday, May 29th at PGE Park at 7 PM. Boca is not only one of the more recognized club names in international soccer, they are one of the most decorated teams in history. Founded in 1905, Boca Juniors has won a total of 41 domestic and international championships over the years. The club's 18 international trophies, including six Copa Libertadores titles and three FIFA Club World Cups, is a world record and one that is shared only with Italy's AC Milan, another world renown club. The team is also responsible for producing some of the most legendary players in the world that have played for the Argentine national team and various leagues around the world, such as Diego Maradona, Carlos Tevez, Diego Cagna, and Roberto Abbondanzieri.
The team is completing a tour of the United States, having played last in Seattle on Wednesday, May 26th to face the Sounders. Not only did the Sounders defeat Boca 3 to 0 in a well played match, but they unveiled their rather uniquely colored third kit to just over 40,000 fans. Boca will then travel to Portland to face the Timbers on Saturday night, and the weather is expected to be pleasant thus there should be a good sized crowd at PGE Park on Saturday. The visitors from Argentina have announced their travel roster for the match, highlighted by two current members of the Argentinean national team, Hugo Ibarra and Jesus Mendez.
In preparing for Saturday, the team officially announced one of two additional exhibition matches that are slated for 2010. The Timbers will face Atlas of Guadalajara (known in Mexico as Club Deportivo Atlas) on Sunday, July 11th at 6 PM at PGE Park. The Atlas club was formed by a few residents of Guadalajara that wanted to continue playing after completing their collegiate soccer careers in the United States, and it is one of the more well-known Mexican clubs. Timbers season ticket holders will have a two day window to purchase discounted tickets before tickets go on sale to the general public on June 5th. The Timbers will face a difficult doubleheader that weekend, as they have a USSF Division 2 match with Miami FC at home the preceding day.
A portion of the proceeds from ticket sales will go to benefit the Jardin Portland Foundation, a group that is working in Guadalajara, Mexico to support and promote environmentally sustainable, educationally based projects within the local region. Guadalajara is also one of the Rose City's sister cities, so purchasing tickets for this match will not only promote soccer in the region but help a city that has a special relationship with Portland.
In other donation news, the Timbers announced a $50,000 donation towards creating a soccer complex in the Parkrose district in Portland. Working in conjunction with the City of Portland and the Parkrose School District, Timbers owner Merritt Paulson presented the check in a ceremony on Friday, May 28th to Parkrose District officials, and was joined by Portland city commissioners Nick Fish and Amanda Fritz. Dubbed the Parkrose Regional Soccer Complex, this will provide improved fields for soccer players in east county, both in number and quantity. The donation will also provide more fields that can be used by club and community teams throughtout the area, as competition for available fields increases as soccer gains in popularity.


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WARREN - Police Chief Timothy Bowers said he's confident the data he submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday proves that his department is moving in the right direction.
The information highlights the number of calls Warren police answered in comparison to the number of arrests made and citations issued over the past six months. It also indicates how many times police used force.
"I think these numbers are a representation of the job we're doing here," Bowers said.
The data was compiled by police Lt. Dan Mason, the department's internal affairs commander, and covers July 1, 2012, to Feb. 8, 2013.
An agreement between the city and the justice department requires Warren police to submit data to the federal policing agency periodically. That agreement also required the police department to develop new policies and procedures that addressed appropriate use of force.
The agreement came after an investigation into whether city police use of force was unconstitutional or unlawful. That settlement, filed with the U.S. District Court, was announced in January 2012.
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Warren Police Department stats from July 1, 2012, to Feb. 8 include:
Calls for service: 26,368
Arrests: 1,476
Citations: 1,400
Use of force: 37
Internal complaints / investigations: 20
Five of the 20 complaints were sustained, resulting in the following discipline:
1: 30-day suspension
2: 10-hour suspension
3: 10-hour suspension
4: Termination
5: Termination
The justice department found what it called reasonable cause to believe Warren police engaged "in a pattern or practice of excessive force in violation of the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994."
The agreement to resolve the issue called for Warren police to develop and implement new use-of-force policies and protocols and systems to ensure that uses of force are documented; track citizen complaints and ensure they are investigated promptly; and provide officer training on the appropriate use of force.
In December 2004 - after several police brutality complaints were filed by people arrested by Warren police and after allegations of illegal police strip searches - the Department of Justice announced it would work with Warren to analyze department operations by reviewing department policies and procedures, training and educational practices.
The justice department's investigation involved an in-depth review of police documents and included interviews with patrolmen and community members.
By the time the justice department announced the settlement a year ago, Bowers said then, ''We're a different police department. The infrastructure, the police department's infrastructure in 2004, has been rewritten.''
Mason said last week that he expected to see an increased number of use-of-force incidents by police because the threshold was lowered. For example, in the past, city police might not have documented drawing a weapon at a traffic stop as use of force.
"But now we do," Mason said. "And many things that weren't necessarily considered use of force in the past, for example anything beyond resisting arrest, is now documented. It could be something as simple as taking someone's arm if they pull away as you're handcuffing them."
Of the 26,368 calls for service answered by the city police department over the past six months, 1,476 - or 5.6 percent - resulted in arrests. Additionally, 1,400 citations were issued.
Of the total service calls, some form of reportable force was used by a Warren police officer 37 times, amounting to 1.3 percent of the time over the six-month period.
Twenty complaints were made against officers, and were investigated.


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You don't have to be Carl Edwards or Tony Stewart to take a lap around Michigan International Speedway on Saturday when one of NASCAR's legendary tracks returns with its third annual Track Drive for Charity.
Track officials are opening up the two-mile superspeedway in Brooklyn to anyone with an automobile, but you must bring either a new, unwrapped toy or a bag of nonperishable food. Toys will be donated to the U.S. Marines Toys for Tots, and food will be distributed to the CCIS Food Pantry in Brooklyn and the St. Mary's Food Pantry in Adrian.
The food or gift will get you on the track, which has been repaved since the Aug. 21 NASCAR Sprint Cup race. MIS will open its doors to motorists from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., weather permitting.
Don't expect to go Kyle Busch around the track, though. It will be a controlled lap of about 25 miles per hour. Participants are asked to enter the track through the tunnel gate off of Brooklyn Highway and follow the signs to the infield entry point. Plan to then enter the track via the Pit Road Suite Building underpass.
Santa Claus will be checking out the new surface, too, and he will be visiting with children in one of the MIS suites on pit road. Photos with Santa may be purchased for $5, with $1 being donated to MIS Cares.
MIS' 2012 schedule will offer NASCAR Sprint Cup races on June 17 and Aug. 19. The Nationwide Series returns June 16 and the Camping World Trucks Aug. 18.


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George Bernard Shaw's play Mrs Warren's Profession, written in 1894, was banned by the British censor for over 30 years because the profession referred to in the title is prostitution. In order to evade the censors' ban, the play was performed in private clubs or 'club' theatres. The first production was in 1902 in the theatre of the New Lyric Club, London. The play wasn't licensed for public performance until 1925.
The wealthy Mrs. Warren and her feminist daughter, Vivie, who has recently finished college, are reunited. Vivie wants to know why her mother is so secretive about her business life, and is shocked to learn that her mother has earned her fortune running a string of brothels across Europe. Shaw wrote, 'Mrs Warren's Profession was written to draw attention to the truth that prostitution is caused, not by female depravity and male licentiousness, but simply by underpaying, undervaluing and overworking women so shamefully that the poorest of them are forced to resort to prostitution'.
This is Joan Plowright, 'the best possible Mrs Warren' in the opinion of the Financial Times, in the title role in the National Theatre's 1985 production.


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Associate Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences Annette Engel was featured in an article by the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative for her work studying the effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on coastal Louisiana. The researchers in the consortium "Effects of the Macondo Oil Spill on Coastal Ecosystems" have a rare opportunity to not only learn about how oil stresses marshes, but how these ecosystems 'work. Researchers collect water and marine life samples to study microbial communities along the marsh edge searching for indicators of marsh health and responses to oiling.
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative: Marsh Madness, Scientists Descend Upon Louisiana's Wetlands, Gently


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Kings of Leon plan live DVD and a remix album
While the Kings of Leon are still riding high on the charts with "Only By the Night," the Followill boys are already thinking ahead to their next two releases. Coming within the next several months will be both a live DVD and a remix album, Nathan Followill tells Billboard.
The quartet filmed the live album at London's O2 Arena in July. "England is really the first place we broke," Followill says. "We figured what better place to make a live DVD than where the fans have been the craziest for the longest?"
The remix album will feature contributions by Justin Timberlake, Pharrell, Mark Ronson, Kenna, Linkin Park, Lykke Li and others. On a side note, if you haven't checked it out yet, Sugarland does a great cover of "Sex on Fire." Who knew?
In other Kings of Leon news, the band will not be contributing to "Twilight" sequel, "New Moon," as had been rumored. Lead singer Caleb Followill will be a guest judge on "Iron Chef" this fall.
Regarding a new album, Nathan Followill says the band has a few ideas "kicking around...The new stuff is all over the place," he reports. "I call it 'Aha Shake...' but by guys that are a little grown-up and a little better at their instruments. There's stuff that sounds like Radiohead. There's stuff that sounds like Thin Lizzy. There's stuff that sounds like The Band. We're pretty much to the point now where...we can be experimental and try stuff we would've been scared to death to try on the first couple of records. Now we find ourselves being a little more adventurous."
No release dates for the DVD or remix album have been set.


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- Plants recognize siblings — how?
- Sibling rivals
- Plants can recognize their siblings, and researchers have discovered how.
Plants may not have eyes and ears, but they can recognize their siblings, and researchers at the University of Delaware have discovered how.
The ID system lies in the roots and the chemical cues they secrete.
The finding not only sheds light on the intriguing sensing system in plants, but also may have implications for agriculture and even home gardening.
The study, which is reported in the scientific journal Communicative & Integrative Biology, was led by Harsh Bais, assistant professor of plant and soil sciences at the University of Delaware.
Canadian researchers published in 2007 that sea rocket, a common seashore plant, can recognize its siblings -- plants grown from seeds from the same mother.
Susan Dudley, an evolutionary plant ecologist at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, and her colleagues observed that when siblings are grown next to each other in the soil, they "play nice" and don't send out more roots to compete with one another.
However, the moment one of the plants is thrown in with strangers, it begins competing with them by rapidly growing more roots to take up the water and mineral nutrients in the soil.
Bais, who has conducted a variety of research on plant signaling systems, read Dudley's study and wanted to find the mechanism behind the sibling recognition.
"Plants have no visible sensory markers, and they can't run away from where they are planted," Bais says. "It then becomes a search for more complex patterns of recognition."
Working in his laboratory at the Delaware Biotechnology Institute, a major center for life sciences research at UD, Bais and doctoral student Meredith Biedrzycki set up a study with wild populations of Arabidopsis thaliana.
They utilized wild populations to avoid issues with this common laboratory-bred species, which "always has cousins floating around in the lab," Bais says.
In a series of experiments, young seedlings were exposed to liquid media containing the root secretions or "exudates" from siblings, from strangers (non-siblings), or only their own exudates.
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The length of the longest lateral root and of the hypocotyl, the first leaf-like structure that forms on the plant, were measured.
Additionally, in one experiment, the root exudates were inhibited by sodium orthovanadate, which specifically blocks root secretions without imparting adverse growth effects on roots.
The exposure of plants to the root exudates of strangers induced greater lateral root formation than exposure of plants to sibling exudates. Stranger recognition was abolished upon treatment with the secretion inhibitor.
Biedrzycki did the painstaking laboratory research, rotating more than 3,000plants involved in the study every day for seven consecutive days and documenting the root patterns.


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Erdogan to visit Libya as Sirte battle rages
Sep 15, 2011, 10:07 p.m.
By Joseph Logan and Emma Farge
TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI (Reuters) - Turkey's prime minister heads to Libya on Friday, a day after the French and British leaders won a hero's welcome there for helping to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi and in the midst of a fierce battle over Gaddafi's home town.
Tayyip Erdogan, on a North African tour to assert Ankara's regional influence, will be hoping to reap political and economic dividends from Libya's new rulers for his country's help in their struggle to end Gaddafi's 42-year grip on power.
After nearly seven months of fighting, anti-Gaddafi forces backed by NATO air power control most of Libya, including oil-producing centers and the capital Tripoli, which they seized last month.
But they have met fierce resistance in a handful of pro-Gaddafi bastions such as the desert town of Bani Walid, the southern outpost of Sabha and Sirte, Gaddafi's birthplace 450 km (280 miles) east of Tripoli which they tried to take on Thursday.
"They have now entered the city. There was a coordinated push from the south, east and west and from along the coast. I'm not sure how far they have been able to enter," said Abdulrahman Busin, military spokesman for the ruling National Transitional Council (NTC).
"They are coming under heavy fire. There is a particular problem with snipers."
Gaddafi's spokesman said he had thousands of supporters.
"We are telling you that as of tomorrow there will be atrocious attacks by NATO and their agents on the ground on the resisting towns of Sirte, Bani Walid and Sabha," Mousa Ibrahim told Syrian-based Arrai television late on Thursday.
The television said 16 people had been killed in Sirte, including women and children, as a result of NATO bombing, and that Gaddafi forces had destroyed a NATO warship and several vehicles. None of the reports could be independently verified.
In Bani Walid, which anti-Gaddafi forces are wary of storming for fear of alienating a powerful local tribe, residents were still trying to flee, and reported that others were trapped by gunmen.
France and Britain spearheaded the air campaign that ousted Gaddafi, but Turkey -- which had contracts worth $15 billion in Libya -- backed it reluctantly and was slow to recognize those now leading the oil-rich north African state.
A Turkish ship did play a key role in evacuating civilians from the coastal town of Misrata while it was besieged by Gaddafi forces, and Ankara has recently been vocal in supporting the NTC and provided it with $300 million in cash, loans and other aid.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister David Cameron were told their support may be repaid in business contracts with the oil-rich North African state.
Turkish companies with business in Libya are hoping the Council will honor pending payments once assets are unfrozen, and Energy Minister Taner Yildiz has said he wants state-owned oil and gas exploration company TPAO to resume oil exploration and production work in Libya if security is established.
That depends to a large extent on the fate of Gaddafi who, wanted by the International Criminal Court, is rumored to be hiding in one of the loyalist strongholds.
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Daughter Carrying Mom's Babytoddler-times
No, this isn't some sick, twisted story wherein someone will end up their own grandpa. It's actually kind of sweet.
A New Zealand woman has gotten the go-ahead to act as a surrogate for her own mother. In other words? She'll carry her baby brother or sister in her belly for nine months.
Though officials are largely mum on the details (including the identities of the women involved), the Ethics Committee for Assisted Reproductive Technology officially placed its seal of approval on the surrogacy, the first ever in that country at least. And since I haven't heard one of these stories before (lots of grannies carrying their grandbabies, but none of sisters carrying their siblings), I took notice.
The surrogate is one of four children who has two kids of her own. Why her mom can't carry a fifth child is unknown, as is the AGE of these women (which might be why Mom/Grandma can't get pregnant, but who knows?).
The surrogate is said to be in a steady relationship, and has not yet decided whether she will have any more kids of her own. But she's willing to carry her mother's child, apparently, to give her mom another chance at parenting.
Let's assume then that she was pretty happy with how she was raised? Because I don't know that I could act as surrogate for someone I thought would do a crappy job at it all.
Aside from the weirdness at family parties down the line ("hey mom, I mean sis . . ."), the set-up sounds pretty sweet. The surrogate will not be paid for the service beyond her medical expenses, and nothing pays tribute to your own mother like carrying her baby (not that I'd know – my daughter is very much my daughter!).
What do you think? Could you carry your mom's baby?
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Christine Cassel named NQF president
The National Quality Forum announced today that Christine Cassel, MD, the long-time president and CEO of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the ABIM Foundation, will become its new president and CEO effective mid-summer 2013.
"NQF is deeply fortunate to have Dr. Cassel join us as our new leader," said William Roper, MD, chair of NQF's Board of Directors, in a statement. "Dr. Cassel has the credentials, leadership skills, public respect, credibility and vision needed to run an organization as vital as NQF. At this critical juncture where improved quality is the linchpin to achieving healthcare of the highest value, we believe Dr. Cassel is uniquely qualified to carry NQF's mission forward. We are honored she has chosen to join us in our national quest to improve health and healthcare."
Cassel is no stranger to NQF. As the press release announcing her new position notes, she has participated in NQF-convened committees, including most recently on its Measure Applications Partnership Coordinating Committee.
NQF "is a huge resource for the nation," Cassel told Healthcare Finance News in an interview following an unofficial announcement of her new position during a Maine Health Management Coalition conference in Portland, Maine on Dec. 6.
It is an organization like no other in the country, she said, in that it brings all the stakeholders to the table. As such, she explained, it is positioned to help the healthcare industry do a better job at making performance measurements more meaningful.
Among her career accomplishments, she is a nationally respected expert in geriatric medicine, quality and medical ethics and the author of numerous books and articles. She was the first woman president at the American College of Physicians and the first woman dean of Oregon Health and Science University.
Cassel announced last spring that she would be leaving her position at ABIM, which she has led for a decade, in July 2013.


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In her work, The Ugly Laws: Disability in Public, Susan Schweik explores how "ugly laws"--municipal legislation which barred "any person who was diseased, maimed, or mutilated in any way" from "expos[ing] him [or herself] to public view,"-- spread throughout the United States and abroad during the nineteenth century, reflecting society's fears of the effect of "imperfect" or disabled bodies on/in an urban populace. Indeed, from fears of degeneration in turn of the century London to questions over the nature of self reliance in America, society has seen disability as something needing to be controlled and quarantined, lest the "contagion (s)" contained in the disabled body could spread in the densely packed confines of the city.
As Schweik correctly notes, however, many of the practices and attitudes contained in the "ugly laws"--such as the segregation of disabled individuals in public schools, restricting panhandling , etc.-- carry over into the present and have emerged in other cultures under different names. This panel--which will run at NeMLA in Toronto in 2015--welcomes submissions from any genre or time period that examine the intersections between urban planning , anxiety, and constructions of disability in literature. Preference will be given to submissions that explore representations of disability in regards to any of the following urban concerns: criminality, vice, fears of the "racial other" in cosmopolitan environments, promiscuity, changing meanings of ableism in an industrial economy, differences of sensory perception(the intense sights, sounds, and sensations of city life, for example) in an urban environment and the perceived relationship to madness, and concerns regarding the polluted environment of cities. Similarly, essays may examine representations of "ugly laws" as attempts to shield disabled individuals from the negative influences of the city, insofar as disabled individuals have been seen as particularly susceptible to these environmental influences.
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REYDON, Okla. - Vivienne Swope Stickley, 91, died Monday, Jan. 21, 2002, in Cheyenne.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in Reydon Methodist Church with the Rev. Andy Taylor of the church and the Rev. Daryle Perry of Trinity Fellowship Church in Sayre, Okla., officiating.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Edith Ford Memorial Cemetery in Canadian, Texas, by Stickley-Hill Funeral Directors.
Mrs. Stickley was born to William Chauncey and Celia Burke Swope. She married David Houston "Hoot" Stickley on Sept. 7, 1932, in Sayre.
Survivors include a daughter, Ellen Wesner of Reydon; a granddaughter; and a grandson.
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Is any Conservative really surprised that unemployment has jumped back up over 8% a month after the election as predicted?
Liberals were snookered again by Obama and the Democrats. The biggest group of suckers you want to see are zombie liberals. And you liberals have more surprises coming.
From Gallup:
U.S. Unadjusted Unemployment Shoots Back Up
Unemployment situation best for college grads, whites, men, and older workers
by Jenny Marlar
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. unemployment, as measured by Gallup without seasonal adjustment, was 7.8% for the month of November, up significantly from 7.0% for October. Gallup's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is 8.3%, nearly a one-point increase over October's rate.
Underemployment, as measured without seasonal adjustment, was 17.2% in November, a 1.3-point increase since the end of October. The uptick in November also puts an end to the six-month trend of improvements or no change. Still, underemployment has improved 0.9 points since November 2011.
Gallup's U.S. underemployment measure combines the percentage who are unemployed with the percentage of those working part time but looking for full-time work. Gallup does not apply a seasonal adjustment to underemployment.
These results are based on Gallup Daily tracking interviews, conducted by landline and cell phone, with approximately 30,000 Americans throughout the month -- 67.2% of whom are active in the workforce. Gallup calculates a seasonally adjusted unemployment rate by applying the adjustment factor the government used for the same month in the previous year. Last year, the government adjusted the November rate upward by 0.5 percentage points.
It is unclear what caused the increase in the unemployment rate in November, although some experts speculate that it was caused by jobs lost as a result of superstorm Sandy. It is also possible that lackluster holiday hiring is to blame.
Although the increase in the unadjusted rate in November is a sharp contrast to the 0.9-point decline seen in October, November's 7.8% rate is still tied for the second-best unadjusted unemployment monthly reading of 2012. However, on an adjusted basis, November's rate is the highest reading in six months. Looking at year-to-year comparisons, seasonally adjusted unemployment is down from 8.9% in November 2011.
Any comment now that the official BLS data has been released, that contradicts the Gallup report?
Too bad for conservatives that Gallup isn't the official barometer of unemployment. Remember their final Presidential poll?
November 5, 2012
Romney 49%, Obama 48% in Gallup's Final Election Survey
I guess the fine print said "margin of error: 4%"
The real BLS report on "The Employment Situation" will be released tomorrow. I don't expect it to have a Republican bias.
You should know Tail, you voted for Texas Stupid twice.
Look at U6......
Precisely why $50b is needed to provide infrastructure jobs for them. What's the alternative? Job training?
The very same Gallup poll that pegged Romney ahead by 7 percentage points into the final week before November 7th?
" .. GOP 12: Gallup: Romney leads by 7% with early voters
Gallup releases a new survey showing Mitt Romney leading Barack Obama, 52%-45%, with the 15% of registered voters who've already voted. Meanwhile, 17% of "Romney ..."
We will see soon enough if they are right. I do not expect someone like you to accept anything from anyone that akes Democrats or Obama look bad. Even when the facts stand out for all of you too see. You will find excuses that put your mind at easy so you can continue to think everything is OK even when thy aren't. You remind me of the Titanic's situation. No one thought it could sink, yet it did.Feel free to go down with the ship Uncle. As for people like me I have my life vest and a boat.
Figures. Just think what it will be next month after Christmas. And with the fiscal cliff they predict 1% to 2% more. Obama wants it so don't be surprised. We could back up to 10 or 11% by February! Great job Obama. Thanks for not caring! 4 more years of this? Jezzzz!
It's hard to beleive that so many could be fooled so easily especially after observing Obama's presidency for the last 4 years. This country is doomed at this rate.


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City participating in ranking program to grade Steamboat on sustainability efforts
The city of Steamboat Springs is nearing completion of a community survey that will be used to generate a report that ranks Steamboat for its health, inclusiveness and prosperity.
Steamboat firefighters helping at Montana fire
With forest fire firefighting resources stretched thin across the country, three Steamboat Springs Fire Rescue firefighters were called up Wednesday to help with a fire in Montana.
Sustainability Council's ReTree program heads to the classroom
Students at Steamboat Springs High School will be the first to pilot a new environmental literacy curriculum created by the Yampa Valley Sustainability Council.
130-acre Strawberry Fire near Meeker burns 12 vehicles, 4 outbuildings
Fire is 100 percent contained
A 135-acre fire two miles west of Meeker called the Strawberry Fire burned 12 vehicles and four outbuildings along County Road 7 Thursday, according to the Rio Blanco County Sheriff's Office.
4 outbuildings, 12 vehicles lost in 135-acre fire in Rio Blanco
A 135-acre fire in Meeker off County Road 7 Thursday burned 12 vehicles and four outbuildings, according to the Rio Blanco County Sheriff's Office Facebook page. The fire was located roughly 2.5 miles up from Highway 64, and it's now 50 percent contained. Meeker Fire Department is in charge of the fire.
Fires under control in Moffat County
All of the 34 fires started in Northwest Colorado by lightning over the weekend have been contained, said Lynn Barclay, public information officer for Northwest Colorado Fire Management Unit, on Thursday afternoon.
September deadline looms for deciding endangered status of greater sage grouse
"This is a place that has been overlooked for far too long — it's windshield country. People drive through it to get to somewhere else. But there is a 12-act drama in that country that really matters." – Luke Schafer, Conservation Colorado
Officials update community on wildland fires in Moffat and Rio Blanco counties
Of the 20 wildland fires reported Sunday, only three remain uncontained, according to a press release from the Northwest Colorado Fire Management Unit. The largest is the 87 acre Long Fire about 25 miles northwest of Meeker. It started on state land burned onto Bureau of Land Management land.
Fires in northern Moffat County, Maybell ignite Saturday
Northwest Colorado firefighters are currently battling a blaze about 30 miles north of Craig.
Sonja Macys leaving Yampatika for Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory
Yampatika executive director and outgoing Steamboat Springs City Council member Sonja Macys has accepted a position with the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory.
Grass fire threatens homes east of Craig
A grass fire was ignited northeast of U.S. Highway 40 and old East Victory Way in Craig late Tuesday morning, directly across the highway from the Wyman Living History Museum.
Fire danger remains moderate
As rain passed through Routt County on Friday, the fire danger remained moderate, but U.S. Forest Service officials say conditions in the region are drying out.
Fires continue to ignite across Moffat County
Craig Fire/Rescue responded to three fires in Moffat County on Sunday and another Monday morning.
4 wildland fires ignite around Moffat County Thursday afternoon
Officials responded to four wild land fires in Moffat County Thursday.
Yampa Valley Sustainability Council tours backyard chicken coops in town
With chicken coops sprouting up in backyards throughout the city to provide families with fresh eggs, the Yampa Valley Sustainability Council latched onto the trend during its annual Green Gardens Tour on Tuesday night by leading a group of 40 on a tour of four urban chicken coops in Steamboat Springs.


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Memories of and Reflections About Gideon V. Wainwright
Bruce R. Jacob
Stetson University College of Law
Stetson Law Review, Vol. 33, No. 1, 2003
This article is an outgrowth of remarks that I gave at American University School of Law in 1993 at the Conference on the Thirtieth Anniversary of the United States Supreme Court's decision in Gideon v. Wainwright, and remarks to the members of the Saint Andrew Bay Inn of Court, Panama City, Florida, on September 14, 2000.
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Connecting to Ethiopia through a family mealAsha Dornfest
One of my favorite things about international travel is the food. Trying new things, learning what other cultures consider a delicacy or comfort food. I make a point of tasting regional specialties, even if they seem unusual. My squeamish husband is still shivering over my eating black pudding in an Irish B&B, and he's questioning whether to take me to Scotland because he knows I'll have to try haggis at least once.
This Friday, I travel to Ethiopia with the ONE Campaign. As ONEMoms, we'll be visiting farms, hospitals, schools and homes, and, in the process, will be sharing what we learn about the strides being made in health care, education, and the reduction of poverty and hunger. I've been trying to place the "bigness" of the ONEMoms trip into context both for myself and my kids…but I'm falling short. There's really no way to imagine what an experience like this will be like; all I can do is to go into it with an open mind and a willingness to listen.
But at least I can share a bit of Ethiopia with my kids before I leave home: we can eat Ethiopian food.
There are several Ethiopian restaurants near my home. I got myself ready to do a marketing job on the kids (new foods are a hard sell), but they surprised me by their enthusiasm and willingness. They know how important this trip is to me, and how much I want to involve them.
We ate dinner at Enat Kitchen, a small eatery in North Portland. Our waitress was lovely. She patiently described the items on the menu (I hadn't been to an Ethiopian restaurant since college). We ended up with a selection of beef, lentil and vegetable dishes, all served together on a large platter covered with sour, spongy injera bread.
The food was delicious. I was proud to watch my kids rise above their pickiness so we could share this meal together. I learned that enat is the Amharic word for mother. Rael tried Ethiopian beer. We had fun eating with our hands. It was a great evening together.
The memory of our meal came back to me when I was on a policy briefing call with ONE a few days later. On that call, I learned that 40% of Ethiopian children suffer the effects of malnourishment. The meal I enjoyed with my family, within easy reach for a few dollars and a short drive, was out of reach for many families in Ethiopia. When I travel there with ONEMoms, I'll be learning about programs and meeting people who are working to solve that problem, directly improving the lives of Ethiopian families.
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As we finished our meal at Enat Kitchen, our waitress came to clear our dishes. When I told her I'd be visiting Ethiopia, her eyes lit up then grew wistful. Only eight days you'll be there? she asked. That's not enough! She asked if there were any questions she could answer about Ethiopia. The "bigness" of it all hit me again and I didn't know what to ask. She smiled, and assured me it will be a wonderful. And I was grateful for this simple connection between Portland and Ethiopia; between my family and families I will be meeting soon.
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Some guys in here want to say that the Spurs won't be affected by that airport disaster. Even though I disagree with that, let's talk different issues then.
Forget the travel story for a second. Doesn't exist. Never happened (for the sake of the argument)
The Spurs play lousy on such a short rest. A measly 2 days following a monster series, following a game 7 where they needed to offset some historical trends, some HUGE laws of the NBA playoffs that do not get broken easily.They managed to compensate
for that (short rest on the road) against Phoenix, early in the playoffs, fresher legs and an
opponent they like to beat up.
The Hornets beat them by 20 (19, 18 and 22 I think) in the first three home games.
The Lakers had more rest, they're a great team, very well coached, deep, talented...etc.
I am very far from being a Laker fan. I'm not a Spurs fan either but I
respect the Spurs a lot. I like Kobe as well though.I would like the Spurs to go through here, and I'm
not saying they don't have a chance, I'm saying it will hardly happen
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THIS REPORT deals with a kindred in which many members are affected by a form of renal disease which has led to the death in uremia of several male members of the kindred and which is characterized by most of the manifestations of chronic interstitial pyelonephritis of the type reported by Weiss and Parker.1 The high incidence of pyelonephritis in a single kindred offered an extraordinary opportunity to study both the clinical manifestations and the genetic background of the disease found in this group.
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As far as I know, MySims and The Sims have a world of difference. So it's sort of wrong to compare the two, when it comes to audiences. It seems like the stuff you get in MySims is more childish then the stuff you get in The Sims. Example? MySims: Normal Household items, Chairs, Tables, Appliances. The Sims: Heart shaped bed that has a "Vibrate" option, Hot tub for multiple people, Bars, Pools, and that Mechanical Bull. See what I mean?
MySims is directed at a younger audience then The Sims, but that doesn't mean you and I can't enjoy it either.
But as far as "dumbed down" goes, I think you made a mistake. You're assuming MySims and The Sims started out alike, but then MySims got more chilidish. Which is, in a way, true, but early screenshots/videos never really depicted this. So in actuality it was "kiddy" to begin with, but you nor I never noticed it.
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Master Bathroom Makeover With Luxurious Tub
Designer Joan Suzio, LEED AP, owner of a Decorating Den Interiors franchise in Libertyville, Illinois, carefully melded together different tile patterns by creating three major focal points in the remodeled bathroom—a beautiful wood vanity with matching mirrors, a curving tub, and a walk-in shower with bench, all with the glamor of a Hollywood flick. She unified the remodeled space more with the romantic ocean-blue paint color.
Describe the homeowner's wish list.
Expand and update the shower, improve the lighting, upgrade to a tiled floor from carpet, add more functional storage, and separate the master bathroom from the master bedroom.
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What was the biggest issue the design addressed?
Actually, a leak in the shower wall hastened the remodeling timing. My clients are tall, and the low sink height caused back problems; the shower was very small; the lighting was dingy, and the whole space was thrown together with the cheapest possible fixtures. It just was not working.
Describe an obstacle in the space.
Creating a spa-like space, especially a bigger shower, within the existing footprint. We laid everything out to the inch and measured many times to be sure all would fit!
How did the end result match your original vision?
Initially, we wanted to do a curbless shower, but that was not possible. We could not do pocket doors as desired because of plumbing placement, so instead, we did a bi-fold French door that took up minimal space.
What surprised you about this project?
The biggest surprise were joists that were 24" on center! We had to reinforce the floor for the tub. Thankfully, the tile designer had chosen mosaic tiles for the floor; she said larger tiles would have cracked with the floor supports.
What are the hidden gems that make a big difference?
Attention to lots of little details like the toiletry niche, body jets, big bench in the shower, and even a couple of feet more space made the client so happy in this space. Other gems are the rich variation of the marble tiles, custom mirror frames, faucets, and heated floor, plus a wall-mounted TV!


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Angels vs. .... an entire country
TEMPE, Ariz.
The Angels will host the South African team from the World Baseball Classic for an exhibition game today at Tempe Diablo Stadium. And when these two teams get together, you can throw out the records.
The Angels' lineup has nary a regular to be found. Manager Mike Scioscia has said all along March 5 (tomorrow) was his target to start playing his front-line players:
CF Peter Bourjos
2B Sean Rodriguez
SS Luis Figueroa
3B Brandon Wood
C Bobby Wilson
1B Matt Brown
RF Terry Evans
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who has tried bas rutten's boxing workout cd?
i just got my Bas Rutten's MMA workout CD/DVD set.
it comes with 4 audio CDs, (Boxing, Thai Boxing, All-round Fighting, All-round Workout)
i use the Boxing cd, track 2.
Track 1 is 10 rounds (2 min. rounds)
Track 2 is 7 rounds (3 min. rounds)
has anyone else tried it?
here's a sample: (the first round of the boxing cd, 3 min. round)
he says numbers during the workout, here's what they mean:
1 - jab
2 - jab, straight
3 - jab, straight, left hook
4 - jab, straight, left hook, straight.
every punch is supposed to be executed at full power.
it's for shadow boxing or heavy bag.
if shadow boxing, move around a lot.
let me know how your cardio is after 7 rounds of this. i was almost dead after using 16 oz. gloves on my heavy bag.
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fixed it. .WMA version.
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anyone really try this? does it work?
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link does not work - for me atleast!
a damn shame because i am a huge bas rutten fan! a lot of us traditional MA guys love him. i love that he uses basically every type of attack possible in his fights - flying knees, heel palms, savate style kicks, ground fighting, etc. i've gotta take a trip out to see him one day. seems like a very personable guy. funniest mma guy by far and a REAL legend.
bas training kimbo:
the best of bas(i highly recommend):
bas's crash course on anti-******* self defense(also highly recommended):
and finally, bas doing the deadliest kata on the planet. most recommended! :
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his workout cd's are great-only if you are already experienced or have a good grasp of basics and can work. For beginners, they may be a good workout but a breeding ground for bad habits if done alone. After my old boxing gym closed down, I trained at a different temporary gym and was only allowed like 1 or 2 times a weeks and needed to get ready for a boxing match, kickboxing match, and an mma fight in the span of one month. I had used the cd's for the rest of the days I didnt get to go to the gym along with some other exercises and things turned out great as I won all three fights. Use them but they are not a replacement for a good coach
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yes they are Killers use em if ya got em
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Sounds good, I'm gonna try find a version and download it.
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Polish business and scientists team up against air pollution, climate change, harmful lifestyles 15/09/2016 00:00:00
Message from Head of UN Environment During Largest Beach Clean-up in History 07/08/2016 00:00:00
UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner with Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas (L), Secretary-General of the ACP Group of States, and Hon. Oryem Henry Okello (R), President of the ACP Council of Ministers
Mr. Chairman,
Mr. Secretary General,
Mrs. Assistant Secretary General,
Honourable Ministers from the African, Caribbean and Pacific regions,
Thank you for inviting me to address this meeting of the ACP Council of Ministers.
An alliance of countries that brings a diversity of portfolios, economies, cultures and development tracks together under one umbrella.
My remarks today will focus on Rio+20-20 years after the Earth Summit that in many ways established the sustainable development track of the member states of the UN and has at turns been the font of inspiration but often practical frustration on the issue of implementation over the intervening years.
Let me initially say that UNEP is delighted to be assisting close to 80 African, Caribbean and Pacific, with capacity building for the implementation of the multilateral environmental agreements and their role in promoting environmental sustainability in ACP countries in the context of MDG-7.
This is the early beginnings of the first fruits between UNEP and ACP under this very welcome ACP States and European Commission support backed by the European Development Fund.
Thank you to the European Commission for this backing as part of your overall effort in respect to developing countries and UN institutions like UNEP.
It is perhaps interesting that MEAs are the first focus of this triangular partnership-because these treaties are part of the environmental governance architecture that has rapidly evolved over the past few decades in response to the various sustainability challenges that have emerged over this timeframe.
And they are part of the challenge but also the opportunity for reform and for scaling-up as the world heads towards Rio+20 scheduled for June next year.
I have joined you from Durban, South Africa, where sometime later today or in the early hours of tomorrow morning, nations meeting under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change will deliver their outcome.
Let me say first that the Government of South Africa has done a remarkable job in terms of managing up a low expectation-when I left Durban it seemed that a Green Climate Fund would be established despite the pessimistic voices of only a few weeks ago.
And the Kyoto Protocol-due to come to the end of its first commitment period would have an extension courtesy of the European Union, Australia, New Zealand and several other countries.
But let us be honest to one another-what has come out of Durban will likely fail to match the scientific reality with the reality of the globe's emissions trajectories.
UNEP convened climate modeling groups before Durban to unravel the complexity of what all the commitments and pledges of nations actually amount to.
The good news is that if everybody does what they say they are going to do, then we are half way towards a level of emissions in 2020 consistent with keeping a global temperature rise under 2 degrees Celsius this century.
The bad news is that it is simply not enough. Indeed by some estimates what is likely to be agreed in Durban simply maintains a status quo-at best.
At worst, it takes the world a few steps forward and a few steps back-in other words, we remain on a trajectory that by some-perhaps many estimates-may lead to a 3.5 degree Celsius temperature rise rather than a 2 degree Celsius one.
The story of the climate change convention is the story of the international environmental governance of the past 40 years or more-a history that in many ways is linked with the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment of 1972 that established UNEP.
And the Rio Earth Summit of 1992 which established the climate, biodiversity and desertification conventions and a forum on forests.
The world has acted in the face of the scientific risk assessments that have been emerging, but the level of decisiveness and the level of ambition has all too often fallen short of the challenge.
The world is looking for consistency in terms of action, but is being put on a high risk of uncertainty and confusion and a roller coaster of indecision-not good for economies, employment and the environment and is short changing this and future generations in terms of handing over a healthy and productive planet.
Environmental integrity may perhaps have meant little in a world of a few hundred or a billion people -the population of 1900 was 1.5 billion.
But since the Earth Summit of 1992, we have added 1.5 billion to bring the population to now seven billion people-each with their own legitimate right to development.
The statisticians tell us that the population in 2050 may be over or well over nine billion.
Do we continue with business-as-usual-and not just on climate change?
Because business-as-usual is undercutting the very life support systems upon which we all depend-farmer to businessperson-UN Under-Secretary-General to ACP Minister!
Fisheries are collapsing, arable land is declining, and glaciers are melting challenging future water supplies in many parts of the world.
In an increasingly interconnected world, floods and droughts in one place define the food prices the next day and in a sense the rate of poverty and hunger.
Environmental change has in short become increasingly part of the determinant of economic and also social progress.
These are among the questions confronting world leaders and ministers at Rio+20.
Honorable Ministers, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen,
In response to the economic and financial crisis that began in 2008, UNEP launched its Global Green New Deal/Green Economy Initiative.
Our Green Economy report, launched a few weeks ago and involving economists, modelers, social scientists and UN partners, concludes that investing two per cent of GDP annually in 10 key sectors can-with the right enabling policies-grow the global economy, generate jobs and also maintain environmental integrity.
But also reduce scarcities and shocks inherent in the current economic models.
An economy that challenges the myths and economic disconnects of the "here and now" that are partly fueling degradation.
One that re-directs the global, regional and local economy to operate more intelligently and provides a sustainable path for the trillions of dollars invested through, for example, pension funds.
Operate in a way that grows economies and generates much needed jobs especially for the young and disadvantaged, but in a way that keeps humanity's footprint within ecological boundaries.
That better manages natural resource scarcities by investing and re-investing in natural or nature-based assets like forests and freshwaters.
That corrects economic absurdities such as the US$600 billion fossil fuel subsidies and US$27.1 billion fisheries subsidies
That invests, reinvests and catalyzes the low-carbon, clean-tech industries that will ultimately define the 21st century but which accelerates faster that transition which is already well underway.
Because in a world where US$211 billion was invested in new renewable energies in 2010-with, in that year, developing countries taking the lion's share-it is no longer a question of economics but of up front-versus-lifetime costs.
The Green Economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication is one of the two major themes of Rio+20.
The case for a programme of action for the Green Economy in ACP countries is manifest: Elements of a transition include establishing partnerships that facilitate delivery on the ground and strengthen South-South Cooperation; mobilizing financial resources, fostering a country-owned, people-centered policy framework, promoting good governance and building human and institutional capacities while reducing social, economic and environmental vulnerabilities. A programme of action to a Green Economy provides this option to ACP countries.
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) is especially well equipped to provide technical assistance in realizing this transition. UNEP has supported all 48 least developed countries through its program of work and via the Brussels Programme of Action adopted by the Third United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries in 2001. The Green Economy policy roadmaps can help countries progress to a resource-efficient socially-equitable Green Economy
This is perhaps what one might term the bottom up approach-national action and regional action, that can operate at the level of a United States or a China, to a middle ranking European economy to a small island developing state and a least developed economy.
But the bottom-up approach, no matter how vigorous and how profound, needs a top to which to aim.
It also needs a level of coherence in our international governance structures to maximize delivery and support.
The second theme of Rio+20 is an institutional framework for sustainable development.
Let me focus on this for the remainder of my remarks, with a focus on International Environment Governance, or IEG.
Why? Because the landscape that has emerged in terms of the structures and institutions are, as mentioned, simply too fragmented, time-consuming and piecemeal in its present form to deliver a development path that echoes to the rights, aspirations and legitimate needs of the 21st century world.
And you as ACP ministers have, across your responsibilities and with counterparts across the globe, an opportunity to change this status quo over the next six to seven months.
Firstly the MEAs-there are now some 500 Multilateral Environment Agreements many with their own assemblies and governing bodies.
They have become an administrative burden for many developing countries stretching limited financial and human resources.
A summary of the number of meetings and decisions taken by Conferences of Parties of 18 major MEAs between the years 1992 - 2007 shows that 540 meetings were held at which 5,084 decisions were taken.
If one wishes to be direct, we have been merely dealing with symptom upon symptom, giving the impression that challenges have been addressed but in fact masking root causes and root solutions.
This approach has also prevented a more synergistic and effective approach from emerging.
So we have a management regime that to date is failing this generation's search for sustainable development, unless a more effective, stronger, coherent and focused governance system can be established.
This has prompted a debate as to whether the time is ripe for a global environment organization.
Many regional groupings have, in their submissions to the UN in advance of Rio+20, concluded that a strengthening of the existing institution-in other words UNEP-is certainly needed.
The key question engaging governments and wider society currently is how would a strengthened institution be configured, and what would it do that would prove to be transformative.
Let me share some elements under discussions and consideration.
UNEP has a Governing Council that meets annually, but the decisions taken by environment ministers are referred to New York where they can be agreed or quite literally dismissed as part of the General Assembly process.
In addition, it may surprise some to learn that UNEP's Governing Council does not have provision for universal membership of member states to date.
A more authoritative and strengthened body could also get to grips with the issue of financing. Currently, decisions over how funds allocated for the environment internationally are spent are often taken in parallel fora such as the Global Environment Facility.
Meanwhile, the lack of a central and anchoring policy framework is leading to increased costs, inefficient targeting of scarce financial resources and curtailed consequences for achieving sustainability.
To put it simply the world invests significant time, skill and capacity in negotiating and agreeing treaties, targets and timetables but far less in actually making these agreements happen on the ground and where it matters.
Any strengthened structure must therefore address this disconnect by perhaps having a dedicated implementation arm able to support financially and build the capacity of developing and least developed countries to meet their commitments regionally and nationally.
The effectiveness of systems of implementation can also benefit from partnerships with civil society and their knowledge, networks and independent scrutiny.
A comprehensive science-policy interface spanning the full range of environmental challenges and sectors and capable of building scientific capacity in developing countries is another key link in this forward-looking governance debate.
Overall such reforms will also contribute to other goals such as those enshrined in principle 10 on improved access to information, public participation and access to justice in environment matters
Ladies and Gentlemen,
The institutional framework for sustainable development needs to be more than environment.
But without a strengthening of international environment governance whatever is potentially agreed in Rio+20 will only contribute to a persistence of the challenges, rather than the delivery of the opportunities and the imperative for a more intelligent and equitable 21st century development.
As leaders from the ACP group of countries I am sure that you too are looking to fresh ways of achieving developmental goals-and more importantly sustainable development goals.
Both the Green Economy and the reform proposals for an institutional framework represent risk-but this is not a moment in time to play safe or play to entrenched positions given what is at stake.
The world is looking for leadership and the world is looking for ambition and a resolution to the divisions of the modern world and answers to age-old questions that have become more urgent as each year passes by.
The public is not just looking to their elected leaders for clear, cooperative and conclusive ways forward, they are looking to institutions such as the UN and civil society organizations for clarity and a clear voice on the issues at hand.
Rio+20 can be yet another meeting in the long calendar of international events, or like Rio 1992, it could be something very special that will be discussed with satisfaction and with the certainty that the world came together and made a difference in the progress of humanity.
The twin themes of Rio+20 are not a substitute for sustainable development-not an alternative universe-they have at their core the elements and the desire to realize the visions of 1992 and the declarations and statements of the intervening years.
The ACP Council of Ministers is in many ways a very special and very forward looking architecture of policy making and governance.
One that can have a unique role to play in inspiring a world of new, fresh and young geopolitical structures to finally deal with some age old, but increasingly urgent challenges-that in their resolution can establish the kind of future we all want.
Thank you


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LEWISTOWN - After 11 years operating out of the family home, the Bush men have opened their first retail location at 1537 Loop Road in Lewistown. The owners of Bushmen Landscaping redesigned the brick house's front yard to show customers what they are capable of, co-owner Jon Bush said.
"After working in the business for 11 years, it became too much to handle at home," Jon said. "We decided to open a retail store to offer customers the option of purchasing do-it-yourself materials or to schedule a consultation for our services."
The landscaping business began as a part-time job for Jon after being laid of at Standard Steel in 1991. After years of mowing yards and working as a handyman, Jon decided to focus on the landscaping portion of the industry along with his son, Caleb Bush.
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Members of the Bush family, from left, Caleb, Tara, Jeannie and Jon, welcome customers to the new Bushmen Landscaping location on Loop Road in Lewistown.
"Eventually the landscaping end of the business was going so well, it took up the majority of our time," Jon said. "Caleb, my youngest, was taking a strong interest in it so we decided to put our focus on landscaping."
Caleb graduated from Indian Valley High School in 2009 and continued on to Mifflin Juniata Career and Technology Center where he majored in Agriculture and Landscaping. He has taken over the hardscaping aspects of the business which are projects that involve paving, such as a sidewalk or brick patio. Caleb and his father have been business partners for three years.
Bushmen Landscaping services consist of pond and water garden installation, hardscaping, fertilizing, lawn installation and repair, grounds maintenance, mowing, soil testing, fall and spring clean-up, mulching, lighting installation and weed, pest and disease control.
"Next spring we will be selling seasonal plants, mulch and landscaping items at the new retail store," Jon said.
Bushmen Landscaping is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday. Visit www.bushmenlandscaping.com or contact the store at 248-3484 for more information and to see samples of past landscaping projects.


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Besides their young age, I have no turtles of the same species to compare either of them to, so I have no real idea of their genders.
Here's my question. A few months ago, they both started the vibrating/waving hands thing with each other. Does this say anything about their genders? Can males and females both flutter? How can I tell if it's a mating thing or an aggression thing?
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