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Signature Range Beef Lasagne, $3.45 for 270g
For the past month health, authorities in Britain have been trying to find out how horsemeat got into products such as ready-to-eat lasagne and hamburger patties that were presented as beef products.
Originally it was thought that the horsemeat was introduced in other countries where it was sold as beef before being imported into Britain. But more recently local slaughterhouses have been raided for evidence of horsemeat entering the food supply.
Some people won't have a problem eating horsemeat and it can be legally sold here for human consumption, but the issue raises the problem of accurate food labelling and the importance of testing the food we are sold in supermarkets.
In New Zealand we have similar food labelling laws to Britain so could our beef lasagne be contaminated too? The Herald investigated this week and found no trace of horse meat in eight products tested by Environmental and Science Research.
The Ministry of Primary Industries says it is illegal to label a product as having beef in it and then replace it with horsemeat. But according to our Food Standards a generic name may be used for some ingredients - such as meat, spices, vegetables or cheese - without any further details.
That means if a product simply says "meat" on the ingredients label, it could have horsemeat. The only comeback for consumers is this might breach the Fair Trading Act, as horsemeat is not commonly eaten here.
Former Green Party MP Sue Kedgley also put some questions to the Ministry of Primary Industries. She found some of our beef is imported from the European Union and other countries such as Australia, Mexico and the US. But we would not know as there is no requirement to label a food's country of origin.
I set out to find a product in my local supermarket that simply listed "meat" in the ingredients panel. I scanned freezers, meat fridges and even canned goods in three different supermarkets and found that in most cases our food manufacturers did not use generics and were happy to tell you what kind of meat was in their products. I was surprised at some of the meat I found, such as mutton listed in frozen meat pies and up to five different meats listed for a single product.
Here is my break-down of what's in Signature Range Beef Lasagne.
• Water - Interesting to find this listed at the top of the ingredients list, which means this product is mostly water. Minced beef (21 per cent)This tells us the meat in here is minced beef. But we have no guarantee if it is local beef or imported as the label says "made in New Zealand from local and imported ingredients". It would be reassuring if it said "New Zealand beef".
• Pasta (13 per cent) (water, durum wheat, semolina, wheat flour) - These are standard ingredients for pasta.
• Diced tomatoes (5 per cent)
• Tomato puree
• Onion
• Thickener (1442) - This is acetylated distarch adipate, which is a treated starch.
• Cream (2.5 per cent) (from milk)
• Red wine (2 per cent)
• Cheddar cheese (2 per cent) (from milk)
• Wheat flour
• Milk solids
• Butter (from milk)
• Beef stock - Contains flavour enhancers (621 (monosodium glutamate), 631, 627), soy, wheat. No horsemeat concerns here as there is no meat whatsoever in this beef stock. Instead there is MSG, which some people have reactions to, as well disodium inosinate (631) and disodium guanylate, which work in synergy with MSG and are often present in foods where you find it.
• Vegetable stock - Contains flavour enhancers (627,631), wheat, soy. Again, no vegetables in vegetable stock but two flavour enhancers found in beef stock (above).
• Salt - This is reasonably high in salt with 621mg per 270g serve.
• Brown sugar
• Garlic
• Mustard
• Pepper
• Basil
• Emulsifier (472e) - This is fatty acids of glycerol, in here to keep things such as oil and water mixed together.
• Oregano
• Colour (150c) - This is caramel III, which is made by heating sugars with ammonia. The caramel colours 150a, 150b, 150c and 150d are controversial as some studies have shown that a chemical produced when reacting sugar and ammonia or sulphites called 4-MEI is a carcinogen after tests on rats. However, it is allowed in our food.
• Nutmeg
My recommendations
It is reassuring to know that 300 samples of meat are tested each year in this country to ensure meat is what it says it is, and so far the tests have not found any horsemeat disguised as beef. But generic labelling such as "meat" could mean you are consuming horsemeat, goat or mutton.
It looks as if producers are being very clear with labelling, giving detail about what meat is in their products.So if a product is local you are in fairly safe hands.
But if you are concerned, you can get your chosen cut of meat and mince it in the food processor or ask your butcher to do it while you wait. This will also safeguard against other contaminants such as preservatives or additives that might get put into the meat during processing.
• Contains 21 per cent beef
• MSG, flavour enhancers
• Water largest ingredient
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Two ways to seal joints
When heated or cooled air escapes from the ducts, especially in the basement and attic, the furnace or air conditioner has to run longer (and use more fuel) to bring the living area of the house to the temperature on the thermostat.
Our heating expert confessed that he never thought duct leakage was a big issue until he saw a thermographic image showing just how much heat is lost at the duct joints. Today he's a believer in duct sealing.
Sealing duct joints is a DIY project. It's not only easy—it's cheap! Simply buy aluminum-colored silicone caulk and caulk every joint in rectangular ductwork (clean the joints first with a household spray cleaner and a rag to remove dust). Use the caulk to seal around the take-off boots to each branch run. Buy high-temperature UL181 aluminum foil tape in the duct section of a home center and use that to seal the joints of round ductwork.
Never use ordinary duct tape. Despite its name, it isn't approved for duct sealing and it doesn't hold up well over the long term.

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Leaked papers indicate it could take up to two years to fix glitches in the Novopay payroll system.
A briefing paper has revealed the Ministry of Education expects it will take 18 to 24 months before Novopay is delivering at levels that were expected.
It said the Ministry's contract with Novopay developer Talent2 would have to be renegotiated and extra funding will be needed.
Meanwhile Novopay minister Steven Joyce said the timeframe specified isn't good enough and steps are being taken to speed the process up.


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Researchers, students invited to biosecurity forum
By Tim Brownlee
Assistant Director of Public Affairs
(July 25, 2008)--The Center for Biosecurity and Public Health Preparedness will host the Texas Forum for Select Agent Research with discussion of Texas initiatives and perspectives on emerging diseases and best practices for working with select agents and toxins. The forum is August 7-8 at the Texas Research Park, 15355 Lambda Drive.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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The $75 registration fee includes course materials, parking, Aug. 7 luncheon, and Aug. 8 breakfast, lunch and snacks. Scholarships are available to college students to cover the registration fee.
Topics at the forum will include best practices for working with select agents and toxins, institutional guidelines and responsibilities: lessons learned from Tropical Storm Allison, academic initiatives in select agent basic research, and practical challenges to select agent research.
The forum is 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 7 and 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Friday, Aug. 8. Thursday afternoon is open to allow participants to attend a public meeting on a proposed National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF). San Antonio has three of 17 prospective sites for a $500 million NBAF, which would serve as a federal center for research in bio-terrorism and battling diseases.
For more information and to download a registration form, visit the UTSA Office of the Vice President for Research Web site.


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The U.S.-Mexico border passes through hundreds of miles of desert and riverbed wildlands. What effects does immigration enforcement have on wild nature as well as on human communities? Come see a set of films on the impacts of U.S. border policy on immigrants, border communities, human rights, and the environment. All showings are free.
The Sierra Club Borderlands Team is bringing these films to the Bay Area to help us learn how changes to border and immigration policies impact our friends, our neighbors, and the borderlands. All three showings are co-sponsored by the the Marin Task Force on the Americas. Folks from sponsoring organizations will be on-hand for introductions and discussion.
Immigrants For Sale (2013, 33 min.) is a ground-breaking on-line documentary series that goes inside the private immigrant-detention industry, through the lens of those most impacted, the players behind the trade, and the multi-billion dollar profits that fuel it all.
Wild Versus Wall (2010, 20 min.) covers the ecological effects of the 651 miles of border wall already constructed along U.S. boundaries with Mexico. The Bush administration waived 37 federal environmental-protection laws in our borderlands, resulting in a damaged landscape and a compromised legal system.
The Fence (2010, 30 min.) is award-winning filmmaker Rory Kennedy's HBO documentary of candid interviews with Border Patrol agents, ranchers, environmentalists, and voices from both sides of the border-security debate. Kennedy uses humor to highlight contradictions and politically driven misinformation, as well as the ineffectiveness and costliness of the controversial border barrier.


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"Time to share our exciting news ... I am 21 weeks & we are both very excited," tweeted Honor Carter, as she and her All Black husband notified the world that they are expecting a baby. Announcing a pregnancy when you're over halfway through is just so refreshing in these times of instant gratification and unrestrained social media postings.
Some pregnancies are announced at four weeks which strikes me as far too soon. Twelve weeks is often the point at which people feel comfortable sharing the news. It's said that between 10 and 20 per cent of known pregnancies end in miscarriage, and the most serious danger point is past by then. Yet other people feel that they would want all their friends and family members to know if they had a lost a baby and so they don't feel the need for discretion.
My own approach was similar to that of the Carters. I was studying journalism in Christchurch when I fell pregnant with my daughter. When I returned to Auckland five months later everyone simply noticed I was pregnant; I didn't have to announce it to many people.
Prior to that I'd had two miscarriages and I remember how hard it was keeping those short pregnancies secret. "You're pregnant, aren't you?" my friends would screech as soon as I turned down a glass of wine. "No, just hung-over," I'd lie. I think we superstitiously felt that announcing our news might have been tempting fate and that the longer we could keep it to ourselves the better the chances of a successful outcome.
At babycenter.com, expectant mothers are classified into five groups based on when they choose to reveal their pregnancy:
* Early birds - tell in those initial few weeks
* First trimester home-stretchers - somewhere in the vicinity of 10 and 12 weeks
* Middle-of-the-roaders - well and truly into the second trimester
* Late Bloomers - in the third trimester
* Mix-it-uppers - those who tell different people at different times. (Wouldn't many of us fall into this category? I'd imagine most women have some sort of hierarchy as to who needs to know the news first: say, partner then family then work colleagues and so on.)
Evidently an associated dilemma is to figure out precisely how you should tell your significant other that you are in the family way. Suggestions catalogued at the Baby Center website include sharing the news in a fortune cookie, putting a dummy on a plate at a restaurant, placing a single bun in the oven, writing "Hi Daddy, I can't wait to meet you!" on your belly, dressing an older child in a "Big Brother" or "Big Sister" shirt - and sending the positive pregnancy test (or a photograph of it) to your partner. If those ideas make you feel a bit queasy then you can always do what I did and say, "Crikey, I think I'm up the duff."
What are your thoughts about announcing pregnancies? Do you think it's best done early or late in the pregnancy? Did you announce your news in an interesting or unusual way?


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Looks like the US has the CLOCK set and running.
U.S. Envoy to Israel Says Nation Is Ready on Iran - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The PLAN is set. Now, it is just like before D-DAY and the weather will be good.
Iran attack decision nears, Israeli elite locks down - Israel News, Ynetnews


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Does the gun say Beretta U.S.A on it, or is it an Italian gun?
If it's Italian, the serial number is a date code and there is chart somewhere online to look it up at.
If it's a U.S. Model, you can call Beretta U.S.A, and tell them your serial number and they'll look up it's date of manufacture for you.


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forum: Chicken
#11 Wed 09 Jan 08 6:47pm
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Re: Comments on HFW's CH4 programmes
Looked at the Forster website - don't see any chickens though. Interestingly, I just read through their benefits of organic. I would love to go through that item by item with you as most of it is a marketing con, believe me - but that is not the subject of this section.
#12 Fri 11 Jan 08 11:55am
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I would just like to comment that Jamie is a huge hypocrite, he comes on and lambasts intensive poultry farming yet every day he is on TV getting paid huge amounts for advertising Sainsbury's. I've never liked the man, he is an irritating little oik and I see he hasn't even had the decency to respond to people's comments.
At least Hugh F-W (I'm not a huge fan of his either) stuck by his principles and refused to promote Tesco.
#13 Fri 11 Jan 08 1:09pm
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coe114c - I wasn't going to be quite as blunt as you, but I know that Jamie will receive a massive amount of press and TV time by this chicken campaign.
I know he is a business man and he is doing an excellent job of promoting himself. Good luck to him. What really annoys me is that on his way to the top he is trying to ruin a very slick industry by using sensationalism and shock tactics and I don't think he has thought of the consequences.
One of which is the fact that world grain prices have doubled in the last 6 months, and other costs of raising chicken are soaring. This means that the price of chicken is rising at the moment but has got a long way to go yet. This will certainly put the free range out of a lot of people's price range and if he succeeded in ruining the Red Tractor type of chicken farming, the imports will come flooding in from Brazil and Thailand, some of which is grown to a standard that even I would object to - I've been there and seen it!
Just watch his programme tonight and check out the shock tactics and sensationalism. I will be watching from a chicken grower's point of view to see if he is being reasonable, idealist or just on another self promotion.
#14 Fri 11 Jan 08 11:17pm
Re: Comments on HFW's CH4 programmes
After watching HFW's series regarding the 'Chicken Out' campaign I was extremely affected and influenced both as an ex-vegetarian(Yes I know some people will question this but I have perfectly good reasons) and as a mother of an 8 month old child. I myself only ever buy free range and organic meat and poultry from local farm sources, however I was concerned when, out of interest, whilst doing my weekly Tesco shopping, I ventured into Tescos Poultry & Meat isle in a quest to discover the free range chicken options. I was DISGUSTED to discover that the only product available on the shelves was free range chicken drumsticks!!!
I am encouraging friends and family to follow the free range / organic sources of meat & poultry. Yes, it's slightly more expensive but the taste is better and you can at least help promote animal welfare.
#15 Fri 11 Jan 08 11:32pm
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Re: Comments on HFW's CH4 programmes
The sad reality of this all is that the problem will simply be transferred. AT worst, or best, intensive rearing of birds in the UK and EC will either be banned OR intensive rearing of birds in the UK will collapse as people don't buy them. What will then happen is as there will still be a demand for cheap chicken is that we will just see these chickens being sourced in the Far East and imported here.
That is what currently happens with the chicken meat in your cheap high street chicken and burger bars. Sometimes all the best intentions only lead to the worst ends. I still find it hard that Jamie Oliver feels it fine to endorse caged farm salmon! For this is an industry with parctices that not only are intensive but environmentally damaging.
#16 Fri 11 Jan 08 11:36pm
Alex G
- Forum champ Occupation Student/Commis chef
- From Brighton/ Bournemouth
- Member since Sat 29 Oct 05
Re: Comments on HFW's CH4 programmes
chixgbsdg, I take it you work in the industry of broiler chickens? Would it be possible to post some pictures of the conditions of the chickens in which you work?
#17 Fri 11 Jan 08 11:40pm
Re: Comments on HFW's CH4 programmes
After just watching Jamie Oliver's Show I was appauled to see an advertisement for his next series of cookery programmes.
Was it all just an advertising campaign on the sickest level??
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#18 Fri 11 Jan 08 11:54pm
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Re: Comments on HFW's CH4 programmes
You can't seriously be that dim can you lisa?
#19 Sat 12 Jan 08 12:36am
Re: Comments on HFW's CH4 programmes
Well I'm HOPING NOT!!!
I am totally behind HFW & Jamies's quest. I think it is about time that the conditions that chickens have to endure is brought into the public realm.
I grew up within a self-sufficient lifesyle wherein we were thankful for the eggs we collected from rescued battery chickens.
I just hope that things do change for the better.
#20 Sat 12 Jan 08 12:39am
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Easy panhandle.. remember the rules of the forum
I think it was Channel 4 that put that ad there Lisa, not something that jamie had any control over. it'd have been a bit of an expensive advert anyway!


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BATON ROUGE (AP) — Lawmakers were told Friday that Louisiana's budget shortfall for next year is $963 million, in their first detailed glimpse of the problems they'll face in crafting the state's next set of spending plans.
The figure, outlined by Gov. Bobby Jindal's budget advisers, is the gap between state government's projected income and the costs to continue all its existing programs and services and account for inflationary growth in the 2013-14 budget year that begins July 1.
Barry Dussé, director of the Office of Planning and Budget, described the estimate as the "cost of doing tomorrow what you are doing today."
He said more than one-third of the gap, about $355 million, was tied to a drop in federal Medicaid financing that also created a deficit this year after Congress made the cut.
Another $250 million involves the loss of one-time dollars that Jindal and lawmakers used to pay for continuing programs, nearly all of it for health care services.
Meanwhile, the cost of Louisiana's free college scholarship program, called TOPS, will jump another $28 million next year on top of its $172 million current price tag, and the costs of the state's pharmacy program for Medicaid recipients is expected to grow by $71 million, Dussé said.
Another slice of the shortfall, at least $164 million, includes inflation costs, merit raises for state employees and other items that lawmakers haven't necessarily funded in recent years.
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Jack Donahue, R-Mandeville, said the state can't afford to pay for some of the inflationary growth, like raises for state employees and increased retirement costs. So, he said the shortfall in balancing next year's budget won't be the full $963 million.
But he added, "It's still going to be a big number."
Commissioner of Administration Kristy Nichols, the governor's top budget adviser, said the Jindal administration is talking with state agencies about ways to make programs more efficient, coordinate and improve product purchasing and shrink costs.
"We certainly are anticipating balancing the budget without raising taxes," Nichols said.
That will mean new budget cuts to programs and services. Areas most vulnerable to slashing are health care and public colleges.
This year's budget stands at $25 billion. Since 2008, the state has made repeated rounds of cuts to services, laid off workers and closed state-run facilities to close continuing budget shortfalls that have cropped up year after year.
After lawmakers wrapped up their work on the current year's spending plans, Congress reduced Louisiana's Medicaid funding rate.
In response, the Jindal administration has made deep health care cuts, largely to the LSU-run public hospital system that care for the poor and uninsured and that train many of Louisiana's medical professionals. LSU leaders and the governor's health secretary want to move more of the patient care and training programs to private health care facilities.
Sen. Ed Murray, D-New Orleans, said the changes to the LSU health care network need to take into account next year's looming budget problem.
"I want to make sure that as we are crafting plans to limp through the remainder of this year we won't have to come back and start over from scratch to make further reductions," he said.


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A Stay for All Seasons in Asheville
1847 Blake House Inn Bed and Breakfast • Asheville (Arden), NC
Escape Kit
- A Two-Night Stay for Two People in the Holly, Magnolia, or Dogwood Rooms, Sundays through Thursdays ($225) or Fridays and Saturdays ($235)
- Or, a Two-Night Stay for Up to Three People in the Azalea, Lilac, or Rose Rooms, Sundays through Thursdays ($280) or Fridays and Saturdays ($290)
- Or, a Two-Night Stay for Up to Four People in the Carriage House Sycamore Suite, Sundays through Thursdays ($330) or Fridays and Saturdays ($340)
- Daily Full Breakfast
- $25 Dining Credit to Frankie Bones Restaurant & Lounge
- Gift Bag of Blake House Cookbook, Deneen Pottery Souvenirs, Notebook, Locally Made Bath Products, and More
When the winter chill sets in and the trees are bare, cheerful flowers become a sight for sore eyes. Luckily for you, Asheville, North Carolina, blooms with year-round fun.
Escape to the 1847 Blake House Inn Bed and Breakfast, one of the oldest residences in Asheville. The inn's 19th-century Italianate architecture earned it a spot on the National Register of Historic Places.
Like their blooming namesakes—flowering plants like azaleas and magnolias—each of the Blake House rooms has a host of unique features. Offering as many amenities as a blossom has petals, rooms provide private bathrooms stocked with plush bathrobes, additional seating, as well as TVs, DVD players, and Wi-Fi.
When you're ready to branch out, Asheville offers a quirky field of activities. "Asheville is an Appalachian Shangri-La," says The New York Times. "This year-round resort town, tucked between the Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains, draws a funky mix of New Agers, fleece-clad mountain bikers, antiques lovers and old-time farmers. And what's there not to like? Charming yet surprisingly cosmopolitan for a town of about 73,000, Asheville has a Southern appeal all its own."
Satisfy your growing appetite with dinner at Frankie Bones Restaurant & Lounge, where Chef Erik Freeman has recently debuted a new menu. You'll nosh on fresh American fare like honey bourbon salmon with grilled asparagus or coffee-marinated rib eye with twice-baked potatoes. Afterward, you can purchase an in-room signature spa treatment to complete your relaxing getaway.
Like adding water to a patch of daisies, this refreshing Escape to the 1847 Blake House Inn Bed and Breakfast will perk you up from even the dreariest winter mood.
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Carbon costs will reshape the generation fleet and affect retail rates.
Both Steven Fine ( firstname.lastname@example.com) and Elliot Roseman ( email@example.com) are Vice Presidents with ICF International.
Carbon costs will reshape the generation fleet and affect retail rates.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has made clear that climate change is a worldwide issue imbued with unparalleled urgency. Naysayers remain, but the weight of evidence today indicates that we need to deal with it—collectively and quickly. At the same time, it's clear that the need for new power generation capacity in the United States will continue growing. Efficiency and the recession will reduce the rate of growth, but the inexorable forces of economic growth; general electrification of the economy; aging power infrastructure; new technologies ( e.g., electric vehicles); and population growth will stimulate the need for additional sources of electricity. 1 Even during recessions in the United States in the 1980s, the 1990s and earlier this decade, the demand for electric power dipped only temporarily before recovering strongly to maintain a long-term growth rate of 2 to 2.5 percent. 2 While some countries continue to pursue business-as-usual resource options, 3 often involving coal generation, it's clear that for both developed and developing countries, the challenge revolves around the imperative to sharply lower emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), while also meeting the growing need for power.
But there is another dynamic at work as well—the dynamics of the pocketbook. All the legislation proposed to deal with climate change—whether called "cap and trade" or "carbon tax," of which many proposals target emissions reductions of approximately 80 percent by 2050 4—would increase the cost of power. 5 Moreover, this impact on consumers will differ depending on the type of regulatory framework ( e.g., cost-of-service or competitive market). As consumers struggle with economic challenges, regulators and legislators naturally will seek to avoid significant increases in energy costs, since higher energy costs, particularly for fossil fuels, ripple throughout the economy, not just at the gas pump or the electricity meter. This is a compelling generational challenge—what's necessary in the long run (the mitigation of climate change and its impacts, and the creation of green jobs) might not be so good in the near term. 6 How much of a hit should consumers be expected to take to mitigate the impacts of GHGs?
In the midst of this dichotomy—this inter-generational challenge—utilities and their regulators (and occasionally their legislators) must deal with a multi-billion-dollar, multi-faceted question: How can we best satisfy the need for a reliable power supply, at a reasonable price, with acceptable environmental impacts? In the process, what happens to the existing capacity, particularly the 330 GW of coal capacity that today provides about half of our electric power? However necessary CO 2 reductions may be, as legislation and policies are being considered to force these reductions, we also need to understand the implications of this legislation on electricity consumers.
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There are many signs that policy-makers, industry and the public are taking the issue of climate change seriously:
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A new book uncovers the rich history of a vast South Island high country run. Andrew Stone talks to the team behind it
The first time Peter Bush went to Mesopotamia he was lucky to leave alive.
It was 1970 and photographer Bush had driven up to the vast Canterbury high country station in a hired Land Rover with a couple of mates to shoot deer and tahr.
Run-owner Malcolm Prouting let them continue beside the chilly Rangitata River towards the South Alps and darkening nor'west skies but warned them: "I think you've left your run too late."
Bush and his pals pitched a tent on high ground in the middle of the braided river. Sure enough, the rain came and the river rose as darkness fell. Around midnight, recalls Bush, with the hunters back in the jeep and swift currents lapping at the door panels, a log smacked into the radiator.
Bush: "The car was just starting to float." Eventually the intrepid bunch used a rope and reached dry ground.
Leaving the 4WD behind, they trudged to a lonely hut where one of them picked the lock.
A day later Laurie Prouting, Malcolm's son, arrived in a small Auster plane.
Pointedly he remarked: "We must have forgotten to lock up but I'll show you where the key is."
Bush says he shot two tahr but got soaked through. His enduring friendship with Laurie Prouting was sealed when the farmer dragged the Land Rover across the river and got it back to the hire firm in Christchurch.
"Saved our bacon," Bush says fondly.
And so began his connection with the great sprawling farm he calls "Messie". His photographic record of the past 42 years has been assembled in a handsome new book A Fabled Land, by Christchurch writer Bruce Ansley.
The huge farm has a singular place in New Zealand's settlement history. Its first owner was Englishman Samuel Butler, who set out for the colony to put some distance from his overbearing father, a vicar who wanted his son to wear the cloth. Arriving in 1860, armed with a degree from Cambridge, £2000 from his father and barely a clue about what lay ahead, Butler set out on a horse called Doctor to explore the farthest reaches of a foreign land. For the 24-year-old, the attraction lay in the unbelievable deal laid before anyone bold enough to settle Canterbury's "waste lands". By simply staking a claim in the broad valleys below the mountains, and agreeing to stock the land, a settler could become a runholder.
Butler beat a rival to seize his mountain-ringed property and settled in a cob hut, survived on a bleak diet of mutton and bread, hung English watercolours on his walls and played Bach on a piano which filled half the living room. Ansley writes that he found the place "very grand, very gloomy and very desolate" and so cold that when people spoke their breath froze so they had to break it and fry it "to see what they were talking about".
Yet the overpowering landscape fed the young migrant Butler's imagination, and provided the backdrop to his novels Erewhon and Erewhon Revisited, which Ansley read first as a schoolboy.
Former Listener journalist Ansley says he'd always wanted to write a book about "Messie", given its almost mythic status in high country lore. Malcolm Prouting, Laurie's boy and the latest owner in a family line, was receptive to Ansley's approach, but the addition of Bush to the team sealed the deal.
Their work stitches the book together. Ansley conveys the flinty edge that generations of farmers and their families needed to make a go of it in harsh and unforgiving surroundings. Bush's images reflect the seasons which rule the farm calendar - the autumn muster and tailing of lambs in summer, velvet harvest from the valuable deer herd, the thundering feet of Angus cattle moving to lower country for winter.
"It's an entrancing place," reflects Ansley, who pitched in with sheep dipping and other tasks in the two years he spent gathering the history of Mesopotamia, the backstory of the Proutings and the rhythms of high country life.
Of all the 304 South Island stations, Mesopotamia - a Greek word for the land between two rivers - stands apart.
It alone was founded by a novelist and its landmarks wear distinctive names: Mt D'Archiac on the Main Divide, which feeds Lake Tekapo and the Rangitata, marks its most western point. Four peaks recall the Battle of the River Plate: Exeter, Achilles, Ajax and Graf Spee.
Once it covered 41,000ha and supported 18,000 sheep. Economic currents and tenure review have whittled the enterprise back to 8000ha, with 20,000 adjacent hectares tipped into a new conservation park.
The Proutings got $4.6m to relinquish this great chunk, but Malcolm told Ansley he wasn't impressed: "It's our business, our livelihood, our passion, our history. For the guys on the other side of the table it's a job."
Ansley says the sense he felt in the farm's vast emptiness was the immensity of the mountainscape.
"I took a walk up Bush Stream," he recalled. "Walk is an understatement. It took me the best part of three days. I felt like a tiny figure in a giant landscape."
The location excited film-maker Peter Jackson. Scenes for Lord of the Rings were filmed across the great wide river from the station homestead. On land where Butler once roamed, Jackson created Edoras, hill fort capital of the Riders of Rohan.
New Zealanders know Bush through his vast catalogue of rugby images, many taken in black and white when the snapper had few peers.
He covered his first test as long ago as 1949, a Saturday at Eden Park when New Zealand lost to Australia. But the infinite scenes he found in the upper Rangitata got under his skin.
"It captivated me the first time I went down there. It's a bit like Shangri-la, hidden in behind the hills. The people seemed to grow out of the land."
Bush felt privileged to enjoy part of New Zealand he thought could "go the way of the dodo and the moa. I'm lucky I've lived long enough to see what might be the twilight of the great high country days".
On his earliest visits, 40-odd years ago, Bush used film, capturing images with high-end Rolleiflex and Nikon-F cameras. Eventually he went digital - "press the button and boom, boom, boom". Of all the photographs, the shot of head shepherd Blue Horton clearing a path for snow-bound merinos was memorable.
"It was so cold the shutter froze up. I had the camera under my jacket so it would work."
How did he get up that ridge?
"One foot after the other."
Bush is modest about his results: "Out there you could be blind with a white stick - which is an insult I know - and still come away with memorable images."
Ansley is glad he got to know Bush during their shared journeys, saying the lensman's history is bound up with New Zealand's journey over the last 50 years. "He'll be yakking away in the middle of a yarn and he'll say, 'Pull over mate.' What he means is, 'stop, stop immediately' because he's seen something. He was always saying the photograph you put off is the photograph you never get."
In the mountains, he couldn't put a cork in Bush.
"The winter nights are long up there. And bloody cold. I remember one night we were huddled round the stove while Bushy filled me up with his immense store of rugby stories. I'm counting on him not stopping when we take the show on the road."
He even found they shared a connection. Ansley's twin sons Sam and Simon have a stake in hip Wellington bar, the Matterhorn. Bush told his high country companion: "Oh, I took Louis Armstrong there in 1963."
As we wind up our chat, Ansley asks if Bush, who is nearly 83, had talked about any more projects. He mentioned, I say, that he'd like to do something with all the images of out-of-the-way camping spots he's taken over the years. But most of all, Bush would jump at the chance to get back to Messie: "My knee plays up a bit now but if I had to crawl back there I would."
A Fabled Land: The story of Canterbury's famous Mesopotamia station - Bruce Ansley with Peter Bush, (Random House, $49.99).
The Weekend Herald has 10 copies of A Fabled Land to give away. To be in the draw, tell us the name of Mesopotamia Station's first owner. Send your answer, with name and address details, to Weekend Herald contest, P.O. Box 3290, Auckland.


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Mid-Missouri public officials taking security seriously
COLUMBIA, Mo. - After the shootings in Texas this past weekend and Colorado last month, public officials in Missouri are taking security more seriously.
Both incidents concerned Boone County prosecutor Dan Knight.
"It's something that kind of struck close to home and my heart goes out to those families. This person probably killed him and his wife because of the job he held," Knight said.
Knight held a meeting with the other employees who work at the Columbia courthouse to discuss personal safety.
The number one tip discussed -- being aware.
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I still like TOS the best, despite the overall poor production values (at least by today's standards), and occasionally hokey script, "Spock's Brain" - but, even when they had poor material, like the aforementioned "Spock's Brain" and "Spectre of the Gun" (they had about a $500 budget for the episodes - it was supposed to be a full on western town), the characters shined through.
Spectre of the Gun and The Empath are two of my favorite 3rd season episodes. The budget cuts hurt the season overall, but in these cases, they got creative with the lack of money and I like the stylized feel of the episodes.
Am I being reactionary?
What I don't get is this seemingly significant majority of TOS fans who not only like it, but LOVE it. I can't tell if it is peer pressure, the whole, "We're supposed to like it because it is much better done than the TNG movies" or whatever
I have an attachment to the original series characters and the work done in that series and the excellent, excellent films done with those characters. If I'm not supposed to remember or worry about that, why the f*ck am I watching this movie?
The thread topic was crystal clear. In the OP I clearly stated that I know I'm in the minority, I don't want to be converted.
Abrams is not my cup of tea, but I put him in the same category as Michael Bay and others in the "big budget" Hollywood mold
On the other hand, give the
Coens, Whedon,
Whedon will no longer be creating TV shows.. so I is the sad.
What I've seen of Dollhouse is intriguing, but I'm not sure he had enough time and space to do it right - I will sit down and watch it, though.
Dollhouse was Whedon gone bad, he started the show off with exactly 1 thing in mind.. and it was absolutely awful when it finally happened, don't waste your time.
I would also add 20 plus years of budding nostalga
would also add 20 plus years of budding nostalga.
Spectre of the Gun
De old, de gunna die soon, start over, you will probably still get most of them, but most importantly - you will get new people.
How a fan of TOS can accept Scotty getting stuck in a pipe, like Augustus Glup in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, and just be completely okay with that as the character introduction is where I have a break with all of this.
How a fan of TOS can accept Scotty getting stuck in a pipe, like Augustus Glup in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, and just be completely okay with that as the character introduction is where I have a break with all of this.
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|Ferry Street, E14 3DT London, Egyesült Királyság
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|Privát szoba
|Ingatlan azonosító
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The house: this is a three level town house. Ms Yang the host lives in the house.
The room: this guest room can sleep upto 3 people, ideally suited to 2, there is a bunk bed and a single bed. Room is about 20 Sq meters. 3 writing desks with storage. It's on the 1st floor of the house, next to the family bathroom.
The bathroom is modern bright with power shower over bath. Toilet and basin.
There is also a shower/toilet available on the ground floor for guests.
Decor: clean, modern decoration, simple, functional, comfortable, bathrooms and open plan kitchen.
Facilities: fully functioning kitchen, washing machine, fridge/freezer, dishwasher, kettle, cooking pans, plates.
The host Ms Yang has requested that guests do not cook meals in her kitchen. Guests are welcome to making toasts, tea/coffee, refreshments or using the microwave.
Free fast WIFI through out the house.
Car parking: available onsite.
Clean bedding and towels: all provided for guests, you are welcome to bring your own. But please don't expect hotel style towels, as this is a private home and we do our own washing and we don't throw away perfectly functioning towels. If you are fussy about towels, please bring your own to avoid any issues.
The building: this is a very secure and large private luxury complex with CCTV all round, landscaped garden, warden, located next to the river Thames, opposite Greenwich park.
Local attractions: Greenwich park is 15min walk, Canary Wharf is about 20min walk or 5min on the DLR. Olympic Stadium in Stratford is 18min on the subway. The O2 concert stadium is also nearby. There are many green parks and shops, restaurants within easy travel distance. There is a small mini market 3min away or an ASDA/Walmart superstore 15min walk.
GETTING TO THE HOUSE: ISLAND GARDENS Station
from HEATHROW AIRPORT:
About 10 miles East of central London.
by underground (1hr.30min) take Piccadilly Line(dark blue colour on tube map) change at Green Park for Jubilee Line(grey colour) going eastbound towards North Greenwich. Second change at Canary Wharf for Dockland Light Railway, going towards Lewisham.
by Heathrow Express train (15-20mins) to Paddington Rail Station. From Paddington Station by underground take Bakerloo Line (brown colour) change at Waterloo for Jubilee Line (grey colour) going towards Canary Wharf. Final change take DLR train heading for Lewisham and stop at Island Gardens.
from STANSTED AIRPORT:
about 35 miles north-east of central London.
by Standsted Express (45-50mins) to Liverpool Street Rail Station. From Liverpool Street Station by underground, take Central Line(red colour) change at Bank Station for DLR towards Lewisham, get off at Island Gardens.
from GATWICK AIRPORT:
about 30 miles south of central London.
by Gatwick Express or Southern Rail (30-35mins) to Victoria Rail Station.
From Victoria Station by underground take Circle/District Line( green/yellow colour) change at Tower Gateway for DLR towards Lewisham. Get off at Island Gardens.
from LUTON AIRPORT:
by First Capitol Connect rail from Luton Parkway train station (25-30mins) to King's Cross St.Pancras International.
by Bus Green Lines & Easy Bus company (50-55mins) to Baker street station.
From Baker street station take Jubilee Line(grey colour) going eastbound towards Canary Wharf, change for Dockland Light Railway, going towards Lewisham.
The host: Ms Yang is a very generous and helpful host. She is a specialist research nurse and is home late most of the evenings.
HázirendNo pets, no parties, please keep clean and tidy.
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We were a group of three girls, and our first day was horrible because the day before travelling wimdu told us that our reservation was cancelled and they couldnt find another place to stay till next day, so we were with our suitcases in London all day eith no where to go. But finally they worked properly and find us somewhere to stay, at Hui's house. She is very nice and let you do whatever you want to. The place is very nice and it is located in a good part of London, pacefully and safe. So finally we were very happy woth Wimdu work and with our host. The only thing that they have to change is that host are not allowed to cancelled the reservation in the last moment.
Zimmer klein aber OK, Badezimmer OK. WIFI funktioniert gut. Schöne Gegend.
Sehr nah am Bahnhof und kleinem Supermarket. Man ist sehr schnell in der City (30 Min).
Très bon rapport qualité prix. Hôte très sympathique et discrète. Agréable maison, très bien placée. Accès rapide et facile vers Londres centre notamment westminster.
Il est vrai que je suis très très maniaque, j'ai donc un peu eu du mal avec les sanitaires mais cela n'engage que moi.
Si je devais retourner sur Londres, je choisirai à nouveau ce logement avec grand plaisir.
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Excellent location close to London main attractions. We have walked everywhere and it you want to take tube, Leicester Square station is literally one minute. On arrival we were welcomed by Ns Yang. All easy and friendly. The flat was clean and had all things we needed, including wifi. It was also very convenient on departure as we could keep our luggage until the departure timeWe had a great stay and I highly recommend this flat for anyone visiting Longon
Great location!
Walking distance to Oxford street and cozy Covent Garden.
Nice host and easy to communicate with over email.
The apartment was clean and exactly like in the add and the host was easy to contact. I recomend this host
We had a very enjoyable stay here! 5 good friends on their annual shopping, theatre, dinner and dancing event in the city. Apartment is perfectly located for this.
Have never used Wimdu before but the process was really quite good - any questions were emailed to the host and you got a quick response.
Helen was absolutely brilliant and met us to check us in at the time agreed and was happy to get up and check us out early.
The apartment had everything we needed for our overnight stay. We had lunch, dinner and breakfast out but could easily have used the facilities in the apartment. It was quite noisy at night but you are in the centre of London so this was totally expected. Would definitely stay here again!
Clean and neat flat in a very convenient location. Good value for money. Hosts were amiable and good communicators - they were very good about contacting us to return property we'd left behind.
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David S. Bernstein's willingness to ignore the truth in order to advance his own agenda, and his readiness to twist facts and numbers to draw unfair, wrongheaded, and malicious conclusions, is utterly disgraceful.
The Phoenix's most recent attack on law enforcement was, at best, intellectually inconsistent and, at worst, intellectually dishonest. Bernstein abandoned all standards of fairness and honesty to suit a series of preconceived notions, all of which run counter to the truth we see in court every day.
In an article filled with half-truths, distortions, and outright fallacies, Bernstein's most unconscionable and insupportable criticism was that my office does not aggressively prosecute defendants who offend against people of color. This is categorically and quantifiably untrue.
The fact is, the majority of victims who come to our office seeking justice are of color, many of them living in Boston's poorest, most disadvantaged neighborhoods. Plus, the overwhelming majority of homicide victims — and the victimized families who sit in the front rows of our homicide trials — are black and Latino. It is for them that we seek justice, and it is on their behalf that we put killers, abusers, and gunmen in prison.
Additionally, here in Boston and in cities across the country, the primary problem in solving so many of the killings involving young black males is not police or prosecutorial ambivalence or lack of expertise but the nature of the cases themselves. These are largely "street-level" shootings where DNA and other forensic evidence rarely exists, and where the primary witnesses fail to come forward, sometimes out of legitimate fear but often to protect their own culpability in criminal acts. Bernstein cannot, on the one hand, demand higher clearance rates from law enforcement and, on the other, ignore the high standards to fairness and integrity to which we must rightly adhere in obtaining and following evidence to make cases.
It was equally disingenuous for Bernstein to suggest that we prioritize prosecution according to the media profile of a given murder — as if prosecutors, rather than reporters and editors, dictate which cases would be covered. Every single homicide case prosecuted by this office is considered high-profile, even when the media do not agree. Additionally, Bernstein's premise that we are so eager to charge defendants in cases involving women, children, and white victims that they arrive in court "half-cooked" is not only malicious but directly contradicted by his earlier criticism that we don't bring cases unless we believe we can convict.
Also disappointing — but, again, by no means surprising — was Bernstein's criticism that I avoid personal responsibility for developments that take place under my watch. It can only be intellectual inconsistency or dishonesty that prevents Bernstein from recognizing the very real innovations and accomplishments of this office over the past five years, because those efforts are proof positive that wherever we have seen problems we have not ignored or avoided them but have stepped up to address them.
Working with Boston Police, academicians, and respected members of the defense bar, this office led the way in reforming eyewitness-evidence procedures — the leading cause of erroneous convictions. Our reforms were among the first in the country; they are considered the "gold standard" by leading expert Gary Wells of the University of Iowa, and have been praised by Innocence Project defense attorney Barry Scheck as a standard to which police and prosecutors nationwide should aspire.
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Arts Around Town: Old Masters inspire new life for Berks artist Eric Armusik
Epic-sized paintings that portray moments of human experience appear as dramatic scenes in the style of 17th century master Caravaggio. For nearly two decades, Berks County artist Eric Armusik has been perfecting this technique, which translates into an emotional dialogue that "transcends culture, religion and time, itself."
Armusik, 38, is an internationally-recognized artist who works from his Hamburg studio. His work reflects a mixture of traditional subjects – religious, mythical and historical. Currently, he's working on a commission that can't yet be made public, he said, but will have major impact in art history.
In 2008, he made local headlines in removing and restoring a painting of "Virgin and Child," thought to be well over a century old, from a plaster wall 16 feet above the altar of St. Mary's Church in Hamburg. The church was in the process of relocating to another site outside of town.
In 2010, he held a "Fire Sale," where he sold some of his older paintings or else he'd burn them. He was serious in his mission and wound up burning a work before the remaining 19 were sold at a discounted price. He did so because he said he wanted his art to be more accessible to the general public.
Later that year, Armusik was commissioned to paint the Stations of the Cross in less than three months, surviving on three hours of sleep per night. Balancing his life as an artist and father of three young children, he said he was used to painting in the wee, quiet hours of the morning.
He also held a "48-hour Marathon Portrait" event at the historic American House Hotel in Hamburg, vying for a world record, and sold 27 of the 30 11x14-inch paintings he created during that time period in 30 days. A portion of the proceeds benefited St. Jude Children's Hospital.
Through the years, his work has been featured at the Salmagundi Art Club, Allentown Art Museum, Berman Museum of Art, and State Museum of Pennsylvania, as well as in the pages of the New York Times, Poets and Artists, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Victorian Homes, and American Artist Magazine. His work is in the collections of Lehigh Valley Hospital, Trenton Museum of Art, and numerous private collectors.
Armusik refers to himself as "a romantic artist" who fuses life experiences with art history. "I didn't have an artistic upbringing," he explained. His traditional figurative art can be traced back to his own upbringing in Wilkes Barre, where he would attend church each Sunday and look up at the stained-glass windows and vivid paintings that surrounded him.
He majored in painting and minored in art history with a focus on Baroque art at Pennsylvania State University (1991-1995), and studied under Julie Heffernan and Robert Yarber. He spent a semester abroad in Todi, Italy, where he studied directly from the masterworks of 17th century artists. He had the opportunity to return to Italy in 2003, representing the United States at the Biennale Internazionale dell'Arte Contemporanea held in Florence. He also studied under Bucks County artist Nelson Shanks at his Studio Incamminati School for Contemporary Realist Art.
In 2010, Armusik won the Chairman's Choice Award in the Sixth International Art Renewal Center competition -- out of 1,700 submissions from more than 30 countries. That was a turning point for him as an artist, he recalled, when he was told, 'You've got something really unique. You understand emotion and human spirit and drama.'
"I asked myself, 'Where did that come from?'" Armusik said. "I was a churchgoer as a youngster growing up in the coal region, looking up at these beautiful churches in the surrounding mining towns. I started realizing this traditional drama and embraced it with open arms. I began painting religious art and found a whole new market in the world. …I always had it in me. It's what I now enjoy."
Armusik's religious paintings have been commissioned by churches across the country. He's done Stations of the Cross for St. Mark's Cathedral in Seattle and Holy Family Cathedral in Pasadena. His canvas creations range in size from 4x5 feet to six feet or more, as evident in his "Final Judgement" scene with a large sky background. "The bigger the painting, the more drama," he said.
He uses oil-based pigments, applying them to wood panels he prepares. His chiaroscuro technique is based on 17th century masters like Caravaggio and Artemesia Gentileschi. He paints fast and direct in an alla prima style over a grisaille, then with layers of glazes he finishes with a rich, varnished surface of richness and depth. As a talented carpenter, Armusik also creates his own custom epic-sized frames that are "more architectural and tabernacle in appearance," such as the one for his "Temptation" painting.
Looking closely at some of Armusik's work, it's easy to see some resemblance to the artist in his subjects, particularly in "St. Sebastian" (being attended by St. Irene) for St. Sebastian R.C. Church in Akron. "I use myself here and there," Armusik said of his work. He's also incorporated the faces of his young daughters and son and his wife, gothic novelist Rebekah Armusik, as his subjects. He said his Medusa in "The Turning of Medusa" (being transformed by Athena) is patterned after a friend/photographer living in Italy.
For further info: ericarmusik.com
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The Berks Arts Council has three free concerts left in its summer concert series at the Volunteer Firemen's Memorial Bandshell in Reading's City Park. Friday features Big James and the Chicago Playboys from 7 to 9 p.m., headed by trombonist and singer Big James Montgomery. The Chris Cain Band will take the stage on Fri., Aug. 3, entertaining the audience with jazz-tinged blues tunes. Toby Foyeh & Orchestra Africa, whose concert was postponed by inclement weather earlier last week, will bring the finale of the season on Fri. Aug. 10.
For further info: berksarts.org
The three-part installation, "Barbara Thun: Elegy," including works from both Elegy I and II and multiple mediums, is on exhibit beginning Saturday through Sept. 14 at the Reading Public Museum. Thun explains her installations "create an environment with a particular period of time in mind and are often in the form of a narrative, or a cultural perspective." Elegy includes poetry, photos and totems to reveal the narrative of family history. Thun currently has a studio at Reading's GoggleWorks.
For further info: readingpublicmuseum.org
"Ghosts of the Museum Come to Life" at the Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum in Allentown on Friday from 5:30 to 9 p.m., with special, one-hour guided tours and exhibits with live actors and props. "Ghosts" will include John Wilkes Booth, the 26-year-old assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart, Lehigh County Civil War surgeon John Peter Kohler, Abraham Lincoln, Civil War hero Colonel Tilghman Good, a Native American Lenape woman from the 1750s, and a New Jersey Frontier guard. The program is suitable for all ages.
For further info: lehighvalleyheritagemuseum.org
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Can the Celtics get four All-Stars?
|01.27.11 at 8:57 pm ET
The NBA announced the starters for the 2011 All-Star game Thursday and, as expected, no Celtics were among them. Derrick Rose and Dwayne Wade were selected as guards. LeBron James and Amar'e Stoudemire are the forwards and Dwight Howard is the center.
The West lines up with Chris Paul, Kobe Bryant, Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Durant and Yao Ming. Yao is injured and will be replaced by the league.
Kevin Garnett and Rajon Rondo both finished in third place at their respective positions, while Paul Pierce was fourth among Eastern forwards. Those three should be locks when the league announces the reserves on Feb. 3.
But with Ray Allen also having a deserving season, the Celtics could be in a position to have a fourth All-Star something they haven't done since 1975 when Dave Cowens, John Havlicek, Paul Silas and Jo Jo White made the team. (They also pulled the trick in 1962 and 1953. They have had three representative a staggering 31 times).
Since Garnett and Allen came to town the Celtics have had three All-Stars each season. Allen, Garnett and Pierce went in 2008 and 2009 and Rondo joined Garnett and Pierce last season. The Celtics came close to getting four in 2009, but Rondo was denied several times that year.
First he was passed over by the coaches as a reserve for Devin Harris and Jameer Nelson. Allen was tabbed as an injury replacement for Nelson and then, after considerable lobbying by LeBron James, Cavs guard Mo Williams was selected as an injury replacement for Chris Bosh. The argument was that the Cavs had the second-best record in the league and deserved two players, which really doesn't have anything to do with picking an All-Star team.
The politicking may be the biggest obstacle because teams like the Magic, Bulls, and Knicks will argue for a second representative, while the Hawks have as many as three potential candidates. Here's a list of 12 possible reserve choices (seven players will be selected by the coaches):
Boston: Rondo, Allen, Pierce, Garnett
New York: Ray Felton
Chicago: Carlos Boozer
Milwaukee: Andrew Bogut
Atlanta: Al Horford, Josh Smith, Joe Johnson
Miami: Chris Bosh
Orlando: Because of trades it's hard to make a case for anyone else on the Magic, but Jameer Nelson will get some consideration.
Looking at that list it seems there is a very good chance the Celtics will get four players in the All-Star game. NBA.com's John Schuhmann has them on his ballot, along with Horford, Smith and Bosh. We'll find out Feb. 3.
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The first time I drove in Australia and came across one of those yellow signs warning me that I would be encountering kangaroos for the next X number of kilometres I was thrilled. How exciting it would be to see a roo in the wild.
After probably thousands of kilometres driving around the continent over the years I now acknowledge the signs with a wry smile and a strong suspicion that they have been placed there not by road authorities but Australian tourism officials.
Not once have I seen a kangaroo where I've been told I might - the dead kangaroo that was lying beside the road to Uluru didn't count, although it holds my personal record for being the most horrendously odorous roadkill I've ever had the misfortune to smell.
So, when the tourist brochures mentioned that koalas were easy to spot on the road to Cape Otway (a short side trip off the Great Ocean Road in Victoria) I was highly dubious. There was, I decided, as much chance of seeing wild koalas as seeing tapdancing Tasmanian devils.
The road into Cape Otway is for most of its 13km through gum woodland, which I had to admit, did rather suggest ideal koala habitat. But I was still steeled against disappointment, which is why I nearly drove past a bundle of fur wedged in the fork of a tree overhanging the road.
It took several seconds to register that yes, this really was a koala and what's more - there were at least a dozen more perched in neighbouring trees. It being close to midday and hot, the majority of the koalas were asleep, some with limbs endearingly wrapped around tree branches.
However, one or two were awake, slowly stuffing handfuls of gum leaves into their mouths, or simply gazing into space while idly scratching. They were almost impossibly appealing. Several other motorists had stopped as well and without exception, tourists and Aussies alike, male and female, old and young, could be seen gazing up into the trees with silly grins on their faces - the universal affect of cute, furry animals.
Sadly, it turns out, that what looked like koala heaven, is in reality far from idyllic. The koalas are literally eating their way out of house and home - their current haven is surrounded by dead and dying trees and regeneration is slow (it is thought partly due to fire controls which prevent the natural cycle of fires destroying coastal scrub. The latter inhibits the growth of replacement trees for what is now a too plentiful population of koalas).
But I didn't know all that at the time. On the Cape Otway road it was just a time for heedless enjoyment and idle curiosity as to how long it was safe to stand directly under a koala's bottom.
If I'd gone no further down the Cape Otway road my day would have been complete, but I was just a few kilometres away from Australia's oldest surviving mainland lighthouse.
The lighthouse was completed in 1848 following a public outcry at the sinking of the Cataraqui in 1845, with a loss of 350 lives. This stretch of coast, where the Bass Strait meets the Southern Ocean, has been the scene of more shipwrecks than any other coastline on the continent. What makes this even more tragic is that Cape Otway was often the first sighting of land after many months at sea for those 19th century sailors (crew, passengers, even convicts). For hundreds of them it would also be their last.
There is only 90km between Cape Otway and the offshore King Island, which might sound a lot to landlubbers but to sailing ship captains equipped with often poor aids to navigation, faced with often heavy seas, reefs and a forbidding coastline of high cliffs it was a perilous undertaking that became known as "threading the eye of the needle".
The Cape Otway lighthouse was first lit in 1848, with the lantern (light) components being brought ashore on small row boats through heavy seas. The lead crystal lens cost the equivalent of $A5 million. At first the light was powered with sperm whale oil, then later kerosene, but by 1939 was running on electricity. Since 1994 the small beacon that has replaced the old light is fuelled by solar power.
The lighthouse is the most prominent and most dramatic of the complex of historic buildings at Cape Otway but if you visit allow several hours because this spot is steeped in history. In 1859 the first underwater telegraph cable between mainland Australia and Tasmania was routed through Cape Otway, operated from a station built near the lighthouse. Sadly, despite the government spending thousands of pounds on this project the underwater cable failed. The rather elegant Italian-style villa that housed the equipment was later converted to a signal station that messaged Melbourne with information on all ships passing the Cape.
The villa has been refurbished and converted into a museum, which explains to the cellphone generation how telegraphs worked and also highlights the hardships the lighthouse keepers and the telegraph station staff had to endure in such a remote position.
The lighthouse itself is open for visitors. It's a reasonably easy climb to the lantern room, and then out on to the narrow platform that encircles it. The views along the coast are breathtaking, especially so if you're not good with heights: the tower is perched very close to the cliff edge.
Just up from the path from the lighthouse is the assistant lighthouse keepers' cottage (this housed two keepers and their families)which has been converted into a cafe. This serves food and drinks that the first residents could only dream about. Access to Cape Otway used to be extremely unreliable, sometimes leaving the keepers short of food and bereft of medical help.
Two more cottages have been turned into self contained accommodation...it would be a wonderful place to stay, especially after all the day visitors had gone home, and even better in winter when whales can be spotted off the coastline.
A wintery, stormy night in one of these lonely cottages could also be the perfect time to contemplate what happened to Frederick Valentich, whose mysterious disappearance is commemorated on a plaque beside the path to the lighthouse.
Valentich was a 20-year-old pilot who was flying his Cessna plane from Melbourne to King Island in 1978. His last radio contact before he disappeared without trace was over Cape Otway. The words of his final radio message were: "that strange aircraft is hovering on top of me again and it is not an aircraft..."
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Luck vs Texans
Dalton vs Dolphins
That's actually pretty tough. Pryor is the worst of the three relatively speaking, but still good and has an awesome matchup brewing. If Hillis could post yards on Philly with a statue handing off the ball, imagine what Pryor could do.
Luck is probably your best bet though. He's coming off a bye, and will be poised to steamroll the competition.
Right now i need to decide between R.Wilson and Pryor. Wilson has TB at home, so thats an even more tasty matchup, although he's not running the ball himself nearly as much and may end up leaning on beastmode for run production, since he's more in the vein of a Rodgers-type scrambler who can move in a pinch, but doesn't use it as his primary means of moving the ball.
I'm Commander Shepard, and this is my favorite team in the NFL.
I'm really conflicted. In first place going up against the 2nd place guy. Houston has been struggling but they are stout against the pass and the Colts have been running more. Houston's MLB out for season and they still have Watt against Luck. Can Prior pass against Philly?
here's mine: (Stafford on bye)
Big Ben at NE
Pryor vs PHI
Dalton is on fire.. kinda hard to sit him..
The Pat's D backfield is hurting with Talib out and his backup was injured in the Miami game. Pat's run D is also hurting with MLB and Wilfork out. They just picked up a free agent D tackle yesterday. If Bell can run against their D, which he should be able to do, I'm guessing Big Ben is good for 2 TDs in this game. I have Prior as an option in 2 leagues and I'm torn. I feel like I want to start him against Philly but I think I'd still go with Big Ben.


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I'm seriously considering taking up beekeeping as a hobby, so I can have honey and wax for various uses. There is a nearby community garden where bees have been kept before, and an unused box beehive (with supers, I think) that is available. What I'd like to know is if there are any special steps that need to be taken with a previously used hive before new bees are introduced. Do I need to worry about mites already being there, for example, and how to I treat the hive? I'd appreciate any insights.
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Project Type: Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement
Start Date: Sep 15, 2011
End Date: Sep 14, 2015
To identify new molecular targets to inhibit infection and transmission of arboviruses by mosquito vectors of these animal and zoonotic pathogens using RNA interference (RNAi).
Utilizing Malaysian MRE16 Sindbis strain that replicates in Aedes aegypti midgut as a model arbovirus to assess molecular inhibition targets, both parties have identified potential but distinct inhibition targets for further investigation. This model system will be further used for initial evaluation of additional novel inhibition targets that have been identified in another recently describe model system. The inhibition approach will be to produce small inhibitory RNA (siRNA) by cloning these genes into a RNA transcription vector and using in vitro transcription to produce double-stranded (ds)RNA. The dsRNA will be then be feed or injected into Aedes aegypti, and the mosquito RNA silencing system will produce siRNA. Mosquitoes will then be challenged by infection with the model virus. The inhibition of infection will be assessed by virus titration, qRT-PCR and immunohistochemistry. The second phase of the proposal will be to evaluate proven targets ability to inhibit Rift Valley fever virus infection of and transmission by mosquitoes once appropriate facilities are available.


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By: Leslie Kux, J.D.
Last year President Obama issued Executive Order (EO) 13563, "Improving Regulations and Regulatory Review." This EO directs Federal agencies to review existing regulations to determine whether a regulation is outmoded, ineffective, insufficient, or excessively burdensome. One of FDA's main goals as we implement this Executive Order is revising our regulations to promote innovation and advance the use of new technology.
I'm pleased to announce that, based on a retrospective review, we are finalizing a rule to modernize the agency's regulations for sterility testing requirements for most biological products, for example, vaccines such as flu vaccines. These regulations have an important public health purpose – to make sure that products such as vaccines do not contain any organisms that could cause illness. During our review, FDA determined that the existing regulations were too narrow in light of new technology and new products. The final sterility rule supports state-of-the-art testing technologies that give accurate and reliable results, often quicker and with less effort than the methods required in the current regulations. The rule will not add any additional regulations to those already followed by the industry and will not place significant burdens on small companies that make these products. Manufacturers can keep their existing procedures for sterility testing or take advantage of modern methods as they become available, provided that the modern methods meet certain criteria.
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