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John Marciari first spotted the painting among hundreds of other works carefully filed in pullout racks in a soulless cube of a storage facility in New Haven, Connecticut. He was then, in 2004, a junior curator at Yale University's renowned Art Gallery, reviewing holdings that had been warehoused during its expansion and renovation. In the midst of that task, he came upon an intriguing but damaged canvas, more than five feet tall and four feet wide, which depicted St. Anne teaching the young Virgin Mary to read. It was set aside, identified only as "Anonymous, Spanish School, seventeenth century."
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"I pulled it out, and I thought, 'This is a good picture. Who did this?'" says Marciari, 39, now curator of European art and head of provenance research at the San Diego Museum of Art. "I thought this was one of those problems that just had to be solved. It seemed so distinctive, by an artist of enough quality to have his own personality. It was an attributable picture, to use the term that art historians use."
Marciari returned the rack to its slot and went on with other things. But he was intrigued. He learned that it had sat for many years, largely overlooked, in the basement of Yale's Swartwout building—a "perfectly respectable museum storeroom," he says. "It's not as though Yale was keeping this in the steam cellar."
Marciari found himself returning to the storage facility every week or two to study the canvas. Then, a few months after the first viewing, he pulled it out and studied it some more. "And the penny dropped, the light bulb went on, the angels started singing," he says. "The whole moment of epiphany where you say, wait a minute—wait, wait, wait. I know exactly what this is. This looks like early Velázquez!"
A flood of associations involving the 17th-century Spanish master Diego Velázquez came to mind—images Marciari knew from his academic work, museum pilgrimages and classes he had taught in early Baroque art. "This is the drapery from the Saint Thomas in Orléans," he realized, with gathering excitement. "It's like the Old Woman Cooking Eggs at Edinburgh, the Kitchen Scene in Chicago and Martha and Mary in London. All of it was familiar—the color palette, the way the figures emerged from the darkness, the particulars of the still-life elements, the way the draperies folded." But it just couldn't be, he thought. "I must be insane. There's no way I just found a Velázquez in a storeroom."
His caution was well founded. It's one thing to form an intelligent hunch and quite another to satisfy Velázquez scholars and the international art community. This wasn't a ceramic pot on "Antiques Roadshow." It was potentially a landmark work by a towering figure who had changed the course of Western art and whose paintings are treasured by the world's leading museums. Velázquez's known works number in the low hundreds at most; their identification has led to controversy in the past. (In recent months, New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art generated headlines when it reattributed a portrait of Spain's King Philip IV to Velázquez after having demoted it, in effect, 38 years earlier.) Nonetheless, Marciari had formed his hypothesis and resolved to plunge ahead. "Despite my initial doubts and the seeming impossibility, I think I felt pretty sure," he says, "although with a great deal of anxiety."
The first person he consulted was his wife, Julia Marciari-Alexander, an art historian specializing in British art.
"I put a picture in front of her and said, 'What do you think of this?' She doesn't like playing that game. But she had just been in Edinburgh about a month before and had spent a great deal of time standing in front of Old Woman Cooking Eggs. And so she looked at it, and she said, 'You know, that looks just like the Velázquez in Edinburgh.'"
Over the months, Marciari immersed himself in scholarship about Velázquez's native Seville in the early 17th century, and he quietly brought the canvas to the university's conservation laboratory for X-ray analysis. The lab confirmed that the pigments, priming layer and canvas were consistent with other early works by Velázquez.
By the spring of 2005, Marciari was sufficiently emboldened to approach his colleague Salvador Salort-Pons, a Velázquez expert who is now the associate curator of European art at the Detroit Institute of Art. "I wrote him an e-mail and said, 'Salvador, I have what I think is a really important picture, but I don't want to prejudice your opinion any more than that. Let me know what you think,'" Marciari says. He attached a digital photo.


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An Alameda County Sheriff's deputy is asking for a jury to decide a misdemeanor case against him for forwarding confidential information to a San Ramon attorney. Deputy Ryan Silcocks was charged with three misdemeanors.
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Awe look at COVER UP (Brain Lancaster) linking his lawsuit in his comments. Just say it's you Brian, why "hide". It's obvious who it is....
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One who has all knowledge of the word/terminology schlonge. And uses the word daily, and most likely likes to play with his/her schlonge daily as well.
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After today's EMC VSPEX launch event, Avnet VP and GM Scott Look, along with Al Chin, VP of Sales and Marketing for Avnet reseller partner Dasher, sat down with Wikibon founder Dave Vellante in theCube to discuss how the channel actually helps a customer reap the benefits of converged infrastructure.
Avnet's Look explains the rising importance of the channel by pointing out that as technology marches on, customers need help to achieve their goals. And while EMC specifically hasn't always had the best reputation in the channel, Look praised the efforts of EMC Channel Chief Gregg Ambulos as he's ramped up the company's reseller friendliness.
In the course of the conversation, Chin and Look discussed an emerging trend among Dasher's customers: Disenfranchisement with the Amazon EC2 public cloud. Small businesses largely favor convenient, cheap public cloud services, the midmarket towards more manageable private clouds, and larger enterprises shoot for hybrids that take the best of both worlds – cloudbursting workloads and outsourcing services as needed, but keeping the bulk behind the firewall.
As these companies grow, they realize that Amazon Web Services might be overcharging for what they're getting, or that flexibility might be severely limited. Meanwhile, Chin says that Dasher is in place to help move their workloads back to truly owned, internally-managed infrastructure where they know exactly what they're getting. That's where today's EMC VSPEX announcement comes in.
Converged infrastructure in general, and EMC VSPEX in particular, allows for more flexibility and a focus on the cloud. Avnet will be rolling single-SKU solutions based on the VSPEX architectures – such that customers and resellers can get one quote for building through integration. And Chin says that the fact that VSPEX-based products are pre-proven means the world to customers who are making that journey back from the public cloud.
Flexibility, to Chin, means giving customers the ability to pick and choose the technologies they want while retaining an EMC-backed seal of approval. And now CIOs can strip away all the pricy upsells (higher SLAs, better support, et cetera) that are required for confidence in public cloud services and bring that all back in house and, again, under direct control.
As far as services, Chin says that most customers end up receiving a mix of Avnet and Dasher's expertise. For example, Dasher asked Avnet to do an implementation at a remote customer site. That's a good example, as Look affirms that it's all about supporting the reseller, and that they'll only do what they're asked by partners.
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Chod Practice Manual and CommentaryThis splendid resource for Chöd practitioners contains the Chöd sadhana written by the Fourteenth Karmapa. This daily practice text is given in three versions: Tibetan, a phonetic rendering of the Tibetan, and English translation. Jamgön Kongtrül's commentary on the sadhana supplies necessary amplification and clarification; it is given both in English and Tibetan. An important feature of the commentary is the inclusion of illustrations for the different stages of visualization… Read More
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Cultivating Compassion through Training the MindFor many centuries Indian and Tibetan Buddhists have employed this collection of pithy, penetrating Dharma slogans to develop compassion, equanimity, lovingkindness, and joy for others. Known as the lojong—or mind-training—teachings, these slogans have been the subject of deep study, contemplation, and commentary by many great masters. In this volume, Traleg Kyabgon offers a fresh translation of the slogans as well as in-depth new commentary of each. After living among and… Read More
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Mind Beyond DeathAn indispensable guidebook through the journey of life and death, Mind Beyond Death weaves a synthesis of wisdom remarkable in its scope. With warm informality and profound understanding of the Western mind, the Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche makes the mysterious Tibetan teachings on the bardos—the intervals of life, death, and beyond—completely available to the modern reader. Drawing on a breathtaking range of material, Mind Beyond Death shows us how… Read More
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Maitreya's Madhyantavibhaga with Commentaries by Khenpo Shenga and Ju MiphamMiddle Beyond Extremes contains a translation of the Buddhist masterpiece Distinguishing the Middle from Extremes. This famed text, often referred to by its Sanskrit title, Madhyāntavibhāga, is part of a collection known as the Five Maitreya Teachings. Maitreya, the Buddha's regent, is held to have entrusted these profound and vast instructions to the master Asaṅga in the heavenly realm of Tuṣita. In pithy verses, Distinguishing the Middle from Extremes… Read More
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Plaintext passwords emailed? For shame
Then I get my confirmation email... including my password in plain text (to my great shock). I'm very disappointed to see such a boneheaded security move by a website devoted to the security profession. There is a lot of great content here and the monthly contests are a great encouragement for participation, however I'd expect leaders in the community to practice what they preach.


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Five key menswear styles emerged from New York fashion week.
If there was one conclusion to take away from the menswear collections shown during New York's fashion week, it's that guys have a lot to get excited about when it comes to taking their autumn-winter wardrobes up a couple of notches. Below are five of the things that will have men looking forward to autumn.
The rise of cashmere
British Columbia-based designer Raif Adelberg made his New York Fashion Week runway debut with a collection of cashmere sweaters of every stripe (including a cashmere cardigan with felted cashmere elbow patches), herringbone double-breasted peacoats, plaid blazers, drop-crotch trousers and sweat pants in piercing blue, hand and leg wraps and more.
Billy Reid's men's and women's collections were both shot through with cashmere, the super-soft hand providing a textural counterpoint to leather pieces that had been fermentation-treated to crackling aged roughness. In addition to cotton/cashmere waistcoats and T-shirts printed with tree-ring inspired stripes, cashmere came down the catwalk in the form of a three-piece suit, a knit necktie, tailored evening coats and a shawl-collar tuxedo jacket and trousers.
Formalwear goes casual
From the digital camouflage tuxedo at Mark McNairy New Amsterdam (perfect for next hunting season's black-tie game supper) to the midnight blue tuxedo in sueded cotton in Todd Snyder's Rebel Gentlemen collection, there were all kinds of options for the guy who wants a less-stuffy take on the traditional formalwear silhouette.
But it was Black Fleece by Brooks Brothers that offered feel-good formalwear: a black-tie ensemble that included a ribbed-knit shawl-collar dinner jacket. Sure it resembled a cardigan sweater — but one that would make Mr Rogers look like Hugh Hefner.
Houndstooth with bite
Houndstooth check is turning out to be a trend with some serious legs this season. First in evidence at the Milan and Paris men's ready-to-wear shows last month (at Calvin Klein, Paul Smith and Versace, to name just a few), it showed up on this side of the Atlantic during fashion week as well. Tommy Hilfiger used the distinctive black-and-white pattern as the unifying graphic element — in a range of sizes and colors — for both his men's and women's fall-winter collections.
But the freshest take on the trend came from Asher Levine, whose collection riffed on and reinterpreted the houndstooth check, using a micro-scale version on ultra-cool, effortless rocker tuxedos, trousers and lounge pants, and a textured three-dimensional monochrome variation on sweat shirts and pants.
Cool collaborations
Tommy Hilfiger's men's runway show included a partnership with Southern California-based luxury shoe designer George Esquivel that resulted in distinctively color-blocked brogues — think rich red leather uppers with houndstooth-check soles — that played off the houndstooth-heavy collection. Whether the shoes will make it from the runway to the cash register remains unclear (an Esquivel rep would only say the Hilfiger/Esquivel runway shoes are part of an "ongoing relationship"). But based on what came down the catwalk, it's a partnership that holds promise.
Billy Reid used his runway show to introduce a new collaboration with Coach. The result was a limited-edition line of rustic but refined totes, satchels and weekend bags in sturdy canvas or croc-pattern stamped leather.
New logo to love
Few polo shirt logos have the lasting resonance of Lacoste's alligator, but men of a certain age will remember one that came close: Boast's embroidered pot-leaf-like logo (the company says it's a Japanese maple leaf, by the way), which launched in 1973 with polo shirts and shorts for the East Coast tennis set. Now Boast has been revived with a team that includes Andy Spade (co-founder of the Kate Spade and Jack Spade brands) as creative consultant and investor.
The collection that was presented at the August Harvard Club during fashion week was all about an Ivy League aesthetic grounded in navy blue and muted red with bright accent pops of blue and yellow in a range of rugbys, polos, blazers with gold logo buttons and bright yellow elbow patches. Varsity jackets boasted a bold yellow "B", and there were mixed fabrication pieces with knit sleeves made from repurposed hockey socks.
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They are pretty rare, though. Not many of them were ever made.
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Reading the responses I find the same questions turn up. Michael B and others have been dealing with this issue for years.
Here are some summaries which should be useful: http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au/agricultur...eekeeping-pest
I live near the epicenter of SHB investation in Australia and while we all wish they had never arrived, it is possible to keep bees even here.
I change my traps ( I found the ones from MannLake and using DE most successful) every 3 weeks during the season - when the weather is warm and humid. I just about always see at least a few SHB when I open a hive but losses like the one shown above is a very rare event.
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Prominent journalist dies in targeted killing in Pakistan
New York, May 31, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed and angered by the targeted killing of senior Pakistani journalist Saleem Shahzad, the Pakistan bureau chief of the Asia Times online website. Shahzad, considered an expert on Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants, disappeared on Sunday night as he was on his way to participate in a talk show on Dunya Television, media reports said. His body, showing signs of torture, was later found outside Islamabad, according to local and international media reports.


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Recently a friend of mine told me that a colony of bees lived in an old house, and asked the owner if he wanted them removed. I was asked to get them out, and decided to give it a shot. I didn't want to tear the place down, so I went to look at it. The colony built up between to studs of the wall. Apparently they have been there a few years. My friend also told me that they had swarmed in the spring, and showed me were the split is as well.
Doing some reasearch, and having some new queens in some nucs, I thought I could strengthen a couple of them. I took a new queen, actually just started laying, and a weak nuc to the site, rigged a cone, sealed the rest of the holes, and started catching some bees. Yesterday, we had some downpours here, and I checked them out last night.
I need to backtrack a little. I had another queen ready to emerge, and ripe, so I removed my original queen in the trap nuc, and placed the queencell in the nuc. My thought were to have it mate with the wild bees, for resistance purposes.
Now back to the rain and checking on it last night. I taped an entrance with duct tape and it came off last night. This morning early, I returned and stapled a screen to that entrance and left. I decided to return after work and check out the new queen. Doing my inspections, I did find her, and she looks nice, but I also noticed some "other" things. My older queen had laid eggs, and had larvae in her nest before I removed her, so I figured it would be capped, and developing. To my dismay, I found some cells caps opened like a hinged door, and empty. Investigating further, my wife and I noticed "mummies", black and white on the nuc bottom. I had never seen this before, but I remember reading about it, and immediately said chalkbrood. As soon as I got home, I searched "google" for chalkbrood, and it was identical, down to the capcells and color of the mummies. I further read that it is caused by a fungus, and treatments are few and far. I am a farmer by nature, and would like to stay away from chemicals if possible.
Now, my options, abandon this project, since it is away from my bee yard, take the time to learn about how to handle the problem, or just see what happens, so I know.
I would like to understand what to do, especially if it would ever happen in the bee yard. My conclusions after reading:
Since it is a fungus, it is probably because the house is rotting, and damp. I guess I need to get some air flowing to dry it up. I read, adding bees, would help, I guess because they are healthy, and feed the larvae, and feeding them, beause they are probably hungry.
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Pool party
Mesa swim teams finish 2nd in RMAC championships
Fans started pounding on bleachers, while cheers from numerous teams echoed around El Pomar Natatorium on Saturday night. Robyn Meeks' 200-yard backstroke final was a microcosm of the entire four-day Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference swimming championships for the Mavericks: emotional build-up with an unexpected payoff.
Meeks was seeded sixth, and she finished fourth during preliminaries. The final caused the stands to erupt with cheers when the final 100 yards was a four-way race for second place. Adams State swimmer Kelsie Baggs had all but sealed the victory, but Meeks' second-place finish was only eight-tenths of a second away from fourth place.
"I was just thinking about finishing at that point. It's a tough race," Meeks said of the 200 backstroke. "We've all worked really hard. We never thought we'd be this close to Grand Canyon (University) or even considered beating (University of The Incarnate) Word. It's given everyone something to push for."
Colorado Mesa's men's and women's teams each finished the RMAC Championships in second place, trailing Grand Canyon University.
Grand Canyon and Colorado Mesa finished ahead of four-time defending RMAC men's champion Incarnate Word. Grand Canyon will be one of the favorites at the Division II national championships after a 2012-13 season in which it topped Arizona State University and Canadian powerhouse University of Calgary.
CMU coach Ron Allen, who was selected RMAC men's swimming coach of the year after the meet, said entering the RMAC championships he expected to compete with Colorado School of Mines in the men's and women's divisions. While Mines finished fifth in the women's division and fourth in the men's division, CMU contended with two top-10 programs.
"What I told the team is that the transition they made into a family unit and just coming together as a team was phenomenal," Allen said. "Competing with Grand Canyon was such an unknown theme for us during the first day or two that it came as such a shock to us. I think part of the reason we rode such a high wave of emotion during those first two days was that it was such a shock to us.
"I think on Friday we came back to earth a bit, and on Saturday, with the scores and times and all of the above, we weren't trying to hold out, but really came through tonight."
Brock Martin wrapped up a dominant showing for the Mavericks in diving. He won the men's three-meter diving by more than 100 points to cap a weekend in which six Mesa divers finished in the top three at least once.
CMU's Medhi El Hazzaz finished third in the men's 100 freestyle, finishing with a time of 45.11 seconds. It was his third top-five finish in a final.
Brett Lowe's 200 breaststroke time of 2 minutes, 03.61 seconds was good enough for fourth place, and fellow Maverick Tyler Kaslik finished third in the men's 200 butterfly final with a time of 1:52.89.
For the CMU women, Briana Purkapile finished third in the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:11.04. One second separated third through sixth places.
The Mavericks' men's and women's 400 freestyle relays finished second behind Grand Canyon.


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Is Chevron One Step Closer to "Doing Some Good" in Turkmenistan?
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Earlier this week, the President of Turkmenistan announced a short list of companies from whom his country will accept proposals to develop two offshore blocks in the Caspian Sea.[i] Since President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov came to power nearly four years ago, Turkmenistan's vast hydrocarbon reserves have been the source of intense lobbying by petroleum giants from around the globe. The efforts of four of these companies were rewarded, in part, this week. Not unexpectedly, Chevron is among the shortlisted companies, joined by ConocoPhilips, Abu Dhabi's Mubadala Development Co. and newcomer TX Oil Limited, chaired by Neil Bush, son of US President George H.W. Bush.
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The reason I haven't been keeping my blog up to date is because I have been very busy with essays and studying for finals. With the final exam written and Christmas around the corner, I can now relax and put up a post. Let's start with my term paper for History of Canadian Foreign Policy (HIST 3306 at Carleton University). My professor, Norman Hillmer helped point me in the right direction and although we don't see eye to eye politically (votes Liberal and NDP, don't have a problem though with the first being a registered member of the Liberal Party), I think he did a great job teaching the course. He is the kind of professor who will lets right-leaning individuals like myself speak out without being criticized or harshly silenced, and I recommend my readers in Ottawa register for a course he is teaching. One of the more enjoyable professors I have had in a long time, but back to the essay.
I wrote this briefing note on Lloyd Axworthy's work on the Ottawa Treaty, a treaty to ban anti-personnel landmines. For those who don't know, he is also known by the nickname "Pink Lloyd" for his left-leaning politics. On this issue, I have to agree with "Pink Lloyd", anti-personnel landmines have to be banned, and so I felt it wouldn't be difficult to write a term paper on this (it is far easier to write on a topic you enjoy than one you don't). Aside from Hillmer's assistance, I was helped by Tobia Neufeld, Axworthy's lead researcher in writing this briefing note, so know that what you will see below is very well sourced (this isn't as dubious as a Wikipedia article). While I do not mind someone using my term paper as a starting point, DO NOT STEAL MY WORK! I worked far too hard for someone to come in and pass this off as their own work, and besides, at the university level, doing so could get you expelled.
Anti-personnel landmines are a growing problem for the developing world. Not only are they a major cause of disability during and after war, but these countries do not have the means to clear the landscape of landmines. These developing nations also are not able to provide full and adequate rehabilitation for those who have already been, and the many who will become, victims of these weapons. The main concern is that, unlike other types of weapons, landmines, after being placed in the ground, cannot tell friend from foe. The very presence of landmines in a region can have tragic consequences. The Zambia-Zimbabwe border, for example, is the faced with starvation and malnutrition because farmers are afraid to work one million acres of land because it was heavily mined during the Zimbabwe war. Angola, a country which once produced ninety percent of its own food, as well is facing severe food shortages because of an estimated nine million mines which litter its country-side. Even after the wars have ended, these weapons continue to terrorize the developing world.
In the 1990s there was an emergence of a number of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) which had joined together to push for an international ban of anti-personnel landmines. The United Nations had previously passed the 1980 Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Protocol II which dealt with controlling the use of landmines#, but these NGOs were demanding for steps to be taken towards an outright ban. One of the more outspoken of these groups was the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), a coalition of NGOs working at the national level to pressure governments into addressing this issue. In 1992, the United States began the international effort by calling for a moratorium on the export of landmines. Soon after, the Swedish government called for a total ban while the Italian senate demanded that the Italian government pursue an end to the production of landmines, a significant move for one of the world's largest suppliers of these weapons.
In 1993, the French campaign to ban landmines began picking up momentum. After a state visit to Cambodia, President François Mitterrand pushed for a moratorium on the export of landmines. Soon after, the French President, at the request of French anti-landmine NGOs, officially requested of the Secretary General of the United Nations that a review conference be held to amend the CCW and its Protocol II dealing with landmines. Mitterrand had set the date for 1995, but his failing health and death from prostate cancer in May of that year had derailed efforts to make progress on the issue. When Mitterrand's successor, Jacques Chirac too office, he was forced to address the criticism from international protest groups of France's stance on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). Instead of discussing the issue of anti-personnel landmines with the United States, Chirac was pleading with the country's Senate to not reject the CTBT. As a result, when the review conference finally met in April and May of 1996, there were no significant improvements made to Protocol II. In fact, the review conference actually encouraged the production and use of a new types of landmines, further upsetting the NGOs.
In 1995, Canada's Prime Minister, Jean Chrétien brought up the issue of anti-personnel landmines at the G8 summit in Halifax. While there was very little progress on the issue, it signalled the NGOs that Canada was willing to address their concerns. Shortly after the summit, the Department of Foreign Affairs formed a group of skilled Canadian Foreign Service officers to focus of this issue. In January of this year, Defence Minister David Collenette and Foreign Minister André Ouellet jointly announced a moratorium on use, production, and export on landmines. This moratorium went further than the one proposed by the United States in 1992, but had not called for an outright ban. Further progress was made in May of this year when the ICBL held a joint press conference with the U.N. Department of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the government of Canada, calling for a ban on landmines. While this call does send the message about our country's desire for further action, steps must be taken to prove Canada's commitment to this issue, it cannot be an empty gesture to the already frustrated NGOs. With this upcoming conference, a decision must be made about how far our country is willing to go to address the issue of landmines.
Before deciding whether or not to sidestep the traditional disarmament channels, Foreign Minister Lloyd Axworthy must consider the following options:
1. Return to the U.N. to push for a moratorium on anti-personnel landmines within a forum, where the proceedings are under the direct control of the Security Council. A Security Council resolution is binding forcing all member countries to adopt it, but this motion could be vetoed by either China, Russia or one of the ten temporary members if they believe such action is not in their country's best interests.
2. Advise Prime Minister Jean Chrétien to readdress the issue at the next G8 summit in the hopes of getting member countries to commit to an anti-landmine policy which would combat the production and use of these weapons through political pressuring. Instead of calling for another moratorium, G8 members should make an effort to pass legislation in their own countries which would lead to an eventual ban. This is a slower process which will most likely meet resistance at the national level.
3. Side-step the traditional channels and work with the United Nations and the NGOs to propose an international treaty that would call for the outright ban of landmines. While not as binding as a U.N. resolution, this "soft power" approach may be more beneficial in the long run as political pressure applied by member countries and NGOs could help convince others to at the very least take steps towards reducing production and use of landmines.
In this instance, Canada must decide not only what action it wants to take, but how it intends to do this. When considering first option, our country has to decide whether or not it is even possible to push for a U.N. Security Council resolution on this issue. Canada does not hold a seat on the council as of this moment, but that does not mean our country has wait till it is once again a sitting member. Canada can turn to United Kingdom, France and the United States, all permanent members, to propose a landmine ban. When considering the second option, our country must decide whether it is looking at another moratorium, further restrictions on the production and use of landmines, or an outright ban on these weapons. While it would be easier for Canada to propose a moratorium or another review of the CCW at the next G8 summit, frustrated NGOs are demanding that the developed world commit to stricter anti-landmine policy which would call for and international ban on these weapons, and the establishment of an international fund, paid into by countries which produce landmines, to promote and finance landmine awareness. If our country does decide upon meeting NGO demands, it must decide whether or not to side-step the traditional channels and push for a "soft-power" approach, as suggested the third option.
The United States has been outspoken in its support of a landmine ban. In 1992, Senator Patrick Leahy proposed a one-year moratorium on the export of antipersonnel mines, the first significant measure from any country to address this issue. In 1993, the U.S. State Department produced the first comprehensive study of the mines crisis, Hidden Killers: The Global Problem with Uncleared Landmines. In 1994, U.S. President Bill Clinton gave a speech at the United Nations calling for an "eventual elimination" of anti-personnel landmines, which lead to a U.S. sponsored U.N. General Assembly resolution endorsing the eventual elimination of mines which was passed later that year. While promising, a midterm election defeat suffered by the Democrats in that same year limited the President's power to push legislation, including legislations relating to this matter. The U.S. has expressed concern with an outright ban on landmines. In 1995, the Senate passed an amendment requiring a one-year moratorium on use of antipersonnel mines, except along international borders and demilitarized zones, suggesting that they might not support banning their use by countries like South Korea.
While the Republic of (South) Korea (ROK) has acknowledged the humanitarian consequences of antipersonnel mines, it has been one of the more vocal countries in insisting on the legitimacy and military necessity of continued use of anti-personnel landmine.The country has taken on the role of an observer during recent discussions on this issue. It should be noted that although the ROK is a producer of landmines, it produces them for their own defense, not for export. In fact, the country has taken steps to ensure that its weapons are only used domestically. The South Korean government announced a one-year moratorium on the export of anti-personnel landmines last year, which it further extended earlier this year#. This issue does seem to be that the ROK wants some exception for its use, stating the importance of these weapons for their own protection, especially in the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). They have been many incursions by North Koreans over the years, most recently in May when seven soldiers tried to cross the DMZ but withdrew after being fired upon. Since the ROK is now sitting in as one of the U.N. Security Council's temporary members, without an exception for their situation, it would be unrealistic to assume that they wouldn't use their veto to block a motion for an outright of ban landmines.
Russia is one of the largest producers of anti-personnel landmines. Though Russia agreed to the amended Protocol II in May 1996, it has not ratified it yet. According to the Ministry of Defense, it would cost 40 billion Roubles (roughly 6.4 million dollars American) annually to destroy all of its non-CCW compliant mines. Due to financial constraints, the government has refrained from submitting the ratification documents to the parliament for consideration. This suggests that the costs associated with destroying their stock piles and stopping production would be too high a price for Russia to pay in order to sign on to a landmine ban. The Russian military has been strongly opposed to the idea, stating that landmines are a necessary weapon. It should be noted, however, that the country has made moves towards restricting exports, calling for a three-year moratorium on the export of anti-personnel landmines that are not detectable or not equipped with self-destruction devices in December of 1994. Russia is more interested in dealing with controls and working toward alternatives than an outright ban, something that could be discussed with Alexander Belonogov, Russia's ambassador to Canada. This should be taken into consideration for first two options if chosen since Russia is both permanent member U.N. Security Council and a member of the G8.
The People's Republic of China, much like Russia, is more interested in controlling the production, use and export of landmines than banning them. The country did ratified the CCW and its original Protocol II on mine in April of 1982. Earlier this year, China announced a moratorium on the export of AP mines which are prohibited by the revised Protocol II of CCW. While this may suggest that they are willing to take further steps, Chinese officials have stated that there is no desire to move towards a ban#. Without exceptions for its use, a proposal to the U.N. Security Council to ban landmines would be seen an act to undermine their sovereignty, forcing the Chinese to veto it. China does not use its veto power often, not feeling comfortable being the single voice of opposition during a vote. If a more moderate resolution could be worked out with the other Security Council members, it is more than likely that China would abstain from using its veto. The country would also abstain from using its veto if promised economic incentives like trade preferences, especially since the country is going through a rough period of economic development, still lagging behind India in per capita GNP.
If Canada is going to sidestep the traditional disarmament channels, it must turn to other governments which has already taken significant steps towards banning landmines. Italy, a temporary member of the U.N. Security Council and a G8 member country, has made progress towards an outright ban. In 1993, the Italian government stopped authorizing the export of antipersonnel landmines, a significant step for one of the major producers and exporters of landmines in the world in the past. In 1994, Italy adopted a unilateral moratorium on the production and trade of antipersonnel landmines. Since ratifying the CCW and Protocol II in 1995, the Italian Parliament has worked closely with the Italian Campaign to Ban Landmines (ItCBL) towards a comprehensive ban. If Canada does choose to pursue the same course, our country should consider working closely with Italy. Cambodia has also made significant progress towards banning landmines. In 1994, Ieng Mouly, the Chairman of the Cambodia Mine Action Center (CMAC), announced that the government desired to legislate a ban on the use of landmines. In 1995, with the assistance of the ICBL, the 340,000 Cambodians, including King Sihanouk, signed a petition calling for the immediate ban of anti-personnel landmines. This effort has sparked other signature drives around the world, bringing the total number of signatures to one and a half million. While landmine laws have been written in 1995 and 1996, due to political changes, none have been adopted as law. It should be noted that since King Sihanouk's landmine declaration in October of 1994, Cambodia has maintained a formal position against the import or export of antipersonnel landmines. This suggests that the country is willing to work with others, including Canada, towards an outright ban.
Recommendations: Option #3
Canada should side-step traditional channels and work with the United Nations and the NGOs to propose an international treaty that would call for the outright ban of landmines.
If Canada is to push for an outright ban of anti-personnel landmines, it is unreasonable to believe that it could do so through either the U.N. Security Council or the G8. Since Canada does not have a seat as of now on the council, unless our country is willing to wait a few years till it does, it will have to turn to one of our allies to push for a resolution. Even if Canada had United Kingdom, France and Italy's support, there is no guarantee that the United States would support a ban on landmines, especially without exceptions. There is also no guarantee that Russia, China, South Korea or any other sitting member would support or at the least abstain from vetoing a resolution calling for an outright ban on landmines. After the Prime Minister's efforts at the last summit, even with the support of United Kingdom, France, Italy and the United States, there is no guarantee that significant progress could be made at the next G8 summit since Russia will not commit to a policy banning landmines. The country has yet to ratify the CCW and Protocol II due in part to financial reasons, so it is unrealistic to believe that it would support legislation that would impose any further financial obligations.
By side-stepping traditional channels, a treaty could be drafted without having to make exceptions for the United States, South Korea, China, Russia or any other country that has expressed concerns with an outright ban. This treaty would be voluntary and its costs and restrictions would only be applied to those countries that are willing to commit to it. With the support of the United Nations and the NGOs, it is more than reasonable to assume that not only could stricter anti-landmine policy be enforced through political pressuring, but an international fund to promote and finance landmine awareness could be established. Due to the importance of this proposal, Canada should inform interested parties of our intentions before the official announcement. This would not only help gather support for our proposal, but also allow those not interested in signing on to the treaty time to decide whether or not to attend the conference as an observer.
Annotated Bibliography:
Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD), "The Landmine Crisis: Designed to kill and injure, to impede", http://www.ccdonline.ca/en/international/landmines/crisismlpd.
An article taken from a MLD International Committee newsletter, December 1994, discussing the problems posed by anti-personnel landmines. The article discusses the various problems posed by landmines, like the damage done to it victims, the damage done to the countries they invest and the cost of removing them.
The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), "Ban History", http://www.icbl.org/index.php/icbl/Treaties/MBT/Ban-History.
An article from the ICBL website discussion, briefly, the history behind their efforts to ban landmines. The article discusses Frances efforts to reform the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), the failure of those efforts, the following Canadian efforts and the drafting on the Man Ban Treaty.
Axworthy, Llyod, "Chapter 13: Canada and antipersonnel landmines: human security as a foreign policy priority," Foreign Policy Theories, Actors, Cases. ed. Steve Smith, Amelia Hadfield, and Tim Dunne, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.
An article sent to be by Tobia Neufeld, former Foreign Minister Llyod Axworthy's lead researcher. The article discusses at length earlier efforts to address the landmine issue, the resistance it met, and the innovative strategy of the NGOs to pressure state governments into supporting anti-landmine efforts, culminating with the signing of the Ottawa Treaty in 1997.
Landmine Monitor (LM), "Publications", http://lm.icbl.org/index.php
Articles from LM stating what a specific country's policies were towards landmines. Each article discusses the country's history with landmines, the efforts taken to work towards controlling landmine use and production, as well as policies towards the production, transfer, stockpiling and use of landmines.
Paris, Mary Dejevsky, "France to back total test ban" The Independent, World, (Friday, 11 August 1995), http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/france-to-back-total-test-ban-1595673.html
An article from The Independent's online publication. Written by Mary Dejevsky Paris, the article goes into detail about the criticism faced by France over the test ban treaty and how the country has shifted views on the issue from being against to supporting it.
Arms Control Association, September/October 1999, "Russia, China, U.S. Allies Condemn Senate Defeat of Treaty", http://www.armscontrol.org/print/551
An article from the Arms Control Association, an online publication, discussing international criticism of the United States Senate rejection of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).
Jaksic, Silvija, "Anti-landmines Campaign: Not Much Success So Far!" Peace Magazine, (July-August 1996): 8, http://archive.peacemagazine.org/v12n4p08.htm
An article from Peace Magazine, a small publication, discussing the fight against landmines. Silvija Jaksic discusses the dangers of landmines, their cost effectiveness and the lack of progress to bring about a comprehensive ban on their production and use in this article. While upset with the lack of progress on the issue by the international community, the author points to the efforts by Canada to bring about significant reform to policies like the CCW's Protocol II.
Jody Williams and Stephen Goose, "Chapter 2: The International Campaign to Ban Landmines", To Walk Without Fear, ed. Maxwell A. Cameron, Robert J. Lawson, and Brian W. Tomlin, Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1998.
An article from the book, To Walk Without Fear, a comprehensive look at the global effort to ban landmines. The article discusses the ICBL and its efforts to pressure governments into supporting and passing significant anti-landmine legislation. It goes into detail about various efforts like the ICBL push in Cambodia and Canada to bring about the Mine Ban Treaty in 1997.
UN Security Council, "Membership of the Security Council", http://www.un.org/sc/list_eng5.asp.
A list which identifies which countries have sat on the security council and the dates which they held a seat.
Korean DMZ, "Incursions", http://koreandmz.org/incursions.
A list of dates of North Korean incursions into the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), going back to January of 1968, outlining what happened during the specific incursion.
United Nations International, Russia, "Alexander Belonogov", http://www.un.int/russia/new/MainRoot/docs/biographi_en/belonogov/belonogov.htm.
I located this article with the assistance of a secretary from the Russian Embassy in Ottawa. The article outlines former Russian ambassador to Canada, Alexander Belonogov's service history.
Shichor, Yitzhak, "China's Voting Behavior in the U.N. Security Council", Association for Asian Research, (October 31, 2006), http://www.asianresearch.org/articles/2947.html.
An article from Association for Asian Research (AFAR), an organization which "seeks to provide the American public with an in-depth understanding of the dynamics of Asian affairs in the interest of peace and prosperity". The article discusses the People's Republic of China's use of their veto power since becoming a permanent member of the United Nations' Security Council.
Selden, Mark, The Political Economy of Chinese development: Socialism and Social Movements, New York: M.E. Sharpe Inc, 1993.
A comprehensive book which looks at the political and economic development of the People's Republic of China. It discusses the transformation of the Chinese state after the death of Mao Zedong, the state of agricultural development, economic development, economic conditions within the country, economic policies and the country efforts to move away from its past communist/socialist policies.
As you can see, I have even included the annotated bibliography for those needed assistance in their own projects. Now, for those who couldn't understand this paper, it is written as if I was an adviser to Lloyd Axworthy when he was former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's Foreign Minister. All this information in this paper is what would have been known at the time of Axworthy's decision to work with the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) in proposing the Ottawa Treaty. If there are any questions, please leave a comment below.
Now, having written this paper, I feel I should say at least one thing. As stated above, I do support efforts to ban landmines, but there is a difference in how I would go about doing it compared to what Axworthy did. While "Pink Lloyd's" heart was definitely in the right place, I would have done my best to stay away from the ICBL. Though the Ottawa Treaty has given this non-governmental organization (NGO) a favourable reputation, it is still a politically radical group. Their harassment of South Korea over its use of anti-personnel landmines is a demonstration of their inability to see reason. As stated in briefing note, since the establishment of the Korean Demilitarized Zone (KDMZ), there has been numerous incursions by the North Koreans. Matter of fact, in the same year the Ottawa Treaty was signed, the North Koreans were doing just that, sending eight soldiers into the KDMZ who were later turned away when South Korean soldiers opened fire. The ICBL seems unable to understand this reality and has been pressuring the South Koreans to remove this line of defense out of sheer anti-landmine zealotry. It isn't just this however, even their own logic on why landmines should be banned is flawed.
Landmines should be banned for numerous reasons, but I do understand their importance. Anti-personnel landmines have become "smarter" and armies like the United States military have developed procedures for safe deployment and disarming of landmines in war zones. According to the ICBL,
…Landmines are not needed by a modern army. While in the past they may have protected borders and slowed advancing troops, now most armies are mobile and can get through a minefield in less than 30 minutes. Modern motion detection equipment, night detection technology and strategically placed guns can protect military installations, borders and other areas better than landmines…
I don't believe this for one second. If landmines were so ineffective, why would they still play such a key role in military strategy? Landmines are used because they can "keep watch" better than a soldier. Even with South Korean's monitoring the KDMZ, it is the landmines for the most part that keep the North Koreans at bay. Once again, the ICBL doesn't seem to understand this, but do provide evidence to support this fact unwittingly in the very next sentence.
…Also, landmines injure and kill soldiers – the very people they are meant to protect. For example, in the 1991 Gulf War, landmines caused 34% of USA casualties…
Let me get this straight, although landmines aren't supposed to be effective and modern armies would have no problem with them, but the United States army, which is the most modern army in the world, has trouble with them? You can't have it both ways, either they are not effective or they are too effective and should therefore be banned. It's this kind of contradiction in logic that we have come to expect from these kind of organizations. Once again, I don't blame Axworthy for this at all, matter of fact he deserves his Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts, but I still wouldn't have let the ICBL dictate the terms of any serious treaty.
Aside from the fact that the Ottawa Treaty does come off as another Oil-for-Food Program with its demand that member countries provide financial assistance for developing nations needing funds for landmine disposal (I would like to see who ensures that the money is being spent as it is intended), it is still a very worthwhile effort. I hope this blog post helps those who are working on a project of this nature. Once again, if you have any questions, please feel free to leave a comment below. I will provide any assistance that I can.


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Sponsored Tingles: Venus Looks – Kate Walsh
Kate Walsh in Monte Carlo yesterday promoting Private Practice. Makes me sad to say it. Because I love Kate Walsh. I love her voice. In those car commercials, have you seen them? Girl has a sexy voice. But she's stuck on a nowhere show. A great character on a nowhere show.
Still…it's a sales pitch. And there are bills to pay. Kate and her ex husband are squabbling over money. He wants alimony and is accusing her of hiding money. Weird. He's like an executive producer or something. And big projects too. Word is it's not just about the cash, apparently he just wants to stick it to her. That situation got ugly fast, non? Whatever the reason, Kate must work. So she's working.
She's working her legs in Monte Carlo. Great legs. Definitely feeling the legs. Long and muscular and thin, but strong. Not about to break. Nice.
The hair though…the hair, well, the hair sucks.
Next is Kate last week at The Hangover premiere. Again the legs are amazing. Everything else hurts. The outfit is unflattering, and the hair… the hair is in a post-divorce funk. The hair definitely needs an update. The hair holds the juju. And her juju is stale.
To see the look, click here to jump to our Venus Embrace Look Book.
Photos from Bauergriffinonline.com and Flynetonline.com and Wenn.com


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In The holiday group Lambert created an image of women taking exercise with children by the seaside, a picture of health and wellbeing. He depicted the three figures in parallel poses, stepping forward onto one leg and with the other behind them, rather like in a Greek frieze. He contrasted the dress of the two women: one wearing the loose clothing of the maternal feminist, and the other the more restrictive but fashionable high-necked blouse and waisted coat of a career woman. The model for the maternal feminist was Lambert's wife Amy, for the career woman his friend Thea Proctor and for the two children his sons Maurice and Constant.
At the time, the women's movement was encouraging women to exercise so they would have healthier bodies to assist them in childbearing. Lambert's image of the maternal feminist with her children was in accord with these ideas.
Although London reviewers were sometimes critical of the portrayal of clothed and unclothed figures in the one composition they did not object to Lambert's sensual portrayal of the naked boy in this image of a bathing excursion. The Observer critic P.G. Konody wrote on 20 January 1907:
his skill in stating the fleshiness and roundness of human limbs being given full scope by the two children, one of which is tripping and the other carried to the water's edge. Perhaps the black of the mother's dress is a little too heavy, but otherwise the out-door effect and breeziness of the sea air are as admirable as the forward movement of the figures.
Lambert exhibited this work at the Modern Society of Portrait Painters in 1907 and later at the Guild Hall, Melbourne, in 1910, at which time it was purchased by Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer.


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Tom Rock
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No deal with the Giants, so Chase Blackburn will hit the market:
Despite talks with the team at the Combine last month, the starting middle linebacker seems ready to hit free agency.
There is no understanding with the Giants, Blackburns agent, Richard Katz, told Newsday on Wednesday. It appears hell hit the open market on the 12th.
Blackburn has done this before and other teams haven't shown much interest so I figure he will find his way back home but does this worry you?


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Last month, Kat shared the story of a woman who gained health by letting go of outdated notions about food. Here, Kat tells how you can let go of a self-destructive, restrictive relationship with food.
Key Concepts for Big Gainers
The following concepts from my book, The Truth About Beauty, can help you break out of your self-destructive, restrictive food prison.
When it comes to food, many Americans live each day either in a temporarily "successful" state of self-deprivation (in the name of weight loss) or in a rebound period of overindulgence. As a result, the rate of eating disorders in women is at an all-time high—as much as 65 percent, according to some figures.
Last month (see July's Biggest Gainer Part 1), I shared the story of Kim from Kemah, Tex., who traded in a lifetime of overexercise and fat restriction for nutrient- and fat-indulgence (and didn't gain an ounce of weight doing it) while at my Total Transformation program in North Carolina. This month, in the spirit of Better Nutrition's prevention theme, I'm sharing my own victory over the "boot camp" mentality, as well as some concepts I've honed doing my Total Transformation programs for more than 10 years. I hope they can help you avoid harsh self-treatment in the name of physical transformation just as they've helped me.
Give Up the "Boot Camp" Mentality
Many a love-hate relationship with food begins with innocent dieting and calorie restriction, followed by bingeing that, in turn, leads to harsher extremes, such as skipping meals, exercising obsessively, and purging. This was my story. In college, all the emotional and spiritual work I did couldn't stop my worsening binges and periods of starvation. Throughout the first half of my adult life, I "successfully" starved myself for weeks or months between bingeing streaks, losing the same 40 pounds repeatedly. It wasn't until I got sick with a failing liver that I finally woke up and looked into nutrition, which saved my life. I never dreamed, however, that nutrition would give me a life free from cravings and weight gain.
My then "perfect" diet of whole grains, vegetables, and fat-free desserts could hardly be improved on—I thought. I was proud of it, but puzzled that I still had uncontrollable urges around food (and thus, the need for constant attempts at restriction). By using supplements to correct biochemical imbalances and experimenting with a high-fat, grain-free/nonstarchy diet, I experienced a quantum leap to total peace with and in my body for the first time—and the resulting end of any need for self-deprivation, since I was no longer compelled to overeat. With zero effort or intention to lose weight, 10 dress sizes melted off over the next few years. That is a miracle if you consider that the first half of my life was about white-knuckle restriction and dietary fat avoidance, followed with heroin-like food binges and a totally shot metabolism.
Was I just lucky that I could stop starving myself, eat fat, lose weight, and find freedom from my fear of weight gain? To find out, I started conducting Total Transformation retreats in 1998. I wanted to see if others would experience the same amazing peace, weight normalization, and skin and energy improvements if they "lived along" with my somewhat unusual lifestyle principles. To my delight, they did: I have since found many success stories similar to mine.
Better than Boot Camp: Science and Strategy Beat Suffering
It turns out that any diet that halts blood sugar and insulin spikes also allows the cells to regain sensitivity to the powerful antiaging, weight, and hunger-regulating hormone leptin. This is great news for those who have resigned themselves to a lifetime of suffering for slimness. But it is almost impossible to derive this effect without generous amounts of fat in the diet. High protein alone doesn't work, as the excess protein will turn to sugar. "High protein without enough fat will fail to keep you from spiking blood sugar, and will not allow your proper leptin and satiety signaling to return," says Ron Rosedale, MD, author of The Rosedale Diet and a pioneering researcher on the hormone leptin. "If you don't get enough fat, you will likely eat too much protein, which then turns to sugar," he says.
I invite you to experience better health and true freedom from food cravings. As we mentioned in the July issue, we are looking for 10 Better Nutrition readers to follow my Total Transformation program for a chance to win a free trip to my week-long retreat. There, you'll have an opportunity to learn how to cook delicious dishes that nourish your body, satisfy cravings, and do not spike blood sugar. All of this takes place in the beautiful Lake Lure region of North Carolina. Click here
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Exercise is a powerful antidepressant. It increases circulation and moves lymph fluid, and is therefore both nourishing and detoxifying to the body. Moderate exercise lowers cortisol and increases the release of natural human growth hormone, which helps promote youthful vitality. But many weight-obsessed people who believe that fat makes you fat, are engaged in excessive exercise that is anything but self-nurturing. If your workout is no longer enjoyable, or if you feel a significant drop in self-esteem, or even antisocial as a result of a missed workout, you might find new comfort and gentle compassion for yourself once you look beyond the calorie-burning paradigm of weight loss to the biochemical workings that could be revolutionizing your ability to burn fat and end hunger without all the sweat and suffering.


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Emily to kick off March FoodShare campaign
The Minnesota FoodShare fundraising campaign drive is conducted in March, and it starts Emily's 2013 annual food shelf fundraiser.
In March, larger corporations, individuals and foundations will make contributions to the Minnesota FoodShare program at the state level. This money will be allocated to Minnesota food shelves throughout the year.
This additional monetary incentive allocation will be made to the Emily Food Shelf based on the pounds of collected items and dollars raised in the Emily area in March. All food items and monetary donations raised in the local area will stay in the area to help provide food to the families of Emily, Outing, Fifty Lakes and Little Pine, Ross Lake and Fairfield townships.
Hunger Solutions is another program that helps Minnesota food shelves throughout the year, based on the amount of food and money individual food shelves raise during the March FoodShare Campaign.
The Allen Shaw Feinstein Foundation sponsors another incentive program. The foundation will divide $1 million among nonprofit agencies throughout the United States to help fight hunger and uses this offer to help raise funds in March and April. The more food and money donations that are made, the larger the check will be from the Feinstein Foundation.
All items and money collected will be kept in the community. Area churches, local fire departments, service organizations and businesses will be asked to participate in the community wide collection. Items being sought are nonperishable food products such as peanut butter, canned meats and tuna, cold cereals, household paper and cleaning products, laundry soaps, and personal bath products such as soaps, shampoo and conditioner.
Designated collection sites for these items are the Emily, Outing and Fifty Lakes area churches and the Emily Ace Hardware Store. Monetary donations allow the Emily Food Shelf to buy food items and other household and personal supplies from the Second Harvest Food Bank in Grand Rapids at a fraction of the regular cost. This way donated money can be stretched to go further and purchase more food items from the Food Bank.
The Emily-Outing-Fifty Lakes Area Food Shelf serves more than 70 families per month, feeding more than 190 individuals and distributing an average of more than 8,400 pounds of food per month.
This campaign is the major fundraiser that the volunteer Emily Food Shelf workers will do for the year, although other donations are accepted at any time. The food shelf is open from 9:30-11 a.m. the third Wednesday of each month and from 5:30-6:30 p.m. the following Thursday at Emily City Hall.
To make a financial donation, may make checks payable to "Emily Food Shelf" and send them to 42145 Birchwood Drive, Emily, MN 56447.
For more information about the Emily Food Shelf or fundraising projects, contact the site director, Nancy Moritz, at 218-763-3097.


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Brace yourselves, y'all … Lindsay Lohan is a red head again. As you may recall, we learned earlier this week that Lindsay has wrapped filming of her Lifetime made for TV biopic film Liz & Dick and, as a result, decided to dye her hair from the darker Elizabeth Taylor color to her more natural red headed color. It took Lindsay about 3 hours to get back to red but once completed, she was happy to share the results with her followers on Instagram.
Red again
Lindsay has always looked her best as a red head. While I still have my doubts that she will be able to enjoy a career rejuvenation, at least she looks like the Lindsay Lohan that we all fell in love with WAY back in the day. Red is a good look for her, I hope she keeps it for a long while.


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May 14, 2014
KNOXVILLE -- For the eighth straight season, a University of Tennessee women's tennis player will take part in the NCAA Singles Tournament as freshman Eve Repic found out Wednesday that she made the round of 64.
Repic, who was announced as a second alternate heading into the NCAA Team Championship, got word Wednesday that she would be competing in Athens during individual competition.
Repic was named to the All-SEC Second Team and SEC All-Freshman Team and earned ITA Ohio Valley Regional Rookie of the Year honors earlier this week.
Entering competition, Repic has tallied a 22-13 singles record, 13-10 in dual match action with all of her matches coming from the No. 1 spot. She is 8-8 against ranked opponents in 2013-14.
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TORRINGTON >> On Nov. 20, Home heating oil dealers criticized Gov. Dannel Malloy's comprehensive energy plan for the state, during the second of five public hearings on the proposal. Tonight, a final hearing on the energy plan is scheduled in Torrington, and members of the Independent Connecticut Petroleum Association are expected to attend to voice their objections again.
In an email reminding the media about the hearing, association member Shelly Sindland said, "Torrington, Litchfield and Waterbury area home heating oil and propane dealers will show solidarity against Governor's proposed 6.8 million dollar energy plan during the last public hearing Monday night in Torrington.
"The plan favors mega-utilities over small business owners, will cost people their jobs, creates even more of a monopoly which will not benefit consumers and given the projected 1.1 billion dollar state deficit, taxpayers and rate payers should be paying for it," Sindland wrote.
In a telephone interview Sunday night, Sindland pointed out that the association's hundreds of members are the people who deliver fuel to homeowners all around the state.
"They're the ones delivering oil to your house," she said. "Obviously, their concern is that if the state is picking winners and losers, who's going to lose? How can they stay in business? Those are the kinds of questions they're asking.
Sindland also said that the cost of natural gas is not fixed, and that the governor's plan bases its savings on that idea. "They're banking on the notion that natural gas is going to stay the saem price -- the governor is basing his saving points on that, and it's already gone up," she said. "The long and short of it is, it's unclear who's going to pay for this, and how these small businesses will survive."
At the Nov. 20 hearing in New Haven, the heating oil dealers made up a large percentage of the nearly 70 people who attended the hearing at the city's Hall of Records. Their message to representatives of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection who conducted the hearing was a simple one: Malloy's plan favors the state's two natural gas utilities and puts home heating oil dealers livelihoods in peril.
"The state has no business picking winners," said Raymond Gincavage, vice president of Global Companies, a Massachusetts-based energy company that has operations in Branford, at the Nov. 20 meeting. "The state has lots of problems; an over-reliance on home heating oil is not one of them."
The centerpiece of Malloy's plan, which was unveiled in October, is to spend $2.2 billion by expanding the natural gas distribution network in order to add more than 250,000 households as customers. It also aims to lower energy bills and increase efficiency.
But heating oil dealers say the plan would allow the state's three natural gas companies -- Southern Connecticut Gas and Connecticut Natural Gas, which are owned by New Haven-based UIL Holdings and Yankee Gas, which is a subsidiary of Northeast Utilities -- to corner the home heating market in the state.
"Conservation, not conversion, is the best energy policy," said David Foster, president of Westbrook-based Wilcox Energy.
Dennis Schain, a DEEP spokesman, said Malloy's plan "simply calls for providing choice and allowing more people to have opportunity to choose natural gas -- which costs less, burns cleaner and is readily available. The strategy is about providing choice, allowing all fuels and technologies to compete in marketplace."
The percentage of households in Connecticut that are on natural gas is about 30 percent compared to 50 percent in other state, said Schain.
Home heating oil dealers were not alone in their criticism of Malloy's plan. Representatives of Fight The Hike, a New Haven-based consumer group and Connecticut Public Interest Research Group said Malloy's plan doesn't have enough of a focus on renewable energy sources.
"Natural gas is a shorter term solution," said Abe Scarr, director of Connecticut Public Interest Research Group. "We have to be looking at renewable energy as a long term source."
The hearing tonight will be held at the Torrington City Hall Auditorium, 2nd Floor, 140 Main Street, beginning at 6 p.m.
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I could really use some advice on my new hives; Im just starting beekeeping. My bees are not eating and I still have not found one queen. I could really use help with each problem individually.
Problem #1
My bees are not eating.
When I set the hives up I put a top feeder on each hive with 1:1 (by weight) syrup. I mixed the syrup by putting 10 lbs of water in a bucket and then adding 10 lbs of sugar. I have seen two bees in the last 12 days in the syrup and they were stuck. Had I not seen them I would think there was an issue with the feeders entrance slots. I have not seen any change in the volume of the water. Ive been told they should be all over this syrup but I cant get them to eat it. Two days ago I changed the water and added Honey-B-Healthy as well to try to attract them but again they are not eating it.
How can I get them to start eating so they can start building the hive out and getting stronger? When I was in the hive for my 1 week inspection (more details below) there was not a great deal of pollen, nectar, or sugar syrup in the comb they had built out and there wasnt a lot of that.
This is the top feeder I have:
Problem #2
Could only find queen in one hive
When I did my inspection at one week I did eventually find the queen in one of the hives. However, after about ten minutes of looking in the other hive I never did find the queen. I did not see any eggs in either hive. I talked to the supplier and they said to wait another week before looking again (so I am) but the Dummies book said to look again after a few days. Im at 12 days now since I installed the bees. Should I be looking again or waiting until Saturday again? Also, how long until the queen should be laying eggs or I would see larva? More importantly, how long can my hives live if I dont have a queen and how long until a worker start lying and really causes problems? Am I in really big trouble here?
Problem #3
Not a lot of comb at all at 1 wk
How much comb should I have had when I was looking at 1 wk? I have some burr comb I had to remove etc, but I didnt have all that much of the regular comb in the frames. How much should I expect to have at my next inspection? 1 side, 2 sides, etc? Should any of it be full depth or will it all be a work in progress?
Thanks for your help in advance. Im a bit worried about my new hobby right now.


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Recently a colleague of mine should run multiple parallel jobs on a server (around 20 in our specific case), every job does "an elaboration" and this can take a time longer or shorter in respect of the others, once a job finishes its task it must read from a text file the first line that indicate the ID of a new job, it removes that ID from the top of the text file and starts to elaborate it.
Problem: On a long run (a run of 50K+ jobs) it happens "frequently" that 2 jobs finish at the same time and so both take the same ID causing problems to the whole process, we tried to use a simple lock file "touched" just after the job was opening the file with the list of ID, but it seems that this operation it's too slow and we had some case of failed concurrency again.
The solution was to use the bash function


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