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From Scotland on Sunday.
Saudi Arabian women are heading for a collision with the country's ultra-conservative religious establishment over a 17-year-old official ban that prevents them from driving vehicles.
A group called the League of Demanders of Women's Right to Drive Cars in Saudi Arabia will present a petition to King Abdullah this week, asking him to "return that which has been stolen from women: the right to free movement through the use of cars, which are the means of transportation today."
The women add: "This is a right that was enjoyed by our mothers and grandmothers in complete freedom."
The exceptionally bold language in a country that uses draconian laws against even the mildest dissent indicates growing self-confidence among Saudi women reformers as the economy slowly opens up to outside influences.
Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world that forbids women from driving. But the ban is relatively modern, a fact the women are hoping to exploit. It was introduced in 1990 after a group of women drove a convoy of cars to protest against a "cultural" prohibition against women drivers. The result was disastrous for them. The Council of Grand Ulamas (religious scholars), the highest religious authority in the country, issued a fatwa (religious decree) stipulating that women driving was against the rules of Islam.
The religious establishment has come out in force in favour of the ban. A statement signed by more than 100 clerics, judges, university teachers, heads of the Saudi religious police and teachers at the Grand Mosque in Mecca and the Prophet's Mosque in Medina, the two holiest sites in Islam, declares that no Islamic scholar or "good figure in society" has called for women to drive.
Some of those who signed claim that women driving would create greater economic burdens because families would need to have more than one car, and they would have to buy new cars regularly because "women are known to like everything new".
A typical Saudi orthodox religious view is that of Dr Mohammed Al-Farraj, a prominent cleric and orator at Al-Rawdah mosque in Riyadh, who opposes any political or social reforms not based purely on Islamic law.
He believes that any freedoms granted to women, including the right to drive, will open the door to "gender mixing", which is a source of "great vice". He advised fathers not to be lax in allowing their wives or daughters to go out as this will lead to "serious evils" because they will "beautify themselves, take off their hijabs and be indecent".
Al-Farraj reserves particular venom for a popular TV programme, Tash ma Tash, which manages to dodge the official censorship. One sketch which attracted his anger lampooned the driving ban with a sketch on whether women should be allowed to ride donkeys, and if so whether they should have to be female ones. He declared that the actors were apostates who should be punished by death.
The Shoura Council, the nearest thing to a parliament in Saudi Arabia, has decided the topic is too hot to handle, announcing it was not the right body to discuss the issue because of the fatwa.
Wajeha Al-Huwaider is not impressed. She attacks discriminatory laws which "classify women as having less sense, detract from their importance, cast doubts about their abilities, let them be beaten and divorced, let them be imprisoned within four walls, allow them to be treated as their husbands see fit, let them be bought and sold by legal agreement, and, when the women fail and violate religious law they welcome their barbaric killing." She adds: "Dogs and cats in the developed world have more rights." It's all in the Koran, and dogs don't do so well in that book either.
Posted on 09/16/2007 4:32 AM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
16 Sep 2007
Mary Jackson
I didn't realise the ban was relatively recent.
Mohammed didn't drive a car, so perhaps Muslim men shouldn't drive either. Somehow their imitatin of their "Prophet" never seems to extend that far.
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Shocking: Tortorella emphasizes 'mental toughness'
Without any clues, if you had to pick one word to describe what John Tortorella might be looking for, what would it be?
There's a strong chance many would pick "toughness" (or, OK, maybe a variation such as "grit") and you'd be right.
After a World Cup of Hockey in which Team USA's pursuit of toughness bordered, at times, on the comical, Tortorella kept the same themes going with the Columbus Blue Jackets.
"I think that's the fine line of winning and losing," Tortorella told the Columbus Dispatch. "How do you handle yourself in those little situations where it's, 'Man, what do (I) give? Or, do (I) give in?'
"I've said it from day one, our mental toughness needs to be changed and this is part of the process."
Specifically, Tortorella was talking about the Blue Jackets going through what the Columbus Dispatch describes as an especially "grueling" practice early on in training camp. But, honestly, it feels like it can be Torts' request for just about anything hockey-related.
(It would be a refreshing bit of trolling if Tortorella decided to talk about finesse for an entire press conference.)
To some extent, talk of toughness can probably be chalked up to "coach-speak."
Still, it's tough not to wonder if the 2016-17 season might serve as a litmus test for Torts' way of thinking and how it may influence the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Even when it's not Torts making the decisions or at least dishing out the soundbytes, the Blue Jackets seem fixated on intangibles. Consider how GM Jarmo Kekalainen spoke about character while elaborating on the divisive decision to select Pierre-Luc Dubois over, say, Jesse Puljujärvi.
For all the blue collar talk, the Blue Jackets aren't exactly a cheap team, with the 2016-17 version coming in at a cap hit of about $69 million.
In a multitude of ways, Columbus is paying a premium for intangibles and toughness, with Torts carrying that focus to an extreme. It should be fascinating to see how this all shakes out … even if Sergei Bobrovsky's play could ultimately be the real make-or-break factor for the Blue Jackets.
Predators give Laviolette a two-year extension
The Nashville Predators have been on a roll lately, and keeping Peter Laviolette around seems like it keeps things going in a positive direction.
The team announced a two-year contract extension for Laviolette during Saturday's State of the Union event.
During his first two seasons behind the bench in Nashville, the Predators have managed two playoff berths, beating the Anaheim Ducks in the first round during this last postseason trip. The Predators have managed to stay competitive in the Central Division, which is no small task.
With P.K. Subban added to the mix, it makes great sense to retain Laviolette's services. You never know how a situation will work until it plays out, yet on paper, his system seems like a seamless fit for the star defender.
Nashville's shown some promise already under Laviolette's watch, particularly in quietly putting up some promising possession stats. At this moment in time, the future looks even brighter.
It can't hurt that the guy has a Stanley Cup on his resume, either.
Goalie mask tour: Seinfeld references, tributes and more
As difficult as it is to believe, it's October already. You know what that means*; hockey season is rapidly approaching.
Along with stories about guys who might still be a little injured claiming they're "100 percent" and teams carrying in optimism that will eventually look foolish, we also get fun stuff like new goalie masks.
We'd already seen Petr Mrazek pay tribute to Joe Louis Arena a month ago, but with the preseason in high gear, we're seeing more masks.
While there will likely be some other fun entries before the games start to count in 2016-17, PHT is kindly saving your delicate fingers a few extra clicks by collecting a few choice masks in one post.
To start things off, Michal Neuvirth paid tribute to late Philadelphia Flyers owner Ed Snider:
Michal Neuvirth knew what he wanted on his new Philadelphia Flyers mask. He wanted it transformed into an epic tribute to the one and only, Mr Flyers himself, Ed Snider🙏🏻. Michal and I we brainstormed together and a plan emerged how to create the painting. I just love to create Storyteller masks📕. I wanted this to be truly special❤. Put a lot of thoughts into every detail. We wanted it to be subtle and clean design that live and breath Flyers in the core. It was an honor to create this piece. On the side is also the wonderful logo of Ed Snider created by fellow artist David E. Wilkinson. In the design you will also just as always find a painting of the castle from Michal's hometown. Thank you Michal, we have worked together for so many years and it always a joy to create your mask paintings😊🎨 Thank you! #neuvirth @philadelphiaflyers #nhl #DaveArt @nhl #DaveArtCreativity #aflyerforever
This Miami Herald video shares Roberto Luongo's very-cool concept: the old Panthers cat on one side, the new one on the other. Here's a shot from George Richards:
(Anyone else get a little John Vanbiesbrouck nostalgia from that lid?)
Thankfully, no birds were harmed in the making of Louis Domingue's mask, which features Arizona sports figures from Randy Johnson to more obvious Coyotes choices:
Nitpick: Steve Nash's hair could have been floppier. Just saying.
Finally, hockey and Seinfeld once again mix better than a black-and-white cookie in Scott Wedgewood's mask, which features a Puddy reference:
If you want more goalie masks, DaveArt.com's list should keep you entertained for some time.
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Malkin is 'not happy' with the way he's been playing lately
Evgeni Malkin is back in Penguins training camp after a stint with Team Russia at the World Cup.
Malkin and his team reached the tournament's semifinal before being knocked out by the eventual champions, Team Canada.
The Pens forward collected three points in four games, but he wasn't satisfied by his overall performance.
"I need to start now," Malkin said on Saturday, per the Tribune. "I'm not playing great. I'm not happy with my game at the World Cup. I will play better here and now."
When he's at his best, Malkin is fully capable of taking over games. That's easier said than done in a best-on-best tournament, but those are the standards he's set for himself.
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Skip to comments.Male kid lockups ordered to gender-bend clothes regulations (NY)
Posted on 06/20/2008 8:08:30 PM PDT by Coleus
The state has quietly ordered male-only juvenile detention centers to keep bras and panties in stock for transgendered delinquents - angering many jail staffers. Each facility must stock a dozen bra and panties of each size in case it is requested, employees said and agency officials confirmed. Girls' centers also must stock men's underwear.
Two longtime employees of the agency ripped the policy, saying they fear it promotes an alternative lifestyle in order to accommodate a miniscule population. "People are appalled," one employee said. "The vast majority of kids in here don't fit the category and want nothing to do with this." The second employee said it would have made more sense to phase the policy in rather than enact it all at once. "I'm dealing with predominantly inner-city kids from gang neighborhoods; there's a lot of other battles and issues I need to deal with," he said.
The state Office of Children and Family Services order is part of a policy quietly enacted in response to a lawsuit. In addition to keeping "gender neutral undergarments" in stock, facility staff must call transgendered youths by their chosen, rather than their legal, names. Those boys who believe they are girls also must be called "she" by those at the facilities, while girls who believe they are boys must be called "he" under the policy. Transgendered kids in the system can shower privately, shave body parts, use makeup and grow their hair long.
Some can request to be transferred to a facility in upstate Red Hook that has housed a number of transgendered kids, officials said. A male who believes he is a female can also request transfer to a girl's juvenile center and vice versa. The request would be heard by a committee. To date, there has just been one such request, but it didn't go through because the youth was sent to an adult jail. "The policy is all about tolerance and respect," said spokesman Edward Borges. The state runs 30 juvenile jails with a total of 1,212 kids. The number of transgendered is about 20.
No, it is about coercion of the vast majority.
Requested by whom? The rapee or the rapist?
A boy that believes he is a girl or vis versa is delusional and mentally ill. The need real psychiatric help, not underwear.
The majority of them cannot be changed through psychiatry.
Have you ever met a shrink that wasn't a little bonkers themselves?
Actually, yes. Next question?
Great! I'm a male lesbian, you know. So lock me up with all the bad girls.
One of the preeminent goals of psychiatrists is to make the Universe unisex. ;-)
They're being locked up for a crime....little things like makeup and underwear can be forgotten about.
Or to make the cosmos universally guilt-free sexed. No rules.
You are correct, which is why I added "real". This appears to be the only mental illness that can be "cured" by surgically removing a healthy body part via lopadicophomy.
My daughter just completed her first year at DePaul University in Chicago. The was telling me how an official survey for a class offered FOUR options for "gender". Male, Female, Transgender and OTHER. Her response? "Other, like what "sheep"? That's my girl.....
Lopadicophomy love your spelling! But I understand. ;-)
Bras are a foundation undergarment worn for a specific purpose. Boys don't need bras. It's ridiculous !
Hope she can retain her realism over the next three years. Prayers go out to her. ;-)
You are correct, but I think they feel it gives them "support"...(support for being messed up).
Then they need intensive counselling. Not bras.
The other operation is an adadictomy. I think Rush may have mentioned that one.
> Great! I'm a male lesbian, you know. So lock me up with all the bad girls.
Sounds good to me too!
We just need to make sure the other posters on this thread don't get their wish first, such that the only way we can get into the girls' center is minus our original-issue privates.
And you know this how? (Knowing full well that you may be in that field due to your handle).
and how did you feel about that?
Heard today that California is in a quandry as 'they' have determined that incarcerated people will be eligible to marry under the gay marriage ruling. The quandry being how to best handle the situation. The report also mentioned 72 hr conjugal visits also allowed...didn't say whether all at one time or not.
Course as long as the taxpayers keep footing the bill, the idiots in charge will keep up the foolishness.
It's all about catering to perversion and "respecting" perversion.
And what do you propose for the first pregnancy caused by this policy? Castration of the male offender?
One of the most memorable days of my life occurred where I used to work, a place that had an eccentric lesbian as a bookkeeper. One morning she came in, sat down at her desk, and laid her head down on her arms. One of us regular guys cautiously asked her what was wrong.
"My psychiatrist committed suicide."
All us regular guys clamped our hands over our mouths and fastwalked out of the office, trotted out the back door, and exploded. Insensitive? Yes. It's a guy thing.
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Edward Borges is an ass.
She's not going back. Couldn't stand the place.
The male to female operation is a chopadicoffamey.
Close the door.
New York has slipped into the slime.
The inmates are running the asylum.
See post # 12.
Thanks. I think the difference is in the instrument used to carry out the task. The "lop" uses a pruning shears, the "chop" uses a meat cleaver. ;)
I'm getting mental pictures here that I'm not at all comfortable with.
This whole article made me uncomfortable...
For instance, my father had a client some years ago who was arrested stealing women's clothes from public laundry mats. Knowing there's no cure for the underline fetishism that compelled the young man to want the clothes, he concentrated on teaching him to recognize that stealing them was unexceptionable. That showing restraint and buying them would help his life - and mentality - be less chaotic and more stable. To the best of my dads knowledge, that client never had trouble with the law again. Ironically, he had another client a couple years later in the same situation who failed miserably and continued to have trouble with the law.
It was a professional annoyance to dad that he had two court-ordered clients in the same situation, but one failed where the other seemed to succeed. "You can't help them all" was his frustrated take on it.
But I'm not making an excuse for the idea of allowing these people to indulge in makeup and, etc. It shouldn't be allowed as it defeats the purpose of jail. Personally, I don't think there should even be televisions in jail.
These folks are delusional and self destructive. You don't treat the illness by pandering to the delusion.
To induce the defect, one simply has to introduce a small amount of estrogen to a mammalian male fetus right before the testes develop the ability to produce androgens principally testosterone (if I recall correctly, around the 4 month mark of the pregnancy). The estrogen blocks the androgens from reaching the brain.
Every mammalian ovum is a blueprint for a female and the brain stays female until it gets the chemical message from the testes that the fetal body is male. Since estrogen is a testosterone inhibiter, if its present in the male fetus it can block that chemical message. When that happens, a male is usually born with a stria terminalis that is female sized (about two thirds smaller than a males) and a hypothalamus lacking the extra neuron super-clusters present in men but not woman.
Thats why transsexual behavior in children occurs right around the time that children begin presenting inherently distinct male and female gender differences.
Interestly, these differences in the brain dont occur in gay men: their stria terminalis and hypothalamus are the same as straight men. But the stria terminalis and hypothalamus in a transgender is all but indistinguishable from a womans.
I think your statement about being delusional can be applied to non-transgendered males who dont present their female behavior until after sexual puberty. Personally, I think those people are fetishists, whove learned the behavior as a sex ritual, much the same way as people who are into water sports or bondage.
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The Supreme Court today reserved its order on a plea seeking a stay on commissioning of the Koodankulam nuclear plant till all safety measures are put in place.
Following a marathon arguments spanning the last three months, a bench of justices K S Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra reserved its order on the plea that questioned the safety and security of people, the environmental impact and other issues linked to the controversial plant.
The court was hearing a bunch of petition filed by anti-nuclear activists challenging the project on the ground that safety measures recommended for the plant by an expert body has not been put in place. They also raised various questions pertaining to the disposal of nuclear waste and the plant's impact on environment.
The Centre, Tamil Nadu government and Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd, which operates the plant, had refuted all the allegations on safety and security aspects.
They submitted that the plant is completely safe and can withstand any kind of natural disaster and external terrorist attack.
The bench on the first date of hearing on September 13 had refused to stay the loading of fuel for the plant but had agreed to examine the risk associated with the project, saying the safety of people in its vicinity is its key concern.
"Public safety is of prime importance. There are poor people living in the vicinity of the plant and they should know their lives would be protected," the apex court had said.
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"I'm back to shooting," said the 76ers point guard, who had surgery May 6 to repair the labrum of his right shoulder. "I have full extension and everything. So I'm ahead of schedule."
That's good for Sixers fans, who were fearful that trade rumors involving Carter-Williams were accurate.
General manager Sam Hinkie said Tuesday that the Sixers were committed to the reigning rookie of the year.
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I am not a patient person. If there was a patience scale and you asked me to rate my level of patience from one to ten, I would generously place myself at a two. It's not that I don't try to be patient. I'm just a planner. I need to know exactly what is happening so I can place it all on a specific timeline in my head (and my iCal – let's be real).
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Do/did any of you ever get really impatient waiting for your due date to get closer and for baby to arrive? Some days I feel like I'm going crazy with the waiting – and that my due date will never come. I really want to wash up all of his clothes, blankets, sheets, car seat, etc. REALLY bad.


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All right, peeps, in this exercise, we are going to take this Gaussian Blur 16 channel here, the blurred version of the NuCard logo, and we are going to employ it as a texture map in the Lighting Affects Filter, and we are going to create just an insanely cool effect as you are about to see. If you are just joining me, you can open this image, it's called NuCard blur.psd, and you'll see this because you'll see the composite RGB image which is just fine, actually. Let's go over to the Layers palette and we want to add a layer of gray to accommodate the Lighting Affects Filter, of course.
So I want you to press Ctrl+Shift+N or Command+Shift+N on the Mac. I am going to call this New Layer: gray, and I am going to change the Mode to Overlay, once again, and turn on the Fill with Overlay-neutral color (50% gray), easiest way to get there, there are a different ways to fill a layer with gray but this is one of the easier methods. Then go ahead and click OK and then let's go ahead and restore a Normal Blend mode by pressing Shift+Alt+N or Shift+Option+N on the Mac. All right, we've got a layer of solid gray pixels. Let's go up to the Filter menu, and I want you to choose Render, and then Lighting Effects, like so.
That's going to bring up the Lighting Effects dialog box, and if you have followed along with me a couple of exercises ago, you've got this gargantuan spotlight that's a function of Style being set to URL watermark. I want you to go ahead and change Style back to Default, right there and you can see that they are all listed alphabetically. So choose Default from the menu, and we are going to make a few changes. For one thing, I am going to drag the light source up above the image, and I am going to increase the width of the light source as well to incorporate the entire canvas at this point, and this is looking pretty good.
One of the big problems is that, I haven't specified a Texture Channel. So I'll go ahead and change the Texture Channel option to GBlur 16 in order to add the letters and you can see the letters appear in the background there. All right, a few other changes I want you to make at this point. We do want the background to stay as gray as possible, of course, we just want the highlights and the shadows to appear in front of the credit card. A few changes that I want you to make, Intensity set to 35, it is just fine; Focus of 69 is fine as well. We want to take the Gloss down to -100 once again, because we want a Matte finish. The Material should, again, be set to 0; although, I have to say this material slider doesn't really make all that much difference. The other options are fine as is, that's an Exposure of 0 and an Ambience of 8.
Now this time we do want White to be high because we are trying to light white letters in the Alpha channel from up above, so we are lighting in a proper direction this time around and our letters are white as opposed to black as in the previous example, a couple of exercises ago, once again. Anyway, the up shot is leave the check box ON. This time we are going to go with the mountainous letters, we are going to crank the letters up to their full height because we have big letters to work with and they have very soft edges as well. And this is the final effect believe it or not, does not look like a heck of a lot at this point, but it will serve us well.
You can go ahead and save out your settings, might as well, let's call them Credit because their effect's on credit at this point, I suppose. Go ahead and click OK and then click OK in order to apply the Lighting Effects filter and check it out, is that not just amazing; very, very nice letters at this point. Now I want to apply a blend mode, of course, and this time I am going to apply the Hard Light mode. So press Shift+Alt+H or Shift+Option+H on the Mac, in order to apply the Hard Light blend mode and then I want to increase the effect of this gray layer by, essentially, creating another one of those X2 Blank layers that's going to basically double the effect of the gray layer and here is how we are going to pull if off.
I want you to press and hold the Alt key or the Option key on the Mac and click-and-hold on this black white icon and go ahead and choose Brightness/Contrast because we are going to make an empty adjustment layer and let's go ahead and call this one x2 as we so often do, and I want you to change the mode this time around to Hard Light because we want to increase the effect of both the highlights and the shadows of this layer; then go ahead and click OK. I don't want you to make any changes, whatsoever, to the Brightness/Contrast dialog box, just go ahead and click OK again. At this point I am feeling like I am over darkening the layer and I am not highlighting it enough. So one of the problems is, that I forgot to clip this x2 layer along with the layer below. I should have turned on that Clipping check box, so instead I'll just go ahead and Alt+Click or Option+Click on this horizontal line right there, that looks a heck of a lot better, and we now have the x2 layer clipped inside of the gray layer.
I am going to make one more modification, however. I am going to click on the gray layer to make it active, and then I am going to Alt+Click or Option+Click on the black white icon and choose Levels. We'll go ahead and call this one highlight enhancer or something along those Lines, and make sure that Use Previous Layer to Create Clipping Mask is turned on this time, it should be by default; click OK, and I just want to brighten the highlights a little inside this layer, so we have brighter highlights across the top edges, and then I am going to darken the midtones, so that I am not over lightening the image in general. So let's go ahead and take that gamma value to 0.9.
Now depending on how you had set up the Spotlight inside the Lighting Effects dialog box, you may be applying different values inside of the Levels dialog box. So these values are designed to compensate for the effect I applied but your results may vary, is basically what it comes down to. All right, this looks great to me. I am going to go ahead and click OK in order to accept that effect. So this is what we managed to create. Notice, if I turn off all of those layers we have that flat colorful background, and then if I turn the Layers back on, we have these wondrous lit letters here, but I don't buy it so far, do you buy it? Me neither. We need to be able to distort the background around the letters, we need displacement folks and we are going to get displacement if you join me, once again, at this place, in the next exercise.
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The defense, overall, has the potential be one of the best in recent memory for UCLA, and it's led by a veteran, talented defensive line, one that very much exhibited those traits this spring. Rodney Leisle (6-3, 288, R-SR) returning to UCLA for his senior season was perhaps the best news that the new coaching staff could have gotten, and he showed why in spring, recovered from his injuries and surgery, in great shape and very focused. And while UCLA has had some solid players at the other defensive tackle position recently, those players probably didn't have the talent that Ryan Boschetti (6-4, 291, SR) has. Boschetti, this spring, showed that he's improved his strength while retaining his quickness. He's also more technically sound and less reliant on some of the poor habits he brought with him from JC ball.
Mat Ball (6-6, 275, R-SR) stepped into the starting position at the one vacant defensive end position, and UCLA now has two bookend Balls, joining his twin brother, Dave Ball (6-6, 268, R-SR). It was interesting to watch the new alignment on the line, with Mat officially being the strongside defensive end, even though most of the time the Balls remained on the same side regardless of how the offense lined up. The theory is that, without much difference between the Balls in quickness and agility, it probably is better that they stay on one side most of the time and stay comfortable.
But watching this DL in spring practice was truly a delight. Not only are they talented, but the four seniors have so much experience between the four of them. If they stay healthy by fall, they are the best and most experienced starting defensive line UCLA has fielded in quite a long time.
If there is possibly one weakness to the starting five, it would be quickness and pass rushing ability. That's where defensive end Asi Faoa (6-4, 265, R-SR) comes in. This spring, he was consistently one of the most impressive players in the drills, being physically overwhelming, and incredibly quick for his size. Faoa, though, has always flashed this kind of talent in practice, and it's time for him to step up next season and show it consistently in the games.
From there, the UCLA defensive line gets a bit skimpy, and it's understandable since it's spring, and there were a couple of players that sat out because of injury. C.J. Niusulu (6-2, 300, SO) looked very good at tackle before he tweaked his knee and sat out two weeks of practice. Thomas Patton (6-3, 263, R-FR) had a positive spring, looking like he's improved his ability to hold the line and also shed blockers. He looked better at planting himself, being a bit top heavy last fall. David Tautofi (6-2, 260, R-SR) actually had a good showing at defensive end for spring and might be able to provide some good backup minutes as another option at rush defensive end. Defensive end Kevin Harbour (6-4, 244, R-FR) sprained a knee and sat out most of spring. Then UCLA lost walkon defensive end James Jessen and Kirby Joseph, who both decided to leave the team, making the depth on the DL somewhat of a worry. It makes it quite a bit more possible that one of the true freshman coming to UCLA this fall – Kevin Brown (6-2, 285) and Junior Lemau'u (6-5, 240) -- will have a shot at getting some playing time. It would actually behoove UCLA if they did; After next year, UCLA loses six seniors from its defensive line and will need some bodies to plug in by 2004, and it would help if some of those bodies had as much playing experience as possible.
There is some real reason to be excited after watching UCLA's linebackers this spring. Again, similar to the defensive line, the potential for UCLA to have one of its best linebacking crews in recent memory was very evident in spring. Brandon Chillar (6-3, 233, SR) had a very good spring, after a great off-season where he thoroughly impressed the new coaching staff. He's a potential star at the strongside backer position. Then, you have the freshman first-team All-American, Spencer Havner ((6-4, 229, R-SO), on the weakside. Havner started out a little slow, but then looked very impressive in the last couple of weeks of practice. His combination of size and speed at the weakside position again showed why he's so tough there – with the quickness to rush the passer and run sideline-to-sideline but with the height that makes it difficult for quarterbacks to throw over him in pass coverage.
Then after the known star quality of Chillar and Havner, you had a blossoming star emerge at middle linebacker in Justin London (6-1, 235, SO). London had a great spring, given that he had off-season surgery and the coaches weren't expecting him to be 100%. He started out behind Dennis Link (6-2, 215, R-SR) at the position, but was just too good to keep down. By the last week of practice he was impacting just about every play in the scrimmages, flashing through the offensive line and running down ball carriers. It's thought that London is still learning the position and has a way to go, but with the summer, the program is expecting him to come back in fall and be in command of the middle linebacker position.
Again, like the defensive line, the projected starting linebackers from spring are possibly among the most talented UCLA has had in years.
What was one of the most encouraging aspects of spring were how some of the younger, backup linebackers fared in practice. Wesley Walker (6-2, 222, SO) got rave reviews from coaches and players alike at the backup weakside. Even though he's listed on the depth chart at the strongside and played a bit there in spring, Walker mostly lined up at the weakside, and looked similar to Havner in his size and quickness. Xavier Burgess (6-2, 243, R-FR) was also a great treat this spring, looking very good at the strongside position, looking lean, running very well, and showing good instincts to the ball. Tim Warfield (6-2, 222, R-JR) also moved around a bit position-wise, playing both strongside and middle linebacker at times. Patrick Pierre-Louis (6-0, 216, R-JR) was recovering from a shoulder injury last season and apparently re-injured it this spring. His status is uncertain at this time, which led to Walker moving to weakside. If Pierre-Louis can return by fall, and play the way he did in practice last fall, it would give UCLA some needed depth, and a different type of option at the weakside. Link had a pretty solid spring and it's thought that he'll be able to provide solid backup minutes at middle linebacker next season.
The hits just keep on coming. After you rave about the talent at defensive line and linebacker, you have to keep raving when you review the defensive backs and how they did this spring.
This spring, when it came to the defensive backs, it was a matter of some young talent getting older, more experienced, bigger physically and more confident.
Probably the most emerging star, who started to emerge last season, is free safety Ben Emanuel (6-3, 203, R-JR). It's amazing to think how different and how far Emanuel has come since he first came to UCLA and some questioned whether his light would ever turn on. Well, it's a lighthouse now. Emanuel had a great spring, looking so big, quick and smart. He looked better at free safety this spring than any free safety in the last five years. And there's a sense that he still is just at the beginning of his potential, still learning how to play and understanding that he has the potential to dominate.
And if you're talking about how someone looked almost scarily bigger and better in spring, the award probably goes to Jarrad Page (6-1, 200, SO) at strong safety. In spring, it was pretty apparent that Page hadn't finished growing last season, looking bigger and more athletic this spring. He and Emanuel combined are so long and athletic that they seemed to gobble up real estate in the secondary. Page also has to be right there if you're handing out an award for some frightening potential, with a sense that he really is just at the beginning of his development.
Holding down one corneback spot in a new role as a veteran is Matt Ware (6-3, 201, JR), who had probably his best month of practice this spring than he's ever had since he's been at UCLA. Ware looked really clued in to the new scheme and less hesitant than just about any DB out there. He also looked more physical and stronger. He made more plays this spring than any other cornerback and looked like he now has a firm grasp on the position.
The other starting cornerback position left vacant by the loss of Ricky Manning was a big issue this spring – the question of who would be the one to fill it. Matt Clark (5-9, 171, JR) started out spring practice at the top of the depth chart at the position, and held on to it by the end. Clark was thought to generally have a good spring, looking similar to the rest of the defensive backs in the way he appeared more comfortable and instinctual than he had before. But what was really encouraging, in much the same way that the strong play from the young linebackers were this spring, was the competition among the young cornerbacks. Marcus Cassel (6-0, 174, SO) and Jebiaus Brown (6-0, 180, R-FR) were both considered by the program to have very good springs. Cassel looked more aggressive and physical than he had before. And then perhaps the most unexpectedly good performance came from Keith Short (5-10, 178, SR), who had a very good spring, consistently making plays just about every day in practice. His performance will make it hard to keep him out of the two-deep and signaled to the coaches that Short can play corner at this level. If that's not enough, Joe Garcia (6-0, 185, R-FR), even though on the depth chart he was moved to strong safety, played most of the spring at corner, and had some very strong moments.
The backups at safety were also pretty impressive. The biggest development there was the move of Glenn Ohaeri (5-9, 200, SO) to strong safety and his use as the #1 nickel back when the defense went to the nickel, which was quite frequently this spring. Ohaeri, even though he's just 5-9, packs a punch with his 200 pounds, and he is very quick and aggressive. When he's in with the nickel package, Brandon Chillar comes out and UCLA has some exceptional athleticism in their defensive backfield. Eric McNeal (6-2, 211, R-FR), who didn't participate much last fall due to injury, came to spring practice bulked up and focused and played very well. Kevin Brant (6-0, 190, R-SR) had a solid spring backing up at free safety.
Traditionally spring practice has been a time when the roster is a bit thin, particularly at defensive back in recent years. But the talent and depth in the defensive backfield was impressive for a fall, much less a spring practice. For a spring, to have at least five cornerbacks that looked strong is really exceptional.
The defense was very impressive. There is a little worry about depth on the defensive line, especially as a result of the injuries to Niusulu and Harbour. But with London stepping up at middle linebacker, and Walker and Burgess having good springs as backup linebackers, and then the defensive backfield looking extremely talented and deep with some of the younger cornerbacks stepping up, so many of the small worries about the defense were answered. Again, the depth of the defensive talent this spring was highly unusual, and makes it pretty exciting to think that, with the players back from injury – and then plugging in some of the exceptional incoming freshmen -- how loaded this defense could potentially be next year.
Replacing a kicker, punter and long snapper could prove to be a big issue next season. And in spring practice there was a little evidence that it could be just that. Kicker Justin Medlock (6-0, 193, R-FR) had a bit of a peculiar spring. In the drills, he was almost perfect. In the scrimmages, he wasn't close to perfect, missing more gimme attempts than making them. Chris Kluwe (6-5, 212, R-JR) generally had a solid spring. He's getting his punts off much quicker, with shorter mechanics, and he improved his consistency. There is a potentially large issue at longsnapper. A couple of walkons took the bulk of the reps at longsnapper in spring, Adam Craven (6-1, 208, R-JR) and Riley Jondle (6-3, 195, R-FR), but they were fairly inconsistent in their snaps in the drills. David Tautofi and others tried their hand at it. Joe Tomasello (6-2, 210, JR), who enrolled in UCLA in winter from Fresno City College on a scholarship to be a longsnapper, sat out spring with a shoulder injury. He's expected to be back for fall, and the hope is that he can nail down the longsnapping duties.
Generally the new coaching staff was a bit surprised by just how much talent they discovered they had on the roster. Perhaps the primary concern remains the offensive line, even moreso than the efficiency at the quarterback position, mostly because the lack of experience at quarterback is a known commodity, and the offensive line has some experience and would be disappointing if they didn't step up. Plus, it's integral to the performance of the quarterback that the offensive line perform well. This spring, when the young quarterbacks had time to operate, they generally did very well executing the game plan. With the defense so solid, and really not slowed as much by learning the new systems as much as the offense, spring practice emphasized that the offense will probably determine just how successful this team is next season. And again, spring emphasized that the two biggest areas of concerns are production out of the quarterback position and the offensive line performance.
But overall the amount of talent and depth the team exhibited – for a spring practice where traditionally teams show some pronounced pockets of thinness – was impressive. Generally a young team, if it continues along its learning curve and improves, and continues to get comfortable in its new systems by fall, it's exciting to think just how good this team could be.
And generally the most profound impression of the spring was the different energy and approach of the new coaching staff. Not only was their optimism in the air with the new staff, there was a perceivable difference in intensity, work ethic and precision. There has definitely been a pall lifted from the program, and it's been replaced with a new outlook and knowledge that everything is on track, being done correctly, foundations are being built, and a family-type atmosphere has returned to the program.


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Restorative Justice and Work-Related Death: Consultation Report
Derek R. Brookes
University of Melbourne - School of Social and Political Sciences (Criminology)
August 1, 2009
Derek R. Brookes, RESTORATIVE JUSTICE AND WORK-RELATED DEATH: CONSULTATION REPORT, Creative Ministries Network, 2009
This Report is the second part of a project that aimed to explore the feasibility of a restorative justice service in the context of work-related deaths in Victoria. It presents the responses received from interviewees representing key stakeholder groups, and makes a set of recommendations, based on the findings of this consultation process.
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Hi Kitty and Beav,
Do you think Trius might see a sell off based on positive phase 3? I know analysts alongwith you have been pounding the table to buy but my biotech experience suggests otherwise. I bought at 6.07 mainly because I followed kitty around.
I'm also holding Progenix and you should look into it. CEO bought a hell lot at around 2.6-2.7 and I still might add more if it falls below 4.5. What other stocks do you recommend? SNTS is looking way out of my reach now.
Sentiment: Strong Buy
Lately I've seen less investors holding through events and actually buying the event news on weakness at the open. For this company I believe a good run up will occur post results.
To reduce risk through this particular event. I sold my position at $6.90 from $5.70. Still got 10K riding through the event from the upper $4's.
I will add to the position post news if results are good.
There is a lot of 'new' money in this stock that bought in the 4s. They could dampen any pop on good news. If there is any decline, or even a less than ten percent rise on good Ph III data, I would buy more if your horizon is more than a year. The risk in this drug is safety. Efficacy is well enough established. If there are no new side effects shown, this stock will find itself on a steady rise thru partnership deals, approval, and new indications before eventual buy-out north of 18.
If you are a long term investor, buying on weakness after good results is a no brained. That's what big pharma does.
Thanks for your input. My timeline are more than a year and generally I don't trade. I will keep your advice in mind and will buy more if it goes down.
try SIGA for a judgement day reversal due in the next few days. When their vol. disappears it's usually a good indicator for a pop. TSRX may have a steady gain once phase lll is in. Like SIGA it has been fast tracked but unlike smallpox antiviral, TSRX's tedizolid is badly needed now. TSRX as a company has a good pipeline and started 2 yrs bfr SIGA went to court. Both SP are undervalued.
PGNX is a DOG. TSRX will fly on good news, hold up in this range, or slightly higher on neutral news and sell off if bad news. I don't think TRSK is that widely know, therefore plenty of institutions will need to buy if the data are strong enough to file for approval and there's a reasonable certainty of approval (stat sig- non inferior with lower side effects, less time).
I know PGNX looks like a DOG but Relistor sales were suprisingly good. If the conversation with FDA wents well this can easily double. In addition they have PSMA ADC in phase 2 and they might have an interim readout for ASCO 2013. There are not many companies available for cheap that have ADCs in clinic. ADCs are hottest thing right now. Read the recent earning cc.
I believe you are correct that this company is off the radar for the big guys right now. It's been a lonely wait. Kitty's SNTS makes you want to purr.


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The Guardian have just published my short video on Debbie Dooley's efforts to promote rooftop solar-power in Florida.
Dooley is a grass-roots activist who chanllenges the way conservatives think about the environment. Most environmentalists preach to the liberal choir. But when Dooley talks about sustainable-energy, libertarian free-marketeers, Christian conservatives and the Republican voter-base sit up and listen.
Debbie Dooley at a Tallahassee luncheon to raise awareness about the influence of money on the political process. A still image from my Guardian video. Tallahassee, Florida. USA ©Tom Pietrasik 2015
Initially inspired by a Bill McKibben story I had read in the New Yorker that detailed efforts to advance solar in Vermont and Arizona, I became increasingly aware that solar-power expansion in the US was being thwarted by a determined and very wealthy cartel of fossil fuel interests. Dooley's name quickly emerged as an unlikely figure among those pro-solar activists who have responded to this powerful lobby.
Dooley is co-founder of the Tea Party and sits on the board of directors of the national Tea Party Patriots. She argues that promoting solar energy is entirely consistent with conservatism. She says that solar introduces competition into the energy market, allows consumers to exercise their free market choice and challenges the monopoly of energy companies that are subsidised by the government. Dooley also insists that the threat of a terrorist attack makes it imperative that the country move to a more decentralised energy-grid.
Debbie Dooley interviewed at home. A still image from my Guardian video. Atlanta, Georgia. USA. ©Tom Pietrasik 2015
Dooley has a successful record of forging unlikely partnerships to promote sustainable energy and this year shared a stage with Al Gore. In 2013, she joined forces with the Sierra Club to successfully defeat an effort by Georgia Power to impose large fees on customers with rooftop solar systems.
Dooley is now a leading figure in an alliance called Floridians for Solar Choice. This broad coalition of conservative free-marketeers like Conservatives for Energy Freedom and liberal-minded environmentalists including The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, have come together to challenge the monopoly of Florida's big private power utilities.
To sustain their unity while maximising their appeal to Florida's notoriously divided electorate, Floridians for Solar Choice have made a strategic decision not to mention climate change (even as Florida's largest city, Miami suffers from the effects of sea-level rise).
Stephen Smith of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy is one of Dooley's liberal-partners fighting to promote solar energy in Florida. A still image from my video. Tallahasse, Florida. USA. ©Tom Pietrasik 2015
Floridians for Solar Choice are collecting signatures as part of a ballot initiative to amend the state's constitution (for an excellent explainer, listen to Susan Glickman on WMNF's Oct 19th show here.) This amendment will allow solar installation companies to offer financing for Florida residents interested in rooftop solar panels in much the same way a car-dealership might offer monthly payment-plans for those looking to purchase a new vehicle. The amendment will also allow those who have installed rooftop solar to sell the power that they generate directly to their neighbours. Current law permits only utility companies to sell electricity.
Debbie Dooley en-route to Tallahasse to lend her voice to pro-solar events hosted by Floridians for Solar Choice. A still image from my video. Georgia. USA. ©Tom Pietrasik 2015
The Solar Choice initiative is on a mission to collect 683,000 signatures by February 2016. If the ballot initiative is successful, all Floridians will be able to vote on the measure in November 2016 and decide whether they want to see rooftop solar compete for energy production with the giant private utility monopolies.
Me filming Dooley outside Florida's Capitol Building in Tallahassee, Florida, USA.
The battle for solar in Florida offers a revealing insight into the blatant means by which democracy in America can be subverted. Florida's big energy utilities along with the Koch Brothers have responded to the Solar Choice ballot by ploughing $1.9m into conservative front-groups. These groups have in-turn pushed an alternative ballot amendment called Floridians for Smart Solar. With such a positive name, it is difficult to imagine that this fossil-fuel backed amendment in fact amounts to nothing more than a ruse to shore up the existing utilities' exclusive right to sell solar power. The Smart Solar amendment does not seek to promote solar power but to undermine it. This duplicitous strategy is intended to confuse the the electorate and threaten the success of Floridians for Solar Choice.
If efforts to promote solar in Florida stumble, it will be testament yet again to the ability of those with money to influence public policy and undermine efforts to reduce America's reliance on fossil fuel.
A scene over Tallahasse, Florida in a still image taken from my video. ©Tom Pietrasik 2015
My photograph of a hand-washing demonstration in Bangladesh, appears on the front cover of Oxfam's latest annual report (see below). Mymensingh, Bangladesh ©Tom Pietrasik 2014
The cover of Oxfam's latest Annual Report features a photograph I took last year in Mymensingh, Bangladesh. I have photographed and filmed for Oxfam on many occasions in south Asia and Africa. This work then appears in Oxfam campaigns and reports.
The same photograph above (cropped and reversed) as its appeared on the front of the latest Oxfam Annual Report. Mymensingh, Bangladesh ©Tom Pietrasik 2014
For this particular trip I spent two weeks in Bangladesh, documenting the lives of women whose lives are affected by climate change. Bangladesh is situated on a river delta and is already suffering the consequences of rising sea-levels. Frequent flooding makes farming in some areas unsustainable. In turn, rural populations migrate look for a better life in the cities.
Children play morning games in Horijon Polli, a slum in Mymensingh, Bangladesh ©Tom Pietrasik 2014
Urban infrastructure that was inadequate at the best of times becomes completely overwhelmed by the influx of new arrivals. Sewers overflow, congested roads pollute the air and the increased demand on power lines presents a fire-hazard.
Sunny Basfur, age 8, with family and neighbours outside his house in Horijon Polli, a slum in Mymensingh, Bangladesh ©Tom Pietrasik 2014
On this particular trip, I visited the northern district of Gaibandha where rural communities live a tenuous life farming alongside rivers that pose a constant flood-risk. I then travelled to the congested town of Mymensingh where these photographs were taken. Here I spent time with a minority Dalit (untouchable) community who must endure both physical hardship and the psychological burden imposed on them by caste-discrimination; though a majority-Muslim country, caste-hierarchy endures in Bangladeshi society.
Neighbours gather in the small network of lanes that run through Horijon Polli, a slum in Mymensingh, Bangladesh ©Tom Pietrasik 2014
These sort of assignments can be a logistical challenge. The trip was commissioned by Luke Henrion of the Oxfam communications unit in Oxford, I was here in New York and Oxfam's Bangladesh media team, led by Abdul Quayyum, were of course in Dhaka.
Alo Basfur (bottom right) cleans kitchen utensils with outside her home in Horijon Polli, a slum in Mymensingh, Bangladesh ©Tom Pietrasik 2014
Taking on photography work almost always involves some compromise between the photographer and the commissioning client. Ahead of a trip I'm usually in the position of managing expectations or at least shaping a schedule so that it better accommodates my demands while making sure that the client gets what they need.
Jahanara Akhter signs up for a micro credit scheme with an agent. Mymensingh, Bangladesh ©Tom Pietrasik 2014
I usually insist that I stay in accommodation close to the location in which I am photographing/filming. As well as avoiding wasted time on (often bumpy) roads, this means that I am much more likely to be able to work during the hours of dusk and dawn when the light is at its softest.
Jhumur Das and her daughter Shobnam Das (age 7) walk through their neighbourhood of Horijon Polli. Jhumur is employed as a cleaner. Mymensingh, Bangladesh ©Tom Pietrasik 2014
I also insist that I am accompanied by a person who has a relationship of trust with the community I am photographing. What is nice about working for development agencies like Oxfam is that this connection is often easy to establish – either directly through local Oxfam field-staff or via a partner-organisation. Not only does this help open doors for me but it is more respectful to those in front of the camera.
Children play morning games in Horijon Polli, a slum in Mymensingh, Bangladesh ©Tom Pietrasik 2014
I also like to be able to spend as much time as possible with those I am filming or photographing. Again, this affords the subject proper respect and usually allows people to relax in front of the camera. Sufficient time also opens up the potential for defining – and often serendipitous – moments that can make a photograph special.
Chidlren from 36 Bari Colony, a slum in Mymensingh. Bangladesh ©Tom Pietrasik 2014
Confronting human climate change requires action on many fronts. Photography can play a small role by illustrating the lives of those already affected by climate change and helping to humanise an issue that otherwise might appear remote to those who are in a position to take action.
Rani Basfur, age 13 with a pot of water outside her house in Horijon Polli, a slum in Mymensingh, Bangladesh ©Tom Pietrasik 2014
Unfortunately powerful institutions and governments have demonstrated little interest in the very-real threat climate change presents to the future of our planet. As well being incredibly short-sighted, this ultimately represents a snub to people like those I photographed in Bangladesh.
Jahanara Akhter with her two sons Jahidul Islam, age 9 and Jahirul Islam, age 5, outside their home in 36 Bari Colony, a slum in Mymensingh, Bangladesh ©Tom Pietrasik 2014
As diplomats gear up for the COP21 summit in Paris next month, lets hope that the lives of ordinary people in places like Mymensingh take precedence over the short-term interests of corporations and their friends in government.
Children on their way to school in Horijon Polli, a slum in Mymensingh, Bangladesh ©Tom Pietrasik 2014
When Brooklyn-based advertising creatives Doug Cameron and Tommy Noonan discovered that their local convenience store was facing closure, they began a campaign to help save it. My video – above – examining Cameron and Noonan's satirical campaign in the context of gentrification in New York City was recently published by the Guardian here.
Jesse's store, run by Palestinian-American Jesse Itayim, has been an institution in Boerum Hill for over 26 years. Itayim has worked in the area for even longer. In 1986, long before Boerum Hill became the salubrious neighbourhood it is today, Itayim caught the headlines by foiling the attempted robbery of one of his neighbours.
The staff at Jesse's store offer a valuable service to residents. They walk the elderly home with their produce, accept deliveries on behalf of neighbours and remain open during the worst of New York's weather. But like many other small businesses, Jesse's has no negotiating power when it comes to agreeing a reasonable rent with the landlady. Legislation to protect commercial tenants is now slowly working its way through the New York City council. But there will be strong resistance from the real-estate and building lobbies should any of its provisions look likely to pass.
By launching a satirical "rent-hike sale" with posters advertising artisanal products in-line with the rent-increase, Cameron and Noonan have used humour to help expose the vulnerability of small business tenants like Itayim. And a complimentary social media campaign (#BillDeBodega) broadens the campaign-reach, building awareness of tenants rights among those who might be unaware just how vulnerable New York's small businesses are.
Cameron and Noonan have now launched the second phase of their campaign to save Jesse's store. You can read details here.
I have been managing a climate-change video project for the Guardian and recently travelled with my cameras to New Mexico and Iceland. Here I found scientists exposing the catastrophic effect climate-change will wreak on the natural world.
A scene I shot from a drone in my video on Iceland's puffins. Heimaey, Iceland. ©Tom Pietrasik 2015
On the Westman Islands of Iceland, I met Erpur Hansen who leads a team trying to understand the reason puffins why have experienced what he calls, "complete reproductive failure."
Erpur Snær Hansen talks about his research on puffins in Iceland. ©Tom Pietrasik 2015
Puffins abstain from breeding in lean years when the supply of fish is low, so avoiding the necessary-burden of raising chicks. For these long-lived birds, skipping a single breeding season has little impact on population levels. But when puffins must skip multiple, consecutive breeding seasons, the very survival of the population is threatened. And, as I discovered, this is exactly what is happening on the Westman Islands today.
An image from my video on puffins in Iceland. ©Tom Pietrasik 2015
Hansen has tracked the puffins' demise since 2007. It appears that the warming of sub-Arctic seas has caused a collapse in the puffin's main prey, the sand eel. It has not been established if this current warming-phenomenon is the result of human-induced climate-change or because of a 70-year oscillation in surface sea-temperature called AMO (Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation), or both. Whatever the explanation, global warming caused by increased greenhouse gas emissions will only accelerate the puffin's demise.
In Los Alamos, New Mexico, I filmed Nate McDowell who spends most of his time "torturing" trees to identify the threshold of their mortality. By denying trees water and exposing them to increased temperatures, McDowell mimics projected climate conditions in northern New Mexico.
Scientist Nate McDowell outside his home in Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA. ©Tom Pietrasik 2015
McDowell has discovered that trees, when exposed to dryer, hotter weather, close tiny surface pores on their leaves called stomata. This strategy reduces dehydration but significantly, it also prevents the tree from absorbing CO2, required for photosynthesis. This natural response is sustainable for short periods but, during long hot droughts, the strategy is doomed. Unable to photosynthesise, trees effectively starve to death.
Lunch with the McDowell family at their home in Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA. ©Tom Pietrasik 2015
Both Hansen and McDowell concluded their interviews with depressing prognoses for the planet. Both are frustrated by the failure of governments to challenge powerful business interests and to properly confront the very grave threat global warming presents to the ecosystems in which they work.
A landscape scarred by forest fire – the result of poor land management and global warming – in the Jemez Mountain range of New Mexico, USA. ©Tom Pietrasik 2015


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JOHANNESBURG — As the news of Nelson Mandela's death spread across South Africa, residents of the black township of Soweto gathered in the streets near the house where he once lived, singing and dancing to mourn his death and celebrate his colossal life.
The people of South Africa reacted Friday with deep sadness at the loss of a man considered by many to be the father of the nation, while mourners said it was also a time to celebrate the achievements of the anti-apartheid leader who emerged from prison to become South Africa's first black president.
President Jacob Zuma said all national flags would be lowered to half-staff from today until after a state funeral. Many South Africans, having missed the news after going to bed, would awaken to a country without its spiritual and moral leader.
"First sleep in a Mandela-less world," South African journalist Brendan Boyle tweeted. "We're on our own now."
In the black of night, several hundred people milled around outside Mandela's home in the leafy Houghton neighborhood of Johannesburg. The mood was lively rather than somber. Some sang and swayed.
A man blew on a vuvuzela, the plastic horn widely used at World Cup soccer games in South Africa in 2010. People photographed a makeshift shrine of candles, a national flag and bouquets of flowers. A framed portrait of a smiling Mandela was propped against a tree with the caption: "Rest in peace, Madiba."
About 40 people formed a circle in the middle of Vilakazi Street and sang songs from the anti-apartheid struggle. Some people were draped in South African flags and the green, yellow and black colors of Mandela's party, the African National Congress.
"We have not seen Mandela in the place where he is, in the place where he is kept," they sang, a lyric that anti-apartheid protesters had sung during Mandela's long incarceration.
At Nelson Mandela Square in the upscale Sandton neighborhood of Johannesburg, six people stood at the foot of a six-yard bronze statue of Mandela, paying homage to the leader. The six were two whites, two blacks and two of Indian descent, representing South Africa's "rainbow nation" that Mandela had fought and sacrificed for.
"For 23 years, I walked a path with this man since he was released," said Sonja Pocock, a white 46-year-old pharmaceutical sales representative. "I'm from the old regime. He's like my grandfather. He is my grandfather."
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Kochi Tours and Travels
About Kochi
The city of Kochi perfectly reflects the eclecticism of the state of Kerala - mosques stand beside 16th century Jewish synagogues with 500-year-old Portuguese and Dutch cottages lining the winding streets. Off the coast giant Chinese fishing nets hover over the waters, a legacy of Kochi's importance as a port and centre of Indian spice trade for a number of centuries that attracted Arab, Chinese and European traders. The Portuguese founded the first European colony in Kochi, formerly known as Cochin in the 16th century and the Dutch quickly followed as did the British later on.Read More
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If you are planning a Kochi holiday, have a look at some of the accommodation that we recommend. 'Our Rating' indicates how we feel each property rates according to normal Western hotel standards. 'Local Rating' indicates how the property is categorised/rated locally:
Cherai Beach Resorts Kochi
Cherai Beach Resorts is exquisitely landscaped with lagoons and canals meandering in and around a number of cottages (heritage & modern) built around picturesque greenery overlooking the clean long beach at the front and serene backwaters behind. There are traditional heritage Fishermen villas facing backwaters and the Modern villas fully air-conditioned and with all modern facilities.
Malabar House Kochi
Step into history at Malabar House, a property that dates back to 1755 and since 1996 has seamlessly combined tradition and contemporary design as Fort Cochin's first boutique heritage hotel. A carefully curated collection of art that displays Kerala's rich culture decorates the public areas of the hotel as well as the individually designed guestrooms. Modern in-room amenities include air-conditioning, cable TV and WiFi. The property also features a swimming pool, bicycle hire and Ayurvedic treatments. The Malabar House is ideally located in the heart of historical Fort Cochin, minutes from the coast and the giant fishing next that line the waters.
The Killians Boutique Hotel Kochi
The Killians Boutique Hotel is a symbol of boutique elegance and comfort set along the shores of the Arabian Sea. Inspired by Portuguese, Dutch and Indian architectural styles both old and new, the hotel offers three types of themed rooms, each offering something different but all offering modern conveniences including internet access, mini bars and flat screen TV. A delicious spread of dishes is provided in the hotel's restaurant with yoga sessions offered alongside holistic treatments at the Ayurvedic Spa.
For all our tours and tailor-made holidays we provide you with a clear categorisation of all hotels we use. The REGIONAL CATEGORY indicates the local rating of each hotel in each respective country. We have also rated each hotel using OUR CATEGORY, which will be in line with generally accepted western hotel grading standards.
Basic hotels and simple accommodation is a no frills option with an adventurous authentic feel.
Standard accommodation equates to a Western 3-star standard, always featuring en-suite rooms and usually a restaurant.
Superior accommodation equates to a Western 4-star standard, featuring en-suite rooms and usually a restaurant and often a swimming pool and/or a fitness centre.
Deluxe accommodation equates to a Western 5-star standard, usually featuring spacious, en-suite rooms, a restaurant, swimming pool and fitness centre and an array of amenities, excellent service and customer care.
Lavish accommodation equates to a Western 5-star plus standard - the creme de la creme. Featuring spacious, en-suite rooms, a restaurant, swimming pool and fitness centre and an array of amenities, this accommodation is a cut above the rest. Sheer opulence!
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JERUSALEM, Israel -- As Israelis prepare to retell the biblical story of the exodus from Egypt on Friday evening, police and security forces have been placed on high alert countrywide.
Authorities are focusing special attention on national parks, beaches and other public gathering places, to ensure that Israelis and visitors alike enjoy the weeklong holiday.
At sundown Friday, many Israelis will gather at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City to usher in the Passover holiday with prayer.
Christian pilgrims will walk along the Via Dolorosa in the Old City, retracing the steps of Jesus Christ to Golgotha, where he was crucified.
Surrounded by enemies in the north, south and even some inside the country, Israelis remain optimistic.
"We've returned to our homeland after 2,000 years," one Israeli told CBN News earlier this week.
"We're thankful for all we've been able to accomplish since the rebirth of the Jewish state, and we're confident the God of Israel will continue to protect and prosper us here in the coming years," he said.
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